Madonna & Parenting?

I hear Madonna doesn’t want her soon-to-be ex-husband to let the kids watch tv or read newspapers. I know there’s a lot of bad going on in the world but they should be taught to read and watch with a critical eye so that they can become engaged in the world’s activities. Perhaps she is hoping they will spend their time engaged in the world around them, rather than zoning out to TV or fantasizing about the lives of others while reading newspapers. I suppose she doesn’t want them growing up being part of the crowd whose idolization her income depends on.

From what I read, Madonna was very affected (effected?) by the death of her mother and did not accept her step-mother. It’s a curiosity to me now to she that she has 3 children who will have unstable relationships with their parents, including one who was removed entirely from his biological family and culture. Does she not think they will suffer in the same way she did?

Am I Moving?

For a few years now, I have wanted to move. I have never lived far from where I grew up so I guess I just want to try it out. But I don’t know what I want out of a place so I don’t know where I would move to. I live in the Northeast now so do I want more snow for more of the year by moving farther north? Or do I want to have sunny warm weather like in CA or FL?

And what would I do for work? I don’t have those immediately transferable skills like hairdressers or cooks who can step into any salon or restaurant. I guess I could look at it positively and say I have the flexibility to do a lot of things but there’s no security in that.

Part of the idea of moving is mental. I want to be someone else. Someone free to express myself without worrying about what people think or hearing what people think. If I want to where cowboy boots, I don’t want my mother-in-law saying I wear them because I ride horses as a hobby. Someone who is surrounded by people who are supportive of any kooky decision I make or thing I say or don’t say.

Am I moving is a very appropriate title as it is metaphorical. I will continue to either explore why I want to move or document the processing of moving or not moving on this page.

I Got Out and Voted!

I briefly thought about not going to vote yesterday. With so many others out there, why hassle with the crowds, the lines, the confusion? Then I thought, maybe my vote is needed, maybe late in the day others are thinking about not voting. So I went. No lines, not much traffic really. And, it turns out, a sort of close vote, when your dealing in the tens of thousands.

I voted for Obama. I am just ready to have a different party in the White House. I think he won because we all think a change of party will do us good. I don’t think people thought ‘hey, it’s about time someone other than a white guy is president’. Do black people think that this validates them as equals to whites?  Do black people think he’ll help them out? (Note that I have nothing against any minorities and I’ve never thought they should think of themselves as less than anyone else. I also think you have do make your own life what you want it to be, not wait until someone else does it for you.) At the grass roots level, for the regular work-a-day people, it doesn’t matter who is president. I don’t know if he’ll get us out of Iraq, reduce the national debt, but he’s too high up to really have an impact on my everyday life. It may be important that the Senate may have a majority of Dems so that their philosophical ideas will be voted into place. That may be what we can count on happening.

So, in the end, I’m glad I got out an voted. The fact that there were 3 sets of people running for president who didn’t get a podium at the debates is a blog for another day!

It’s Jessica who needs saving!

I want to be nice and I want to be well-written. But I don’t have to be either if I don’t want to…

Jessica Simpson dated Nick Lachey because he needed saving? She’s really not in touch with herself if she thinks that! He catered to her neediness, treated her like the diva she grew up to be. She sang about how he let her be herself. I think he did more for her than she ever could for anyone. Now she’s being ’saved’ by Tony Romo. Seriously, does she think love is all about saving and being saved? That’s romantic but in reality a person needs to be able to have their own identity and not feel incomplete without another person. She can say he’s supportive of her and her endeavors, as she should be of his. She can say she appreciates the many aspects of his personality, as he should of her. But enough with this ’saving’ business!