I self -censored myself, and it felt great!

Early this morning, I wrote a post that upon later reading, was totally not on point, totally not clear, and totally could have been misconstrued. I deleted myself. The post was bad, it was written too early in the morning (around 6:30 am while my kids were eating breakfast) and it did not contain the right words for my point. This does not happen often. When you see what I have written here on this blog, it's on purpose. I do not apologize as a writer however badly written my thoughts come tumbling out. Or on good days, come out precisely as how I meant them, which is most of the posts. There are too many times in this modern life where people feel they must apologize for their true expressive thoughts, and this blog is not that place for me. It is one of my places of content and discontent. The others are more private and we like it that way. (facebook doesn't count- I dont actually talk alot about my true feelings about anything on it- just commentary on fleeting posts, opinions, and soliticited advice). This post did not say enough about my true feelings, and the content was a general thought, and did not do justice to my true original idea. So- it is deleted. I stand corrected, by myself- the best way for a writer to be corrected...wink wink.

Who are you...who who who who.

No, I haven't read "A History of White People" yet. I am still on the second Steig Larrson trilogy ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo") so as to catch up before the American movies are made. Also, I checked out "The best American Poetry of 2009" from the library. I used to buy those every year since 1990, but since I only like about half the poems, realized it was smarter to read them for the 2 weeks allotted for free, and do with them what i like before returning. Modern poetry is just as "all over the place" as any poetry from the 1600's. Every poet is either writing about a world inside their mind, or writing about the world as they see it (Wallace was this way, and I love that about him- he was called "the first urban poet" by a commentator on PBS recently, and supposedly Jack Kerouack's 'Howl' poem was inspired by him).

So, this mystery is not solved. This "A History of White People" may remain a legend in my mind...the author still unGoogled, a summary yet unread...I leave alot of stuff unturned using the internet because really, doesn't that ruin life sometimes? Knowing everything?? Finding anything without doing it yourself?
When I read it, I'll let you know. Until then, we'll be content with "A History of Us", written by unnamed, unknown scholars who think they know us all, and know all, and who have written our history for all of us, regardless of race..and we will go on reading and believing what we read and be ok with that. And really, we are, aren't we? Who has time for all that researching and the questions- oy!

forethought

"That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever, she went, including here, it was against her better judgement."
Dorothy Parker, New Yorker, 1929.

I love love love Dorothy Parker. Jennifer Jason Leigh was in a great film portraying her called "Dorothy Parker and the Vicious Circle." I am a big fan of writers, critics and essayists from the 1920's- 1940's (especially EB White, Hemingway, HL Mencken, and Fitzgerald). Ms. Parker was was unique in my mind, because she is not always put in the same category as "modern women writers". No, she was a little different - and that goes a long way when you're a woman. Writers of history (usually men) tend to put all modern women writers in a "feminist" category or a "African American fiction writer" category when it comes to literature or essays before 1950's. This isn't ( I believe) out of some masculine drive to subjugate women writers, but merely was done at colleges to easier teach student's the emerging "modern" groups of writers that had the tools of pop media to get their word out (ie typewriters were cheaper and publishing houses were a dime a dozen in NYC after the industrial revolution.)

If you ever want to be mildly amused or laugh out loud..read up on Ms. Parker. Her words bite at times, but she's got truth and humour on her side. Great personal hero. A gem of an American writer.

We did finally watch "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" last night- it was subtitled of course, but definitely one of the best films we have seen this year. I have read there is already an Oscar push for it. I am skeptical as to how an American director would make an English version better- that usually doesn't work out well- remember the "Grudge" movies? Much better Japanese (original) versions.

Anyway, I am just glad it's getting attention. I would highly recommend reading the trilogy before seeing these "US" versions before they are made. The characters have detailed pasts and hidden lives that they can only address onscreen for so many minutes before cutting back to action (and you know the American version will be all about the action, not about what's going on in their heads about their past). I hope this is not the case. I hope the new movie trilogy that is going to be the biggest new trilogy since "Spiderman" or LOTR even, is up to par with the excellent novels.

Read up, folks. If you can't tonight, I hope your life is going well. What did you do today? I mean, really? Did you make someone's life easier, did you give a compliment or three, did you donate, give, or make your short time on Earth worth it? I hope you did, such peacefulness we recieve after giving. I hear alot of people talk about giving, and I think alot of people want to give, but it's easier to sit and watch tv all day and see a false world and not get out into the real world.

Do something. It feels good, trust me. We are raising two young boys to know that their parents do things beside watch tv, worry about what others think, and to give, give, give. Life is short. Don't wait around for someone else to ignite your fire (especially not some politician as some naive people are prone to do.)

In the end, I realize some people like the motivational speaking of others to get their souls on fire. That is human nature and I understand. Maybe my new slogan should be " Just Do It."...oh, that's already taken.
Maybe this then "Do it. Now."

Yes!!

Stay tuned for this one

When in the Dunedin Public Library today, I notice a new arrival with all kinds of accolades on it titled "The History of White People". I already had a basket full of books to take home, some I will read, some I won't. They are due back in two weeks along with my sons dvd's, children's cd"( sing a longs and lullabies) and the cheap ten cent magazines I pick up every few weeks. I donate bags of them and books, so it's a giving circle of free entertainment.

So...what is that book about? I must find out more. How interesting, truly. I must know what the author is trying to say (from the cover- a straight history of the European race without any 'racially influenced rewriting of history'.) hmm.. bigotry or someone trying to make a point about how messed up our story telling has become?

I will check it out soon. and report back. If it sucks, I will definitely tell. I love outing bigotry, reverse racism, and racism whenever possible, especially from so called journalist- writers.

A moment of the day

Almost every night, around 9-10 pm, I wake Jude up from his early evening slumber and feed him a last bottle of milk. It is one of my favorite times of night, besides laying in bed with Nick to read books nightly (around 7 pm) before he goes to sleep. Jude is usually sleeping hard, like a balled up little wrestler, all full of warmth and cuteness. He has the biggest blues and opens them up like silver dollar pancakes, then gets all excited and grabs his last bottle. I hold him, sitting on a couch or on the guest bed in his room, away from tv, or music, to watch him go to work. After it's empty, he always tries to throw it down like some boxer throwing down his empty water bottle, ready to return to the struggle of going back to sleep. He is like that- very on, very off. And before you know it, he's wiping his eyes, squirming around to get onto tummy position and I lay him back in his crib. He sometimes decides to sit up, thumb in mouth, looking around in faux wide-eyed wonder. Then, he realizes that it's done, it's over, and it's bedtime for good. This usually can take him until around 7 am when the sun rises. Our sons sleep hard, they play hard and they hardly peep during the night anymore. Thank you God, for such blessings, all of them.

Best movie of decade?

"O, Brother, Where Art Thou?" - in this category, i did not include alot of my favorite foreign films such as "Amelia", "City of God" and "Me, U, Tambien" because there are so many I have seen and because they come from a different perspective that places them in an entire "great films" category that is just too big for me to deal with on paper...so those will remain in my head.

So...besides "Fargo", my other top ten fave, this Coen Brothers feature has everything - a unique dialogue structure (both Southern and poetic, go figure), wonderful art direction, great scenes, great musical themes and it seems to tell a Gothic Southern tale that includes a strange "American dream" story. I could also say the same thing about "Fargo" without all the Southern stuff- it is the stuff of Midwestern boredom, naivete and straightforwardness that is all it's own little nugget of wealth about the "American story."

However, I just find "O Brother" slightly more entertaining due to it's folk music soundtrack and it's haunting Southern scenes that one would recognize on first sight- especially if raised "in the South".
That's my top pick. Number #2 being "No Country for Old Men". Both tales of America, both very dark, very stark, but with slight differences in the handling of good versus evil. Faulkner, Hemingway and London would be proud. And I am sure Cormac McCarthy, our modern great fiction writer, is proud of his book on film.

The gift that keeps on giving.

Recently, my husband made good on a "gift" and took himself and my two sons to Pensacola to stay with his family. They were in great hands, they love their grandparents and have visited before in their young lives. All their special things were sent along, food, blankies, toys, books, dvd's, whatever it takes to make them happy.

I was left all alone for the first time in many years since being married. Here's what ensued:

Old oils paints came out of their storage boxes, I changed our diaper changing table back into my "art" table which is what it was in high school (being my mother's old high school desk when she was growing up, now having changed two babies butt's on it for three years). From now on, Jude has another set up which is just as good and he doesn't care. trust me.

I cleaned windows, baseboards and mopped floors all in within about two hours. normally, this would have taken me about 5 days.

I went to the beach -whenever I wanted, got sun, walked, and never had to load up bottles, and kid paraphanalia that they love. I just got in my truck, drove, got out, walked around like normal humans get to do every single day.

I listened to the quietness in our home. It is always so loud until bedtime. I missed that quietness, then turned on our mammoth stereo system circa 1994 with 6 cd changer and rocked out like it was...2004. I call this stereo system our "monolith". They are almost extinct now, but it still works and every time we move I reprogram our favorite local radio stations for instant entertainment.

I barely watched tv.

I hung out in downtown, shopped, and wrote notes in my journal about the people I see like I used to.
I walked, went to yoga, had coffee with my sis at Starbucks, donated a bag of stuff to a thrift store, and enjoyed my nights walking in our home, without any toys underfoot down hallways.

Only did one load of dishes, one load of laundry...in four days. AMAZING.

I missed my boys ALOT. When they arrived back here, tons of stuff to unpack, kids to bathe, to feed to love on, I felt back at home. But oh, how mommy vacation was much needed. I feel whole again, in many many ways.

The First Film That Came to My Mind..

for my Number #1 choice for top ten films of the past decade is
"No Country for Old Men". But then I thought of "The Road" (see a McCarthy based theme here anyone?)
But then, there's "Donnie Darko", which I still love to discuss with anyone who likes to...there's alot of Darko fans out there!
Then, there's "Moulin Rouge"- not full of deep meaning but cinematically and storyboard wise a special gem of the decade with nothing else to compare.
Then...there's the LOTR trilogy. I pretty much put it in a seperate place, high on some dark crystal mountain with nasty monster birds flying around to ward off any other nominations. It stands alone, cinematography, acting, writing, etc were each touched with perfectionism. That's how films should be- give a director and great writers 11 hours tell a story, and you will most likely get true authentic story telling that unfolds like an ancient old tome.
Ahh, LOTR....I could go on forever.

Then..there's "Children of Man" - this should have been a big hit for Clive Owen, it's a great surprise and I want to see it again soon. It's not a top fiver, but I think holds messages that this particular decade ring true.

What about "28 Days Later"? - Director Danny Boyle got everyone's attention with "trainspotting" and "Slumdog Millionare" but stylistically, this one was modern, edgy, and a "horror" movie with scarier notions that Zombies for human kind's future.

Then there are always other critic's favorite's..."Juno" (cute but I could only see that once), "The Departed"( I found it smart, but didn't like the seemingly pointless violence"), "Crash" (pretencious crap), "Atonement" (which I hold dear to my heart but felt the actors were emotionally a bad match)...everyone's got their picks, based on their own perspective and what they like to see in films. We all don't like to see the same things.

But "No Country for Old Men" speaks to one of my favorite themes: the utter, unmoving absolute of real evil (psychotic minds without concious) and man's futile attempts to waylay "evil's" intent, whether by pleading, religion, outsmarting, outrunning, or simply flipping a coin for one's life (as is the case in the film). Then, I seem to see an underlying question in the film- would "evil" in form of Dutch haircut crazy man have ever been so present in the character's lives had it not been F$#@! with in the first place? I mean, do we all ask for it in the end, subconciously or not? Are there some subtexts we could draw on specific to this particular decade? Umm...yes. Alot.

And, Tommy Lee Jones is wonderful in this film. I could watch his face all day, it's like a Biblical map of the Grand Canyon with teeth, intelligence, and charm. Somehow, he pulls off that dying modern day cowboy/sheriff thing with style and with more dryness than Eastwood.

That's a good movie! Written originally by a great novelist. What's your top pick?

Readers' Picks: Best Movies of the Decade :: Movies :: Features :: Paste

The best part of this article is the original post- Paste's top 50 movies of the decade...good entertainment. Totally subjective, but still fun to discuss. PAste.com is alot of fun, btw...


Readers' Picks: Best Movies of the Decade :: Movies :: Features :: Paste

Salt and Lime

The Wussification of American is a such a sad trend to watch. It began around 2006-2007, came to full fruition in 2008 and is just as destructive to our culture and any advancement as are 24 news channels, which do nothing but profit off of our differences.

Oil update #1

David Halstead, Director of Emergency Management (FL) had an interview with Beth Switzer on the Florida Channel (a local public station that I watched every few days for state political news). Here are some of the highlights:

BP may set up an office that will be present "for years to come" in the panhandle area, similar to hurricane offices that are set up to help claims long after Opal, Katrina etc have moved on.
*side note from me- (If you ever visit the panhandle, you will still see blue roofs from hurricane damage).

We are looking at an unknown, unprecedented clean up effort for at least 5-10 years.

There is ALOT of oil under the sea right now, and although the media and White House have claimed the "worst is over", it is not over.

12,000 pounds of lumps and balls of oil have been picked up by clean up crews. as of 8/11/10.

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look for the "I will always love you" song from Whitney Houston and enjoy. I don't post alot of links or you tube stuff on my blog, simply because I know you guys are always seeing that stuff, and don't need another one sent to you. But, if you give it one minute, and stick it out to end, you will see the sick humour of this vid.
Peace ;)

finally, politics.

I don't think the media should be so concerned with Michelle Obama and her daughter spending a vacation together in Europe. As a very "conservative" minded voter, I do realize that most White House families have these kind of trips, and I don't think our news should be lazy writers who would rather be critics of what they see as a fancy trip abroad than spending their well paid hours to research and write about what is really news.

It's so easy to pick on the Obama family, now that the left media has given itself permission to finally do so. It's so disgusting how easily some of the far left easily eat their own. I am not talking about the people who just wanted something different, a new idea, a new trail to blaze- I got that in 2008. I am talking about how fast the critics are to come after Obama when he hasn't done their job fast enough.

You can't keep up these days, if you're a politician....early voting (my ballot's in the mail tomorrow) and the 24 news channels have totally killed any kind of unity in our country. In fact, they have made a billion dollar industry off of all of us being "divided". I know we all have known this for the past decade but how true did it become in 2008? The racists "cards", the hating the white man candidate slant that did nothing to show anyone's true platforms? The antagonistic CNN, etc talking heads that did nothing but yell about everything. Not to mention the people who still think that John Stewart who used to work for MTV is a news person( I stopped believing that in college, but for some, it's an ongoing love affair for others). Realize, people, you have to think for yourself....what sleeveless top Michelle Obama is wearing is just a stupid distraction from everything else.

Wagging the Dog....just like the Clintons. Yet, different. I think, this time, the media is pulling Obama into his grave, instead of supporting him- due to their own realization that their time is comming, and there isn't any Edward Murrow to save them.

The Man and his word.

Action is character. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

Question

Would you agree that most people don't actually get over someone they onced loved, but rather their lives move them on to the point that being in love with that person just gets too complicated, annoying, or emotionally difficult due to outside influences (jobs, money, moving)? If so, where does that love get placed? Does it just fade away?
This isn't a Hallmark card, but a true question of how we "put away" feelings we once had for someone or some big life event. I think it never just goes away, but stays with us, changing our future perceptions of love (for good or bad) and leaves us with answers about life, and also questions that never get answered.
There's my big one- the questions we never get to ask. Oh, my personality just isn't made to leave questions unanswered. But I have to. We all do. Some of us are perfectly fine to get along and let things lie.
Not me, my motto is "no stone unturned" (this can be a good thing, or annoying)! Whereas some of you may be fine strolling along your primrose path of new romance or true love, I enjoy these things also...yet have to look under every single footprint - searching for clues. Sometimes, when I let myself be forward and bold enough to ask, I have gotten a great deal of peace about things and find a real joy in closing a door. A few things, though, will always be out there, floating around like pieces of a book....(Ok, that's a total ripoff of Ben Folds "Smoke" but that song is a good close example of what my point is)

Oh, my man just walked in with some vino...he will get a kick out of this post. He surely questions my sanity but knows when I write honestly that I am happiest. And, everyone knows a happy writer won't write about you!
Night, friends out there ;)

Memory Lane - beware of questionable music

I got engaged to Phillip while working for Hot 107.9 and Kat Kountry 103.5 (Waitt Radio) when Smiley Jay was a dj there before going back to work for our "enemy" Island 106. He was a cool cat, and dj'd our wedding reception at the Breaker's. This was in 2002, before the more popular use of digital music. So, soon after the wedding, we received from him two cd's (and two copies each) of our chosen musical list for the reception. We both still put those one sometimes, being a good mix of songs, and most of which we danced too during the reception with friends and for many nights aftwerwards.
Here's a sample:

"Beyond the Sea" Bobby Darrin (excuse any spelling errors, my cd is in some pile by the stereo and I'm too lazy to look up stuff while writing articles, usually I correct them later)
"Megamix" Grease soundtrack- why not? We met while dancing to this stuff so...why not.
" American Pie"- Don McClean- Kevin Jacobs played this while Phillip proposed to me on the back deck of St. Andrew's Seafood Restaurant, former Harbor House, now a condo overlooking the perfect view of St. Andrews, the pass and Shell Island).
"Run" George Strait- great song
"Crazy" - KC and Jojo- I don't love alot of R&B but when I hear this song, I still have to crank it. The thump, the lead in, the harmonies...old school sound.
"Jump, Jive and Whail"- Brian Seltzer Orchestra (we often try to swing dance, it's hilarious and as big fans of the "Swingers" movie, can't help but have fun trying)
"Shameless" Garth Brooks- I mean who doesn't love a super cheesy 1990's country ballad in their wedding reception?
"Dixieland Delight"- the BEST song ever in the country genre...sorry Cash;) Alabama rocks and this was so popular when I was in high school I couldn't resist including it. Gina Dake, Amy Littleton, Adria (my bridesmaids) and I danced to this like some country club hoe-down.
Also, various Elvis, Frank Sinatra, and old big band music were included that were popular with my older family set and we wanted to keep the tempo fun and not too overdramatic.


Phillip was a trooper, as we did not include Days of the New, Tantric, Tool, Puddle of Mud, Rush, Alice in Chains, Audioslave ( i don't think they were quite formed then). I also did not include my own personal moody music like Jeff Buckley, Tori Amos, the entire Phantom of the Opera soundtrack, Nine Inch Nails, or Depeche Mode. Wouldn't want to scare the in-laws away!!

Needless to say, by the end of the night, we were at Bud and Alley's, me in my big glamorous wedding dress, Phillip in his tux, but we each had donned our favorite hats. Big, beach hats, and were barefoot. Safely nestled in Walton County, our sister county lacking in redneck flags, low-riders and Miami bass music. It was September, right before a tropical storm hit the next week. We got lucky, the weather was that touch cooler it gets up there that time of year, when the sky softens, the sun is less harsh, and most tourists have fled.

But the music, is what one always remembers. Little guideposts. Mix tapes, mix cd's and now each person has their own smartphone or MP3 player...which I wonder doesn't insulate the world a little too much. Will we still find the time to "share' music like we used to? My girlfriends and I used to have a blast listening to some mix tape in a car and later sharing cd's while getting ready to go out and paint the town. What will our kids do? Hopefully not walk around with little bugs in their ears constantly and not have shared music experiences like we have all enjoyed.

Live music is the best...
but wedding receptions - those are the perfect portrait of pop culture! the good, the bad, the ugly, and the questionable in music taste.

My Dream "Mom's Group"

I have investigated some local "mom's groups". I always knew I would (investigate) and always tried to be open minded. My problem is this- they always want to talk about their children. It's a "mom's group" so what does one expect right?
Here's the perfect group of "moms" that I would create if I could, and that doesn't mean I won't try to still find it...

I would like not to spend my one to two hours debating breastfeeding. I know it's a hot point and always has been. I believe women who want to should have the right to breastfeed in public, however they need to recognize that alot of the public world are not moms, don't have breasts, and also alot of people see breasts as sexual body parts. Which is normal, as is breastfeeding. So find a compromise. When I was breastfeeding Jude in public, it was in a deeply embedded beach chair facing the Gulf of Mexico watching boats go by and it was wonderful. I didn't do it right in front of some couple trying to walk in romance or training for a marathon. Get over it, alot of people are sympathetic, but they wont tell you to your face that they are not comfortable with your boobs hanging out. They could get over it too...but you have to decide how comfortable you are, and how much you are trying to prove. This is my own projection, btw, i've been through it twice. Experience is a good educator.

I would like for "moms" to talk about things besides diapers, feedings, organic food markets, bottles, recycling venues, bad fathers (seems to be a good commiserating point for women who aren't happy) and daycares.

So, in general, it seems I need to find a "Woman's Group" which includes mothers but also women who would like to discuss a little of everything else going on their world....like family issues, politics, books, movies, car parts, football, fishing and where the best places are to dance with your loved one are...because that's one of the most important thing for a mom to do- is realize a father can be half of the equation, and her life can expand at "hello, baby" and not be shrunk down to how many finger paintings their child did in school in a week.
Hello, baby. Well, how about, hello Woman!!

Somerset- almost named our kid that too.

"The love that lasts the longest, is the love that is never returned."
William Somerset Maugham, author of one of my favorite novels, " Of Human Bondage" (1915). One of the strangest, most hurtful love stories I have ever read. I read it once in 1991, and then years later read it again. The second time, I disliked it almost as much as the first reading, therefor elevated it to my most favorite novels. There was nothing in it like my Hemingways or even Carson shorts stories. It wasn't "to the point", "modern" or written with witty brevity. It was cruel, unusual in it's definition of love, and marks a definitive point in modern American literature that noone else in his time would dare try to put down on ink. He dared- and he wins. For some, Maugham's works are just tragic, and tales of hardness. For others, who see through this...he is showing how the "love-lights" glow beyond what we are used to. People put on masks, and they pretend ( I know alot of those types) . In the end, everyone tries to find what they want, but if with masks on, what do you get? Maybe not what you wanted after all? You may live.. Perhaps not all intact, but that is life, no? This is a short version of what Maugham's stories are like, only in Pre-K form. Read his stuff. Be enlightened!

"Their Eyes Were Watching God"

by African American author Zora Neale Hurston (one of my favorite female authors)

"He drifted off into sleep and Janie looked down on him and felt a self-crushing love. So her soul crawled out from it's hiding place."

"To Janie's strange eyes, everything in the Everglades was big and new. Big Lake Okechobee, big beans, big cane, big weeds, big everything. Weeds that did well to grow waist high up the state were eight and often ten feet tall down there. Ground so rich that everything went wild. Volunteer cane just taking down the place. Dirt roads so rich and black that a half mile of it would have fertilized a Kansas wheat field. Wild cane on either side of the road hiding the rest of the world.
People wild too."

This novel was made into a movie staring Halle Berry. It's available on DVD, and it's an underrated movie to say the least. Zora Neale Hurston was a huge star in her own day, living among the Harlem Rennaisance and writing and dancing among the finest writers and composers of her day in the 1920' and 1930's. It's good to discover parts of American Literature that are not always a part of some student's normal cannon. It was a part of mine, due to excellent high school teachers and college literature professors.

Share the wealth, read this passionate novel, and watch the film.

please read the link below...

http://www.slate.com/id/2259822/pagenum/all

Alice in Wonderland...

Ok, what a week so far. Gave our Santana tix to my literacy student and her husband who had a great night out with dancing. Very very happy we could find someone to enjoy. We decided since the temps were over 95 that day that our kids would not be able to make it happily through the evening, so we had a great night with our kids,put them to bed, and then had a good night ourselves, knowing a super couple was enjoying Santana....there has been alot going on, and it being around 11 pm may turn of the pc soon. We went to Honeymoon Island State Park this morning, and then I had a great tutoring session with my student and we are becomming very good friends. She is awesome,super smart, and has alot of tales to tell of traveling and family which reminds me of my own life. We have alot in common, let's say.

We finally watched "Alice in Wonderland"- great film, a little less edgy and dark as it might have been had not Disney held Tim Burton to some kind of "rated G" level. Fun acting, great fast paced script that must be listened to twice. I even enjoyed Anne Hathaway's "white Queen" all twittering fluttering fingers (great character twitch) and of course Helena Bonham Carter and her massive head. I also enjoyed the little talked about Crispen Glover- if ever there was one actor that must have all his movies watched (including "Rats") it's him. He drinks absinthe. In real life. Enough said.

Fun movie, a little too sweet for me, but Johnny Depp as the Mad Hatter and all the afore mentioned actors make it worth the time spent. A soon to be modern classic that your own kids might enjoy.
I am a huge Tim Burton fan, but don't always let him off the hook. I'll let him go on this one.

Good night, young princes and princesses. Life is short, don't tary. Don't hold in what you need to let out.