Life in Plastic - It's Fantastic!

So here I am, sitting in the library, reading articles that I won’t be able to recall days from now, staring out at that typical study month weather, wishing to God June would just hurry up already. 

A friend recently wrote a college paper on Mattel.Inc which got me thinking how much of a pretty sweet deal Barbie had going on back in the day.

Think about it. She didn’t have to work; had a closet full of pretty outfits; a beach-house; a mansion;  Handsome Ken was all over her like a hot rash and she had a hot pink, open-top Jeep for crying out loud!

She had huge boobs, natural blond hair, a tiny waist, and did I mention the clothes?!

 A recent tweet from @LifeOfABarbie says it all really...

Granted, she couldn’t bend her elbows or knees. Also, maybe her figure might not look so good in real life. 

And then again, she did go through some "different" styles....

Black Canary Barbie
a.k.a. Dominatrix Barbie

 ....and was subject to several of our home "hairdressing experiments."

Nevertheless, she was a trooper - sticking by her best friend Midge through the pregnancy controversy,

Midge - The original teen mom

and younger sister Skipper, when her boobs grew in seconds by "spinning a dial embedded in her back."

Growing up Skipper -
WTF??

 In the end, she's 50 years old and she still looks like this.

50th Anniversary Barbie

Girl must be doing something right!





So I say screw final year exams, I'm off to the beach!

Who's with me??

What Not to Do - on Facebook

So it’s nearly study month, which means 70% of study time will be dedicated to aimlessly searching through Facebook. Some brave souls opt for suspending their accounts with the hopes of erasing social networking from their lives for 2 whole months. I don't have that kind of self- discipline. And I’m not that delusional. Looks like Mark and I are in it for the long haul.

For those of you who’ll be accompanying me on the procrastination train that is Facebook, I’ve made a list of things that people do on FB that seriously annoy me. I’d appreciate it if any offenders could take note and adjust their behaviour accordingly – would make my "study" time far less irritating.

   1.       Don’t “like” your own status. Aside from a frape, you wrote it yourself so there’s a high probability that you already like the fact that you’re “Going to London tomorrow!!!!!!!!!!” You don’t have to reiterate it for us, it’s okay; your excessive use of exclamation marks gave us some indication already.

   2.       Facebook isn’t a diary. Everyone has that one friend who clogs up your news feed with overly personal details of their life (if you don’t, it’s probably you). It results in very awkward replys to the effect of “Hope you’re okay” or “I’m here if you need to talk?” or that one person who doesn't quite know how to respond and just “likes” it instead. Bad call.

   3.     “Bex Clune is at Bed” Really? Was this necessary? It’s like 11.30pm on a Monday night.

   4.      "LOVE YOU SOOOO MUCH!I'm the luckiest girl in the world!!These past 3 days have been the best ever, so happy your my boyfriend!!Love you 4EVA!" Now I don’t want to come across as some desperate, jealous singleton -  I usually love nauseating, romantic gestures (See Youtube videos in previous post).  But when someone’s writing posts to this effect EVERY SINGLE day (I’m not exaggerating, I’ve seen it) it just becomes cringey. Get a room - or a phone.

   5.       Using Facebook as Twitter. If you’re posting more than 6 statuses a day(and that’s seriously pushing it), follow this link and set up an account okay?
 https://twitter.com/signup  
Problem solved. Now you can tell anyone who wants to follow you that you're "Really tired today, FML"