Well... I was going to try and put down my thoughts. This week has been absolutely chaotic. Wednesday all the wheels came off at work. A new report I wrote needed some verification from the client and they didn't get back to us until they needed it yesterday. So I spent all day firefighting when I was supposed to be working on something else. When my boss came back to ask about the something else, he seemed surprised it wasn't done. Oh well... It's done now and I still have plenty left to do along the same lines.
On top of all of this I have been struggling not to get sick. I have an ugly cough with a funky voice that's deeper than it normally is and am generally feeling run down. I went to bed early last night and woke up feeling a lot better.
I get to play bachelor for part of the weekend Desiree is playing for a wedding on Saturday so I have tonight and most of tomorrow to myself. I thought about going camping tonight, but I decided that probably wouldn't be the best thing to do since I'm trying to avoid getting sick. I do need to go to the grocery store and get my hair cut. My cabinets and refrigerator have been cleaned out for a couple of weeks now. I've used up all the scratch stuff making weird concoctions with whatever was left. Maybe I'll make dinner Saturday night. That would be nice.
Wednesday I was really thinking about several things. My mind got to wondering and reflecting. Especially after hearing about the horrific abuse inflicted by a woman in New Jersey on her nephews. When I got home on Wednesday, I just didn't have the energy to talk about it.
What really defines sane. What drives people insane? Where is that switch that gets thrown that causes people to loose any aspect of human compassion. People do such horrible things to each other. America has an odd fascination with the macabre. Look at some of the more popular shows on television. CSI and CSI:Miami are great examples, but they are mysteries which can be explained away. Now take for example American Idol. One of the main reasons that show has become popular is Simon. Simon is the pompous, cruel, english judge who has been crushing the dreams of many young singers. And America loves it. Now these are just three examples, but you can see the same type of thing playing out in everyday life. The DC snipers, Columbine, mothers killing their children are all better known examples of the same symptom. And then what happens. They try to blame someone else. It's the media's fault for what they show on TV. It's because of the hormones It's the parents fault. I don't buy it. Maybe they just needed a hug. I wonder if that would have made them rethink what they were doing. Perhaps someone else said it best. What the world needs now is love, sweet love.
