Shadow Void

What's On Television

Okay, I don't really get into a bunch of dance shows, but I stumbled across Superstars of Dance. The American who danced first in the singles. Wow...I don't know how he made his body move like that but holy crap. If he is that limber when he dances someone must be happy elsewhere. Yeah I was impressed. Did anyone else catch his routine?

What's On Television?

Right now, it's 7:32 pm and I am watching PBS. Nature is on right now and tonight I find myself in the Arctic. I'm looking into the world of the polar bear and the grizzly bear. Is it possible that someday these creatures might someday meet? I suppose it could happen. As global warming or whatever is affecting the polar ice caps warms up the water and the ice, the polar bear is finding life more difficult. In the summer, the ice breaks up but solid ice is found further north nowadays. Bears are having to travel further north to reach it. Polar bears also do not eat plant material that Grizzly bears might eat. The big question is if the ice melts more what will happen to the bears. This show suggested that Polar bears might have had a Grizzly Bear type ancestor. Right now from the looks of things I would say that the Grizzly might deal with global better than the polar bear. This nature love is fearful that the world maybe changing to quickly for the Polar bear. Opps...Polar bears do eat plant material sorry guys! Oh and get this polar bears and grizzly bears are mating! When I look at these animals, it makes me wonder why people are so cruel. Sometimes the imagery in nature shows is a bit disturbing even for me. There was a cub who didn't make while his mother and him waited for the ocean to freeze. His or her face was facing up into the sky as if wondering when the snow was coming. According to the narrator, fewer cubs are making it through their first year. I can't say what will happen but it doesn't look good.

NBC ‘S New Show

What in the world is wrong with people? The baby borrower's, I already know having a baby is rough. Maybe this show is good in that it might stop kids from making big mistakes. If it keeps one teen couple from having a child awesome. What happens though to the teen couple who succeeds in this show? Are they going to hook up and create new life? I watched a part of the show tonight and turned it off. While, I do see some merit in the show as previously mentioned, I don't find it entertaining. If I had a child, I don't know if I could just hand the baby over to complete strangers. Yeah…okay they have camera set up. Yeah, the parents can watch the cameras. I still don't like the idea behind this show. What do you think?

Family Guy Rant

I've said before and I am going to say it again, I don't like Family Guy. I'm not trying to convince anyone that they shouldn't watch it. Just voicing my opinion! I might get some ugly comments about this post, and that is fine. I will admit, there are parts of the cartoon that are funny. I also know that the show makes fun of society. Family Guy does a job of it too. No one or no topic is safe from the writers. I guess, there are two parts of the show that I don't like. First off, I don't like the old pedophile guy. In this day and age, I find the character a little repulsive. To me, that character opens the door for other such characters on television. I certainly do not want to see any such characters appearing on television. I'm out!

Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad

Okay I admit, there is only one cartoon on Fox’s Sunday line up that I like. The Simpson’s are the only cartoon on their line up that, I can stomach. I don’t find the American Dad or Family guy, the least bit funny. I may suddenly become very unpopular but I find the humor offensive. I’m not saying that Simpson’s can’t be offensive, but the other two are just offensive. Today’s episode of American Dad dealt partially with the husband and wife talking about having a baby. You know what, I have no problem with things being mentioned, but I thought the flood of milk was a bit suggestive. It was not until after the tank of milk got shoot that scene is moved to the sign "Milk Bank". Now, I wouldn’t censor the show, because other people enjoy the show. Do kids watch those two shows? Maybe, it is my upbringing that has shaped my dislike for those shows.

I can stand a little bit of filth. I’m not a prude exactly. There are just certain things that shouldn’t be put out over the television. Kids don’t need to be exposed to sex and violence. Sadly, I think American dad is filled with little sexual jokes. If a show suggests parental supervision before it comes on, then I think the show is not suitable for viewing by children. Just my humble opinion! I know that I am not a parent, nor do I expect to be a parent. Suppose, it comes from being an uncle and from working with kids. There are things that I feel strongly about. Spoiling a kid’s mind is wrong. I think these shows do spoil the minds of kids. It’s highly possible that even Simpsons could spoil a child’s mind.

Any way, I am going everyone.

My Feather

On Oprah the other night, she had Nate on as a guest.  He took part in a very special living room make over.  The woman whose living room, he helped remodel, lost her husband to cancer.  Any way, she has this feather that Nate framed to aid in remembering her husband.  The feather represents "Something you can't live without".  For Oprah, it's her dogs.  For Nate, it's this very special photo done by his partner who died in the tsunami.  Oprah asked the audience "What their feather was?".  It got me thinking too.

What is my feather?  I couldn't really pick any one item.  It could be several items in my room.  I have one item that, I have hanging above my headboard.  It's a series of 4 photos of my great nephew.   I also have a very beautiful butterfly display.  It has six butterflies.  There are two of three species.  It is a beautiful display. This display represents my love for nature.  Still perhaps, my greatest feather is found in my photo albums.  Photos which bring back memories of departed loved ones.

Do you have an item in your house, that serves as a remembrance of an event, a person,  or a memory?  I would like to see what Nate would do with my room.  Oh and man he would have a BIG time challenge in this room.  It represents my depression, and how lost I feel inside of it.  More on that later on this week.

Stars Coming Out??

A part of gets strengthed when I hear about people who have been in the public eye come out.  Darren Hayes of Savage Garden is just a year younger than me. It lets me know that, there is still hope.  I know Darren Hayes will never visit my blog, but I wish him and his husband all the best in the world.

Another television star is being dragged through the dirt.  It's just my opinion but I don't believe that Oprah is gay.  I think we should just drop it.  It's on AOL when you first see the "Welcome screen".  Perhaps, I'm being a two faced.  One side of the dime, I think it's wrong to question one's sexuality.  Unless there is an announcement made, the star should be left to his or her life.  On the flip side, there have been times when I've wondered about a star's sexuality.  I have asked myself about Blaine Larsen.  Now, I am sure the guy is straight, and I am not going to dwell on it any more.  Bye for now.

Narnia

I am finally watching the rest of Narnia.  I loved this movie when it was on PBS many years back.  I have not finished the movie yet, but I am impressed with the way the creatures have been created.  The animals are incredible.  The mythical creatures are equally awesome.  The battle scenes are wonderfully done.  Still, there is much more to this movie than just speaking animals and mystical creatures.  There is an immense amount of symbolism.  Rather people want to accept it or not is them to decide.  As for me, I say more power to Lewis.  This piece of fiction is wonderfully done.  Aslan for those who do not know symbolizes Jesus the Christ, and critics of the movie and or the books need to close their mouths.  I for one love the movie and I love the book also.  I cannot wait for the other books to hit the big screen.  It is without a doubt one of my all time favorite stories.  What do you think??

Everwood On Monday??

On Everwood this week, there was an interesting exchange take place between two characters, Ephram and Kyle.  Ephram reacts to something that happened to Kyle, and after talking with one of his friends, Ephram is sure that Kyle is gay.  Ephram comes over to Kyle's house and talks with him about the it.  This is where things get interesting.

Kyle doesn't want to be gay.  He hates himself because he is gay.  Ephram tells him that no one hates him.  He tells him that his feelings aren't wrong.  Kyle begins to cry.  When that young man started to cry,  I wanted to cry with him.

I don't know about hating myself because I'm gay, but I know there have been times, when I wish that I wasn't gay.  Kyle is in high school and coming out in his mind would be a big step.  It's once thing, you really can't go back on once you've said it.  Yeah, I can understand that,  how would you take something like that back.  I have no clue!  Life has been different since coming out. Around those who know, life is awesome.  I don't feel weighed down by it.  I still sometimes worry about how others will react if they find out.  It's not as bad as I thought it would be.  If Kyle were someone in my life, I would tell him to not hate himself.  I'd be there whenever he would want to talk.  After all, there have been times, when I've needed someone to talk too.

This brings up another subject for tomorrow maybe.  Until then!

A Look Back - Cartoons

One of my memories about growing up were the hours spent watching cartoons.  Somehow, it seems like the cartoons of today just don't measure up to the cartoons when I grew up.  For the most part, cartoons were on every day. Saturday mornings have always meant cartoons.  We enjoyed cartoons from several different networks.  We grew up in a household that never had cable.  Cartoons could be found during the weekdays on WFLD 32 which is now our local Fox network.   WFLD played cartoons for a few hours in the morning, around lunch time, and again after school.  ABC, CBS, and NBC had their Saturday line up.  Sometimes, I wish I could click on the television and see some of these great cartoons.  With some of these cartoons, I'm going to to place a link that will take you to a site, that has some of the themes for many different cartoons.  Any way these are but a few of the cartoons that we use to watch or did watch:

Cartoon theme waves

1.George of the jungle

2.The Magilla Gorilla Show

3.The Woody Woodpecker Show

4.Voltron

5.Banana Splits ( boy is that an old  one )

6.Battle Of The Planets

7.Fat Albert

8.The Flintstones

9.The Funky Phantom

10.The Jetsons

11.King Kong

12.Godizilla

13.Scooby Doo

14.Spiderman

15.Plasticman

16.Ghostbusters

17.Secret Squirrel

18.Silverhawks

19.Speed racer

20.Any of the Looney Tunes shows

21.Pop-Eye

22.Tom and Jerry

21.Casper The Friendly Ghost

22.Tarzan, Lord Of The Jungle ( half naked jungle guy hmm...no wodner I liked it  - just kidding    LOL )

23.Thundercats

24.Underdog

25.The Transformers

26.Atom Ant

27.Mighty Mouse

I'm sure this is not a total list but these are a few that stood out in my mind.  Have a listen to some of the theme music.

Another Link you might enjoy that fits the theme of today's post.  Tomorrow post will be a little bit more to the theme of the blog.

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