Reflections of the Year

This year has certainly been one of exploration, and my blog shows this. It started out as a music blog, and evolved to one with little direction. I would like to say that it was a blog about the observation of people, but only because that is such a broad topic which can include about anything.
This blog has been difficult for me. Even now I face the same problems I have all year writing my blogs: Writers Block. Oh how it has plagued me. I literally spent hours in front of a blank blog post trying to think of something, anything to write about. Finally I resorted to pulling out my old journals and relaying stories I found humorous. I found I preferred telling these stories more than sharing my opinion on anything else. Maybe nobody cares about my random childhood stories, but they probably don't care about my opinions either, so I figured I'd do something I would enjoy more.

I love puppies. But I don't love blogging. I wish I was still as excited about blogging as I was at the beginning of the year, but unfortunately our relationship could not work out, and I'm glad to say goodbye to this dang blog. I am as terrible at blogging as I am at spelling (which is pretty bad).

It's pure chaos, but it's all pink chaos so it's okay

In February, during fashion week, Barbie's 50th anniversary was celebrated with a Barbie Fashion show. You just have to see some of these outfits, they're pretty hilarious. I think one of the best experiences would have to be a fashion designer, because you can slap pretty much anything on someone, and people will clap and say "Oh isn't that lovely."



This is one of the outfits that best represents Barbie in my opinion. This is what all my Barbies' hair looked like when I was a kid after they were thrown in a bucket for awhile, although they were considerably more bald.



I don't think Barbie would wear this outfit, or make that face, Barbie smiles...all the time.



This is so Barbie!

My favorite part of the whole fashion show was the future Barbie look. This is because the designers decided to put a bunch of random plastic on the clothing. I guess in the future Barbie doesn't like cotton or polyester anymore!

My actual favorite part was when they let all the little girl walk down the catwalk with the big Barbies, I know if I was still a little girl that be the most exciting thing of my life!

So I was searching through some random blogs...

I came across a blog that was in Filipino, of course, I couldn't read it, but Google kindly asked me if I would like it translated, I reply, "Why, yes, I would love this translated, thank you very much." So I click the translate button, and I began reading the article, it's about spring. I can understand mostly what she's saying, but Google missed a few words, so I was a little lost, a few sentences in I look at the title of the blog, and it translates to English Cow. I'm not really sure what that's supposed to mean, but it made me chuckle, so I thought I'd share it.

Apparently there are a lot of Filipino bloggers on blogspot, because I found a blog full of filipino poetry entitled Probably. Once again Google doesn't translate very well, but poetry doesn't have to make sense, I read something about blue apples, and I'm okay with that.

I also found a very colorful blog called The (After) Life of the Party. I wish I could blog like this. I mean not like the swearing, but I wish I was funny, or I could just think of something worthwhile to blog about. People always tell me that I'm a creative person, and I might have believed them, if it wasn't that every time I try to blog I come up completely blank.

My Life as a Janitor

Before I had my extremely glamorous job as an intern, I worked as janitor. We all have to start somewhere. By myself, I comprised the entire cleaning staff for a Tool and Die shop. It was a large job considering the mess the large machinery makes (and the mess that 40 men make), but somehow I got it done. One day I decided to clean the walls and the floors of the larger bathroom (you would not believe the level of dirt and grease on those walls). It was one of those hot July days when it's so humid that your chest feels heavy, you know the kind. It was also a day when the shop air conditioning decided to stop working. Those big machines create a lot of heat, but it wasn't too terrible for me, because most of the time I was working in the direct path of the fan. So it's time for me to clean the bathroom, and I have some extra time, so I decide to scrub the walls and floors. So I drag a bucket full of soapy water, and a ladder (I'm really short). I begin to scrub, and about two strokes in, I realize that this is probably the hottest room in the whole building. Also the grease isn't coming off that easy, (how someone managed to get grease in the top corner of the room is a mystery to me), so i decide to put a little bleach in my soapy water. The grease came off a lot easier, but now the room, besides being hot, was filled with bleach fumes. That was probably not one of my smartest ideas, but the moral of the story kids, is get a good education.

Acquisitive: Excessively interested in acquiring money or material things.

This is a new word I learned today, and it got me thinking about my life. I thought I'd share this word with you, and maybe you'll think about your life. I guess humans in general are acquisitive, and it needs to stop. It takes a very strong human to be happy with what they already have, we are always trying to move up in our jobs and get higher education, which isn't a bad thing, but why are we doing it? Is it because we want more things, and more money? Probably, but that's not what it should be about, it should be about the love of knowledge, and being good at what you do. I know that you may read this and say "that's not me" or you will say "that is me" and not do anything about it.
 But I challenge you to stop worrying about the latest thing that apple is coming out with, stop worrying that your neighbor has a nicer car than you, and began to thing about making yourself truly happy. I'm sure you have some nieces and nephews, or younger cousins, or even children that would love to spend some time with you and brighten your day.
I challenge you to get rid of some things that really don't mean that much to you.
I challenge you to rededicate your life to something you love.

Mystery Seeker

This is the new version of Mystery Google. Check it out here. It's really quite interesting, you type in a search and the search engine returns the last persons search to you. Often people leave missions (usually MLIAers), they like to have fun things sent to e-mail addresses and send you out to do some random thing. I would not advise sharing personal information through Mystery Seeker, obviously, but I definitely encourage trying it.

One Mission I received: Search for a Ninja School in Google and enroll in one. Goodluck Comrade.
Unfortunately, Ninja's are to stealthy to have their school be listed on Google, so I could not complete this mission as requested.

Another search result I got was: i hate justin bieber SUCK ON THAT
No I would not like to suck on that, thanks for offering though. I don't understand why people hate Justin Bieber so much, he's not an evil person, and hasn't done anything worth hating, but whatever, it's your hate filled life.

I also got a search that said: I love you
Aww now isn't that sweet. I think Mystery seeker makes the world a better place!

I want to live in the 80's

Who wouldn't want to dress like this all the time! The eighties was a time when anything was exceptable. One day you can be wearing a pink tutu, and the next oversized unisex, one size fits all clothing.

Find more 80's trends here!

If you don't like super large clothing maybe some extra extra large earrings will float your boat.



But what makes the 80's truely awesome, is the rise of Micheal Jackson. 

Thriller was released in 1983. The music video was 14 minutes long. Jackson was known for wanting his music videos to be more like short movies. He is often credited with creating the modern day music video, because before Jackson it was typical to just stand and sing in a music video.

I remember the first time I watched Thriller. That was when I most wanted to go back to the eighties. I wanted to meet the young Micheal Jackson. It was also the scariest thing I'd ever seen, (I was in elementary school give me a break), I used to have friends over to watch it and scream.

The eighties also marked the rise of the Rubix cube. I still cannot solve one. But that only makes me hate the eighties a little. If you know how to solve a Rubix cube you can have hours of fun flaunting it in other people's faces and watching the jealousy in their eyes.

Possibly the best cartoon ever invented was popular in the eighties. Those little blue guys, that my grandpa always called smores. Yes the SMURFS. I enjoy this show even in my old age. Although I never understood why that evil old man and his cat had it in for the smurfs.

Besides being a wonderful example of friendship and sharing and all things good, the smurfs are also wonderful singers. I own one of there records, and it also helps me learn about sharing. With songs like "Silly Shy Smurf" and "The Clapping and Jumping Song" I can jam out all day to the wonderful smurf voices.

To close my extremely random blog post I'd like to show you the best thing that came out of the 80's

Richard Simmons Aerobics videos.



The End