Economic BLUES

I'm sure everyone is well aware that we are in the midst of a recession. Tens of thousands of people are losing their jobs everyday, major corporations are either begging for money or are on the brink of extinction, and people just aren't spending the way they used to - which leads me to my main question.

*Have you ever stopped to think about how much certain things are really worth?*

Day after day I see sale signs and get constant e-mails trying to lure me into shopping but I just had the thought.. if these businesses can sell things at such low prices, how much were those items really worth to begin with? Sure we live in a capitalist society that marks up costs for corporate financial gain, but have we ever considered by how much? It's crazy to me that my coworker just bought a pair of jeans for over $100 on sale. When she showed them to me I realized that they were the exact same ones I bought last week for $35. I mean.. these jeans originally cost close to $200 so both of us saved some serious dough but come on.. she paid 3 times what I paid for the same product.

Anyway, I don't have some big time solution to the state of the economy, nor do I have any answers to the questions that I'm asking (lol). I just thought it was weird (but extremely exciting) that I have bragging rights on the jeans and thought I'd share :)

By any other name...

Okay, so... I'm a firm believer in a person's name being their most prized possession. Your reputation, how you conduct yourself, and your track record are all linked to your name. Call it your stamp.. your fingerprint.. whatever! The point is that's what you're known by. Here's the deal. I may be a little late since I don't really listen to the radio anymore but I fell in love with this song "So Fly" that I overheard at a lounge. Me and the friend are chillaxin and having a great time so I asked who it was and was shocked to find out it was Slim from 112.. But then sure enough I heard the yodeling and the signature squeak and I knew it was him. That was two months ago.

Fast forward to today. The song pops into my head and I decide to check out the video. I see this plump dude prancing around singing about superstar status and I'm wondering WHERE IS SLIM and WHY is this dude lipsynching his lyrics??? I'm sitting there WAITING for Slim to show up but then I look a little closer and realize that the plump boy is him. Slim is no longer slim. What's going on? I mean.. dude used to look like a stick and now.. he looks a little porky. There's nothing wrong with gaining weight. We all do it but umm... wasn't he named that based on the fact that he used to have a SLIM build? So now that he's not "slim" anymore, should that still be his name? I'm just sayin...

You're supposed to stay true to your name, right?






Just another random thought in this crazy little head of mine... don't mind me.

What I've always known but finally learned

Ladies.. have you ever heard the saying "let a man be a man?" All my life I've heard this from my mom, my aunts, and every other woman in between but never did it click until the other day. A lot of us Millenial Women (copyrighted by DMW) have watched too many movies or read too many books and think that the only way a man can win us over is to ride in on his high horse and woo us with chocolates, flowers and pledges of his undying love so when they do little things to show they care we take them for granted and brush them away saying, "but that's not what I want.. that's not how I envisioned you sweeping me off my feet." Get over yourself. Maybe he's not the romantical type (and yes I know that's not a real word). Maybe his idea of being there for you isn't a spontaneous trip or phone calls every 5 minutes to tell you that he's thinking about, but we need to start paying attention to the details ladies. We want men to do things that show they care but we need to be willing to let them do it their own way. Let that man be himself.