Here's My Boobs!

Well, not really. Sorry to the two of you who are disappointed. I just really, really wanted to title a blog "here's my boobs!" In honor of the dumb blond bimbo on the Girls Gone Wild commercial. You know, the one that comes on every break after 8 pm on all the cable/satellite channels? If you've never watched, you totally have to, at least to get the full experience of the ridiculousness involved.

It's actually become a staple saying around my house. Whenever one of Talbot or I do something stupid, I chime in with "here's my boobs!" in my 'dumber than a box of rocks' Valley girl accent. It's quite entertaining. I highly recommend it.

But then one has to wonder… why? Why does such a thing exist? And why do young, "cute" (I use that term loosely) twenty-somethings flock to the cameras? This question was floating through my mind last month too, when I was sitting at a strip joint in Portland (Happy Birthday Jess! Love you!). I was quite intoxicated sitting between two stages and having a philosophical discussion with myself (as everyone else was either too drunk or too… 'distracted' to converse).

So, there's always the arguments that I wish I could use – you know, "I'm proud of my body… I love the way I look…" blah blah blah. I get that. But REALLY. Why does such a thing exist? I get nudity for the sake of art. And I know there's a fine line between art and erotica. But pornography confuses me – as does stripping. Don't get me wrong… I'm not against it. In fact, quite the opposite. I just don't UNDERSTAND it. Prostitution, I get. It's a service rendered with an end purpose. But porn/stripping to me is like a tease. You don't GET anything out of it. You're left… unfulfilled. It's like dangling a sandwich in front of a hungry person (or a full person who ends up hungry by the time they see the sandwich).

So, how did it start? Where did it come from? Who does it? And why is it so damn popular? I guess I need to educate myself on the issue. Maybe I'll go back to school and write a thesis on the psychology of it all. But not from the "I was sexually abused as a child" angle – that's overplayed. And really, it doesn't pay THAT well.

Every stripper/porn actor I've ever seen appears bored. Out of their minds. Like they're thinking about what to make for dinner and are on auto-pilot. Like "thrust, thrust, spin… spread, moan, smile…" Because even if you get into it with the "I'm proud of my body" stance, eventually it has to get boring. And while I'm putting random thoughts out there…do you think porn actors enjoy sex with their partners? I would think it would be like any other job. Once you get home from a long day at work, the last thing you'd want to do would be, well, work. How about male gynecologists? Think they go down on their wives/girlfriends and go "bo-ring! I've seen THIS before!"

So, why? If anyone out there has any personal experience, opinions or ideas, I'd love to hear them. Or if anyone wants to debate the issue, I'm on a roll.

**As a complete side note, and only related because the blog is sorta about boobs, how do people feel about breastfeeding kids over the age of 1? Two? Three? Where does it become weird? I know what I think (having personal experience from being out in houses lately with women breastfeeding older kids), but want to know what the general consensus is out there. At least I know Lacey agrees with me.

The Photobucket Game ♦

This has been going around in several different forms. I copied this one from Cathy.

Here are the rules:

1. Go to www. photobucket. com. (Don't sign in.)

2. Type in your answer to the question in the "search" box.

3. Only use the first two pages.

4. Copy the html and paste for the answer.

5. Have fun.

(And yes, I cheated. I didn't stick to the first 2 pages on some of these).


1. What is your first name?



2. When is your birthday?





3. How old will you be on your next birthday?





4. What kind of car do you have?





5. What's your favorite color?





6. Who's your celebrity crush?





7. What's your favorite song?





8.What's your favorite movie?





9. What's your favorite animal?




10. What's your favorite food?




11. What's your favorite letter or number?





12. What are you most afraid of?





13. What do you want to be when you grow up?




14. What is your favorite time of day?




15. Who do you love most in life?




16. What is your favorite accessory?




17. What is your favorite hobby?




18. What is your favorite object?




19. What's the first thing you do in the morning?




20. One word to describe yourself

Only in Springfield

So, I came across the following article while perusing the news. And wasn't surprised at all that this is the brainchild of someone in Springfield. The good part about this is that the men in Springfield NEED to be neutered. The only thing better is having a round-up style clinic where they're all taken in and done for free. You know, like stray cats. However, I guess if you need an incentive to get men in to get them snipped, here it is.

Now, if they could only figure out how to do this in the south over NASCAR weekends... the gene pool would clean up itself and the national IQ would increase dramatically.

Clinic: Have Vasectomy, Watch NCAA Hoops

SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — For guys who park in front of the TV during college basketball's March Madness, the Oregon Urology Institute has a suggestion: Why not use that time to recover from a vasectomy?

"When March Madness approaches you need an excuse ... to stay at home in front of the big screen," the clinic's radio ad says. "Get your vasectomy at Oregon Urology Institute the day before the tournament starts. It's snip city."

Institute Administrator Terry FitzPatrick said men need two to four days to recover from the procedure — but not all take the time.

He's reserved a dozen appointment slots for March 19, the day before the first tipoffs of the NCAA Tournament, and another dozen for March 26, before the tournament's second week.

He reported filling 15 slots by Thursday afternoon and expects to fill all 24.

The sports radio station broadcasting the clinic's ads promises to send each patient a recovery kit of sports magazines, free pizza delivery and a bag of frozen peas.

Peas?

"The frozen peas are malleable enough that you can get them right in there and get the swelling down," FitzPatrick said.