{"id":5237,"date":"2014-01-06T05:30:26","date_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/?p=5237"},"modified":"2014-01-06T05:30:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:30:26","slug":"wishes-for-2014-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crimeandtheforcesofevil.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/06\/wishes-for-2014-part-two\/","title":{"rendered":"wishes for 2014 part two"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week, I asked what you want out of 2014. You collectively responded with a lot<\/a> of different<\/a> and varied answers<\/a>. They all seemed pretty reasonable, honestly. Health for elderly relatives. Time. A better sugar-cookie recipe. Fewer bad things going down.<\/p>\n

I’m not so reasonable. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want for 2014, and I think a lot of it comes down to wanting to be done with all the bullshit.<\/p>\n

That’s both nonspecific and unattainable – there is always<\/em> bullshit – but I would like there to be less of it. But less intentional stupidity. Less believing in lies for the sake of tribalism. Less of politics as some sort of goddamn sportsball<\/em> event. I’m sick of that<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But I don’t want to externalise all of this. I want less bullshit on a personal level – not in the sense of lying, but in the sense of moving on past things. I’ve had a rough history, in a lot of ways – Batman ain’t got nothin’ on me – and I’ve had to deal with a bunch of that over the last few years. I’m tired of it. I want less of that and less of the mental expenditures and less of the blocking that kind of thing creates.<\/p>\n

See, kayjayuu on Livejournal<\/a>? Kayjayuu asked for forward motion<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Yeah<\/em>.<\/p>\n

See, the thing about all the bullshit is that it impedes<\/em>, and I’m regularly feeling stalled out and delayed and I’m tired of that. Lots of North America seems to feel that way to me, too – but I can’t be sure that’s not just my perspective, my filters, my projection.<\/p>\n

But even if it is, it’s the view I’ve got.<\/p>\n

Forward motion<\/em> through less bullshit<\/em> in 2014.<\/p>\n

That<\/em> is a goal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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