After my blog post the other day on the young lady who distressed me so, and reading of another blog elsewhere, I got to thinking about labels and how we define ourselves. The thing to note about the previous blog post, importantly I believe, is that I have no issue with someone else’s lifestyle choice - if it is what makes them happy and what works for them. What I do have issue with is the assumption that, in this particular case, all women, given their druthers, would make that same choice. That somehow I have missed the mark by not seeing the relevancy of wishing to define myself by another’s measure of my inherent worth.

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This past Saturday night, Tetris and I went out to a local club to watch a comedy show and were later met by a friend and his date for a night of drinking and goofing off. Sounds good, yes?

We moved from the dance club section to the allegedly “quieter” piano bar section of the club. After locating an area that was less crowded, but missing seats, the guys wandered up to the bar to get drinks and possibly score some chairs.

As we are waiting, I’m attempting to make small talk with our friend’s date, but it’s not going very well. At one point, she turns to me and says, “We need to move.” Curious, I stupidly ask why. “The guys said so, men talk, I listen.”

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Today’s (horror)scope:

Although you can feel the fiery buzz of enthusiasm, you aren’t sure that everything is right. You are still somewhat cautious and could vote to wait a little longer before pushing the “just do it” button. This is a familiar dynamic. If anyone thinks that you are being too picky, just remind them that your analytical skills have proven valuable in the past.

You hear that, people?  My anal*giggle*ytical skills serve me well!  I’ll be as picky as I want!  So there!

It’s that time of year kids!  Time for the annual SOTU Drinking Game!  Festivities will begin at 9:00 pm EST.

You can find rules for the game at http://www.drinkinggame.us/.  If you have any suggestions for tonight’s game that aren’t listed in the online rules, drop them in the comments, along with what you plan on playing with (oh gawd, keep it clean you perverts, I meant what you plan on drinking… sheesh.)

I think we dream so we don’t have to be apart so long. If we’re in each others dreams, we can be together all the time.
- Hobbes (Calvin & Hobbes)

Nothing happens unless first we dream.
- Carl Sandburg

There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
- Victor Hugo

When you cease to dream you cease to live.
- Malcolm S. Forbes

I’ve dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas: they’ve gone through and through me, like wine through water, and altered the color of my mind.
- Emily Bronte

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau

There are many ways of breaking a heart. Stories were full of hearts being broken by love, but what really broke a heart was taking away its dream–whatever that dream might be.
- Pearl S. Buck

No one should negotiate their dreams. Dreams must be free to flee and fly high. No government, no legislature, has a right to limit your dreams. You should never agree to surrender your dreams.
- Jesse Jackson

The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.
- Eleanor Roosevelt

This morning, Tetris quoted The Narcissist’s Entitlement of Routine: “I feel entitled to more. I feel it is my right - due to my intellectual superiority - to lead a thrilling, rewarding, kaleidoscopic life. I feel entitled to force life itself, or, at least, people around me - to yield to my wishes and needs.”

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Okay, participation time!  Break out your pencil and a pad of paper and get to scribbling.

The format for a haiku is very simple: three lines; first line is five syllables, second is seven, and the third is five again.

Give me more, says he
Entitlement issues rise
Whiney babies suck!

He demands his way
Witness his temper tantrum!
See him kick his feet?

Now, it’s your turn.  Go on, you can do it!

I am always amused at the need for some people to try to cajole, threaten, and harass others via teh internets. Put a keyboard in someone’s hands, and all of a sudden the weakest amongst us becomes a fierce warrior. This is usually the same type that when confronted with their own bad behavior in person tends to stare at their shoes and mumble incoherent half phrases.

Ever watch a really funny flame war on a blog or forum somewhere? Chances are the one making the boldest statements is sitting in his mother’s basement eating Cheetos. It’s actually sort of sad, really. You have to feel for them. They are just like the self-proclaimed “nice guys” who don’t understand why all teh wimmens don’t fall for them and throw their panties at them.

When confronted with the keyboard warrior, generally speaking, the only thing you can do is feel pity. And maybe laugh at them. A lot.

MRI results are finally in and there are no changes from last year. So, like, yay me!

That is all, carry on.

Some time ago, I wrote about serendipity, and about how things were starting to fall into place in my life. And, as I said then, my life has always been a series of threes, so I knew something else might be on the horizon, but I didn’t know what it would be.

I certainly didn’t expect what happened next.

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