"I don't care if Monday's blue, Tuesday's gray and Wednesday, too..."

Waiting to hear back from Jeed regarding storyline ideas and what we discussed. I threw another idea at her that we could use. Looks promising...want to know what she thinks.

I feel like I'm going to be sick, and I don't know why. I don't feel SICK-sick...just slightly nauseated. Like I ate something bad. Ick.

I came into work yesterday to a quasi-nasty note from Jake and Cory regarding their work schedules. First they bitch that they don't get enough hours, then they bitch when they have a schedule to stick to because it interferes with their baseball schedules. I'M ONLY ONE WOMAN, DAMMIT, and I'm not even store manager (just a fucking dafault manager). It's not like they do any actual work anyway...they think they get paid to stand around and do nothing but occasionally run some movies out.

This is why I fucking hate high schoolers...they're all so self-absorbed and have no concept about work whatsoever. Kind of like Hunter. (*OH SNAP!*)

Tonight is apparently Gay Cowboy Night for Rocky. It's also supposed to be REALLY FUCKING COLD. I was let known about this at around 11:30, 11:45 last night as I'm sleeping and I get a call on my cell phone from ZERO, of all people. Oh yeah, it's oh-so-important that he call me at night while I'm sleeping because of Gay Cowboy Night! (Well, yeah, it IS important...It's GAY COWBOY NIGHT! But he got to hear my sexay "I-just-woke-up" voice, so ha ha.) He said something about probably hanging out and getting some coffee before the show, so it's all good.

That's all for touching on base. More later, y'all.

"I hate deception, and I despise liars!"

http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20060217/sc_space/whymenreportmoresexpartnersthanwomen

Most surveys about sex find impossibly that men have had far more partners than women, typically two to four times as many.

Either there are a bunch of phantom females out there, or somebody is lying.

Or perhaps men just have lousy memories.

Psychologist Norman R. Brown at the University of Michigan has done several studies on the apparent flaw in these surveys. The latest was a web-based survey of 2,065 heterosexual non-virgins with a median age in their late 40s.

The women reported on average 8.6 lifetime sexual partners. The men claimed 31.9. (**Holly sez: MEN ARE WHORES!!**)

Rather than let it go at that, Brown and his colleagues later in the survey asked the participants to rate the truthfulness of their response. About 5 percent said they lied. In addition, more than 10 percent said they knew their answer wasn't accurate. "They gave an answer and then two minutes later admitted they had lied about the answer," Brown said.

But there's more to the discrepancy. Men and women use different methods to calculate their past dalliances.

Women rely on a raw count, a method Brown says is known to result in underestimation. "They tend to say, 'I just know,' and if you ask them to explain how they know, they say, 'Well, there was John, Tom, etc.'"

Men also rely on a flawed strategy. "Men are twice as likely to use rough approximation to answer the question," Brown said. "And rough approximation is a strategy known to produce over-estimation."

Then again, maybe Brown's study is flawed, too. His next survey will be done by telephone, to find out if people lie and fudge as much in that medium, or if the Web-based surveys invite such behavior. The self-proclaimed liars "could be liars who lie about lying," he said.
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That whole report made me LOL.

could make excellent "Gilmore Girls" episode fodder...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060217/ap_on_re_us/ivy_league_sex;_ylt=AhEj3ZMrdjiy.lZtFpYXbN.s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-

NEW HAVEN, Conn. - In a lecture hall on Yale's storied Old Campus, not long after an afternoon astronomy class has cleared out, a middle-aged sex toy saleswoman demonstrates her technique and hands out free products to an eager crowd.

"I want you to close your eyes," Patty Brisben playfully instructs a young man as she rubs scented lotion into his forearm and, to raucous laughter, reaches for an electric toy and a glove. "Fantasize about having an all-over body massage."

Welcome to Sex Week at Yale, a biennial celebration that has become one of the most provocative campus events in the country.

Organizers say Sex Week gets students talking about sex in a way that's more relevant than middle-school film strips, more honest than movies and television, and more fun than requisite college health lectures.

"To get people's attention, we do have to do things a little risque and a little different than other sex education programs," said junior Dain Lewis, who was inspired to direct Sex Week 2006 after attending the 2004 event.

Yale's event, which ends Saturday, includes lectures from dating specialists, a sex therapist and a discussion of homosexuality with a former Roman Catholic priest. More provocative sessions include a panel of porn stars and stripping lessons from a Playboy Channel hostess.

Critics say Sex Week is just the latest act of debauchery at colleges in recent years: Students started sex columns. Vassar and others created erotica journals. Harvard launched H-Bomb, a magazine featuring suggestive pictures of undergraduates. Washington University in St. Louis offered a sex-themed week with orgasm seminars and condom telegrams.

"I don't see how bringing a Playboy stripper to campus is helping anything," said Travis Kavulla, editor of the Harvard Salient, which joined other conservative newspapers in giving Sex Week the Collegiant Network 2004 Outrage Award. "How are universities trying to educate students in sponsoring activities like this?"

Sex Week is a recognized student organization but Brisben's company, PureRomance.com, sponsors the events, not Yale. Advertising helps pay for marketing and for Sex Week at Yale, the Magazine.

The magazine contains sex advice for men, help for selecting the right condom and suggestions for women trying to satisfy themselves.

Editors say they're promoting sexual awareness, not sex. The magazine includes an article encouraging abstinence until marriage, a guide to healthy relationships and an essay on unrequited love.

The interview with the porn star, organizers said, was just for fun.

"It would seem like we were trying to intellectualize sex if we didn't have something on the other end of the spectrum," said Whitney Seibel, a senior psychology major who posed for the cover wearing only red panties and a strategically placed arm.

About 25,000 copies were distributed at Yale and on other campuses nationwide. The editors are considering a second printing.

While Yale may be giving off a flirty vibe this week, Brisben said she was surprised at how reserved the students were at her seminar. And for all their good grades, Brisben said Yale students seemed less clued in about sex than students elsewhere.

"I have a lot of inhibitions and fears that I'm not sure where they come from. And I don't know how common," said Kaja Wilmanska, a 20-year-old sophomore from Poland. "It opens up the ground to talk about issues people aren't comfortable talking about otherwise. Basically, I want to see what other people are saying."

Students complain that the dating scene is notoriously complicated at Yale, where every grade matters, every extracurricular is essential and everyone is in competition. Last year, author Natalie Krinsky made that awkward scene the star of her novel "Chloe Does Yale."

That's why Lewis says lectures such as Dating 101 are valuable. Lewis wants Yale to help other schools host their own versions.

"In planning it, I'm saying, 'Could I justify the educational value of this to my mom?' If we can, we're in good shape," Lewis said.