Recently, I have realized a few things. Some are things I am finally willing to admit, others things I am still embarassed about admitting, and still others are just random silly things that have come to mind will I have been contemplating other things. The list that follows is in no particular order and holds things that are to be taken seriously and not seriously. I will let you decide for yourself what those things are, respectively.
* Justin Timberlake is pretty cool. He is willing to make fun of himself and play around. I am no longer afraid or unwilling to admit that I dig him. Yes, I do.
* I am disgusted that male teachers face harsher sentences than female teachers in cases of student abuse. This is appalling and unsettling.
* I still have wild fantasties of being interviewed by Barbara Walters. I LOVE her specials and want her autobiography more than any other book right now.
* I have a natural skill in making mazes. I have started a 'maze club' in my afterschool program and have about 15 kids who come every week to solve mazes. I made one to just 'try it out' and have realized that my natural ability to solve even the most difficult of mazes quickly has also given me a natural ability to make mazes. I like doing it and plan to make as many of them as I can to have for the kids whenever they want.
* Wall-E is a fantastic movie that EVERYONE should have to watch. To me, it clearly shows what society will one day be like if we don't start making some real changes now - fat people unable ot wlak no their own 2 feet living in space because we screwed up Earth.
* I would describe myself as: the loyalty of Samwise Gamgee from Lord of the Rings; the common sense and luck of Lucille Ball; the vocal range of Melissa Etheridge, Alanis Morrisette and Chrissie Hynde; the political leanings of Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Ghandi and John Lennon; the hair style of Shirley Temple; the dance style of Ellen DeGeneres; and a sense-of-humor that combines Ellen DeGeneres, Kathy Griffin, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams - without the paycheck and audience. I say these things not in any way praising myself, though I like all of the people I named above. I say these things as a means to explaining why I am sometimes so confused, disorganized, anti-social, stressed, angry, outgoing, upbeat, positive and rarely hold the same mood or temperment for any period of time.
* Through lots of researching, reading and self-discovery I have realized that I am Buddhist. By that I mean I don't even have to 'convert' because I already believe that way, try to act that way and seek out the same things Buddhists do. It's amazing to me that now, after almost 34 years, I have found out what truly am. I have always felt it was the path for me but until recently I never realized how much. Everything I read, discover and learn match up so well with my own values and beliefs virtually no change is needed in my life to 'become' Buddhist. That said, I do plan to do a self-confirming ritual in the near future to make it 'official' in my mind, body and soul, but to my spirit no ritual is necessary.
* I tend to think and write everything as bullet points. It's how I roll. I have realized pretty much every blog I have written has been bullet points of one form or another. I am not sure if it ready well that way or is boring and lame. Either way, its how I do things and I am OK with that for the most part.
* I believe the natural default setting for my body is pescatarian (vegetarian who eats meat). Not sure why but it just feels right for me. I am tired of fighting it and trying to be anything else. My reasons are health related, society related and politically related. For me, those are 3 pretty strong reasons to give up the fight and welcome the veggies and fish.
* If my highschool reunion was right now I would certainly go and have plans to go to the next one. Having found a bunch of people on facebook I have realized that it would be nice to see them and catch up.
* Keeping in mind what I just wrote, it is amazing to me just HOW much I have changed since highschool. I also realize how much other people have changed too. It's all so great!
* Getting an IUD may have been a good call and will help in the long run but it has been one of the most agonizingly painful experiences ever. I hope that goes away soon.
* I have now forgotten other things I have realized and was going to write about. So I have JUST NOW realized I should stop bullet pointing til more comes to me.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Getting Fit and Nutrition
I have just spent about an hour this morning reading about nutrition and thought I would share the info here as it's also a way for me to remember it.
* Celery with peanut butter is a good thing as long as it's not a lot of peanut butter
* Hard boiled eggs are good and can give great protein
* Drinking tea is excellent. Green and black teas contain a lot of nutrients and things the body needs and can actually help fight off infections and bacterias in the intestines - but don't add milk
* Looks like excerising at least 20 minutes a day isn't enough really for weight-loss. 30 minutes to an hour would be key
* Changing to a vegeterian diet is good and helpful as long as you make sure that things like protiens and B-12's are coming from somewhere with amounts equal to what you get on non-veggie diets
* Organic peaches, spinach, apples and peppers are a good thing. Buy them organic if possible
* There are a TON of healthy looking and tasting treats out there for under 100 calories
* A corn tortilla with mashed black beans and gaucamole is healthy and looks delicious
I got all of this stuff off of a website called SparkPeople. It is a sort of catch-all diet and health website that has a program where you can trakc you weight-loss progress. I joined about 3 years ago with some friends to track our progress. I never liked using it simply because I didn't spend a lot of time on the internet and found it boring. I still somewhat feel that way but believe in the concept for many other people. The thing I am discovering and that I like is that it is a great resource for articles and information. I always get emails and I never read them but now I think I need to start doing that as I learned so much this morning. There is a lot more but I just can't seem to recall it right now.
I have a goal in 2009 to lose 70 lbs. I know, that's a lot. But it is my goal and I am hoping to achieve it. I have made a whole wall diagram out in my garage where my elliptical machine is showing where I am currently and following a line all the way to the end goal. Every 5 lbs I have placed little cards that on one sided say "5 lbs lost" and on the other side an award "buy a book" or such. My hope is to go through the list and have the insentives help me. I have left a good portion of the later ones blank knowing that I would probably change my mind and such before then so why lock-in anything now. I posted the weight-loss line about a month ago and have been watching it every time I am on the elliptical. Honestly, I haven't gotten one reward yet. I was going well then got sick, then lost motivation with my foot pain. BUT I take responsiblity for it and am going to apply myself harder.
I have decided to try a vegetarian diet as I felt great when I did it before. I will still eat seafood though (Alaskan trumps vegetarian) as it is my favorite thing. And I won't let it interfer with my natural desire to try new things. If I travel to a place where a particular meat dish is the national treasure, I'm going to try it. I may not eat the entire thing, may not take more than a bit or I may down the entire bowl. Either way, I, personally, don't believe I will be any less vegetarian for doing so as new experiences is simply part of who I am and I can't deny it and won't. I am hoping to transition to working out in the mornings vs the evenings this week as I am often busy at nights and/or too tired to exercise. Working out in the morning would mean it gets down regardless of how the rest of my day progresses.
I have no idea if I will be successful or not in this but I hope so. My reasons are no longer based on wanting to look good. That may be a side effect but generally I want to be healthy. I want to have a long, healthy, active, fun life and carrying around extra weight isn't going to help make that happen. A friend of mine told me the other day she looks at it as bowling balls. A bowling ball weighs about 10 lbs, give or take. When she thinks of how many bowling balls she is carrying around..... well you ge the idea. Right now I have 7 extra bowling balls I am carrying around. In the last years I have added some of those and I can honestly say at times I feel all 7. So now it is time that I lose them because I can't even begin to imagine how great it will feel to have my hands free from carrying all those damn balls! Oh the things I could do....
I have no idea who, if anyone, is reading this blog but I am using it for me to express myself and if this helps keep me on tracka nd accountable, then so be it. That, again, is the hope.
* Celery with peanut butter is a good thing as long as it's not a lot of peanut butter
* Hard boiled eggs are good and can give great protein
* Drinking tea is excellent. Green and black teas contain a lot of nutrients and things the body needs and can actually help fight off infections and bacterias in the intestines - but don't add milk
* Looks like excerising at least 20 minutes a day isn't enough really for weight-loss. 30 minutes to an hour would be key
* Changing to a vegeterian diet is good and helpful as long as you make sure that things like protiens and B-12's are coming from somewhere with amounts equal to what you get on non-veggie diets
* Organic peaches, spinach, apples and peppers are a good thing. Buy them organic if possible
* There are a TON of healthy looking and tasting treats out there for under 100 calories
* A corn tortilla with mashed black beans and gaucamole is healthy and looks delicious
I got all of this stuff off of a website called SparkPeople. It is a sort of catch-all diet and health website that has a program where you can trakc you weight-loss progress. I joined about 3 years ago with some friends to track our progress. I never liked using it simply because I didn't spend a lot of time on the internet and found it boring. I still somewhat feel that way but believe in the concept for many other people. The thing I am discovering and that I like is that it is a great resource for articles and information. I always get emails and I never read them but now I think I need to start doing that as I learned so much this morning. There is a lot more but I just can't seem to recall it right now.
I have a goal in 2009 to lose 70 lbs. I know, that's a lot. But it is my goal and I am hoping to achieve it. I have made a whole wall diagram out in my garage where my elliptical machine is showing where I am currently and following a line all the way to the end goal. Every 5 lbs I have placed little cards that on one sided say "5 lbs lost" and on the other side an award "buy a book" or such. My hope is to go through the list and have the insentives help me. I have left a good portion of the later ones blank knowing that I would probably change my mind and such before then so why lock-in anything now. I posted the weight-loss line about a month ago and have been watching it every time I am on the elliptical. Honestly, I haven't gotten one reward yet. I was going well then got sick, then lost motivation with my foot pain. BUT I take responsiblity for it and am going to apply myself harder.
I have decided to try a vegetarian diet as I felt great when I did it before. I will still eat seafood though (Alaskan trumps vegetarian) as it is my favorite thing. And I won't let it interfer with my natural desire to try new things. If I travel to a place where a particular meat dish is the national treasure, I'm going to try it. I may not eat the entire thing, may not take more than a bit or I may down the entire bowl. Either way, I, personally, don't believe I will be any less vegetarian for doing so as new experiences is simply part of who I am and I can't deny it and won't. I am hoping to transition to working out in the mornings vs the evenings this week as I am often busy at nights and/or too tired to exercise. Working out in the morning would mean it gets down regardless of how the rest of my day progresses.
I have no idea if I will be successful or not in this but I hope so. My reasons are no longer based on wanting to look good. That may be a side effect but generally I want to be healthy. I want to have a long, healthy, active, fun life and carrying around extra weight isn't going to help make that happen. A friend of mine told me the other day she looks at it as bowling balls. A bowling ball weighs about 10 lbs, give or take. When she thinks of how many bowling balls she is carrying around..... well you ge the idea. Right now I have 7 extra bowling balls I am carrying around. In the last years I have added some of those and I can honestly say at times I feel all 7. So now it is time that I lose them because I can't even begin to imagine how great it will feel to have my hands free from carrying all those damn balls! Oh the things I could do....
I have no idea who, if anyone, is reading this blog but I am using it for me to express myself and if this helps keep me on tracka nd accountable, then so be it. That, again, is the hope.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
25 More Things About Me
Since I tend to think in bullet points and have actually had quite a lot of experiences in life I realized I could write more things than just the 25 from before. So, here are 25 more things about me....
1) I have bungee jumped and sky dived. I would gladly sky dive again and plan to but I would NEVER bungee jump and I would actually advocate anyone against it. Worst thing I ever did - I have chronic back problems from it and I strained my retina. Horrible. Don't do it!
2) I have a crooked front tooth I got from a playground accident. A friend was swinging and told me to 'come here.' I did and got kicked squarely in the face. Then spun round and landed (open mouthed) onto a big rock. Yes, there was a lot of blood and a lot of pain.
3) Spinning off from #2 I would LOVE to get Invisiline sometime. I *hate* my crooked teeth. Everyone says it is cute and part of my personality and adds character. Well, I would be ok with a little less character.
4) My sophmore year of high school I danced around the gym to the song "I've got the power" by Snap. I was running for Spirit Rep and thought it would show spirit. I lost (probably by a lot). Many classmates remember this and mention it often. I don't mind too much. It wasn't 'embarrassing' in a conventional sense. I could see me doing something similar now actually.
5) Similar to #4, I don't seem to have the usual 'dork' receptors that others have. I do things that can be considered dorky or silly or lame quite often. When I was younger this sometimes prevented me from having friends, I think. I think many people thought I was a dork. As I have gotten older I have tended to feel as if I am not a dork, I just do dorky things. Basically, I am always up for a luahg and willing to do anything to give others a laugh too. Personally, I don't think it makes me dorky, I think it adds character. Maybe that is just what I tell myself....
6) I feel like I can honestly say I have been in love 3 times and that each time it was stronger and more intense than the time before. I don't think it means I wasn't in love with the others but that with each new love, my definition, understanding and ability to love has changed.
7) I study serial killers for fun. I am fascinated by them - how they can do what they do and why.
8) I am moderately obsessed with Howard Hughes and know a great deal about him. I am a recovering germaphobe and can relate to a lot of what he felt and went through. He was a very troubled and interesting person.
9) I LOVE to sing and sing almost everyday. There is nothing that gives me more joy in the world than singing.
10) I often fight the urge to get in the car and just go. Find a new place and start completely fresh, on my own. It isn't that I don't love my friends or want them in my life. It's just that I tend to get a very claustrophobic feeling every so often and literally have to force myself to go home and remain 'here.' I love my friends in Portland so much and my current career path that I doubt I'd ever do it. But I don't ever entirely rule it out.
11) I have raced a fast car in the Portland Adult Soap Box Derby. I actually came in 4th and had the best time. I would be doing it again this year if I weren't going to Maine.
12) I have had the following careers/jobs: lobbyist, legislative aide, tour guide, retail (jewerly store), accountant, research assistant (biochemistry), barista, gardener, activity coordinator and food service. I have no 'need' to have a set career. I have always thought that at the 'end' of my life I would look back and at that point see what I 'was' professionally. I currently work with kids and think that will be the general theme from now on.
13) I have earned money (though never regularly as in a job) for the following things: singing, writing, event coordination, driver, and personal assistant.
14) I used to want to be President of the United States. No joke and I meant it with total sincerity.
15) In a similar vien as #14, I have a drawing in a lock-box that had a timeline of my life and what year and age I would be when I accomplished what goals. I wrote it in middle school. I have done NONE of those things and I am glad.
16) I am very artistic and creative in 3-dimensional space (sewing, knitting, anything with clay, etc.) but lack any real talent in 2-dimensional space. Both of my parents are fantastic artists and can draw anything you want. I can draw stick figures and that is about it.
17) My personal measure of success as to when I feel I will finally have made it is the following: a vehicle (my Scion, a Jeep or a hybrid of some form) witha bicycle on a bike rack, a kayak on top and a dog in the front seat. To me this symbolizes everything I truly want in life - adventure, water and undying loyalty and companionship (mutually).
18) In my ideal world we wouldn't use money but work on a barter and trade system. Money is a necessary evil in my world. I detest it and everything it symbolizes. I don't like how it makes people think or act towards others. I don't like talking about money because I am so against it in principle it is hard for me to relate to people who place a lot of their own worth and value on how much money they have. Honestly, there is NOTHING I find more unappealing in a person than interest in money. Nothing.
19) There is something I only recently learned to do that many people learn to do when they are much younger. I only tried for the first time about a year ago. Since then I have become good at it and now do it often. I will not say what it is in this blog.
20) I feel like I am a runner/athlete trapped in the body of an unfit person. I desperately feel this way and want (almost more than anything) to find the strength, courage and responsibility to make the changes necessary to finally physically be that runner/athlete I know I truly, truly am.
21) I have never gone camping in a tent and really really want to. Thought I would get to this past summer and didn't but still have hope I will sometime, possibly while in Maine. If not, I guess I will buy my own and see what happens.
22) I love kissing. To me, kissing is one of the greatest, most wonderful intimate experiences you can share with someone. I have a total oral fixation that I don't get to express nearly as much as I want. Ideally, I'd like to have some 'make out time' everyday. Kissing that leads no where else but kissing. I find it to be more meaningful and intimate than most others things at times.
23) I love to read and learn new things. There is really nothing that I can think of that I don't want to know about or learn about. Happy things or sad things, good things or bad things - I love to experience life and I love to learn and read about new fascinating topics.
24) I am one degree below a black belt in karate, know how to fence and am a Sharp Shooter by army standards. At one time I could break a board with my hand, wina fencing match in under 5 moves and once shot a 5" circle out of a plastic target making the entire piece fall out behind the target - much to the shock of the other male soldiers and the Drill Sergeant.
25) Though I always wanted to be a mother and have kids, I married someone who never wanted them at all. After 6 1/2 years of being told it would never happen, I gave up. Since I got divorced it took a while but I warmed to the idea and was actually excited that I would someday be able to be a mother. However, as of today, I can't say for certain whether or not I truly want to have kids. For me, it would involve having a stable, healthy, loving relationship beforehand and one that I know would last and/or being completely alone and knowing that I would be doing it all on my own. Either way there are so many things I feel I 'need' before I ever would have kids that right now I am holding off and can't predict with any certainty that I will ever be a mother. Perhaps I will just settle for being a teacher.
Hope this isn't too boring of a list or that I got too long-winded on some of them. I could probably do yet another 25 but who wants to know 75 things about me? Really?! Boring!
1) I have bungee jumped and sky dived. I would gladly sky dive again and plan to but I would NEVER bungee jump and I would actually advocate anyone against it. Worst thing I ever did - I have chronic back problems from it and I strained my retina. Horrible. Don't do it!
2) I have a crooked front tooth I got from a playground accident. A friend was swinging and told me to 'come here.' I did and got kicked squarely in the face. Then spun round and landed (open mouthed) onto a big rock. Yes, there was a lot of blood and a lot of pain.
3) Spinning off from #2 I would LOVE to get Invisiline sometime. I *hate* my crooked teeth. Everyone says it is cute and part of my personality and adds character. Well, I would be ok with a little less character.
4) My sophmore year of high school I danced around the gym to the song "I've got the power" by Snap. I was running for Spirit Rep and thought it would show spirit. I lost (probably by a lot). Many classmates remember this and mention it often. I don't mind too much. It wasn't 'embarrassing' in a conventional sense. I could see me doing something similar now actually.
5) Similar to #4, I don't seem to have the usual 'dork' receptors that others have. I do things that can be considered dorky or silly or lame quite often. When I was younger this sometimes prevented me from having friends, I think. I think many people thought I was a dork. As I have gotten older I have tended to feel as if I am not a dork, I just do dorky things. Basically, I am always up for a luahg and willing to do anything to give others a laugh too. Personally, I don't think it makes me dorky, I think it adds character. Maybe that is just what I tell myself....
6) I feel like I can honestly say I have been in love 3 times and that each time it was stronger and more intense than the time before. I don't think it means I wasn't in love with the others but that with each new love, my definition, understanding and ability to love has changed.
7) I study serial killers for fun. I am fascinated by them - how they can do what they do and why.
8) I am moderately obsessed with Howard Hughes and know a great deal about him. I am a recovering germaphobe and can relate to a lot of what he felt and went through. He was a very troubled and interesting person.
9) I LOVE to sing and sing almost everyday. There is nothing that gives me more joy in the world than singing.
10) I often fight the urge to get in the car and just go. Find a new place and start completely fresh, on my own. It isn't that I don't love my friends or want them in my life. It's just that I tend to get a very claustrophobic feeling every so often and literally have to force myself to go home and remain 'here.' I love my friends in Portland so much and my current career path that I doubt I'd ever do it. But I don't ever entirely rule it out.
11) I have raced a fast car in the Portland Adult Soap Box Derby. I actually came in 4th and had the best time. I would be doing it again this year if I weren't going to Maine.
12) I have had the following careers/jobs: lobbyist, legislative aide, tour guide, retail (jewerly store), accountant, research assistant (biochemistry), barista, gardener, activity coordinator and food service. I have no 'need' to have a set career. I have always thought that at the 'end' of my life I would look back and at that point see what I 'was' professionally. I currently work with kids and think that will be the general theme from now on.
13) I have earned money (though never regularly as in a job) for the following things: singing, writing, event coordination, driver, and personal assistant.
14) I used to want to be President of the United States. No joke and I meant it with total sincerity.
15) In a similar vien as #14, I have a drawing in a lock-box that had a timeline of my life and what year and age I would be when I accomplished what goals. I wrote it in middle school. I have done NONE of those things and I am glad.
16) I am very artistic and creative in 3-dimensional space (sewing, knitting, anything with clay, etc.) but lack any real talent in 2-dimensional space. Both of my parents are fantastic artists and can draw anything you want. I can draw stick figures and that is about it.
17) My personal measure of success as to when I feel I will finally have made it is the following: a vehicle (my Scion, a Jeep or a hybrid of some form) witha bicycle on a bike rack, a kayak on top and a dog in the front seat. To me this symbolizes everything I truly want in life - adventure, water and undying loyalty and companionship (mutually).
18) In my ideal world we wouldn't use money but work on a barter and trade system. Money is a necessary evil in my world. I detest it and everything it symbolizes. I don't like how it makes people think or act towards others. I don't like talking about money because I am so against it in principle it is hard for me to relate to people who place a lot of their own worth and value on how much money they have. Honestly, there is NOTHING I find more unappealing in a person than interest in money. Nothing.
19) There is something I only recently learned to do that many people learn to do when they are much younger. I only tried for the first time about a year ago. Since then I have become good at it and now do it often. I will not say what it is in this blog.
20) I feel like I am a runner/athlete trapped in the body of an unfit person. I desperately feel this way and want (almost more than anything) to find the strength, courage and responsibility to make the changes necessary to finally physically be that runner/athlete I know I truly, truly am.
21) I have never gone camping in a tent and really really want to. Thought I would get to this past summer and didn't but still have hope I will sometime, possibly while in Maine. If not, I guess I will buy my own and see what happens.
22) I love kissing. To me, kissing is one of the greatest, most wonderful intimate experiences you can share with someone. I have a total oral fixation that I don't get to express nearly as much as I want. Ideally, I'd like to have some 'make out time' everyday. Kissing that leads no where else but kissing. I find it to be more meaningful and intimate than most others things at times.
23) I love to read and learn new things. There is really nothing that I can think of that I don't want to know about or learn about. Happy things or sad things, good things or bad things - I love to experience life and I love to learn and read about new fascinating topics.
24) I am one degree below a black belt in karate, know how to fence and am a Sharp Shooter by army standards. At one time I could break a board with my hand, wina fencing match in under 5 moves and once shot a 5" circle out of a plastic target making the entire piece fall out behind the target - much to the shock of the other male soldiers and the Drill Sergeant.
25) Though I always wanted to be a mother and have kids, I married someone who never wanted them at all. After 6 1/2 years of being told it would never happen, I gave up. Since I got divorced it took a while but I warmed to the idea and was actually excited that I would someday be able to be a mother. However, as of today, I can't say for certain whether or not I truly want to have kids. For me, it would involve having a stable, healthy, loving relationship beforehand and one that I know would last and/or being completely alone and knowing that I would be doing it all on my own. Either way there are so many things I feel I 'need' before I ever would have kids that right now I am holding off and can't predict with any certainty that I will ever be a mother. Perhaps I will just settle for being a teacher.
Hope this isn't too boring of a list or that I got too long-winded on some of them. I could probably do yet another 25 but who wants to know 75 things about me? Really?! Boring!
Friday, February 6, 2009
Thoughts on the News
Michael Phelps.... How sad is this whole situation? Before you agree, let me be clear why I think it is sad. Here is the guy who is 23 and an Olympic Medalist. He probably had to give up most of his 'normal childhood' in order to reach the levels necessary to even be considered for this type of achievement. He does it and he wins, 8 times no less. That is amazing and he is a hero. Then, after it's done, when there is no more heavy training or goals to be met (per se) he lets his hair down at a party. Suddenly, he is a horrible person and a bad role model. Come on people! First off, what type of friend takes a picture of you and then blasts it on the internet and sales it? Michael needs to avoid EVERYONE who was at that party and find all new friends. They are total jerks. That is like taking a picture of you while you are drunk or sad and then showing it to everyone. Except in this case, it could very well ruin his life and career. Nice friends! Secondly, he is 23 years old and probably finally living a part of his youth. Not everyone experiments with drugs and I am not advocating they do (I myself never did in my youth) however, it is a part of growing up - deciding to inhale or not. Just because someone chose to inhale does NOT make them any less of a hero. He is a hero for his Olympic achievements, not his politics, his lifestyle or anything else. Just because he won an award does not make him perfect and it is 'our' perception and desire for perfection which I think sometimes drives people to making 'bad' choices. Michael Phelps may not have made the right choice in taking a bong hit but who are 'we' to judge? Have we all lived lifes with our moral compass always facing north? No! And if you said yes, you were lying.... I am certain of it. We have all had too much to drink, took a bong hit, slept with the wrong person, told a big lie or countless other acts. We were just fortunate enought to either have friends who didn't document it and/or had no way of making a lot of money off of it and ruinging our careers and lives. He is a role model for young kids and I get that. But I honestly think it has been blown WAY out of proportion and I feel for him. If nothing else, seriously, Michael - GET NEW FRIENDS!!!
Sarah Palin and the PAC.... I don't know what else to say about this but that I hope the Republicans have her run in 4 years. I hope she runs and she loses more than any other person in history. I want a Mikey Mouse write-in campaign to get more votes.
Though I was not a Hilary supporter this is my dream world scenerio: Obama has an amazing 8 years (yes, 8) and Hilary makes amazing personal, political and professional leaps while being Secretary of State. She eats some humble pie, loses the chip on her shoulder, grows a pair and becomes more human (which were my biggest personal complaints against her incidently). Then SHE runs against Palin. Palin for the R and Hilary for the D. The next 'great race' for president would be between 2 WOMEN. Gender would hardly be a factor and people be forced to look at issues and facts. And Hilary would destroy Palin. She would win by a landslide and Palin would be so devastated she would move back to Alaska (unfortunatley) and live out her days in a rocking chair, talking to herself and her 15 cats. THAT is MY dream world!
Christian Bale.... He has this HUGE rant. Big time. Goes ape-shit on some poor grip guy or whomever. I mean goes NUTS. It's awful. And now he has apologized. That's nice. Good job Christian. However, you're still a pompous ass. I mean WHERE do you get off?! 'In character' and 'caught up in the role' is what he said in his apology. WTF?! I work with kids. Sometimes I am having an off day (like today) and I want nothing more than to stand up and scream, "Shut the F up!" but doing so would mean and immediate loss of job and probably totally ruin my chances of another kid-job in the future. But here an actor can say he was in a bad mood and in character and go off on someone and it is OK? That is wrong! Honestly, I think he should be fired. So what if he is a good actor or not, should ANYONE be allowed to treat anyone like they are a lesser person? NO! I don't care if you are an actor, a doctor or the Pope, everyone should be treated with kindness and respect. If you can't treat people that way then you don't warrant any kindness or respect yourself. In short - apology NOT accepted Christian. He was on 'The List' for many, many years. Infact, he was only 3rd on 'The List' but after hearing the audiotape of his outburst, I'm sorry but I would rather have sex with a trained monkey - it probably has better manners and more anger-control.
Hudson plan crash.... As someone who really hates flying (it is purely a means to an end) this story is completely inspiring. Often plane crashes mean total loss-of-life. But here is a situation where the plane crashed and everyone survived. Holy cow! That's amazing! And the ability of the pilot to control it on the water and everthing, he should win every award they can give him. And the flight crew - he landed it yes but they had to get everyone off alright. And the water was freezing, there could have been casualties as well there but there weren't. Seriously, that whole group is unbelievable. If I had the fame, money or power I would INSIST that he be the pilot for EVERY flight I take from now until I die. Truly.
Other topics coming soon in a future blog:
Thoughts on the woman having the litter of kids....
Brad and Angie wanting to have more kids....
and anything else I read about and have an opinion on....
Sarah Palin and the PAC.... I don't know what else to say about this but that I hope the Republicans have her run in 4 years. I hope she runs and she loses more than any other person in history. I want a Mikey Mouse write-in campaign to get more votes.
Though I was not a Hilary supporter this is my dream world scenerio: Obama has an amazing 8 years (yes, 8) and Hilary makes amazing personal, political and professional leaps while being Secretary of State. She eats some humble pie, loses the chip on her shoulder, grows a pair and becomes more human (which were my biggest personal complaints against her incidently). Then SHE runs against Palin. Palin for the R and Hilary for the D. The next 'great race' for president would be between 2 WOMEN. Gender would hardly be a factor and people be forced to look at issues and facts. And Hilary would destroy Palin. She would win by a landslide and Palin would be so devastated she would move back to Alaska (unfortunatley) and live out her days in a rocking chair, talking to herself and her 15 cats. THAT is MY dream world!
Christian Bale.... He has this HUGE rant. Big time. Goes ape-shit on some poor grip guy or whomever. I mean goes NUTS. It's awful. And now he has apologized. That's nice. Good job Christian. However, you're still a pompous ass. I mean WHERE do you get off?! 'In character' and 'caught up in the role' is what he said in his apology. WTF?! I work with kids. Sometimes I am having an off day (like today) and I want nothing more than to stand up and scream, "Shut the F up!" but doing so would mean and immediate loss of job and probably totally ruin my chances of another kid-job in the future. But here an actor can say he was in a bad mood and in character and go off on someone and it is OK? That is wrong! Honestly, I think he should be fired. So what if he is a good actor or not, should ANYONE be allowed to treat anyone like they are a lesser person? NO! I don't care if you are an actor, a doctor or the Pope, everyone should be treated with kindness and respect. If you can't treat people that way then you don't warrant any kindness or respect yourself. In short - apology NOT accepted Christian. He was on 'The List' for many, many years. Infact, he was only 3rd on 'The List' but after hearing the audiotape of his outburst, I'm sorry but I would rather have sex with a trained monkey - it probably has better manners and more anger-control.
Hudson plan crash.... As someone who really hates flying (it is purely a means to an end) this story is completely inspiring. Often plane crashes mean total loss-of-life. But here is a situation where the plane crashed and everyone survived. Holy cow! That's amazing! And the ability of the pilot to control it on the water and everthing, he should win every award they can give him. And the flight crew - he landed it yes but they had to get everyone off alright. And the water was freezing, there could have been casualties as well there but there weren't. Seriously, that whole group is unbelievable. If I had the fame, money or power I would INSIST that he be the pilot for EVERY flight I take from now until I die. Truly.
Other topics coming soon in a future blog:
Thoughts on the woman having the litter of kids....
Brad and Angie wanting to have more kids....
and anything else I read about and have an opinion on....
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