By Saturday night I was exhausted after being home alone all week, a trip to Universal Studios, and an awesome photo session with my sister. But the girls wanted to play and I'm so glad I caved and mustered up what little energy I had to play with them. They opted to make a movie with imovie, and I think it's one of those things that I'll cherish forever.
So for your viewing pleasure.... "The Princesses in the Forest"
We'll work on a sequel real soon.
And by the way, I caught hell for my article on KSL on Paranorman (posted below). It's funny because when I wrote the article on "Club Unicorn," I was accused of pushing the "gay agenda" and "making light of how serious an evil homosexuality is." And with this article, I was called a bigot, an idiot, and a bad mother. Both articles had a crazy amount of hits, so it's obviously a hot topic. One that I'm not touching anymore. 42,000 people read something that I wrote. Of course not everyone is going to agree with me.
I can't lie. It was a hard week for me. My skin has thickened a bit in the year I've been writing for KSL, so I've brushed it off after some crying and panicking. I read some of the comments and started to question myself. I went back and reread what I wrote and found that I stand by what I said, which was sort of a relief. I thought my article was pretty clear. I said that I have no problem with homosexuality, and I don't. I could go on and on about this, but I don't feel it's necessary. I just didn't think a topic like homosexuality, one that requires explanation since my child doesn't see that in her everyday environment, would be introduced in a movie for kids and especially in the form of a stereotypical joke. I meant what I said, in that I felt ambushed. I want to explain things like that to my kids when they're ready to understand it, and she's not ready at 5.
There's a part in Jerry Mguire when Tom Cruise's character says defensively, "I don't like black people? I love black people! I am MR.Black People." I had that line in my head all week. "I don't like gay people?! I love gay people!!! I am MRS Gay PEOPLE!"
I'm not used to having to explain myself to anyone. I've found in the last few years that I'm not liberal enough for the Liberals, and not conservative enough for the Conservatives. I have always, and probably will always, sit on the fence. I have always had a hard time thinking one way was THEE right way while the other is 100% wrong. And what last week showed me is that you can't please everyone all of the time, so don't even try. I'll continue to write from my point of view with absolutely no audience in mind.
Some pics of my sis and brother in law. The afternoon with them cheered me up.
5 comments:
It's confirmed - we're good friends because I sit on that fence with you :)
For what it's worth, I wasted some of my time reading the comments and most of them made me roll my eyes. Some of the readers were so hellbent on proving a point that they didn't even notice that you said you had no problem with gays. I read the article feeling bad for you, and hoping that you never read the comments. I like your stuff. So keep writing, lady! :)
You are Mrs. Gay People! Ok, honestly, anyone who has ever met you knows that you are one of thee most open minded people on the planet. It's one of the (many) things I respect about you.
And don't think of it as sitting on the fence, that means undecided. You know what you believe, you're a centrist. I'm stuck in the middle with you. :)
9People say the meanest things on line that they normally wouldn't say to the face of their worst enemy. I feel like I have the same problem, not liberal enough for liberals and not conservative enough for conservatives...but I'm ok with that. Your not a fence sitter hon, your the best kind of person, someone who can see both sides and understand both sides. It dosen't mean that you will always agree though. I love your articals and I am always proud of your ability to write with, what I think, is great humor. And I love your little video. Those little girls are the only critics you should be worrying about. Love ya!
I missed that article, but I will say I realized a long time ago you can't win em all. You are right, you will never please everyone. That being said, I seriously have no idea how people can be so mean online. Just because they think you will never see the person. Like the reaction to Lara's photo. People are just nasty! Even people that are good and Christian! Maybe you should write an article on why we think it's ok to BASH someone just because we don't know them.
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