So True

My Views

I love the views out of my apartment. Someone suggested that I take pictures of the views if I like them so much so...I did.

The day was perfect. The clouds looked like they're painted on a canvas. This is the view when I open my front door.

This is the view to the left when hanging out my front window...

...and this is the view to the right.

I know this doesn't mean much of anything to anyone else, but I like it.

A Bothersome Truth

When I saw the image below for the first time I thought it was very clever. It's a Mexican political cartoon. However, the more I look at it, the more I have to ask "Is this really how the rest of the world sees us?".


I'm afraid that for the most part the answer is yes, which is very disturbing. None of the people I know feel like they are better than anyone else just because they're an American. None of the people I know want to make the world a better place by getting rid of people whom are different than they are. None of the people I know feel a kinship to the Nazi regime of the 1940s.

That being said, people around the world are viewing us like this because of the actions of a few people in office. There are 300 million people in the United States and a small percentage of those people are fucking it up for the rest of us.

I guess I don't have a point here other than it really makes me angry that I'm lumped in with the assholes in Washington DC, just because of the country I live in. I don't hate anyone in another country just because they're from another country. I just want everyone to leave everyone else alone. Let people do what they want unless they're hurting someone else. If we would all follow that simple rule everything would be fine.

Or maybe not. Humans fuck everything up. I'm sure we would fuck that up too.

Why?

Why is it that so many people think it's OK to basically shower in the restroom at work. I can walk into the bathroom on almost any given day and find people washing their faces, brushing their teeth or any other number of personal things that should be done at home. For fuck's sake I saw a guy at work BLOWING HIS NOSE into the sink! I can understand wanting to take care of your teeth, but forcing me to listen to you blow snot out of your head and into the sink where I'm going to wash my hands is just a little too much.

Man, people piss me off.