So, in true artistic form, I've spent a lot of time on self-portrait. There are a few reasons for this, and none of them good:
1) My myspace picture was outdated. I needed to update it to reflect the new haircut.
2) I couldn't think of anything better to shoot and my dog was not being cooperative.
3) I have an innate fear of photos and I have decided to try to get over it. So, I shot about 30 shots of only me. Not me hiding or making a face. Just me.
And no, you don't get to see most of them. Sorry. I am not a massochist.
Anyway, moving on to juicy things because I'm sure you're all totally excited about my camera. I mean, I know that I am but I don't expect you to be because you most likely will never get to see it in real life. And yes, in case you are wondering, I am lying down in the picture. Mr. Fooseball took that picture when we were watching Family Guy last week. That's the only picture I didn't take myself. Mine are actually somewhat blurry because i have yet to master the whole "hold your camera away from your body and take your picture" thing. In fact, I'm much better at the "oops, I accidentally took a picture of the inside of my pocket" thing.
So, back to the juicy stuff that I have yet to touch on. As I said, I've been thinking a lot about relationships lately, which gets me thinking about past relationships and what went wrong and what went right and what I miss and what I don't miss and what I liked and what I didn't like. And all of that thinking makes me really want to eat a lot of oreos. Oreos are really great things...all that chocolate and fluff...
But yeah, I think everyone hits a point where they don't necessarily miss the relationship itself, but the familiarity of the relationship. It just seems so much easier to just know the person rather than put yourself out there and know that this new person may reject your quirks, your interests, your past. And then you have to get to know the other person. How do they like their coffee? What is their humor style? Are there any habits they have that are downright disgusting, like picking at their toenails? If they do have any disgusting habits, how much of them can you overlook before you turn to the other person one rainy night while watching television and scream, "There's scratching and then there's downright picking and you bypassed picking the moment the tip of your finger disappeared!"
Anyway, I was checking people's away messages, just to see what they were up to without having to have a real conversation with them. Most people refused to post what they were actually up to (which is something I'm definately guilty of) so instead, I was bombarded with song lyrics. The most popular songs as of late? Justin Timberlake's "Sexy Back" and Snow Patrol's "Chasing Cars." This to me basically tells me who is single and who is in a relationship.
Justin Timberlake's song, while about a couple, is not really about love or romance or anything sweet and cute. In fact, I would go so far to say that, after listening closely to the lyrics (Pretty babe/you see these shackles, baby/I'm your slave/I'll let you whip me if I misbehave/it's just that no one makes me feel this way) it's safe to assume that this is mostly about sex. Kinky sex at that. And while kinky sex would require some sort of trust on every level, it doesn't necessarily require love. This can be proved or disproved with a simple trip to your neighborhood fetish club. I doubt that most of those people even know their...*cough*...friends' real names, let alone dreams and ambitions. This doesn't mean that some of these people who are quoting Justin aren't in loving relationships, but my guess is that most of them really like to go out dancing. And also think that they are so amazing that they alone are "bringing sexy back." Having met some of these people in person, I beg to differ. I wouldn't go so far to say that they are making sexy hide in a man-made tunnel out in the Middle East, one step ahead of Bin Laden, but sexy is definately not in the same timezone.
On the other hand, Snow Patrol's lyrics about washing the world away and lying down with another person has no real hidden meaning in the away messages. They are in a great relationship and would like to lie down and "forget the world." While this is cute in theory, it seems a bit odd to want to completely dissolve the world away so that it is just you and your significant other. I mean, what if you need a doctor and neither one of you has been to medical school? It could be a serious emergency. I think you should really sit back and ask yourself, "Do I trust my partner to give me home-made stitches?" If the answer is no, forgetting the rest of the world is a bad idea.
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