Australia is Burning

This image is among many devastating ones, coming out of Australia the last few days. I'm just heartsick over all of the damage. That people have died, lost everything they own, & the animals that have perished. It's horrifying to think that these fires were deliberately set, all while Australia is enduring 100+ degrees F heat. It's utterly unconscionable. My heart & prayers go out to all of Australia. Please pray for them.

Things That Make Me Laugh

Ahhhhh. After my last blog, I feel much better, but now I need to change the subject a bit. So herewith, I present things that make me smile, laugh & instantly erases my bad mood, when bad moods strike. The following are guaranteed to banish anyone's black clouds!

A New Era Has Come

I watched Barack Obama's inauguration yesterday, it was brilliant. President Obama is absolutely awe inspiring & I'm not even American. Our Canadian prime minister could learn a thing or two from Obama. His speech was enthralling I couldn't take my eyes off of him, listening to him speak, was mesmerizing, he's a very powerful speaker. And commanding. When he speaks, people sit up & listen; what sitting president can we say has had the same effect? It's been a very, very long time I'd say. My most favorite part of the whole speech, & it was all very good, was this part:

To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist

WOW! Just. Wow. ~ Yes. We. Can.

What Kind of World Are We Living In?

I hate using my blog to rant & rave, but I am angry. So angry I could spit, & scream & yell, but what good would that do. I really hate people sometimes. I don't want to, but whenever I read some new story in the papers about some outrageous thing someone has done, it makes me hate those people. For example, just today, I read a story about some stupid jackass that was out driving out in the country in an area called Aspley. Just driving along, suddenly he sees a beautiful big buck deer, so what does he do? He takes his shotgun out, which he apparently drives around with, & shoots it dead & takes it with him! WHY?

Then, there's another story, of a brain dead 19 year old from Gretna, Louisiana, who was babysitting three kids, one just a FIVE MONTH OLD baby. Well, girlfriend was watchin' the teevee & it seems that the three brats where interruptin' her teevee watchin', so she went I did what anyone woulda dun, she went & put the five month old intah the clothes dryer for three whole minutes! What the fuck!?!?!?!?

And then, there's the story of the woman, from Dayton, Ohio, who was stabbed to death & her four year old son kidnapped & left alone at a truck stop diner, clad only in his bare feet & pj's. The killer had stolen their car a week before, & using information found in the car, then went to their home to rob them & ended up killing the woman while the husband was at work. Along the way, he also sexually molested the kid too. What the fuck!?!?!?!?

What kind of God damned world do we live in that these things go on, day after day after day!???!! Why? I don't think I will ever know the answer to those things, I am not really sure I want to know why people do the things that they do. Things like this make it very easy to lose faith in humanity, in human decency & fucking common sense! It seems that common sense has gone the way of the dinosaurs, just like common courtesy, politeness, manners, morality, decency, & dignity. That just makes me sad. I really feel the need to renew my faith in humanity, I need to believe that we're not all just a bunch of immoral, disgusting animals going around raping, killing, being constantly rude to each other, pushing, shoving, bullying, being angry all the time. I don't want to hate people, I really don't, but there sure are a hell of a lot of really really bad apples out there in the world. I wish we could just round up all the bad apples in this world & shoot them out into the next galaxy beyond the sun forever!

Merry Ho Ho and Happy Holidays

As I start this blog out, first of all, I'd like to send a special shout out to B, of Eurotrippen - Here is where a bunch of the snow is, just for you:











Now, one or two of these shots are from last year but the others are from this year. I don't think we quite got as much this year as we did last year, but it's more than enough for me. I am SO not a winter person; now that we're a day away from Christmas day, this is all I want to see, once December 26th comes, I want it all gone, wishful thinking of course, but hey, a girl can dream can't she? I am beyond jealous of my Aussie friends who are currently basking in nice hot 70-80 degree weather at the moment, it's just not fair, but I know it'll be back again in maybe, ohhhhh, four months or so, oh the humanity of it all!

Anyhoo, for anyone who happens to follow my little blog here, I'd like to take this time to wish you all a gloriously happy Christmas day & a happy, healthy 2009, let's hope we'll all survive the next year relatively unscathed, as the economy goes into the crapper, thanks to the putzes running the government & financial institutions, thanks a lot for that!

Merry Christmas to one & all

Love Lisa

Daily Rant For the Day

Otherwise known as things that annoy me/creep me out. I was out at the mall today, mostly just for something to do because I was bored & yet, as much as I really wanted to spend money on something (truthfully, I wanted some new undies), I just couldn't bring myself to whip out my debit card, which is odd for me, because I just didn't see anything that screamed, "I GOTTA HAVE IT" today. So fine; I'm walking along & in the opposite direction, this old-ish guy comes wizzing along in a motorized wheelchair. Now normally, I wouldn't give him a second glance, he's just another shopper out for the day. Except, I caught sight of his left hand & immediately felt ill because he had, on all FIVE fingers, long nails. Not just slightly long-ish, I'm talking ghetto long. IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICCCCCKKKKKKKKK!!!! Now, I know that he's probably got some set of circumstances that he's found himself in that chair for, but I don't care who you are, long nails on any man except for drag queens is about the grossest thing ever!


The other thing that really annoyed me today was seeing that Rolling Stone magazine has put out it's list (yet another one), of the top 100 singers of all time. They had on a lot of people you'd expect would be on that kind of list, people such as Aretha Franklyn, who took the #1 spot, or Sam Cooke, Ray Charles, Elvis Presley, John Lennon, Otis Redding, James Brown,Mick Jagger, Etta James, Johnny Cash, Jackie Wilson, Howlin' Wolf (ummm, who???), Bono, Whitney Houston, Christina Aguliera, Mariah Carey, & the list goes on, they even had Patsy Cline. They also had Steve Winwood. But what really pissed me off is the utterly shocking exception of kd lang!!!

Now, I know I've come into her music rather late in the game but I'm not mad because of that, I'm mad because she is undeniably one of the GREATEST singers I've ever laid ears on & they excluded her???? WTF Rolling Stone? WTF!?!?!?!? And yet, they have Steve fucking Winwood on that list?? No fucking way is he one of the greatest singers of all time, absolutely no way! Man that pisses me off! Amd Mariah Carey? Of all time? No! They also had Annie Lennox & Karen Carpenter on the list too, at numbers' 93 & 94 respectively & they sure as hell should've been a lot farther up the list than that stupid twit Mariah Carey! Oh the injustice of it all! Rolling Stone really screwed that up big time. In the grand scheme of things, all these types of lists ultimately don't mean frick all at the end of the day & I'm sure it would hardly cause kd to lose any sleep over it, as she probably has bigger things to worry about. Still, it just sucks beyond believe that kd was overlooked.

Newest Most Favorite Thing. Ever.

Okay, so I might be a bit crazy with this latest work purchase. I'm starting to think that it's getting dangerous to work there. But then she showed up. From the moment I laid eyes on her, I was mesmerized; maybe it's all the shiny glass, you tend to get mesmerized by shiny objects. Well, she's stunning in my estimation, while I was at work, when they brought her out, I couldn't stop looking at her, it was compelling! I finally had to grab her before anyone else got her, I think I'm glad I did, she's completely gorgeous!