In the summertime I am super busy, lazy, beer drinky, and spacey, so I decided to do a summer blog series titled "Paying It Forward: Like That Kid In That Movie With Keyser Soze And That Chick From Mad About You Who Was Also In That Movie With Bruce Willis Where He Saw Dead People And Bruce Was Dead Too But Nobody Knew That Until The End Except Me Cuz I Am A Movie Ending Genius Just Ask The Hub Cuz It Really Annoys Him."

If you ask me that title was pretty freaking self-explanatory, but in case you are just super daft I will re-explain myself even though I have mucho stuff to do right now that involves real life stuff like grocery shopping and showering and a crap load of other things I really don't wanna do. 

Basically I have decided that since I have extra super focus issues lately, and they are only bound to get worse this summer, AND I also like to promote bloggers that I LOVE to read and LOVE to call my friends, I would post some blogs on my blog this summer to spread the word. Kinda like one of those Hilshire Farms cheese and meat sampler packs that your office gives you for Christmas every year instead of money because offices are selfish assholes. Except in this case you are a tiny meat and cheese addict and you WANT the sampler and you think money is for losers.

I really don't think any of that made any sense at all but (a) I am not giving you guys any money, and (b) I haven't eaten and I still smell stinky from my work-out and I think the fumes are making me stupider than usual. Which, let's face it, is mega-stupid.

Well, that's enough of all that. Without further adieu, here is my first guest blogger. The lovely, talented, perky, bouncy, fun, witty, refreshingly honest Katy Maher from the blog I Want A Dumpster Baby, with a short -but too the point- bloggy message for us all. Enjoy!

Patti very graciously asked me to do a guest blog while she's out running around having fun all over the place this summer.  I'm not nearly as funny as she is, but I said I would try and  I know this is something she and I have in common.  This notion of "don't be a dick, just be nice" is a big one.  

 I take this philosophy  very seriously.  I don't want the negativity in my life, and I don't want it anywhere near people I love.  I take it personally.  It's easy to say, "just be nice" but sometimes that is too simple.  I have ZERO TOLERANCE for all out hate, like against homosexuality, and race and all that "big" stuff, but the little mean shit is where the day to day dicks come out to play.  

You know you're a dick.  Let's all be honest.  Why do you do it?  Because you feel badly about yourself.  Because you are jealous of something you THINK somebody else has that you don't.  It's usually perception, that when broken down will lead you to realize you are not that much different from the person you are trying to put down and make feel shitty. 

I know, because *I* used to be a dick.  Now, I didn't outright offend people, but my sly snarky jealous bitter ways would permeate every part of my life.  It was ugly.  People didn't want to be around me.  I realize that now.  I used to take great pride in saying, I HATE EVERYBODY and PEOPLE SUCK and YOU CAN ALL GO POUND SAND. 

Now, I still believe that humans are terrible in some respects and that animals are better people than humans a good portion of the time.  I include myself in this.  There have been monumental shifts in my perception in the last few years.  I've gotten sober and worked a 12 step program that helps me let go of resentment, which is FUNDAMENTAL in letting go of hate and bitterness.  I've recently been shot up with a shit ton of hormones as we are trying to have a baby.  That makes me incredibly soft and sensitive.  Meaning I cry all the time or I'm cackling like a psychopath - not much in between.  We have this blog and this Facebook page that has exposed me to all kinds of nasty people, but more often than not, THOUSANDS of kick ass, genuinely kind and loving people.  

When I say, "be nice" I don't mean kiss my ass and agree with everything I say.  I just mean show the same respect I show to you.  Disagreements are not a negative thing.  Mostly they are simply ways of getting our opinions out there in a respectful, intelligent way.  

To the nasty ass, bitter people out there, I say, I wish you all the best, but GOODBYE.  Come find me when you want to love and have fun.  Until then, WORK YOUR SHIT OUT.  You know what I'm saying.  Enjoy being a dick and alienating everyone until you are so miserable that you cannot do anything but change your ways or die alone.  I didn't want to die alone.  I need other people.  I love connecting with other humans today and believe them to be good in a lot of ways.  BUT, I will not hesitate to say, YOU SIR, ARE A DICK, MA'AM.  I give a second chance, and then I ban from Facebook, blog and life.  I have no problem with this.  Go ahead, ask people in my life if this is true.  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, no fucking way. 

          -Katy Maher
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