Hola OKC.
Life can be rough. I understand that. My life’s not the best it could be but it’s definitely not ‘Guy from Color Me Badd’ horrible. The lead singer from Color Me Badd has recently been accused of not paying child support. Once known as ‘That guy from that crappy ‘band’ now many people know him as ‘That guy who gave me a good deal on Aquatreads’. Now I know he probably should have managed his money better. Even Vanilla Ice has still got some scratch from his fifteen minutes of fame. Maybe the guy who sang ‘I Wanna Sex You Up’ got screwed. Or, maybe he should man up and take care of his kids.
I just don’t understand how someone cannot take care of their kids. That kid didn’t want to be here Mr. To-the-aww-tick-tock-ya-don’t-stop. Once you have a child your life is over. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I mean that once you have a child your main goal on this Earth is to care for and protect that child. What you want comes second to that child’s well being. Always.
Don’t blame it on your ex either. Just because you don’t get along with your ex doesn’t give you the right to neglect your duties as a father. A child is not a bargaining chip. “She’s trying to screw me out of my money.” Sometimes that does happen. However I bet that you’ve never been a single mom. It’s not easy. It’s the most thankless job on Earth. I bet there wouldn’t be so many single mom’s if men weren’t so afraid to be responsible.
Calm down guys. I do know that there are a lot of good guys out there, and there are just as many crappy moms as there are dads. However when it comes to paying to take care of a kid it’s not usually the woman who doesn’t pay child support. It’s usually some guy who loves hanging out with his friends and drinking more than he does his kids.
If it is a money issue for him, I have an extra room at my house. He could move in with me and we could stay up while he regaled me with stories of how him and Downtown Julie Brown made out at Kurt Loder’s house one time. I’ll give him five bucks to sign my New Jack City Soundtrack CD cover. There’s plenty of things he can do.
OooooooOoooooEeeeeeeeOoooooo. He wants to beat-me-up.
So in another exercise in futility the Metropolitan Library Commission is creating a special section for children’s books that deal with ‘sensitive or controversial’ topics. This was prompted by someone who was upset that their child had read a book called King & King which portrays a gay couple. The original complaint was that children have access to books with homosexual themes. I could not agree more with this measure. I wouldn’t want my kids seeing a book about someone who is gay. I like to live my life ignoring the world around me so I would want to raise my child in the same manner. I just channeled a right-wing soccer mom for a second. Sorry about that.
I really don’t know where to begin with this.
First of all, if you don’t want your kids to read something, then police your kid a little better. Don’t make everyone else pay for your discrepancies as a parent. You’re not fighting some sort of good fight by moving a children’s book into some special section either. If anything you’re making the books seem more appealing to children. Kids want what they cannot or are not supposed to have. It’s called ‘being a kid’.
What exactly is considered controversial? I recently ran across a book at the library that could have been deemed offensive. It was rife with pornographic passages, stories of incest and violent beyond all reproof. This book was called The Holy Bible. What if someone came along and decided that there should be a special section for that book? When we start letting people determine which books are controversial we enter a very dangerous grey area. When does it stop? Why not go ahead and take all books with black characters and put them in a special section because someone might be offended that their child be subjected to black people? The same freedom that keeps the Bible available to children in a library is the same freedom that keeps books like King & King in the library. When we lose the freedom to choose we are no longer free.
I’m not saying that you don’t have the right to choose what’s harmful to your children. That’s your right. Just as it’s someone else’s right to present to their child that being gay isn’t bad. You know what’s more harmful than a drawing of two guys kissing in a book? Cigarettes, beer , war, censorship, infidelity, and pretty much everything else. Get over it. It’s a kids book, not pornography. Besides, the most harmful thing you can do to a child is teach that child to be intolerant.
I can’t help but feel that this is the result of someone thinking there is some sort of gay agenda out there. Guess what. There isn’t. I’m not gay but I’m also not a paranoid moron. No one is trying to recruit your kids to be gay. No one in the history of being gay has ever credited their being gay to a gay recruiter. “I wouldn’t have had a love for men or the works of Liza Manelli if not for my recruit, Gary. Thanks sweetie!” It’s not happening.
On with the mundane ramblings of a dope.
RIGHT NOW
SONG – Say Hello, Wave Goodbye by David Gray. This song is perfect for anyone who has been in a relationship that ended badly. So turn the lights down, grab a bottle of Smoking Loon Pinot Noir and get ready to be bittersweet.
MOVIE – When Harry Met Sally. The perfect romantic comedy. Also, the cutest Meg Ryan has ever been. Her poor, poor face.
NO THANKS TO YOU – The downtown OKC monthly did NOT put us on their calendar for Comicfest. If you don’t know what magazine this is I’ll tell you. It’s got all the journalistic integrity of an in flight magazine but it costs two dollars and when you’re done reading it you’re still in Oklahoma. Thanks a bunch.
Shout out to T-Dogg for being a loyal reader. Also thank you for promising not to shoot me if I wrote that.
Holla.
- Joel