NOT SO FAST SAYS THE WEEKLY WIPER...
Ring In The New You This New Year?
Some feel-good resolutions you can actually keep...? WE INJECT EACH RESOLUTION WITH "WIPER REASONING".
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THE WEEKLY WIPER INJECTS SOME REASON INTO: A current January WOMEN'S DAY article which states,
"...What is it about Women and January? As soon as the ball drops, the female mind immediately turns to all the stuff it's absolutely going to do this year. The thing is, they’re usually the same promises made last year.
Forget been-there, tried-that resolutions and commit to new ones that are less daunting, more doable and guaranteed to make the Woman in you feel great. Pick a few or try all..."
AND THE LIKELYHOOD OF A WOMAN'S FAILURE TO SAY WITH THE RESOLUTION,
THE PREDICTED FAILURE RATE
1. Start your own blog
It’s easy, free and lets you say whatever is on your mind. Go to blogspot.com to get started.
Wiper Reasoning: Sure sounds easy, but then what do you have to say that anybody on earth would give a crap about? Okay, New Years Resolutions for women. Predicted Failure Rate 99.9999%
2. Swap CDs with your teen
Give her a few of your favorites every month and ask to borrow some of hers. She may gain a new appreciation for Sheryl Crow, after all she did hook up with the gonadally challenged steroid sucking, Lance Armstrong, who then dumped her when she developed breast cancer and for being a SOUR-PUSS democrat. The Crow's song/thought processes go like this...
"Packed up and moved out after all.
Bulldozed the house and watched it fall.
That blessed sight I still recall
I can sing my song again
I can sing my song again"
and you might just learn to love Rihanna. Try some lyrics...from her hit "REHAB"
I gotta check into rehab
'Cause baby you're my disease
I gotta check into rehab
'Cause baby you're my disease
Now ladies, gimme that
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, now gimme that
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Wiper Reasoning: Can I get the whole fried chicken, mashed potatoes with extra gravy and a half dozen biscuits kind of rehab.. She even made of meal (pancake) of that pencil pecker packing, Justin Timberlake.
You're more likely to successfully swap Herpes with your teenager than CD's.
Predicted failure rate 77.6%, mainly because of "like mother -like daughter" genetics.
3. Be more spontaneous
When was the last time you did something spur-of-the-moment? Well, it’s time to embrace a more “why not?” mentality.
If your sister calls and invites you out at the last minute, go. (Your husband can watch the kids, can’t he?)
Wiper Reasoning: "Your husband can watch the kids, can’t he?" Does this just not chap our ass? When men think "spontaneous " there are a whole host of items that pop into our minds and watching the kids while you browse through Bed and Bath with your bulimic-bipolar sister is not one of them. And adding the "can't he?" to the end of the question...makes me want to jack slap a Women's Day writer or two, then spontaneously head to the local strip bar lock the kids in the car outside the joint on a hot summer's day and max out the family VISA card.
Predicted failure rate 100%
4. Make your kids laugh
Wear a goofy hat. Speak in a silly voice. Fall over. Make weird faces. It’s fun for them and beneficial for you. If you figure out something that makes your child laugh, do it again and again. And once a good time starts, keep it going. Don’t interrupt the fun just because it’s time to make dinner. “Let other things slide sometimes,” advises Dr. Cohen.
Wiper Reasoning: What Women's Day fails to mention the actual costs of the amount of drugs and alcohol you would have to consume to create the laughs and keep them going and going. Sure you may say, "who suggested drugs and alcohol as the "something that makes your child laugh". But Women's Day didn't have any responsible suggestions to make the brats act happy either. Perhaps your children laugh and generally have a great demeanor, just not when you're around. Predicted failure rate 82.5%, as some children will play along then report you to Child Protection
for some real laughs.
5. Indulge your fem-self guilt-free
Whatever your passion, make a point to enjoy it this year—even in small doses. For instance, if chocolate is your weakness, vow to savor a sweet treat every now and then—even if it’s just one (kilo) Hershey’s Kisses a day.
Wiper Reasoning: Thanks Women's Day, you have just given all your lady readers the permission to put some extra junk in the trunk, Oprah style. What if your chick can't stop indulging fried pork rinds
and gallons of the ice cold funk that is
"Chocolate Milk". Predicted failure rate 0%, finally a resolution she can live with.
6. Spread cheer—and do it every single day! Smile at strangers, hand out compliments, ask how someone is doing and really mean it.
Wiper Reasoning: And improve race relations while you do it.
7. Make one new friend
That’s it, just one. Not too intimidating, right? Now take a look around. Your new BFF may be someone you see every day. “Adult friendships are based on similarities, convenience and location,” says Elaine D. Zelley, PhD, at the gym try striking up a conversation with the woman on the bike next to you. And don’t worry if your first few attempts don’t lead anywhere. Keep trying and eventually you’ll click with the right chick.
Wiper Reasoning: Wow, women having trouble making friends, that's because their friendships eventually lead to...
drunken Cat-Fights
Seems the be an historical precedent for them, too. Predicted failure rate 92.3%, some will turn the incessant chick fighting into an actual profession, thus increasing the demand for baby pools, pure vegetable oil (extra "virgin olive oil in Europe), and peanut butter.
8. Get more sleep
While most of us gals need at least seven hours of sleep a night, many of us don’t get it. What happens when you catch too few zzz’s? The three P's: poor performance, poor mood and poor health, according to Joyce Walsleben, PhD, author of A Woman’s Guide to Sleep. Grab a couple of extra hours daily after hubby leaves...I'm dreaming that I'm dreaming that I'm sleeping.
Wiper Reasoning: Men are always wondering why their women always look like they just woke up from a nap when they get home from their 18 hour work shift, we just didn't know it was in an effort to improve things for you, except the mood thing ain't working for us. Predicted failure rate 50% as 1/2 of all women will stay awake at night waiting for just the right opportunity to kill us while we sleep.
9. Put your "right" brain to work
Create your own artist’s wall. Grab a camera, go outside and snap whatever moves you. Hang the best shots, rotating in new ones every few weeks.
Wiper Reasoning: Hey quick, if you're looking in the mirror which is the creative side of your head? Predicted failure rate 100%, cannot tell right from wrong.
10. Do something that scares you silly and
Lock lips with your husband (actually combines two resolutions)
Whatever gives you the willies—riding rickety state fair roller coasters, walking alone in a Walmart parking lot, or Locking Lips with your hubby —make a promise to try doing it at least once during the year.
“Conquering a fear is empowering,” says psychologist Laurie Nadel, PhD Not sure you can do it? Get up, brush your teeth, pull on your garden gloves, personal floatation device or other protection, it's the first step puts you that much closer to seeing it through.
Turns out there is some science behind that giddy kiss rush: the cuddle chemical, oxytocin. “As you kiss, you hold each other, her witchy noodle oozes oxytocin, a brain chemical that makes you feel good,” says Helen Fisher, PhD, author of Why We Love. German researchers have shown that a whiff of oxytocin will also improve the ability to infer, based just on eye cues, what a person is thinking about. Well now you know!
Wiper Reasoning: Dangerous stuff, OXYTOCIN, I learned this in sex ed. Drips out the women's brain into the uterus and milk glands. Yep, it feels sooo good you'll barely notice the side effects:
- an allergic reaction (shortness of breath; closing of the throat; hives; swelling of the lips, face, or tongue; rash; or fainting);
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difficulty urinating;
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chest pain or irregular heart beat;
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difficulty breathing;
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confusion;
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sudden weight gain or excessive swelling;
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severe headache;
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rash;
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excessive vaginal bleeding;
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seizures
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spontaneous abortions.
All of which do make me want to snuggle.
The Wipers recommendation on this one, KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WHEN PARTICIPATING IN HER RESOLUTION NUMBER 10.
Predicted failure rate, only 46.4 %, some men will do anything, and will not heed the warning of the blog.
AND FOR THE REST OF 2009, REMEMBER TO WIPE OFTEN. WW