Into My Mind

Sunday, July 16, 2006

....Oh beep them....

Before I get into this entry I must make a little correction about my last one. When I was talking about Ms. Paltrow breasts, I was referring to them when they're not lactating. Because when she's lactating then our breasts are more evenly matched. I am sorry for any confusion that I might have caused.


When I say "beep them" I am referring to those who are critical of Americans who adopt overseas. Angelina has of course been the biggest target because of her children. It's hard to have patience with these people because well, they're incredibly ignorant. If they actually watched the news and did research they would know how devastated, poor and deprived these countries are, especially Africa.


An orphanage in America is like the Four Seasons compared to an orphanage in Africa. The death rate in third world countries like Cambodia, Ethiopia, Darfur etc. is WAY more higher than it is in the States. Every three seconds a child dies from AIDs and extreme poverty and a lot of them are orphans. These children live in countries where the basic necessities like food, clean water, shelter and proper medical care are scarce. They didn't choose to be born under these conditions but unfortuantely they are. The children in these orphanages are either living with diseases like AIDS, malaria or they run a high risk of contracting one unlike American orphans.


To say that AIDS/HIV is a problem in Africa...that would be an understatment. Around the world, over 38 million people are infected, 25 million of them are in Africa and 1.9 million are children. Every day over 1,000 newborns are infected during labor or by their mothers breast milk. The situation in that country is DIRE.


Yet, jackasses like Janice Dickinson can't see that instead she criticizes Angelina for not adopting from America. Then again, she's unable to have a coherent thought since she fried her brains with all the drugs she did during her modeling days. Let's not forget about all the botox in her head too.


This is why I can never feel bad for the celebrities who complain about being hounded by the paparazzi. They have LUXURY problems not fatal ones. Sorry Britney and the Jennifers of hollywood, I can't give you my pity because I'd rather concentrate my time on people who are actually suffering. While these celebrities are whinning about how they can't go grocergy shopping without being followed, I'm thinking about those who can't even find clean water to drink. These divabitches cover their faces when they're eating at a restaurant while millions of children go to bed starving. Or they hold up their designer purses over their faces as they run to their ridicuously expensive car. Yet there are children who must walk miles on gravel covered roads or jungles, completely barefoot. If they're female they run the risk of being kidnapped, beaten, murdered, raped or all of the above.


So, instead of joining in on Britney's pity party crew who most likely buy her childrens clothes line or whatever product she's pushing at the moment, I turn against her and focus on those who are in need of my compassion and generosity. But somehow....I'm the evil jealous bitch?

......What the??.............

I know that I've been writing celebrity fluff entries lately and well, this past week proved why. Celebrity gossip is an escape for me. Don't get me wrong I still check in with my news blogs but I try not to do it often. This world is so fucked up and chaotic....I fear that there is no end in sight.


My God, Israel and Lebanon are basically at war like the way Kurt and Goldie are "married". The children that live there....I just can't imagine living in that kind of environment. Granted, everything here is in the states isn't all sunshine and puppies but Americans aren't forced into their basements or bomb shelters. We don't have to worry about our friends and family not coming home every time they go out. Nor do we have to dela with bombs going off at a nonstop rate. Some people are dealt bad hands in life and I know that it's a truth that we must all accept but....it's just hard.


Children shouldn't have to live in constant fear. They should be able to play outside or walk the streets with their families without any worry...but they can't.


This Dixie Chicks song "Easy Silence" perfectly describes how I'm feeling. Their album Taking the Long Way is excellent but "Easy Silence" is definitely the stand out track.

When the calls and conversations
Accidents and accusations
Messages and misperceptions
Paralyze my mind

Busses, cars, and airplanes leaving
Burning fumes of gasoline
And everyone is running
And I come to find a refuge in the

Easy silence that you make for me
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

Monkeys on the barricades
Are warning us to back away
They form commissions trying to find
The next one they can crucify

And anger plays on every station
Answers only make more questions
I need something to believe in
Breathe in sanctuary in the

Easy silence that you make for me
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay

Children lose their youth too soon
Watching war made us immune
And I've got all the world to lose
But I just want to hold on to the

Easy silence that you make for me
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me

The easy silence that you make for me
It's okay when there's nothing more to say to me
And the peaceful quiet you create for me
And the way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay for me
The way you keep the world at bay



I will end this entry on a high note. Enjoy the "Threatdown" by my beloved Stephen Colbert. Live, love, laugh and peace, my lovelies.