Things I’ll Do When My Kids Are In School
1. Shower every day
2. Clean things
3. Exercise in the morning
4. Read
5. Volunteer wherever I want, whenever I want
6. Prepare dinner ahead of time (delicious dinners)
7. Go to the movies at noon
8. Eat a peaceful lunch
9. Garden
10. Be sad that I’m old
Back with a Vengeance
So I’ve been on hiatus…brought to you by laziness and, yeah, pretty much just laziness. However, though I have not been blogging, I have been thinking about this blog and its purpose.
First I was like, actually, I hate my peers and I don’t want to associate with them.
I mean, it’s kinda difficult to totally disregard study after study, article after article, saying we’re spoiled, shallow assholes, ya know? Losers who are most definitely going to ruin the world with their whole “I love myself and I love my parents and I love the world!” bs, and then text through the entire effing apocalypse.
But then I realized, you know what, maaaybe I just THINK I hate my peers b/c I want to fit in to adult society (being a married, stroller-pushing, tax-paying lady and all) and maybe, just maybe, I’m a self-hating millennial.
There a lot of people complaining about us, like formal complaints, we’re talking published books people (nope, not even gonna link, no traffic for you!).
Just what are they saying?
That we suck because we, GASP, value our personal happiness and fulfillment over anything else.
Well guess what? We’re not worker bees, zombies, or sheep (unless it’s Halloween on a Big Ten campus) and that’s FABULOUS. We’ll work, but we’d like it to be on our own terms, and we will never live in fear of the boss man. Like me (and many of my peers, you soon shall see), we’ll put family and relationships first, work second. And if that means leaving the traditional 9-5, so be it.
Is this brash, self-involved attitude the result of over-coddling? You may think so, but I’m on the front lines and I’ve got another perspective.
In the life of a Millennial, nothing lasts. Not ideologies or data formats. Not our poorly made toys or clothing. Not our parents’ marriages or the economy they built.
We live in a disposable world.
But we are human, and humans adapt to survive. Our adaptation is to focus on the only thing that will be with us forever — that face staring back at us from the reflection on our iphone screen.
So no, we don’t trust the old promises of career and stability and future.
We only trust ourselves.
And if you want us to work for you (and believe me, you do), you’d better trust us.
In conclusion, I love myself again.
SERI-OUS-LY what is the problem?? I guess some peeps have an issue with KP’s cleavage, but personally, I love this! And my toddler was rocking out when I played this a second ago.
Bad Faith and Bad Girls
Read this article, but only if you think you will be able to understand the phrase “Cartesian Dualism”. If it’s just too heavy for ya, I’ll paraphrase: Girls in their 20s are ho-bags b/c our culture is messed up, and their minds are in two places at once—“I’m going to med school, but first I need to blow this guy I just met in the bathroom, and that’s because I’m a free woman!” They are promiscuous, but believe this makes them more suffragette than streetwalker. Inside, they all want to be swept off their feet, and carried away on a shining horse from this evil, dreary kingdom of ours.
Millennial Mommies have to work a little harder than their un-baby-ed peers to look good. They might even need a little inspiration.
Well, here ya go ladeees — a list of the best fashion blogs out there! These girls look great ALL. THE. TIME. Most of them don’t have babies, funny how that works. Oh well. Even if we can pull together definable “outfits” twice a month we’re doing good, I think, so click away!
ps - I promise to make a real post soon. I have like 5 drafts but they are making me angry at the moment. I don’t think my brain is fully formed yet — that happens when you’re 25 (that’s when you can rent a car and go on a Carnival cruise w/o a chaperone).
