Spouting Off

Just wanted to spout off about a few things today.  Just for the heck of it.

First, for my adolescent lit. class, I had to choose a topic and pick three books that fit that topic.  I chose teen manners.

I just finished the first book, Classy by Derek Blasberg.  He must be somebody important because he said so, but I honestly don't know who he is.  He's a guy who grew up in Missouri and has ended up in NYC as a fashion guy somehow.  It seems that his purpose in this book is to take really skanky people and teach them not to be that way, but to be high class--one extreme to the other.  He said a lot of good things at the end about treating yourself right.  Other than that, there are a lot of pictures with Derek with this famous person and that famous person and where he went, what he did, and who he was with even though he was a boy from Missouri.

When I read these books, I try to look at them through my daughters' eyes.  What could they gain from them?  Not much from this one, I'm sorry to say.

I'm currently reading the second book I chose.  Honestly, I'm trying to find the virtue in these books, but again, not finding it too much here either.  I'm reading More Things You Need to Be Told by the Etiquette Grrls.  I guess this is their second book.  I bet you can't guess what the first was called....Oh, you're good.  Yup...Things You Need to Be Told.  My guess is that there were a lot of people who liked that first book.  So many so that it went to their heads just a wee bit.

I had hoped this would be about etiquette.  It is not, for the most part.  They deal with everything from what car you should drive to what sports you should and should not watch and/or participate in.  They do have a few etiquette rules, but mostly, it seems like they want everyone to be like them.

...And if they call me "Dear Reader" one more time....

Can I be negative about one more thing, and then I'll leave this all behind me?

One thing about etiquette is using societal rules, right?  I may not be a perfect grammarian (as is very apparent), but I know that You Don't put Random Capital letters at the beginning of Any random word you want in a Sentence.  It's just making me a bit crazy.  Not very appropriate, if you ask me.  I've been trying to find some rhyme or reason to it, but if there's some secret code to it, I haven't cracked it yet.  I guess to me, this is kind of like how Flylady (whom I love) and is all about organization used to have one of the most cluttered websites I've ever seen.  Not sure if it's still this way because I don't have the heart to go there.  It's been a long time.  Just seems a bit contradictory to teach something yet go against the very thing you're teaching.

Okay, so karma's going to come bite me in the rear end for this post.  I just know it.  I try very hard to be positive and upbeat and happy.  I think there's too much out there that's the opposite.  Here I am being the opposite, but at least I'm honest, huh?

When I read something good, which I hope is soon.  I'll be sure to tell you.  I will finish the current book tomorrow.  Then I'm on to this one.  Hope it's a good one!  It's a lot of pages.



NOTE:  Just went to the Flylady site to get a link for you.  Ugh!  Worse than before.  Her method really is lovely though.  Once you get the basic premise, I'd say fit it to your life.  Don't let the website get you down.