ITCHY and AGGRIVATED

I have returned from summer camp. I am itchy. I have been given the gift of chiggers. As a thank you, I have covered them with nail polish to suffocate the life out of them. Why can't they just stay in the grass and be vegetarian? Why must they feed on me?

I am also a little frustrated. I've been a little frustrated about a certain topic for a while. This topic is that of the internet allowing people to say whatever they please. Okay, as a person sitting here writing a blog, I have no place to talk but at the same time, at least I am not viciously attacking anyone. Blogs, I think, are different than what frustrates me, though. I can deal with an obnoxious blog. If I don't want to read it, I don't go to the site. I cannot deal with people on youtube and yahoo and any other site that allows comments on articles or videos. As much as I try not to read comments, sometimes it's hard to avoid them, such as the ones right at the end of an article. My goodness. People are so mean and, most of the time, it is clear they didn't even pay attention to what the article was about. It is as though there are people who simply scan the internet for reasons to go bat-poo-insane about topics they clearly know very little about. An article about Indian-Americans taking office? Commenters turned it into an argument about Muslims. Taking back "our" country. What?! Dear white (wo)man, this wasn't exactly your country to begin with. I believe it "belonged" to the Native Americans you like to incorrectly call Indians half of the time. Or if commenters aren't making comments about how stupid democrats are, they take the opportunity to scream out a few Bible verses. I especially love comments that go something like "Hey b***** go read the Bible." WHAT?! Holy cow, I think I might know why no one like Christians anymore. Could it be that there is a wee bit of hypocrisy going on? Clearly.

So all in all, I want to say this: Dear username/guest/anonymous, remember when mama said "If you can't say something nice, you ought not say anything at all?" Well take that into consideration as well as "If you can't say something intelligent, you really shouldn't say anything at all" And if that doesn't do it for you, remember the 5th commandment and honor what your mama said.

And if you aren't Christian, I am so sorry that you have to deal with those who claim to be Christians yet fail to realized that Jesus taught love, forgiveness and acceptance, not hatred, rejection and intolerance.

that is all for this evening. I must await my dry laundry.