I love many people.  I find that it is pretty easy to love people.  And it is not necessary to hate as many people as I love.  I simply put people I’m developing a dislike for on extinction.  It requires a lot less energy and is better for self esteem and ultimately my karma.  Don’t get it twisted.  I do hate a few people but I’m not here to discuss them.  The topic of this blog is people I no longer like.

Rules Of Engagement

Society has many rules about loving, hating, nurturing.  “Liking” someone is more nebulous of an emotion.  And it can be more selective.  I freely acknowledge that I have been in “heavy like” with most of the women I have been sexually involved with.  I have “loved” a few women deeply or possibly to the extent that I was capable of feeling at that particular time in my emotional development.  One I still love.  I just don’t like her very much.

I came to the realization that I did not have to like someone I loved, as my relationship with Dracula headed south.  I just stopped liking my wife.  After I left her, I realized that it was okay to stop liking others as well.  My dislike for my older brother got so bad that we wanted to hurt one another whenever we were in close proximity.  We just stopped  interacting with each other.

Evolution Of My Discontent

I was at Doctor ACKTUNK!’s wake when I came to the realization that I tolerated a lot of the people in my life because of our history but I really did not like them at all.  ACKTUNK!'s unconditional love for them allowed me to tolerable many of them but that ended that day.  My epiphany got me out of my funk.  I got right up, went home, changed my clothes and went to see Faith Evans perform a free concert at the Taste Fest.  I celebrated my dear friend’s home going in a manner that I knew he would approve of. 

The summer of 2005 brought about some significant changes in my life.  My best friend, my confidant, my rock had died unexpectedly and I was moving into the most financially challenged phase of my entire life.  From a global perspective, 2005 was one of the worst years in last century of Turtle Island.* But that enormous subject is for another day.  I will say that many of us were having a difficult time.  Stress brought out the worse in some and made the rest of us  diamonds in a field of coal.

I hunkered down and prayed to GOD to give me the strength to endure.

The New World Order

January 2009 came like a promise renewed.  As a part of the Asiatic Hoard, I believe our collective karma has shifted.  We are entering an age where each individual can truly be all that he or she can be.  There is a price however.   We must have the ability shrug off all the haters, sidestep petty distractions and keep our eyes on the prize. 

Personally, my allergies to bullshit have reached critical mass.  I spend a lot of time by myself doing what I’m doing right now.  In many ways it’s a benign way to socialize.  I get good emails instead of happy endings!  Truth be told: I just don’t like very many people anymore.  To some, I am no longer a friend, I am a commodity.  That is just not acceptable.  The basic personality of an individual is cemented at about 3 years of age.  Some of the people closest to me have become bricks.

fyi--if your'e wondering how mr. pregnant's video relates to this blog: i fell out of like with him after he cried about being fat and gay and worried about the criticism he receives from his subscribers.  i can tolerate a lot of things but NOT apologies for who you are!

* Turtle Island is a native American name for Mother Earth http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Legends/TurtleGetsaShell-Anishnabe.html