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Good Sunday morning, Earthlings! We are now in the third week of the new season. It's time to share your thoughts, poems and stories with us! :)
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Bonus Points:
(Hard, 2 points) Incorporate a Khalil Gibran quote or line
(Easy, 1 point) Include the phrase "color blind"
Fall is in the air, and the weather is getting cooler, which means the rain is also colder. When cold rain falls, it seems to wash the changing leaves off of the trees, reminding us that the sweet kiss of wintery death is looming around the corner. Don't get me wrong. Being in Wisconsin, we have 4 seasons, and the freshly fallen snow on the trees are kind of an amazing sight. But, last winter was cold and treacherous. Last summer was stolen, with only 2 weeks of real summer broken up in chunks... This summer, too, is going too fast, with not many nice days.
My son is 14. He will be 15 in March, but, I seriously don't know where the time went. Being a mom is the best job I've ever had, and the struggles are not so bad, since I am lucky to have a relatively good kid. But, Sir Khalil wisely says, "Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They came through you but not from you and though they are with you yet they belong not to you." Of course... He must grow up and live his own life. I can only guide him on his way.
On the same token, because ALL children are the suns and daughters of life, I am an advocate for reducing the gross abused of our children. Because ALL children are precious, I must be "color blind" to ensure ALL children are kept safe. It irks me when a child shows signs of being abused, and because some act out, they are blamed for their victimization or deserves it for "being bad". Or how 6 year old little girls were "dressed provocatively" so the pedophile couldn't help it... What doesn't help, is when you get commercials like these:
1) Here is what, about a 6 or 7 year old girl, whose poses and the open mouthed wink is way beyond her maturity, and here is this little girl, flirting with this older woman, as if she is some Guido at a bar... At least she is fully clothed, but, she is way over sexualized, and we don't even recognize it here in this country, and we wonder why little girls get preyed upon by sex offenders? Disgusting! To me, it's not about will power over the donuts, there are better ways to push the healthier choices in food. The video: http://www.ispot.tv/ad/7kWQ/special-k-protein-cereal-doughnut-willpower
2) Here is a fiat commercial that starts off innocent enough, where two nicely dressed young men beep for their dates to come out. The ladies come out, and it's almost comical about how because it takes so long for us to change, especially when dressed as the wedding party, that the ladies had to change in the car... How they did it w/o ruining their hair, I'll never know... The grotesque part of it is, toward the end, when the 4 leave, there is a boy, about 10ish, maybe? That gets this knowing grin, as if he just scored big time... This is still the age where boys think that kissing girls is gross, yet he acts like he's ready for a cigarette... Again, oversexualizing the tween boy, and we wonder why the sex abuse against our male children, and even adults are on the rise... NOT COOL! The video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=351-Xr_LfH0
I've been accused of over reacting, and this is just the way these sex offenders want it... I could go on, but, you get my point...
Waling the beatTopic: Irene
Bonus Points: Trevor and Michael Todd
Picture: Barbara
Word/Phrase: 1) Walking the beat 2) Girls' night out on the town 3) BFFs 4) Window Shopping 5) 5th Avenue 6) yellow brick road 7) Moving on 8) Moving out 9) Freedom! 10) Big dreams 11) Vacation girls 12) Maiden Voyage 13) Street Walkers 14) West side girls
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