America...The Sensitive

Kinda high off of a short stack of silver dollar pancakes, so I'm gonna get right to it.

Stop being so sensitive.

Everyone: black, white, brown, gay, straight, backwards, forwards, red light, green light.  I believe this is one reason why we aren't growing in this country.  We get too caught up in people living their lives and saying how they feel.  Instead of listening, agreeing to disagree, and moving forward, we want to chastise, criticize and ask for apologize (I just wanted to rhyme, don't judge me)

To an extent, its safe to be that sensitive, you don't want someone representing your Cancer Survivors company, going on a radio show and saying something like: "those baldies, thats what I call em', the baldies" and he/she is out there shaking hands and kissing babies, but to make him/her apologize for it, and "clean" it up by doing some charity work makes it all ok?  You really think he/she aren't still calling cancer survivors "baldies" when there's no microphone in their face?

Back in the day, when someone said something about you, you'd say something about them back, so instead of gay people whining to David Stern (NBA Commissioner) when a player gets caught saying "faggot", how about just talking about that person, make fun of how he only averages 5 points a game, then again, why get upset about it at all? Do you believe he was actually thinking of you (or your "community") when he said it? An apology is not going to change how he feels or his slang terminology.  Were your feelings ever even really hurt or you just wanted to see that black man (yeah I took it there) receive a fine?

If you feel strongly about a certain issue, stand by it.  Maybe what you said was just a joke and was meant to be taken lightly, stand by it.  Instead of giving in and apologizing to all these "communities", talk to them.  Obviously my gripe is with the media and celebrities, but it goes a bit beyond that.  I think when we reach that point of standing by what we say, regardless of what it is, we'll begin to laugh with each other, more and discover common ground.  I know that sounds crazy, people laughing at themselves and one another and finding common ground on real issues.

Peace and mo Old Navy Fleece

P.S.--I'm very sensitive, lol

Watch the World Burn

I'm shutting the world out, not even intentionally, its just happening, I can see it though, but I cant stop it...I want to be there for people, I want to be a good friend, I want to be a decent human being.  I feel like I've lost all control, part of me likes it, obviously the other part doesn't.  I'm gonna be a bitter lonely old man, mad at the world for turning me into a monster, how can a part of me be content with that?

Easy, I'd rather die alone than continually have my hopes and dreams shattered, and my heart broken.  I can be content with that, and knowing that I'm not bringing anyone down with me, my wife, my kids, family and friends, dont have to suffer with me, or suffer for things I've done, and mistakes I've made.  I'll just sit back, play my role when my name is called, and fade to black when I see, all is good.  Perhaps thats why I'm shutting the world out, maybe I'm just making my bed.

but..

I'll always be depressed, I wont ever feel complete.  Passing up opportunities left and right because I'm too afraid of the future.  No more being in love....no more knowing the person you're in love with, is in love with you as well.  No one to teach, or pass my wisdom down to while I watch them grow.

Just me...

I guess thats a sacrifice I'm willing to make....this bud's for you.

Say Goodbye to the Good Guy

I'm writing (typing) this without my glasses, so if I spell "special" like this "speshull" don't hate on me, just feel my pain.

Being a good person just doesn't seem worth the trouble anymore.  Not to try and discourage anyone else, but maybe its just not for me anymore.  I'm just generally a nice person, most of the time I could care less if the nice things I do for people go unnoticed, I'm not doing it for recognition, not doing it in hopes that I'll get something in return or to throw it back in anyone's face later down the line, I just want people to be happy, but I suppose I've reached a point where SOME kind of reward would be nice.

It's all making sense though, my Sunday School teacher once told our class "..you wont get to heaven by just being nice."  This world isn't made for people like me, its too cold.  This world seems to be made only to break you down.  It's a shame to see people who changed their lifestyles and ways of thinking, readjusting their personality to fit in this cold world....count me out.

How can you not be discouraged?  Everyone around you seems to be smiling harder than you, and you know they don't deserve it. (I just said "you" like a bajillion times)  I guess that proves my Karma Theory right.  Still.  It's not fair, to witness some people going about their lives in such a careless manner, while you're cautious with just about every step you take (singing Bobby Brown- Every Step I Take)  Only to find out, you had it wrong this whole time.  It's a good thing I probably wont end up having children, cause they would turn out to be the most ruthless human beings this world has ever seen...and they will inherit the Earth...not the meek.

I always feel like I don't belong here, or I was born during the wrong era, or something.  Maybe God made a mistake?..Yeah you're right, he doesn't make mistakes.  My patience is running low, usually when that happens, I'll get a break, like, I'll find a dollar on the ground, and that'll keep my patience meter up for about 2 years.

This blog looks like a suicide note, well just to give you a heads up, I'm not going to kill myself and I'm not going to stop being nice, It's something I cant help, maybe it'll pay off one day, maybe it wont.

That's all for now...I'll have more depressed thoughts for you later

Cereal Review: Marshmallow Treasures

I know what you're thinking, "What the heck am I doing on this crappy blog"....and I know what else you're thinking "How the heck did Jay-z get Beyonce?"......you're also thinking this "What the heck is Marshmallow Treasures?!"

About the cereal
Marshmallow Treasures is an off brand cereal created by Market Brand and sold at Target (not sure where else), they make a variety of cost efficient (cheap) placebos to the name brand products for those of use who want to save a little cash.  Off brand products have been around for a long time, probably more successful with food than with other things (clothes, shoes, etc.)  I remember being with my mom, brother, and sisters at the grocery store, we'd head straight for the cereal aisle and stay there the entire time our mom was shopping, we would grab the off brand cereals and laugh hysterically while comparing them to the real products....lol, but you know that old saying, "a bird in the hand is worth 2 in the bush?".....not that one....."what goes around comes around?".....NO!...."cant knock it, until you try it"....there ya go.

The Good

• MARSHMALLOWS!!!
• ....marshmallows
• ................................marshmallow milk

The Bad

• Virtually identical to Lucky Charms
• Can't really identify the "marshmallow treasures"...if thats important to you
• Terrible after-taste

Wrap Up

This is not a bad cereal at all, mainly because it tastes exactly like General Mills' Lucky Charms.  The cereal itself (minus the marshmallows) has never had a pleasant taste to me, as a young tyke I always wondered why they didn't just make a cereal with ALL marshmallows, why ruin a good thing?  Overall I'm actually highly satisfied (except for this terrible after taste I'm sucking on)  I went in expecting a lot worse.  In fact.  I even had 2 bowls!!  I give Market Brand's Marshmallow Treasures, 3.5 Bowls out of 5.