Cultural Revolutionary

In case you haven’t guessed…

Marlaina — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:40:35 +0000

I have quit posting here for the most part. I’m busy. I have other internet and non-internet obligations. So, this blog has fallen by the wayside for now. Maybe someday I will return.

Just one question…

Marlaina — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 02:29:19 +0000

Does playing the oboe kill brain cells? It must. That’s all I can hypothesize in this instance. It must be that all of the blowing creates an extreme amount of rising pressure in the brain…

And a recent one of Morgan just because…

Marlaina — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:18:17 +0000

Yes, she needed her bangs cut when this was taken a couple of weeks ago. Isn’t she beautiful though? I’m not biased in the least!

Transformer Tony

Marlaina — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:59:53 +0000

Tony adores costumes (yeah, I think I have said that before). This Halloween season has been interesting thus far. Thus far, I have been able to avoid buying new to satisfy his costume fetish. But, today I gave in on this one. He’s Optimus Prime. Anyway, I don’t feel badly about buying it because he will use it for months to come to… ummm… save the world from “bad guys” on a daily basis when he’s not pretending to be another superhero. And make sure to ignore my messy bookcase in the background. Superheros have to be captured on camera whenever they are willing to hold still… no matter what their backdrop is.

Internet Explorer Sucks Rotten Eggs.

Marlaina — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:50:41 +0000

I have no freaking idea why this site breaks when viewed with IE. Seriously, NO IDEA. It looks fine with Firefox, Safari, and several other browsers. But IE hates Cultural Revolutionary.

Send me mail if you have a fix or if the site looks all screwed up for you with any other browser.

Nemesis

Marlaina — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:35:37 +0000

The word nemesis is derived from the Greek word νείμειν that means “to give what is due”. Through the evolution of language though, the word nemesis is now often used as a term to describe one’s worst enemy, normally someone or something that is the exact opposite of oneself but is also somehow similar.

So… How do y’all deal with your nemesis? I think most of us have one. A lot of times it probably isn’t a person. Sometimes it might be. People like me might have more nemeses than others. I admire people who can go through life without feeling like everyday is a fight against something or someone.

But, I also know that facing our demons head-on has to be healthy.

Rascal Flatts sings these words in their huge hit about “I’m Moving On”:

“I’ve dealt with my ghosts and I’ve faced all my demons
Finally content with a past I regret
I’ve found you find strength in your moments of weakness”

Now… Let’s just say point-blank that I am not “moving” anywhere. But I will be facing me nemeses head-on again. The funny part is that the human type people in this category don’t even know whose cornflakes they have pissed in this week. Seriously. None of the usual culprits are at fault. In fact, I have moved so far past my bitterness with certain people over the last few months that it’s freeing and refreshing. Luckily though, those previous moments of weakness have given me strength for my latest battles… in both the human realm and the in the realm of things that aren’t so palpable or tangible.

I’ll see my nemeses on the flip side. After I’ve beat them. Unmercifully. I always beat the albatross and rise again like the phoenix. You can destroy me physically or emotionally but I’ll rebuild and regenerate and be stronger the next time around.
So, in closure, here is an important quote from one of my all-time favorite songs:

I believe the Albatross is me

I should have seen the signs
Now the memories far behind
It was no big loss,
Fly on, Albatross yeah

One more set of lyrics and then I promise to stop… for today at least… maybe….

Marlaina — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 22:12:17 +0000

INDIGO GIRLS

“Watershed”

Thought I knew my mind like the back of my hand,
The gold and the rainbow, but nothing panned out as I planned.
And they say only milk and honey’s gonna make your soul satisfied!
Well I better learn how to swim
Cause the crossing is chilly and wide.
Twisted guardrail on the highway, broken glass on the cement
A ghost of someone’s tragedy
How recklessly my time has been spent.
And they say that it’s never too late, but you don’t get any younger!
Well I better learn how to starve the emptiness
And feed the hunger
Up on the watershed, standing at the fork in the road
You can stand there and agonize
Till your agony’s your heaviest load.
You’ll never fly as the crow flies, get used to a country mile.
When you’re learning to face the path at your pace
Every choice is worth your while.
Well there’s always retrospect to light a clearer path
Every five years or so I look back on my life
And I have a good laugh.
You start at the top, go full circle round
Catch a breeze, take a spill
But ending up where i started again makes me wanna stand still.
Stepping on a crack, breaking up and looking back
Every tree limb overhead just seems to sit and wait.
Until every step you take becomes a twist of fate.

So fitting…

Marlaina — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 21:55:18 +0000

This one is especially for that “pathetic” person that simply needs to “go away”. REALLY… I do “feel for you”.

Godsmack

“Whatever”

And I wonder
Day to day
I don’t like you
anyway.

I don’t need your
shit today
you’re pathetic
in your own way.

I feel for you…
Better fuckin go away
I will behave…
You better fuckin go away!

I’m doing the best I ever did
I’m doing the best that I can
I’m doing the best I ever did…

I don’t need to
fantasize.
You are my pet
all the time.

I don’t mind if
you go blind.
You get what you get
until you’re through with mine

I feel for you…
Better fuckin go away
I will behave…
You better go away!

I’m doing the best I ever did
I’m doing the best that I can
I’m doing the best I ever did
Now go away!
[repeat 2 times]

I’m doing the best I ever did
[go away].
I’m doing the best that I can…
[go away]
[repeat 2 times]

I’m doing the best I ever did
I’m doing the best that I can
I’m doing the best I ever did
Now go away!
[repeat 3 times]

Yeah [left speaker then right]4X

I’m doing the best I ever did
[go away].
I’m doing the best that I can…

What do we do for fun on a Saturday night?

Marlaina — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 12:24:35 +0000

Well, last night was the night Nascar race at Bristol. And, while I like to make fun of the cars going in a circle, turning left, and waiting to crash, I have to admit to occasionally enjoying a race. I usually watch Bristol, Charlotte, Daytona, and Darlington (of course) every year. Last night I fell asleep before Bristol was over and Rick had to tell me about the fight at the end. Damn… I missed the drama.

Before that though, because we are such EXCITING people, we were watching our dog watch our rat. Yes, we’re sick. And here is the unedited photo to prove it.

“If I die, I will die well dressed”

Marlaina — Sat, 23 Aug 2008 02:08:31 +0000

… with freaking great jewelry, good shoes, and fabulous purses… all Compact friendly…