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Things I Thought About While Walking Through The Woods

The two people I talked to the most a year ago, I haven't talked to in over six weeks. I haven't had moussaka, sauerbraten, brisket or stuffed cabbage since my mother died. I drank wine every night with dinner at my father's house and haven't had a glass since. I haven't bought new sneakers in over two years...although I did buy two pairs at once that time. I haven't worn socks in so long it would be weird. The thrill I get from working with kids, is almost an adrenaline rush. I forget how depressed I get in the summer. People don't understand how painful it was for me to walk those 3-4 miles today. I haven't watched a TV show in a long time. I'm better for it. I can't think of things to write lately that are happy and that sometimes pisses me off. Perfect weather for me is 60 degrees during the day and 30 at night. I meant to treat myself to a sweet today and then I bought hummus instead. I forgot to buy anything to put it on though. Sometimes when I cook and something comes out bad, I completely try to change it - tonight it worked out well. Inadvertently found out someone blocked me from Facebook and when I asked them why they weren't on it anymore, they said they were. Well I'm outta time and thoughts.

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White Privilege

This was a post I wrote on Facebook after surprisingly not seeing any moaning about the Documentary by Jose Antonio Vargas, titled White People Dayyum! I just scrolled my timeline and not a single white person got their feelings hurt by White People. I unfortunately haven't seen it, but the number of fake accounts that popped up on twitter, tells me it was a damn good show. Here's the thing. If someone of color aka non-white says "White Privilege," are you offended? If you said yes, then you are exhibiting white privilege. It has nothing to do with how hard you work or study, how you stayed out of trouble, because here's the thing, that is entirely the point. Somewhere out there, there are 100 Black, Spanish, Native American, Arab, Asian, who worked and studied as hard as you and never got in trouble, but they don't have what you "earned" or achieved. Stop looking at the one person you know who isn't white that achieved as your benchmark. Loo

11 Rules of Life - Bill Gates?

I read this on Facebook this morning. A friend had posted it and said that every child should have to receive this. I of course read it and started to think. I immediately wondered who really wrote this, as I rarely see things like this attributed to the proper person. I immediately found it was written by Conservative Charles J. Sykes when he wrote a book about how America is dumbing down our youth. I read it twice and started to wonder how true it was. Below is a link to the actual picture I saw. So let's look at each of the rules and analyze them. Rule 1: Life is not fair — get used to it! - Life is not fair in that we are not all afforded the same opportunities based on race, creed, color, socio-economic background, but in general, those who are afforded the same opportunities to succeed are very often rewarded for their individual efforts. Sure there may be underlying circumstances, but hard work is proven to pay more often than not and those who strive for succ

Quickie Review - Finding Vivian Maier

While I thoroughly enjoyed the film, especially the first 15-20 minutes, I was a little bothered by the way the film played out. The interviews with the clearly disturbed brother, sister and the mother, who obviously, was in for a cut, didn't need to be in the film. Then the woman who suggested abuse, yet seemed to have her life defined by Maier, as she tried to muster every ounce of emotion and fake guilt. Her friend, more than happy to be party of the charade. People who talk about abuse for the first time, usually don't do so on camera. The fact these scenes were so prominent, shows that they felt wronged that they were not rewarded. Maloof on the other hand, seems to disappear from the documentary during this part, almost hiding away from the fact, he went from complete praise, to even making money off of her, to destroying her personal legacy. He almost mentions the family of boys taking care of her rent, as an afterthought. Her burial spot, never shown, yet a video of her

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