Quote of the Week

I was watching a news clip of Tiger Woods speaking at a press conference,
re: an Irish magazine saying his wife was a big dirty porn whore. Tiger was quoted saying, "It is unacceptable. I do not accept it". Wow, he speaks so well! But can I just say that this could all be a simple misunderstanding? His wife is so generic white woman it would be really hard to distinguish her in soft porn focus. She's medium height, blond hair, slim build, and attractive. I mean, for all we know, it could be Cuba Gooding Jr.'s wife in that porn.

Anyway, Tiger's eloquent words lead me to reflect on some unacceptable things I've noticed, so I thought I would share them with you.

1. Old man in restaurant
My friends and I went to a restaurant for our monthly "Diva's Dinner". When the girls get together and the wine is flowing freely, it tends to get a little loud. But hey, we're having a good time, talking, laughing, and enjoying our dinner. Then this old man behind us gave us the subtle sign that the volume was a little too high for him. That sign was scrunching up his eyes, plugging his ears, and then moving his hands in a "keep it down" motion. The truth is, any way he chose to tell us to shut the hell up would have probably pissed me off. But the hand motions? Unacceptable. I do not accept it. Except in that case I did, because he was mad old and I didn't want him to have a stroke or anything.

2. The return of domesticity
I don't know if you've all heard, but domesticity is back. Apparently there are women my age who are married or living with their boyfriends who simply have to make dinner. Like, they seriously can't go home and do nothing. Or get him to make it. And when they do have a night out, or go on vacation for a few days, they make dinner and freeze it for their men. Their 30-year-old men. They do it all--cooking, cleaning, laundry, feeding the dog. There's a slight possibility that garbage still falls under the man's jurisdiction, but don't quote me. Okay, I know I sound all judgy-wudgy. But the truth is, I'm just afraid my boyfriend is going to find out and realize that I've been scamming him with that whole, "independent women don't do things like that". Because these women are all independent and smart. So despite what Rina thinks, I've decided I'm much too lazy to get on the domesticity bandwagon. Now if my boyfriend would like to get on it, I would definitely accept that.

3. The Western clones
If you're a white girl and you go to Western, you have a new uniform for a night on the town: a tank top, a jean mini-skirt over black leggings, and stillettos or flip-flops. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with this outfit per se, but when you're looking at a line of about 200 girls outside of a club and 80% of them are wearing this outfit, it's a bit strange. And it's so Western. When I was 18, the Western uniform was B.U.M. hats, Western sweatshirts, hospital pants, and Teva sandals. I'm not saying absolutely everyone wears the same clothes, but I challenge you to honestly say there isn't some kinda crazy cloning going on there. You know how Western is known for its Science department? Uh huh. Just think about it for a minute.

That's my word,
sbg