Hello and welcome to yet another set of Random Thoughts. It's been sort
of a weird week for me and I've been anxious to blog a bit about it, so
let's get to it, shall we:
- First things first, I've reposted
the bulletin about the cookout and the birthdays. Take a look at your
bulletin space for all the details on what's happening later this week.
For people not on Myspace (i.e. Facebook, the general Internet, etc.),
contact me personally and I'll get you the details.
- I'll be
honest...last night at the club was weird for me. First off, some guy
came up to me trying to set up a bet regarding whether me or this other
guy was the "better" dancer. I obviously declined it, since I dance
generally for myself and to be social...not to be someone else's monkey
or prove something. Also, there must have been something in the air
last night because there were several fights at the club last
night...two of them took place near the bar and most of them occurred
when rock or techno music was playing (meaning it wasn't the fault of
the music or the deejay). It's been relatively peaceful there, so I am
hoping this was an abberation...I'm having a b-day celebration next week
and I don't want it spoiled by something like this. In spite of all
that, after a couple weeks of anxiety showing at the club, I actually
felt sorta relaxed, almost back to my usual club self (the reason for
"almost" being my disdain for the fighting).
- The reason for
the "oh geez" title for this blog was inspired from the fighting I saw
at the club last night. It looked like all these fights started because
either somebody accidently bumped someone else or someone "looked at
them funny," if you know what I mean. It sounds silly to me and
probably a lot of you that these would be actual reasons to start a
brawl...shoot, it feels silly just typing it here. Unfortunately, that
is exactly what happens in these cases. My theory is that there is a
lot of "mind-reading" going on, where someone believes they actually
have an idea what someone else is thinking simply from being looked at
or bumped. The fact is, people are just not capable of actually knowing
what others think no matter how much some insist otherwise...we'd all
be telepaths or X-Men if we were capable of that. These people usually
try to read others' reactions and ultimately many make mistakes on what
they actually read, which then starts the process of stirring up trouble
in general. I surmise a lot of this is due to trouble with either
personal boundaries, a sense of entitlement, personal ego, insecurity
issues, erroneously projecting thoughts onto others, a lot of alcohol,
or a combination of any or all of these. My solution would be to sit
these people down or pull them aside, tell them they suck at
mind-reading and stop being a fool, because that's what they're
doing...being foolish (it might be hard to do it when they're drunk...do
it when they sober up). It's embarassing to be around people like this
because it only ends bad for everybody all around. Unfortunately,
it'll probably still happen...oh well.
- After a lot of anxiety
(especially over auto and financial related stuff) and some depression
the past couple of weeks, as of yesterday I am finally starting to relax
and feel like myself again. A lot of little things and stuff I
couldn't control contributed to this, and now that a lot of it has
passed I can start moving on and getting to the things I need to take
care of....like myself.
- As you can tell by the timing of this
entry, I am not watching Wrestlemania this year. I'll get the results
later but honestly I was just not up for it this year and with a couple
of exceptions the overall card did not inspire me to want to watch it. I
did watch the Hall of Fame ceremony yesterday (online and on TV) and
that was enjoyable...I was especially loving with the induction of Ricky
"The Dragon" Steamboat, who was a major factor in me becoming hooked on
pro wrestling when I was a teenager.
- I've done some "online
spring cleaning" of my Myspace. If you haven't noticed already, I
dropped a significant number of people from my friends list over the
weekend. Those I dropped were either people who I really didn't know
whatsoever or celebrities or organizations I no longer keep track of.
In other words, if I know you, you weren't and won't be dropped. There
are some people who "collect friends" for their vanity or egos...I'm not
one of 'em. BTW, I've been on Myspace for a couple years now, so it
was probably time to do some spring cleaning.
- I've upgraded my
Linux OS and in doing so finally got my computer to boot up the way I
want it too. It took me a while to get that going, but I'm happy I got
that taken care of.
- A quote I found perusing Myspace: It is better to love people and use things than to love things and use people.
- Can you believe it's gonna get cold again? At least it's only for a
couple days and then it'll be back to warmer weather, just in time for
my birthday :)
- Song on repeat: "How Soon Is Now" by Love Spit
Love. This is a cover of a song originally produced in the 80's (I
don't know who originally did it) and was used as the theme song for the
TV show "Charmed". If I had a euphemism to describe this particular
song, it would be "hauntingly relaxing"....don't know why, it just seems
appropriate.
- SLP to the following: Cheryl, Holly &
Heather, Kevin, Kristin, Stan, FINODI, Griff, Daryl, Jay, Vanessa and
Liz (from Facebook).
Next week is gonna be a big week for
me...I'm turning 37 (OMG...I'm getting OLD!!! AUUUUUUUUGH!!!!). I hope
my birthday this year is enjoyable...I am crossing my fingers and
knocking on wood just in case. Until next time, people. Take care and
God Bless.
DJ
