I am Six Unpublished Posts ahead still and just crested past the 3 Millionth Blog Views, Mind Blown about that! And a recent Post had the highest number of Views I've seen to Date, also a Surprise, since Blogging is no longer in it's heyday! I don't know if folks are visiting The Land as a form of Escapism, or to be Informed without censorship, mebbe some of both, just not sure? I often come for both myself, when I'm not Blogging, I'm Reading other Blogs for a little Escapism, and some unfiltered information, to keep better Informed. Bloggers keep it 100% a lot more often than the Media or any Leadership does or would.
And, I wasn't even Surprised when the Prez thought Alaska was in Russia, and announced his ignorance on TV, coz this is the same Prez that said Belgium was a nice CITY on National TV too! And said he was building a "Beautiful Wall" in Colorado, between Colorado and Mexico, a State that does NOT even Border Mexico!!! And told the Prime Minister of India that they didn't Share a Border with China, when in fact it has a 2,520 Mile Border between the Two Countries!!! He's blissfully ignorant of the difference between England and the UK, perhaps he thinks that England changed it's Name, I dunno? I probably don't even recall all his Geographical faux pas that make him the Stupidest President in History! All the Money his obscenely Rich Daddy had couldn't buy that Son an Education, you can't Fix Stupid, as Comedian Ron White has famously said.
Sadly, the Good Son of that Family died prematurely in his 40's and we're just left with this long lived Aging damaged Psychopath with unresolved Daddy Issues whose been damaged goods since early Childhood, and that's according to some of his own Family, who've known him best and all his Life!!! Which, someone of his Age with that Condition never have any Happy Ending. Anyway... on to the Fluff of Life now... I got one of my 1960's Troll Houses, the Shanty Shack one that is in excellent condition for it's Age, better than I expected! The latch no longer latches securely, so what, I'll be displaying it Open anyway to show off the Interior and all the Sides of it best. The Seller shipped it really fast. The Troll Tiki Hut should be here by Monday according to it's USPS Tracking, it's coming from a State further away, Minnesota as I recall. That was some of my Birthday Retail Therapy to myself... Thank You Dawn... I give such Good Gifts to me! *Winks and Smiles*
And now in Real Time I gotta drag my Ass to Work Tonight... I took a Two Hour Refresher Nap to make up for the 3:30 a.m. Uber Mom Gig, do I Feel Refreshed tho', Naw... oh well. I ain't no Spring Chickie anymore as they say, so I don't expect to have the exuberance of Youth when tasked with anything anymore. I wanna just be on permanent Retirement Time really, it's a Pace I can now handle, whilst juggling everything else here at The Asylum, where I don't have to GO to Work anymore, I just Wake Up and it's all around me!!! *Bwahahaha* LATER: Work was really busy, a lot of Buyers, mostly of Pokemon, but, whatever, that's getting to be the Usual now. We were short staffed coz my Friend Anthony had a Car Accident so he couldn't come in. And some of the Vendor Key Dealers didn't show up on time and when one of them did, she was Slacking all Night. She was busy making Deals with another Vendor and disappearing into the Parking Lot to go to her Car, instead of doing her Job.
So a lot of Cases were going to Last Call becoz coverage was not up to par, it was annoying. This is Why I couldn't work a permanent Shift coz I'd get too annoyed. Some Co-Workers are on top of their Game and a Joy to work with, others are definitely NOT. The Shift went by fast tho' becoz it was busy. And the Customers were nice, especially the Young Customers excited about what they Collect. So, even tho' it's Pokemon, I know enuf about Pokemon, due to Raising Two Generations that Collected it, to be able to converse with them with general knowledge about what they're Passionately Collecting. *Winks* And, Hey, I'm reminded that Pokemon has been around well over 25 Years now so qualifies as a legit Collectible... they've been around since 1996 and that's a Minute. *Smiles* Some of these Young Customers were spending $80-$120 on their Cards, so, they're not Lightweight Collectors, they're Serious Collectors of it. And they don't blink an Eye to drop that much either.
So, Work was alright, mostly... and some of the other Vendors are good Friends with one another so they Socialize a lot. Most of my closest Vendor Friends either left the Mall over the Years now or Died. So now I'm mostly on acquaintance level with the majority of them, so, not part of any of the Cliques that have formed. And, I'm not one to like Cliques anyway, so, wouldn't be interested in joining one actually. I knew my Birthday was the next day so I was kinda mulling over what I might do and I'd mostly plan to do it by myself. *Bwahahaha* Yes, to me NOT having an entourage is Blissful on "Me Days" and my Birthday would be no exception to that. On a "Me Only Day" can indulge MYSELF and just do what I wanna do without having to consider anyone else for a change, it's Sweet. *Winks* And I Love my Family and those outside of the Family that I Love, but, sometimes I wanna travel Solo and have Quality Time to myself. A Balance of Togetherness and Apartness is important to me. I don't get enuf Apartness sometimes.
After Work I went to SAFEWAY and skidded in just before they Closed, with only 20 Minutes to spare, to get my Birthday Confections for myself and The Family. They have a really good Bakery there and the Selection was vast, even that close to Closing. I ended up with a Quartet of Fruit Tartlets for myself and some Gourmet Brownies for the Family, which has Chocolate, so, I can't eat that. They're not Cake or Pie People, the Kids... The Man is the only one who is a Pie Fiend and he'd eat too much of it and go into a Diabetic Coma. He has the restraint of a Toddler now, so we have to look out for him around what he shouldn't have too much of.
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So, the bite sized Brownies were perfect portions sizes for me to monitor his intake of them, and, he likes Brownies. I never eat the Crust on my Tarts, I throw it away, I just eat the interior ingredients and that's enuf for me. Not a Pie or Tart Crust Person and despise Cake Icing, gak!!! The Fruit was nice, the Glaze on the Fruit is a Gelatin and has no Taste, and the Custard is thin and like a nice smooth Vanilla Pudding, just thicker. Below is the Brownies for the rest of them and they looked Pretty and Festive for a Non-Party Birthday Celebration. *LOL* I Photographed a bunch of pretty Cakes and Tarts that are Editorial for Blog Fodder and will be used in other Posts, but I know they'd be too Sweet for us. I like the Visuals of a good Patisserie, but not necessarily Temptation to Buy any of it, since I don't have a Sweet Tooth. I mostly just torment my Friends on FB and here with that Temptation they might have and I don't. *Bwahahaha... Sorry... Not Sorry*
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And technically that Brownie Tray could feed 16 Guests, so, it was about a Dollar a Person, not awful Value. My Tarts on the other hand were more extravagant at about Six Bucks a Person, not a great Value. But, they're for ME, and I'm worth it, so... and it's MY Birthday, so... forget about it. *LOL* They know not to touch a single Tartlet, unless Princess T comes Home early from her Matthew Farewell Party, she can't eat Chocolate either so I'd have to Share a Tart with her. She'd told Grandpa she was coming Home earlier than the rest with Timmy, he's having his Nipples Pierced and has an Appointment for it, and she'll tell everyone it's my Birthday, so, she has to Bounce. *LOL & Eye Roll* She is not all that Social, so 24 Hours with any Group of People will be more than enuf Fun for that Child!!! *Bwahahahaha* If it were JUST Matthew and Timmy, she'd do a whole Weekend, but there's all those others and so, I knew she wouldn't Stay the entire 3-4 Days in a Hotel with them all.
Now, I don't know if any of the other Guests/Friends are Party People, I just know Matthew and Princess T are mos def NOT. Timmy can be a Wild Child, she once wouldn't speak to him for almost Two Years when he was going a bit Buck Wild so he Dialed it way the fuck back. *LOL* We did Laugh that he's getting his Nipples Pierced coz that Boy has more Piercings than a Circus Performer or a Carnie on the Midway Circuit. The Young Prince went thru his Piercings Phase at about the same Age as Timmy is now {19}, and has now, at 25, let most of them Heal Up, even his Ear Piercings that he's had since he was about 5 Years Old coz he wanted them and I Obliged. I've known he was Gay since he was Two and his requests were more like a Girl Child, always. I grew up with a Two Spirit Indigenous Dad who didn't assign Gender Roles and let me be more like a Boy Child in my ways.
I was such a Tomboy I think my Parents were actually Surprised when Puberty hit that I wasn't a Lesbian! *LOL* But, being a Two Spirit Person is deeper than that in Native Culture. You can have Masculine Qualities as a Female and Feminine Qualities as a Male, or both Qualities, and take it where ever and how far it leads you with no condemnation. So, I'm just a very Masculine Female, always have been able to fit in more with a bunch of Guys than a bunch of Girls, I can relate to Men better and easier than I can with Women actually. And, even tho' I prefer my attraction to Men, I behaved like Men do when it came to Relationships, Sexuality and Sexual Freedom. Which, some Guys could handle and most Guys couldn't, becoz I'm not a submissive Feminine Type in ANY of my ways and Strong Women sometimes scare a lot of Guys. Women who earn more than them do too, oddly enough! Mebbe due to Insecurities, The Man is not an Insecure Guy in any way, so he Bragged that I earned more than him and was a Bad Ass too. *LOL*
The Man doesn't brag about being a Bad Ass, but he is a legit one and a highly Decorated War Hero for Reals. He's the Real Deal Rambo, Sly Stallone's Character has nothing on him, but could have been loosely based about him during Combat Years and afterwards. And most REAL Bad Ass Dudes never brag about it and are very Humble and have great Humility. The Man never talks of or Brags about any of it, it took many Years before he'd Open up to me about how he earned his Medals and Accolades in Combat while in Special Forces and as a Government Assassin. And he says that's why he Respects me and was intrigued, I seemed Dangerous to him and he is an Adrenalin Junkie after all... and doesn't Fear Dangerous Situations or People. *Winks* My Dad even WARNED him about me, for Reals. Dad and I were very close, I am a Daddy's Girl, but he knew me like nobody else too... and it was my Younger Brother who was my Parent's Golden Child, like Princess T is ours. *Bwahahaha* I was Trouble since I could Walk they say. *Smiles*
But, you know what, my Parents were so Progressive they allowed me to be me even tho' they were Strict, and didn't want me to end up in Prison or anything, they knew I was how I just am and didn't condemn me for being Authentic to myself. Not everyone is compliant, not everyone will conform, and they didn't expect me to if it wasn't in me to be that way Naturally. They were Wise enuf to know you Nurture what Traits that the Creator gave each Being that is their Strengths that can be built upon and used as an Advantage. My Dad knew that how I am Hard Wired would take me further than most Women of my Era could probably ever go, and it did, he wasn't Wrong about that. And he guided me thru a Biased unlevel Playing Field with Sage Advice and the Wisdom of his Era. But without pampering me just becoz I was a Girl, he instilled a Toughness that he knew I inherently possessed. Had I been more delicate, he would have Nurtured me differently. But, I was Raised more like a Boy becoz I had strong Masculine Traits in a Girl's Packaging. *LOL*
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The Young Prince is definitely Two Spirit and has many Feminine Traits in a Guy's Packaging and he's at Peace with that even if Society generally isn't. He would prefer the pronoun They but tho' I know he has Seven Alters and some are not Male at all, my pronouns are from being an Old Person and I just told him to let me just be Old, we'll all be Dead soon enuf. *Winks* He could roll with that, we try, but just let Old People be Old. *Ha ha haha* Anyway, back on Semi-Topic... The Braggarts are usually Posers and Fakes. Just like Guys that always Brag about their Sexual Prowess, but aren't really getting any. *LOL* Which is Why they gotta Talk a Big Talk about it all the time, to try to convince everyone they got Swag and Mad Skills. Every Woman knows this BTW so they ain't foolin' anyone. *Winks and LMAO* A Confident Man or Woman need not Convince anyone of anything, you just are or you aren't, it's as Simple as that, and it's All Good and Okay. Celebrate who and how YOU are, and were meant to be, is what I'm saying.
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The Blog Post Title Hook came to me halfway thru this Post, since I always leave the Title 'til last, that what we should Celebrate about ourselves and other people isn't always what we or Society does Celebrate. Differences are Okay, Similarities are Okay, it's what bonds people sometimes, what they have in Common... or don't. The Yin and Yang of it is crucial IMO for the best diversity and Harmony in Relationships, where you would Compliment one another rather than Compete becoz you're too similar, or Mirror one another like a bunch of Clones. The Man and I are complete Opposites in every way, so it shouldn't even Work if you were to place Bets on it. When we Married do you know how many folks were convinced it couldn't and wouldn't last? And it's not to say Marriage is Perfect even under Ideal Conditions, coz it's NOT. And that's a fucking Fantasy that some Buy into and then are disappointed and disillusioned when some Trouble is in Paradise and they can't Work that shit out. *LOL*
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There's always Trouble in Paradise... coz anything worth having is worth working thru and working out... Dawn... The Bohemian
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