Pointless? I think so

I've always wondered why people have middle names. I mean what are they used for other than writing on "official" documents and for monogramming towels, bags, etc. with your initials. But really what is the point in having a middle name? It just seems pointless to me... its just extra information to write, memorize, use, etc. that has no real purpose or important meaning. I think the middle name should just be scratched and people should just have their first and last name. The only two TRULY necessary names that we need to have. It would make things a lot easier and one less piece of information to add to important documents and forms we need for drivers license, passport, social security forms, bank accounts, etc.

Pedestrian vs. Driver

How much do you hate it when you're the person walking to class and you're trying to cross the street and an impatient driver honks at you or nudges closer and closer and then speeds off as soon as your inches away from their car? well I DO! I think it's so rude and not to mention dangerous. Even if your driving and you can go right on red, if the pedestrian has the "walk" signal they have the right away and should in no way shape or form be in danger or being hit or get honked at because it is some sort of 1 min or less nuisance for the driver. If you're that impatient you shouldn't be driving and if you're in a hurry because you're late... well you're already late so whats a minute gonna do to you? NOTHING. The funny thing is though, that when you're the driver and you're on the other side of it it seems completely different. You think well the pedestrian "walk" sign is flashing to not walk and your light is about to turn green so why is this person walking about to walk across the street when they should wait for their "walk" signal after the cars go. It seems like the pedestrian thinks they run the street and they can walk even when they dont have the signal if they are in a hurry to get across. I think everyone needs to take a breath and just follow the law and walk when they are supposed to walk and drive when they are supposed to drive.

Shafted on the Spirals

I'm obsessed with Spiral Macaroni & Cheese. I could eat any kind, shells, regular, shapes, etc. but the spirals are by far my favorite! But whats sad is they completely shaft you on the amount of spirals in the box. I'll make the regular cheesiest macaroni and cheese and it could feed my two roomates and I with FULL bowls, but the Spirals only fills up one bowl maybe two if you don't put as much in each bowl. The spirals mac n cheese even costs more than the regular, so why screw people with putting less in the box? It just doesn't make sense. Macaroni n cheese is clearly targeted towards young children to about college age, but mostly young children. Usually parents aren't feeding just one child with the macaroni. I've noticed some parents cook more than one box or buy the mega value size which is great. But they only make the mega "family" size in the regular shape. First of all on the regular box of spirals if they are going to charge you more, you should at least get the same amount of pasta as the regular boxes that are priced lower. Then if they're gonna make "family" size boxes that have more pasta and can feed more people, they should make it in the other shapes like shells, spirals, spider man, etc. Kids like the shapes much more than the plain kind but I think parents make the plain box because theres more and it will feel more kids. SO Kraft needs to get their "sh**" together and not shaft us on our mac n cheese.

X'in Me Up

I hate more than anything.... getting HUGE black sharpied X's on my hands at night when I go to bars. Anyone else? yeah... heaven forbid they just use a washable marker or do think X's but they make the X's as thick as possible and in the morning... yep its on your face or body somewhere. I understand that they do this cause the bars (especially ones around SMU) have a lot of kids underage and of course we all end up drinking and then they get in trouble for it. But honestly the X's are not necessary. They already give the people who are 21 and up either a wristband or a stamp on their hand. So why not tell the bar tenders... hey dont serve kids that dont have a wristband or stamp? Now thats an idea haha. Honestly its the bar tenders fault for serving someone that doesn't have a wristband or stamp. They should check their ID or if theres not a wristband or stamp then no serving. Drawing huge fat X's is a little extreme if you ask me. Surely the bar tenders are intelligent enough to see if someone does or doesn't have a wristband/ stamp. So give us underage kids a break here, we have to wake up and go to class and having a huge X on our hands, face, body, etc. doesn't exactly look great.

better competition

When i think of two competing soft drinks, two drinks that theres a fine line between...a person either likes this one and is sticks with it or a person drinks the other and sticks with it, I think of Coke and Dr. Pepper. So why is is that Dr. Pepper is not in the competition or race with Coke, and Pepsi is? I don't know about you, but usually when people are at a restaurant and they ask for a coke or a dr. pepper and they say they have Pepsi it's pretty much a let down or back up to not having Coke or Dr. Pepper. I think competition should be between the two most popular. It's not like they aren't the same type of soft drink, I know Dr. Pepper isn't labeled a cola, but i'm pretty sure most of us think of it as that way. Growing up was it not a debate with your friends on which one you drank and which one each of your friends thought was better? Most drinker of the two are loyal customers and stick with it. So I think Pepsi should be more along the lines of competition with RCola and Big Red, etc. Coke and Dr. Pepper have two very differnt and unique tastes. One always prefers one over the other, and definitely before they would choose Pepsi. Lets keep the two Big Dogs in a race together and see how much closer the competition really is. Which one do you prefer?

Sucking of Life

With it being mid terms (aka "hell week") i've spent so much time studying and going to the library I feel like exams and libraries just suck the life right out of me. I go in, of course dreading having to be there, but in a somewhat normal everyday mood and when I leave i'm in a empty daze, energy less, tired, I almost feel like my brain is fried or my soul has been sucked out by the ghosts of exams and the living dead of the library. I feel like libraries should be a place of happiness and excitement. It's a play full of fairytales, stories, facts, history, information, etc. A place to explore and enjoy, but with an experience like the one i've had lately... god knows I could care less to ever come back. I think college campuses realize (obviously) how often students are actually in the library, especially during finals and exams. So it should be made a relaxing place. It should be an atmsphere where you can feel comfortable lounge around, do work, have snacks, and be happy while you're doing work. It should have color, colors that are warm and welcoming. Comfortable seating places, etc. So while I sit here in the library studying for my last mid term (thank god) as my life is being sucked out of me, think about the ideal place you would like to study in. how it would look, feel, be, etc.

Never enough time in a day

How often to you feel the stress of only having 24 hours in a day? Me, I stress about it all the time. Especially weeks like this one with Mid Terms, classes, spring break plans to finish organizing, errands to run, studying, eating, sleeping. There's just not enough time in a day for it. I stay up till the wee hours of the morning and I wake up at 8 a.m. for classes all day, rush to get homework done, eat, study and get organized before 2 a.m. rolls around and then i go to bed for it to start all over again. There should be a pause button in life for these days. A button that allows us to breathe, relax and get everything we need done and finish in time for a good nights rest to wake up and go; hopefully not having another day like that for awhile. Wouldn't that be nice?! If we had a pause button for desperate days like these, it would reduce stress, anxiety, depression, HUGE lovely pimples that pop up right in the middle of your face, etc. Could this be invented please? But until then I think that schools and work places should allow one day a week (Mon-Fri) any day of your choice to use as a pause and catch up day. To either catch up and get work and errands done, or a day to catch up on sleep and relax a bit from all the stress. Lets start with working on this.

"Parking Bitch"

Anyone else annoyed with the park n' pony people who have NOTHING better to do than drive around in their little golf cart all day, writing parking tickets for your car in an expired meter or in an undesignated spot? Yeah aren't we all. I swear just parking in a metered spot for one 50 minute class or in a "student parking permit" spot without a permit I come out and it never fails... TICKET. Rumor has it SMU makes over a million dollars a year just in parking tickets and honestly thats absurd! A) SMU needs more parking spots for people without parking permits or it should lower the cost of a parking sticker. I mean to be honest i'd buy a parking sticker but when you live walking distance to campus and occasionally drive to campus if its raining or your in a hurry there should be parking. B) These park n pony "parking bitches" need to ease up on their making rounds to every parking lot on campus within an hour. Surely their pay isn't that great, dont they want to joy ride or stop and eat, talk, etc. And they have no sypmathy for you what so ever. Someone should write them a parking ticket when they park in the lines, in the middle of the road, or in a handicapped spot as they write tickets. How is that far for them to park wherever? They aren't police officers or SMU police.

Tomato Tamato

Why are tomatos classified as a fruit and put into the fruit category? I mean it's a vegetable. You put it on burgers with other....vegetables (lettuce, onions, pickles, etc.) When you walk into a grocery store its not hanging out in a bin next to other fruits like the strawberries, apples, bananas, etc. it's over with the other vegetables like cucumbers and things. So I think it should be classified as a vegetable, it's already thought of as one and it hangs out/ is placed with other veggies, so lets make it easy on everyone and this whole debate and call it a tomato. When I think of fruit, I think of sweet things i can cut up into pieces and throw in a bowl all together to eat. And a tomato in my bowl of fruit with kiwi, pineapple, strawberries, grapes, etc. well... that would just be gross. So lets clear this all up, call it a veggie, continue eating it like a veggie, with other veggies, etc. and let it keep its relationship/friendship with the veggies it hangs out with grocery stores.

Bachelor Disaster

So the Bachelor season finale was on tonight and well I think everyone agrees with me when I say, "Vienna? is he crazyyy or what?!" Vienna is (if i put it bluntly), a skanky crazyy scheming bitch haha. I just don't understand why all the bachelors lately have just been guys with a terrible personality and bad taste in women. The last two bachelors have chosen the wrong girl and look at them now, in regret and the girls are dating someone else and are WAY better off. Karma really is a bitch huh? I think the network or whoever chooses the bachelors needs to pick better guys... ones who are actually intelligent, not full of crap, and have a good personality. Jake lets be real, who would want to end up with him anyway? so thank god Tenley and Ali got away from that but still as a girl we always want to win in the end, even if we don't want to be with them. Now Vienna haha she's ugly and has nothing going for her but being easy. And clearly we know why Jake chose her.... she was willing and open to jump right in bed. So Jake got what he deserves, plus he's kind of a loser anyway.

"Good" man or "Bad" man?

This video is great! Some women have been waiting their entire life for a guy like this but honestly is that what we really want? I think it would be amazing, and yes it kinda shows that men are finally getting smarter and figuring out what they should really do but I think we'd honestly rather have the truth. It feels great to know that your "man" even if you look terrible or like in this video (are made fun of at work) he will tell you exactly what you want to hear to make you happy and feel good about yourself. But I think the truth needs to be told because in the end it's only gonna be worse when we find out days or weeks later that what we thought was a compliment turns out to be something completely different. I think I'd feel more embarrassed and hurt inside finding out later that I was being made fun of behind my back than if my "man" told me right away the truth. So as much as I appreciate that men are finally learning what they should really do and say to stay on our good side, the truth needs to be told so we dont further embarass ourselves with our friends, co-workers, etc.

Children for pets?

Strolling through the mall just relaxing, gazing into store windows, when out of nowhere a running screaming child is running up to the window about a foot away from it when his mother pulls him back and towards another direction by a leash! A leash... really? I know we see this now all the time, but when has it become acceptable to have you kid on a leash like its your cocker spaniel? Yes, god knows, kids are a mess, they're wild, the scream until you want to beat them, they throw fits and run away (which sometimes I'm sure we wouldn't mind), but putting them on a leash just crosses the line. If you want to put something on a leash go buy a dog. I think its cruel and almost child abuse and imbarrassing. Kids should be walking around free of restraints just like everyone else. Just like we dont like to be handcuffed and guided around, kids dont like to be stuck to a parents side being pulled, dragged, etc. to wherever the parent is going. I think if you are a good parent your child should be disciplined enough to stay near you and go the places your going without being on a leash or pulled there. And if your child isn't disciplined enough to do that, which I understand it takes time to teach them discipline, then they should be left at home with a babysitter. They aren't disciplined enough to handle being in a busy public place to walk in and out of stores. So lets ditch the leashes for kids and keep them strictly for walking/running our dogs and pets.