Being ABOVE the infulence.

Okay, lets just start off with the disclaimer that this post has absolutely nothing to do with drugs.

 

I mostly wanted to focus on influences, which of course my crazy mind immediately went to being "above the influence"

 (crazy mind explanation in last post).

 

As I have sat on my bed watching the past 7 seasons of Scrubs the past two weeks or so, I have found my mind telling me:

 

"Dang Bailey, you should be a Doctor! How cool would that be? how many lives do you think you could save? How many people would die? Would you be able to handle the stress of all of it? Lets Find out!"

 

 And it proceeded to make me incredibly stressed out.

INFULENCE you guys, it is a crazy thing.

 

So, I have decided to make a list of things that influence me and how they do

 so...

maybe I am not the only crazy one in the world.

 

 Let us join together Crazies of the World.

 Ha-ha what if I actually created a group called "Crazies of the World" Would y'all join it?

 (as I type I am slowly beginning  realize that my insanity is becoming more and more apparent to the world... yehaw.)

 

Things that have Influence on Me

TV Shows and Books

Making me want to be a lawyer (Drop Dead Diva), Wizard (Harry Potter), companion to a time lord called 'the Doctor' (duh) and of course a Ranger (Rangers Apprentice). And when I remember that none of these things are logical... to a certain extent... I get all sorts of depressed... good times.

 

My peers

I generally don't listen to the things my peers say about me, or care but there is one thing that does influence me, the way they talk.

 I'm not saying curse words or anything like that of course, I just have picked up the habit of some really annoying valley girl sayings while attempting to use them ironically.

 

 Some words include, but are not limited to

"Totes","Awk",  "Adorbs", "hashtag insert random obvious exclamation here", "whateves" and of course the crowning glory, "Cray-Cray".

Just typing these words makes me cringe.

 

It does my heart good though, to see all of those words being underlined by the red squiggly line thing. Does that line thing have a name? I could have sworn that it does...

 

Pinterest

I know. It still isn't an app existing on my iPod but it definitely feeds some unhealthy obsessions. I am way to young and technically single to be getting stressed out about what types of flowers my bouquet should be.

 Oh and I already have enough clothes, I shouldn't feel the need to get rid of all of them and go and live in Pinterest.

 

YouTube.

I love YouTube. Seriously, one of these days I will share a list of all of my favorite YouTubers but I am also a bit OCD so it still needs some perfecting.

Because of YouTube I have attempted several vlog-esque videos and I also have quite the makeup collection. Also you guys make me want to make videos and I am constantly thinking "Dude I should totally blog about this" It is sad really...

 

My Parents

This one is a positive thing... kind of. I am mostly referring to my new diet on this one. I eat so much junk food it is insane. So instead of just getting rid of sugar all together I have decided that I will not buy it. I can have dessert if it is offered to me but if I am at the store and I want a Twix, it is a no go.

 My dad hates me. Not really but fo' realsies, the past month that this has been going on he has brought home a Mountain Dew for me any time he goes out and our house has never had more cookie dough and ice cream in it... ever.

 Seriously, you would think that with a house full of Hypoglycemics and a kid that is allergic to corn (which is in EVERYTHING BTDubbs *another annoying word courtesy of my high school choir teacher) we would just stop buying it. This is what I opened my door to tonight

 

Yeah. haha I love him.

Oh and did you know that you should never eat candy corn on top of an already nauseous stomach...

Yeah apparently, it doesn't help.  Weird Right?

 

Boys

I actually attempted to convince one of my best friends that girls don't dress up for guys, ha. Whether we like it or not girls have a tendency to act differently around guys. 

Having the difference be acting more lady like, to being humble about one of your greatest life achievements, to being super competitive so that he will want to play ball with you it is just how it works.

 Before Hayden left on his mission he said "Dude, when you get back from your mission you should be like a runner, the kind that does it for fun. That would be cool."

That would be cool? ICK I HATE exercise.

 Like I am practically allergic to it. I get all sweaty and red and stuff, it gets bad. Anyway look what I got for my birthday present...

 

You know because I exercise so often.

 For heavens sake I didn't even know how to spell the dang word!

"Miss Alexander, your word is Exercise"

"Exercise. E-X-E-R-S-I-Z-E. Exercise.

"I'm sorry that is incorrect."

You know what little red squiggly line thing, You don't even have a legit name! At least not one that Phineas and Ferb made up a song about, like the hard plastic thing at the end of shoelaces!

Actually, I love these shoes and I love boys so it's whateves.Whatever.

 

Church

If you didn't know already I am a Mormon.

That being said there is a lot of temptation out there in the world that we all have to overcome.

 A good friend gave a talk a while back and he said that you can't aim for the bar, if you do you will smack right into it, you have to aim above it and your faults will smack into it.

 

 I have fantastic friends, even though a lot of them aren't members they still have high standards and they don't pull me into the world.

I also have fantastic leaders, who love me and support me

in everything that I do.

One woman in particular has gotten me to break a life long habit of mine with the help of a nasty tasting nail polish. My nails have legitly never been longer.

 

But that is what some influence is for.

They help your weaknesses become strengths. and in turn you can help others.

 

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."

 Ether 12: 27

 

Good stuff. If only there was a nasty tasting polish for Procrastination. That would seriously be so cool.