I Love You + PDAs

“I’ll see you after class.”

“No, I have to drop this off for a teacher. I won’t see you until after school.”

“Oh. I can’t wait.”

“See you later.”

“I LOVE YOU.”

Imagine this exchange of words between a tall boy and a blonde little girl locked in an embrace. UGH.

This bothers me so much. Disgusting displays of affection in public. PDAs are definietly a huge pet peeve of mine. Okay, holding hands is inoffensive on occassion (as long as you two are not locked together 24/7) and a really cute couple can pull off a goodbye peck or soemthing, but high school relationships have gotten so public it is ridiculous. I hate walking through the halls and seeing the same two people walking hand-in-hand everywhere together, never seeing them separated, gazing into each other’s eyes. When they’re torn apart for class they hug for a really long time, might even give each other a long painful kiss and head off for the hour without their sweetie. It makes me sick. It’s 75 freaking minutes. Let me give you a little perspective. My boyfriend lives 1 1/2 hours away. I get to seem him every other weekend if I am lucky. I’m thinking these couples who can hardly last 2 hours are maybe a little dependent.

And PDAs and clingy-ness is just the tip of the iceburg. I hate that they said “I love you” to each other. They’re grade 9 or 10s… how can they be in love? To me the words “I love you” carry a LOT of meaning and sentiment and should be used wisely when in the context of a significant other. I admit to saying “I love you” to friends and family, but when it comes to my boyfriend I’ve rarely said it, if ever. That doesn’t mean I don’t care about him, I do immensely, but I’m aware of the heavy meaning of those words and I don’t just want to go tossing those around whenever. It’s for special moments and special feelings.

Anyways, that’s my little rant about PDAs & “I love you”s. Obviously it’s different with different people… I hate PDA’s… in fact I aviod holding my bf’s hand in public (I know I sound like a cold, horrible and feelingless person, but to me, especially since we haven’t been dating a LONG time, that is all personal and private stuff) yet some of my friends love it and say that they enjoy pdas because it shows they’re not embarrassed or ashamed to be with that person. Different opinions I guess. How do you and your sweetie act publically?

No More Moolah

Money is such a stupid thing. I hate it. Mostly a lot. You  need it for nearly everything! I’m not going to lie, there are times when I don’t go out with my friends because they’re going out to a movie or to dinner and I just do not want to spend the money. But what is the alternative? It’s really hard to think of exciting things to do without spending money. I would much rather spend my money on clothes or maybe save it, because I plan on going to university some time. So what am I supposed to do? Do you ever have this problem? What do you do?

I’m just going to brainstorm a few ideas that could be fun to do that won’t cost as much money (I hope):

1. Make dinner yourself – decorate the table, make a centerpiece, try out a gourmet recipe, light candles, be creative!
2. Play sardines or Hide-and-Go-Seek in the dark, inside or outside. That’s always a good time.
3. Have a bonfire (okay.. in the summer okay?) Roast marshmallows and weiners.
4. If you and your friends have a tv show in common get together regularly to watch it… make t-shirts. Everyone loves t-shirts.
5. Go tobogganing or build a snowman.
6. Get dressed up in crazy clothes and take a lot of pictures! Pictures last, and it will be fun. Oh that’s a good one.
7. Have an all-nighter and watch movies or play video games all night long. Sit in your pajamas (mmm) and eat popcorn.

… okay so maybe I have a couple of ideas. But yeah I am definitely WAY too lazy to go out and spend my money.

EJ Cons

Elton John!! A classic eh? I have a greatest hits cd of him, and I’m not going to lie, I love it!! So it is really exciting that he is coming to the Kitchener Aud to perform. Unfortunately the tickets got sold out nearly immediately, and I had zero chance of getting any, so I won’t be going, but he’ll be so close it’s crazy.

People waited in line at the Aud to get tickets through a very cold night and many were even turned away. The people who did get tickets got a limit of six each.

The problem is that there has been a lot of drama lately about the city councillors getting a free ticket and a shot at tickets that weren’t available to the public. People are upset, because they feel that these officials should be waiting in line in the cold along with all the hardcore EJ fans! Is that right?

I think that’s part right, because the city councillors didn’t get a limit on the number of tickets they could buy, and some did buy many more than the public’s limit of six, but at the same time, that is part of the perk of working for city council. Everyone at their respective jobs get perks. Some, as my mom pointed out are teachers get snow days. This year alone they have gotten more than one full week off of school where they are getting paid. That’s not too shabby.

So is it really that big a deal that they get some tickets that we don’t? Don’t you think this thing got just a little bit blown out of porportion? I do.

http://news.therecord.com/News/CanadaWorld/article/312724

Fifi Trixibell??

So I have been noticing the trend in Hollywood of having babies. Apparently that’s cool, and everybody seems to be doing it. Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Angelina Jolie, Gwen Stefani… there are so many more. Too many to name. I feel sorry for the kids for a number of reasons. The first being that it does not seem fair for them to be born into the limelight. For many of them, they will appear in People and Ok magazines a gazillion more times than any of us would ever even appear in a local newspaper. It’s not their choice, yet they’re stuck with this consequence. I feel like if the actors are so public and busy with their own lives they shouldn’t be having babies. Maybe taking time off or moving into a less publicized field if you’re so desperate for children?

Secondly a number of these kids are born by accident or just because of the trend. Their parents aren’t prepared for taking care of their children (cough *britney* cough) and can’t handle it. These kids are going to be SO messed up when they grow up. I’m a little bit worried.

Thirdly: These kids have the most ridiculous names!! Granted, not all of them (okay Britney’s alright in this category), but so many have such crazy names. Apple? Suri? They’re so odd. Unique names are fun, but some are downright insane! I found this website that lists the 50 craziest celebrity baby names. It included names like: Poppy Honey and Daisy Boo (both born to Jamie & Jules Oliver); Zola Ivy (born to Eddie Murphy & Nicole Mitchell); Jermajesty (born to Jermaine Jackson & Alejandra Genevieve Oaziaza)… the list goes on. It is pretty much ridiculous.

Maybe let’s all try to not have babies for the heck of it.

Check out more of the names: http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article2130988.ece

Ahh Life

Don’t you wish you had a choice? To grow up or to stay young? Which would you choose? I have always thought that I wanted to grow up. I wanted to be able to drive, have my own car and independence, move into my own house or apartment, buy my own food, make my own meals, host my own parties, all that independence stuff, and being in control of my life!

The other day, though, I was hanging out with a friend I hadn’t seen in a loooooonnnnng time and realized how sad that I was about that, and how that was probably going to happen more in the future. This past summer I went to a camp for the summer, and met a lot of great people, but even now it is hard to keep in touch with them and I hardly get to see them because they live far away. And when I do finally have a weekend off to see them, I’m torn between hanging out with my friends nearby, or spending my entire weekend in St Catharines. It’s really hard to balance all that along with school work and my part-time job. But this made me realize that maybe I don’t want to grow up and lose some of my closest friends that I value so much right now. I mean in a few years we may be off at different universities scattered all over Ontario, or wherever. It’s sad to think about it.

So I can’t decide what I want…. if I want to grow up or to stay young. I guess I have no choice, but now that it’s slipping away I’m kind of wanting it more. What about you?