No Use Crying Over Spilled Milk & Cookies

Today Pearpear, Bearbearette and I went out to buy some cookies. At the shop, there was this tall man with a skinny moustache and big ugg boots asking the Cookie Lady how he could switch the peanut butter fudge swirl cookies he had previously taken with the plain sugar cookies instead. The Cookie Lady explained that he could use the plain sugar cookie tongs to grab the new plain sugar cookies from the plain sugar cookie tray, and put the peanut butter fudge swirl cookies back onto the peanut butter fudge swirl cookies tray with the peanut butter fudge swirl cookie tongs. The Big Boot Man said this was a hassle, and didn't understand why he had to use the plain sugar cookie tongs which were farther from his reach. He also said he doesn't want to use any "stupid tongs" that don't work right, and demanded to know why he can't just switch the cookies right away. The Cookie Lady explained that an exchange was possible, but that specific tongs must be used to avoid cross-contamination and keep everyone safer and cleaner. The Big Boot Man then yelled at the Cookie Lady and demanded she find someone who could help him exchange his cookies without wasting his time. The Cookie Lady offered to grab the plain sugar cookies for him and put back the peanut butter fudge swirl cookies, but the Big Boot Man called her useless and demanded to speak to the baker who "actually knows what he's doing." The Cookie Lady explained that everyone in the shop was equally equipped to assist him and that she'd be glad to help him switch. At this point, the man lost his temper completely, knocked the cookie trays to the ground, and stormed out of the store, shouting that he'll be back to tell the baker and everyone else in the shop that the Cookie Lady refused to help him.

Pearpear, Bearbearette and I were so scared that we were shivering in the corner. The Cookie Lady was being nice to the Big Boot Man and trying to help him; I don't understand why he yelled at her. What makes someone such an angry person who yells at strangers who were politely trying to help him after he made a mistake? My goodness! I wonder what people are thinking when they can take a person's words and actions and interpret them in the exact opposite manner. Are they just mad to begin with? Maybe he was just having a bad day...

And it was such a waste of cookies too...hm...Milk & cookies sound good right now. They make me happy. Maybe if the Big Boot Man had eaten some milk and cookies first, he would have been happier.

Pearpear's Plea!

Hello, everyone. I don't mean to bum everyone out, but this is very bearbeary important. Pearpear has a very urgent announcement to make, and I'm going to turn this post over to him now:

Dear ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, bearbears and all: I have recently learned some sad sad news that really breaks my little Pearpear heart. My friends and family back up in the North Pole are in trouble. We are quickly losing our home, our food, our way of life. All this global warming, all this greenhouse gas, it's hurting us! It's killing us! To read more, see this news piece: Polar Bears Face Serious Threat

I'm begging you, all of you, to please help! Why, just the other day, my second cousin on my pop-pop's side once removed drowned because she couldn't make it to the nearest ice caps, which are moving farther and farther apart. In case you don't know, the ice IS the land under our feet, it's what we live on, and this ice, well, it's melting! You might be thinking, well, it's ice; ice melts. Yes, ice melts, but the sea ice in the North Pole is melting at an alarming rate, so quickly that it is really really hurting us. It's as if someone came by your house w/ a bulldozer and destroyed the whole thing, AND also took away all your food! Except there isn't a particular someone doing this to our homes...it's everyone. And I know that you don't mean to do it, I know you aren't trying to kill off all the polar bears and make our homes melt, but it's happening.

I'm not asking you to give me money to send back home, I'm not asking you to travel all the way to the North Pole to feed us, I'm not asking you to join any protests, and I'm definitely not asking you to adopt everyone from up there. I'm simply asking you to please be aware. Be aware of all the little things you do that are contributing to this tragedy, and all the little things you could do to help.

Going to the mall this weekend? Please carpool with some friends instead of meeting them there!

Finished reading that magazine while drinking your can of soda? Put them in the recycling bin instead of the trash can!

Looking for a new car? Check out a more fuel efficient option rather than a big ol' gas- guzzling SUV or Hummer, even if it does make you feel cool.

PLEASE HELP PLEASE HELP! SAVE US PLEASE! *tears in eyes*