It's not unusual to find that I'm the only girl hanging out with a group of friends. There are lots of reasons as to why this is, but that's not the point of today's post. My latest pondering is this: one of the guys, or token girl?
I think it's more fun to think of myself as the former, but I'm probably the latter. But then again, there's always that cop out answer of being a bit of both.
To be honest though, I don't think I'd really enjoy being one of the guys. I mean, sure it can be nice to kick back and indulge in the stupid antics and potty humor, but most of the time I find myself just going along for the ride and listening to boys being boys rather than joining in. Thanks to growing up with 2 older brothers though, I can hold my own fairly well in comic book superhero talk and video games.
I guess objectively, yes I am the token girl, but I don't really feel like it most of the time. My guy friends don't seem to change the way they act when I'm around. They don't try to be any nicer to me because I'm a girl or anything like that. Their manners certainly don't change. No topic of conversation seems to be off limits. But who knows, maybe they just don't know how to act around girls =P
In the end, it boils down to individuals and the dynamics between different people. But I do think I prefer being a girl. A girly girl who happens to enjoy doing stupid boy things with stupid boys. (For example: I'd rather use my energy shopping than playing ball, but there's no questions that I would rather spend my money and time playing rock band than watching seasons of sex and the city.)
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Hootenanny
Holy crap, I never win anything! And I'm not sure if this was really a contest per se, but I am going to go to see Weezer and play some songs with them on Staurday!!!
107.7 is doing this thing called Hootenanny, where people come and bring whatever instruments in the world they play and we all gather and play some good ol' Weezer classics. Along with the band themself, of course. I am so freaking psyched! I've never done something like this before!
So I am allowed to bring a friend. Who has an instrument, loves Weezer, and wants to jam on Saturday night? I'm bringing my violin. Gotta start brushing up a bit.
Woooooooooooooooo! I'm so excited!!!
107.7 is doing this thing called Hootenanny, where people come and bring whatever instruments in the world they play and we all gather and play some good ol' Weezer classics. Along with the band themself, of course. I am so freaking psyched! I've never done something like this before!
So I am allowed to bring a friend. Who has an instrument, loves Weezer, and wants to jam on Saturday night? I'm bringing my violin. Gotta start brushing up a bit.
Woooooooooooooooo! I'm so excited!!!
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
so much for summer...
...and I don't just mean the craptastic weather (which I guess is not going to get better anytime soon).
My 12 hour sleep (to make up for the last 3 days) was cut to a 7 hour sleep when I got a call from my future manager, saying that the intern kick-off meeting is going to be next Monday at 9am.
Next Monday?! Nooooooooooo!!! I had a full week of vegging planned! Needless to say I'm pretty bummed. I don't even have time to cram in fun things this week. Here's what it looks like:
Tonight: finish my entrepreneurship paper (haven't started yet)
Tomorrow: turn in said paper; make a visit to the Capitol Hill store where I'll be working
Thursday: meet this girl in Southcenter for a hopefully not shady camera purchase (yay for craigslist); browse around Southcenter, which I hear is not as ghetto anymore; work.
Friday: Mariners interleague! Adrian Beltre bobblehead night!
Saturday: money counting and sandwich making
Sunday: dad time
OK, so 2.5 fun things to do.
My 12 hour sleep (to make up for the last 3 days) was cut to a 7 hour sleep when I got a call from my future manager, saying that the intern kick-off meeting is going to be next Monday at 9am.
Next Monday?! Nooooooooooo!!! I had a full week of vegging planned! Needless to say I'm pretty bummed. I don't even have time to cram in fun things this week. Here's what it looks like:
Tonight: finish my entrepreneurship paper (haven't started yet)
Tomorrow: turn in said paper; make a visit to the Capitol Hill store where I'll be working
Thursday: meet this girl in Southcenter for a hopefully not shady camera purchase (yay for craigslist); browse around Southcenter, which I hear is not as ghetto anymore; work.
Friday: Mariners interleague! Adrian Beltre bobblehead night!
Saturday: money counting and sandwich making
Sunday: dad time
OK, so 2.5 fun things to do.
Monday, June 9, 2008
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
brand whores and haters
OK friends, it is no secret at all that I am a brand whore. I freely admit to it. I like nice things. I see no problem with spending more than $100 on a pair of shoes or $1000 for a fabulous bag. If you can afford it, why the heck not?
Now, I do not make this kind of money (yet), but I am very blessed to have parents who are willing to spend their hard-earned money on these luxuries, and I get to enjoy that. And yes, I suppose that does make me kind of spoiled... but I am never demanding. In fact, I don't even ask for most of the lovely things that I receive. I enjoy and appreciate everything I have, but I can live without it.
What I don't get, though, is these people who make snap judgments. They (most often guys for some reason. Maybe girls just appreciate these things more?) will take one look at the bag I'm carrying or the phone I have and just automatically assume that I'm this stuck up princess who only knows how to spends all of daddy's money.
One time I was leaving school to go home and this guy said "oh, are you gonna drive your Mercedes back to your $1 million mansion now?" Seriously, wtf? This guy barely even knew me. And for the record, I was on my way to the bus stop. I don't know where he comes off making these assumptions when I never said or did anything to justify them. It's not like I'm waving money in front of him going "haha, look what I have and you don't!"
Yes, I may have a designer bag on my shoulder, but that doesn't mean I think I'm better than anyone else or that I feel like that entitles me to anything. And if anything, the person who is making these rude comments is really the one who is being a snob. If you're going to hate on someone, then at least do it because of how they act, not because of what they have.
Now, I do not make this kind of money (yet), but I am very blessed to have parents who are willing to spend their hard-earned money on these luxuries, and I get to enjoy that. And yes, I suppose that does make me kind of spoiled... but I am never demanding. In fact, I don't even ask for most of the lovely things that I receive. I enjoy and appreciate everything I have, but I can live without it.
What I don't get, though, is these people who make snap judgments. They (most often guys for some reason. Maybe girls just appreciate these things more?) will take one look at the bag I'm carrying or the phone I have and just automatically assume that I'm this stuck up princess who only knows how to spends all of daddy's money.
One time I was leaving school to go home and this guy said "oh, are you gonna drive your Mercedes back to your $1 million mansion now?" Seriously, wtf? This guy barely even knew me. And for the record, I was on my way to the bus stop. I don't know where he comes off making these assumptions when I never said or did anything to justify them. It's not like I'm waving money in front of him going "haha, look what I have and you don't!"
Yes, I may have a designer bag on my shoulder, but that doesn't mean I think I'm better than anyone else or that I feel like that entitles me to anything. And if anything, the person who is making these rude comments is really the one who is being a snob. If you're going to hate on someone, then at least do it because of how they act, not because of what they have.
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