I’ve definitely been slowing down with the blogging lately. I guess I haven’t been as excited about writing about myself, especially since reading How to Dissuade Yourself from Becoming a Blogger. I’d rather write about more interesting topics than things I’ve done or thought about. How interesting does that seem to any Joe Schmo on the Internet? Probably not too much.

I’m not sure what my plans are, so maybe I’ll change my mind and start blogging again. If not, who knows? Maybe this site will go through some changes! We’ll see…

The other day at work I talked to a guy from New York City. I’m pretty sure he wasn’t originally from NYC though, because he didn’t have the typical New Yorker accent. After telling him that our call center is in Michigan, he told me how he thought that people in Michigan were nice—particularly that the women are not too judgemental compared to other areas in the country. He described how women in NYC will judge the guys they date by the car they drive and what kind of a house or apartment they live in, as if that’s the most important part of the relationship. He said they’ll actually drill you with questions about those things to find out how much money you make and how you spend it.

This kind of made me feel good about where I live, but at the same time it made me sick to hear firsthand how shallow some people are. I mean, I’ve known there are people like that, especially in the big cities like New York and LA. But the way he described it made me feel like it’s kind of a plague, and that I’m lucky to live somewhere where it’s not so bad! I’m sure that not all women in New York are like that, just like there are some people in Michigan that can be a little snobbish. But even before I talked to this guy I’ve thought about how money-oriented our society seems to be getting. Or maybe it’s just me…