Cody Simpson - coming into his stride

Hi Friends; I have heard this young man sing a couple of times through various sites. I always thought he was a step off, a youngster not quite finding the rythym of himself. imho, a singer needs to know himself before he can really broadcast his feelings. Well, I think this young man is on his way. Again, who am I....but I think he is one to watch. Frankly, I think he has far more talent than another young man who seems to be gorging on the spotlight at the moment. So, maybe we will see this one rise as high. Let's hope so. The sun came out today. I took pups for a walk, enjoying the warm rays on my face. It was still cool, don't get me wrong - summertime isn't here. But, wow, I think I'm ready to be warm again.

You ever get that numb feeling?

Today, I'm embarassed to tell you, I had one of those moments, one of those points of the day where the absurd was so commonplace that I didn't realize just how it was so inexcusable. Perhaps I'm slow, or perhaps I'm coming to find that little land of blithe ignorance too enticing. How could I miss the unmissable? How could I not see what was so obviously impossible to continue?

What I speak on is the article in Milkboys today...see link: http://www.milkboys.org/article/10-year-old-sex-offenders/ regarding the, now think on this, labeling of a ten year old as a sex offender, and worse, one who was tortured and abused himself. Thankfully Scottie wrote on this, giving me that nudge from the land of the "huh?" into a bit of action, however impotent. Please see his blog: http://scottiestoybox.com/2011/02/12/10-year-old-sex-offenders-are-we-nuts-what-is-wrong-with-us-as-a-people-to-put-up-with-this/

We are inundated on a daily basis with the absurd, the incredible, and the outright criminally obscene, so it is somewhat understandable to be a bit inured of the whole mess. In our own defense, we hear stories about Lindsey Lohan and "Bieber-fever" with an insipid grin, thankful that our minds are no longer being bombarded by the insanity of the real world for the moment. We can look at a growing young man and say: "ha! he looks like a girl" and go on with our day feeling like we've set the world right once more. Or, I can spout a bunch of meaningless bs and feel I've set the world right.... but the real test comes in this: Did you see the real world today?

Scottie, in another posting, stated a great challenge: get involved. Here's another, get aware!

I am really going to try to do better on this. Please feel free to nudge me now and again. -r.

Sometimes I forget...

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