The first rant

So here is the first rant of the year for me. As I mentioned in my last post, I haven't done one in nearly a year and I have held a loooot of stuff in. Here are some of the things that have bothered me.

Mild winter complainers
In NYC, we had a VERY mild winter. In fact, we barely ever went below 20 degrees F and it snowed twice with minimal accumulation. The heaviest snow we got was actually in OCTOBER and barely anything else since then. This is the same city that got pummeled by Snowpocalyse last winter so in my humble Caribbean based opinion, we deserved a break. So imagine my surprise when I hear people COMPLAINING that we didn't get snow and how mild it was. I might be inclined to listen to those who are purporting this as a harbinger of global warming...might. But when you're mad because you like the snow and the cold weather and you're mad because for once NY skipped a season and it wasn't FALL, I bid you a adieu and suggest you move your frigid behind to Montreal or Siberia (same thing) and co-habitate with penguins and yaks. And these are ALWAYS people who don't have to shovel a yard or dig out a car! We got enough snow for TWO winter last year, you inconsiderate yeti. Cut us some slack.

Close sitter.
Subways are crowded. I get it. This is not about that. I know when there are a bunch of people on the train that we should all be considerate and take up only the space we need and no more. But when the damn train starts to clear out and there is an empty space next to you that no-one is even attempting to sit, move your ass over! This always happens to me when I am stuck near a pole and can't get away from the close sitter. I start to wonder if the Axe shower gel that I used really does attract people or if they are trying to pick my pocket. Either way, they need to do like Onyx and back the **** up!

Technology snobs
I have an iPad. It's an original iPad and it's not 4G wireless. It does what I need it to do. I am normally not one of those people that has to get the new gadget as soon as it comes out. I may WANT it as soon as it debuts but I'm frugal (read: cheap) so I don't run out an buy the new toy on the day of its release. I may eventually get it but I'm in no rush. I especially won't get the new thing if I feel like I will never use the new features and if the current machine suits me just fine. But here come these tech snobs acting like I'm working on an abacus because I'm still using an original iPad. Really!?! You think you're hotter than me me because you burned 3 vacation days camping outside of an Apple store or you preordered yours and lived in a constant state of alternating anticipation and frustration as you waited for it to arrive? Well if that's the case, you win my geeky friend. The battle is yours but you are clearly losing the war on "cool"...woefully.

The MTA
You didn't get what you wanted in your last contract negotiations. We get it. Now we just need you to admit that you're sabotaging our service! There are less trains during rush hours and good luck catching one off peak. We understand: you're pissed. But don't blow smoke up our asses and tell us that your service is getting BETTER!!! We don't believe you. You need more people (thanks Jay). Ughhhh

Ok I'm done...for now...

These are my thoughts...what are yours.

Back from the Block.

I have the dreaded affliction known as writers block. For a novelist, it's an issue that they can work through because there is a not a need for output on a regular basis. For a blogger, it's a death sentence. There are 14,417,716 blogs for people to choose from and if somehow you managed to actually GET people read your blog, you better make sure there is a constant stream of new posts for them to read each time they return to your page. Writers block for a blogger is a game killer, especially if this your bread and butter. For the casual blogger like myself, it almost feels like you have broken a contract with those seventeen people who have begun to follow your thoughts. They could have read a bunch of other blogs but they started reading mine. I feel like I owe them something for the time that they took to click over to my page to see what I was rambling on about this week. Writers block means that now when they visit, they are forced to read posts from months ago...and no-one does that right?

Well the one cure for the 'block' is to just start writing...anything. So I will. Tomorrow signals the return of the rant. I stayed away from the rants that I became known for but, for me, the easiest way out of the writing doldrums is to return to the one thing that I know how to do virtually unconsciously. Plus I've held a lot of things in for the better part of a year! Doctors say that's not healthy and y'all want me to be ok right? So starting tomorrow, when I feel like some stupid has entered into my world, you'll hear about!! The hope is that it will keep me writing and I won't have this long of a hiatus again.

Come on. You know you've missed me! :-)

These are my thoughts...what are yours?