The Signing Bee

Have y'all watched this show The Singing Bee? What a silly show - these wanna be singers filling in the blanks to complete a song. Someone told this girl she looked good in a blue sequins top with a jean jacket - WRONG! The dude contestant was 5 feet tall, a cheer leading coach, and his name was Rocky. If your a 5 foot dude and a cheer leading coach you better have a name like Rocky. Though I don't imagine his name is really Rocky - he must have been picked on a lot - on top of it all he could not sing. Not that I can sing, but I know I can't sing so I would not go on a show called The Singing Bee. I did well filling in the blanks. It was on CMT so mostly country songs which was to my advantage - Still I would not bring humiliation to myself on purpose. I can humiliate myself without going on national television. In church I like to sing the hymns. I like to sing them loud. Sing out, you know, so God can hear me - God is probably wearing ear plugs when I sing - No doubt he wishes I would offer praise in a quieter manner. Perhaps silent prayer or random acts of kindness, anything except singing. Eileen does not allow me to sing when I am around her. Maybe she is jealous of my voice. Maybe she just can't take the sound my voice produces. Do you understand why people choose to go on shows such as these. Like American Idol, chances are you are going to get torn to shreds by the judges; why do that to yourself? There is that cooking show with Gordon Ramsay. Talk about a man who needs a Valium! He has some serious "people" issues. Yet people go through all the trouble to get on that show. As for me, life is enough of a kick in the pants - I don't need to go on television for more beating. Americas Got Talent - Ah, no not really. There is that little girl - she sings like an angel the rest of them, well let's just say juggling watermelons while holding a chain saw isn't really talent. What would even make you think of such a thing. Was that dude sitting around one day wondering if he could juggle two watermelons and a chain saw? Who even has two watermelons lying around the house. One watermelon is really big - who buys two watermelons? Does he keep the chainsaw in the kitchen - maybe just in case the meat is tough and the steak knives won't cut it. Maybe he used the chainsaw to cut up the watermelons. I don't know it just seems so silly. There is a show about pitching your invention ideas. Some people have crazy ideas - I know I have crazy ideas, like disposable underwear. That is a good idea. Always washing and washing our underwear, why not just wear them and toss them out? White socks are healthy for your feet but really a bad idea. How many times can you wear white socks before the bottom is no longer white? And why can't you ever get them white again? Does the manufacturer put some stain holder in the bottom so they will hold the stain thus forcing you to buy new socks. Talk about planned obsolescence! We are all planned obsolescence aren't we? Our skin wrinkles, our eyes get bad, we lose our teeth, our hair - the whole body is a configuration of parts which will break down. Not much we can do about it either. My arms are not long enough to read anymore - in that I have to hold reading material at just the right distance to see it. Even as I type this, I can't really see what I am typing. If I take my glasses off I can't see it at all. If I leave my glasses on I have to move the computer out of arm's length to read what I am typing - but then I can't type - hard to type when you can't reach the keys. I squint and move the computer back and forth - gets the job done - I would like to try that lasik surgery. I've worn glasses since I was 9 - it would be nice to see without them. The glasses I mean, not my eyes. Another things, if Midas can put brakes on my truck which come with a lifetime warranty why doesn't Ford put brakes on my trucks which are good for the life of the truck? Wouldn't that make more sense? Does Ford think I am going to go to a dealership and pay $200 for brakes that won't last a lifetime when I go to Midas and get a lifetime warranty on $60 dollar brakes? Why doesn't the government require this? Another thing; they have those tank less water heaters which save money and energy - why are we not getting them? Why doesn't the government subsidize a program to put these in every home? Why don't we get free solar panels? Wouldn't that make sense? This is California. The sun shines a lot - if having two solar panels could decrease our electrical use by 60% why doesn't the government make this happen? Congress spent 3 million dollars on a study to determine if people want safe drinking water - Duh! Could they have spent that 3 million dollars providing solar panels and lifetime brakes? There is so much waste in our government. So much waste in business. The bigger the business the greater the waste. We pay for senators to vacation in the Bahamas. I don't vacation in the Bahamas, why should they? Too much nonsense in the world today. I am so not down with the anti-Islamic movement sweeping our nation. We are better than that. What is that saying...they came for the African Americans but it wasn't me so I did not speak up, they came for the Jews but it wasn't me so I didn't speak up, they came for the sick but it wasn't me so I didn't speak up - then when they came for me there was no one left to speak up - that is not the exact quote but it is so true. If we allow bigotry, racism, intolerance of any kind - if we allow a group of people to be prosecuted just for who they are, it won't be long before we are all put in groups - then one by one we will be prosecuted. Standing in silence, or looking the other way - that is not good enough. We have to speak out in defense of one another - We don't have to agree with those we defend, we do have to defend their right to be who they are. No, I don't mean defend the speakers of hatred - though even they have a right to speak - but we do have to protect one another. All religions, all people, there is room for everyone - What you do for the least of your brother this you do onto me - what you don't do, this to is not done for me - OK, I made up the last part but it is true. Either by commission or omission we are guilty. When we hear people generalizing about all Jewish people as being "tight" and we don't speak up - we are as guilty as the person speaking. When we hear someone speak of all Islams as terrorists and don't speak up - we are guilty. There is a greater responsibility towards all humanity for which we must hold one another accountable. I'm not going to march in the streets, but I won't allow hatred or intolerance - at least not in my presence. When I accepted the fact that I was gay it was difficult. I was so scared people would slam doors in my face. You know what, some people did. Some people whom I thought were my friends, they never spoke to me again. One time I was driving on Santa Monica Blvd. when a truck pulled up beside me - the passenger in that truck started shouting; "Hey dyke get off the road." I was shocked. There have been parents who wanted their children taken out of my room - kids use the word "faggot" all the time - calling someone "gay", well on the playground those are fighting words. Too often the adults don't say anything - it's not the same as using the N word or the B word - WHAT? Of course it is. How did I get here from the singing bee? Goodness my mind can meander - which reminds me of my Life is Good shirt...Not all who meander are lost. I'm not lost, but I do like to meander. Have a good one - Lisa out!