A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway

March 22nd, Tuesday... And another thing, something has to be done about deer gang violence! I had a friend call me to tell me of an incident she had w/ a deer gang. She was driving about 35 mph around a curve and a gang of deer ran into her car! It was a full moon and an eerie backdrop to the whole scene.
She said that the deer jumped out from the darkness and plowed into her, on purpose!
One was killed, one maimed and the other got on his cellphone to call the other gang members. My friend said that she didn't hang around for fear of the shady aftermath. She also said that the live deer was flashing gang signs at her! He had a bandana around his antlers and was smoking a cigarette.
She was not hurt, only shaken up but a deer was killed! And for what? To be jumped into a gang? And what about the poor family that lost a son or daughter because of a senseless act of car jacking to join a gang? That's "jacked" up!
"Wake up America!"

A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway

March 22nd, Tuesday... I'm addicted! No, it's not drugs or alcohol... I'm addicted to sports talk radio! Dammit! I can't stop listening to it. Ok, I do have an excuse. It may not be a good one but I have one. For whatever reason, I love hearing the stupid comments from both the hosts and the callers. What amazes me is when a caller states his opinion, if it does not comply w/ what the host believes, the host treats the caller like shit! What's really sad about that whole exchange is the caller will call back the next day to do it all over again! Hey, insult me once, shame on you. Insult me twice, shame on me! Insult me thrice, I'm psychologically unbalanced and need professional help!
I never call. I think I'm right most of the time and I want to argue my point. I also know that once I get started, they will hang up on me and I WILL get pissed! Next thing I know, I'm thinking boycott and protest and million (sports) man march!
I know, it's not that serious but the bigger picture is why are people so compelled to voice an opinion then allow a radio host to be rude to them for simply stating an opinion? Just because they are on the radio does not mean they know more than you. Nor does it mean that you know more than them. It also does not necessarily mean that what's being talked about means anything at all.
Last time I checked, there was (is) more serious shit going on! Can you say Libya?

A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway

March 20th. Sunday... Well, I am out of the closet! I am an exposed atheist!/ Actually that's not true. I have separated from a girlfriend, who is a devout Christian. I'm hurt because she is totally committed to her faith and beliefs in the spiritual world, but has (absolutely) no respect for my existence in the secular world. She is a confirmed procrastinator, poser, posturer, bigot/racist, but she steadfastly proclaimes that she is GOD's child! How can you be that and carry so much baggage? (Her baggage is like being packed for a year's trip to Europe but traveling by a Trailways bus! She has prejudice issues!)
Things were going well until she stopped all affection w/ me and decided that she'd rather be affectionate w/ Jesus! Ok, how was I supposed to be able to compete w/ HIM? Now going to church is awkward for me because I am listening to my pastor talk about the man who stole my girl, in favorable terms! He can do no wrong! (Shit, HE stole my woman!)
Hey, if the church is going to condone that kind of behavior from their ("Superstar!"), why should I even go there? And, she's not the only one! Every woman in the church is dating HIM! But to be honest, I didn't see where being a concubine is one of the 7 deadly sins so...

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March 17th, Thursday... Damn! I hate sports talk radio! But, like a cracked out junkie, I listen to it religiously. (That's my issue to only be discussed w/ a therapist!) Anyway, yesterday I was listening to some idiot explain why he had a problem w/ President Obama filling out the NC2A bracket(s) for the tournament. Are you f#@king kidding me? He stated the President has more pressing issues to tend to. (I guess President George W. Bush did not have more pressing issues when he dropped his ass in bed every night by 9:30p?) Every president in the history of presidentdum has had some quirk... Some...thing that he did that broke from protocal. I'm sure that if a woman President is ever to come into being, there will be some quirk she will have that will take a minute out of her day. She may want to go shopping w/ the girls or there might be a personal female thing she has to do before reassuring America that she will bring peace to the Middle East during her trip there!/ Matter of fact, I'm glad the Pres filled out a bracket.For once we have someone "human" in the office. Just like I had no problem w/ Clinton acknowledging a loyal follower who felt that it was her duty to "kneel before the seal!" I think he did what any self-respecting "human being" Pres would do given the same circumstance?

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March 15th/ Monday... DAMN! I haven't written anything since May of last year! What is wrong w/ me? I have writer's block, that's what's wrong! In case you don't know what that is or feels like, let me help you get the picture... Writer's block is like constipation! Nothing comes out no matter how much you strain and push!/ Yes, I have been frustrated lately. I was dating someone who is what I call a "Super Christian" who managed to reduce me to an atheist. My worn out porno DVD's are boring. My friend's are dull and 2012 is coming. What do I have to even write about w/ all of that crap going on? March Madness is here and I love basketball but all I want to do is drink rum and beer. I have a car (now) but I cannot afford the gas.I have a cell phone but have a hard time sticking to the restricted minutes contract... AND, I have writer's block!/ You would think that w/ all of that going on, I would have plenty to write about, wouldn't you? If I had any balls I would commit a Shawshank Redemption pardon but I'm too much of a punkass to take my life! I tried doing FACEBOOK, but that is taxing my nerves reading about the every "freakin'" minute account of someone's day. (Thank GOD I don't Tweet!)My life smells like BUTT right about now./ BUT, I'M NOT COMPLAINING! I'm just ranting! (Get a grip, there is a difference between ranting and complaining!)

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May 16th, Sunday/ I'm sitting here watching the last Survivor show and I gotta say it... I dig Survivor! Personally, I think it's fixed but I dig it! I say I think it's fixed because how in the hell is Russell still in the game? Don't get me wrong... He's great for TV! I just don't understand how the players cannot see that he is the snake? He's worse than any beast on that island... And, yet he's still in the game. This shit is too funny! I don't think he will win the money but how in the hell can he call the shots and be there for the last show? Stupid!

Wait a minute... The first tribal council is up... Hold on... Wait for it...Doh! Russell survives another tribal council!

I gotta go! "This gon' be good!"

A Warped POV by A. Dacosta Brathway

April 11th, Sunday/ Okay, now that some time has passed since the Tiger Woods fiasco, when will it be realized that the "Tiger Woods Experiment" is a complete and utter disaster? Somewhere along the line, it was determined that a "super golfer" was needed to propel the sport to higher heights. Tiger appeared on Johnny Carson, billed as the next phenomenon of the golf world and BOOM, there he was, Tiger Woods! Tiger showed up and was treated like Moses parting the Red Sea (or the fairway as it were). He was dynamic and majestic and, well... "Super Golfer!" Tiger stormed golf courses like the American troops stormed the beaches of Normandy. OMG! His swings, his putts, his fist pumps...! His money(?). He is (was) truly a talent. Other golfers feared him. When he showed up on the greens, the question became, "Who is going to win second place?" And then it happened...Tiger became a man! A cheating man. A disrespectful to his family man. He committed a transgression that has existed in our society since "time in memoriam." It wasn't so much what he did as it was he got caught because of what he did.

Entitlement is a nasty thing. When achieved, it makes you feel invincible, powerful, indestructible! You can say anything! Do anything...You can be arrogant and insensitive. So what? But, when something happens to bring it all down, you become exposed like a junkie with a habit and no means to support said habit.

Role model? Was he ever a role model? Of course he was and still is; but, for all the wrong reasons. To reach the level he achieved as a professional golfer requires a certain kind of grit that does not speak to being warm and fuzzy. You have to be ruthless and callous. You get paranoid and private and you "want to ba alone!" (Except when you want the company of your own kind!) Others want to be with you, touch you, shake your hand and vow to never wash that hand again.

The "created" Tiger is long gone! The "real" Tiger is here now! He is who he has always been and it is time for those longing to be like him (or be him, basically) can "just do it!" You won't have his game but you can easily channel his personality. It is easy... Just act like you are "entitled" and the rest is easy. And, if you don't get all caught up in it, you will come to know that you can "be like Mike" too!