h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm sorry... I can't stand to see a man in whitey tighties or a speedo... ::gag::

Your swimwear sounds highly revolting, my dear son... Ah, but what can a mother do!?? You're on your own now...

As for brats ruining HALLOWEEN, I think anyone can ruin anything they want to, and that's especially true in the States where you can do anything you want(like write in red chalk about how Bush is a terrorist... blah blah blah.... at the college). But I digress.

I've never known a HALLOWEEN to be ruined. Ok... there was that one where someone smashed our pumpkins, but I've always loved HALLOWEEN-- for EVERYTHING it means.... It's almost a bit anti-Christmas... BWAHAHAHAHHAAA....

Ummm... I'm pretty tired and I dunno if this is coherent... there was somethinge else, too...

Dixie Chicks are Cool. My best friend loves them. And she loves me. Smart woman.

Yeah, smart woman!

It's not swimwear, by the way, as then it wouldn't be HRASC compatible, and all entrants must be HRASC compatible.

If you don't know what I'm talking about, you'll have to go read the page for yourself.

DAMMIT!!! I refuse to allow you to force me to learn something new!!!

Any day you've learned something isn't a complete loss. So go learn!

I all ready learned how to make stuffing today!!!

(yeah... like that's something to brag about... the feminist learns how to make stuffing... )

You mean you didn't already know? I thought everyone knew.

Stuffing good...

...Do you know how to make it using a bread slicing machine!??... Didn't think so!!!

Why would I want to do that when I've got a food processor?

OH, I bet that is sooo much easier... and no mess on the floor to sweep up...

You've got it exactly right.

But we don't have one in the bakery...

Well you'll have to get one then, won't you!

Wal*Mart would never allow that!!!

Wal*Mart?

It shames me to think it was founded and named after someone with the same surname as myself. They bought Asda, for goodness' sake - and they didn't change the adverts to make them tasteful. We still have to put up with smiling housewives patting the back pocket of their jeans to make the change they've saved by shopping at Asda rattle. As if there are many people who pay for their weekly shopping by cash anymore...

::gag:: No kidding!??? My Women of Color class would LOVE to hear that...

I found an ad about a month ago for this cleaning thing (for floors) called the Swiffer. It was stating, with pictures and captions, that "there have been many inventions that have helped to make life easier..." blah blah blah... The first three pictures were from the late 40's-early50's probably, depicting Donna Reed type women and their beloved fridge, or dishwasher, etc...

As I had my hot little hands on the ad, I was just waiting to see another women with the Swiffer so I could writhe and howl in agony.

Thank goodness it was a man.

You think we've got anywhere since the 40's and 50's!??? In some ways we have, and I'm very thankful. But women are still obsessed with their size(and not only the size of their thighs and waist-- a college student was talking to a friend between classes about wanting her breasts done!!! What the hell are you learning in college!?? I thought you were there to improve your life... I guess maybe a boob job might do that... but it's really not for yourself, is it, girly!??), their makeup, their diet. It's very sad.

Thank you.

I don't think happiness really has anything to do with physical attributes. Sure, you can feel more confident, more superficially satisfied with your life, but on the whole you just feel worse underneath, because you've covered up the things that really need sorting out, and sorting them out after doing that is like taking breadcrumbs out of the food processor _after_ you've stuck the lid on with rapid set Araldite.

YEAH!!! Very few people work on knowing or improving themselves, and I think that's especially true here in the States where we have the great misfortune of Self-Esteem being king. A child could be terrible at something and receive little criticism: he's just stroked endlessly for putting forth some effort until, well, he decides he doesn't have to work hard at it. A lot of students simply do the minimum and they are satisfactory. BLEH!!!

Even tests are fixed so that most students can do well. Some have a possible 104 points out of 100. Others are graded on a bell curve, which you probably know about. It's sad.

And that's just how we treat our brains. It's our outer appearance that we strive to improve and get praise from. I think that's very backwards. I wish things were the opposite: pursuit of knowledge compelling society and advertisements rather than the pursuit of beauty(which is only transitory...).

I refuse to wear makeup 360 days out of the year. Yes, I do buckle on ocassion. I hate the stuff. I don't want someone to take interest in me because my complexion appears clear and my cheeks are rosy.

I refuse to wear makeup 365.25 days of the year, but that's because I'm a man and I don't really get into things like that

But you're right, society is powered by the wrong things. I admit that one reason I'm going into computing as a career is that there's money in it, but without money it's very difficult to be comfortable in the modern world. And also, I'm going into it because I love it, which I think is the more important reason.

I'm also planning on joining the police as a volunteer (I'm actually writing an article about that particular aspect of the police in the UK at the moment) some time in the future, and I'd be in now if there weren't problems with my eyesight. That's purely done for personal gain, actually - because I think I can gain a great deal by helping others.

To be honest, is there anything we do in this world that isn't for personal gain, or which can't be made to look like it? Even volunteering to help others is done to appease a sense of guilt, or perhaps because we crave the thanks we might get from doing it, or other related reasons. I don't think we do anything willingly that doesn't bring us some kind of benefit, even if it's a release from nagging, or the end of the nasty smell from the overflowing, long-in-need-of-emptying bin in the kitchen.

::holds her nose:: Right.

Good point about selfishness. I had a Humanities teacher that argued the same concept that everyone is selfish, even Mother Teresa. And this was when she was still alive!!! I suddenly feel old, hahaha....

Oh no... that's the same way I feel after I get off of work every day!!! Silly me...

Ummm.... the police will let you help volunteer!?? Wouldn't you need to get a haircut!? You're in England though, right, so... I guess the coppers there are different about things. Indeed, constable!??

OH!!! And my Intro to Philosophy professor(my original minor was philosophy, then nearly Spanish and now history) argued that we LOVE selfishly too. Yep. Love is work, but when it really comes down to it-- I have to leave to teach guitar!!!



No... but when it really comes down to it, you love someone or something because either 1) it makes you feel good, 2) you get some sort of reward, or 3) you do it out of empathy because you can't bear dealing with your bitter heart if you don't show love for or to someone or something.

Now I have to leave for guitar.

But yeah. I know my ambitions to be a writer put me to a great challenge. But I've known for years that I'd rather be poor and happy than rich and stagnant. I've known that since before I learned about Mother Teresa's selfishness, in fact!!!