For those of you who don't know, tomorrow (Friday) is my last day at the Advocate. Steve and I are hitting the road back to Missouri so he can pursue a degree and career in teaching. But before you go joining the legions of Victorians trying to persuade us to stay, here is a list of (controversial) blog posts I didn't have time to write.
Titled "Why do you care what I do," this post would have been about asking why people want to impede on my rights. What is it to anyone else if, after proper training and permits, I carry a gun? Or if I marry my girlfriend and serve in the military? Does my happiness and safety seriously keep you up at night and affect your life at all? Don't get me started on rights to my own body.
The next post, titled "Worry about your own salvation," would educate others about how my choice to not believe in the Christian god does not make me evil or corrupt. I, personally, respect those who have strong beliefs and conviction and am happy they find solace and peace in their religion. I don't, however, respect those who try to force their ideology on me under the guise of saving my soul. You don't have to be worried about me. I may not be a Christian, but that doesn't mean I'm a terrible person and it doesn't mean I'm not a spiritual person. In fact, recently I've been studying the Tao Te Ching and have found a mountain of spiritualism and peace there.
Lastly, I'll leave you with one that is not so controversial - "Those customer service skills need work." This sincerely has been one of the worst places I've lived in terms of customer service. Fast food restaurants take 10 minutes or more to get your food out. A local car wash owner insinuated that my gender prevented me from understanding how to use his facility after I challenged its soundness. (I refused to drive my expensive car into an automatic wash that has stray pipes laying in the middle) And people in the service industry here are just generally rude and unhelpful, in my experience, even though my business is keeping them employed. What is that about?!
Unfortunately, I did not have the time to facilitate any kind of constructive conversation about these topics, instead you get one side of the argument - mine. Sorry for that, but I bet it did change your mind about wanting me to stay. And that's OK.
Anyway, take care! Goodnight and good luck.
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Best of luck, Trysta. May good fortune follow you where ever you may go.
But what we really want to know is what imcompent the staffers/board members are are at the paper. Send me a personal message (wink), no one will know...
March 25, 2011 at 11:43 p.m.VBB: tO YOUR, "..we could even change it so women could have multiple husbands" Many of'em already do, they're just not THEIR OWN hubbies.
March 25, 2011 at 11:51 a.m.TRYSTA: FIRST, GOOD LUCK IN YOUR MOVE. Some goofball from the OK-MO-ARK complex (ain't they tho?) might ask what prompted some of your copy, SMOKIN' those grapevines maybe? The song, "Ain't nobody's buz'ness but my own" should apply to your proposed item. It's kinda like that gal who tried to buy a wool coat (Oh shucks, the VISD didn't define "coat" for her). The old gent brought out two identical coats. One at $75 and one at $150. "What's the difference?" "The second one is made of VIRGIN wool." "For $75 I don't care what those sheep do at night."
March 25, 2011 at 11:46 a.m.The cram it down your throat is like more than one has said, "The biggest hindrance to "bringing others to Christ" is the so- called Christians. Sad but true.
Again keep'em stirred up. It does'em good. YOU KNOW HOW TO POST MORE, even from the OK-MO-ARK. Hugs.
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Oh and good luck Trysta - thanks for the thoughtful and provocative blogs and articles!
March 24, 2011 at 11:21 p.m.Why on earth a women would want multiple husbands is beyond me - I'm sure most women would agree that one is enough and if it's not there's always batteries.
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March 24, 2011 at 11:19 p.m.I agree on the legalization of Polygamy...we could even change it so women could have multiple husbands : )
March 24, 2011 at 10:56 p.m.No, you can't go because I Love those topics! Those would be fun to discuss here. I would add to the list, "Ain't your business that I drank the remaining bottle of Chardonnay after using a fourth of a cup for shrimp scampi. I'm not driving anywhere." and "I'm gonna make shrimp scampi every night until the gulf shrimp is radioactive and/or my Chardonnay is radioactive." Oh and, "Germany is ditching nuclear energy" and "spent nuclear fuel is highly radioactive and used for making nuclear weapons" and "Does She own stock in the fish industry" and "Why isn't polygamy legal for consenting adults?" to name a few. =P
March 24, 2011 at 9:54 p.m.