"I'm real, and I'm genuine, and that's really why I think I'm authentic."
-Miss Missouri Candice Crawford, at the 2008 Miss USA Pageant on April 11th.
Holy crap. Too bad this one is too short for a viral YouTube video.
Like my favorite television judge says, "Beauty fades... dumb is forever!!"
From a (rich, Indian, Los Angeles native) classmate's Facebook status history:
Sheri would trade having children for couture, She definitely can't afford both...
11:40pmI guess that's why she'll be an AOA graduate Neurosurgeon at the age of 28, and I'll be... a mother who happens to be a doctor of a 'less illustrious nature.' A woman who wears sweatpants and rolls on the floor making noises and goofy faces at a tiny, innocent person who she loves more than life itself. I wonder if our individual satisfaction quotients with our lives will be any different? I wonder if either of us will ever look back to this time in our lives (myself nearing 24, she just having turned 21) and say, "I wish I'd done *that* rather than *this*"? Or will our respective lives--though completely divergent in everything from culture to politics to taste in television--turn out as we wanted them to?
This is how I feel, and we're only on week 3.
Enjoy!
http://www.springfieldunitarians.org/Sermons/prochoice.htm
I need to find this church, and hug the woman who gave this sermon.
What is your "role" in your family?
I have several roles, depending on the scope/definition of 'family' used.
In my immediate family, I am The Intelligent Daughter: I have an unparalleled relationship with my mother, am a point of potential bragging for my step-dad, and the older sister that apparently casts a long and depressing shadow over my brother (which I am reminded of constantly, like I planned it that way).
In my extended family, on my mother's side, I am The Favorite Grandchild and the Uniter of Generations: I am like my grandparents' 5th child, the first birth in the family after their youngest son. I am the common thread that unites the 18 people who show up to Christmas dinner--they have watched me grow from an infant, or they have known me from the time they were old enough to *know* someone and I watched them grow.
**Now, of course, I am "the family's doctor," which opens a whole new can of ethical worms. But they're pretty cute about it.**
On my step-dad's side, I am The Outsider. I do not share the name, I do not share the genes (i.e., I'm the fat one). And it's painfully apparent. By virtue of age alone, I am the second physician of 2 grandchildren, so I, of course, stole the idea from Ryan....forget the fact that I was saying I wanted to be a doctor 12 years before he decided that would be a lucrative enough career. I am also the second Lacey in the family. So, I'm fairly worthless--all of my potential roles have been filled. Which is okay with me; I have to spend less time being completely awkward and fishing for anything relevant to discuss with them.
In Greg's family, I am..... The Ambitious and Educated Daughter-In-Law-to-Be? I can keep up with Uncle Ted's dirty dinner conversations; I can talk to Lynne and Shirley about general domestic-ness; I don't take any crap off of Delbert (but generally make him laugh while I'm doing it); and I represent the promise of future grandchildren/great-grandchildren. Pretty sweet, right?
