Music Pick of the Week #2

I know it's been a little longer than a week, but I thought I should continue this anyway...here goes.


This week I choose a song that I thought was really good by a band I just recently found out about. I had been on spring break this past week so I had a lot of down time and so there were a few late nights. The band, White Lies, was playing on Letterman the other day and I got a chance to watch them and really enjoyed them. So here is the song of the week.

To Lose My Life
by White Lies
White Lies Myspace
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He said to lose my life or lose my love
That’s the nightmare I’ve been running from
So let me hold you in my arms a while
I was always careless as a child
And there’s a part of me that still believes
My soul will soar above the trees
But a desperate fear flows through my blood
That our dead loves buried beneath the mud

Let’s grow old together
And die at the same time
Let’s grow old together
And die at the same time

I said I’ve got no time I have to go
And I was more right then now I'll ever know
He said my heart is faint, will minds regret
And left him crying next to the chapels steps

Let's grow old together
And die at the same time
Let’s grow old together
And die at the same time
He said ...
Let’s grow old together
And die at the same time
Let’s grow old together
And die at the same time
He said ..

He said to lose my life or lose my love
That’s the nightmare I’ve been running from

So let me hold you in my arms a while
I was careless as a child
There’s a part of me that still believes
My soul will soar above the trees
A desperate fear flows through my blood,
Our dead loves buried beneath the mud.
A desperate fear flows through my blood,
Our dead loves buried beneath the mud

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Watch Them On Letterman Here
Watch The Music Video Here

Happy Birthday Barbie

A letter to Mattel's favorite doll. Today is her 50th birthday.



Happy Birthday Barbie,


For years you have been there, waiting on store shelves. Waiting on numerous young girls to come and rescue you from your life in the store, staring out of the box. Your website tells us that you are, "More than a doll". It tells us that you are something different. You certainly are different, that's for sure. From urban teen to fantasy queen, you seem to represent every girl. Your website tells us that with more than 3 billion dollars(that's $3,000,000,000) at retail, you are the number 1 girls brand worldwide. This is not unexpected, I mean after all, this Barbie we're talking about. You know the one that can be anything or anyone from Malibu Barbie to Carol Burnett Barbie to Fantasy Barbie to Marilyn Monroe Barbie to Pop Life Barbie. There is one thing I have never seen you be. Fat. For years, you've kept your slim figure without doing a lick of work. I'm willing to let that pass, seeing as you are an inanimate object. However, through out the years, you've shown girls that they can be anything they want to be. Your creator, Ruth Handler, made you just so that girls could play with a teenage doll and inspire to be anything they want to be. Obviously, they can only be those things if they are amazingly slim. It seems as if this is not the only problem. Were you to be blown up to "normal" size, keeping the same ratio as you have now for your body parts, this is what would happen.

• Your height would be 7'2"
• Your weight would be 101 lbs.
• You would wear a size 4 dress
• Your bust would be 39" (FF cup)
• Your waist would be 19" (same as your head)
• Your hips would be 33"
• Your shoe size would be a 5

But if you compare this to an average adult female(and remember, you were made to be a mid-teenaged girl, so about age 15) this is what you get.

Real Women

• Average woman's heigh is 5'4"
• Their weight is approx. 140 lbs.
• They wear a size 14 dress
• Their bust is between 36" and 37" (B cup)
• Their waist is between 30" and 34"
• Their hips average between 40" and 42"
• Their shoe size is estimated to be between 8.5 and 9.5

Obviously, this does not seem accurate. I would consider myself a fairly bright individual and I could figure this stuff out. Most eight year old girls won't even consider how much you cost, much less the size of your waist.

There is something you do that seems to work. You cause pain. You have shown girls an unrealistic image of what they should be. They think that they have to hips 33" to look "pretty". Many girls are depressed because they get told constantly that they are not beautiful. Many resort to drugs, sex, violence, and self-injury to resolve their pain. Barbie, you and me both know that isn't going to solve their problems. I just wanted to let you know how much damage you have helped cause. In the year 2004, there were 4,599 suicides among teenagers in the USA. 4,599 deaths that could have been prevented. Many more girls are becoming depressed because they are being told they can't be beautiful because they don't have a 19" waist.


I thought I would share this information with you to help you better understand what you have done.
Happy 50th Barbie, and here's to many more....

-Zane Naylor

The Heart Of A Generation:Re-visited

I know I already talked about this, but the video was recently released online. I encourage you to find a half hour or so and actually watch this. The performance was amazing and I believe they are planning to do it again in September. Share this video with everyone you know. I believe it is that amazing. I went there and I still sat down and watched the video. It is a great show with a powerful message. And if thats not enough, you might just get to see the back of my head. (It's my best side (;)

Here you go:


The Heart of A Generation from Ryan Schaefer on Vimeo.


http://vimeo.com/3479596



PS-Great job Allison and all the youth that put this on. It was AMAZING.

The Man List

The Guys' Rules

Women are always telling us their "rules" and how we should treat them. Give us a break, we're men. Here is our list of rules. The are numbered in order of importance(1 being most- and so on)
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1. Men are NOT mind readers.
1. Shopping is NOT a sport. And no, we are never going to think of it that way.
1. Crying is blackmail.
1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!
1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.
1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do. Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.
1. A headache that lasts for 17 months is a Problem. See a doctor.
1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument. In fact, all comments become null and void after 7 Days.
1. If you won't dress like the Victoria 's Secret girls, don't Expect us to act like soap opera guys.
1. If you think you're fat, you probably are. Don't ask us.
1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one.
1. You can either ask us to do something Or tell us how you want it done. Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it yourself.
1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials.
1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.
1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.
1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying, but it is just not worth the hassle.
1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.
1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine. Really.
1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, the shotgun formation, or golf.
1. You have enough clothes.
1. You have too many shoes.
1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!
1. Thank you for reading this.

Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;
Pass this to as many men as you can - to give them a laugh.
Pass this to as many women as you can - to give them a bigger laugh!