San Francisco

Lately, there are a buncha songs written about New York, stuff named after New York. Like New York is one big ab fab city. I disagree! I think San Francisco is hot stuff! way better than ol' New York! So here's a mini-poem about San Fran:

San Francisco
It has
Multicultural,
Multiethnicity,
Multiracial,
Multisexual-orientation.
Mixed that all in you got the entertainment mecca of the West Coast!

JD Salinger

His life eluded him. He escaped into oblivion. He's not what you might called a 'celebrity.' He's more of a mystery to us. He might've hated the paps (paparazzi). Maybe that's why he went into hiding. Never mind his personal life, he was a great writer. That's all that matters. If people (us common folks) want to delve into his past, then isn't it called 'invasion of privacy' or better yet 'breach of privacy.' He just pass away, and people, without common sense, are delving into his personal life. For shame! Let the man rest in peace! He deserved it. Let us remember him as a great writer, best known for Catcher in the Rye. In my humble opinion, he was the most outstanding writer of the last century ever to walk the earth!

Banned Books

I just read the list of banned books. Most of them I either read on my own or in school, and I found nothing whatsoever wrong with them when I read them. So why were they banned?! I mean, my teachers in high school, elementary school, college told me to read them, and they seem pretty great. Nothing to censor about them, so why censor them now, is my question. It's puzzling to have them censor cause some of the books were all the century's 100 most popular list or whatever it was back before the new millenium began. So what the reason for the censorship?
I mean, a lot, whole a lot of kids watch violent movies and play violent video games. Not only that they tween and also teens watch sexual action on TV, so they're probably desensitized by it by now. And they either read or watch Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Twilight, and every other vampire rip-off there is so there is no reason to censor some books that they don't really for. Other than the fact that the schools make them read it. If the censor those books, they have to read the popular teens/tweens books filled with gore and other gruesome stuff. Those are stuff that should be censored.

Nancy Kerrigan

It is a sad. It is sad day indeed for the Kerrigan family. Her father was what she called her 'support' through good times n' bad. Remember the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan rivalry? Remember Tonya Harding hiring a henchman to knock off the competition (that would be Ms. Kerrigan)? Well, turns out she some demons in her family also (doesn't everyone?). Her parents has sued her brother for cold, hard-hard cash "in a desperate attempt to recover $105,000 they'd lost paying his mortgage, credit card bills and even buying food for his pets," according to court papers. He also has a history of domestic violence, according to his ex-wife (that's what I heard on TV). Poor guy. He has been living in the basement of his parents since the divorce. When their father died, they were fighting over the phone. The brother had his hand around the father's neck, but the family said it was an heart attack. After the father went on the ground, the son thought he was 'faking it.' They are in the process of doing an autopsy right now. They just finished the funeral. Sad indeed. This saga'll never end. Not only is the son grieving for the loss of their father, but Nancy is also. Sad, sad, sad story. I see no end in sight.

CA Budgets Cuts

What riles me about the budget cuts is that the government is full of white, rich guys (like Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger & Mayor Gavin Newsom) can't even relate to us poor low-income folks (and that's includes seniors & disabled). All they care is about money, money, money! What about us low-income folks, which includes seniors & disabled? With the disabled (does that includes seniors) Muni pass increasing to May from $15 to $5 more bucks and twice that much by June ($30!), how will we live off? Right now, we're living off SSI and/or SSA. But what happens when the increase occurs? We need extra spending money to have fun and other stuff. But in order to have fun, we need to travel by Muni. But without Muni, no one will have the luxury to travel. Even traveling by Muni is a luxury. But without the money to travel to places by Muni, we have to forgo the pleasure of going to places. The budget cuts are bad enough, but increasing the rates to our Muni passes? That's gotta be the worse! If they wanna cut something, why don't they cut something we don't need like mental institutions, group homes, boarding care for the disabled and/or elderly. Why don't they cut jails?

Haiti

Makes you think what you could do to help those in need...
Through the telethon (I myself didn't watched it), the Entertainment Industry Foundation raised a whole lot of dough (a cool $57 mil so far and counting) If it weren't for the entertainers giving out a hand, the citizens of the world wouldn't contribute to the victims of the Haiti earthquake. But they did. So let's give a hand to the entertainers. They found the time in their busy schedules to do whatever their specialty and give back to the community (Haiti). If we didn't buy, download, or whatever their CD, then the Haiti people wouldn't have the medical attention they need. So give a hand to them.
For more info, hopeforhaitinow.org

Pet Peeves

Love the rain (when I'm inside)
Wish it was spring (my birthday)
Death to rain
and killer clowns
Why, oh , why must it rain?
Kill, rain, kill
Is the gods up there angry or something?!
Death to rain and killer clowns!!! (Oh, yeah!)
Begone, rain and killer clowns!
Let it rain no more! (For sure!)
Don't we need rain?
But too much, we can drown!
Too little, we will be hydrated!
Live n' let lived
Can't it rain just the right amount?
Rain no more...
Death unto death
For rain and killer clowns! (Straight up, man!)
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killer clowns
kill, kill, kill!
death unto them
dead clowns walking
not just killer clowns
but all clowns of every shape, size, and contentment
i hate clowns
with their fake, make-up faces
and their fake laughter masking their real feelings n' insecurities
die, die, die!