Under the Sea
I went to Little Mermain Sing A Long the other day. It was pretty much the coolest thing I have done in awhile. A bunch of adults dressed up in crowns, pearls, interacting with the film, blowing bubbles, waving glow sticks, singing...singing! It was awesome. AWESOME! They had a contest. Kids dressed up. Adults dressed up. King Triton, the dinglehopper, and Scully (?) the bird. Let me repeat. It was amazing.
not sure what i think about this
Human life is an interesting thing. Sometimes wasted, sometimes short, sometimes way too long, sometimes overly strange and sometimes just as it should be. Attending the Giants game last night (yeah they actually won, 5-4) looking around at the very sparse crowd the thought that every single person there was created, has a mother, father, they were either planned or accidents, and that they didn't just appear. Its obvious yeah I know, but to sit and think about that for a moment is a strange thing. Strange because through technology anyone can really decide to have a baby, or not. We can stop reproduction or aide it. Essentially we are cheating nature. One might argue we are cheating nature when we get vaccinations, immunizations, and surgery when we have heart problems. That people allergic to bees should just suffer the consequences without having shots in a hands reach to make sure they don't die. This thought of course can then be brought into medicine in general, and how far should we go to assist ourselves in living longer? The next question would then be the debate between whether taking steps to live longer and healthier is the equivalent to controlling the reproduction of other human beings? Probably not.
Technology has made it possible for Ricky Martin to create children. Why he decided to have children, not sure. Why he didn't wait to have children with a woman he was married to? Maybe he's gay. Why he didn't adopt? I don't know. I just have this weird thought, like how much can we actually fuck with nature, and when is it going to backfire? Or, this just is nature, and this just is the evolutionary way its going. ???
anyway, see said article:
"Ricky Martin Has Twins Via A Surrogate
NEW YORK — There won't be much "livin' la vida loca" for Ricky Martin these days _ he's now the father of twin boys. The Latin superstar had the children via a surrogate mother, and the babies were born a few weeks ago, according to a statement from his representatives.
"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care," said the statement. "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."
A representative said there was no further information on the details of the children's birth.
Martin, 36, is a multiplatinum singer who is best known for English-language hits like "She Bangs!" and "Livin' la Vida Loca." In recent years, the Puerto Rican star has been active in charitable efforts, including the prevention of sexual exploitation of children."
On the other end of the spectrum, there are people who are perfectly content to never spawn. My friend had a vasectomy at the age of 18 quoting, "I don't need to pass on my family's genes to anyone!" Valid point. Read Article about Married Couple. Titled, Children, Who Needs Them?
Technology has made it possible for Ricky Martin to create children. Why he decided to have children, not sure. Why he didn't wait to have children with a woman he was married to? Maybe he's gay. Why he didn't adopt? I don't know. I just have this weird thought, like how much can we actually fuck with nature, and when is it going to backfire? Or, this just is nature, and this just is the evolutionary way its going. ???
anyway, see said article:
"Ricky Martin Has Twins Via A Surrogate
NEW YORK — There won't be much "livin' la vida loca" for Ricky Martin these days _ he's now the father of twin boys. The Latin superstar had the children via a surrogate mother, and the babies were born a few weeks ago, according to a statement from his representatives.
"The children, delivered via gestational surrogacy, are healthy and already under Ricky's full-time care," said the statement. "Ricky is elated to begin this new chapter in his life as a parent and will be spending the remainder of the year out of the public spotlight in order to spend time with his children."
A representative said there was no further information on the details of the children's birth.
Martin, 36, is a multiplatinum singer who is best known for English-language hits like "She Bangs!" and "Livin' la Vida Loca." In recent years, the Puerto Rican star has been active in charitable efforts, including the prevention of sexual exploitation of children."
On the other end of the spectrum, there are people who are perfectly content to never spawn. My friend had a vasectomy at the age of 18 quoting, "I don't need to pass on my family's genes to anyone!" Valid point. Read Article about Married Couple. Titled, Children, Who Needs Them?
little things - inner thoughts and wonderings
Do you think our communication, and relationships, and romanticism has gone downhill since text messages came into the picture? It has definitely changed. Things people might talk about in person or have to say in person, they can get away with doing through a text. For some things this can be a bit impersonal, and inappropriate. But at the same time, it can kind of be exciting. Opening up a surprisingly good text is like opening up that surprise piece of mail when you were ten from your pen pal in Russia. I guess I'm just curious to see how more of our communication changes in the next few years.
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It's impossible to be everyones friend. Its impossible to be what you would like to be and strive to be to everyone. Its impossible to be to everyone what exactly each person needs. It's impossible. At somepoint you must give and take from certain relationships certain things. That doesn't mean you don't like certain people more or less, but for you to have some sort of energy at the end of the day, at somepoint, you have to be selfish. You have to be selfish with how you spend your time and where you spend your time. One cannot be all things to all people, that is why we are all here. We give certain things to certain people that others cannot. It's important to surround yourself with people who love you, and cheer for you, and challenge you, and make you question, and who will not be scared to question you, who can hug you, who will tell you about the enormous booger in your nose, who will laugh with you and sometimes at you when its deserved, who will make you calm, who you can be yourself around.
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I heard awhile back that people are pretty much who they are going to be, forever, by the time they reach 25. There is some give and take in that theory obviously, but its making the case that personalities, beliefs, values, are all pretty much set in stone by that age. People do change and priorities change, but for the most part I completely agree and see what it's saying. There are all these things I thought how I wanted my life to be like, or what I thought it would be like, or what I thought it would be cool to be like when I was younger. Ive come to the conclusion now that I will never be a vegetarian, that although Ive relaxed more than when I was in high school that I will probably always be a bit hyper, loud, and often times annoying, I will probably always be a bit controlling, that I like, if not feel like I need to take the lead in many things. Ive come to the conclusion I will never be that amazing athlete I always thought I could be, that I push myself only so far and that I often stop short, that discipline has always been a problem for me unless certain things are involved. That I will never be any good at the guitar, or the piano, and that I will probably never be fluent in any other language than English. That I am even horrible at English, that I will always be horrible at math. There are all these things I wish I was, or thought I would be, and so many, so many things I admire about so many people, but, I am just me. That I have always been me, as much as I thought I would eventually grow to have certain traits, they will always just be things that aren't a part of me. It's pointless to wish to be like this, or be like that, because I'm not going to be. I'm most certainly not changing. I can strive to be better. One specific thing that comes to mind is patience, and understanding. As open as I think I am, its hard for me to step back and accept where someone else is coming from. I can try and become fluent in Italian. I can learn to juggle. I could even learn the piano. I can learn skills. I can improve things. But I will never be someone else.
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It's impossible to be everyones friend. Its impossible to be what you would like to be and strive to be to everyone. Its impossible to be to everyone what exactly each person needs. It's impossible. At somepoint you must give and take from certain relationships certain things. That doesn't mean you don't like certain people more or less, but for you to have some sort of energy at the end of the day, at somepoint, you have to be selfish. You have to be selfish with how you spend your time and where you spend your time. One cannot be all things to all people, that is why we are all here. We give certain things to certain people that others cannot. It's important to surround yourself with people who love you, and cheer for you, and challenge you, and make you question, and who will not be scared to question you, who can hug you, who will tell you about the enormous booger in your nose, who will laugh with you and sometimes at you when its deserved, who will make you calm, who you can be yourself around.
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I heard awhile back that people are pretty much who they are going to be, forever, by the time they reach 25. There is some give and take in that theory obviously, but its making the case that personalities, beliefs, values, are all pretty much set in stone by that age. People do change and priorities change, but for the most part I completely agree and see what it's saying. There are all these things I thought how I wanted my life to be like, or what I thought it would be like, or what I thought it would be cool to be like when I was younger. Ive come to the conclusion now that I will never be a vegetarian, that although Ive relaxed more than when I was in high school that I will probably always be a bit hyper, loud, and often times annoying, I will probably always be a bit controlling, that I like, if not feel like I need to take the lead in many things. Ive come to the conclusion I will never be that amazing athlete I always thought I could be, that I push myself only so far and that I often stop short, that discipline has always been a problem for me unless certain things are involved. That I will never be any good at the guitar, or the piano, and that I will probably never be fluent in any other language than English. That I am even horrible at English, that I will always be horrible at math. There are all these things I wish I was, or thought I would be, and so many, so many things I admire about so many people, but, I am just me. That I have always been me, as much as I thought I would eventually grow to have certain traits, they will always just be things that aren't a part of me. It's pointless to wish to be like this, or be like that, because I'm not going to be. I'm most certainly not changing. I can strive to be better. One specific thing that comes to mind is patience, and understanding. As open as I think I am, its hard for me to step back and accept where someone else is coming from. I can try and become fluent in Italian. I can learn to juggle. I could even learn the piano. I can learn skills. I can improve things. But I will never be someone else.
superhero - comic book
Has anyone else noticed that there have been a whole hell of a lot of superhero, comic book based films out in the recent years. Spiderman, Batman, Sin City, The Hulk, Iron Man, X-Men. Most recently on apple.com/trailers, The Spirit, and Punisher. It's a whole lot of themes about the underdog coming back to avenge the bad guy. Which is fine and makes for a story we all can cheer for. I just feel like that is quite a bit of superhero flicks....
Here is a trailer that is somewhat scary. Somewhat intriguing. Somewhat unbelievable.
Here is a trailer that is somewhat scary. Somewhat intriguing. Somewhat unbelievable.
is this a new fashion?
Anyone who knows me pretty well knows I absolutely love and adore my family. So maybe that is the reason why I find most things they do hilarious. I'm sure we are not funny to anyone else but ourselves, but whatever. On a recent visit with my momma my sister told me the following story.
Sis: I walked into the kitchen the other day, momma was washing a dish or something and she looks all excited. She goes, "Marci Marci, look at my new shorts! Do you think this is the new fashion or something?"
Mom: Well, I picked up a pair of new running shorts the other day. I usually try them on...I usually try everything on, but I picked them up, held them out, and they looked fine. So, I brought em home.
I went to go put them on, they looked fine but they felt funny. So I turned them around.
Sis: So I'm looking at mom in these shorts and they are blatently backwards. No doubt about it, backwards.
Mom: Yeah so I had been running all over town in these shorts. Shopping, ... (sister interruption)
Sis: Like the back was shorter than the front.
Mom: I thought it was a new style.
Sis: The drawstring was even in the back. (laughing hysterically now)
Mom: Yeah, I brought them home, tried them on with the drawstring in the front, the logo in the front, and the pocket in the back. But it didn't feel right. So I turned them around and just went running. I though it might be a new style or something.
Well, what actually happened was that I had them on right the first time, but the underwear was sewn in wrong. ... so of course I turned them around because they were uncomfortable. I mean, who sews the underwear in wrong?!
So we go to the store and explained that I needed new shorts. The store lady said she had a bunch in the back, but Im thinking if one of the liners is sewn in wrong, they all have got to be. It's an assembly line ya know?
So sure enough, they were all fine, and I just picked up the only backwards pair.
End Story
Maybe this isn't as hilarious as when they were telling it, but think about that. I mean, that would really f* with your head! You know you're right when you put them on, but something doesn't feel right and you know it. I mean, what a great April fools joke. Plus that fact that my mom just went with it, like, yeah, this must be a new fashion. Agh, I love it.
Sis: I walked into the kitchen the other day, momma was washing a dish or something and she looks all excited. She goes, "Marci Marci, look at my new shorts! Do you think this is the new fashion or something?"
Mom: Well, I picked up a pair of new running shorts the other day. I usually try them on...I usually try everything on, but I picked them up, held them out, and they looked fine. So, I brought em home.
I went to go put them on, they looked fine but they felt funny. So I turned them around.
Sis: So I'm looking at mom in these shorts and they are blatently backwards. No doubt about it, backwards.
Mom: Yeah so I had been running all over town in these shorts. Shopping, ... (sister interruption)
Sis: Like the back was shorter than the front.
Mom: I thought it was a new style.
Sis: The drawstring was even in the back. (laughing hysterically now)
Mom: Yeah, I brought them home, tried them on with the drawstring in the front, the logo in the front, and the pocket in the back. But it didn't feel right. So I turned them around and just went running. I though it might be a new style or something.
Well, what actually happened was that I had them on right the first time, but the underwear was sewn in wrong. ... so of course I turned them around because they were uncomfortable. I mean, who sews the underwear in wrong?!
So we go to the store and explained that I needed new shorts. The store lady said she had a bunch in the back, but Im thinking if one of the liners is sewn in wrong, they all have got to be. It's an assembly line ya know?
So sure enough, they were all fine, and I just picked up the only backwards pair.
End Story
Maybe this isn't as hilarious as when they were telling it, but think about that. I mean, that would really f* with your head! You know you're right when you put them on, but something doesn't feel right and you know it. I mean, what a great April fools joke. Plus that fact that my mom just went with it, like, yeah, this must be a new fashion. Agh, I love it.
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