I feel the need to start out this post by pointing out the fact that I'm a dude. And because I'm a dude, like every other person who belongs to the male race, there's 2 things you need to know about me/us: 1) We were given 2 heads with only enough blood to flow to one at a time (and let's be real, 9 times out of 10 it's the one below the equator), 2) We're dumb in the fact that we don't understand hidden meanings...we're BEYOND stupid to that stuff.
That said, ladies -- do you realize how difficult it is for a dude to tell the difference between whether you're flirting with us or whether you're just being friendly to us? Well, I shouldn't say "us" -- I can't speak for every guy because there's plenty of douches out there that think their s**t don't stink who assume anytime a girl says hi to them, she wants the D. But for dudes who aren't gonna end up divorced at least twice by the time they're 40, it's a really tough thing to figure out. Case in point:
I host trivia on Monday and Wednesday nights. Well, my Wednesday night place closed for a bit, reopened a month ago under a new owner, and he brought on a couple new people to the staff, including this total KNOCKOUT of a bartender. I'll call her Paige (pretty much because that's her real name and I couldn't careless if she ever reads this). Normally she bails before the end of trivia so we never really get a chance to talk, but for whatever reason last night she hung around and had a couple beers and was there after I packed up. I was walking behind the bar talking to some of the staff at the end of the night, and we ended up bumping into each other and just shooting the s**t and joking around. I was obviously being kinda flirty, partly because that's just my personality, but also because she's REALLY pretty.
So bla bla bla, a friend was getting up to leave so I wanted to go say bye, I come back and Paige was somewhere else doing her thing...no big deal. Randomly one of my frequent returner teams every week leaned over to me and said they thought she was into me. Now I take stuff like that with a grain of salt, more or less because I don't wanna come across as a total self-absorbed douche like the guys I talked about 2 paragraphs up. But obviously I paid attention..and Paige actually walked back to me and we kept talking. And talking. And I was putting in time. And I was holding my own (look, I'm not trying to sound emo by saying OMGZ SHEZ OUTTA MY LEAGUEZ, but girl is a knockout. And not that I think I'm ugly, but I'm a pretty average-looking chubby dude. And before you even try and start pouring compliments onto me saying not to be so hard on myself, I'm not. I'm just a realist, and I'm cool with it.)
So she asks me why I never stick around for a drink after. So naturally in my head I'm trying to figure out if that's an invitation to start staying late to have drinks with her and spend some time. So we're talking, and 10 minutes into the convo, just out of habit of the convo (I think I asked her why she was staying late since I never see her staying after to have drinks either), she drops the bomb that she was just waiting for her boyfriend to pick her up. (Naturally, the wiseass I am, respond with "Well now I definitely have no reason to stay after for some drinks." I was proud..she laughed.)
So ladies, I'm throwing this over to you. HOW are we, as guys -- dumb, clueless guys -- supposed to get when you're flirting with us and when you're just being friendly. Better yet, how are we supposed to realize the difference between you being flirty with us but have a boyfriend, and when you're being flirty with us because you're actually interested in us and want to see what happens? Ready...GO!
Thursday, October 11, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Why I Hate People -- Reason #94
Twice in one day? Awesome! This actually happened at the end of my first shift. Let me set the scene.
My apartment only has on-street parking. You can also only park on one side of the road. It's also a one-way street. You have to face the correct way or you get ticketed. So basically, you have to turn around to park. So as I'm backing up to turn around, and my doucheknuckle next door neighbor (who knows what I'm doing) WALKS RIGHT BEHIND ME TO TALK TO A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET. Better yet, it's my next door neighbor, so dummy knows exactly what I'm doing.
So he finally moves his idiotarded ass. Then proceeds to walk right to the spot I plan on parking, and instead of getting on the sidewalk to talk with the lady, he just stands on the street in front of her. I gave the dude a good 20 seconds to move off the street, and he just stood there. He finally looked at me and saw I was waiting for him to move, so he took a 1/2 step closer to the sidewalk, THEN STAYED ON THE STREET.
My only response? "F**k this" -- and I hit the gas pedal. Needless to say, dude moved his ass onto the sidewalk pretty quickly. Jadd 1, Doucheknuckle Neighbor 0.
(P.S. Before anyone has the chance to call me out, I understand this "Why I Hate People" series seems a little hypocritical since I always bust on people for bitching and moaning, and here I am pretty much doing the same thing. But here's the difference -- I'm not complaining, just entertaining and giving you a good laugh. I WILL, however, stop these if you guys don't dig 'em. So just say the good word. Thanks for reading!)
My apartment only has on-street parking. You can also only park on one side of the road. It's also a one-way street. You have to face the correct way or you get ticketed. So basically, you have to turn around to park. So as I'm backing up to turn around, and my doucheknuckle next door neighbor (who knows what I'm doing) WALKS RIGHT BEHIND ME TO TALK TO A NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET. Better yet, it's my next door neighbor, so dummy knows exactly what I'm doing.
So he finally moves his idiotarded ass. Then proceeds to walk right to the spot I plan on parking, and instead of getting on the sidewalk to talk with the lady, he just stands on the street in front of her. I gave the dude a good 20 seconds to move off the street, and he just stood there. He finally looked at me and saw I was waiting for him to move, so he took a 1/2 step closer to the sidewalk, THEN STAYED ON THE STREET.
My only response? "F**k this" -- and I hit the gas pedal. Needless to say, dude moved his ass onto the sidewalk pretty quickly. Jadd 1, Doucheknuckle Neighbor 0.
(P.S. Before anyone has the chance to call me out, I understand this "Why I Hate People" series seems a little hypocritical since I always bust on people for bitching and moaning, and here I am pretty much doing the same thing. But here's the difference -- I'm not complaining, just entertaining and giving you a good laugh. I WILL, however, stop these if you guys don't dig 'em. So just say the good word. Thanks for reading!)
Why I Hate People -- Reason #234
I think I'm gonna make this a continuing series, because really...why the hell not? So even though this is listed as reason #234 -- here's the first entry in the continuing epic series of Why I Hate People.
Ya know when you're driving on the highway, and it's not even that you're in a rush but you just HATE going 45 in a 65 for no reason at all? I'm not talking about because it's the beginning of afternoon rush. I'm talking about driving at 5 f*****g AM where there's a few cars on the road but not enough to cause a backup...BUT YOU GET STUCK BEHIND 2 DOUCHEBAGS DRIVING THE SAME SH***Y SLOW SPEED RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER?
HIT THE F*****G GAS PEDAL YOU A**NUGGETS!!
Yeah. That's reason #234 for Why I Hate People.
Ya know when you're driving on the highway, and it's not even that you're in a rush but you just HATE going 45 in a 65 for no reason at all? I'm not talking about because it's the beginning of afternoon rush. I'm talking about driving at 5 f*****g AM where there's a few cars on the road but not enough to cause a backup...BUT YOU GET STUCK BEHIND 2 DOUCHEBAGS DRIVING THE SAME SH***Y SLOW SPEED RIGHT NEXT TO EACH OTHER?
HIT THE F*****G GAS PEDAL YOU A**NUGGETS!!
Yeah. That's reason #234 for Why I Hate People.
CM Punk incident at RAW
So last night during the end of RAW, CM Punk was shown in the crowd being addressed by Vince McMahon. While that was going on, stuff ended up getting a little physical. Check the video then come back for commentary (sorry, the dude who posted it disabled embedding...asshat, I'm trying to get you hits.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAniQ0L2S3U&feature=share&list=UUybO8GgOUYwcQvf0f8GtD7AU
So you might've noticed what I did -- Punk actually hit the wrong guy. The person that kept shoving him was some disrespectful little teenage prick. Granted, when Punk first got up there and was swatting peoples' hands away and doing the normal bad guy routine, he gave a little shove to the kid. But the kid gave him a shove back, and Punk did nothing. But the kid kept going and going and at some point I think Punk wasn't sure where it was coming from, and he finally hit his limit and took it out on the dude who (I think accidentally) bumped his head. It was just the final straw.
Here's the thing -- fans need to learn that this s**t is a show. It's entertainment. Yeah, Punk is a bad guy IN CHARACTER...so he's gonna get in your face. He's gonna swat your hands away. He's gonna talk smack. That's his CHARACTER, not Punk the man. I've met the dude and he's a chill, laid-back guy, not the kind that would go into a crowd and start beating the s**t out of people because he can. But picture being in his shoes -- you're in the crowd just doing your job, and you're getting pushed and poked from every which way, and after staying calm for a good 30 seconds (which doesn't sound like a long time, but YOU get pushed and poked and hit for 30 seconds and see how pissed off you get), he finally got pushed (literally) too far.
People are gonna call him out on that he should've been professional or bla bla bla -- I'm sorry, if you're at an NBA game and Kevin Garnett is sitting on the bench in front of you and you keep shoving him and hitting the back of his head, what do you expect him to do? Sit there and go, "I'm a professional, it's okay for fans to treat me like s**t." No, he'd lay your ass out the same way Punk laid that guy out.
Sure, it was the wrong guy, but at the end of the day, let's be real...if you're putting on sunglasses indoors at 11pm at night (which is what it looked like that dude was doing when he bumped Punk's head), you probably deserved to get punched in the face anyway. Doucheknuckle.
So you might've noticed what I did -- Punk actually hit the wrong guy. The person that kept shoving him was some disrespectful little teenage prick. Granted, when Punk first got up there and was swatting peoples' hands away and doing the normal bad guy routine, he gave a little shove to the kid. But the kid gave him a shove back, and Punk did nothing. But the kid kept going and going and at some point I think Punk wasn't sure where it was coming from, and he finally hit his limit and took it out on the dude who (I think accidentally) bumped his head. It was just the final straw.
Here's the thing -- fans need to learn that this s**t is a show. It's entertainment. Yeah, Punk is a bad guy IN CHARACTER...so he's gonna get in your face. He's gonna swat your hands away. He's gonna talk smack. That's his CHARACTER, not Punk the man. I've met the dude and he's a chill, laid-back guy, not the kind that would go into a crowd and start beating the s**t out of people because he can. But picture being in his shoes -- you're in the crowd just doing your job, and you're getting pushed and poked from every which way, and after staying calm for a good 30 seconds (which doesn't sound like a long time, but YOU get pushed and poked and hit for 30 seconds and see how pissed off you get), he finally got pushed (literally) too far.
People are gonna call him out on that he should've been professional or bla bla bla -- I'm sorry, if you're at an NBA game and Kevin Garnett is sitting on the bench in front of you and you keep shoving him and hitting the back of his head, what do you expect him to do? Sit there and go, "I'm a professional, it's okay for fans to treat me like s**t." No, he'd lay your ass out the same way Punk laid that guy out.
Sure, it was the wrong guy, but at the end of the day, let's be real...if you're putting on sunglasses indoors at 11pm at night (which is what it looked like that dude was doing when he bumped Punk's head), you probably deserved to get punched in the face anyway. Doucheknuckle.
Friday, October 5, 2012
Booking Wrestlemania 29
WWE Championship -- CM Punk vs The Rock (c)
Follow me with this one. I think if WWE are smart, they'll have Punk hold the title all the way until the Rumble when it's already been announced that the WWE Champion at the time will face The Rock. EVERYONE wants to see a Punk/Rock feud, and even Punk himself said he wants to and can't wait to fight "Dwayne." So how does this match happen? Rock beats Punk at the Rumble to become the new champion. BUT...later on that night, Punk jumps someone from behind (Orton maybe?) and cost someone their spot -- he enters the Rumble in his place and wins it to become the #1 Contender. You can have someone put up a stink or whatever saying that Punk wasn't supposed to be in the match in the first place, bla bla bla, Elimination Chamber PPV you have a match in a chamber to crown the rightful #1 Contender (since I doubt Rock would be at the PPV to defend the title.) Punk wins and moves onto WM to get his rematch and comeuppance.
** For the record, I was originally gonna say have Cena win the Rumble and fight Rock to get his win back, but after thinking about it, I absolutely DO NOT want that to happen. WWE spent ONE FULL YEAR billing this match "ONCE in a lifetime" -- how do you bill something as once in a lifetime and then deliver the SAME main event 2 years in a row? Then again, this IS WWE we're talking about and Vince McMahon is an old crazy bastard.
World Heavyweight Championship -- Dolph Ziggler (c) vs Daniel Bryan
Sadly, the tag team of Daniel Bryan and Kane isn't going to last forever, and that's probably a good thing. Not that I don't think that they have awesome chemistry and are the best thing about WWE right now (aside from Punk/Heyman...and AJ Lee prancing out in business suits made of short shorts), but with the way creative has blown stuff in the past, I would rather not see Team Hell No (SH**TIEST name btw) overstay their welcome. That said, Dolph guaranteed Sheamus on RAW that he was going to walk out of Hell in a Cell as the World Heavyweight Champion. I say do it. Sheamus' reign has been lackluster, and the dude doesn't work as Ginger Cena who goofs around all the time. More on him later. I say you keep the title on Dolph all the way from HIAC to Wrestlemania (partly because long reigns rule, and partly because the dude deserves it for the amount of crap WWE has put him through), and have a now-face Bryan challenge him. I say give Bryan the win here and continue to let his stock rise. Plus seeing a couple Dolph/Bryan rematches is only good for us.
Sheamus vs Ryback
I'll admit, even part of me thinks I'm weird for throwing this match on, but it sorta makes sense I guess if a few things happen. They obviously want to build Ryback up to be a big player. Sheamus is the current World Heavyweight Champion. Frankly, I can't stand Sheamus right now. I loved it when he was just a badass "I'm gonna beat your ass because I can and I love to do it" Irishman -- now he's a pale John Cena. Dude goofs around and is never serious about anything and it's annoying. That's one thing I hate about Sheamus and Cena (as characters....in real life they're pretty badass) -- their characters just come off as so fake. I'm sorry, if you lose a match, you should be pissed, not come out all smiles and say "Oh gee golly darnit I'll get 'em next time. No big deal!" If you're put in a match with a 7 foot giant, you should be focused and serious and trying to get inside his head, not sitting there saying he has B.O. and bad breath. Sorry, rant over. Long story short, Sheamus has some main event status cred, they want Ryback to get up there, what perfect way than putting these 2 in a match together. It'd be a pretty good hard-hitting brawl I think (especially with a heel Sheamus), plus you know Vince would be in guerilla position creaming his man-thong over have 2 jacked up beasts in there. Have Sheamus go over, he and Ryback can feud for a couple more months until Ryback finally wins it and goes on to take Bryan for the WHC (where he busts out a heel turn in the process too.)
Undertaker vs Brock Lesnar -- Guest Referee: Triple H
It makes a whole lot of sense if you think about it. Trips has history with Taker over the last 2 Wrestlemanias (especially the whole "End of an Era" deal where he guaranteed he'd end the streak but came up just short), and clearly has history with Lesnar since Brock beat him at Summerslam and rumor has it he may get his win back around Survivor Series (although I hope if they lock horns again, Lesnar wins a second time), so putting these 3 in the ring just seems like a natural fit. Obviously Taker goes over, but you can keep it in question about how HHH will call it. Lesnar/Heyman can say they're at a disadvantage because Lesnar has owned HHH so calling the match one-way toward Taker will be considered his way of getting revenge, but then you can somehow twist it where HHH says that one line that can be taken multiple ways, and Taker can get in his face and accuse him of thinking about screwing Taker so that technically HHH will still be the one that ends the streak (with his count of 3...smell what I'm cookin?)
World Tag Team Championship -- Rhodes Scholars (c) vs Co-Bro vs Rey/Cara vs Kidd/Gabriel
Rule #1: Turn Kidd and Gabriel heel. Rule #2: Give this match a TON of time. Here's the thing, I watched WWE Main Event last night and during the Santino/Ryder (aka Co-Bro as listed here) vs Kidd/Gabriel match, I thought of a few things. First off, Kidd and Gabriel's music sounds like totally heelish music. Secondly, I actually dug Kidd and Gabriel as heels when Kidd was with The Hart Dynasty and Gabriel was with Nexus and The Corre. I just feel like they'd make a much better heel team and feel like they almost work a heelish match. Anyway, I want this match for a few reasons. First off, I'm loving that tag team wrestling is making a comeback. Secondly, you get 8 guys in this match to get a payday. But basically I think pretty much all of these teams have good chemistry (maybe Co-Bro struggles a bit, but it kinda goes with their characters, plus give them more time and they'll click more I'm sure). Another reason, there's rumors that WWE wants to break the Guinness World Record for total amount of masks worn in an arena, and they're thinking about doing that by giving us a Rey/Cara one-on-one match. I'm really not feeling it to be honest (although it probably WOULD be a good match). I think they're doing great as a tag team, and having them become the Tag Team Champions in this match makes sense to me (plus will free up Cody and Sandow to go for singles gold again).
Divas Championship -- Beth Phoenix (c) vs Natalya vs Kharma
I think I'd pretty much mess my pants over this match. I've hated the Divas division for so long because Vince just picks models off the street and thinks they can become female wrestlers with like a month of training. With word that Sara Del Rey is starting to train the Divas, I feel like stuff could get interesting again, which is why I think Beth will either stay with the company for come back after a short hiatus, and also why I think Kharma could re-sign too. I wanted to see Beth/Kharma ever since Kong signed with WWE, I was super pumped to see a Beth/Natalya match until they storyline F'd it in the face, and I just think a 3-way with these girls (insert joke here) would be mindblowing (insert another joke here). Give Kharma the title here and let her open up cans of whoop ass on everyone.
Brodus Clay vs Tensai
Look, before you give me a ton of s**t, with the way this card is working out (Punk/Rock, Bryan/Dolph, Taker/Brock, AKA a ton of super emotionally-invested, insanely well-wrestled/brawled matches...and that's just so far), we're gonna need a break to breathe/urinate. The Divas match is one of those matches, and this match can do the same thing. Except, call me crazy, but when they were schedule for a match against each other last week, I was actually intrigued to see them go at it. I think if you gave them time, we could see a pretty smashmouth match between these guys. Since the match on (I think) RAW was only a couple mins, they could afford to blow their load early and go right to a finishing sequence since Big Show was going to do a run-in. I don't care how much you hate on this match, this is my fantasy booking so I'd throw it on there (and I also don't care who wins really, I just want to see a fully worked, time-given match between these two.)
Kane vs Big Show
This is another one of those matches that's gonna calm the crowd down, more or less because Big Show is slower than a one-legged hobbit going uphill backwards covered in molasses. Kane is obviously more mobile and he's been a lot more motivated since back when he was in the 3-way feud with Punk and Bryan, but with all of the stacked matches this card seems to have (not just big names, but also overall emotionally-invested wrestling), a slower-paced match between these two will be a good way to keep the crowd from being super drained super fast. Plus I think Kane might actually be able to pull Big Show to a decent match if he stays as motivated as he's been the last few months. I say let Kane go over because Big Show really has no reason to be winning anything right now since he's on his way out.
United States Championship -- Dean Ambrose (c) vs Antonio Cesaro
Dean Ambrose is awesome from what I've seen of him. So is Cesaro (he's been decent in WWE but he's been incredible in ROH as Claudio...and it looks like WWE is finally letting him start to shine a bit with his style). I feel like these two in a match would be awesome. Right now, Ambrose is on the rise in NXT. I say screw it, bring him up to the main roster a week or two before Mania and put him in a proving ground match with Cesaro or something. Cesaro gets cocky and takes him lightly, Ambrose ends up winning the US Title in his debut match. For people who are AWESOME in the ring, I don't see anything wrong with a quick push right away. Cesaro gets his rematch at Mania, Ambrose retains and Cesaro can get into an upper-card feud to elevate his status on his way to a main eventer.
Intercontinental Championship -- The Miz (c) vs Wade Barrett
For this to work, I think it makes sense to turn Miz face. What makes more sense in turning him face is that Marine 3 is going to be coming out soon (if it's not out already), plus you have him as a commentator on WWE Main Event and he doesn't really take a face or heel stand (more just analyzes it as a wrestler which is an awesome spin on commentating). Why not turn him full-fledged face...he's been a heel his whole career anyway. Build Barrett up, have him face Miz for the IC title, and win it. They can feud for a couple more PPVs and then move Miz onto an uppercard feud too (hey, maybe even against Cesaro!)
There ya go -- Wrestlemania 29 booked. Thoughts?
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
The Great Bullying Debate
I hate that I even have to write this post, partly because there's a s**t ton of doucheknuckles in the world, and also because for some stupid reason, there's an actual definition to bullying that makes some really s**tty stuff technically not bullying, which I call BS on. First things first -- this lady is making the news (which is ironic since she reports the news) because of a segment she did on her news show talking about an email she got basically calling her fat/obese and a bad role model, especially for girls. Check out the video below real quick (it's like 4 mins long), then continue reading.
Crazy stuff, right? So here's the interesting part that inspired this blog post -- I threw this up on my Twitter and also my Facebook for people to check out, and I actually praised this woman. Now obviously the news anchor brought up the topic of bullying and that she could take it because she's an adult and stuff like that doesn't affect her, but a lot of school-aged children would be ripped apart by this and start acting unhealthy. Totally logical and I think a great tie-in considering she twisted this whole BS into a positive message.
Turns out, according to one of my Facebook friends who apparently works in bully awareness, this technically isn't bullying. When I brought up the fact that not all bullying has to be physical, but that there's verbal bullying too, she agreed. Then laid this little tidbit out there -- she said the actual definition of bullying is "repeated, aggressive behavior that is intentional."
So basically what she's saying is it needs to be a repeated offense for it to be considered bullying? Am I the only one that considers this to be total and utter bulls**t? (And for the record, I'm not talking about what the girl said, I'm talking about the fact that the definition calls for repeated offenses.) Seriously, let's break this down -- now more than ever, people (well, mainly teens and young adults) are committing suicide because they're bullied...whether it's body size, facial features, skin color, sexual preference -- they're killing themselves because their peers are little a**holes and torture and torment them. But what you're saying is if it only happens one time, it's not technically bullying so they can't get help like a bullying victim could?
What if it only took that one time? What if someone was just having a really crummy day -- family problems at home, feeling down on their luck and just not good about themselves in general -- what if that ONE day, someone just walks up to that person and says, "You know what? If I were as fat and ugly as you, I'd walk around like the miserable waste of space that I am too. You should just go kill yourself and do the world a favor." Now that's only ONE offense, so according to definitions given by people who work in bully awareness, that's not bullying. But what if just the ONE time is enough for someone to be like "F**k this, you're right" and the kid offs him/herself?
I see posts from people all the time who wanna change the world. People like my buddy Paul Varga (@PVarga on Twitter), who just yesterday interviewed his mother on his radio show because they're both survivors of Domestic Violence. People like my girl Jillian Jensen (@ItsJillJensen on Twitter), who recently just gained some fame for her audition on The X Factor where she made pretty much the entire panel of judges cry because of her bullying story and her NEED to stand up against it. People like me...I wanna do good in this world too.
But how are we supposed to change the world if they people that have seemingly the most power or at least are in a real good position to kick off some change (like Bullying Awareness), handcuff everyone because technically it's not bullying if it's repeated? S**t only needs to happen once for terrible consequences to result, and until people wake the f**k up and realize that fact, nothing will ever change no matter how hard we try.
Crazy stuff, right? So here's the interesting part that inspired this blog post -- I threw this up on my Twitter and also my Facebook for people to check out, and I actually praised this woman. Now obviously the news anchor brought up the topic of bullying and that she could take it because she's an adult and stuff like that doesn't affect her, but a lot of school-aged children would be ripped apart by this and start acting unhealthy. Totally logical and I think a great tie-in considering she twisted this whole BS into a positive message.
Turns out, according to one of my Facebook friends who apparently works in bully awareness, this technically isn't bullying. When I brought up the fact that not all bullying has to be physical, but that there's verbal bullying too, she agreed. Then laid this little tidbit out there -- she said the actual definition of bullying is "repeated, aggressive behavior that is intentional."
So basically what she's saying is it needs to be a repeated offense for it to be considered bullying? Am I the only one that considers this to be total and utter bulls**t? (And for the record, I'm not talking about what the girl said, I'm talking about the fact that the definition calls for repeated offenses.) Seriously, let's break this down -- now more than ever, people (well, mainly teens and young adults) are committing suicide because they're bullied...whether it's body size, facial features, skin color, sexual preference -- they're killing themselves because their peers are little a**holes and torture and torment them. But what you're saying is if it only happens one time, it's not technically bullying so they can't get help like a bullying victim could?
What if it only took that one time? What if someone was just having a really crummy day -- family problems at home, feeling down on their luck and just not good about themselves in general -- what if that ONE day, someone just walks up to that person and says, "You know what? If I were as fat and ugly as you, I'd walk around like the miserable waste of space that I am too. You should just go kill yourself and do the world a favor." Now that's only ONE offense, so according to definitions given by people who work in bully awareness, that's not bullying. But what if just the ONE time is enough for someone to be like "F**k this, you're right" and the kid offs him/herself?
I see posts from people all the time who wanna change the world. People like my buddy Paul Varga (@PVarga on Twitter), who just yesterday interviewed his mother on his radio show because they're both survivors of Domestic Violence. People like my girl Jillian Jensen (@ItsJillJensen on Twitter), who recently just gained some fame for her audition on The X Factor where she made pretty much the entire panel of judges cry because of her bullying story and her NEED to stand up against it. People like me...I wanna do good in this world too.
But how are we supposed to change the world if they people that have seemingly the most power or at least are in a real good position to kick off some change (like Bullying Awareness), handcuff everyone because technically it's not bullying if it's repeated? S**t only needs to happen once for terrible consequences to result, and until people wake the f**k up and realize that fact, nothing will ever change no matter how hard we try.
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Why I've grown to hate the Red Sox
Couldn't be further from the truth. I'm just a fed up fan...and I'm not talking about the wins/losses either.
You're talking about a dude who may have been a fairweather fan growing up, because my father wasn't into sports and my mother...well, she was kinda busy being my mother AND father at times (that's all you get outta me unless you're dating me -- cute girls feel free to apply), so I wasn't really into sports myself. But between friends, growing up and coming into my own, and everything in between, I started getting into them, and during the 2003 ALDS between the Sox and A's that was a total nailbiter and the 2003 ALCS between the Sox and Yanks (yes, THAT ALCS...Aaron f*****g Boone), I was glued to my couch with friends. In 2004 I'd constantly leave my night class to go into the cafe down the hall to check the score during the ALDS, and during the ALCS (yes, THAT ALCS...Yankees = choke artists)...I didn't even go to class. World Series came, and like Joe Buck said, I, like other Red Sox fans, "longed to hear it...the Red Sox, are World Champions." I lead the parade of people from my suite across campus to the quad to all the drunk girls showing off the celebratory boobies (God damn do I miss college).
Fast forward a few years to 2011 -- I didn't care so much that the Sox lost in the playoff game against the Rays. Stuff happens sometimes, ya know? It's what happened in the offseason that disgusted me. Finger pointing, drama about f*****g chicken and beer in the dugout, douchebag players getting egos bigger than their average or ERA (which were respectively terrible)...and then all the pink hats deciding that #OccupyFenway should actually be something -- and then the biggest pink hat network of them all, NESN, following through with it!
Add in this season's total...I guess bulls**t is the only word for it, and I'm embarrassed that I have about 5 Sox hats hanging up on my hat rack at home. The Sox went from the ultimate underdog team that you loved to cheer for from season to season to a bunch of sellouts that just wanted to cater to the members of the crowd that only go to Fenway because they think it's awesome to sing Sweet Caroline in the Bottom of the 8th. Don't believe me? THEY OPENED A F*****G CONCESSION STAND CALLED "SWEET CAROLINE" IN THE PARK!!!
Who knows though, maybe this was the wake-up call the team needed to get their heads out of their asses and actually give a s**t about the job they're played WAY too much money to do -- play ball. And play ball because they supposedly love the game, not because of their stupid ass paychecks or because the fans think it's awesome when you piss inside the Green Monster in between innings or just booze in the clubhouse because you're not the Starting Pitcher that day. But until I find out if they're gonna stop being the legit pathetic f***tards they've become, I'm all about these guys.
Let's go Cubbies.
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