I Wish it Were Christmas

Try the BEST MySpace Editor and MySpace Backgrounds at MySpace Toolbox !pI'm in Los Angeles now, and I'm out of Southern Illinois. I miss a lot of my friends, but there are a LOT of people I'm glad to get the hell away from.
I attend UCLA, and I'm studying Biological Anthropology. After I graduate, I plan on doing fieldwork hopefully in whale paleontology for a year and then going on to graduate school. I think I'm going to minor in art history...we'll see how that one pans out. I love UCLA so far, the campus is beautiful. Sometimes I miss the closeness of home. I miss school not being 40 miles away. I hate bad drivers here. I miss cheap things. I miss yogurt not being $7 per 8 pack (thanks, Von's). But the good outweighs the bad.
I have a REAL PROBLEM with girls that whine and bitch about how they're objectified by men, how they're not taken seriously, how they can't seem to get a guy that treats them right. Here's a hint; don't dress and act like a whore. If you put yourself in a situation where you are objectifying yourself, you are giving the message to those around you that it's ok to use you. Your self esteem shows through in your actions. Tubetops? Not going to get you a decent guy. Pants that give you muffin-top? No-go. And attitude is a HUGE part of this. When you flirt with X amount of men and act like you don't care about yourself, you aren't going to be respected by either men or women. I'm not misogynistic, I'm a realist. If you plan to get all feminist on me; stuff it because you know it's true, too. If you find yourself in this situation, stop bitching, take a step back and look at your life. If you don't like it, CHANGE IT. No one takes you seriously.
I LOVE Adam Carolla. He's very real, and doesn't sugarcoat things. As a plus, he's hilarious. My morning would lack its luster without him.
Sacha Baron Cohen isn't half bad either:D
Brigitte Bardot
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Well, I moved out of my house and into my own apartment in Carbondale. I then decided I needed a change of pace and packed my bags for Los Angeles to go to UCLA. I'm going to live in Sylmar next year so that's cool.
I'm really bad at these "about me" things, so I'll just give you some random facts:
*I'm into "green" stuff and recycling and whatnot. What we as individuals do actually DOES have an impact on the environment now and in the future. I wish more people would open their minds and ears. I think people are selfish about change, which is partially human nature and partially lack of education.*I'm bad at putting the sheets on a bed. Curse you, fitted sheet.
*I have a secret affinity for Britney Spears, a select few Wu-Tang songs, and Celine Dion. Oh crap, I've said too much...I like a lot of embarrassing music.
*I always have a song going through my head. Some may say this is lack of focus. I like to think of it as mental clarity.
*I have a secret passion for writing science papers. Call me lame, but I love science research.* I have a nose ring, an industrial, and my conch (PART OF THE EAR, MORON) pierced, and all hold a special place in my heart.
*I am addicted to Donkey Kong (I, II, and III) for Super NES.
*I have a weird, weird cat named Kitty that will stare at you and creep you out(UPDATE: as of June of 2006, Kitty is no more. She escaped out of the living room window, and has not been heard from since:[ Daisy is still around though, and I'm hoping she has puppies. I think itd be pretty cool to have a bunch of little Daisys around).
*I love vanilla candles but hate vanilla on or in anything else.
*I like running. If it rained more out here that'd be cool, because I think it'd be fun to run in the rain.
*I enjoy late nights at Denny's drinking cheap cappucinos and talking about various things like white trash, etc.I like what Jackie says; stupidity is not something that can be forgiven in a culture as diverse as ours. Or can it? Maybe it can only be forgiven when an effort is made to eradicate it.
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When I first moved out here I had a shitty job at Claire's. Yep, *that* Claire's. The overwhelmingly pink, over-stimulated, over-priced, unhygenic piercing and cheap imported shit boutique. Here are a few reason's why Claire's sucks:
1. The merchandise will fall apart into shiny shambles in the bag before you get it home. Almost 100% guaranteed.
2. The "piercing specialists" are NOT piercing specialists. They aren't even TRAINED in piercing. You know what my training was? Piercing a piece of cardboard that was cut into the shape of an ear. No sterilization overviews, no ways to handle different situations...basically just point and shoot with the little piercing gun. Which brings me to my next point...
3. PIERCING GUNS SUCK. They are unhygenic, unsafe, and can cause MAJOR harm to the body. For one thing, a piercing gun can harbor TB and Hepatitis. The "piercers" at Claire's are told to give the customer a schpeel about how they "sterilize" the gun with an alcohol pad. The good news: they're at least trying to make you feel safe (which essentially comes down to saving their asses for legal purposes). The bad news: alcohol pads DON'T sterilize piercing guns. The sterilization power of alcohol is being questioned by scientists at present, and cleaning a potentially pathogen-ladden gun with a chemical that may not even be effective is hardly commendale. Claire's knows it doesn't work.For two, the material used for piercing needs to be sterilized in an autoclave, which is basically a pressure cooker rising to temps above boiling. Germs can't live through such extremes. However, piercing guns can't be put into an autoclave because they are plastic, and would hence melt.Three, guns can shatter cartiledge. But the piercers at Claire's won't tell you this because they are pressured to make earring sales. They'll lie straight to your face and tell you that it has never been proven that guns are bad. Do some research on the Ban the Gun campaign. Oh, and the gun has been outlawed in 14-or-so states.
Fourth, the gun shoves an earring through your ear (blunt force trauma anyone?), where as a needle slices out a section of the body quicker, safer, and MUCH more painlessly.