Sibling Jealousy

Today I'd like to vent about/praise my little sister. She is by far the coolest child I've ever met. She would also like everyone reading this to know that "she is 14 and NOT a child! So stop saying that Aury!" Whatever. I'm crazy jealous that the kid has long, wavy, golden blond hair; while I have long, stick straight, ashy locks. She is also one of those stupid people with naturally thick, black, curled eye lashes. That's the clincher too! Lemme tell ya! I fight with two kinds of mascara and a heated eyelash curler every morning but my eyes still don't pop like hers... Finally, the damn kid is a freshman in high school and has bigger *ahem* than me! Can I just say that this isn't fair?!

But enough bitching about looks. What I'm really here to whine about is artistic ability (or lack thereof). I've always wanted to be an artist: drawing, painting, sculpting, whatever. Unfortunately, I'm not. Don't get me wrong! I'm a whiz with a camera, dark room, and photo shop, but if you ask me to actually materialize something from my own hands, it just won't happen. C, on the other hand, does all of the above! She has had since, like, age 3 incredible spacial reasoning so her realistic drawing skills are unbelievable. The versatile little snot also happens to apply this skill to inking and painting... I was never even good at paint by numbers... Lastly, growing up she never played with blocks or dolls or anything but was always toying with Play Dough. Now that's translated itself into being amazing with clay and a pottery wheel. Thus, needless to say she is 14 and at the head of her school's art program (I, btw, got a sympathy B+ from the same teacher that gave her her own display kiosk at the last art show).

But I'm not bitter... What? I'm not. And, thankfully we've both got a sense of humor about the whole envy thing because I'm sitting here looking at my "Awesome Big Sister Day" (new holiday, starting now, spread the word) present which includes: Crayons, an X-Men coloring book, a deluxe, Prang, hard lead pencil set, and a "Learn to Draw Dragons, Princesses, and Wizards" book for ages 6-15.

Don't laugh! I'm actually quite excited...