My Addiction Came Back...

It's not video games, coffee, illicit substances, lawful substances, narcotics, or food...

It's shopping....

In high school i liked shopping. Me ENCANTABA ir de compras. I shopped so much that I don't know where I spent all of my hard earned Regal movie theater pay checks. (And by hard earned, I mean sweat shop, slavery hard work)

Then college came along. I spent/spend about $40-$50 a week on gas commuting to the ATL, so I cut my budget to just eating at school 2-3 times a week so I'd only spend approximately $10-$20 on novelties y comida (food for non-spanish speakers). I rationed my dinero because who can I ask for money because I was being careless & spent it all? NO ONE! I only ask my parents for money to buy books for school. Everything else is my cheddah. Gas, credit card bills, clothing, oil changes, tires, brakes, toiletries, computers, some food, etc...

I didn't go shopping for nearly a year....June 2010-April2011. Like really buy myself clothing, jewelry, accessories, etc... I would treat myself to only ONE item at a time every couple of months... about 3-5 month spans between.

Now that the semester is almost over & I still see I have a pocket full of BIG FACES from not spending JACK, I went to the mall & treated myself to 2 shirts & a pair of sandals!!!! I hadn't bought that much in one outing in FOREVER.

I went again the next weekend and bought 4 items. Then there was a sale at Bath & Body Works while I was shopping for Mia. Now... I want to go shopping more!

Shopping is a horrible, TERRIBLE, ungrateful addiction! Only because it can't go away. I'm sure I'm gonna need new clothing because of tears, stains, lack of style or I'll gain 44 kilos (20 pounds)! Its not like alcohol where its not necessary or other substances that are just done for the recreation and stupidity. SHOPPING IS NEEDED!

But I must control myself from these urges... And overcome this stupid thing called Shop-a-holism.

Why I Dislike Movies with "Love" Stories

I just got done watching Remember Me for the first time. It was a great movie! Nice story line, sad ending but good message. Always makes a nice movie. Especially if you're scared out of your mind because, like an idiot, you watched Insidious and now you're afraid a demon is right behind you....

On the other hand, I dislike the movie. Why you ask? Because the "love story" intermingling throughout the movie NEVER happens in real life! Are you serious?! He walks up to a girl in a, I guess, student center at school because of a bet, they go on a date and magically fall in love with each other.

Get out of here!

It's stupid. The rest of the story was more "real life" situations. Daddy issues. Bother committed suicide. Bullying at school. Ok. Ally and Tyler story?? Yeah.... Only happens in movies & that's why it IS in a movie.

Things never happen so happily in the real world. That's why there's such a high rate of divorce, crazy people, greedy people, sad Facebook statuses about boy/girl problems and desperation. This picture suits a real life relationship more.

And if you want MORE realistic...

Yeah... they only had a picture with 2 girls... I wanted to find one with 4 or 7 girls to be even more accurate, but this will do.

I don't know. I just find "love stories" over exaggerated and highly predictable. They need me to be a director and make a REAL love story movie! **note to self: start writing script and put on youtube**

But overall, the movie was nice, the story was good, and yet another movie made to make girls have false hopes and think they'll actually have a love story just like this one..... *ahhhhh* The wonders of movies. =]

Dear Mia

It's been a while since I wrote you last. I've been busy trying to keep my grades up so we can have a good life, and you've been annoying me. So I didn't write you.

Kidding.

But really. You're quite the annoying little toddler, but you also are very funny. So that makes up for it.

Like one day, you got a cup of juice, and I guess you must have been extra thirsty or something because you said, "Mmmm. This good. This JUICE!!" You reminded me of one of those 200 pound babies on Maury.... Well... By the time you read this, you won't know what Maury is, but I'll inform you.

It's nice to hear your speech improving after you had your surgery. Now you're saying words I didn't think you had the concept of, putting together more sentences, and repeating me more often. Even at McDonald's, you repeated my whole order because you're funny like that. You still have an accent though... Pig is "peeg", horse is "haa" (with a falling-down tone like the #5 in Lao), phone is "fom", frog is "fron". Not sure where you get it from, but I guess you lived in Laos in your past life.

Oh, I might as well get this out now. Sorry I gave you laryngitis. You currently sound like a little boy going through puberty with a raccoon attached to his trachea. Its funny, but then it's sad hearing you cough because I know how painful it is. But you'll get better soon. And maybe you'll have a Tickle Me Elmo laugh like me now! (And I might have to inform you about Tickle Me Elmo also...)

And I dislike the fact that you call me "Raven", and fight with me over it. You only say "mom/mama" when you want something. "Please! Ma-ma!" I guess this shows you know how to trick people (which can me good), and that you're aware of your surroundings/details. You know I'm your mom, but you also know my name is Raven. You better stop soon... I look like your sister or nanny already out in public and you calling me "Raven" makes it worse.

But it's nice seeing you're like a real person now and I can actually have a mini conversation with you. You tell me how you feel now, if you want to eat, what hurts, and say your favorite sentence: "I doo-doo."

I hope that stays your favorite sentence forever. =]

Love,

Mommy