This makes my world a happier place

I may have already sent this to some of you, but it is just too awesome. I needed
share again.

"Arty"

So, apparently, it is Miley Cyrus day as that is all over the news. As Johnny Galecki said on The View this morning when asked about the pictures, “ Is the war over or something? Distraction, hello!” Anyway, being that I have a Miley fan living in my house, I just have to say that, to me the picture itself is not terrible, but not a good idea either. It made me think of the time in 8th grade when me and the other Dobie Middle School cheerleaders thought it would be so funny to flash a camera with just our undies on underneath our cheerleader skirts. When I randomly mentioned it to my mother, she froze and began asking who took it, where was the picture now, etc. I was oblivious to why she would be so upset- “Nobody saw it, Mom! It was just us girls in there! You are so overreacting!” Now, I get it. To us it was innocent sillyness, but to the wrong perv that could get his hands on it, it was something much different. That naïveté kept us from seeing that a group of 12 and 13 year-old cheerleaders flashing their butts to the camera was waaaaay inappropriate. What I mean to say is that everyone involved in the shoot may have just meant them as “arty” or as a classic portrait (although I have my doubts that they didn’t want a bit of controversy), which in many ways it is. What it is to the wrong people is something sexual- to my 7 year-old, an excuse that immodesty is no big deal. You can’t just look at something from your perspective. Unfortunately, as a “role model” to some very young children, she and her family really needed to look at it from all angles. There’s my 2 cents. Now back to that whole Iraq thing…

Puzzled

Just reading about the Hamas proposal to Israel. It doesn’t seem to be anything really new. The whole conflict there has always puzzled me a bit. I know now there is a lot of who did what to whom and feelings of wanting revenge from both sides. Did it really start over some land- really? It seems so juvenile- no different than a couple of toddlers fighting over a toy. I realize there is much more to it, so I continue to research, but will probably never be able to really understand it.
I have always been Jimmy Carter fan. He seems like the one guy in the country who actually cares. Maybe it is because he doesn’t have to get elected to anything anymore. He can actually get things done. You notice that Al Gore actually got busy (and more popular) once he took himself out of election situations. Anyway, Jimmy is catching so much slack for talking with Hamas, but it seems that if everyone refuses to talk to each other things won’t ever change. Maybe that is what some want.
Just a thought. I have no insights or solutions. I was just thinking about it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT3tgx_qJi0

My Name is Katie

Weezer is coming out with a new album. I can’t express how excited I am. I also can’t really explain why it makes me so happy. Maybe it is a validation of the music of my adolescence that the bands we loved then are still making new and interesting music. Whatever- not getting that deep today.
Except for seeing Prince last year(come on, it’s Prince), the best concert I ever saw was Weezer in 1995 at Liberty Lunch in Austin. It was the whole scene- relatively small club, the mosh pit, the close proximity to the stage, general admission only (God bless general admission- the concert equivalent of survival of the fittest- if you can’t take the heat get out of the pit). It was just one of those nights.
Weezer’s music is such a great combination of things- earnest lyrics, but with a sense of humor- “alternative rock” (whatever that means), but you can tell they listened to cheesy hair bands too- and to me, the sonic quality is so classic. If you were to play a Weezer song with just an acoustic guitar, it would be so lovely and melodic, with all the electric guitar and drums it still is, but it has that booming edge that makes it more intense. Marlon says you cannot listen to Weezer at a normal volume. You have to crank it up to get the full experience. (See why I married him!) Okay so my love poem to a band of over 30 rockers is done. Long live Rivers and company.

Urge for Going

I am having a garage sale on Saturday. I always love having a garage sale- not sure why. I guess it sort of feels like getting something for nothing- just things that were hanging around your house. I always feel lighter after I clear stuff out too. Of course I just get new stuff that I will sell in a few years or so, but it is fluid. I moved around a lot as a kid. Pretty much every 2 or 3 years and maybe that’s where my need for change comes from. I have been working at my current job for 3 years now and I am starting to feel that “urge for going” as Joni would say. I am perfectly happy with everything, but it just feels like time to move on. I think that is the old hippie spirit in me. I’m not sure where it came from, but I have always felt I could have made a very good flower child, Deadhead, etc. I like the idea of change and rolling with the flow and the adventure that could come with something new. I have said before that with a different upbringing, I could have been a real wild one. I guess God knew I needed the parents I got.