Video Blog #4

This has no substance but that's okay. Props to whoever made it to the end.

The Hands Up Disease

While listening to the radio, my friend Joe brought up a very good point. It seems as though all the songs are requiring us to do one thing. What is it? To put our hands up in the air. Why is it that suddenly just about every current song on the radio are asking up to put our hands in the air??? When did that become the "cool thing to do"? After awhile that's ish gets tiring. It's like my hands are constantly in the air in the car! Which means no hands on the wheel...therefore leading to unsafe driving. Or at the club. Which means while i'm holding a drink at the club, I have to lift that up too? It means i'm working out unevenly with about a 16oz weight. Or I have to be double fisting to get an even work out. Either way....no bueno. To prove my point, I have gathered some evidence of all the current songs with this "hands up" disease and have described my feelings towards each one.

California Gurls// Katy Perry

California gurls, we’re undeniable

Fine, fresh, fierce, we got it on lock

West Coast represent, now put your hands up

(Now if you don't put your hands up, you're just not being patriotic to the West Coast and that would be kinda fcked up.)

Party In The USA//Miley Cyrus

Got my hands up, they’re playin’ my song

And now I’m gonna be okay

Yeah! It’s a party in the USA!

(It is true. When someone is playin' my song, I just GOTTA put my hands up!)

Dynamite//Taio Cruz

Hands in the air

Put your hands in the air

I throw my hands up in the air sometimes

Saying a-yo

Gotta let go!

(This one is better because it requires me to throw my hands up in the air only SOMETIMES. Makes me feel like I still got free will. Nice.)

Like a G6// Far East Movement

Its that 808 bump, make you put yo hands up

Make you put yo hands up, put yo, put yo hands up

Hell yeaaaa, Make you put yo hands up, put yo hands up

(It is true. This song does make me put my hands up. I do it in hopes of owning a G6 someday.)

Club Can’t Handle Me//Flo.rida

Watching you watching me we go all out

The club can’t even handle me right now (yeahhhh)

Put your hands up! Put your hands up! Put your hands up!

(Pretty sure if everyone in the club put their hands up, I wouldn't be able to handle the club and all the sweaty pits they got goin' on.)

Just A Dream//Nelly

If you ever loved somebody put your hands up.

And now they’re gone and you wish you could give them everything

I said, if you ever loved somebody put your hands up

If you ever loved somebody put your hands up

And now they’re gone and you wish you could give them everything

(This is too depressing. I don't even have the energy left to put my hands up).

Put Your Hands Up//Fatman Scoop

You got a $100 dollar bill, put your hands up!

You got a $50 dollar bill, put your hands up!

You got a $20 dollar bill, put your hands up!

You got a $10 dollar bill, put your hands up!

(This actually comes in handy. I now know who to ask for money. This makes hustling easier. Nioce.)

All I Do Is Win//DJ Khaled

And every time I step up in the building

Everybody hands go up

And they stay there, and they say “yeah,” and they stay there

Up, down, up, down, up, down

‘Cause all I do is win, win, win A

nd if you goin’ in, put your hands in the air, make ‘em stay there

(Well this is just plain torture. Not only do I have to put my hands up but they have to go up, down, up, down, up, down like a freakin' workout. And THEN I gotta make 'em stay there?!?! Dude, what's wrong with you? And i'm doing this just cause you're stepping in the building? You're not even cute!)

With so many demands for us to "put our hands up," it can be really confusing about how to handle the situation. My best advice? Use deodorant. If you're gonna be following this trend, you might as well do it while smelling good. None of us want to smell yo' stank. My choice of preference is this deodorant. Invisible dry and I get to smell like Wild Freesia? Win.

All I Do Is Win

If I had the money, i'd pay people to follow me around playing this song in the background. In the supermarket. In a coffee shop. At schoo. In a pmt place. At church. In my friend's house. At job interviews. Damn, i'd be steezin for sure.

ALL I DO IS WIN WIN WIN, NO MATTER WHAT

Hiking At Its Best

Sunny day, hiking, wine, lentil chips & good company. An afternoon well spent.

Beauty Tips 101

"For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.

For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.

For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.

For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day.

For poise, walk with the knowledge that you will never walk alone

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed,

revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that

she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman

must be seen from in her eyes because that is the doorway to her

heart, the place where love resides."

Audrey Hepburn

Over Consumption

Whenever I go out to eat and I can't seem to finish my meal, I never force myself to finish it all. Yes yes, we all hear the argument of "there are starving kids in Africa", but despite the starving kids in Africa...the fact is i'm full. Why force myself to finish off the plate? My belief is that when I go to a restaurant, i'm ultimately paying to be full and satisfied. So if I were to force the rest of the food down, i'd end up feeling too full and uncomfortable...which simply conflicts with my goals. I'm also an Asian female who weighs less than 200 pounds (I weigh exactly 199 pounds, sup big girl). So does it make sense that the same portion of an pasta entree at the Cheesecake Factory is going to fill both me or a 175 pound male or a midget exactly the same way? Probably not. Just sayin'. I think that when you have just enough, then you should be content. Why force yourself to eat everything thats out in front of you? If there is an ample amount left over, then just take it home. This is why I don't like going to buffets cause it makes me feel like I fail at getting my money's worth and you don't get to bring anything back. The only exceptions I make for buffets are all you can eat Korean BBQ and sushi cause I am a huge meat person and I love sushi so I definitely can pull my weight there. I believe in eating to your heart's content and your stomach's worth. I also believe there is always a separate stomach for dessert. My main point is that we shouldn't feel forced to finish everything that is given to us. For example, you go to KFC and order the 12 wings deal but you find yourself full after 10 wings, but there's only 2 wings left so you might as well finish it off right? But if you're already full, then why? Often times we will over consume because we feel it is our right or duty to or just because we can. That's why Americans are kinda chubbs.

The American society is built on over consumption, not just in our eating habits but in so many other ways. The amount of clothes in our closet, the amount of junk in our garage, the amount of paper we don't recycle, the 30 pack of water bottles we buy instead of a filter, etc. Although consuming is what helps stimulate our economy, I find it a problem in our value system. It's all about consuming the best, new thing (i.e. all iProducts). And it's the same small percentage of the population that keeps consuming while others find themselves barely consuming. We just all need to find a balance. If we could all just be content with having enough, we'd have a lot more fulfillment. It's like when you're super hungry and you keep eating and eating cause you think you're still hungry, but if you were to stop and just wait for 10 minutes your brain is able to process that you're actually full. We constantly are consuming to satisfy every one of our human needs, but the thing is God always provides us with all we need, it's just hard to recognize it.

I Believe

"I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles."

- Audrey Hepburn