I'm Not Dead

My sisters use YouTube tutorials. A few are titled as above and it makes me wonder if somebody really thought the author was deceased because they hadn’t recently uploaded a video. Oh, and there are those who start off their video with, “this is a request but I really don’t like this and don’t want to do it but I will because it’s a request”. That’s stupid. Requests can be denied. Besides there’s always someone else out there who will want to do it if you don’t. So really it’s not that you don’t want to do a request it’s because you want to please your audience. Because if you don’t cater to them, they’ll leave, you’ll have no audience and you'll die.

I've decided that I don't want to be lukewarm. Therefore I don't want a lukewarm guy. I don't get why someone can't be honest and say what they mean. It's the excuse of not hurting someone's feelings. What-ever. It takes somebody with courage to be honest. To leave someone hanging, waiting is rude and mean. The "nice" thing to do would be to just come out with it. Guys who walk away without any notice are just poop.

Today I walked into a drugstore that had its valentine's day stuff up.

How to Make Protests More Efficient

Now before I begin I am not piggy-backing on someone else's topic. It's just coincidence. What can I say? Great people think like me.

A couple of times my work place has been on the TV news. However it has nothing to do with my work. Whenever there’s a conflict involving Israel people gather by us to protest because the embassy is located across the street on the 13th floor. I don’t know how much of an impact they have if the object of the protest is 13 stories away.Usually each faction stands on opposite sides of the street. They shout some things, cars honk and the police show up. One of these days someone could leave a basketball in the middle of the street, yell GO! and see which side can grab the ball first. The winner of this wins the protest. How about a relay? Thumb war anyone? With these suggestions they wouldn't have to stand for hours yelling at each other.

Not everyone who gathers has something to do with the protest. There are usually tagger groups who use the media coverage the large group provides to get their message across. They mix in yelling their own slogans making the whole thing confusing.

Overall, protests feel like street fairs minus the food and music. It would be better if each group set up a little booth. It would be organized. They could pass out pamphlets and attract people over with free stuff like pens or stickers. The AARP is doing a rap performance. Help free Tibet and get a balloon. Stop all wars by buying a bag of kettle corn. Yeah, that would totally make me care.

Have They Learned Nothing from China

As usual somebody decided to spoil the big event that happened last Tuesday by bringing to light a controversy. No it’s not about taking the oath. Sit down for this. The quartet did not play live. Well, in a way they did but their instruments weren't amplified.

They way this has been brought up makes it sound like the trust of the public has been broken. In a world of short attention spans sensational headlines have become a way of life. I admit I wouldn't have cared otherwise. You know some idiot out there is going to write about how we can’t trust the new administration because of this. If they’re going to deceive us about this what else are they keeping from us?

I decided to find out why they played to a prerecorded tape*. Apparently it was too cold for their instruments to stay in tune so they took a performance they had prerecorded days before and played that. I had no idea tuning was affected by temperature. If it weren’t for this I wouldn’t have learned something new. At least they didn’t have tv actors step in for the original musicians because they weren’t pretty enough.

I wonder though if this would qualify as a breach of national security. Yes, all the major players of the day were kept safe and no riots took place. But if you can’t keep something like a taped performance under wraps how are you going to deal with the big things such as fashion malfunctions, tripping over the family dog or the dreaded choking on a pretzel?

“This isn’t Milli Vanilli” – Carole Florman spokesperson for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.

*If you want to read the article--> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28808317

Candy-glitter

A list of what happened this time at the Magic Kingdom.

McDonald’s breakfast sandwiches with hash browns in them.

Long car rides are great if there are plenty of snacks, tunes and great company.

Jack in the Box is shady. Despite the posters not all have shakes. They’re o’s and x’s are connected.

Almost lost an arm and a leg to an automatic door.

Foggy. Listening to fireworks is not the same as seeing them.

Random nondisney photos.

Jocelyn avoiding Kevin.

Search for the Grumpy hat.

Corn dog. Dole Whip. Ice Cream in Waffle Cone. Churros!

Observing couple conversations.

Rolling a nerf ball back and forth.

My people no longer spin plates.

Allen N. is a card shark.

Believe twice. Snow smells like soap. Lots of leg room for Fantasmic.

The tower of terror is more painful than I remembered.

There’s a drought at the boardwalk.

I like to draw Pooh (the bear) big.

Jack Skeleton shrunk.

Mary Poppins smells hecka nice.

Mickey had no time to hug. I smacked my head on Mickey’s ear. I could've taken Mickey's head off.

Humming the theme to Indy with Laurie.

Joanna broke disneyland.