What makes people like each other? Part 1

This blog will be focused on how a crush develops, what makes someone like others, and what we can do to better our standing in society to be more appealing, all at the same time. I hope you enjoy this, cause I did. So lets begin.
Physique: Body type, did you know that there is an average body type that people like? And it's probably not what you think. So the media is doing a great job of shaping society into whatever they like. The fact is, we like feeling miserable, so much that we will pay good money at a theater to cry, get upset, and even frustrated. Then, if there is a good ending, we will leave and tell everyone that it was a "good" movie. I don't think so. So ladies, tell me if this guy looks appealing to you?

                   Guys can learn a lot about this. Most guys are trying, or at least desiring to be super muscular. What kind of girl wants to hug that? Maybe this one.

                    It turns out that girls like someone that is slender but athletically built. So not a stick figure, and not a guy built like a tank, but someone that is well in between.
So now fellas, tell me if this looks appealing to you?

                     I just threw up anorexia all over the place, and they did too. Sadly, most girls want to be skinnier. So many girls are trying to lose so much weight, but the truth is, a guy doesn't want to feel your rib bones when cuddling. It turns out that the average guy likes a girl that isn't super skinny, but someone that is slender and isn't a toothpick. Oh and girls, it helps us if you can put the food away. It is super awkward when a guy wants to eat at a restaurant, the food arrives, and all he wants is to scarf down the food but the girl is slowly pecking away at the food.
So what makes an attractive face? How about we let the babies show us up on this one.

I put a baby girl on purpose, because Justin Beiber has every girl in the world liking him. And I just Beiber'd all over the place.

So there was a study, and it turns out that when babies looked at faces, they tended to spend more time looking at faces that were more symmetrical, and would turn away at faces that were not symmetrical. Because it is easier for the brain to process a symmetrical face. If you don't believe me, what is the first thing you want to look at when someone has a big pimple on their face. You know something is wrong, your senses are built to notice change! And as a result, we think that a symmetrical face is hot, and a non-symmetrical face is ugly. Whatever is easy on the brain, doesn't that sound a little lazy? But it is true.
I hope this opened your eyes on some physical things that makes the human brain attracted to them. Tune in next time for what makes a like-able personality.
Brett Jones

Women are like Airplanes Part 2

Here it is, the moment you have been waiting for gentlemen. Trust me, all you girls will love this too. Have you ever heard this phrase before? "Women are so complicated!" Well, this blog is about to reveal how a woman thinks. I recommend reading last week's blog to fully laugh and appreciate what will be mentioned here.

Unlike guys, there is a little more to a woman's mind. In order to understand this, we have to use the airplane analogy. A woman's mind is like Air Traffic Control. To explain what this is, at airports you have men or women in a tower that scan for incoming and outgoing planes. When a plane is about to land, the person in the tower signals that airplane to land while the others circle about in the sky around the tower. Sometimes more than one airplane can land at a time depending on how many runways are open. Then they leave. Now, I want you to picture each of these airplanes being an individual thought, kind of like the waffle square used last week. These thoughts spin around in a girls mind, and when one lands, that individual thought is on the thought runway. Remember, more than one can land at a time, this explains why a woman can be talking to you about one thing, then quickly bring up a random new topic all in one breath! They have to get it out there when the plane or planes land! This also explains why girls are much better at multi-tasking. Then the plane leaves and the thought is gone. Now I am going to give a story of a couple on a date using the airplane perspective on a woman's aspect.

I will begin with the airplane thoughts in the sky on her mind. Did I unplug the toaster? I should call my friend and give her comfort. My boyfriend is awesome! My dog just died :'( Did he notice that I got my hair done? I love Italian food! Okay lets begin the dialogue.
Jeffrey: (Walks to girlfriends door to pick her up, knocks, she answers) Hey! I brought you flowers!
Bonita: Oh how thoughtful of you!!! (I hate tulips)
Jeffrey: Let's get some food! I'm starving! (Food square)
Bonita: I'm craving Italian (Italian food airplane lands, as I should have called my friend lands too) Dang it!!!! I totally forgot. What am I doing with my life to deserve this!
(Now Jeffrey thinks she hates him. Jeffrey goes into confused square, and has a brain overload while trying to process what is going on.)
Bonita: Okay lets go!
(They get to the restaurant, Jeffrey orders bread and water. Bonita is ticked because now she doesn't know what to get on the menu that would be cheap enough for Jeffrey to pay for. Jeffrey thinks that he just let a huge window open for Bonita thinking now she knows she can get whatever she wants and it won't be an expensive date.)
(Oddly enough, the "my boyfriend is awesome" plane lands)
Bonita: Jeffrey, you are so awesome. (Bonita laughs) (Jeffrey builds confidence and tells a joke)
Jeffrey: What kind of Burrito are you?
(Bonita comes from a hysterical laugh, and fades into sobs, "My dog just died" plane lands.) (Jeffrey goes into panic square.)
Jeffrey: I really like your hair, it looks nice.
Bonita: Thank you!!!!!!! (Did he notice my hair airplane just exploded)
(They enjoy the rest of their evening)

Guys and girls are quite different. A caveman guy is all about "Deer....Hunt....Kill." While the cave woman is back in the cave slaving over a stove for dinner, while bouncing Obadiah, stops to change Zedekiah's diaper, washes her hands with Amalia, while picking things off the ground with her toes to clean the house as she does all these things. At a campfire setting, a guy is in fire gazing square. Nothing is being processed in his mind but, "fire....fire....fire....uh oh that ash might catch the tree....nope....fire....fire....fire." The girl is thinking, "look at his face, he is in deep thought. He must be thinking about me. It's cold out here! Why hasn't he held my hand yet? Am I not giving enough body language? Too much?" Then the question comes. What are you thinking about? The guy freezes. He can't tell her that he was thinking about nothing at all..

I hope this has opened your eyes to a whole new world on the dimensions of how people think. Because they can compliment each other. Guys, when they focus on one thing they go all out. So when they are in girl square, they can do a lot of things that benefit her and other things. Girls are much better at keeping track of things and multi-tasking. Guys struggle with this so they need all the help they can get. Thanks for reading! Did you enjoy it? Post a comment, follow up, or publicize this blog. The buttons are on the bottom, don't be afraid to use them! Tune in next time for more insights on humanistic phenomenon's.

Men are like waffles

Some of my closest friends have heard about this theory of how men and women act, and it might be the funniest thing ever! I cannot take full credit for this, I heard the analogy from a man that visited my seminary class in Preston, Idaho. He spent his life studying the behavior and personality of how men and women think. I have taken this into account and have added my own spice and experience to this. I hope you enjoy the first part of this full perspective on men and women.

Guys are like waffles. Now I am going to briefly describe what I mean, imagine a waffle in your head right now, there are a bunch of squares. Now, a guy has a very basic, simple based mind that operates like these little squares. Each of these squares is a thought that can occupy a man's mind one at a time. If you were small enough to fit in a little square in a waffle, you would be trapped inside because there are 4 walls surrounding you. The same goes for a man's thoughts, they can only be in a square at a time. This is why multi-tasking is really tough for a guy! They have to jump back and forth in different squares to do it! I will now give you a short story to solidify the point.

So, Jeffrey wakes up. He gets dressed. He drives to work. He works. He gets hungry and stops at a fast food place while driving home. He pulls over to think about his girlfriend, (He didn't want to wreck while thinking about his girlfriend, that is too dangerous.) So he drives to her house. When he gets there the first thing Sofia says is: "I have been thinking about you all day, did you bring some food for me?" (Now, we all know that he didn't think of his girlfriend until after he got food! There is no way that he thought to buy her food! But he knows that if he doesn't give her something, she'll know he wasn't thinking about her; and she was the one thinking about him all day. What does he do? He goes into lie square.) "Of course baby, I brought you home so McDonald's cause I thought you would be hungry :-D" So Sofia says, "You are the sweetest boyfriend ever, but you know I don't like onions!!! I thought you would know that by now!" Jeffrey got owned.
Surely for you girls, you have been on a date or hung out with a guy with a one-track mind. Maybe you were telling them an important story while he was texting, and the only response was "Yep." Or maybe you are sitting by a campfire, and looked over to see a blank face on your man. This is fire-gazing square, there is nothing on his mind right now, just an awe-like expression of how awesome the fire is. Guys have been like this even since the cavemen. To quote my Mission President, "To compare the difference between guys and girls to cavemen, guys have a one track mind. When the family needs food they go hunting. And the only thing on their mind is: Deer....Hunt.....Kill.     Deer....Hunt....Kill. AND THAT IS IT!" -President Cutler- (Stay tuned for the next blog for what the girls are like.)
I hope I have opened your eyes on how a guy thinks. Guys, we are simple and it's okay. Girls, we are not really all that complicated, but now that you know this you can better understand men in your life and know what to do with these basic instructions. And when it all comes down to it, Men Are Like Waffles
My next blog will be about how girls are like airplanes, tune in next time for part 2.