Maybe it's been a rougher week than I think, maybe I'm starting my period soon. All I know is I ordered edamame and he didn't put the order in so all my food got cold while I waited for them and my frustration was WAY out of proportion to edamame's importance in my life. This might have been the third time I've had it ever. But I still muttered expletives as I walked home with the rest of my carry out about f-ing edamame and inept servers named Brett.
It's been a long week.
A quick postscript: I'm also thinking of defriending someone on Facebook. Actually a couple of people because they irritate me so much as people and I so despise their point of view that I find their posts angst provoking. Both are on fire for Jesus types who have taken to proselytizing and social consciousness with the same vigor and zeal they took to the clubs when that was their scene. Irritating. as. hell. Almost daily they post annoying links or comments; one to faith based websites or Fox News (really), the other posts critical social activism quotations or links which seek to make people feel like douchebags for having anything at all or Bible verses. I don't often take the bait but today I did when he expressed outrage that people came out in the 10's of thousands in Australia to see Oprah and only hundreds gathered to protest whatever the fuck is happening with that creepy Wikileaks guy.
The Wikileaks thing incenses me on a couple of levels. First is that it happened at all. That someone violated the trust placed in them and compromised confidential discussions, positions, assessments. That creepy guy can only publish what someone gives him and some ass wipe did. Anyone defending that is just not a friend of mine. I hold some of Facebook guy's secrets, should I just post them on Facebook because all of our mutual friends deserve transparency into the confidences we've shared with one another? Does your new wife need to know what you've told me about her and the girls before? I think she would say yes. I think you would say hell no. Only a profound idiot takes to the streets and tries to twist the fundamental betrayal of telling secrets and breaking trust on such a scale into something grandiose about transparency in government. Bull shit. This isn't Watergate.
So I'm torn. Do I defriend them? The part of me that wants always to be a better person tomorrow than I was today says I should ignore them but appreciate the diversity and divergence of thought they bring because it reminds me not everyone is as smart as I am. And also so I can be aware there are people who may actually think President Palin has a nice ring to it. But I find the way they use their platform so arrogant and annoying, I just don't want to see it anymore. And for those who might be inclined to suggest I just delete my account, I would be done with Facebook entirely if it weren't the best way to know what in the world my brother is up to.
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Yeah Ava, I had an issue with an old friend of mine who suddenly started mass emailing me all kinds of virulently anti-Muslim literature. Whatever, right? What do I care about Muslims?
But then he sent me something about how some Muslim guy was promoted within the FBI and was like "We've gotta protest this! We can't have this!" I responded that we needed more Muslims in the FBI--not fewer. We needed more intelligence, more friends in that part of the world and how exactly did he expect us to gather info?; but he responded "I dont think they should be allowed to defend our country." Wow. First of all, what's "our" country? And who else shouldn't be allowed to defend it? I was really surprised and disappointed--this guy's a doctor! And an old, old friend.
But that's it--he's off my list and not getting back on. Dont have time for crap like that.
I've taken that first step Lodo and just blocked his feed so I can't see any of the nonsense he's spouting unless I click on him (which I won't).
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