boredom during math lec today produced a few disturbing revelations in my discussion with erica. some stuff to ponder:

1. assuming that you have to have a male kid, and assuming that you are not allowed to kill the kid immediately after childbirth or at any point in his life, would you rather have a kid who is

a) high-pitched, testosterone-deficient and anime-loving
b) obnoxious, cheenafied, and whose brain only functions in the domain of DOTA

i have to say that it was a tough decision, but eventually both of us agreed that we would rather have b) because at least the irritation factor could be kept under control as long as the boy was away from you and not talking. in a), you would have to be constantly reminded that you reproduced a faggot, and i'm quite sure nobody wishes such inadequacies upon themselves.

2. would you strip if it would help you succeed in a task and/or get you a lot of money?

this was initially in reference to ivanna's little flashdance on sunday's apprentice, which, given how her team eventually lost anyway, must have been highly embarrassing in retrospect. personally, i guess i would consider it as long as the audience is not people whom i know and might potentially have to interact with in future, and as long as it is for a sizeable amount of money. note to ivanna: paying 20 bucks for an M&Ms candy bar is NOT a sizeable amount of money.

erica was initially disgusted with me because she said that it was using an "unfair" means to get ahead. but really, stripping just equates to cheating on a test- and unless you're really into the whole primary school CME class thing, you'd be stupid not to cheat if you were given a golden opportunity to do so and if you knew you had a relatively good chance of not getting found out. besides, practically everybody cheats these days, so i see it as doing my bit to level the playing field and making the most of the chances given to you.

3. would you sleep with the boss?

erica says that this is perfectly acceptable as long as these conditions are met:

a) the boss is not above 60
b) the boss is of donald-trump wealth, or close to it
c) nobody else knows about it

i won't say if i agree with her, but if i do, i'd lower the age a bit and also include condition d), which is that the boss is not excessively hairy. because i think hairy men are gigantic turn-offs, plus, goodness knows what else is going on down there.

4. would you marry a man if he's rich and dying?

i guess the answer to this one is quite clear. like who wouldn't do an anna-nicole-smith if she had a chance? the only consideration is probably how horny the guy is and also whether you can be sure that he is going to die quick. because you don't want to be cheated into thinking that he's going to die within the year and then end up having to put up with some old shit for half a decade or something.

5. would you rather be severely underweight or slightly overweight?

a straw poll of all the girls showed that most of us would rather be slightly overweight, because that reflects that we are eating a lot of good food, and that is never a bad place to be in. only nicole would rather be severely underweight, which probably appeals to the inner anorexic in every girl, but is probably a lot less appealing when you consider how being severely underweight means that you don't only lose the leg flab, but also the butt and boobs. and apart from caucasian runway models who are by default abnormal specimens of the human race anyway, nobody looks good without a butt and boobs.

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and to take something from aud's blog:

The really, REALLY good news is that bio SPA is finally over! WHOOPEE! So today for prac we did this cool antibacterial test on agar. It was pretty tedious cos we had to dilute the ampicillin solution 4 times, but using the micropipette was really CSI-ish... For all the (unfortunate) people who don't do bio, a micropipette is the thing they use in CSI (and, occasionally, in real labs too) to suck up small amounts of liquid from the little plastic containers and deposit the liquid somewhere else. For those who have never seen an episode of CSI: what have you been DOING?! You're seriously missing out, dude...

i totally agree! although my CSI worship has diminished somewhat after i discovered how skinny eric smazda really is- though i swear you can't tell when he's wearing his lab coat and shirt! i think it's disgusting how guys can just get away with gelling up their hair a bit and throwing on a collared shirt with the long sleeves rolled up- and voila! instant fixit for most guys. anyway, eric smazda is like the only resident hunk on the show, because the other guy, George Eads, doesn't count cos he's too buff.

i wouldn't want to marry a husband who's too buff because one day when we have a bad argument he might just decide to sit on me or something, and that would be the end of me. it's a bit scary. so, no overly buffed husband for me.

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