Name:Daniel Country:United States State:Tennessee Metro:Nashville Birthday:11/16/1983 Gender:Male
Interests:guitar, singing/screaming, and that Jesus guy.... he's the best. Expertise:Complaining, dreaming of traveling, driving the "Albino Bullet", losing stuff, concerts, being right all the time, randomness... Occupation:Executive Industry:Textiles
Girls have a stronger sense of smell than guys do. (That is scientifically proven somewhere I think...) The reason being that, if they didn't guys would die or get very sick from poor personal hygiene.
Why else does a guy care what he smells like than a lady? Nothing else. I could play 3 hours of soccer, eat garlic feta cheese with pepperoni pizza, go to sleep, wake up and not brush my teeth and probably be just fine... on my own.
Then girls come along and screw it up. This is why we have products like:
toothpaste of all varieties (with added whitening action of course), mouth rinse/wash (that stuff kills! and apparently you aren't actually a man unless you rinse for a full 30 seconds) deodorant (its white, but rolls on clear... amazing.) body sprays (axe, you know with the lame commercials...) shampoo (don't even get me started on shampoo) body wash (that always have psycho names like Arctic Death or Everglade Rumbleberry... what the?) scented dryer sheets (they're clothes... who cares? oh, yeah... girls!) candles (breaking lease agreements for a cause) scented car trees that dangle from the rear view (I use New Car Scent... still doesn't feel like my seats are leather) and on and on...
So yeah. Thanks, ladies, for making dudes care. No actually, it would be a really nasty smelling world without you gals... but my water bill would be a heck of a lot less.
I sort of expected more responses from my "I'm Sorry I Love You" blog, but since Xanga is just about dead thanks to myspace and facebook... BUT thanks to those who did give their two cents. I've still been thinking a lot about it, and catching myself more than ever apologizing for stupid stuff. Anyway... hope it made us all think about our words.
Also, i know several people read what I wrote and didn't type anything down. (A few people told me in person that they read it, but didn't respond via comment). I love in person discussion, but its cool to be able to see what different people's thoughts are all in one place. That's whats cool about this whole online community thing, i think.
That's it for now. Lame and dorky. I wouldn't have it any other way.
ps ~ I just about punched myself in the face the other day when I caught myself saying "I love french toast!" ... but French Toast has got to be an exception to the L-word rule right? C'mon! It's French Toast!
5 extremely powerful words that i feel have almost totally lost all hope of being sincere.
I've heard people complain before that "I love you" means almost nothing these days. I even go back and forth with how i feel about these words. Blah, blah, blah different kinds of love, blah, blah, blah philos, eros, blah, blah... we simply over use the word love. Blame it on the English language, blame it on the fact that "i use it to mean this kind of love...", I'm just saying we simply over use the word(s). My opinion of course, but i think we could all benefit from thinking about it from time to time. When I hear those words from that "special someone" someday I want to know that those 3 simple, exhausted words mean something more... more than they have ever meant and more than they ever could mean to anyone else... ever. I know that when I say those words i want them to pierce the person's heart, and make them feel something. I don't love baklava. I don't love Dashboard Confessional. I don't love Chattanooga. I love you. See? Anything?
Recently I have heard people say... "I'm sorry" a lot. I mean, a lot. For little minuscule things that don't need to be apologized for or they aren't really sorry for. Years and years ago in my first couple of years of high school soccer, i would apologize for every stinkin' terrible touch on the ball or bad run. You can imagine how many times i would end up apologizing during practice. My coach finally said one day, "Daniel, stop apologizing and just do it better next time." This totally changed the way I look at those words... i think. The Dad in the latest Indie Film success, Little Miss Sunshine, is this overbearing motivational speaker guy and he says something to his daughter like, "Don't apologize, its a sign of weakness" or something pretty close to that. The dad is then seen as this monster. He is out of line for most of what he tells his daughter at the beginning of the movie, but isn't "I'm sorry" supposed to be a sign of weakness. A plea for forgiveness? If its just a cop-out so blame doesn't stick... I probably still say "I'm sorry" more in a way to get out of trouble
rather than in a sincere way far too often,. I've been convicted for when I say, "Look, I'm sorry, but... (insert eloquent defensive side stepping maneuver here)." How refreshing would it be if we really apologized when it was needed. "I'm sorry I wasn't there for you when you really needed me." "I'm sorry I betrayed your trust." "I'm sorry of the way I acted." And then we didn't try to justify our actions or motives, but we just tried to do better next time.
Again, I'm really just
trying to encourage myself and anyone else to think about their words. They affect us so much more than we think. I'm probably in typical Daniel fashion making big deals out of small ones, and being dramatic, and if so I want to hear about it. Let me know your thoughts. This would be called a conversation. This is how we learn.
Alright, whoever this soapbox belongs to, you can have it back now... sorry. i love you.
dhall out.
if you don't hate me and feel like spending three more minutes of your life here on my blog, push play and watch this video of the quote in my last blog (or if its not working and you are interested, go to YouTube.com and search for "meet joe black speech")
