7th Grade was definitely an interesting year for me. I saw The Fast and the Furious in the theater SEVEN TIMES! After the first showing, I had to do chores around the house to earn money so I could keep going to the theater to see it. My parents thought I was wasting my money on this and every time they dropped me off at the movie theater, they would ask me before I got out of the car "Now, are you sure you want to see this movie again?" Yes. I was SO sure.
Little did they know, this movie was shaping my future. Or, so I had hoped.
In 7th Grade, I thought that Sarah = Car Mechanic.
Can't you see it? I totally can. Still!
Well, my plans didn't really pan out the way I had hoped. One weekend when my grandparents were visiting, they asked the question "what do you want to be when you grow up?" I confidently told them that I was going to be a car mechanic. They were mortified. I think my grandma may have lost a bit of her soul that day. Her granddaughter a CAR MECHANIC?
Well... for some reason, I ended up not being a car mechanic. I've lost most of my car knowledge, but I still know how to put the blue window stuff in the hole that is labeled very clearly with a front window sign. THAT, I can do!
With that said, Fast and the Furious 5 came out this weekend. I'm totally going. In... 2 hours! I've still got it in me.
I moved a week and a half ago. To the most beautiful apartment. Ever. It's been a little bit of an up and down rollercoaster for me the past week, but with all that, I am trying to put into practice something that I think is one of the keys to life.
I just made this and I'm going to get it printed and hung in my room. Because, I can.
I've been working on a Documentary Photogrpahy project for school and it's based on happiness. In my serach for quotes and insights on the topic, I came across this one and it made me smile.
It's my new favorite thing.
"Smile big for everyone, even when you know what they've done."
- anonymous
I'm trying. Really, really hard to be a grown up right now. And, it's kind of hard. BUT... this new quote makes it a lot more fun!
Today during lunch, I went and got a pedicure. It was marvelous. Until, I looked over at the person next to me and it was a man. In his 50's. Balding. Little on the bigger side. Not gay, or metro. Just a normal 50 year old balding man.
It gets better.
He had the spongey toe seperaters in and he WAS LETTING HIS TOE NAILS DRY!
Okay... weird.
But it gets weirder!
He had his toes painted yellow with the black shatter polish on top!
What The Heck!
So, my question is this.
(And I really hope I have not been in the dark about this my whole life. Not for the now knowing part, but for the mens sake part of it.)
1. Was this a normal behavior that men have and is just not talked about?
or
2. Was this man just having a bad day and needed a pedi?
or
3. Was this man just... odd?
I'm really hoping the answer is 3 for not only this mans sake, but for all men's sake. Dont' get me wrong, pedi's are GREAT... but men probably shouldn't paint their toe nails yellow with black shatter polish on top.
Whenever I listen to music, I hardly ever listen to the words. It's weird, I know. I've done it for as long as I can remember, and I just listen to the instruments being played and it's worked great for me. Really, it has... until I'm the only one in the car who can't sing along but I do know that in 5 seconds the bass guitar is going to come in and go "strum" and it's going to sounds so awesome. Yeah, I'm the weird one..
But.. sometimes there is a song where for some reason I know every word to. There aren't many of these, but now that I think about it the ones that I do know word for word are ones that I kind of... relate to... or something.
Well...
Tonight I finally watched Country Strong and Oh. My. Gosh. It is really just such a great movie! But there's this one song that I've been listening to for months now (okay fine, I have been listening to the entire soundtrack for months now...) and when it came on, I knew every word.
Read these words and see if they make YOU cry too. Dang it. It's just so true. And truth is good.
Woke up late today and I still feel the sting of the pain But I brushed my teeth anyway I got dressed through the mess and put a smile on my face I got a little bit stronger
Riding in the car to work and I'm trying to ignore the hurt So I turned on the radio, stupid song made me think of you I listened to it for minute but I changed it I'm getting a little bit stronger, just a little bit stronger
And I'm done hoping that we could work it out I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels Letting you drag my heart around And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change
I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger
Doesn't happen overnight but you turn around And a month's gone by and you realize you haven't cried I'm not giving you a hour or a second or another minute longer I'm busy getting stronger
And I'm done hoping that we can work it out I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels Letting you drag my heart around And, oh, I'm done thinking, that you could ever change
I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay Even on my weakest days, I get a little bit stronger I get a little bit stronger
Getting along without you, baby I'm better off without you, baby How does it feel without me, baby? I'm getting stronger without you, baby
And I'm done hoping we could work it out I'm done with how it feels, spinning my wheels Letting you drag my heart around And, oh, I'm done thinking that you could ever change
I know my heart will never be the same But I'm telling myself I'll be okay Even on my weakest days I get a little bit stronger
I get a little bit stronger Just a little bit stronger A little bit, a little bit, a little bit stronger I get a little bit stronger
