Everybody Gets Naked

You know, one of the things that I was thinking of this morning while my brain was cranking away.... was posing for Playboy. Not as in "I, Meagan, plan to or want to pose for Playboy."

Let me expand.

I recently (okay a while ago) saw or read something about parents "these days" being especially concerned that their kids who blog or use MySpace will be googled by future employers and then will not be hired based on their internet or personal life activities.

Okay. That made me giggle. It's like "Whoa, we saw some sideboob on the internet and therefore we know that girl isn't (insert employer name here) material!" Um. Okay. Things amaze me.

Actors can be nude in movies. Nude Art is a widely recognized art form. Playboy is a nationally read and recognized magazine. People. Are. Naked. Everyday. Everyone gets undressed at night. Everyone is naked when they shower. People have sex. But if you even talk candidly about sex or nudity or show a little skin, you jeopardize your chance at getting a job? that bugs me.

That's like saying "You have kids. We know you had sex once. That means we can't hire you!" EVERYONE (except the pope) has Sex! Who CARES! People masturbate. People get naked. People wear bikinis. People have a drink or a smoke now and then. Unless you are interviewing for a job at the Vatican**, is there any reason for am employer to google you and look into your personal life to determine if they want to hire you? Isn't THAT Discrimination? You can't refuse to hire me because of my race or sex or marital status but you CAN refuse to hire me based on my personal views or sexual orientation? Hmmm. That bugs me.

What also bugs me is the hypocrisy that is involved. "Mr. Bossman" has sex. with his wife. MAYBE even with a mistress. Maybe he has illegitimate children. Maybe he watches porn. MAYBE He has a subscription to playboy. It's okay for him to do all these things because they are parts of his private life. So one day Mr. Bossman has an interview for a secretary. One candidate is beautiful. She is qualified. Problem is, Mr. Bossman saw her in the January 1999 issue of Playboy. Well. She can't be trusted. She's damn hot but she's not "insert employer name here" material. Hypocrite. He can look at her naked in a magazine but he can't hire her because "being naked in a magazine is wrong."

Same concept.... It's okay for "Ms. Boss" to have sex with younger men and frequent internet chat rooms- but she saw a potential employee's personal website and "we just can't hire someone like that here."

I hate how hypocritical it all is. And then you have the people who aren't internet savvy. "I can't believe you would have a blog, or write anything on the internet." Hmm. Well, "internet hating guy" I can't believe that you cheated on your wife, are raising a son who you THINK is yours, and got a DUI and lost your license in the 80's. Hypocrite. It's like you did your stupid things right out there in the public. And if you think this small town doesn't know 90% of your dirty little secrets, have another drink.

So it really pisses me off that if I have a photo on Flickr of me, 26 years old, On my honeymoon with a drink in my hand.... that might mean that in the future, an employer will google me, find that, and assume that I have a drinking problem. It pisses me off that I might choose to write a post in my blog about having a sex toy party, and that years later an employer might google me, find that on my blog, and decide that I am not worthy of a job with their company.

But, When I think about it, that's the kind of company I would NOT want to work for.

** I am not implying by any means that the Vatican has this strict of employment qualifications. Ahem.

Shake Her Ass on the Hood of Whitesnake's Car

Bored.

The weekend was okay. I spent Friday night being lazy mostly. Did a little laundry. Like 1 Load. Went to Wal-Mart. Ate a Salad with Grilled Chicken and some deep fried mushrooms that husband brought me from 6 & 34. Watched Men in Trees. I can't BELIEVE Marin went back to New York. And plow guy is pretty hot.

Saturday I spent the day cleaning and situating and getting food and beverage together for the sex toy party. I actually only worked from about 10:30am till 3pm, then I took a nap from 4-5pm and then I got woke up by a little girl from A Chicago Suburb (we could tell by the caller ID) Who called and I couldnt hardly understand her at all. Husband called back and she answered and when he asked if she had called our number, she denied it. What the Heck? Where were her parents? I had 12 RSVP's but then only 6 people came, so a special thanks to those who RSVP'd and didn't show or call. Oh well. We did have a great time, the consultant was great, and I did get some free stuff! But it wasn't my usual party. Oh well. I slept well.

Today I stopped by work, got Subway for us for lunch. Then I finished making the Thanksgiving invitations, and then we took the borrowed vehicles back to Evan's parents, and went to my parents, where I got my own car back (yeah!) and then helped them with their computer. We had spaghetti for supper and then I went to my sisters for a little bit and then came home. My mom burned me two new Christmas CD's and then a Best of Blondie/Pat Benatar CD so I rocked out the whole trip.

Tonight I have done NOTHING. Ate leftover Key Lime Cheeseball with Graham Crackers. Watched Desperate Housewives, Robot Chicken, the War at Home, and the New American Dad, where they did a spoof of the Whitesnake "Here I Go Again" Video where Stan is a street racer (Fast and the Furious Style) to get Francine all hot, and she goes all "Tawny Kitaen" on his souped up SUV. I have to just say right here that that Whitesnake Video is SOOO lame. I mean really. The hot chick on the hood of the car has absolutely nothing to do with the song. And really, their hair is identical. It's so silly, and even sillier when you look back. But it was definately memorable, which explains the BAZILLION references to it over the years. But at the end of the spoof, Francine even pulls Stan into the backseat identical to Tawny and David in the video. It's too much. Of course it's too early for the spoof to show up on YouTube. Maybe tomorrow, eh? It's so cool that he is racing against a Vin Diesel spoof guy too. It was great. Francine bet $50 grand on the race and the Vin Diesel guy beat Stan and Stan lost- and they too Francine until he could pay up. I haven't seen the end of the American Dad Episode just yet, curious to see if Francine will continue in Tawny's footsteps and get arrested for kicking her husband repeatedly and then get a restraining order filed against her and then go on anti-depressants.... and I also wonder if Francine graduated High School. Poor Poor Tawny, eh? She's 45 years old now.

So that's my night. I am so tired! I guess that it is almost midnight. But I have been tired since 9:30 and this is unusual for me on a Sunday. Might just have to call it a night, and consider that I didn't get much done at home. But it was a productive weekend, the house is clean, I uploaded more CD's to iTunes and labeled the songs and all that jazz, and I did research the Nano, since husband is getting me an 8GB Nano for Christmas, which I will get the first week of December. Can you believe that it's halfway through November?! Jeez!! It's insane! Whew.

Have a great Monday. I get to go back to work. Eeeewwww!