saturday mornings have such interesting tv programming: rodeo shows and horse races... who knew? apparently there's a sport where men time themselves to see how fast they can jump off their horses and wrangle down a calf. 3.7 seconds--that's pretty damn fast. but it's over so fast. :P

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i spent the majority of my breakfast mesmerized by bill clinton speaking at some texas book festival. man, can he speak! especially now that he can be completely honest about his stances and opinions, the stuff that comes out of his mouth is so refreshing, intelligent, insightful, and F-ING true. it's really too bad he's not running the country right now.

he touched on the disaster relief, the war, taxes, corporations, health reform, poverty, children, debt, politics--all in the context of being socially responsible while being fiscally practical. his comments didn't cater to any specific interests, nor turn a blind eye to them. he was just fair and honest.

it's so sad how so many things in our society are presented as black and white, instead of the complex and dynamic issues they are, mainly for ease of comprehension and appeal. i would elaborate on this but i think mr.clinton did a much better job. i think he was speaking at that specific festival because he's out with a new book on the topics he was discussing. can't find the title, but i'll post it up once i find it. it should be an interesting read.

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during his whole speech, i got a real sense of the conservative American values that are immortalized in the stories and foundation of this country. values of decency and neighborly concern--the kind of values that brought a community together to build a house for one of its members--that kind of "little house on the prairie" America. and recently, i've been listening to a lot of country music cuz the place i work at is ALWAYS playing it. i liked it before, but now i'm really starting to understand its appeal and the kind of mindset that the "red" states must be coming from. the states are far from those prairie days, but that kind of ideology is still somewhere in their upbringing and so, in their hearts. there are some beautiful sentiments expressed in their music. (some stupid ones too--thinking of "the redneck yacht club").
i was telling my sister how American country music reminds me of Korean shigol music, which literally translates to "country." it's like the blues for Black people or... hrm. i'm sure each struggling country/ethnicity has their group of melodies that reflects their hardships and roots. anyways, i feel like this is a something in development so i'm sure there will be more on this later.

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so while i'm watching, my mom walks in and she says, "bill clinton is so mushissuh (basically, hawt). it's no wonder all the women fall for him. i would!" lol. u gotta luv her.