I know Parasocial Relationships was about 2 months ago, but I'm going to bring it back.  I have an uncanny love for any/all celebrities who can speak French.  Those include Bradley Cooper, Justin Bieber, Ewan McGregor, Johnny Depp, Orlando Blume, and Sting.  I'm sure the list is much longer, but those are the top 6 that came to my mind.  I also LOVE Jon Bon Jovi, but he doesn't know French, so that can always be a conversation starter when I meet him.
Not very many people know French in the state of Indiana, so I had to broaden my relationships with celebrities. Of course Bradley Cooper is my number one choice, and Sting is a close second (because he could serenade me), and Johnny Depp and his ex-wife had a house in the south of France.  My main goal is to meet one of my boyfriends, and start speaking to them in French.  It will take them by surprise (Justin may not understand my French, because he knows Canadian French and that's a sloppier version of what I know) and we can have a conversation that nobody else will understand.  It will be the best moment in both of our lives, then we will get married, I will teach English as a Second Language to French children from our home in France and he will continue to make movies or sing.  It's a win, win for everyone!  Our children will grow up learning both languages, if not more, and become internationally known for their awesome parents and their will to learn multiple European languages (because Asian languages are incredibly difficult).

The End.

Women and humor

The topic of women being funny has gone on for ages, more so now because women can be more outspoken.  But I still do not understand why people are still talking about it.  Who cares if/why women are funny?!  I do not really care either way.  What bothers me is when people are extremely closed minded about if women are funny or not.  To me, people need to see both sides of the story before coming to any sort of conclusion.  And Christopher Hitchens did not do that.  It seemed like he has a prejudice towards women and why they can't be funny, at all.  When he said that a woman doesn't need to be funny, she's already attractive, that was super sexist in my mind.  For me, being funny isn't about being more attractive, it is just something that is natural, or maybe it's just my lack of a filter.  I don't try to be funny, is what I'm trying to say.
But there are also some people who just try way too hard to be funny, and that makes them less funny.  And I do think that some comediennes are not funny because they want to make jokes about female issues.  I don't want to hear jokes about periods, or child birth, or why men are stupid.  I already know all about periods, child birth is the woman's fault for not getting the epidural and suffering, and not all men are stupid.
That is why I think Tina Fey, and Ellen DeGeneres are so funny.  Ellen made fun of Sophia Vergara when her dress split, and Tina Fey did a killer impersonation of Sarah Palin.  Sure Ellen is a bit more masculine, but she is still one of the funniest women I know.  And, neither one of their acts is about "female problems."

Media Framing everyday life

When we talked about how the media framed the Matthew Shepard case, it really sparked an interest in me and I started to become skeptical of what the media was putting out there.  I started to ask myself, "Is this really what happened?"  There is this picture going around on the internet.  The caption for it said, "You will never see this on the news."  That is very true, and also very sad (that is tea by the way, not something else...).  In my mind, I think that the news is only for sharing the bad things that have happened, not the nice things.  People tend to focus on how negative the world is, instead of seeing the good in it.  I know that HLN and I think ABC News has a segment that is about a happy moment, but it is only about 30 seconds long. That is barely long enough to do an introduction to the segment, let alone the whole clip.  Media framing was bound to happen when there started to be over 10 sources for news.  They have to differentiate themselves somehow, other than by political affiliation. I just don't see why every piece of news has to be bad or be misleading.  I know that not every news channel is like this, but the majority are.  They aren't reporting on instances like this, or of other cases like this, they are reporting on why Obama drank a Pepsi and what that signifies.  It's dumb.  Maybe he just prefers Pepsi over Coke.  NOBODY CARES.  This is what I would like to see more of: People rescuing other people from robbers, interrupting a mugging, saving someone from a burning building, GOOD policemen, politicians who fight for the right thing, not just being paid to do so. It is ridiculous how much hatred there is in the world, I do not think anyone is blind to that, but why not show more faith in humanity?

The daughter of a Princess mother

As I was growing up, my mother always dressed me up.  When I say always, I mean it was every damn day.  She and my grandmother would literally compete to see who could make me look cuter.  (I'm almost positive if there was a toddlers in tiaras competition near my home town, I would've been enrolled).  So naturally when I started to get my own sense of how I wanted to dress, I completely rejected dresses, skirts, squarts, jumpers, and any other kind of clothing that looked girly.  I wanted to wear basketball shorts, my hair up in a pony tail 24/7 and sports bras.
One time when we went to a fancy Easter brunch, I wore soccer shorts underneath my skirt because I still wanted to feel comfortable, but still had to wear a skirt.  When we talked about the Princess Culture in class, I remember thinking of this exact moment, and how my mom about had a cow when she figured out my secret.
When my mom was growing up, she was the face of the Princess Culture.  She was a Red Stepper for IU and in a sorority.  She was my grandmothers favorite daughter (because she was so feminine) and always had a boyfriend waiting in line for her.  So it came as quite a shock when I turned out the way I did.  I played every sport out there for at least one season, and always had bruises on my knees.
But now, it's almost like I have made a full circle.  I am starting to realize that I can't always wear gym shorts and sports bras, sometimes I do have to look nice and professional and put together.  My mom is a lot happier now that I like to go shopping and like to buy shoes, my dad however, is not.

Currently a Vegetarian

During today's class, I had to leave early because I was crying like my dog had gotten run over right infront of me or that someone had eaten the last piece of my favorite cake (I really like cake).  I have a super soft spot in my heart for animals, not so much for people I don't know, just animals.  When I was little, I went to see Mulan in theaters with my parents and we had to leave the movie early because I was sobbing like a big baby! If you know what part I'm talking about, then we should definitely be friends.  I'm talking about the part near the end of the movie when the avalanche comes down the mountain and kills the horses.  I wasn't concerned with the lives of the Chinese army guys, just the horses.  So that's why today's class was not the best class of my life.

I totally understand where the food I eat comes from, but I had no idea that these animals were getting treated so horribly.  I also understand that keeping them inside with no natural light produces bigger chickens and feeding the cows corn instead of grass makes them fatter (side note: when the farmer stuck his hand in the cows stomach, how could that not hurt the cow?! and how does one go about creating that hole in a cows side? You can't tell me that didn't hurt the cow.) but how could anyone, as a human being, treat a helpless animal in such a cruel manor?  Especially the guys that come to collect the chickens from the raisers.  There has to be a different job for those people.  In my mind, what they are doing to those chickens and cows and pigs is no different than beating your dog or abusing your spouse.  In fact, those men who come to pick them up in the middle of the night, what they do to those animals is most likely their way of getting their anger out for having such a disgraceful job.  These animals depend on humans for food, a home and a better life.  If we can't provide those things for them, then what kind of person does that make us?