Valentines Day/Grammys

Valentines Day

The day for L-O-V-E going to work, having an excuse to wear pink and red together, getting fat off candy, watching mushy TV shows, and waiting for over priced flowers to arrive. 

Although I've had a boyfriend every Valentines Day since I was like... 9 years old, I still think the day is L-A-M-E. 

It's expensive. It's forced. Blah.

I was thinking to myself today why don't I care for V-Day when I've got a man who I absolutely adore... and this is what I discovered: 

If you have someone who makes you feel beautiful, shows he cares regularly, gives you simple compliments, takes you on dates, makes you laugh, listens when you're venting about something he doesn't care about, surprises you when you least expect it, and looks you in the eye and tells you he loves you... 

Then you don't need all this over-priced stuff to make you feel validated. 

And that is why I Love him.

Perhaps when I'm older and married with a bunch of kids move out of my parents house, Valentines Day will be much more dear to my heart.

Remember: Valentines Day should not just be for our boyfriend/girlfriend/husband.. 

It is also for our mother, father, sister, grandparent, aunt, cousin, best friend, Oprah, Justin Bieber...

Which leads me to...

The Grammy's: From the mind of Mallory:

-Justin Bieber & Jaden Smith (Will Smiths lil man) Just about cutest freaking thing I have ever seen. 

-Bieber conveniently rhymes with Fever.  Bieber Fever.

What does my name rhyme with? Kent. Lent. Vent. Rent. Bent. Dent. Meant. Tent. Would I be called "Rent Kent," "Kent Bent" or "Dent Kent." Ok, clearly Kent doesn't work. Let's try Mallory. Vallory. Calorie. "Mallory Calorie" Awesome...

-Wow, Christina Aguilera is really short. And just imagine how short she'd look if she took her shoes off. This is another reason (in addition to her huge pipes) why I feel Christina and I are SO much alike!

-Lady Gaga might actually be smarter than she appears. Don't get me wrong... She's flippin crazy! But she's strategic.
I like how she calls her fans "little monsters." 
It's catchy. I dig it.

What I did not dig was this:

She arrived... in an EGG. 

What the...

 good gracious/son of a buck/farfednugan...? 

-How is Eminem still mad at the world? I would like to do a psychoanalysis on him. Seriously, what is he mad about? Maybe he's mad because...:
a) he's so rich.
b) he's shorter than most rapers.
c) he's so pale (not just as a raper but in general).


Regardless, I still like him. I'll say it, him being so mad all the time is kinda hot. I'm sure me saying that makes him mad though.


Speaking of hot, here's someone that is NOT. Cee Lo.

Why is it okay for this weirdo to have this stupid-ass costume and puppet theme which is likely to attract young kids to a song titled "F-U" I have to say... I think there is something wrong with that. And he's just kinda creepy.

Rihanna forgot her pants during her last performance with Drake. However, I'm pretty sure it was intentional.

I seriously thought it was kind of uncomfortable to watch. And I hardly call that dancing.

But... more likely than not, I'm probably jealous.
I could never pull of bright red hair with no pants. 

Same-Sex Marriage: NEWS FLASH!

On Monday hundreds of people gathered in the Iowa House for a public discussion about gay marriage. One Iowan argued "traditional marriage, between a man and a woman, is the best for our society and our state." I have to say, what the hell does that mean? The fact that we're debating a resolution to a supreme court ruling to legalize same-sex marriage is annoying enough but how ignorant that we are suggesting same sex marriage would pose a threat to our society. Really? Some Iowan's even argued legalizing same-sex marriage would open the door to group marriage. I've never even heard of that. 

The drama continued with Marvin Smith, a pastor at Harvest Babtist Church in Fort Dodge said "You take away the traditional family unit and you have struck at the very heart of our existence as society." 

NEWS FLASH: The traditional family unit has been shot for decades! 

Divorce, grandparents raising children is not uncommon, increasing rates of teen pregnancy, and thanks to science women can even have a baby without ever having sex... heaven forbid! 

According to a 2008 government statistics, more than 4 out of 10 children in the U.S. will be born to single mothers. And if you think because you are Caucasian this doesn't apply to you... think again. Nearly 30% of these families are white.

What does this mean? 4 out of 10 children are more likely to perform poorly in school, go to prison, use drugs, be poor as adults, and have their own children out of wedlock. 

Are we ever going to prioritize the things that are actually threatening the well-being of our society or will we continue to talking in circles about an issue that has absolutely no evidence of threatening or impacting the well-being of our society?

Perhaps we should throw the argument of the "traditional family unit" out the window and take a note from Zach Wahls, a student from the University of Iowa, who actually has some empirical evidence and credible views on same-sex marriage.

LOVE ALL THINGS! 

Have a wonderful week! And remember to shower after you shovel not before you shovel. I showed up to an interview this morning with snot in my hair and sweat on my back. Real cute.