I Should Get a Video of This

My son Brandon’s favorite saying since he got his cell phone is ‘I should get a video of this’ whenever he is witnessing one of my silly moments (I have many) or one of my meltdowns (more than I would like to admit). Of course, I make it very clear that he better not even try. He says that he would make me famous (on YouTube, I’m sure). Not what I had in mind when I said I wanted to find my ‘voice’.

I do have to admit it gets kind of crazy around here. Just to set the record straight, I do yell at the TV. I always thought that was weird when people would yell at the TV. Now I am doing the same thing. It must be a sign of old age. It is not like the people on the TV can hear me (although, I am certain the neighbors can). I think I yell because I wish they could hear me or better yet hear themselves to see how ridiculous they sound.

There are two different kinds of TV yellers. There are the Fictional Yellers and Non-Fictional Yellers. Fictional Yellers usually yell at situations on the TV that are not real. My mom is a Fictional Yeller. She used to yell at the actors on her soap operas. If you are the kind of person who yells ‘Don’t go out there!’ at the actor in a scary movie when they decide to go outside their safe home to check on a noise, you are a Fictional Yeller.

I am a Non-Fictional Yeller. I usually yell at real situations. We Non-Fictional Yellers think yelling at real situations on the TV sets us apart from you ‘other’ people who yell at fictional situations. We are yelling at the TV over a real life situation, therefore, we are more rational. Hmmm.

This time it was the film director Roman Polanski situation. Some of the celebrities are getting behind him and saying he got a bad deal. He rapes a 13 year old, flees the country, is free for 15 years, gets caught (finally) and now says he is being treated unfairly? By the way, who leaves their 13 year old alone with a then 60 some year old man???? It just boiled my blood and brought my mama bear claws out.  We need to protect the children – first and foremost.