12: November; 2009

Internet people are dickheads

Posted in : LOL, Life

One of the things I have learned in the last 10 years is that anyone who posts comments on the Internet is a jerk.

I know that’s a strong comment, but I stand by it. Remove the constraints of accountability, and even the nicest people – the grandmas next door, the mother with the adorable kid, the straight A student – will spout off, insult people, and act like a complete ass.

Sometimes, I think the sound that goes with the old dial up modem shouldn’t be the screech of electronically transmitted data, but the bray of a donkey.

What prompts me to write these bitter, frustrated comments? My job. I love my job, to be honest, but every once in a while (daily), it makes me shake my head and wonder at people.

04: November; 2009

Long over-due update

Posted in : Life

I haven’t been updating this blog as often as I should, and now I have not just an update-post to write, but an update-book. A lot has happened to me in the last almost-year since my car accident, so below the cut there’s a long, long post that shares my recent story.

I’m now working for Northern Life, and I’m happier than I’ve ever been in my life.

November 2008 – Car Accident

I had my first ever car accident, totalling out my brand-new car. I hit a rock cut twice and just missed hitting a transport. Needless to say, it was one of the scarier experiences in my entire life, one I never, ever want to repeat. It’s also the last thing I really chronicle on my blog, so I suppose I don’t need to go into it.