Things I Do that Girls Don't Do
Tuesday, May 03, 2005
Copying from Megan, who was copying from Smitten, I must include my own list. She has already stolen picnic food, Illini Pride, burping, and classic rock from me, so I fear this list will be mighty short. (pause...deep breath...) Here goes.

1. I am not afraid to go days without showering. My hair looks best on the second day, and I can mask smelliness like nobody's business.

2. On rare occasion (usually when I'm ill), I blow my nose in the shower.

3. I am a champion scab-picker. Ask dancer worth their salt HAS to be.

4. When truly, mortifyingly, profoundly upset or angry, I will retreat within and speak to no one. The rare moments when I am silent are usually the times when I am plotting out the perfect way to communicate my unhappiness, or perhaps exact my revenge.

5. I will play Devil's Advocate in a debate just to prove a point (or simply to piss the other person off).

6. I hold the people around me up to an annoyingly high standard of presentation and performance. Caveat: I always make sure I'm within my own standards -- I may be highstrung, but I'm no hypocrite.

7. I intensely dislike bad drivers, and am therefore do not hesitate to honk like a maniac, or flip somebody the bird. I also intensely dislike female drivers.

8. I dress for me, not the people around me.

9. I read Maxim and, on occasion, Playboy. Seriously - I like the articles. I find them amusing and refreshingly free of conversations about lip gloss, body fat, and finding the perfect pair of shoes.

10. I don't believe in the "perfect man." I believe in finding someone who is perfect for me...flaws, warts, and all. Seriously - perfection is such a boring expectation/criteria. Suppose you get it - then what?! A lifetime of boredom? No thanks.