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Perfection

6/19/2015

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Perfection

I have lived a rather long time and in that time I have never seen perfection. I have experienced some pretty amazing times and have met some pretty amazing people, but I have NEVER experienced total, unadulterated flawlessness. If I can rate something 80-85% good, I feel that I am in a good place or the person is a good find.

However, I am now living with perfection-demanding people. No not those that want broken things fixed, or unsuitable relationships mended; no I am talking about those that only see the flaws in everything and everybody (but themselves, of course). These are miserable people and being around them makes us miserable. They constantly find fault, criticize, and basically make themselves and the others to whom they communicate these thoughts absolutely wretched. They do not cut anyone or anything some slack.  But let me assure you that I am not talking about those of us who complain about things that are going wrong or people who rub us the wrong way on occasion. I am talking about those NEGATIVE people who see nothing positive in anything. They never rejoice or experience true happiness.

But as I said in the previous paragraph, these “perfectionists” have not repaired themselves into that perfect person. They do not see that others shy away from them BECAUSE they are so negative; they only feel the rejection and respond in kind by “griping” some more.

I try (and fail miserably) to be as perfect as I can. I admire those who achieve something close to perfection. I love experiencing a place or event that promotes excellence and “perfection,” if you will. But I so do not have time for these folks who demand perfection without getting “their own house” in order.

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Trans

6/16/2015

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In recent years we have created a new term: “Trans” with whatever adjective or noun you want to add. Years ago the word “transgender” was coined for the poor individual who felt that he or she had been born the wrong gender. In fact, the term “trans” has come to mean this in most people’s vocabularies. And I, for one, think it is wonderful that we are coming to accept this term and these people. However, today, I heard that the President of the NAACP in Spokane, who was “outed” as being white, said that she was transracial. This is a new use for “trans.”

According to Wikipedia, the prefix “trans” means “across,” “beyond” or “the opposite side.”  It usually is used to discuss gender, places, or media. We now know what the term transgender means; we use words like transport or transatlantic all the time. And “trans” finds itself attached to other terms in Media and Science/Technology.

I predict that we, as Americans, who love to climb on and ride that band wagon, will from this day forward begin creating our own uses for this term.

I have some suggestions for future use (tongue-in-cheek, of course):

Trans-intelligent - failing that test or exam; doing something really stupid

Trans-lawful - robbing someone or even running red lights

Trans-healthy- not well but want to be

Trans-truthful- a liar or cheat

And my favorite that I would use to describe myself: Trans-wealthy.

 

 

 

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Know It All

6/13/2015

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Alas, I am realizing that people think I am a “know it all,” and that is not in a good context. I honestly do not know it all – only a little about a lot of things. And I think when you have lived to be a “certain” age, you have experienced so much in life that you do know quite a bit about life in general.

I also was a teacher for many years so that desire to share my knowledge is ingrained. I want to help and inform if I can. BUT it seems that some of the people I meet now do not want to know that they do not know as much as I do. Sounds arrogant, doesn’t it?

Well, I did not have a traditional life. Don’t get me wrong, I tried to be normal – I got married (more than once – would not give up on tradition), created a home, did all the housewifely things, but it just did not work for me. No children were forthcoming or things might have been different. I have always wanted to know “what if?” And I have acted accordingly because I had the freedom to do so.

As I said, I even taught school (a traditional job for a wife and mother), but I was still searching for and sharing my acquired knowledge. Of course, a classroom was a perfect venue for my collection of “facts.” But outside the classroom I found myself “sharing” with others, too.

Then, I got the job of my dreams – it involved traveling. I worked 9 to 10 hours daily when “out of town,” but I still found time to visit the museums and places of interest in the city where I was working. (more of that acquired knowledge)  I also met so many new people who were not anything at all like I was or my friends when growing up. These people had cultures and thoughts that I had never heard. I absorbed it all.

I am still “learning” about things all the time. I hope, as I get even older, the brain will hold out. I love experiencing new things. I know; we older people are not supposed to be comfortable with new things – what can I say? I am just a weird old gal who wants to know where that road goes or who that unusual person is. I want to "understand" that new technology. I am a hopeless student - not a know it all. And I am promising myself that I will become quieter around people who do not want to know what I know. A hard task for a sharer, but I am going to try.

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Morning Network

6/7/2015

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Smile, smile, joke, joke, ha, ha, flirt, flirt, wink, wink, elbow, elbow, smile, smile, joke, joke, talk over others, talk over others, joke, joke, ha, ha, interrupt, interrupt, insult, insult, smile, smile, joke, joke, a bit of news.

And then it starts all over again. What has happened here? I heard this morning a statistic that 60% of millennials get their news and political info from social media like Facebook and Twitter. AND 60% of Baby Boomers get their news and political info from TV news. So why are the news programs acting like this? The ones that would feel that this is fun are asleep at that time of morning or if awake are on their phones. We Baby Boomers are up, as we have been for years and years, wanting to get the News!

And then there are the stories – not the actual news of the world and the nation –  about “celebrities” getting pregnant, changing their gender, being seen doing something inane, and the latest weather catastrophe complete with pictures, any farm animal story, latest pictures of the royal family (not ours, but Britain’s) and other “special Interest” features. Inserted carefully without going into detail, we might see something that is newsworthy, but no real time will be devoted to it. We will be returned to their previous program. Smile, smile, joke, joke, ha, ha, etc.

It seems to me that our news shows are more of the entertainment type of show than a news show. We already have tons of “entertainment shows” reporting all of this. When I get really tired of the foolishness, I tune in to PBS and watch the World News there. I usually find out more about America than I do on our American news shows.

What a shame that everything has to be entertainment now – and not even good entertainment.  It seems dumbed down somehow. I miss Walter Cronkite.

 


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