Falling Slowly...

I was browsing through youtube and came across Paula Abdul's new single, Dance Like There's No Tomorrow. I kind of like it. My initial thought of her releasing a song after a long hibernation was like, "she's crazy!" I expected it to be awful. Her singing is way mediocre. It's digitized and very blah. The dancing is kind of cool and the mv makes up for the lack of lyrical creativity. At least she can move some. I thought she'd be too drugged up to do anything coherent. I stand corrected. I also decided to take a look at Heidi Montag's new single, Higher. Now, THAT is a joke. My brow was furrowed and i questioned her sanity. She was prancing around in a bikini throughout the mv (although i only watched 10 secs of it). Ok Heidi, we get that your boobs are fake and your chin is a little less masculine. But do you have to prance around like a horse? She can't sing worth crap. I was like, seriously?! I pity her. She deserves her ugly bf because they are both ugly, nasty people. I don't watch the hills (or know her personally, duh), so i'm totally basing this off of all the news i read about the situation. I don't understand the hills either? Why are they famous? Because they are rich? Now, they are richer? Gross. What have we become!

Take this sinking boat and point it home
We've still got time
Raise your hopeful voice you had a choice
You've made it now
Falling slowly sing your melody
I'll sing along

I have this song on repeat. What's funny is that every time i hear the line, "take this sinking boat" i always sing, "take this stinking boat." That's annoying because i know what it says, i just can't seem to sing it correctly. I've fallen in love with Glen Hansard and everything associated with him: The Frames, The Swell Season, Marketa Irglova. I get the chills when i hear his compositions. I was blown away by "leave" in the movie Once. I was beginning to think that this was a good find. I usually love movies that have happy ending. This is somewhat happy, but not how i wanted it to end. I guess that's alright too. This morning was a mad rush. I had so much paperwork to finish and get signed. Hopefully i didn't skip anything. When that was all done, i came home and showered. I feel so much better. It's humid and ugly outside. I think it's going to rain. What sore luck. I'm camping today and it's going to drizzle. I already know this isn't going to be fun. I think i'm going to make up something to get out of it. We shall see.

I was doing a little self-reflecting this morning. After talking to a few people yesterday, i really want to study in new york for a semester. It's a program called "semester in new york," go figure. It sounds so exciting. Before i pitch this idea to the parents i have to do major research. NY sounds exciting and scary at the same time. My ultimate hope/goal is that i can get a really nice job offer after the internship. That way i can just work instead of go to grad school. Since i have to stay in the tx, i might have to look at UT. I'm not a big longhorn/UT fan in general. I guess you can say i like it more than A&M. It just sucks because as much as i love austin, i don't want to live in it. It's always busy, the people are mean, and the traffic is horrible. I can't say that i'm a city girl yet. My friends say they can see me in a place like NY, but i don't know. Is it too faced pace? I know i'm kind of on the slow side, so i don't know.

This morning it was really hot and i dressed a little too warmly. By the afternoon, i changed into shorts. After my last class it was freezing. The wind was blowing and raindrops were falling (on my head). I don't know if i like the unpredictability of texas weather. My sister says that she would have to live in a a dry, hot place. I volunteered Arizona because it's a desert. She agrees and started thinking of similar places. I don't really care where i live. I'm ok with the cold because i love winter wear. I'm also ok with hot because i like wearing summer outfits. This reminds me of the question, "would you rather be frozen to death or burned to death?" I think that's a particularly hard question to answer. I think i remember choosing the cold, but i don't know. I think both concepts are scary. Every time i watch a movie or read an article about someone burning to death, it scares me. A lot of things scare me. I guess it's just the topic of death. At least when you die freezing, you just numb up (after the major pricking) and nod off. I imagine the whole Jack scene in titanic. With fire, you have to have control to keep your rage in. Can't we all just die peacefully?

Are we models yet? At the fashion show yesterday, they asked for an audience member to come up onto the stage and strut their stuff. This cute little girl was chosen. When she got up on that stage, she was doing her fierce runway walk. Obviously she's been practicing in the mirror. I remember when i was little, my grandpa used to show me how to work my stuff and do the whole cat walk thing. It was too funny. He would show us by doing it himself. The main key is to shake your hips. Shift them when you walk to create that stomp. I always thought it was funny and charming of him. He tries to be hip and cool. He doesn't need to try, he is already. We never took him seriously. My parents would always brush things like that off. I'm too short to conquer anything on the catwalk. I think that if i was taller, i would try the whole modeling bit. It would be fun to venture into that biz. The reason i look small now is because i'm short. I think that if i was taller, i'd be a lot chubbier than i am now. I eat way too much for me to remain stick skinny. I'm also too lazy. I don't like exercising. One thing about me is that i have a big head. The bf commented on the size of my noggin. It's really round and kind protrudes out. You just don't know because my hair covers the whole thing. You can actually see how big my head is compared to my body in that picture above. Weird, huh. I watched a show last semester called, the model agency. Those people are harsh. They are basically model scouts looking for the next big thing. The scouts were ugly. They were overweight and outdated. I guess they have an eye for talent? I don't know.

It's not bad being short. Good things come in small packages. Take, for example, He Pingping.

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This chinese man is recognized as the shorted adult in the world. He's an amazing 2 ft 5 in. For being short, he received a certificate from the Guinness Book of Records. At least he gets some recognition. A certificate is better than nothing. To make sure his height was constant, Guinness recorded his height 3 times: morning, noon, and night. You always have to take precautions, just in case he has a growth spurt that very day at the age of 20. He's so small! It makes me wonder if he'll fit into my pocket. I kind of feel sorry for him. I know it must be hard for him to live a normal life because of his height. At least he looks happy! And i thought i was short. The next time someone dogs me about my height, i'm just going to say, "look up He Pingping and then call me short."

Cute picture of the day.

Who says all poodles are annoying?