I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday, but especially that they are taking a moment to remember those who have gone before and the sacrifices they made for this country and it’s people.
There are a lot of great songs out there that would fit the bill for today’s Music Monday on this Memorial Day, this song has been quite popular for the past several years and I thought it fit today’s theme perfectly.
Have a favorite tune to post for Music Monday? Feel free to post it on your blog today. Extra brownie points if it fits with Memorial Day and it’s meaning of remembrance.
Well since it’s such a dreary, overcast, rainy day, I might as well go along with the theme. This song was one of the first songs to pop into my head when thinking about songs about rain. It’s another blast from the past and I hope you enjoy the video.
Now don’t go yelling at me if this song gets stuck in your head all day… but if it does… my mission is complete. (wink)
Just a quick blog of 5 blooms from this week. There is a ton of more iris and peonies starting to bloom but today isn’t being the most cooperative for picture taking. I will try and grab some shots later today or tomorrow if/when the weather is nicer to post later this week.
Sorry I missed yesterday’s Music Monday, been a bit under the weather the past couple of days and I’m still dragging quite a bit today. It will be a day or two until I will feel up to getting much done inside or out, with my “innards” still feeling touchy.
Today’s song, (shall we call it Tunes for Tuesday?) is a new song out that I watched a couple of days ago and saved for Music Monday. It’s a nice little country tune that combines the talents of three popular country music artists. I hope you enjoy it.
If I feel up to it, I will try and snap a few pics outside of the hummingbirds or of some of the flowers that are blooming. Iris are popping, and more peonies are opening up as well. With the heat we are having though, and no rain, the blooms aren’t lasting long.
I thought the above meme was funny, but truth be told, every day I wake up tired, and I did it again today!
Welcome to another Music Monday, I picked another blast from the past that I hadn’t heard in awhile. Love revisiting these old songs that hold a lot of memories.
Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it today for Music Monday! Have a good week bloggers!
Here we are on the last week of April. I am hoping for a better month in May for getting things accomplished! I chose this oldie but goodie for today’s Music Monday. It had been a while since I heard it and there is something really special about watching and listening to those old black and white music videos. Lots of nostalgia with the music, the clothes, the hairstyles, and of that era in general.
Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post it for today’s Music Monday!
I chose something a bit different for today’s Music Monday selection. This song is from one of my favorite scenes in the Movie, “The Color Purple”. A bit sad and yet uplifting as well if you have seen the movie.
Have a favorite song from a movie or just a favorite song in general? Feel free to post it for Today’s Music Monday!
I can’t believe it is only a week until Easter, time is really flying by this month. The yard will have to be mowed by the end of the week. I always hate that first cutting as the grass is always uneven with some areas of tall grass, and some areas where it is a bit sparse and needs a bit of reseeding. Crossing my fingers the weather cooperates, and I can get a lot more done this week.
Going with the windy themes, I chose this old classic for today’s Music Monday. It is a favorite, and I hope you will join in and post a song for today’s Music Monday. It doesn’t have to be about wind, it can be about anything. Have a good week ahead bloggers!
The above meme seemed appropriate as we have had a couple of frosty mornings and things continue to look rather cool/cold for a couple of more days. I hate to see these temps in the 20’s just as so many trees and ornamentals are starting to bloom. I am crossing my fingers that my fruit trees come away unscathed.
I’m down to my last bit of spring cleaning of closets and cupboards and now I have the monumental task of going thru all of the photo albums and boxes of photos to sort and scan and make copies of for each of my siblings. I am a firm believer that every family member deserves to have a copy of any and all pictures and one person shouldn’t hoard them all. So many times, one family member seems to obtain all of the photographs and then they are lost or not shared with others down the line. I have yet to see a pic of my grandmother on my dad’s side as one of his sisters took all of the pictures and now who knows where they are at. I am assuming she has passed on as there was a 20-year age difference between my dad and his oldest sibling.
It’s a job that is going to take a while, but it does give me a time for reflection and many walks down memory lane in the process. Hence, the reason for today’s Music Monday choice. Have a listen if you haven’t heard this country tune before.
Have a favorite tune? Feel free to post for today’s Music Monday.
April Fool’s Day… A day dedicated to fools and all things foolish. However, this blog isn’t really going to be about anything lighthearted or funny, or something to lighten the mood for the day. It’s a blog about being fooled, willingly, unwillingly, who knows by which means as it is different for every person.
I read a comment about a past Shmoozezone member, touting all their wonderful abilities and accomplishments and it did not come without a grimace on my part. It’s funny how skewed the world can be when they take the word of an individual at its face value, not willing to challenge or question its/their authenticity.
It’s easy to do on the internet. The subterfuge, the lying, the deception.
GeekGirl, Secret Corners, Kimberly, also known by their birth name of Mark Anthony Haizlip. Yes. You read that right. Kimberly, an adopted name by a guy who desperately wanted to be a female to the point of living a life and a lie behind a computer screen.
It wasn’t always that way. Talk to some past Multiply members and they will tell you that originally Kimberly was open about being trans, being a guy living as a woman. But as time progressed, and especially on the now defunct Shmoozezone website, the truth was buried, hidden from any newcomers. Why? Who knows, personally I think it was to get a broad acceptance from everyone. Claim to be a redheaded woman and who is going to doubt that? It’s much easier to be seen for what you want to be than rather than what you are.
I heard the rumors a lot while on the old Shmooze site, and I put them down to just that, rumors. But then things didn’t start to add up. But after words, actions, and deeds by the Secretive Mr/Ms Corners it started to all make sense.
The gameplaying. OH, and there was a lot of it, and not just with the hidden gender. The playing of GeekGirl off of Secret Corners to confuse all of the new people who didn’t know they were the same person. The asking by GG, an administrator of the site for suggestions of what members wanted, and then dismissing those suggestions without a valid reason. A LOT of the anger and frustration could have been averted over there by mentioning that software was not capable of what members were asking for. That they were not CAPABLE of doing what the members were asking for. Instead, there was so much pussyfooting around the issue so that more unnecessary drama was created.
Then, poor, little, overworked Kimberly could cry on one of the guy’s shoulders, act vulnerable and play a victim worthy of a Victorian novel.
Oh, how terribly tragic it must have been. Wanting to be something she/he could never really ever could be. But, in their own made-up world of make believe, he/she could dream it a possibility.
It took me awhile to understand why Kimberly/Mark seemed to hate women and would fawn all over the men. I still chuckle when I think of her giving Mac a refund, something he/she would never entertain for the likes of any of the women here. And I know, that when Paulo said to Kimberly that they were never friends, it was the real reason why suddenly so many of us were blocked. She needed, desperately needed to be accepted by the guys, not so much the ladies of Shmooze. The gals were competition after all.
A drama Queen? Yes she/he was. She reveled in it. She loved the sense of power, the sense of being finally in control of something in her life. I think it was the only thing that she did have control over.
Rather sad, and I emailed her towards the end of my time there and told her I knew she was a HE. I told her I didn’t care, but that she needed to work with the members or there would be no Shmooze.
But we all know how that ended up. I did hear that later on she did ask if I should be reinstated, but that another member said no. I think Kimberly in her own way recognized a bit of the olive branch I was handing to her at the time, but she was in too far and too deep to change in any sort of way.
Fools, weren’t we all? To think we knew someone, but their spots really can’t ever change, can they? And they are eventually seen for who/what they are. It’s when one continues to grasp onto something or someone when the truth is staring you in the face that you realize, only then you are really a fool/foolish.
Thankfully, I can look back and realize that as hard as I tried to make Shmoozezone grow and flourish, and was one of it’s biggest cheerleaders, that I didn’t fail. I gained some new friends, as well as gained insight to others and what they are made of.
I know some will continue on in the dark, foolishly grasping to something/someone that was just smoke and mirrors. You can lead a fool to the truth, but you can’t make them believe, because what would that make them?
