Thursday, November 8, 2012

Dear GOP

This may come as a surprise to you, but this vagina-owning lesbian (gasp!) would actually like to see you survive. I'd like to see you learn from your mistakes & find your way back to your founding principles (which, surprisingly, looked very much like the CURRENT platform of the democrats...y'all changed places, & then some!). However, listening to the "Monday morning quarter backing," y'all seem to be trying to swing things even further to the right, as if you weren't conservative enough. WOW! Really? 

Folks, please pay attention! You went OUT of your way to disenfranchise the poor, African Americans, Hispanics, the LGBT community, WOMEN (in general), & everyone in between! Y'all seriously think you weren't conservative enough?!?! 

The ONE thing Bill O'Reilly was correct about is that the white (& he should have said straight, white &/or their subservients) majority is being lost. Only trouble is, y'all fear that, forgetting that America is the melting pot. Diversity is NOT something to fear! It is to be embraced! Between your Neanderthal-like attitudes & lack of compassion (a Christian principle, btw), y'all are digging your own grave!!!

Cut it out! Seriously! Slam on the damn brake! EMBRACE diversity! You are killing what USE to be a viable, compassionate party! 

The populous is going to continue to tip, like it or not! If you continue to let neoconservatism drive your message, along with corporate greed & the NRA (a BS group, btw, with completely outdated views that are LITERALLY killing our country)...game over!!!

Those of us FORCED to the left, love this country, too! We understand what it stands for! Killing the education system (a key component of dumb-down-America neoconservatism) will not change that. And as our numbers grow, so goes your chance of EVER being viable again! 

Frankly, it saddens me to see what has become of your party. It saddens me that you don't 'get' that Rush, O'Reilly  Rove...should NOT be driving your platform! You let theatrical, FAR right, big mouths dictate what you think & how you should act. The moderates have been driven out. The RACIST tea-party (KIDDING yourselves if you think otherwise! They didn't even exist until the black guy got elected. Then they seemed to elect Trump as their racist leader) is at the wheel. Y'all need to call them a cab & grab a hold of reality again! 

We are a country with a 3 branch system. Checks & balances. There was a very real purpose for that. (NOT anti government VS big government. Pure bunk! Government was MEANT to be there FOR us. And we AREN'T socialism VS capitalism, either! WE are a democracy, which actually IS what's in the constitution, & that's what SHOULD have been heard & seen, rather than attempting to suppress our democracy.) It's why we NEED a viable second party! HELL, we need a VIABLE 3rd & 4th party!!! But the last thing we need is for the GOP, the only other 'major' party, to be going bat-shit crazy off a cliff! 

I beg of you to QUIT listening to the hard (& whacky) far right, with their self righteous BS, & get it together!!! 4 years will be over in a blink! I'd like to not LMFAO at the candidates you put forward, AGAIN! (FYI, and this is most especially for the left...get off you collective ASSES in the midterm! Your complacency was why the GOP thought they should lean even harder this time!)

Please, GOP, at least consider it! This was NOT a fluke! Y'all whipped up enough hate to actually pull this off...but the sheet got pulled away (yep, I said "sheet," because that's how you drove your 'message' home). You attacked EVERY group that might have otherwise been snowed into voting for flip-flopping Mitt. He flip-flopped, btw, because your HARD right dictated it. Grab a hold of some reality & sanity..."for LOVE of country."

Sarcasm aside, I mean every last bit of this! WE would love to see a real, TRUTHFUL comeback! (Clearly the BILLIONS poured into this campaign, via corporations, bought you crap...GO AMERICA!) For ALL of us, learn from this! PLEASE, get a grip!

Sunday, August 19, 2012

Graceland in 3D

This was our 4th Elvis Week so we pretty much have every accessible inch of Graceland already photographed. This time, we had a little fun with our photography. We have an app on our iPhones called Photosynth, which allowed us to take 3D panoramas of everything. Not super high quality, but it's free & fun (& looks amazing on our phones) so we can't complain! Happily, Photosynth has a site that allows us to share our panoramas...also for free! (Note: Go slowly & give them a chance to focus, as you drag the image around. You can also zoom in & out. I recommend zooming in once)

Our 1st night back in Memphis, we made our way to Beale St (that should not come as much of a surprise to anyone, lol) so I practiced a bit with the app, before using it at Graceland. Enjoy!


Beale St:





360 view of Beale St (from B.B. King's)



Graceland:


Graceland - almost 360 (by Michelle)



living room (by Michelle)



living room


dining room (1)


dining room (2)



kitchen


TV room (1)


TV room (2)


TV room (3)


billiard room (1)


billiard room (2)


The Jungle Room (1)


The Jungle Room (full view)


backyard


Vernon's office


backyard 360


pool, meditation garden, & racquetball court entrance



entrance of racquetball court (1)


entrance of racquetball court (2)


racquetball lounge (The last time Elvis ever sang, was at that piano, on 8/16/77)


trophy room (former racquetball court) - Only a fraction of Elvis' awards!


trophy room (2)


trophy room (3)


meditation garden (almost 360)


final resting place (1)


final resting place (2)


final resting place (3)


VIP exhibit - Elvis...Through His Daughter's Eyes



If you follow me on Facebook, have no fear, because there are more regular photos AND videos to come!

God Bless You Elvis! Thank you for everything!!! Loving you, always & forever<3

Sunday, February 5, 2012

My Babies!

A lovely friend (Jenna) is featuring rescued cats on her blog. My babies were featured! Meet David & Rocco!