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Sunday, September 5, 2010

5:08 PM

Laci Green on self esteem

haha that rhymed =]

Nothing new there. Just thought I would comment on it. All that "the media is brainwashing us" has been a topic I've had to do ever since yr 7 and even now at uni we have touched on the same things in a few different subjects and only recently did I cover ageism. I think most people know this already, u know, that having the body of a model is rare, the media promotes a certain ideal because it helps reap in da moniez AND that images are photoshoped like crazy. Par exemple:

That scares the crap out of me.

Or when famous people don't have makeup on, have u seen oprah? She is scaryyyyy

This is Jenny, she's from THE BLOCK.

I love Tyra, I reckon she still looks okay without makeup, just very bug eyed.

So as for me, I know about the whole media thing and I understand that famous people have teams of people working on them to make them look amazing, from hairdressers, to stylists, personal trainers, makeup artists and photographers. I don't necessarily agree that this sort of propaganda needs to be banned and eliminated from society, it generates a whole heap of revenue and jobs.

With myself for instance, I don't have the highest self esteem in the world but my aspirations are more down to earth than wanting to look exactly like Adriana Lima. Just because I think she's beautiful doesn't mean I give a crap about her life or think that she's the only kind of beauty. The most attractive people I've ever seen have been normal people that I've met and spoken to. Personality can really make someone dreamy.

In the end, attractiveness doesn't count for much at all. Even if I thought someone was ugly it doesn't mean I would treat them any differently to everyone else. I think that's the case with a lot of people. Look at your friends, it's not like u have to find them hot to talk to them and hang out.

Being "hot" really only matters if u want easy attention from guys or gals for some lovin. Even then, it's not like u need to be hot to score a one night stand, there are plenty of desperadoes out there.

I guess I'm just tired of hearing this argument. THE MEDIA IS TO BLAME. meh. blahblahblah be happy in ur own skin blabityblahblah

QUIZ TIME:

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?
coming home from dancing I think

2. Who are you in love with?
Tim o Tea

3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?

No

4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?

How far is ten feet? My camera is right next to me, that's pink

5. When is the last time you went to the mall?

ick. I hate being there, drains me so much. Friday with mum.

6. Are you wearing socks right now?

nope barefoot

7. Do you have a car worth over $2,000?

I don't own a car myself

8. When was the last time you drove out of town?
err today? I went to warwick farm. I think every time I go anywhere I'm driving out of town. Even tim's place down the road is technically Cabramatta and I'm Cabramatta West.

9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?
No..I don't think.

10. Are you hot?
nope im fine, except my feet are cold

11. What was the last thing you had to drink?

water

12. What are you wearing right now?
black pj's top with an owl on it and black leggings

13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?

neither

14. Last food that you ate?

spaghetti bolognaise

15. Where were you last week at this time?
At home doing an online discusion for uni...oh. crap. Is there one due tomorrow morning :S

16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?
Two tops on friday, rare occurance

17. When is the last time you ran?

I sprinted to my dancing position. Does that count?

18. What's the last sporting event you watched?

ugh like a minute or less of the soccer world cup a few months ago

19. What is your favorite animal?

POSSIBLY chinchillas

20. Your dream vacation?

Err..6 months or a year traveling around South America.

21. Last person's house you were in?

Tim's yesterday

22. Worst injury you've ever had?

I've never really been injured other than scrapes on the knees when i was little, or when I stabbed myself in the knee with a pencil..or when tim helped me fracture my ankle lol

23. Have you been in love?
currently

24. Do you miss anyone right now?
no

25. Last play you saw?

=[ it's probably been a few years now *cries* plays are SOOO fun. How much is wicked? I know I'm going to regret not going once it ends. Not that I have the money...

26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?
I don't have a secret weapon, if I did I would be a little more picky lol

27. What are your plans for tonight?

I guess that uni discussion and studying for the exam tuesday

28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?

I don't know that would have been like 4 or 5 years ago.

29. Next trip you are going to take?

I was meant to go singapore in december but that's on hold for the tafe course. So maybe ill still go in january or not go at all this year and hopefully ROAD TRIP with the girls

30. Ever go to camp?

yehhh several times. I love it. I miss it. I should join rovers again

31. Were you an honor roll student in school?
We didn't have an honor roll...err I was in the advanced classes for everything until i dropped 3 unit maths. It doesn't mean much in yr 11 and 12 considering I failed quite badly and I chose those clases. But errr, I got put into adv classes in the junior years.

32. What do you want to know about the future?

I was thinking about this the other day. I remembered that when I was in kindy I was excited to die because I thought that was the only time I would ever find out the real answers to all my questions like if god was real, if heaven was real...is santa real..I used to think that when we died we somehow absorbed the knowledge of the universe. Like once u got to heaven it would be like you had read every book ever made instantly. Now I don't give a crap about the answers because we're going to die and there will be no use for this knowledge. There's no use for the answers to my childhood questions right now anyway so MEH

So fuck the future. It's the same reason I wouldn't bother going to a psychic or fortune teller because (if they were actually real) whatever happens you're still going to die and none of it will have mattered.

33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?
Eau De Sweat

34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?

I don't go regularly.

35. Where is your best friend?

no clue where they are.

36. How is your best friend?

uhmm good I suppose.

37. Do you have a tan?

sorta, my boobs and butt are slightly whiter than my torso even though I always wear a one piece at the beach and I'm usually covered up the rest of the time. Just goes to show that you can still get burnt/tanned through clothing. My guess is that they're whiter because there are two layers of clothing there (bra/underwear plus top/pants)

38. What are you listening to right now?

my computers fan

39. Do you collect anything?

Nope

40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?

lol would be me if I told.

41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?

Possibly with michelle or stef and she got breathalised and it showed up like she had been drinking!! even though she hadn'! So the police officer got her to do a different breath test and it showed up negative.

42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?
yup

43. What does your last text message say?
tim just sent me the letter H

44. Do you like hot sauce?
sounds spicy so Im going to say no. What is it?

45. Last time you took a shower?
yesterday..lol I'm about to! I just didn't want to waste a shower b4 dancing when I NEED one when I get home.

46. Do you need to do laundry?

a little

47. What is your heritage?
Chilean. Apparently Spanish on my granddads side and some roots back to the INCAS!! I need to ask some more about that because I dont know how the hell they traced it that far back or who's side that is coming from

48. Are you someone's best friend?
I'd like to hope so.

49. Are you rich?
Nope.

50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?
Possibly talking to peter online or michelle..or kurt..or all 3 who knows.

MEOW.

& Kitty goes MeOw.

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Español.

So one day I was hanging out with Kurt and we realised that there are some pretty wacky sayings in the spanish language. Each Spanish speaking country has their own sayings, metaphors and similies but these are a few that I have collected over the last year or so. Every time I hear my mum or grandma say a new one I text Kurt XD It has become somewhat of a little tradition for me now =]

Saying: La negrita astuta vende fruta.
Direct Translation: The (Astute, cunning, sly, crafty, fraudulent) cute/little black girl sells fruit.
Meaning: This saying is said as a sort of warning that you are/someone else is a cocktease

Saying: No calientes el agua (si no vas a tomar té)
Direct Translation: Don't heat the water if you're not going to drink tea
Meaning: This is also a sort of warning to someone who is being a cocktease. Kind of like, don't flirt and lead someone on if you have no intention of hooking up with them. It is also a play on words because in Spanish (Chilean at least) the word calentar (to heat) is also used informally as a way to say 'make horny'. So 'estoy caliente' = I'm hot BUT it means I'm horny. If you wanted to say I'm hot (because of the weather) you would say 'tengo calor'

Tongue Twister: Tres tristes tigres trigo trillaron tranquilos tragaron
Translation: Three sad tigers, wheat they threshed (To separate the grain from the straw or husks by mechanical beating), calmly they swallowed.

Tongue Twister:Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira pobre pintor portugués pinta paisajes por poca plata para pasar por París
Translation: Pedro Pablo Pérez Pereira poor Portugese painter paints landscapes for little money to pass through Paris.

Saying:Buscarle la quinta pata al gato
Direct Translation:To look for the 5th leg of the cat
Meaning: Looking for problems when there clearly aren't any in that situation, so you're over thinking it and overcomplicating yourself.

Saying: Para ser bella hay que ver estrellas
Direct Translation: To be beautiful you have to see stars
Meaning: I'm guessing this is a fairly old saying because my grandad said it to me once, I kind of fell in love with this little rhyme/mantra. It means that no pain is too great to endure in order to look your best, this particularly refers to women having to wear painful shoes (stilettos) because it makes their legs look hot, wearing tight clothing to show off curves, waxing, plucking, dying hair, and I suppose nowadays you could extend that into getting cosmetic surgery. Just to clarify, my grandad wasn't a dick, I remember the saying coming up because we were watching a show with really attractive women and I was in awe of them and he explained that constructed superficial beauty comes at a price =) Oh and if you don't get the imagery, it's based on seeing "stars" when you hit your head/get dizzy, like if you've ever seen the cartoon representation of stars around the head when they get hit.

*To be continued