Things we never say...
...but I'm going to say 'em anyway.
1. I don't want to hear from J.K. Rowling anymore. I loved the Harry Potter series. She's a zillionaire. ENOUGH ALREADY. Stop milking this dead cow. And yes I'm doing my best to ignore anything published about North American wizardry. Oh and the issue with Native American character portrayals? Deserved or not, you should have seen that coming.
2. WHY did it take so long to remove Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear? I can't remember whether it was 2 or 3 years ago (or less) when I found the Benedict Cumberbatch episode online because hey, I'm Cumberbatch fan. As I watched, Clarkson just casually dropped how "lazy" he thought Mexicans were. EXCUSE THE EFF OUTTA ME? My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. I'd like to think that would be an IMMEDIATE firing offense here in the U.S. (I like to think...) but it took what another year or two to get rid of this man? Sheesh! Anyway, good riddance!
3. With all these new year deaths, am I the only one who thinks something's coming? Yep, I like astrology and at least one astrologer has said 2016 will be a reset year. And yes, life has been really sucky for me lately (job hunting, unemployement benefits ran out, joy and rapture) so I totally could use a reset. But that's easy to say. So I took it with a grain of salt - until folks started dropping dead, most importantly my beloved Alan Rickman. But of course now also, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, favorite of hard-core American conservatives everywhere, died unexpectedly. Talk about a game changer! So now I'm taking that astrologer seriously. And the thing is, I think about how things are economically with the 1% living off the fat of the land and the 99% scrambling for crumbs. And what does the Good Book say about the wicked? Their foot shall slide in due time. Hmm. I think some folks are feeling their feet start to slide. And when I think of everyone who's gotten rich off of cheating and lying and stealing and fraud or by just squatting in their cushy jobs and not giving a toss about anyone stuck below them who's got a new idea and nowhere to go with it, I tend to think "This year, it's coming and it's coming for YOU." Was it in the Book of Amos? Let righteousness roll down like a mighty stream!
Can I get an Amen somebody?
1. I don't want to hear from J.K. Rowling anymore. I loved the Harry Potter series. She's a zillionaire. ENOUGH ALREADY. Stop milking this dead cow. And yes I'm doing my best to ignore anything published about North American wizardry. Oh and the issue with Native American character portrayals? Deserved or not, you should have seen that coming.
2. WHY did it take so long to remove Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear? I can't remember whether it was 2 or 3 years ago (or less) when I found the Benedict Cumberbatch episode online because hey, I'm Cumberbatch fan. As I watched, Clarkson just casually dropped how "lazy" he thought Mexicans were. EXCUSE THE EFF OUTTA ME? My jaw dropped. I couldn't believe it. I'd like to think that would be an IMMEDIATE firing offense here in the U.S. (I like to think...) but it took what another year or two to get rid of this man? Sheesh! Anyway, good riddance!
3. With all these new year deaths, am I the only one who thinks something's coming? Yep, I like astrology and at least one astrologer has said 2016 will be a reset year. And yes, life has been really sucky for me lately (job hunting, unemployement benefits ran out, joy and rapture) so I totally could use a reset. But that's easy to say. So I took it with a grain of salt - until folks started dropping dead, most importantly my beloved Alan Rickman. But of course now also, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, favorite of hard-core American conservatives everywhere, died unexpectedly. Talk about a game changer! So now I'm taking that astrologer seriously. And the thing is, I think about how things are economically with the 1% living off the fat of the land and the 99% scrambling for crumbs. And what does the Good Book say about the wicked? Their foot shall slide in due time. Hmm. I think some folks are feeling their feet start to slide. And when I think of everyone who's gotten rich off of cheating and lying and stealing and fraud or by just squatting in their cushy jobs and not giving a toss about anyone stuck below them who's got a new idea and nowhere to go with it, I tend to think "This year, it's coming and it's coming for YOU." Was it in the Book of Amos? Let righteousness roll down like a mighty stream!
Can I get an Amen somebody?