Into the Forest We Go
One of the many “joys” of being a mom, is all the movies I have to watch that I would never watch otherwise. And the more kid movies you watch, the more often you realize that they must all take place in the same basic geographical area – because it seems like they all have a place called the Forbidden Forest. Why “Forbidden Forest”? That seems like a very rigid statement, a very black-and-white thing, and as anyone over the age of 21 knows, life is just not black and white. (Okay, except for religious fundamentalists of any denomination, they seem to have not gotten the memo on that.) Yep, today there is no day or night, today there is no dark or light, today there is no black or white, only shades of grey. Man, that was one of my favorite Monkees songs ever. Peter Tork and Davy Jones on vocals – Peter always my second-favorite Monkee, Davy my early favorite (but he has NOT aged well) and now Mike Nesmith in first place, as the Monkee with the most actual talent. But I digress. Back to the Forbidden Forest.
See, I think we should be more honest with children. So, not Forbidden Forest, but “Highly Inadvisable Forest,” or maybe “Forest-of-Last-Resort,” or “Forest Where You Don’t Have To Go Home But You Shouldn’t Stay Here.” “Imposing Forest.” “Forest Full of Scary Beasties.” Maybe if they’re really committed to the whole alliteration thing, it could be the “Foreboding Forest,” but “forbidden” is just going a little too far.
Speaking of scary beasties and religious fundamentalists, take a look at the Republicans running against Rick Perry in our Goober-natorial primaries next month. I mean, nobody really stands a chance against Governor Goodhair for the nomination, but the scary thing is, these people honestly believe they should be in positions of power:
http://www.larrykilgore.com/Biography.htm
http://www.starovertexas.com/bio.html
http://www.rhettsmithforgovernor.com/
YIKES!!! When I read that in an e mail last night, I promptly curled up under the covers with a book by Lawrence Sanders ("The Tomorrow File, " pretty good book, though scary in a "1984" kind of way) and whimpered for a while. Maybe we should gather these three up and drop them in the "If You Were Smart You'd Just Stay Away Forest."
See, I think we should be more honest with children. So, not Forbidden Forest, but “Highly Inadvisable Forest,” or maybe “Forest-of-Last-Resort,” or “Forest Where You Don’t Have To Go Home But You Shouldn’t Stay Here.” “Imposing Forest.” “Forest Full of Scary Beasties.” Maybe if they’re really committed to the whole alliteration thing, it could be the “Foreboding Forest,” but “forbidden” is just going a little too far.
Speaking of scary beasties and religious fundamentalists, take a look at the Republicans running against Rick Perry in our Goober-natorial primaries next month. I mean, nobody really stands a chance against Governor Goodhair for the nomination, but the scary thing is, these people honestly believe they should be in positions of power:
http://www.larrykilgore.com/Biography.htm
http://www.starovertexas.com/bio.html
http://www.rhettsmithforgovernor.com/
YIKES!!! When I read that in an e mail last night, I promptly curled up under the covers with a book by Lawrence Sanders ("The Tomorrow File, " pretty good book, though scary in a "1984" kind of way) and whimpered for a while. Maybe we should gather these three up and drop them in the "If You Were Smart You'd Just Stay Away Forest."
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