I Don’t Think You’re Ready For This —
November 7, 2009 § 1 Comment
Roomie #1 and I found this gem at Sam’s Club. There was a lady with her teenage daughter a couple feet away who looked at us as if we were lunatics for laughing uproariously at the box for no apparent reason, but Roomie #1 said that they were craning their necks after we moved on to see what caused the ruckus. If only we actually possessed maturity.
Equal Opportunity
October 25, 2009 § 3 Comments
Excuse me, Yahoo?
It’s every woman’s worst relationship fear — that her man is cheating.
What, then, is a man’s worst relationship fear? That his penis will get “snipped off” in his sleep by his vengeful partner once she finds out?
We’ve all heard the statistic: half of all men cheat. And some experts say that number is even closer to three quarters. Could it be happening to you?
Well oh my goodness, men are that bad at controlling themselves? COULD it be happening to me?! Thanks for the helpful advice, Shine: Yahoo! Your female-targeting “service journalism” doesn’t make me paranoid at all! At least you’ve given me hope that it’s possible for cheating to help my relationship.
You know what these women’s websites [and, by extension, magazines] lack? A section dedicated to pictures of gorgeous, partially-undressed men. Dieting? Check. Parenting? Of course. Pecs and biceps? Only on gay websites.
I think one reason I like Kpop culture so much is that they have equal objectification. That doesn’t make it right, of course, but it’s certainly difficult to fight. On the other hand, I suppose it’s good that American women are not spending all of their time looking up pictures of naked men.
This isn’t necessarily a coherent blog entry, but I wonder if all men are attracted to the women that the mainstream puts up on pedestals. For example, there are many women who think John Mayer is basically the sexiest man alive, but he is completely ugly to me.
I had to buy the November issue of GQ for magazine editing class, and the cover stared me down uncomfortably. Would all straight men have a positive reaction to this picture? I wondered.
Not sure where all this is going. I simply don’t want to start on my massive pile of homework — I’d rather ogle my newest mini-obsession [he’s of age! I checked!] and think of Halloween costume ideas…
Tied Down
October 20, 2009 § 2 Comments
“Let’s Kill Bluetooth” from Slate brings up a good point:
Why do my iPhone’s earbuds still have wires? Here’s a device that can stream YouTube clips of hits from the 1980s while I’m out in the middle of nowhere, completely untethered, yet the most convenient way to get “Take on Me” from the phone to my ears is the same technology that folks were using back when A-Ha topped the charts.
Why DO my earbuds still have wires? The rapid progress of technology seems to have largely forgotten about this inconvenience.
I use the earbuds that came with my iPod, and they literally bring me more frustration than any other object I own. When I’m listening to my music while moving around the kitchen, the wire gets caught on the back of a chair or the knob of a drawer, yanking the earbuds out of my head and the iPod out of my pocket [this may seem like no big deal, but it’s not smart to irritate somebody who is chopping food with a Chinese butcher knife]. Or, when I take my iPod out of my computer bag, the wires are inconceivably tangled even though I’m pretty sure I didn’t tie them in knots before putting them away.
Wireless earbuds! This seems like a genius idea that had honestly never crossed my mind.
A search for them, though, results in mostly wireless headphones instead of earphones. Either that, or they are they kind that hook over the ears, which is simply not feasible for people who wear glasses. Some places offer earbuds that connect to each other through a wire that goes behind the head, which may or may not be an improvement, but still not exactly what I’m looking for [besides, that does not accommodate every hairstyle].
MetaEfficient lists the Sennheiser MX W1 Totally Wireless Earphone as the best wireless earbud choice, and at $399.95 [list price: $649.95!], I don’t doubt that they are very good — those are also pretty much the only ones that I found online. Unfortunately for us common folk, effective wireless earbuds don’t seem to be available at an affordable price. The wait continues.
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