2) I haven’t seen a ton of Billy’s stuff, but what I have seen is almost always disrespectful, sacrilegious, discriminatory, inappropriate, racist, unkind, profane, rude, obscene, and just overall mean.
3) I don’t hate anyone except for Satan (although Maher makes me reconsider somewhat…).
4) I validate people who have concerns with organized religion (or otherwise doctrinally strict life philosophies). Read more here about this:
5) I don’t think all atheists are bad people (read more here!).
6) I VERY MUCH think that Bill Maher is a bad person (and I don’t make comments like that very often!).
8) There are public figures who poke fun at Mormonism (and other religious/cultural groups as well) in a way that is NOTunkind or belittling. Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart are the ones that come to mind at the moment.
9) If you’re dying for a television fix of a gray-haired man, may I suggest checkin’ out Anderson Cooper? I am a fan of his stuff. And I even wrote him a lil’ poem!
10) We may find others’ (religious) beliefs (very) odd, but still we must find the humanity and decency to show some level of respect, even if we do not (fully) agree.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
I’m not worried about (permanent) damage that Mr. Bill Maher will do to the image of the LDS Church (cuz he can’t!). No way. We’re here to say. And he’ll be left to his own sad life. (Sorry if this is a lil’ mean-spirited).
Still, Billy Boy bugs me so much so that I devoted
(a lot of) time and effort to writing this post.
Come on now, Maher. Change yo wayz a lil’ bit, huh?
BILL MAHER PUTS A SOUR taste in my mouth…
and if I’m gonna have those particular taste-buds activated,
I’d muuuuuch rather it be because of something like this:
🙂
PS. I understand that his last name does not naturally rhyme with the word “sour;” I twisted it for a stylistic purpose. Lots of artists do this kind of thing (slant rhyme is the exact term). John Mayer does it in his song “You’re No One ’til Someone Lets You Down.” Check it stat!
PPS. Not gonna lie, I’m quite proud of this post and its plethora of literary/journalistic/celebrity/religious/historical references. Go count ’em!
Nopers. But they do relate. Let Ms. Wilkinson explain:
STREAM. OF. CONSCIOUSNESS.
this video might clear things up a lil’
In layman’s terms, stream of consciousness refers to a thought process of flowing psychological associations and often incorporates different senses and stimuli other than simply verbal, such as colors (yellow, anyone?).
Stream of consciousness has been described as a loose interior monologue of the writer or narrator’s thoughts.
Cool!
The Modernist writer James Joyce is a well-known name associated with it. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is also a champion of this literary technique and even makes specific mention of it in his oh so awesome song “Wordplay” :
Jason Mraz is a HUGE influence on me, btw.
And James Joyce? Meh…
Oh, and Jimmy not meaning to be rude, but lemme show you someone who can REALLY play that 6 stringed instrument that you hold with such seeming lack of confidence:
(I was wearing a flesh colored shirt under that dress by the way.)
Not really.
Hope my readers enjoyed that brief thrill of my smooth and silky shoulders.
Glad I could spice up your day a little bit.
Thunderbolt of blasphemy.
(time to impress everyone with your mad bookending skillz)
Anyways, girl didn’tcha learn to dress more modestly when you were just a wee lass?
(wish we could change this to “Don’t feel stupid”!)
If you know anything at all about me by now, you know that I know that while John Mayer is a writer, musician, and poet who is talented beyond measure, he clearly has had his share of sins. But Mr. Mayer still is a son of God, he still deserves another chance, and based on what I’ve read and seen about him (which is a LOT!), he truly is sorry. If the Savior died for everyone, John isn’t left behind. And just so you know, Shakespeare loved the idea of redeemed playboys. So do I.
(don’t love this song, but am sad I didn’t mention DECEMber in the video AND I love Taylor’s whole look here…)
Anyways, libraries can be amazing, but even the great American transcendentalist Ralph Waldo Emerson knew that they could be problematic:
“Meek young men grow up in libraries, believing it their duty to accept the views, which Cicero, which Locke, which Bacon, have given, forgetful that Cicero, Locke, and Bacon were only young men in libraries, when they wrote these books.”
~The AmericanScholar (this address is SO powerful. Read (about) it!
And to further illustrate (figuratively AND literally!) this idea of library limits,
allow me to borrow some palabras from my dear friend:
“They read all the books, but they CAN’T FIND THE ANSWERS!”
~7 time Grammy Winner (and thief of Kat’s heart) John Mayer
(and more than just part of Katherine’s [K]orazón…)
Don’t think I didn’t catch that reference, Mindy! Nothing flies past my Natasha radar. Haha, she inspires a lot of us I guess 🙂 I’m not too familiar with your stuff, but I guess I’ll have to check it out sometime….and I’m TOTES up for collaboration. Just sayin’
Love the banjo (and the Hasidic Jew playing it), the civil war-esque drumming, the voice, the melody, the words. I get lost in it. So sad but still beautiful and hopeful…
“There is no manual for a broken heart. I want to use it but it’s all in parts.”
“I’ve knocked on every door in this cold town.”
“I don’t know if I have it in me to laugh again in the face of defeat…”
*Natasha has great stage presence…not too stiff but not too wild either
*Natasha always looks GREAT! I would LOVE to get in touch with her makeup artist/ stylist 🙂
*Hey Jess Collins (backup singer) if you ever get sick or bored, give me a call, ok?
*Hey guys don’t not listen/enjoy just cuz its a girl singer
