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What the H E Double Hockey Sticks Were You Thinking?

10 Monday May 2010

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On match.com, like other dating sites, you post pictures of yourself. I usually get annoyed at those guys who post no pictures at all but I think this may be worse. Now this guy does have picture of himself up … which is good … he is cute. Still, what in the HELL made him think it was a good idea to post a picture of some naked chick with a tramp stamp? I really can’t tell if it is a print of a painting or a photo but does it matter? It’s a naked chick with a tramp stamp. HOW IS THAT A GOOD IDEA? This is worse that those guys with no photos, or photos with ex girlfriends (blurred face or not) or the ones who are hugging strippers/professional dancers/cheerleaders/etc.

Does it really need to be said? I guess it does.

Online Dating Tip –

If you are a dude looking to make contact with a nice gal don’t put a picture of some chick’s ass on your profile.

I’m here to help.

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Mom’s Are Brilliant

07 Friday May 2010

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Mom’s are brilliant. I believe this is a well known fact but since Mom’s Day is this weekend let me give you a couple examples of random everyday knowledge my Mom has passed on to me proving she is brilliant.

* “Never say no to fun.” – Simple in it’s brilliance. Sometimes you are tired, or grumpy, or stressed and when something that could be fun is suggested you say something like, “no, going to bed to hide my head instead.” Imagine what you may have missed out on. Shake off the tired, grumps or stress and say “yes.”

Wanna go to dinner? – YES
I think I might go for a hike – COUNT ME IN. YES.
Let’s go to Greece – HELL TO THE YA. (aka Yes)
How about an all night movie marathon? – HOW ABOUT I BRING THE POPCORN. YES.

See it’s easy and if fun isn’t found you will have a good story. There is a partner saying that says, “You make your own fun.” and using that piece of logic anywhere you are has endless potential for being entertaining.

* “A women who works full time deserves the services of a cleaning lady.” – AMEN. I’ve lived by this for awhile now and I’m amazed how happy I am after the cleaning lady has been to my house. I literally dance around happily over the vacuumed floor while breathing in the freshness of AJAX fumes. My only regret is having her come every other week instead of weekly. My dream is to have someone come in every other day. CAN YOU IMAGINE. I NEED TO BE RICH SO I CAN HAVE THIS. I’D BE CONSTANTLY HAPPY!!! CONSTANTLY!!!

One of my friends once said that she would give up food before she would give up her cleaning lady. Preaching to the choir my friend!

I mean take a look at the picture above. THAT is what I came home to recently. I didn’t even know I had 3 pairs of old running shoes still saved in that closet until that moment. WHAT A BRILLIANT VISUAL OF ORDER AND CLEANLINESS.

To all the men out there —- if you can afford for me to have a cleaning lady once a week or more the next words out of my mouth will be “I DO!”

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I Have 2 Words for you Facebook – One starts with an F and the other word is "off"

07 Friday May 2010

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(BTW I realize I may have anger issues as two posts in a row have had the words, or alluded to the words “F**k Off.” I’m oddly okay with that and will be ignoring it and moving on.)

Listen here Facebook I realize you were originally intended to bring me closer to friends and relatives that I rarely speak to but let’s all agree that enough is enough. I can’t stop on my own. You are like crack so I request that you somehow crash never to be fixed again.

Your demise is really for the best of all involved. I have had to “block” a number of “friends” from my feed to keep from hating them. It is for the good of our friendship that I have done this. Although it makes social situations awkward as I have to admit I haven’t seen something they have posted or pretend I have while stuffing my face with chips and dip to try and make it less obvious I know little to nothing about whatever subject they are talking about.

I realize this is not a one sided thing. I have to assume that of my 228 closest “friends” at least 200 of them have blocked me from their feed. I mean who can handle the endless supply of dog jokes, puppies in need of adoption, and pictures of Riggins? A person can only take so much!

Mother’s Day, like Valentine’s Day, and other such holidays only makes my hatred of Facebook deeper and causes an increased amount of times I hit “hide from feed” for people I honestly like but for that one second want to strangle. Here is an example of what you may have done to get hidden (for the good of our friendship —- I can’t emphasize that enough —- for the good of our friendship):
* Posting a picture of your unborn baby’s sonogram or that stick your wife peed on to prove she was indeed pregnant (always the guy who does that). The picture is creepy. Once born I will give you “oohs and awwwes” for your adorable child but at this point he/she looks like an alien. Why would you do that to me? AND WHY THE PEE STICK? Here is the conversation that would happen if someone knocked me up and then posted a pee stick as his profile picture:
Dude: Why’d you block me from your feed.
Wendy: How did you know that did you hack into my account? We are over.
Okay maybe not like that perhaps this:
Dude: Why’d you block me from your feed.
Wendy: Because you made a picture of a stick I peed on your profile picture. No one wants to see that. What is wrong with you? Moron. We are over.
Well — either way my child is born a bastard.
* Posting any ridiculous comment about anything which you ask others to post as well. During valentines day it was about how you are lucky you have the love of your life and if the reader has the love of his/her life he/she should change her status to indicate it. Wow. Thanks. Can I have dagger with that self helping of shame and horror. No really thanks for that. Soooo happy that fad spread like wildfire. For the past fee weeks it has been all about Mom’s day. A similar, “if you have a child…” caused the same dagger reaction from me but I just saw a new posting:
“Mothers’ Day declaration ~ I wanted you before you were born. I loved you when you were born, I saw your face and I knew that I was in love. Before you were an hour old, I knew I would die for you. To this day, I will. This is the miracle of life. Put this on your status if you have a child or children you love more than life. ♥ “
Now don’t get me wrong I really like the woman who posted this. She is an honest and a really nice person. Still … dagger please and golf claps for the bold dare. I mean you are really putting every other mom on the spot since it is inferred that if they don’t repost they don’t love their child’s life as much as their own. Hell I felt so bad I almost reposted it in reference to Riggins.
* Telling me what you are doing vs. working during the hours of 8:30 – 5:30. Now if you are on vacation then feel free to lay it on me pictures and all. If you don’t have a job (and although I do consider housewife/mom a full time job for this specific example let’s define job as somewhere you go from 8:30-5:30 ish Mon – Fri and get paid for) I don’t want to hear about it. The endless trips to Disneyland, the mall, getting nails done, massages, naps during the day, trips to the beach, gym outings, picnics, etc really do nothing more than piss me off as I’m stressing over how to close $50,000 by the end of the day.

That’s the short list but you get the point. So once again Facebook I plead with you. I’m not strong enough to give you up on my own. I need help. For the good of everyone involved you just need to find a way to walk away.

Thank you in advance for understanding.

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All 254 of You Can F Off!

28 Wednesday Apr 2010

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This is a screenshot from my Chemistry.com account that shows me my “connections.” I have 254 of them. That means I have gone out to more than 254 guys saying “I’m interested to learn more about you” or in Wendy online dating language, “I’ll totally meet you for a drink”. MORE THAN 254. MORE THAN. MORE THAN 254. There isn’t a font big and bold enough to write that.

I say more than since some guys, for one reason or another, have deleted themselves from my list. I’m sure for very logical reasons. Like, I’m not Asian (happened for a fact), have short hair, have a dog (which I will give you a pass on if you are allergic or just plan ol’ lame), don’t smoke, exercise a min. of 5 days a week, live in LA, drink socially, and am not “god fearing” (read past post for the pass on this one). That’s about all they have to base this “OMG I have to delete myself from this chick’s list” on. My profile doesn’t offer you much more.

Of the 254 guys a percentage I went out with so they get a “thanks for trying” participant ribbon. Neither of us have the energy to delete from the list.

BUT a good percentage of those guys never responded. NEVER RESPONDED. EVER. WHY ARE YOU ON THE SITE? WHY? EXPLAIN TO ME WHY. (Again this demands a much bigger angrier font style.) I’ll have to assume it is because I drink socially. It is such a turn off!

Now Chemistry has a new feature. It allows you to skip all their useless “get to know each other” steps and just email someone. I think I should go to all 254 one by one and write the following:

“Dear (fill in name).

I was going through my Connection list on Chemistry and realized you haven’t responded to me in the past XXX (fill in number of days). I’d love to meet you for drinks. That is, unless you are dead.

XOXO,
Wendy”

The XOXO may be a little bit of an overkill.

(Someday I’ll write about my dislike of the “nudge him” option. When someone nudges me I imagine them poking their elbow into my ribs and my reflex is to slap them. Probably not the reaction the poor guy is looking for.)

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But I hike on Sundays

26 Monday Apr 2010

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As you know I suggest, when online dating, to go out with anyone who asks. You will never know someone well by exchanging emails and the phone is for wimps. So meet up and have a drink. If nothing else you’ve gotten out of the house and had a tasty beverage. What is bad about that?

Still there are things on a guys online dating profile that causes you to think twice. Don’t get me wrong. I’ll still meet up for a drink but I have little to no expectations that something great will happen. For example:

* “Lives with roommate” (or other versions of this like “lives with family”). If you are over 30 you don’t need a roommate unless you are still mentally a teenager.
* Horrific speller. Now I’m guilty of this BUT I’m smart enough to spell check prior to posting on my profile.
* Any use of the words “soul mate.”
* Location outside of US. I often get emails from guys in places like TX. How exactly do they see this working?
* Smokes
* Tons of baggage and bitter about it. Like this guy:
“Girls Girls Girls……If you think you found “Mr. Wonderful” on here, have the decency to at least hide your profile while dating during the 2 weeks it takes you to discover he totally fabricated his profile and now you need a restraining order… “
“Reasearch shows..65% of the bad ones have been on here for 6 mos or longer….hmmm. 15% are divorced/seperated and constantly “man” shopping. 15% stuck in the peter pan party mode. 4% just plain crazy. 1% sincere….I’m looking for that 1%….. “
“I check each day to see you girls I sent a message to, checked me out and passed on me..~~sniffle~~ I hope ya feel good about yourself now….~sniffle~ “
There are plenty more examples on his profile but you get the point.
* Doesn’t like dogs. (Who am I kidding. That is a deal breaker. To the curb with you!)

All pink flags but not red ones. Still worth a drink. Even weird desperate baggage guy. There is only one thing that will put a screeching halt on any “drink” date plans for me. The religious question. Let me be very clear if you use the words “god fearing” in your profile we will not get along. I use to have “Spiritual but not religious” as the answer to “what is your religious beliefs” questions as that seems to be the most popular answer. People saw this as code. Like I’m really really really religious but don’t want to admit it. It was annoying. So I manned up, got honest and changed it to “atheist.” After all that is the truth. So, if you consider yourself “god fearing” there will be a moment in our relationship (it could happen … I respect those who believe in God and faithfully go to church … it’s just questionable if they respect me) when you get angry at me for getting up early on Sunday to hike with Riggins while you drag yourself to church. It will cause a fight. There will be screaming and before I throw it at you, I will have grabbed the copy of the bible from my “Bible as Literature” class in college (great class) and start quoting things from it and screaming “Really? This really happened?” and making you cry. Believe me … you will cry. So to keep this horrific scene from playing out the guy who writes this:

About His Religious Background: is the best religious. is a bout to be a good man good father to your child good son for your mom and dad good brother for your brother and sister good friend for your friends believe in god respect other people be a good man for your wife

isn’t going to drinks with me.

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I can’t whistle. Is that a deal breaker?

26 Monday Apr 2010

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Chunk of bio from a Chemistry match with very specific “match” requirements –

Looking for those who see quite clearly that 2 and 2 make TWENTY-TWO, never four. And those not lessened by the well-fed worm of comfort. The elegant, polite, and refined. Those who meander through life with dignity and aplomb. Those who lead a charmed life. Those who walk a crooked mile. Those whose religion is gift giving. Those who believe in real magic, and mystery. Those who find comfort in harmony. Those who treat nonsense with respect. Those with no sense of direction or navigational skill, like me. Those who live from the sea. Those who stagger. Those who whistle well. And those who have no real sense of purpose but in the chasing of that unearthly-beautiful music which they hear in dreams.

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What’s key? I’m unclear.

26 Monday Apr 2010

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From the bio of one of today’s Chemistry matches …

“I am somewhat shy love working out.like movies and reading I also belive in punctuality.I also belive n heellppg the needy. the most important thing for me in a relationship is honesty.values are also important.i also belive romance is very important.I belive romance is thekey to any relationship.and lets not forget the most essential :communication.”

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Get Laid

16 Friday Apr 2010

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This blog entry’s title makes me laugh out loud. It also makes me happy that I disconnected the link to my Facebook page as it may be seen as offensive to some. BUT if Disney Online can come up and use really dumb puns so can I.

It seems Disney Online has partnered with Teri Hatcher to launch a site called “Get Hatched”. Advertised as a “Chick’s Guide to Life.” Get it. Because her name is “Hatcher” and “Chicks” “Hatch”. Ha! They are soooooo funny and clever.

I dislike this site and it hasn’t even launched yet. Part of the problem isn’t Disney’s fault. They didn’t sit in a Los Angeles theatre years ago and watch Teri Hatcher butcher my favorite musical roll of all time, Sally in Cabaret. BUTCHER. DESTROY. FLAT LINE. Best musical character for a woman ever destroyed by the need to have a “name” onstage. Most of the blame should be put on the casting director and producers (I can only imagine if the Director had any brain cells he was sobbing during the entire rehearsal and production run) who thought this was an a-okay idea. Although I do believe Teri should have been honest with herself and graciously declined the role with the words, “although I’m flattered I think it is obvious to anyone who breathes that this role is a bit outside my wheel house.” HORRIBLE. I CAN’T EXPLAIN THE HORROR THAT WAS THAT PRODUCTION.

So anything Hatcher and I’m out. I also find the tag line “Miss, Mrs., Mom, Me” annoying. It pisses me off for reasons I can’t put into words. I don’t need Hatcher (AKA Sally Killer) to guide me through life. I don’t know much about Hatcher’s personal life but what gives her the credentials to tell me how to live. She’s no Dr. Drew I’ll tell you that. Obviously I’m not the key demo for this website. If I am then time to rethink the concept! Perhaps changing the tag line from “A Chicks Guide to Life” to “Get Laid”. I’m just saying. Sex sells.

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It Was No Transformers

13 Tuesday Apr 2010

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She didn’t give me permission but I have to share since it made me laugh and laugh. Here is my mom’s review of Crazy Heart:

“I thought Crazy Heart was ridiculous. Who wants to watch a scrubby, disgusting man with his pot belly and bare chest hanging out, drinking whiskey? He can’t sing. He was kissing a girl young enough to be his daughter. It was dumb, depressing movie about an alcoholic. Yuk.”

I haven’t seen it but I’m going with mom. She seems to know best. If you want to know where I got my movie tastes it is from her (although honestly I’m not nearly as harsh and will see almost anything as long as it fits my schedule for the day — in fact personally that is how I pick movies. It’s 11:00 AM what starts now? Great! Sold! I’ll see that.). After all her favorite movie of 2007 was Transformers. Give us some popcorn and a fun flick and we are happy for the next 2ish hours!

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Oh Riggins!

12 Monday Apr 2010

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So my parents, being the NICEST people on the planet, and fully understanding that I’m a basket case, were sweet enough to drive to my house (45 mins from theirs) to check on Riggins at lunch.

I hear he is doing “great”. He was excited to see them (he always is) and thet played ball with him for a bit. He seemed to be doing so well that they left him in the backyard (his normal “during the day” location) to frolic and play until I come home. This is a HUGE treat for him as he hasn’t been allowed out back by himself for a week now. Mostly because I didn’t want him to eat anything (berries, fruit, leaves, grass) that would continue to upset his stomach. So DON’T EAT ANYTHING RIGGINS.

With the parent check up coming back a-okay I went ahead and turned in his insurance claim form with numerous visits listed. I refuse to tell you the total cost of it all …

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