A few pet peeves and a plea for help

First of all, I want to ask anyone and everyone who reads a quick question: what's your favorite fairytale? I have to write a paper analyzing a fairytale for a Cultural Formations class, and my professor told me that Alice in Wonderland is not a fairytale. Soooo instead of doing anything productive, I'm asking your advice. Because that's how much I value your opinion. :) By the way, we aren't allowed to write about Snow White, so don't bother posting that as your favorite, even though it's one of the few fairy tales I really respect.

I thought I'd share with you a few of my pet peeves, the first of which is really relevant to my plea for advice.

--Fairy tales. I'm aware that they're necessary to a child's psychological development, but that doesn't mean that they don't get on my nerves incredibly much. I hate that society thinks it's okay to teach girls that our only role is to be a passive possession. I hate the end goal of most fairy tales is marriage, love, typically to a prince, or eventual prince. Fairy tales set people up for disappointment. Maybe they give hope in rough times, but I'm not convinced I believe in obtaining your happily ever after via marriage.

--People that order decaf coffee. WHY?!?!?!?!?! I just don't understand it. Why drink something so bitter and unappealing if it isn't going to help you pull an all-nighter or stay awake after having an amazingly long night??? I LOVE my Nonfat Peppermint White Mocha with an extra shot of espresso just as much as the next gal, but I'm not going to drink it if I'm not getting some kind of benefit in the form of energy/ability to stay awake.

--When my people get upset and expect me to know how to handle it. Not necessarily they're problem, but just the fact that they're upset. They are really only two people in my life that I can handle upset: Brittney and Fatema. I can tell Brittney whatever the hell I'm thinking and she doesn't get more upset or offended. Let's face it, most of my thoughts are pretty offensive, so that's really nice of her. Fatema is a Psych major, and has been the sole reason I respect Psych majors a lot more than I used to. She can have logical discussions when she's upset, and that's so rare. We can talk about things, and she just needs someone to listen and reassure her sometimes. She's logical and wonderful, so it's always easy to reassure her without lying, which I really like. Other than those two, I have no idea how to handle an upset person. I'm bad at sympathizing and verbally expressing it. I never know what to say, and it just gets really awkward.

--When people bring up my age in irrelevant situations. Listen, I totally get that I'm younger than most of my peers. This can be really relevant in situations like going to bars and things of that nature, but typically I don't really understand why it needs to be brought up. It just makes me feel like people think they have this entitlement because they're older than me, and it really bothers me. I don't have much to say about this, just wanted to thank whoever my anonymous friend is that apparently agrees with me. (Check Skylar's last post.) Soooo yeah. That's it.

I'm going to late for class now, so let me know about the fairytale advice? Thanks. :) Sorry for the short, unfunny post. I'll work on that ASAP. I'll leave you with this HILARIOUS engineering cartoon.




HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!! SO TRUE!!!!!!

Morgan