Life is a fascinating thing. I really do think that we should get a test run before we are allowed to play. It has taken me a long time to get the hang of it and I am sure I will continue to get new situations that I have not yet dealt with.

All in all, this year has been a pretty good one for me. I have reconnected with the one person from my past I was driving myself nuts trying to find, I am doing what I want to do, and I am letting life naturally flow. I pay attention to my gut.  I don’t put up with bullshit. I might still be too nice, but I don’t really consider that a bad thing anymore. I can be a nice person and if someone takes advantage of that, it is not a reflection on my character.

On that note, I am however concerned that people from my past and their behavior reflects on me and tarnishes my reputation/character. I hear stories (and/or gossip) and I think “Oh man, please don’t let anyone notice that this person knows me or is connected to me in some way”.  I know I should not let it bother me, I am a good person.

Recently I was asked what I was afraid of. My response was that I am afraid of not knowing how I will react to any given situation unless I have experienced it before . I used to think I knew how I would react, and I know now that I have no idea. I have continued to think on that question and I think I am also a little afraid of detaching myself from situations and people, and at the time I am afraid of not detaching myself.  I am not sure that will make sense to  anyone but me.

Now for something completely different – I feel a desire to lecture people on internet safety, you would think people would have learned by now. I had lunch with V last week and the kids (for some reason) talk openly with me. They were telling about things the say and do online and thought it was all cool because they ‘deleted’ the logs. They also post way too much information about themselves. I am sure they have had speakers in the school before, they are not getting it. Since they seem to like me maybe I can set up a lunch talk or something….hmmm…..

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In the news over and over all you hear is ‘why didn’t the cops do this?’ ‘why didn’t the cops do that?’ ‘why are they harassing us good citizens when they should be arresting criminals?’ Chances are if they are ‘harassing’ you, you have broken a law. Breaking a law makes you a criminal…PERIOD.  I understand bad cops exist, I have met a few, but bad people exist in every profession. You may run into a one who may be grumpy but they are still people, people who have a tough job. Imagine if you will the things tech support deals with or the service industry deals with, now multiply that by a 100 or more. The main difference here is that these other professions do not put their lives on the line everyday.

Most of the time when cops are featured on the news it is to offer up their heads on a platter or else it is because they are dead. These Men and women, who are human beings just like you and I, risk their lives for us and all we do is complain.

You are in a bad mood because you had to take the long way home. There was an accident and the cop would not let you take your normal turn. You glare at him or her, and you go home bitching. You should be saying thank you. Thanks officer for looking out for me and my community. Thank you for keeping me safe.

You are late for work because an officer is directing traffic outside the elementary school. You complain about the waste of money. You should be saying THANK you officer for keeping these children safe.

Recently in the news a small girl from FL went missing and was found dead. People all over the place are ostracizing the officers on the case. Really? These guys worked in rotating 12 hour shifts looking for this girl. Oh why didn’t they issue an amber alert sooner? They couldn’t….they have guidelines they have to follow. They did an amazing job and because they did an amazing job they found her. Do you not realize how many children go missing and are never found? I am sure this was as heartbreaking for them as it was for the general public. Believe it or not cops are people too. People should be thanking them for the amazing work they did.

Here where I live a member of a local frat was killed by an officer. This person had called 911, said he was drunk, driving down the highway, had a gun, and wanted the police to stop him. When police caught up with him he ended up shot. I consider that a suicide by cop (which is a horrible thing to do; people who do this are assholes). Once again people called out for blood. Why didn’t the cops just shoot to disarm him? They do not shoot to disarm…they shoot to eliminate the threat. Why didn’t they use a taser? Um on a DRUNK person that had a gun?! Yeah that sounds logical…. The officer did nothing wrong and people should thank him for stopping this person who was so self centered he didn’t care who else her hurt when he got into that car.

People complain about DWI checks. Ok let us have you lose a friend or family member to a drunk driver and see how much you complain then. Maybe next time you should say thank you officers for keeping the roads safe.

Cops are glared at, bitched at, whined at, threatened, the list goes on and on, but if you need them they will still risk their lives for you. You can hate them all you want and they will still protect you. They are amazing human beings and it is horrifying how poorly they are treated.

To all the cops out there, thank you thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!

1) REMOVED

2) Why on earth do some yogurt cups come packaged in imposable to tear cardboard. Once you get that useless packaging off then you have to deal with separating the plastic cups apart…then peel back the super glued foil….UGH

3) Go me! V is sick and I have been very good about now putting my hands in my mouth! I will avoid the plague. Shit! I rub my eyes all the time….eye balls are permeable. Why did I use that word? Oh right Ginger Snaps…how strangely appropriate…flu and werewolves.

4) I have a long fuse…..usually. Some things set me off right away and man I can be mean. I need to figure out how to balance the two. Either that or adopt the nick name TwoFace.

5) I recently sorted my facebook friends into groups, so I can hide some crap from people. I have a group called ‘er’ for people I am not sure where to stick. Two people live in that group.

Why do I even have them friended you ask? If these people are not your friends/old school mates/old or current workmates/vzoners/family then why keep them? Well because one is Mrs. OldFriend and OldFriend would catch a world of shit if I unfriended her. I have no idea why I friended her to begin with. The other is Mr. NiceGuy, I am sure that I loath this person. Mr. NiceGuy remains on my list so I can laugh at him. I am amused by the constant jackassery.

6) No matter how many times I hit refresh, this does not make things happen faster. Stupid!