What is with this "future" thing?

So, I've been considering summer employment lately and I really like the idea of working at Colonial Williamsburg. It's not my favorite historical period of all time, but since I was about five, I've fantasized about working there. Dressing up like a colonial woman every day, doing things a colonial woman would do, talking to people about what a colonial woman does, the challenge of being in character... just living like that every day sounds like something I would enjoy.

I do remember the first time I was in Williamsburg - I was so thrilled to be there (I was maybe eight at the time) that I curtsied to every one of the interpreters, because I thought it was the thing to do. There was another girl who did it with me. I recall being so disappointed that you weren't also required to wear historical garb in order to walk around Williamsburg, and that it was a great shock to me that all of the city of Williamsburg was not like the historical section.

Kate, Miranda, and I are all going to apply for summer jobs there - summer is the height of the tourist season and it will be so much fun if we all get jobs. Besides which, if housing is not provided for the temporary summer workers, rent will be so much cheaper if we live together and I'll be able to keep Emmeline for the summer instead of letting my parents have her.

Lately, Miranda and I have been discussing "relationships" and why we like who we like. We've come to the conclusion that there are two types of people (with, of course, various degrees of people falling in the middle). Alphas and Betas. Alphas are, of course, more domineering leader-types and Betas are their less domineering followers. Miranda and I are both very strongly Alphas. Men who tend to be attracted to us are generally Betas. The problem with this is that many women who are Alphas tend to like having an Alpha as a partner - an equal, rather than someone who will just go along with whatever you want.

Of course, this leads to that classic problem: "All these guys like me, but I don't like them!" And, while to some people that may not seem like a problem, to me it's an enormous problem. I don't like to hurt people and Betas are so easily hurt, especially by rejection. However, I've realized something else, too - the reason why my relationships don't last long is based on the fact that I date Betas. My longest relationship was with another Alpha - the only Alpha, in fact, that I have ever dated. Like many Alpha females, I am predominately attracted to Alpha males - the problem with the Alpha male, however, is that he is normally attracted to the Beta female. Less competition for power.

Someday, an Alpha male will appear in my life and want me for who I am: An Alpha female, his equal.