When an idol loses what made it great, they might as well be dead.

“When we were growing up you always looked like you were having such fun
You always were and you always will be the taller and the prettier one”

I was talking to an old friend the other day, she was commenting on a girl she used to be friends with. Smiling an odd reminiscent smile, she looked at me with a sad look in her eyes. From that point, she lamented the death of an idol in her perspective. The girl is still alive- sure, I actually know her. Yet, my friend says she might as well be dead. 

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

first of all, let me say congratulations for graduating high school! feels good, doesn’t it?

i know some of you are super excited about college, and some of you are really anxious, and some are a mix of both. as someone who, as of today, has officially survived her freshman year of college, i’d like to impart some of my newfound wisdom on you. that is, of course, if you want it. if not, please feel free to disregard. :] 

More than ever, consumer electronics — particularly laptops, smartphones and Apple’s new iPad — are shining bright light into our eyes until just moments before we doze off. In fact it is 1:30 AM and I am on Xanga writing this blog. 

Growing up, I was the ugly kid. Or at least that is how my peers made me feel with their constant taunting and nasty words. They may have been correct in calling me ugly. I was chubby, pimple-ridden, and most of all, had the most terrible style of dressing.

Exhibit A

Parents, thanks for teaching your kids not to be brats in department stores and that it’s not okay to belch so loudly in restaurants unless they also excuse themselves just as loudly.  Thank you for keeping them from acting in ways causing them to appear before Judge Mathis, Judge Joe Brown, Judge Judy, or any of those other judge shows that law school professors abhor.  I appreciate those of you who’ve taught your princes and princesses the importance of being well-mannered around other adults who might record them on YouTube and make them the scourge of the Internet.  I have no kids, so I won’t presume I know what more you could do to teach them the ways of maturity, except to make one suggestion that may not even have anything to do with what you’ve done or not done to fashion them into contributing members of social security… I mean society: 

…the last piece of salmon sashimi.

…extra buttery popcorn.

…natural highs.

…friendly sarcasm.

…being lipid deficient.

…taking a photo and realizing it came out better than expected on the PC.

…game-winning shots in basketball.

…cool-looking hair on gals.

…the sugary milk left over from frosted cereals. Or even better, the sugary-milk from Rice Krispies (that’s if you sprinkle sugar onto your RK’s). 

Is it ever okay to walk around naked in front of your child? This was the topic of The Tyra Banks Show today, and it really caught my attention.

I say no.

Now it’s definitely not because I don’t like my mother, because I absolutely love her. But what I don’t get is, how come people have to choose one day in an entire year to celebrate how great our mother is?