One Less...

I'd like to be one less uninformed schmuck that blindly follows what the almighty doctor-gods (and commercials) tell them to do.

I am so tired of seeing these Gardasil commercials. Great tactic on the part of Merk, though - scare people into running to their doctor for their vaccine (the most expensive vaccine ever to date by the way, at $360). How about looking at this (I'm not at a place right now to look up references, but trust me on this - it's all out there on the internets if you choose to look yourself):

- No one knows how long the vaccine lasts. So go ahead, immunize your 9 year old daughter - she may not even be protected when she starts having sex!

- No study has been done to know if the vaccine itself has the potential to cause cancer. That'd sure be a whammy if it did - D'oh!

- The vaccine contains aluminum, and there's increasing evidence aluminum-containing vaccines have harmful effects, such as alzheimers.

- And what's the big deal about HPV, anyway? It's a virus like the flu, that people just happen to get sexually, not by being sneezed on. But just about everyone gets it at some point in their lives - I think the most current rate of infection I saw was around 75%. It's a VIRUS - something your body fights off on its own, like the flu - it just takes longer, like years. And for the most part, people don't even know they have it, as it doesn't really cause health problems. There's some strains that causes some warts, but even that will go away on its own after a while - they're not herpes. There's also some strains that have been shown to be the cause of 80% of cervical cancers, but it's not the only cause of cervical cancer. And a recent study shows that only about 3.4% of women have one of the four strains of HPV that Gardasil protects against. There's about 100 different strains. So, you're being protected from getting something you're probably not going to get anyway?

- And cervical cancer? Its not even in the top 10 list of killers of women in the US. More women will die of breast cancer than cervical cancer. It's very treatable and very rarely does a woman die from it - only less than 1% of total female cancer patients die from cervical cancer - and they're usually old women, already unhealthy women and women who don't get pap smears and it's not found until the cancer has existed for many years. (MESSAGE? BETTER HEALTHCARE OPTIONS AND ACCESSIBILITY TO ALL?! HELLOOO?!)

So there you go. Stop letting the pharmaceutical industry and their skilled marketers influence how you treat yourself and your children. Do your own research, and come to your own conclusions.

Top 7 Reasons Sleeping Alone Rules

#7. You can fart under the covers and not offend anyone.

#6. No hot (stinky) breath in your face.

#5. You stretch out without hitting someone in the groin/chest/butt.

#4. You don't get woken up by random hits to the groin/chest/butt.

#3. You can turn when YOU want to turn.

#2. You can always locate a "cold spot", even on the other side of the bed.

#1. The only snoring you hear is your own.

~ ~ ~

And what makes sharing a bed rule?

Being woken by sweet kisses :)

Nosy Bitch

Hi. My name is Sugarlips. And I used to be a nosy bitch. (say it... "Hi, Sugarlips!") Yes, I am admitting this. It started out, not because I was looking for anything in particular, but because I wanted to know everything about everything and everybody. But then, I started finding things. Things that I wasn't supposed to see. And in an effort to catch someone on some dirty shit, I snooped some more. I even got bold, and started snooping in places I never snooped before. Guessing passwords to bank accounts, email addresses, voicemails... just to see what I can find (and boy, I was so good I should've become a P.I.!). I was unstoppable. But at the same time, I kept finding things. Things that made me very unhappy. Things that ultimately caused an end to a long relationship.

I've gotten much better since those dark days. Actually, I think I may have made a 180'. But I wonder if my lack of interest in snooping is normal. Actually, it's not so much a lack of interest as it is fear of finding something. And that's what I wonder if it's healthy to have. I spent almost a week at a friend's house and I never once opened a drawer to see what's inside. I picked up a ringing cell phone and didn't look to see who is calling. I even cleared out my browser history and cookies without checking to see what was there before deleting. Is something wrong with me? I don't know who this person is!

Beware those Latin Lovers

"Once you go Hispanic you never go back," a friend of mine told me recently. I know, it's a spin off of that other saying, but she swears by it.

Maybe there's something to this. Does this explain Madonna's obsession with A-Rod? There was Jose Canseco, producer Jellybean Benitez, and of course her 1st baby daddy, Carlos Leon (and now some new Brazilian model? hmmm). And now Donna Karan wants a piece too? Wow...



All I have to say is I don't blame those chicks one bit. I'd be all over that ass too. Okay, so maybe my friend IS on to something :P

Ecology of Love

Ecology of Love (2004) is a short-drama starring Pharrell Williams as Andre, a struggling actor who, heartbroken, heads out to the desert to soul-seek. At a lonely hotel he meets Alila (Dania Ramirez), a French-speaking enchantress. Written and directed by Brin Hill, this film also features the Neptunes remix (of course) of Sade's 'By Your Side' (which I think is such a sexy song).

I'm trying to get my hands on the entire film, but it's like trying to find Bin Laden. In the meantime, enjoy this clip.



I'm mad it cuts off just as it's getting hot & steamy. But boy does Pharrell do it for me. He's just so pretty.

*sigh*

I'm off to take a cold shower now... :)

UPDATE: fa:scinating linked me to the video via her blog. Apparently the trick after you click the link is to keep refreshing the page to rotate through different videos until you get to it. Sure. Make things difficult. :P

Big brown eyes can hypnotize

I love Christina Aguilera. I want to be her BFF. She rocks. She's beautiful. And she can sing her ass off. I've managed to put this song on repeat many a night... some of the lyrics have resonated for a reason or another... and the melody is just infectious.


Infatuation - Christina Aguilera

He brings life to my fantasies,
Sparks a passion inside of me,
Finds the words when I cannot speak,
In the silence his heart beat is music to me

Cynicism vs. Realism

Am I too cynical? Or has my reality tainted me? I find myself in a position where what seems like something very good is presented to me on a silver platter, yet all I can think about is "what's the matter with it," and "will it taste good going down but make me sick down the line like everything else?"

My friend says I'm finally getting something I've been deserving of for a long time, and it's finally here. I'm not so sure. Nothing's come up to make me think it's all smoke and mirrors like the rest, but I just have a hard time believing this one is the truth, the real deal.



I find myself fighting the urge to revert back to situations where I felt in control, where I call the shots so I can't get hurt. I'm just so afraid to repeat the pattern - I give of myself, I am let down, and I am left heartbroken - again. Yet, I feel like if I don't give in, I may just lose the best thing that's come my way in, like, forever. And at the same time, I feel like any minute now a skeleton from the closet is going to make its grand entrance and bring this fun to a screeching halt. I tell myself to stop thinking like that and just enjoy the moments, live in the present. It's the same advice I give my friends; but yet of course it's so hard to actually do.

So, do I throw caution to the wind and jump in head first? Or do I hold myself back, which I know will find me paralyzed, stunting any possibility of growth? I know the answer lies somewhere in the middle, but I'm not a middle of the road kind of girl - I like the extremes. And that's where I always get myself in trouble :)