So, my 2 year old loves to watch Maisy. Maisy is a mouse that rides on a tractor and has some uber hip friends named Charlie and Tallulah. Lambchop said, "I wuv Maisy. She's pretty." My 7 year old daughter said, "I can tell Maisy is a girl because her nose is slightly darker and her tail is longer than the average mouse." Really? I must have been absent when we studied mouse gender identification, because I was perplexed by this announcement. Now Minnie and Mickey are icons, and Minnie is more of a Lily Pulitzer kind of mouse with her hot pink bow. Maisy wears overalls with funny hats and most mice that I have seen (and I admit that I prefer not to see them in person) are not that fashion forward. However, I appreciate that my daughter put some thought into Miss Maisy. Did I actually write a paragraph about the fashions worn by animated mice? Yes, I did.
Admittedly I trust the judgement of my 7 year old daughter. I don't know if I should seek the advice of someone who wears a tutu, rain boot, and sunglasses, but she makes it work. She is so candid- like when I was trying on new glasses the other day at the eye doctor. She said, "Mommy, those glasses make you look really nerdy." She selected a pink pair with rhinestones because a) she knows I am so not a pink person and b) I don't do rhinestones. She said, "I love them. You look just like you are 10 and should be on "Good Luck Charlie." Was she looking through a kaleidoscope or one of those fun house mirrors? I will stick to nerdom, thanks.
What is it with reality television? I don't understand the fascination. I'm not sure when this revolution occurred but I remember years ago I heard about a show called "Survivor" when I was camping. When I heard the premise of the show was to try to be the last person (or last people on the island), that sounded like a counterproductive move. If you are stuck on an island, don't you want to go home like ET? Hanging out on an island trying to irritate each other and stink each other out doesn't sound like a good time to me. And then I heard you had to potentially give up lip balm and toothpaste and that show just didn't sound like something I wanted to be associated with on any level. I am wise enough to know that you will feel one of two ways about me if you were trapped on an island with me. You will think I am funny and appreciate my imitations of eastern European supermodels, Linda Blair in "The Exorcist", Jodi Foster in "Silence of the Lambs", or you will take the most likely route which includes wishing that I would be carried off by a vulture or figuring out how to build a makeshift raft to send me to my own island a la Castaway. You've gotta hand it to Tom Hanks. The man came a long way from wearing a bad polyester dress in "Bosom Buddies."
I am not much of a survivalist, but I am completely impressed by those people that possess those skills. So I took a survey of 15 people to see what they bring to the island. You just never know what you are going to hear when you poll people, but one said that he brought procreation to the island. I guess that would be pretty beneficial if we were working on a reality show with Michelle Duggar or Tori Spelling. Some people said they brought nothing and we would all be dead within a short period of time. Note to self-don't want to hang with that pessimistic crowd. Hello! We could build a float with popsicle sticks and driftwood. Didn't they do that on "Gilligan's Island?" Or maybe that was an old episode of "Martha Stewart"?
Of course there are always those people that can survive on the island. 3 respondents broke down how they could hunt, fish, build stuff, and navigate their way home. Yes, those people can do everything. It was truly impressive as the most requested survival skill on my last camping trip was more tequila less lime. I'm sure these guys could get Angie to turn over Billy Bob's blood in a vial (couldn't he have gotten her the diamond encrusted blood vial pendant courtesy of the fine peeps at Zales? perhaps that is why that union collapsed?) and help deliver the 2 year old that Jessica Simpson is about to give birth to in the next month or so.
The lesson learned from all of this? Kids are honest so take their advice and never take a long trip with someone with no survival skills. Unless it is David Beckham. There are exceptions to every rule.
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