I think we all need to re-evaluate our problems....

Times are tough. Money is tight. And people consider themselves lucky to just have a steady full-time job with benefits. With this in mind...it never ceases to amaze me how screwed up people's priorities and sense of problems can be. It's kind of like how 5 years ago those rap songs came out about "having huge rims on your car that's a piece of s*** and still living at home with yo mama".

I suppose it boils down to everybody's unending desire to out-"own" their neighbors. We all want faster, sexier, sleeker, more, better. But WE CAN'T AFFORD IT! Let's all take a step back and think about what's really important. If you got jacked up teeth, roots showing from the dye-job you had 4 months ago, hole-y underwear (guilty!), or children who rely on you for sustenance, then please get yo s***in LINE! If you have to stop and think "Hmmmmm, if I buy this thing I don't need....are they gonna shut my electricity off?" Walk away!

I don't understand these people I see with big ass gold chains, or expensive (if they're real) handbags, or nice cars, and then their clothes are stained, they've got no underwear on and you know it because you can see the cellulite on their butt, their mouths are in serious need of several thousand dollars worth of orthodontic work, and they smell like old cheese. I guess that kinda relates back to the idea of the magic mirror....they think if they have 1 really nice thing that it elevates everything else by association.

I'm guilty of coveting nice stuff. I feel like I deserve it. I can't afford it, and I'm not really into the whole sugar-daddy thing (probably because I haven't found one), so it's a source of frustration for me too. I keep telling myself that one day I'll be able buy them guilt-free....but until that day...I'll just drool from afar.

My biggest vice in this department is definitely designer panties. Ick. I just typed the word "panties" AAAAWWWWKKKKWWWAAAARRRDDD! Anyway, I have a serious thing for VS underwear. I don't know why. I'm not going to try to explain it. It's very difficult for me to let go of these. I've spent hundreds of dollars over the years for UNDERWEAR. Things you wear UNDER your clothes. Since I've been living on my own, I've had to forego the fancy panties. I thought I was going to impress myself and go frugal one day. I was in Wal-Mart, and I passed through the underwear section, and I thought "I need some new undies". So I looked on the racks and I can't believe how cheap the panties are! You can get 6 pairs for like $5! I couldn't find any that I liked. They were all really bright or had ice cream and teddy bears on them, and I'm too sophisticated for that :). I finally found some....simple.....pastel....perfect. I get them home thinking how proud I was that I crossed into "generic" panty-land and I realize the DAMN THINGS ARE A SIZE 2X!!! HA!! I take this as a sign and decide I shall return to buying my VS panties.

Things I don't understand and therefore dislike about the world today

Since I'm popping my blogger cherry....I feel I should warn those reading this (which will probably only be my mother) that I am generally not a hateful person. GENERALLY..... I am, unfortunately, not always clever either, but I think I have a pretty good eye for stuff that doesn't quite jive. I think I get that from my mom....thanks mom....no ignorance is bliss here.

I have noticed lately that a lot of people out there seem to go around not caring how they look. I get that teenagers have more important things to worry about (like pimple cream and who they will swap spit with). But I just can't wrap my head around what motivates people to go around looking like utter crap. I have a theory that someone is selling mirrors...magic mirrors....when you look into them, you automatically think "Man, I look HOT!" no matter what you're wearing. The people who go around with that "I-don't-give-a-s***-and-that-makes-me-cool" look must have invested in such mirrors. You know you have seen people that own these mirrors. If you have not, then people think you own one.

I saw two girls today who had dyed bright purple chunks in their hair. Why? Because they like purple. And they have those magic mirrors. I can just see them standing in front of the mirror, "Yeah....yeah...that's great...that's hot...I'm so glad I thought to put this random geometric chunk of Barney jizz in my hair...it makes me so different and expressive".

If you wear white....please invest in some flesh colored underwear. Please. Sometimes I wonder if the women I see wearing a bright pink lacy thong are advertising or just blind. I will give them the benefit of the doubt and assume they are advertising. If you don't want people to judge you, don't give them the opportunity. Who knows? Maybe her panty peek got her a discount.....on flesh-colored panties.

I think I've menstrually ranted enough for one entry.