Random rants

Last year sometime, I posted this comment on Facebook, "racism exists mostly in the media."
Talk about a hot button! I still believe that's true. Oh, and look!!!! Here is an article about just such a thing!!!

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/critics-say-the-media-makes-innocent-blacks-look-dangerous-here%e2%80%99s-their-latest-example/ar-BBL4W5X?ocid=ientp

Umm, yeah. Pay attention people.

This is an article I just read the other day because someone brought it up...It's all about the cost of school supplies these days. I was just flabbergasted at how much teachers spend, of the own money!! Oh, and that students use an average of 45 pencils a year. Seriously? Are they eating them? dang.  

https://www.wthr.com/article/back-school-shopping-rush-full-swing-some-surprising-items-lists

I remember when we had 2 in high-school at the same time. I hated August. It was more expensive than Christmas! Book fees, lab fees, parking, pictures, yearbooks, class rings, equipment...good grief! And that was 16/17 YEARS ago! Now there's even more! It's just crazy.

And last...tomorrow is the FIRST DAY OF AUGUST! sigh. I sear it was just June.

food!

Look at how fun this is! It's a list of the most searched for food dish, in every state. It says a lot about the state :-)

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/recipes/here-are-recipes-for-the-most-searched-dish-from-every-state%E2%80%94plus-dc/ss-AAA9Za1?li=BBnb7Kz#image=1

Also, read this article. It's about how bogus vitamins are. Not the first time I've heard that but it's still interesting. We should talk more about nutrition in this country, instead of taking vitamins.

http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/nutrition/heres-what-protects-your-heart-better-than-fish-oil-or-vitamins/ar-AAA0Y8A?ocid=ientp

old movies

Do you watch old movies? Do you like them? What's an "old movie" to you? I like to cruise through the menu for Turner Classic Movies. They have old movies! I watched part of a movie called Reefer Madness, made in 1936. It's the craziest movie!!! You should check it out if you ever get the chance.
The opening Foreword says;

"The motion picture you are about to witness may startle you. It would not have been          possible, otherwise, to sufficiently emphasize the frightful toll of the new drug menace          which is destroying the youth of America in alarmingly-increasing numbers. Marijuana is      that drug - a violent narcotic - an unspeakable scourge - The Real Public Enemy Number One! Its first effect is sudden, violent, uncontrollable laughter; then come dangerous hallucinations - space expands - time slows down, almost stands still...fixed ideas come next, conjuring up monstrous extravagances - followed by emotional disturbances, the total inability to direct thoughts, the loss of all power to resist physical emotions...leading finally to act of shocking violence...ending often in incurable insanity......"

I have definite favorites;
Them! from 1954, about the giant ants
Rebecca from 1940
The Day The Earth Stood Still  from 1951
Forbidden Planet from 1956 and the original, The Body Snatchers.
Gone With The Wind, 1939!!! Man does this movie stand the test of time! Not to mention The Wizard of Oz. Last night, I watched Earthquake, one of the original disaster movies! Oh my gosh, it was so lame. I laughed out loud and I'm pretty sure they didn't mean it to be funny. It is fun to see what's in the movie though - like, cops in uniform drinking in a bar. I guess that was ok in 1974? Funny. And the clothes and hair styles. That always cracks me up. I'm still waiting to see some of the real classics though. Like Spartacus, Singing In The Rain, Rebel Without a Cause, Vertigo or any movie with Marilyn Monroe.

regrets

Do you have regrets? As you get older, I hear you have more regrets. Oh, it's that older thing again. I guess I just need to accept/embrace it! I.Am.Old(er). OK. Movin' on...

There's a new study - I love those - that lists the top 50 things people regret, after 50. Ready?

1. Ending relationships with people you loved
2. Not being more adventurous
3. Wasting time hating you body
4. Trying to live up to your parents' expectations
5. Not eating healthier when you were younger
6. Taking life too seriously
7. Not traveling more
8. Holding on to grudges
9. Not standing up for yourslf
10. Worrying about other people's opinons
11. Prioritizing practicality over fun
12. Not attending to your health
13. Quitting school
14. Not accomplishing more
15. working too much
16. Not telling people you love them
17. Ignoring your instincts
18. Being an inattentive partner (put your phone down)
19. Not taking vacations
20. Getting divorced (23% of women and 39% of men have regrets)
21. Letting friendships fizzle out
22. Missing out on the little moments
23. Not saving more
24. Not trying to land that dream job
25. Being unkind
26. Not doing more for others
27. Not seeing someone before they died
28. Not appreciating your youth
29. Not being more romantic
30. Muting your real personality (you know, trying to be someone you're not)
31. Not spending more time with your kids
32. Missing out on investment opportunities
33. Not admitting your feelings for someone
34. Being ungrateful
35. Not asking that person out
36. Setting aside your passions
37. Not being more present (put your phone down)
38. Not appreciating our body
39. Spending too much time worrying
40. Being inattentive to your kids (put your phone down)
41. Not getting to know people better
42. Letting the passion die
43. Not standing up for other people
44. Spending too little time with your parents
45. Acting your age
46. Forcing your opinions on our children
47. Not being more spontaneous
48. Not apologizing more
49. Ignoring your personal happiness
50. Not leaving a legacy

I am happily surprised to say, I don't have too many regrets. Out of those 50, there are only 4 or 5 things that I feel I haven't done. But, I don't necessarily regret it. Does that make sense? Like #49. I've ignored my own happiness. But I don't regret that because I did it to make other people happy. That's not really a bad thing. See what I mean? And by the time you're 50, you still have lots of years left to pay attention to your own happiness and passions. I don't think you should regret some of these.