November 28, 2022
Everything about American football pisses me off. I’m definitely not a fan of any sport, but only football can send me into a rage whenever I hear about or see it. This time of year, there are commercials on the radio and TV. I have to switch away from them if I suspect they are going to reference football. If you don’t know why I’m filled with rage at its mention, I will sum up my opinion. Football has a history of racist, sexist, violent, and hateful actions I cannot ignore. The reason I bring it up today is that I was wondering if there are others who have a similar reaction to me. If you’re reading this, I’d say there is a high probability of it. Football fans probably stopped reading my words long ago. They might read this just so they can express their rage at it. I just want to thank them for making my point for me.
Enough about things that piss me off. There are plenty of things that delight me and I’m going to talk about one of those now. I met two new people to our department today. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I like meeting new people because they don’t have any baggage and they don’t know about my baggage. All I know about them so far is they come from different departments, but both have worked here before. I used to dread meeting new people. I would awkwardly put on a show and pretend I was one of the cool people. Now, I genuinely enjoy meeting new people and finding out about them. Building a mental picture of someone as an individual is like meeting a new character in a book. When people ask me about myself, I never know where to begin. If I hear them talk about a point of interest we have in common, I will talk about that first. The only thing that will shut down my interest in them is if they talk about sports.
November 30, 2022
As I got this Thoughts paper ready on my phone by saving the date as a new document, I thought I would talk about my procedure for creating new Thoughts papers. It mainly occurred to me I didn’t really have anything to talk about today. Oh wait. I just thought of something, but I will talk about it in the next paragraph. This paragraph is going to be a behind-the-scenes look at transferring my thoughts to this paper you are reading. When I save the document, I put the year, month, and day as the file name. Then I will start by writing the date as you see it at the top of this paper. It’s the American version of writing the date because … well, I think you can finish that sentence. Some days (like today before I forgot I had something) I have something on my mind. It can be a thing I thought about or something that happened to me I had thoughts about. I hope what I write sounds like one continuous thought, but I write them at stolen moments throughout the day. Much of the time, one thought leads to another. I could go on, but I won’t. I want to move on to the next paragraph and my first real thought of the day.
To get into work, I have to scan my ID. It gets me into parking lots, past security, and I need it constantly throughout my day. Most importantly, it is how I get paid. Why did I go over the importance of my ID at work? Perhaps many of you know where I’m going with this, but if you didn’t, let me explain. I forgot my ID today. I only realized it when I was reaching in my pocket for it to get into one of the parking lots. Luckily, there is a parking lot we can park in temporarily. I arranged to get in so I could get a new ID. You may be asking how such a thing can happen when I’ve had the same basic routine for 18 years. My answer is that things distracted me from my routine. I had my keys and wallet, but something interrupted me before I got my ID, badge, and pen. All three of them are sitting in the same basic area my keys were in, but I’m an hour away from home when I’m at work. I got in and got a new ID. Unfortunately, I forgot my car was in a temporary parking lot and is most likely covered in pyro debris. Just one more reason I don’t like pyro.
Here’s another behind-the-scenes look into my life (because I’m just so darn fascinating). I’m off the next two days so I probably won’t write any Thoughts papers. I’m going to try to … actually, I’m going to exercise and not have any sugary things on my days off. Test results from my doctor recently said my Triglycerides were high. I don’t know exactly what this means, but I know about all the crappy things I’ve been eating on my days off recently. The only exercise I usually get is doing yard work or other things around the house. I would like to run on my treadmill, but it is pissing me off these days by stopping randomly. Just moving should be enough.
Thoughts from Life 
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