Maybe everything's not fine...

How come everything's fine, and I'm not happy?

Answer that one for me.

Celebrity Testimonials

I was thinking the other day about propaganda. This is because I'm making this huge poster on celebrity testimonials in advertising. I grabs a bunch of magazines and flipped through all of them, ripping out the pages with celebrities faces on them. As I was doing this, I was thinking "does this crap really work?". Does Ellen asking "Does your Makeup make you look older?" make middle aged women all over America rush to the nearest drug store in hopes that there's still some "SimplyAgeless" Covergirl foundation left on the shelves? Does a picture of Jordan Sparks with a frothy milk-like substance on her lip and a glass of milk in her hand, really make teenage girls run to the fridge?

It does. And while Jordan Sparks isn't enough to make me drink a tall glass of Bessy's Finest, she is enough for her biggest fans. If I think back to last may, me and my mom were at a Bruce Springsteen concert. Now, Springsteen is one of our favorite musicians, and all it took was one inspiring song and a little speech about how we should donate to a Toronto food bank and we were sold. Five dollars of our money went to feeding the homeless without question.

So while you're sitting in the dentists office flipping through magazines and you see Halle Berry with bright red lips, or some random basketball player advertising reading, and think you're not affected by testimonials, put your favorite celebrity in their place.

Face it, we may think that being easily persuaded to buy or do something is weak, but it's not. It's human nature. And that guy in the advertising business knows that too. ;D

My new hair cut...

Well, March break has been pretty much uneventful. I did get a hair cut. I really like it! And when I say I "really like it" I don't mean "yeah...it's..um..well...it's nice.." I mean WOW!! Best hair cut in a while! The last time I got a hair cut was in February...of last year. So when the lady cut my hair she went on and on about how dry and thirsty my hair was and how bad the ends were. To add on to the lecture, I have really hard water (it's got so much iron in it that my dogs plastic water dish is turning yellowish-orange!) , which, from what I learned from her, takes the shine out of my hair...which is very true. So she lathered up my hair with this special mineral dissolving shampoo about three or four times. Then she put conditioner in, combed through it (which took forever) and finally started cutting. When she was finished she let it air dry. It looked so great, it was so soft I loved it! The only thing that bugs me is that despite the fact that she barely put any products in it and she didn't style it at all, I still can't get it the way she got it!!! But whatever, it's perfect anyway!

Prince Charming Joseph...

Well, it's been a while since I posted anything. I think it's just 'cause I can't think of anything worth blogging about. So, anyways, I found something...

So I was reading my Bible a minute ago and before I open my bible I always pray that God will bless me and my Bible. Today I did that and I also asked him to teach me something because I'm in a learning mood despite the fact that it's march break. So after my prayer I let my bible fall open, and it fell to the very first page of Matthew. The first thing I thought was " Okay God, I know the Christmas story already!" and the very first thing I read was "The Genealogy of Jesus", and if you've ever looked through the bible, the phrase " The Genealogy of..." mean boring and (somewhat pointless) reading. Somehow, my eyed scanned the bottom of the page ( Matthew 1:18-25). I read the whole paragraph about 5 times and then I thought to myself, "Well, I'll check the other page, maybe God's lesson is on the next page...", and then something stopped me and I re-read the verses.

The Birth of Jesus Christ

¹⁸This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about: His mother Mary was pledged to be married to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be with child through the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹Because Joseph her husband was a righteous man and did not want to expose her to public disgrace, he had in mind to divorce her quietly.

²⁰But after he had considered this, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream and said, "Joseph son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary home as your wife, because what is conceived in her is from the Holy Spirit. ²¹She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."

²²All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet: ²³"The virgin will be with child and will give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel"—which means, "God with us."

²⁴When Joseph woke up, he did what the angel of the Lord had commanded him and took Mary home as his wife. ²⁵But he had no union with her until she gave birth to a son. And he gave him the name Jesus.

Wow, what I guy. I mean, I don't know about you but if I had to choose a guy to be with for the rest of my life, it would be Joseph. He is absolutely amazing. First, he want to get a quiet divorce so that his wife (or future wife) , who he thinks has just cheated on him, won't have to deal with public humiliation. He loves and trusts god enough to drop his plan and follow God's plan (which I must say, is a pretty "far out" plan). If you want to be the image of God, take some notes from Joseph.

God wants the best for each one of his daughters. He doesn't want us to settle for anything less. He wants us to trust him. So much so, that when he tells us to wait for the perfect guy, and not settle for someone else, we will no that it's the absolute best plan. He wants each and every christian woman to have a husband just like Joseph. A strong christian, with a soft and trusting heart, and will to do God's will. He doesn't want us to settle for someone less than a Joseph.

I think I need to give it all to God because he knows when my Joseph will come along, and he also knows that it's going to be very hard for me to wait. That's why he's always there to remind me that I can always run to him when I'm feeling lonely, and worthless. He knows exactly what best for me and he has it all planned out. All I have to do is sit back and wait for him to send my prince charming. Hehe... :P