As usual, my eyes fluttered open this morning and I grabbed my phone. Read text messages that came through since my last glance and tapped the Facebook app. It took all of five minutes for me to lose faith in humanity. More people complaining about a moderate temperature winter. I bet these are people complaining about hot summers and cold Decembers in their Memories… people, think of it as a little bit of Key West spread across all of the country! 

Aside from people not seeing the perfect weather as a Festivus miracle, all I see these days is (mostly) a man with a combover trying to ban people from entering a country founded on religious equality from entering it based on religion, people who want to keep guns around, and a whole lot of fakery. Let me expand on the fakery.  

I halted my videos after I read a post that said, “who makes videos of themselves while they are effin driving #stupidselfie.” While I say things for amusement, I wouldn’t call me stupid. Then I remembered this person now holds the largely esteemed position of retail manager but has wrecked a company car, fled the scene of an accident and gotten DUIs. Who the f*** does THAT!? Judge not lest thee be judged. And that was just a straw. A tiny piece of a much, much larger pie of self-righteousness spreading like wildfire. Arguments over whose God is better (absolute shame on y’all) surfacing. 

I could keep going and going and going on various examples of the fakery, but it does zero good in this world to try to pull a head out of an ass. Everyone is suddenly a close-minded, judgmental expert on all matters. I have lost all hope in the human race. Perhaps the friends list could use a culling.

I just can’t handle people. Maybe it’s the holidays–that’s always a good excuse–or maybe I am old and weary. Maybe I am the one with the problem. I text my friend Jerry and I could feel him pat my Elaine head as he replied, “Yes, authenticity is elusive.” Indeed. So with that haunting fact over my head, I’m pondering deleting the app. I’d deactivate my account but it holds dear memories and I don’t want to lose them. Although, if it means that much to me, I should remember without any prompting, right? 

Anywho, I think better use of my precious time is blogging. So, if you want to know what I am up to, I will make more of an endeavor to update the blog regularly and include pictures of the escapades known as Apryl (Santa, I swear I can explain!). Feel free to comment and message as desired. My Twitter account will remain focused more on my career. And, no need to point out that my self-absorbed plan of action and declaring to the entire crowd of 600 my intentions isn’t a tad ironic. I get that.

Peace y’all.