We have tried our best to avoid controversial or speculative topics and have made an effort to focus only on subjects we could prove as fact, supported either by hard, physical evidence, massive amounts of corroborating eyewitness testimony or both.

We have endured a lot of negative remarks and hostility, all for simply wanting to understand more about a terrible tragedy that not only took the lives of thousands of people in the United States, but also took endless more in its name during the wars that followed. We want a new investigation into the events of 9/11, not only because the first one was demonstrably inadequate but also because there has been ample testimony made by enough experts from around the world to bring the findings of the 9/11 Commission into question.

We are not dealing with conspiracy theories. We are dealing with facts. We are asking for the Truth and our requests will not cease until they are legitimately met. Until then, we must continue to ask questions and demand answers.

Note: This is part one. You can stream this on Netflix or watch the rest of it on Youtube. 

Horse Driver.

Ps.  If you haven’t seen the movie DRIVE yet, go see it!

The thing that is not addressed in the video is why street harassment exists in the first place.  I feel like I’m taking a risk in suggesting this but I do think fighting street harassment includes educating some women on how to carry themselves.  If I walk to the bar wearing 5″ heels, a gold mini skirt, and a sheer black blouse without a bra, and a guy whistles at me, is that street harassment? Or is that a cause and effect kind of thing?  But even that doesn’t really get to the root of the problem in our culture.  There are so many other things like the objectification of women in advertising, for example, which not only shapes the way we, as women, look at ourselves, but also effects how men look at us…  More power to ya Emily May!  Street Harassment sounds like one tough deep-rooted nut to crack.

You know when  you are walking straight toward someone and you don’t know if you should go left or right to get around them and you both try to go the same direction but then it get’s really awkward (especially if he’s cute) and someone makes a lame joke like, “let’s dance”?  Well, I managed to do that… with a truck.

“No big deal,” I thought, “I’ll just keep walking like nothing happened.”  But then the driver of the truck said something that I couldn’t understand.  Now, this all happened in the parking lot at work so while normally I would just smile and laugh a little like I know what the guy is talking about and move on, this time I went around to the driver side window to ask what the man said.  I mean, what if it was work related?  You never know.  And had I worked for a car dealership that moonlighted as a brothel, it might have been because what the man actually said was, “You would make a great hood ornament.”

What a bizarre thing to say!  At this point, I should have stuck with the ol’ courtesy laugh stand-by and left it at that, but nooooo.  Somehow, I opened my mouth and this came out: “Oh, you mean smashed up against your grill?” meaning literally, smashed up against the grill of his truck.  Talk about double entendre!  Ugg.  At least I made some truck driver’s day.

Evan: How would you define love?
Me:  As the absence of hate.
Evan: But… what about like?  That’s not hate or love.
Me:  Sure it is.  It’s platonic love.
Evan: Fine then what about lust?
Me:  That’s selfish love, which might as well just be hate.

Soon after having this conversation, Evan and I went to see the movie Paper Heart.

If you haven’t already seen the movie Paper Heart, I recommend seeing it.  It’s a good one to see if you’re in a relationship, or if you’re single, or even if you’ve just recently gotten dumped.  (I promise it’s not one of those make-you-want-to-slit-your-wrist romantic comedies that rubs salt in the wound).  I was in a terrible mood when I saw it and yet I laughed the whole way through.

There were a few scenes in the movie that I thought were a little contrived but if you’re able to look past those, it’s a cute story (staged to be a documentary) about a girl whose experiences of “love” have turned her into a modern-day skeptic (Hey! That’s me!).  The film tells the story of her trip across the country to find the answer to her question: Does true love really exist?  …only, she didn’t really find an answer, unless the answer is that she’s the problem… so… yeah.

Why didn’t I think of this first?

The real reason I’m blogging about weddings is to share this song with you.  This was the song that the bride and groom danced their first dance to at the wedding I went to this weekend (a wedding that actually made me shed real tears).  If you are in the middle of planning a wedding, I recommend using this song for something.

(The song starts after 14 seconds).

More to come…