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Scrunchies are not acceptable to wear to work. Scrunchies pose a greater evil than pointy-heeled shoes and jeans. Scruncies are relics of the late 80s to early 90s. Scrunchies are to be kept in the bathroom to tie hair back before face washing, if said scrunchie managed to survive the intervening 10 years. Scrunchies should be shamed to the realm of the home like once-favorite t-shirts from Bon Jovi's 1989 world tour that are faded and full of holes. The pony tail is a barely passable way to manage hair in the office, but the scrunchie is the worst possibly way to wear a pony tail. A simple hair elastic is the correct to wear a simple pony tail. A scrunchie may as well be a banana clip, even if it's black velvet scrunchie. Even if the scrunchie is studded with thousands of dollars of diamonds. A black velvet ribbon would be a better way to decorate a pony tail if desired. Although 30-something is no longer supposed to be considered old, hanging onto the scrunchies worn when the first Bush was president makes 30-something definitely dated. The days of the good-luck scrunchie, favorite scrunchie, scrunchie with beaded embellishments are long past. A scrunchie will date a woman faster than the hint of crow's feet that are being battled nightly with promising creams brought at department stores. Can scrunchies even be purchased in this day at places other than variety stores in the mid-west.
While pointing out the ways in which people have seemed to miss the memo on things that are not proper to don, men shoudl note that button downs are called shirts and not blouses so there is no reason for the shirts to appear "blousy" through the back. If the shirt is loosened in the back to point where a 4 month old child could fit snuggly much like natives carrying their babies in the field, the shirt needs to be tucked in more tightly. Some of the men responsible for these crimes tend to have a belly in the front, and seem to think the back must be equally pulled out of their pants, even though they have no belly caused by the comforts of a desk job, an SUV, and donuts brought in by the supervisor at the end of weeks where goals are met. However, most of the men who leave enough room at the back of their shirt for small puppies, a 10 pound bag of rice, and other such items that makes the space look like a place to store things much like a purse, are rather slender and fit. Men who battle the desk job, SUV, and donut lifestyle with a treadmill in the basement. These men need to realize the importance of fitted clothing. Off the rack may not be proper to their bodies. Much like short women who must get their pants hemmed, these men need to consider spending some money at a tailor, or simply learning to tuck in their shirts tightly.
Dear NYT, specifcally nytimes.com: Bite my ass. You and your "Times Select" online can go straight to h-e-double-l. Why do this to people? I read my news online because I think it's better than letting newspapers stack up that I'll never read. And, I'm cheap. I don't want to pay to read news online. I'd rather let newspapers stack up. I just don't want to deal with this "Times Select." I'd rather buy a magazine. Thanks, Tara Tuesday, November 22, 2005 My new temp job offers the opportunity to finally pay off my credit card by working an insane amount, such as working all weekend as I did this past. It's not a fun job, it's not an exciting job, but it's a job where a crap load needs to get done.
However, there is a downside. After the "next time on Desparate Housewives" was shown last night, I asked why they were playing it on Thanksgiving. Monday, November 21, 2005 Sometimes, I turn on the replay of Oprah that 7 pm to get in touch with my inner-housewife. Generally, I become disgusted. For example, she has an entire show devoted to blue jeans / dungarees. Blue jeans are casual wear. Blue jeans are not dressy wear, especially if your age does not end in -"teen". Jeans are not to be worn in any "business casual" office environment, except for on Fridays. I actually don't own jeans, so who am I to talk? I would rather have pants that I didn't have to "break in" for them to be comfortable. I just never cared for them.
Oprah is endorsing the wearing of jeans with pointy-toed heels, which is just confused looking to me, given that jeans are casual and pointy-toed shoes are definitely not casual. This single fashion is the downfall of American society. The terrorists have won.
My younger sister, veteran of four years working at the ritziest mall with the bitchest customers, has declare this cashier girl as her hero. Woman: Wow, your face is really red! What happened, sunburn?Cashier girl: No...allergic reaction. Woman: Ooh...what are you allergic to? Cashier girl: Rude, obnoxious and tactless customers. Woman: Oh, so you get a lot of those, hmm? Cashier girl: Ugh...Oh yeah, I forgot, and stupid ones that don't get subtlety, either. Thursday, November 10, 2005 I feel kind of bad for Richard Codey. He is the current Govenor of NJ, taking the position after Jim Mc Greevey fessed up to being a big 'ole fag and stepped down in order to cover up, in my opinion, shady political dealings. Govenor Codey was just a local guy, a high school coach, a state politician, who had the position that was listed as the next line when a governor stepped down. He didn't run for govenor but, sadly, he has been one of the best governors for this state. He focused on human issues and managed to come up with a balanced budget when the state was a couple billion in the hole. Codey didn't want to run for governor this year; I always suspected that he realized he didn't have the fortune of Corzine to launch a campaign against the other rich guy on the Republican party. I kind of wished that he wanted to run for governor, and if Richy-Rich Corzine decided to stay down in the Senate in DC instead of running for governor, Codey probably could have won. He's courted and seduced the state in the past 12 months, has made a positive change and took real positions on real issues, and he won my heart. The reason I feel bad for Codey is now that Corzine can no longer hold the Senate seat come January as he'll won the election for govenor, everyone has been talking about how Codey should be the replacement Senator until the end of Corzine's term. Is this guy the political replacement man, a substitute poitician? McGreevey fags it out, Codey is govenor. Corzine is governor, Codey is Senator? Codey has stated that as of now, he has no interest in being Senator in as much as he believes it will not allow him to be close to his family, require that he give up high school coaching, and so forth. He isn't some rich guy that constantly seeking positions of power, but he managed to do more in one year as govenor than most of the rich guys (and gals) have in recent years.
My older sister got her first teaching job after proving herself as a long term subsitute teacher. In her new life as a married Pennslyvanian, it appears as if her next job will be coming to her in the same manner. Politics isn't supposed to work this way though, people are supposed to run a big campaign and make us vote for them. Sadly though, it seems as if the good ones can come to us this way.
Peacocks are the new dragonflies. Peacocks are the new butterflies. Trust me on this. Monday, November 7, 2005 The NYT magazine article by Maureen Dowd is a great piece. It is depressing, to some extent, to look at the ways in which the average woman in her 20s appears to see the way the sexes should work. Maybe, these backward, 1950s ideas are right. I seriously hope they are not, to think the only way to be happy is with a man and home, to be the submissive lady with little on her own mind than the needs of her man. My inner Barnard-girl is raging mad. But, at the same time, more women then men are going to college and graduate schools. Is this all just a ruse to appear to be intelligent and to have the skills to chat about newspaper articles while making pancakes for hubby on Sunday mornings? Is the need to revert to a more submissive retro feminine ideal a way to compete for the smaller number men in a similar "class" of educated? Or are there two sets of females: the thinly veiled 1950s housewife in low cut jeans and high-heeled boots and the endangered specie of young women who still believe in some of those feminist ideals and fear what the first group will do to the next generation of little girls? I'm not saying that I would like to go back to females wearing Angela Bauer-esque boxy-suits and ruffled blouses (although ruffled blouses have been spoted in stores lately). But it disturbs me that the race for catching a man seems to be what is now the untimate challenge for a 20-something girl. Not closing the female-to-male earning ratio, not wanting a working world that treats parents as both a male and female responsibility, not anything that I thought were the important issues of being a girl. It scares me. Quotes like the below, scare me: A 2005 report by researchers at four British universities indicated that a high I.Q. hampers a woman's chance to marry, while it is a plus for men. The prospect for marriage increased by 35 percent for guys for each 16-point increase in I.Q.; for women, there is a 40 percent drop for each 16-point rise. Monday, October 31, 2005 I really need a job, I really miss being in school, I am driving my friends and family crazy. Because there are so many policy issues in the news now that I am dying to discuss, but I don't have the right audience that is dying to discuss them as well. Everyone should thank me, really, for sharing my nerdy interests and issues with them. Or at least I believe this. Forget wanting a job for money, for something to do each day. Right now, I want it for the intellectual stimulation. Should I include that sentence in the next cover letter I write? Health insurance is out of control. More and more of individual salaries are going to pay for premiums and co-pays. Even having insurance does not protect you from sky-high bills in the case of serious illness. My grandmother has Medicare, and a slew of old-age health issues have been popping up. Her Medicare covers the cost of sending her to adult daycare since she has alzheimers/cognitive decline. I don't know how would be expected to pay for housing, food, and what Medicare does not cover if she doesn't live with my parents. My parents have been working to get her off the deed to the house so they don't have to sell the house if her medical bills become too high! However, since I am too "rich" to be eligible for Medicaid, I applied to charity care through a local hospital for access to health care since the out-of-pocket costs would have made it impossible for me to buy insurance or just pay as I need. I now have 100% coverage for all hospital bills, and a $15 co-pay for when I visit the clinic. Being "near poor" thanks to the low income I've earned being a graduate student, I have probably the best access to health care. If some terrible health ailment should but me in the hospital, I would owe not one penny. For regular colds and such, I owe $15. No so for those with private or public insurance. I don't understand how this is fair or just.
The federal government finally decided to reauthorize TANF / welfare. Many government programs have to be reauthorized every number of years, so that the government can make adjustments to programs to fit current public needs. TANF was up for reauthorization in 2001, and those in power put this off for the past 5 years, just agreeing to extend "as is" on a year-to-year basis. Probably to keep such news out of re-election campaigns. It has proven to be nearly impossible to get any substancial news about this because I am not in the loop. I am forced to deal with this news as a commoner and am left wanting for more. This has proven to me the inadequacy of the media.
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