Thursday, June 2, 2016

Struggles of the Laundromat

I don't know about anyone else but I struggle constantly to make sure my clothes are DRY at the laundry mat. Actually, I have more problems doing laundry using my apartment complex's dryer than anything else...

But here's the thing: Why is it that there are three settings for drying but in all reality only one setting works?? Why have three settings if only one setting (usually HIGH) will be the only setting to actually DRY your laundry? However, in the processing of drying on HIGH it shrinks every beautiful article of clothing you own making you regret your decision of ever using laundromat dryers even though they're really your only option so you can do laundry and not be some smelly cretin roaming the Earth. 

Maybe it's just the 1950's woman coming out of me but it's seriously frustrating trying to clean and dry my laundry without any of it shrinking, fading, getting lost, etc. 

If I could change anything it would be that apartment complexes (even laundromats) updated their dryers. I'd pay a little bit more to be quite honest. I may even enjoy doing laundry more often. Perhaps I'm just doing laundry wrong. That's probably the case but even so it's annoying as all get out trying to get everything dry and you put on your nice clean clothes and they don't fit right anymore. I never had this problem using my mother's dryer. Perhaps it's because it's my mother's dryer and mom dryers are simply better because their your mom's BUT... I'm trying to adult and the struggle of using public dryers is real. Everything shrinks. Even when I'm using fabric softener designed to help prevent shrinking.


Anyway, my rant is over. 

Until next time!






Friday, January 25, 2013

The True Meaning of the "Friend Zone"

When it comes to relationships, girls can be rather complicating. I'm pretty sure most guys and even girls can concur with me on that thought. But the one thing I can't stand is when guys bitch about a girl friend zoning them. It's really not all that bad. Honestly. If you don't believe me, keep reading on and I'll prove it to you.

The friend zone can mean a lot of things. For example, she doesn't see you as boyfriend material right now. But that doesn't mean she will always think that about you. You see, every girl wants a guy she can call her best friend. A guy she thinks will never hit on her or treat her badly or any of the other stuff the guys she seems to be interested in are going to do. This may seem counterproductive of every guys intentions of "getting the girl" but just stay with me here. If a guy were to endure the friend zone for any period of time, he'd learn more about the girl than he would have if he were actually dating her. I'm not really sure why this typically happens but it does. 

Also, another perk of being in the friend zone is a girl always wants a cuddle buddy. And I mean always. If she's single or not really sure what her relationship standing is or if her boyfriend at the moment is being a total dick, she's going to call you and ask you to come over and cuddle with her. Sure there will probably be tears shed and her make-up will be all smeared but she'll be in your arms for comfort. She won't be in his or in her room curled up into a ball crying alone. She'll be with you. Or if she's not even upset and just wants to cuddle she'll more than likely call you first because a girlfriend can only do so much before it gets awkward, unless you've been friends since you were in the womb, but that's an entirely different story.

As I was saying, there are a lot of perks of being in the friend zone. Not only do you get to know the real her and become number one cuddle buddy of the century, she does eventually begin to notice you. Like really notice you. She'll start to see all the nice things you do for her and start thinking that you need a nice girl and maybe, quite possibly, that girl could be her, but she's not entirely sure yet because she may think that you're too good for her to be her boyfriend. So you might have to stick it out in the friend zone a little bit longer until she realizes that you're just the man for her. Yes, the friend zone is a lot of time and effort but if the girl's really worth it, time doesn't really matter does it?

Well, now that I've just explained to you the perks of being in the friend zone. I'll explain to you why girls do it in the first place. 

The obvious reason that comes to mind is that most girls, not all, think that when a guy is being "too nice" to them that the guy deserves someone better than them because they think they're not good enough to be their girl. So instead of just leaving you in the dust like a helpless human being stranded in the desert, they take you under their wing and place you into the friend zone. It just means that they need to develop some self esteem and that you're a potential candidate to help raise said self esteem. Yes, the girl will probably date some douche bag while you're sitting impatiently waiting for her to realize you still exist but have you ever heard the saying "we accept the love we think we deserve"? So yes it sucks when the girl says you're "too nice" but that's really just a cry for help saying "show me what I really deserve rather than what I think I deserve" because girls honestly never really think they're going to get their prince charming. Sure we may boast that we want prince charming but we never actually think that we're going to get him. An example of poor self esteem at its finest.

Moving on, though. There are multiple reasons why a girl friend zones guys. It could be due to poor self esteem as said above or it could be that it's because she's known you since before she entered the womb. However that's possible, I don't know but it happens apparently. She may, in all honestly, not be that interested in you. But chances are, more than likely, if she's really being nice about putting you in the friend zone then she probably has self esteem issues. If she's being a bitch about it though, then she's really just not that into you and you need to move on to the next woman.

Girls are complicated. Guys are complicated. Many of you may be wondering why in the hell I'm even writing this blog to begin with. One reason: to set the record straight on why girls put guys in the friend zone. Two: I'm sick of seeing those dumb posts on Facebook saying that being friend zone is the absolute worst thing that could ever happen to a guy because it's not. She could hate your guts. That's worse than being the friend zone. She could have no recollection that you even exist. At least in the friend zone she knows you do. 

There are many pros and cons to being in the friend zone. You've just got to look on the bright side and if the girl's really worth it, the friend zone will become your best friend.

Hopefully this little sh-peel gave you some inspiration for being in the friend zone or perhaps a good laugh. Either way, I hope you enjoyed it. 

Until next time! 

Monday, January 21, 2013

A Right of Passage

Every character in every story has a scenario in which adults call "a right of passage". It's something you do in order to grow up. Sometimes these passages are little things like taking the ACTs or not dying at the end of every book like Harry Potter seems to do. Over this weekend, a little "right of passage" happened to me.

It's my senior of year of high school for anyone who doesn't already know that. And over this weekend, our school hosted senior ball, which if you couldn't guess is for seniors and invite only. It happens at the end of first semester every year. As many have told me over the years, senior ball is way more fun than prom ever is. But, regardless they still recommended me to go to prom. So I did last year, as a right of passage. Then this weekend happened. As many of you can guess, it was definitely better than prom ever was. I went with one of my best friends. I've known him since the summer of '06, back when he was obsessed with the musical Hair Spray and was in Everest Drama. Ironically, during that summer we were both enrolled in the same two classes for summer school- Forensics and On-Stage II. He was the Van Helsing to my Seward. Weird how time flies by right?

Anyways, we went to ball together. We were kind of skeptical at first about how it'd be but after some B52s and Footloose playing later, we started to really have some fun. Half way through the dance, we reunited with some old friends and even met some new ones along the way. All too soon it was time for the big group photo of class 2013 at senior ball, the last dance we'd go to as high schoolers. My friends and I were somewhat towards the back of the group. No one really could see us but I smiled regardless in case I showed up in the picture. As the last picture was about to be taken, a guy I'd just met picked me up so I could be seen in the picture. For a second I felt like I was in an 80s movie where the guy stands outside a girls window with a boombox held over his head asking her to come outside. Pretty cheesy, huh? Either way, that was a pretty much the coolest thing that's ever happened to me.

I really didn't want the night to end. It was just getting good but as the clock chimed 11, the dance ended and everyone began partying ways. But not us. Instead, a night laced with beautiful chocolate men and late night pancake cravings awaited us. No one really slept that night. Anyone who said they did was either lying or too tired to care otherwise. Titanic was the last movie we watched before the sun started rising into the sky. By the time the movie had ended, all attempts to try and get some sleep was either too impractical or you just couldn't because someone kept you awake regardless. 

Overall, this weekend went in the books as rather one of the best nights of my life. To some this may seem just like any other weekend hang out but to those who don't get out much well, you get my point. School dances really are a right of passage for growing up. Even though some can be pretty lame, it's the people you're with that really make it worth while. 

Until next time!