World's Most Beautiful

So who else bought the Beautiful People issue of People? You know, the one with Sandra Bullock and her cute baby on the cover?  I did.  I like Sandra Bullock and I like looking at pretty people.  What I soon found out is I do not care for everything pretty people say.  Not that I would expect them to appreciate all of my musings but seriously, give people a shred more credit.  Case in point:  Beside a very pretty, some, like People for instance, would say she's beautiful and I would not disagree, Carrie Underwood states she feels beautiful giving herself to others like when she's raising money for a worthy cause.  Hmm, that's great Carrie but I do believe that has more to do with self-esteem than feeling pretty.  Carrie's picture shows her with a pretty white dress on and hair styled, make-up on and teeth whitened.  Again, to be clear, not discrediting Ms. Underwood for any of that as it's within context and if I looked like her and had her means I would do the same.  But in keeping with context let's save the feel good statements for another day.

Worse though is Megan Fox's statement.  Megan, who barely resembles the Megan Fox in the first Transformers movie.  Ms. Fox states, through her 'enhanced' pout:  "My idea of beauty is self-acceptance."  Hm. Is that why you have implants, a spray tan and what appears to be an allergic reaction?

Take a look at the below picture:

Now, were I to help all the hungry children of the world, looking like this, I would feel good about myself but not beautiful.  Clearly.

Exhibit 'B'

Here, with make-up on, I'm all about self acceptance, minus the plastic surgery, a la Ms. Fox.  And to all those boys out there who say a woman looks better with little to no make-up, take a look at the above photos and think again.  Granted, some woman are fortunate enough to pull off the naked face look.  I am not.  I'm not one of those who refuses to leave the house without make-up but always feel more confident with it on.  I don't think there's anything wrong with this although some would argue it speaks to a level of insecurity or socialization, and maybe that's so but you will have to pry my eyelash curler out of my cold dead hands.

Some of you will think I'm being hard on Carrie but if you have the issue or have looked at it, 99.9% of the players in this year's world's beautiful people list are what would be considered as conventionally attractive.  With the exception of Gabourey Sidibe.  It is very rare that Hollywood accepts a woman who is not a size 2.  Congratulations Ms. Sidibe!

'Twas 12 Days Before Christmas

People suck. Yeah, yeah I know, that's harsh and cynical and pessimistic, but guess what fuckers, they do. Not all of you. Certainly not those of you who read and enjoy this blog but, some people really suck hard and in so many different ways. I don't even know where to begin, but I'll try...

1. I know it's been said before, but it's true, people should have to get a license to reproduce. Easier said then done, but there are so many people who shouldn't be allowed to care for goldfish, nevermind a child, that it's ridiculous. That being said I wish PETA would fuck off already. Where's the big activist group for children's rights? Is there one? I don't even know which tells me if there is one, they suck too and/or aren't getting any publicity because it's so much more media friendly to talk about puppy mills and dead cats found in homes on 'Hoarders' than it is to talk about physical and sexual abuse and neglect. That's just a stab in the dark.

2. Bullshit is rampant in our society. Everyone's so concerned about what other people think of them that it's nicey-nice all the time and saving face and kissing ass. End it people. Maybe, if just once in awhile, we were all straight with each other, people wouldn't suck so much. Of course, I tend, apparently, to share my thoughts too often and people think I'm mean. My favourite was when a 35+ year old man recently shared his thoughts on the horrors of bi-racial marriages. Seriously?! It's 2009. The scarier thing is, this fucknut has children and is likely sharing those views and opinions with them. Or maybe the scariest thing is he thought it was okay to say this out loud. I really don't know. My husband, however, placed himself between me and this man, because not being a fan of bullshit or pretending to like someone I don't, I was sharing some strong feelings and opinions in response to his ridiculously ignorant remark.

3. Christmas is 12 days away. Not even close to being done shopping. Number of barriers in the way including the flu that attacked us this weekend, but really that wasn't the biggest obstacle. At present I'm not prepared to get into what the biggest obstacle is; my point is, I used to LOVE Christmas. Now I'm more like those other a-holes who whine and gripe about it all December long. And I hate that. People are messing with my Christmas spirit. I've decorated, listened to Christmas music ad nauseum all in the name of trying to get into the spirit and for the most part it just ain't happening.

This is depressing and so is this blog. However, I needed to vent. It was either that or go off on people who don't deserve it and/or resort to underhanded manipulative shit I try to stay away from.

Merry Christmas...