Hi everyone! I know it's been a while; 3 months to be exact! It's been quite a hectic 3 months. I've gotten a new job, gotten gotten a whole year older, and been getting ready for the next phase in my life, which I'm still putting the finishing touches on.
Any who, this blog is about being short right? Well with 3 months having gone by I'm sure I can muster up a good post and wrap it up in a neat little word package for your reading pleasure.
Let's start with Christmas. We've already talked about shopping woes, but there's a few specific things that I want to touch on where Christmas is concerned.
Online shopping is my best friend. First of all because I don't really have to worry about things being sold out, second I don't have to worry about kids, adults, teens, what have you, staring to no end, and third, I don't have to worry about not being able to reach things.
It's super annoying to have to stand there forever when I'm shopping alone and just hope for a friendly face to walk by to ask for the thing that I need that could be just an inch or two out of reach; if I haven't already compromised for something else that isn't exactly what I wanted, but close enough, and within reach. It's kind of a luxury to be able to get your brand of choice.
Now before this starts to sound oh woe is me, this isn't meant to sound that way, it's just meant to help others think in a new perspective.
The second thing I want to touch upon: the mall Santa and his elf companions.
Have you ever gone to the mall and seen Santa there in his toy land amongst the snow, Christmas trees, glitter, and among other things, elves? Some times they're portrayed by petite college students trying to make a few extra dollars while they're home from school and some times they are portrayed by dwarves.
Let me be utmost and perfectly clear: dwarves are not elves. Let's repeat, with feeling: DWARVES ARE NOT ELVES! Excellent, your resounding support brought a smile to my face. Elves are fictional characters. Dwarves are real people with real feelings, desires, and needs. We also need to make a couple extra dollars when we come home from college. And that does not give you, your brother, your jerk cousin, or that tool that lived down the street who rode around on his dirt bike through your neighborhood, to make fun of them.
Unfortunately, dwarves are not always portrayed in the most flattering roles in the media. And you know what? That's not my fault. It's not any other little persons fault either. It's unfortunately how our media and folklore culture unfurled. But dwarves want to be actors too. Dwarves again, need to make a couple extra bucks here and there too. And it may be embarrassing, but it could be the only way ends are being met.
So to run down what I just threw at you, Christmas: a hectic time for all of us, between all the shopping and dodging crazy housewives high heels while they're trying to grab the last hatchimal on the shelf. And then there's the elf thing (also, the movie Elf, had some good moments, maybe not Peter Dinklage's best role) which is annoying to put up with. So what is my lesson? With Christmas (and now new years) remember to be kind to others. Be wary of those around you. Think before you speak and move. Take a walk in someone else's pointy high heels some time ;)
I promise to be back before 3 months!
Peace love and otters my friends!
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