for clarity sake…

just so we’re clear

I write this blog for me
I do not write it for the readers

I teach myself lessons here
and if you learn too
that’s a double cash bingo

but no body is forcing you to read
so if you don’t like it
go away
it’s not really a loss to me
see I started blogging here in 2005
but I’ve been writing publicly
and online for a lot longer…
I’ve been telling stories bout
my life and times online
for more than 10 years now

I’m not saying that I don’t appreciate
the readers

I do

but I don’t write it for you
I write it for me
it’s not hard to admit
this particular selfishness
cos I know it’s value to me

see….I don’t have a partner
and I do my best thinking out loud
so I blog and I often copy these posts to FaceBook
cos I like to over share (ha…that’s a joke see?)

and cos over the years I’ve learned
that if I don’t have some venue
to do that over sharing
things get messed up for me…

in the old days
they got really messed up
and violence occurred
so now
I write it to say what I wanna say
I write it to say what I need to say
to someone
anyone
to me
but for me…
I write it to get my head to shut up
or to get something worked out
I write so I don’t have to increase my meds
seriously

and also for clarity’s sake

when I say “I”
I mean just that
me
not you
not we
me
that’s common
basic
english
and if you read something else into it
I can’t be held accountable for that

people like to argue about blogs being
on public internet so they are public domain
and I frankly don’t care that they are

because for me….
these are my thoughts
and when the shit hits the fan in my life
I need to find a way to vent

sometimes I’m lucky and when I vent
it comes out funny
and you all find it amuzing
but often as not
my blog posts are rambling lessons
to myself
and if you read it and learn something too
how can that be wrong?

*subject change*

today I found out
that people think that I don’t ever think I’m wrong

that’s just fucking laughable
if I hadn’t spent the last couple of hours
crying about it
it would be truly hilarious…

that just goes to show you
how little they know me

I can only surmise that
they see me as they want to
and don’t bother to really get to know the real me
they really don’t care enough
to get to know me
cos I know I’m wrong lots

(and for clarity’s sake – this ain’t about my
posts of the past week – I still think/feel the same way
and I don’t care whether ya’ll agree)

so while I don’t say to you “on the subject of XYZ
YOU were right and I was wrong”

I very often walk away with a learning
and I’m all good with that

but sadly
I now understand that people don’t see it that way
and what they see me as
is arrogant

I am arrogant
but I’m not stupid

arrogance is just part of all of the parts of me
and if you can’t separate that
or don’t believe that the combination
of all the parts of me outweigh the arrogance
then you are just as shallow
as you think me to be

truth is
people will see what they want to see
and say what they want to say
I can’t worry about that
I have too much to worry about
to keep myself
on the straight and narrow

in the old days I met hurt with violence
I will not go back

no matter how much I hurt
I will not go back

I’ve been shit on by bigger and better “men”
than they’ll ever be.

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Rambling….

the nicest thing about

beating yer head

against a brick wall

is that it feels so good

when you quit

(don’t read anything into that

I ain’t quiting anything)

today I got to spend some time

sitting at my desk at work

crying

cos I got an email from “a friend”

that was mean…

really mean

who it was

is none of your business




suffice it to say

it hurt

because it was from someone

who’s friendship I valued

and who has apparently decided

to no longer be my friend

someone who in essence told me

that as a result of his interpretation of my blog

(not actually speaking to me…my blog no less)

that I was no longer welcome

the criterion behind my friendships

are a personal understanding

of ethics

morals

and fairness

in my family

it has always been a joke

that I was wise

from an early age

but apparently not wise enough

for my friends

who like nothing more than to

judge me

for their perception of my words

not my actions

I have spent many years of my life

fighting from virtually insurmountable odds

(I don’t say this cos I think I’m the only one


that has had a tough life…

I say this because it’s true…

some small part of which

I’ve outlined here in a story)

to stop being selfish

and to do my best to be fair

when I see someone

doing something that I know

is unfair

I feel that it is an obligation

to call them on it

and when I’m wrong

I say so

sadly

not everyone has that ability


or apparently even

wants to have it

one of the things that I value

about my friends dearly

is the ability

to disagree with them

and to not have to end


a friendship

as a result

and I make it a practice

to never say anything behind some one’s back

that I wouldn’t say to their face

sometimes that doesn’t

work out in my favor

and I get my feelings hurt

but in the end

I will stand by what I believe to be right

and truly

if the act of being my friend

is too tiring

that’s not my problem

it’s yours….




it hurts

but it’s not my problem

I will do my best

to hold accountable

people who judge others unfairly

myself included

and call people on it

when they do so

when I do call them on it

I often do so from a position of

innuendo on this blog

however…in an effort to speak my piece

but not actually come out

and name someone specifically

because I’ve actually been threatened

both physically and legally in the past

long before I came to write on this blog

people often take what I say

as colored by their own narrow minds…

sadly – this blog will likely be my undoing

because people don’t read what I write

as verbatim

they read it from their own misguided

perception (“so what I think I hear you saying…”)

and instead of asking

they freak….

but still

I will continue to strive daily

to separate the actions

from the person

you know “love the sinner….hate the sin”?

(thanks Eden)

that’s why I don’t take the end of

a friendship lightly

the last time I was months

agonizing over it

and listening to other’s misguided

direction

as opposed to doing what was right

in my heart

from the get go…

so

I’m sorry that you seem to find it

too much work

you ain’t always been

a walk in the freakin park

yerself LoL




oh and p.s

to all the people

who like to capture posts

from my blog

and email them hither and yon



keep up the good work

you’ll get your reward

I’m sure!



cos apparently ya’ll have forgotten

that I’m human

that I can be hurt

and that apparently

I’m nothing near as perfect as ya’ll are…

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