Amber

Advice from Bill Gates...

Bill Gates said several years ago at a high school graduation about 11 things students did not and will not learn in school. He talked about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality, and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

“Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!

Rule 2: The real world won’t care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won’t be a vice president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait ‘til you get a boss. 

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity. 

Rule 6: If you mess up, it’s not your parents’ fault, so don’t whine about your mistakes, learn from them. 

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren’t as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes, and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent’s generation, try delousing the closet in your own room. 

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they’ll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn’t bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life. 

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don’t get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life, people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs. 

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you’ll end up working for one.”

Dear Hormones,

Can you please not take over my emotions? I would love to handle life the normal way.

Thank you, 
Amber

I wanted to sleep in this morning...

it is really my only chance to and I am so exausted from this weekend. At 9:00 this morning I wake up and cannot fall back asleep. It seems like I cannot sleep past 9:00 these days. I was so frustrated that I just laid in bed texting and checking facebook for about 45 minutes so I could at least get some “rest”. Oh well, guess I can get some bills paid and run some errands.

Prima Donna

seekfirstthekingdom:

(via wikipedia)

…Originally used in opera companies, “prima donna” is Italian for “first lady”. The term was used to designate the leading female singer in the opera company, the person to whom the prime roles would be given. The prima donna was normally, but not necessarily, a soprano. The corresponding term for the male lead (almost always a tenor) is “primo uomo”. Legendarily, these “prima donnas” (prime donne in Italian) were often regarded as egotistical, unreasonable and irritable, with a rather high opinion of themselves not shared by others. Although whether they are truly more vain or more hot-tempered than other singers (or than any other people in the opera houses) is not substantiated, the term often describes a vain, obnoxious and temperamental person who, although irritating, cannot be done without. Famous prima donnas have often caused opera enthusiasts to divide into opposing “clubs” supporting one singer over another. The rivalry between the respective fans of Maria Callas and Renata Tebaldi, for example, was one of the most famous of all opera, despite the friendship of the two singers…

This is something I have never looked up before, and I always thought it was “Pre-Madonna.” I thought that the Pop singer was responsible for the egotistical referrence behind the name.

 This is so funny because a couple of years ago I was looking up lyrics for a song and I realized it said “prima donna”. I decided to do some research and found out that Pre-Madonna was not it at all! I have been where you are Aaron!

It's raining, it's pouring

Today is Oktoberfest. I have never been and was really looking forward to going, but it is raining. I was looking out the window, watching the rain in disappointment when I realized this is what kids must feel like when they so badly want to go outside to play, but can’t because of rain. I feel for that kid today….