Myth vs. My Logic Part 1

Myth: Black cat crossing your path brings bad luck.

My Logic: Back in the day, there weren’t many street laps (actually there were none) so seeing much of anything was really hard.  What may have scared folks was the fact that cat’s eyes are very luminous (they actually reflect light back) and seeing that in the dark would scare anybody shitless.  Since cat’s eyes are able to reflect light extremely well, when a person walked by with a kerosene lamp or a torch, a black (or dark haired) cat wouldn’t be seen from far away, but when it turned to face the light, the eyes would reflect the light and boom.  The person is running away screaming like a five year old.  Plus the poor creatures didn’t have it easy since most of “black magic” involved cats, preferably black.

Myth: Pulling grey hair will result in two or three more growing at its funeral.   (FYI: grey = gray, look it up if you don’t believe me)

My Logic: Ok this one is too close to home as I have started seeing more grays than I would appreciate.  Since I don’t like grey hair I do what any vain person would, I pluck it out.  My hairdresser told me that it’s not a good idea to do so, since more will come out.  That did not sit well with me, so I started wondering.  When I wax one brown hair, two do not come out.  That means that if I pull one grey out, two will not join the devastation of losing one (lol).  As a back up, I searched online and found this website, thanks guys.  So I’m happy to say that though I will not pull my grays out anymore, there are just too many of them these days.  When I do decide to pull one, I’m safe.  Yippee!

Freedom of Expression or Citation Violation???

I’m walking around my neighborhood having a pleasant conversation with my sibling when I notice a car with a cover on the windshield.  Right away a thought occurs to me:  What if the windshield cover had a picture of a nude body, would the car owner get cited for freedom of expression?

I would hope that self-expression would allow a person to show off the artistic side they may have.  My sibling was against it.  Her view was that of graffiti, it’s art but it’s vandalizing other people’s property.  Plus if everyone was displaying art on their windshields it would be disturbing and could result in people’s property getting vandalized.  Her reasoning is that one may not like what they see and will vandalize the property.

To which I protested.  If I placed a picture of a nude body on the inside of my windshield, since it’s my car it’s my property and I can do with it as I please.  Right?  I’m really curious to know if I would get a ticket for this kind of self-expression.

The only thing I found online was that if your car is dirty and the license plate is not visible, you may get a ticket, but this rule mainly applies to big cities.

If you happen to know what the rules are regarding radical self-expression on personal property, let me know.

I want it All while being a Deadbeat

I am tired of hearing; “there are no good men these days” everywhere I turn.

It seems these days’ both genders are not willing to compromise or bring much of anything to the relationship table. On the surface I can say that these people are just not ready. They get into relationships without knowing what they really want, or they have diluted sense of what a relationship is about. Either way, this brings about unnecessary negativity and remarks about the opposite sex.

I know a girl who has been engaged four times! In my opinion that is a bit excessive. I realize that Bukharian traditions expect a marriage to come out of dating, but that doesn’t mean that we need to get engaged to ever single guy we meet. Dating is a way to sniff out the opposite sex and see if you like what you smell, or not.

Poop to Your Health

I could never understand why doctors say that passing stool on an irregular basis is okay. I mean if we eat three times a day (or four, or five) we might as well part with the some of what we ate at least ONCE a day. Only logical, right? So what happens if you are one of the greedy ones? It’s good to remember that sharing is caring

One of the easiest ways to become caring is drinking lots of water. I think two gallons a day is awesome. Just kidding! Two liters a day is great. If it is too much, start off with a liter and within a week or two bring it up to two liters. Your body should like the change.

Why drink so much water, you may wonder? Basically it cleans out our system. Water brings all the nutrients that you need to places that need it most. Since our bodies like to be clean and efficient they will try to discard of waste (poop) in an efficient and timely matter, usually once a day.

If your stool leaves you twice a day it’s also fine, let it go. If more, that’s fine too as long as you are healthy and your doctor concurs, giving you a clean bill of health. I am by no means a doctor, and only speak from experience. Do consult a doctor.

Wise Life

PROCRASTINATION TAKES MINUTES/HOURS/DAYS/WEEKS/YEARS –

AND NOTHING GETS DONE

GETTING SOMETHING DONE TAKES MINUTES/HOURS/DAYS/WEEKS/YEARS –

AND THINGS GET DONE

WHICH CATEGORY WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN?

WHICH CATEGORY ARE YOU IN NOW?

MAKE A CONSCIOUS CHOICE EVERYDAY WHERE YOU WANT TO BE.

Dating Tips

“So what do you want to do?”

I find this question to be quite common when people are going out (dating). I do not like this question at all. I feel that a person should have something in mind always and have the ability to compromise. When you come prepared on your date, it shows that you have put some effort into making evening interesting. That said here are some ideas that can be implemented when going out (dating).

Ordinary
Drinks
Dinner
Movie
Billiard
Ping-pong
Long Walks

A Few… Actually, Good Men Exist.

There is a sentence that does not sit particularly well with me.

“All men are xyz.” (Fill xyz with: jerks/assholes/dicks/pigs/etc.)

The first time I heard this phrase, I was in the locker-room changing out of my gym clothes when a girl I knew came up to me and said it. Her posy friends all agreed with her, and provided moral support. When she asked me if I agreed with her, I said yes. At the time I was attending high school and wanted to fit in. I lied even thought deep down I wanted to say, “No.”

Throughout high school and college, I was never able to voice my opinion on this matter because I was conflicted on how people would perceive me. Since the majority of women say this phrase on a daily basis, and I was less experienced, I thought that perhaps they were right, and I’m just delusional. However as time went on and I experienced life, my stance on men stayed the same. Good men exist.

Universal Parenting Inadequacies Con’t

2. Parents feeding children when they are not hungry.

Example: I was visiting my friend at her home, as she was feeding her five-year-old boy. I did not want to disturb this process so I stayed in her back yard waiting for her to finish feeding him. When she was done she and I began to prepare meals for the children that were coming over (she was babysitting for a friend).

We finished preparing food and decided to eat. While we were eating her boy came around to ask his mom permission to do something. She told him ok, but only after he ate. I almost fell off my chair. He just ate! I had to control myself or I would have said things that would have offended my friend deeply. Thankfully the kid had more brains than mom.

Universal Parenting Inadequacies

1. Parents running after their child to feed him/her.

Explain to me why parents run after their children to feed them. I look at it this way, if a child is hungry, he/she will either cry (if the he/she still can’t talk) or ask to be fed. When a child is hungry, they will ask for food. Children don’t live to eat. They eat to live!!!! Parents tend to forget that important fact. As you may see I am bit irritated writing this post. This topic really gets under my skin.

Example: I’m having lunch at South Street Seaport when I notice a really cute Asian toddler running around with a doll. She is having a ball running around and chasing pigeons. I alternate watching the little girl, the landscape that is before me, and the cute foreigner on my left. Since I’m extremely hungry, I eat my lunch eagerly.

Why Have Children?

What is the point of having children if the parents are not the ones raising them? I do not understand why couples have children if they do not have the time to take care of them. Hiring babysitters or live in nannies to take care of a bundle that you, as a mother had, and now do not have time to raise doesn’t sit well with me. If the mother does not have time to care for her own child, what makes her think that a nanny would do a better job?

As old fashion as this may sound, I still believe that parents should take care of their children. I realize that it’s hard to live in NYC with all the impossibly high taxes and ridiculously high rent that we have. These tough conditions require both individuals to work full time jobs to afford a decent living. When the time comes to have children, parents should think about this step long and hard. They need to decide if a baby is something they really want in their lives, or it is something they think they need to have to fulfill some kind of status quo.