Gone curling...

Hey everyone, just a reminder that if you are murdering time this weekend by reading this blog...or watching "Wagon Wheel," *cough*Chris*cough* ...instead...go to:

What the hell is Curling?
2009 Curling Regionals

On the second website, each match will be updated end by end (8 ends per game).

Good Curling!

Feminism isn't just for the lesbians and man haters anymore.

Tiff is in a Women's Studies class where she reads...a lot. There will always be those comments where as a woman, I have to say something and what better place to do it than on a blog for all to see. Every time I form a rebuttal, my views are not always coming out as word vomit from my mouth as "Karen's words," but as a woman, as a human being. I am not even talking about comments made earlier in the week but just in general. Both men and women need to be more conscientious about what they say and do in everyday life, we naturally become haters of the opposite sex and this-- is not very non-violent of us, (thank you mom for teaching me the difference, eventually I will put your teachings into action).
Before I begin to really dive into this incredibly deep subject, I will begin with my three good things of the day (and it is just 9am!).
1)I was up till 4am drinking coffee and talking to an awesome friend of mine
2)I woke up at 7 and took a really hot shower
3)When I got back to the room, coffee was already made and...oh BONUS...
4)Classes were canceled until 1pm today
Anyway, Katie Roiphe wrote a book in 1994, The Morning After: Fear, Sex, and Feminism that clearly states her views on rape victims. In an article brought to my attention by Tiff, "Roiphe denies the existence of a rape epidemic on campuses and in society. She believes that sex does and should involve power, pursuit, and struggle and that the term 'rape' is being misused to describe normal sexual relations." Roiphe later continues by explaining that participants in a march against rape on college campuses are just "whining" and that "proclaiming victimhood" is self defeating because it does not project strength. To me, there is nothing more empowering than being able to wake up each morning and say you are a stronger person because you are not the one sitting in the corner blaming yourself. Women waste too much time blaming themselves for something completely out of their control the problem is when women feel that if they say something their family/friends will be disgraced or even worse-- their family/friends will view them in a different light.
As a woman, I feel that even remotely considering women are the only ones using sex as a tool for mind games against the opposite sex is just ridiculous. I am at a complete loss of words.

"Nothing is so embarrassing as watching someone do something that you said could not be done." -Sam Ewing

All Grown Up With A Very Firm Grip On Life...

Some people say there is a difference between women and girls and that, that difference is maturity, sex, and respect. This statement holds a lot of truth behind it however there is one very false accusation men make about being a women and that is it automatically makes you a "controlling man eating bitch." Everyone knows that famous phrase "it's not you it's me" well there are times in life were you just need to say, "you know what, it is you and i cant take it anymore!!!" Being a women doesn't make me a bitch, a whore, or an unsympathetic brain ninja that just swoops in pulls some strings and swoops out like nothing ever happened, it just makes my bullshit tolerance a little less and my standards a little higher. I cannot even begin to count the amount of times a women has been hurt by a man and no one gives a shit so why should the world all of a sudden stop turning when a guy's "meaningful" short term relationship comes to a screeching halt? Everyone knows life is a bitch, but they also know that complaining about it doesn't make it better. One of my biggest pet peeves is people who are never happy no matter what they do. This is a personality trait that cannot be fixed if you don't want to fix it no matter what anyone does or says to try to help you... On a different note if my past experiences have taught me anything it's that working at a primary school dealing with 3-6 year old's is tiring and full of reverse psychology tactics yet its still so surprising to me that there is little difference between the average 5 year old and the average male college student. So to end this blog on a high note today i had the most amazing coffee, kicked ass at curling practice, and came home to an AWESOME roommate who I can share my frustration with!! Now tell me 3 good things about your day?

What do you see?

I will be doing this for the next couple of days as my prepare to Vice-Skip my team.

Not early enough but perfect timing none the less.

"80% of the final exam will be based on the one lecture you missed and the one book you didn't read. "

In between classes I would just like to take the time to say that I am so extremely "sqeek" happy for my best friends who have finally found one another. If it happened any sooner it would have been too late. I keep my chin up in the world of dating and such while walking between classes for the hopes of having what they have. Chris, "give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says 'For the woman I love,' and the second, 'For my best friend.'" (Then you can mail me a red rose and it BETTER say the latter! :D I love you both and that is totally and completely enough. Congratulations.

Dear Mr. President

This is an interesting song.

Erin, I miss you

Erin and I spent a week on her family's private Island for Spring Break back in Upper Elementary and I will never forget singing this song while pushing her on the rope swing. That week ended with me discovering my parents were divorcing but even though my life was falling apart, Erin stuck by my side. I haven't seen her in a while and I thought I would just send her a shout out.

"I've got a daisy on my toe
It is not real, it does not grow
It's just a tattoo of a flower
So I look cute while taking a shower
It's on the 2nd toe of my left foot
It has no stem, it has no root
'cause it wouldn't look cute
I got a daisy on my toe
It is not real, it does not grow"