Children

     
       For Mother's Day this year my roommate and I decided to drive down, surprise my Mom and take her to the SF Zoo. I know, as a 20 year old I may seem a little old for the zoo, but I'm a kid at heart so, suck it. What were we thinking? The place was crawling with badly behaved children. I have to say just because it is Mother's Day does not mean that you get a break from being a mother, it is your job. If you have children that cannot behave then please, for the sake of the rest of the world, do not take them out in public. Some people might describe me as slightly outspoken, and all I have to say about that is, these mothers who could not control their children were so lucky that I was with my mother and had to be on my good behavior.
        Every time I went to open my mouth, there she was, just looking back at me and repeating the phrase that was drilled in my head since birth, "Melissa Leanne. Be a lady". Which apparently consists of keeping my commentary on others' poor parenting skills to myself. As this was my mom's day, I kept my mouth shut and watched the future of our society run amuck, pushing, shoving, screaming, and hitting, all without any sort of reprimand that that sort of behavior is not acceptable.
        I did wander off from my mom and Amy at one point long enough to make one snide remark to a mom who was completely ignoring her children. She was on her phone, (I didn't eavesdrop long enough to determine if it was work related or a social call) and literally was facing the complete opposite direction of her children while they were trying to climb into the polar bear den. While a concerned stranger got the children to stop attempting to shorten their lives, I walked by the mother did the judgmental up and down look and said, "I'm glad to see you are really appreciating the meaning of the day, it must mean the world to your children that you take your role as a mother so seriously".
        After the events of today I have come to the following conclusions:
      1. My children will be the best freaking behaved kids that you have ever seen.
      2. I should never go the zoo or any child friendly place on a weekday, weekend, or holiday
      3. Even at 20 years old, I instinctively have better behavior around my mom. Obviously some people could take lessons from her
      4. I do not want children for a very very very long time.
       
     

No Shoes. No Service

       

         Can someone please explain to me why the new trend for guys is to go barefoot? Its disgusting. Lately everywhere I go I see boys and their naked feet. Whether they be walking, skateboarding, or biking they just do not feel that shoes are necessary. I just do not understand. Is it the hot weather? Are they rebelling against no shoes, no shirt, no service? Because if that is it, I believe most girls will agree with me when I say that I would much rather you rebelled against the no shirt part of the deal.
          Do they not realize how unsanitary it is to not wear shoes? Especially outside! How often does the ground outdoors get cleaned, oh thats right, NEVER. There are germs, bugs, and who knows what else all over the ground and yet boys and their "who cares" attitude take each barefoot step a little too easily. I have also seen a few too many boys without shoes in class. Really? The classrooms never get cleaned, and if you are in doors on a warm day and your feet start to sweat do you know what happens? They start to smell! But apparently some of the boys in my classes missed that memo.
       Is it just laziness? Are boys getting lazier with the end of the year approaching and not wearing shoes is just one less thing to do in the morning? Do they think its attractive? Because its not. Why don't their girlfriends, moms, or friends say anything to them? How hard is it to say "bro, put those away, they're nasty". Done deal. Complete honesty is part of being a good friend. Let's please all step up before this barefoot disease spreads. For everyone's sake.

Cake Faced

       In the past week I have seen more and more girls who must literally paint their face on each morning. It has always been my belief that when it comes to make-up more frequently than not, less is better. There is no need to walk around looking like a clown everyday, it just isn't necessary. I doubt that guys find that look attractive and it certainly is not good for your skin. So why do girls feel the need to spend all the money, time, and energy on caking their face on? I honestly believe that they do it for other girls, girls generally try to dress cute and do their make-up well to look good compared to other girls, not because it is what they think guys want. Its sad to think about that because girls lack confidence they drench their skin with heavier makeup which then just makes them look worse.
 

I don't understand it. Don't they look in the mirror and see that they have too much make-up for their own good? This past weekend I saw a girl at my work give my friend who was much taller than her a hug and when we were walking away we saw that he had powder all over his shirt. I'm not saying don't wear make-up at all, let's get real here some people seriously need it, but don't over cover up please ladies.