PDA

I was under the impression that after high school and fraternity band parties, we would no longer need to know what PDA stood for but apparently that is not the case.

Dining at Dean & Deluca Wine Bar last Sunday evening a friend leaned over and said to me, "Turn around, I promise you want to see this." Much to my surprise, even D&D doesn't keep away people like this as I saw a couple in their 30s making out as if it was their only chance before their parents came back. Although I'm not sure that would have stopped them.

One of the main reasons behind high schoolers being so bad about this is because their parents are a factor. There's really nowhere private for them to go so a public place is their best option. And fraternity band parties ... that's just because of the punch. But people in their 30s? If you're going to be licking each other in public, at least do it at Olive Garden and leave D&D alone.

Public Speaking

I recently read an article about how public speaking is people's biggest fear. It beat out the fear of death, which the author of the article so eloquently pointed out, "So you're telling me that the people who took this survey would rather be dead than have to stand up and talk in front of people?". Sounds a little ridiculous but I am one of those people who would list public speaking as my biggest fear.

I took a public speaking class in college and it was always the most dreaded part of my week. Not only did I have to give speeches on a weekly basis, but someone I regarded as the most attractive person at UT also happened to be in that class/audience. Needless to say, there were more than a couple times I had a cocktail or two before going to class.

Taking all of the above into consideration, I recently surprised myself by readily agreeing to give a 15 minute public speech. This speech entails me talking about my job to two classrooms of middle schoolers which makes it that much more terrifying because middle schoolers have the ability to be cruel, and isn't that what everyone is afraid of when they're speaking in public? That their audience is picking them apart and judging them on everything from how they look to their body language to what they're actually saying.

So next Thursday I will let you know whether or not I survived the scrutiny of middle schoolers. Isn't once in your life enough to have to be judged by middle schoolers?

Haircut = Complete Makeover?

Every time I go in for a haircut I do the same thing. I always tear a photo from a glossy magazine or print one off from the Internet of some celebrity who happens to be in the spotlight at the moment and whose look I'd prefer on myself. I think bringing a photo in is a good thing. This way there is no confusion between you and the stylist about what it is you actually want. However, this becomes a problem for me because when I show Joey (the stylist) the photo, I am subconsciously thinking that he is going to be able to transform me and I am going to walk out of there looking exactly like that photo. Not just the hair, but the face and the figure too. Reece Witherspoon and Blake Lively (Serena) are my two favorites to bring in so you can see the problem there. Never gonna happen. And while I do realize this, I'm still hoping for a surprise transformation one of these days a la Joey.