I read something today that really made me stop and think.
A story from an anonymous lady was, absolutely without a doubt, one of the best things I have ever read. She writes about an experience while shopping at a pretty big name store. This lady had just gotten what she needed and was walking to check out, when she noticed two girls, probably in their early twenties. Very pretty, a lot of make up and jewelry, and wearing nice clothes. The two of them had an abundant amount of items and were checking out before this lady.
This lady claims she is a very patient person, but couldn't help but get irritated while watching these girls. Apparently one of the girls claims she only got one of her pairs of shoes to make another girl jealous (wow, really?)...and the other girl was saying things like, "oh I'll only wear these things once and then find something new to wear". A little too materialistic?
Finally the two girls walked off with their bags and the lady was about to walk up to the cashier, when she overheard a young boy talking to his mother. The little boy said, "I've been saving my allowance for over two months and I can finally get them." The lady looks back and notices the boy holding a box of Adidas shoes. She claims that he's holding them, as if he just won the most important prize ever. Being a softy, the lady tells the boy's mom that they can go before her if they wanted. The little boy smiled even bigger and thanked the lady.
Apparently the two girls spent about $300 each, on things that may or may not be used more than once. Now don't get me wrong, if I spend money on clothes or shoes, I make sure to get my moneys worth. And not toss them aside once something new comes out.
No offense to those girls, or any other girls who are like that... but get off of your high horse. Money doesn't always solve everything, and really shouldn't be used to buy something to make another girl jealous or just to be worn once. How can they appreciate their items if they only wear them once? The little boy who bought his Adidas shoes will probably get so much use out of those things until they are worn out, and only spent a small fraction of what those girls did. Now HE will appreciate that and good for him. At least he didn't go to the store with an excuse just to spend (a lot of) money.
I don't see why people need to be like that?
Take my birthday, for example, which was on the 20th of January. My mom asked me what I wanted, and I kept telling her, I didn't want anything... yet she still asked. So finally after the 50th time, I told her I would take a new clothes basket. That's it, that's all I wanted. (And I did get it, by the way). I really don't see the need to get things when I don't want them.. besides, I was perfectly fine with just spending my birthday with my amazing friends and family, which is a great gift all together.
Another thing I got, were two replies on Twitter from two amazing guys, which I didn't expect to get, but I decided to go for it anyways. Oliver and James Phelps really gave me one of those simple kinds of gifts that not only meant a lot, but also didn't cost a thing. It sounds really corny to say that, but to be honest, it's the truth. So thank you guys =)
Sometimes it's the little (and less expensive) things in life that are most memorable. :) I appreciate & cherish everything in my life right now, so much more than I did.
~Kim
Day two of blogging? I am on a roll! But I figure, either with an imaginary audience or not, I will express my thoughts whether they make sense or not =)
Just finished watching American Idol with my mom, and wow, there were some interesting people on there. The best was probably the gay guy that was hitting on Simon, then made Katy Perry say that she felt dirty. Not to mention he sang, "I touch myself" by the Divinyls, and was throwing himself all over the place in a sexual manner. haha, epic.
Now having another movie night, this time watching "sister act 2: back in the habit". I love watching the movies that I grew up on, having memorized all of the lines and songs, and thinking the movie is still just as great. Good times.
Ah, earlier today I saw a mouse outside... running out from under my neighbor's garage door. Creeped me out and made me cringe, even though the little bugger was at least 10 ft away from me... yuck. End of story.
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Okay, so I planned on finishing my blog earlier this evening. But now it's after midnight and here I am once again. Only this time, I'm blogging after drinking a few vodka & cranberries. Quite delicious and I'm doin' pretty well... well, actually, I tried playing tennis and golf on the Wii and truth is... it was quite funny.
But the even better part was winning Mario Party on nintendo 64 against my sister and her boyfriend, while drinking. good fun, it was.
So to kill more time before I need to pass out, I got bored and started looking up dream interpretations... but something else caught my eye.
Astral projection
The ability to leave ones body and travel to a higher realm. I'm not going to lie, but the thought of that actually happening is kind of interesting. Whether it's because of a near death experience, or from a simple dream. The fact that our "body" could end up somewhere else is cool. It would be weird if we ended up in some strangers dream and they woke up being all, "what the hell?" Hey, anything is possible. But, the freaky part would be if that person saw the real person from the dream. Freaky, but still kind of cool to think about. If you think about it, where do our minds really go when we're sleeping?
With that thought fresh on my mind, I am going to bed. All of this excitement will make me stay up late again and I can't be doing that =)
~Kim~
Insomnia is a pain, really. It's after 2 am and here I am, blogging. I'm starting to think that I should either make a really strong drink before wanting to go to bed or find some other tactic. Because I know for a fact that when I do eventually fall asleep, an hour or two later my phone will be beeping, no doubt telling me people are starting to tweet. That's what I get for following people outside of the US and are hours ahead. ;)
My mind can't seem to hush up at the moment... which is probably why I'm blogging at the moment. I wish there were on and off switches for things in life, especially at this hour. Good thing my ipod is charged and ready to get things back on track. Although, I should probably listen to better music... there are some songs that are simply amazing, but when they get stuck in your head, you just want it to stop after so many times of it going over and over.
Another thing that has been bothering me, is the fact that this year is already going by way too fast. It's almost February, for goodness sake. Whatever happened to the days that took their sweet old time going by, where we could ask ourselves, "Why can't this day/week/month/year be going by any faster?" I should kick myself for asking that question so many times.
Well, that seems to be enough for now. I'm going to try an attempt at getting myself relaxed enough to sleep. And hopefully pray that it doesn't snow anymore... I don't need to be slipping on anymore ice, which I swear wasn't there, but I didn't listen to my mother and of course almost fell. Typical. =)
-Kim
