hero.

my hero, Mindy Kaling (I'll also accept Kelly Kapoor)

A lifelong lover of television, I've had many a love affair and hero worship with characters, but never have I ever (wait, is this a drinking game? ...) felt so connected to any of them as I have with Kelly Kapoor.  And in turn, because Mindy herself says the character is "an exaggerated version of what the writers think of her," I am connected to Mindy.  Yes.  I mean, how many times have friends and family made it a point to compare me to her?  Literally like a dozen.  Heck, maybe even a baker's dozen.  We are one in the same.  My number one goal in life right now is to make this girl my BFF for realzies.  So if anyone has the hook-up, let me know.

One of the greatest presents I got for Christmas this year was a copy of her play Matt & Ben.  It was the first present I opened this past Christmas season and I'm not lying when I said I gasped, moments of stunned silence, and then teared up (not unlike Kelly's reaction to Jim getting her a Twilight poster for xmas).  How lovely is this woman?  Many look at her and just see an Indian woman obsessed with the superficial pop glitz & glam, but I see that and MORE.  So much more, you guys.  She, like, gets the world.  You know?  She realizes that all of us are just obsessed with the pop and glam and trying to hold onto anything happy (and sparkly) in this sick, sad world.  So don't get down on her for loving pop culture, at least homegirl is happy.  I mean, right?  Obviously.  I'm sure she gives a shit about good will and charity - I mean TONS of celebrities are the faces of charities so I'm sure she does - helping the enviornment and junk is SO in right now.  I know in my heart that Mindy (/Kelly) is a good person.  I just wish she knew the potential she has to be my platonic life partner and my best friend forever.  I just want to share half a BFF heart necklace with her.  Do you think she'd think it was creepy if she got a gold half heart on a chain with BE / FRI written on it from me?  Please advise.  

ANNNNNNNYYYYYWAAAAAY -- all this just to say.  Hey, readers, here's some Rhianna facts - Mindy is my hero.  And I believe, in this world or the next, we will meet and maybe get friendship bracelets. 

this one is for the mamaws.

thinking of getting this for Mcakes. don't tell her, k?

So, I'm a total mamaw.  I use this word a lot when describing my favorite activities (snuggling, knitting, tea drinking, eating dinner way early, sending cards to all my youngin's - usually when the time is not right because I get easily confused, and going to sleep before the sun has completely gone to bed).  I've recently discovered that not everyone in the whole wide world is familiar with this word.  Let's use our context clues to try and figure out the word's meaning!  Okay, class?  What kind of person does all those things?  If you answered "a grandmother" then you are correct!  If you don't believe me, go to this link where wikitionary kindly breaks it down for ya.  You know this is correct and I'm not making it up because the internet never lies.  Especially sites that can easily be manipulated by so many.  Growing up I heard this term all the time so it's something I never realized wasn't used everywhere.  (I get confused easily.)  But yeah, a mamaw is your grandma.  Your grandfather is your papaw.  Obviously.  ~ThE mORe YoU KnOW~

Anyway - I'm a total MBMT (mamaw before my time) and I know I'm not alone.  Housewife often compares herself to a mamaw too.  We like to have sit down family dinners, drink some hot tea, go to our bedrooms early (after heavily moisturizing our ever-aging faces), read a little, and then LIGHTS OUT by 9.  Yes.  We are mamaws.  And you know what?  It's awesome.  I'm almost always well-rested.  Who cares if I'm in my midtwenties and I'm not out til the wee hours of the morning partying all day errday?  I did that for a period of time but then the real world* kicked my ass and told me "whoa girl, you can't keep doing this, I'm going to make you pay --- PAIN FOR DAYS."  So I listened to the real world and reserved party times for special occasions.  Or at least, let's say, not every other night like it used to be.  Ha.  But I am loving my mamaw status and if you are a mamaw, you should too!  So chin up, be a proud mamaw.  If you really just want to put on a face mask, knit some blankets, eat supper at 4:30, and go to bed before sunset on any given night - do it!  It's really (not) cool.  But whatevs.

I feel like this post is obnoxious?  Let's not change it though.  Also, I feel like I should confess that I wanted to fill it up with google image searched pictures of "mamaws" but then I thought of all the real life mamaws that I love dearly and their families love them dearly so maybe they don't want their image displayed on this dumb blog (even if I properly credit the source).  That's why I just put up the picture of the shirt I'm going to buy Mcakes and me.  Even if we don't really have "greatest blessings" in the traditional sense.  Our greatest blessings can be our animals and each other.  Boom.  Roasted.


*note:  I'm not referring to the shoulda-ended-an-eff-ton-of-seasons-ago MTV reality show.  I'm talking about ACTUAL REAL LIFE ON THIS PLANET EARTH.

playing favorites.

I went to my parents house the other day to help mom look for something.  While in one of the unused bedrooms, affectionately known as "Rhianna's Junk Room" (storage boxes with all my junk that either I or mom cannot yet part with) mom found some things saved from school.  One of these things was a little brochure where I drew a picture of myself, titled it "Facts about Rhianna," and on the inside wrote a paragraph with only the most important facts about 7-year-old-me.  My favorite things about this:  it looks like I erased the comma after Michelle and put another one before the And on the second line; the fact that I like animals and have freckles were very important (and still true to this day!); and I single out my brother, Bobby, as being the only of my 5 siblings that I actually like - bahaha. 

That is 7 year old Rhianna for you.  Although I might have been 8, but I was either of the two because the first 3 names are girls that were my friends during those ages & probably the friends that were assigned to my table instead of being BEST friends - as I don't have any special memories of those particular girls during that time but I do remember who they are.  No clue what they are doing now - hope they're well!

Hmm.  Oh well.  Mom and I found a few other gems.  But that was the only one I snapped a picture of with my phone.  Why did my mom keep all that junk?