Mermaid or Whale?

I recieved this in my email this morning. Its cutie!

Recently, in a large French city, a poster featuring a young, thin and tanned woman appeared in the window of a gym... It said:

¨THIS SUMMER DO YOU WANT TO BE A MERMAID, OR A WHALE?¨

A middle aged woman, whose physical characteristics did not match those of the woman on the poster, responded publicly to the question posed by the gym.

To Whom It May Concern:

Whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, sea-lions, curious humans). They have an active sex life; they get pregnant and have adorable baby whales. They have a wonderful time with dolphins -stuffing themselves with shrimp and other delicacies of the sea. They play and swim in the oceans, seeing exotic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea and the coral reefs of Polynesia.. Whales are excellent singers and have even recorded CDs. They are incredible creatures and virtually have no predators other than humans. They are loved, protected and admired by almost everyone in the world.

Mermaids don't exist. If they did exist, they would be lining up outside the offices of psychoanalysts due to an identity crisis. Fish or human? Human or fish? They can't have a sex life, because they kill the men they lure close to them. Therefore, they can't experience the joys of motherhood. They are purported to be exceedingly vain and capricious. Not only that, who wants to be near a girl who smells like a fish store?

The choice is perfectly clear to me; I want to be a whale.

P.S: We are in an age when media puts into our heads the idea that only skinny people are beautiful, but I prefer to enjoy an ice cream with my kids, a good dinner with a man who still makes me shiver and a coffee with my friends. With time, we gain weight, because we accumulate so much information and wisdom in our heads that, when there is no more room, it distributes out to the rest of our bodies. So, we aren't heavy; we are enormously cultured, educated and happy.

Beginning today, when I look at my butt in the mirror, I will think, "Good gosh! Look how smart I am".

P.S. I'm a super smart whale! ;)

xoxox

Whooo Are Yoooooou?

One of my favorite cartoon movie as a child was Alice in Wonderland so obviously you

wouldn't be surprised to hear how excited I am that they are remaking it.

The preview looks pretty nifty. I hope it doesn't get ruined like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

did... we will see!

P.S. This is my favorite character in the movie!!

"Why Does It Always Rain On Me?"

It's raining today. Personally, I love the rain. It is peaceful, soothing to listen to. Somedays I enjoy the break from the sun. Today, not so much..

I'm convinced that rain brings out 2 things:

slugs

and idiots.

First I went to McDonald's to get lunch (which i do VERY rarely but we had no lunch food in the house to bring, ugh) and while I'm paying I hear someone inside yelling at the manager because she wants to go to break... whatever. I drive to the next window to pick up my food and I get the bright and sunny, happy McDonald's employee who was formly yelling, now handing me my food. Doesn't say hi, I thank her for my food, she stares at my 4 eyes and I think she sees 324. I check my bag and there were chicken nuggets instead of my fish sandwich. I waited a while too get someone's attention and here walks over happy McD's worker back to the window. I tell her I received chicken nuggets and I ordered a fish sandwich. Well wouldn't you know, by the look she gave me, I must have been the one at fault for this so I secretly switched them from my car... She asked to see my receipt (?!) and then walks away from the window and starts yelling at her manager again.. Finally 3 mins later she brings back my bag and shuts the window. No thanks, no sorry for the mess up.. No, just shuts the window. Pardon me for wanting to eat while you get paid to yell at people.. ugh...

On my way back to work, I almost got hit. I was waiting to make a turn and someone behind me decided he should turn first. That's right, he tried to go AROUND me in the OTHER lane. Makes sense? Totally.. I'm contemplating avoiding all people for the rest of the day, or until the sun comes back out.

Happy Friday!

xoxox

Twilol

Because my post this morning was down and sad, here is something that makes me giggle.

Loves me some Edward, he always brightens the day!

xoxox

"Pray for me, patience wait for me"

Today, well it's a blah day. Ever have one of those days where you wake up and you just know? Just know that today would be better spent in bed with the covers pulled over your head? Or when you stop to get coffee and drive right past the window and have to back up while someone is yelling at you that you missed her? The first thing you hear at work instead of "good morning" is "we have a crisis"? Yeah, it's one of THOSE days... Last night was a bad night and it just didn't stop.

So hands down, my biggest flaw? Patience, or the lack there of. I lack the ability to be patient. I'm one of those people who hates traffic, hates lines, hates waiting for anything, embraces her road rage, tries to lose weight and when it doesn't fall off in ten pound increments in the first 2 weeks gives up. I need instant gratification. Not seeing instant results drives me nuts because I'm too impatient to stick to something. I'm the kid who tries things once and if I do not get it the first time around, gives up. Good trait? Absolutely not. I know I do it, I accept it and move on.

So here I am, 22 years old. Young? Old? You be the judge. I still live at home with my mom and Vito. I hate it. Hands down, hate it. I dream of decorating houses and painting walls and walking around my house, singing at the top of my lungs and no one is there. But that isn't reality. I still live with my mommy. *Sigh* With school, working full time is now not an option at my job. Not that working full time and going to school full time was ever fun or enjoyable, but it was something I could do so I did. Now that both Vito & I will be working part time and going to school full time we are stuck. Would I love to move out? In an instant. Now is the best flipping time to buy a house. Seriously. Will we move out? No... Does this bother me? More than you'll ever know.

Vito saves money. He worries there will be some sort of emergency and need a whole bunch of money. I like the idea of having a safety net but I think he worries too much and puts too much back. I'm impatient. I want to move out, I want to be engaged and have the wedding of my dreams. He wants to stay until we have real jobs (about 2 years away) and would marry me tomorrow at the court house if I said yes.

We got into a big disagreement last night over it again. I think he doesn't care how unhappy I am at home, he thinks I don't care what he says. It's ugly, and tiring, and monotonous. Could we move out? Maybe. Would we be living paycheck to paycheck? Yes. Would we enjoy ourselves? I have no idea.

Life sucks sometimes. These are the days where I wish I had more patience.

Pet Peeve

Oh I have so many. While driving home from NYC on Sunday, us girls asked a whole bunch of questions and one was our biggest pet peeve. Hard question right? At least for me. Apparently I'm just easily bothered by stupid things. But today I realized, while blog searching, another pet peeve.

I despise when there are a series of movies and they replace actors/actresses half way through the series. This was brought up when by this:

Switches to:

Why? Seriously. I understand there is a whole story I don't know and will never know.. but I hate it.

I am a huge twilight fan, so needless to say, like most other twilight fans, I am not a happy camper.

Book Review: My Sister's Keeper

My best friend, A, let me borrow this book from her last Saturday and I finished it by Thursday. This book kept you tied in the whole time, waiting to see what was going to happen yet. It pulls at every heart string possible. I liked how throughout the book, you saw things from every character's point of view. Not only did you see the present situation, there were many stories from the children's childhood, helping pave the way for the rest of the story.

The gist of the story, without giving too much away is a little girl, Anna, who is 13 files a lawsuit against her parents for medical emancipation so she does not have to give a kidney to her sister, Kate, who is 16 and dying from a rare form of leukemia. Kate was diagnosed when she was 2 and their parents created a designer baby, Anna, to donate cord blood to keep Kate alive. Over the 13 years, Anna has donated in many other ways and she is ready to live her own life, not centered around saving Kate.

It is a very sad and touching story. Vito & I went and saw the movie over the weekend. If you see the movie, read the book: the ending is completely different.

Overall, I liked it,even though it was at times heart breaking. I'd definitely recommend it, just have a box of tissues near by.