Quirky

The following is funny:

1) How people only crave Chick-fil-a on Sundays.

2) And how they need to stop at Hobby Lobby after.

3) Saying the following before anything: "I do do..." Ha. Do do.

4) When singers mispronounce words in a song to make the lyric rhyme.

5) How the capitol of Texas, the reddest state in the Union (just go with my exaggeration, m'kay?), Austin, has a motto that says they need to stay weird and who hosts a huge concert fest filled with hippie-go-lucky people.

6) How if you hang out with me you'll do things you haven't done since you were 7 and wouldn't normally do until your 80.

When you wish upon a star...

For a person who struggles memorizing the lyrics of most songs I hear, I am damn good with the Disney ones. It is hard to deny the brilliance of Alan Menken and company.

You name it, I know it...unless it's from one of the bad movies. You know which ones I'm talking about: Cinderalla II and the follow-up blockbuster Cinderalla III, among other such winners. Disney is all about money, we know, even at the sacrifice of the classics. I'm so looking forward to Snow White II: Dwarves' Revenge. I mean, she did nearly get them all killed and totally made them miss work for a few days to come to her rescue because lame Prince Charming couldn't do it alone. Diamonds aren't going to mine themselves now, are they?

He doesn't exist anyways, you know, "Prince Charming". A hearty thanks to Disney for providing false hopes and dreams to millions of young girls since 1937.

I'm sure I should feel embarrassed by my skill, but I just can't muster the emotion.

Plus, since Disney will one day rule the world, I'm cool with that. It means that there will be speakers on every street corner pumping out the melodious tunes we all know so well. Including the bad guy songs, which tended to be the coolest. Come on, you know you loved singing along with Scar and the Hyenas. Gaston marauding Belle vocally as she traipses through the village. And you know that whenever those cats said, "We are Siamese if you don't please..." ba-dum-bum-bum, you bobbed your head in time.

Don't lie. Walt is listening.

Humorous

I like that whenever I leave the house, I need only find a left shoe.

Now would be a great time in my life to have kept the unbroken/non-lost half of several pairs of my past.

I also sometimes feel like my right foot looks like a shod pony hoof. I used to read horse stories all the time when I was younger. I remember one of my show-and-tell's was my collection of stuffed animals, action figures, books and pictures. It was a bit ridiculous. Anyways, there was a pony in one of my stories who had injured her hoof and they wrapped it in this boot.

That's what it looks like to me.

Another funny? For me to walk around without my crutches requires boot on the right and tiptoes on the left so I can walk at the same height.

Imagine wearing one flat and one 3in. heel. Pretty funny. Pretty painful on the hips.

Misuse

Don't worry, I kicked Melancholy to the curb. Had no business hanging 'round here!

On to happier thoughts:

Have you ever wondered what the difference between a College and a University is? I did awhile back, so I wiki'd it. A college offers a collection of degrees for one specific area and a University is a collection of colleges. Logical in its simplicity, is it not? Sometimes I question whether I graduated from University or not. Sometimes I'm S-M-R-T...I mean, S-M-A-R-T.

How about the difference between jail and prison? A jail houses those awaiting trial who have yet to be convicted, more detaining them. It also holds those serving short sentences less than a year typically. A prison, however, is when you've been convicted of the crime and it's time to pay the...time. Whatever. Again, logical in its simplicity as well as to the learning slammed on us thanks to the overabundance of criminal shows on the telly such as the following: Criminal Minds, NCIS, CSI: Too many to care anymore, Law & Order: See previous quip after colon, Bones, NYPD Blue, Crossing Jordan...and the list goes on. But I won't.

And yes, I watch more than a few of the above.

Inspiration

Ever felt that something was missing? Say, motivation, maybe?

I determined the other night that what I am slowly losing is motivation...along with overall muscle mass.

It's a tad bit frustrating. Although, sometimes I think it's just because I'm not having to do five different things at the same time. Talking, laughing, working, thinking, walking around.

Also the cause for the muscle loss.

I think I miss that ability of mine, to multi-task. It's a bit hard to do several things at once when you're stuck off your feet with a TV in one room, book in another and your computer somewhere in between.

It's terrible not being able to carry or move anything with your hands because their too busy crutching you from place to place.

But it has given me an amazing perspective on life. I have so much respect for those who are reliant upon some foreign object to help them move, walk, feel alive.

I think this foot thing was a necessary evil to teach me to slow my roll. I need to learn not to be the Bionic Woman. Legitimately take time to smell the roses. Except, not roses, I don't really like them. Maybe more...oranges. Yeah, liquid sunshine...oranges.

Jugs

Dolly Rebecca Parton. Great name, Rebecca. That's two very impressive women I've found who share my name. Right. On.

Did you know she did a bluegrass version of Stairway to Heaven. Yeah, it's possible.

She is one impressive woman. One of the most decorated country music stars of all time. Dolly operates Dollywood, literacy programs, wildlife preservation efforts, and a production company among many, many, many other things.

And she's got a sense of humor. "It takes a lot of money to look this cheap." Hilarious.

Plus, she's in one of my all-time favorite movies, Steel Magnolias. Anyone who doesn't cry in that movie is dead inside.

I read her Wikipedia entry. It was mind-blowing how much this woman has accomplished since she was born in 1946. She's been married since she was 20 and was one of 12 kids. Her song Coat of Many Colors was autobiographical about how she grew up in poverty. She's business savvy and hard-working and beyond talented. She plays several instruments and composes and produces her own music.

Dolly Parton is a hero! To walk around like a living Barbie? Impressive, to say the very least. She's been nominated for two Academy Awards. One in 1980 (9 to 5) and in 2005 for the TransAmerica soundtrack (Travelin' Thru). A 25 year gap! By the way, good movie. Movies, I guess. 9 to 5 was surprising...in plot, acting, conclusion. Good ol' late 1970's women's lib' propaganda. Amazing how the Corporate world used to be like that. An entire floor of female secretaries completely looked over for promotions and respect. I like to think I'd be a fighter for that cause.

And did you know Dolly, the cloned sheep, was named after her? Here's why: the cell they used to clone the sheep with was a mammary gland. Ha. Yeah. Crazy, right?

Taxes

The Estate Tax Reform should be repealed.

I will agree, down the road when they change the legislation, that it makes sense for me to pay taxes on my earnings from my Roth IRA. Not on my principal though. That would be double taxation, neh?

Just saying.