obsessed.

so forth, and such as

"A short list* of under-appreciated things, 
with possible explanations of why I think so.
Maybe. If I feel like it."
by Kathleen Dunn (official stage name - Renee Foxchase)




stage names
boys with innocent happy eyes (even when they get old... those eyes stay the same. OMG SWOON)
canned corn
my incredibly precious habit of hoarding sentimental items... like rocks from a sea I saw 4 years ago (what, you don't think so??)
Audra McDonald (if you don't google her right now, so help me GOD)
female bass players
the ability to tie dye WHATEVER in the middle of your living room (if you want? I want.)
castraties (cause i mean heavens, they've gone through a lot)
"this book is almost too heavy to carry uhhh why does my elbow hurt" hardback books
the letter Q (good Lord, 'U'. Let a letta breathe.)
hazelnut cream (need entire jars, STAT)
Mary Oliver poems
hot glue guns
Kelly Clarkson's vocal chords (I appreciate them... she doesn't. STOP SCREAMING, YOU'RE COLLECTING NODES LIKE STAMPS)
banana moon pies
the name 'Blythe'
a good sound crew (they get even less appreciation when they are GOOD at their job. Thats silly)
tiny feet
people who can draw perfect circles or straight lines
that one tater tot in a sea of french fries
my girlfriend skills (hellllloooooo, I make BEAUTIFUL valentines day cards.)
Grace Potter's killer legs
world maps that still have Russia labled as the U.S.S.R. (gimmie all those)
twitter updates about what you're ACTUALLY doing
declawed cats
Emma Stone's weird ability to be a blonde, OR brunette OR a redhead? (#firstworldwhitegirlproblems)
history majors
girls who know THEIR grammar (THEY'RE smart, Where did they go to school? Maybe I should go THERE?)
Pichu & Raichu, the forgotten forms of Pikachu
girls who name stars after their MIA 'best friend'
Parenthood (the TV show... not the movie the show is based on, or the actual act of raising children...)
My mom's fabric-popping skills
destinations that don't require a plane ride
long lists that were promised to be short but are still, indeed, long.






*my next list - "an unofficial list of possible baby names for the Beyonce/JayZ hybrid"

this incredible life.

I'm watching The View between classes [because I am an American woman], and I saw a 30 second clip of Gabby Gifford & her musical therapist singing "Free Fallin". Her recovery story is being told on 20/20 tonight @9pm.

She couldn't speak, and she didn't for another month.
Or walk, she didn't for another 2 months.
A bullet flew COMPLETELY THROUGH HER BRAIN on Jan. 8, 2011.

But she could sing.

I can't even stop crying.
I can't wait for the rest of my life.

slow down, you crazy child

you just died of dysentery.

OKAY - this is one of those times that I learn something REALLY COOL about world history & I'm mad at Alabama School Systems AGAIN for not teaching me anything besides the Alabama state bird. (the yellowhammer, you're welcome.)

So. Around the 1600s, Europeans (white people) thought they were better than any other humans on the planet, and decided to take over the whole world by colonizing as fast as possible. They figured it would be a good idea to send their people to all corners of the world to build another tiny version of home, 'civilize' the natives, send all the natural resources back to the homeland, and make themselves unbearably comfortable by wiping out the native culture & replacing it with tea & crumpets & small talk about the weather.

Every major European power was doing this. France, Germany, Great Britain, Sweden, The Netherlands, blah blah blah. Everyone was trying to grab up the most amount of dirt because they wanted to rule the world.

Thats not the part I learned today... everyone knows all that. White people ruin everything, etc.

What I learned is this - The Dutch settled in South Africa first. They got along with the natives there pretty peacefully (according to records anyway). Then the British got jealous, & came down to take over - little ole Netherlands couldn't take a war with England, so they packed up & moved out into the grasslands of Africa. They had wagons. And families rode out of the city to find new farmland for their own.

SO BASICALLY - THE DUTCH HAD THIER OWN OREGON TRAIL. EXCEPT THEY WERE UP AGAINST LIONS. AND CHEETAHS. AND HERDS OF ELEPHANTS. AND BABOONS THAT WILL RIP YOUR FACE OFF. Not to mention, South Africa is in the southern hemisphere. Its friggin cold. AND the highest population of Great White sharks live in the waters immediately off shore?!?

ummm, excuse me, WHAT?? Where are you hollywood??? This is a blockbuster movie times a million!!! These people didn't die of cholera, they died from a rhino knocking their covered wagon off a cliff. Also - the Zulu tribe was NOT happy about new white neighbors... eh, only the largest tribe in Africa. NBD.

Google the Boers & the "Great Trek"... madness.