MEMED

-Do you suffer from loss of time?
-Do your friends (what's left of them) say your social life is dwindling?
-Have you found yourself dreaming physics problems in your sleep and answering them correctly?

If you answered yes to all of these questions, you may be under a serious condition called Mechanical Engineering Major Educational Disorder (MEMED). If you feel that this condition applies to you, do not be afraid, for you are not alone. This condition is treatable as Mr. David Hasbrouck, founder and chairman of the Mechanical Engineering Recovery Institute (MERI), has discovered.

Hasbrouck and his fellow researchers are dedicated to the exploration of ways to help those diagnosed with MEMED to recover, and do so successfully. Hasbrouck has even gone as far as to welcome those recovering from MEMED to join his team. I am one such patient who has been fortunate enough to undergo his Five-Step Plan to recovery and be on this great team of researchers.

The Five-Step Plan is easy:

1. Admit you have a problem with MEMED
2. Recognize your lack of a social life due to an overabundance of work
3. Realize you have a slow, yet growing level of hatred toward those who are not Mechanical Engineering majors
4. Know that you hate your current major of Mechanical Engineering and you find it is costing you all of your treasures (money, friends, life, etc.)
5. Change your major (Mathematics and Business are most popular) and begin the process of recovery (note that this may take the rest of your life)

I have undergone this Five-Step Plan and currently continue with step 5. I have to say all is well as I now have friends, more money, and something called spare time. So come and join me in your FREE trial of the Five-Step Plan to recovery from MEMED and together we can make your life and the the rest of the world better...in fact, you have my guarantee! *smiles with sparkling white teeth while a ping echos in the background*

Coping With Change

Recently it has occured to me that when one gets into a relationship, it is recognized by many as a HUGE change. This is valid, but it is also interesting how many things (habitual things) that a person does do not change but some people seem to think that they have.

It's quite humorous really. While being in a relationship has affected how I manage my time and what kind of mood I'm generally in, I still brush my teeth the same way and eat the same food and stuff. It is so AMAZING how people choose now to notice my little quirks and habbits.
To break it down, here's a list of things I've always done but people are just now making comments about because I'm in a relationship and it's "cute":

-Folding laundry neatly
-Making my bed
-Mating pairs of socks
-Doing dishes
-Other house-keeping things (Because Kate *must* be coming over)
-Eating mints
-Using lip balm
-Wearing clothes that *gasp* actually match
-Wait, I'm making a phone call...I *must* be calling Kate

So many things and I believe the list will grow. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining, but isn't this amusing? I can only imagine what her friends are accusing her of doing different right now.

Wait, this is my second post in one week! Now that might be different for me.

Chivalry? What's that?

DRAMA ALERT...Ok so recently I've managed to get myself into a relationship with this really awesome girl and that is the basis for this post...END DRAMA.

Let us look at the 20th Century. A lot went on. Two world wars, the rise and fall of the Soviet Union, the birth of communism, equality among races in the U.S. and let's not forget the biggest push for women's rights. Ah yes...women's rights...quite the milestone in this nation's history.

First I must say that I am in total agreement that women should have the rights that they have been so successful in aquiring. With this great advancement, however, also came a boom of women's independence and here is where I fastforward to today, the new millenium. In terms of women's independence at this point, women pay for themselves, they open the door for themselves, they put on and remove their jackets by themselves, they pull out and push in their chairs by themselves, they speak for themselves, about the only thing they seem uncapable/unwilling to do on their own anymore is give themselves a shoulder massage.

Some guys see no problem with any of this and if they do, they wish that women could, in fact, give theirselves a shoulder massage; it's one less thing we men have to do! I am not one such guy, and as my good friend and roomate, Rich, has proven: I am not alone. I try to pay for my girlfriend, but it is like trying to pull teeth to do it. Offering to pay is almost like offering to kill someone it seems. "No" is always the answer. My response to this was, "Don't tell me. You're-" "Yes, independent," she said. I recall opening the door for her for the first time and how I got that stunned look that says, "You're weird." I dare not even try to bring up that I'm just being chivalrous because I doubt her or half the female population would really understand what that means. One dictionary definition simply states that chivalry is "courtesy towards women."

So to break that down, for a man to be chivalrous is simply to show respect for a woman. Do women not realize that by being "independent" they shut us men out from showing them the respect we believe they deserve? There needs to be some correction here. There are times when I miss the Middle Ages!