Good morning. It’s your not-so-old pal Joel here again to help your workday go by all the smoother by providing you with the humor and thought provoking words you’ve all come to know and tolerate out of pity for me.
I would like to know where all the smart and funny women are hiding. Every time you turn on the television or go to a club or bar there is no shortage of women who look and act like Paris Hilton. That’s not smart and it certainly isn’t attractive. Not to me anyway.
Women can go ahead and try to blame men for stereotypes of women perpetuated by men, but being a guy, and knowing a lot of guys, not a one of them I know has ever said “Man. If I could find a girl who acts dumber than a sack of bricks and puts all of her time into how she looks I would truly be happy.”
I’m not saying this to bash women or even begin to imply that women aren’t smart or funny. I know you exist. Somewhere. You might be asking what prompted such a seemingly random subject. You’re not? Well too bad. I’m going to tell you anyway. Rachel Harris and Pink. Rachel Harris is the blonde woman who has made a career by cracking wise on VH1 about everything from toys to the 80’s. She is funny and seems to be smart. Pink’s latest single, Stupid Girls, pretty much trashes all the stereotypes of women that MTV takes so much pride in showing. Good for her.
If women want to not be looked at as objects, then start doing something about it. Stop thinking songs about taking another woman’s boyfriend away from her are good. Stop emulating women like Paris Hilton or Lindsey Lohan. Stop getting plastic surgery because you think it will make you feel better about yourself. Guys don’t care! If you do have a guy in your life who does care about things like that, maybe it’s your choice in men and not your breast size that needs to be adjusted.
I know that some women might take this wrong, but you have to understand I’m on your side here. I’m not saying that an attractive woman isn’t nice to look at, but after looks fade, and they will fade, what else is there? I’m not saying this just because I want to date someone who is funny and smart. I’m saying this because I know that women deserve so much more than their mascot being a promiscuous heiress.
This is not at all meant to bash women. This was intended to just express my opinion. What’s that? You want to know what women would be better emulated than Paris Hilton ‘voice in my head’? Well here is the short list in no particular order. Fiona Apple, Kate Winslett, Rachel Harris, Sarah Silverman, Kari Byron, Missy Elliot, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Janeane Garafalo, Natalie Portman, Bonnie Hunt, Sarah Vowell, Meg White, Rachel Dratch and Ellen Degeneres are all women who are their own person and who are all either talented, funny, smart or all three. The world would be a much better place if there were more strong, smart, funny and talented women. None of those women fit a stereotype yet all are successful. I guess I’d just like to tell women they are better than the stereotypes. Had I just said that at the beginning I could have gone ahead and saved you all that time you just spent reading this. Sorry.
Frozen food I appreciate today?
NIBLET EARS!
RIGHT NOW
SONG - When the Sun Goes Down by the Arctic Monkeys off of the album ‘Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not’ - He’s a scumbag, don’t ya know?
MOVIE - Forrest Gump - Because it’s the only movie I can think of right now.
Rest in peace Kirby.
- Joel
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