gender discrimination

so i check into westin today and had previously made a reservation for a king-size bed. but when i went to my room, there were two double beds instead.

so i called front desk to see if i had mistakenly forgotten to ask for a king-size, but front desk assures me that i had made no mistake.

my only mistake however, was being a 'petite woman'.

front desk very politely informed me, that since i had checked in late, there were limited rooms, and the manager had told her to assign men to king-size beds and women to double beds.

wait what?!

her manager's reasoning (mind you, it was a guy) was that men had trouble fitting into a double bed; king-sized ones would allow them to sleep diagonally. whereas me, i'd be able to fit into a double bed with no problem. and she went on to justify that women liked to use the other bed to lay out their clothes anyway.

i was too tired to lie that i also like to sleep diagonally. i feel like i've regressed 50 years.

my airport express

bought myself one today. allows you to stream music and print wirelessly, which i thought, is awesome. being able to control music in my room without having to hook my speakers up to my laptop.

setting this thing up though requires hefty configuration. what a pain in the ass. by default it sets itself up as a router, and to have it extend your wireless network instead doesn't seem to be intuitive. i have an intermediate solution where my ethernet cable is still plugged into the device but at least it streams my music. the blinking yellow light is annoying too. apple seems to make seemingly cool but highly unintegrateble products.

next should be a wireless charger. wouldn't that be awesome?

lost

today was a bad day. my best friend is moving to boston.

recycling bin

so here's a thought.

why are the recycling bins (on your PC) called recycling bins? whatever you trash there doesn't get recycled, you simply want to throw that stuff away cuz you don't need it anymore. are you reusing your document? no. is it because you're recycling the space that was taken? no, it still remains on your hard drive until you decide to empty it. no extra space there.

what EXACTLY are we recycling here?

HAHAHA

Six of the seven dwarfs are sitting around the house one day when Sleepy rushes in and says, "Guess what guys, I've won a trip to see the Pope!" Everyone gets all excited and chants, "We finally get to ask him, we finally get to ask him."

The next day, they are standing in front of the Pope, Dopey out in front of the other six. All the other six start pushing Dopey and saying, "Go ahead, Dopey, ask him, ask him!"

The Pope looks at Dopey and asks, "Do you have a question to ask me, young man?"

Dopey looks up shyly and says, "Well, yes."

The Pope tells him to go ahead and ask. Dopey asks, "Well, do....do they have nuns in Alaska?"

The Pope replies, "Well, yes, I'm sure we have nuns in Alaska."

The others all keep nudging Dopey and chanting, "Ask him the rest, Dopey, ask him the rest!"

The Pope asks Dopey if there's more to his question, and Dopey continues, "Well, uh, do they have, uh, black nuns in Alaska?"

To which the Pope replies, "Well, my son, I think there must be a few black nuns in Alaska, yes."

Still not satisfied, the others keep saying, "Ask him the last part, Dopey, ask him the last part!"

The Pope asks Dopey, "Is there still more to your question?"

To which Dopey replies, "Well, uh, yeah..... are there, uh, are there any midget black nuns in Alaska?"

The startled Pope replies, "Well, no, my son, I really don't think there are any midget black nuns in Alaska."

At this, Dopey turns all kinds of colors, and the others start laughing, and yelling, "Dopey screwed a penguin, Dopey screwed a penguin!"

strawberries

a simple observation.

i think part of the reason why i prefer watermelons to strawberries is because of the green parts on the strawberry. with watermelons you can just use your fork, with strawberries, you can't exactly cut out the leafy parts, hence forcing you to either use your hands or a knife.

watermelons are wayyy superior.

i hope that's not me

RUDE people

you know, this is the second time i'm blogging about road etiquette.

rude male drivers piss me off, but rude female drivers really piss me off. obnoxious. arrogant. catty. ones.

if it doesn't hurt for you to wait another few seconds, then do so. it's a touristy area, so that means that people there are tourists. happy, picture-taking tourists.

BE NICE people.