Trivial pursuits (uncensored)

I don't have time to put together a coherent and thought-provoking blog right now, so I'm just going to list various, mostly trivial things I've been thinking about. You've been warned...

• Yesss, my signature jeans are back in style! Not that they were ever out of style for me, anyway. I still can't believe I bought skinny jeans last year, but I needed them to show off my boots.

• "If you aren't selling, don't put out the display." I take it to mean don't dress provocatively if you don't want that kind of attention. Word. By the way, I was recently thinking that I never ask anyone if I look fat in anything because I honestly don't care to know. Who made them the judge, anyway? If I'm honest with myself and I think it's flattering, that's really all that should matter.
  

• People that act so important or much better than you (overly narcissistic) are usually trying to convince themselves that they truly are. Don't get me wrong--they don't lack self-confidence by any means, but they do lack self-esteem/self-respect (not to mention self-awareness). It drives their constant need for external validation and adoring fans and I think it's one of the lamest and most unattractive qualities a person can possess. So many people rely on personal validation outside of themselves, but that has to come from within (hmm, see above). It's possible to be confident, self-aware, and modest all at the same time, and it's so much better that way. You know how they say truly powerful people don't need to tell you that they're powerful? I think the same concept applies here. If you are concerned with making other people think you are superior or you rely on them to make you feel secure and worthy, you are surely lacking in those areas. (Not that, say, Mr. Stranger isn't a "worthy" human being, just that he shouldn't give other people the power to decide that for him.) Did I just get too "Dr. Phil" on everyone?
  

• Oh God, a Bee Gees movie?! If you didn't already know this, I can't stand the Bee Gees. No man should sing like that all the time, or basically ever. They say that CPR chest pumps should be timed to the beat of "Stayin' Alive." That must be the only thing that song is "good" for, then, if you can say it's good for that. I mean, imagine someone singing or playing that while they're trying to resuscitate you--that's either the last song you'll hear before you die or the first song you'll hear when you come back. It's a lose-lose situation. (Okay, there's technically more losing if you die.)
  

• I don't read Perez Hilton, by the way. I saw the post on facebook somewhere. I'm vaguely familiar with the idea that he's a whiny a**hole, though. I think I recently read a headline that said he's been talking badly about gay people. That confuses me because I could have sworn he was gay himself. I don't like to stereotype, but the guy is running a celebrity gossip site...
  

• Speaking of which, those recent suicides are terrible and this guy is awesome. Thank God we (most of us) grow out of middle school and high school drama. Everything was a big deal. What was all that fuss about, anyway? I have sort of this uneasy feeling just thinking about how peer pressure seemed to rule and how fake most of it was. Based on the tiny bits of info I just tried to gather on facebook, the coolest kids seem pretty boring now. Actually, I thought most of them were pretty boring then, too. We should compare notes. :)
  

• This is going to be another long week. I already had a tight deadline on a project, but now that project is twice as big as originally planned. Project management misunderstood exactly what we needed to produce and now, in addition to producing unexpected animation concepts, we have to allow "time" for two other companies to work on the files after I am finished. It's not my fault, but it's hitting me hard, anyway. It's frustrating because this manager never seems to know what's going on. I asked a ton of questions upfront (as usual, because she leaves so much out) and it didn't matter. I'm hoping this crazy schedule is not a trend now that the creative director is gone.

• Oh, this is my favorite song right now! No, really. Have you heard it? It's just so catchy and unexpected:
  

Cee Lo Green "Fuck You"
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And on that note....Just kidding, I love you all! ;)