Interesting Analogy…

I heard a pretty interesting analogy today…

Men live their lives like they’re waves in the ocean. They have to work hard and there’s plenty of ups and downs.

Women are like surfers. They will ride those waves until they die down, then jump on another wave.

Think about it…lol!

October 30, 2006 Posted by belikeporkchop | Girls | | 1 Comment

Staten Island Girls…are just crazy!

I scored a 62% on the “How STATEN ISLAND are you??” Quizie! What about you?

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An MTV take on Staten Island girls — or is it?

Episode of the TV show ‘True Life’ highlights 3 young borough residents, their ‘unusual subcultures’

Wednesday, October 18, 2006By TEVAH PLATT

ADVANCE STAFF WRITER

If Staten Island girls are all club-hopping, mall-going, road-raging, tanning-salon-orange Italians, then last night’s episode of MTV’s True Life was so totally true to life.

If Staten Island girls all date spiky-haired losers and throw in extra W’s when they tawk, then the show, I’m a Staten Island Girl was also totally true to its billing as a documentary about young people and the unusual subcultures they inhabit.

Or, it was a totally vapid documentary about young people and the unadulterated stereotypes they exhibit.

Do Staten Island dads really warn their daughters they’ll be sleeping with the fishes?

Do 20-somethings seduce their boyfriends with lines like, Your spikes… they’re disheveled in all the right places.

And do they say to their parents, It’s not that I don’t like youse (sic). I just want to get out of Staten Island.

Apparently, sometimes they do, and yesterday, they did it on national TV.

The MTV episode demonstrated for the youth of America three lessons about the borough of Staten Island:

1. Staten Island is the part of New York City that is within driving distance of New York City.

2. Staten Islanders must escape their borough to achieve their dreams, but Staten Islanders seem unlikely to do either.

3. Staten Island may be as confining as a tanning salon bed, but at least Staten Islanders are tan. Or orange, anyway.

As per lesson number two, none of the three Staten Island girls profiled on last night’s show achieved her dreams.

Angela, a bombshell brunette who wanted to find the right kind of guy, was foiled by her attraction to the wrong, typical Staten Island kind of guy.

Lauren, who vowed to move to Manhattan within two weeks and just needed enough money to do it, was overburdened by a stack and a half of parking tickets, rearview mirror-dangling rosary beads notwithstanding.

Danielle, an aspiring actress with frosty hair and great ambitions, just wanted to get rid of her accent. But to no avail.

At least Angela is left looking for a spiky-haired friend to make out with. Lauren may some day, offscreen, make her way off of Staten Island.

But whatever Staten Island is, and wherever a Staten Islander goes, one thing may be inextricable:

Poor Danielle may be doomed forevuh.

Tevah Platt is a news reporter for the Advance. She may be reached at platt@siadvance.com

October 24, 2006 Posted by belikeporkchop | Girls | | 1 Comment