...are they serious?

I just encountered the headline "Why Ordinary People Murder Their Families." While I did not read this article, I do have something to say about that headline:
HINT: THEY DON'T

Even if we're only looking at this from a statistical, non-psychological point of view, THEY DON'T.
For pete's sake.

Also, I went to a fiddling workshop today. It was very fun, and the girl who taught it was my age, nose ring like mine, funny bumper stickers on her car ("When Jesus said love your enemies, he probably meant don't kill them"), and she's a famous and accomplished fiddler (http://www.lissafiddle.com/). Like I said, TONS of fun. Two little problems though: the violin and the fiddle are THE EXACT SAME INSTRUMENT. The difference is stylistic. I am not a fiddler. I am a violinist. I like classical styling and sheet music. Apparently, I am not so good at "Here I'll play it now you play it." No sheet music. all by ear, VERY FAST. I sucked. But, frankly, a lot of the ppl there were a little weak on it, which is probably why they were there... to learn. That's why I went.
The other problem? Violins are very sensitive to issues like temperature and humidity. My violin it about 40 yrs old. At some point over the last several months, most likely today when I brought it outside into the cold, it cracked a little. I am sad, and desperately hoping it will be alright. But I forgot it in my mom's car, so I can't check... I hope she noticed!

lol and not so lol

fun first, because that's way more important ;)

Just to waste some time:

1. Open your library (iTunes, Winamp, Media Player, IPod, etc.)
2. Put it on shuffle.
3. Press play.
4. For the first question, type the song that's playing.
5. When you go to a new question, press the next button twice.
6. Don't lie and try to pretend you're cool...just type it in.


IF YOUR LIFE WAS A MOVIE, WHAT WOULD THE SOUNDTRACK BE?

Opening Credits:
"Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves" - Cher
...I'm gonna keep my commentary to myself on that one...

Waking Up:
"Miss Independen"t - Kelly Clarkson

First Day at School:
"This Celluloid Dream" - AFI

Falling In Love:
"So Cold" - Breaking Benjamin
So far, my movie-life is a bitch...

Losing Virginity:
"Little Things" - Good Charlotte
LOL "To everyone who has ever been called a freak, this is for you"

Fight Song:
"Leader of the Pack" - Shangri Las
That's just... not a fight song. Just not.

Breaking Up:
"Jump Around" - House of Pain

Prom:
"The Killing Lights" - AFI
AFI gets most of the school related ones...
oooo brb... my dad loaded the hard drive from their old computer onto mine when theirs died (To retrieve the files, and now I get to keep it for storage space), so I have other peoples music and podcasts and crap on here, and it just tried to play a sermon at me.

Life:
OK, and we're back with... "Born of the Night" - Midnight Syndicate
Rock. On. Awesome.

Mental Breakdown:
"Hard Knock Life" - Annie
...don't mock my music.

Driving:
"Echo" - Trapt

Flashback:
"Tango Amoure" - Andrea Berg
Note that this song is not in English, thusly I have no idea what it's about. Besides love. But it's music, my choices are pretty much love or violence.

Getting Back Together:
"Fur Elise" - Beethoven

Wedding:
"She Hates Me" - Puddle of Mud
That bodes well...

Birth of a Child:
"Thank God I'm Pretty" - Emilie Autumn
O_o

Final Battle:
"Santeria" - Sublime
"daddy's got a new 45..."

Death Scene:
"Thnks Fr Th Mmrs" - Fall Out Boy
lol
ya know what the best part is? I totally just went through my playlist going, ok, write it down click twice write it down repeat... and got the right number of songs

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Less Funny:
So there was a dude who had a tv something or other (show? channel? the detail is escaping me) devoted to breaking down the stereo types about Muslims. Then his wife tried to divorce him, so he beheaded her.
TOTAL FAIL.

more personal less funny:

Lately, I've been noticing a lot of general anger towards christians, mainly in the blogs I've been browsing. I get why people frequently dislike the religion, I really do (example, my computer just tried to correct me into capitalizing "christians" but did not give a damn about capitalizing "muslims"), and at least one case I can recall is someone who was once a christian (not you, Rita/LT whatever I'm supposed to call you darling, you are marvelously fair on the matter) and seems to have a lot of anger towards it, probably from their experiences.

However, one other I can recall was a commenter on a blog who had plenty to say about "what the Bible says" but was, frankly, talking out his ass. Completely clueless on something he felt very comfortable running his mouth about. Normally, in these cases, I would politely offer a correction and some links to back up what I was saying, but as this was a conversation touching on not only religion but a bit of a touchy 'political' issue, I was concerned that speaking up would just start a fight. The seeming arrogance of the commenter also fed into this conclusion (look at me, sounding all formal, can't you tell I'm a little nervous even writing it here? I feel like the shy kid trying not to get bullied while people throw around rude or uneducated statements about her, not knowing she's listening... or not caring.).

The other side of it is that some ppl may have come away from that believing that authoritative voice, and I feel like I may have done myself and them a disservice by not speaking up.

My choices - let someone get away with sharing their ignorance (I realize I'm being a little harsh in some of my words, but I don't always have to play nice, I feel a little bit like I've been challenged), or speak up and possibly start a fight in plain view of intelligent people who's opinions I respect, even when I disagree. I still haven't decided which was the right choice.

love my mama

This is not a bad story. Nothing bad happens to children in it or after it. Just some thoughts from me.

So, when I was six years old, I was chillin' with some local kids at one of their parents houses (At least, I think his kid was there, he had 2 of them...). I come home from this charming and popular dudes house and ask my mother to "never make me go there again." No reason, I just didn't like him and didn't want to be near him.
My mother, having always listened to her gut when it said "Stay away! Bad" or such to her, believed me that I would also know this feeling, and listened to me.

Fast forward 16 years and the invention of facebook. All of a sudden, some dude my mom's age, from my previous local, friends a whole bunch of my childhood buddies, and sends a friend request to me. I'm sittin here going, "who the hell is this dude? He freaks the hell outta me. Doesn't feel right. I'm gonna leave it unanswered for now." So, I go to my mom, "hey, do I know a ***** ****?" and she tells me the story.

All I can think is I don't know what this seemingly nice guy who is still loved by all the other kids my age did to freak me out, but it stuck, and I love my mama for listening and believing a crazy little girl. I'm almost never wrong when I get that feeling on people.