Something Sad; Something Rude

Patrick Swayze
August 18, 1952 -
September 14, 2009

Whether you saw him in Dirty Dancing, Ghost or Roadhouse, he had a persona like very few.


He was a great talent. Wonderful actor and even better dancer. I was really hoping he would be one of the first to beat pancreatic cancer. Now I hope that his death came and he was taken to Heaven just like he was in Ghost. It was a beautiful idea as to what a spirit sees when being ascended into Heaven.

Only 57 years old. It makes you wonder. Do only the good die young? RIP Patrick. You will be missed by many. Maybe you could look for my mom up there. I know she'd love to dance with you..........
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Okay. Time for this week's soapbox topic. I maybe a day late and a dollar short in posting this subject matter but, Kanye West. Rude, obnoxious, self centered, upstaging, attention seeking, spotlight grabbing jackass of a man. What other reason would you have to jump on stage from the audience of an award show and take the mic from Taylor Swift while she is giving her acceptance speech for winning MTV's VMA for Best Female Video and announcing that Beyonce' had the best female video in the world? Asshole. No other word for it. I don't like rap music, they lifestyle they lead or anything they stand for. Drug dealers and criminals that somebody thought could "sing" er, uh, rap. They are thugs and that's not a compliment.
Beyonce' was obviously mortified by the whole scenario by her reaction shown on tv while this was happening.
It turns out she won Video of the Year at the end of the night, which means she did have the best video in the world.....of the males AND females. Bar none.
Beyonce', being a class act, while making her acceptance speech, invited Taylor back on stage to finish her speech. Way to go Beyonce'! Classy move there.