twinklefish

I love this commercial. The crazy lady has just been added on my list of idols.

http://www.aiyvee.com/etc/feelgreat.mov

My first post will be a rant about my stubborn and old fashioned dad. Sorry.

So tonight we had a bunch of Stanford masters students over at our house for a holiday dinner.  And they were all talking and talking and most of these people are like bio students and stuff and my dad was just like "what jobs can you get" and all that good stuff. You can tell my dad was just talking crap and not keeping up at all with the times.  My dad, I think is a very arrogant person who always thinks his ideas are best, that his opinions are always right and if other people don't do things or think the same way he does, they are stupid and wrong. 

"Okay dad, you're the one that has no friends, unemployed and is never going to get a job here because you're old and your abilities are so outdated. So you shouldn't really be the one to criticize other people, especially when they have and still are more successful than you have ever been."

Then he was being totally sexist saying that it's not as important if women can't get a job, or at least a well paying one, because they just need to find a good husband. And you know, that does kinda make sense and  that's how it is....IN THE 1960's.  We're freakin' living in 21st century america and I don't know how much further away you can get from all the barefoot wife crap.  And of course, he was saying this to 5 women studying for their masters at stanford.  They couldn't really disrespect an elder in his own house, but that just makes it worse because then he thinks that he's right.

My parents are ignorant people, but my mom's not so bad.  They may seem really up to date and all but really, they don't get out in the world and their minds are so set on what they grew up with and what they believe is right, that they just assume everything and make it into something that agrees with them.  It's really sad.  The saddest kind of people are the people who have already set their mind on one outlook on life and won't ever change.