Tell me I’m pretty, I’m begging you.

 

If you’ve ever been on anywhere on the internet ever for more than 3 minutes, I’m sure you’ve seen this.

“gettin ready for bed ughhh….lookin terible 2night lol”

Ah yes. The poorly photoshopped “bad” picture, it’s one of my favorites. And with a caption like that a series of comments are sure to follow.

Random friend:“whatever. yu look gorgos, babe”

OP: “ug. no I dont quit lieng, you’re the most gorgess one girl.”

Random friend 2: “ommmg. this is so pretty I wish I was pretty and not ugly like you. give me some of dat pretty”

Relative over 60: “one time I met garth brooks in the walmart parking lot and he said he had to leave because he was going to bed. you must have a lot in common with garth.”

Random friend 3: “dang girl. you lookin fineeeee. why u tkaenig all the good looks? share some once in a while.”

OP: “oh guys, really this is looking bad, lol but whatever yu say I gues.”

A girl posts a bad picture of herself doing something mundane, such as getting ready for bed, comments about how ugly she is and boom—flocks of people are there to tell her she is beautiful. Oh, I bet she had NO IDEA that would happen. She wasn’t fishing for compliments or anything. She just likes to post pictures of herself which she thinks are awful, and then comment on how awful they are, just for fun.

WHY DO GIRLS DO THIS?

Is it because we feel like we need to be validated by some random person?? And why does everyone fall for the bait? If someone is announcing how hideous they look, 99.9% (that’s a scientific statistic) they just want compliments. And EVERYONE GIVES THEM COMPLIMENTS. Like seriously? Why?

And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all girls are created prettier than all other girls."

I have a dream that one day on the blue pages of facebooks, the attention seekers and the false compliment givers will be able to sit down together at the table of sisterhood.

 

Let’s imagine if the internet suddenly went ‘poof’ and was gone forever. The world  would be kind of scary for all of our attention seekers. Imagine going to Kroger, okay, and you’re just going through the self check-out because you don’t want to have to speak to anyone, and then all of a sudden out of nowhere, a head pops over the wall. It’s a girl, in full hair and makeup, wearing a prom dress. “UUUGH I LOOK SO UGLY! TELL ME I AM PRETTY! I AM UGLY, NO, I AM PRETTY! TELL ME!”

um. what. no, you get a punch in the forehead. It’s kind of ridiculous to put that way, but that’s kind of how I picture it every time someone is fishing for compliments online.

And what happens if you are no longer able to get people to fall for it? Imagine if no one ever commented on your pictures and told you that you were pretty, ever again. Would you be okay with that?

Because here’s the thing, if your happiness and sense of self worth comes from people’s compliments, there’s something wrong here. You’re more than what people say about you. Or at least, you should be.

Okay and another thing that bothers me: Why on earth do girls call eachother baby, babe, lover, honey, etc like ALL THE TIME. Stop doing that. It creeps me out.

ps:

here is what normal people look like “getting ready for bed”

throw in a girl with a toothbrush, and another one on facebook, and basically you have every sleepover, ever.

How to look good in pictures. A tutorial.

 

So you know how everyone is always on facebook and instagram and whatever posting pictures like, “no makeup!” or “just out of the shower!” ? And you’re thinking like, bro, like, I don't look like that after I get out of the shower.

Well, friends, this is for you. This is a quick tutorial on how to get the hot just out of the shower look without ever stepping into a shower.

You will need:

A spray bottle full of water.

Mascara (any kind will do, so long as it is not waterproof)

Step 1: Apply mascara.

Apply it very liberally, not like Hillary Clinton liberally, but like, a lot. Don’t worry about doing it well either.

Step 2: Locate your spray bottle.

Step 3. Squirt yourself in the face with water. Just keep spraying, spraying, spraying. Your face should be dripping. This is to make the makeup run down your face to give you that unkempt look.

You may notice that the mascara is not running very much yet, just give it a few minutes, if it doesn’t streak your face within 3 minutes, use your hands to smudge it.

Step 4. Spray your hair. The most important part is the front section, as that is what will be most prominent in your mirror shots.

Spray until your hair is at a satisfactory wetness, and voila! You’re finished!

Step 5. Take a picture in a mirror. You should always use a slightly angry face, never look yourself in the eye, always be looking in the screen of your phone or camera.

 

And this is how it’s done. I would also recommend doing this in a bathroom and using a towel, unlike me. Unless you like falling in water, than yeah, definitely don’t use a towel.

i'm not waiting on the world to change.

I understand that this first verse is saying that you do stand for something, and people just don't think you stand for anything. But if people can't tell what you stand for, if you even stand for something, do you really stand for it? If I was super passionate about thisworthycause but no one who knew me had even heard about thisworthycause, not until they had read my journals they found after I had died...did I really stand for thisworthycause? Can you really stand for something without taking action?

We can't wait until that "one day our generation, is gonna rule the population." Because honestly, most people from our generation, like every other generation, are not going to be in a powerful position. Most of us will never be in the government.

We can't expect the few people who are powerful to do all the changing.  We can change too. 

[rant]I'm not talking about bandwagon change either. Kony 2012 was one of the strangest things I've ever witnessed. The whole Internet world was all of a sudden full of activists against this Kony guy. Well, they were activists for about 2 weeks, tops. It was cool. Change your profile picture to the donkey/elephant/dove thing and make your status "STOP KONY." And that was it. You're not an activist just because you have the bumper sticker, sorry. [/endrant]

Standing for something isn't going to always be cool.  Actually, I'd take a wild guess and bet it's not going to be cool most of the time.

You will never, ever, influence the rest of the world if you're trying to be like it.

You can't stand for nothing and expect others to stand for you.

Can I change the whole world's thoughts on thisbadthing or gain everyone's support for thisgreatthing. No. But I can change myself. 

If you change, other people will notice. You may not be able to influence an entire population, but you can influence those around you. And they can influence those around them, and so on.

We can't sit around and wait for the world to change, we have to change it. One person at a time.

"well, I don't see what needs to be changed."

What do I think needs to change? Things I wish would go extinct?

Racism. Dear people who say racism is dead, you're absolutely wrong, the face of racism has changed over the years, but it is still running rampant, I assure you. It might look a little prettier today, but it's here.

Stigmas associated with HIV+ people. I don't know a whole ton about the virus, to be honest. What I do know is, just because someone has a virus doesn't mean they should be treated differently. We're  all the same in God's eyes, whether we are in our own or not. I also know that I have hugged on, carried around, and gotten snotted on by HIV+ kids, and well, I'm still HIV free.

Our egotistical thoughts and lifestyle. Need I say more? Life isn't all about me. Princess Mia says, "i realized how many stupid times a day I used the word "I". In fact, probably all I ever do is think about myself. And how lame is that when there's, like, 7 billion other people out there on the planet"

Impatience. Is there really anyone on the Earth who is truly, truly patient? Because I've never met one, and I'm sure as heck not patient myself.

Arrogance. You're not all that, and neither am I. Not inferior, but not better.

And the thing is, we don't like to admit we're doing anything wrong. It's not fun, but change cannot happen if you refuse to acknowledge that a change is needed.

Let's not wait on the world to change. Let's change.

A Little Geography Lesson

 

So apparently getting your continents and countries mixed up is pretty common and it kind of drives me nuts. Like, isn’t this 4th grade knowledge?

I don’t claim to know the name of every island in the Caribbean, but I would like to enlighten y’all on a couple of things.

Africa is a continent. Not a country. A continent with 54ish (some are disputable) countries.

Asia is also a continent. Not a country. A continent with 48 countries. China/Japan are not  all of Asia.

Africa does not have the same climate/culture/politics all over, and neither does Asia.

The end.