My High School Reunion: Pretty in Pink

Pretty in pink

No, because I didn't enjoy high school. The only people that I was close to probably wouldn't attend either. They were great, but they as I, didn't peak at high school. We are still waiting for the peak of our lives, so until then, I am planning to continue to grow and evolve as I am sure they are doing also. That being said, if high school was a great experience for someone then I understand why you would enjoy a reunion. On the other hand when you felt as an outsider there isn't any desire to revisit that time or the people associated with the time period.

It you had a magical golden ticket for any music event, past or present, anywhere in the world, who would it be?

The movie “Immortal Beloved”, about the maestro Ludwig von Beethoven and his mystery lover, is one of my favorite movies. Gary Oldman is one of great actors of our time and he did a phenomenal job portraying Beethoven. During the movie I would want a private performance of one of his most beautiful pieces, the Choral 9th symphony where Schiller’s Ode to Joy is nestled within Beethoven’s music. I would then plead for the maestro to assemble his orchestra and conduct his masterful Emperor Concerto composed during Napoleon’s bombarding of the Austrian city of Vienna. I would then humbly ask for one last performance; the hauntingly beautiful Moonlight Sonata.

I previously wrote about what talent would I pick if it would be immediately accessible. My very first thought was playing the piano, mainly because it is my favorite instrument. Growing up, we didn’t have the money to afford lessons and honestly, I don’t have the necessary skill set to be able to play the piano. But what adds to the beauty of Beethoven’s music and the heightened emotions behind the admiration of his genius ability is the fact of his deafness. That one fact magnifies his accomplishments to a degree that few other artistes can share. It speaks to one’s soul. Beethoven gave and shared his gift with his fellow-men and the world and we are blessed for that.

Jamie Dimon Worries That Financial Regulation Will Doom Banks, Forever

Hasn’t anyone informed Tim Geithner that our big banks are still way too big and if they are still going to play fast and loose with the rules and common sense they are still more than capable of bringing down the house yet again. This time we are worse off, so a bail-out will take us down. The republican­s and Wall Street are on a destructiv­e high and something is going to crash and we are going to be the ones to pick up the tab. We just might find ourselves, because of the bad economic policies that the republican­s are pushing, a few pennies short of getting ourselves out of the next mess.
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The Saccharine Republican Ire

Hear, Hear! Give the man an award, he can speak for me any day of the weak. Couldn’t say it better myself. I forgot that they got all those things and that’s why they aren’t focusing on jobs. Who cares about the middle class, now all they have left to accomplish is to bull doze their conservati­ve social agenda through congress. Maybe once they accomplish the legislatin­g of women’s reproducti­ve rights, they’ll stop complainin­g.
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Ohio Union Bill Signed Into Law By John Kasich

How long will it be before all these workers rights that were fought for long ago at times, at a great price, will be a foot note in history? Or will we now wake up as a voting bloc and say hands off our rights to better working conditions­, equal and better wages, health care coverage and retirement with dignity. And stop saying that we are broke, since there is enough money to finance tax cuts for the top percentage of our society and keep the pentagon happily outfitted with their toys. I say that we are not broke, D.C. has their priorities misaligned­. We, the people need to start a huge realignmen­t movement in spending priorities­.
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If I could script tonight’s dream, what would the plot be?

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If I could script tonight’s dream, what would it be? Good question, right now, I would say that I long for a dreamless night but that is only because I am on stress overload. Tonight, tonight, what will I dream tonight? Can you picture Natalie Wood singing? “Westside Story”, baby. Great musical. Dreaming myself into a musical would be fun, an uplifting one with catchy tunes and great dance numbers. My head is filled with “I want to live in America, I want to be in America!” Rita Moreno was fabulous and sexy in her role in Westside Story. The two gangs battling it out through dance, Russ Tamblyn, one of the great dancers of his time. His work in “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” was fantastic, another tremendous musical. Another great musical would be Bob Fosse’s “Sweet Charity”, I saw the musical with my mother and we had the great fortune of sitting behind Bob Fosse, himself! Exciting!

I dream every night, often vividly, so I bet with all this writing about musicals, hearing the great music in my head and seeing the dance numbers clearly in my mind, guess what I’ll be dreaming about. I would really prefer leaving my musical up to whatever stress my subconscious needs to work out and process. I got to see a fantastic musical in 2000 called “Contact”, high-octane dancing, really tight dance numbers that were sexy and athletic. That type of musical dream would do the trick of exercising all the worries and stress right out of my head. I’m going to dream that stress right out of my head. “South Pacific”, another great musical. Aren’t musicals just grand. I’m getting all excited for bed, to lay down and dream away. Good night and sweet dreams to me and to everyone!