Bumperstickers

Bumper stickers are always fun. They can turn a shitty car into an even shittier one, a nice car into a more down to eart "look at me I'm not afraid to put a sticker on my car" one, and a college kids car into a stereotypical one. Personally, I really enjoy looking at them and judging the person driving the car accordingly, but some people take them too seriously and get all bent out of shape and disrespectful for no reason.

My friend Sarah and her whole family proudly display Darwin fish decals on their cars. If you know the family, it's so appropriate and hilarious. When I first saw it on her car I was shocked because I thought it was a Jesus fish, but upon closer examination, I was comforted by the little feet I saw jutting out. Most people, however, aren't comforted by the fish with feet and find it very offensive. She has told me several stories about people coming up to her and telling her to take it off, trying to take it off themselves, or just flipping her off from their cars (probably also attributed to her horrible driving). But, of course, these are the type of people who probably don't fully understand the Theory of Evolution and think it says that we evolve from monkeys... which it doesn't. This just goes to show how much a symbol, a stupid little decal on a car, can affect people; How much a picture or visual representation can still be powerful without the use of words. It also goes to show that images spark controversy in every day life and not just when a child is photographed nude or live animals are used in some art form.

Though I think the ubiquitous Jesus fish strikers are annoying, I'm not going to ask anyone to take them off of their cars. I mean, it's just a bumper sticker, look like an ass if you want to.














My favorite of all time... I see this one way more than I should. I guess they want to gun down the endangered bald eagle, planes, blimps, and sky divers, too!

Dorm Decorations

I love creepily looking into other people's dorm rooms when their door is opened. From the rooms with Chi O signs plastered everywhere to the ones with posters of Bob Dylan and other music icons, I enjoy inappropriately staring into all of them, Seeing how other people arrange and decorate their room not only gives me ideas on how I could move things around in my room but it can also reveal a lot about the person in it. Initially, our rooms look disgusting and depressing with their white walls, cheep fake wood desks, and cold mismatched tiles. The first few weeks when my walls were bare it drove me crazy and made me even more depressed and homesick than I already was. Then, once I brought posters and little nick nacks from home to decorate with, the room took on a whole new ambiance. I felt much more conformable and the room was much more inviting for me and others. Unfortunately, however, some people's rooms still look pretty scary. My friend Lauren's room still has all of it's stained white walls and cracking tiles exposed. To top it off, her room has gross blue blinds that she hardly ever opens to let the light in. My other friends and I lovingly call her room "the cave" and frequently tell her how uneasy we feel when we are in it. Now, the really bad part about this is that I am going to be the cave woman's roomie next year. I have already vowed to get something on those walls if it's the last thing I do... but then again, nothing on the walls is probably better than the poster of puppies in a pot staring at me with their sad eyes that I have to look at now.

So, I just think it's pretty amazing how just a little bit of decorating can make our freakish looking plain dorms look so nice homely. Those bare walls are also a nice way to express yourself... and not in the Madonna way.

Politics are HOT!

People put a lot of emphasis on others appearances, especially people in the public eye. The presidential candidates are no exception. When talking to my friend Jamey about who we thought we were going to vote for, Obama's good looks inevitably came up. "I don't remember such a good looking young president, and I think that would be cool." he said wholeheartedly. Of course, I reminded him of Kennedy's classic good looks and likability. One of my history teachers was oddly obsessed with him and his head full of beautiful red hair... he would also talk in detail about how ugly Eleanore Roosevelt was... and one class he got all emotional because "Robert E. Lee was such a good guy, but he was just on the wrong side!"... but that's beside the point. Anyway, looks really do count much more than they should. Their policies, promises, and plans seem to be overshadowed by menial outward appearances. Who cares about that stuff anyway! I mean, if Obama doesn't wear an American flag pin on his coat, he must be an anti-American Muslim! Oh, that crazy black man. Hillary looks like The Joker from Batman when she smiles! She must be crazy! Why would we want to look at her, that woman, for 4 years? McCain is too rotund and wrinkly... he'll probably kill over within a year of taking official!

Come on people, get it together!! This shit shouldn't matter. Find an unflattering picture about a politician and it could hurt them. Make sure they are photographed with their kids, at construction sites with hard hats on, and being normal people just like you and me. I don't know about what everyone else thinks, but I don't want someone like me running the country!

Maybe we just want an attractive leader to mask the ugly truths of politics and capitalistic society. Just slap a suit on them and at least they look competent!

Obama is adorable though...


Crazy bitch!

Terrorist!

Looks like that old bastard needs to be waterboarded!