On Being a Woman and Marriage

Its hard to find that balance, eh?

On Being a Woman
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/opinion/24lipman.html

On Money and Marriage
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/24/your-money/24money.html

I just wanted to say that being a woman is definitely not boring, even if it isn't great sometimes. You cyclically get bigger and smaller in all sorts of ways; it's like having a different body at different parts of the month. Sometimes you can be more of a boy looking thing, sometimes more voluptuous. You get to eat more of all sorts of fun things without feeling guilty when you have your period. Like chocolate and fat stuff. And feel like you do when it rains but you're not like depressed and just happy that it's wet and you get to stay inside. Anyway, yay for the ever exciting days of womanhood. It's really quite adventurous.

I'm going to post the heck out of this blog.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/fashion/18Love.html

But isn’t that the risk of love? To be willing to stand on the stern on a beautiful summer day and, not knowing the outcome, to leap?

This is an excerpt from an article I was reading today. Miyamoto is a video game designer for Nintendo.

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Wired.com: Why isn’t Princess Peach a playable character in New Super Mario Bros. Wii?

Miyamoto: Well, originally I thought it would be nice to have Princess Peach in there as a playable character, but in fact, the Toad characters have a physique that’s a little bit closer to Mario and Luigi. And in particular if we had one character out of the four that wore a dress, we would have to have a special programming to handle how the skirt is handled in the gameplay (laughs).

And that’s the only reason that Princess Peach is not there. Of course, if we had Wario in there, we’d have to program him to fart.

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Reference: http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2009/10/shigeru-miyamoto/ Miyamoto: New Mario Tests Your Hard-Core Gaming Chops

happiness

i think someone's talked about this before but whatever it's interesting.

when we choose our occupations we are supposed to choose what we love. right?

my mentor thinks so. but that sort of idealism drives people away from jobs where they are "good enough." do we really expect to both love every moment of our jobs and be eternally happy with them?

maybe our society sets us up for disappointment. it says that if you follow your dreams you'll love your job. if you love your job you will be successful. essentially, love predicates success. but that's not true is it?

what do you think?

Overheard:

(outside my closet door)

1st grade girl a: MISS WU MIGHT BE IN HERE!

1st grade girl b: Let's sing a song! Hannah Montana! I love Hannah Montana!

1st grade girl a: Okay. No this one. P-p-p-pker face p-p-oker face.

1st grade girl b: (joins in - scarily accurate) whoooa whoa yea whooa whoa yea

1st grade girl a: NO she doesn't sing whooa whoa

1st grade girl b: YES she does..

1st grade girl a: NO and I bet you don't even know her name. Her name is LADY GAGA and she doesn't sing whooa whoa.

1st grade girl b: HAHAHAHA

1st grade girl a: Why do you even like her song if you are laughing at her name!!??

1st grade girl b: Because I just like her MUSIC.

1st grade girl a: Miss Wu is not here...

me: O.o

Christmas Cakes and Women

Hahaha, I just found this joke, and I like it. I just hope it's not true.

"How is a woman like a Christmas cake? They sell like crazy on 22, 23, 24; they slow down on 25, and after 26 they are half-priced."

fangirl time

sooo...who's willing to go to Rutgers with me on November 5 to see Wong Fu with me? Please..?

someone do this for my wedding

Please.

this commercial is so awkward...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6MNvg40x3g

Chores

The worst way to instill household chore responsibilities into your kids:

Wait until they're in their 20's and then pester them to help out around the house.

Yes, I'm spoiled, and I know this post will make me sound spoiled, but it's true. And it doesn't mean I don't help out. I'm just a little reluctant sometimes haha.