Monday, January 31, 2005

Why do people run around the a track a certain way?

I’m a track guy, yup I love running on the track. I train all fall just so that I can be in shape to rip it up on the track. Putting on the spikes and stepping on the track for the first time each year brings a smile to my face. So the other day while I was in the cop stop (someone broke into our van and stole all our running stuff) I started thinking why is it we always run the certain direction around the track. We are always turning left. You can train the other way if you feel like it but it doesn’t matter because you always race counter clock wise.

So I’ve decided to figure this answer out. The significance of the direction of running may escape the X-generation kids who have grown with digital watches, and have never seen a watch with handles. Any way, we run counter clockwise for sentimental reasons, symbolizing our race against the clock. (Ok I stole that last quote from some dudes website that was barking about how Y2K was going to kill all of us so you can believe it or not its up to you)

Tuesday, January 11, 2005

I'm I a yuppie?

I was out for a run with a bunch of friends the other day and my "nice" friends started kidding me about being a Yuppie. Now I would normally let this kind of ribbing go but I was actually interested to find out if I'm actually one of these people.

The definition of a Yuppie is the following:

" "Yuppie" is a shorthand for "Young Urban Professional".

It is used to describe people between their early twenties and late thirties, generally of the middle-to-upper class. Yuppies tend to be fresh from graduate school and hold a job in the professional sector, and follow all the latest trends. In many cases, in the late 1990s, yuppies looked and sounded a lot like the cast of Friends."

Lets go through the check list:

twenties yup
middle class yup
job in the professional sector yup
follows the latest trends nope

Well I fail one of the criteria of being a yuppie, I don't enjoy buying the newest clothes, driving a nice car, or even watching the trendy tv shows. In fact I'm more of a granola type of person. I've got a pair of birkenstocks I love to wear all summer, I eat super healthy, don't drink coffee because I don't like the taste of it and I hate Starbucks. In fact I really don't like big business as they tend not to care about the environment and the possible damage their product has on it.

After researching the word yuppie (5 minutes on google) I came across the definition of a "Yippie" which is a yuppie who is a hippie. If I have to fit into a classification I'm more likely going to fit into this one. I drive a small old car that doesn't burn a lot of fuel and didn't cost me a lot, I don't like to cut my hair, and I have a half decent job. All of which make me a Yippie. So how else can I end this blog other then I'm a yippie, "Yippie" lol

"Yippie I'm a Yippie"

Am I a yuppie?

I was out for a run with a bunch of friends the other day and my "nice" friends started kidding me about being a Yuppie. Now I would normally let this kind of ribbing go but I was actually interested to find out if I'm actually one of these people.

The definition of a Yuppie is the following:

" "Yuppie" is a shorthand for "Young Urban Professional".

It is used to describe people between their early twenties and late thirties, generally of the middle-to-upper class. Yuppies tend to be fresh from graduate school and hold a job in the professional sector, and follow all the latest trends. In many cases, in the late 1990s, yuppies looked and sounded a lot like the cast of Friends."

Lets go through the check list:

twenties yup

middle class yup

job in the professional sector yup

follows the latest trends nope

Well I fail one of the criteria of being a yuppie, I don't enjoy buying the newest clothes, driving a nice car, or even watching the trendy tv shows. In fact I'm more of a granola type of person. I've got a pair of birkenstocks I love to wear all summer, I eat super healthy, don't drink coffee because I don't like the taste of it and I hate Starbucks. In fact I really don't like big business as they tend not to care about the environment and the possible damage their product has on it.

After researching the word yuppie (5 minutes on google) I came across the definition of a "Yippie" which is a yuppie who is a hippie. If I have to fit into a classification I'm more likely going to fit into this one. I drive a small old car that doesn't burn a lot of fuel and didn't cost me a lot, I don't like to cut my hair, and I have a half decent job. All of which make me a Yippie. So how else can I end this blog other then I'm a yippie, "Yippie" lol

Thursday, January 06, 2005

Is there one prostitute that likes her job?

Is there one prostitute that likes her job?

That was the question I was asked yesterday. At first I was thought that there couldn't be one women who enjoys being a prostitute. Then I thought about it some more. If there are 6 billion people in the world and lets say of that 6 billion there are 100 million prostitutes, it seems impossible that one of the 100 million doesn't like her job. Based purely on the numbers alone statistics will tell you that there must be one person who enjoys offering herself up for sex.

I read in a GQ or some type of magazine about the hookers in Hollywood who charge ten grand a night. These women are super model quality and most people never know that they are being paid to have sex with the men that they are with. Do these type of women enjoy their job? I think if you are charging ten grand to shag Tom Cruise you might have a few nights when you enjoy your job. I would imagine that these type of women have a little more control over what they do, where they do it, and who they do.

Now if you define prostitutes as people who are forced into having sex, then no I don't think there is a women out there that enjoys what they do. If you are forced to give up your body because you have no other way to make money then there is no way a person can enjoy what they are doing because they have lost the ability to walk away.

I guess what I'm saying is a prostitute could possibly enjoy their job if they have choices. Once a person, be it a prostitute or not, loses all choices on what they are doing for a job then they cannot enjoy that job or there lives. I have more to say but I have to go to work and pimp myself out to the company I work for.....
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