A male asked me the other day why women wear short shorts, and at first I thought he was just being stupid, but I googled it the other day, finding that many people wonder the same question. So I figured, as a female, I might be one of the most qualified to answer this question. There are very many reasons, but here are my top 5.
1. Tons of Females Wear Them. When one goes out to the beach or just out to a mall in the summer, most of the high school girls and college girls will be wearing short-shorts, so A. peers wearing them would be a reason, but this branches out to more that just one reason. B. You may not know this, but having the ability to make a guy look one's way by wearing shorter shorts brings power. Many females enjoy this power, even if the guys looking are ones a female would never want to get with, it is still a huge compliment. C. This reason goes back to B and A: Many females wear them, so to not wear them would be at a disadvantage.
2. They Look Good. when have you ever seen a female wearing short-shorts and not had your eyes check out her legs and arse? Even if you are a straight female, you will check out the competition.
3. They Draw Attention Away From Other Features. If a female has good legs and arse, she would much rather have someone look at those than stare at a zit on their face.
4. It's Hot Outside. This one is self-explanatory.
5. They Show Less Than Wearing Leggings With Nothing Over Them. Have you ever looked at someone wearing leggings and noticed all the cellulite shown through the fabric? Or noticed how no matter what, the leggings will constantly attempt to ride up their butts? Short shorts allowing for skin to be show is much better than being able to see the basically pants-less person wearing leggings in front of you.
Hope this helps,
Leia Rhyne
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Friday, June 21, 2013
Comprehensive Sex Education
There is one issue in the USA that irritates me more than the economy or stupidity: the lack of good sex education available in schools. I even wrote an argumentative essay about sex education in USA schools, that will be posted up here soon. Everywhere I find schools that the parents are refusing to let the teens get sex education, and also will not give the talk to their own teenagers(telling teens that they should never have sex does not count). Teenagers should be given information, and given the ability to make decisions with the information they get, how else will they learn? There are too many STDs out there for abstinence-only ideas to be depended on (when everyone knows that teenagers like to rebel).
Here's some more information on this from an essay excerpt:
Here's some more information on this from an essay excerpt:
As for the HIV costs, many people have
no idea that it can cost up to 36.4 billion dollars per lifetime, including the
treatment required and the efficiency costs through being unable to work at
times. Including Antiretroviral therapy
(ART), the costs can increase hugely, considering the amount of money spent on
normal treatment per year is $114,938.00 approximately, while those using ART
can have costs of $230,044.00 per year (“36.4 Billion a Year”). It is a known quote that “an ounce of prevention
is worth a pound of cure;” however it is worth much more when there is no cure
for HIV, although it may be prevented through the use of contraception. This can make one wonder why another would
argue for abstinence-only teachings when these are the numbers, especially when
the costs of children per year are weighed in.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Closer to The Dream
I am getting closer to the amount of money needed to attend UNCG for the first semester. I am soon-to-be half-way there. I am starting to think I should double major in French and English, but I also want to do something with Romanian, I want to go somewhere in Europe that is a little hole-in-the-wall, somewhere less touched by American Civilization.
I can't wait to finally branch out on my own, but also I have decided I don't like being home alone all the time, I might want to find some sort of roommate. I need to find something out there that is just mine. I want to be near a coffee house, or maybe just a good amount of different gourmet coffee creamers aligned in my fridge. I decided I would like a room with glass as three of the walls, but a tall table in it with a table just big enough for a laptop and a cup of coffee.
Do any of you have dreams like that? What are your dreams?
I can't wait to finally branch out on my own, but also I have decided I don't like being home alone all the time, I might want to find some sort of roommate. I need to find something out there that is just mine. I want to be near a coffee house, or maybe just a good amount of different gourmet coffee creamers aligned in my fridge. I decided I would like a room with glass as three of the walls, but a tall table in it with a table just big enough for a laptop and a cup of coffee.
Do any of you have dreams like that? What are your dreams?
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Inspiring Stories from The Fast-food Line
One of the things about working fast-food is that one has a lot of opportunities to reach out to people. I usually do this by talking to them at the cash register, but sometimes the people come to me or I come to them.
Once, when I was on break, an old man (that looked like he might have ridden a motorcycle) wearing a bandanna came and asked if he could sit down in front of me. I said "sure," thinking that I only had about 5 more minutes on break anyway, so what was the harm in giving an old man some company?
We started talking and I asked him what had made him want to have a gravy bistcuit today. Nothing could have prepared me for his answer, which was that it was his favorite food before his chemo therapy started, and he was hoping it wouldn't come back up. He explained to me that the doctors had given him an expiration date 2 months from then and he wanted to enjoy life a little before he died. I was almost struck speechless, but I had two more minutes left on break, and said the only thing I could "Everyone has an expiration date, you just might have a vague idea of where yours is, for all I know, I could be hit by a truck tomorrow and you could outlive me." He accepts this and my break is over, but I tell him I am sorry but I have to go back to work. He bids me goodbye, and I'm haunted by this all day.
4 months later I see him at Bojangles again, I ask him "isn't it past your expiration date?" He looks over at me and explains that his last tumor was benign, so no more expiration date. I am overjoyed.
Once, when I was on break, an old man (that looked like he might have ridden a motorcycle) wearing a bandanna came and asked if he could sit down in front of me. I said "sure," thinking that I only had about 5 more minutes on break anyway, so what was the harm in giving an old man some company?
We started talking and I asked him what had made him want to have a gravy bistcuit today. Nothing could have prepared me for his answer, which was that it was his favorite food before his chemo therapy started, and he was hoping it wouldn't come back up. He explained to me that the doctors had given him an expiration date 2 months from then and he wanted to enjoy life a little before he died. I was almost struck speechless, but I had two more minutes left on break, and said the only thing I could "Everyone has an expiration date, you just might have a vague idea of where yours is, for all I know, I could be hit by a truck tomorrow and you could outlive me." He accepts this and my break is over, but I tell him I am sorry but I have to go back to work. He bids me goodbye, and I'm haunted by this all day.
4 months later I see him at Bojangles again, I ask him "isn't it past your expiration date?" He looks over at me and explains that his last tumor was benign, so no more expiration date. I am overjoyed.
Saturday, June 8, 2013
Someone Else's Easy Perfection
Yesterday I got to be Cashier fully in the morning, I was so happy I couldn't do anything other than grin all day, I laughed when the power went out at Bojangles for a full 30-40 minutes.
I did pretty well on cash register, making me wonder why I'm not on it more often. I am starting to wonder how to find a way to do that all day instead of lobby all day. I'm mainly just ready to have a job that's almost like a break. I feel like the people at cash register have tons of breaks, while people on lobby definitely don't. Today I did packing for cash register, and I mainly did very well in my main boss' eyes.
I met a new girl who made a Bojangles uniform look beautiful today. I hated her instantly, mainly because she made freckles, blue eyes, and brown hair look better than I did. She had no zits whatsoever, she had no hairs out of place, and she was nice. Making it much worse. Have you ever met someone like that?
I did pretty well on cash register, making me wonder why I'm not on it more often. I am starting to wonder how to find a way to do that all day instead of lobby all day. I'm mainly just ready to have a job that's almost like a break. I feel like the people at cash register have tons of breaks, while people on lobby definitely don't. Today I did packing for cash register, and I mainly did very well in my main boss' eyes.
I met a new girl who made a Bojangles uniform look beautiful today. I hated her instantly, mainly because she made freckles, blue eyes, and brown hair look better than I did. She had no zits whatsoever, she had no hairs out of place, and she was nice. Making it much worse. Have you ever met someone like that?
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Life
Work finally called to give me the hours I need this summer, I now work 5 days a week. I started looking at houses and plots in foreign countries. I really want to just get out of here. I keep having dreams about work, usually something close to nightmares, but sometimes just dreams with the people from work in them.
Speaking of people from work, I have so few shifts with the guy-who-hates-me that I can't really remember our last argument, and whenever he sees me, he acts as if I'm not there. I've gotten to the point where I'm caring less and less though.
The one good thing about the increase in work hours is that I can now have more need to actually look for different things to buy. I keep calculating my paychecks, so I can think about house payments, that, and my savings account is actually starting to look decent for the first time since before I started college.
I found something close to my dream house on pinterest the other day:
The only thing is that I really want a circular house instead, maybe a white house, but I definitely like the fairy garden motif this has going on. What is your dream house?
Speaking of people from work, I have so few shifts with the guy-who-hates-me that I can't really remember our last argument, and whenever he sees me, he acts as if I'm not there. I've gotten to the point where I'm caring less and less though.
The one good thing about the increase in work hours is that I can now have more need to actually look for different things to buy. I keep calculating my paychecks, so I can think about house payments, that, and my savings account is actually starting to look decent for the first time since before I started college.
I found something close to my dream house on pinterest the other day:
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Online Classes and 5 Reasons One Should Not Take Them
I have had a few bad experiences with online classes. Here are a few reasons why I would not recommend them:
1. Deadlines. The deadlines in the online classes are not going to actually pop up in your head very often unless checked on constantly. I would constantly forget deadlines for online classes when they changed at the teacher's whim. I could never figure out when things were due and this created work missed. When in a normal classroom, if the teacher changed the day then they would at least have to tell you about it in the class next time they see you. An online class will normally not afford you the same courtesy with just printing it online for a day, so if you are not an A-type personality you are probably going to just barely get it in on time.
2. Lack of Teacher Involvement. This is a big one because when taking a difficult online class, it is very hard to ask questions or just get answers to questions. If your teacher is horrible at checking their e-mail or answering their phone, then you are basically screwed. I would have questions on projects and the teachers would not get back to me for a week when I handed in the project and they had marked me off for not formatting it in a way they wanted (when they never answered my question on that part of the formatting).
3. Confusing Instructions. When a teacher is in class with you, the teacher is usually demonstrating what they want for you to do, however, many teachers online just assume you know exactly what they want you to do from their written instructions. Most written instructions end up being slightly vague no matter how the teacher puts it, and if they are bad at getting back to you... Let's just say you're screwed over again.
4. Forgetfulness. If you do not create a scheduled routine for checking up on the class, then you will probably at one time or another forget to check for updates on upcoming assignments. This happened to me a lot with my last online class as it was the only online class I was taking at the time, and I was working at the same time. This mainly left me scrambling at the last minute to get work done.
5. Lack of Peer Interaction. I don't know about any of you, but I like meeting friends in college. I just moved to a new city when I started college, so I immediately wanted to get to know some people, but in an online class, none of that happens. In a normal classroom, one is at least forced to say something to someone else in class once in a while for a group project or some other assignment or maybe even just asking someone to move over. These are future connections one can use for job placement later on, so it is smart to network while you have an opportunity to do so.
All of these reasons combined with the fact that most online classes end up not in my memory the second I finish the class. I end up gaining no substance from them as I have taken notes or really done anything hands-on in any classes. I rarely even had anything to remember them by later on except for transcripts.
Hope this helps with your decision,
Leia Rhyne
1. Deadlines. The deadlines in the online classes are not going to actually pop up in your head very often unless checked on constantly. I would constantly forget deadlines for online classes when they changed at the teacher's whim. I could never figure out when things were due and this created work missed. When in a normal classroom, if the teacher changed the day then they would at least have to tell you about it in the class next time they see you. An online class will normally not afford you the same courtesy with just printing it online for a day, so if you are not an A-type personality you are probably going to just barely get it in on time.
2. Lack of Teacher Involvement. This is a big one because when taking a difficult online class, it is very hard to ask questions or just get answers to questions. If your teacher is horrible at checking their e-mail or answering their phone, then you are basically screwed. I would have questions on projects and the teachers would not get back to me for a week when I handed in the project and they had marked me off for not formatting it in a way they wanted (when they never answered my question on that part of the formatting).
3. Confusing Instructions. When a teacher is in class with you, the teacher is usually demonstrating what they want for you to do, however, many teachers online just assume you know exactly what they want you to do from their written instructions. Most written instructions end up being slightly vague no matter how the teacher puts it, and if they are bad at getting back to you... Let's just say you're screwed over again.
4. Forgetfulness. If you do not create a scheduled routine for checking up on the class, then you will probably at one time or another forget to check for updates on upcoming assignments. This happened to me a lot with my last online class as it was the only online class I was taking at the time, and I was working at the same time. This mainly left me scrambling at the last minute to get work done.
5. Lack of Peer Interaction. I don't know about any of you, but I like meeting friends in college. I just moved to a new city when I started college, so I immediately wanted to get to know some people, but in an online class, none of that happens. In a normal classroom, one is at least forced to say something to someone else in class once in a while for a group project or some other assignment or maybe even just asking someone to move over. These are future connections one can use for job placement later on, so it is smart to network while you have an opportunity to do so.
All of these reasons combined with the fact that most online classes end up not in my memory the second I finish the class. I end up gaining no substance from them as I have taken notes or really done anything hands-on in any classes. I rarely even had anything to remember them by later on except for transcripts.
Hope this helps with your decision,
Leia Rhyne
Monday, June 3, 2013
How To Buy College Textbooks Online
Hi guys, this is my sequel to "How To Sell College Textbooks Online."
1. Do not buy them at the school bookstore unless you have no other choice, if you have no other choice, buy the books used. Do not rent the books, as when you rent the books, you cannot sell the books to others in order to possibly get your full money back.
2. Find out which books you need by searching through your college's suggested website for finding which books are needed. Keep this in one tab as it makes it easier to copy and paste the book's ISBN number into the search to find the cheapest price. The reason I say to use the ISBN number is because it usually keeps me from making mistakes with the editions, but double check to make sure you're buying the student editions instead of the teacher editions; as for the using the google.com shopping search, I usually end up buying most of my books at AbeBooks.com, but sometimes I am surprised at other places having the cheapest price.
3. Sometimes books are just not available anywhere, including the campus bookstore (as a last resort). If this happens, contact your professor immediately to keep from failing an assignment or two in a class. Sometimes the books sell out too quickly to get ahold of one, this has happened to me before, and I had ended up finding out that my book had sold out nearly everywhere and was offering a free ebook of the textbook online for a short while.
Hope this was helpful,
Leia Rhyne
1. Do not buy them at the school bookstore unless you have no other choice, if you have no other choice, buy the books used. Do not rent the books, as when you rent the books, you cannot sell the books to others in order to possibly get your full money back.
2. Find out which books you need by searching through your college's suggested website for finding which books are needed. Keep this in one tab as it makes it easier to copy and paste the book's ISBN number into the search to find the cheapest price. The reason I say to use the ISBN number is because it usually keeps me from making mistakes with the editions, but double check to make sure you're buying the student editions instead of the teacher editions; as for the using the google.com shopping search, I usually end up buying most of my books at AbeBooks.com, but sometimes I am surprised at other places having the cheapest price.
3. Sometimes books are just not available anywhere, including the campus bookstore (as a last resort). If this happens, contact your professor immediately to keep from failing an assignment or two in a class. Sometimes the books sell out too quickly to get ahold of one, this has happened to me before, and I had ended up finding out that my book had sold out nearly everywhere and was offering a free ebook of the textbook online for a short while.
Hope this was helpful,
Leia Rhyne
How To Sell College Textbooks Online
Hey guys, one of the things I have not really informed you of is how I get ready for the upcoming semester. One of the first things I do is sell my used textbooks, and buy my needed new ones (new to me, I usually buy textbooks that are used but in good condition). To start, I usually sell off the old ones. Here's how I begin:
1. The first thing that needs to be done is for one to decide on a site to sell the textbooks on. I usually use ebay.com as half.com only pays people for the things they sell on the 15th and the 30th of the month. I don't know about you, but it typically makes me very nervous to not get the money very close to the time I sell the product; especially if I know that it shipped correctly.
2. When pricing your book, there is usually a space that says what your textbook has been being sold for on that website (if not, just open the website in a new tab and search for your specific ISBN number on the textbook for details). I usually price the book about a dollar or two less than what everyone else is pricing the same product at, for its same condition (if the product is more than having dog-eared pages, or has highlighter or pen markings on more than 10% of the book, then do not attempt to sell it). Your product will get more views immediately this way.
3. The website will e-mail you when the product is sold (if it sells, keep in mind that this product will usually sell when everyone is signing up for classes or when everyone is about a few weeks from going to said classes). It is a good way to get a great reputation if you ship the product the second it sells.
4. If you are using ebay.com or half.com; your shipping label will be able to be accessed online via your account with either website. You will need to go to a local post office to be able to get a tracking number (these are typically required on the website used to sell). Remember to mark your item as shipped as soon as possible.
I mainly get the money back that I bought the books for in the first place, unless I bought them new. Do not buy books new unless it cannot be avoided, these (like a car) lose value when you take off the plastic wrap.
1. The first thing that needs to be done is for one to decide on a site to sell the textbooks on. I usually use ebay.com as half.com only pays people for the things they sell on the 15th and the 30th of the month. I don't know about you, but it typically makes me very nervous to not get the money very close to the time I sell the product; especially if I know that it shipped correctly.
2. When pricing your book, there is usually a space that says what your textbook has been being sold for on that website (if not, just open the website in a new tab and search for your specific ISBN number on the textbook for details). I usually price the book about a dollar or two less than what everyone else is pricing the same product at, for its same condition (if the product is more than having dog-eared pages, or has highlighter or pen markings on more than 10% of the book, then do not attempt to sell it). Your product will get more views immediately this way.
3. The website will e-mail you when the product is sold (if it sells, keep in mind that this product will usually sell when everyone is signing up for classes or when everyone is about a few weeks from going to said classes). It is a good way to get a great reputation if you ship the product the second it sells.
4. If you are using ebay.com or half.com; your shipping label will be able to be accessed online via your account with either website. You will need to go to a local post office to be able to get a tracking number (these are typically required on the website used to sell). Remember to mark your item as shipped as soon as possible.
I mainly get the money back that I bought the books for in the first place, unless I bought them new. Do not buy books new unless it cannot be avoided, these (like a car) lose value when you take off the plastic wrap.
Where have all the good guys gone? So far away...
I've been wondering about a few things lately. I cannot understand what keeps guys from ever asking me out, when I do not look awful; I actually have been asked by a few people if I am a model.
I've decided it has to be my fiery personality, or maybe just the fact that I'm not really on their level. I watched a girl get hit on at my work yesterday, and I couldn't understand why these guys were hitting on her when I never get asked for my number anymore. I examined this girl, but there really is nothing about her that I could immediately see that was so much better than me. She was a nice girl, don't get me wrong. I like being around her, but she was average in looks, about 40 pounds overweight, she wore these really thick glasses, and she had braces. The guys were not even hitting on her in a mean or really rude way like guys usually hit on me when they hit on me.
When guys hit on me, they usually insinuate something along the lines of me being a prostitute (I'm a virgin who has not done anything past kissing with tongue at 17). I do not dress without any modesty either (I do wear fitting jeans, but I do not ever have my bust hanging out of my shirt, or wear leggings with nothing over them), leading me to be quite confused. I'm not stupid, I have very little acne, and have an hourglass figure at being 120 pounds at 5ft 2, with larger hips than bust, but not having a flat chest either. I'm almost my ideal person, and I can't figure out what I have to do to find a male that will actually ask me out.
I'm starting to wonder if my confidence level is starting to drown or something. I don't know what else it could be, but this is starting to get insanely annoying, like I can't win for losing. The last guy I was interested in never ended up calling me, even when he acted like he was interested and I knew he was single. The guy before that lead me on a wild goose chase when he had a girlfriend. The guy in between was one date that was acting more interested in talking to the girl next to me, or bragging about the fact he had a date with me instead of talking to me on the "date." The guy before that was only interested in a lay, so where are all the good guys?
I've decided it has to be my fiery personality, or maybe just the fact that I'm not really on their level. I watched a girl get hit on at my work yesterday, and I couldn't understand why these guys were hitting on her when I never get asked for my number anymore. I examined this girl, but there really is nothing about her that I could immediately see that was so much better than me. She was a nice girl, don't get me wrong. I like being around her, but she was average in looks, about 40 pounds overweight, she wore these really thick glasses, and she had braces. The guys were not even hitting on her in a mean or really rude way like guys usually hit on me when they hit on me.
When guys hit on me, they usually insinuate something along the lines of me being a prostitute (I'm a virgin who has not done anything past kissing with tongue at 17). I do not dress without any modesty either (I do wear fitting jeans, but I do not ever have my bust hanging out of my shirt, or wear leggings with nothing over them), leading me to be quite confused. I'm not stupid, I have very little acne, and have an hourglass figure at being 120 pounds at 5ft 2, with larger hips than bust, but not having a flat chest either. I'm almost my ideal person, and I can't figure out what I have to do to find a male that will actually ask me out.
I'm starting to wonder if my confidence level is starting to drown or something. I don't know what else it could be, but this is starting to get insanely annoying, like I can't win for losing. The last guy I was interested in never ended up calling me, even when he acted like he was interested and I knew he was single. The guy before that lead me on a wild goose chase when he had a girlfriend. The guy in between was one date that was acting more interested in talking to the girl next to me, or bragging about the fact he had a date with me instead of talking to me on the "date." The guy before that was only interested in a lay, so where are all the good guys?
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