For One Brief Moment the View Was Exceptional

I'm not ashamed to admit that during the past year, I made sure to tune in to The View. I know, some may think it was an odious waste of valuable DVR space.
However for one abrupt year, The View was explosive, impassioned and significant.

There are so many shows on television that cover important stories on fame, food and pop culture… So it's easy enough for me to understand that whenever anyone gets on televisions and uses their voice in an often-unpopular way it becomes easier to attack rather than watch and listen.

I admire people who use their platform to encourage growth, learning, and the opportunity to challenge our own ideas and perhaps even rethink our position.
I don't always agree with everything the people I admire have to say. Yet I respect each of their voices and their willingness to step up to the plate.

I love the work that Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Stephen Colbert lend to the television audience. All three are smart, witty, and protest against disinterest in politics and society.
Rosie shared similar goals. She also tackled reaching out to a larger audience of people who may not always have the opportunity to watch shows that are on late night or cable channels. Her vocalization on a daytime network television show sparked a fresh energy and challenged speaking the truth and toeing the line for major network advertisers. If television ratings mean anything, we learned that for one year, people tuned in to hear a new voice.

The View without Rosie O'Donnell will not be a bad show. Instead, it will
once again be indifferent. People will watch, laugh and get free gifts. (Like they do on all of the other shows.) Time will pass and after awhile they'll forget that now more than ever, men and women need to stand up and use their voice.

Laughter is Contagious...

I cannot believe I'm sharing this information to the dark unknown reaches of the World Wide Web, after all, who knows where this information is really stored?
Nevertheless, I'm 29 years old, and I still talk to my Grandma almost daily.

I never feel bad about that, until I've said it to someone here in LA, and they look at me like I'm from another planet. As if loving your family and actually wanting to hear an encouraging voice is inconceivable.

I adore my grandma (she's my best friend) and I call her all the time…
Okay. We're past all that right?

Good.

Anyway, during our conversation today, she mentioned something about my grandpa falling and breaking a rib. Of course right away, I became upset and nervous about his condition. After she relieved me of any notion that he was anything more than mildly uncomfortable, we got on with our chat. She went on to advise me that (he) was taking advantage of a bell that she laid down beside his easy chair recliner. At which point she began to laugh uncontrollably.

My grandma's laugh is the most charming, audible and infectious cry you've ever heard! She gets a tickle in the back of her throat, and once that starts it never stops. Naturally I began to join forces with her delight in the fact that, she has in a sense, trained my grandpa to ring a bell whenever he needs anything. At which point, you hear the bell ringing in the background and we howled even louder…

The exhilaration that overcame my imagination, as I sat thinking about my mischievous grandpa ringing a bell anytime he needed anything!

"He's a tough old fart", she said, in between snorting and side aching breaths of laughter… she continued on, "Getting old is comical!"

"You think that was funny, you should see us getting ready for bed, it's like the blind leading the blind."

"Now I know God has a sense of humor, the aging process gives Him something fun to watch."

I'm not sure why I experienced so much joy from that conversation today. Many factors come to mind.
a. I'm happy to know that after fifty-two years of marriage, they can still make each other laugh.
b. My grandpa has a bell!?
c. Very few of my friends can make me laugh that hard out loud.

Notwithstanding, the most important reason, someday I am desperately going to miss that contagious laugh!

What About Blog?

Okay, so sue me. I had no idea what a "blog" actually was until a few short months ago. Of course I'd heard the word thrown around. I thought it was just some passing phase- like MySpace… You know, one of those fads that only super smart computer geeks and 13-year-old girls knew how to do. But then once I heard Rosie O'Donnell AND Britney Spears blogged, well lets just say I got nervous! Blogs are mainstream!

So I went to the source: Wikipedia. (The only reason I know about wikipedia, is because I'm obsessed with proving my Dad wrong on matters like history, religion and well pretty much everything.)

According to Wikipedia:

A blog (short for web log) is a website where entries are written in chronological order and displayed in reverse chronological order.
Blogs provide commentary or news on a particular subject such as food, politics, or local news; some function as more personal online diaries. A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Most blogs are primarily textual, although some focus on photographs (photoblog), sketchblog, videos (vlog), music (MP3 blog), or audio (podcasting), and are part of a wider network of social media.
The term "blog" is a portmanteau of the words web and log (Web log). "Blog" can also be used as a verb, meaning to maintain or add content to a blog.

Seems easy enough right? I enjoy food, politics, or local news. But wait, I also get to share more personal information too? Shit! SIGN ME UP!
I love putting my opinions out into the world for everyone else to judge and hate me for them.

Just the other day, I was chatting with a group of friends and I realized- Wow. I'm the only one talking.
It made me feel really good! I was proud that I had enough to say for all of us.
It seems as though Blogging will be another opportunity for me to tell anyone who will listen why I'm right and they're wrong!

Who knows? Maybe we'll all learn something from this crazy new trend. I relish in sharing my views on virtually everything. I'm extremely passionate about the evolution of intellect. I'm prepared to be enlightened!

However, in reading more about blogs, I see that sometimes speaking our mind comes with a price. In life there are consequences. It's only natural that blogging leads to trouble. Political views aside, it seems that some blogs are dedicated to the sole purpose of destroying the lives of former bosses, lovers, etc…
Defamation or liable are big words that scary lawyers throw around to keep people quite.

I Will Not Be Silenced.

But I will say that the views I share on my blog from this point forward are ONLY opinions that I will present as Fact to prove my point. I do this because if it works for our Government and the majority of the media, I think I should benefit too.

Bill Maher was right. Blogging can be fun. I don't know him personally, but if I did I'm sure we would be friends. He doesn't have a blog either, but I'm sure he wants one. I know now that blogs aren't going anywhere; they're as permanent as my veneer.

It was sensational sharing my opinions tonight. I can't wait to blog more.