Friday, July 23, 2004

Today's post is about the folly of youth. Now, I live in Pennsylvainia, and our...um...not so nice governor has decided to cut the library funding for the entire state, so it's kinda hard for libraries to get new stuff. So I decided to donate some of my old Shirly Temple movies. The next time we go to the library will be next Tuesday. So, in my slight nostalgia, I decided to watch them again. Thrush, Silver and I watched two last night.

Ugh. I quite quickly remembered why I stopped liking Shirly Temple movies in the first place. They're all so...so...just so. Shirly is alway such a little "angel", despite the fact that her (Mom/dad/bothparents) died, and she always worms her little way into other people hearts...bleah. It's almost enough to make you ill!

We watched "Little Bright Eyes", where both her parents die, and "The Littlest Rebel" which, in addition to the untimely demise of her mother, was also incredibly racist and pro-South...two things which make me feel even MORE ill than Shirly Temple. Not that I have anything against the South NOW...but the Pro-Slavery South is something I never have understood, and probably never will.

*Woop! Woop! Woop!*

"Sulu! What's that?"

"Captain Kirk! It's the Tangent Alarm! The Starship Ozymandius is about to get sucked off on one!"

"Oh, no! Hold tight!"

I have never, never, EVER understood racism. The first neighborhood I really remember living in was the neighborhood we lived in when my dad was in seminary. There was a black family with 3 kids, a family from Brazil, a family from Taiwan, one from Oman, and a few other countries. And you know what? We all played together. Sure, we got in fights and some people wouldn't play with other people for a couple of days, but that was always over stupid little kid things. I guess racism is somehting you learn as you get older, but it's a shame. Anytime I hear anything about Racial crimes and things like that, I remember visiting Shontell and Kiluba, and I wonder why anybody could do something to another person just because their skin is a different color. Racism is the stupidest invention of humanity.

*Beep. Beep. Boop...*

"Captain, sair! We appear t' 'ave returned to our original course!"

"Thank you, Scotty. Engines ahead full."

Anyway. My advice to you is this: Never, ever, EVER watch 3 hours of Shirly Temple right before bed. It will give you a headache. And guess what? We still have 3 more to watch...yes, we are watching the other three movies. And then they go to the library, where they can go to someone who will appreciate them. But I don't anymore.
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