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Jun. 20th, 2006 08:01 amYesterday, Brian's new girlfriend Stefani came over, and the two of them watched this movie called The Weather Man. I watched it with them.
For most of yesterday, I was really bored and didn't know what I wanted to do, if anything. I've played Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for a long time now, I don't feel like updating SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten anytime soon, I can't get myself to start running some Ebay auctions, and I don't know what to do during breaks from reading blogs. But, I might start with the walkthrough soon enough.
I've also had less of an appetite for days now. I didn't eat lunch at all yesterday. When Mom dropped Marie off at work, she also went shopping with Brian, and she was gone for several hours. I assumed last night would be leftovers night, so all I bothered eating was, like, five (small) pieces of fried chicken, and for dessert, five small cookies instead of three large, vanilla chip cookies or a bowl of ice cream.
Anyway, when Mom went to the library to pick Marie up, I came with her to get some books for myself. I got this book called Same Difference, which talks about myths and facts about male and female stereotypes. According to what I read so far, a person's characteristics rarely have anything to do with their gender. Rather, it is experiences that shape their personality, what they enjoy, etc. The reason that males generally don't cry during and after adolescenthood, for example, is because they're expected to be "tougher" than females; this is also the reason that most males die earlier than females.
On a final note, I understand that people with pets live longer and happier than those without, as do married folks and people with children. It just occurred to me that having artificial pets (i.e. stuffed animals) might also work, and could possibly be a better option. For one thing, I don't enjoy too much physical human contact and plan on never having children. The myth that only females enjoy having Beanie Babies and other fake animals is yet another myth that the above-mentioned book was written to dispel. (Of course, if I actually did plan on getting myself a "pet", I would order one on Ebay rather than buying it from a store.)
For most of yesterday, I was really bored and didn't know what I wanted to do, if anything. I've played Sonic Adventure 2: Battle for a long time now, I don't feel like updating SMW2: Yoshi's Island rewritten anytime soon, I can't get myself to start running some Ebay auctions, and I don't know what to do during breaks from reading blogs. But, I might start with the walkthrough soon enough.
I've also had less of an appetite for days now. I didn't eat lunch at all yesterday. When Mom dropped Marie off at work, she also went shopping with Brian, and she was gone for several hours. I assumed last night would be leftovers night, so all I bothered eating was, like, five (small) pieces of fried chicken, and for dessert, five small cookies instead of three large, vanilla chip cookies or a bowl of ice cream.
Anyway, when Mom went to the library to pick Marie up, I came with her to get some books for myself. I got this book called Same Difference, which talks about myths and facts about male and female stereotypes. According to what I read so far, a person's characteristics rarely have anything to do with their gender. Rather, it is experiences that shape their personality, what they enjoy, etc. The reason that males generally don't cry during and after adolescenthood, for example, is because they're expected to be "tougher" than females; this is also the reason that most males die earlier than females.
On a final note, I understand that people with pets live longer and happier than those without, as do married folks and people with children. It just occurred to me that having artificial pets (i.e. stuffed animals) might also work, and could possibly be a better option. For one thing, I don't enjoy too much physical human contact and plan on never having children. The myth that only females enjoy having Beanie Babies and other fake animals is yet another myth that the above-mentioned book was written to dispel. (Of course, if I actually did plan on getting myself a "pet", I would order one on Ebay rather than buying it from a store.)