Happy(?) Singles Awareness Day!

I forgot it was Valentine's Day today, actually, which is quite a feat considering how much card, flower, chocolate and jewelry companies spend to ensure such a thing would never happen. It wasn't until I was at the grocery store on my way home from work that I really started feeling sorry for myself. I saw cute guy after cute guy in the check out line with roses, while all I had in my cart were some vegetables I begrudgingly threw into my cart after I thought about all the chocolate I'd probably be eating, two chicken breasts (both for me...), and a frozen pizza that was on the menu for my romantic evening alone. Great. I probably glared at everyone who looked even remotely happy on my way to the door, trudged through the pouring rain, and didn't even get to the first stop light before I felt my eyes welling up.

Now, I'm not one to feel sorry for myself, especially not on a stupid holiday like Valentine's Day. But given recent events with the state of my job plus the thought of going home to an empty house eating a "healthy" frozen pizza (alone) on the single day dedicated to love put me over the edge. I sniffled through a few more stop lights before my brain did a 180.

I am damn LUCKY. I have been blessed in so many ways, and have a lot of people who love me. I have loving, supportive friends and family, a warm place to sleep, plenty of food, my physical and mental health, and means to provide for myself - not to mention numerous luxuries I take for granted that the majority of the world will never know.

After I started counting, I began to feel a little guilty for the "poor me" moment. No, I don't have someone to go home to or the security of knowing what my next career move is, but I do have a hell of a lot of other things - most importantly, a lot of love in my life.

Shit My Dad Says- on dating

My sister and I have long thought the shit OUR dad says is at least as good (if not better) than the guy on Twitter. His comments and observations have made for some good Facebook statuses, but now that I have a blog, this seems as good a venue as any to share his wisdom with the world...or my 2 followers. :)

My dad's criteria for anyone I date:

"I need to interview these young men. I've got a list of questions I'd like to ask...and I'm a pretty good interrogator. First of all, do you know how to butcher a chicken? If I gave you a live chicken, could you kill it, butcher it, and cook it? Do you own a firearm? Do you know how to use it? Can you gut a deer? Can you plant potatoes? What are your political leanings?"

I cut him off there.

Random Things

Yes, it is indeed Friday night...and yes, I am blogging on one screen while watching The Office on my work laptop. I'm sick, and really tired of spending time in my bed. Daaah. So here's some stuff I've been meaning to post.

This video brought tears to my eyes. Truly a miracle.

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If sex ed classes are teaching kids - explicitly - how to use birth control, perhaps watching a video like this should be part of the curriculum as well.

Learn some things! Common misconceptions

More evidence porn is damaging, particularly internet porn:
"…today's superstimulating porn, instead of satisfying more, numbs the brain's pleasure response. Then the user needs something even more shocking to get aroused—which the porn industry continuously delivers. Who's gonna get excited by 'PacMan' when he has been playing 'Grand Theft Auto' or 'Halo 3'?"

It literally rewires the brain and causes chemical changes. Kinda scary to think about for a 14 year old kid who hasn’t even kissed a girl, yet is being introduced to kinkier and kinkier sex through the eyes of porn directors, and in turn becoming bored by normal 14 year old things. So what’s a society to do? Can’t ban it, it’s “free speech"...right? (source)