Author: robertjames1971

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The Nerds

Daily writing prompt
If you started a sports team, what would the colors and mascot be?
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I don’t care…

Ugh…

I told myself I wouldn’t skip any of these things but the last few have really tested my resolve. I could give a flying fuck at a rolling donut about colors and mascots. 

I’ll try, I guess… but the sarcasm will be strong with this one. The utter disdain and complete ambivalence too.

Colors… for a sports team… As a citizen of the United States of America I am (probably) legally required to suggest some combination of red, white, and blue. As a citizen of greater Boston, Massachusetts we can add black, gold, and green… and I guess silver(?) to the list. 

If I had to choose though I would go with black and white so that the teams would always look like they are living in old newspaper photographs. Yeah, that’s what I’ll do. Either that or blue… and red… or whatever.

The mascot would be a lot easier to choose. It would be a nerd. The Boston Nerds. Yes. The Boston Nerds in their black and white uniforms. Epic. The logo would be a geeky looking person with thick glasses and bad acne. There would probably be some tape holding the glasses together too. Yeah, that would do it. The nerd would be smiling like a total dork. If The Boston Nerds are a hockey team then he/she would be missing some teeth too. 

How’s that work for you all? Just think of the advanced statistical analysis The Boston Nerds would beat your dumb jock teams with. Wins Above Replacement for the Win!

Conjunctivitis

Conjunctivitis… Pink Eye… do I gots it?

Oh yeah, I gots it.

Shit. My eye is more sore and more itchy now that I know what is wrong.

To make matters worse, I have cocked-up the whole gastric-bypass food/eating thing multiple times today and even had a full on puke experience.

I’m better now, I think. Ready to move on with life. I’ll pick up my eye drops at the drug store tomorrow and keep my fingers crossed that I don’t zombify or anything crazy like that.

Wasn’t I Just Here?

Back again.

My stomach has been a smidge off all day. Probably 90% of normal-good. It’s becoming very unhappy right now though. I’m going to need to eat something more substantial than a protein bar very soon. Nice timing, stomach pouch.

Here’s hoping the pink eye exam goes quickly and I can get the hell out of here. My appointment was for 6:30pm and I didn’t get in for triage until 6:50.

I’m hungry enough that it hurts right now. The last bite to eat was at 5:25, but it was just a small protein bar that I thought would hold me over until dinner. Guess I was wrong. I brought another snack here with me but I don’t want to be eating when the doc comes in. Effin’ decorum, right?

Amazing Advances in Topical Creams

Yesterday’s haiku mentioned that I feel like I have a black eye. I don’t have a black eye though. It’s just swollen and sore. What’s going on?

I might have a guess. I made a doctors appointment for afterwork tonight to see if my guess is correct. If it is, then we’re going to have to keep me away from Worcestershire sauce* for a while. Fortunately there have been some amazing advances in topical creams, so I should be okay if the worst is true.

My question for the doctor… do I have… Pink Eye?

*This whole post is a reference to the first South Park Halloween episode. If you don’t get the references then I apologize for your lack of culture. That first Halloween episode is one of the finest 30 minute television time slots in broadcast/cable/streaming history. It is perfection.

All Alone

Bellana left. She’s spending the next couple of days with a friend, then at her dad’s, then with another friend. We were joking that there is only so much of her to go around and everyone wants a piece. 

Harry’s in the city visiting a friend and Jen just ran out to the store.

I’m home alone. Just me and the cats. Speaking of which…

119/365
119/365

Anti-Fascist to the Core of My Soul

Daily writing prompt
How have your political views changed over time?
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They say that folks who look like me and have a similar background to mine are usually very liberal in their college years but grow more and more conservative as they get older. That did not happen to me. Maybe it was because I kept going back to college but for me it was the opposite. 

As my country has spiraled into a fascist abyss I have found myself growing more and more liberal. As many of my neighbors openly want to oppress more and more people, both fellow citizens and non-citizens alike, I have found myself wanting to grant more freedoms and rights and opportunities to more and more people who don’t look like me or have a similar background. As more and more of my neighbors literally embrace evil I have found myself feeling more compassion, openness, and empathy to those around me. Who woulda thunk it?

Unrelated to this questions, but coincidently related, I took an internet quiz yesterday. Remember internet quizzes? It was called the 4 Axes Test. One of the things it tested was whether your political leanings are left or right. Here are my results: