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蔵焼けて * 障るものなき * 月見哉

kura yakete sawaru mono naki tsukimi kana

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Barn's burnt down

now

I can see the moon.

~Mashide

 

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"Ever since my house burned down,

I can see the moon more clearly."

~Gregory Colbert, Ashes and Snow

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PRETTY Random from the Internetz

Oh So Pretty!

Pics from Photobucket, LindsayMarie, Elsie, and Miss James

Goose's First Knock-knock Joke.

At least, it's the first one that makes any sense! 

Goose:  Knock-knock?

Me:  Who's there"

Goose: Allah?

Me:  Allah, who?

Goose: "Allah-v" you!

What a sweet little smarty pants!  

Just trying to remind myself that I love her so, even when she is spitting apple on the floor so the dog will eat it and putting her chocolate pudding on the dogs head (then letting the dog lick the spoon clean, gross!)

Pondering...

How Many, How Much

By Shel Silverstein

How many slams in an old screen door?

Depends how loud you shut it.
How many slices in a bread?

Depends how thin you cut it.
How much good inside a day?

Depends how good you live 'em.
How much love inside a friend?

Depends how much you give 'em.

Our current bedtime book is "Light in the Attic" by guess who?

Happy Friday!!!

Important News from Iowa!

"We are firmly convinced the exclusion of gay and lesbian people from the institution of civil marriage does not substantially further any* important governmental objective," the Supreme Court wrote in its decision. "The Legislature has excluded a historically disfavored class of persons from a supremely important civil institution without a constitutionally sufficient justification*."
*emphasis added

Please read this article from the Associated Press for more information.

Any success in the fight for civil rights FOR ALL AMERICANS is a success for all of us (humans... earthlings, you know). I know this is a divisive topic, so I'll just leave it at the quote above, because I really can't say it (nor have I ever heard it better put) then the IA Supreme Court has said here.

From Dear Abby

I read this poem in today's edition of Dear Abby and thought I would share it with all of you

SUCCESS
You can use most any measure
When you're speaking of success.
You can measure it in fancy home,
Expensive car or dress.
But the measure of your real success
Is the one you cannot spend.
It's the way your kids describe you
When they're talking to a friend.

Friday Favorite

I was busy getting ready for a Hollywood themed online crop this weekend and was looking up some Marilyn pictures and quotes for my profile and thought a few of them are worth sharing!

• I don't know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot.
• I have too many fantasies to be a housewife.... I guess I am a fantasy.
• Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul. I know, because I turned down the first offer often enough and held out for the fifty.
• Looking back, I guess I used to play-act all the time. For one thing, it meant I could live in a more interesting world than the one around me.

And my personal favorite...

• Imperfection is beauty, maddness is genius and it's better to be absolutely rediculous than absolutely boring.

I've always been a huge Marilyn fan. I have all her tapes (VHS, you remember, right? Those bulky black cartridges that contained movies. Ya know, before DVD's were invented? Remember?) Posters, purses, other little collectibles. I've always been intriguged by her wit, guile and vulnerability. She was much smarter than people gave her credit for. Marilyn was so much smarter than the bumbling buxom blonde she played in films. She wanted to be a serious actress, not the dumb blonde, even though she was an incredible comedic talent. Unfortunately, she was unable to out run her demons and committed suside at the young age of 36.

One of her good friends, Shelley Winters, once said of her "If she'd been dumber, she'd have been happier." Marilyn wanted to be so much more than the character that had brought her fame.

And perhaps without dying so young, shrowded in mystery, she never would have become the sex symbol she is today. Although, I hate to call her a sex symbol, since it was the very thing she fought so hard not to become.

Have a fabulous Friday!

Goose-ism

Goose:  Daddy, move your big butt.

Hubs: *laughing hysterically*

Me: *laughing hysterically*

Goose: Daddy, PLEASE move your big butt!

Us: *more laughing*

Why I love Dear Abby...

...because of sweet little gems like this from today's edition:

"DEAR ABBY: I vote thongs up. My manicurist's mother -- a woman in her 80s -- recently moved in with her. While doing her mother's laundry, she came across a thong. Shocked, she said, "Mom!" Her mother replied, "I'm not dead yet." -- CAROL IN BURLINGTON, VT. "

Personally, I wear thongs for fashion over comfort. Nothing looks worse than a panty line. Eweee... My undie of choice tends to be a boy-short type. (Sorry if TMI!) But hey, it's not like I wear 4 inch heels for comfort either! LOL!

From Dear Abby

"Take a jar of nails and hammer them into a wooden fence. Imagine that each and every nail is a cruel or unkind word. Now remove each nail one by one, apologizing each time you do. When you are done, stand back and look at the fence. The nails are gone, but the holes remain" - LIVING BY THAT EXAMPLE IN CALIF.