New favorite channel

Found my new favorite channel, MSNBC. Started watching while browsing channels the other day (I was really playing with TV Guide app on my new droid) and found Rachel Madow's show to be hilarious. Real news with real humor (she's kinda blah sometimes, but the content is still good, so uhhh).

I wonder how many people would look at that show and disagree with what she's saying? All she does is point out the stupidity in what people say and do (kinda sounding familiar here...). And the guy who came on after her was great. He blasted into Glenn Beck (who says they've never used a word without checking their facts first?). I'd say idiots, but that's kind of a given isn't it?

Why do people keep up images?

Why do so many people keep so many images in their head? I've got friends who have one image for their boyfriend, another for their best friend, another for large groups, another for when they drink, and yet another for when they are at home. Now which one is the real them? I used to think I knew them, but now how can you be sure? I think that it's time to stop catering to everyone's image as they want it seen, and to start hitting them in the face with reality.

It's becoming too hard to watch all these "people" change based on what they are trying to get out of a situation. I'm tired of dealing with new people every time I want to hang out with my "friends". If you aren't who you've been in the past, then you aren't welcome around me. My life is going to be too short to meet a new friend everyday instead of just seeing my old ones again. A new friend is a new friend, and an old one who can't figure out who they want to be is no friend, but a dead weight that will drag you down until you can't be sure who you are either.

So, still no reason why people keep up their numerous images, but at least a little understanding for myself about how I should deal with it.

Do we ever have no problems?

Ever have the feeling that no matter what you do, there will always be something else coming up? You can go to bed with such a great feeling of peace and as soon as you wake up, shit is all of the place crazy. Problems with this, problems with that, just plain problems...

I just need a few days, maybe a week with no problems. That would be like a complete life reboot.  Allow me to clear the memory, sync the disks and just start fresh. Even the best Linux machines need a reboot once in a while. I've gotta make a move for the family. We really need to get away from all the problems. It's the to the point where my eldest daughter can't even get ready for school without a huge situation exploding and potentially ruining everyone's day. And if it ain't her, it's the youngest. And if it ain't her, it's some other relative (notice the use of the term relative not family, as we can be related and not be family). And all this drags me and my wife down even further. At least I know it's because my kids are just being kids, my wife is just coping in her own way, and when it's my turn to fall apart, they'll be there for me.

The relatives aren't helping though. We've gotta get away from some of these people or we're going to drown with them. This family ship is out of life rafts and bailing water as fast as we can, but they keep kicking holes in the boat and we're gonna all sink. I'm throwing them out of the boat. I had a friend put it in perspective for me last night. I'm not prejudiced against people, just dumb-asses. Henceforth, rule #1 shall be: No dumb-asses allowed.

Oh, the rules are a new thing. I'm creating the list of "rules" / "laws" that will be in effect on my sovereign sea stead when we move out. My Boat = My Rules. Maybe that will have to be rule #1? Yeah, so rule #1: My Boat = My Rules, Your Boat = Your Rules; and #2: No dumb-asses allowed.

Stupid Things abound!

I'm not one for pretty formatting and all that, so these posts will likely look like crap to most people. I'm just doing this for some personal therapy and such crap as that. We are all entitled to our own little piece of heaven, and this is gonna help me get to mine.

Anyway, on to the point. How much stupidity are we really expected to take before we explode? Don't worry, it's a rhetorical question anyway.