Overthinking Thursday

While it's still legal to think, it's time for the masses to use those underused brains of theirs and really give that organ a hell of a workout.

"But how?" you ask? Simple. If you don't want to think all the time, take one day and just think the hell out of it. Hence why there's such a thing called Over-Thinking Thursday!

It's a bit of a new tradition, really. How you participate is simple. Take whatever topic you feel like. Politics, your favorite fan-doms (Like Harry Potter or Doctor Who), or any sort of thought you want to express. Once you've come up with something, you must post it on facebook and see what happens. Either you'll get a reaction and start up quite the conversation on Facebook or Twitter, or nothing will happen at all. It's all up to the people to join in on entertaining this thought.

"Do you have to agree with whatever you're talking about?" No! The point of Over-Thinking Thursdays is to entertain a thought. If there's a "What-if" question that's been eating at you for a while, post it! Entertain the thought. It's all up to you. YOU are the thinker!

Awkward pic of the day!

What Happens When you Read 50 Shades at Wal Mart

For those that don't know yet, I've joined the 50 Shades bandwagon for the time being. I'm currently reading the second book.

So I'm at Wal Mart today, waiting for pictures to be developed so I can get everything together for China. And as I'm waiting I decide to read the 50 Shades book. I look up in time to see one of the Wal Mart workers walking out of one of those "Employees Only" doors. She says, "I like your book! Wait till you get to the third one!"

Awkward picture of the day!

How China Came to Be

And now, boys and girls, I will tell you the tale of how I managed to land a deal with Disney to go to China.

Disney has a program to teach children English by the name of Disney English. A customer at my dad's bar came in one day with a paper to the website to Disney English. For a while, I held off on applying because of my confidence not being so high. But after rejections from every other company, I finally went, "What do I have to lose?" and applied last Sunday.

The next day, I had an e-mail waiting for me saying that I didn't have the qualifications for the Director Role that I applied for. BUT! I was qualified for another job through them. They sent me a link to a title called Foreign Trainer. Which is pretty much an English teacher. So I decided to not throw away a job offer and apply.

The day after that, they sent me an e-mail inviting me to fill out a questionare survey to figure out my personality. Not even an hour after I filled it out, I was scheduling a SKYPE interview. At 2:30 AM, I'm interviewing. They almost said no to me because Disney is so rigid on two years of post-college work experience. But when the interviewer realized her mistake, the interview began again.

Finally, I get a call last Thursday saying that I landed the job and would be shipping out in November. Best. Day. Ever. :D

And now I've been doing mad paperwork as well as TEFL-C certification. That is craziness. I couldn't believe how fast it was. :)

Awkward picture of the day!

 

Green

Guess who had a dumbass moment? I'll give you a hint. She has two thumbs, and writes a blog called Awkward Moments. Well, this is one of them.

On my way to my lunch hour at work, I was stopped by one of my co-workers so she could ask if I had a Green Card. I looked at her, confused. I thought she knew I was American. So I tried as best as I could to nicely say, "I'm American. Why would I have one of those."

Turns out, she was saying Green CAR not card. Rain was pouring down so hard that someone's green car was soaked because their windows were down. Oops.

Awkward picture of the day!

And Now, the Fun Part

Excellent! I have finished Prophecy! And now to hunt for publishing companies.

So far in my hunt, I've found that most of the companies in Michigan are Christian-based companies. Nothing's more annoying to a publisher than a new author that doesn't read the guidelines. And considering two of my characters.... It wouldn't be a good idea.

But! No worries. It's just trying to figure out what my book qualifies as.

It's a modern-day Wizard of Oz, essentially. When a girl has a freak accident where she and her cousin fall through a patch of thin ice, she wakes up in a different world. She befriends a soldier in training and a freed slave. She finds that if she ever wants to go home, she must help the freed slave find a man who is the key to awakening a prophecy that effects the whole world.

Dumb plot: Can the girl help fulfill this prophecy and save the world?

Real plot: If she does this, can she move on?

I hope that helps sum it up. Now it's time to figure out what genre to sell it to. hmm.....

How to be a Woman WITHOUT Popping Out Kids

One day, I read a Time Magazine article talking about how in America, womanhood is determined by being a mother. Weirded me out because I'm in my mid-20's with not a kid to be seen. And apparently, according to society, that means I'm just a girl, not a woman. Frankly, I strongly disagree with this idea. I think there's 3 ways to be a woman without having to get your bang on with a dude to have a kid. Here they are!

3. BE EDUCATED! Let's face it. Nobody likes a dumb-ass. Especially when that dumb-ass decides she's going to be cute about being stupid. 

Woman to prove my point: Jessica Simpson.... Think about it......

2. IT'S NOT A RACE TO GET YOUR BANG ON! Lately, a lot of girls, especially teens, get ostracized for whether or not they've been bumping uglies. But the problem is that in this country, it's contraversial whether or not the girl gets a proper sexual education. If she wants to find out anything, she's going to have to either find that one family member who's a little too open about her sex-capades, or Urban Dictionary it. And even if she does know, it's not guarenteed she'll actually listen. And a lot of times, it doesn't do the girl good if she does brag about it. It's okay to be comfortable with your sexuality. Not okay to brag about it. It makes you look desperate. 

Case in point: Ke$ha. She writes songs about being sleazy and drinking to make herself look cool. I actually can't stand her because she makes herself look like a partying sleaze. It makes me sad that she would hide the fact she's a History/Math nerd. Frankly, I think it's the coolest thing ever that she would sneak into college lectures when she was in high school. 

1. MAKE THE MAN COME TO YOU! NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND! Just as no one likes the dumb-ass that acts stupid because she thinks it's cute. No one likes the desperate, weak woman. If they do, it's because they think the woman's that easy to control and manipulate. As they say, a strong woman scares a weak man. How you find your strength depends on you. 

Case in Point: Whoopi Goldberg. Strange I'd throw her in this countdown, right? Well, it's mainly because she had a romance that didn't workout, but she still managed to find a successful life, even without it. She didn't let it consume her. That's how to not be desperate and weak. :) 

So that's it. THAT's how you can be a woman without popping out kids. You don't need to be a mother to be a woman. Or else it'd be a little awkward to tell the "old maids" they're just little girls because they never got married and have kids.

Awkward picture of the day!

Lets Be Honest

Lets Be Honest

So I've gotten bored enough to make another blog, and this one I'm getting paid for. So go try it! If I get 500 people referred I get paid.