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Wednesday, 21 October 2009

  • Surprise, you've just been blocked!





    If you are reading this, you probably have an account here and maybe even millions on other social networks. If you are like most social-network-freaks, you've probably got all these accounts so that you could document your existence and have your readers/observers comfirm and approve your existence. If you are like me, you probably don't have a personal/real world relationship to more than 99.9% of your readers, and you probably prefer it like that because it gives you the freedom to be 100% you and therefore display yourself honestly. But sometimes something gets in the way of this freedom and that's why they invented the 'Block' button. We love this button! And honestly most of you are guilty of having pressed this drama catalyst at some point during your cyber life. Whether it was a so-called psycho-ex, a stalker, the guy you confessed your love to in an 10 page email which he never replied to or your friends weird older cousin who keeps asking you if he can send some questionable pictures featuring him, a web-cam and his cats in the pool , whoever it was, you've done it. Unfortunately, some of you have also been on the other side of the blocking- game, and you remember how utterly shocked you were and how big an 'Oh No She Didn't!' moment it was.

    If you are like me and absolutely hate the drama that comes along with pressing the block button, you probably prefer it's more friendlier relative; The 'delete' button. It's not that i disapprove of people who choose to block instead of delete because obviously, everyone has got their reasons right? But recently while reading some threads on Facebook about the issue, there were some very interesting views from both blockers and the blocked. Some felt that blocking people was absolutely childish and uncalled for in any given circumstances while others we more obsessed about figuring out how to confront the person who'd blocked them.

    This famous button has also lead to severe forms of paranoia; People thinking everyone on their MSN or AIM who hasn't changed their status in a while or been on the same time as them has officially blocked them. Confused, they head over to what we can safely call todays all knowing Oracle, 'Google' for counsel. They type; How to know if someone has blocked you. Before they know it, their messenger status suddenly becomes 'Find out who has blocked you' and so everyone on their MSN or AIM now also knows of their former state of paranoia. You gotta love it!


    But,..what is your take on this whole block button? Don't you think that since people can't technically block anyone in the real world that they should have the right to use it whenever and on whoever in the wonderful land of cyber? Or,.Do you think that the same rules should apply for both worlds? Seriously, tell me what you think and your experiences with this scandalous button ;)

Tuesday, 15 September 2009

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    Always Where I Need to Be
    By The Kooks
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    Why you can never stay with one person forever


     

    P.B. Fitzwater once wrote; “Character is the sum and total of a person's choices.”

     

    In today's world, we LOVE our choices because basically choices come along with freedom and democracy and should they be violated; Actions will be taken!

    We love to have the opportunity to choose and any company that makes money worth counting has taken advantage of this at some point.

     

    I'm not saying that choices are bad, I mean, if I were, Xanga would absolutely be the wrong place to promote such a statement because here at Xanga, we have blogs for every type of crazy out there and that's why so many people stay forever. You can cheat on Xanga with other blog sites but you NEVER leave Xanga! Off topic much?!.

     

    The thing is, I’ve been thinking about all these choices and couldn't help but wonder if they sometimes cause us more damage than good. We are always so obsessed with keeping our options or 'doors' open that we are constantly looking for something better and never really able to enjoy what we have. This can often be seen in relationships. How someone will be dating more than one person at a time just so the person is sure they’ve made the right decision. Nothing wrong with wanting to be sure, the problem though is that the right choice never feels like the right choice if you keep obsessing about whether or not you could have made a better decision. So you date this person and then that person and then a hundred more and then suddenly you've dated too many to remember what you were looking for in the first place. Suddenly you're left with this illusion of what you want; "John had perfect teeth, Steve was just the right height and Tony was such a gentleman but James was so daring and exciting,.. mmm now all I have to do is find someone that embodies all these qualities and more, then I’m set to go!" and on her grave they wrote 'Jane, beloved daughter, sister and wonderful cat owner’ Depressing, I know.

     

    Okay. So 50 years ago, a school in a little town in England had only one thing on their launch menu, soup and bread with butter, 50 years later, trying to keep up with other schools the menu flourished with options. There were salads, drinks and each meal wasn’t allowed to be repeated more than once a week. Odd enough, the students had more to complain about and were less content with the option of food then they had been 50 years ago. Strange, don’t you think?

     

    In one of Friends most awesome episodes, Ross had just been dumped by his lesbian wife when in an effort to comfort him, Joey tells him to grab a spoon and start tasting all the flavors the world has to offer.

    The annoying part though is, with all the flavors in this world and millions more mixed every day, will someone ever be able to stay faithful and content with one flavor? And does the more you taste lessen your chances of ever being content with one? If so, could having sex or too many sexual experiences in general forever endanger your chances of ever being happy and satisfied once married?

     

    Wow, so many things to consider. How would you answer these questions though? What do you think about these open doors and choices we make day in and out?... I guess the question is; to choose or not to choose?

     

     

     

Saturday, 29 August 2009

  • Reminder: You're still very single and very alone

                                             

     

    It so strange, but it's like suddenly, all my friends have been hit with a 'relationship-epidemic' I mean forget the swain flu, this epidemic is snatching them in unmerciful numbers.

    But seriously, the scariest thing about all this, is that when I was visiting my friend, it seemed like she was a totally different person. She and her boyfriend were holding hands as though they couldn't even breathe without each other.  I mean; they had been together for almost 8months, and I mean literally seen and been together  24/7 for 8 months! Anyway, these are two of my former classmates, who also formerly used to be two separate and independent human beings. But unfortunately due to the epidemic, have now developed many symptoms, for example the excessive use of such sentences as 'we that' and 'we this'. Members of the jury, you must understand that my childish outburst is a consequence of something stronger and darker  than common pettiness and jealousy, these are all fruits of the big D,..Depression. I feel as though it’s also important to keep in mind that prior to these events; I was perfectly fine with my life, with my so called 'oneness'. I will however not rule out the fact that this could clearly be due to the fact that my 'oneness' was only endurable because of my fellow friends, who also shared in this now so uncommon status. I fear they have all deserted me for the more glamorized 'togetherness' status.It's kind of like that Simpsons episode where Bart sells his soul, and suddenly he could see all the other kids having so much fun with their souls and how much harder life was for him now that he was all alone, something he hadn't even noticed before. 

    Basically it's junior high prom all over again; you and all your girl friends are sitting at the bench watching the other couples dancing, and commenting on this and that, when suddenly one by one, they get asked to dance and before you know it, there you are; Little you with your ridiculously over accessorized dress, sitting there all alone, trying so hard not to look bothered, because just a few minutes ago you didn't mind sitting on the bench, but now that you are there all alone, and noticing that even greasy Alice the farter with all the questionable facial hair is also getting her groove on with Tommy the nose licker,..well.. it then becomes a bit hard to hold back the tears now doesn't it?

    I haven’t resolved to crying yet, honestly, I only believe in such therapy as watching Bridget Jones' Diary and blogging about my problems,oh, and forming 'relationship-hate' groups who wait outside cinemas every Sundays and attack random couples muahahaha!.. haha i'm kidding, here at Maesworld we don't  condone violence...just happy slapping! haha Okay I’m stopping now, but  seriously, it's just a bit sad you know,.. I mean I enjoy being single as the next person but I’m just not into the in your face constant reminder, forcing me to comfort myself  with such nonsense as 'Well at least I don't have to share my Twix bars!'

    What about you guys? What are your feelings on this unavoidable epidemic?

     

Wednesday, 29 July 2009

  • Woman,stop confusing your man!

     

     

    So many times i've heard fellow girlfriends saying they want a 'real man'  the kind that will fix things around the house that he himself had built of course. The kind that would hold you tight while you were having a fit and the kind of guy that will treat you like a lady. 

    Weird enough, these girls also want a man who basically could be apart of the Queer Eye while all the same time being  oh so very straight and manly! In other words, what they want is the best of both worlds, which is realisticly impossible. Honestly, i'm all for equality and blah blah but seriously, come on girls. We have to stop asking Santa for a guy with healthy testicles between his legs and matching ovaries ! If you're lucky enough to get a man; one that loves all your dramatic outbursts, respects you, opens doors for you, fixes things around your apartment and comes home sweaty and dirty because he has a hard labor kind of job, which by the way doesn't pay well but just about enough,then  DON'T TRY TO CHANGE HIM!

    A lot of women  have already heard that five word sentence but few really listen to it. First they are happy that they have a manly man but soon, they start telling him he needs to take better care of his split ends, maybe handing in his worn out jeans for some Levi's would look better and oh, he is still young so maybe he could try getting a job that pays better and doesn't make him as filthy as working in a garage.. But before you know it, you are sitting with your girls, surrounded with wet tissues repeating, "I really didn't see this coming,..i i i thought he loooved mee" And you know what? He loved you, back when you loved him for him.

    As girls we  have to understand that guys aren't like Christmas trees, that you buy because of the potential they have to become perfect when you finish decorating them.We have to stop forcing our men to watch Dr.Phil with us yet calling him a sissy when he starts expressing too many feelings. I'm afraid that all this forcus on sex equality and so on ends up leaving us with cats that bark and hump legs and dogs tip toeing up trees and roofs and i know it's a dramatic comparison but the point is, it's just plain scary and confusing.Frankly, i blame much of it on this huge Make-Over industry with such motto's as "There is always room for improvement!" But listen, the motto you should be following is "If it isn't broken, then pleeeaasee don't try to fix it!"

    But what do you guys think, both girls and boys, what do you think about the roles we play as man and woman when in a relationship and in general?

     

     

Saturday, 11 July 2009

  • Happiness vs. contentment

     

    Girls-Swinging-at-Sunset-Poster-C12.jpg swinging image by wonderwm16

    When  i was small, happiness came in the form of a swing. I loved swinging! Mostly because of the way it makes you feel, like you were untouchable, for a few minutes you could taste the sky. I guess in a way, swings were the first form of legal highs a child could experience and the queues were just as long and brutal as the kinds you would normally find outside a local crack house; filled with both excitement and  fear. Anyway, the point is, the swings were magical, we laughed and laughed the higher and higher we got and when you finally reached the highest point there was nothing more to do but jump; this is of course if you weren’t chicken ;)

     

    That was happiness,., today, a girl like me has handed in her swinging blisters for contentment. Why? Because it lasts longer. For many, being happy is scary because we’ve always been taught that whatever goes up must come down and while it’s okay and wonderful to enjoy the ‘ups’ we are also always; just like when we swing, aware of the fact  that at some point we’ll be heading down and that’s okay, isn’t it? That’s why  i think that when Benjamin Franklin wrote ‘pursuit of happiness’ he was onto something. (Haha actually Thomas Jefferson wrote that, but to all of you who didn't notice, shame on you!) Anywho, the word pursue is the same as seek, haunt, and chase  and maybe he didn’t use capture and keep for a reason. For a lot of people, happiness is like an ice cream on a hot summer day, we  pursue it, then enjoy it for as long as it lasts, well aware of the fact that soon it will be no more, and when that time comes all we’ll have left is the coolness it leaves in our bodies. In other words; the contentment.

     

    So never be afraid of the happiness you might find in for example; ..a new relationship, a baby or any positive change but instead, embrace it and enjoy it and when that rushing feeling of adrenaline finishes rushing through your body, sit back, relax and look upon it like the setting sun and know that though it sets, it will rise again soon, and in the meantime, be content.

     

    But what do you guys think? Which do you like better when talking about  happiness vs. contentment and why?

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  • Maesworld
    Will i ever learn how Xanga fully works?! Sometimes i'm tagged and then i'm like,..'Okay what do i do now? I don't even know what you do with your credits, what mini's are good for, why do people get plugz? ..Annoyed! But i'm glad that people still like reading my stuff even though i am a bit of a X
  • scruffylizard
    your writing style is lovely. Props to you for dedicating yourself to interesting, well-written reflections on "stuff" in this blog. It's hard to find on xanga, but I'm always looking for it. 
  • nourishme
    you've an interesting style of writing and somehow it makes me laugh. (:
  • porkbanhbao
    lovely blog :)
  • kaoweichih
    Hi! I love your blog and your words. They're fresh and beautiful. I can see you love art and literature, so am I! Maybe we can be freinds :) here is my blog&Flickrhttp://kaoweichich.blogspot.com/http://www.flickr.com/photos/kaoweichich/
  • Maesworld
    Wow thank you, i love writing and it's wonderful that people enjoy them :D
  • teetee171
    i love all your blogs they're real deep