http://depressiontribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#14d427fb-3467-4a91-b9d6-f2e10825e44f I love Susan Boyle & her cats & her awkwardness & her "dowdiness" and her stunning interpretive abilities forever! :-) Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:33:22 GMT http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#14d427fb-3467-4a91-b9d6-f2e10825e44f Samantha 2009-06-06T03:33:22Z http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#a66f1fbe-1da3-4f18-816f-0f0e60a3191f Amen, Mama D!! Well said. Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:22:38 GMT http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#a66f1fbe-1da3-4f18-816f-0f0e60a3191f Leah 2009-06-01T20:22:38Z http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#c4d4cbec-ebb7-4ba0-9d77-04bc8437b15c Excellent point Sun, 31 May 2009 02:11:18 GMT http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#c4d4cbec-ebb7-4ba0-9d77-04bc8437b15c Rachel 2009-05-31T02:11:18Z http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#1902f54b-6beb-469f-bc67-0f176088e8be BRAVA! Sun, 31 May 2009 00:35:58 GMT http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#1902f54b-6beb-469f-bc67-0f176088e8be Ron 2009-05-31T00:35:58Z http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#cd80277e-8ad4-48c2-8052-4d5d98d39e03 This is from my blog. Thought I'd share because I want everyone to know how cool I think Susan Boyle is! Susan Boyle: Lost the Contest, Won the World After quite a time of silence, I have been compelled to write on a person who has, quite frankly, impacted the world, simply by being who she is - and who she is is good enough. Susan Boyle, the amazing-voiced singer from Scotland, noted worldwide for her lack of flash and called "dowdy" in the MSM (THE NERVE?!), epitomizes the dreams of all of us out there in the audience - you had a dream, Ms. Boyle, and you went for it! I can never praise highly enough your nerve, your confidence in your gift and your own, perfect style. Shame on all of us for EVER judging someone's insides by their outsides. MORE shame on those who decide that Ms. Boyle isn't enough - not fancy enough, flashy enough, sexy enough. Susan Boyle is fine just as she is - she doesn't need you/us to decide that she should be anything other than what she is: the most perfect Susan Boyle. And actually, THAT'S what we're supposed to be - the best US we can be. Does it matter that my butt is too big? That my my hair has split-ends? Holy smokes, people, we need to see what is and GLORY IN IT! We spend all of our time chasing after some vain ideal (think Britney Spears) and never take stock in what we have: OURSELVES. If we are everything we can be (think Captain Sully), we can do anything. If we sell ourselves out for the glitz, the hype - we create a curtain behind which is a not-so-powerful "wizard" that can't do much of anything, but he can put on a hellova show. Think about it. Here's to you, Ms. Boyle, for standing for who you are without an apology. We thank you for reminding us that it's ok to be ourselves, and to do the best we can with what we have - if everyone did that, we'd have Susan Boyles and Captain Sullys on every corner. And what a wonderful world that would be!! Again, Ms. Boyle, Britain may have Diversity, but the WORLD has YOU! Sat, 30 May 2009 23:18:38 GMT http://DepressionTribe.tribe.net/thread/cf94cb04-7b75-47c9-97dc-5aab677c7543#cd80277e-8ad4-48c2-8052-4d5d98d39e03 Darla 2009-05-30T23:18:38Z