It’s the bat and not the field mouse and other things I’ve discovered in the past couple of days.
- Good thing I read about what to do when your power is out in the Sunday paper, as a good sized windstorm knocked out our power Sunday night, making for an interesting Monday morning.
- I can taste the coffee I haven’t drunk yet on my way to work.
- At Austrian night, a 10 year old played the violin like an angel. Meanwhile, my 10 year old couldn’t even sit up straight for his complaining about being forced to go to the Symphony.
- Did Doogie Howser’s parents not have any more kids because they were afraid they would have another genius or not have another genius? (that’s actually an old question I asked Eddie once when we were early married. He points to that as evidence that I contemplate TV shows too much.) But we did watch Neil Patrick Harris win big on Celebrity Jeopardy last night, which brought that up again.
- After watching Walk the Line, I looked up information on June Carter and Johnny Cash’s marriage. It was a sweet love story, but it’s hard for me to get over the infidelity aspect
- I also listened to the CD of Johnny’s music that Dawn made for me. More than once
- The Outlander is very well written, a good read, and a great deal more smutty than I expected.
- Happy Tuesday and St. Philip’s Day
posted by Mimi @ 11/14/2006 12:34:00 PM
14 Comments
14 Comments:
I felt the same way about Walk the Line... hard to see past the infidelity of it all...
Happy St. Philip's Day to you, too, and a blessed "St. Philip's fast," as some people call the Nativity Fast.
Wondered how you were faring in the horrific weather we've been reading about on the other side of the country. Glad you're still with us!
Tell your 10-year-old he'll thank you when he's old an grey, and actually knows that good music exists. My kids both listen to varieties of rock 'n' roll -- but it's *good* rock 'n' roll, musically speaking, not just any old flop that comes down the pike.
Happy St. Phillip's day to you too.
Akk! I'm missing Celeb. Jepardy!
Did I tell you that I actually saw ol Johnny Cash once, Mimi? I actually went to a Billy Graham Crusade and I believe the year was approx. 1977 ...something like that. Anyway, he was there and at the end of the talks, they do what they call the "altar call." Well, although I was Catholic then too, I had a young nephew with me who had recently lost his mom and I was doing anything to help move his heart with him about the Lord, so off we went to see Billy and his crusade. We both walked down into the center of the stadium where the altar was and all I can remember was standing below the stage and seeing black...all black and from his toes to the top of his head, standing tall and almost bigger than life, stood Johnny Cash!
The size of him just blew me away...since I am only this 5ft. person
anyway..doesn't take much, but he was huge! I remember him smiling and he was very sincere at this Crusade. I believe that he had found the Lord...he convinced me that he had a good heart somehow that day and I prayed with him and for him and everytime since then if I think of him, it is like a gentle feeling comes over me. I cannot fully
understand why. You know, my girls rented the movie, but I knew about the sexual stuff and I didn't want to ruin the last sense I had of him...I think for me, it would not do well to view it.
Anyway, I thought I'd offer that as an additional perspective for you to think about. Hope it helps! Suzanne
Happy Feast and Happy Fast !
Yes, that movie ruined the song Walk the Line for me. I don't have a problem with the fact that he was a sinner. His conversion is a great story. But that song is such a great macho love song...but to learn that he wrote it for June while he was still married was devastating to me. How can he claim to walk the line...when's he's NOT! Aarrgh!
Back in the day when Doogie was on TV, I always wondered why they only had him. If I knew I could produce 14 year old doctors you better believe I would have more than one! LOL
To me, a HUGE Johnny Cash fan, I see that movie sort of like a confession. He was preparing to to die when he was involved with that movie, and until then never admitted to the infidelity. I think he was trying to make the best of his life before it was over.
Here's why Doogie Howser's parents never had more than one: geniuses are hard to manage. They're a pain to raise! They cause more gray hair than 10 average intelligence kids. I have one who is higher than average,not nearly as high IQ as Doogie, but that one is very difficult. In a good way, but still difficult. I think raising two of them would put me over the edge.
I was afraid of losing power on Sunday night, but we didn't. That was some wind! And then it was back yesterday during the day. I kept thinking a tree was going to be blown down. Oh, there was a tree across the road when we were coming back from a Camp Angelos dinner on Sunday evening.
I think Johnny Cash's infidelity is a difficult thing to watch....but I think it's a very human thing. We are all sexual beings and the temptation is always there. We can deny that it happens, stuff our sexuality, or we can look at it honestly and admit that it does happen and life does go on. I think it's more healing to look at it the way that the movie did, even though it's hard.
Suzanne - that's so cool. I especially agree with this part - I believe that he had found the Lord...he convinced me that he had a good heart somehow that day and I prayed with him and for him and everytime since then if I think of him, it is like a gentle feeling comes over me. I cannot fully
understand why.
I do have to admit that I believe truly, completely and sincerely in repentance, and that Johnny Cash did too. And, I agree with Renne that I see that movie sort of like a confession.
Michelle - I'm pretty sure that Walk the Line was written for his first wife, Vivian. I think that the song that best describes their love is June's Ring of Fire.
I still love the man in black, and think that his life teaches us a lot.
I also have to share that the day he died, Eddie and I saw Chris Isaak in concert. He sang "Walk the Line" in tribute to Johnny Cash, and it was a beautiful and powerful moment.
I haven't seen 'Walk the Line' yet, I'll probaby buy it on dvd when it comes down dramaticaly in price. I like Cash's voice, but having heard of his infidelity that kind of slanted me against not going to the movies to see it. Hope you have a fantstic weekend :-)
Dan and I had the same thought about the man in black. I like the thought that the movie was a confession of sorts--I don't think I could watch it again, but I still love his music.
And I think if were Doogie's mom I'd be so busy keeping up with him that I wouldn't have time to think about more kids. :)
You should read Johnny Cash's autobiography "Cash." I really found it inspiring. He saw his faults and failures clearly and regretted them, but he had such a sense of God's grace for himself and for all of us who don't deserve it. He's one of my heroes. :-)
Ha! Yes. I listend to Outlander on tape (from the libary). It was a bit too racy for me.
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