2005-09-27

Daddy

I love you guy. . .*sob*

Seriously, thanks for all your nice comments and emails. I really wasn’t fishing for compliments, but you made me feel a bit better, anyway. And Dukkha ? I will marry you. I swear, I need to finagle a NE business trip in the worst way. Oh, how I wish I knew all you guys back in the day when I was traveling to all these different cities all the time. I would have caught up with at least 4 or 5 of you by now.

Ame - I would have married you years ago, but you wouldn’t have me. I miss you sitting on my lap, though.

I was thumbing thought the guide last night, looking to see what was on and I saw that TLC (or one of the discovery group channels) had a show called Born with Two Heads. The people who run these channels are killing me. I mean, we have had The Boy Whose Skin Fell Off, 101 Things Removed From The Human Body, Archie, The 84-lb Baby, Face Eating Tumor, Girl with the X-Ray Eyes, and Half Ton Man. What’s next? Pus-Filled Boil Head? My Leaking Penis? Jeez.

Hey - did you hear about the 52 seconds ? I actually noticed the clock revert back to 14:51, but thought it was a routine reset. Meanwhile, I know I have to accept the “official” check in the L columns, but in my heart I don’t care what anyone says. That 52 seconds allows me to go on with life believing that we did not, in fact, lose that game. So there, Tom Brady’s giant Neanderthal head.

In one of the endless fucking articles about Brad and Angelina, I read something that bothered me. I generally don’t give two rat’s asses about them (beyond the fact that I hate the cheaters), but this got me thinking about a broader issue. Apparently, Angelina’s son was overheard calling Brad “daddy”. This bothers me. Not because he isn’t his “real” daddy, but because he isn’t his daddy at all. Being someone’s boyfriend doesn’t mean you are her children’s father. Don’t get me wrong -if they are truly in a long-term relationship and he is taking those kids on as his own (which to me should involve adopting them), then “daddy” is fine. But given the history of short-term celebrity relationships, I have my doubts, and that is just damaging to a child. I have a hard time believing that eh will be in that relationship forever. I know it’s judgmental of me, but think about it - he cheated on his wife, which doesn’t make for good odds with this one (which isn’t even a marriage), and he, himself, has been quoted as saying (while he was married) that he doesn’t if it really “is in our nature to be with someone for the rest of our lives”. That doesn’t sound like good odds on forever. And “daddy” is forever.

And I’m equal-opportunity judgmental - this doesn’t just apply to celebrities, but all parents. I had a girlfriend that I loved - a great girl with man issues. She was a single mom with a young son (at first). She would meet a guy, move him in and the child would get attached. Then when things went sour, the child lost a “dad” (though he never called them that). She proceeded to go through multiple “too serious too quickly” relationships that resulted in two more children. And every time that revolving door went around again, those kids lost something. It’s not that she was a slut - she just wanted something good, something real so badly, that she saw it even when it wasn’t. And I understand that, but I think that when it comes to moving in together, or using the “daddy” and “mommy” labels, some people are simply too quick with it. And when I read about the Brad/daddy thing, it really bothered me. Because Brad and Jen only split in January. And even if he was seeing Angelina on the side before then, to me it’s still a bit early for “daddy”.

Now, to lighten things up, in light of my recent philosophical waxings about General Lee vs. Kitt, here some more deep discussions: (this is for the old folks like me): Cannon vs. Barnaby Jones and Paul Lynde vs. Charles Nelson Reilly. Wax on.

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