Road Rage

Does anyone else get offended when people pass them on the road (and by anybody else I mean generally sane people w/ clean driving records) when they're doing the speed limit? Have you ever been driving, obeying the speed limit and having yourself a nice cruise when everyone around you is whizzing by. They toss you evil looks as they pass as if you're the one going granny slow. It makes you feel as if you should be speeding and then as you speed up you notice everyone slowing down again. Since you are at the tail end of this madness you are the only one the cop in the empty parking lot sees speeding along. Yeah, happens to me all the time. When I'm behind the wheel I like the think the world is revolving around me so it's safe to assume everyone is thinking the same thing. So when I get cut off or someone is riding my back bumper like there's no tomorrow I take it personally. Not so much now as I did when I first got my license but always more so when I probably shouldn't. It's like someone invading your personal space. That's how I feel when I see someone coming up from behind in my rear view mirror. I can tell when they're gonna pass me and then I get all offended. What? my speed isn't good enough for you? I mean the sign seems to suggest that my speed is in fact good enough. How dare you imply that my driving skills are sub-par. Then they pass me only to cut me off in the front to then proceed to.. gasp... go slower than they were going in the first place. It's like I get passed just for the sake of passing. Just wondering if this was just me... does anyone out there feel like that?

If your going to cheat, let's be real about it

By now you know that I'm very sensitive about the double standard. What is viewed as okay to do by a male in a relationship is an absolute deal breaker with a female. Now, I get it. Men and women have quite a few differences. Although I do believe intellectually we are equals, I am aware of all the subtle differences we have physically and emotionally. I can't expect scenarios to play out the same way for me as they would a male in the same situation. With that being said, I still do not understand the difference between a woman cheating and a man. When a man cheats, it's usually just shrugged off, it's what expected of the male species... they cheat right? The woman can make a big deal out of it but it seems like people get sick of it after a couple days. When a woman cheats, she is a low down dirty no good ho-bag who doesn't deserve the very breath in her lungs. At least that's how it is in the movies.The man acts like he cannot believe that a woman is capable of wanted anyone else but him. I think it's crazy to even portray anybody like that. Can you actually be in a relationship thinking, truly believing, that the person you are with has never been attracted to anyone but you and will never be attracted to anyone else? Really? You never see a plot line that involves the man taking the cheating, lying woman back. No, she's untouchable, he gets as far away from her as possible. It's like the woman is no good, as if she's bad produce, unable to be useful ever again. Then on the flip side when a woman finds out her husband cheated on her, she looks like an ass for thinking the same thing, a la Miranda in the Sex and the City movie. There is always the option of whether the female should take the male back versus no consideration whatsoever by the male. What do you think? Have you ever seen the situation play out differently, movie or real life?

I graduated from the YouTube school of makeup

I've recently come off of a very serious, coma-inducing makeup binge. I blame it on the lack of beautification obsession I guess every average teenage girl has. Let's just say, I barely combed my hair in high school. It was a rare occasion if you saw it in anything other than a ponytail. Makeup was definitely out of the question. So now that I've become an adult and got a hold of some disposable income, I've lost my mind. Only problem was, I had all this makeup with no earthly idea of how to use it. Cue another wonderful discovery. Makeup tutorials! Short YouTube videos, usually 5 to 10 minutes in length of some chick showing you how to wear or what to do with this and that. When I needed to know how to put on false eyelashes, there was a tutorial for that. How to groom eyebrows, got you covered and if I wanted to do psychedelic rainbow eyes, I had plenty how-to's to choose from. But after watching haul after haul, I discovered something was off. A lot of the girls' makeup looked more drag queen in heat then natural beauty. I found some good stuff by a few people who were actually makeup artists. They had helpful tips on how to do real makeup but the majority not so much . Some girls try to play it off and do "looks" with themes "inspired" by movies or music videos. Some girls just straight up pile it on until they hit the metal in the bottom of the eyeshadow pot and have the nerve to call it their "everyday look". I'm worried. I'm sure there are a lot of girls assuming that it's cool to go to school with a "Kim Kardashian" smoky eye or costume makeup. The girls in the video know that shit is coming off as soon as the red light goes dim on their camera but what about me? I believe I'm going to ride to the grocery store looking like I just graduated from Sasha Fierce's Beauty School for Dummies thank you very much. I'm just saying, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but if can't see with that eye your real face underneath all that slap, it's time to lay off.