the man date/food tours/rare blood

[sarea]

The thing with having a smaller appetite is that now I get hungry faster, too. So now I'm reaaaaallly hungry, after having lunch at noon. It didn't help that I just read this article. OMG, now I want to visit Vietnam. I love Vietnamese food, but having it in the States is just not as authentic (or cheap). I'd really like to do what these people did, just go on a food tour of the country. *drool*

I am laughing so hard at this. Who knew it was this complicated to be a man? I've always been grateful to be a girl, but now there's yet another reason. I guess I've never really thought about it, this idea of a "man date," since it's no big deal for two girls to hang out together. Poor guys. I love this, at the end: "All men, however, agree that one rule of guy-meets-guy time is inviolable: if a woman enters the picture, a man can drop his buddies, last minute, no questions asked," because it just illustrates the innate differences between het guys and het girls. That is the number one DO NOT DO THIS IF YOU EXPECT TO REMAIN MY FRIEND rule for women. Ditching your girlfriends for a guy is the epitome of low/pathetic and earns you a lot of (deserved) derision. Or is that just me? I mean, would you do that to someone/put up with someone doing that to you? Perhaps I am just v. intolerant, but this is definitely one of my buttons.

I received my blood donor card today, and I'm in the "rare blood donor" camp! Haha, I may start to get hassled like Fear from scary blood bank people. I didn't know this, but apparently blood works better if you're giving/getting it from someone of your own ethnicity. (Who are the biologists around here who can explain this to me?) So since I am "a person of color," this makes me a rare blood donor. Neat.

Comments

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

Since I don't have an account with The New York Times I couldn't see the answer to the question?? **begs for an answer** I have an idea what it'll say by your entry...but I would love to get a peek at the whole article...if you get a chance could you just copy and paste to lilcoug@comcast.net please...if not, I understand...have a great day!!

xoxo

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Wait, answer to what question? If you mean, "Does this offend anyone else?" or however I phrased it, that was me, not the article writer. <g> Also, accounts at the NYT are totally free, so you should feel free to sign up. They have some great stories sometimes.

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

ok...sorry for the misunderstanding...I just wanted to read the article...and I will sign up for the NYT ...thanks!

xoxo

[heinous_bitca.livejournal.com]

You can also use Bugmenot if you don't want to sign up. :)

[elle-blessing.livejournal.com]

Thanks!...That's a pretty cool website :)

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Neat! I read the related NYT article about life's little annoyances, and really like some of the ideas people have to get back at spammers and marketers and the like. I would do them, except as of right now I am too lazy and not organized enough to do so. Perhaps one day. :))

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

So, what blood group are you, then? Mine is not one of the rarer ones, I don't think, but isn't all that common, either. I had always thought I was 'O', like my father and siblings, until I registered to give blood.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Oh, my blood group is v. common -- O+. It's more because of my ethnicity that I am a 'rare blood' donor. What's your blood type missy?

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

Ah, gotcha. Mine is B+ -- same as my mother. Man, was I pissed to find that out!

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

LOL, why???

[lissannej.livejournal.com]

Because I wanted the same blood group as the rest of my family, not hers >_< I was a teen when I found out, I think.

[seldon.livejournal.com]

Who knew it was this complicated to be a man?

Me ;)

Missed ya!

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

AHHHH SQUEEEE YOU'RE BACK!! *tackles you*

How have you been??? Did you update us?? I have to be honest, I have been a terrible LJer as of late; I (along w/ a couple other familiar faces) am completely obsessed with World of Warcraft. I spend almost every waking moment playing it.

Yup, I updated.

[seldon.livejournal.com]

I'm fine, I'm fine... Still jobless, but I've managed to catch a couple of projects as a freelancer that might be a start of something. I'm back on the net for now because I had to get broadband to be able to work on said projects...I'll be extremely busy for bit - especially the next couple of weekends - so it's likely I'll be somewhat scarce on the updates for a while. But hey, I can kinda keep up with LJers now when I need a break.

I did heard about WOW. I've been curious to try it out, but I don't have the muscle power to do so. If any of these projects pans out, I will get a serious rig instead of the gloryfing calculator I have for desktop :) But as veteran of those old times when MMORPGS were text-only and completely free, I must admit I understand your addiction ;)

Re: Yup, I updated.

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Cool ... being a freelancer is actually ideal, if you can find the work, of course. RL definitely takes priority over LJ, so actually I'm glad you'll be busy. Hopefully that means doors will be opened for more projects in the future!

Bwahahaha glorified calculator. OMG it would ROCK if you started playing. Keep us posted. Honestly, the $15 a month I spend on the game (as well as the initial investment to buy it, of course), is one of the best deals ever ... because that $15 keeps me from spending all the money I'd be spending elsewhere. :D

MMORPGs were text only? :O How does that even work? I'm such a baby when it comes to games. I didn't even know MMORPGs had been around for awhile.

Re: Yup, I updated.

[seldon.livejournal.com]

I'm working on the "finding the work" bit. Hopefully it'll work out, because office work is kinda hard to find right now... But I'll keep you 8and everybody, thanks to the magic of LJ :P ) posted.

MMORPGs were text only? :O How does that even work?

They were called Multi User Dungeons or MUDs... instead of having nice 3D models and areas, you had text descriptions of "rooms" (where a room was, say, a church, or a street to a castle, or part of the jungle) and you would tell your character what to do by using text coomands (like "North", "See sword", "Kill Goblin", etc, etc). I found these screenshots, for what they are worth...

They were very, very addictive... so much, in fact, that I had to force myself away from them to keep my grades from suffering :'( There are still some of them avilable, and most of them are free.

[acciopotter.livejournal.com]

I am definitely in agreement about girls not dropping their friends for a guy! Sisters before misters is the name of the game. That said, cockblocking is not very nice, either...

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, yes, neither of those things should be allowed. I mean ... what kind of guy wants/needs someone to be there for him 24/7? And if your guys does want/need that, then what the heck is the matter with him, and why are you even with such a tool?

[acciopotter.livejournal.com]

LMAO. There is an argument, though, for how different men would be if they would talk things out with a friend the way women do. But you're right, it's unfortunate, but we'd see them as wussies if they did. LOL.

[selinakyle47.livejournal.com]

Hilarious, isn't it? I read the piece over at Steve Gilliard's blog, and was just amused by all the comments. Seems like some men do go out on "man dates" without any of angsty internal analysis. More power to them. And I agree with you about not leaving your fellow female behind. Unless of course it was something that was agreed-upon before going out. :)

[sarea-okelani.livejournal.com]

Haha, yes, but apparently "man daters" do not mix well with "non-man daters" and those relationships must be maintained separately. It's so amusing. I'm trying to think of any girls I know who would be opposed to going out and doing something on a "girl date" ... but I can't think of a single one. In fact, everyone I know enjoys it, but maybe it's self selective.

Yes, agreed upon, or -- I would even excuse a new relationship, or a long-time crush. But only once or twice. After that, it goes in the column of "not cool."