Maybe if I write to Marvel they will create a little girlfriend for Blue-ear. She would be a purple superhero with a butterfly on her chest for Turners. HAHA. No body really wants to see that in a superhero though. Maybe I will hit up Disney and have them create a TS Princess.
To those dealing with chromosome abnormalities: You are all beautiful. We are superheros.
Ok, I know that this is a strange pick. I understand that he has two growing children and is an older man. I really could care less. Have you read this book? I honestly think that a suit and tie is the modern day equivalent of suit of armor. Atticus defends truth, right, honor, and decency. He is not afraid to speak his mind and he is kind to everyone. Just watch this clip. I tear up a little.
He is a wonderful father and his main goal is life is to teach his children how to be good people..."I'd rather you shot at tin cans in the back yard, but I know you'll go after birds. Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird..." Read the book, and fall in love with a wonderful man. The story doesn't suck either. ; ) Neither does the fact that Gregory Peck is very handsome if you don't mind black and white movies, which you shouldn't, because this movie is great. Also: I might add that he is the only one on the list who does no have a fictional love interest that I would be braking up. That is a bonus.
2. Chandler Bing - Friends
Another randomly strange pick, right? I know. He is basically the anti-Atticus Finch. He is a little bit inappropriate and immature. I like Chandler though. He reminds me of certain brothers I have (but not as cool). That is a compliment to them. They are dashing because they are real and they are fun.
I like him because he is sweet and funny and he really loves his wife. He works hard to take care of her. They make each other laugh constantly and they work together to solve problems and get through life. They are best friends. That is all I really want in a man. We would make a fine match - you know, if he were real...and if Monica were not real.
3. Prince Eric - The Little Mermaid
It is hard to pick a prince from the Dinsey bunch, mostly because we don't know what the heck their personalities are except for Aladin because he has an entire movie about him. I think that Eric is the most handsome Disney prince. He is very sweet. Plus, he is not the type to be all high and mighty in his castle all the time. He seems laid back. He also likes adventure and he lives on the coast and likes to be on the water. He is kind and he has big blue eyes. I am sold.
4. Zorro (Alejandro Murrieta) - The Mask of Zorro
I love a man with a sword, what can I say? A Latino man with a sword just makes things even better. There is not really much to say here. He is charming and he has a charming accent and he fights bad guys. PLUS I think that Catherine Zeta Jones is probably the most beautiful person ever (after Beyonce) and I want to be her.
5. Prince Henry - Ever After
This one is just HANDSOME. He is the classic version of a prince on a horse. I like how passionate he is. He's not a push over and he thinks for himself. Sure, he's not perfect. I like that he is willing to forgive Danielle and that she is willing to forgive him. He is well read and caring and I would not mind if he came into this world and showed up at my door on a horse in his royal garb, Enchanted style, to take me away.
6. Captain Jack Elliot - These Is My Words
Ok, so this is my favorite book. It is the best love story and I cry when it is over just because it is over. I love this man. In my heart I want a rough and tumble Texas Cowboy and Captain Jack is BETTER than that. He is a rough calvary captain from the frontier and he is so kind. I don't know what he looks like. I imagine somewhat like Tom Sellek in Quigley Down Under because is a handsome western frontiersman with a good shot.
It's not what he looks like though that is so attractive. It is HIM. Let me share a letter that he writes to Sarah, our protagonist. It is a REALLY good love letter...Sarah finds an abandoned wagon full of books and she wants to take it with them because she is learning to read and she loves it, but Jack says it is too much of a hassle. He ends up selling her some horses to pull the wagon for a couple of the books and he picks the books that she most wants to read to keep for himself. One by one he gives them back to her, except for one book. She is always asking him about it.
"Dear Miss Prine,
I cannot hope that you understand my forwardness and my poor manners in writing this to you, as it is unforgivable to be so common with a lady as to tell her your feelings so abruptly. However, life is so uncertain in the Territories that I hope you will forgive me this impropriety for the sake of what I am about to say.
I lost my heart to you the moment you won that rifle from that blowhard and handed it back to him. Then I lost everything else when you stood up with a straight face and protected your family against what you thought would be a vision of horror. You have stolen my very heart away. I see your face, I hear your voice, I watch you walk, even in my sleep. You have my utmost admiration and fondest regards. If it were not for my own cowardice, i would have told you these things in person, and not given this letter in an Animal book, hoping you would turn the pages and find it some day.
I know that you want your other book returned so badly that you just ache for it, and for that it sorrows me that I cannot return it, but you must understand it is a matter of life and death that I keep it with me at all times. For you see, you have taken all of my heart with you, and there is nothing left for me but the little piece of your heart that longs for your other book. So I must have it to continue breathing at all.
Please forgive the injustices of it all. I remain forever lost to you, and sustain myself on with a memory of one night when we shared a tenderness that went far beyond mortal bounds. You shared with me your fears, and most importantly, your trust as you slept quietly and safely in my arms. Unkind of you, to brutally expose a man to the sweetest thing women has to offer, her trust, and then to just slip away as if you cared nothing for him at all. However, it matters not what unkindness you show me, I have no heart any longer to feel it anyway. My dear, if there is any chance that you could find a sliver of compassion for me, please write me in return…"
HAHA! Take THAT Mr. "Had You Behaved In A More Gentleman Like Manner" Darcy. No Austin characters here - no Twilight and no super heros. I win. I did use a Disney Price though. Oh Well. I though about a scripture character or two, but then I remembered that they are not fictional. There are lots of others that could be here, but I am taking long enough to blog as it is. Who is on your list?
So here I am up late trying to study for my Disorders of Articulation exam tomorrow. Did I ever mention how much I LOVE studying Communication Disorders? I love it a lot. It is fascinating to me. I love that I can help people learn to speak better - or at least will one day be able to help people learn to speak better.
The more I think about it the more I am convinced that most people I meet these days seem to have some kind of communication disorder. It is really not normal to prefer to send a text message than talk in person, or to say half the words needed to form a complete sentence because you are lazy. People today really do have a hard time finding their words and communicating in general.
I am not good with grammar and punctuation. My vocabulary needs to improve, but I love language. I spent two hours on YouTube yesterday just watching parts of certain Disney movies in Spanish because I wanted to compare the difference between Spanish and English. I revel in listening to my elders speak to me in beautiful Spanish just weeks after they arrive at the MTC. I sat there in my classroom tonight in awe at the ability we have as human beings to communicate and the ability the brain has to lean language.
Read or listen to a Shakespearian Sonnet this week.
Learn a new word and actually use it.
Contemplate on the creative ability you have to simply put beautiful words in sentences and create something glorious that did not exist before.
I was buying Mother's Day cards at Hallmark and I thinking about the power that words have. Every time we open out mouths we have the power to hurt or heal. Language is the greatest invention ever. No machine will ever be able to duplicate the human brain combined with the vocal tract. No invention will ever be able to uplift us, inspire us, motivate us, or make our lives easier than words on a page or sentences spoken.
Point taken. I love this commercial:
I found this on a friend's blog the other day and though that I would share. Thanks Carolyn : D
I wish that these guys could really follow me around all day and tell me to study...and read my scriptures to me...and drive me around...and carry my books to class for me. That would be awesome. I love all of them. I can't even pick a favorite. They are so cool. That's all.
As a matter of fact, it's tough. One of my favorite videos from when I was a little girl was the The Little People: Grown Up video. I can't find a clip of it ANYWHERE online, but I swear to you that it does exist.
These two little kids wake up early on a Saturday morning and their parents are still sleeping so they dress up the dog and the cat and make their pets become the children and they become the grown ups. I remember the songs that they sing. They go to the "store" to buy "groceries" and they sing about "People doin' their shopping, doin' their shopping..." One of the songs they sing is about how "It's not easy, being grown up, It's not easy; In fact, it's tough. It's not easy being grown up, as a matter of fact - It's tough!" Wise words INDEED. Do you ever just want to be a kid again?
Summer classes are absolutely LOVELY. However, they are sometimes 2.5 hours long and it takes forever for that bell to ring. I am sitting here in class and all I want to do is play THIS game on my little computer.
Jace and I LOVED this stupid game. I have no idea why.
Also I loved THIS game: Catz. Yes, with a Z. My mother would not let us have actual pets, so I had my virtual kitty. Welcome to generation Y2K. I named my first cat Dudley after the Harry Potter Character.
My personal favorite was the upgrade from Catz...a little game called Babyz.
They were not all mindless games. I LOVED Carmen San Diego where you had to go around the world and catch the criminals. It was the WORST when you knew who the bad guy was, but you did not have enough information to get your "warrant" to capture them. The theme song was also rather peppy.
Does anybody remember the The Logical Journey of the Zoombinis? AWESOME game.
As I grew a little older I was bit by the "Barbie Bug." My favorite computer games were the Barbie Mystery ones. The mystery of the carnival caper was THE BEST. I remember the creepy person dressed in black that you were trying to catch. While looking for clues he would randomly show up. I would tell Melissa Sprague "Princess, Scream when you see the man in black so I know he is here." After we became all too cool for REAL barbies we went to the computer. It was much more edgy and challenging.
The gymnastics game was the most fun! It was also so hard. I spent forever trying to push all the right buttons on the keyboard to the master the hardest gymnastic moves.
OF COURSE I always had to beat Riley at THIS game: good ol' Mario Teaches Typing
I remember the days when we had a Super Nintendo. I LOVED the Disney games, especially Aladin. My favorite was the bonus level where you got to ride the magic carpet. That was the only level with Jasmin and you had the awsome opportunity of getting all the sparkling diamonds in the sky. I also always wanted my brothers to get me to the Genie levels because those ones were SO MUCH fun.
Ninja Turtles was a great game because there are four of them and we could all play together. I still remember the day that Bryan DeLay and I beat that game. Most of the time though the nintendo was occupied so I had to play my own little SuperGameBoy. This was my game of choice.
I was OK with the nintendo being occupied by my brothers most of the time because once we got rid of our Super Nintendo and plugged in the N64 things got a little too complicated for me. I mostly just became a cheerleader at that point for Riley and Jace as they saved princess Zelda and beat Bowzer. I did love Animal Farm and Donkey Kong though. Especially this girl...
She was so little and I felt such a kinship with her. She could also fly around all helicopter like with her sweet piggytales. SO cool.
When my brothers were NOT playing the nintendo and the TV was free I would watch THIS...over and over and over and over and over....
Also: Remember THESE precious little gems from my childhood?
Most of my days were spent karate chopping around the house at Kimberly the Pink Ranger with Jace as my trusty Red Ranger buddy.
When the Olsen twins were not blasting from my boom box I was listening to one of these four groups...
Not everything about my childhood was technological. I LOVED my little books. Some of my favorite where THESE ones.
And when I got a little bit older...
If you had several pairs of these you were about as classy as you could possibly get...
The bigger the bow, the brighter the scrunchie, the better...
The most adorable thing you could wear as a little girl was a jump suit that your aunt Kelle made you...
So here's to the 1990's, Friends. This was quite possible the best area in the history of all time. When you could wear as much neon as you wanted...when Mr. Roger was everybody's neighbor...when Reading Rabbit was the most exciting thing at school and Recess was the most exciting TV show at home...when the words Disney Princess actually meant something...when 'Cabbage Patch' was not a place where you went to pick cabbage...when "Good Burger" was a place where Kenon and Kell worked.
I was talking to my big brother last night and he was telling me that he is in charge of Ward Prayer, so he came up with these little get to know you sheets for everyone to fill out. One of the questions he put on the sheet was "If you were a Care Bear, what would your name be and what sign would you have on your stomach?" People responded with answers such as "I am not a bear." "Why would I have a sign on my stomach if I were a bear?" and "What are you talking about?" This is seriously sad.
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