37 Odd Things

I was looking through my facebook notes and came across this one from almost exactly a year ago. I thought it'd be interesting to see how much (if anything has changed). I much preface it with the fact that, a year ago, I was living in an awful place full of negative emotions and unhappiness. Now I live in a cute little apartment with a lovely garden and tons of flowers in it! YAY For April! Here it goes: (Red was last year - Green is current - Blue is hasn't changed)

1. Do you like bleu cheese?
Not at all... one of the few cheeses I don't like
Still don't.
2. Have you ever smoked?
Yeah.... but I like my lungs... and need them when riding a bike so it's just not for me

3. What flavor Kool Aid was your favorite?
ewww.... probs red

4. Do you own a gun?
Nope... not even a water gun
Not me personally but there is a paintball gun in this house somewhere.
5.Do you ever wish you could click "undo" in your life like you do on your computer?
Yep... like today. I bought an awesome ceramic rainbow hot air balloon thing and I had it for a whole ten minutes. I dropped it and it broke :( wish I could undo that for sure!
OMG! I remember that ceramic balloon and now I miss it again! I wish I could undo my college course classes and gotten the crappy ones out of the way a long time ago. Senioritis + awful classes = super difficult to get through!!!

6. What do you think of hot dogs?
I think they're one of the grosser meats and ironically, one of the few meats that I eat

7. Favorite Christmas movie?
The Peanuts Christmas

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?
Water
Hot Chocolate with some VIA (Starbucks is slowly getting me hooked)

9. Can you do push ups?
Probs not... I have weak little arms

10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?
ooooh.. that's tough. i have way too many to choose from. i love my rainbow earrings and necklace. and i love all my rings (mainly the one i stole from my mom foreves ago)
The ring broke :( I have an awesome new pair of Rainbow star earrings that are magnificent. Ooh and some new giraffe earrings. But I have a really awesome necklace that Lily gave to me for christmas that I haven't taken off yet.
11. Favorite hobby?
uh.... bike riding and pretending like I'm creative/artistic
I don't ride my bike as much I did/should. I've been enjoying going to performances and getting more hooked onto my feminist side of reading and things associated to that.

12. Do you have A. D. D.?
At times I feel like I might...

14. Middle name?
Rae

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment.
I am SO full. Geronimo is being tortured and won't stop crying. I'm confused
I'm excited for the Tranny Roadshow tonight. I miss Steven. I can't wait for this term to be over!

16. Name 3 things you regularly drink.
Water, Apple Juice, Dr. Pepper
Water, Orange Soda, Brambleberry Tea

17. Current worry.
Finding a new place to live.. finances...
Senioritis is going to win and I won't graduate :(

18. Current hate right now?
My current living environment
That it's not June 14 (graduation!)

19. Favorite place to be?
Pirate's Cover at night (but the place I went has eroded away)
In Steven's arms (too cheesy?)

20. How did you bring in the new year?
I was still hung over from the night before so I sat at home with my bf and my parents at said HAPPY NEW YEAR then went home and fell asleep. AWESOME
I got way too drunk, don't remember midnight happening and drunk called basically everyone in my phone. Not the best.
21. Where would you like to go?
Italy... and magically know Italian
Still Italy but also Ireland

22. Name three people who will complete this:
uhhhhhhh...

23. Do you own slippers?
pretty pink ones and awesome rainbowish ones
I don't know what happened to either of those. SAD :( I steal Stevens orange ones

24. What color shirt are you wearing?
a grey sweatshirt (no shirt)
A blue tank top underneath a green long sleeved

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?
no way

26. Can you whistle?
I pretend I can. Patrick calls it an off key whistle or something like that

27. Where are you now?
on my couch listening to Geronimo whine.
In my bedroom contemplating if I want to wear my awesome skirt tonight or not

28. Would you be a pirate?
YEAH! i have been a few times.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?
GREASE usually
Awesome 80s hits (Pat Benatar, Cyndi Lauper, Journey)
30. Favorite Girl's Name?
Juniper

31. Favorite boy's name?
Colby Jack

32. What is in your pocket right now?
I don't have a pocket
My student ID

33. Last thing that made you laugh?
Steven trying to make Natalia smell his stinky armpit
I haven't laughed much today :( Oh! When I was at breakfast with Natalia and I finally found my clip! I had dropped it in my shirt earlier this morning and couldn't find it so I gave up. Then, at breakfast, I felt it and randomly pulled it out of the bottom of my shirt. She almost lost her coffee

34. What vehicle do you drive?
Raleigh bike!
Still the bike but not as much :(
35. Worst injury you've ever had?
a broken heart.. hahaha. no. uh.... i dunno. this weird gross thing on my hand. (see pic below)
bursitis - it sucks and hurts everyday. (and I still have a scar from that gross thing on my hand and if I lean on that hand too much, a weird, sharp pain shoots down from the scar)

36. Do you love where you live?
No. I love eugene but not this house
Still in Eugene and LOVE IT!!! and my new little place.

37. How many TVs do you have in your house?
Two
One

So what did I learn? I learned that I am in a much better/healthier living environment but I also learned I don't ride my bike nearly as much as I used to. That saddens me. Now that the end of school is so much closer, I'm more focused on my academic life rather than my social life. I learned that I buy WAY too much jewelry. Steven always tells me that but I never believe him :) It's my obsession. I also realized how much more of a feminist I am becoming each and everyday. Instead of trying to be creative/artistic, I go and watch other people perform and be amazing (Vagina Monolgues and now Tranny Roadshow) - perhaps I am living vicariously through them.

Psychology of Gender

WOW! This is going to be a tough class to get through. As people try to take apart stereotypes, they create more stereotypes. People try to justify conformity by making statements as, "I HAVE to put on make up and curl my hair before going to work." When people try to say that conforming is wrong but justify their actions because someone "makes" them, then they're still a part of the problem. One debate went like this:
Girl 1: My job makes me wear make up and high heels to work everyday.
Girl 2: Then get a different job.
Girl 1: I'm in college, I don't have much of a choice.
Girl 2: By claiming you have no choice, you're giving in to the conformity and accepting it, giving it more strength.
This class is already frustrating and it was only the third day. Perhaps this is a good class for me to have because it is full of people with so many different perspectives. My Women's and Gender Studies classes would talk about the same issues but we'd all be in agreement with one another (for the most part) and people just seemed more educated, more aware of the problems of the world.
YES, society does put a lot of pressures on women to look good but that does not mean that we have to fall under these pressures. Perhaps some women do feel they can't get ahead if they don't look good but by putting on make up just because society tells them to doesn't mean they're making a difference, they're only justifying this stereotype.
Recently, I've been watching different commercials online and am totally appalled by how sexist commercials have become! Perhaps the women's movement has made some great victories but when it comes to television and the commercials - oh man! - they are awful! There was a Jack in the Box commercial that had two "sophisticated" women talking about two different sandwiches and why one is better than the other. Jack looks at the camera and says, "this is the worst commercial I've ever been in" and one of the women says, "we can kiss." WOW! First of all, we all know that Jack is full of awful commercials and this is the first one that is dominated by women. Second of all, this is stating that, if women can't get a man to agree with her or keep his attention, she might as well make out with another woman. Basically saying, "as long as we're willing to make out with another chick, we can be stupid and still be noticed."
It's just hard for me to think that, someday I'll be raising a child in this world that is so sexist, so full of stereotypes. Censorship can only go so far and I want my child to be more open minded than I was when I was younger... is that possible in such a gender stereotypical society?
And that's what really grinds my gears.