New year's mussings and something for the remaining silent one
Good Thought for the Day
First day of a new year has ending and somehow, it seems to be promising for many things.
Random Thought for Today
Children are the joy and trial of every parent.
My front end stuff is more lengthy than usual so.... I'm using the cut so as to not bombard the friend's pages.
Quotes of the Day
"Hearts will never be practical until they are made unbreakable ......."
Wizard of Oz
"I'd agree with you if you were right...."
Awakenings
"That which does not kill us, makes us stronger....."
Steel Magnolias
"I was married. My husband cheated on me left and right.
He made me feel like I was crazy all the time. One day
he tells me it's MY fault he saw other women. So I picked
up a knife and told him it was HIS fault I was stabbing him."
Living Out Loud
Kurt Russell: "What can I possibly give you that you don't already have?"
Goldie Hawn: "A little girl."
Overboard
"A man may give himself to passion and desire, but a woman loves."
Steve Wariner - A Woman Loves
"If you could read my heart then you'd know without exception, it was all with the best of intentions."
Travis Tritt - Best of Intentions
Cool Sites for Today
Hallmark Hall of Fame ran a film a few weeks back called, "The Seventh Stream." It was about a selkie, so considering my interest in the Celtic Myths, here's a few sites:
Welcome to Crystal Mountain's Selkie Sound
Legend - Fairy Tales
Merrows and selkies
Info of the Day - Swashbucklers, part 1?
Johnston McCulley is probably rolling in his grave, but I'll give the writer of this LJ, Zorro's Live Journal , an A for humor. I wish Spanish had been my choice of language so I could understand the smattering that's there a little better.
Something a bit more serious can be found at Walt Disney's Zorro. Like James Bond, the role of Zorro has has been played by some of Hollywood's best looking actors, most recently by Antonio Banderas. He's slated to star in a sequel to the Mask of Zorro called Zorro Unmasked. My favorite was Guy Williams, who later played the role of Professor John Robinson in "Lost in Space." What can I say? It was a childhood crush. Performance wise, I'd have to say the best I've seen is Tyrone Power in The Mark of Zorro. Power was from the old school of movie making when the hero had to be able to dance, sling a sword, and ride a horse. Stunt men were few and far between back then.
Word of the Day
Main Entry: star·struck
Pronunciation: -"str&k
Function: adjective
Date: 1968
: particularly taken with celebrities (as movie stars)
From the Merriam-Webster dictionary on AOL
Given what I just read on their site, M-W Copyright notices, I'm going back to Manx, Breton, Gaelic, Erse, and Cymree for my words of the day. Seems they, M-W, disapprove of their site or printed material being quoted, with or without credit.
Somewhere in America:
"Do your homework!"
"Can't, teacher said, "Write the definitions of ten words from the dictionary."
"Well, look up the words for heaven's sake!"
"I don't want to be arrested."
Yup.. I can see that slackjawed parent trying to tell the kid fair use should apply because of educational purposes, but... the kid would be effectively be right.
The Daily Smidge of Frustration
Here's irony...KaZaa which is an internet service that allows people to download from the computers of others that are tapped into their service. On this page: http://www.kazaa.com/en/defend.htm, they tell their users that KaZaa is not run by big business and encourage them to basically tell said big business they are interfering with the individual's right to share what's on their computer. So where's the irony? Right here http://www.kazaa.com/en/terms.htm in terms 2, 5, and 6. Basically what that says to me is download all you want, but if you get sued, you are on your own and we'll help them prosecute. Anyone read that differently than I did? Maybe I misunderstood.
We now return you to the regularly scheduled rambling LJ entry for the day......
Now... for the silent one that wouldn't name names but wanted me to...
Sometimes, we have feelings in our hearts that are hard to express. Often they are good, but others they are as confusing as driving through a snowstorm at night in the Rockies. They are what lead us on a search for that one perfect moment we are meant to have, our ten minutes of fame. The problem with that, I've learned is while looking for that ten minutes, we miss so many wonderful, if not perfect, moments. We end up cheating ourselves. Such is the case with what happened to me this past year. I got sidetracked to happier subject than this and my thoughts are scattered. I need to write more.
One thing I would like to note, when someone is trying to be clandestine in their means of accomplishing a task, it's often best to leave no trail behind. While it was not my intention to spring any sort of trap on anyone, I did get the answer to a question that has long been on my mind because of something I read and noted in a previous post. I have others, but the odds of getting answers are slim to none. You did do one thing that you may not have realized, you proved me right about a few things. Instead of confronting me directly, you opted for another pathway. You forced what you knew would be a matter of honor. You showed me that you do read here. Don't make the mistake of assuming everything I've said about you was bad, because it wasn't. I could go on and on about things that irritated me, things that hurt me, however, the good people on my friends list have had their eyes filled over the last five months with rantings about you.
I leave you with these thoughts to ponder:
You once asked me to not judge you based on the actions of someone else toward me. I gave you that chance, I don't regret it. You, however, did what you had asked me not to. Based on the actions of another's behavior toward you, you judged me and assumed my reaction before allowing me a chance. It was all so simple, it's still simple. I must ask... how hard was "I'm not happy, I want.. need to move on?" You moved on, so it was the truth, no extra details were needed. It was simple and straight forward. All I've ever wanted was to hear you say good bye. I think I, or anyone else whose life you have walked out of, deserve that and I mean ALL. I think they deserve closure and that you deserve to be thought well of for the good things as a opposed to a few nasty names I won't utter or write. I would think it would be better to be thought of fondly by those that you once meant so much to as opposed to being a name that causes hatred to rise.
Heal your bridges and walk back onto your own side, there's no need for them to be crossed to get to you, but it will allow hearts to rest and if you don't understand, they maybe you really don't know the impact you have on people's lives. In the Wizard of Oz as the Tin Man is handed the watch, the Wizard tells him that a heart is not judged by how much we love, but how much we are loved by others. Allow yours to be judged well.
Sweet songs of youth, the wise, the meeting of all wisdom,
to believe in the good in man.
Legend