Some goodies for ya!
It’s happened. For the past few weeks we’ve been getting fliers in the mail, brochures from Colleges around that have gotten word that I’ve a junior in high school that should have some idea what he wants to do with his life after high school.
Of course, if you ask him, he’ll tell you he has no idea. It’s not exactly true, as of right now he has no plans to attend college, so all the fliers tend to end up in the circle file as soon as they arrive. I think part of it is that he knows I can’t afford to help him pay for it, as I’m still paying off my own loans. He’d have to get his grades up, decide what direction he wants to go in AND get funding to get there. Yeah, I have a feeling he’ll be living in my shed for some time after graduation!
But at least he’s started to think about it, think about sticking with his current job, possibly moving on to follow his friends out of state, sticking around and helping out here. He has options, he’s just not quite ready to contemplate them yet. I’m sure some of you understand that – while other’s have kids already on the scholarship track, already knowing which direction they’re headed after graduation. We’ll tackle those kids first!
Holly, our buddy over at THE LEAGUE has a scholarship opportunity, through the John S and James L Knight Foundation that promotes excellence in journalism worldwide. Since 1954, the foundation has given more then $300 million in journalism grants. The KNIGHT scholarship is a national competition where three students will receaive $5000 each for their writings or reflections on civic experiences in one of three categories: Persuasive Essay, Personal Narrative, or News Story. This opportunity is open to high school seniors – and you don’t have to be part of a LEAGUE classroom to apply! You can apply at The LEAGUE starting January 5th, 2009, and the deadline is March 6th, 2009. I encourage you to check it out!
Now, for those teens that aren’t exactly sure what they want to be or do? Have I got the site for you! Me, I’m just a mom who gets paid to bitch about her teens, and I love that. This guy, though. Wow. This guy is a whole lot of motivation in one snarky chia-pet headed package. I’ve added his link to the sidebar, and encourage you to go and check out Hey Josh as soon as you’re done here, then send the link to your teen. He answers questions, he does reviews, he has a sort film series that tackles that most difficult of questions “What am I supposed to be when I grow up!” and encourages teens to really think about that, giving guidelines on how they might come up with something they can be happy doing. Check out his “Factory” below!
Now tell me that your kids wouldn’t get motivated by that?! If that’s not enough – check him out slinging advise on TRL on MTV – how much fun is he?
There’s also a new series on the site he’s starting called Smarty Pants TV this month, and the upcoming World Domination videos, all of which are aimed and helping our teens better themselves. Not a damn thing wrong with that, now, is there? Josh made me laugh, and nod along in agreement, and snicker some more. So what are you waiting for? Check out Hey Josh yourself!
So, here’s the thing…
I’ve always wanted too. But I never quite had the guts, because, you know, fat girls aren’t supposed too! When you go in, they say oh no, not that, you need something that will accentuate, yet slenderize! You don’t want to do that…
Yes. Yes I did. But I caved every time, and went longer then I wanted, I let them accentuate the cheekbones, and attempt to slenderize the unslenderizeable… After all, they were the professionals, they would know right?
But you know something? I decided round about Christmas time, that I didn’t give a shit. There is not a single haircut in the WORLD that is going to hide the fact that my double chin is attempting to eat my face. No haircut in the world is gonna slenderize anything in my overly round very plump face. It’s not gonna happen, and by god, I am sick of pulling my hair straight back in a bun every single day, of having it just THERE and doing NOTHING because I’m not a girly girl. I wanted something that I could get up, run my fingers through and be done with it!
I wanted a “dyke cut”.
(Yes. I so went there.)
Or, if you MUST be PC – something pixie-ish, but not so cute sounding. I wanted my hair SHORT. SHORT SHORT. Not “oh we’ll only go a little shorter then your shoulders… that’ll help accentuate your cheekbones..” Honey, the only thing that’ll find my cheek bones is something that’s balanced on the fat, ok? I wanted it SHORT.
So today? Despite the fact that its -30 below, despite the fact that most folks are growing their hair in order to keep their ears warm (remember, mine’s always back in a bun anyway!), and with the willing aid of a hairdresser who was excited about the prospect of cutting all my hair off and giving me what I wanted…
I went short. “Pixie” short. I got myself a dyke cut. And I LOVE IT. It’s off the back of my neck, its out of my face, it’s fun to run my fingers through, I can spike it up if I want, my cowlick is worked into the style so it looks like it’s SUPPOSED to do what it does, it’s my natural color with a touch of left over blue on the bangs, and I’ll save a fortune in hair dye once I decide what color I want to go. And also? official confirmation from the stylist to make my daughter shut up – not a single gray hair to be found. SO THERE. Heh.
What, you wanna see? Fiiiiiiiiine. Here ya go – in all my fat-faced glory!
As you can see – the pup finally got her wish and got her hair cut too. She decided she wanted to channel a little Posh Spice, and went for the a-line bob, with a fringe bang. She adores it!
PS – oh yeah. When dad saw it, he just stared for a long moment…
Me: I know, you like it long.
Dad: It’s not that.. it’s.. you look just like your mom! That picture on the wall, when she was young, and she had her hair so short… you look just like your mom.
Me: Well, long as it was when she was YOUNG, it’s all good..
(Yes, we both got smacked when we related said convo to mom.)
Happy New Year!
Up till midnight – Check.
Yelled Happy New Year to Teenagers and the Pup – Check.
Naptime – Check.
Hope your evening was as eventful as ours!
Happy BRRRRR Year…
It’s almost 2009, and we’re freezing to death. Ok, not literally, but it IS a bit chilly. Think I’m kidding? Oh honey, you have NO idea. You see, we woke up to a OMGBRR temp of -23F this morning. Yes, MINUS 23. As in 23 BELOW ZERO, where 32 ABOVE zero is considered “freezing”. Umhm. I know. You’re totally jealous, aren’t you?
Inside the house, this old drafty house that can only contain heat if it’s actually summertime which does us no good at all in the wintertime, this drafty house where the heater is going non-stop and keeps on doing it’s best to keep heat moving… inside the house, it’s about 60-62 degrees. That doesn’t seem chilly, until you’ve been in it for a while, and suddenly, it’s not exactly warm any longer. No, it’s a little nipply, and the fingers are a little cold, and doesn’t everyone bundle up under blankets and sweatshirts and socks and GLOVES when their inside in order to keep typing because hey, my fingers, they are COLD?
Yeah. You’re jealous.
And you also think I’m totally exaggerating, don’t you?
Guess again:
Yeah. Who’s laughing now? Oh yeah. You are. Right. Harumph. Send hot chocolate?!
HOW did I not know of the AWESOME?
Let me be clear – I have loved Neil Patrick Harris for a long time – long time. But How I Met Your Mother always conflicted with something else, so I was unaware of the AWESOME that is Barny.
I know. I r shamed.
However, since everyone is always raving about it, I went ahead and bought myself Season one and two for christmas. And Oh. My. Gawd. people – teh FUNNEH! The girl and I have been laughing like crazy as we stayed up till 3 am two nights in a row in order to finish our HIMYM marathon.
It is THAT awesome.
Now I have to locate season three, and since I just discovered it’s in season four, THAT ONE TOO. It ranks right up there on the Awesome scale with Pushing Daisies ya’ll, with the added benefit that it? Has not yet been canceled.
Heh. Would that ABC were as smart as CBS, hm?
