Journey to Adulthood

I'm still very worried about dressing like an adult. I don't want to be one of those women who dress badly and get laughed at behind their backs. Maybe that is already happening by the way I dress now.

I'm getting rid of all my nerd culture clothes.

Over the years I've been a bad dresser ever since I can remember. Maybe when I was a baby I didn't dress badly. I went through many phases. Punky Brewster: pigtails and vests, Pacifier: I constantly wore one of those pink plastic pacifiers on a necklace, Kimberly the Pink Ranger: I wore pink clothes and brown boots, I wanted to dress like Gwen in this picture:
Here is an excerpt from a story I was working on for my memoir class that I didn't finish. It was about the way I dressed and other stylish girls in my grade.

"As a kid I hated the way I dressed. For a lot of years I dressed too childish. By third grade I had grown out of those frilly dresses with the matching white tights and white patent leather Mary Jane shoes. When I started school there because of the year round schedule it was still summer, so I had to get new summer clothes for school. My clothes were usually basic, but coordinated; whatever Sears had to offer in kids clothes. I couldn’t wait until I could wear the cool clothes in the juniors section. Those were the cool clothes the teenagers wore. I had all these wild printed shorts and coordinating tank tops. Some of the pairs of shorts were made to look like boxer shorts; they had a faux fly. The shorts were very garish with bright neon colors. One pair had fuchsia palm trees printed on them with a sunset scene"

I think my style guides will be the fictional characters Blair Waldorf and Emma Pillsbury. I love the way they dress, so polished.

Miscellaneous Blog #30

I know I just wrote a miscellaneous blog a few blogs ago. Well I got a lot of different things to talk about.

I still haven't started on my Halloween costume. I haven't drawn any preliminary sketches. I'm leaning towards a nun costume. I'd really like to re-purpose my old black graduation gown. I'm still trying to figure out how to make the head piece. I don't want this to be any old nun costume though. I'm going to put my spin on it. I'd really like to get started on it since it's February already.

I was thinking about making a "Bleed Like Me" costume, but I don't want to get too ambitious. Maybe I'll try making one next year. We'll see.

I signed up for classes today. I was surprised I would get any; since I got such a bad registration date. I know I was going to. I haven't been in school for a year and a half. My dad got mad because I did, but really what could I do about it?

He wanted me to get 4 classes, but I'm not crazy. I'm not getting too ambitious here. That would be a mistake. I'll cut back on being cynical here. I just want to ease into it. Actually I would have been happy with one class. Usually when I come back from taking a hiatus from school. I usually end up getting only one class.

I got 2 classes. They weren't exactly what I wanted, but what the hell I'll settle. I mean there was really nothing available. I ended up signing up for a class on how to be a salesperson. I think that could really help me. I'm a horrible saleswoman. When I was in high school and I had to sell candy for the various clubs I belonged to I could never sell the whole bag/box/case of candy I was suppose to sell. Not even one! Although Toblerone bars were always big sellers. Maybe I can be a good sales person like Dwight? I hope this isn't the death of me.

The other class I got was a creative writing: memoirs class. I figured this was right up my alley. I'm always writing in my diary and blogging. I think I have a good memory. Actually when I signed up for this class I thought about the Mister Ed episode "Love and the Single Horse" where Ed writes his memoirs. Then my mom brought me back to reality, and asked me what would I write about since I haven't really lived. Thanks mom! Actually I think I could write a whole book just telling stories about my dad and I. It made think of this Senifeld quote from George: "You know if you take everything I've ever done in my entire life and condense it down into one day, it looks decent."

Of course I had to check ratemyprofessors. It would be foolish not to. Usually when I start school I feel either optimistic and/or cheerful. I feel neither of these this time. There are a lot of things I need to do before I get ready for school like fixing my hair. I haven't dyed it since Halloween. I could use a cut/trim too. How about something choppy? Or angular? Or a bob? I haven't decided how I will blog about my classes. But I'll definitely try to blog about the first week. The first week is the best! Some of the funniest stories happen that week. I'll try to set a schedule or something.

Speaking of people going back to school my dad is going back to school to get some career training. He's going to pharmacy school. First he was thinking about pharmacy school; then after the underwear bomber he wanted to work for the TSA. After he realized they weren't hiring for TSA agents in the area he went back to looking into pharmacy school. He wouldn't listen to me that I looked into pharmacy school. Doesn't matter. I'm not going to do that; then people would think I'm trying to copy my dad or something. This is why I won't get a business degree either.

Hopefully my dad will be too preoccupied with other things so he won't be bothering me at school, trying to go to school with me, and constantly correcting me.

My horoscope for this month is that a big opportunity will present itself to me. I think the money scam I was suppose to be weary of was my dad trying to persuade me to pool my money into their account. (probally so he could micromanage that too)

One of my favorite Mighty Morphin Power Rangers episode "Foul Play in the Sky" is going to be shown soon. I hate to think how they will deface that episode. Maybe the word "plane" or "flight" will flash across the screen. Gotta love the Snizard though. I even have his figure.

I've been having really strange dreams lately. I had a dream about veal though, and in 2 nights in a row. According to this site veal is a lucky dream symbol!

Don't be alarmed if I go missing for a few days. My computer has been making this strange grinding noise. I think it needs a new fan.

Where's my Bow?

Strange title huh? It has to do with the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The bow in the title refers to a bow like a bow and arrow. So I decided to watch the rebroadcasts of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers on ABC Kids. I thought it would be a fun little nostalgic tip back to 1993. Wow! It's been that long? The funny thing is that back when it premiered I almost didn't see it because my mom was at the dentist. Actually the dentist and Power Rangers had a lot of conflicts in my life.

The first time I saw the show I wasn't really into it. I mean I didn't hate it, but I wasn't in love with it...yet. I didn't really get into the show until I saw the episode "Foul Play in the Sky". That was the episode that got me hooked, and turned me into a Kimberly fan at the same time. "Foul Play in the Sky" is my favorite Power Rangers episode ever. Why is Kimberly my favorite character? I liked her because she was fashionable, a gymnast, and a brunette too. I don't know I didn't like Trini as much as Kimberly. I liked Zack more than Trini. When I was in 4th grade most of the girls who did admit to liking Power Rangers liked Trini.
When I was a kid I was a little too into Power Rangers. Even though I was in the target audience when it started I was 9 when it came out. It was uncool for a 4th grader to like it. It was considered "kids' stuff". I still think there were some closet fans in my 4th grade class. Back then I pretty much spent all my allowance on Power Rangers merchandise. I use to save up like $10 to buy the videos. Back then Power Rangers merchandise was so hard to find because it was so popular. When it was Christmas in 1993 I didn't get any Power Ranger toys. :( I got inline skates and a toy bow and arrow. I wanted to bow and arrow, so I could play Power Rangers. I remember how excited I was to find the videos on sale at the mall. The cashier was making fun of me. Yeah, I was nerding out for videos. I was such a nerd back then; like I am now. Some things never change right? The reason was because my grandpa had set up our VCR wrong and it would play videos, but not record off the tv. When we finally set up the VCR correctly when we moved in 1994. It was dying and eating tapes.

I mean back then Power Rangers knockoff shows were so prevalent back then I got sick of them. Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad was pretty funny. I liked that show it was funny and campy. It only ran for one season. Actually Power Rangers was the reason I got into Sailor Moon. I was reluctant to watch it because I thought it was "just another Power Rangers knockoff show". Well Sailor Moon is sort of like a sentai mixed with magical girl.

A few years ago I started writing a fan fic that I never finished. It was a crossover between the Winx Club and the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Kimberly and Stella get into an argument. Maybe if I find it and finish it I'll post it here or something. (it's not written in prose) Here's a link to a drawing based on the fan fic I started writing.

When I saw the rebroadcasts they were horrible! Not because of the lameness, and how dated the show looks now. No, I liked that part. That was the fun part. It got defaced. First off they changed the opening theme. They cut out the part where they would show them unmorphed doing something. They cut out the part of Zack hip hop dancing! Ugh! They also changed the logo. Also there were also these scenes where there would be these strange colorful inserted backgrounds. It was like I was looking at an obnoxious myspace page layout or something. Why did have to label everything? Also it was like watching the 60s version of Batman with Adam West in it or something? When they were fighting the Putties words like "Kick!" and "Pow!" would appear. They took something that was pretty cheesy in it's own right and made it cheesier in a bad way. Why did they advertise it as "all new"!? New? When? In 1993?

I noticed all the cuts too. Since they showed "Day of the Dumpster" and "High Five" which I have on video. I use to watch those so many times it's like those episodes are inscribed in my brain even though I haven't watched them in years.

I hate to think how they'll deface 2 of my favorite episodes "Power Ranger Punks" and "Foul Play in the Sky". Maybe in the part when Kimberly and Billy become punks the word "Punx" will appear on the screen in some obnoxious font, and maybe some skulls or something.