The Rules: Time tested secrets for being yourself when it comes to dating

Recently I decided to enter the world of dating. I kept following the philosophy of"make myself happy before I make a man or anybody else happy". So far I have more than exceeded this expectation. To get me started on this adventure I read the book The Rules: Time Tested Secrets for Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right. I thought it would be a good idea but after reading the book I decided that half the stuff I already knew or didn't want to follow. It also put a HUGE emphasis on playing "hard to get" but a girl can only do that for so long. For instance, The Rules talks about dressing stylish, being quiet and mysterious, making men pay for meals, how to act on dates, lots of exercising (in one part it mentioned swimming or playing tennis all summer and doing sit-ups until the hereafter), and referring to readers as Rules Girls.

In my opinion half of these so called "rules" are ridiculous. Why conform to them if I don't want to? The way I see it as there is absolutely NO need to change for someone to fall in love with you. Also, things are different now from when this book was published in 1995. Even after asking my parents for their opinion what they said was that there was no How-To in dating...you just do it until you find someone!

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Bear Lake Shenanigans

Just this weekend I went on a trip to Bear Lake for a senate retreat...it was a lot of fun staying up in a cabin with slides that take you to every floor, a home theater, and an indoor trampoline. I even went with a few friends to the beach REALLY late at night. But now that I've had the experience I realized that sometimes when a lot money is involved especially when it comes to building houses and/or cabins some pretty crazy things could come as a result! And here's proof:

Backstreet's Back Alright!

Last Wednesday I was messing around on iTunes. (For all you iPhone, iPod touch fanatics out there yes I do enjoy looking at the apps store.) Anyways I was looking at the Top 40 in the Pop genre and found at #18 you guessed it the Backstreet Boys! So anyways I went on their website and found out tour dates...in Europe. But does anybody REALLY need to follow around a 10 year old boy band? It would be fun but alot would be at stake...in my case: school.

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Twilight: Edward Cullen is NOT Attractive

After seeing Twilight, Edward Cullen is not what I imagined him to be. In the book I thought of him as this mysterious, secretive, and yet gorgeous phantom of the opera type of guy who falls in love with a girl. But in the movie he is perceived as an obsessive and controlling vampire with a body that has glitter on it in sunlight. Personally, I like Dr. Cullen and Jasper a lot better.


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Commentary on the Beijing Olympics

The one thing I enjoy most about watching the Olympics is that there's always at least one athlete that gets the spotlight. In 2002 when the Winter Olympics were in Salt Lake City it was all about speedskater Apollo Ohno and now it has come to swimmer Michael Phelps. I'm suprised that he's won more medals this time than he did in Athens in 2004...Now the only thing he needs now is a girlfriend!

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