Thoughts

I couldn't think of anything original to entitle this post so I went with the blatantly obvious.

Today was...interesting. I did not go to work today. I had planned on it, but it just didn't happen. This morning Keri and I went to the Ernest F. Hollings Special Collections Library Dedication. I know, sounds excruciatingly boring right? Well, I'm not what you would call apt to attend library dedications. However, 47th Vice President of the United States of America Joe Biden was attending and if it's important enough for him to show up then it must be sort of a big deal. Fritz Hollings is South Carolina career politician who after being SC Governor went on to spend like his entire life in the US Senate. Now that he's retired, having nothing better to do, he secured $14 million of federal funds for us to put a big addition on our library. Yay! And apparently he and Biden are best buds. Whatever. So Keri and I went, and I wore my yellow dress with my super cute striped heels. Was it painful? Of course but I looked amazing. That whole deal took forever. We showed up super early so that security wouldn't have a line which was a good choice. It didn't end until like 2 and we were starved so we decided to skip the tour. It's not like we don't live here or anything. Lunch = five guys = happy place. At that point research was not going to happen for either of us.

Then we went to Keri's apartment and watched a Scooby Doo movie followed by a couple episodes of Rocky and Bullwinkle. Oh. My. Gosh. Go find an episode online because they are freaking hilarious. For those who don't know, Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle J. Moose started in 1959 and moved to a weekly Sunday show on NBC in 1961 which ran until 1965. A few thoughts: I am in love with Bullwinkle. For real. Cutest character ever. And it is so educational. After a bit of the main adventure, we go to story time, followed by some poetry from Bullwinkle and a history lesson courtesy of Peabody, and then we add on a little more adventure. Perfect. And can we talk about the anti-Russian propaganda? Thank you Cold War. Holy Cow. How did any of these kids grow up not hating russians? And I swear there are several Hitler references. Frankly, I'm surprised my parents don't have some crazy paranoia about east europeans. I mean, really. Wow.

I Disagree with the Judges

If you don't watch "America's Got Talent", I apologize for the rant that is to follow. 

I want to reach into the television and shake the three judges and say, 

WHAT ON EARTH ARE YOU THINKING??????????????????/

Where do you get off supporting a 70-year-old hand-whistler?? What makes you think this a Las Vegas act? She's not doing anything. She stands on the stage, by herself, with nothing but a microphone and whistles boring songs. And you just keep repeating how "unique" and "interesting" she is. I'm sorry, but at this point in the competition I need more than an "interesting" old woman with a unique "talent". It's got to be entertaining. She's not that entertaining. And I'm really not that interested in the dirty details of her life. Frankly, if it was a choice between staying home and watching my mother quilt and going to see a hand-whistling act, I'd stay home. It'd probably be more interesting (especially knowing my mother) and it'd be free. 

And, judges (specifically Howie), what's up with your extreme bias towards her? You demand that every other act on the show take their act to the next level. Dancing groups, singers, variety acts, you dismiss them all if they are anything short of step above where they were when you last saw them. That's fine, but when are you going to ask the hand-whistler to step it up? Many acts didn't even make it to Hollywood because you thought they couldn't scale it up. How is one old lady along with a microphone ever going to scale up to a big exciting Las Vegas show? 

Which leads me to my next point, THIS IS NOT EXCITING. You rag on a guy juggling and jumping through hoops of fire as not being "enough" but you enjoy hand-whistling? I'd rather watch my dog sleep. She calls herself a musical act, which I see nothing wrong with, but you need to start comparing her to the other musical acts. There are much better singers, bands, etc that should go through instead of her. I'd rather watch the little kid who dresses like mozart and plays the piano. He is at least cute. And more interesting to watch.

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MINDS???????? How did she get this far and why is she still here? Send her home! The only thing that gives me comfort at this point is that it's out of your hands. America gets to vote and I hope the public has more common sense than you. No one in their right minds would pay money, in Las Vegas, to see hand-whistling.