Note To Self - It's Not you, It's Me

     From following over 45+ blogs back to only 9, I've decided that I was following most of them for the wrong reasons; I wasn't keeping up and losing interest...plus it didn't do any good for my personality or consciousness. I wasn't improving on anything as I'd hope in the beginning that reading blogs would help me with some part of my life. I was roaming down a path I honestly couldn't favor, on the wrong side of the blog world, I should say. I was actually getting irritated and depressed over what I read and saw. I'm "very" poor to begin with, so when you're trying to follow someone who buys Chanel or expensive MAC products on a daily to weekly basis, there was nothing to be learned except that the product was pricey and indeed very nice looking. I can only handle so much of the "high-end" beauty raves and rants. Most of these lovelies have a secure job, and thus they can afford to treat themselves. One of my secret delights is just watching the play of colors and creation that makeup offers, but this time I was delving in way too far. I became envious, of course who wouldn't be...all that tube of rouge for only "$45.00" A bit sick, a bit disgusted at myself knowing I'll probably never ever in my life buy a tube of lipstick for $45.00 knowing it could go to soo much use...like food for my puppy and water; I love water <3. I haven't spent anything or treated myself to makeup in half a year. I got a $20.00 gift card for doing a good job at work and that was spent buying myself a pair of pajamas and a very much needed face cream for $5.99 since the winter cold did a fair amount of damage to my cheeks and all I could feel was it stinging. Reality kicked in; it's not you...it's me.
     Hopefully, hopefully I won't be regretting my decision on cutting back. Their lives will go on, no one's going to miss a silent reader, lol. I've decided to stick to two of the original blogs I started following in the first place, and the rest I found interesting or couldn't have the heart to kill off because I'm connected to them in some way. It's 4:40 AM now, so I'm going to try and head off to bed in a bit. I'm the kind who sleeps in all day if given the chance. Heh.

Sweet dreams.

Hello Kitty, My Melody Goodies & Rice Bowls

I had plan to send this adorable dainty pair of Hello Kitty Earrings to one of my younger sisters for her birthday, but I've been very negligent and bad and thus...have not. She didn't ask for anything of particular value...but I thought she might like it. Even if she doesn't, I have...3 other sisters and I'm sure one of them will like it. My new pink Sony Cybershot (a surprise given by him <3) hasn't been able to pick up the lovely small details as I'd hope it would. Which is a shame, because it does not do this pair of earrings justice! I only use the automated mode and haven't really messed with it. I probably took about 30 ++ pictures to see if I could get the details in...but it was so blurry!  This was the best I could get it, and I bet it was by luck @_@. I took it at night time, against Boston Market's paperbag, lol. I guess they contrast pretty well, ne? And this one was against the wall _-_. Like I said, very very dainty and delicate. 

Over the weekend while we were checking out World Market, he got me these two really cute ceramic rice bowls.^_^ I heart..heart them. The red bowl says HOT on one side and SOUR on the other side, and the orange bowl just simply says, WONTON. LOL..they came with their own unique spoon and chopsticks. Plus! it was only $4.99 for each. ;D I rarely blog about these things, but I had to test out my camera...maybe I'll blog more often now. Before we left, we picked up a cute lunch box full of Hello Kitty and My Melody Pez Candy. They were so adorable, he suggested I should send them to each of my four little sisters. ^___^ He has a knack for giving me kawaii things ^.~ They'll  be so happy and fight over it, and then the tin box I'm sure.

  

  

Hello World! Etc....Etc...Etc...

In “Teaching Diversity –With a Smile", Barbara Ehrenreich criticizes both the opponents of multiculturalism, and those who insisted on strict devotion to political correctness. Although her primary focus is multiculturalism, Ehrenriech also calls to attention Racism, and Sexism as well, and that they all create victims. She seems to say that multiculturalism isn’t so bad and a lot better than monoculturalism, and opens up about her childhood experiences. She addressed, “So I applaud—with one hand, anyway—the multiculturalist goal of preparing us all for a wider world—while the other hand is taping its fingers impatiently , because the critics are right about one thing: when advocates of multiculturalism adopt the haughty stance of political correctness, they quickly descend to silliness or worse”. She identifies that advocates of P.C and multiculturalism are more fascinated with flowery customary phrases, rather than taking a clear action.

Her ending basically states that if we don’t truly take notice and participate in our rich diversity, we shrivel ourselves being content with the “parochial” education that’s left us ill-equipped to navigate a society that’s truly multicultural.