Dear Edward Cullen:

Listen, we need to talk.

Yes, you're great and all, and just the most perfect guy out there, right?
--BEEEEEEEP--

I say nay.

Maybe, to Bella Swan, you're the best thing since sliced bread, and yes for a while, I thought you were too. But I got to thinking, would I really want my own Edward Cullen? Yes, you're protective, and that is a good thing. But over-protective? No, not so much. You play the piano, speak no lies, you're smart, have an amazing body, and quote Shakespeare. Perfect? Yes, perfect is completely overrated and boring. Don't worry, not everyone thinks like me Edward. For a lot of girls, you're just the ticket, exactly what they're looking for, but me, I like some imperfections.

You may be asking yourself, "Well LaToya, if I'm not what you want, then what is it?"
Well, funny you should ask, because I was going to tell you anyway. I don't want anything specific. I don't want some guy to come with a list of materials included, like a board game. I want someone who is so unexpected that he'll take my breath away. I want him to surprise me. I don't want someone that everyone else knows everything about.

Don't get me wrong, you've got some great qualities, but that's just it. You have it ALL. You have everything. Isn't that a little bit of a overload? Seems like some large shoes to fill if you ask me. You, you're kind of like our modern day Prince Charming. Yeah, he's...charming and all, but all together boring. He doesn't have any, hm, depth. He's very vanilla. I love vanilla, but sometimes it's nice to have chocolate once in a while.

I'm not saying you're a boring person, but man, you're hogging all the traits. You can't have it all? Why do you have it all? Is it really fair to have it all? No, it's not. Because you sir, are a trick. You're like an optical illusion.

Listen up Ed, you've fooled us all. You showed us that there is this guy out there who has all the goods, and in reality, it's all fake. Who knew that you, being a fictional character, could change so many perspectives of what a girl is looking for in a guy. But all these wonderful things that you are, too me, some of them certainly seem like downfalls. Such as, you drive 200 mph. Yes, I like to go fast, but, 200 mph is a little bit too much for me. And as much as I love a bad boy, that's a little to scary for me. You're incredibly wealthy. Yeah, it is certainly good to have money, but I mean, come on, work for a living? No, you just have money. Where's the lesson in that? You get jealous of the "guy friends". Hey now, that's an issue, because I have many many MANY guy friends. And truth be told, some of my best friends are guys. Sorry. I also find it a little strange that you have the ability to sneak into my room in the middle of the night while I'm sleeping, just to watch me sleep. I think that's a little creepy and stalker like. Hate to break it to you, but you have some stalker-like tendencies. You would follow me everywhere just so you can keep an eye out on me. I like my privacy, thanks.

I really do hate to hate on you, but I'm sorry, you're just not the one for me. Yes, you're great to look at and you care and you're committed, but Edward, I want some of the unexpected. I want some definition, and no, not just in your abs. I like not knowing a person completely, isn't that what love is about? Always finding out something incredible about some person just to (hopefully) fall more in love with them? To me, perfect is not your kind of perfect. Perfect to me is imperfection. You'll go on without me, as I will go on without you. Things are just better this way, I promise. It's just impossible for me to be with someone who is utterly perfect, and most importantly, someone who doesn't exist.

Yours Truly,
LaToya

The Sky's the Limit

November 17 at 11:00 PM to 4:00 AM the next morning is the Leonid Meteor Shower...and I really really want to watch it.

I figure, Flagstaff is pretty much one of the best places to watch a meteor shower, and lookie there, I live here. And since Flagstaff is a "dark sky" city, that means, it's super easy to see the stars and sky at night. Plus, it'll be a new moon on November 16, which calls for even darker skies. Do I really want to stay out all night on a Tuesday/Wednesday? Of course I do. Yay for Earth going through the 1466 stream again.

I love the night sky and everything in it. The stars, the moon, space, mystery, Vulcans, etc. Everything about it intrigues me. I should've gone to college to be an astronaut. Want to here a secret? It's actually been a huge dream of mine to be an astronaut, I just don't know if that's something that I could possibly accomplish. Being an astronaut involves so much physics, math and engineering. It also involves biological sciences, which I'm doing now...so I'd have one thing checked off my list.

The sky is the limit, yes? At least that's what we all say. And truthfully, maybe it is. Maybe we as humans, don't have any limits, because when was the last time you knew that the sky just, stopped, had a limit, a stopping point? It doesn't. It keeps going. On and on and on. For eons, literally. Would I be crazy if I even attempted to live this crazy dream of mine?

There is this guy who is taking off a year of his life, just to fulfill his dream...to drive around the world. Well, you and I both know that it's impossible to drive all around the world, but that doesn't stop him. He plans on shipping his Toyota Land Cruiser across the great seas of the world and drive on any land he finds. His budget: $46,000. That's a big and very expensive dream. But all in all, it's a dream, and he plans to fulfill it, no matter how much or how long it takes, he's going to do it.

I'm not saying we should all come up with the most radical crazy dreams and make them come true, but we should all find something in life to push ourselves to. When he pulls into his driveway after his long trip, what he will have will be the feeling of accomplishment. We all know what accomplishment feels like, it feels good. You feel empowered and unstoppable. Everyone, should have a dream to accomplish. Whether it's something minute, like marrying the girl of your dreams, or something even bigger, like wearing that NASA name-tag, it should matter to you. Dream the biggest dream possible, and don't let anything get in your way.

I have a dream to be an anatomy teacher. But I also have a bigger dream. And I think, that after a lot of thought, hard work and integrity, I'm going to make my dream come true. Are you?