Jusrede
For those of you that are wondering what the title of my blog means, it was supposed to be a joke. I thought it would be funny to name my blog like the way Musiq Soulchild spells. (his name is just "Musiq" now). His CD's have been titled "aijuswanaseing" and "juslisen." get it now?
Not that he's my favorite artist out there or anything, but aijusthautitwhuzphunea. His songs aren't bad actually. If i can recommend from his first album "Mary-Go-Round," "Girl Next Door," and "Love," in addition to his current single "Half-Crazy" off the second album.
As for my blog title, I will probably change it eventually. I'm still messing with the template too, and maybe I will add some links sometime as well.
Monday, June 17, 2002
Guys are from Jackass, Girls are from Dawson's
In an attempt to get more in touch with my sensitive side, I've been giving some extra thought to the differences between guys and girls. Now, I'm pretty sure that I already know about the physiological differences, so I won't write about that. But I'm still learning a lot about how girls are compared to guys in terms of how they think and act, especially in relationships.
It took quite a keen eye to note that girls are, in general, more thoughtful than guys. Yes, that is why you read my blogs, to learn such earthshattering information. Anyways, we all knew that much already, but there's still a lot I'm observing.
For example, guys never call each other "just to talk." Speaking from a personal point of view, my typical phone conversation lasts under a minute and involves only the basics: what you wanna do, when you wanna meet, and where. We (guys) don't curl up with the phone on our beds and giggle about which girls are "cute" or who's going out with who. Not that we never talk about that stuff, but it's rarely done over the phone. The same goes with email. The only long phone conversations I have (5 mins and over) are with those of the female variety. Not that it's terrible or anything, but girls have to understand that guys aren't used to that kind of thing. We aren't trying to be rude or insensitive when there's a long pause because there isn't anything to talk about, and we say "Ok, well i guess I'll talk to you later then."
Another thing is what guys value in relationships. We don't typically care about getting gifts and remembering special dates, but it's important to know that your bro's got your back when it counts. We don't have to have breakthrough moments of crying our eyes out telling each other about all our past breakups and childhood drama to be good buds with someone, all it takes is half an hour of playing video games or basketball with someone and feeling like you identify with each other. It's also okay to not see your best friends all the time. If one of my friends goes on vacation or something, I never feel dissed if they don't call me regularly or email me to keep in touch, cause they'll be back soon anyways.
Girls, on the other hand, are real sticklers when it comes to those little things. You better not forget a girl's birthday, Mother's Day, an anniversary of any type, or Martin Luther King Jr. Day, because they sure won't. It's hard for guys to understand that stuff like flowers, cards, or a simple unexpected phone call mean so much to a girl, considering that we don't need (or even want) any of that ourselves. Girls can't be best friends with someone they met 3 days ago - it takes years, or at least one of those breakthrough moments I described above.
There's tons of other differences. Guys can just hang around, chill with each other and do nothing, while seeing nothing wrong with that. Girls have to be doing something when they're together, whether it's shopping, painting their toenails, talking about guys, going out and dancing, whatever... but they look at guys and call them bums and losers for doing nothing. In reality, we aren't doing "nothing" per se, that's just called "chillin" and it's one of the ways we bond. Guys (typically) don't pay as much attention to the lyrics in songs or who sings it, while girls are more sensitive about that. Guys are good drivers, girl's aren't. Guys are more easily entertained by shows like MTV's Jackass, while girls need intricate storylines in stuff like Dawson's Creek. Guys are bigger than girls. Girls are better cooks (not trying to belittle that, but I personally believe that girls are better at paying attention to detail and that makes them better at cooking). Guys are more emotionally stable, girls are emotional rollercoasters - they reach higher highs but lower lows. (A word of advice for guys getting into new relationships: find out as soon as you can when "that time of the month" is and brace yourselves accordingly.) Guys "think the idea of punting a small dog is funny" (quotes because I got that one from one of those email forwards once).
Now, I'm not ripping on either guys or girls here. Not even all of this stuff I'm saying is true because there are plenty of exceptions, and don't be insulted if you're a guy who likes to cook or follows Dawson's Creek. But if you haven't already, think about the things I just wrote and tell me if I'm off base here.
By the way, it's been a slow past few days work-wise, and that is why I have been writing such long entries.
In an attempt to get more in touch with my sensitive side, I've been giving some extra thought to the differences between guys and girls. Now, I'm pretty sure that I already know about the physiological differences, so I won't write about that. But I'm still learning a lot about how girls are compared to guys in terms of how they think and act, especially in relationships.
It took quite a keen eye to note that girls are, in general, more thoughtful than guys. Yes, that is why you read my blogs, to learn such earthshattering information. Anyways, we all knew that much already, but there's still a lot I'm observing.
For example, guys never call each other "just to talk." Speaking from a personal point of view, my typical phone conversation lasts under a minute and involves only the basics: what you wanna do, when you wanna meet, and where. We (guys) don't curl up with the phone on our beds and giggle about which girls are "cute" or who's going out with who. Not that we never talk about that stuff, but it's rarely done over the phone. The same goes with email. The only long phone conversations I have (5 mins and over) are with those of the female variety. Not that it's terrible or anything, but girls have to understand that guys aren't used to that kind of thing. We aren't trying to be rude or insensitive when there's a long pause because there isn't anything to talk about, and we say "Ok, well i guess I'll talk to you later then."
Another thing is what guys value in relationships. We don't typically care about getting gifts and remembering special dates, but it's important to know that your bro's got your back when it counts. We don't have to have breakthrough moments of crying our eyes out telling each other about all our past breakups and childhood drama to be good buds with someone, all it takes is half an hour of playing video games or basketball with someone and feeling like you identify with each other. It's also okay to not see your best friends all the time. If one of my friends goes on vacation or something, I never feel dissed if they don't call me regularly or email me to keep in touch, cause they'll be back soon anyways.
Girls, on the other hand, are real sticklers when it comes to those little things. You better not forget a girl's birthday, Mother's Day, an anniversary of any type, or Martin Luther King Jr. Day, because they sure won't. It's hard for guys to understand that stuff like flowers, cards, or a simple unexpected phone call mean so much to a girl, considering that we don't need (or even want) any of that ourselves. Girls can't be best friends with someone they met 3 days ago - it takes years, or at least one of those breakthrough moments I described above.
There's tons of other differences. Guys can just hang around, chill with each other and do nothing, while seeing nothing wrong with that. Girls have to be doing something when they're together, whether it's shopping, painting their toenails, talking about guys, going out and dancing, whatever... but they look at guys and call them bums and losers for doing nothing. In reality, we aren't doing "nothing" per se, that's just called "chillin" and it's one of the ways we bond. Guys (typically) don't pay as much attention to the lyrics in songs or who sings it, while girls are more sensitive about that. Guys are good drivers, girl's aren't. Guys are more easily entertained by shows like MTV's Jackass, while girls need intricate storylines in stuff like Dawson's Creek. Guys are bigger than girls. Girls are better cooks (not trying to belittle that, but I personally believe that girls are better at paying attention to detail and that makes them better at cooking). Guys are more emotionally stable, girls are emotional rollercoasters - they reach higher highs but lower lows. (A word of advice for guys getting into new relationships: find out as soon as you can when "that time of the month" is and brace yourselves accordingly.) Guys "think the idea of punting a small dog is funny" (quotes because I got that one from one of those email forwards once).
Now, I'm not ripping on either guys or girls here. Not even all of this stuff I'm saying is true because there are plenty of exceptions, and don't be insulted if you're a guy who likes to cook or follows Dawson's Creek. But if you haven't already, think about the things I just wrote and tell me if I'm off base here.
By the way, it's been a slow past few days work-wise, and that is why I have been writing such long entries.
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