On Turning 30....Part 1

Sooo, on July 5, 2010, at exactly 2:00 a.m., I will have officially been on this planet 30 years....in this lifetime, anyway. There are things that I have figured out, and things that I am still processing...but this blog series is not about that. This series is about the shit that I KNOW. Its not a fount of knowledge; just my personal truths... How things are...as I see them. Differ if you like, comment if you want...or not. Hell, so far, only one person reads this shit, and he will probably disagree with most of it. LMAO

But hey....it is what it is.

That being said, here is

The Dirty 30: Part 1 - LIES

There is a plethora of knowledge that is shared by the infamous and all-knowing "THEY". The knowledge from this "THEY" permeates every facet of our society, encouraging group thought, and discouraging, through sheer arrogance, the idea that the School of Hard Knocks is a GOOD THING...in essence, discouraging us to, as Zora puts it in my favorite book, Their Eyes Were Watching God, "find out about living for [ourselves]." Well, anyone who knows me knows that I am SERIOUSLY stubborn and SERIOUSLY hard-headed, so....I went down to that School of Hard Knocks and got myself a diploma in a few subjects - one of which is -

FAMOUS LIES THAT TURNED OUT TO BE
UTTER BULLSHIT!!!

1. Always be honest in long term relationships.
This is that bullshit! Now, don't get me wrong; your partner should be able to TRUST you...to KNOW that you have his/her best interests at heart in all matters. But, by NO stretch of the imagination should "honesty be the best policy" when you are in a relationship...at least, not if you want to stay in one for long. Look around...the young folks are shaking their heads at how "jaded" and "untrustworthy" I sound; the old folks are nodding in agreement. I will take my (platinum) membership card in the club of grown ass fuckin woman now, thank you very much! And you young mufukas...keep livin dammit!

2. If you make you passion your job, you will never work a day in your life.

Poppycock! No matter what you do, no matter how much you LOVE what you do, WORK IS WORK, and PLAY IS PLAY. Now, if you choose what you LOVE to do as your job, you will never just DRAG yourself to work wishing that a bus would run your ass over right before crossing the threshhold into your building, but WORK IS WORK IS WORK, and there is no way around that shit. WORK HARD, PLAY HARD, LIVE WELL, NO REGRETS (but not really; there are always a few) and that is LIFE.

3. The only constant in life is change.
Who comes up with this garbage? Yeah, things in life change...but the BIG changes...the ones you WANT to happen, the ones in yourself...towards your goals and dreams, you have to MAKE happen. Outside of factors beyond your control, you can CHOOSE to live the same damn weeks, months, and years for the rest of your life...if you CHOOSE not to KEEP THAT SHIT MOVING! The only thing is: 1. While you are sitting/standing still people around you will be moving, and 2. Every once in awhile, something/someone will come along and move your cheese.


4. There is someone for everyone.
It pains me to type that one more than the reader of this blog could ever know...more than you, dear eventual reader (if you are even out there) could ever possibly fathom. I see people doing all kinds of things out of desperation and lonliness...bitterness and fatigue with being trapped inside the den of their own unshared, unmoved emotions far too long ALL THE TIME. THESE LOST SOULS ARE EVERY WHERE. In fact, it is my personal opinion that they cause the most misery in the world...they comprise most of the world's "hater" population. Where is the person for them? Where is the person for me?

I am sure that this shit is rather long, but it will become longer still...the next time I run into a lie that "THEY" say; I might be back...or not.

Thanks for reading...whoever you are.