Truth Monster

You know that whole

"The Truth Will Set You Free"

mumbo jumbo?

Yah, I don't know if it's all that accurate.

It may eventually be true,

but what about the one who tells you the truth?

Does it set them free?

Rarely.

I have always carried with me the belief that the truth is far better than lying.

You can do it tactfully and with loveliness,

but in the end, the truth is better.

OR IS IT?

I have consistently gotten myself into trouble over the years

for telling the truth.

Being the one, who, while everyone else is thinking it,

actually (God Forbid) says it out loud.

 And it usually ends badly.

I'm not sure where this part of me came from,

to tell the truth to those I love, but it did... and I'm over it!

I like that my friends want me to be the one they go shopping with

because they know I'll tell them what looks good and what doesn't.

Why would I do anything else?

If anything, it's for selfish reasons, because why would I want the peeps

I roll with to look anything but spectacular?

(peeps? roll with? who am I?)

But, from now on, don't ask me questions if you are only

prepared to hear what you want to hear.

I tell the truth - and if you want lies, talk to someone else.

YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!

Now I'm sure I'm just scaring everyone.

The TRUTH is,

I want people I love to be happy, and maybe

what I think really, doesn't matter.

I won't lie, but I can also keep my mouth closed.

Win Win.

"The truth is rarely pure and never simple." - Oscar Wilde

 

picture perfect

My friend and I were recently discussing how we haven't taken
enough pictures lately.

We get together with friends, and want to take photos, at one point we even said

"I have my camera and I am absolutely taking pictures tonight. No excuses."

And then it's the next morning, and I have one blurry shot of my dog.

no joke - here it is.

And then I'm kind of disappointed because we looked cute,

we were having fun,

summer was being had...

and we don't have any documentation!

And then, I gave myself this face - 

 

and said... 

"wait. I'm disappointed?"

Have I gotten so wrapped up in the documenting of events that

I have stopped enjoying them?

A bit dramatic, but sort of.

When I'm out, I'm often saying - 

"DAMN! I wish I had my camera. This would be such a good picture."

Carling - shut up! Just enjoy the moment. 

Don't get me wrong - picture taking & editing is one of my 

favourite things to do.

However, I do think in the age of social media and the never ending need

to show off (yep, I'm saying it) how good you look, or how awesome your life is,

or how great and picture perfect your trip was...

you might lose the moment... just a little bit.

This doesn't mean you should expect me to stop documenting any time soon,

but... I'm not going to beat myself up anymore when I don't get 80 shots of 

my amazing night.

I have a lot of amazing nights,

and maybe, sometimes, the memories are enough.

"Memory is the power to gather roses in winter" - Anonymous

James VanderBeek-in-action!

Who knew this guy -

 

Would eventually become THIS guy -

 

All of a sudden, Dawson, James has grown up and become a good looking dude!

I did not expect this.

On Dawson's Creek, James VDB bothers the CRAP out of me.

He's whiny, lame, and totally tool-ish.

Pacey (yummy Joshua Jackson) is where it's at in the DC Days.

Actually, he is STILL where it's at -

Distracting.

However, out of the blue it seems, James has become this 

funny, charming, totally able to make fun of himself (which is the best) guy.

The new show, Don't Trust the B in Apt. 23, is not that good.

BUT, James is saving the day with his hilarious portrayal 

of himself as an actor trying to get out of the Dawson persona for which he is best known.

Here he decides to teach an acting class because if 

"James Franco can do it, I can do it. I'm going to beat Franco at Acting teaching."

 hee hee.

He tries to teach them Hamlet, but the audience only has DC questions (like - "was it hot to make out with Katie Holmes?" and "were you and Pacey always drunk on set?"), and he eventually succumbs and acts out the part of when he tells Joey he loves her for the first time.

FUNNY STUFF.

And who can forget his role as Robin's ex-boyfriend 

(Canadian style) on How I met Your Mother? 

 his Canadian accent made me giggle.

 Or his part in Ke$ha's music video playing the part of

James Van der Douche?

Blow - Ke$ha

 Vander Douche? GOLD!

 OR... his amazing talent on the set of Criminal Minds when he played, 

hands down, the creepiest killer I've ever seen on the show. 

  

creeptastic.

James - You may be on fire!

[describing heartbreak] "It's agony. Complete, excruciating agony. It's like your heart has been ripped out of your chest and stomped on, and you can't breathe... you don't want to eat... you can't function. It's the most intense pain that you'll ever feel, and the worst part is, there's no way to relieve it. It's unyielding, merciless torture, and you *know* that it's yours for life." 

- Dawson Leery

(barf. He's supposed to be 15 in this episode... typical DC pretentiousness.)

Maybe we just try to forget the Dawson days...