I Run in Heels

Things I Learned from Mary Poppins

Do you remember that song on "Mary Poppins" where her Uncle Albert can't stop laughing? He sings "I love to laugh...loud and long and clear...I love to laugh...it's getting worse every year." The previous post has a video of the song if you've forgotten it. Uncle Albert and I have something in common. I love to laugh too! Sometimes I think I should laugh less, but where's the fun in that? Here are some quotes from a TV character I find hilarious (Dwight Schrute on The Office):

Dwight: First rule in roadside beet sales, put the most attractive beets on top. The ones that make you pull the car over and go “Wow, I need this beet right now”. Those are the money beets.

Jim: [dressed like Dwight] Question: What kind of bear is best?
Dwight: That’s a ridiculous question…
Jim: False. Black bear.
Dwight: That’s debatable; there are basically two schools of thought…
Jim: Fact: Bears eat beets. Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica.
Dwight: Bears do not…what is going on?!? What are you doing?!?

Dwight: How would I describe myself? Three words: hard working, alpha male, jackhammer…merciless…insatiable…

Michael: Hi children. I’m Michael Scott and I am in charge of this place (how do I make you understand?). I am like Superman and the people who work here are like citizens of Gotham City.
Dwight & Jim: That’s Batman…
Michael: Ok. I’m like Aquaman…where does he live guys?
Jim: The ocean.
Michael: I work with a bunch of nerds.

Baby pictures

I recently read this article: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-stein6mar06,0,6891657.column?coll=la-opinion-columnists
I disagree with the author; I love to get baby pics from my friends. I'm usually the one who looks through every single one. ha! But I think the writer is hilarious, and I can imagine as a guy the pics might get a little old. It's strange, because before moving out here the majority of my friends were married and many of them had kids. Now the opposite is true.

I'm taking a class this quarter called Culture, Human Sexuality, and Ministry and last night we talked about how gender roles were modeled in our families. In my family, my parents were fairly traditional in their roles, but in many respects their roles were much more fluid than those of their parents. My mom mowed the yard, my dad helped clean the house, etc. I think women of my generation struggle with the tension between wanting and even having to be extraodinarily independent, while also yearning a bit for the days of chivalry and being treated like a lady. How dated does that sound! In the last few months alone I sawed boards and drilled them to fix my bed, jump-started my car, you get the picture. But then I got slightly creeped out while house-sitting last night and immediately call a guy friend to calm myself down a bit. Such inconsistencies!