5.24.2005
puppies, babies, & Jesus???
Yesterday I took a break from the offfice and went to get a cup of coffee. With my brew in hand, I stopped at a bench to rest and take in the sun. About 15 minutes into my break, a campus mail guy driving an electric cart drove by, stopped, then slowly backed up to lock eyes with me. Crap. I didn't want to be bothered. But then I thought he was going to just scold me for sitting outside in the 100 degree heat. "Hey girlfriend...I noticed you when I drove by...it looks like you're thinking about something really deep...there's a big hole in your heart." I remember saying something like "Yeah, I need to buy a new car." Which is true, but I really just wanted to be left alone. Then he started talking about how I need to accept G-O-D...and how G-O-D was gonna help me find a car.
Okay, I dunno what it is about women hanging out by themselves that makes dudes HAVE to stop and start talking to them...reproduction, sure...but I get tired of having to dole out eyelash flutters & cutesy giggles especially when I'm just trying to chill. At first, I simply acknowledged that this was one human being's concern for another...all he had to say was "Well, I hope everything works out." and be on his merry way. But no...this guy was gonna to tell me about JC and how I need to be born again otherwise I was headed straight to hell. Now, usually, I just say "No thanks" and walk away. But since he interrupted my quiet time, I was gonna open a can of DEBATE. After about 10 minutes, I realized this guy wasn't even gonna be able to do that...I mean, how critically can you debate with a spoon-fed, bible thumping, self-defined, born-again? You can't. It's all ONE-way talk. So after interrupting his numerous speeches, I told him I had to go. It still took a good 3-4 minutes to get around him, but when I finally did he said "Hey girlfriend, I don't want you to take this personally, but, I love you, you know? I really want to continue this conversation...I would like to have lunch with you sometime." That was it...I had enough. Puppies and babies, okay, but JESUS? No one had ever tried using JESUS as a pick-up line before...love thy neighbor, INDEED.
Okay, I dunno what it is about women hanging out by themselves that makes dudes HAVE to stop and start talking to them...reproduction, sure...but I get tired of having to dole out eyelash flutters & cutesy giggles especially when I'm just trying to chill. At first, I simply acknowledged that this was one human being's concern for another...all he had to say was "Well, I hope everything works out." and be on his merry way. But no...this guy was gonna to tell me about JC and how I need to be born again otherwise I was headed straight to hell. Now, usually, I just say "No thanks" and walk away. But since he interrupted my quiet time, I was gonna open a can of DEBATE. After about 10 minutes, I realized this guy wasn't even gonna be able to do that...I mean, how critically can you debate with a spoon-fed, bible thumping, self-defined, born-again? You can't. It's all ONE-way talk. So after interrupting his numerous speeches, I told him I had to go. It still took a good 3-4 minutes to get around him, but when I finally did he said "Hey girlfriend, I don't want you to take this personally, but, I love you, you know? I really want to continue this conversation...I would like to have lunch with you sometime." That was it...I had enough. Puppies and babies, okay, but JESUS? No one had ever tried using JESUS as a pick-up line before...love thy neighbor, INDEED.
Anglerfish
"When a male anglerfish is hatched, he has extremely well developed olfactory organs that detect scents in the water. He has no digestive system. His goal in life is to detect the pheromones that the female anglerfishes release. When he finds a female, he bites into her flank which releases an enzyme that digests the skin of his mouth and her body. The two then fuse together, including blood vessels. The male degenerates into nothing more than a pair of gonads that releases sperm when the female releases hormones into the bloodstream that signals she is ready to release her eggs. This is an extreme example of sexual dimorphism. If the male anglerfish doesn't find a female, he dies."
- taken from a description of Anglerfish on Wikipedia
