True. So it seems like for since the dawn of time you are not supposed to wear white after labor day which seems fashion has changed so much now there is winter white and even fabrics reserved for summer now people can wear all yearround. The other day faye said the only fabric you cant wear is linen. Thats really the only thing in winter. Or even probably fall now. Interesting though, we got this from holly who regularly fills in on the show she sent article about why you shouldnt wear white after labor day. And basically it was just about high society. It was a rule that women who were of high old money, high class, old money knew and so its with a way to distinguish themselves from other women. Yeah. The old money verses new money. They said you would know somebody who came from new money they would be wearing white after labor day. There it was a way to swish it. Its your prerogative if you thought. Prerogative means youre of a certain class or whatever. On the radio this morning they were talking about words that are said incorrectly that drive people nuts one of them was prerogative. And they said they think a lot of people say it wrong because of the song. . . [ music ] . . You got to play that again. . . [ music ] . . Right . Prerogative. Apparently you are supposed to say it prerogative. Prerogative. Thats a tough that was on the radio this morning. It made me wonder about prescription. It is written like prescription. Everyone says here is your perscription. I think a lot of people say this wrong, it is pitcher you mean a picture. Look at this pitcher of us. It drives me nuts when some people say pumkin. Instead of something. That one and the one my mom said wrong as well is warsh. My dad says it like that and his mom said itike that. She said melk too. You no what they say is the hardest to say in the english language . There was a word i couldnt say because the way it is spelled i used to not be able to say it when i would see it written out. People hate when people say sherbert because it is sherbet. The hardest word in the english language to say is sorry. [laughter] ut oh, is that one you often mispronounce. You might not say that one well. That has to be something is there something that annoys you . Sound off on the Facebook Page well read the annoying words. Signs are you happier than you think. These are things that add to or make a person happy. It is like you are happier than you think if you have these things in your life. Family number one. You have a sister. Oh, lies. People who have at least o brother reading this for you, they report better social support, more optimism, better coping abilities. This is in an psychological study. Sisters appear to encourage communication and cohesion in families if you have at least one officer youre in good one sister you are in good shape. You keep souvenirs on display. It reminds you of good times you tend to appreciate your life more. Youre happier and heres what your happiness potential. So if you see a happy picture of yourself like a vacation its like i can get there again because its a reminder of it. Thats a great point. You think about just looking at, im picturing a picture in my place of my mom and i at a wedding were standing out on the balcony and its one of my favorite pictures. Its big in my place and it always reminds me of how great our relationship is and that connection. Thats awesome. And thats a reminder of a visual reminder of it. They also say another thing is that you have two best friends at least two best friends. They say among married adults those what said they had at least two best friends not necessarily including the spouse, were likelier to have better mental well being according to a study. If you have a lot more best friends than two it doesnt up your quotient for happiness. You need outside of your partner you need people to be in your life. People who tend to watch a just not in the morning. The morning makes you happier. Watching the Morning Blend makes you happier. Yes watching the Morning Blend makes you happier. People that exercise just 17 minutes a day just brisk walking or something and you have a healthy love life. Yeah girl. Intimacy is a key contributor to happiness. And then not surprisingly marr more regular contact if you know what i mean. [laughter] not always. Not always. I know some singles who have more regular contact than married. However. Are they happier . Well know. Why change that from intimacy to just affection. I dont think, i think people just need a hug, they need contact. They need someone near them. I dont think it needs to be true intimacy. Contact. Yeah. I dont know. Thats my own theory. Interesting okay. Affection i think is important. They talk about people going around and hugging at people at hospitals. 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There is a lot more coming up for you on todays show. Well tell about a disease where parents have a 50 chance of passing it to their children. You will meet two young girls getting very good at making videos. These are not your typical music videos. They bring difficult disease. Up next one of the largest lineups of local films thats right well give you details about the milwaukee short Film Festival and why this year they are featuring great works of welcome back to the Morning Blend. The milwaukee short film local festival by movie maker magazine and it is happening this weekend. Friday and saturday. This year, 35 films over the two day festival will focus on diversity and women in film making. 35 of those are local. Were here with ross bigley and Krystal Hardy to tell us what to welcome back to the show you guys. Thanks for having us. You have a two day festival, 40 some films 35 of which are made locally. There yes. And part of the feature, of some of the local films a lot are made of women. A lot diversity. Lots of woman power this year. What are some of the themes specifically as it relates to women being involved in them . Well, the films range from their involvement either as a producer, writer or director. One film in particular, the good boy was rated and produced by an asianamerican woman in ne nasty, is kind of like a horror film with a feel like Stranger Things just on netflix, it was made by a woman in the u. K. There is venus rising from the undertow made by a local filmmaker here. Many, many more done by women. These are in a producing capacity, writing it or spearheading the project. And you said one of them that mean several have been seen before . Im sorry, that one is kind of feels like that netflix show. Gotcha. There is one called the hodag is that shot in rhinelander . That was shot in wisconsin, but made by new york people. It was written by a woman. Awesome. What do you think is the draw to a short film . A lot of people say why go see something you are only get a little snippet of the story i think it is cool to kind of experience multiple works during a Film Festival. Some people, have a shorter Attention Span so they dont want to sit through a minifeature film, but i think it is good because you get just this small snippet like you said of multiple works by these amazing artists. What is in terms of length, what qualifies as or what is the time limit maybe i should say for a short film . Many different lengths, but ideally we have our cutoff time at 15 minutes. And its becoming more when you are making your short film that 7 minutes to 12 is pretty much the standard running time. Which is very difficult to do by the way. Yes. Absolutely. How many films can you see over the course of two days would you say . What is typical of someone that attends . If you go every day every event about if you wanted to to go for an hour are they running backtoback could you see several in an hour . We have them in programs. The first show is friday at 6 30. Friday night. And that90 minutes to an hour and 40 minutes. Of film and at 9 00 p. M. Is our diversity block which focuses right there 365 on local multicultural filmmakers. The thing i like about short films too i feel like a lot of people who maybe didnt have the funding to make a feature length film can, but yes have this great idea this great story line can do it and create it, on a smaller budget, but still the quality, the acting the story may be very very high quality. Oh, i think with todays equipment, and the people you have in the city here, you can make something that can equal a feature film quality. With v these . You in the past you have had some very famous people involved in the judging of these. Yeah. This year our judges are dick brunert he won best director last year and he is a staff director at the Cartoon Network channel. We have a judge tim that was the Stranger Things. And best wisconsin film winner twice is a judge. Is there also a honoree. A pace setter honoree what is that about if that is an award that goes to someone that has made a significant contribution to the local film making community. And this year honoree is e Kelly Fitz Simmons an entrepreneur here locally and helped out many local filmmakers. Thats awesome you are showcasing so much local great this is happening this weekend. People can go to your website to find out which films are showing and when you can catch them. This friday and saturday, september 9 and 10. You can go to milwaukee independent film society. Org. The films are being shown at comedy sports which is on south first street in milwaukee. And the First Showing the First Program is friday starting at 6 30 right . Wonderful. 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Its an auto immune condition. The way we describe it usually it makes your hair is like allergic to your body. Her white blood cells attack her hair like it is a foreign entity. The range can be small patchy spots to what its the most extreme where it can cause complete hair loss across the body eye lash and eyebrows. How does it affect the health . Sometimes the hair like our eye lashes protect our eyes. She has a few things with that that have come up over the years. One time we were going through a lot of kleenex i was like what is going on . She was like you dont know what it is like if you dont have nose hairs. She is healthy its not mostly a psychological thing. Its very difficult for people to you know with bullying and just coming out of the house and being comfortable so, there is a lot of psychological conditions, but as far as you know her Overall Health her life isnt in danger or anything. There is no cure and no fda approved treatments at this point. So. A lot of people especially when you are young it looks different. Thats what kids notice and will comment on. Comment or are they bullying you at all . There have been at times, but not really for the most part. Good you have good friends. Is it true your teacher shaved his head at the beginning of the school year to look just like you . Yeah. He has a son who has alopecia right . Uhhuh. What did you think about that . That was cool. [laughter] that was cool huh . How did it make you feel . Happy. He did it at school . Yeah. How does he look . Good. He looks good right . [laughter] think that is wonderful. It is. You got a chance to go to washington, d. C. To advocate for research on alopecia. Yup. What was that about . This past july every five years the foundation we do a fundraiser goes to d. C. So we can meet with our lawmakers and tell the story of what is going on with alopecia. We funding for auto immune diseases in general not just alopecia there is multiple diseases. Were working on a bill that would have Insurance Companies contribute 500 a year towards cocainal prosthetics so basically wigs of those are not covered for people with alopecia. No Insurance Coverage for were trying to have it be more considered as a prosthetic. So we had some progress with that. There are people from wisconsin that were open to it. They were more knowledgeable about the issue this year i think that is because we continue to do these things not just us, but other people around the country and shine a light on it. Its starting to be better understood. It was a great reception. We had 500 people looking like ava and kiah on capitol hill walking through the hauls of power it was talk a little bit about the video. You just put this together this summer right . Yeah. Its a new song you stressed out. Do you write the lyrics . Me and my sister, but this one i think i mostly did it. Okay. Okay. Because, what i like about them is it is a serious message, but you use humor in it too. Its like you dont want to just be serious all the time. You want to add fun to it so people can get a laugh out of it to relatable. People can relate to you so much better because its funny and it is cute and its kind of, i think it makes it something that sticks with people that they had remember. Uhhuh. Are there some advances in research . Are there some exciting developments . There have been a few. I cant speak too knowledgeably about that. There are medical trials going on. It is related to all auto immune things. There is still no fda cures, but there is Great Research going on around the country. They are building a database of genetic code to start to piece it together and matching it to other auto immune continues so they are starting to figure out the puzzle a little bit. There has been progress. A long way to go. Coming up. Talk about what will be going on for activities and fun things that day . We have two live bands. Love and kind. We have the Andrew Gillis band. The hit man dj will be there all day long doing the band breaks for the kids area and kiahs corner we have juggles, magic shows, snazzy face painting. Car karaoke. Best trick contest skate all day. We have a big silent auction. A spa is collecting hair donations for childrens hair loss. Are there rules does have to be certain lengths . They are not as strict for this. We raise the money for it, but the hair is going to another one that benefits kids with any kind of medical hair loss not just alopecia or cancer any other it is 8 inches shorter than a lot of other ones. Its a hot more lean lenient ins of dyeing and stuff like that. Thats awesome. Things kickoff there has been morgans ride for alopecia. All of this is happening at milwaukee Harley Davidson this saturday september 10. Can you go to greater mke alopecia. Com to find the full schedule of events. For is at 8 45. Kick stands are up at 10 00. There is a return to event at 1 45 and the rocks for locks schedule goes from 1 00 to 7 00. All kinds of music and different activities for kids as well as silent auction. You can find out more again by visiting their website. Can people see your video somewhere too . Yeah they can see it on their website. The auction stuff is online you can see most of the items we have right now and you dont have to necessarily be there if you cant make it. The website. You can also google stressed out, kiah, naf you can see all of her she is starting to build quite a library of videos they have created. Love your videos. Keep it up. And i love your dress today. You look fantastic. Did you guys want to show us your shirt . We brought you shirts. You guys are so nice. Just like your shirt. Thank you. So cool. Thank you. She said oh, i like this a you can wear it to work. Were going to wear it to work and to bed. 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