Unemployment = a lot of free time. Without a full time job that actually applies to my graduate degree and the need to apply my brain to something (besides job applications), one tends to let her mind wonder. Here are some of my recent thoughts:
1. In recent times of online dating sites, the Rules, and games that men and women play, I couldn't help but wonder...how did cave people find someone? Think about it. There were no long distance relationships. People didn't worry about birth control. And I bet you the cavemen appreciated the cavewoman's body just the way it was. How did we become so obsessed with the details? I have spent many hours discussing the innerworkings of the male mind with many of my girlfriends. I'm continually surprised by the dumb and amazing things that guys do, and I recognize the craziness that is the female mind. But what if we referred to a simpler time and just stopped worrying? Would it be easier? Or would we settle with the first partner we find and never be able to explore our options?
2. Why is Justin Bieber writing a memoir when he is only 16?
3. I want to go to Las Vegas. How do you decide what hotel is the best to stay at? I keep seeing commercials to visit Vegas and it all looks so exciting. But it's also a sensory overload. So many hotels, attractions, places to eat...how do you decide? And why are people getting married in the pool in the commercial?
4. MTV - First off, I don't care for Angelina on the Jersey Shore. Teen Mom is an addicting show (as mentioned in an earlier post). I'm sick of Heidi and Spencer. We all knew that marriage wouldn't last and it's her fault she's friendless. I really wish the media would stop mentioning anything about them.
5. Is it weird that I will stare at any wedding photos I find on facebook? Even if I don't know the people who are getting married.....?
6. Recent music re-discovery: The Bodyguard soundtrack. (And yes, I did blast "I will always love you" and sing along in my car)
7. Going to the movies. This weekend, my mom and I went to see "The Other Guys". I thought it was going to be hilarious. It ended up having more of a political undertone to it, and I didn't laugh out loud nearly as much as I was hoping to. But the more outrageous thing to ponder is the PRICE of movie tickets. When I was in middle school, my mom and I paid $3 each to see a matinee. On Saturday, we spent $8 each on the matinee. No it's not the end of the world price-wise, but come on! The movie wasn't even that good. And frankly, with the exception of Toy Story 3 (which you must go out and see) and Inception (which I enjoyed but was too much of a thinker for my parents), I haven't seen a good movie in the theater in a LONG time. Even Sex and the City 2 was a complete fail. In today's era of Netflix, renting/buying movies on Itunes, and dvds, you would think that the movie industry would want to hold onto its consumers, and create incentives for going to the movies. I know the big blockbusters will always get people to the theater, but what about the other movies? Plus, even when there is a big movie out, people still say that they'd rather wait till it comes out on DVD or that they just don't want to spend the movie to go out. For my entire family to have an outing to the movies, it would be $8 x 4 = $32! Just for the movie tickets, and if the movie sucks, that money is down the drain. Also, let's talk about the cost of snacks. My parents and I thought we'd split a SMALL bag of popcorn, but the small bag was $6, and on principle I refused to buy it. Thankfully when my mom and I went this past Saturday, I remembered to pop my own popcorn at home and smuggle it in.
I thought America's unhealthy foods were supposed to be cheaper... guess not while you are at the movies. Since those damn commercials for Eat, Pray, Love haven't stopped, I'm recommending a group boycott of the movie theater business in general. If I know one thing about economics, it's that supply gets cheaper if demand goes down. Which leads me to another idea for unemployment....protesting!!
8. One more comment on movies....why are the sequels often much worse than the original? The only true exceptions where the second movies were better (and they are not part of a triology) were Short Circuit 2 and Sister Act 2.
Songs of the Day: The theme songs from Beverly Hills Cop, Rocky, Ghostbusters, James Bond, Jurassic Park and Back to the Future.
Information for the day:
Tulsa, OK is the 47th largest city in the US.
Popcorn was discovered by Native Americans.
Website:
http://www.wheresgeorge.com/
You can track your dollar bill!
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