Mmm...Features

You have no idea when I posted this

Yes, as most of you have probably already discovered, there are several new features that have been added to the blogger posting service. Two jump out immediately, the spell-checker (thank God!) and the time-stamp-faker. You can now manually adjust the time stamp if, say, you are posting at 3 in the morning, but want it to be on yesterdays post. Sweet. I guess I can finally change my settings back to Central Time from Mountain Time (think I wasn't having trouble posting before midnight?)

Well, I think this one is going to have to be a bit short. It's been a busier day than I was expecting, and I don't want to bog you down after yesterday's post. So here we go.

I was talking with some friends about what sorts of qualities one looks for in a girlfriend/boyfriend. (For those of you students of logic, the "girlfriend/boyfriend" was definitely an exclusionary or. I don't even want to think about being both at the same time. I'm not sure what that would take, but I'm pretty sure I don't want to think about it or picture it in my head.) The usual traits come forward - similar interests, values, easy to talk to, honest, trustworthy, respectful, blah blah blah. Now, I should clarify that these were girls I was talking to. I, of course, had to say, "Well, what about looks?" They proceeded to say something about how that can be overlooked for the other traits, etc, etc, which really began to irritate me. Now, I am not denying that looks play a somewhat lesser role in attraction for girls, but I think they try to deny any judgment based on looks.

Puh-lease.

What's the first thing that you notice about someone? Sorry, it isn't there personality, it's how they look. Now, as you get to know someone, the level of attraction will increase or decrease based on personality, but the starting point is always looks. Apparently they didn't buy that and started to call me superficial for saying that which is fact, but is taboo to talk about. They said it was ridiculous that I was placing so much value on looks, which wasn't what I was saying at all. I think that emotional and "cerebral" attraction is very important (the "cerebral attraction" was a funny quote I had to include). Everyone is going to get old and ugly, so eventually that's going to have to be the focal point of the relationship. :)

Then I made the major mistake of saying that, "it would be very difficult for me to date someone that I did not find physically attractive." That set them off. Before they got in too many eye rolls and "typical male" comments in, though, I did tell them this, "What? Would you want to date someone who didn't find you attractive, someone who had no desire for physical intimacy?" Judging by their silence they hadn't considered that scenario.

Well, anyway, I think that'll have to do for today. In lieu of a Thought for the Day, I'm going to direct you to this Japanese website for your viewing pleasure. I know that The Mighty Geek already posted this link, but I thought it was more than worthy of passing along.

See you tomorrow. (Sorry, it just didn't seem appropriate to end this post on the last sentence of that paragraph. Maybe I think of something funny and/or witty to insert there at a later date.)