"Kick/Punch a Ginger" WHAT?!?!?!

s you may know, I am a ginger. I love being a ginger, I adore gingers. Most of my family are gingers.

I know I take the ginger jokes in stride, but I can not take jokes like "Kick a Ginger Day" or "Punch a Ginger Day" on Facebook lightly. I read that the idiot behind the "Kick" day apologized for his "joke" probably because of his attorneys.

I also saw on the 6:00 news that a ginger was injured after someone beat him up.

This is hate, not a joke. It is just as much hate as if someone beat up another for being black, white, Asian, Native American, male, female, straight, gay, etc.

I think that Facebook should be held responsible for the injury to gingers. Facebook needs to take a careful look at what people post.

I am glad that there are other groups coming to the rescue of gingers such as "Hug a Ginger Day" or "Apologize to a Ginger Day".

I am proud to be ginger. There are children who are constant;y teased for being a ginger. Posts asking others to hurt ginger will only reinforce those fears.

Links for articles about incidents of kicking:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081121.wred21/BNStory/National/?cid=al_gam_mostdiscuss
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2008/11/23/bc-kick-ginger-anti-bullying.html?ref=rss
http://www.915thebeat.com/home/NewsInfo/NewsDetail/tabid/651/Default.aspx?cat=oddities&nfile=K112008AU.xml

Forgiveness

I'm glad to see the Vatican decided to forgive John Lennon for saying the Beatles were bigger than Jesus.

It only took42 years for the Vatican to practice what is preaches.

Article from Ananova
http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_3097048.html?menu=entertainment.films.latestfilmheadlines

Oh another note. Glen Campbell will be releasing an album of rock n roll covers with "Grow Old With You" written by John Lennon on it.

Reckoning or Whoa Moment

Have you ever had a moment where you make a discovery about yourself. I true,"Whoa" moment?

We were unpacking the Christmas stuff from storage, like we do every year. I, as usual, was nominated to go into the storage room and retrieve the boxes labeled "x-mas". As I was gathering the boxes and passing them out to the receiver, my mom, I kept knocking over other boxes.

The contents of those boxes are what caused the "whoa" moment. I found a paper sarcophagus that I made went I was in elementary school. I remember in art class discussing Egyptian mummies and looking at photographs from their tomb. I don't think that touched the other students quite as deeply as me. See, for years I had read about Ancient Egyptian culture, religion, and practices. Thought the art work is that of a child, I can look back and remember how excited I was to be creating what I had read about.

In another box, I found a toy that I had not seen in YEARS. As soon as I picked it up to put it back into the box, I felt the memories flood back. It was an action figure (not a doll) of Dracula from Universal Monster series. When you squeeze his legs together, his arms raise and his mouth opens revealing his sharpen canine teeth. A small smile grew across my lips as I stood there squeezing his legs, gently at first to test the waters. At this moment I realized, I was such a weird kid!

Don't get me wrong, I loved Barbie, ask my sister. We would play with Barbies for hours with stopping. But deeper down, I always had an affinity for the dark. I loved the Universal Monster toys. I had a Creepy Crawlers maker. I was probably the only seven year old to adore The Addams Family and the Munsters. Halloween was my favorite time of the year. I read medical textbooks given to me by my aunt. I was totally weird.

I could go on and on about the thoughts that flooded my brain as I held that toy. I love "whoa" moments. I found information that totally explains who I am, and that is relieving.

**For the record, I stuck the little Dracula in my pocket and he is now back at my house where he belongs. I am currently trying to find him a home around the new TV area**

TV Dreams, Finally Come True

Ej and I are the proud parents of a 50" Plasma Panasonic 1080P television.

I'm super excited about our first large purchase! Now we have something to argue about if we divorce. :)

The TV is beautiful. We have played Fable 2 and watched shows, thus far. I truly don't know how I have lived this long without this quality.

:)