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I'm Officially Done For The Year

Yep, for the next 22 days, I'm politics free on Facebook. I've come to realize that people's bias is so strong over the state of things in this country that even as they're stating their non-bias they are being biased. So for the next three weeks, I'll stick to pictures of my lunch, movie reviews, sports babble and the occasional story of inspiration and/or frivolity. I'm truly done for the year and possibly, we'll see, done with Facebook in the near future.

I've moved away and not that it matters, but I feel like when I do come back, it will be to faces of people I don't really know. The amount of hate and vitriol displayed over the past four months has been nauseating. I have some friends who have dropped the N word, but two sentences later mention their "black friend." I just can't take it.

So for most of you who have told others what a jerk I am and how I'm stupid, a hypocrite (almost always using the word incorrectly) or simply an asshole, you have your wish granted. For those of you who like it, I'm sure you'll find something else to entertain you.

So if you're looking for a conversation about anything serious, please refrain. Otherwise, fire away. I'll be glad to tell you how I believe the Mets will soon trade an arm for an outfielder or the fact I'm positive Mark Sanchez doesn't start this Sunday. I'm happy to talk about how much better I believe Demi Lovato is than Ariana Grande or that today's artist, really need to stop trying so hard to capture the 70's and early 80's graffiti vibe, because viewing it in a gallery and thinking you understand the culture form which the medium came, is a fake.

I also hope to get signed up for insurance in the next week or two and if anyone has any tidbits of information, please let me know. I despise using Facebook like Google. I also despise when others do it, drawing attention to something completely different from what they are asking. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that when you ask where to get your BMW serviced, you don't care about the garage, but simply that people know you have a BMW. Congrats you paid a lot of money for a car that does the exact same thing that a Camry does. It just costs more to fix.

I'm sure I'll use this medium for something and I always welcome comments, but rarely get them. Other than that, I'm putting the wreath on the Facebook door, getting out the menorah and getting into that holiday spirit. Hope you all embrace this time of year. I usually do, but I have enough worries in my own life than to worry about whether someone understand the change that is coming, but more importantly why. I know, I'll live with that; For now.

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