Man vs. Guy

This morning as I drove to work, I was rockin' out to Bon Jovi (the only music on the radio at the time) and near 'bout ran off the damn road! I happened to glance over at a large truck (because I like trucks) and saw that the license plate read "NOFTCHX". WTF! My mouth dropped open, literally. He obviously was driving that huge truck to overcompensate for something, and that's all I'll say about that.

After I got over the initial anger, I started to reflect on why he felt it was necessary to have that on his license plate. I mean, really. Is it necessary to insult the average woman, because, as we see on TV and in magazines and on the runways, the average woman is considered "fat" by our society. As my buddy Luce pointed out, "full figured" starts at size 10, according to the fashion world. I am not ashamed to have a little "junk in my trunk", but damn does it piss me off that someone makes a point to say something so insulting to one specific population (above average women) ON THEIR VEHICLE. Why is that your soap box? Why is that the message that you want to put out to the world? Who are you trying to impress? Do you have no compassion for people who don't fit into your little box? I'm sure that you, sir, have many of your own flaws, besides being a dick. Yep, I said it!

This is why I distinguish the men from the guys. A real man would not feel the need to put something so childish and ridiculous and disrespectful out there for the world to see. A real man would respect all women, no matter their size, shape, color, religion, political standing, etc...

On the other hand, a "guy" would feel the need to so something as disrespectful as this and show how immature and superficial he is. A "guy" feels the need to find ways to make himself feel good by putting others down, and if it does make them feel bad about themselves, then that's just funny to him. A "guy" is what you see on that "go meat" commercial chanting about grilled meats on the verge of beating their chests like a gorilla and pulling out their pieces and measuring them to see who's is the biggest (they don't actually do that, but it seems to be the next step). That's a "guy". I hate that macho crap, why can't you act like a human and be respectful and then everybody can have fun and enjoy life. I mean, if I wanted to play that game, I could change my license plate to "NOTNYDX". But, I'm beyond that because I don't get my jollies from making others feel bad about themselves.

Anywho, I'm getting lots of stuff done at work so that I won't have to worry about anything while I'm on vacation. Whoohoo, VACATION! Finally! Tomorrow is another busy day and we're having a special guest. More on that later.

Tomorrow is also knitting day! I should take the backpack I have been working on so that I can ask our knitting expert, Mildred, how to finish it. I might just take the fun fur ODU blue scarf and the black tie Bill has asked me to make for him. He wants to wear it to a big meeting. Who knows, maybe he'll get some compliments on it and I can sell some ties, LOL! I'd like to be able to make money off my knitting. Maybe after the sale at ODU in November I'll start an Etsy account like my friend Tiffany who makes baby hair accessories. She actually has one of the hats that I knitted that she added a flower to. It's super cute! I have enough yarn to make lots of stuff, the problem is finding the time to do that. Maybe I need twice a week knitting groups LOL!

A variety of thoughts

As I watch Spaceballs, I am reflecting on the events of the last couple of days. (I love this movie)

Friday night I went to the Crosby Stills and Nash concert with my mom. Right in the middle of it I had all these great introspective thoughts that now escape me. LOL! (It's probably a bad idea to try and update this while watching John Candy dressed as a mog (half man/half dog) and Pizza The Hut.) My favorite song they sang was the "almost cut my hair" song. It was nice hanging out with the hippies. One song they sang he said he wrote 40 years ago about ending the Vietnam War and the lyrics are still relevant for this war.

Sunday I hung out with a group of feminists. THAT was FUN! It's nice to be around like minded people. We're trying to get the local chapter of NOW up and running again. I joined them at the March For Women's Lives in 2004 in DC and had a blast. So, I'm excited about what we can accomplish. Who knows, maybe you'll see me outside a Walmart picketing for equal pay.

Then I went to see Brideshead Revisited with my friends Luce and Erin. After the movie Luce heard a woman say outloud "I came to see a love story not a f**ot love story" (sorry, I refuse to even type that word, but if you can't figure it out she was referring to a gay love story) The nerve of some people! Then we went to a local eatery and had some appetizers and talked about random stuffs. Good times! I love haging out with the girlz.

Things at work are going well. I'm taking care of all the details for the start of the semester this week since I'll be on vacation next week. I'm ready for vacation! Bill isn't able to go this time because of his new job and their big move to the new location. I will miss him! It will be fun to get away and be with the girlz though. I'm sure he'll watch the movies I don't want to see with him and eat a lot of spicy food. I bought a Lisa Gardner book to read on the beach. Yay!

I'm working on an ODU colored scarf for the sale in November. I finished one this weekend and I'm half way through this one. I decided to put the baby blanket down for a bit and work on the sale stuff. It's a nice switch because the scarves don't take as long.

If you haven't seen Spaceballs, it's a classic Mel Brooks movie that everyone should see at least once. There are so many good quotes in this movie! I can't figure out how to put the video on this page, so here's the link. Enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDqk-izC2kw