Tell All Tales

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I haven't written in awhile because not much has been happening other than an audition this week in Pasadena. That is fine with me because it has been nice to be home. I started thinking about all these celebrities and their tell all tales. Where were we before everyone started airing their dirty laundry?

I mean things like who is drunk, who is taking pills, who is sleeping with who? Who is gay, who is straight? Does anyone really care anymore? Now all these things happened in our parents generation and most likely in their parents generation. It just seems like it is all over the place now with the paparazzi and all. Does anyone read books anymore?

I went to our local library recently and picked up several movies (for free), and about 4 books. I had a wonderful time reading, relaxing and watching some movies. I watched On the Waterfront, Lost in Translation and Walkout. I really enjoyed myself.

Marlon Brando was amazing as always and so was Bill Murray. Well, Bill wasn't exactly amazing but he is a good actor. I am watching an old movie right now on Showtime, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice. It's funny but I never thought Elliot Gould was good looking. And Natalie Wood was really beautiful, such a loss.

Gosh, my mind is wandering. sorry... I guess I wonder why people are always airing their dirty laundry on TV. Is it for the publicity? Do we really want to know what's going on with the people that we think we know just because they are on TV? Or is it deeper than that?

Do we think that because they are on TV that their lives are better, or fuller, more meaningful? I have met some amazing people who happen to be just regular folks, like police officers, nurses, teachers or stay-at-home mothers. And I've met some boring people who happen to be..... okay, I'm not going to name names but you know who you are.

Who are we? Do we make a difference in this world? Are we here for a reason? All good questions and ones that I hope will get answered someday for each of us. My husband watched Walkout with me and he was very moved by the film. He said something to the effect that those kids were so courageous to stand up for what they believed in. And I reminded him that I have marched in protest in parades for the past 10 years. And I have always asked him to walk with me and he has always preferred to stay at home.

The difference between knowing what is right and standing up for what is right are two different things. It takes courage to stand up for your beliefs. But I'm afraid in this day and age where people are just so pissed off about everything that it is hard to tell the difference between right and wrong. And that scares me.

It scares me because when we have a society that is just so angry than it cannot tell right from wrong, and will not allow tolerance of any kind. Well, then we may as well be back in Nazi Germany. And where there is hatred and intolerance then there will be violence and I fear that is just around the corner. Just look at what is happening in Arizona today.

Look at all the Teabaggers. They are just an angry mob. Well, we were angry over the last 8 years of the Bush administration. But we did not go after him. We did not go after the Republicans even though they screwed us big time. More civil liberties were taken away during his 8 year period than any other time with any other President.

And before people start going off on me, yes I was born and raised in this country and so were my parents. I have seen my parents work so hard all their lives to raise 8 children and go to church every Sunday and they have nothing to show for all their hard work.

I have seen companies up and leave places like northern Michigan and northwestern Ohio and take their businesses down to Mexico or India. They left families without jobs for corporate profit. I have seen some churches torn apart because of priests who molested little children. I have seen such divorce rates that rip families apart and yet these same people would deny gay families the right to marry. I have seen young teens hungry for parents who would love and guide them. But instead they leave these young kids without guidance or real love. I have given these kids a bed to sleep in, a warm home cooked meal and someone to listen while they talk.

And yet, I myself have been without a job for the last 15 months. I don't blame the Obama administration. I know he is doing the best job that he can given the circumstances that he walked into. We should all support our President and what he is trying to accomplish. It's a heavy burden. And if those in Congress are going to stall and not work with the President, then they should not be in office.

It's hard to tell our children that this is a wonderful country when so much is going wrong. But it is still a great country and there are still some wonderful people in this country. I want to be a part of something that is greater than myself. Don't you? We can all make the change that we need to be. It takes one day at a time and one step at a time.