I Do….

I like most women think about the future and more likely than not, that future includes a husband and a couple of kids, well thats what I see in my future at least. So in thinking about this I wanted to know a few things, mostly from men.

What do you look for in a wife?

What is your ideal age for getting married?

Do you have anyone in mind now even though you may not be in a committed relationship?

The above question actually goes out to everyone. I always talk to women who are sad because men essentially put them on a shelf and hope that they will remain there until he is finished sewing his wild oats!!! Men, why do you put women on these shelves, why not marry her when you realize that she is perfect for you? Why must you “play the field” ? I never understood this. Do you think your d**k will rot if you settle down in your mid-twenties? Women, is there a man that you have on your shelf? What’s stopping you?

Dear Congress,

In recent weeks I see that you have been bailing everyone out so I was wondering if I could get some help too. I am not asking for much, but since you gave AIG a $85 billion loan and you’re currently working on the newest $700 billion bailout plan, all I’m looking for is like $30,000. Just pay off my credit cards and my student loans and I promise I too will contribute to the US economy’s comeback.

I just have one question, why is it that you claim you don’t have money for universal health care and better education for Americans, when you keep raising the deficit ceiling limits? I mean if you are producing imaginary money to bail out banks and insurance companies and fund a war that should have ended by now, why can’t you produce imaginary money to better the lives of us lowly citizens of this country who really need help? I mean since 2006 you increased the federal debt limit by $1.2 trillion, so I am sure that my measily little $30,000 grand is nothing. Since I know you are a kind government, whose sole purpose is to ensure my prosperity and happiness, I think, (I don’t remember the part in the constitution where corporations came first) but please make the check payable to…well you know my name.

Sincerely,

A Tax Paying Citizen who wants to see her tax dollars work for her!!

Book Spotlight: Haiku from the Home of Reverend MoFo Jones

So my friend from undergrad, Jeff Dessources is a poet and has been since I met him. He has already put out one book of poetry and recently published another. “Haiku from the Home of Reverend MoFo Jones” is a colorful collection of poems from members of our generation. A few months backed he asked me to submit a couple of my haiku and I’m pretty excited because I made the cut. Please check out the book (meaning buy it at the link below), and let me know what you think. Also check out his website and youtube clip of some haiku that he performed in NYC.

TO PURCHASE BOOK: http://www.lulu.com/content/1162143

HIS SITE: www.MRJEFFDESS.com

http://jp.youtube.com/mrjeffdess

Was That Tiny Fey or Sarah Palin

http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/clips/palin-hillary-open/656281/

I finally watched the clip of Tiny Fey playing Sarah Palin and I could barely laugh because it was so dead on I thought that I was listening to Sarah Palin talking her usual nonesense. Great job SNL. And to the McCain campaign trying to say that this was sexist, kick rocks. When Clinton was on the campaign trail and her camp was shouting sexism, the Republicans, in so many words, told her to man up and now they are pulling/abusing the sexism card. GIVE IT UP!!!!!

Wall Street Comes Crumbling Down

So I am by no means extensively versed in anything as it relates to finance or the true roots of the economic problems in the US, but one thing that seems very clear to me is that companies in America need to change the way they operate. I believe the number one problem with the American economy is that it is run on credit as opposed to cash. The reason Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch were successful, billion dollar banks was because they had so many outstanding loans, just like all huge banks on Wall St. Isn’t there a saying “if someone owes you you’re never broke.” Maybe I just made that up, but I feel like this is how American companies work. And we all know that some people who owe you money will NEVER pay you back and that you should not bank on that money.

Now the government has to bail them out which I’m not too sure I agree with. With our economy in the worst shape ever, a world wide food crisis, Americans losing their homes, gas being unaffordable, etc, etc, etc… where is the government getting all this money from? We spend $10 billion on Iraq every month, we just took over Fannie and Freddie, now we are about to bail out a couple Wall St banks with multi billion dollar loans, not to mention that the US deficit is currently a little over $9 trillion!!!!!!! What does a $1 trillion even look like, let alone 9. I just feel like Washington keeps pulling money out of nowhere and I was just wondering if I could just get my student loans paid off, that’s only $15,000, or maybe they could see to it that every American has electricity or education or healthcare. Since they are just pulling money out of nowhere for everything else, why not help the neediest Americans at the bottom of the totem pole?

Just a thought.

Uh Oh! They Actually Like Her

So when John McCain named Sarah Palin his VP choice, democrats got excited because of her inexperience and the fact that she was a little known Governor from the countries 3rd least populated state. Sarah Palin’s name has been on everyone’s tongue and the GOP base is thrilled by the choice. The McCain campaign has been putting out tons of misinformation about her but people are still falling for her. From the “Bridge to Nowhere” earmarks to her “supposed” trips to Iraq to claims of all of the media and Obama campaign being sexist, I think they are getting a little out of countrol and CANNOT belive that Americans are actually considering voting for them. In fact, polls show that white women are ditching Obama and supporting McCain because of the Palin addition.

Suddenly, I realize that this election is not in the bag like I thought it was. Since I don’t live in the United States I don’t get to see any of the campaigns or any of the local news stories regarding the election so please share your thoughts on how successful this choice has proven to be.

Is Beyonce Pulling a Michael Jackson?

Is it me or is Beyonce pulling a Michael Jackson and turning into a white women?

This Loreal ad caused a lot of controversy a couple of weeks back, but the company claims that no airbrushing was done. The first picture is a shot from the Fashion Rocks event in New York where Beyonce sported a short blond wig (clearly she had a long weave on the red carpet).

What if… (A Reader Submission)

An older friend told me a story the other day about how they used to be uptight, anal, pedantic, totally self-obsessed, and generally just a miserable person. Then she was diagnosed with cancer. It was curable, and she recovered, but she said it completely changed her life. She said:

“At that moment, when the doctor told me I had malignant cancer, it’s like my entire life was crystallized, and I realized what mattered and what didn’t, and all the mistakes I was making were completely clear to me. After I got over it, I stopped being the person I was, and became the person I wanted to be.”

I’m sure we have all heard and have seen (Bucket List)–how being diagnosed with a serious life-threatening illness or having a near death experience completely changed the way someone thought about their life.

While I was unemployed wondering how life could possibly be worse Istopped and tried to picture myself being diagnosed with malignant cancer–what would I do differently? How would I change?

I came to a self affirming realization: Nothing. I legitimately can’t think of anything I would do differently or anything I would change. I am–at least I think I am–living my life exactly the way I would want to. I am blissful. I’m creating commercials, working towards future goals, spending time with family and friends, and indulging in EVERYTHING I have the urge to. Granted, I want to have a private jet, be King of a country and an 10000 acre estate, blah, blah, blah–but the important thing, I am doing right now: Being the person I really want to be.

If you are up for it, try this: Close your eyes and picture yourself in a doctors office. Really envision the whole thing; waiting in the outer room, wearing the gown, getting x-rays and MRI’s, waiting for the doctor…and then having him tell you that you have been diagnosed with malignant cancer. It has a 50% chance of recovery, but you may very well die. Try to really get into the emotional mindset that comes with being diagnosed with a terminal illness.

If you do that, there are two questions:

1. How would your life change?

2. Why are waiting for cancer to make those changes?

Written By: A. Shawn Murray