Ty Pennington: Evil Mastermind
At least, the evil mastermind who is trying to take over the world by making all the inhabitants cry simultaneously, thus making them incapable of stopping him from climbing to power.
I'm a crybaby. A big fat one. I cry during Hallmark Commercials. Applebees Commercials. Movies. Music Videos. Books. Harry Potter Epics that end with one of my favorite characters biting the big one.
If you haven't realized yet, I just got finished watching an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Oh My God! I had the waterworks going when they were introducing this little girl. She wrote in, wanting them to spruce up the children's wing of the hospital that she got her chemo treatments in, and in addition to that, she also got a surprise makeover on her house.
And, the bigwig of a major financial group flew out to tell them that their company was taking care of thier mortgage.
And you know what made this little girls heart really go pitterpatter? Not the amazing bedroom that they made for her. (A little girls dream! Her very own garden. Abfab. Simply Abfab!) Not the fireplace in the outdoor foyer. Not the free internet access on her very own computer. Or getting her very own bathroom and walk in closet.
They made her a beadworking room. She makes necklaces and bracelets for cancer research, and they filled this room from ceiling to floor with beads and wire and clasps and everything.
I cried so much. This is a little girl that has been fighting this battle for over a year, and all she wanted to do was help other people. She wanted them to fix up the wing of the hospital to make other kid's stays easier and better.
The world really needs more people like that. There aren't enough. Too many like me, who spend our days going shopping with the little money we do have after paying off tuition, and live in a safe, cocooned bubble of easy living and a safety net of a family business to save them if they fail in their endeavors. Even if I have no desire to help make/sell custom furniture and cabinets. Although I do know how.
She, Cassandra, is the kind of person that I wish that I could be. So selfless, so utterly amazing in the simplicity of the giving of herself and her talents. And she's only eight. I'm twenty, and I'm kind of on the selfish side. I mean sure, I make security quilts and blankies for the kids at the women's shelter, but I started that initially to get out of the studyhall from hell. I hope that that doesn't taint it too much.
I hope that everyone can find a little bit of her spirit in theirs, because it really could make the world a better place.
Katherine
Good greif, I'm sappy when I cry!
I'm a crybaby. A big fat one. I cry during Hallmark Commercials. Applebees Commercials. Movies. Music Videos. Books. Harry Potter Epics that end with one of my favorite characters biting the big one.
If you haven't realized yet, I just got finished watching an episode of Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.
Oh My God! I had the waterworks going when they were introducing this little girl. She wrote in, wanting them to spruce up the children's wing of the hospital that she got her chemo treatments in, and in addition to that, she also got a surprise makeover on her house.
And, the bigwig of a major financial group flew out to tell them that their company was taking care of thier mortgage.
And you know what made this little girls heart really go pitterpatter? Not the amazing bedroom that they made for her. (A little girls dream! Her very own garden. Abfab. Simply Abfab!) Not the fireplace in the outdoor foyer. Not the free internet access on her very own computer. Or getting her very own bathroom and walk in closet.
They made her a beadworking room. She makes necklaces and bracelets for cancer research, and they filled this room from ceiling to floor with beads and wire and clasps and everything.
I cried so much. This is a little girl that has been fighting this battle for over a year, and all she wanted to do was help other people. She wanted them to fix up the wing of the hospital to make other kid's stays easier and better.
The world really needs more people like that. There aren't enough. Too many like me, who spend our days going shopping with the little money we do have after paying off tuition, and live in a safe, cocooned bubble of easy living and a safety net of a family business to save them if they fail in their endeavors. Even if I have no desire to help make/sell custom furniture and cabinets. Although I do know how.
She, Cassandra, is the kind of person that I wish that I could be. So selfless, so utterly amazing in the simplicity of the giving of herself and her talents. And she's only eight. I'm twenty, and I'm kind of on the selfish side. I mean sure, I make security quilts and blankies for the kids at the women's shelter, but I started that initially to get out of the studyhall from hell. I hope that that doesn't taint it too much.
I hope that everyone can find a little bit of her spirit in theirs, because it really could make the world a better place.
Katherine
Good greif, I'm sappy when I cry!
posted by rosie4299 at 9:04 PM
4 Comments:
I've loved Ty since his Trading Spaces days! I've cried at a number of those Home Edition shows. They find the most touching stories.
I can't say I cry a lot at books and movies, but I did cry at the end of HP book 5. I loved Sirius. He's my favorite. Oh, and I bawled and actually threw the book across the room several times when I read Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas. Ever read it? You'll need about five boxes of Kleenex, if you cry at Applebee's commercials. It's worth it, though.
amy
It's that one with the old lady who wants to spend time with the neighbor girl. It gets me every time.
And the Hallmark commercial from way back when with the crothety old piano teacher that gets the card from the little girl he's teaching to play.
Great, now I'm all teary from talking about it!
I love Ty too. Especially shirtless, like he was so many times in Trading Spaces. Not so much now that he's on ABC. Do you think that Disney frowns on showing those fine abs of his?
K
Who could frown on those abs?
Sigh.
Yes, I miss those days, too.
Sad thing about it is, Ty, in his 40's and he act like he's in his 20's. I've drooled over him in TS. And when his book came out? I stared at his gratuitous half nekkid shot for days. Hmm... Talented with his hands...
I, too, cry when watching Hallmark commercials especially the ones that used to have Kimberly Willams-Paisley in them. Anything that has baby animals makes me well up and Suzanne's Diary made me cry along with the book version of A Walk to Remember.
Okay, I am officially a wuss.
And K, I'm back. The weekend stuff (to be blogged later) that took place was a major doozie.
~M
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