I have reached the end!!!

...but I'm out of spoons again. Damn.

Big congrats to Shir!!

I have at various points agreed with many things many of you have said WRT the pretty thing. Yes, it exists, yes it sucks, yes I use it sometimes (more vivaciousness, really), and sometimes it makes me feel a little dirty and I hate that less attractive people get ignored or overlooked, etc.

I do revel in making a fairly drastic day-to-night transformation when volunteering in NOLA, and have had people not recognize me all made up. Because no, I have no interest in looking cute on a jobsite. Frenchman St? Hell yes. I'm holding out for someone who finds me hot both ways (besides B).

Right. It's 9:12 and I had a two hour nap today, but I'm going to bed.

But that study ONLY used looks as a criteria for voting. People are evaluating more than that. Quasimodo would get my vote if he were running against George Clooney if he was on record as pro-choice, pro-single payer, pro-union and living wage.

But that assumes all voters are thinking. I'm not so sure about that.

The infamous (famous?) Nixon-Kennedy debate that was televised goes a long way to prove that pretty really affects peoples' reactions. Apparently, the consensus among people who listened to the debate on the radio was that Nixon cleaned up the floor with Kennedy, but the people who watched it on TV said that Kennedy was the clear winner.

And that, I think, has eventually led to (as Jess said), the less-conventionally-attractive candidates being winnowed out in primaries until you're voting for Attractive Candidate A versus Attractive Candidate B.

I longed to be a boy for most of my life, not for any of the socio-political reasons, but because when i was 5 Jeremy Hilliard peed on my brand new white sandals. In retaliation, i tried to pee on HIS shoes, and ended only ruining my own shoes further. It was terrifically unfair. Then later in childhood, every time i went camping i wished i could pee without pulling down my pants (cold!) or wiping (awkward!). Practicality. Female urethras are inconvenient.

Peeing standing up for women.

Peeing standing up for women.

I love that those instructions include "untangle your labia". Zeus, how long are they supposed to be?

I longed to be a boy for most of my life, not for any of the socio-political reasons, but because when i was 5 Jeremy Hilliard peed on my brand new white sandals. In retaliation, i tried to pee on HIS shoes, and ended only ruining my own shoes further. It was terrifically unfair.

That's hilarious!

Would I cry if I thought it would get me out of a $200 speeding ticket? You betcha.

I wouldn't, but that's mainly because it would never occur to me to try it, or that it might work. I did get out of a pretty major clusterfuck of tickets once, when I was pulled over for expired tags, discovered that my license and something else were also expired, and then the cop accused me of not wearing a seat belt (which I had been; I took it off when I pulled over so I could get my papers out of the glovebox.) I burst into hysterical tears and he got a look of helpless terror on his face and literally took a step back. He let me off of all of it and only had the car impounded, once I promised to take care of all of it that very same day. Which I did. It had been a really rough few months. So I guess I got off because of being a girl.

Oh, I forgot to say, Shir, yes, you totally need to get into that program. And I think you have a really good chance; I mean, your CV is pretty impressive at this point.

And I think next year is an East Coast year for the F2F, so it could work out really well for seeing people.

Hell yes. I'm holding out for someone who finds me hot both ways (besides B).

I do.

Interesting, in the debate about politicians and pretty. Geraldine Ferraro was far more accomplished than Sarah Palin. But guess who got far and away more press for being a VP candidate?

And I think next year is an East Coast year for the F2F, so it could work out really well for seeing people.

Next year is West Coast! Not that I have Plans or anything.

ehh, you got off because you cried and the officer couldn't handle it.

I like being a woman because there are less limits, including the ability to say i can't deal with something or don't know to do something.

The biggest disadvantages to men - -other than height -- seems to be that it is harder to be invisible when it would be handy . DH sometimes misses the east coast suit world because a room full of suits is camoflouge ( i can't that word) even if you are taller or shorter.

West Coast, then. Which is still fun! Hee. I remember the LA F2F. That was a good time. SUSHI.

NOM.