Maybe ready to make nice?

I tried looking at pics. before I started writing this here and I'm kinda full of piss and vinegar there now and while I love a well placed and rambling rant, I'm trying to be happier and less grr!! for lack of better words, I've had ulcers and I have a hernia, so really, unless it's worlds colliding or life-impacting, I'm not going to let it get to me.

Granted, there are some people who call me at work and God help me, I want to tell them to get off my planet and never come back but then I'd lose my job and well, that'd suck and life-impacting, so instead, I take the high road and a few deep breaths and it's all good.

We had the most amazing walk today, we went right around supper time and I must've sweated a good 2lbs off at least, it was nice, the shower felt that much better, nothing like a good shower after a good workout, I'm on a mission to lose we'll say 10lbs, I like being 6'3" and 220lbs but at the same time, if it ain't muscle, then it ain't good.

I'm going through older cd's lately and writing down tunes that inspire me, i.e. today I had the Dixie Chick's "Not Ready To Make Nice," playing. Long story short, Natalie Maines who's the lead singer said she was embarassed that the president of the United States was from Texas (this being when good old George W was running the show.) Anywys, there were people furious about it, wanted to boycott the band, take them off the radio, death threats, etc. etc. and right when the song is climaxing/hitting the bridge, she hollers,

"And how in the world can the words that I said

Send somebody so over the edge

That they'd write me a letter

Sayin' that I better shut up and sing

Or my life will be over"

On a much lesser scale, right now in Moncton there's a huge flap over the "sign laws" in Dieppe and Moncton - I'm not weighing in on this, I have my opinions and I'll keep them to myself - and it's like people are so one sided, no neutral grounds. You're either a french radical or a racist englishman (if you read the comments on CBC anywys) and also, you're a crazy radicalist terrorist who should die (the Dixie Chicks) or you're like the majority of people who said George W was the worst president in the history of the US. - That was on some news site when they were reviewing his popularity ratings.

Where's the happy medium?

I'm not going to turn this thing into free speech but man, seriously, some people really need to get their head checked, ya know...

I'm on my last night shift Thank God but this is also "Hell Week" for me, I'm back in on Friday, every 8 weeks we lose one of our days off and have to pick up a 5th shift which makes for a 52 hr work week I think, but at least it's only every 8 weeks.

I'm surprised by the people who I'm learning who are reading this, it's kinda cool to think that someone's "watching me," as it were.

So, we all know now that my writing is my passion and it took a long time to admit it, it was my own l'il quiet thing and while I'm trying to find my stride as a blogger, I'm a pretty good writer for my screen plays... So, I'm wondering who all out there has a secret talent that they're hiding in their closet and if they're going to share it...

3/3 today :-)

Today's pic. is that squirrel that popped up in that pic. last year and well, he's cute and he makes me happy.