44 odd things about me

1. Do you like blue cheese? I used to but not anymore.

2. Have you ever smoked? I'm a social smoker. 

3. Do you own a gun? Nope.

4. What is your favorite flavor of ice cream? Anything with salted caramel or peanut butter.

5. Do you get nervous before Doctor visits? Not unless I'm taking an STD test...

6. What do you think of hot dogs? Hot dogs are edible...except the ones from Burger King.

7. Your favorite movie? So many to name. The best ones I can think of is "Ghostbusters" (1984) and "Aliens" (1986).

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning? Coffee.
9. Do you do push ups? Not everyday. When I do, I don't think I do them right.

10. What’s your favorite piece of jewelry? I don't wear jewelry. However, I still own a gold chain with J on it that my sister bought me when I was a teen.
 
11. Favorite hobby? Writing, being with friends, video games.

12. Do you have A.D.D.? Despite having the attention span of a gnat, no.

13. What’s the one thing you love about yourself? My imagination.

14. What is your middle name? Duper (actually Andrew).

15. Name 3 thoughts at this moment: Lyrics to Prince songs because I just woke up and started to listening to Prince Songs.

16. Name 3 drinks you usually drink. Sparkling water, coffee, regular water.

17. Current worry? Finding another job so I can pay for my last semesters at school. Feeling weird about possibly calling my dad for money.

18. Current annoyance right now? Not having breakfast food right now.

19. Favorite place to be? with friends.

20. How do you ring in the new year? Normally, pretty boringly. I'm except on few occasions, I stay in.

21. Where would you like to go? Anywhere I'm welcome. Columbus, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, London, France, New York, California...

22. Name 3 people who will complete this. I'm doing this on my blog so not many.

23. Do you own slippers? Yes, Homer Simpson slippers to exact. You put your foot in his mouth.

24. What color shirt are you wearing right now? Red shirt with a collar and jorts (jean shorts).

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets? As long as they keep me warm come winter, I don't care.

26. Can you whistle? Yes.

27. What are your favorite colors? If the color was used in a Tokusatsu show, chances are that I like it. Favorite color in particular is Blue.

28. Would you be a pirate? I'm not really an outdoors person so probably not.

29. What songs do you sing in the shower? As of late, Prince songs.

30. Favorite girls name? I don't have one

31. Favorite boys name? See above answer

32. What’s in your pocket right now? My keys, wallet, chap stick and phone.

33. Last thing that made you laugh? an episode of Phelous.

34. Best toy as a child? My Ghostbusters action figures.

35. Worst injury you ever had? Falling out of bed after a seizure. Fell straight on my head and scratched my face up.

36. Where would you love to live? See answers to Question 21.

37. How many TV’s do you have? 1.

38. Who is your loudest friend? Michelle, my friend since high school.

39. How many dogs do you have? 0.

40. Does someone trust you? I'm sure someone does. Whether or not I trust myself is another question.

41. What book are you reading at moment? Golgo 13 vol. 2: Hydra.

42. What’s your favorite candy? Reese cups, toffee and salted caramel.

43. What’s your favorite sports teams? Popular answer: The Cleveland Cavs. Actual Answer: The Bloopity Bloops.

44. Favorite month? December.

Not mine. I only have Ray and Winston left. 

The Black and Blue of the Republican National Convention

When I watched the freak show that was Republican National Convention, I laughed, I cried, I was freaked the fuck out but what could be described as "Vote for Trump or the United States is doomed!". Through all of the insanity, one person made me feel anger and sadness in the same beat. On the first night of RNC, Milwaukee Police sheriff David A. Clarke gave a speech, starting it with the phrase "I just want to start off and say Blue Lives Matter". Yeah, it's going to be that kind of blog.

Now let it be known, I don't hate the police. I have an uncle whose a retired policeman and I love him. I also don't think all police are racist but I do think the bad, racist police and justice system are outweighing the opposite. What needs to be done is for any aspect of those who believe in fair justice for all to come out and disassociate themselves from those who are openly in the wrong doing and work towards having those who believe in the opposite removed.

Sheriff David Clarke goes on to spit his rhetoric of putting down #BlackLivesMatter, a peaceful protest group that supports the idea of bringing attention to those African Americans whose lives were taken by the law enforcement unjustly. He then goes on to say to say something infuriated me so much, I'm surprised I didn't pull an Elvis and shoot my television. He goes on to say "But there is some good news out of Baltimore, Maryland. Lt. Ryan Wyss was acquitted of charges in the malicious prosecution of activist states attorney Marilyn Mosby." This was affiliated with the death of Freddie Gray, a black man who died in police custody, sustaining injuries that could be seen as a severed spine while handcuffed in the back of a police car.

After I had the chance to calm down, after breaking a few twigs outside, I continued to "watch" the rest of the event (honestly, was most likely playing Super Fire Pro Wrestling) and yes, I heard Melania Trump copy Michelle Obama's speech and just laughed it off. All I could think of David A. Clarke's speech and how much it infuriated me. I just keep wondering to myself how can David A. Clarke sleep at night saying what he said, thinking what he thinks. He tries to put black on black crime over police murdering black people and getting away with it. I'd love to know how he feels about the cases of Philando Castile, a man shot and killed in his car w by police while his girlfriend and daughter watched and Charles Kinsey, a man shot by a policeman while trying to help an autistic man from the hospital he worked at.

I always wonder what goes on in the brains of people like him, seeing the increasing evidence of racist police harming and murdering people of color but seem like they're in denial about racism and abuse of power.

Then again, a couple of nights later, a man from "Muslims for Trump" spoke at RNC so, God only knows...