the tangents of my mind

After completing a paper on my hypothetical cultural diplomacy plans and a feature article on the advocacy for homelessness program I’ve been working with, naturally my thoughts returned to what is most important on this earth: me. I started thinking about the other night and tried to figure out the correlation between certain men’s actions and why some women refer to them as “dogs”. I have encountered my fair share of men in my chaotic yet beautiful nineteen years on this earth, and yes, some of them I could consider a “dog”. I wouldn’t go as far as referring to an entire gender as so, or maybe even at all. I think dogs are cute. Why is there this animalistic nickname given to a person judging by the way they act?

I got off the train the other night, Cinco de Mayo to be exact, with about seven of my girlfriends. We are all attractive girls there is no doubt about that, but I couldn’t help but notice the way that some of the guys act as poorly mannered as they do. It is almost as if some of them gather and just stare, similar to the way a dog would look as if we were walking around with pieces of raw meat tied to ourselves. While tying meat to my body is I’m positive a surefire way to gain attention from just about anyone, I’m not too into the idea. Women typically use the terminology “dog” while describing someone that I personally prefer to simply refer to as a “douchebag” or “asshole”.

A dog is usually described as “man’s best friend”. In fact, I love my dogs terribly; they are always there when I need them. If I’m bored I’ll play with them or walk them, if I’m sad I’ll just chill with them. I miss the days of being at home and taking a nap on my couch with Mac or Maisy. I alternate. It may or may not keep them interested. Why would I ever refer to someone as a dog when I love dogs? Did some girl who really loved cats decide that this expression was suitable? Fuck cats.

This then gets me thinking that when someone is referring to a girl that they don’t particularly like, or as most people in this world would refer to as utter “hatred” for someone, they use the term “bitch”. I used to use that word frequently because my douchebag boyfriend at the time would say dim-witted things like, “are you and the bitches going to come on Friday?” etc. etc. I eventually rid myself of the habit of saying as frequently as I did when I rid myself of him, however I will sometimes use it from time to time. A “bitch” is a female dog. So maybe that is where the less complex term “dog” came from. Why all the animal references?

People will sometimes say that so and so reminds them of a lion, cause lions are fierce and in-your-face. Or how an older woman seeking a younger guy is a cougar, cause cougars are I guess mysterious about getting their prey or something like that. I’ve also heard the term sneaky like a fox but you know what else are sneaky? Red ants. Who decided what personality trait matched the animal? If you ask me, the biggest douchebags of the animal kingdom are hippopotamuses or ginger kids.

I do not really know where I am getting at this but I do get somewhat of a kick out of the fact that both men and women are given shitty titles derived from the word “dog” by people who think poorly of them. I’m not sure whether or not to applaud myself or get a life for going off on a tangent about this particular topic, but whatever, I guess.

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monogamy means having one spouse. and polygamy means having "more than one". however, when you have two spouses it is called bigamy i think.. . so therefore polygamists always have 3 or more spouses? this nonsense thats taking place in the evil empire texas disgusts me. 31 (alleged) minors are pregnant.

from my understanding, once you hit puberty, you are considered an adult to these people. these shotgun marriages are so similar to the forced child marriages that take place in various developing countries. i believe these polygamists are doing it because they think that they won't get accepted into heaven unless they partake in the acts. i recently read an article about an 8 year old child from Yemen who was placed into a home with her twenty-something year old husband. the child had signed a waiver stating that she agreed to be wed to him, however she would not move in with him until much later. not a week later, due to threats the man and his entourage were sending her family, the young girl was forced to move in with the man. she took a cab by herself to court in attempts to divorce the man because he was abusive. hte court annulled the marriage. how does this shit go on?

on a completely erroneous side note the polygamists look fucking creepy. all the time. at what point does one sit down and say, "hey, i think i'm going to join this cult"? it kind of blows my mind in a sense that people can be spoonfed this mind control.

this then gets me thinking: i am not sure how i feel about marriage. i feel like half the marriages anymore end in divorce and hte other half that aren't divorced should be. i'm not even sure how i feel about monogamy. it is a nice idea to think that you will be with someone for the rest of your life, but things change and people do as well. there is always someone that is right for you at the time, but who's to say that they will always be right for you? i feel like a lot of people who have been in long-term relationships since a young age do not really know themselves, rather they just know who they are when they are with that person. maybe that is the joy--growing with someone-- but i also think its important to rid yourself of that coupled identity and figure out your own before you invest your time in someone who is essentially trying to do the same.

on a much lighter note, what is all of this miley cyrus hoopla? i sya give her 3-6 mos. and she will develop some sort of addiction or eating disorder (if she hasnt already). given her age, i doubt she will be involved in any rehab stints, but i believe her career is inevitably going to begin plummeting into a downward spiral. soon. and fast. this is so fucking long. until i get bored again adn decide to splash my mind onto a keyboard... siyanora.