Chinese Whispers

 

Lately a lot of people jumped to conclusions about me without even doing me the favour of consulting me. People started coming up with doubts and strange theories about me and my life that they swear are gospel, even when proven wrong. That blossomed into people telling lies about me, making me the baddie. Nobody bothered to ask me about any of this stuff, they just slunk into another groups or their inboxes and chatted about me. Yeah there are some things I won’t go into detail about but that’s my prerogative and what I do tell is truth even if I take out private details about things that are solely my business. Some things are private yanno? That’s what happened, that’s why I left a group I was in. I don’t like being discussed behind my back as things tend to go wrong and the reality of the situations they’re discussing get skewed in the wrong direction. Once one person starts something and spreads is about to others it becomes like chinese whispers, all truth (if there was any to begin with) is completely different than it originated as.

I can’t believe this was even up for discussion, but as far as my hunny goes, my baby is my baby. That’s it. When I shut my front door, I’m home and who I’m with, not with, what I do (as long as it’s not illegal or taboo) is my business, not theirs. Not anybody’s. I don’t go digging into people’s relationships or scouring the net for information on their spouses or children. Why people think they can do this is well beyond me. I wonder if they’d like people doing that to them and their private lives?

I’d like to point out here and now that the vast majority of the people in the group I was in are absolutely fantastic people. They’re kind, loving, sweet and incredibly witty. I’m sad to leave them and go off on my own but unfortunately it had to be done. The misunderstandings that were fostered by the chinese whispers of a few people and the assumptions made by some people because of it all made it impossible for me to stay. (I thought they knew me better than that) I don’t harbour any hard feelings or malice against those few Whisperers but I think it’s best for the group in general for me to swan off because it cuts down on the drama and rubbish talk and because I think I deserve respect like everybody else. Let’s just hope this was a one-off. 

Islam Q& A

They say, write every day even if it’s a few lines. That’s all well and good but when it comes down to it and I’m faced with a blank page the ideas I had earlier just sort of fly away and my brain goes dead.

The one thing I can think of is the question and answer thing I had today about Islam. I was slightly leery about discussing the issue with a large group, mainly Christian Americans, after my experiences in the past but it turned out well. I was surprised by the overall kindness and love shown to me during that little session. The things I was asked about today weren’t anything hateful or nasty. I was mainly quizzed about cultural differences and how not to insult or annoy someone who has different cultural values than theirs.

I am extremely proud of everyone who participated in our chat today. A bit of my faith in humankind has been restored today and I’m well chuffed.

Good night

It’s time for bed.

My head is foggy,

My thoughts are groggy and my body aches.

Slumber is near

Comfort is calling

Switch off the light,

I let the moonlit darkness cradle me in Night’s cool embrace,

Until the morning sun finds me awake.

So..This is Blogging?

Right, so this is my first blog. I’ve started this out of sheer boredom and a desperate longing to actually DO something. I’ve been in hospital for awhile battling pneumonia and am now home dealing with steroid withdrawal. This has not been a good year for me, nothing but bad luck.

Lets see, I’ve had a broken tailbone, several colds, swine flu, or as I prefer to call it, piggie pox, hepatitis A, assorted nasties and now pneumonia. What next? (Don’t answer that)

On the upside of it all I have gotten to watch an awful lot of telly. Thanks to the efforts of the BBC and ITV I’ve gotten quite an education. I now know how to buy homes at auction, put them in good nick and sell them off among many other useless facts but I’d be more than happy to trade in this lovely education for a decent paying, long term job now that I’m not contagious any longer.