Disney is responsible for PETA

Since the kids woke me up before the crack of dawn this morning and I needed to calm my rage, we are watching "Finding Nemo" while I blog. During the scene where they go to the Sharks Anonymous meeting I came to the conclusion that Disney should be held responsible for all the bleeding hearts out there who refuse to eat meat.

Disney takes animals, who in all actuality probably aren't that smart or self aware and gives them human personalities and traits. After 90 minutes of watching this we all get caught up in the poor animal and it's struggle to survive while evil humans everywhere are plotting to destroy it.

Case in point: "Finding Nemo." This has PETA written all over it. First of all, we are supposed to believe that fish live in little families and go to school and purchase real estate. Secondly, we are supposed to buy that it is in any way feasible that a group of sharks would decide to stop eating fish out of some kind of awareness that fish have thoughts and feelings and lives. 1. No they don't, and 2. what else are sharks supposed to eat? Thirdly, the evil human diver takes the fish away from his family and his environment thereby causing heartache. Again, it is a FISH! Some wacko scientists out there (http://www.fishinghurts.com/feat-hiddenfish.asp cut and paste it, okay) say that fish are highly intelligent and that they work well with others, but I just don't think that means they sit around all day analyzing their feelings. I mean, if you put certain ones in a tank with any others they start eating their tank mates!

Second case: "Bambi" PETA strikes again. I don't actually care too much for Bambi. I don't know why. Once again we have to watch a bunch of animals frolicking around and being human like. Then the big bad evil hunter who just likes to watch things bleed shoots Bambi's mom for no good reason. It certainly couldn't have been because he and his family were hungry! Now I feel bad because Bambi is an orphan and because I had a hamburger last night (which I know isn't deer meat, but that's not the point). I'm personally convinced that Bambi is responsible for all people who are vegetarians.

This applies to nearly all Disney movies. Even the ones with human main characters follow the formula of giving said human an animal sidekick who acts human. Examples: Cinderella, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White. And what is the result of all this personification of animals. No kid, after realizing that he is actually eating one of Nemo's friends will ever eat fish again. And they are FISH!

Mission accomplished, PETA.

Mommy Drinks Because of You!

Korynn and I were talking about this the other day after Glenn Beck said it and it is so true.

I don't consider myself a bad person. At least, people keep telling me I'm not a bad person. I try really hard to be a good mom. I love my kids. I want them to be happy. I worry constantly about whether or not I am damaging them psychologically. I really really try.

So, that's why when the kids climbed into my bed at 6:30 this morning and started wrestling I wondered if I was being tested or just punished. If I was being tested I think I failed. No one got beat (yet) so that's good, but I wonder if they will ever recover from the psychological damage inflicted after being told that they were going to have the worst day ever for waking me up.

If I am being punished, I wonder what for. Is it for spanking Mailee yesterday after she woke Brick up early from his nap. I think she totally deserved that.

If I am being tested, then why the constant tests? One of these days I am going to fail miserably and completely destroy the childrens' psyches and then I will really be punished, presumably by never being allowed to sleep again. In any case, I've already popped open a Dr. Pepper, cause you know, that's why mommy drinks.