WTHeck Friday on a Sunday?

Does anybody else find this completely creepy? This is actually a styrofoam creation designed to be an ad for a British beauty company Soap and Glory on display in Hamburg, Germany's Alster Lake. Weird...

"IF my people, who are called by My name, will humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways..."

THEN I will hear from heaven and forgive their sin and will heal their land."

How refreshing to see a governor of a large state pray for our nation. To recognize that all good gifts come from our Father in heaven. Yes, Texas' Governor Rick Perry isn't afraid to pray, nor is he afraid to call this huge gathering today for people all over this nation to humble themselves and ask God for His mercy and grace.

Note on the scripture above that God is calling HIS people to intercede, HIS people to turn from their wicked ways, HIS people to humble themselves, HIS people to pray, HIS people to seek His face, not the non-Christians. And if we do, He will hear, will forgive and will heal our land. And we definitely need that.

It's up to us, His children...

"The only difference between the USA and the Titanic? The Titanic had a band."

Is it just me or does it feel like the world is coming to an end??! And I mean like in 2 weeks... The whole world has gone crazy and it's like living on top of a house of cards. Ordinarily I'm the happiest of the week on a Friday night, but not tonight. After this whole 'debt debacle,' it's hard to get excited about the future. And of course tonight, for the first time in American history, our S&P credit rating was reduced. When I talk to anyone with a job, they're just thankful they have one. I heard on the radio today that 42% of Americans are not working. At all. How will we continue? It feels like the Titanic. We've hit the iceberg. We're taking water. Everyone knows something is really wrong, but thinks surely we won't sink. The Titanic is like the United States - too big to fail. Or are we? It's just a matter of time when things will go quickly and poof. Then we're all out in the cold ice water. Hoping we're part of the 2% that gets rescued. Meanwhile our president is partying like it's 1998. He's going to be on the first lifeboat out - the one that conveniently leaves without even filling it up. He'll make sure he and his family are okay. He has no clue what's going to happen. Nor does he seem to care. How could anyone with any decency at all go out and party like he has when so much damage to the USA has been done the past few weeks?! Everyone keeps saying he's really stupid or really evil, but either way he's not the one that should be captain of this ship. And if we're talking about stupid, then he could hire smart people to do his work for him. That leaves the other alternative - is he trying to sink this ship?

It appears so....

"Hopelessly devoted to you..."

In our small town, all the kids hang out at an ice cream/sandwich place on Main Street. They all meet up there after school, and pretty much all the time. It's the center of town and a great meeting place. It's a happy place decorated in a very loud interpretation of 1950's decor with lots of Elvis stuff. Behind the counter is a flatscreen TV that has "Grease" playing back to back on a loop that never stops, so I've sat in those old-fashioned booths and watched it play for ever and ever. So it is with sadness, that I report that the second actor from "Grease" died this week - Cha Cha (Annette Charles.) As you probably know (and were not shocked at learning) that Jeff Conaway (Kenickie) recently died of an overdose. He had been on Celebrity Rehab a few years ago? and it wasn't looking too good for him.

Anyway.

"Grease" has brought me many hours of wonderful nostalgic entertainment, even though I didn't grow up in the 1950's. It's such a happy musical with the fun songs and fun dancing...So watching the actors pass on is making me feel old -- and sad...

Like 'It's Raining on Prom Night'...

"The boy who cried 'Wolf'!"

I'm trying to put myself in the president's place - if I'm having a birthday, turning 50 no less, would I really have coast-to-coast party/fundraisers after the country was TEETERING ON COLLAPSE?? I mean come on!! I know the Democrats have zero class but that is RIDICULOUS! Is it really time to party??! After all of the bickering of the blithering idiots, and going down to the 11th hour - no, make that the 11:59 hour - and then sign the thing (raising of debt ceiling) and then head off to parties?? Totally disgusting.

It just shows me it was never as serious as the media made it sound...

"Life isn't fair..."

The last 2 days DD had volleyball tryouts for her high school freshman team. You know, where the fat man coach with his beer gut, and his Sonic food, keeps yelling at them for 6 hours a day (and I'm not exaggerating) until they collapse, which DD did by the way. She had an episode which has happened twice this summer, first the "conditioning" the coaches said they must do, which was really the football workout with the football players and then yesterday, where she collapsed and could not breathe. At all. And instead of helping her, they just kept yelling to shake it off. Idiots. She wasn't faking. She literally could not breathe for 10 minutes. It sounded like the exercise asthma.

Anyway.

She didn't make the team... I didn't even WANT her to make it. First, the bully is back in her life, and is one of the star volleyball players (and of course, made the team.) And too, in a small town, every other game is out of town, and they have 41 events starting this weekend all the way through Thanksgiving. Ugh!! There are 3 weekdays for games and every weekend. Oh, and here's the best part. The fat man coach has a private league that the girls pay $700 to play in during the spring, and most of the girls that made it were in that league. And then there were some others that DD said were terrible players that made the team who had teacher mothers. Uh huh.

Small towns. Gotta love 'em...

"Hope and change..."

The air conditioners drone and drone and drone

And I feel so alone

And I can no longer bear the heat

I feel really beat.

When will it rain

When will we get a break

Will summer never end

My life is in an ache...