Secretly wishing someone would "mist" Dr. Phil
.1. My body is still hibernating. It sees a potato and angels start singing.
.2. A "Bacetto" chocolate is not a Baci chocolate. They are both made by Perugina and they are both packaged in exactly the same way. They are also both hazelnut focussed.
Only: The Bacetto does not have apoorly translated and usually hilarious "fortune" within, leaving the chocolate eater to wonder if they accidentally chewed up and swallowed the paper fortune.
Don't be fooled and don't settle for anything short of a Baci.
.3. Someone gifted me "an aromatic spa refreshing facial mist [that is] ideal for toning the skin and awakening the senses!" (exclamation mark theirs not mine). It comes in a small spray bottle which one is meant to point at thine face and spray.
I did this and found it neither 'refreshing' nor 'misty', but rather aggressive and hostile.
I tried it several times, hoping I would soften and get used to the on-slough of spray. Only, the more I sprayed, the greater my recoil and shock at the force of the "mist", and the greater reason my skin will have to wrinkle as I scrunch it up in anticipation of the "pure essential oils of ORANGE & GRAPEFRUIT & natural GREEN TEA" (yelling theirs not mine). I was holding it up to my face this morning and I couldn't actually bring myself to mist; same paralysis I would encounter if I tried to bite myself (near impossible to draw blood unless you have psychological issues that would permit you to set aside your body's natural biological reaction to fight and ward off the potential hurt bla bla).
It may have to do with the fact that I sprayed a direct line into my left eye and nearly drowned myself in it because I forgot to close my eyes and my mouth and plug my nose.
.4. If you know an under-ten, please take them to see Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who. It's one of the books I always gift under-tens and it's a message most adults could use to learn.
.5. I used to think Dr. Phil was good, until I watched a complete show around a month back and it hit me like a ton of bricks that: He's all about "owning your sh*t" and that this is a novelty in this day and age is the reason people like him so much.
So...essentially, the reason he's so popular is because we've turned into a society that does nothing more than enable crap behaviour, and when a normal thought pattern comes on to centre stage (such as: Own. Your. Sh*t.), we think it's some kind of miracle.
So. I'm officially removing my support for Dr. Phil because I think it's lame that we've propelled to stardom a dude who is selling what should be so obvious to anyone who thinks they are a functioning part of and contributor to a healthy society.
OWN IT, ALREADY. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS BY NOW. IT SHOULD NOT BE YOUR END POINT, BUT YOUR FRIKING BASE-LINE. (And if you, for one second, believe that anything worth having can be found in a 42 minute show and without hard work and life-long commitment, then you're a bigger loser than...the biggest loser in the world.)
(It's like The Secret. It was NEVER a "secret". I'm rolling my eyes so hard that they look as though they belong in the head of the person sitting next to me and they've accidentally landed in my sockets and are trying to find their way out. Roll. Roll. Roll. Never. A. "Secret"!)
.6. In case you have yet to notice: I am intolerant today.
.2. A "Bacetto" chocolate is not a Baci chocolate. They are both made by Perugina and they are both packaged in exactly the same way. They are also both hazelnut focussed.
Only: The Bacetto does not have a
Don't be fooled and don't settle for anything short of a Baci.
.3. Someone gifted me "an aromatic spa refreshing facial mist [that is] ideal for toning the skin and awakening the senses!" (exclamation mark theirs not mine). It comes in a small spray bottle which one is meant to point at thine face and spray.
I did this and found it neither 'refreshing' nor 'misty', but rather aggressive and hostile.
I tried it several times, hoping I would soften and get used to the on-slough of spray. Only, the more I sprayed, the greater my recoil and shock at the force of the "mist", and the greater reason my skin will have to wrinkle as I scrunch it up in anticipation of the "pure essential oils of ORANGE & GRAPEFRUIT & natural GREEN TEA" (yelling theirs not mine). I was holding it up to my face this morning and I couldn't actually bring myself to mist; same paralysis I would encounter if I tried to bite myself (near impossible to draw blood unless you have psychological issues that would permit you to set aside your body's natural biological reaction to fight and ward off the potential hurt bla bla).
.4. If you know an under-ten, please take them to see Dr. Seuss' Horton Hears A Who. It's one of the books I always gift under-tens and it's a message most adults could use to learn.
.5. I used to think Dr. Phil was good, until I watched a complete show around a month back and it hit me like a ton of bricks that: He's all about "owning your sh*t" and that this is a novelty in this day and age is the reason people like him so much.
So...essentially, the reason he's so popular is because we've turned into a society that does nothing more than enable crap behaviour, and when a normal thought pattern comes on to centre stage (such as: Own. Your. Sh*t.), we think it's some kind of miracle.
So. I'm officially removing my support for Dr. Phil because I think it's lame that we've propelled to stardom a dude who is selling what should be so obvious to anyone who thinks they are a functioning part of and contributor to a healthy society.
OWN IT, ALREADY. YOU SHOULD KNOW THIS BY NOW. IT SHOULD NOT BE YOUR END POINT, BUT YOUR FRIKING BASE-LINE. (And if you, for one second, believe that anything worth having can be found in a 42 minute show and without hard work and life-long commitment, then you're a bigger loser than...the biggest loser in the world.)
(It's like The Secret. It was NEVER a "secret". I'm rolling my eyes so hard that they look as though they belong in the head of the person sitting next to me and they've accidentally landed in my sockets and are trying to find their way out. Roll. Roll. Roll. Never. A. "Secret"!)
.6. In case you have yet to notice: I am intolerant today.
posted by just a girl at 12:32 PM
10 Comments:
and yet even when intolerant you are insightful...
(am guessing dr. phil probably gets misted by oprah on a regular basis?)
i hate dr. phil, as do most people who have studied even a little bit of psychology - for the same reason that you seem to have just discovered.. everything he says is a quick fix and a cop-out in some way or the other.. whereas no true psychological progress is going to happen quickly. it sjust that everything these days is quick-fix, so his Pop Psych soundbites have become popular. "Oh, I can mature and be true to myself by listening to this guy for 10 minutes? I wish it were 8 minutes, but SWEET!" *rolls eyes*
I think I Am. In. Love. With intolerant Maha. I dig that even you, who is too fucking tolerant sometimes, has a day where she can't excuse people liking Dr. Phil or The Secret. That's hilarious that your response is it was never a secret. Hah!!! -lily I like the way you use punctuation in this post and I'm stealing it!
The question is not just about the instant psychology of Dr Phil but rather the people who choose to resolve their deeply intimate life time conflicts in 10 min on national television. I had come to accept that the man who goes on Jerry Springer to tell his wife and mother of his children that he is seeing another man who used to be a woman.. were just actors or people looking for a free trip. But who are these seemingly professional people that go on Dr Phil? What makes them think this would help? What do they talk about at work the next day? What do tehir kids do in school?
The depth of the psychiatric disturbace was obvious when Dr Phil assumed that those magic 10 min with him under the camera light would cure Britany Spears. The man actually smoked his own drugs and believed his own hype!
I wish there were a Dr Bill show to discuss the psychiatric problems of people (and society at large) that accept to go on these programs and the hosts that run them :-)
me again (prevcious annonymous).. I had to mention this.. There is a new show Steve Wilkos .. the host is a former "bouncer guy" or whatever they are aclled on Jerry Springer.. He was one of the guys that would break up fights on Jerry Springer but only after waiting a magic amount of time for some shirt to be pulled off.. this is the man dispensing psychology advice to people.. God, we need help!
You used to write a lot about tripping in your blog. They just did an interview with gerry butler where he mentions having a crush on a girl that trips and is clumsy. Is it you? My friend and I think it's you.
I am posting this on behalf of Maha, because she can't access her blog from her work place.
"From Maha, to Anonymous re Gerry Butler:
I have never, nor do I have any contact with Gerry Butler.
Yes. I have a tendency to trip a lot, and I consider this a part of my charm, but I am not the girl in Q.
Sorry to dissapoint."
Thanks.
ha ha ha ha! I love Dr Phil :o(
I can't help it, I think he's so hilarious to listen to, even if he doesn't make sense. He's so holier than everyone else, it's HILARIOUS!
The image of you "misting" yourself is funnier than Dr Phil is hilarious. You're such a tool.
What is this Gerry Butler question here? Nice reputation you've got, Maha, htat people think you're the "girl that trips and is clumsy" LOL!!!!!! LOL!!!!!!
DORK. You're totally such a DORK even when it's not actually you he's talking about - I love thatyour friend had to come and post on your behalf. Let THE CRAZY BEGIN (AGAIN)!
hugs,
Maria
I just realized that Dr. Phil is the 100 calorie pack of the psychology world (you know those little boxes in the snack aisle where the snacks are split up FOR YOU).
Made for those with no self-control who aren't afraid to advertise it.
Maybe Gerry should go on Dr. Phil?
Thanks Michelle :) & love your allegory for Dr Phil. Is that an allegory or a metaphor? Am too lazy to check, sorry...
Anjum - I keep forgetting that psych is your baby! I should really come to you more often as I think it's such a fascinating subject. Often wonder why I didn't go into it myself...
Lily - thieve away! Happy to be of service, even as intolerant me.
Anonymous - This is hilarious: "I wish there were a Dr Bill show to discuss the psychiatric problems of people (and society at large) that accept to go on these programs and the hosts that run them :-)"
...and are you serious about Wilkos?
We live in a fucked up world.
People are shitty and lazy and always looking for the easiest road out and the shittiest and laziest of them are the assholes who see they need therapy and either ignore it or opt for the 10 minute "solution". Losers, each and every one of them.
Ain't nothin' wrong with recognizing you have issues and you need to deal with them. Fools are those who see it and then sit on their lazy pathetic asses and whine about it, never doing anything about it.
Not Gerry Butler's girl.
Maria - yes, I am a tool, lol! Thanks for that :)
& I'd rather that reputation than a million others!
Michelle - Love, love, love this: "I just realized that Dr. Phil is the 100 calorie pack of the psychology world (you know those little boxes in the snack aisle where the snacks are split up FOR YOU)."
Re Gerry? Hm. Think he's a smarter man than that ;) & do love that he's searching.
xox
m
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