I've been lazy with my writing so I decided to ask the city gurls what they would consider our ten commandments to live by to be. I started a thread on facebook with them and with only a minor edits done by myself, these are what they came up with. Pretty, witty, and a really shitty (at times), here are the CityGurlsTenCommandments:
#1- City gurls must always be up to date on all of the housewives, the cast of the real world, what bad girl got socked this week, and anything bravo, lifetime, mtv, oxygen, gangland, and anything else remotely stimulating that is on television. If not you will fall behind when conversations regarding these shows and characters get brought up.
#2-You never do homework on sundays, instead you try and take as many pills as you can get your hands on and pretend its not the end of the weekend.
#3- You never pay for cheese.
#4- City gurls must always consume a minimum of 6 bottles of e&j or an equivalent substitute per weekend.
Stipulation: Acceptable substitutes include RebelYell Whiskey (via trader joes gift card), jack daniels, and jim beam. This doesn't include the off chance that we have not gotten a bottle before going somewhere and are therefore drinking someone else's alcohol, in which case any kind of booze is welcomed and acceptable.
#5- If people ask about where to go, always say the wharf. But truly we only have to go there about once or twice a year to claim it as our favorite place.
#6- Girl is spelled and pronounced G-U-R-L. Also be aware of what boys it is appropriate to call "gurl" without them getting offended and throwing a fit, no matter how drunk you are. Loose-cannons are never a good idea to test the "gurl" on.
#7- Always try to establish a deadweight early in the night with the others so you don't end up being it. Since we are prone to make-fun "deadweight" is a ritual we have created to put all the snickering, sarcasm, and blame on one person for the duration of an evening. Dodging being deadweight is tricky but do-able.
Stipulation: Regardless of deadweight city gurls must try their very hardest to get each others back no matter what, except for when Blackedout-Elise said to a homeless midget: "You're short," cause that's just wrong.
#8- When taking a cab, let it get halfway towards your destination before informing the driver that you have no money and no actual intention of paying for the cab. Nine out of ten times it works every time.
#9- City gurls always try and learn from their mistakes (key word: try). For example on Valentine's Day when we got too drunk during the day, bought a baby pit-bull, had it for 2 hours, sobered up, realized we could not take care of it, and returned it. We just looked at it as if we rented it. As of February 14th, 2010 we have not made that mistake again. So proud of you gurls!
#10- You deserve everything and everyone else should be working hard to get it for you. And even if you think it's ridiculous: ask for things, everything. What's the worst that happens? Put on a coy smile and a baby voice and that side of onions rings is yours, no extra charge!