in defense of Lady Gaga, sort of.

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so, here’s the scenario:

Lady Gaga schedules a show in Indonesia.

more than 50,000 eager fans purchase tickets.

local religious authorities dislike Lady Gaga's lack of proper morals.

religious authorities cry satanism. 

religious authorities threaten violence. 

Lady Gaga cancels show.

wait, hold all your zack morris brick cellular phones.

religious authorities...lack of proper morals...threaten violence??

i know, take a second to scrape the thick layer of irony off your screen.

now, i’ll be the first to admit that Lady Gaga frequently steps on the toes of my own personal conservative moral values. 

frankly, i don’t like homegirl so much.

and i definitely don't like the idea of her parading around on a stage in a sexually provocative manner either. 

i like that idea very little, in fact.

however.

on what planet does threatening violence equal better morals?

hello...no planets.

well maybe the planet of the apes.

though, admittedly, i never saw that movie.

either time it came out.

so let’s just move on.

the point is, defending your religious values is a good thing.

being an extremist about it? a bad thing.

sticking to your moral guns? a good thing.

*insert bad pun about moral guns and violence.*

threatening violence to propagate conservative values? duh.

as probably Lady Gaga’s least likely fan, let’s just say...

it takes a lot for me to agree with any moral (or immoral) statement she makes.

but her response to the fiasco via Twitter?

i have to say...well said, Lady Gaga, well said.

hats off but only that piece of clothing please Miss Gaga,

katilda

freelance blogging for The Naegle Law Firm PLC

Hey Christian Girl

how do i even explain my undying love for this tumblr...

all images via the venerable Hey Christian Girl.

go. partake of more.

side hugs and foot rubs,

katilda

les miserables trailer

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OK, alternate titles for this blog post could include:

"i died about 7 times while watching this"

"what if i sob through this whole movie? so what if i do??"

"excuse my extreme emotions while this is playing"

or simply,

"squueeeEEEEE!!!"

kids, i'm in love with this musical.

grew up watching it.

have seen it on stage 4 times.

must see it again.

and remember how i couldn't fully love Newsies because i was so attached to the original?

let's just say, the stakes are about 10 times higher for this film.

but the trailer...

oh the trailer!

it has pleased me.

...i know some people are not loving on anne hathaway's vocals.

i was the first to be skeptical that they cast a hollywood crew to sing such epic numbers that should generally be left to trained vocalists, but...

i kinda dig her sound.

it's got this haunting, raw quality to it.

what do you think?

in a castle on a cloud,

katilda

writing: mistakes

mistakes are pencil eraser smudges.

the colored eraser seemed like a good idea.

until it turned the paper green.

mistakes are white-out.

lumpy and aromatic.

and not so hidden, when it comes down to it.

pretty obvious, really.

mistakes are an ink stain on the hem of yet another shirt when i gestured too wildly while talking on the phone.

and i really should just learn to put a lid on the pen.

or maybe put the pen down.

or maybe stop gesturing on the phone to people who can't see me.

or maybe only wear dark shirts.

mistakes are that one time i went too long without changing the oil in my car.

like, a couple years too long.

oops.

mistakes are those orange stains at the corners of my lips whenever i eat spaghetti, because i never did figure out how to eat it like a lady.

mistakes are regret.

mistakes are i'm sorry.

and what was i thinking.

and that was a bad idea.

and let's pretend it didn't happen.

and, sometimes, let's try again later.

for the record,

do me a favor.

don't call me your mistake.

because,

i am not a bad idea.

guest blog: Imma Hoarder?

hey kiddos!

i've got a guest blogger up in the hizzle today.

her name is elisabeth & she blogs over at imma walking fashion crime.

and, i like her.

and, turns out we both might have the same problem...

...which we are blogging about today.

so read her post below, 

then check out my own thoughts on hoarding over at her blog.

ready...go!

Hmm..hoarding? That's such a negative word. I like to call it storing.

I don't store just any old stuff either.

It's the good stuff.

(Okay. We all know that's a lie, but I like to think that I hoard store good stuff.)

I store letters.

Nothing else. Just letters.

The old birthday cards from grandma & grandpa. 

The thank you notes & the I love you notes.

I have them tucked away in a GIGANTIC shoe box.

(A size 17 in men's shoe box probably...)

When I moved away to go to college, my parents were astounded by my "collection" of letters. 

Seriously.

I've kept everything. (including some stuff that I probably shouldn't keep...oh well).


Storing is just second nature.


I think I keep the letters because they mean so much to me.


The little notes of admiration keep me going & help me realize that there are people out there that love me.


Yay for love! :)


Shout-out to the amazing katilda! She rocks! If she gave me a letter, I'd totally hoard it.

...um, trust me that i have my own box of letters.

and that i now feel really inclined to write elisabeth a letter.

so she can hoard it.

i mean savor it in a totally healthy way.

ok now go read about my own potential problems.
then confess your hoarding tendencies in the comment box below.
yep, i'm looking at you.

cleopatra in da-nile,

katilda

hostess and not the chocolate kind.

all you need to know is....

my two bestie-college-roommates are in a car right now.

driving away from utah...

...toward arizona.

i...

i just...

i have no words to express my sheer, passionate excitement.

so what if we just lie on the floor all weekend due to our overwhelming giddiness about all being in the same place again, muttering unintelligible inside jokes and sporadically kicking our feet with spasms of joy?

i mean...

"they complete me."

which is totally a quote from some famous movie.

...loosely.

but like a good hostess,

i made them a welcome gift...

yeah, it's those microsoft paint skills again.

oh uncle jesse!

and now i'm going to disappear for the weekend.

much feet kicking and squealing is on the docket.

peace out, blogtown!

and to all a marvelous memorial weekend,

katilda

the chair whisperer.

been doing some bedazzling up in here!

i scored all four of these chairs from...the dumpster!

like a champ.

you know what they say about one man's trash...

for my living room:

and for my porch:

...yes, my newly "power washed" porch.

one small leap toward my own TLC show,

katilda