Hey big shot
Did it fall from the sky?
Boy did it make your head big
Fill it up with the pretty lies
Big spender, with his eyes full of lights
Have a big rise and a bigger fall…
Later, later, later
When I was younger I wanted to go everywhere
A boy with no care,
But when I said “can we go somewhere?”
The answer from adults was
“Later, later, later”
Now I am grown,
Yet I have my youthful soul
Though my bones aren’t any greater
And when I try to go like I did
When I was a kid,
My bones say,
“Later, later, later.”
The Politics on the Outside
This is gonna be a post about that word that starts in ‘P’ and ends in ‘OLITICS’ so BE WARNED….
More to the point, this is about my political views and how they have led to me feeling isolated in life and social media. I’m far to the left of Bernie Sanders and am no fan of either party and two party politics in general. It’s devolved into our leaders’ best-only-quality being “not something”. But not being something isn’t what we need.
We need a leader who makes precise decisions, who knows what needs to be done and will use the bully pulpit to get shit done.
In other words? We need something.
And I don’t see anything happening with the geriatric rich people who hold the reins. Seems we are just drifting from one oligarchy rep to another. And I don’t see Biden being any better. Everyone wants to forget how he told a plant worker “I don’t work for you”, or all the footage of children that he fondled ON CAMERA (which begs me to ask what does he do to them when there is no camera?) which all magically disappeared once he was inserted in office for not being something.
He isn’t any good at getting what we need done-Manchin proves that every freaking day. His poll numbers show it. And his people know it. So what to do? Maybe put pressure on Manchin to get out of the goddamn way and let crap get done? Nah, then we would be something!!! How about pushing a war with McCarthyist overtones instead?!
Yeah, I am no fan of war. Funny how the rich old people are, you’d think they were gonna fight it or something… and while I am NOT NOT NOT a fan of the Russian oligarch who wants to emulate our policies so bad, I am no fan of our oligarchs either. In fact the sooner they all die the best.
And those are my beliefs that have gotten me exiled from Reddit, banned from posting on Facebook multiple times and without a voice. Sorry for the rant. I just feel so hopeless these days…
Return of Disability Blues
Back has been hurting me progressively worse for weeks. Had to call off the weekend (they have me scheduled on Sunday even though they want me back at work after-sneaky lol bosses!) and even now I hurt
It mostly happens in the mornings. I can barely get out of bed! Went to the doctor only for them to say they can’t help me due to a surgery I had in 2017. I would be less angry about that had the surgery been more successful.
Anyway I just wanted to let everyone know in case I put up a post from the hospital or something. Not sure what to do… till next time, everyone.
An Empty Row of Chairs
My twin left me
For a life of her own,
My elder sister stayed
But may as well be gone.
My stepsister stayed
With an abuser
For that is all she knows
I left my mother
Because she was an abuser.
Four out of five
Estranged, abandoning, abusing and abused.
When my father leaves the mortal coil
I will be alone
Mourning from a row of empty chairs.
Up on the Down
I wake up
And feel down.
My heart sings
While my soul burns
And the fire-it feels good…
I feel at peace
When feeling uneasy
I feel at one with myself
But isolated from others.
Life
A strange kind
Of dichotomy.
Movies That Move Me Part 3: Don Bluth Special
Don Bluth has to be one of the greatest animators of my time-perhaps of ALL time. Two of my earliest movie experiences were the Land Before Time and An American Tail-both movies he is responsible for.
He has done movies, video games, MAYBE a tv special(?)… he is someone who stands with the likes of Walt Disney and Hayao Miyazaki in my humble opinion.
He worked mostly in the 80’s and 90’s back when kids movies were allowed to scare children, which is a good thing because it taught us that bad times often make us more grateful for the good times. I still remember the dream sequence from All Dogs Go to Heaven and it makes me shiver!! He is a master storyteller who I feel has become forgotten in these modern times.
He left Hollywood after his last feature film (Titan AE) flopped HARD. How hard? Well, it kinda killed WB Animation Studios. But that was due mostly to management malfeasance and had nothing to do with the work Mr. Bluth put into the film. He tried getting back into it with a crowdfunding project meant to bring Dragon’s Lair to Netflix as a series, but it fell through (I donated to that campaign and have some swag from it. I’ll have to look for it sometime.)
I don’t know if Mr. Bluth does anything on WordPress but if he does, I hope he sees this and it brings a smile to his face. The man brought so many to mine.
Movies That Move Me, pt. 2: Robocop
I first watched this movie when I was 8 years old. It had come out four years prior and my family had a Beta tape of the movie. Remember BETAVISION? If you do, take your daily multivitamin with pride, cuz you, like me, are in need of some vitamins…
Anyway, the movie revolves around the idea of “what if we took a cop movie and made the cop a robot?” Only in this case the cop is in fact, a cyborg, not a robot.
The movie benefited from a good director (Paul Verhoven) and a script that was deeper than its initial idea would garner in modern times. The movie takes a look at humanity and what makes us, us. The title character is given a brief backstory before getting “upgraded” and follows his arc from normal cop to corporate tool and finally back to humanity. The movie also gives us a parodic look at 80’s corporate life, with Omno Consumer Products corporation at the center.
The movie spawned two sequels (one with a script by Frank “Sun City” Miller) and a 2014 remake that was a watered down imitation of the original. In my book the first one is the best, and not because of nostalgia. It is the one movie that beat utilized the effects of its time, especially the blood squibs.
I’ll see you guys next week. Till next time!
Movies That Move Me
Part 1: the Last Unicorn
I first saw this film when I was in my single digits. I was lost in the throes of Kindergarten and as such had no real grasp of animation per se, but this film stuck with me in the back recesses of my childhood mind.
It centers around the titular character, who ventures outside her forest to look for others of her kind. Along the way, she gathers companions (a magician named Schmendrick and Molly Grue, the old maid). Together they seek the Red Bull (who drove the other unicorns into the sea) and its master King Haggard.
I stumbled upon this film again at my local video store (DVD copy) and instantly remembered it. I bought it right then and there, and it went into my video backlog for a year or two.
Eventually I gave it a watch and was instantly enchanted! The animation is top notch, songs by America (the band, not the nation) and imaginative and memorable characters like Schmendrick and Molly Grue… can’t rave about the film enough!!
The film is based on a book by Peter S Beagle, which I admittedly have never read. There’s also a graphic novel that I do own (I skimmed it but haven’t given it a dedicated read)
In summation, I recommend the movie, book and GN to fans of fantasy, animation and romance. I will try to check in next week with another inspiration of mine…
Rad Storm
The heat is spiking
The Geiger’s going wild
And the sky is moldy green
Take your children
Go inside
Quickly!!
A rad storm is coming.
Radioactive lightning
Winds that tear off rooftops
Like a hurricane
That gives people cancer
A rad storm is coming!
Get inside
Or hurry! Hurry away!!!
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