Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Stupid Little Pea: the modern day princess and the pea fairytale


Maybe there is something to the fairytale "the princess and the pea". Lately I've developed a habit for buying beds. It almost seems like an addiction, Because really who buys 2 beds in one year? In fact two beds less then six months apart from each other? Nobody but a princess I think. And only a true princess would get so sick and tired of sleeping on an incredibly uncomfortable make your bones ache bed that she'll run out and purchase a new one and be done with the problem. But why 2 you ask? Because for some reasons this princess sleeps on two beds. One at her house and one at her boyfriends house. Now being a very incurable romantic princess she loves her boyfriend very much, so the easy solution to hating his mattress which would be to just stay at home and sleep on her recently purchased very comfy double bed complete with pink sheets, a baby blue duvet with pink and red flowers on it with matching pillows and a few bright red cushions for texture, is very unacceptable. So instead of leaving the boyfriend to suffer on his very old roll you right in to the middle, squeaky, and not very soft queen size mattress, she decides to look for a new one. And to her outmost delight she happens upon a huge mattress sale at a clearance center. And to her even greater excitement finds a bed she could just fall asleep on right in the store and refuses to get off of. Especially after the salesperson was reluctant to put it on hold for her because the mattresses were disappearing at a very alarming rate. So partially due to her impulsive nature and her strange new mattress addiction(fetish?) and partially because the thought of sleeping on the old bed again gave her nightmares, she bought the bed almost right on the spot. So now she could spend many comfy wonderful dreamed filled nights snuggled up to her prince charming in their new queen sized bed. What will they do with the old mattress you ask? I don't anything but keep it. There is no way she is going to another night tossing and turning just because some one wants to hold onto a relic of the past and has no room to keep it. No more PEAS! And of course any true princess (define the word how you wish) would give up her prince just because a little pea is driving her crazy, instead she finds a much better way to solve the problem, and find her happy ending and have incredibly sweet dreams.

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Happily Ever After: Without the Prince?

New Release, Princess Bubble, Strikes Chord with America’s 51% SINGLE WOMEN WHO, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY, OUTNUMBER MARRIED WOMEN

ATLANTA, April 26, 2007—This spring, as single women scramble to catch bridal bouquets, toss their mortar boards, and contemplate “what’s next,” two successful single gals are throwing out an unstereotypical option, a redefined fairy-tale ending, “happily ever after”—even without the prince.

With wisdom gleaned from their careers as single, globe-trotting flight attendants, first-time authors Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb have crafted a modern-day book that celebrates singleness. A contemporary fairy tale for all ages, Princess Bubble was written to reduce the overwhelming sense of failure, self-doubt, and despair that some single women face.

“Knowing how low self-esteem and depression plague many single females, we wanted to spread the message that ‘happily ever after’ can occur even before Prince Charming arrives. . . or even if he never does,” said Webb.

“We’re definitely not anti-Prince,” said Johnston (whose college nickname was “Bubbles”). “We’re not anti-family or anti-marriage, if anything we’re anti-‘Damsel in Distress.’ Our message—the single life can also be a fairy tale. The End!”

Princess Bubble stars a princess who is confused by the traditional fairy tale messages that say she must find her “prince” before she can live “happily ever after.” Princess Bubble dons her “thinking crown” to research traditional fairy tales, interviews married girlfriends, and even takes counsel from her mother, who advises her to sign up at FindYourPrince.com. With a little help from her fairy godmother (this is still a fairy tale after all), Ms. Bubble discovers that “living happily ever after” is not about finding a prince. “True happiness,” the book reveals, “is found by loving God, being kind to others, and being comfortable with who you are already!”

“We’ve had countless women all over the nation tell us they wish there had been a book like this when they were young,” said Johnston. “This is a story women can truly believe in and feel comfortable sharing with their children.”

ABOUT PRINCESS BUBBLE and BUBBLE GUM PRESS: Self-published in 2006, Princess Bubble is now available through most online retailers and in over 70 retail outlets. The Princess Bubble message, cleverly articulated by former Delta flight attendants Susan Johnston and Kimberly Webb, seeks to find an alternate ending to “happily ever after” and change the notion that life begins and ends with finding your Prince Charming. Looking to bolster the poor self-esteem of female youth and the stigma that many single adult women carry, Johnston and Webb believe “this is a book for women of all ages, a story they can believe in and share with their children.” In upcoming adventures, Princess Bubble will travel to distant lands where the knowledge of every new culture will enrich her flourishing life.