"Irritating?" "Most likely." "Bring it on."

One of my favorite moments in The Emperor's New Groove is when Pacha and Kuzco are careening down a river tied to a log. Their dialogue goes something like this . . .

Pacha: Uh-oh.
Kuzco: Don't tell me. We're about to go over a huge waterfall.
Pacha: Yep.
Kuzco: Sharp rocks at the bottom?
Pacha: Most likely.
Kuzco: Bring it on.

They then proceed to scream as they go over the huge waterfall. Kuzco saying such things as "Boo yah baby!!" etc. etc.

Thinking that this is a really stupid post already? I promise, it get's better ;)

I want you to think back to a time when you were surfing the web, maybe you're just using stumble upon. It's going great until all of the sudden you have this BLASTING MUSIC that is not yours coming from your speakers . . . Irritating? Most likely. Bring it on. Wait, did I just say that? ;) Even worse? (Wait could there be a worse?!) When you're listening to your own music and they start to mix. It's awful!!

So now, I'm going to ask . . . Why would one EVER put music on their website that just plays? Why not just have a play list that the reader can play if they have any desire to listen to your music? Hmmmm . . . maybe it's because they have no clue how irritating it is . . . That's my guess.

Exhibit A http://seriouslysoblessed.blogspot.com/

Hmmm, I forgot how seriously irritating this website is. Yes, it is supposed to be irritating because it's supposed to be funny . . . but seriously, is all the flashing, twinkly lights necessary? Lady Gaga music showing up moments after you open the website? Maybe it's necessary!

K, another thing that bothers me is when people set up irritating websites on purpose . . . DO NOT, I mean DO NOT open the link below unless you want to suffer through having to click "Okay" 150 times and deal with the stupid thing insulting you. Hmmm, reminds me a bit of some things that occur in the Paper Mario series . . . we'll save that for another post though.

Exhibit B http://alvinology.com/2007/06/11/most-irritating-website-ever/

Exhibit C is about not being able to read the page you're looking at . . . I don't know what more I can say about that other than giving you a lovely example.

http://www.myspace.com/projectu808

Could you read the text on the side? I certainly had a hard time of it. :P

My last complaint about the lack of internet etiquette would be that of the too-bright to-look-at-for-an-extended-period-of-time-backgrounds/flashing lights/irritating pictures/etc. . .

Exhibit D http://www.wonderbackgrounds.com/animated/



At the risk of you guys hating me forever I'm going to put an example of an extremely irritating picture that I'm betting someone would easily put up on the side of their blog during March. Anybody else annoyed? I certainly am . . .








Peace out!
-A Little Bird

PS: I hope I didn't offend anyone in this post. Honestly, I just went with the first example I could find and took it. There aren't so many websites out there that bother me, but when they do have these kinds of characteristics I'm less likely to ever return to the site. It's just really irritating to me. The end! :)

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

I don't believe in love at first sight. Never have, probably never will. I believe in infatuation/attraction/like whatever you wish to call it. You grow to love someone. Love is comfort in silence. Love is happiness in knowing the other is happy. Love is the deepest mutual respect for each other. Love is friendship fully found. Love is beautiful, it's simple, it's hard. Infatuation is easy.

A lot of people have told me that teenagers are unable to feel love. Well, they didn't say it exactly like that, but if I was to have a friend say they were in love with some guy I'd believe they were truly in love with them. To me, saying a teenager is unable to know what "real love" is is like telling a child they don't love a dog. If they don't love that dog then what emotion do they feel towards it? Does a child not feel love towards their parent? Or their siblings? Or their friends? What is it about marriage/boyfriend/girlfriend love that excludes people, namely children and adolescents from feeling it?

I've never been able to figure it out. Dictionary.com says

Love: Noun, 1. a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person.

2. a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend.

Are they saying that we can't feel attachment to things? Teenagers are just as capable as anyone else to feel love. Love is an insane emotion. It manifests itself in different forms. Part of my theory of why people say teenagers don't love is that teens are still trying to figure out love. They're trying to figure out what to do about the emotions they've never really felt that way before.

I'm going to say most teenagers can't feel complete love. But I think it is a bad assumption to just say that no teenager on the face of the planet has ever been able to feel real love. Teens in the 1800s that were married by 14 and 15 were able to feel "real love" because they knew responsibility and commitment. If a teen has those two characteristics I think they are able to feel real love, but until then it's just highly unlikely.

The Rut.

Just as an FYI!! My friends Lauren and Cristina are going to become a guest authors on this blog. Just . . . there you go :) haha. I'm still going to be the main author and contributor but they will occasionally be writing here. Thanks!!


So here I am stuck in a rut. School = Rut. Makeup = Rut. Writing = Rut. I haven't been able to think of anything to blog for several weeks. Usually I can come with something!! The only thing that I was able to come up with was the crazy fashion industry. It's so insane sometimes!! I watch videos on youtube and it seems all the gurus talk about is the item looking good.

"Oh, that dress looks fabulous!" or
"The makeup was stunning!"
etc. etc.

Isn't it about the person looking good? Or . . . at least shouldn't it be that way? Sometimes people look good in certain things that might not be the least bit in style. I personally think that some of the celebrities look ridiculous, I'm not going to mention any names (cough cough HERE cough cough). The dress is adorable. Her? Not so much. Sometimes I'm a little crazy and couldn't care less if I personally look good, sometimes I like just doing crazy stuff and having fun. Beauty of being a teenager right? But sometimes I want to look good, and I'd rather have someone compliment ME rather than the thing I'm wearing. Make sense? Hmmm. I think that's all I really want to say about that subject. See!! I am in such a rut!!

I did however dye my hair a different color! At first I thought I looked a little like Spock from Star Trek, but now I kinda really like it. Your thoughts?


I think that's really all I want to say . . . I hope you have a most marvelous week!!