Sex and Stress: According to the Germans
Thu 26 Jul 2007 – 10.39
In America, there is a great deal of chatter about “stress”. Oprah, and her crew have bastardised the word so that nowadays it’s the sort of thing that no one takes seriously — just have some flavoured tea and a bubble bath. And of course everyone like to talk about sex, even if they’re not having it. *cough*
Here’s a new look at the downward spiral of having rare sex and having no sex at all, and how stress fits in with it. Interesting to hear an alternative view on things from our friends in Europe.
And, to make matters worse for sexless workaholics, the extra work cuts into their would-be sex time. “Sexual frustration prevents you from being able to reduce your stress,” Beer observes. In other words, no sex leads to even less sex.
Bad news, it seems.
posted by Scott in health & fitness, relationships.
Wed 25 Jul 2007 – 15.43
Many twentysomethigns aren’t rolling in the dough, yet we still want to have a good time while out on the dating scene. From Yahoo! Personals come a list of ways to paint the town, without spending a week’s paycheck on some fancy pants dinner. Here’s a sample:
17. Go wine tasting. Most wineries charge around $5 for a tasting of five different wines — plus, you’ll get to keep the glass as a souvenir of your date.
posted by Scott in relationships.
Geeks Make Good Lovers: Master’s Degree Thesis
Mon 23 Jul 2007 – 10.50
This is a few months old already, but still worth a note. Jennifer Chowdury, a Master’s graduate from NYU, shocked academia when she turned up for her presentation in her underwear. But it was part of the gig. According to Wired,
Her master’s thesis project, Intimate Controllers, is not explicitly sexual — but it’s not something you would use with your sibling, either. Intimate Controllers is a set of sensors embedded in underwear that direct the action on a video game. Rather than sit separately on the couch and jam fingers against small plastic buttons, players touch each other to control the game.
And naturally, there’s video.
Kinda makes my Thermal Systems Design class seems downright catatonic.
posted by Scott in education, relationships.
Judge Orders Man Not to Have a Girlfriend
Thu 05 Jul 2007 – 11.21
Are you kidding me?!
It seems pretty absurd to hear that a Canadian man has been literally sentenced to a life of singlehood, but it’s actually a sad story. According to the AP article from last month:
A judge has ruled that a 24-year-old Canadian man is not allowed to have a girlfriend for the next three years. The ruling came after Steven Cranley pleaded guilty on Tuesday to several charges stemming from an assault on a former girlfriend.
Still, that’s not exactly business as usual for the courts. Now if only some government body could order girls to go out with me. Oh, Canada.
posted by Scott in relationships.
Sun 01 Jul 2007 – 11.13
Not sure what this position is called
It may seem obvious — folks who do Yoga are sexy to begin with, what with their flexibility and trim bodies. But according to an article I read, there are some well-documented and researched benefits that you can take to the bank, as it were. Since, you know, everything you read it always true.
Yoga helps you develop an awareness of sensations in your body. Learning to feel the weight rolling into the inside edges of your palms in downward dog, for example, teaches you to savor every sensation in your body — including the really delicious ones that happen during sex.
And that’s just your palms. Oy, this is gonna get interesting…
posted by Scott in health & fitness, relationships.
College Guys, according to women
Mon 18 Jun 2007 – 14.23
The woman’s point of view is often overlooked here on twentyhood, perhaps because there are in fact no women contributing to the site, so it is with great pride that I share a post I found on Free My Campus about the Top 10 Guys You Meet in College. My favourite, strictly for comedic reasons:
7) The Jock: this guy isn’t actually on varsity, but you’d never know it by the way he dresses and talks. Apparently, playing 3 sports a year in high school wasn’t enough for him, so now he’s involved in over a half dozen intramurals: baseball, basketball, hockey, crew, dodgeball – you name it, he’s played it and has the t-shirt for the week-long tournament to prove it.
Maybe if you’re lucky, I’ll post my rebuttal, The Top 10 Girls You Meet in College …
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posted by Scott in education, life, relationships.
Mon 16 Apr 2007 – 13.36
Finally, brains are the most important feature for attracting a mate. At least according to the new-and-growing group of urbanites who are sick of the conventional dating scene which has become a bit Discover Channel as of late.
From the Washington Post comes the story of how more and more singles are giving up the club scene to hang out that Library or museums for intellectual romps and possible romance:
In New York and other northeastern urban centers, including Washington and Boston, gray matter is the new black of the hip social scene. Thousands of young singles and couples are eschewing the perfunctory dinner and a movie for a growing circuit of late-night museum prowls, Oxford-style debates with pre-feud cocktail parties and book readings with cash bars and after-hour bands. In New York, even spelling bee nights have popped up as a romantic twist for the chic, unmarried and grammatically gifted.
Ok, how can I join?
posted by Scott in education, relationships.
Questions From Your Girlfriend That Aren’t Really Questions
Wed 04 Apr 2007 – 16.31
“What do you think I’m thinking?”
Found on digg and interesting write-up of those silly rhetorical questions that women in our society are so good at asking, and how men should respond to ensure there is no breakdown in communications … or worse.
Interesting bit of reader, I’ll defilly commit this to memory. Then again, I probably wouldn’t date the type of girl who would ask me this. Also, my girlfriend would never ask such a question because she’d know that I’d be totally confused and therefore the asking of the question causes more trouble than any potential “wrong” answer. Yes, I am single.
posted by Scott in relationships.
Tue 03 Apr 2007 – 10.59
From National Geographic’s February Issue, a map of cities in the US, and how the ratio of singles stacks up.
Seems all the boys are on the West Coast. Prospecting for Gold, methinks.
posted by Scott in relationships.
Fri 30 Mar 2007 – 10.46
That is, an inexpensive outing with a romance partner.
Found a list of cheap date ideas, ways to spend an afternoon or an evening without breaking the bank of fancy wine and overpriced coffee (and the automatically included 19% tip). My favourite from the list, definitely the Shakespeare. Then again, I haven’t had a date since last century, so don’t take my advice.
Shakespeare. I like watching plays, especially by the Bard. If the girl likes that too … well, she’s worth her weight in gold, as far as I’m concerned. And Shakespeare is very romantic. Quote her some lines afterward.
posted by Scott in personal finance, relationships.