I'm making a site for CSU's annual iMovie Fest, it has to be ready to begin accepting registrations by Sunday at midnight. I'm almost done!
I'm also making a site for CSU's Art and Science Exhibition. I like it because I think it's one of the best-looking sites I've ever made. I don't get many chances to make things look "beautiful" since I work in the natural sciences - so I appreciate the occasional chance!
I went to Trivia on Tuesday and we got 2nd place - which means next week, we'll be drinking free beer and having free hamburgers. I need to recruit Dan to go, he knows the sports questions that my team sucks at.
I made sushi last night. I think I finally perfected the sushi rice, but maybe it was a little too moist - it made the seaweed chewy! (Ewww.) Altogether, it was a pretty good success.
Kim told me last night that one of her friends asked if we were "official" or something... that's kind of weird, I get questions like that sometimes only from girls. Why do girls always want to seal the deal?? I think it's because society puts pressure on them to be one in a pair. Girls feel way more pressure to have successful relationships than boys do. Meanwhile, they're expected to be intelligent, be successful, and to look young and beautiful. Man, it sucks to be a female in modern society! I'm glad I'm a dude.
Really, guys can get away with a lot. I'm not a "10" by any standard, but I don't really feel much pressure to be more than what I am. I mean, yeah, I'm hitting up the gym everyday for a little more muscle mass, but not because my body is socially unacceptable or anything - I do it mostly just for my own self confidence... plus I like being in shape, it makes me feel better pretty much all the time. But I could sit on my ass and drink soda all day, and still nobody would criticize me or really care. But girls who do that put up with a ton of shit. No wonder so many women have eating disorders, low self-esteem, and emotional problems.
I'd like to see research into whether or not women are more chemically vulnerable to depression or not - because I know about 80% of people diagnosed with depression are women, and I would bet it's just because society expects so much more of them than of men. (Maybe I should say society expects more of women in regard to things that they have NO control over ... like physical appearance and successful relationships. Because a lot is expected of me, but mostly just things that I have complete personal control over, such as my education and my behavior.)
Ok, enough ranting, we obviously live in a sexist society. I just went on the tangent because Kim's friends are asking her if we're "official" or not (gee, let me get my rubber stamp) while my friends are high-fiving me for getting some action without even asking me how I feel about the girl. What an interesting society we've built for ourselves here!
Annnnd in other news, no we're not official - for two reasons. 1) as soon as we rubber-stamp a "relationship" into existence, expectations and ideas will change, and I kind of like how things are now. 2) Zhe ge dongtian, wo qu Zhongguo! :) (This summer I'm going to China.) I don't want to have that in the back of my mind while trying to get progressively more serious (emotionally) with someone - first comes the "L" word, then comes the seeing each other everyday, and the next thing you know, I'm considering staying in Colorado because I let myself get emotionally attached... haha but in the wise words of Chad to which I live my life... "Naw dude!" Indeed.
Ok, coffee's gone, back to work!