blondes

The following is a real conversation:

Jessica A. Young: Do you ever feel really confused?
Sara E. Young: No, I'm not blonde.

Heh heh I thought that was pretty funny. I love blonde jokes, but then I have several smart blonde friends (plus some people think I'm blonde...not really unless you compare to me to black hair!). So, I think they're funny but I don't really think they're true for most blondes. In fact I have my own theory as to where all the jokes came from: brunnettes! Let me explain...

There's a certain kind of brunnette who dye their hair platinum blonde and wear too much lipstick. They are also fond of tight clothes and they really love to giggle and flirt. They are airheads. They are, according to my theory, the origin of dumb blonde jokes.

To conclude, I am going to tell the only dumb blonde joke I can think of right now:

Once there was a blonde speeding on the interstate. A policewoman, who is also blonde, pulls her over. "Can I see your license?" the policewoman asks. "What's that?" asks the blonde, confused. "It's that thing in your purse, that has your picture on it," the policewoman explains. "Oh!" says the blonde. She pulls out her compact and hands it to the policewoman. The policewoman opens it, looks in the mirror, and says, "Why didn't you tell me you were a policewoman?!"

Tell me more! They are so funny! And if would make you feel better, you can call them dumb brunette jokes or whatever.

weddings

I love weddings! Even ones that aren't for people I know, like the one I went to tonight. My sister and I were servers at a wedding at the Rivi. It was so cool, because usually I serve for brunch and stuff, which can be fun, but no where near as fun as this. The bridesmaids dresses were really pretty, and the Rivi was all fancy and there was a disco ball and cloth napkins and pink sorbet for dessert... I want a wedding! I just don't really want to get married, at least not for a while. It's so funny at the preschool where I work because all of the kids think I am soooo old so they always ask me if I'm married. Then they ask me why I'm not married, or when I'm going to get married, or who I'm going to marry...etc. I used to tell them the truth but now I make stuff up (like, I'm getting married to handsome prince on a pure black horse when I'm 26, that kind of thing.) Is it bad to lie or make up stuff or whatever you call it to little kids? I think this kind of stuff is OK, because they are so definitely not even going to remember it. And if they do, they'll figure out by the time they're seven or so that I was just kidding.

Anyway, the thing at the Rivi was fun. And when most of the guests were gone, and the bride was just putting on her gorgeous white cape and getting ready to go, Jessica and I went out on the dance floor and had some fun. The DJ was really nice--even though it was obviously time to go he just let the music keep playing so we could be crazy. The wedding planner's little daughter was laughing at us so I know we must have looked pretty funny. Finally the DJ was like, well I really have to go now, so we quit.

So, all of you guys, comment so I won't quit blogging! That would be horrible, wouldn't it??

public speaking

In an hour I have to give a speech for my class at IUPUI. I am not looking forward to it. My speech is OK (if people laugh when they're supposed to) but not spectacular. However, it's memorized so it's too late to write a new one. The topic is me, so thankfully I didn't have to do any research. However, I can't explain myself in 1:30 to 3 minutes. That's impossible! My speech is just about 2:45. I surely hope I don't go over!

I already had speech in high school with Mrs. Baumgardener, and I wasn't terrible, but I wasn't perfect either. One time I couldn't remember a word (that I had just said, too!) so I just said, whatever, you guys know what I mean. I got marked down for that. This class I'm taking now is gonna be tougher. There's a lot more reading and assignments, plus the speeches have to be well-researched. Oh joy. At least I don't have to take it next year! That's why I'm doing it now.

I have noticed that my comments have tapered off significantly since that whole Christmas thing. I know that it is more interesting to try to convince people of your views that read about the mundane happenings in my life which right now is basically school, but you should still comment. Otherwise I will be very sad because I will think that no one likes my blog :-(. So just comment! If you don't know what to say, tell me what your middle name is or something.

Question: Is "gonna" a real word? Is it true that "ain't" ain't a word because it ain't in the dictionary?

keys

I am at Bekah's house. The party is over. So, why am I still here? It has to do with keys. Specifically, my car keys. Unlike a certain someone I didn't lose them in my pocket. (Ha ha. Read Bekah's blog if you don't get it.) What happened is that they broke. I couldn't get the key to turn so Mr Nelson tried. And he well, mmmm, broke them. So I am still at Bekah's and Ellie is here too because I drove her here. It was a fun party but it is supposed to be over. My dad is coming to get us. So that is the story of my evening. Don't let this happen to you.

influences

I just got a new CD by this group that I heard of recently, Casting Crowns. (The CD is also called Casting Crowns.) It has this song on it, "The Voice of Truth", that goes something like this: "Out of all the voices calling out to me, I choose to listen and believe the Voice of Truth." Now isn't that the truth. We have so many influences every single day and whole lot of them are not good! There's the obvious ones that your parents are always warning you about, like movies and song lyrics, but there's other stuff too. For example I am very influenced by brands. For example, I got this scarf that looks like a Burberry for $3! Real Burberrys cost about $250. I should know because I went there when we were in Chicago just to drool over all the stuff. Another example: I like Coke better than Pepsi because the label is classier. Stupid maybe but it's true. Being influenced by brands is not particularily good but so far I have not spend outrageous amounts of money on anything, partially because I don't have outrageous amounts of money!

Other influences are stuff that's meant to influence you, like ads with beautiful size 0 models. Then influences like the peanut butter-chocolate ice cream sitting in my freezer come in and override the be-a-skinny-stick influences. Speaking of skinny, I have noticed some people at the gym every once in a while who are more than a little overweight. I really admire their guts, because if I were them the gym would be my worst nightmare because it is jam packed full of skinny fit people who stare at the fatso's who are strolling on the treadmill while they are sprinting with a dumbell in each hand.

So anyway, the point is that we are extremely influenced by all the things around us (even the weather--notice how a gray day makes you grumpy?) but there's only one thing that we should be influenced by: God. The simplest way of being influenced by God is by being influenced by what the Bible says. Sadly there are so many interpretations of what the Bible means (like the question of baptism...) but a good portion of it is very clear, like: thou shalt not kill.

Jeremiah has a good post on interpreting what the Scripture says about infant baptism:
http://www.jdragz.blogspot.com
However he could be a little more firm with the part about whether it's OK to use baptism as a dedication. You can read my thoughts on that in the comments.

More blog news: Amber is back! Check it out at:
http://www.amberwheeler.blogspot.com

Advice for the day: Buy the Casting Crowns CD instead of whatever you were planning to get. It will be a much better influence on you and may even lead to blog topics!