Man's Work

February 21, 2010
Sunday, 5:04 P.M.
Home

So, at 4:00 this morning when I awakened and couldn't fall back to sleep, I found myself in front of my computer watching Zeitgeist, The Movie. As I wrote in the notes I was taking, Ouch!! Without giving away too much of my essay, I have to say that if I were a devout Christian, I may have been very upset over part of "the myth". All of this film, to the end of the myth, which is as far as I have gotten, is a very difficult watch. I spent two and a half hours going back and taking copious notes as it went along so that I can do some research on the subject matter. A blindly patriotic person will have some real problems too and both the Christian and the patriot may take offense. It will be interesting to hear the takes of my classmates on this controversial piece.

I returned from my future daughter in law's Bridal Shower a little while ago. You know what? I hate those things, bridal showers, baby showers, tupperware parties, Pampered Chef, candle parties, wood parties, makeup parties, etc., etc.... No matter how hard the hostess tries or how much you care about the celebrant, these things are incredibly boring. I have never been a girly girl kind of woman. I am much more comfortable in the role of a tomboy, prefering siding a house or doing roofing to getting my nails done and worrying about my haircuts. Home Depot is far more of a draw than Macy's or Bath and Body Works. Doing what is traditionally man's stuff is fun! One of the coolest things in life when we were little kids, was getting filthy dirty and when you do man things like working on the car or construction projects or rototilling the ground, you get to be filthy dirty and have the satisfaction of accomplishing something. Yeah, that's what I'd rather do on a Sunday afternoon.