Shaking my head

The last few nights Mike and I have been working feverently on putting pictures of Cindy's life into a slide show to be viewed at her Graduation Party. One thing that we realized early on is that we sure take a lot of pictures. Second thing is that it is very hard to find several pieces of music that sound good one after another to go along with these pictures. My biggest problem with music is that I got stuck on eighties music which I listened to most of my teenage years. To this day I still listen to an oldies radio station that showcases the eighties. Now this isn't a bad thing except for that not very many eighties hits are appropriate to accompany a eighteen year old's life from birth to present. Most refer to things that simply are not a part of her life, for which I am eternally grateful.This just makes things hard. Mike is no help either as he has always favored heavy metal music which not only makes me cringe, but is more inappropriate than the eighties pop that I love.My Mom is a big Country fan so I called on her last night with hopefulness.We did get a couple names of songs to check out but again most had a sexual undertone. Some were not too bad but still talked about relationships, that of course had no business in this project. We did end up with a current version of " Daddy's Girl", "shiny happy people", "All Star", and a couple others . I am not really pleased with how they sound together but time is running out so I think we will stick with what we got.This whole thing makes me think though. We wonder why we as a society are so sex addicted, immoral,and other bad things but wherever you look; our music, TV shows,movies, toys , etc. this is what society teaches us.
I took Cindy to the local One Stop yesterday to check out some student financial aid options. ( yes we are a little behind but Nursing school Financial aid is a little different that College Financial aid so we still have a couple weeks to wrap things up and we are almost there)While there I realized that this was the site that a major automobile company and Auto parts supplier were taking applications for some of the few decent paying jobs in this area.The place was swarming with people. What surprised me is that these people were not in suites , skirts or other clothing that you would expect at job interviews but most looked like they were just out for a night on the town. Though most of the men were not dressed as I would think would be appropriate , I was down right shocked at the women. there were mini( and I mean mini) skirts, tank tops, and things that I would be embarrassed to leave my bedroom in.Do these women really believe that if they dress sexy ( I fight the urge to put the word that I really think )enough that they will be hired? Is this truly where society is ? To me this is sad especially after I read a blog yesterday where commenters were on thread discussing pros and cons of gray hair vs dying hair. I read comments like" you will never get a decent job with gray frumpy looking hair." and others that were not as nice. I don't for a minute believe this stuff and know that the whole world can't be like this but it shocks me as to how many are.I guess that all that I can do is pray about society but as for my daughter's life captured in pictures, there will be no sleazy songs playing In the back round even if they have to be viewed in silence.