the Foxy Muppet

For as long as I can remember, I've loved unique lighting. Neon lights, plasma balls, black lights, and on and on. In case if you were wondering what my blog background is, it's the inside of my lava lamp. I think my fascination with unique lighting started when I was a kid in Southern Oregon and I got to watch lightning storms with purple bolts. My oldest brother used to have a plasma ball, but until last year I've never owned a lava lamp despite always wanting one. It was a gift from Dallas after I shared with him that I love them. What makes lava lamps unique is that their main feature is not the light source, but rather the atmosphere inside the glass that is altered by the light source. The flow of the wax as it is heated and cools inside the oil creates an otherworldly effect. The atmosphere is warm, soft, and dense. (I hadn't considered this until trying to put it into words, but I imagine it to be rather like being in a womb.) Now owning a lava lamp, I thought i...

Remember "Finding Nemo"? The tear jerking and laugh inducing masterpiece made by Disney and Pixar? With the funny blue fish named Dory, who was voiced by Ellen DeGeneres? Remember how nobody wanted to take her seriously, but in the end she gave life saving advice? In the face of COVID-19, this may seem like haphazard or insensitive advice, but please hear me out. At the end of "Finding Nemo", Dory and Nemo were both stuck with a school of fish in the net of the fishing boat. I feel like this is a good comparison for how America (and the world at large) is feeling in the midst of COVID-19. We are on the edge of an unprecedented number of people dying, and we're all in this net together. With unfit leaders like Donald Trump and the greedy GOP at the helm of the "trolling" boat (all pun intended), they are willing to sacrifice us if it will help save their economy. Do you remember how the fish escaped the net? Based on a previous scene in the m...