No one is more shocked than I that I agree with something Russell Brand says, but this really is a very nice tribute to Amy Winehouse-and I can't believe that I would echo something this guy says, as I think he is an awful comic...but heroin addiction is one of the toughest things to recover from.
We really should've started to look at the option of getting addicts clean instead of chucking them in jail a long time ago. My main reason for stating that is simple-an addict can get better junk in the joint than on the outside. I swear from all that I've read and heard (I have an extended family member with a life sentence-not that you care-but that's how I know) that being inside will only get you more hooked, if not dead. The prison system, like a lot of other things, is massively broken.
At the same time, I don't think it's right that the media, and the paparazzi in particular, take such a shine to someone's downward spiral, their demise. It would be one thing if they were a douchebag, or a murderer (waive your hand over there in the corner, OJ), but Winehouse was successful, and no one could deny her voice. So why the hate? Is it because those that don't have that talent choose to berate the person that holds it? Have these same haters not seen someone they love go thru the downward spiral of success? I have, on a much smaller scale. It sucks, but it happens. On top of all the musicians, there are plenty of actors, comedians, wrestlers and athletes who end up chasing the high of performing, at the highest of levels, in front of huge crowds. Most of us will never know what that is like, let alone succeeding in that environment. For us as music fans, we lost a voice that was amazing. While I may not have loved her voice, I know talent when I hear it-and she had it.
Now, on to the things that I've had tabbed on my internet search for awhile...
I want one! Admit it, you do, too...
The founder of SavvyAuntie.com needs to get a grip. Read this, and then get my back story. Ready? I pull up many websites a day at work (hey, when you're trying to track down contacts at major corporations, Google is a great tool), and Google News is one of them. Other than the screaming liberalism - seriously every other article is from either the NY or LA Times, c'mon man-I came across the article linked above, and my reaction was to gag. And in the 2nd to last paragraph is what made me throw up in my mouth a lil' bit:
"My infertility is circumstantial but my life is not barren."
Lady, I got news for you-the reason you don't have a kid is very simple, so simple I can't believe someone who comes across so learned that you don't see it. No one talks like that, except women who are covering for the reason they're single and/or without child. You do a disservice to those who can't have children. Quite frankly, you're an offense to me, a man. You chose your career over opening your mind and heart to a man who was trying to make you happy. You want too much. And now, it's probably too late.
I know from which I speak. As a single man, I have been such a picky asshole for so long, I probably wouldn't know a good woman if she walked up, bought me a beer and shook my dick. This is part of what happens when you look longingly for something and someone that isn't there.
Again, Denver, I ask-Why no mention of hate crimes? Why is okay for '4 to 10 black men and women' to attack whites and hispanics but no mention of race but the moment a minority in Boulder gets slapped it has to be race-related or a hate crime? Does hate only work one way in this country? In the eyes of the law? Have white people (I mean the rest of you, not me, I could care less) become so afraid of being dubbed a 'racist' that they will bend over and just take it. This is the 3rd summer in a row that black youth has beaten up some white people near or in downtown Denver, and no one is throwing down the race card. Sorry, but this is gang violence, just like it was 2 summers ago at the Denver Pavilion. Charge these criminals as such.
Sprint is the last one at the unlimited data party. Considering how many phone calls I don't make, I am glad I have an unlimited data plan-makes for using Pandora for my commute nice. Although I will admit, I'm starting to get iPhone envy as my Android phone has been acting clunky lately. It must know its time is up come December.
Let me see if I have this right-Obama wins the election in 2008, then tells everyone with an 'R-' in front of their state to deal with it because in case they forgot, he won. Then in 2010 people came out in middle elections and put a new brand of people that would tell him his policies suck, now with this debt deal he wants 'bipartisanship'. Dear Mr. President-get bent, buddy. You don't get to own both sides of the street. Your fiscal policy is to bankrupt my friends' grandkids. Your party hasn't come up with an original budget idea in over 800 days, yet I have to read and watch you say that social security checks might not get cut. Way to freak out the old people. Add to it that when you are told by someone who has run a few businesses what's what, when he doesn't get his way he storms out of a room. As someone that didn't vote for him-not because I'm racist, not because I'm afraid of hope or change, not because I think W is the devil, but I don't think he has the background to lead-I'm going to point out something Obama said that I repeated on stage for an open mic night: "That is above my pay grade." He was telling all of us, most of you refused to listen.
How to win the baseball trade deadline-see Braves, Atlanta.
How to lose the baseball trade deadline-Astros, Houston.
More on the baseball trades tomorrow, a whole blog on those deals that went down.
The new apt
Ah, living on my own-such a dream that I just snatched from the jaws of a nightmare. The kitchen will be complete tomorrow. The bedroom is set. The bathroom is 98% set. The living room? If I were a sophomore in college it would be all set. The TV is a beauty-football cannot start soon enough, in LED on an HD feed, I may pass out. I need to purchase a couch still, and once that is in, then the coffee table will go in, along with a dining room set.
This place is huge for a 1 bedroom-792 sq. feet. And it's all mine. Now that doesn't mean there haven't been a moment or two of drama, but all things have worked out. I'm just happy to be able to enjoy peace and quiet, and my own space. It's been 7 years since I've used my own cups/plates/silverware, and I bought so much crap for this move it's beyond calling it over the top. But I'm stocked up on all sorts of things, so now it's time for the great couch hunt, and all will be in place well before Labor Day.
Now, as for the grad school or not for me? That question has an answer. The answer is not for me, not right now. Don't be disappointed in me. I took my closest friends take (or at least those that I knew could give me a hard hitting answer in a short period of time-if you weren't asked, take it for what it's worth) along with Ma Dukes input, thought about things, mostly what I wanted, and came to this conclusion:
While I'm not certain what I want to be yet, going to get an MBA just to get one (without any focus) doesn't seem like the brightest idea, on top of taking on a potential $60K in debt. I know the area I like, and this program that I mentioned in a previous blog would not be a fit, nor I a fit for that program, no matter how flattering the recruiter was of my 'varied career'. It's nice to be told I have a lot of the talent level and skills that they would look for, but I wasn't really looking for this at this moment.
I'm going to attempt to make this as normal of a week as possible, no crazy trips, just going to work and coming home, exercising, eating right and getting some much needed rest. Then the week after that hitting the job search, hard. Nothing against my current role, but it isn't managed to my expectations. I'm not looking a gift horse in the mouth, but I do know I want more out of my career and my life.
Things to look forward to-here's what I will be writing about this week:
Baseball trades
Hitting the 'unfriend' button and ripple effect
Why family is the yin/yang of our existence.
Have a good week, everyone, I know I will.
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