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2015 aka Don’t Mess with Me, Man.

I am going to have to wrap up 2014 on a down note. I’m usually a great optimist, and I try to live in the moment but several situations have negated this possibility for the start of the year.

1) I lost a friend that I no longer communicated with over inane roommate complications.  There was no obituary posted, I can’t figure out if they’ve had a memorial service and I feel a bit lost at sea about it.

2) A family friend died on the same day. Seriously 2014, why.

3) We lost Robin Williams and Phillip Seymour Hoffman too soon. But I understand why. I understand. I just keep telling myself that to move on.

4) Another airline lost and limited technology to track it down. We’re minutes from 2015 and we haven’t pulled our collective heads out of our asses to make advancements for the safety of human lives a priority. We’re apparently just meat, and we’ll continue to think of each other as just meat until the computers take over and turn us into batteries.

5) Racism. What the fuck?  It’s 2015 and a woman younger than me with all that comes with that advantage should be capable of open-minded thinking. But when her child says her mother won’t let her use an iPad app because she might talk to black boys, I nearly had a heart attack.

• I now consider you a nasty horrible human being in charge of a girl with a good heart. She’ll be ruined by your slimy thoughts.
• I’d rethink the whole education of your children. Maybe you should be more worried that she’s TALKING TO BOYS at 12 without supervision on an electronic device that is a helpful tool to stalk children, rather than worrying about what color they are?
• And people think black people are just paranoid about racism, that it’s not as expansive as they think. THEY’RE NOT PARANOID. This racist filth exists in droves and it breeds…apparently with a different man each time. (ooh, I slut shamed her.)
• I feel as if it’s now my mission to counteract your ignorance but I can’t be there all the time. I just want to smack you so hard into the light.

I’m going to do my best to stand tall, head up, and think good thoughts for the remainder of the year. 2015 can’t be worse right?