*CAUGHT PRINCE IN CONCERT LAST WEEK!!
oh man…great stuff..i felt like i was in high school again..
lots of folks sportin’ purple, and frilly shirts and lingerie…
what really made it cool were the parents who were bringing their kids with them. and the kids were way into it cuz prince is still goddamn hip.
the lights went down and the music went up whilst i was in line tryin’ ta score some margaritas..i left the line to head to my seat cuz i didn’t want to miss prince open with “musicology”..turns out it wasn’t prince making noise–
it was THE TIME!!
that’s right. morris day, jerome, jimmy jam, terry lewis..they were the unannounced opening act!! they broke out the classic jammies (“777-9311”, “cool”) and their purple rain hits. it was great..
prince has the tightest band (guest musician: maceo parker!!), plays the meanest guitar. if you are even slightly interested in rock or r&b music, you should check prince out.
my favorite jams that he played: “d.m.s.r.” (he changed the dirty lyrics, and it was cool), “alphabet street”, “controversy”, “pop life”, an acoustic version of “i wanna be your lover”..
*LETTERS O’ THE WEEK: concerning my adoption strip..
Touched another cord with this one, my friend…the thing with me n’ Kate is not when folks ask “So when are you two having kids?”, but rather when we answer WHEN HELL HOSTS THE STANLEY CUP they say “Oh – gee whiz, whyever not?”
First off, it’s none of their beeswax why not, and second, there are at LEAST as many reasons not to breed as there are to do so…and in my opinion, lots reasons to have kids are as selfish as parents sometimes try to make us feel for NOT squeezing out puppies of our own. As if not giving up our free time, social lives, career paths, ability to walk around the house nekkid and drunk all the time is a BAD THING.
Rant over. Nice comic. You go girl.
E. Chris
Hi there! I wanted to drop you a note letting you know that I loved your cartoon about people asking you when you’re going to have kids. I completely feel where you’re coming from, as I used to get that asked of me all the time when I was with my ex-fiancé. It amazes me how people who barely know me can feel entitled to demand a reason why I’m 25 and not a single mother, as though contributing to the over-population of the planet through the addition of a kid who will be highly prone to hereditary medical problems (including cancer, diabetes, and mental diseases) is some kind of blessing. I told someone all of that once and their response was, “That’s what medication is for.” Mention adoption and that’s asking for ignorant comments as well. I love it when people tell me that “it’s not the same as having your own.” Well, that’s part of the point, isn’t it? I don’t have to go through such pleasant experiences as morning sickness and buying a new wardrobe that I’ll only wear for a few months before it’s both oversized and out-dated. I won’t be in the hospital screaming for a needle in my back and screaming in pain, nor will I have to face the very severe risks that I am prone to if I become pregnant due to my own diabetes. “You won’t love them as much as if you had them yourself. They’re not your own flesh and blood.” I usually bite my tongue on this one because I am in a very rural part of the deep South, where at least 65% of all the regional stereotypes are guaranteed true, and my argument of, “So does that mean you don’t love your husband as much as you do your brother because he’s not your own flesh and blood? Oh, wait, never mind . . .” would probably get me beaten up. :)
Jenn
cheers!
keef
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