Slap-Unhappy

Well, apparently some people must resort to violence to express themselves. Some people must hit women to release their aggravation. Some people have no problem with this. I am not one of those people.

Tonight, after my previous post about "bad behavior" among some of the people in this community, I was verbally attacked by people who didn't understand my point. These people somehow twisted up my statement to make it seem like I was attacking people who are in recovery. Clearly, if you have a brain, you would be able to see that that was not the case.

Still, Fred Durst managed to read the paragraph incorrectly and wrote a piece in his journal about it, and started brewing up some trouble.

A bit later, other members of that crew posted messages about it, and, much like the children's game of telephone, it got worse and worse.

Eventually, I wanted to *attempt* to settle it, so Debra suggested we have a chat about it. We invited Fred and his cronies to discuss what was going on.

I should have realized that it was not going to work, because all they did was yell and demand that I apologize! For what?

In the middle of it all, Fred said that he wanted to hit me... then he hauled off and smacked Deb right across the face! Unbelievable.

Here, this guy who claimed to be so offended by a few words said by a comedian was beating a woman. *shakes head* I still can't quite wrap my mind around it.

This is what I was talking about in my previous post. This is what offends us.

I recommend everyone watch "The Laramie Project" on HBO this month. Get a clue. And get some help.

CB(ye)S!

So, as I said on Friday's late_late_show, Dave is remaining at CBS, which means that I am remaining at CBS for another 4 years! As Dave himself said, "It ain't Oprah, 'til it's Oprah!" so I'm glad that we're all settled. More guaranteed laughter for America, through 2006!

Meanwhile, we're gearing up for the NCAA Basketball tournament. I'm doing a pool in the office. $1000.00 to enter. Any takers?

Yeah, I'm letting the new contract go to my head. But why not? I'm ready for a celebration, and there's nothing like the NCAA's. Not to mention it means a short week!

Things that make me Sad.

I'm sad that oscar_statuette hasn't had time to contact me about appearing on the show.

I'm sad that m_moore and katie_holmes have disappeared and have lefte DTC to twist in the wind. I guess I'll have to post my motivational and inspirational comments to the MBP group! (I wonder how that'll fly...)

The traffic on Wilshire.

I shouldn't complain, though. I'm okay. Things have started to take a turn for the better after a dark cloud has passed. A weight has been lifted.

*plays "Brand New Day" by Sting*

Proud.