I don't really follow celebrity gossip or pay much attention to what is going on in the lives of stars. My own life is much more interesting to me, which is how I think it should be, and I have much better things to do with my time.
However, a story on Yahoo today caught my attention because it was about how Halle Berry looks good being part of a couple while Jennifer Aniston looks good single. Okay, yeah, they are both beautiful woman who make a living looking good. Curious about what the story said, I clicked on the link, which took me to this story on OMG.
Here's what the caption under Jennifer Aniston's picture says: "She can't score a hit at the box office, and she couldn't hang on to that slippery John Mayer, but we have to give Jennifer Aniston some much-deserved credit. Why? Look at her!"
Um talk about a backhanded compliment! Again, I don't follow celebrity lives or gossip, so I have no idea what happened between Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer. Actually the only two people who probably REALLY know what happened are Jennifer Aniston and John Mayer. But um, hello, maybe she didn't WANT to hold on to him. Maybe she did the breaking up. And even if she didn't this totally makes it sound like there is something wrong with her, like she "can't hold onto a man." This really pisses me off. The implication that a woman whose relationship ends for whatever reason automatically has something wrong with her is ridiculous. And she only gets credit for how she looks? Yes, I realize the article is titled 2 Hot 2 Handle, and I shouldn't have had high expections. But I think this is not only insulting to Jennifer Aniston, but to ALL single women. To all women. No wonder so many young girls and women have self esteem issues.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
10 Reasons I Love ShowMeEtsy
1. Wine! So, this probably isn't the top reason, but I had to list it first because not a conversation can be had with these women without wine being mentioned (and sometimes drunk). I love that!
2. Everyone is incredibly talented and unique. We all bring different strengths to the group.
3. This is an amazingly diverse group with huge variations in art and craft. We vary widely in age, style, background, life stage, education, everything, and yet we have formed this amazingly cohesive group.
4. We all have a great time together, but we also get lots of things accomplished.
5. While we may not always see eye-to-eye, this has not hindered us and compromise has been (maybe surprisingly) easy.
6. We all have lots to both teach to and learn from each other. Everyone is happy to both teach and learn.
7. Because we all have different strengths and weaknesses, we recognize the strengths of the others in the group and allow and encourage input from people whose strengths we appreciate. We don't look down on people for their weaknesses, but instead gently tease each other and support each other.
8. Speaking of support...that is also an amazing characteristic of this group. Everyone is supportive of the other members, not just in relation to our businesses and shops, but even with personal issues.
9. In only a short amount of time, we have come to know each other surprisingly well and many of us have an easy rapport that I hope makes others feel welcome to the group. I feel that everyone in the group makes an effort to make new members feel welcome.
10. Wine. Yes, I know I already said wine, but it had to be said again.
2. Everyone is incredibly talented and unique. We all bring different strengths to the group.
3. This is an amazingly diverse group with huge variations in art and craft. We vary widely in age, style, background, life stage, education, everything, and yet we have formed this amazingly cohesive group.
4. We all have a great time together, but we also get lots of things accomplished.
5. While we may not always see eye-to-eye, this has not hindered us and compromise has been (maybe surprisingly) easy.
6. We all have lots to both teach to and learn from each other. Everyone is happy to both teach and learn.
7. Because we all have different strengths and weaknesses, we recognize the strengths of the others in the group and allow and encourage input from people whose strengths we appreciate. We don't look down on people for their weaknesses, but instead gently tease each other and support each other.
8. Speaking of support...that is also an amazing characteristic of this group. Everyone is supportive of the other members, not just in relation to our businesses and shops, but even with personal issues.
9. In only a short amount of time, we have come to know each other surprisingly well and many of us have an easy rapport that I hope makes others feel welcome to the group. I feel that everyone in the group makes an effort to make new members feel welcome.
10. Wine. Yes, I know I already said wine, but it had to be said again.
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Perfect Day
So I babysat my nieces most of the day and all evening today. We drove in and picked up my sister, and we all went to the zoo. As I was driving them home this evening, listening to For the Kids 3 (which I gave my niece for her 4th birthday) and listening to my niece tell me things, I was thinking about what a great day it was. It wasn't anything unusual...I've been to the zoo with them before. It was just the idea that it was a perfect day because I didn't want to be anywhere else or doing anything else except exactly what I was doing.
Then I started thinking about love and what it does to you (or actually, to me). I mean, even though those girls aren't mine, I love them in a way that I couldn't ever express. And when you love someone that way, in a completely selfless, would do anything for them with no thought for yourself kind of way, it really has a profound affect on your heart. It makes me feel like my heart is completely open, vulnerable and easily broken yet at the same time immeasurably strong. Not having any of my own children, I can only imagine what it must feel like when the kids are your own. If what I feel is only a tiny bit of what it feels like to have your own kids, then I can certainly understand the quote by someone (who I can't remember at the moment and am too tired to look up) about how having kids is to forever have your heart walking around outside your body. I just wish that I could carry that feeling around with me all the time. But I don't know if humans are built for that, to feel like your heart is breaking and being mended all at the same time. Since I belive that God is Love, I think it is the closest to God I'll ever feel.
Then I started thinking about love and what it does to you (or actually, to me). I mean, even though those girls aren't mine, I love them in a way that I couldn't ever express. And when you love someone that way, in a completely selfless, would do anything for them with no thought for yourself kind of way, it really has a profound affect on your heart. It makes me feel like my heart is completely open, vulnerable and easily broken yet at the same time immeasurably strong. Not having any of my own children, I can only imagine what it must feel like when the kids are your own. If what I feel is only a tiny bit of what it feels like to have your own kids, then I can certainly understand the quote by someone (who I can't remember at the moment and am too tired to look up) about how having kids is to forever have your heart walking around outside your body. I just wish that I could carry that feeling around with me all the time. But I don't know if humans are built for that, to feel like your heart is breaking and being mended all at the same time. Since I belive that God is Love, I think it is the closest to God I'll ever feel.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
