Silly wishes and hopes

Everyone has silly wishes and hopes, some are not so silly. We all want to do things in life, some may be a bit far out there but we can still dream. Sometimes I think about these things and so I thought I would blog about it.

I am fascinated by the paranormal. There are some things that are really hard for me to grasp but other things I do believe in. Although I can also be a skeptic. I am not one to automatically think a noise, feeling, sound or something I see is paranormal. I need to try and debunk it first. Since I am so fascinated by it, one of the things I would love to do is go visit some places that are supposed to be haunted. Places like the Stanly Hotel and the Waverly Hills sanitarium. What I would really love to happen is to be able too go on a ghost hunt with Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson from the tv show 'Ghost Hunters'. I respect what they do and how they do their investigations. Like I said, a silly wish.


I want to travel around the world. See everything. Do everything. I know I can't possibly do and see everything because it is just not humanly possible but I want to get close enough. Some of the places I want to see: Hawaii, UK, Australia, Bahamas, South America, etc  etc. I even want to go to places like the Arab countries and Africa. I want to explore, see, learn and have fun.


I wish I had the money so I could open a shelter for homeless gay teens. I know there are a lot of teens that are straight and homeless but there are more shelters for them than there are for teens that are gay. This will take so much money to do it the right way including having the security we will need to protect the shelter and the teens from the haters. I want to do this so bad but it seems impossible unless we happen to win the lotto.


All my life I have wanted to give to those that are less fortunate than me and to known charities. I have never had the money to do so. Sometimes it kills me inside to see some of the things others have to go through and I want to help them even if it's in a small way. One of these days I am hoping I can do this.

I still want to do things with my photographs. I still need some schooling. I'm just waiting to have enough money to do this.


I want to turn my poems and stories into books. This may be a little hard but I will continue to look into it and when I am ready I will unleash. One thing though, I need an artist that won't mind doing the art for free since I don't have the money to pay. Don't think that will happen.


My husband and I have also talked about opening up a no kill animal shelter. Again this will take more money than we could have. There are not enough of them out there and why should the animals die just because no one has taken them in by a certain time? It's not fair or right.


I guess this could have been included with the going around the world but I want to go on cruises. Reach places that you can't by plane or because the plane ride is to long for me to handle. I especially would like to have the chance to go on a Disney cruise and the New kids On The Block cruise.

I would like to meet Donnie Wahlberg even if it's once. I have had a crush on him since 1986 so to meet him would be pretty cool.


To meet and hang out for a day with the amazing Darren Hayes. Yes he is my favorite male artist beside Michael Jackson but that isn't the only nor the main reason I want to meet and hang with him. From what I know about Darren, he really is beautiful inside and out, he intrigues me, he's funny, sweet etc etc. I love hearing his thought on things. Darren is very deep, inspiring. 


Other little things I would love to do: donate blood, try to do things that scare the crap out of me like maybe hang glide (TERRIFIED of heights), go on a helicopter ride, snorkel even though I can't swim, play with dolphins. I know there are other things but this is a good start. ;-)


So what are your hopes, dreams, wishes?

Not into politics but.....

I am the type of person that can't really follow politics but sometimes things come up that really annoying the hell out of me. I just read an article that the federal government is going to stop funding for the planned parenthood clinics. Not just for abortions but for everything. This is just insane. Some people just can't afford health care and to get a check up etc at the doctors so they go to planned parent hood where it is affordable. Now the government is going to make it much more difficult by not helping out with the funding which will raise their prices even hirer so they can cover their cost. 

Planned parent hood has such a bad reputation for being a place to go to have abortions when in reality it's just a mini hospital, just a clinic. I am not here to preach what I think is right or wrong or my beliefs in abortion but I do want to say something on what is about to happen to the clinics. I just love how when the government believes something is in the wrong, they will do what they can to step in and do something about it even if it's in the wrong of the people. They are supposed to be here for us but instead they are doing what THEY want without thinking how it will effect us the people.

So many lives are going to be effected by this in some of the worse ways. I am tired of them deciding whats right for us & how we should live our lives. This is supposed to be a free country and I am sadly seeing it slowly being taken away from us as they slowly start to dictate all of our lives. We are individuals with different needs, beliefs, lives. I know they can't please everybody, it's life but I would expect them to do whats HUMANLY right. They seem to think they know whats best for everyone even though every one of us is different.

We need those clinics to be supported so we have a place to get decent health care when we can't afford the regular doctor visits. I really hope it doesn't go through and the clinics will continue to be funded. Hell we need more clinics to be funded (not just planned parent hood but other clinics as well) that have lower prices so the people who are struggling to put food on the table can get decent health care. 

I can go on about others things that are annoying but I want to stick to the topic (I will save them for later blogs). Don't get me wrong, I am grateful, proud and love living here in the US where in other countries a lot worse things are going on but there are things here that go on that shouldn't as well. Since I do have the freedom of speech, I am just stating my opinion on this matter. Hope the clinics can be saved so the people that need the cheaper health care can continue to receive the what they need.   

Twisted: Nursery Rhymes

I loved nursery rhymes and children songs when I was a kid and still like them as an adult. I never really noticed just how twisted a lot of them are. It is kinda weird how these popular rhymes and songs are constantly told to our kids without a thought but have a problem with letting kids watch certain cartoons etc.

Think about it, a line from 'Jack and the beanstalk' is "Be he live or be he dead I'll grind his bones to make my bread". That can be pretty scary. Most kids if not all don't even think about it but I still find it amusing how these things are told to our kids.

There is also 'Jack and Jill' with them falling down the hill and Jack breaking his "crown". I am sure kids think it's actually a crown and don't realize it means his head. That's what I thought anyways. 

I don't know if any one has heard the rhyme 'Bandy legs' but it's kinda mean. It goes like this:
As I was going to sell my eggs
I met a man with bandy legs
Bandy legs and crooked toes
I tripped up his heels and he fell on his nose

Can't forget about the story of 'Hansel and Gretal'. The witch wanting to cook the kids is pretty twisted and scary. In the original story, the step-mother wanted to leave the kids in the woods because there wasn't enough food for the family. Just how twisted is that?

I know there are different versions of these rhymes, songs and stories but they still tend to be pretty freaky. Anyone remember the bumble bee song: "I'm bringing home a baby bumble bee won't my mommy be so proud of me....." well one of the original versions is pretty gross with lines like:
I'm squishing up my baby bumble bee.....
I'm licking up my baby bumble bee.....
I'm barfin' up my baby bumble bee.....
I'm wiping up my baby bumble bee....
I'm wringing up my baby bumble bee...

Pretty gross.

One song I find pretty disturbing is 'Rock a bye baby' with the last line is: "when the bough breaks the cradle will and down will come baby cradle and all". I never really got this when I was a kid.

I did a little research on these rhymes and most seem to come from the 1700's and 1800's also coming from England. I also think that a lot of these rhymes have a different meaning than what they actually sound like they are about. I just continue to find it amusing that these things are sung and read to our kids, even we grew up with them. I don't think there is anything wrong with it though. We turned out pretty ok. What I find funny is some parents who teach their kids these same songs (etc) complain about some of the cartoons, tv shows, music etc. Doesn't make a whole lot of sense. That's a whole 'nother subject though.