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You, In The Tight Black Teeshirt, At The DMV Yesterday
Line cutters are the worst. I have a great story about line cutters, the premiere of Sex and the City and too many dirty martinis...but I'll save it for another time or another blog post.— May 9, 2010 3:23 p.m.
Faith Restored
No worries. I'm still single, just happy to know there are sane people out there. I was MIA because my writing time got lost in my vacation time. : )— October 19, 2009 6:42 a.m.
None
Very compelling.— September 24, 2009 11 a.m.
9/11 Flashback with a Friend
Wow, I loved the descriptions. I could taste the smoke you were speaking of. The glass and trickle of blood were memorable visuals. Great tone and pace. I felt like I was watching a film short instead of reading. Thank you for writing this.— September 24, 2009 10:49 a.m.
C is for Cookie
Have you been to Biff's Cookies in Hilcrest? Delicious! And you can just buy one with a little elementary school milk. You can get your fix and not bring a whole box home. My favorite is the peanut butter chocolate chip.— September 24, 2009 7:12 a.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
Oh and Tiki- I'm Sri Lankan ethnically, but American born and raised.— September 23, 2009 5:54 p.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
I wasn't saying that the situation was both parties fault. In fact, I think it's quite a leap that you assume disorderly conduct from the professor as if the police never make errors. If we were arguing about the Gates situation, I would be on his side due to the information I have seen about the case and what I know about racial politics in the U.S. On to the stats. I did not deny only stats on race. I think all data needs to be sourced in order to be relevant to a strong argument. You can site studies all you want without proving its validity and maintain making weak arguments. Studies show that 20% of written and verbal arguments are weakened by lack of substantiated supporting evidence (I made that up). What else....Oh, and I can say whatever I want about people saying they just don't date black people or short guys. Once your opinion is made public it is subject to the criticism of others who are listening. Or should I censor myself so that their opinion reigns supreme and only one side of things is consistenly represented?— September 23, 2009 5:50 p.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
Dear Josh, I wanted to make sure that you knew I was writing off your writing because it inspired me to say something. It was not because I was finding fault with your piece or trying to be disrespecful. Sincerely, Single and Awesome— September 23, 2009 7:48 a.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
Josh Board-I didn't miss your point I was just responding to what interested me most. Of course we are are all visual people. I understand that, but there have been guys that ended up being fantastic lovers who looked nothing like who I might initially be attracted to. P.S. AntiG-Jason Lewis (Smith Jared)is so hot I want to die a thousand deaths. That is a good looking man across the board. I didn't realize who you were atlking about. However, I only like him as Smith. Also, the conversation on race is quickly deteriorating into the uusal slump of cliched arguments. I would like to respond to the Louis Gates thing, but that will launch us into a whole new thing. If you read an interview by Gates the next day he admitted both parties had to take responsibility for the thing. He also said we all needed to move on. Race is complex. I have been studying it for years and I am still unable to make some conclusive quantitaive judgements. I think the only way to find the truth is through open and respectful discussion where we can learn each other's stories and accept them for what they are. P.S. Those "studies" are dubious. The things they site as causative could be correlative not actually connected to the initial thing being studied. They ahve to rule out many factors in order to get really accurate data. It also depends on who is putting out the study, how many are being sampled, method of sampling etc. Everything I'm saying is meant respectfully, of course. P.P.S. Rickey-I don't know what I ahve said or implied that causes you to think you wouldn't be "my thing." I take it you don't have nice arms? Oh, and I agree, Josh, fat people have it worse. Also, I said I was in a funk for a week, which caused me to think and then to express myself in writing. And...a funk for me just means it was on my mind.— September 23, 2009 7:26 a.m.
Response to: Kissing Cousins (errr, mothers) and Interracial Dating
Fish-thanks for providing further insight with the original piece. Tiki-I also went to private school and was not necessarily of the kind of privilege which the rest of the students came from. Thanks for the compliment about my writing. I appreciate it. SD-No worries about forgetting or questioning. Ummm...as for not remaining within the halls...I don't know. I have done things that make small changes, but I am still searching for my best venue. We will see. Why-these are good questions. I have theories about both things, but they are based upon random observations. I don't want to speak for a group who are not me so hopefully some women who are into military, or Asian women with white fetishes, will pipe in. As for the conversation in general...we are definitely veering into the happy sunshine Care Bear world of colorblindness and rainbows. We all have prejudices. We all have preferences. We all have histories that dictate our tastes and habits. But things that may be unecessary or ignorant can be unlearned, or in a more positive light, re-learned. I am not saying I am attracted regardless of external appearance. I am just saying that I am willing to be open and push myself to challenge those things which I might take as facts about myself in order to grow and move beyond prejudices that might prevent me from experiencing some really cool things or people. If I try it and I don't like it, then I might hold my ground. Although, I used to hate pickles and the first couple of times I tried them I still didn't like them. I kept trying them though, because there was something about them. Now I really like pickles. I wait for them to be placed on my plate with some kind of delectable sandwich. Who knew?— September 22, 2009 10:07 p.m.