Good morning everyone! Now that I have gotten your attention I want to say a few things before you view this video that Carly Taylor posted on YouTube. First off, she is a con artist. Secondly, she is racist. This video is full of foul-language but I used it for a training tool. I even called Dunkin’ Donuts corporate over this and demanded they do something about this woman because what she is doing in the process of breaking a few federal laws is scamming for a free meal. I say she is scamming because she waited for the next shift to show up with a video camera to harass what appears to be a minor (Needi) at work.
Not only did she make terroristic threats toward the staff, she also videotaped customers and staff without getting a SIGNED release prior to posting to YouTube. If she has a business degree, as she claims, she truly needs a refund because she got short-changed and her lawyer (if she didn’t lie about having one) should be disbarred for not telling her to STHU and leave the video camera at home. Anyone who appears on that video can sue her and that is one of the reasons Dunkin’ Donuts needs to file an injunction against her since she had no permission to be video taping in their establishment. Most journalists won’t even do this crap unless they are investigating ILLEGAL activity in order to expose it.
She wouldn’t have lasted 20 seconds in my store. I promise you all that she would have been escorted out in handcuffs within 60 seconds. This is what SHOULD have happened:
1. Management should have been present. If they were, it wasn’t indicated.
2. Management should have directed her and warned her that she would have to leave if she didn’t turn off the camera.
3. I would have stated on camera, you do not have permission to use my image or that of any other employee on any public forum. Please turn off the video camera and we will get your meal.
4. If she refused, I would not have spoken further given the fact that she was belligerent and making threats, I would have gotten her locked up. As I said she violated several federal laws here–one of which was to make a terroristic threat toward staff and NO establishment should EVER tolerate such abuse.
5. Corporations need to give all staff training for these situations and the authority to take action when this is taking place in case management is occupied with vendors and such. The remedy for such issues should not be limited solely to management staff. Any employee should be able to kick such people out of the establishment. It is common sense.
Here is the link to the video (Warning: Again, this video does contain foul-language!) :
If there is one thing Nana hates, it is racism. If Needi (the employee threatened) was a minor, I hope her parents also filed charges. To me Ms. Chapman is nothing more than a con artist trying to get her 15 minutes of fame, but if you read the comments under her video, it obviously backfired on her, and rightfully so.
Here is another link about this to look at. It’s a pretty good article too for coming from “The Smoking Gun”…
It is funny how when a child goes through abuse in the home, they feel that they did something wrong, or they said something to piss the abusive parent off. However sometimes the abuser reveals the real reason for singling out the child. It is a lesson I know very well because it was taught to my abuser as well.
I am referring to my late stepmother. As cruel as she was and as evil as she could be, I learned some lessons about her that did enable me to forgive what she did. Does that mean that from time to time the shadows don’t try to creep up and remind me through nightmares and such? Absolutely not.
I remember well how I slept with the lights on after she killed herself with that same pistol she waived at my head–and sometimes she went further–she would actually put the barrel to my head, and I can remember how cold it felt to this day. Often she revealed my existence as her reasoning behind her resentment of my presence in the family. The bottom line is, I stood up to her once I got older.
I find it also funny that when growing up, one thinks this is actually normal crap to deal with day after day. Once she took her own life, and the shock of her death subsided, along with my self-loathing thinking it was my fault she did it, I began to get around ‘normal families“…You know–the ones where both parents didn’t fight and they actually had meals together at the table like we did before my parents split?
However, back to my point…She would tell me things her mother said to her such as, “…I don’t want you and I never did!” Then she told me a story about how her two step sisters died in a fire that she believed her stepfather started. I wasn’t sure what to make of this story until I read it myself, but she was adamant that her stepfather set the fire.
I had a horrible tendency to turn my anger inward during and after those years. I remember hearing those negative voices when my stepmother committed suicide–and they were very “loud”, if you know what I mean. I kept hearing, “You should have done this!” or “IF you had done X then Y wouldn’t have happened.” The bottom line is that there was nothing I did to cause it being that I was only around 14 and nothing could change it. I had to work my way through that process of grief and self-loathing.
My dad was a total basket case, so I had to help arrange the funeral and pick the casket, as well as the dress to bury her in. THAT was the hardest part of that whole thing–having to help arrange it at 14. I am glad my sister and sister-in-law were around to help keep my head on track, and they did help me to handle this. To this day I have an aversion to going into funeral homes even though I make myself do it. All it takes is the smell of the flowers or the sight of a black suit to send me straight back to 1978. I don’t know why but that triggers those memories in a huge way. I find it ironic that I knew more about her childhood–her parents names and such than my father did. I also knew that she had three sons taken from her in Red Bluff, CA in the 1970′s so if anyone is looking to find her, then contact me via email.
I struggled with trying to find reasons for what happened, and trying to make “sense” of it, but there is no “sense” when it comes to something like that or any unexpected loss, I think. There was also that voice that kept saying, “What if I had done ____ differently? Would it change a thing?” I didn’t have a sounding board to take my frustrations out on so I turned to pen and paper, which was all I had at the time–aside from an imagination that when my pen flowed freely, the counselors became concerned. I also struggled with the fact that there came a day when I fully realized that what went on in our household was NOT normal by any stretch of the imagination.
Then came the day I had to forgive her and then myself. I realized that I both loved her and hated what she did, but realizing that she was not in control of her actions enabled me to forgive her and begin to rebuild from another starting point. I also had to forgive a few others in this process. When I say I had to “rebuild from another starting point” I am referring to the fact that after any traumatic event we can never fully be the person we once were. We have to debrief ourselves a bit and then start reprogramming from that point, I think.
Living with her mental illnesses was one thing, but her behaviors also taught me how “NOT” to be a stepmother. It also turned me off of the idea of internet dating and such because she WAS a mail order bride. Anyone can put on any image they want to present themselves to be, but you never know what they are until you are with them.
I choose to play it “safe” and avoid that trap, hence the reason I don’t connect with anyone to go out with from the internet. I have my friends I hang out with. If I go out with anyone it will be with NO ONE that I meet on the web.
Does this mean I am lonely? No. I am alone but I don’t get lonely. I have things to do and places to go and since I spent half of my life married, I’m in no rush. I am certainly NOT desperate either. Being single does not mean that my life is broken.
Now I want to say something else here. I read Cinderella as a child…I watched the version of it with Lesley Ann Warren and loved it. As I got older, as in my late teens, I began to realize how much truth in ”Fairy Tales” really existed. Her friends were mice–AT LEAST in the Disney version. My friend was a mouse named Brutus. There is also truth in the fiction between us all. My fiction was that I was a princess or an angel in waiting…When I grew up, I realized that I am a statistic…A number…One of the many who fell through the cracks, but made my own way back out of them.
In fact, I think the song “Luka” fits more accurately–even though I’m not a boy. After all, Suzanne Vega was right…She only hit until I cried. I sure as hell didn’t ask why when she went on these rampages either.
Many of these fairy tales were written with happy endings, but in life, would they have been happy? We may never know. Look at “Sleeping Beauty“…The queen was pissed because she wasn’t invited to the Christening. The only thing that woke Aurora’s ass up was her true love’s kiss. What rubbish. All of these fairy tales have the sabotage of the memes we were taught running rampantly through them. The main theme being “Good prevails over evil”….Does it? Or, do we simply hope for the best, block out the worst and drive on hoping the next day will be better than the one before?
Either way I drew more inspiration for my writing from “Dark Shadows” than I ever would any of these “fairy tales”. I also drew from a movie called “Paperhouse” and ‘another one called “Spirit of the Beehive“. Perhaps it is because in the eyes of the child I once was, Barnabas (from ”Dark Shadows”) could not help what he was and that enabled me to empathize with his fictional pain. In my opinion, he was bullied too.
I have a huge problem with people who “aren’t good in math” being responsible for handling large amounts of money and having the authority to snoop into our bank accounts & finances. After all this crap I am convinced that anyone working for the IRS should have to pass a literacy test AND those in high positions–a psychological exam.
The government does not want to take care of the people–it wants to control them. HUGE difference. The biggest problem our government has is that like most of our neighbors, it has not yet learned to mind its own damned business since we sign their paychecks. I don’t care who you marry, or what you do with your personal life, but when the government starts trying to control others at the expense of those who don’t agree with them, it can lead to tyranny and I have a huge problem with that.
And if a person is NOT an expert in the field of medicine, then he/she should not have access to ANYBODY’S medical records either. The IRS has no business overseeing the Obamacare program–there should be a separate agency entirely made up of people who have worked a few years in the field of MEDICINE overseeing that program. Those people should also be required to have 15-20 years of experience in the field of medicine in order to get a supervisory position.
NOBODY in the IRS is qualified to diagnose medical conditions and such and therefore should not be deciding who gets care and who doesn’t. The IRS was never meant to be an extension of governmental power over the people, and if that is what it is becoming then it should be dismantled. We have the technology to use a flat rate tax for all and deduct THAT from the paycheck anyway and the people in that outfit are obtaining far too much power. They are not law enforcement. They are not homeland security…They are, for lack of a better term, auditors and book keepers. That is where their ability lies and nowhere else.
I have a duty to let people know that this is one agency that should never wield so much power over the American People. It is far too dangerous being that they can rob us all with the simple push of a button attached to our bank accounts.
I love Star Trek. Please do not take this the wrong way, but this movie could have been made a lot better. The story line is good– although there are times I was left scratching my head and saying “WTH?” to myself.
There are two villains in here. First you have Benedict Cumberbatch who does an EXCELLENT job of portraying Khan. It is hard to imagine him as Khan if you grew up watching the original series and saw “The Wrath of Khan“…However, he does make that part his own in a sense. One thing the viewer may come away with is a strange sense of empathy for his reasoning because it does have some logic.
This character is not just simply a “madman” hell-bent on getting even with Kirk, as portrayed in earlier versions. Cumberbatch actually gives Khan a high degree of intelligence, cunning and an ice-cold demeanor, whereas in earlier versions Khan was much more emotional. A viewer really cannot predict Khan in this one either. Other characters are used for that purpose and that is also a good thing! However what led to the feud with Kirk from the original story line is totally absent. They wrote in a new reason for it. If you go to this, you’ll see what I mean. It could have something to do with the timeline being messed with in the 2009 version.
Then you have Peter Weller. I have seen a lot of Peter Weller’s work and he is usually top-notch, but I felt that as Marcus, he was over the top in some of those scenes. This is the character that should have been the “greater villain”/”God Character” but this is role where he came off as “not believable” for lack of a better description. That character was also written to be too predictable. I like being surprised and I was not surprised with that character’s actions. I think the fault for this lies with J.J. Abrams. Anytime that happens, it’s usually direction that is the cause of it.
As usual, Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto and the actors portraying those we all grew up watching did a great job in this film. They are the main reasons I’ll get the DVD. I was really impressed with how Scotty (Simon Pegg) actually ends up being what I call the “God Character” here. His character knows what is best and finds out what is really going on at times–so some of this story line is revealed through him. Writing-wise it is a good strategy to use him for that since the writing with the Marcus character left much to be desired.
The other issue I had with the film is that there is some mirroring of Wrath of Khan with a bit of role reversal. One will know what I mean when they see the film so this is not a spoiler. I felt that the writers should have had a little more restraint with that tactic and more originality. Something needed to be fresh and different from what we know of as viewers in that sense, but I feel that this was a set up for a later film.
I do not understand why in the world there is a scene in this movie where Alice strips down to her underwear while Kirk is in the room. She makes him turn around, but the funny thing is, she really didn’t change clothing. The dress she put on may have been a different color. It’s not like she put on any special gear.
The acting was great! Don’t get me wrong there, but it is obvious that the writers borrowed way too much from “The Wrath of Khan“. I do like how they made Khan more cunning and cold–less emotional. For that reason, Benedict Cumberbatch deserves some kudos. For those who have not seen the “Wrath of Khan” you’ll probably love the whole thing! For those who have and grew up watching Star Trek, you’ll find that there is too much borrowing from the 1980 movie script with no sign as to what originally led to the feud between Kirk and Khan. For a movie that takes place in the early days of the Enterprise crew, that was disappointing. And then there are those who love action–period…They will love it too.
While there is non-stop action and a good story going on here, I feel it could have been told without all the references to the other film. I do like how the Klingons were portrayed. They rocked! Get ready for the next sequel. Let us hope that it follows the 2009 version in terms of originality. This film does not ruin the franchise by any stretch because it is good, it is just that it could have been so much better. Maybe next time…
NOTE: This was written for fun. Given that fact, feel free to add your thoughts on it, but this is not meant to make those in academia happy–it is meant purely just to have some sort of amusement about this topic.
The “Bonehead”…This is the type of villain that will steal, lie and cheat and is mainly used as a buffoon or comic relief–like John Astin in “Evil Roy Slade” or Kirk Douglas in ‘The Villain”. These are ones that are so bumbling you grow to like them…They just can’t get their stuff right!
The “Asshat”–This is one of those guys that’s like the drill sergeant ”Full Metal Jacket”. These guys don’t know when to back off even though they are well intended (as in doing their job) and if something bad happens, the hero takes an instant dislike to him/her–and sometimes the viewers are glad if something happens to those characters–like jail time, demotions or even death just because they are such asshats! They either overdo it in the “zealous” faction or they don’t know how to do their job in a way that can benefit other characters. The Coach in “The Breakfast Club” can qualify here–and to me he IS an asshat! He definitely didn’t know how to “teach”. If this “coach” had handled up on these kids this way now, he’d have been put on probation himself. He did mistreat Bender in my book.
The “Conniving Bitch”: –I’ll use movie examples here: Dame Judith Anderson in “Rebecca”, Bette Davis in “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane” or “Jezabel”…Take your pick. How about Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction? Mo’Nique in “Precious”? Their levels of evil qualify them here–and I had little to NO empathy for them. The same falls true for Farah Fawcett in “Small Sacrifices” and Elizabeth Montgomery’s role in the movie “Amos”.
Glenn Close in 1987′s hit “Fatal Attraction”.
The Jealous Wench: This is actually ranked right below the “Conniving Bitch”…Just look at Jane Fonda in “Monster in Law“. Some are a cross between this ranking and the “C.B”–and a good example of this lies in Angelique Bouchard–from the original ”Dark Shadows” or the “Dark Shadows Revival” series. I didn’t care for Eva Green in the role. I felt that the script for that flick made no sense anyway. It was like watching “Occupy Collinwood”. If Angelique controlled Collinwood, what the heck did she need Barnabas for? She didn’t. Trying to make her a bit empathetic at the end was a huge mistake. She’s a sociopath as she was portrayed in both the original series and in the ’91 series–sort of like Glenn Close in “Fatal Attraction” and with almost a similar narcissistic quality. In fact, in the original series she stooped to killing her own sister.
The Ones We LOVE to Loathe: Let’s see…This should be easy because it is definitely like “beauty”–in the eye of the beholder in a sense because these villains wire people up… J. R. Ewing from “Dallas”. Not that any of them are saints on “Sons of Anarchy” but Gemma Teller Morrow (Katie Sagal) takes the freaking cake…She plays several sides of a fence…Seriously. Then there is Robert Mitchum’s character in “The Night of the Hunter“? That movie kept us on the edge of our seats. Check out this recent review! Very well done:
The same thing goes for two on the show “Banshee”…There are several “villains” there because most are not upstanding, law-abiding citizens, that’s for sure. Two of the best villains on here are Rabbit (Ben Cross) and Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thompson). Even the main characters are villains (Lucas Hood and Ana/Cassie Hopewell)–and it gives new meaning to an old bible verse about “…not one being righteous” in that town, too. However, viewers are going to have empathy for some and total loathing for others and my bet for the honor of this particular title is on these two characters–Kai Proctor and Rabbit. Both have some bad ass underlings.
Ulrich Thomsen as “Kai Proctor” on Banshee in the above photo.
However it is hard to classify Ana/Cassie, Lucas Hood or Job as true villains when they are on the run from Rabbit and his lot and have led (for the most part) ”quiet” (I am joking here!) lives for 15 years–while Lucas was locked up. It is very hard to say that Lucas is “quiet” because he did kill some folks. Again, hard to classify him and Ana. However I am tempted to put Ana in the “conniving bitch” category because of how she treated her father–Rabbit and lied about who she really is to her hubby. There is something up with that because he did love his daughter. This is where some will actually empathize with Rabbit. However others will be baffled as to why Lucas even bothers with her because she really pulls some wicked crap that he should have grown a pair and killed her over in my book. Ah…The joys of true love. What can I say? I mean, she cuffed him to a bed and left him for Rabbit, for Chrissake! I can say this, he is correct when he tells her that “Carrie” (as in her identity) is a “hiding place”.
Ivana Millicevic (Ana aka “Carrie) and Antony Starr (Lucas Hood) in “Banshee”.
Some do feel a bit of empathy for Rabbit when a couple of things get revealed–but he’s still gonna be one twisted, sick–well, you get it. It’s also easy to empathize with Kai over the issues with his father and his upbringing–and that is where it ends with him. He’s almost as twisted as Rabbit, I think, but in a different way. No, I take it back. Rabbit is NOT as twisted. Watch the scenes Proctor has with his niece and you will know why I say that…
The pic above is a screen shot of Ben Cross as “Rabbit”.
If you have not seen “Banshee” I highly recommend it! It is very well-written and directed, but it is NOT a family show. There is nudity and such–after all it is Cinemax, so use your brains and put the kiddies to bed first or send ‘em to Grandma’s! After you watch that, come back and tell me which character (NOT CAST MEMBER) you want to kick in the shins! Just remember! Those men and women are ACTING! It’s the characters we loathe–not the players! I wonder if Mo’Nique got flak for her role in “Precious” now that I think about it…
I don’t know about the rest of you but when villains fall in the last category above, it just totally rocks! People LOVE hating villains like these! I am going to go a little further here. I think the character of “Mr. Rabbit” is going to be so detested by some that he’ll end up being one of the best TV villains of all time–which would dethrone J.R. Ewing–and believe me, this guy makes J.R. look like a cub scout in comparison!
To give you an idea of how twisted the family tree is–here is one card Carrie/Ana will NEVER send to her father Rabbit–even though there might be a little truth in it:
And I am going to add here that since “Banshee” is the highest rated show Cinemax has ever aired, I think some prime time Emmy nods will come out of this–and if not, someone hasn’t got their head on straight. This series has some excellent writing in it–so even if you’re not into the nude scenes and such–it is worth watching for the fact that it has plot, organization, innovation and originality. Those of you anticipating Sons of Anarchy’s new season should tune in to this one in the meantime. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
I look for Hoon Lee, who plays “Job” on here to get a best supporting actor nod too. Some people tune in to see what stunt he’s going to pull next! He has a lot of scenes in this series that will crack you up, so here is one of them (and it has adult language, so if you’re offended easily, sorry. This cracked me up!) :
As I dive further into the villain topic, I’m sure there are other categories to add later, but these are the main ones and these are meant for a general audience–not the academic one. If I were to go into the “Abrams Book of Literary Terms” it might bore a lot of you to death so I spared you that…However it is a good tool for writers to have on hand. And a good resource to look at is Chuck Wendig’s “Terrible Minds” blog. Here is a link to that too–and he’s as blunt as the Banshee writers!
This is a story that needs to be told and retold until the Japanese Government accepts its responsibility in these horrendous acts. The least they could do is issue a formal apology.
I am moving away by choice. I am moving closer to my work and taking my faithful friend–BUDDY with me. Buddy is my dog that I’ve had for almost 14 years & wasn’t about to part with him. He still thinks he’s about five, too… I’m going to have to part with a lot of stuff because it is a small place, but I will have my privacy. I will also finally be able to sit back and do a lot of thinking–and actually be able to cook. However, fear not! I test my food before I let anyone else have it. If I can get around a kitchen without blowing it up, it is a miracle totally equal to the immaculate conception!
My books, dvds, jewelry and a few other things are going with me. However I do have to part with some things to get smaller things–like my TV and stand. They are too big to fit. Other than that, I have several things I will NOT part with that are smaller, and if no one comes to stay in the other bedroom, that is going to be my writing/computer room., but I’m sure Buddy is going to claim a corner to crash in! He always does!
I also look forward to living alone again. I actually look forward to being able to watch my Banshee dvd’s and such, which should arrive in July or the first part of August. I’ll have to change the order up to get it shipped to where I’m going. I’ll probably have them shipped to my workplace. I am going to get the poster and T-Shirt too. I love shows with good acting and logical plots–and despite the nickname of the Cinemax channel, this show has those things.
The only main drawback is that I will not get to see my grand kids as much. They are moving in the opposite direction. However, I hope they come to Midland to visit once in a while. I would lay down my life for my boys or the grand kids in a heartbeat. However, I always love a quiet evening sitting outside in a lawn chair, where the only sounds I hear are the wind, the birds and the occasional roar of thunder before I have to go back inside.
I also love the sound of rain hitting a tin roof, and the sight of the stars and the full moon–which I’ll also be able to enjoy. These are some of the things people take for granted. For me, it will be almost like a return to known territory–almost like a sanctuary, which I need so, so badly right now.
I will have a quiet place of my own so that I can get back to writing as well. I need that type of space to work on “Centuries Under the Moon” anyway. I really like the idea of having a female lead, with a female perspective on the modern world–despite the fact she died well over 200 years prior…
Part of Kit was terrified, and another part told herself that nothing would come of it. Karen had knocked the crap out of her again after getting into a fight with her dad yelling, “This was your fault! If you weren’t here–” and she stopped as she reached into her purse next to her in the car and pulled out that damned pistol again. She put it up against Kit’s head but Kit stared straight ahead. This was a child who had been down this road, in the darkness of the night with that gun at her head so many times, she simply didn’t give a shit anymore. In her mind, at least it would end if Karen actually did pull the trigger. As she felt the barrel against her left temple she stared up at the moon.
The air was cold since it was January and the stars seemed to be very bright. Kit loved looking at them. She often wondered what it would like to fly up into where they were.
“Are you listening to me!?,” Karen screamed, “You had better be listening!”
Kit then looked at her and said, “Nothing scares me anymore. Not even that gun. Not even you. Either do it or let me go live with Mom.”
The gun was now pressed against her forehead. The barrel was cold and Karen’s hand was shaking as Kit stared into her eyes.
“Stop looking at me damn you! If you go to school one more time and tell them–”
“You’ll what?! Blow my head off? Do it. I told you I’m not afraid anymore. I don’t care!” Kit yelled as she kept staring straight into her eyes.
The now 13-year-old was quite resolute in her statement. She saw no way out of the house of horrors so she began to stand up to the monster. That monster was Karen.
Karen threw the silver pistol back into her purse, started the car and sped off with Kit still inside. She took her across town to Jack’s house. She then reached across the seat and opened Kit’s door.
“Get the hell out of here and go inside! If you say one word to Jack I swear I’ll–”
“Whatever…Same old crap!” Kit said to her as she shut the door and began to take a step back.
With that Karen peeled out with such force that Kit was knocked down. The child got up, dusted off her jeans and went to the door. It took a long while for her to go to sleep, and her sister-in-law was asking what had happened but Kit only responded, “With Karen what doesn’t happen?”
The entire family felt powerless to help the child. The only way Karen stopped hitting her was when her mother got wind of it. Her mother delivered a personal message via her aunt down the street.
“If you touch Kit or my son one more time, Bitch, I’ll kill you myself.” was the message.
Kit would not find out about this until she was in her 20′s but often wondered why during the last six months of Karen’s life she tended to just storm off when things got tense between her and her dad. She didn’t even bully Kit during that time other than to scream at her once in a while. Kit got to where she would tune her out.
When Kit entered her cell she would look at the green shades and cringe once in a while. She would then look at the wall she decorated. She put up a red tartan bedspread on her wall for an accent wall and then covered it with Beatles and Bay City Rollers posters. She also had a huge poster of Paul McCartney and Wings on the other side of her room.
On the other side was her doll collection. She had Native American dolls, Japanese dolls, the first Revlon doll ever made and a lot of other antique ones–which got sold out from under her little by little after Karen’s death–along with her TV because her dad said, “You don’t need this stuff anymore. He then replaced it with stuff Karen had–which she didn’t want. She worked for her things and now they were taken from her one day while she was at school. He gave the stereo she did babysitting for to her brother and then gave her Karen’s which pissed her off totally.
While Karen did have a better one, she wanted no reminders. She liked her white one. She paid for it with her money. Now her brother had it. She had a 19″ black and white TV she liked watching. He put Karen’s 9″ portable color TV in there. That also pissed her off–especially since it had to be sent for repairs every time she turned around. However one night she was watching and a video from the year prior came on. It was “Mull of Kintyre” by Paul McCartney and Wings.
It would be that video that would spawn her desire to see other places. She loved how the kids in that video were having fun down by the fire on the beach–something she never got to do. As thoughts of the monster began to fade a bit at night, those thoughts were replaced with new ones–and when the green shades came down, it marked a new freedom for Kit. It was at this point she picked up a pen and began creating new worlds, new people and dreaming of a new life. She had never seen mist rolling in from the Ocean and longed for it…One day she would, but for now, the video had to do.
This was the video that started that journey for her so many years ago. The open land and the beach…The smiles on people’s faces…These were the things that she loved to see on TV. And later in that year–1978, she would find out what a “normal” family was…She would realize then how abnormal her life had been and it would also make new thoughts churn in her head as she pulled out her pen and paper.
Sometimes songs depict various situations in life, or at least the emotions behind them. Some are by artists of faith and others are not. I know a lot of “broken” spirits right now. Some have lost partners. Some lost children. Some lost jobs and their homes, etc…Some lost their childhood. These are the top songs for various situations that can leave one “broken”. Some are going to be more familiar than others–and some are a tribute to those who love the broken just as they are–or those who know they will find their way…And I threw one on here for those who are hypocritical enough to judge the broken, yet have never walked in their shoes. Enjoy–and grab your Kleenex if you are broken…At least you will know you are not alone.
”Jeremy”–Pearl Jam Sometimes children break to the point that they kill themselves.
”Stay”–Sugarland Sometimes it is the other woman who is the stronger one when she realizes it’s best to walk the hell away.
“I Was Only 19“–Video from The Herds version of “I was only 19″ with the music of the original by Redgum. This is the very best song about PTSD I have ever heard and the video kicks ass. This is an Australian video.
“All That You Are”–The Goo Goo Dolls AND if we have people in our lives who help us to reach this point, we’re damned lucky!
There…Pick and choose! Anyway these are a few of my favorite songs about various states of being.
I’m going to have to part with a lot of stuff because it is a small place, but I will have my privacy. I will also finally be able to sit back and do a lot of thinking–and actually be able to cook. However, fear not! I test my food before I let anyone else have it. If I can get around a kitchen without blowing it up, it is a miracle totally equal to the immaculate conception!
