je suis

I am:

-  Fed up:  What's with all the people behaving badly?  I got yelled at twice in the last three weeks on Noriega Street over car situation.  One was when I sat in a parked car and some guy was waiting for me to leave, and when I didn't, he came up and pounded on my window and started cussing at me.  Apparently he said my tail lights were on, when I didn't think they were.  Another was today when this truck did a U to double park and was trying to back up.  I at around the same time pulled up to pick up my mother from the front of a restaurant.  Apparently I got in his way and he got out of his truck to scream at me.  So I was supposed to know how far he was going to back up???  I mean, neither of these instances were my fault, but even if it were, why do people feel the need to act so fucking rude?  I mean, if a car you thought was leaving a space wasn't, just go find another damn space.  That happens to me all the time.  If you need to wait twenty seconds for an elderly person to get into a car before you can back up, just wait.  Is that such a big fucking deal?

-  Ecstatic:  The Pats are going back to the Super Bowl.  It's gonna be Tom Brady's 6th time.  This time he has Gronk and Julian Edelman and a pretty solid defense.

-  Nervous:  But the Pats are playing against the Seahawks, who are pretty formidable.

-  Annoyed:  By the Pats haters.  Now there's some random accusation about the Pats deflating the footballs before yesterday's game.  Whatevs.

-  More annoyed:  By Madonna haters.  Her new song Living For Love is her best in ages, but I don't think it's gonna get much traction on the radio because people are ageist.  They wouldn't think it's cool to like a pop song by a 56-year-old woman.  And yes, every article about Madonna cites her age.  Why???

-  Hopeful:  That Boyhood will win Best Picture and Best Director at the Oscars this year.  For me, it's not only because Boyhood on its own is a great movie, but I also think it makes up for the lack of Oscar love that the Before Sunrise series got.  Richard Linklater deserves all the accolades.  But then I am keeping my optimism in check because there is a late surge for Selma and American Sniper - two more "important" films.  I am really not a fan of "important" films.

-  Impatient:  Come on, painter guy and door guy.  I need y'all to come back and get things corrected already.  It's mid-January for Christ's sake.

-  Disappointed:  I waited 15 years for the chance to retake my terrible driver's license photo.  Well the new one is downright horrific.  Those DMV photographers can join painters and contractors on my list of "people who suck at their jobs and/or take no pride in their workmanship."  I mean, I am not asking for Justin Bieber Calvin Klein ad photoshopping, but come on! 

-  Charlie:  Actually I am not.  Those people fight the good fight for their art.  I would be too scared.  If you threaten my life for a cartoon I am drawing, I can pretty much tell you I would stop drawing that cartoon.  I am being honest.  I am not that brave.  I supposed that there are some things even I would sacrifice my life for, but surely my "art" is not one of those things.  So good for Charlie Hebdo and all the people who aren't afraid to stand up for things they believe in.  We need those people in this world to make up for people like me, ordinary folks with ordinary cojones.