It felt good to be out. I was there for over an hour, the first 45 minutes by myself and last 15 minutes or more with Jeannie and Seva. I was shooting the ball pretty well tonight. I'll periodically shoot 10 free throws in a row. When I did so at one point tonight, I went 8 for 10, which is the best I've shot in the few times I've played recently. After Jeannie got there, we played a game of horse (as we did last time) and I won with only an "H" against me. I'll grant Jeannie that I was warmed up nicely by the time she got there. But the point still remains: I was shooting very well tonight. It felt good and made me miss playing basketball.
The day started out on a different note. I slept in until 11am. Today, of course, is Wednesday, thus mid-week and I just needed a break to catch up on rest. Seva has been an absolute blessing, but she has certainly altered our sleep schedule, which is to say that I haven't slept for eight hours straight since before she was born. Since I didn't have any morning appointments at the office, I figured I would just stay home and sleep in.
It may not have been the responsible thing to do, but I've always been one to follow my intuition. If my body is telling me to sleep in, then I'll very likely sleep in. My health is one of my most important priorities. I know others that pride themselves on being into the office every day by such and such time. I really don't care about that; I'm not trying to impress anybody. My goals are staying healthy and getting my work done, even if it's not within the cookie-cutter schedule that some others would prefer to squeeze me into.
A random note from yesterday. I went to lunch at Beck's Cajun Cafe at Reading Terminal Market. As you may remember from my post the other day, I've been loving the vibe I get at RTM these days. And as you can probably easily glean from my posts over the past year relating to work, I'm always happy to be anywhere but at the office. So my lunch hour yesterday was a win-win. I had the blackened chicken breast po' boy topped with a sprinkling of their devil dust ("everything seasoning & dry rub") every few bites. It was pretty good.
Another random note, this time relating to a current event. Yesterday a federal judge struck down Pennsylvania's ban on same-sex marriage. And today, Governor Tom Corbett announced that his administration is not going to appeal the decision, meaning that marriage equality has now come to Pennsylvania, the last state in the Northeast to do so, if I'm not mistaken. I have no problem with this. In fact, I'm in support of marriage equality.
But all the buzz on social media in support of these current events has provoked a criticism on my part. I've seen so many friends post and re-post the same couple of articles over and over again on facebook. It's like they're all parroting each other. And on a very "safe" position for the year 2014. It ranks up there with anti-racism against blacks as one of the safest social positions in this day and age. And this is my criticism: nearly all liberals are too scared to stand up for anything but a non-controversial position.
Can I blame them? I guess not, most people by nature are going to maintain their self-preservation, most people by their nature want to be liked by the most people possible. But it's bullshit when everyone is too scared to stick out or do anything contrary to the masses. For example, it's easy for liberals to be angry at a guy like Donald Sterling, because he says something (wrong, yes) that fits squarely within the "racism against blacks" category, against which all liberals are champions and defenders. And now, it's easy for liberals to post and re-post articles reporting that Pennsylvania is a marriage equality state, since that fits squarely within the pro-gay marriage category.
If you hear me, then ask yourself: what are the edgy social issues of the future? what are the social issues that are not yet ripe according to the masses, but are still the right thing to stand for today? in what way(s) are the masses complacent to something unfair or biased or bullshit? Who's going to identify these issues and wake up the liberals who are too scared or blind to see the next step? As my friend Andrew would probably agree (based on a pendulum theory he shared with me), in what way(s) has the pendulum swung too far in another direction, creating an unfair or unjust imbalance?
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