The nutcracker
Anastasia
Sir gwain and the green knight
The adventure of Christmas pudding by Agatha Christie
A Christmas carol (duh)
The snow queen fairytale
Genesis
The polar express
The little match girl
Murder in the orient express
The gift of the magi
The adventure of the blue carbuncle by sir Conan Doyle
How the grinch stole Christmas (I don’t care how old you are)
The lion the witch and the wardrobe (I don’t think there’s a list where this would ever not fit)
I came to a realization the other day. The phrase, “it’s that time of year” is suitable to proceed any sentence and make sense. 100% of the time you follow up what someone says with, “it’s that time of year”, they’ll nod in agreement and know exactly what you mean. Because apparently it’s ALWAYS that time of year. For example:
Person a: my banana went bad on the counter in just two days.
Person b: it’s that time of year.
Or
Person a: my Christmas tree shed all over my floor.
Person b: it’s that time of year.
It works all the time.
It’s so calming
I will always treasure The memory of sitting on the porch, the cold air nipping at my nose and a warm drink in hand. Complete peace before the chaos of the day.
And finally I can drown in something that isn’t my stupid thoughts of how things can go wrong and how I’m going to mess stuff up.
And the smell. Good glory, the smell is amazing. Fresh air, newly cleansed, crisp and so utterly perfect it almost stings to inhale. The smell of starting over. The smell the growth. The smell of everything becoming more alive amidst the storm.
And The sound is music to my ears, more comforting than a thousand lullabies. The gentle, rhythmic thrum of rain on grass or on the roof, almost as if you are hearing the heartbeat of the sky.
And it somehow comforts me as I watch the grey come and go. The heavy clouds come and leave. And no matter how chaotic and dark the storm, the sky still manages to pull itself together and becomes a vibrant shade of blue. It may take it an afternoon or even a few days but it will return to its original hue.
The good old days are not a phase in life in which things magically are perfect. It’s something you’re actively doing and creating as you live each day. Last week could have been the good old days if you lived them to the fullest. This last weekend even. Your life can be comprised of thousands upon thousands of “good ol’ days” but not if you continue to spend your life reminiscing of a time you thought things were perfect. The Good ol Days are now. The sooner you learn that nostalgia is a dirty rotten liar who insists things were better than they actually were, the better off you’ll be.
Learn to recycle emotionally.
Turn the energy that you use towards disliking yourself to building yourself up.
The energy you use to envy others, use it to be thankful
The energy you use to hate your enemies could turn into love towards those closest to you.
Regret of the past can turn into the hope of the future.
All emotions take energy. Make sure you’re putting yours into the right ones.
5 Things Wrong with Fairytales
So, if you have lives in America around the 21st century or so (give or take a hundred years), chances are you’ve heard or seen your fair share of fairytales. Age old classics, these stories have been adapted and made into movies for children of all ages. But having been around forever, and thanks to disney, we usually totally miss the messed up morals and strange meanings that they could be teaching us.
1. Princesses usually tend to be underage when being stalked, creeped over, kidnapped… etc.
?I also find it funny, that 16 is the magic age for EVERYTHING to happen. Boom! You 16! Time for the romance, kidnappings, and curses to commence! Kiss your parents good bye, because they’re gonners too!
2. Prince Charming has no name.
Seriously. Just calling him Prince Charming isn’t going to work say when your in trouble. Kind of a mouthful to spew out if you’re shouting for help. Ever thought about shortening it to PC or Charles?
And here’s some more food for thought…
Every prince is referred to as “Prince Charming”, and everyone assumes they are different Princes, but what if they aren’t? Sounds like we have a Player here.
And another thing, what if he wasn’t Charming? Heck, most of the princes in fairytales a nothing short of creepsters. They should really go by their true names, “Prince Creepy” or “Prince Get-a-life”.
3. Step mothers are Evil not matter what.
It doesn’t matter who you are or what you’ve done, if you are a stepmother than YOU ARE SATAN.
4. The Morals.
Seriously. You think true love is the only thing being taught through these tales? Cinderella sneaked out at night to go to a party. Snow White lived with 7 guys. The Little Mermaid made a promise she couldn’t keep. Prince Charming kissed a stranger. Jasmine fell in love with a homeless guy and a theif…
These wholesome stories are just great teachers to the next generation, don’t ya think?
5. True Love
“Cinderella’s eyes watered as she turned away from the prince to leave. She hadn’t known only twenty seconds ago that they’d become so close.”
A whole flipping 20 seconds is all it takes to develop this “true love”. How…realistic…?
Aaaaaaand that’s the end of my thinking capacity for now.
Byeee!
Its Saturday Night. A huge storm blew through town and knocked out all the power. But that doesn’t stop the relentless youth. I’m at a Halloween party. There are no lights to be seen except for the stars above. After adorning ourselves with glow crowns and bracelets me and my friends lay on the pavement and stare at the sparkling splendor in the skies. I think a rag-tag group has started playing catch phrase by the light of their phones. Eventually it clouds over but that’s alright because someone has the bluetooth speaker out and soon we’re learning the footlose dance. Clumsily, but we’re learning. Not long afterwards, it begins to sprinkle so we head into the garage armed with nothing more than a glow stick to illuminate the darkness. And we tell stories. Creepy ones that makes us shiver in delight and for half a second we pretend we believe them. It’s the week of Halloween after all.
Life is good.
“When Life Gives you Lemons…”
So I haven’t had a ton of time on my hands lately to make a new blog post (fall break has been fun but busy!). So here are some funny finishes to this age old phrase. The original goes:
“When Life Gives you lemons, make Lemonade!”
But everyone deals with circumstances in their own way.
1. When life gives you lemons, throw them back. Didn’t you mommy ever tell you not to accept food from strangers?
2. Unless life also hands you water and sugar, your lemonade is going to stink.
3. When life gives you melons, you’re probably dyslexic.
4. When life gives you lemons, plant a lemon tree and put on a t-shirt that says “life” on it and pick the lemons grown on the tree and hand them out on the corner of the road.
5. When life gives you lemons, make orange juice and sit back and let the world try and figure out how you did it.
6. When life gives you lemons, throw them at people!
7. When life gives you lemons, keep them because, hey, free lemons!
8. When life gives you lemons, throw them back and demand choclate.
9. When life gives you lemons, find an annoying kid with a paper cut.
By the Brooke 