Make a Change in 2012

2012 is quickly approaching. People start thinking about making resolutions. I think it's best to make a list of goals for teh year. Include small goals that are attainable and some larger goals that will take some work to get. I talked to a girl at work who, gasp, does not recycle. Anything! In this day and age I find it hard to believe that everyone is not at the very least recycling cans and newspapers. I told her to start by just recylcling one can or bottle a week. She will be contributing and learning the habit of recycling and seeing just how easy it actually is. And this will make an impact on the environment.

Same goes for saving money, paying down debt, dieting, working out, becoming more social, starting a hobby, whatever it is. Start small. Making a small committment gets you started. Then you can expand down the road.

If you don't work out, start with a 15 minute walk twice a week.
If you want to eat healthier, substitute one bag of chips for an apple and trade one can of soda for water each week. Then increase to twice a week.
Make it easy and attainable so you will actually succeed.

Then add a couple bigger goals. It's good to challenge yourself. If you don't commit to something every year to challenge yourself, you will never grow as a person or do great things. This could include travel, learning a new language or picking up an instrument, skiing or playing tennis.

Have a happy new year!

Jan

It's Not What She Says---It's How She Looks

After seeing the movie Miss Representation, I have become even more aware of the derogatory comments made about women on T.V., movies and in the media.  If you watch even an half hour of T.V. in a night you can count a dozen or more comments that we make about women that we don't make about men.  Comments about what she was wearing, if she looked heavy or not, if she is attractive or not, if she looks young or not, if her hair-do is appropriate or not, if she is dressed well or not, if her body is toned or not, if her rear end is big or not!  It is ridiculous what we put women through.  We pick them apart and then we wonder why young girls are so insecure!

I turned on "The View" for 10 minutes and within that ten minutes Whoopi Goldberg and several others commented on Michelle Bachmann.  The only thing they had to say about her was she is attractive and looked good on her interview on the "late late show".  They also said she wasn't going to win the election but not one of them commented on her political views.  Do they even know what they are?  Isn't that the reason we have elections?

It is time that the media changes and women are not so sexualized and there is more respect.  Even women can't stop commmenting on what other women wear, and what they look like. Enough is enough it is time for a change! Gossip shows, gossip magazines, mean cruel comments about women it has got to stop!! It hurts all of us every time we say a mean cruel comment, buy a gossip magazine, watch a gossip show we are hurting ourselves in the long run.  Just remember that someone will be gossiping about you too.  Do you like it? Let's stop putting each other down and start supporting each other, we will all go alot further if we help each other instead of bring each other down.

Steph

This Holiday Season, Buy USA

When you are out shopping this holiday season, check labels and buy American. The best way to improve our economy is to buy American-made products. Let's support American workers, American companies and buy American-made products. We're spending our money, let's invest it in ourselves.

I went to Carters today which I always assumed was American-made and was shocked to see the clothing was made in Indonesia, China and Cambodia. I left the store without buying anything.

Remember to also support the mom and pop shops.

Keep America strong and buy USA.

Jan

Shirtless Vampires Turn Men off Twilight

I heard a conversation about the movie Twilight and this man saying that this movie has killed the movie genre for all vampire movies. One of his grievances was the fact that they men are shirtless throughout most of the movie and how they seem to rip their shirts off for no apparement reason. I have to laugh because now he knows how women feel about being forced to see women shirtless and even completely nude in almost every movie made that is rated PG13 and R and above. Proving that nudity or partial nudity is not needed and if it's not appropriate for men, then it should be appropriate for women to take their shirts off. And quite frankly, it is more inappropriate for a woman to take her shirt off then for a guy to take his shirt off. How about we let the movie industry know that we should keep the shirts on, for the men and the women.

Finally the shoe is on the other foot and men see how it feels to have to watch hot guys taking their shirts off and they don't like it. Well women don't like seeing hot women taking their shirts off either.

Sign up for Miss Represenation and see how you can have a voice and make a positive change for the representation in the movies.

Jan