One for the Books

Wesley is in the ground, my friends.

Ahh...eventually they will literally be in the ground and I will dance upon the grave with sparklers and wine!

So! We went up there today to get that shady monkey off our backs. I also had planned to walk out of the building with my transcripts in hand. That didn't exactly happen but, they should be in the mail by Tuesday. I simply can't explain the joy I'm feeling.

It feels incredible paying people off. I'd pay people to leave me alone any day! "Here's some money, now shut up." That's just me. I love peace and money is just okay.

But again, Josh and I had one of our deep conversations on the way up where I did most of the talking (ahem, ranting) and we both ended up irritated (not with each other). People...argh!

It's just that Wesley is very shady. They have, what I've called, a $1000 transfer fee. Even if you go to the school and get the print out of what you supposedly owe, there's 100 little items on there. It's all mixed up, oddly titled and it's basically a "What the hell" item. Upon receiving said list, even Josh whispered to me, "Let's just pay them." And that, my friends, is their goal. We paid them, though, because we have lives to go on with. All my rich little class mates that transferred paid it and never batted an eye lash. Sometimes you just have to let the House win.

The other thing we discussed was one of my biggest pet peeves ever. I don't have a name for it, but it has something to do with how lazy and disrespectful people are. As I've said before, I don't think I expect much from people. As far as I'm concerned, it's the Laws of Humanity that require people to be decent and respectful to one another. I don't believe in excuses. There's absolutely no reason for stupidity. (Yes, shit happens. I'm not unreasonable. I'm talking about the real stupidity and if you're not stupid, you know what I mean.)

Example:

One Wesley experience I have involves our Student council stealing money from our freshmen class. I'm not sure what the technicalities were as far as how they got their hands on said money, but apparently they were able to get into our accounts and steal it. They got caught and students were outraged. Yet, nothing happened to them. They were not prosecuted. They weren't even expelled. Reason? Well they were Seniors and if they were expelled they wouldn't get to graduate.

So?!? They know the requirements for graduation. They know it's not okay to steal. Why should we have to make excuses for them so that they get to graduate?? It's not right. It's only common sense that you break the rules, you deal with the consequences. There shouldn't be special treatment for idiots, just because they're on verge of receiving something they don't deserve. They should have been kicked out and forced to resume classes next year. So you're a semester behind? You did stupid shit. Maybe next time you won't be such an asshole. But they got to graduate with a clean record and will probably list Student Council on their resume.

It's a sad state when people turn their eyes from such obvious wrong doings. I personally refuse. I may be the only one who simply will not put up with this any longer. This is going under my new resolution not to allow stupidity in my presence, either.

So, don't be stupid and don't try to get away with anything on my watch. I'm so sick to death of it I might just snap.

And last night in the middle of Wal-Mart (why am I surprised anymore?) these women were being loud and obnoxious screaming about size double D breasts and how they don't have enough food stamps. I swear to God. People have no pride anymore.

State aid is for people who have real struggles, and it is temporary. Those are the rules. At least, those are supposed to be the rules. It's not for people who are lazy, drug addicts, or illegal immigrants. If you're all three, we don't want you here. Please go mooch off of your own country.

I'm all for being who you are. But who you are shouldn't get in the way of other people being who they are.

I am incredibly unlucky that out of all the things on earth that could possibly annoy me, human nature is what annoys me the most. It's not just that, maybe "nature" is the wrong word. These are choices people make. You choose to be ignorant, you choose to treat people badly, you choose to make bad decisions and have the rest of the world pay for your mistakes, you choose to continue to have children when you know you have neither the money nor desire to raise them, you choose not to pay your bills or get a real job or stop whining and get on with life. And I choose to let these things bother me.

I've always been this way. I just can't keep my mouth shut when something is that wrong. My mom always said I just had to get the last word. Untrue. The fact is I can easily admit when I'm wrong. Very easily. You just have to be right about the fact that I'm wrong. And, it would be nice if you could tell me in a way that is respectful. My parents raised me with a ton of injustice and never answered any questions. I was wrong because I was me, and unfortunately for them I was smart enough to know that. We didn't get along well back then.

I'm thinking I'm going to write out what I believe ought to be the Rules for Humanity. If you don't abide by these rules, you no longer get to call yourself human.

Hah! I like it.