Comments for Edwin Decker http://www.eddecker.com The lilly-livered need not apply Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on I Hate Cheerleaders by Haley http://www.eddecker.com/2004/06/15/i-hate-cheerleaders/comment-page-1/#comment-6966 Haley Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:29:51 +0000 http://www.idynomite.com/wordpress/?p=23#comment-6966 I put this on Facebook. Please note that not all scenarios apply to your opinion. Also, it's not just cheerleaders that can be brats. It could be anyone. Basketball player, volleyball player, etc. I am truly sorry for any trouble you experienced. Cheerleading is not by any mean easy. Try getting a hard tumbling pass in a week... With very little tumbling experience, WITHOUT freaking and breaking your neck, ankle, etc. I can't change your mind, but I can help inform you and others who agree with you. Alright, I want to put this out there. Please don't be so narrow-minded. What I think a lot of people are talking about are the NFL "cheerleaders". Guys, they're just dancers with pom-poms. Blame them for all the crap about cheerleaders being sluts. I'm sure there's more to the story than any of us know, but in my eyes, some of them must think that all it takes to be a cheerleader is pom-poms. WRONG. As a high school cheerleader myself, I can speak for a lot of other cheerleaders out there that we're getting sick and tired of the stereotypes. I'll admit it, I ran a Google search on "I hate cheerleaders" just to see what would pop up, and I take full responsibility for subjecting myself to this. What bothers me the most is that GROWN ADULTS who are well into their adult years hate cheerleaders and STILL believe the stereotypes. I'd just like to think they can be a bit more mature. Whatever type of cheer it is, rec, school sideline, school competitive, or allstar, we work hard, and some schools just have to go and revive the reputation most cheerleaders are trying to get rid of. This is my 6th year cheerleading, and I believe that it is my sport. Please, do yourself a favor and run a YouTube search on either of the following: "Cheer Extreme Senior Elite", "Top Gun Jags", "Maryland Marlins Tsunami", or "Maryland Twisters F5". Granted, they're allstar teams, but IMO they're the best of the best from the (U.S.) Large Senior Level 5 division, and the teams that qualify to go to Worlds each year train every day for 5-6 days, for 4 hours each day. That's 20 hours in 5 days. Think YOU could do that? If you're a HS cheerleader, depending on your school, you have to retain and memorize cheers, chants, dances, motions, and above all, critiques. True story - I just moved to a new state, and I was told that I could come to a few Varsity practices at the HS that I go to, though it was understood that it was too late in the season for me to actually be a part of the team. Within a week and half of starting school, I found out by the coach that I had made the Varsity team. Let me tell you, trying to retain 40 or so cheers within a week and a half is very stressful (on top of trying to catch up with the cirriculum here), but I did it. I live in a northern state, and the south is extremely competitive with their cheer teams, so granted, we don't work as hard as they do in the south, but my school also has a competitive team that won the State Champion title not too long ago. Please, don't generalize a sport you virtually know nothing of. Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you have a wonderful day! ♥ I put this on Facebook. Please note that not all scenarios apply to your opinion. Also, it’s not just cheerleaders that can be brats. It could be anyone. Basketball player, volleyball player, etc. I am truly sorry for any trouble you experienced. Cheerleading is not by any mean easy. Try getting a hard tumbling pass in a week… With very little tumbling experience, WITHOUT freaking and breaking your neck, ankle, etc. I can’t change your mind, but I can help inform you and others who agree with you.

Alright, I want to put this out there.

Please don’t be so narrow-minded. What I think a lot of people are talking about are the NFL “cheerleaders”. Guys, they’re just dancers with pom-poms. Blame them for all the crap about cheerleaders being sluts. I’m sure there’s more to the story than any of us know, but in my eyes, some of them must think that all it takes to be a cheerleader is pom-poms.

WRONG.

As a high school cheerleader myself, I can speak for a lot of other cheerleaders out there that we’re getting sick and tired of the stereotypes.
I’ll admit it, I ran a Google search on “I hate cheerleaders” just to see what would pop up, and I take full responsibility for subjecting myself to this.
What bothers me the most is that GROWN ADULTS who are well into their adult years hate cheerleaders and STILL believe the stereotypes. I’d just like to think they can be a bit more mature.

Whatever type of cheer it is, rec, school sideline, school competitive, or allstar, we work hard, and some schools just have to go and revive the reputation most cheerleaders are trying to get rid of. This is my 6th year cheerleading, and I believe that it is my sport.

Please, do yourself a favor and run a YouTube search on either of the following: “Cheer Extreme Senior Elite”, “Top Gun Jags”, “Maryland Marlins Tsunami”, or “Maryland Twisters F5″. Granted, they’re allstar teams, but IMO they’re the best of the best from the (U.S.) Large Senior Level 5 division, and the teams that qualify to go to Worlds each year train every day for 5-6 days, for 4 hours each day. That’s 20 hours in 5 days. Think YOU could do that?

If you’re a HS cheerleader, depending on your school, you have to retain and memorize cheers, chants, dances, motions, and above all, critiques. True story – I just moved to a new state, and I was told that I could come to a few Varsity practices at the HS that I go to, though it was understood that it was too late in the season for me to actually be a part of the team. Within a week and half of starting school, I found out by the coach that I had made the Varsity team. Let me tell you, trying to retain 40 or so cheers within a week and a half is very stressful (on top of trying to catch up with the cirriculum here), but I did it.

I live in a northern state, and the south is extremely competitive with their cheer teams, so granted, we don’t work as hard as they do in the south, but my school also has a competitive team that won the State Champion title not too long ago.

Please, don’t generalize a sport you virtually know nothing of.
Thank you for taking the time to read this, and I hope you have a wonderful day! ♥

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Melanie http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6965 Melanie Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:58:02 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6965 Mojo Nixon video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O92QcjT6vDY It was taped from TV, so in case you can't tell, Joan Collins performs the wedding ceremony, and Winona Ryder is the bride. There just can't be anything wrong with a video in which Spuds McKenzie's brain gets fried. Maybe it's more of a post-conception-celebration song than a post-delivery one. But that could be the point. Mojo Nixon video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O92QcjT6vDY

It was taped from TV, so in case you can’t tell, Joan Collins performs the wedding ceremony, and Winona Ryder is the bride. There just can’t be anything wrong with a video in which Spuds McKenzie’s brain gets fried.

Maybe it’s more of a post-conception-celebration song than a post-delivery one. But that could be the point.

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Peg http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6964 Peg Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:58:12 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6964 Dude! Tears in Heaven---the WORST of the lot---because it IS E.C. He should at least have the sense to feign some class. Although, why start now, eh? The man's personal life has always been sordid, but him singing a song, live, about his dead toddler son, is too much for me. Just sayin'... Dude! Tears in Heaven—the WORST of the lot—because it IS E.C. He should at least have the sense to feign some class. Although, why start now, eh? The man’s personal life has always been sordid, but him singing a song, live, about his dead toddler son, is too much for me. Just sayin’…

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Colleen http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6963 Colleen Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:32:56 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6963 Ed! Why all hateful thoughts?!?! My children were God's gift to me and they were angels while growing up. As adults they have turned into saints and are perfect in every way. I'm sure "The Mother" would agree that her son, who lives so far the way is the saint to whom she birthed. ~~Peace! Ed! Why all hateful thoughts?!?! My children were God’s gift to me and they were angels while growing up. As adults they have turned into saints and are perfect in every way.

I’m sure “The Mother” would agree that her son, who lives so far the way is the saint to whom she birthed.

~~Peace!

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Karyl Miller http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6962 Karyl Miller Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:52:06 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6962 Very funny Edwin and I agree completely. Every writer, indeed everyone in show biz knows you MUST turn your every experience into a money making venture - otherwise why have it? Get paid for your pain and suffering. This is why these songs get written - including Tears In Heaven (which is a pretty song nevertheless). Very funny Edwin and I agree completely. Every writer, indeed everyone in show biz knows you MUST turn your every experience into a money making venture – otherwise why have it? Get paid for your pain and suffering. This is why these songs get written – including Tears In Heaven (which is a pretty song nevertheless).

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Jim Babwe http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6961 Jim Babwe Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:08:19 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6961 There is at least one acceptable anthem that pays unbridled tribute to father, mother, and child. The ecstatic joy of parenthood has never been clearer than it is within the lyrics of "Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-headed Love Child," by Mojo Nixon. There is at least one acceptable anthem that pays unbridled tribute to father, mother, and child. The ecstatic joy of parenthood has never been clearer than it is within the lyrics of “Debbie Gibson Is Pregnant with My Two-headed Love Child,” by Mojo Nixon.

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Peg Pollard http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6959 Peg Pollard Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:50:05 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6959 ahh, and p.s. You certainly do not need to be a parent to deeply comprehend the Julian Lennon debacle mentioned. You only need be a son or daughter, and that we all are... ahh, and p.s. You certainly do not need to be a parent to deeply comprehend the Julian Lennon debacle mentioned. You only need be a son or daughter, and that we all are…

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by Peg Pollard http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6958 Peg Pollard Sat, 28 Jan 2012 08:44:26 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6958 Hee hee hee hee. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I am SO THANKFUL that I do not follow ANY pop culture anymore, hence have not had the misfortune to sit thru ANY of the songs mentioned, other than the one that popped into my head straight away---"Beautiful Boy". Oh, wait, I do know the Stevie Wonder shitty ditty. And wOW---right ON THE MONEY re: Julian Lennon. The tune is such a dichotomy--it has ALWAYS made me more sullen than uplifted--for the exact reason you stated. I don't know how anyone who has the slightest Beatle/Lennon knowledge, could think of anything besides Julian's lifelong slights. (How could this godlike creature BE so COLD HEARTED? Write the damn song for private use, but...don't DO that to your first born, man!) Even after 5000 listens (I do actually own a copy of that LP, pre-crucifixion)--the aftertaste/(birth) is the same. However, that said, the much more horrifying jayZ lyrics will make me stay AWAY from pop radio for another ten years, at least. Thanks for the warning, Mr. Decker. Hee hee hee hee. I thoroughly enjoyed this. I am SO THANKFUL that I do not follow ANY pop culture anymore, hence have not had the misfortune to sit thru ANY of the songs mentioned, other than the one that popped into my head straight away—”Beautiful Boy”. Oh, wait, I do know the Stevie Wonder shitty ditty. And wOW—right ON THE MONEY re: Julian Lennon. The tune is such a dichotomy–it has ALWAYS made me more sullen than uplifted–for the exact reason you stated. I don’t know how anyone who has the slightest Beatle/Lennon knowledge, could think of anything besides Julian’s lifelong slights. (How could this godlike creature BE so COLD HEARTED? Write the damn song for private use, but…don’t DO that to your first born, man!) Even after 5000 listens (I do actually own a copy of that LP, pre-crucifixion)–the aftertaste/(birth) is the same. However, that said, the much more horrifying jayZ lyrics will make me stay AWAY from pop radio for another ten years, at least. Thanks for the warning, Mr. Decker.

]]> Comment on Why Songs about Newborn Babies Blow by BD http://www.eddecker.com/2012/01/27/why-songs-about-newborn-babies-blow/comment-page-1/#comment-6957 BD Sat, 28 Jan 2012 07:02:01 +0000 http://www.eddecker.com/?p=1976#comment-6957 To the one, it's true that there is, in fatherhood, one of those proverbial moments of context when it sinks in that this ... thing ... that a mother has given you is ... well, it's alive, and ... that's, like, so beautiful, man, and I can't believe it and the thing is that one really should keep it to himself. Yes, yes, something about mothers goes here, but I'm not a woman, so what do you want me to say? To the one, it’s true that there is, in fatherhood, one of those proverbial moments of context when it sinks in that this … thing … that a mother has given you is … well, it’s alive, and … that’s, like, so beautiful, man, and I can’t believe it and the thing is that one really should keep it to himself.

Yes, yes, something about mothers goes here, but I’m not a woman, so what do you want me to say?

]]> Comment on Classic Quotes(Excerpts from the writings of Edwin Decker) by Cafe Nervosa http://www.eddecker.com/2007/06/12/classic-quotesexcerpts-from-the-writings-of-edwin-decker/comment-page-1/#comment-6949 Cafe Nervosa Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:15:48 +0000 http://www.idynomite.com/wordpress/?p=108#comment-6949 #38 When ever my girlfriend comments on the stupidity of a reactionary response in a newspaper article my running joke is to play devil's advocate for the stupid people's point of view and tell her to "Think of the children". I think it explains so much that is wrong in the news. Benny's backhanded compliment is humorous to me. Thanks for not removing it. #38
When ever my girlfriend comments on the stupidity of a reactionary response in a newspaper article my running joke is to play devil’s advocate for the stupid people’s point of view and tell her to “Think of the children”. I think it explains so much that is wrong in the news.

Benny’s backhanded compliment is humorous to me. Thanks for not removing it.

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