For the enthusiastic girl, from an enthusiastic girl. YOLO, right?
6.19.2012
6.04.2012
Open your eyes
I've got some pretty strong feeling on this. We're all stuck in this cultural bubble, it's true. I had a problem seeing views other then my own... and I still do. Sure, you don't want to call yourself it, but we're all bigots. I'm sorry, I've pushed you back for so long, my dark thoughts. But I'm confronting you.
It's hard to admit your flaws in public like this. I have to own up and admit that our society is screwed. I have my views, the ones I've been taught, the ones I've formed because of what people say and what I hear and see. Then I've got these strange new feelings, which are unaccepted by most of society. I have to think: Is society completely invalid?
What I'm going to say is really gonna sting, for both you and me. I want you all to think about it. When you see a Mexican, how many of you think about poverty and hard, dirty work? When you see an African American, how many of you think about drug dealers? When you see Indian children, how many of you think about nerds? Yeah, it stings, but whether you did or not, your subconscious knows you should've admitted to one of the above.
An example of this stubbornness we all possess. The other day, I was really bored. I wanted something to do, something life changing. So, I watched I Am Because We Are (Madonna's Documentary on Malawi). That that this has much to do with the topic of the post, it did remind me of Africa. What do I think of Africa? VooDoo.
Now, this is slightly off topic, but I need to voice this as well and I have a feeling you're going to want to read my opinion on this. You know the Illuminati sign on the USD bill? An acquaintance of mine was showing someone else a picture of a woman with it tattooed to her back.
"Ooh, she's so stupid! The Illuminati sign is against God, surely she's going to hell!" she bursted out. Of course, outspoken as I am, "Stupid? I'm sorry, but do we not live in America, the land of the free?" She replied, "That's besides the point. The Illuminati is against God and it's evil." I respect both sides of the fence, of course, so I said, "I don't believe in the Illuminati, I'm Catholic and I know my beliefs. However, mind that people have their views as I have mine and you have yours. Can't we respect others? You don't have to agree, just respect." Another girl overheard us and butted in, "The devil is unearthly!" Swiftly, I shot back, "And GOD is not?! Is he not beyond comprehension, much more divine then us?" Obviously, after a few more pointless rants, I knew neither of them had any more reasonable points other then their uneducated opinion that The Illuminati was stupid and evil and all that.
I don't believe in the Illuminati. I love God, and Jesus. You and I? We might not have the same views religiously or politically. Still, I understand that others have the right to believe what they do and I respect the likenesses of my fellow humans. Accepting the other side is the only way to a civilized world.
I believe in gay marriage, and you don't have to. Whether or not your religion allows it, you have to accept where other people come from. I don't think the government should control love, or the beliefs of its people. Whether you're for or against it, here me out. There will always be another opinion. I'll accept yours, please accept mine.
A man's shoes were worn to the sole and his feet were blistered. Sweat dripped down his back under the hot summer sun. He had been walking all day, only to reach a ledge. The man looked around, but there was no bridge, or any other way to the other side. He spotted a monk on the other side of the gap. "Hey! How do I get to the other side of this land gap?" The monk replied simply, "You're already there."
Think about it.
It's hard to admit your flaws in public like this. I have to own up and admit that our society is screwed. I have my views, the ones I've been taught, the ones I've formed because of what people say and what I hear and see. Then I've got these strange new feelings, which are unaccepted by most of society. I have to think: Is society completely invalid?
What I'm going to say is really gonna sting, for both you and me. I want you all to think about it. When you see a Mexican, how many of you think about poverty and hard, dirty work? When you see an African American, how many of you think about drug dealers? When you see Indian children, how many of you think about nerds? Yeah, it stings, but whether you did or not, your subconscious knows you should've admitted to one of the above.
An example of this stubbornness we all possess. The other day, I was really bored. I wanted something to do, something life changing. So, I watched I Am Because We Are (Madonna's Documentary on Malawi). That that this has much to do with the topic of the post, it did remind me of Africa. What do I think of Africa? VooDoo.
Now, this is slightly off topic, but I need to voice this as well and I have a feeling you're going to want to read my opinion on this. You know the Illuminati sign on the USD bill? An acquaintance of mine was showing someone else a picture of a woman with it tattooed to her back.
"Ooh, she's so stupid! The Illuminati sign is against God, surely she's going to hell!" she bursted out. Of course, outspoken as I am, "Stupid? I'm sorry, but do we not live in America, the land of the free?" She replied, "That's besides the point. The Illuminati is against God and it's evil." I respect both sides of the fence, of course, so I said, "I don't believe in the Illuminati, I'm Catholic and I know my beliefs. However, mind that people have their views as I have mine and you have yours. Can't we respect others? You don't have to agree, just respect." Another girl overheard us and butted in, "The devil is unearthly!" Swiftly, I shot back, "And GOD is not?! Is he not beyond comprehension, much more divine then us?" Obviously, after a few more pointless rants, I knew neither of them had any more reasonable points other then their uneducated opinion that The Illuminati was stupid and evil and all that.
I don't believe in the Illuminati. I love God, and Jesus. You and I? We might not have the same views religiously or politically. Still, I understand that others have the right to believe what they do and I respect the likenesses of my fellow humans. Accepting the other side is the only way to a civilized world.
I believe in gay marriage, and you don't have to. Whether or not your religion allows it, you have to accept where other people come from. I don't think the government should control love, or the beliefs of its people. Whether you're for or against it, here me out. There will always be another opinion. I'll accept yours, please accept mine.
A man's shoes were worn to the sole and his feet were blistered. Sweat dripped down his back under the hot summer sun. He had been walking all day, only to reach a ledge. The man looked around, but there was no bridge, or any other way to the other side. He spotted a monk on the other side of the gap. "Hey! How do I get to the other side of this land gap?" The monk replied simply, "You're already there."
Think about it.
5.07.2012
MARILYN!!
Hey guyzz. I've been seriously slacking the blog and learning French, for reals. Don't get me wrong, I have a Gimp tutorial in the waiting, just you wait! Its a lot of work, you know! Okay, maybe that's an excuse, but still!
I'm in love with Dane Cook's tweets. Seriously, you guys HAVE to follow this dude! He's HUH-larious (yet sometimes foul)! Other person I recommend is Alyssa Milano, she tweets like a rocket and everything she says is either interesting, funny, informative, or ADORABLE. I've fallen in love with Milo.
School is getting so very overwhelming, I feel like I'm a Turkey in a pressurized cooker (Lol, do you even cook Turkeys in pressure cookers? Sounded cool in my head.). I've got a gazillion projects due around the same time and I'm just about as far from done as you can get. I was crying this morning, seriously. Maybe one of my teachers'll see this post, feel sympathy, and let me off from doing my project? High hopes.
On the bright side, I drew a bangin' Madonna cartoon, two, actually. It's for a ENR project, but I'm only handing in one because the second is... inappropriate. 'Nough said. Maybe I'll post the pictures online someday soon. They're copies of the cartoon from the opening credits of Who's That Girl, except one is wearing the cone boobs and the other is dressed based on Madge's Papa Don't Preach music video.
Today my sister came home with two things she saw and just had to get for me. The first was a Marilyn Monroe Autobiography (Marilyn Monroe by Barbara Leaming), which I had asked for before she ran out. As for the second thing, she made me cover my eyes. Tell you the truth, I wasn't sure what I was expecting... the real Marilyn, resurrected, in the flesh (I know, stupid thought, but I've fantasized about it before)? Except, a gigantic Marilyn portrait stood in front of me. It's beautiful, isn't it?!
4.30.2012
Hear Me Out!
Whether you're ready to admit it or not, sound is so very important. Whether it's you're mother's impatient screams or Maroon 5's newest song, it's sound, and it's important. Imagine it with me--a world without music, speech, honking cars, boring lectures. No way to spend hours on end on the phone with your closest friends.
Some people know that May is National Hearing Month. According to the Starkey Hearing Foundation, 1 in 5 teens have experienced some hearing loss and 6.5 million teens have noticeable hearing loss currently, which is 31 percent more than it was a decade ago.
Most don't know it, but you can harm your hearing in just five minutes of listening to your iPod at maximum volume. Little hair cells in your ear, called cilia, detect sound and send signals to your brain. When the volumes pumped up, these hairs break so that they're unable to continue their job.
How can you help your ears? Crank it down! I like to follow a little rule of thumb. If the volume's near or at it's max or I can hear the music from outside of the earphone, it's too loud. Turn the volume level up just between 100% and 50%... I'd say that's a fair measurement.
To learn more about hearing and how to keep your ears safe, you can visit the Starkey Hearing Foundation website.
To test your own hearing online, try out Starkey's Sound Check.
Some people know that May is National Hearing Month. According to the Starkey Hearing Foundation, 1 in 5 teens have experienced some hearing loss and 6.5 million teens have noticeable hearing loss currently, which is 31 percent more than it was a decade ago.
Most don't know it, but you can harm your hearing in just five minutes of listening to your iPod at maximum volume. Little hair cells in your ear, called cilia, detect sound and send signals to your brain. When the volumes pumped up, these hairs break so that they're unable to continue their job.
How can you help your ears? Crank it down! I like to follow a little rule of thumb. If the volume's near or at it's max or I can hear the music from outside of the earphone, it's too loud. Turn the volume level up just between 100% and 50%... I'd say that's a fair measurement.
To learn more about hearing and how to keep your ears safe, you can visit the Starkey Hearing Foundation website.
To test your own hearing online, try out Starkey's Sound Check.
4.24.2012
Chedder Bay Biscuit-ish Recipe
I love Chedder Bay Biscuits, it's the main reason I go to Red Lobsters [lol]. Well, here's a recipe I've been making for some time now. Credit to Todd Wilbur, "Top Secret Restaurant Recipes 2," Plume Books. for the original recipe.
Makes 6-12 biscuits, depending on size.
Ingredients
-Biscuick Powder Baking Mix [1.25 cups]
-Whole Milk [3/8 cup]
-Vegetable Oil Spread [2 tablespoons]
-Garlic Powder [1/4 teaspoons]
-Grated Chedder Cheese [3/8 cup]
For Top
-Vegetable Oil Spread [1 tablespoon]
-Dried Parsley Flakes [1/2 teaspoons]
-Garlic Powder [1/2 teaspoon]
-Pinch of Salt
Directions
Makes 6-12 biscuits, depending on size.
Ingredients
-Biscuick Powder Baking Mix [1.25 cups]
-Whole Milk [3/8 cup]
-Vegetable Oil Spread [2 tablespoons]
-Garlic Powder [1/4 teaspoons]
-Grated Chedder Cheese [3/8 cup]
For Top
-Vegetable Oil Spread [1 tablespoon]
-Dried Parsley Flakes [1/2 teaspoons]
-Garlic Powder [1/2 teaspoon]
-Pinch of Salt
Directions
- Preheat over to 400 degrees.
- Stir Bisquick and vegetable oil spread with fork in bowl, leaving mix chunky.
- Add in milk, garlic, and cheese.
- Knead the dough with your hands gently, still leaving mix with chunks.
- Plop about .25 cup scoops onto pan, roughly 1.5 inches apart.
- Bake for 15 minutes [Give or take a few], or until tops begin to brown.
- Melt vegetable oil spread [for top] in a microvable bowl via microwave.
- Add parsley, salt, and garlic.
- Using brush, spread mix over biscuits.
Random Notes, The Voice, and Foreign Languages.
My sister's dying for a blog, but my mom won't let her! Bwahaha. Sweet, sweet, age! I wanna be 25 forever, like Madonna. Can I go a day w/o saying "Marilyn" or "Madonna"? Doubt it. I'm dying to go to Coachella. Joss Stone is SICK. Okay, very sorry for the short post, but I'm trying to get in one How To and one Fashion category post today in 30 minutes (The Voice at 9, Shannen Says at 10).
OH MY GOSH. [SIDE-TRACKED] I LOVE WATCHING XTINA'S OUTFITS. Seriously, how many odd outfits can a girl fit into? Yesterday she was all Chinese-ish, the week before she was a naughty school girl (loved it!) Between her and Cee Lo, I'm not sure which one is more entertaining. I love how Xtina's voice rolls when she screams, Cee Lo's face (Lol, no offense!), and I can't help but laugh at how Adam gets peed off at fans that scream "I LOVE YOU" while he's talking!
I learning to speak French!! Finallly, I only speak English -_- Kudos to MindSnacks, they're amazing!
http://www.mindsnacks.com/
Au Revoir
--Tiffany
OH MY GOSH. [SIDE-TRACKED] I LOVE WATCHING XTINA'S OUTFITS. Seriously, how many odd outfits can a girl fit into? Yesterday she was all Chinese-ish, the week before she was a naughty school girl (loved it!) Between her and Cee Lo, I'm not sure which one is more entertaining. I love how Xtina's voice rolls when she screams, Cee Lo's face (Lol, no offense!), and I can't help but laugh at how Adam gets peed off at fans that scream "I LOVE YOU" while he's talking!
I learning to speak French!! Finallly, I only speak English -_- Kudos to MindSnacks, they're amazing!
http://www.mindsnacks.com/
Au Revoir
--Tiffany
4.22.2012
Shut Up.
Okay, so I finally wore my hammer pants to school. They weren't even my loudest pair and all the little birdies were already doing what they do best! Seriously, have respect for fashion. Who says I have to wear the same plain Jane thing (not saying ANYTHING I wear is exactly "plain") as they do every day? As Harry Potter would say, bloody Muggles (More on Harry Potter in a minute)!
It started as soon as I walked in. Someone says, "Oh my God. What the [deleted] are you wearing?!" I replied, simply as possible, "Don't hate!" Of course, all the guys were mind boggled by then. "WHY are you wearing those, exactly?" "Obviously you people don't know a trend setter when you see one! Plus, I'm not sure if any of you knew, but hammer pants are completely, totally in in the high fashion world." "Says who? They're hideous!" "Rihanna? Miley? All the celebs are strutting them from candids to the red carpet." "Well, they're celebrities! They have the right to do things like that!" By then I was uber, totes mcgoats enraged. "RIGHT?! I have all the rights in the world! The same as any old celebrity!" And with that, I stomped out.
My mother gave away my phone. UGH! The nerves. Well, she says she "lent" it. Lent it, gave it away, threw it away, point is I DON'T HAVE IT. It's okay though. Keep the darn thing! I NEED AN IPHONE but T-Mobile doesn't carry them! I made a deal that if I do 100 push ups and get 6 straight 100's, I get an iPhone. Of course, the 100's are easy but the push ups are a deal breaker. On the bright side, I did one push up yesterday!
I just realized all the innuendos in Spongebob. Tell you the truth, I like Squidward a whole lot more [Giggles] now that I've seen what all the characters are. I'm still bugging clueless about Pearl, though.
WTH did Mr. Crabs [Giggles] do to get a WHALE of a daughter, no pun?!
Au Revoir
--Tiffany
P.S. Oh, yeah, Harry Potter. I got the series on my iPod and I'm falling spellbound, turning into a complete Potterhead, I'm afraid.
It started as soon as I walked in. Someone says, "Oh my God. What the [deleted] are you wearing?!" I replied, simply as possible, "Don't hate!" Of course, all the guys were mind boggled by then. "WHY are you wearing those, exactly?" "Obviously you people don't know a trend setter when you see one! Plus, I'm not sure if any of you knew, but hammer pants are completely, totally in in the high fashion world." "Says who? They're hideous!" "Rihanna? Miley? All the celebs are strutting them from candids to the red carpet." "Well, they're celebrities! They have the right to do things like that!" By then I was uber, totes mcgoats enraged. "RIGHT?! I have all the rights in the world! The same as any old celebrity!" And with that, I stomped out.
My mother gave away my phone. UGH! The nerves. Well, she says she "lent" it. Lent it, gave it away, threw it away, point is I DON'T HAVE IT. It's okay though. Keep the darn thing! I NEED AN IPHONE but T-Mobile doesn't carry them! I made a deal that if I do 100 push ups and get 6 straight 100's, I get an iPhone. Of course, the 100's are easy but the push ups are a deal breaker. On the bright side, I did one push up yesterday!
I just realized all the innuendos in Spongebob. Tell you the truth, I like Squidward a whole lot more [Giggles] now that I've seen what all the characters are. I'm still bugging clueless about Pearl, though.
WTH did Mr. Crabs [Giggles] do to get a WHALE of a daughter, no pun?!
Au Revoir
--Tiffany
P.S. Oh, yeah, Harry Potter. I got the series on my iPod and I'm falling spellbound, turning into a complete Potterhead, I'm afraid.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)