The Adventures of the Beautiful Peanut

Life, it's ups and downs, twists and turns, from the perspective of a hardworking procrastinator.

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I still love this one, it’s such a perfect metaphor for my life.

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One time I ordered chicken nuggets from Wendy’s. When I got home I discovered they gave me spicy chicken nuggets. I hate spicy chicken nuggets. I started crying, and my mom was like “they’re just chicken nuggets...” No ma, it’s a metaphor for my life. Nothing was working right. Not even the chicken nuggets.

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Tinder Elimination Process

I recently returned to Tinder after a year of swearing off the app. I just like to see who I match with. When I started thinking about how I decide who to swipe right, I realized I'm incredibly picky. But hey, it's Tinder. It's superficial anyway. So here's the list:

Not in the first picture.

Clearly intoxicated in all pictures.

Covered in tattoos. A few are fine, but full body art is not my taste.

Emphasizing the role religion plays in your life.

Every picture is with your mom. One is cute.. but all 5 says annoying momma's boy.

Obese.

Loooong hair.

Fratstar.

Republican.

Showcasing guns in multiple pictures.

Having children/ not clarifying if the kids in the pics are yours or not.

Kissing another girl in a picture.

All pictures are incredibly close-to-face selfies.

Wearing sunglasses in all pictures. WHAT DO YOU LOOK LIKE.

Only want a hookup. - not my thing.

[thebeautifulpeanut]

I loooveee *cough* hate *cough* group assignments.

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I fear grad school destroyed my love triangle with Coffee and Procrastination. Procrastination, it's not you, it's me. Meet me after the semester ends ;).

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Degrees of South

As a native of Virginia, I thought I lived in the South and all that entails. Little did I know moving a couple states down would be an extreme culture shock. I moved to a land where it is normal for a 20 year old to be married and toting a child around on her hip, for there to be such a distinct racial divide, and for people in general to be more close-minded. Yes, this may be a bit of a generalization.

Recently, I was in a grocery store when a middle-aged male worker approached me and commented that I wasn't wearing a wedding ring. He asked how old I was, and given my response, he said I should be married by now. I told him I'm focusing on myself and I'm not focusing on marriage for another ten years. Then he said I just need to wait for a good looking Romeo to come a long and wink at me and then I'll start having children. I told him I don't want kids for another 10 or 15 more years. A look of disbelief and disapproval washed across his face.

So I have a few questions. 1: Why do people, in general, not just in the South, feel the need to impose their own personal beliefs upon others? 2: Maybe because I've been studying diversity I'm more sensitive to this. But why is it so common people assume others are heterosexual? (I am, but I'd have liked to see the look on his face had I told him I wasn't). 3: What does his statement say about women or does it say anything at all?