Things I've Had it With

Hello once again, my friends.  As you know if you live in Portland, this picture was taken during a more pleasant day.  I've quite had it with these days that don't really become light and I have had it with rain in mid-December.  Who wants to raise their hand and argue global warming with me?  Oh yeah, really?  Well, I will arm wrestle you for it. 

Actually, I've had it with quite a few things recently.  I've had it with people treating one another like shit during the holiday season- scowling at one another in busy stores and parking lots because they only care about the material things they don't have enough money to buy.  I've had it with people acting like animals are disposable objects for our pleasure and I've had it with people that treat me like I am some sort of extremist because I don't follow the mainstream diet.  I've had it with people that think I 'will change my mind' about bringing a child into this fucked up world.  I'm 35 people- the clock is not a-ticking.  I've had it with people who use their self-riteous attitudes to stroke their own ego- happy cows and cage free eggs and joyous salmon dancing in the fucking moonlight.  None of these are for the sake of the animals, but for the sake of people's conscience.  Speaking of ego, I've had it with 26.2 bumper stickers.  I've had it with people buying dogs from puppy mills and I've had it with the gutter-punk kids that put packs on their dogs.  Don't bring a dog into your begging when you don't know where your next meal will be and definitely don't have them carry your shit!  I've had it with people trying to convince me they need their 5 guns for protection.  I've had it with health care professionals that act like nutrition and diet is separate from health and I've had it with our inability to find a way to get less fortunate people balanced meals.  I've had it with the fact that the grain going to feed that fat cow for the rich people's bloody steak could have been fed to people instead of cows.  I've had it with people getting groceries and such in plastic bags- often just one or two items in each bag- and then throwing them out, unaware or uncaring about the islands of plastic growing in our ocean.  I've had it with people claiming to be environmentalists but opposing windmills.  I've had it with people claiming to be feminists throwing themselves at men desperately, using the excuse that they are 'owning their sexuality'.  I've had it with sexuality being the selling point for EVERYTHING.  And sex really does sell everything!  In that case, I gotta say, veganism in sexy.  Being strong is sexy.  Environmentalism is sexy.  Kindness is sexy.  Smiling at every goddam miserable looking shopper that you can is sexy.

Well, I think I got all of that out of the way for a while.  This was supposed to be a blog about the dreary day and look what happened!  Just try to spread some cheer people.  I am going to try like hell to be as nice as possible despite all of these things that I've had it with.  Because anger doesn't change anything.  So, get your anger out by writing it down or by harnessing it all into your arm wrestling matches and give one another some kindness, patience, and understanding.