2.5 Hour Drive = Random Thoughts

Thursday, April 17, 2008
2.5 Hour Drive = Random Thoughts Category: Life

Last weekend I drove 2 1/2 hours to visit my mom (like I often do). The time flies by pretty quick between my "Alligator Alley Karaoke" and my random day dreaming. I think of a lot of goofy, interesting, strange things on my drive but on this particular trip I took notes to jog my memory later. So today I will share some of those thoughts/ideas with you.

First ... Have you ever been asked "which do you think it's more important to be: a good communicator or a good listener?" Well I don't know about you, but I think they're equally important qualities to posess. I mean ... If you're a good communicator but you're talking to a brick wall, what good is being a good communicator?? Equally so, if you're listening well to a poor communicator, is it really worth listening to? Moving on ...

I think a good way to discourage politicians from making empty promises in their campaigning efforts is to enforce a penalization for every promise they don't fulfill should they be elected into office. Perhaps their salary can be on a bonus system. Start them out very low and for each promise they fulfill they will receive their bonus. Just a thought :)

What is with this saying "love will find you when you're not looking for it"? Yeah yeah whatever. Well I really put some thought into it and decided that it actually makes a lot of sense. Bare with me as I try to make a comparison. Pretend you are out on a boat in the middle of a lake. There is no wind and the lake is as smooth as it can possibly be. You will clearly be able to see (and probably hear) "real" movement from below the surface because everywhere else is calm and quiet. When you kick back and relax ... enjoy life and your surroundings ... the fish will get your attention if it wants. Now pretend that same lake is the "pool of men" ... and you're out in the lake swimming around, kicking your feet and flapping your arms ... you're stirring up a lot of water, scaring fish a way, and distracting yourself. MUCH harder to find something in rocky waters. I don't know ... it sounds better in my head :)

Next subject ... smiling at strangers. I do that A LOT. In Illinois that was pretty common ... down here - not so much. Down here guys think I"m flirting with them. Now that I think about it ... girls probably think I'm flirting with them to. I read a blog from a guy who complained about how girls (this blogger was picking out white women inparticular) are teases ... and that they smile at you but then you approach them and they tell you they have a boyfriend. He was PISSED to say the least. I guess it happens to him a lot. Well newsflash - SOME people are just POLITE!! A smile doesn't mean you're a tease. A smile doesn't mean someone likes you. Now if she's batting her eyes at you and KEEPS smiling/looking at you ... ok. But a simple smile is just a nice gesture. Nothing more - nothing less.

Ok this next random thought is kind of disturbing. Please note that I'm vegetarian so I can't really say that I'm serious ... but in theory it makes sense. Maybe not ethically but logically. Here we go ...So you always hear people say that Asian people (IN ASIA) eat weird animals that we would never think about eating here (rats, cats, dogs). Maybe that's not accurate information - but either way you've all heard it. Here it is illegal to kill cats and dogs for consumption ... yet THOUSANDS of animals are euthanized in shelters every day. So why couldn't they sell these "unwanted" animals to these restaurants that would put their bodies to use (assuming ofcourse their customers are aware of what they are ordering)?? TRUST ME when I tell you that I hope that never happens. I"m not even suggesting that it SHOULD happen. My point is this ... Why does our government think so highly of cats and dogs that it's illegal to eat them and yet they don't think enough of them to make major changes in population control (that doesn't consist of euthanasia)?? THAT makes no sense to me. Moving along because now I've grossed myself out ...

I'm leaving for EUROPE in ONE WEEK!!! YAY!! I cannot wait! I'm going with my friend Nikki and some of her friends to celebrate her big 3-0!!! WOOHOO. :) So who wants to go somewhere next year for MY big 3-0??

Toodles,
Niki