People Trip Me Out

Greetings!

Okay, I missed updating yesterday. I was out of town most of the day, visiting family, and I just didn't get to it. But I thought about it and I was mindful of my eating yesterday. And, well, no one is reading this yet anyway. lol I know, no excuse.

But I'm here today, writing a quick message before I eat my lunch. Well, sort of brunch since I haven't eaten yet and it's now 11:40 AM. I know, I should have eaten breakfast. I didn't. I just wasn't hungry until now.

People trip me out sometimes. Even the ones that want other people to be open minded with them - can still be so close minded themselves. I remember this gay bar I used to sing karaoke in - me and some of my friends made friends with a pre-op transgender woman. She was pretty clumsy with her make up and overall look first, but she drank in all the advice we gave her and really started looking pretty great. But our table was the only table that didn't act like she was some kind of a joke. They were all fine with all their drag queen friends, but a person coming to realize that she was actually a female and doing something about it - that was too uncomfortable for them to deal with. It made me angry. One day, I didn't see her anymore. She was a truckdriver for a living and I have worried about her more than once. I hope she is okay and happy out there in the world.

I recently had a friend tell me that she won't be coming to my wedding because she doesn't like someone else that will be there. Whatever happened to politely ignoring someone you don't like? I mean, really?

And another friend on a social networking site informed all her "political friends" that if they talk politics, she will put their messages on invisible status. I have to wonder, is that the ones that only talk politics? Or anyone who even MENTIONS it. Because I'm sorry, politics are part of life and there are ways to discuss issues without being obnoxious. And there are important things going on in the world today. Like the Occupy movement. It's a good thing to at least be SORT OF informed. It just trips me out. People talk about all kinds of things there...things that interest me...things that don't. I read the stuff I want and kind of filter out the rest. I've never thought of just ignoring everything a friend has to say, though, because occasionally they say something I'm less than pleased with. What kind of friendship is that? And yet, I know she didn't mean any anomousity in her statement. But still...it's just so bizarre.

People just trip me out sometimes. People in my own life included. Sometimes especially. That's the biggest reason I'm posting this relatively anonymously. At least here in the beginning. I tend to want to talk about and write about the things I see around me. I want to speak the truth of my life. But that inevitably leads to someone getting offended. And that just SUCKS. I love the people in my life and I really don't want my truths or opinions to offend them. Generally when I talk about things, it's more from the point of view of trying to figure things out or at least express my thoughts about them as part of the overall human condition. I really don't make much of a practice of judging people. I tend to think we are all basically doing our best and we all fuck up along the way, including me, and the best way for us to learn and grow and become is just to cotton to the fact that we sometimes do some odd stuff along the way and there's nothing wrong with examining that stuff sometimes. That's how we learn.

My Honey is off the next couple of days so I hope to do some shopping so I can begin working my way through the recipes in Biggest Loser Family Cookbook: Budget-Friendly Meals Your Whole Family Will Love. I'm pretty excited about that. One of my goals today is to pick at least five recipes to try.

Time to work and earn my keep. :)

Blessings,

Cheryl