well groomed animals

I have 4 classes left. Of everything. Ever.

Yesterday I taught my last class. Suddenly I was comfortable, suddenly I could deftly answer questions, suddenly I held attention and they participated and it felt like it should. I got paid and had this really nice moment with my supervisor where we discussed what her life was like twenty years ago when she was in my position.

Searching the internet for inspiration, today I need a different world view. The E writes me a letter that she needs to escape, last night we were at the last show of an old movie theater with five other people in the red velvet seats. Definitely, Maybe, stealing popcorn seasoning packets on the way out.

There's a scene in the movie where the kid looks at Ryan Reynolds and says "I can't believe you smoked, and you drank, and you were such a slut!... but I still love you." Causing the E to make a smartass remark about me. Later we discussed slutty behavior.

I think promiscuity and slutty behavior are different. I think that the slut factor (men and women) should be measured by a yes to no ratio and motivations for behaving in that way. Other people are not to be used for validation. Promiscuity is basically the default setting for non-monogamy.

Under this theory, the person who generally receives no attention but when hit on is all over it regardless of what it is, is being a slut. This was shot full of holes when the E pointed out that that actually describes many normal people's relationships. Ok. True.

Last night I was getting sheblammed after the movie in my living room with some people who were sitting on my couch when I got home. We talked about Evolution, and how it relates to attraction and promiscuity. If you have a strong set of genes, you will be attracted to someone who complements those genes and probably spend more time looking if you know you have more to contribute [theory]. Women are the most capable of the human species of being able to sense genetic compatibility, it's generally done by smell, partly by a few other factors. There are exceptions, there are unexplained phenomena, but the formula is like this: men pick mates visually looking for signs of health which is key to fertility. Women pick mates 'intuitively' using a more sophisticated system that basically comes down to avoiding disease and enhancing gene compatibility for off-spring [theory].

If you add it up, sluttiness is a behavior that comes from strange insecurity that has little to do with sex, a lot more to do with power. Promiscuity, on the other hand, just implies a high level of compatibility with the general population.

Which is how I explain the fact that I am a make-out bandit.