is that really a NAME?

So in the month I've been in North Carolina, I've come across two women named "Bunny." One on TV and one I met today at the gym. Huh. I can honestly say in my 31 years of living in Michigan, I never once met anyone named Bunny. Is it short for something? Or did their parents actually look at their little baby daughters and say "I like the name Bunny"? But the woman I met today sort of met my expectations of a Bunny...her second sentence was (I asked her if the muscle pump class we were about to start was good) "and I just went to my 40 year high school reunion and I was the best looking one there." She DID look good but really. Conceited much?

Oh and speaking of names...we were at some place and they had shot glasses, and out of the corner of my eye I noticed they had one with "Harlan" on it. Again, in 31 years, never even MET a Harlan, let alone enough Harlans for it to be common enough to be on things like shot glasses or key chains. Of course I had to look and see if they had any with Seth's name on it. Not that Seth is in dire need of a shot glass or anything (although a little whiskey might not be SO bad if it meant he would SLEEP LATER...KIDDING!!) but I figure if they had HARLAN, they should have Seth. But they didn't.

Now my quest is to meet a couple whose names are Harlan and Bunny.

Road rage

I cannot stand the way people drive around here. I always heard people say that Michigan drivers were bad, mostly for passing left turning vehicles on the right...which is a good point, but I can overlook that one small thing when I compare it to what goes on here.

Ok, so it's in the mountains, so there are hardly any actual straight roads. Which is a change for me, but *I* still manage to drive the speed limit, so why can't the people with NC plates do the same? You're always stuck behind some maroon going 30 in a 50 and it makes me want to scream.

And THEN. Every.single.time I am on the highway, people are braking all over the place. What the hell? Highways are set up for a minimum of braking, right? I can see if there's traffic, but it happens at all hours and at all levels of traffic. Some dude will be tooling along and come to a hill and think he's going way too fast down it (you know, like 70...which IS above the speed limit, but just relax on the old accelerator) so he BRAKES. Causing the line of cars behind him (because you're always stuck behind some slow ass while the insane truck drivers pass you) to also brake. ARRGGHHH!

Part of the problem is that this area is growing pretty rapidly. So the planners of these places keep approving more and more subdivisions, but I wonder if they are thinking "do you think those two back roads that get to that other road where there are 499 new houses will be enough for the increased volume??" Apparently not, because it is impossible to get back to my apartment from 4-6 pm, and there are only two options: the aforementioned two back roads, or the highway that is under construction which causes even more asshole driving.

I almost always call somebody a "dumbass" anytime I'm in the car. I try to say it under my breath but Seth is always back there saying "what did you say Mom? What did you SAY???" So I won't be too surprised if my kids start calling people dumbasses.

Cosmo

I got a Cosmo magazine this weekend...why I don't know. I just read it and think "what the hell???" Here are some things that bother me about it:

1. The Cosmo girl is a myth. The hair, the breasts, the perfect skin...there are maybe 10 women that really look like that. The rest is air brushing, hair extensions, and plastic surgery. So stop trying to make us think that's how we should look!
2. There aren't THAT many sexual positions. Really.
   
3. The grocery store is NOT a good place to meet men! Unless you're looking for a married one, I guess. Single men aren't in there long enough for you to find them, as they only go in for beer, deodorant, and chips.
   
4. If their "Confessions" feature is to be believed, people are having sex in closets, airplane bathrooms, with their girlfriend's/boyfriend's best friend/sibling, or at the gym like mad. If that many people are doing this, wouldn't I have noticed by now?
   
5. The "Guy Without a Shirt" feature....a little hair on a chest isn't a bad thing, is it? Chests that bare are not natural if a man is over 16 and/or straight.
6. You can run an article about hair removal every single summer and it still won't convince me I need to get a bikini wax. Ouch.
   

I know I'm not really in the Cosmo demographic. I'm ok with that.