Anyways this is why facebook was ruined for me:
others' status updates like:
-What an awesome sandwich that was
-Oh man I am so wasted now (etc)
-I hate this person or that person.
my status updates going unanswered/uncommented
In fact I find facebook to be worse than highschool. I really did not like the petty aspect of highschool and facebook seems to encourage competition amongst the people.
Furthermore, if I follow ever little update of someone's life in real time, what happens to catching up? I find that facebook has ruined small talk.
Anyways, enough of me griping about facebook like an older person.
I will now proceed to treat the blog as one long facebook status update. ;)
Today I had my final exam for social movements. I think I did alright, but 2 hours was a bit short for an exam. I had an average of 14 going in to it, so hopefully I'll be able to pull another 14 on the test.
Afterwards I collected a book, The Ethical Slut back from my c-r-a-z-y ex gf. No, not the hot half Italian one, the one after. I was surprised when she returned it in tact with none of the pages missing. I should really give her some credit for that. Anyways, I like to keep my expectations low so people don't disappoint me.
Then I went shopping. I bought a very cool pocket watch on a necklace chain, so I will no longer set a bad example for my students by looking at my cellphone in class to see how much time is left.
Then I bought some eyeshadow.
I'm so excited for Soldes! I'm planning on buying a pair of tall boots- I've wanted a pair for so long. I further intend to buy a pair of skinny jeans to go with them. So that's a big deal. For those who don't know I lost at least 10 kilos or so in the last two years, and I haven't updated my wardrobe yet. This means I have a total of two pairs of pants, both donated (thanks Stacy!), that fit correctly. I have been too afraid that I will just get fat again to buy new clothes. Now I can no longer stand looking like a ragamuffin in the city of beautiful women. That and I finally have a little bit of money I can part with. Such beautiful women, I have no idea how they do it.
However I feel terrible that I am about to contribute my hard earned Euros to sweatshop produced goods. My mother always told me I vote with my dollars. So I would like to contribute positively to the global justice problem by spending my money appropriately. Now I do not know how concerned you feel with sweatshops, fair trade, or worker's rights, but I feel very concerned, and the social movement class has heightened my desire to contribute positively in the small ways any consumer can. If you have ever tried to look for made in 1st world country clothes, you're options are rather limited:
1. Earthy hippy style, actually made in Nepal. Tcha tcha on rue martin, I'm looking at you.
2. Haute couture, I will refrain from posting a pic due to fear of copyleft infringement.
3. Combing every boutique and looking at every tag ever for an indication of provenance.
4. Find actual made in France goods and pay 3 times what one normally would, at least, and be limited in choice. For example, denim is very hard to come by.
I usually do the third option and avoid Chinese produced goods. I am however truly sick of falling in love with certain pieces and then not being able to buy them because of where they were made. I'm not kvetching about having ideals, I'm kvetching about how hard it is to have ideals and follow them through.
So we will see how this goes. Soldes start next Wednesday so hopefully my folly won't be too bad.
PS - I was listening to awesome Miami Sound Machine music followed by Shakira music. Gotta love working on one's Spanish. And lord I love watching Shakira shake it.
New Ness
