Monday, December 24, 2012

Single in the Oil Patch

For some women, being single in the Oil Patch would be a venerable beefcake buffet, but I'm not one of them.
Sure, there are a lot of men here, and many of those are single guys who moved up here to make a ton of money, which they are. But the type of guy who moves to North Dakota to make a ton of money for themselves really aren't my type. They're the type who want that money to buy big boy toys, not pay off student loans.
I have a bachelor's degree from Bemidji State University and a master's degree from Columbia College Chicago, and I miss living in the city every day.
I don't feel safer when people around me have guns. Quite the opposite, I'm worried that person may snap and use the firearm irresponsibly.
I'm not impressed by your paycheck, I'm impressed by your heart, which is very unimpressive if you're trying to win me with your paycheck.
I'm a liberal feminazi bitch. You're not going to change me, so please stop trying.
I'm done with "opposites attract." They might attract, but they don't last. Sooner or later you will have a major argument that just leads to conflict and heart ache, and before you know it, you've wasted eight months of your life that you'll never get back.
I guess my point is you should just leave me alone if you're looking for a housewife to bear your children, because that's not me.
Thank you

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

The 'Baby-Momma' dilema in journalism

The definition of "family" is forever changing, and with this poses some challenges for journalists. When a woman is the mother of a man's child, but they currently have no other legally defined relationship, and were never married, it gets so exhausting to put "mother of his child" in stories. I really wish we could say "baby-momma." Especially when the two have a civil relationship or even a friendship that has come out of co-parenting. They might have dated, but the romantic entaglements are all gone. Ex-wife sounds like there is some sort of dispute. Baby-momma sounds like what it is, baby-momma.

James was joined by his baby-momma for their 7-year-old's school play.

So please, let's bring this term out of the "slang" world and into credible language where it belongs.