End of the Year

Everyone always told me that high school flies by past and shockingly it did. Then going into college people told me the same thing but it goes by even quicker than high school. As each semester went by I thought to myself I should not take this time for granted and to live it up while college lasts.

Each semester flew by followed by each year flying by and I found myself constantly saying "holy shit". But now I am saying that to the end of my college career. I cannot believe I am within the last weeks of my senior year at Eastern. It feels like yesterday that I was a senior in high school trying to figure out where I was gonna go to school and then when i finally chose EIU I was at cheerleading tryouts here. Then I was moving into Carman at a blink of an eye. Now to think I am graduating in four weeks is beyond me and my family.

To think of where I am now and how much going away to school in general changed my life has me at a loss for words. Senior year my plan was to stay at home in Chicago because I knew I could not be away at school and I had a high school boyfriend at home. Finally, one day I woke up and realized that this experience and choice will change my life and that I had to do this for myself and no one else. Well going away was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my 22 years of life and it has worked out for the best, not only relationship wise but it has shaped me as a person. A lot of people screw up their lives and get into bad things at college but for me it was the opposite, thankfully.

Although there have been ups and downs and I don't know exactly what I want to do with my degree I know things will work out whether it be my dream job or a being a cop, which has always been my backup plan. I know graduating and going back home will be bittersweet but I am excited for what's next to come.

Losing My Mind

When me and my roommates came up with the idea to do a bar crawl I thought it was a really good idea. Since we are graduating and some people are transferring home, we thought perfect....one last hurrah. 

My big mouth gets me into a lot of good things and a lot of bad things. And I don't know which one this is. I like that we are doing this because it will ultimately be a great time but I am in a pickle with the planning. 

I am fine with planning things and dealing with people, after all my major is public relations, but not when it's indecisive people. And not when there are too many chiefs and not enough Indians. When u bring up any type of event to someone they always they're attending and they want a shirt. Well that's not always the case because when you go on money runs and people say "oh I'm not getting a shirt anymore", then that leaves ME finding s replacement or throwing in extra money....not fun for me or my bank account.

At this point my roomies and I have been spotting just about everyone who doesn't go here, and there are 76 shirts. 76 times 8, you do the math. 

All in all I am sure it will all work out and go just fine but i stress myself out way too much and need to work on my patience with people. This is a  last bar crawl to be all together here for our last couple weekends and to have a great time and great memories. Whoo hoo!

WEEZY

I live for concerts. They are very fun and you get to see your favorite artists perform. In my case, my favorite artist would be Lil Wayne. I have seen him at House of Blues and at the United Center both in Chicago and last night I saw him again at United Center.

All three concerts I have thrown down a lot of money to be very close. Let me just tell you that it was well worth it. Last night's concert included a lot of his Young Money crew including Nicki Minaj, DJ Khaled and Rick Ross. Also, the drummer from Blink 182, Travis Barker was along side on tour with these people. I am a huge fan of all of these people so I was very excited to say the least.

At first we were in the wrong seats and we felt like idiots but when we were told where are seats were we had to give some people the boot and we were even closer than we thought, which was awesome. To explain how close I was, I could touch the singers on stage and also see behind stage.

All in all, I will totally go back to a fourth Lil Wayne concert even if I have to spend $200 again on a ticket. It was all well worth it and a lot of fun!

Bikini Contest

For the third year now, Charleston's local bar Styx or Panther Paw has a bikini contest with prizes. Most people would think of a contest where contestants just have to dress up in a bikini to show off what they got going underneath their clothes. Since I missed the actual contest the past two years I didn't know what it was actually about so I was considering signing up to win $850 and a trip for two to Vegas. 


I ended up chickening out because I didn't want people to look at me funny or feel like crap about myself. While I was witnessing this contest yesterday I was appalled. These five females clearly hammered, (I say that and not "girls" because there was a 40 year old in it who was possibly a stripper), were really shaking what their mama gave them. 


They had to dance around sexy, shake their butt and boobs and give lap dances to random people from the crowd. They also had to pour a cup of milk all over their bodies for some reason and one contestant asked me to put it in my mouth and spit it in hers. How ridiculous is that. I obviously said no chance. Another girl poured chocolate syrup all over her and the guy she was giving a lap dance to and licked it off of him. 


At this point I was thanking God for allowing me to maintain my morals and dignity. Obviously I know what strippers and prostitutes will do for money but these girls might as well have been strippers and they would have gotten more money. If i have a daughter I hope she will never participate in something of this nature in college. 

Air planes

Planes are not my most favorite thing ever. I am scared to death of flying for some reason and people always tell me not to be and spit out the odds of crashing. And I respond that's great I do not give a shit nor do I even want to hear the word crashing.

I have a techniques and a routine every time I fly. The whole week before leads me to being mentally prepared. I try to block it out of my mind. Then an hour before the flight I rip a Xanax, prescribed by my doctor of course. And then once on the plane I attempt to fall asleep and if that doesn't work I most likely hyperventilate, cry, cover my eyes and ears. And here's the most ridiculous part if that wasn't bad enough... I don't let me feet touch the ground because I don't like feeling the vibrations of the plane.

I don't even know why I am so scared of flying because I was pulling this before 9/11. My dad used to yell at me for crying and would tell me they won't let us take off because of me haha. And do you know hoe many set of wing buttons I received...up until I was 15. Maybe it's because I'm chlostrophobic, maybe insane or maybe it's all in my head. Needless to say I landed in Fort Myers safe and I get to do this all over again on the way back to Chicago. My parents are so very thrilled.

Not every day do we realize that one day, minute and second can change a person's life. We really all do take every day for granted because we don't think something bad will happen to us and that's where we need to stop complaining about petty things or stop holding grudges against friends because you never know when someone will be gone.

I hate for this blog to be sad and about this stuff but it's because I got a reality check on Halloween weekend and another one today. On Halloween a friend and past teammate died in a car accident and was ejected from the car. This was a difficult time because before this I had never lost a friend. When something like this happens you really evaluate your life. It's confusing as hell and so many questions come along with it. Today is another day where I am thinking of these questions. Last night my friends Shane and Christine were in a car accident. Luckily Christine was only injured but Shane was not so lucky. He was ejected through his sunroof and passed away at the scene.The one thing I will say I am happy about is that Shane left this earth next to the girl he loved so very much.

We are so young it is terrible and there are no words to describe it all. It shouldn't come to events like this to reevaluate our lives. We need to cherish each day for that tomorrow might be our last. Rest in Peace Megan and Shane. You are two amazing angels now in heaven.

My New Obsession

My new obsession is four letters: HGTV. It is sad and pathetic to say but I basically watch it anytime I can. I'm only not watching it when I am sleeping and in class so I should probably throw down a couple more bucks for the electric bill this month. 


First of all, I love House Hunters and I realize I will probably be very picky when I buy a house but these people on the episodes are utterly ridiculous. The other day when I was watching, a lady requested a big backyard for her children. When the backyard was shown, in my opinion, was basically the size of a football field. She questioned whether she could fit a pool in there. Then they complain that they can't find the perfect house. I'm sorry but beggars can't be choosers. 


When I was in grade school and high school I used to want to do interior designing but I knew when it came down to it I would suck at it. So I gave that up for communications. Now in my senior year of college when I should be thinking where I want to apply with my degree, HGTV has recently given me a new calling; Real Estate. I have always been interested in it and I have a few family friends as Realtors who can show me the ropes. I took it one step further than talking about my new idea and contacted a high school friend who is a Realtor and she told me to send my resume and she will put in a good word and basically hook me up. At this point I am pretty excited about that because I have never actually known what I really wanted to do other than possible be a police officer. 

Award Show Fashion

I'm not sure if this is typical because I'm a girl, but I love award show season. I love seeing what all the celebrities are wearing because I always like to try new things and to see what looks good with what and on who. Not to mention I love to see who wins awards and to see the faces on the losers when their names aren't announced (that sounds mean but oh well, we can't all win Oscars). 


I also love the E! network and I always watch Fashion Police with Joan Rivers. She is hilarious and rips on everyone and everything they wear if its ridiculous. Then again, I am not too sure of why she has the right to say anything when any one in the world can rip on her for having the most outlandish plastic surgery ever. 


Another "celebrity" that is on Fashion Police is Kelly Osborn. This confuses me because I'm pretty sure a couple years ago, before she lost all the weight, she was getting criticized for the "punk" outfits she was wearing. I do not understand what type of credibility the four stars of FP have on me or anyone on  the street for that matter. I can say the same things about people's outfits and dresses at awards shows as they can, yet I don't have a show and these people aren't even celebrities. 


Even though this show is so funny because of what people actually leave the house in and with the comments that are said, what does it even matter what celebs wear? We can't afford their clothes to copy their look anyways!!

BGC

Bad Girls Club is the most ridiculous show on television. That is saying something because in this day in age there are so many reality shows on TV that are completely ridiculous but this one has Toddlers in Tiaras beat. When I watch BGC I think to myself, why am I even wasting my time and brain cells. I firmly believe people who watch that show get slowly stupid as the episode drags on. But bad TV is good TV.


These girls that live in the house each season are beyond obnoxious in every way possible. They give a bad name to every type of female out there. If they do even have jobs, they will get fired after their bosses see the episodes of them screaming in people's faces, being a whore, and throwing their roommates' belongings into the pool. I would hope that their families do not support this behavior and if so, they are just as fucked up as their child. They always say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree. 


This part of the show kills me. They all talk to the camera alone and have vent sessions and complain about each other. They all say that they are mature this and that. I'm sorry if you were a mature adult you would not have even applied to be on this circus of a show. One of the girls Char is 27, when all the other girls are 21 and 22 years old. Every episode Char acts as if she is the nurturing, motherly type and the most mature one. Who was throwing all the roommates' stuff over the balcony and in the pool last episode? You were Char. Just you. 


All in all, I believe these girls need to go to boot camp. And the one that the Maury show sends those train wreck teens off to. No one, especially females, should act the way the girls of the Bad Girls Club do. They are animals that should spent a couple nights in jail and/or a zoo. 

RaNDoM

To be honest, today I cannot really think of anything to write about. So I apologize ahead of time if I get a little ADD on ya!

So the other I was sitting in one of my classes thinking that I have no clue what’s going on and I’ve been to every class, physically that is. I’m not so sure about mentally.  I just still feel as if I am in the first week of school in two specific classes. I am probably used to structured classes that are always on schedule. Usually in many classes I have been in we take notes and that’s about all the class entails, which is fine by me. In both these classes its constant discussion in small groups. Sometimes that gets old and the teachers need to change it up (especially when I feel like I am in third grade with the questions I have to answer).

Then while I was between these two classes I witnessed an unusually argument. I’m not sure if it is just me, but I feel like I ALWAYS witness the most random things on a daily basis, but it makes me laugh and spices up my boring day. Anyways, I was waiting for class and this kid came out and approached another student by saying “Don’t ever fucking disrespect me again in class when I’m talking”. Blah Blah Blah. The kid getting yelled at didn’t seem to care as he continued to wrap up his iPod and earphones. At first I thought they were two friends joking, but as the one sided argument went on I found that this boy was not joking.

Today, I was at the doctor and the waiting room was a zoo. I’m a huge fan of people watching. It is something I do every second of the day. Probably why I have no clue what’s going on in those classes I mentioned above. So I was watching this lady reading her bill from her son’s wisdom teeth surgery and she didn’t look too happy. Then this Asian couple was there and wanted nothing to do with one another. The husband looked like he wanted to shoot his wife in the calf and the wife was dumber than a box of rocks. She was reading a checklist of symptoms for her teeth or something, which was on a piece of paper on a clipboard. When she finished her checklist on the page, she flipped the clipboard over as if there was going to be more information on the back of that and not on the back of the paper. Gotta love the stuff I see. I sometimes wonder if I just have the pure luck to witness the most ridiculous stuff or I just observe things and people WAY too much!

Teeth!

So who would have thought that one day I would be back to eating baby food... Well the time came this weekend after getting my wisdom teeth out. First of all, I highly suggest to be put to sleep for this procedure because you wake up feeling great. But then when you wake up from your nap a couple hours later after your procedure, you better have a Vicodin in hand. Once the pain killers they give you wear off you're gonna need something.


Not to mention, along with the pain, I look like I belong in the Alvin and The Chipmunks movie, part 1 and 2. I also already have rather large lips and to realize the amount those bad boys can swell up is pretty overwhelming. To tie this in with eating, it took me 45 minutes to eat a yogurt because my whole face was still numb and swollen and I felt slightly challenged. Let's just get this straight, I LOVE food. So when it came time for my daily cravings I didn't know what to do or eat. I have now found a new love for broth and baby food.


A couple more great times to this surgical procedure was when they strapped all the oxygen and handy dandy equipment onto my body I felt like an alien and then attempt one of the IV did not go as planned. It didn't hurt which was a plus but I woke up with a large bruise and red rash around that area. I hope I don't have to slap them with a law suit in a week or two for using a meth addict's needle for my IV. 

Gladly, IV attempt 3 went as planned. And the last fun instance that happened was they told me as I was going "under" that I might have an asthma attack when I wake up so they hope I brought my inhaler, which I forgot so that was grand as I was being put to sleep. 


After I just sounded like a complete drama queen after this surgery on my wisdom teeth, I would like to set the record straight that this wasn't that bad at all. With my luck I knew this was going to happen and I wasn't nervous at all. Just makes for a funny story and good blog material. 

Police Shows

I am currently watching Police Women of Cincinnati” and these people are a complete joke. And by people I mean the suspects. I am convinced the majority of them do not even speak the English language. They say the most ridiculous things, whether they have been dropped on the head as infants or on a whole lot of crack, or maybe both, that I am not sure of.

I watch a lot of cop shows, reality and drama series like Law and Order SVU, and the suspects will deny, deny, deny until they day they die. One thing I can’t wait for when I become a cop is to bring home stories of these ridiculous people because I just get a kick of them.

About 5 minutes ago a lady called 911 about a breaking and entering situation. The two female police officers got to the scene and a women came to the door, keep in mind her eyes were a centimeter away from bulging out of her eye sockets, and said that the energy company came to her apartment and turned off her electricity and was demanding the police to turn it back on because “it was a crime”. I’m just going to throw it out there that I would assume no one even came in her house and that her power was turned off due to bills not being paid.

It was humorous because the cop was messing with the lady by saying she was going to go downstairs to get her toolbox to fix her electricity. Then for some reason they lady said she couldn’t walk and doesn’t walk when she just did from her kitchen to the door. Then she said “no I only walk back and forth sometimes”. Um I’m sorry, what? Then when the cop was questioning her on that she then proceeded to say she doesn’t speak English either. She was full on speaking clearly with no accent at all.

Ijust can’t get enough of these shows. They are interesting because I want to be a cop and I’ve been listening to stories like this my whole life from my dad and the ridiculous people on the shows keep people like me coming back for more.

Valentine's Day

I am sure that most girls around love Valentine’s Day. Most of guys around absolutely hate it. Christmas seemed like it was 2 minutes ago and now they got to get their girlfriends or wives something else! I personally do not see the point of this “holiday” and do not expect anything from my boyfriend. But many girls do and I am sure they would break up with their boyfriend or start a fight with their spouse if they received nothing and I bet they make that known. Happy wife, happy life, if ya know what I’m sayin.

I personally believe that there is no need for a day to tell someone you love them and to give an “I love you” teddy bear. No thanks but A for effort. Today, I was out to breakfast and our waiter asked us what he should get his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day.  He said he was going to be with her the week after because she lives out of the state but he still wanted to send her something. I could tell he really cares about this girl, or just does not want to piss her off haha. She told him that she didn’t want anything but we all know that usually means to get at least a little something to show you care. I said since you’ve done flowers and the clique V-day gifts; send her an Edible Arrangements fruit bouquet. After all, I would highly appreciate some chocolate covered strawberries and such any day of the year.

So the question becomes, “How are the guys supposed to know if we truly want a gift on this day or that we really do not care?” Well guys, if you have been dating your girlfriend for more than 3-6 months, you should know how your girlfriend is. If they are like me and do not care, or if they are all for that lovey-dovey stuff, you should know.

The best thing a guy could do if they did not know whether their girlfriend or wife wanted a gift or not for February 14^th here is my advice:

Go ahead and save a little up to get a gift for her if you don’t want your relationship status on Facebook change to “single” on February 15^th.

Ice Day

I am sure that everyone is going to write about the snow days, or should I say ice days, we had because that was the best thing ever. I highly appreciated it because not only were the ice chunks pelting me in the face when I was outside for 30 seconds but on both Tuesday and Wednesday I had 3 classes each day, one of those being my 2.5 hour senior seminar. Needless to say I was jumping for joy.

I was also excited that I was not home in Chicago for this big snow storm because my dad usually wakes me up to join him for the festivities. He pretty much gets high off salting the sidewalk and snow blowing (the whole block). So that was a treat even though my mom sent me pictures of my back and front yard at 8am. So much for sleeping in on snow day number two.

So today since the icy rain was not trying to take my eyeballs out and I was clearly bored, I attempting to chip away at the ol' Chrysler Sebring. I broke all the prongs off my scraper and went through 2 pairs of Uggs and 4 pairs of gloves to keep warm. I also used one of the seven "de-ice" sprays my dad gave me and that didn't work. Then I finally got the bright idea to fill up buckets and such of hot water and dump it on my windows which resulted in cracking the ice. Then I looked like a mad man/an ice sculptor going to town on my car.

After I felt so accomplished cleaning off my car for a total of 2 hours i obliviously decided to take her for a spin to get a movie. Well my car decided to not move forward or backwards and now I'm stuck in ice crevasses.

What a boring snow day!! Haha but I hope everyone had slightly better snow days and stayed warm and safe...Now tomorrow I can't wait to face plant on my walk to classes because Eastern enjoys not salting but using sand. If my dad heard that he would be on his way to salt Charleston, Illinois as we speak.

Facebook

Just about every single one of us has a Facebook, twitter, etc. so we know what it’s all about. It legitimately makes me sick that people revolve their lives around social networks. Not saying that I don’t love it and probably would have slight withdrawals if I deleted my Facebook but if you take a step back and realize what the pros and cons are, you would find that social networks run people’s lives and can also ruin them.

As human beings, we thrive on drama and what is going on in other people’s lives. Especially as females, we love our gossip, E! News, and US Weekly. So when people actually let us in on their lives on Facebook, we cannot turn away.

One thing people shouldn’t do on Facebook or Twitter is accept people to be friends with or follow if you do not know them. We all know people sit on their computers for hours upon hours “creeping” so let’s not allow them. My all time fave that people do which confuses the hell out of me is “check in” WHEREVER they go. And I mean wherever they go. I have seen people do it on both Facebook and Twitter, where if they ran errands that day and hit up ten places… well you would know. Then we wonder why we’re filing police reports for stalkers.

Here’s another one of my faves: I’m not a large fan of the whole status updating thing in general but a few funny comments every once in a while I can appreciate. People pop up on my newsfeed that have status updates about every damn minute of their lives. Did they not get the memo that no one even cares? An example from a female would be “Lunch and shopping with my besties, shower, get ready, look hot and get shitfaced! Whoo text it xoxo”. An example from a male I once saw “Protein shake, work out and lift, pre-pregame at bar #1, jam to lil wayne and pregame at my crib, go to the party pregame, go to the bar, then afties!!” Let’s just say my jaw dropped down to my kneecaps and with my sarcasm and hate for statuses, I couldn’t help to write something under it which resulted in him deleting the status. My point is if you want to put up statuses every minute, make a Twitter account.

I heard one of my friends say the other day that she loves when it says “______ went from in a relationship to single” on Facebook. Pretty screwed up, right? It is in our human nature to be consumed with this stuff. Then say you get a boyfriend or girlfriend and are officially a couple, people always ask “Is it Facebook official?” Why does that even matter. Sane people usually don’t feel the need to publicize their lives.

A tip for people in relationships that have a psycho boyfriend or girlfriend: Don’t be friends with them on Facebook. All a girl will do is creep on every female that writes on her boyfriends wall and then blame it on him. Pretty sure it is not his fault when some random girl writes “hey you’re a cutie” on his wall. Recently my boyfriend’s ex-fling went on her friends account and wrote on his wall saying “Hey I heard you drunk text ____ all the time”. This was just so I would see it and get mad at him which I did not because I know from past experiences that this girl is a lunatic.

All in all, Facebook is great for finding long lost family members, reconnecting or keeping in touch with friends in a healthy way, but watch out for crazy people like stalkers, fake Facebooks, crazy ex-girlfriends and steer clear for people like me who do not care that you just napped for 37 minutes. 

Can You Say Ridiculous?

So like my last blog, I took a break from the relationship topic because on Sunday it just so happened Jay Cutler and the Bears made me and pretty much the entire state of Illinois upset. Now this tiny situation that took place Tuesday I could not pass up to share to you. 

As I do just about each day, I go to the Union to either eat lunch or grab it to go. Well I had my lunch/dinner already planned out. I was going to eat my Subway sandwich for lunch and take my Subway salad to-go for dinner later that night. More often than not it is extremely busy in the food court at around noon so I usually forget to grab the dressing for my salad. As I do not appreciate the brand of salad dressing that Subway offers I ALWAYS pass on theirs and grab the Chick-Fil-A dressing in the refrigerated coolers. 

So as I was leaving I ran back in and grab me some Chick-Fil-A ranch. I kindly showed the cashier (who is not a student by the way) my salad and receipt and briefly explained my situation. He responded with "I'm going to need to charge you for that". I was slightly confused because as far back as I can recall salads usually come with salad dressing, silly me. Then my roomie Marie got in on the action( by saying she never once had been charged the 27 cents for salad dressing if she had a salad). Keep in mind she was not inside the "caged" food area. He refuted back by saying "I see a salad in your bag and the dressing so I need to charge you too". Blah Blah Blah the ridiculous argument went on. Not that I gave a hoot about the money, it was the fact that this man was getting all crazy about it. THEN he said "I'm going to call the cops on you two because that's stealing!!!"... I would say I am pretty respectful and I can understand rules and that people have to do their job. So after I couldn't help but laugh in his face I responded you should then get your employees on the same page so that people know and I graciously handed him my P Card to swipe our dressings. 

Anyways, after that elaborate story I just had to share, I now am thinking what if I was stubborn, didn't pay and he called the cops on us. I could only imagine my father's reaction when he would learn I was in cuffs for salad dressing. Here's the kicker... My dad is a cop. My brother is a cop. And it just so happens that I have been taking police tests to follow in their footsteps AND in the past I got stuck with a security job at Whole Foods. So after thinking of my dad's reaction I then thought what the hell the cops would actually think or say to both the cashier and myself. It's pretty safe to say I would get let go with no consequences or have to tell my future Chief of Police that I was arrested for salad dressing. 

Two Words: Cutler Sucks

I hate to say it because I feel as if I jumped on the Cutler bandwagon, but all around, he is just not the best. I’m pretty sure everyone in the Chicagoland area and Bears fans all around watched today’s game versus the Greenbay Packers. I believe since the Bears quarterback Jay Cutler has been on the team, Chicago has disliked him. The beginning of the season was somewhat of a rough start especially for Jay. Maybe it’s because of his ridiculous relationship with good ol’ reality star Kristen Cavalleri. Anyways, that’s a different story.

I believe that quarterbacks in general act like little girls because they don’t know how to take the big boy hits. Jay has sat out a few games because of his “injuries”. I say that in quotes because I am sure that many people think he fakes his injuries but who really knows. Yet again, Jay had another injury on his knee, which they are now thinking it may be a torn MCL. After his injury he sat out. It has been only a few hours since the game and many people have been saying that it is BS he sat out. My brother mentioned if it was any other quarterback in the league, say Brett Favre, age 41 would probably try to pull through for the game and his team. In a way, I can relate to injuries, not necessarily on the level of football but I have had some bad ones in my day. My injury rap sheet includes two torn ACL’s in my knee and more torn ligaments in my wrist. As a cheerleader and gymnast, these injuries affected me a lot while I was competing. I could not rotate my arm side to side and I still competed at nationals for my team. To me, that describes dedication. Jay Cutler’s dedication is something people have been questioning and that is not just because of today’s game. This was the last straw for fans this season.

The thing that probably pisses most people off is Cutler’s attitude. As you watch a struggling Bears game you can tell the team is not getting down on each other and they keep trying and all but one player keeps their confidence. Cutler’s old ways have been brought over to Chicago and I guess the saying “old habits die hard” is true in this situation.

 

No Strings Attached

Recently I have heard the new movie "No Strings Attached" receiving a lot of comments and mostly from guys. Not that they want to see the chick flick but that they want girls they associate with to be just like Natalie Portman in the film. If you haven't seen the previews for this movie yet, it is about two friends of the opposite sex, Ashton Kutcher and Portman as they agree to be "friends with benefits" and nothing more. As the movie goes on, Kutcher's character ends up wanting to take it a step further and take his friend on a date. 

So the question is... can any of us really handle a strictly "friends with benefits" situation. It seems to me that only a select few can handle it when they are on the same page. This "relationship" can go in a couple different directions.

Scenario 1: Guy tells girl he likes her. But girls don't get confused, this just means they want you to keep coming back for sex. If they had feelings for you, wouldn't that mean they want to have a real relationship with you? Sit back and think about that one.

Scenario 2: Similar to the situation above, if the girl is told they are liked, that is all it will take. If the guy is not telling the truth, which most of the time they are not, the girl will go insane. The girl will say she can handle it, but she can't. Just wait until their guy hooks up with someone else. All hell breaks loose. And by loose, I mean you will probably get cut loose by your guy because he didn't sign up for a crazy girlfriend. Sooner or later she will want more, end of story.

Scenario 3: The guy falls for the girl. This one is rare and is also shown in the movie. Now to some, this is shocking. Even if the girl starts to fall for the guy, I would hope she will not say it first. She will wait until the guy says it. Lets say the girl does not show those feelings towards the guy and the guy develops them first, this is when he may want more. It is called "the chase". The girl will play it cool and show no feelings as Portman does, and Kutcher began to want the only thing he didn't have yet. He had the sex but now he wanted the relationship.

Girls: If you are willing to take a walk on the wild side, go for "friends with benefits". If you are incapable, do not. If you are like any female I know, you will be stuck in this and it will be hard FOR YOU to get out of. If you are capable, do not let him get in your head and play the game right back and be the chase.

Guys: If you are like 90% of the other guys out there and solely want the no strings attached relationship, I highly suggest making the girl sign a contract. And DO NOT say the three little words that mind fuck us all, "I LIKE YOU".

Not Having a Boyfriend is Not the End of the World

I have met a lot of people that revolve their lives around having a boyfriend which I believe is ridiculous. Sure, it is nice to be loved and to share your time and love with someone else, I won't disagree with that. Again, I went to an all-girls high school and I was on an all-girl cheerleading team all of my life so I would hope you can imagine that I have heard a lot of stories/complaints about boyfriends or lack there of.

This is the best complaint about an ex boyfriend I have heard thus far . (Cue the drama and weeping tears)...
"If we don't get back together it will be the end of the world. Nothing is worse than this." Blah blah blah. That statement made me ill. I'm all about listening to people and giving advice but when people act like that it just isn't right. My response most of the time sounds much like this... "Really the worse thing? That's the worst thing that could ever happen? Did you just so happen to forget about death of a friend or family member?" I don't know about you, but that seems worse to me than not getting your ex back. But silly me I guess.

So with all the above rants and raves brought me to a video that my boyfriend recently showed me. It is about a boy who was born with a genetic disease called Progeria. With every petty complaint I hear or I say, I think about Josiah. In general, I do not cry a lot at all. You can give me the saddest movie to watch and most of my friends will say I have no soul haha. But with little Josiah, he melts my heart. I was a balling infant to say the least when I watched this video on ESPN.

I connected these two completely opposite topics together because I honestly should start sending this video link to females who complain about these relationship ordeals. Josiah is a happy boy who just enjoys playing baseball and is all smiles...and smiling and enjoying life more is something we should all practice.