clear rants

Remind me again why I can’t? I seem to have forgotten all the reasons why. I mean, aside from the obvious one.

But somehow, that reason just doesn’t seem good enough anymore.

I’m not sure about what to do tomorrow. The plans started out innocently enough, but they’ve regressed to something that could be mistaken as shady and irresponsible. Should I try to repair and salvage or go ahead and pretend that I don’t have an ulterior motive? Or maybe I should just scrap the plans all together.

I kind of want to go to see how things pan out. I’ve been confused for a while about this situation; which way do I lean exactly? The other day didn’t help at all. I thought I had reached a conclusion, but that meeting completely threw me off balance (and it wasn’t just because I was cruising on about 3 hours of sleep).

Perhaps it doesn’t even matter at this point and time. Maybe I should just avoid the whole thing altogether, since it doesn’t really make a difference right now anyway. But I’d like to know–just to know. You know? (Haha)

Oh well. I guess I’ll just have to wing it–like I always do.

An interesting thing came up today. A friend said that it was weird to hear me swear; not that it was offensive to her or anything, just that it was weird to hear it coming out of me. What do you think of that? Do I seem like a non-swearer? Do shit and fuck seem like words that would never come out of my mouth?

There was a period of time (around freshman year) when I decided not to swear anymore, so those four letter words were replaced with harmless misnomers such as “oh boo” and “not nice.” Damn, that was lame. Anyway, there’s just something liberating and possibly relieving when you just exclaim a nice, strong “Fuck!“. I mean, it feels good to let it out. It’s such a fucking strong word. You know what I mean?

So here’s the thing. Do you think its weird hearing me swear? Does it offend you when I swear? Be honest, because I’m actually semi-considering giving it up. I kinda don’t mind either way. But yeah, this might be the last time you’ll ever me hear me say/write those ugly four-letter words.

Oh, and please no uber-moral, holier-than-thou comments; really not looking for those, because I already know what you have to say about it. Kthxbye.

So they tell me a gay guy was showing his interest in me this weekend. I’m still not sure, but here’s the scenario, and you give me your two cents. If you don’t care about the scenario just scroll down to the bottom and read that. I know this entry is really un-straight, but I assure you that I am very straight. :P

Setting: Macaroni Grill
Who: Me, a guy (wearing a purple shirt), and 2 girls
The Story: So the four of us walk into Macaroni Grill together, the two girls in front, and my friend and I behind them. We walk up to the host and he looks at us, and asks the girls, “How many? Two?” How odd, we think. But we just pass it off as randomness. After we explain that we are a party of four, he asks, “Sitting together?” More randomness. But its ok, we don’t give it much attention because we’re hungry mofos. So after he leads us to a booth, the girls slide in on one side, and I slide in to the other side. I turn to say something to my friend, and lo, behold, the host has slid in right next to me with a big grin on his face, leaving my friend standing.

Now that’s just a little weird. Oh yes, and the host was definitely gay.

The Analysis: So this is what my friends think happened. He asked if we were separate parties because he was hoping that me and my friend were gay and on a date or something. And then he sat next to me becuase… he wanted to sit next to me. Great analysis.

Discussion: First of all, I want to say that I have nothing against gay people so don’t take this entry the wrong way. And I don’t feel gross or anything if he indeed came on to me (I don’t mean “came on to me” literally ;)). If anything, I feel flattered. I honestly don’t think he was interested, but whatever.

On to the thought provoking questions!

Anyway, so I was telling Mei, Christina and Galen about this in the car, and Christina brought up her gay friend who says he only comes on to (maybe literally here) other gay guys because of his superb gay-dar. If indeed the host was showing his interest in me, was it because he thought I was gay?

Then Mei brought up the point that all the guys she knows that get hit on by gay guys are all “small.” As if there is something appealing about a “small” (as in height, not length) guy. Is it because a small guy is less imposing and easier to make a pass at? Or is it because we’re so damn cute and cuddly? I like the latter possibility.

But yeah, interesting experience this weekend.

And I will pose the question to you xangers as I did vis a vis AIM:

clear rants: its point!
so**d***a: it’s mark
so**d***a: TAKE A POLL

clear rants: hey, is it exclamation point or exclamation mark

a*****egg: i say excl point
*LiC****d**icks: point
Huge**Eug: point
mee*p***k: point, i think
j**izm: exclamation point!
ch**0r: it’s exclamation fucking point!
**nice**wa11: its point; duuuh.
to***f***u: when you have an exclamation, it’s to the POINT of no return, to the extreme… to the mark of no return? i dont think so!

u***nderful: i say mark
I2*NO*b: i thnk its mark
aN****aN14: exclamation mark? who the f says that? although i’d be inclined to say mark, since, you know, my name is mark… therefore, i go with mark

OO**UCH: either
jo***n82: it’s a kaboom!

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

(screenames edited to protect the innocent)

A: What’s your screenname?
Me: a-n-a-z-n-s-a-i-n-t
A: Ahnahsinsaint??
Me: Err… an asian saint…
A: Oh. You’re “azn”.

Um. Yeah.

So I was thinking of a new screenname. Please vote for what you think is best (I’m leaning towards either 1 or 4).

1. clear rants
2. clear ants
3. clear rents
4. an azn saint

Something new? Something old? Something borrowed? You pick! It’s like a Fox reality show! Except its not at all…

Happy voting! :-D

Recently, Melody reminded me of this debate that went on last year. I posted it on my other site (5/4/2002) and got a lot of feedback so I thought I’d present it to the xanga community and see what they had to say about it:

Recently the eternal question of toilet paper etiquette has come up in our intelligent conversations: Fold or Crumple? Actually, I didn’t even know there was a question. Obviously, the most efficient and sanitary way is to fold your toilet paper when wiping your ass. However, it has come to my knowledge that a significant number of the population (well, at least a significant amount of my friends) crumples the toilet paper. What are you guys thinking?

First of all, folding is much more paper-efficient. We have a clean ass and save the trees at the same time. Crumplers have admitted that they use more toilet paper than us Folders per swipe (almost a 2:1 ratio!!!) Plus, as a Folder we have the benefit of just folding that t.p. over and using it a second time. You can’t do that as a Crumpler. Can you say inefficient?

Proponents of the crumple system have claimed that folding is inefficient because it takes time to fold the t.p. instead of just pulling a ton of it off the roll and crumpling it. Us folders would like to inform you that we have a system. When we sit down, we already begin the folding process: you pull out the t.p., fold it, and place it on your knee. So, when you’re done with your business, your paper is all ready: madd efficient.

Now on to the cleanliness factor. It is a commonly known fact that folding is much more clean: Folders are sure, without a doubt, that the waste stays on one side of the t.p. Crumplers, on the other hand, because they use a spherical device, have no such confidence. It can go anywhere! With the folding technique, you are further away from your butt. However, with the crumple technique, you have to “get in there.”

Now as the debate continues, I’d like to hear which system you guys support: Comment!!. Those of you who support the folding technique, show your support and feel free to add any benefits I may have missed. Those who crumple, show some support for your wicked wicked ways, and try to convince the rest of the world why crumpling is better.