~~Candle In The Wind~~Elton John

"Candle In The Wind"

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name



And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe...

Lyrics courtesy of azlyrics.com.

~~Candle In The Wind~~Elton John

"Candle In The Wind"

Goodbye Norma Jean
Though I never knew you at all
You had the grace to hold yourself
While those around you crawled
They crawled out of the woodwork
And they whispered into your brain
They set you on the treadmill
And they made you change your name



And it seems to me you lived your life
Like a candle in the wind
Never knowing who to cling to
When the rain set in
And I would have liked to have known you
But I was just a kid
Your candle burned out long before
Your legend ever did

Loneliness was tough
The toughest role you ever played
Hollywood created a superstar
And pain was the price you paid
Even when you died
Oh the press still hounded you
All the papers had to say
Was that Marilyn was found in the nude

Goodbye Norma Jean
From the young man in the 22nd row
Who sees you as something as more than sexual
More than just our Marilyn Monroe...

Lyrics courtesy of azlyrics.com.

Real Women Have Curves....

When Josefina Lopez wrote the Off Broadway hit play, "Real Women Have Curves", she was trying to bring attention to the struggles of the American Latina; however, her play spoke volumes to women everywhere of all sizes and races. In the 1980's there was such an obscene struggle to be perfect created by the offensive media attacks on women who were not a size zero; this lead to a multimillion dollar a year industry geared toward creating the perfect body image, through diet, exercise, plastic surgery, cosmetics, clothing, and yes, binging and purging. Out of the ashes of "The Perfect Image Industry", as I like to call it, a swinging door to the hospital psyche ward was spawned; were young girls, and some boys were being admitted for depression, anorexia, and bulimia. So, disgusted were they with themselves that they couldn't even stand to look in the mirror at their own image, and yet they would do just that every single day, nit picking every flaw. The onslaught of body dysmorphic disorder, created such a panic amongst psychologists, that they were all baffled on how to treat it properly; so they medicated. Now, the pharmaceutical companies were profiting.

By the 1990's the psychiatric industry in both the US and abroad, began to level their frustration for the creation of this epidemic at the fashion industry and the obscene media coverage to be thin. Today, the fashion media is trying to gloss over that negative image by catering to plus size models; that is women who are between a size 6 to 14.

6 to 14!!!! Are you kidding me? No, kidding. According to Hannah Siegle of the Elephant Journal, a plus size model in today's fashion world ranges in size between 6 and 14; I for one have to agree with Hannah, that a size 14 is not a plus size; you can't even find a size 14 hanging on the plus size rack at Walmart, Target, or KMart. If a size 14 isn't considered a plus size amongst designers, then a size 6 doesn't even come close, and clearly the fashion media has learned nothing from the damages created in the 1980's.

They say that they are listening, but they are not. The facts are these, women come in all shapes and sizes, and the fashion media does not get to dictate what makes the perfect woman. Perfection, if it truly exists, does so as a state of being. That is not something that you can capture on camera to photo-shop later.

Josefina Lopez was right, real women have curves; and some times those curves will be small and petite, while others will be Rubnesque and voluptuous, but they are all beautiful.

~~~NOTE: Please take time to click on the photo of the model above and read the article by Hannah Siegle.

I invite to see the movie version of "Real Women Have Curves", you can rent it, or you can purchase it from Amazon, by clicking the photo link below.
Thank you, for taking the time to read my blog...

~~~Sweet Emotion~~~Aerosmith

"Sweet Emotion"

Talk about things and nobody cares
Wearing other things that nobody wears
Ya callin' my name, but I gotta make it clear
Can't say where I'm gonna be in a year.



Some sweat hog mama with a face like a gent
Said my get up and go musta got up & went.
You got good news but you're a real good liar
Cause backstage lover set your pants on fire.
Riff 8x, then sweet emotion [2x]
Pulled into town in a police car
Your daddy said I took you just a little too far.
Tellin' other things, but your girlfriend lied
Can't catch me cause the rabbit done died.

Standin' in front just shakin' your ass.
Take you back stage you can drink from my glass.
Talk about something you can sure understand
Cause a month on the road and i'll be eatin' from your hand.

Lyrics courtesy of azlyrics.com.

Love yourself...

Love yourself enough to enjoy your own company; for that is good company.~~~LDW

Better it is to be alone than to endure the misery of a bad relationship~~~LDW

Honesty....always...

I would rather lose with honesty, than to win lies.

Donovan~~~Season Of The Witch~~~

When I looked out my window
Many sights to see
And when I looded in my window
So many different people to be
That is strange, so strange
You got to pick out every stitch (3)
Must be the season of the witch (3)



When I looked over my shoulder
What do you think I see
Summer cat looking over
It shoulder at me
Any strange, sure is strange
You got to pick out every stitch (2)
Beat me its eye to make it rich oh no
Must be the season of the witch (3)

You got to pick out every stitch
The rabbit's running in the ditch
Beat me its eye to make it rich oh no
Must be the season of the witch (3)
When I go

When I looked out my window
What do you think I see
And when I looked in my window
So many different people to be
It's strange, sure is strange
You got to pick out every stitch (2)
The rabbit's running in the ditch oh no
Must be the season of the witch (3)
When I to, when I go

Lyrics courtesy of lyricsdepot.com.

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