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Day 6 – In The Time of Chimpanzees I Was A Monkey

Sometimes you have to just get something out of the way just so you don’t have to keep worrying about it or thinking about it anymore. Like getting a flu vaccination or eating your veggies before a juicy steak. So, I’ll just get this bit of nastiness out of the way, and hopefully I won’t feel compelled to talk about it, ever again. As Dave the Drummer once said, we live in hope.

Much like things that are kind of annoying or painful or just plain dumb, you want to get it over with as quickly as possible. So, I’ll do my best with a few lines and little exposition. I suck. Simple as that. I didn’t need to be told this by the people I’ve loved, cared about, and respected, I’ve believed this since I was a small boy. This is not some self-esteem issue (though I’m aware that it is) or a pity party (because you can’t pity facts), because I won’t (hopefully) be mentioning this again in another blog post. This is me being aware of who I am. Which reminds me. It always amazes me that people don’t know they’re assholes. How do they not know this?! I mean, I’m fully aware that people suck, so why don’t they? Does no one quietly reflect while sitting on the lavatory?

So to end this bit of sharing, the only reason I’m mentioning any of this at all is because I still get asked why I don’t date and why I’m not with someone, or something similar of the two. It’s an odd thing to ask, as I have no idea what is so important about my love life. But men and women both are curious as to why I do not have someone to love. So, I just wanted to put it out there, that it’s because I’m fully aware of how much I suck. And as someone once, lovingly told me, why would anyone want to be with that?

Okay, so that was all a bit thick with vitriol and you should never leave your audience with a sour taste in their mouth, so I’ll leave you with this.