Pale and Proud!

So, summertime is here and there's something that's bothering me that tends to bother me every year around this time:

Those damn tan girls.

Cosmopolitan Magazine on Facebook posted something this afternoon that really ticked me off, it went like this:
"Who has a spray/bottle tan and is proud of it? Give this post the thumbs up if you're not baking your skin at the tanning salon..."

Really? Me and a surprising amount of other pale (or to put it nicely, fair skinned) girls commented on this, outraged that a magazine that is dedicated to making girls feel good about themselves is encouraging those girls to be fake just so they can conform to the summer look they're expected to achieve. Why is every girl expected to be tan?!

NEWSFLASH: PALE AND FRECKLED GIRLS ARE EVERY BIT AS BEAUTIFUL AS TAN GIRLS!
We'll especially be more beautiful in 3o years when those tan girls have saggy wrinkled skin and melanoma and our skin is still looking younger and fresh. We will continue to slather sunscreen on our easily burning skin and embrace our paleness and freckles! I would just like to share a few of the comments on here, because it makes me so happy to know there's other girls out there like me who are happy in their fair skin and refuse to conform to this fake tan crap =)

First, myself:

"Actually, I'm totally pale and I'm proud of it. I don't need a real cancer causing tan or a fake tan out of a bottle to feel good about my skin. I'm pale and freckled and proud of it! You can keep your fake tan in a can."

And the rest of these wonderful girls:

"How about who isn't fake AT ALL and proud of it :) Pale pride!"

"Guess what? I don't have a tan at all. I embrace my natural skin tone. I wear sunscreen and I don't bake my ass off. I don't go to tanning booths or do I spray my skin with toxins. I am me, and Im proud of it."

"Pale pride!"

"Love how they all say "don't care, fake baked and proud" now but we'll be the ones donating a dollar to find a cure for their skin cancer. I know it seems so attractive now, but please love yourself enough to care that you're practically killing yourself."

"i love my pale skin freckles & all.. i embrace my skin.. besides i have very fair skin & burn easily.. i always wear sunscreen.. and livin in houston i wear the highest number i can.. and those of u who tan if u want ur skin lookin like old shoe leather than go ahead.. not me uh uh!! go all us who embrace our paleness!! :)"

"I am very proud of my body no matter my size, height, complexion i am happy to be me and i will not change my image to please anybody else"

I absolutely love that there's girls out there who agree with me on this. I also wrote an email to Cosmo regarding this, basically stating that instead of wasting pages to teach girls how to fake a tan, use those pages to teach them how to be comfortable in their own skin. For a magazine who is all about telling girls how to be "Fun and Fearless", they need to start teaching girls how to have fun in the body they were born in and be fearless if anyone criticizes their pale skin and freckles.

The magazines, the media, this superficial country needs to realize that this tan skin thing is pathetic. Every girl is beautiful no matter what color her skin is. I'm so sick of skin tones (fair, olive, golden, dark) being treated like they're different races! We are all beautiful women living in our own beautiful skin. This is the skin you were born in and this is the skin you will be living in the rest of your life. Stop ruining it with all this unprotected UV exposure and all these chemicals and dyes found in fake tanners!

"I'm beautiful in my way,
'Cause God makes no mistakes,
I'm on the right track baby,
I was Born This Way." <3

Project 365: Days 47-50;; Last Night In Buffalo!

So, I'm finally down to my last night in Buffalo. I must say, it was quite a unique experience. Though this city is cold and depressing, I loved the place I worked at and it was completely worth being up here. I'm gonna miss the girls I worked with so much, but I'll always remember stuff that they've taught me. They helped me broaden my skills and learn more than I could have imagined about working with the lab animals. Some of them also taught me some other lessons about the work place as well, and here's some things I learned (Not necessarily word for word, but pretty close) :

-"There's no one better to work with than someone who is observant. They're the best."

-It's always good to help others by minimizing their workload."

-Be efficient.

"Make a little go a long way. Try to save the company some money. Maybe, just maybe, you'll get a raise. Or not."

-"It's okay to correct someone if they've done something wrong; It's not okay to be a negative bitch about it."

-"If you don't ask, no one can tell you no."

-On Fridays, do not sing Rebecca Black's song over the PA system, or the next thing you'll likely be singing is: "I'M FIRED, FIRED!!"

Monday June 20, 2011

Me and the girls I worked with having some fun at my internship, lol. They made the past five weeks fantastic for me and gave me an awesome last day full of fun, food, and

presents, I'm gonna miss them so much! =)

Sunday June 19, 2011
Happy Father's Day!

A graphic I made out of boredom =)

Saturday June 18, 2011

I ventured out on Saturday and found Panera Bread <3 I couldn't resist, I was running out of food and it was right there =)
(Which reminds me, I'll also miss the food up here, a lot of their restaurants put Scranton food to shame: Mighty Taco, Cheeburger Cheeburger, their wings!)

Friday June 17, 2011

My new love, it may have been a mistake to buy this, I'm addicted haha =)

Random Fact/Thought of the Day:

One last thing I learned on my internship from my mentor who is Canadian/Jamaican. The stereotype is apparently true; for the most part, Jamaicans are really relaxed and laid back. In a quote from my mentor, "The world could be coming to an end, and we still won't have a care in the world." (P.S. She has thee coolest accent ever)

Project 365: Days 41-46;; Last weekend in Buffalo!

So, this is my last weekend in Buffalo, NY. I'm gonna miss my work and the people I got to work with soo much, but this area wasn't much to see. The people are unsocial and terrifying haha, can't wait to get back to Scranton with my family and friends =)<3

Thursday June 16, 2011

Taken at midnight Thursday, it's a little late for the eclipse and again I wish I had a better camera, but the full moon looked awesome =)

Wednesday June 15, 2011

The sunset this evening, wish I had a better camera, but trust me, it was beautiful =)

Tuesday June 14, 2011

This is my attempt at eating healthy for the next week.

Monday June 13, 2011

Continuing to be super bored up here, so I edited this picture of some trees from camping to OneRepublic lyrics =)

Sunday June 12, 2011

This was actually taken yesterday, but I just thought it was interesting =)

Saturday June 11, 2011

Explored the area and did some shopping and found a Christmas Tree Shops down here! =D

Random Fact/Thought of the day:
Scientists are beginning to make prosthetic body parts, like arms that can be controlled by the human mind. This has been shown to be great for veterans who have lost limbs in war, until the wrong person gets their hands on it, since there is a fear that this can lead to use in warfare and ultimately to the formation of fully functioning robots and real-life Frankensteins. This world and the people in it suck and make the future scary.

Project 365: Days 31-40;; Less than 2 weeks!!

Less than 2 weeks left!! Which is good cause I'm running out of pictures.

Friday June 10, 2011

The girls at work took me to this place called Mighty Taco for lunch, and it was amazingg! Their burritos put Taco Bell to shame! haha Too bad it's only in western NY

Thursday June 9, 2011

A picture I edited of two of my very good friends when I was bored =)

Wednesday June 8, 2011

A restaurant called Cheeburger Cheeburger that we went to for lunch =)

Tuesday June 7, 2011

The kitchen on my floor =)

Monday June 6, 2011

So bored, lots of candy haha =)

Sunday June 5, 2011

The other drink that's been helping to get me through the last few weeks =)

Saturday June 4, 2011

Rainy day and a giant tree? haha

Friday June 3, 2011

One of the drinks that's been getting me through this month =)

Thursday June 2, 2011

Buffalo Harley Davidson, the source of my dad's Father's Day present this year =)

Wednesday June 1, 2011

So this is what my meals have been consisting of the last couple weeks, lol

Quote of the Day:

So true Lady Gaga ;)