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June | 2015 | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. June 28, 2015. At 8:39 am by 24karats. As I’m scrolling through the article, I come across this sentence. This, FTR, is a quote:. 8220;Like many of my contemporaries, I’ve been exposed to casual hatred of black people. Since before I could walk.”. That infuriates me. As though this is okay, somehow equivalent to the way I hate spiders or olives. The thing about this “casual hatred” is that w...I’m...
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A Pledge to the Fallen | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. December 14, 2012. A Pledge to the Fallen. At 6:49 pm by 24karats. When I was 10 years old, a mentally ill woman named Laurie Dann walked into a grammar school (elementary school for my non-Chicago readers) in a tony suburb of Chicago and randomly opened fire on students and teachers. A child was killed, and several others were wounded. Dann committed suicide later that day. There are increasing limits ...
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The Last Letter | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. April 29, 2012. At 8:17 pm by 24karats. I can’t tell you these things because you won’t listen. Because you actively choose not to hear me. Because you will argue with me instead of understanding what I am trying to say. You challenge my feelings instead of accepting them, let alone addressing them. And if I can’t express how I feel, what is there to say to you? Are gone, and they are not coming back.
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December | 2012 | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. December 14, 2012. A Pledge to the Fallen. At 6:49 pm by 24karats. When I was 10 years old, a mentally ill woman named Laurie Dann walked into a grammar school (elementary school for my non-Chicago readers) in a tony suburb of Chicago and randomly opened fire on students and teachers. A child was killed, and several others were wounded. Dann committed suicide later that day. There are increasing limits ...
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October | 2012 | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. October 8, 2012. Big Girls Don’t Cry. At 5:23 pm by 24karats. You’re not simply immature, you’re small. For as great as you want to be, you will always be less than me. That you even want to devastate other people’s lives, and play with people for your entertainment, just to say you can, makes you small, less than small even. You know who plays with toys? Want to know a secret? A Cup of Cheer.
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic | Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. | Page 2
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. February 4, 2012. At 12:51 am by 24karats. There’s supposed to be something freeing about letting go. It’s what we’re supposed to spend our lives doing right? Getting to that place where the past doesn’t piss us off or make us cry? Im in a good spot now. I wouldn’t go so far as to describe myself as “happy” but then again who would? Makes sense. Le sigh). January 17, 2012. At 11:47 am by 24karats. So in...
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One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. July 17, 2013. One Step Forward, Ten Steps Back. At 3:12 am by 24karats. There are many things to be saddened about: the prosecution’s arguably weak showing, the outrageously combative comments by Zimmerman’s brother, lawyers and other supporters, the handling of the case by the police, and, most simply, the sad loss of life. How can police – or anyone – see the body of a child who has died ...Where was...
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Forgiveness: Celebrity Edition | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. February 15, 2012. At 11:04 am by 24karats. So much ado has been made over whether Chris Brown has been “forgiven” seeing as how he got to. Wow us with his stage performance and even won a Grammy for best R&B album. The problem is, it’s just not that simple. Some chicks are still holding to that theory even now. If he caught her cheating? If she talked shit about his manhood? Maybe if she hit him first?
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Boundaries | Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic
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Confessions of an Optimistic Cynic. Excuse me, I would like a refund – this is not the life I ordered. July 10, 2012. At 10:32 pm by 24karats. I don’t propose for a second to have all the answers. Part of the reason I have this blog is so that you and I can figure my shit out. But there are a few things I’ve come to learn lo these many years of mine. I’ve spent far more time than I will ever admit wondering what I. I try to rationalize, analyze. Am I making the right choices? For the right reason? You ar...
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