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| Ok, here's the deal...
Mandy just got the cutest puppy. And I want it. Well, I don't really want her dog - just a dog. I need one.
The Humane Alliance of Rutherford Co.
has some of the cutest puppies in the world. And they're
purebred! (Some of them.) I found one that I really like.
Chester.
I love him. I want him. I need to give him a home.
Something that cute needs me to love it. I can't stand the
thought of him living in a cage...pooping where he sleeps...eating out
of a community dog food bag...hearing cats down the hall and not being
able to chase them. It's just not a fair way to let a purebred
live.
Then there's Ryan.
He's the only thing standing between me and my puppy. He tends to
play the role of the responsible adult at times. He says, "We
can't have a dog until we have a fenced in yard. And I don't want
a girly dog." The trick is that I need his permission because
good ol' TNU won't let us have animals in the apartments. So Chester would have to stay at the house.  (The girly dog comment is for another post...)
So here I am, praying that Chester will find a good home (I can't be
selfish and wish that he's still there in 6 months) and that I will
find another dog as cute as him when the time comes. Until then,
I'll have to settle for looking in the pet store window and playing
with puppies that are not my own...
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| Has anyone seen the billboard at the 24/40 split going towards the
stadium? You know what I'm talking about. I call it the
"booby billboard". A certain radio station (I'm not saying which
because I choose not to dignify the station with any more publicity
than possible) has chosen to market their services with a bookend of
breasts. Let me elaborate.
I'm not easily offended by many things, but a blatant disregard for the
female gender really makes me angry. I've put up with advertising
of half naked women sucking down beer while jumping up and down at
football games and women fighting over tastes great/tastes fresh in the
mud. But this is the worst thing I've seen in awhile, and I just
can't stay silent anymore.
The image of the breasts on this billboard is not the problem. I
think breasts when advertising to any male market is pretty much
standard these days. (Which I will state for the record, I'm not
in favor of...but I digress.) The problem with this billboard is
the fact that the pictures of these women are from the shoulders to the
waist. In otherwords, the problem is that the billboard is only
breasts. At least Budweiser puts a face to the boobs they
advertise! Obviously, this radio station didn't think it was
necessary to dignify these women with faces, thereby allowing them to
no longer be women but objects.
I found this quote in an article by Stephanie Kristal:
"As
we continue to look at various ads, the girls notice that very often
just body parts are used to sell products, particularly breasts and
legs. When have you seen men’s body parts such as legs or penises used
to sell products? This dismembering of women’s bodies makes women into
objects, and as Jean Kilbourne writes, not even whole objects."
How long can women let this continue? I tread
lightly because I realize that these women who posed for the picture
have the freedom to do just that. They have the choice to make
objects of themselves, but at what cost to the rest of our gender?
"For what is done or learned by one class
of women becomes, by virtue of their common
womanhood, the property of all women."
—Elizabeth Blackwell
(The first woman in the U.S. to become
a physician)
I leave you with this thought: The average person sees
3000 ads a day. As Jean Kilbourne writes, most people will tell
you that they are unaffected by advertising. However,
subconsciously, the messages are there - messages that are much more
than ads - they are concepts about what and who you should be.
Don't become a prize of this culture. Realize that what will make
you happy cannot be obtained through the standards the media
holds. Stand up for what you believe in - not something you are
spoonfed on TV or radio. And don't hold what you see in the media
against the rest of the world. I don't intend to.
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| Golfing this weekend. Well, going to a golf tournament, but I'm
not actually golfing. Ryan is golfing...with my family.
We'll be sure to take pictures.  | | |
| 10 years ago: I was 11. I just got back from trips to New
York/Washington/Williamsburg, VA and St. George's Island, FL. I
started my period. Ugh.
5 years ago: I was 16, and about to be a junior in high school at
Gallatin High. My summer was spent working and hanging out with
friends...driving the Gallatin 500.
1 year ago: I spent the summer with friends - going to concerts, theme
parks, and working at UA. Preparing for school to start and the
kiddies to come back to campus.
Yesterday: No work yesterday. I hung around the apt. with
Leslie, and then we went to Kroger. Afterwards, we made lunch and
I picked out counter tops for the bathrooms in the new house.
Dinner at TGIFridays, and cleaned Ryan's apt.
5 snacks I enjoy: Brownies, Mega M&M's, Peaches, Celery and peanut butter, Pizza
5 songs I know all the words to: Any Marc Broussard song, Mariah
Carey's Dream Lover, Whitney Houston's I Want to Dance with Somebody,
It is Well with My Soul, Faith Hill's Mississippi Girl
5 things I would do with 100 million dollars: Tithe, taxes, family's debts, save for the future, maybe buy a new car
5 places I would run away to: Jamaica, Any where in Europe, Dominican Republic, Australia, Fiji
5 things I would never wear: A mullet, gaudy gold jewlery, parachute
pants, underwear on the outside of my clothes (I swear Ryan and I saw
that at the mall one time), stirrup pants- I would never where them again
5 favorite tv shows: CSI, Crossing Jordan, The Nanny, Super Nanny, Extreme Makeover Home Edition
5 bad habits: Biting my nails, spending money when I don't have it, being bossy, doing things to to see people's reaction (Ryan ), not cleaning
5 biggest joys: Hearing Addison laugh, Eating good food, seeing our
house being built, watching people dance whether it's good or bad,
hearing a good joke/comedian
5 favorite toys: I don't have any toys...I have to play with Ryan's
toys. He has an iPod, a laptop, a digital camera, HBO, and all
the movie channels.
5 fictional characters I would date: I'm engaged, but not above
answering this question. I would totally date Chandler on
Friends, any Prince Charming except for the one on Shrek 2, Simon from
7th Heaven (have you seen him lately?!?), Jerry O'Connell on Crossing
Jordan, and Hyde from That 70s Show. Woo hoo.
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