Well hello there, my name is gaye and I am genetically fifty years old and mentally about 12. I am the eldest of seven siblings but the youngest at the same time. If my family could describe me in one word it would be MENTAL!! I have a 25 year old son who is the lead singer in a big band called The Velvet Set, he is also a writer of poetry and his own songs and plays piano beautifully. Of course he is spectacular, he had to be, I made him. I know at some stage I will have to grow up, just not yet. Inside my head is a wonderful world full of fascinating things so I think I'll just live there for a little while longer.
A few months ago I wrote a blog for a very dear old friend who passed away at only 50 years of age. We were like sisters when we were young and there is not a memory I have of my youth without Bev in it. Bev had 4 children, 2 boys and 2 girls and I keep in contact with both girls on facebook.
They are beautiful young women with young families of there own but to me they are still the little girls I knew years ago. But I feel so very sad for them because 6 months on they are still struggling so hard with their mum's death. How do you make someone feel better when they have lost their mum? Every couple of nights the eldest girl posts messages about how much she is missing her mum and wants her back, I want to reach into the screen and hug her tight to let her know that I feel some of her pain, she just seems so lost.
It breaks my heart when I read her messages. They should have had their mum for much longer and it stinks that they have lost her. I ended up in tears last time I read one of her status posts. So today I sent her a song, a beautiful song. I heard this years ago and although the artist is not well known here it is one of my favorite tunes. I think this a beautiful statement of mother and daughter and the circle of life. This is for Bev and her lovely girls.
I, along with everybody else, hopes that when my time comes to go to God (or wherever I'm going), it will be peaceful. I also hope there is a computer waiting for me so I can keep posting my silly little blogs. But spare a thought for those of us who do not go peacefully into eternity, people like these:
Death by full moon
Chinese poet Li Po (701-706) is regarded as one of the two greatest poets in Chinas literary history. He was well known for his love of booze and wrote his best work when rolling drunk. He must have also been extremely stupid because one night, Li Po fell from his boat and drowned in the Yangtze River while trying to embrace the reflection of the moon in the water.
Death by bursting
Now if it happens that I am not meant to die in my sleep then this is the death for me. After all..... my sons nickname for me is "The Queen Of Indulgence". King Adolf Frederick of Sweden loved to eat (ditto) but kind of went a touch overboard.
The "King Who Ate Himself to Death" died in 1771 at the age of 61 from a digestive problem (his innards exploded) after eating a giant meal consisting of lobster, caviar, saurkraut, cabbage soup, smoked herring, champagne and 14 servings of his favorite dessert: semla a bun filled with marzipan and milk. Of course if it was me it would have been chocolate cheesecake. What a way to go !!
This one is a ripper.............I can't believe he thought an overcoat would fly.
Death by Overcoat Parachute Failure
In 1911, French tailor Franz Reichelt decided to test his invention, a combination overcoat and parachute, by jumping off the Eiffel Tower. Actually, he told the authorities that he would use a dummy,(himself) but at the last minute decided to test it himself (idiot). It was no surprise that he fell to his death. Here is the actual footage of the flying einstein.
Death at a Talk Show
Jerome Irving Rodale was a proponent of healthy eating (he should have known better). He was an early advocate for organic farming and sustainable agriculture.
After bragging that he would "live to 100, unless Im run down by a a sugar-crazy taxi driver", Rodale died of a heart attack while being interviewed on the Dick Cavett Show in 1971. Appearing fast asleep, Dick Cavett joked "Are we boring you, Mr. Rodale?" before discovering that his 72-year-old guest had indeed died.
That will teach him for trying to get kids to eat vegetables !!
And the most bizarre and my personal favorite would have to be "sheep gone wild".
Death by Sheep
While pretending to be a member of Hells Angels in 1999, Betty Stobbs, 67, of Durham, England, took a bale of hay to feed her flock of sheep on the back of her motorcycle.
Apparently, the sheep were very hungry (I understand how the sheep felt). About forty of them rushed the hay and knocked her off a cliff into a 100-feet deep quarry. Stobbs survived the fall only to be killed when the motorcycle, which was also knocked off the cliff, tumbled down after her. I wonder if the sheep ever got thier hay?
The last post I wrote was pretty bizarre and guess what?? So is this one. Here for your enjoyment are just a few things to amuse small minds like mine. The first is a video (sort of a game) called Screaming Beans.
You HAVE to try this game. I spent ages trying to run in between laughing madly but in the end gave up..........I think it may be impossible. Okay, get your running shoes ready and click on the link. Really Long Link
The next link is great for those of you who like to insult people but sound intelligent at the same time. The Shakespeare insult page will give you wonderful words to insult stupid people with like this quote: "Thou tottering milk-livered pignut!". Really Long Link
And for the artistically minded there is the upside down celebrity page with photo's like these: The link: Really Long Link
Been thinking about a family portrait lately? Or maybe a portrait of your beautiful baby? Here is the link for you. Something unusual in the way of portraits, 3D memories (I think they are
rather creepy myself) but each to their own. The link is : http://www.thatsmyface.com/
The last of the strange and freaky would be a website called RATE MY TURBAN. Yes it a site where men and women post pictures of themselves in all kinds of turbans and you get to rate them, fun, fun, fun.
The link is : http://www.ratemyturban.com/
I hope I have provided you all with a bit of fun for those boring days when you really need something to fill the hours.
Anyone who knows me also knows I am a little warped. I find bizarre things amusing and am fascinated by the unusual. I thought I had seen most of the more unique sites on the web but I was wrong, I have struck gold. My good friend Ros and I sat in hysterics while looking at some of the products for sale on "CORPSES FOR SALE". So without further ado let me show you some of the products, and I will leave you with the link so you can check it out.
The first thing I checked out was The Gallery, an informative look at products you can't pick up in your local supermarket. Products like LADY DIE.
If you, like me have a head of hair that resembles a zulu having a bad hair day there is help out there. Stop spending all that hard earned cash on expensive products and try a bit of snot gel manufactured in Mexico. Now you know why those little mexicans wear such big hats, it's to cover up the snot.
Do you have bowel problems? Are you too embarrassed to go to the toilet when you are out and about, and hold on to until your backside feels like it's about to give birth? Never ever be afraid of offending the rest of the population again, the solution to all your smelly problems is nigh. "Feces odor tablets" have arrived to make pooing more socially acceptable. "People must be responsible for their odors" the bottle informs us.
While sitting around and chatting with a couple of old friends the other night the conversation turned to our lives and we wondered that age old question about ourselves and our lives "how did I get here". I have talked to a lot of people my age in the last couple of years and often suspected that a lot of them were not where they wanted to be, not where they thought they would end up, and just existing but not experiencing.
I wonder how many people reach a certain age and start to think to themselves "is this all there is".
I watched a little old lady get completely ignored yesterday at the shopping centre and my heart broke for her. Why are our old people not held in esteem, they know more than we do and they can look back in hindsight and warn us of what lies ahead. In this age of worshipping youth I would like to take a moment to worship wrinkles and everything that goes with it.
It is hard isn't it when someone is not that old? I guess in my mind the person who has died is at peace but the people left behind are not. To see them in such pain is what I find very hard. Thanks for your advice
Hey katyzz
I didn't know your not popular but I don't care. I appreciate you reading my blogs and making you smile. I just drop in, write something silly to raise a smile and then go about my business. As far as where I think I will end up when my end comes.............I am not sure but I hope they have chocolate !!
I still have my first album and I play it all the time. Kate Bush's THE KICK INSIDE. It amazed me that someone so young could compose such unique songs, I still think she is a genuis. Not to everybody's taste (especially in the seventies) because we had never seen anything like her before, but god it is a wonderful album. U2 are a bit of alright as well...LOL
Hi Morgan
I make fun of everything thats happening to my body at the moment. A lot of women loose their bums when they have babies for some reason, I think you change shape a little but with me it has gotten worse. Thanks for the suggestion, I am going to buy smaller undies and hope that it works
People don';t want to hear it but when you have lived through a number of decades you really are in a position to know what has worked and what hasn't. Political correctness has caused many more problems than it has fixed. We also need to take responsibility back for our lives, the politicians didn't give birth to me...........my mother did, and she was the one who taught me (or tried to) right from wrong. Whenever I hear about another rule or regulation controlling people's choices it just doesn't sit right with me. If something doesn't feel right it probably isn't and that's how I feel about the evergrowing self righteous meddling in our lives.
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