Stunningly beautiful…

To say I was shocked by the acting performance of Lady GaGa, the singing of Bradley Cooper, the guitar playing by Bradley Cooper, the beauty in their words, and the movie itself would be a vast underestimate.

One of the few times in decades that I have been hoping that people, especially the youth, still yearn for excellence in music. Real singers. Great acting performances. When you contrast this song, the song Shallows, and the song always remember us (in the movie A Star is Born) to the; glitz, distracting dancing, changes of the hair/clothes/looks/etc. in the other songs, Lady GaGa sings it’s comical. These songs are real. They stand alone beautiful masterpieces. They touch the soul. They are special. Man, I love these songs and the movie was moving on numerous levels.

 

Sadness

There are days that make you appreciate everything. There are days when the heat from the sun just.. There are days when nothing seems to go right. There are days of accomplishment. There are days of D E P R E S S I O N. There are days when you physically feel right. Your hair looks good. And you have a skip in your step. Man those truly are the days. Then there are days of sadness.

Yeah sadness is different from depression. I know. Six dedicated years of therapy for depression I know the difference. Hence, I would never wish depression on anyone and the same is true with sadness. Man, life is so short and these type of emotional hardships can be overwhelming. If it becomes overwhelming, and/or doesn’t subside, then perhaps looking into seeing a therapist, overseen by a Psychiatrist, may be beneficial.

Someone used to say I would never go to therapy and to that  person I say ” keep being a MEMBER of the Metro Underground” (note – I encourage anyone to “google it” and if it doesn’t sicken you, as it does me, then feel free to join yourself but be advised that they have an online membership list that anyone can access/confirm by just entering in a name in the member search).

The Metro Underground? My God I hope you are proud of yourself but should the children ever come across this, and easily verify it, my heart will go out to them as it does 24/7.  Literally sickens me.  But then again it may be your favorite hangout with your “relative”. Sounds like the kinda of place you would go to with him, or is it her?, and partake of the debauchery they promote on their site and perhaps a plethora of illegal drug use.  In New York, but I’m unsure of in Florida/Virginia, cousins can marry. Food for thought.

To offset the throes of sadness please cherish the opportunity to see your children grow up. Cherish the beauty in the eyes of your loved ones or the utterance of your name by them. Cherish the fact that you have been blessed with a new day with many possibilities. Cherish your health and don’t take it for granted. Cherish the laughter. The memories. Cherish all the blessing in life for someone once said “you have to do everything you can each day to find happiness in your life. Happiness in your relationships. Happiness with your family. Happiness with your loved ones. Do all this because you only go around once and there is not coming back. You don’t get an encore jack (just a figure of speech and not to any person(s) named Jack)”.

 

Top 10 things I learned from the Internet in 2014

Farwell 2014 Internet chapter

366 days ago we rang in the year 2014.  Looking back I wanted to acknowledge the top ten things I learned from the internet.

I have amassed approximately 119 passwords but I can only remember 3.

I am the only person that still uses AOL email.

It used to take 5 minutes to be able to view a site due to the slow modems. Now it takes 5 minutes to get through all the ads including those who move away when you try to close them like shooting targets at the fair.

For it not for the “zoom options” (I set mine at 125%) everything on the Internet would look like; cave drawings, the dead sea scrolls,  and/or hieroglyphics.

A Nigerian embassy official, to the Prince, wants to send me money all the time.

Even with the fastest computer , with the capacity of storing 1,000,000 encyclopedias of knowledge, we are limited to only 140 letters/characters (thanks Twitter).

There is a 20 something female that is only “five miles away” that always wants to chat with me.

That someone sitting in a cubicle far away appears to know more about me than all my relatives combined.

That “breaking news” banners , that randomly appear on my computer screen, turn into acne creams or hair loss      products all on sale with free shipping.

That I receive more spam everyday than all of the Price Clubs, Walmarts, Sam’s Club or Timmy’s Club (I made that up…was it obvious?) in the known universe combined.

Happy New Year 2015

Jeff Schrembs – 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED