Monday, April 25, 2011

Spring Breakin' and Temporary Tattoos

Hey, ya'll.

Today is the last day of spring break for Kit Kat and I. I know we will miss it dearly. It's been a really long time since we've written, and that's such a shame. I realized our blog is more of a place for Bonbon, Kit kat and I to share what we're feeling with each other rather than with the world. Which has been nice. I'm going to try to come back and write her more often.

Okay, so, Spring Break. I went to the beach, and so did Kit Kat. the same beach, on the same days, and we didn't even coordinate it. oddly enough, we never saw each other. I bought 120 temporary tattoos, which my mom is not exactly ecstatic about. There are dumptrucks, turtles, hearts, whales, flowers, etc. They're pretty sweet.

I am simply dying for it to be summer break. I mean, sure, I miss my friends from school, but the weather has just been so nice and I've loved staying up late and sleeping in, I just don't want it to end. Plus, I'm looking forward to most of my summer plans.

For four weeks, I'm working at a summer day camp for little kids that Kit Kat has worked at for several years. Then for a week I'll be going to South Dakota to work on an Indian reservation to teach native american children how to read. This is probably one of my favorite things I'll be doing this summer. In addition to hanging out with awesome people from my state and South Dakota, helping the kids is just so great. Most of them are very sweet but needy. Alot of them don't get the love that they deserve from home. The area in which they live is one of the most devastated in the nation. The unemployment rate is 80 percent, and suicide and depression is rampant. The first year my brother went, a seventeen year old boy had hung himself on the first day of camp, and a lot of the people my brother was there with saw the boy being taken down from the tree by his family. Helping the young kids gives you a feeling like no other; all they want is to be taken care of. it's incredible to see their desire to learn. After South Dakota, I am going to the beach with my family for a week. Then my birthday, then back to school.

I'm looking forward to it.
I hope Bon Bon and Kit kat write here soon.

<3 and other sweet things,

Sweet Tart

Sunday, October 10, 2010

RIDDLES ARE FUN

brothers and sisters, i have none,
but this mans father, is my fathers son!


who is this person???

philosophy

is there such thing as an unselfish act? ask yourself, if a person donates 10,000 dollars to a school anonymously with no connection to the school and no criminal intentions, could this be considered a selfless act? is a selfless act considered something where you, yourself gain nothing from the act itself but others do? yet how can something be considered selfless if everyone gets something out of it? if i were to donate $1 million to a hospital without getting any kind of recondition and having no intent on getting anything from the process, it cant really be considered selfless because i am gaining something anyhow. no matter what kind of act you do, you will gain an emotional reward or punishment. i would have been rewarded with either pride, or happiness, or self satisfaction etc. could only a truly uncaring and emotionless person succeed in preforming a selfless act? what is your definition of a selfless act?

love and chocolate, Bonbon

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

TOO LOOOOOOOOOOOOONGGGG

Oh my dear Gawd. It has been WAY too long. Summer croppd up and the three of us got super busy. I've been meaning to post for a while now, but now I finally am. Yay!
I just got home from Acadia, Maine, where I spent ten days with my family. Three days before that, I was in South Dakota with Kit Kat, volunteering as a counselor to Native American kids living on a reservation. A week before that, I was in Cape May, NJ with Bonbon and her family. So I've had a reeeaaallly wonderful summer. It's been great. Bonbon also visited Squam Lake in New Hampshire. And right now, KitKat is working at an inn in Virginia for a couple weeks. School starts up soon, and I'm kind of looking forward to it. Sort of. Kind of. But I know I'll be dreading it once I've been there for six hours every day for over three months. Ah, well.
Sorry this is such a crappy post, I'm not even editing, or thinking about what I type before I do. Probably not up to my usual posting standards. Once again: ahh, well.

<3>
Sweet Tart

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Living in the Moment

thing to do before we die that are a MUST:

go to Europe
swim with Dolphins
meet someone famous
eat sushi in japan
go to an awesome college
meet an awesome guy
fall in love
get rich even just for one night
spoil yourself
eat lots of chocolate
but be healthy
buy pretty clothes
be awesome
buy your own home
live in a great home
sit in a cool chair
climb a mountain
go to a concert
dance like no ones watchin
dance when everyones watchin
enter some sort of contest
learn how to ballroom dance
become a master of yoga and self defense
live in some place tropical for a bit or forever wut ever
LIVE UR LIFE LIKE UR GONNA DIE


Sunday, May 30, 2010

Physics with Color

Once again, our little Bonbon has outdone herself. A new online flipbook she made with BenettonPlay.com


Our talented little Bonbon

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Look what Bonbon made! She's so talented. We love you, Bonbon! (Benettonplay.com)

<3,

Sweet Tart & Kit Kat

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

YAY US

50 Posts! YAY US! Halfway to 100.

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Sweet Tart


How can anyone like Tyra?

i means shez self obsessed and annoying and the reason her show is probs ending is cuz people who aren't pushy like Oprah never get good answers

also she is so annoying to listen to in Americas next top model cuz she ,makes everything about herself, but to be fair i have never seen the try show so im sorry Kit Kat and Sweet Tart

i just cant help hating Tyra Banks

XOXOXO (except Tyra) Bonbon

Tyra

Okay, confession time: I enjoy the Tyra Show.
How can you not? It's chock full of useful tidbits and tips, Tyra's funny, her guests are interesting, and she sure knows how to entertain an audience. AND she's not half as rude or pushy as Oprah. So seriously, what's not to love?
I was sad to find out the Tyra Show is coming to end. In fact, this is the last week of her show. *Tear tear*.
here's the schedule:
monday
Monday, May 24th

More of the 'Beauty Inside and Out' Campaign!

A few months ago, Tyra introduced the world to her "Beauty Inside and Out" campaign, and today she's taking the campaign from her talk show couch into the world.

Keep Reading...

tuesday
Tuesday, May 25th

Our Final Teen Talk

It's one last hour dedicated to all things teen. We'll reconnect with a few familiar faces from our past and check in with them.

Keep Reading...

wednesday
Wednesday, May 26th

Five Seasons of Weaves, Wigs, Real Hair and Everything in Between!

It's all our finest hair moments. As we wrap up our final week, we're taking a look back at one of the hottest topics of season five: hair!

Keep Reading...

thursday
Thursday, May 27th

The 'Tyra Show's' Big Fab Gay Wedding!

The "Tyra Show" is teaming up with a whole bunch of fabulous wedding vendors in hopes of giving one deserving couple the wedding of their dreams.

Keep Reading...

thursday
Friday, May 28th

The 'Tyra Show' Says Goodbye

With five seasons and two Emmys under our belt, the "Tyra Show" is proud to reflect -- and say thank you to the people who made this incredible experience what it was -- that's you, our viewers.


So if you don't watch the Tyra Show, I urge you to. (I was just talking to Kit Kat about how Tyra should release her seasons onto DVD. If only talk shows did that!)

<3>
Sweet Tart

Sunday, May 16, 2010

Happy Late Mom Day

mothers day was a fun day. full of NBC specials and desserts, its a nice holiday for me. where as you don't get out of school or work its still a great time to get together. when it comes to presents for my mom I always beat my brothers, they giving her some last minute hand made card and I a painting i worked on 2 weeks in advanced specifically for her. I don't like to brag, but, it was awesome. and I made chocolate mousse for dessert only to be accompanied by, BONBONS! how excited could I have gotten???? It was a good mothers day this year. pretty goood......

XOXO love and chocolate XD Bonbon

Monday, May 10, 2010

How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World

Classy. I love to be classy, do classy things, perform actions in a classy manner. It can be refreshing in a world of trash to find class.
Sometimes, class can seem snobby. Classy does not mean you think yourself above others, or act as if you are. Classy is choosing to do things in a way that you are not rude, revealing, or wrong.
There are so many trashy people and things out there, it can be overwhelming at times. From crappy TV shows, to frightful ad campaigns, the world can be a gross place. Which is exactly why I can't wait to get my hands on this book.
How to Be a Hepburn in a Hilton World by Jordan ChristyHow to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World redefines the modern, classy woman. It teaches to be strong and in command of what others think of us, and how to be classier, better women. Heres an exerpt from her chapter titled: To Snag a Man, Let Him do the Chasing.

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Turns out our mother was right — ladies shouldn’t make the first move. Let’s be honest, do you really want to have to tell your children, “That’s right, kids, I had to beat down your father’s door and constantly create diversions to get his attention! I sent multiple text messages, wore my shortest skirts, and practically threw myself at him before he noticed me. But don’t you worry, I eventually wore him down!” Of course not. We all want a guy to approach us, fall madly in love, and not be able to wait to call us. So how do you make that happen? It’s actually not complicated at all (at least not nearly as difficult and convoluted as we girls make it). You’ll see how, starting with the basics of dating, the truth about girls who make the first move, the importance of not ruining a good thing, why he needs to call you, and when it’s okay to give it away.

First of all, we live in an extremely deceiving society. We’ve seenLindsayLohanmaking out with a different guy (or girl) in some pool every week and the Kardashians hooking up with every piece of eye candy the cat drags in. Casual sex is oh-so-glamorous through the lens of movies and TV. Instant messaging, texting, and video messages are the norm between guys and girls. But the painful, real-life truth is that none of this works. Why? Because it goes against the basic laws of nature, that’s why! If you glean nothing else from this book, I want you to hear this headline-worthy, urgent-newsflash, critical-emergency, vital-stat message: We make ourselves waaaay too accessible. How, you may ask? Let me count the ways.

In no particular order, we have the following means of scaring off a new guy: e-mailing, Facebook messaging, MySpace stalking, texting, calling, showing up unannounced, inviting him over, and did I mention coming on too strong? We will delve into these atrocities in more detail later on and talk about why being so accessible is nothing but a curse, but first let’s look at how it ever got to this point.

It’s no secret that we girls start fantasizing about a fairy-tale wedding and happily-ever-after love story around the same time we start teething (I still have a wedding book that I compiled at age six!). Relationships are a big deal to us. We want to hear all about our roommate’s new boyfriend, have to get every detail of our coworker’s upcoming nuptials, and lament right along withJenniferAniston' name=itxt-icon-77 v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"> over Brad Pitt as if he cheated on us. We love to watch TLC’s A Wedding Story, feverishly scan Us Weekly for the latest blossoming celebrity romance, and sob every time we see Sleepless in Seattle. We spend hours prepping ourselves for a date and even more time obsessing about what our potential children will look like and whether or not our initials mesh nicely. Conclusion: girls love love.

So why would you subconsciously sabotage all those efforts through your modern-day attempts at finding true love? This question baffles me daily. I’d like to think that it’s out of sheer naiveté — most girls don’t appear to be in a lucid mental state when they’re throwing themselves at some circus clown off the street and clearly aren’t aware that they are actually driving that poor boy further away. But luckily, you will no longer have to be the victim of such careless ways in love, because we’re going to start doing things the right way — the old-fashioned way! And it starts by not messing with nature.

Well over a century ago (in 1870, to be exact), William Shakespeare Hays wrote a wonderful song called “Truly Yours.” The lyrics just go to show you that this whole love–romance–dating thing has been going on a long time, and we’re probably not going to be the ones to change the entire course of it anytime soon.

In these lyrics we have the entire saga of love and romance summed up in a few phrases: guy meets girl, guy falls in love with girl, guy can’t think of anyone but her and is obsessed with girl up until dying day à la The Notebook. This age-old plot could explain the rapid popularity of said movie. I know all of us ladies love that love story, and as much as they might grumble, deep down, every guy likes the movie, too (even my husband, who has a beard, drives atruck, and aspires to be a lumberjack). Why? Because it is, without a doubt, the ideal, most picturesque illustration of romance: guys want a girl to chase after, and girls want a guy to want to track them down.

It has always been this way — from Adam and Eve to knights climbing the tower for their lady in waiting to Jane Austen’s generation of gallant gentlemen writing letters to their intended, right up to our reality-obsessed era of Girls Gone Wild. Guys still want to pursue the girl, and no amount of cell phones, sex tapes, and IM conversations are going to change that. I’m not sure why we’ve all of a sudden taken it upon ourselves to change the structural makeup of a guy’s mind, but I’m telling you right now, it’s pointless.

The implementation of the Sadie Hawkins dance in 1937 didn’t do anything to alter the ingrained behaviors of guys and girls. I hate to say it, but you’re never going to get the guy until you simply let him be the guy. And what do guys want to do? Chase things!

Sometimes it may feel like we are the only ones in this confusing cycle, but this whole process has been around since the beginning of time. It’s history. It’s nature. It’s just the way of it! Men are natural-born hunters — they like the thrill of the chase. It’s why boys like to race cars, bid on worthless eBay junk, and go hunting in the woods. They love a good pursuit. You don’t see many of us females out tackling opponents to claim some pigskin ball on a perfectly good Sunday afternoon, do you? Nope. We’re also not usually on the front lines racing after some impending tornado or disastrous storm. And while we were politely fixing tea and cupcakes for our dolls and friends, the rowdy neighbor boys were in hot pursuit of the bad guy, playing cops and robbers. It’s in their nature to hunt, chase, and track down, and if you make yourself readily available (calling, texting, stalking), guys no longer have anything to pursue. And if there’s nothing there to chase after, dream about, or hunt down, they’ve probably already lost interest.

Don’t believe me? If you’re still of the I’ll-get-the-check-not-him mentality, all stubborn and adamant that we just go out and snag a man, I challenge you to take a gander at the responses to the question I posed to ten delightful, successful, happily married men: Did she pursue you, or did you pursue her? Their answers show that the odds are against those trying to muster up the guts to do the asking first.

Jeremy, married five years:I definitely had to pursue Sarah. She wasn’t interested in me at all, so I went out and bought concert tickets to see her favorite band to try and impress her.

Herman, married seventy-eight years:I met Emma when I was eighteen and she was just sixteen. I was very nervous about asking her parents’ permission to take her out, but I just knew she was the one and knew I had to go for it. So we started seeing each other and were married two months later. That was a long time ago!

Bo, married four years:Even though Claire and I had known each other for years, I had to make the first move. We saw each other for the first time in years, and she just looked so great that I asked for her number and asked her out there on the spot.

Joey, married eleven years:I had to go after Brandi. She just got out of a relationship and didn’t really want to have anything to do with me, or any guy, for that matter. But I eventually wore her down, and now she’s stuck with me!

Greg, married forty-two years:I had to pursue Carol. Two of our mutual friends even tried to set us up on a date, but she refused! So I just kept asking her out until she finally agreed. We went to a high school basketball game together, and the rest is history.

José, married one year:I had to pursue her. I met Tina when we were playing a show at a small club in this obscure town in Alaska. I thought she was the most beautiful girl I’d ever seen, so I started talking to her after the show, asked for her number, and called her first thing the next morning.

Christopher, married seventeen years:I had to do all the work! I first saw Kerry when our high school football team played her school on a Friday night. She was a cheerleader, she was so cute, and I knew that I just had to say something to her afterward. So I waited around for an hour and a half after the game to talk to her.

Al, married thirty-three years:Well, we were only in eighth grade, but I still had to do the pursuing! I wrote Paula a note, asking if she would go steady. She said yes, and we dated all through high school and got married the day she turned eighteen!

Jefferson, married nine years:I met Bonita at a church picnic and definitely had to pursue her. She didn’t want to have anything to do with me, but I just kept annoying her and pestering her until she finally agreed togo on a date.

Ryan, married three years:Natalie came to one of our band’s shows with a bunch of her friends; I saw her in the crowd and just knew that I had to go talk to her, so I think you could safely say that I pursued her. I found her afterward, got her number, and haven’t stopped talking to her since!

My sweet boy Drew had to do the pursuing, as well — I even turned him down twice before agreeing to a date, because I thought he was too quiet. He told me later that he was beyond distraught and even couldn’t eat for days because he knew he wanted to marry me but I didn’t seem to want to have anything to do with him! Luckily, he mustered up what dignity he had left and asked again, and as it turns out, the third time was the charm. He ended up taking me to the exact place I had told my sister that I wanted my future husband to take me on our first date, and from that first night on, I knew I was going to marry him, too.

Even rock stars and celebrities have to do some pursuing. When it comes to men being the go-getters inrelationships, Kelly Ripa’s hunky husband Mark Consuelos says candidly, “I don’t think guys like to be put on a pedestal or, you know, have their butts kissed ... Honestly, that kind of freaks us out. We definitely like a challenge.”

When Rob Thomas met his future wife, Marisol, she apparently was not impressed with him or his appearance, and he had to pursue, as well. “He looked awful,” she says. “He was wearing khaki drawstring pants he’d rolled up to the knee for some reason. He was also wearing a gigantic T-shirt and a floppy fisherman’s hat with Mickey Mouse on it ... I just thought, ‘This is so wrong and so tragic.’” But despite her qualms about his fashion sense, she gave him her number when he asked for it, and a couple of months later, they were engaged.

So regardless of the guy’s current status, bank account, background, or beliefs, if he’s interested, he will do the pursuing. There’s no need to interfere with the ways of nature! Doing so will only scare him off (and I have waaaay too many stories to prove this — ask me sometime and I’d be more than happy to share them!). Of this phenomenon the bold and beautiful Beyoncé says, “When you really don’t like a guy, they’re all over you, and as soon as you act like you like them, they’re no longer interested.”

So how do you avoid the clingy-and-desperate act yet still let him know that you’re available? It all goes back to not making yourself too accessible. It’s not very twenty-first-century-empowered-woman of me to say this, but you simply need to let him call you. Grace Kelly once said, “Emancipation of women has made them lose their mystery.” And a woman’s mystery is one of the biggest attracting factors for a guy. So when in doubt, just put those phones away and keep them there, because dialing his digits four hours after you’ve met is only going to turn him off. In fact, here is a list of activities to abstain from during the initial courting period (which can range from the original meeting to several months down the road — you’ll know when this time is over when he asks you to be exclusively his!).

Making the initial call — the only way you’re allowed to call him is if he first calls you and leaves a specific message asking you to call him back. There are no exceptions, including “Maybe he lost my number” or “He’s really busy, so he probably just forgot” or “He has bad service, so I should just call him.” If he was seriously interested in you, he would never, I repeat, NEVER lose that number, and he would easily make his way to some dark alley to get a few service bars on his phone.

Texting incessantly — especially two hours after you met him to say how much you liked the shirt that he wore tonight. Nothing drains the elusive female mystique faster than a text message that showcases your innermost thoughts and feelings. Leave him to hope, wonder, and get butterflies. Texting does not leave him wanting more.

Social network interaction — nothing says overzealous like a creepy MySpace friend request, and I have yet to meet a girl that ended up with a guy she stalked online. If he’s interested, he will find you. And even then, you shouldn’t get involved in an e-message/IM situation. If he is truly interested, he will want to talk with and see you in person, so there’s no need to start a bizarre-o onlinerelationship.

Too-revealing updates — you need to completely disregard that impulse to race back to your room and blog that you’ve just met theman of your dreams. Word will inevitably get back to him that you’re obsessed with him, and he’ll assume you’re a little batty and will be scared poopless. Guys don’t want to hear that you’re planning their wedding or naming their unborn children (even if you are!), so let’s skip the emotional Facebook updates and the tell-all Twitters.

Planting yourself in strategic spots — the unnatural act of hanging around his hangouts is not only transparent, it’s weird. I’m convinced that if you’re truly destined to be with someone, you won’t have to leave your house at a calculated time, hide out in the bushes for hours, and then magically materialize, looking fresh-faced, surprised to see him, and very available. For the record, driving by his house or apartment multiple times a day doesn’t work, either.

Again, once he has lovingly gazed into your eyes and said that he can’t imagine himself with anyone else, you’re pretty much free to call and text whenever. Until then, the key is to keep him wanting more. And you can’t do that when you’re getting a tan from the 24/7 glow of that cell phone, obnoxiously informing him of every minute detail of your day while subtly slipping in hints of matrimony and grandchildren. Luckily, by the time he’s professed his undying love, it means that he is so enamored of you that you won’t be able to get rid of him — soon you’ll be politely asking him to just leave you alone for a couple hours so that you can get some actual work done!

One of my favorite literary characters of all time, Gone with the Wind’s Scarlett O’Hara, said, “Why does a girl have to be so silly to catch a husband?” Judging by the actions of most females these days, one might think this is exactly what we have to do. Between Tila Tequila’s degrading hooker-like antics and the bulk of The Bachelor contestants’ hot-tub-and-champagne shenanigans, silly is an understatement. But in reality, the majority of guys aren’t looking for stupid; they just want a fun, smart, down-to-earth girl they can take home to Mom.

Excerpted from "How to be a Hepburn in a Hilton World" by Jordan Christy. Copyright © 2009 by Jordan Christy. Reprinted by Un-Co-Inc.blogspot.com for reading entertainment. All rights reserved.


-Sweet Tart



Sunday, May 9, 2010

living in France

as Kit-Kat and Sweet-tart know, i know French. therefor i am awesome, or as the french say, je suis genial! but yah because im awesome and know french people as well as speak french i found this cool video that needs to be seen by the public non french people because I AM JUST SUCH A GIVER IN THIS NON FRENCH WORLD
you have to visit the link cuz my computer wont load the video....

XOXOXOXO CHOCOLATE AND STUFF, BONBON


Thursday, May 6, 2010

Birds

Normally, I love birds. I think they are so cute and... Yeah. They're cute. But after recent events, they care the bajesus out of me.

Two days ago, I was attacked, by a bird. It was the scariest thing ever. EVER! OK not really. I have seen scarier. Like Urban Legends. Now THAT'S SCARY!! But any who, we have a bird house in our back yard with a nest in it and I was going to see if there were any eggs in the nest. I opened the "view" side and little did I know, but the mother bird was in there. She got SO TICKED! She threw herself against the side of the birds nest trying to eat my face off. fortunately, I ran away, but she chased me all the way to my house! Then, It waited for me on a phone wire. It was so scary. I had to call sweet tart to come over to close the view panel for me because I didn't want to be killed.

Good news though, the bird and I are now on speaking terms.
YAY!!
Love lots,
Kitty Kat

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

Happy Cinco de Mayo

Ugh. I hate being sick. The stuffy nose, the aching throat, the throbbing head. GET ME OUT OF HERE. Ok, no more ranting.
Today was quite uneventful for me. It consisted of lots of sleeping, reading, and fiddling around with creativity. I did make some adorable necklaces and buttons, so not all was lost.
Um. Yeah.
So.
BLAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.
I'm so BORED.
Okay yeah bye love from

Sweet Tart

Whoops

Ok, so our blog has been funky recently. Instead of having icons of things, it said "undefined" all over the place. We were like the anti-dictionary (har har, I know) for a while there. Anyway, everything is mostly fixed due to a little (well actually, a LOT) of tinkering around. Except all of our sidebar type things keep getting pushed to the bottom of the page. We're working on it.


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Sweet Tart

Monday, May 3, 2010

Christophe Mae (Dingue dingue dingue)





I love this song! Dingue Dingue Dingue by Christophe Mae. <3, name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/lY5kWwwrA6o&hl=en_US&fs=1">

Friday, April 30, 2010

BOOKS

God i don't have ANY time to read anymore! I haven't read a single book besides school books in over a year and that is just SO SAD i mean come on! i used to read like 15 books in a summer! geez i want to just get a good book and sit in bed and read it and just go crazy. Sweet Tart reads all these awesome books and i want to read like she does because shes a super smarty when it comes to English stuff. man i miss books. they used to be my friends but now they are distant memories. (sigh)

-Bonbon

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

Boredom


I got bored in Creative Writing class today. And yesterday. And last week. One of the products of this fruitful boredom:








<3,
Sweet Tart


Flow Yo

I don’t do confrontations. If push comes to shove, and I become insulted or made out to be a fool, I will most definitely speak my mind. Even in less hostile situations, I’m not afraid to say what I think. But I’ve never been one to enjoy making a scene. Some people critique the way I deal with things, saying I don’t have the guts to be wrong. It’s not that. I call it going with the flow. Why make a mess of things, when instead you can get your way and make others happy? I just feel that so many things around me have gone wrong because of the way people handle things. I’m not perfect, and I’ve made my mistakes too. But I just feel so much could be gained and so many hostile situations and messes could be avoided if more people learned how to compromise and not be defensive or confrontational. Food for thought :)


<3,

Sweet Tart