Drama Defined

Awhile back someone asked me to give my definition of drama. Webster’s dictionary gives one definition as “a situation or succession of events in real life having the dramatic impression or emotional effect characteristic of a play.”

I’d agree w/that however, I’d amend to include “any situation or problem thru action or inaction usually avoided w/a small amount personal reflection beforehand…”.

I think into everyone’s life some drama must fall. Otherwise, what’s the point of living. You learn nothing from a carefree existence. That said, having grown up in a drama-intense environment, I’ve learned while some cannot be avoided, most CAN. I find in most situations the drama is usually self-inflicted from a variety of causes. That is a rant for another day.

I bring it up today as I got a call this week from my best friend, Trev, back in TX. Apparently, my ex friend from here was back home and cornered Trev at the park. He then proceeded to tell Trev how horrible a person I am, how all I’ve ever done is hold him back, and how I constantly try to keep him beneath me. Ironically, my ex friend has always hated Trev as he felt threatened by his friendship w/me. Was he thinking Trev would suddenly say “you know, even though you’ve always been jealous and despised me, I think you’re right. I’m gonna dump Moby as a friend“? I’m sure you can guess that didn’t happen. However, Trev did call me to ask why he felt the need to share it w/him in the first place.

My first thought was to send my ex-friend an email but I’m reminded of my definition of drama. Knowing him as well as I do, his actions are a blatant attempt to strike back at me and to get me to respond to him. By doing so, I’m quite sure I’d be inviting more drama into my life once again. Of which, I don’t really need. Nor do I need to flesh out a problem he isn’t even capable of understanding.

So that’s my definition of drama. I reserve the right to append or amend at any time in the future as wisdom dictates. *g*

Morals? Send Out A Search Party

Busy Busy Busy! Oy!

Got quite a few small tasks out of the way over my weekend. Don’t ya hate it when you get so many little tasks that it ends up taking the whole day to take care of’em? blech.

I also had a nice email conversation w/a fellow blogger this morning. That in itself is not newsworthy. I mention it because he said something that totally took me by surprise. He told me he thought I was an incredibly moral person. I was shocked at first because I don’t really see myself that way. Just the opposite in alot of ways actually. Having beat the term itself to death in a previous rant, I see no need to go over that again. But, having never been given a firm moral structure from my parents, I’ve had to seek out my own in life. A task that has been a bit daunting at times. And please don’t confuse my morality w/perfection. I happen to like some of my flaws and have no plans to change’em.

If you read my nonsense w/any regularity, you know that I often ramble about my growing pangs. I guess sometimes it takes an outside perspective to make you see something right in front of your face. I do have morals. And while they may not conform to currently accepted social norm, they serve me well. I call on them every day in one form or another.

Whodda thunk it? Me, moral. Gosh! It boggles the mind.

A Sliver of Hope?

I’m never one to get my panties in a wad too quickly. However, this article, courtesy of Towleroad, has me excited.

Researchers, including a BYU scientist, believe they have found a new compound that could finally kill the HIV/AIDS virus, not just slow it down as current treatments do.
And, unlike the expensive, drug cocktails 25 years of research have produced for those with the deadly virus, the compound invented by Paul D. Savage of Brigham Young University appears to hunt down and kill HIV.

Without delving into the conspiracy theories behind the lack of a cure thus far, wouldn’t it be a kick in the pants to the drug industry if a cure turned out to be cheaply made and easily mass produced?

I don’t think I know anyone who’s life hasn’t been touched by the loss of AIDS. If you, as a reader, have never known the suffering and anguish associated w/this horrible illness, I envy you. Having seen so many of the people I love succomb to this horrible disease, I am always heartened by advancing medicine.

It’s way too soon to be putting “out the word” but, the advances made in the last 5 years are changing the face of HIV prevention. Let’s hope this new discovery becomes a reality instead of just another flash in the fire!

I’ve Been Exposed!

I finally finished unpacking. Well, 98% done. I’ve got two boxes left and some rearranging to do. However, the hard part is over. Thank the stars. Blech! I hate moving.

The day started out kinda shitty. I discovered what I originally thought was an STD. Wouldn’t be the first time however, it turned out to be a light case of crabs jock itch. Yeah, you were just dying to know that right? Well too bad. You get the good w/the bad. heheee. Having never had jock itch (or crabs), I didn’t really understand that it could be that high up. (It’s on the soft crease between my abdomen and leg above my groin.) I thought you only got it on your groin. See what I know. It was so light I almost didn’t see it. I’m kinda surprised though. I’m big into bathing so not sure how that happened. I sometimes shower two or three times in a day. Anyhoo, a little lotrimin cream and I’m all better. It’s already almost faded away.

I chipped my favorite vase this morning. I was cleaning it and banged it on the sick. Then I got to stand in line for 30 minutes at the post office. Oh what a joy that was. At least the clerk was helpful.

To really set my mood, while at the post office, I discovered B of A cancelled my debit card w/o so much as a phone call. Apparently, my number has been “exposed”. They were very vague on the details. Which means someone broke into a server w/my card number stored on it or BofA sold the info and are trying to cover it up in light of all the media attention such antics have drawn lately. Either way, it is a huge inconvenience. I actually had to go into the bank and withdraw money. Ugh! That’s so Nineties.

Blog Updates

I’m tinkering w/adding a “new post notification” plug-in to the blog. This would allow people to sign up for email notifications of a new post on the blog or even receive the entire post by email.

While I am by no means popular in terms of heavy-weight bloggers, I am considering it as not everyone likes to load each and every blog page like I do. Many folks like to use notifications to save them the trouble of clicking each and every blog on their list to see if it has been updated recently.

So, I’m taking comments on how many people are interested in seeing such a feature here. Basically, you’d sign up w/your email address. Everytime I posted to the blog you would receive an email notification or an email of the post.

What say you all?

Dirty Bastard

Some dirty bastard stole my towel at the gym today! Oh, talk about get my blood up. The shitty part is they had to lift up my travel bag to get it. So it wasn’t a “honest mistake”. Even worse, I’d forgotten mine so I bought a new one from the gym. Not being the shy type I yelled out, “whoever had the fucking nerve to steal my towel needs their ass whooped!” Several guys stopped me to share similar stories.

How pathetic are you if you have to steal a fraking gym towell? I only paid $4.00 for it but that is not the point. UGGH! I was already annoyed as I had to cut my gym time short. I forgot I was signed up for overtime today.

Continue reading Dirty Bastard

Who Needs A Hug?

Thought I’d toss out some pics to feast upon. Not as spectacular as the last round of pics but hey, its just me. Enjoy or no.

I have a date w/NM tonight. Afterwards, I’m off to the Powerhouse for the BCC contest. I’d say I’m ready for the weekend but my weekend is over. blech.

I haven’t been to the gym this week but I’m holding up ok. I so need better lighting though.

He’s Baaaaack!

After 3 trips, the cable guy finally showed up today. I’m live again.

The move itself went pretty smooth. The moving company did a great job. They showed up on time, moved stuff in & out efficiently and not a single item was broken. The move took a little longer than I expected, so it cost more. However, I think that was more to do w/unrealistic scheduling. I was so happy w/the moving company. All I had to do was pack and unpack. Of which, I’m still struggling thru. The packing part is easy. Now, I have to sort thru stuff and make it fit in the new space. Blah blah blah….

Anyway, I’m back. Did you miss me?