The Heat is On

I've noticed this trend where I title these posts whatever random phrase is in my head, most of the time, and then continue to write completely independently of the title. I don't really think this bothers me, and if it bothers any of you, tough.

It's 11:20 on a Saturday night, and I'm in. In at my computer, actually, having a converation with an ex teaching assistant about the declining aesthetic value of Britney Spears's Breasts, and who best to replace them. I'm a big fan of Autumn Reeser, personally, but that might be just because I watch bad television.

While here might be a good place for a rant about what I do and do not find attractive in a woman (pretty face, hard abs; jiggliness in general) I'd like instead to talk about a particular type of woman: the Other Woman.

I've been her. A couple of times, actually, and while it was fun and dangerous and forbidden and all those other cliches, I feel like I've grown out of that phase now.

What got me into it was the overwhelming need to feel so needed that nothing else mattered, including current relationships. As soon as that need progressed, however, into an actual, real live relationship, I got bored and found something else exciting and forbidden to do.

What got me out of it was...I don't know, really. Growing up. Realizing that if I keep throwing away good men who care for me because some other guy wants to put his penis in me that I'm going to end up alone, diseased, and with one hell of a complex. And have hurt a lot of people, both the girlfriends and the boys, in the process.

And now I'm in the opposite position. No, my boyfriend isn't cheating on me. But there's another girl after him, and has been for the duration of our relationship. It's an odd feeling, really.

Karma's a strange thing. I got cheated on before I ever cheated. I didn't get caught, then I did, helping someone else cheat, then I didn't...and now here we are, thinking about catching someone else.

On a completely unrelated side note: I don't drink Everclear. Here's why: Everclear is 95% pure alcohol. 95% pure ethanol is also used as an industrial cleaner, especially for vacuum tubing. I spilled some on my foot once. It took the nail polish off my toes.