SoulMaid

So I saw my old partner in songwriting crime Joe Winston Rowe and he managed to get a song from our Shivering Blondes catalog called "Color Junkie" into an indie movie called "Soul Maid". So far I have found this from the movie:



I can't wait to see if we made the cut.
The song was about our 20 something addiction to hair coloring products.
Cheers!
Brent

Oprah Made me Cry Today

So I haven't seen Oprah in like 300 years but I am having a lazy weekend to myself and I turned it on this afternoon. She was doing a show about these kids in Ghana who have been sold into slavery to fishermen which was recently in the NYTimes. She had a woman on who had decided to rescue the boy featured in a picture on the article. Just a typical mom from the midwest who found a way to help this kid and 6 others get out of a dead end life. I swear I balled like a baby. It was very moving and so tragic to know that somewhere in the world there are STILL children who have to work 8-10 hour days at 7 years old. And this woman was so inspiring. It took her just a bit of perseverance what is like a small amount of money, and she made the world a better place.

I find myself wanting to recommit my life to doing something for someone other than my lovely self. My partner and I have been under financial stress lately and yet ... we have a home, we have wonderful kids, we have food to eat, cars and other luxuries. Life is short and this world is a bit %$#@ed. Make your life a positive - that's what I am telling myself.

Another random upsetting thing happened recently. My partner came home a few nights ago and said that the really sweet guy who worked at our gym was murdered. He was so young, maybe 30ish, handsome, friendly, warm from Central America I think. I have not seen anything about it in the news here. It is strange how fragile we are.

Grow flowers not guns.

Allah is not asking for blood. That is mankind you are hearing.