Mistakes Made By Snow White

Yesterday, as I was running on the treadmill, I was keeping my mind away from running by watching Snow White. Apparently whoever was taking the order for Snow White missed the part where the customer asked, "And can I get some brains with that beauty?" Honestly, she is messing up every 5 minutes. So I decided to list all the blatantly obvious mistakes that this woman of beauty makes.

Note: If you find any that I miss, feel free to add them as a comment. Let the mocking commence.

1. She runs away from the prince. Seriously? What kind of girl runs away from hot men? I do not understand. She sings this big huge song that ends with, "I'm wishing (I'm wishing), for the one I love, to find me (to find me), today!" And then the prince comes up and sings today instead of the echo, and she runs away. He can sing, he's a prince, he has a freaking stellar steed, I don't understand why she runs. Big mistake.
2. She goes into the forest alone with a guy who has a black mustache. This chick needs to realize that she's in a movie, and to never trust anyone with a big black mustache. Use that brain! Oh wait, that's what's with the huge white collar, to hold in what brains she has left. Excuse me, I forget.
3. She picks up the bird that has fallen from the nest. How does she know that he's not sick? Can you say diseases? That's the end of my attempting witty remarks on this matter.
4. Breaking and entering. Need I say more?
5. Snow White assumes that a family with 7 children lives in the cottage when there's a pickax jammed in the table. I mean, I live with 2 completely psycho little boys, but my parents would never let them use a pickax as a toy.
6. She assures the dwarfs that the White Queen will not find her there. Everyone knows about the White Queen's magic mirror that tells her everything. Let me repeat that. The White Queen's magic mirror tells her everything. Apparently Snow White feels that her whereabouts do not fall under the heading of everything.
7. She orders the dwarfs around. Think about it. 7 men armed with pickaxes. I don't care if they're little, that could've ended a lot differently. Last I checked, little men are easily angered when being ordered around. Snow White risks her life over clean hands. Hmmm.
8. Snow White lets rodents and birds assist her in baking pies. The squirrels walk all over the pie and the birds scratch the slits in the top crust. Diseases, woman! Diseases!
   
9. She let the creepy old hag inside the house. First of all, it's not her house to let people into. Second of all, and old warty woman who practically has a beard. The lady's being followed by vultures. That's only slightly suspicious.
   
10. SHE EATS THE APPLE FROM THE CREEPY OLD HAG! Ok, I get that her IQ is pretty low, but don't eat the freaking apple from this ancient woman who looks like she ate maggots for breakfast. This is about as stupid as you can get. Not to forget that it's the only red apple in a basket of green apples. Just a small dead giveaway.
    
11. She doesn't question what in the heck happened to her or why she was laying in a glass coffin. Would that raise questions in anyone else's mind? It sure would in mine. Pretty sure I would be more curious why I was in my casket than that a man was standing in front of me. Can you say shallow?
    
12. She rides away with the prince that she hasn't even had a conversation with. For all she knows, he could be some super creeper. Courtship is advised in the majority of situations. Also, his castle is in the sky. Can't you see that conversation? "Oh yeah, I don't really know how to get to my house, so we're kind of hobos." (Insert awkward turtle here)

Just so everyone knows, I love the movie Snow White. It's absolutely genius, but the actual character isn't. Here ends my mocking of aireheaded girls, I hope you've enjoyed it.

P.S. Does anyone else find Snow White's voice extremely annoying? Think about it.

Familia

This week, especially yesterday, I've been realizing how much family really means. Now don't get me wrong, I have always loved my family more than anything, especially the past year or two. However, it still baffles me that I keep growing closer to them. I'm not talking physically (although I keep coming nearer and nearer to my dad's height). I've grown closer to my big brother even though I haven't seen him for 9 months and he's been in Ecuador for 7 of those months. It's amazing what one e-mail a week can do. It's also astonishing what lack of a family member can teach you.

Having my best friend gone for 9 months has not been easy, mind you. But boy, has it been beneficial. I used to take every problem in my life to my big bro, and he would always tell me what I should do. And it wasn't any crappy advice. Every time I acted on his words, things worked out for the best. It was weird, almost as if he had been a teenager in the same situations before. Now I have a team of three that I solve petty issues in my life with: Me, myself, and I. I'm left to figure things out on myself or take them to my parents, who usually end up lecturing me. You can't even imagine how much more I appreciate Ute and all the time he spent listening to me. He did so much for me, and now that I realize all of it, my love for him is larger than ever. Also, my mom has been gone this whole week. This leaves me to pick up most of her responsibilities at home while she's in California on business. So I was the one to keep the house in order (partially), make dinner, clean up dinner, make sure the little boys didn't eat each other, etc. This also made me realize how much work my loving mother puts in to keep us all happy. At this moment, she's over in the kitchen cooking up some steak and potatoes. The house looks better than it has all week and everyone's happy. She makes it look easy, and it is so not. Plus she works a full time job and manages to find time to quilt. Obviously, no one would do this for others if they didn't love them from the bottom of their heart. That's saying something.

Elder Russell M. Ballard gave a talk titled "Mothers and Daughters" in the Saturday Morning Session of the last General Conference. My family and I were in Spain during General Conference, so I listened to it for the first time yesterday. Correction: I listened to it for the first and second time yesterday. My mom and I sometimes clash like every teenage girl and her mother, so it was really good for me to hear this talk addressing the relationship between us. Elder Ballard said, "Young women, your mothers adore you. They see in you the promise of future generations. Everything you accomplish, every challenge you overcome brings them pure joy. And likewise your worries and heartaches are their worries and heartaches." That is a really powerful statement to me. My mommy really loves me, even if we yell at each other sometimes. He also said, "Now, mothers, I understand that it sometimes appears that our children aren’t paying attention to the lessons we’re trying to teach them. Believe me—I’ve seen that glazed-over look that comes to the eyes of teenagers just when you’re coming to what you think is the best part of your instruction. Let me assure you that even when you think your daughter is not listening to a thing you say, she is still learning from you as she watches you to see if your actions match your words. As Ralph Waldo Emerson is believed to have said, 'What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say' " I find this statement to be extremely true, and I am extremely guilty. I am infamous for the eye roll while my parents are trying to help me and I don't always remember what they say. But, I will never forget the examples that they set daily. They teach me how to stay righteous and have fun while doing it.

Movies lately have been completely destroying the family, implying that it is useless and a hassle. One reason I loved the new movie "Despicable Me" is because it actually supported families. The huge moral in the movie is that families make you a better person, which I wholeheartedly agree with. Plus, it is a hilarious movie. Highly recommended.

I'm so grateful that I have such an amazing family and that I can share anything with them, that we're not only family, we're friends. They are so important to me and I love them with all of my being. Moral of the story: Family is good.

Let the Blog Begin

I honestly don't know why I'm blogging. Probably because I just wanted to deck out some website with a cool gnome and little trippy things everywhere. Well, that's done. Now I have to write something on it. Dang it.

Maybe it's because I feel I have something profound to share with the world. I highly doubt I do, but we might as well give it a shot. Possibly it's that sometimes I just need an outlet to gently shove my thoughts into the world and I have something against facebook. Not sure about the thoughts part, but I do have something against facebook. Or it could be that I need a way to pass these summer days stuck in the house with my two little brothers. Maybe I want to say things to the world, but I'm too afraid to put it where people may just stumble upon it, so I chose a blog, where they have to want to find it. Who knows.?

Either way, here I am, diving into the blogging pool. To come are my "deep insights", funny stories, and frustrations. Wish me luck, hopefully I don't bore you too much.