Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall.

Simon & Garfunkel.

Today is Mother's Day. It's also my 200th blip.

I'm not a fan of Mother's Day (basically ANY holiday). I'm one of those people who believes that everything has become too commercialized. On designated days of appreciation, I feel expected to do something for someone when I feel like I should appreciate someone whenever I feel like it. I don't like the expectations. I don't think it's special to buy something for someone that everyone else is doing too. I don't like cards--I believe they are a waste of money, and I don't like getting them because I feel like it's a waste of paper and I probably end up throwing them out in a few weeks anyway. I'm one of those people who doesn't want anything for my birthday or Christmas. I just like to have everyone around me stay in a good mood and enjoy life. I could go on.. I'm "anti-" a lot of things. Maybe one day you can all read a rant from me about why I'm extremely anti-iPods.

(And yes, my mom does look at my blip). As far as blip goes, I'm still a fan, but having dial-up internet for the next four months really limits my chance to look around--so apologies if I haven't been commenting as much lately or that sort. Also, I'm not sure how long I'm going to keep being able to take a picture every day. My goal is to reach the point of a year, then see what happens from there. So... today's blip = mother's day flowers. Cookout tonight, that should be alright :-)