I had a discussion with a friend about the idea of surrounding yourself with good people. If you are around happy, goal driven, good hearted people; their traits help motivate yours and you end up not only a better person, but one that enjoys their time with friends much more. But if you surround yourself with depressed, irresponsible, selfish, complaining, anti-social people, those feelings and apathy start to rub off on you and not only bring you down, but make you not enjoy your time with them as much. I feel I have been very lucky in my life, my friends have all helped me make me the person I am today. From wanting to be the best I learned from Rick, to the good natured humbleness I got from Juan. I could go on listing friends and qualities, but I'll save those for their weddings or such occasions.
Now there are times friends are going through a rough patch and I think it is important that you to be there for them and help them out as much as you can, but there is a point when you can't let them pull you into their spiral of unhappiness. Now all these things I think I people agree with and isn't new news, but then recently, my friend, who does have reason to be upset with me, told me that I was one of those people that are in the group I mentioned that you should stay away from. Having been told by another person once that I was toxic, I decided to pay attention. Now I know who I am, and I know I'm a good person who cares about others and who quite frankly has more to give than to take. My self image isn't going to be based on what a few people think of me, nor what so many others who think the exact opposite. My self image is just that, from my myself. You still can't turn around and ignore such an accusation or just defend yourself, because maybe there is a lesson in it. I was told that I was selfish, irresponsible (financially) and not willing to try new things. She did make good points and there are many examples of each of those qualities that I exhibited when it came to her. My self defense mechanism wants to say that my positive qualities outweigh, but the fact is that I can be all those things....I mean for sure I'm financially irresponsible. It was ok when it was just me paying the price, but when others are involved, then that is the definition of someone to stay clear of. I'm doing all to protect others from coming down with me and know that my word is my bond and it means everything. I don't make promises I don't keep.
So even though these words may have came from anger and I feel were not truly their full impression of me, it does make me take inventory of who I am, where I'm going and what I want. Despite all this, I think Marty is pretty fucking awesome, but I can't help that, I mean I've just known him longer than anyone else. Each day I learn something new.
Here is some politics:
"I can understand why President Clinton wants to campaign hard for his wife," Mr. Bush said. "And you know, these accusations that Bill Clinton is a racist I think is just wrong. I just don't agree with it."
Isn't this similar to saying, "All those people calling President Bush a child molestor, well that I think is just wrong."
My point is, defending a person in that way is more of an attack on them than a helpful sign of support. I mean Bush has been called many things, from a dictator to a war criminal, a constitutional law breaker, and many other things (some which I agree), but saying you don't agree with those claims is similar to a backhanded compliment.
Did mention I'm now registered to vote in Texas. I just got my registration card, so I'm good to go. I really need to get up to date with local races here.
Here is a statement I agree with in regard to David Shuster's now-infamous "pimped out" comment and his subsequent suspension from NBC News.
Today, Barbara returned with a comment on Shuster's suspension and, specifically, the letter Hillary Clinton sent over the weekend to NBC News President Steve Capus:
"It was as if she was advocating more than just his being suspended. Perhaps I feel this because of the years, and all of you, we are live, and sometimes you say something unfortunate. You apologize, he's getting suspended, he apologized, MSNBC apologized. Drop it already! It's OK. He made a mistake."
Here is an Obama Video you should see: I'm leaning Clinton's way right now, but this is beautiful.
McCain: Like Hope But Different (a parody on the Video Above)
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