As you may know I don’t blog very often. Well sadly I’m not breaking my non-blogging streak with a happy, funny or inspirational blog, but with a blog that is a result of finding myself utterly appalled tonight and being urged by my roomie to blog!
So I am sure that by now you have seen, heard or maybe even participated in the ‘raising of breast Cancer Awareness’ through a status.
Here is how it started:
Ladies, write the color of your bra in your status, just the color, nothing else, and send this message on to only girls, no men. It will be neat to see if this will spread the wings of cancer awareness.
Innocent enough right? I guess so. I personally did not participate because I didn’t want the whole world to know what color bra I was wearing, especially my male friends if they found out what I was refereeing to.
Next:
Let's switch it up ladies... Posting your Bra color was great! It's amazing how many women posted this on their status! And awareness was raised we were even on the news! So let 's try this - If you had an inch of pink ribbon for every one person you personally know who has been touched by breast cancer, how many inches of pink ribbon would you have? Just write the number in your status, "# inches" , nothing else, and send this message on to only girls, no men.
Still pretty innocent, although some guys did get the wrong idea about it. But I’m not even going to go into that.
Next:
This is hilarious!!!! Please Don't spoil the fun, and lets keep this thing going. Since the men didn't appreciate our bra colors or ribbon size...DONT TELL ANY MEN, so we keep them guessing!!!! Type out the sentence you end up with in YOUR STATUS!!!
Month you were born:
January-------I kicked
February------I loved
March----------I karate chopped
April------------I licked
May------------I jumped on
June-----------I smelled
July------------I did the Macarena With
August--------I had lunch with
September----I danced with
October-------I sang to
November-----I yelled at
December-----I ran over
Pick the day (number) you were born on:
1-------a birdbath
2-------a monster
3-------a phone
4-------a fork
5-------a snowman
6-------a gangster
7-------my mobile phone
8-------my dog
9-------my best friends' boyfriend
10-------my neighbour
11-------my science teacher
12-------a banana
13-------a fireman
14-------a stuffed animal
15-------a goat
16-------a pickle
17-------your mom
18-------a spoon
19------- a smurf
20-------a baseball bat
21-------a ninja
22-------Chuck Norris
23-------a noodle
24-------a squirrel
25-------a football player
26-------my sister
27-------my brother
28-------an iPod
29-------a surfer
30-------a homeless guy
31-------a llama
What is the last number of the year you were born:
1--------- In my car
2 --------- On your car
3 --------- In a hole
4 --------- Under your bed
5 --------- Riding a Motorcycle
6 --------- sliding down a hill
7 --------- in an elevator
8---------- at the dinner table
9 -------- In line at the bank
0 -------- in your bathroom
Pick the color of shirt you are wearing:
White---------because I'm cool like that
Black---------because that's how I roll.
Pink-----------because I'm NOT crazy.
Red-----------because the voices told me to.
Blue-----------because I'm sexy and I do what I want
Green---------because I think I need some serious help.
Purple---------because I'm AWESOME!
Gray----------because Big Bird said to and he's my leader.
Yellow---------because someone offered me 1,000,000 dollars
Orange--------because my family thinks I'm stupid anyway.
Brown---------because I can.
Other----------because I'm a Ninja!
None----------because I can't control myself!
Apparently someone decided that the reaction of confused men ought to take precedence over Breast Cancer Awareness. But it was still innocent and yes kind of funny. Just wait until you see what came next.
Next:
Let's keep the guys going. What sort of weather do we ladies prefer? Update your status with one of the following:
'wet and hard' if your a rain lover
'soft and slow' if you prefer snow
'hot and steamy' if you're a sun worshipper
'hard Blow' if you prefer wind
'I'm easy' if you're not bothered what the weather is like.
Drives them nuts when we all unite like this- scares them half to death - Goddesses will rule the world again!!!
And this is where I found myself utterly appalled. I cannot believe that what started out as an attempt to raise Breast Cancer Awareness has turned into a charade of sleazy status’. And about not telling the guys, I must have been totally off base. I thought that was about remaining ladylike or from a Christian standpoint not causing our brothers to stumble.
A lady by the name of Rachal was on the right track when she added this into a message but then she too got caught up in it being a game.
(Addendum by Rachal) This game may be all fun and everything... It's fun to make the men go crazy with some mass effort by the women here and there. But take a moment from this 'game' and really think about what/why this started. Women every day learn that their entire worlds are going to change. Some may not win their fight. Take a moment and think of the untold strength and determination of these women to fight for their very lives. So post up your shoe size, foward the msg (with or without my little addition) and think on why these games started in the first place. Please.
I could go on and on about this, but I won’t. I will end with this...
…a picture of my dear friend Vicki (a 2 time Breast Cancer Survivor) and I. We celebrated her 5th Anniversary of being Breast Cancer Free this past summer. If I called her and told her I put “wet and hard” or I’m easy” in my status JUST for her. Do you think she would be proud? I think not!
