Cruel To Be Kind
When I caught you in a lie, you tell me I'm playing games. I know something's up.You called me a liar and get defensive. You proceed to bury yourself by offering detailed information I never asked about. That's a red flag you've already done it. You suck. Oh and automatic loss of cool points.
I could give a laundry list of reasons as to why I'm not dating locally. Ironically I thought it would keep me safe and the recent events have proved me wrong. More importantly I don't think any man should be subjected to my relatives ,unless as my Uncle Bubba would say "It's a done deal". On certain days online internet dating serves its' purpose. Peoples thoughts are edited and actually appear intelligent. Photos are doctored through Photoshop or other design programs for instant makeovers without the surgery or a reality show. Chats are structured in a way to keep the distance and not put yourself totally on the line. But who's kidding who here? If you can emotionally cheat, you can emotionally fuck.
Anytime I see you up in my buddy list and I choke when I play online scrabble. Time I have spent chatting with you could have been spent doing something productive. The following activities for example: laundry,updating the resume, attacking the clutter, exercise (okay even I think that's funny even for me). Today's little online fight has me questioning my motives for continuing in this fashion. Your interests having me going to an outside source so I can verify my theory about you. It would be so easy for me to pick up and move to where you are. *Poof* Instant relationship. Dream life. Get real. Aldo Nova, you were so wrong.
Someone recently posted the following phrase that I will use as my dating mantra.
"You can't always help who you like,
you can help who you pay attention to,
and how much time you spend with people"
In the useless trivia department, Britney Spears is now a mom. It's a boy. It would be funny if the kid turns out to have Justin Timberlake as a daddy. Jenny McCarthy is a divorced mom. But I was really bummed to hear this about her. I could have cared less when Aniston/Pitt split up. Gee if she can't hold on to a man, what hope is there for the rest of us?
I dropped off the DVD's to avoid paying fines. For the 3rd time, I have yet to view The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie all the way through. As a kid, I remember seeing the story in paperback at a library or a bookstore and for some reason I never picked it up. I'm playing catch-up in some ways on the kid-lit I missed on my first trip around.
On the drive home, I saw an old man, grey haired, driving a corvette and I giggled. The viagra and mid-life crisis jokes went through my head. Eventually I just stopped it and thought "Hey if he has the money, let live and God bless". Then while I was on the road, a jerk in a brand new SUV cuts in front of me and didn't use a turn signal. Idiot. But he got his because as he was speeding, he had to slam on the brakes because the corvette guy was making a turn. That ends the episode of comeuppance drivers.
My alma mater is helping 19 college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They're slow on the uptake but they can step up to the plate. Also congratulations go to North Barrington Elementary School. They collected backpacks, filled them with donated school supplies, and sent them a Houston school district that was enrolling kids displaced by the hurricane. And a little child shall lead them.
I could give a laundry list of reasons as to why I'm not dating locally. Ironically I thought it would keep me safe and the recent events have proved me wrong. More importantly I don't think any man should be subjected to my relatives ,unless as my Uncle Bubba would say "It's a done deal". On certain days online internet dating serves its' purpose. Peoples thoughts are edited and actually appear intelligent. Photos are doctored through Photoshop or other design programs for instant makeovers without the surgery or a reality show. Chats are structured in a way to keep the distance and not put yourself totally on the line. But who's kidding who here? If you can emotionally cheat, you can emotionally fuck.
Anytime I see you up in my buddy list and I choke when I play online scrabble. Time I have spent chatting with you could have been spent doing something productive. The following activities for example: laundry,updating the resume, attacking the clutter, exercise (okay even I think that's funny even for me). Today's little online fight has me questioning my motives for continuing in this fashion. Your interests having me going to an outside source so I can verify my theory about you. It would be so easy for me to pick up and move to where you are. *Poof* Instant relationship. Dream life. Get real. Aldo Nova, you were so wrong.
Someone recently posted the following phrase that I will use as my dating mantra.
"You can't always help who you like,
you can help who you pay attention to,
and how much time you spend with people"
In the useless trivia department, Britney Spears is now a mom. It's a boy. It would be funny if the kid turns out to have Justin Timberlake as a daddy. Jenny McCarthy is a divorced mom. But I was really bummed to hear this about her. I could have cared less when Aniston/Pitt split up. Gee if she can't hold on to a man, what hope is there for the rest of us?
I dropped off the DVD's to avoid paying fines. For the 3rd time, I have yet to view The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie all the way through. As a kid, I remember seeing the story in paperback at a library or a bookstore and for some reason I never picked it up. I'm playing catch-up in some ways on the kid-lit I missed on my first trip around.
On the drive home, I saw an old man, grey haired, driving a corvette and I giggled. The viagra and mid-life crisis jokes went through my head. Eventually I just stopped it and thought "Hey if he has the money, let live and God bless". Then while I was on the road, a jerk in a brand new SUV cuts in front of me and didn't use a turn signal. Idiot. But he got his because as he was speeding, he had to slam on the brakes because the corvette guy was making a turn. That ends the episode of comeuppance drivers.
My alma mater is helping 19 college students displaced by Hurricane Katrina. They're slow on the uptake but they can step up to the plate. Also congratulations go to North Barrington Elementary School. They collected backpacks, filled them with donated school supplies, and sent them a Houston school district that was enrolling kids displaced by the hurricane. And a little child shall lead them.
posted by Starla Spaulding @ 9:16 PM
1 Comments:
At 3:30 PM,
Anonymous said…
"Time I have spent chatting with you could have been spent doing something productive."
That about says it all and not only is it time you could have spent being productive but it is time you could have spent on yourself as one sage person recently told me.
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