April 16, 2022
I noticed a truck on the freeway coming into work today that was shoving himself into traffic from the on-ramp. He had a blacked-out version of the American flag in his back window and a baseball hat on. The big truck, hat, flag, and bad driving were all signs of reality denial. He changed lanes several times without signaling and I declared him the Reality Denier of the Day. Later, he was on a split in the freeway and it looked like he was going to stay on the same freeway I was on. He changed lanes at the last-minute right in front of a car (without signaling, of course). I yelled my surprise at what had just happened and began applauding his complete lack of awareness of the world around him. He received my never given honorary Lifetime Achievement Award for Denial of All Realities. I would love to have a reality show where I watch people and count the number of realities they deny. If I eventually do this, this is the birthplace of that idea.
(Future note: I removed several paragraphs talking about how tomorrow is Easter. Like most atheists, I’m not a fan. I expressed this in several paragraphs, but it was too honest about my true feelings toward religion. I am saving those honest gems for another blog for atheists. If you want to see them, they should be easy to find at BrianCreates.com. Don’t look for them now, they’re not there.)
April 17, 2022
True to Easter’s history, there was plenty of candy and other sugary things in our break room. As per my usual, I didn’t partake in any of the goodies. I find it easiest to refuse all food at work. There are a plethora of opportunities to get free food at my work. Rather than choosing what I accept, I just say “no” to everything. The other day, a coworker offered me a strawberry. I gave my usual “no” and he was getting upset, so I ate it. It was only after I was eating it I remembered I stopped eating strawberries because I thought I was allergic to them. Luckily, I had no reaction. I think I had a bad reaction to a strawberry shake once that had less to do with the strawberries and more to do with the milk. It may have been the combination of the two.
Pyro was going off while I was taking a group out to their cars. We drove right by where it launches from and it was loud. When we arrived at their cars, we got out of the van I was driving and it was painfully loud. Another person was driving a truck and was watching the pyro with me. She said she loved fireworks and wants her ashes shot up in fireworks when she dies. I just laughed and said nothing. I just realized what different people we are.
April 20, 2022
Should you rinse your dishes before you put them in the dishwasher? Who cares. The question I heard for years was should you rinse them at all? I thought dishwasher soap companies and my wife suggested that rinsing them when you put them in the sink was not only unnecessary but harmful. It’s just another thing that I’m just now learning I’ve been mistaken about for years. You’d think I’d be used to it by now, but I’ve finally listened to the words “before you put them in the dishwasher.” Misunderstanding people is my top skill. If I didn’t misunderstand people, I would do things so perfectly that they would think I was supernatural. I would have to question my existence. Luckily, I’m a real person with real flaws.
I noticed something about performers that I have interacted with. Many of them are not good at thinking for themselves. It’s better than only thinking of yourself, but not as good as being able to make decisions on your own. They look to others to make decisions about themselves. Most of them don’t or can’t work independently. If you tell them where to be and what to do, they are happy. If you tell me where to be and what to do, I am miserable. I’m never more bored than when I have no creative freedom. When people tell me an exact way to do something, I panic because I know I won’t remember it. My mind will fill with questions about why they do it that way, leaving no room for the steps they are telling me about. For this reason and this reason only, I will never be a good dancer.
I’m listening to a Nirvana song right now. They were shaping up to be one of my favorite groups, but they only did a few albums because someone had to kill himself. Their catalog is not large enough for me to forget about my favorite songs. Jane’s Addiction has enough songs that I can forget songs I like by them. Bands that you like are going to have more songs you like the more albums they make. Good bands develop and their sound changes (hopefully for the better).
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