Blondes Going Into Extinction!?!?!?

The other day I was watching the Colbert Report (oh how I love that show, I think I would marry Steven Colbert if I could) and he began talking about a report put out by the World Health Organization that blondes will be extinct in the next 200 years! So as a blonde myself I started to freak out. Would my kind one day be extinct? I mean this is the WHO saying this, not some tabloid, AND it was published in the New York Times, a reputible newspaper. So of course I did a little investigative reporting into the matter and found out that the story was a hoax. However, I still found this idea interesting. So I decided to read the articles and reports and this is what I found out:

According to a study done by experts in Germany all blondes will be extinct by the year 2202. find it ironic that the study was done by Germans, lovers of all things aryan, even though in reality most of the aryan race was brunette, but whatever. The BBC News article also states these experts "predict the last truly natural blonde will be born in Finland - the country with the highest proportion of blondes." They say that there are simply not enough blondes left in the world to perpetuate the gene past another two centuries. They even go on to blame women who dye their hair blonde, so called "bottle blondes," for stealing away the men that natural blonde women need to continue the race, lol.

The Times Online took the story far back in time, to the caveman, with their article "Cavegirls Were First Blondes to Have Fun." In the article they explain that "north European women evolved blonde hair and blue eyes at the end of the Ice Age to make them stand out from their rivals at a time of fierce competition for scarce males" when men were hunter-gatherers and often did not return from long hunting trips. "The increase in competition for males led to rapid change as women struggled to evolve the most alluring qualities......this theory is supported by studies which show blonde hair is an indicator for high oestrogen levels in women." This part is crazy interesting in my opinion, because I would never have thought of that. So thanks to my blonde loving caveman ancestors I am blonde today =)

My other discovery was in regards to how blondes are percieved. As I read about the extinction of blondes I began to wonder, if blondes are going to be extinct, does this also mean that blonde jokes will die off as well? What a tragedy that would be (ahem, sarcasm). Wikipedia suggests that we associate blonde hair with young children, causing us to assume adult blondes are unintelligent (idk if i believe that, but whatever). I think everyone has blonde moments, however, us blondes are just pinned with the stereotype. Some of this stereotype is attributed to "Marilyn Monroe and Jean Harlow, known as 'the Blond Bombshell' and 'the Original Blond Bombshell', respectively. Both frequently portrayed 'classic' dumb blondes in their films, yet were known privately as intelligent women. Jean Harlow is often credited as being the person who made it acceptable in Western culture for ordinary women to artificially bleach their hair blonde without being perceived as prostitutes." Thank you Jean Harlow for making it acceptable for women to dye their hair and not be considered a prostitute, because without you us natural blondes might be mistaken for those hair dying whores ;)

So I suggest we look into the "selective breeding program to save blondes" suggested by the brilliant and hilarious Steven Colbert. My advice to all you males out there is, if you're blonde, marry a blonde and save the race, and if your brunette, marry a blonde, this may be your only chance. Get one while they last =)

-TINK

Cupcakes are Hott ;)

So did you know that Starbucks sells cupcakes now?? Did they always?? Cuz I really doubt that I would have overlooked that fact. As an avid cupcake eater, I would like to think that I would have noticed this right off that bat. Anyway, all I know is that I was really, I mean REALLY excited to discover this today. Not only did I order a fantastically delicious white chocolate hot chocolate but I got a vanilla cupcake with sprinkles. We are talking sprinkles here people! And not just a few sprinkles either, I'm talking the frosting was completely encrusted with them =) it made me happy. I was just this happy seeing the cupcake, I was even more elated to discover upon eating th cupcake that it was amazing! Seriously one of the best cupcake's ever. And did I mention that there was chocolate too, with chocolate frosting and choclate shavings. So of course I must return to Starbucks very very soon (like tomorrow) and test out the chocolate ones. This makes perfect sense right? I hope this makes everyone want to go out and eat a cupcake! Cuz cupcakes are hott!

-Tink

KFC is for lovers

So, in honor of Tink being bitter this Valentine's Day, she decided that she wanted a giant bucket of chicken to commemorate the day. Off we went to KFC, thinking that there would be no one there. You would think that most people would be celebrating the day with the person they love, most likely at a romantic restaurant. At least, this is what I would like if I had someone special (the fancy restaurant-not KFC). As it turns out, many people go to KFC (probably under the same assumption we had) on Valentine's Day. So, Tink ordered her giant bucket o' chicken and is now eating it in the living room with the bucket on her lap. She looks lovely, really.
~nutmeg

Pineapple Express

The best advice is always free advice, well at least at Wal-Mart anyway. This is what I have learned in a nutshell after today. While looking for soft foods that I can eat post wisdom teeth surgery, I ran into this lady who works at a dentist's office (she looked like she worked at a dentist's office too, if that's possible, but I think we all know the look I'm talking about). My dentist did a really great job at removing my wisdom teeth, because I never experienced any pain afterwards and I'm healing really fast. However, they did a poor job of explaining when I could start eating what, when it was ok to use a straw, etc. Who knew that reaching for the pineapple would result in an opportunity to answer all my current dental questions? Just by asking to hand me the pineapple she immediately assumed that I had just gotten my wisdom teeth pulled. Do I have a sign on my forehead that says so or something? Because I'm definitely not swollen enough to tell. Anyway, she explained that taking penicilin after surgery was normal (I now think that I am allergic to penicilin now btw), and that I should already be able to drink from a straw with no worries. Nutmeg laughed at me afterward because of how fast I jumped at the chance to pummel the women with questions. Hey what was I supposed to do, its the weekend and my dentist hasn't gotten back to me yet?!? Desperate times called for desperate measures!
~Tink

Welcome Everyone!

Welcome to our page. We are Nutmeg and Tink. We got tired of myspace blogs and decided to get creative.
We're both in college right now studying English and Communications, respectively. We have a lot of fun as roommates and decided to share it with the rest of the world. Besides, this is probably the closest we'll get to our own reality show, which we should totally have, by the way. Weird, random things always happen when we're around.
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