your passions for making a difference arouses mine.

lol, sometimes i try to be funny in a non-conventional way. i'll be back to "boring" in a few days again.

My friend, before answering, in a much belated fashion, your questions that you posed on my piece "The Evolution of Franchi$e", it seems I need a few things answered myself. First, when you say that I saw it as abuse and not as normal, do you mean how did I see that then or now? I like how you described it as putting a fork in the cycle. In fact, I have learned everything I need to know on how to be a father when the time comes I have children. I only have to think back to the way my father treated me and do the exact opposite of that. It's not like he was a monster mind you. I believe he was and still is very bipolar. Back in the younger days, as described in "the evolution", he had huge mood swings and you couldn't tell if he was in a happy mood or the brooding anger mood. So to get back in clarifying your questions on my piece...when you say that you always wondered this, do you mean wondered how I, myself, can see humanity without having been raised humanely or wondered how someone can ever see humanity clearly without having been raised humanely?

Wow - It's too early in the morning to be crying, but I am. This is beautiful. The wording, repetition of rhythm, the raw emotion - it comes through SO clearly. You speak way older than you are, girl.

People don't want to DO anymore; everything trickles down from the "couch potato" syndrome that begin at least two decades ago and has only gotten worse since then. Whatever is the easiest way to do something - and what's easier than writing a check aside from giving cold hard cash - that's the way we're going to do it.

And yes, you're taking it personally, perhaps too personally, and you know what? You SHOULD be...all of us should be, :-(

It's a shame that we're not.

I would love to see all these things come to fruition. If the powers that be retained just some of the PEOPLE-ness they were born with instead of falling headfirst and forever into the world (and its morals and sensibilities) of politics, we could achieve at LEAST some of these things.

Standing ovation material here. I was truly moved by your powerful word choice, your imagery, your imagination. The daughter/mother plight you describe is somewhat similar to the father/son grief I have been experiencing for the last 26 years. I can't believe you're only 24 yet have the soul of a well advanced ripe woman. It all makes sense now how and why you are the way you are in the forums and in your blogs. Much in the same way, my behavior in the forums and in my works are due to my experiences growing up. It'd give me pleasure for you to read my version of your "Oh Mom" in the form of my autobiography entitled "The Evolution of Franchi$e". In this way, you can see where I am coming from and find comfort that we are no different from each other. Have a blessed day :D

So, question, why is "feminine" music non-violent and "masculine" music violent? What/who determines that?

Hmm... I didn't know all that about MIA (could be 'cause I don't understand a word she says, haha), good to know though. Ironically I might go see her in concert in a week or two. So must "female" or "feminine" music not contain violence?

Have you listened to MIA?