Lucky me--my birthday is in breast cancer awareness month. It's just...wonderful. There's pink everywhere. And I don't even really like pink--unless it's with black. [<--of course. ;) ]
WHY!
Why does OCTOBER have to be breast cancer awareness month?! What's with that?! I'm so tired of hearing about "breast cancer awareness".
Just leave me alone!
Why does breast cancer have to have its own month anyway? Why does ANY cancer have to have its own month? If we're going to have a month for all the sicknesses--we could have chicken pox awareness month, flu awareness month, mad cow awareness month, etc. [If we already have these, be sure to tell me.]
It's like being cursed! "So when's your birthday?" "It's in breast cancer awareness month." "Oh. Huh." Patti's brother, Ron [who is in Iraq right now so pray for him] has his birthday in black history month. (Poor guy.) You know I googled to see if there was "American history month"--no such luck. I found black history month and indian history month. I think I also found German history month and women's history month. [No, guys you don't get men's history month--not that that's all that surprising with all this PC crud.]
So why can't people just be proud to be Americans and have American history month? I mean black people, indians, Germans, and women are lovely and all but this is the big melting pot, you know? Plus, if you're going to have a certain people group get their own month--where's it going to end? What about the Italians, the English, the Jewish, the Russians, the French, and the list goes on. I mean, we only have SO many months in a year (12 to be exact)! We can't fit that many people in one year! Maybe we should lengthen the timeframe to 2 years so everyone gets a chance. (What about the Welsh?! Geez, people!) Or maybe this is a thing to try to get people to share, who knows?
I don't know, it just doesn't seem quite right. It's great to know what different countries your ancestors came from and to celebrate it (my ancestors came from Germany, Wales, and Ireland, by the way) but do you really need a MONTH to figure all that stuff out? Do you really need someone to come to you and say, "it's German history month so you better learn your history!" Oh, thank God for German history month or I would never learn my German history! (<--sarcasm was intended there.) NOOOOO!!! I just found out that October is also "Islamic History and Pride Month". AHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHY ME!!! Why does October have to be the Islamic month? I was so in love with October and now they're just trying to go and ruin it for me. Yeah, this is just GREAT. :(
I don't know, it just doesn't seem quite right. It's great to know what different countries your ancestors came from and to celebrate it (my ancestors came from Germany, Wales, and Ireland, by the way) but do you really need a MONTH to figure all that stuff out? Do you really need someone to come to you and say, "it's German history month so you better learn your history!" Oh, thank God for German history month or I would never learn my German history! (<--sarcasm was intended there.) NOOOOO!!! I just found out that October is also "Islamic History and Pride Month". AHHHHHHHHH!!!! WHY ME!!! Why does October have to be the Islamic month? I was so in love with October and now they're just trying to go and ruin it for me. Yeah, this is just GREAT. :(
1 comment:
LOL! You are CRACKING ME UP, Cat! Somehow I missed this post... I'm sorry! I guess I really don't understand what it is like being in your shoes... because I honestly don't see why it's a big deal. Well, also, I do like pink. So... that helps ;)
*I do like it with black more, though* LOL
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