Today, I wasted my time by watching best year ever. One of the most memorable quotes? The Miss South Carolina.
While it may have been hilarious, and we even watched it in English class, this fine answer reflects somethings wrong with the whole Miss USA pageant.
The people in the pageant aren't too concerned with the world anyway. Okay, I'm being cynical, again, but a majority appear to be self centered. It's not their fault; the entire competition concentrates on beauty. No one really watches it for the contestants answers to questions.
Although, the questions themselves are stupid. Of course the stereotypical question, what do you wish would happen to the world?
WORLD PEACE! or NO MORE POVERTY!
Please. The question should really be "what unrealistic hope to you have for the world." But no, they try and make it positive because Miss USA goes to schools and lets girls try on their crown. This focuses on the wrong thing entirely. The young women make themselves all pretty and show kids how pretty they are. They don't do much else when they are at a school. They aren't focusing on educational reforms or anything else that really matters. Just how shiny the crown is.
I'm not saying that Miss USA is not a good accomplishment. I just think it's completely overrated. Not just politicians should emphasize and change the problems in the world.
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Funny Stuff.
So this is Christmas. Sometimes I wish I was Buddhist. Life would be so much simpler.
In the spirit of this holiday, I decided to give a little something to my dad. I'm in the process of testing all the lights for Christmas. Honestly, I don't know if he plans on using them all, but it's 11:00 PM, and frankly, I'm tired. I'm not sure he really appreciates it either. Sure he will eventually, but right now, I'm seeing spots because of the lights and I want to be appreciated.
Is that so bad? To want to be acknowledged? It's not like I ask for much. A simple thank you. I put up the Christmas tree by myself and I get criticized for tying the rug too tight. Was it too tight? Yes, but that's not the point. I'm going out of my way to be nice and un-snarky, which if you know me, it's very hard.
I can only hope that my hard work in any aspect of my life will be recognized.
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So my band, New Squids on the Dock, recently performed at Bobapalooza. And it rocked. Well, not quite. See our band played the worst set it has ever played. Our singer kept singing in a different key, parts of songs were missing, and overall, it would have been considered a disaster.
However, they liked us. And we won a large sum of money to be split up between ten people, so it wasn't so large anymore. We'll get the DVD sometime soon, and I'm pretty sure I'll wince dramatically during every song because they were not very musical. I guess everyone just needs a ska band once and a while.
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On a completely different note, I wish I was a yellow robot that danced to Spoon. Life would be so much simpler if all I had to do was dance and be awesome.