i’ve been thinking that maybe i’ve been a little hard on God. i’ve been telling Him how unhappy i am with Him and maybe i am not getting the big picture. He seems to giving me just enough to keep me going which incidentally reminds me of a few of my ex-girlfriends….brrrrrr…i digress….do i just wait to see the plan He has or do i keep arguing with Him and feeling like i’m getting nowhere. here’s the kicker…i had lunch with a friend of mine last week and he asked me what i’m searching for on this journey through faith (sounds like a bad sunday religious channel movie title, huh?) anyway…i could not answer him. it was the oddest thing but i really could not give him a good answer as to what i’m looking for…i really don’t have a clue. i found that to be somewhat irritating and uncomfortable to be honest and it has gnawed at me all weekend…anybody have any comforting words of support or inspiration?
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sorry God
argument tip #3
yet another tip from my series on arguments…
this one i experienced this past weekend…never get up from a heated discussion and start slamming inanimate objects around. it merely serves as fuel for the fire and does nothing but make your situation 100 times hotter than it was 5 seconds ago. now, if you’re the type that likes it a little spicy, by all means, slam at your hearts content! AND to turn it up even a few notches more respond to the question “do you have to slam things around every time you get mad?” with “i’m not slamming now…this is slamming!” and then break something as a punctuation. i have found that this has a 100% success rate for not speaking to each other for the rest of the night and then sleeping on the couch.
remember…amateurs, this is a master technique and should not be practiced with out a full blown black belt in observation.
uncle! or God
ok…so today has been one of those days for me….business this week has been nearly nonexistent, my wife and roommate got into an argument this morning which is no fun for the rest of the house, i had a board meeting that lasted 8 hours and felt like a battle AND my laptop crashed yet again!
what do i do…one of two things…i either cry uncle and just give up OR i have a talk with God. I’m kinda thinking God wishes i would cry uncle. the conversation goes something like this AND keep in mind that this is usually happening in my car and i am speaking out loud…
me: ok God…what exactly is your point here?
God: no answer
me: because if you’re testing me i really think i’m good here thanks…
God: no answer
me: i’m really getting frustrated with you and want to suggest that we come to some sort of a resolution
God: no answer
radio: come to 2001 space odyssey where we have the coldest beer and the hottest ladies dancing for your pleasure…
me: God, what did you mean by that?
and so it goes….
argument tip #2
thank you for rejoining the series on arguments…
tip #2
i have found sarcasm to be invaluable in an argumentative setting particularly when the goal is to drive your co-arguer into a blind rage…one so explosive as to have a blood vessel burst. for you novices out there, i do not recommend this as a beginning move. i would however start with a simple comment about their mother or the fact that you never liked their cat/ dog/ brother (feel free to improvise here with the appropriate insult of choice) in the first place…if presented properly this should at worst get you a “what did you say?!” for those in the intermediate or master level you could actually respond with some such retort like “why would you care what i said now since you never listen to a word i say anyway?” if well placed this should result in you sleeping on the couch/ in car/ at uncle harry’s house. well done and bravo to you!
Please join me for the next installment of argument tips soon!
argument tip #1
i have decided to share my vast knowledge of argument management and any tips i have picked up along the way…periodically, i will be giving you some useful hints with regard to arguments, how to have one or avoid one, what to say to escalate a situation and what to say to get the hell beat out of you. join me on this journey if you will and feel free to interject your own personal experiences as you never know when something as small as telling someone to duck may just save their life…
argument tip #1
never…let me repeat…NEVER during the throes of an argument under any circumstances ask the person you’re arguing with to calm down…this will only accomplish getting the person you’re arguing with more worked up AND make the situation even more explosive than it was in the first place. if you decide to ignore my advice i must direct you to the waiver of responsibility at the bottom of this post….
waiver of responsibility: i am not liable for any actions that may follow should you decide not to heed my advice because it is clear that you are an idiot and a glutton for punishment
join me soon for argument tip #2
WTF?!
just exactly when did i become so sensitive? or at least sensitive to other people’s sensitivities? ok…yes, i am italian AND i am the first born AND as you know…we are fixers…but for crying out loud, enough is enough already..
me: are you ok?
you: yes
me: you sure…you don’t seem ok?
you: yes
me: ok…but if you’re not ok …you’d tell me, right?
you: shut up already
enough said…literally…
i finally did it
ok…so i may be a little dramatic in announcing this but i finally did it! what did you do, you ask. well, good question…two things actually. ..one: got my sorry, lazy, no blog writing butt back on here and am actually posting AND two: i did a very, very, very little bass solo improv at our gig last weekend. what gig? i’m back playing with the old band again and well…none of this even matters because probably the only other person beside me that might get a fraction as excited by this is the person who is teaching me theory and technique….so as it turns out this post is entirely for ME and maybe one more person…hahaha…still as selfish as ever…
Been a few [or more] very long weeks….promise to catch up with the blogmily soon….derek? Where are you?!
time to change churches
ok…i’m sure i’ll get slammed for this one…i am changing churches. i have decided that mine is not a good fit and maybe that’s what is holding me up on my journey to know Jesus and God. why do i think my current church is not a good fit? for a few reasons…one is that i have been constantly told things will be different and that we will all make contributions and our ideas and opinions are important. i go to all the meetings, make suggestions (which etiquette says should at least be acknowledged) and generally “play by the rules” only to find that i am one of the few doing that. i am way too frustrated for my own good and two weeks ago i was so mad at church on sunday that i didn’t even hear the service…nice, right? so…i have started to look elsewhere…i think finding the right place where i have something in common with the community and that i feel at home will set the table for my continued journey to faith. am i taking the easy way out or is this something that some of you have also gone through before you found your place? i really want to know Jesus and God and i want to let go inside of that but i don’t seem to be able to turn that corner and quite honestly, things like this really piss me off and leave me with a bad taste for organized religion.
me: hi, my name is lisa and i’m a twitter-holic
group: hi lisa
me: i have not been clean at all and i don’t wanna…
i have said many times before now…i do NOT need another vice, particularly one that plants my butt in front of my computer for several hours. BUT my pusher, deek, has opened my eyes to twitter and try as i have, i can’ t avoid the lure of it…so last night, i caved…i only have a few followers and am only following a few right now but there’s something that pulls me to this world of micro blogging and instant messaging. just like my blog, i find it amazing that i can communicate (and sometimes very intimately) with people all over the u.s. in an instant…technology, i love it…i hate it… i have seen some of our “blog-mily” on twitter now as well….hi, sideon, deek and the other one…
i just hope my girlfriend is ok “sharing” me…is too much technology a bad thing? i can rationalize that i’ll be using it for business…i actually do have a business blog and will shortly be setting up a twitter business site (go figure) as well as a facebook site. BUT i wonder if so much internet communication has taken us away from the “face to face” that i still think is vital in business AND in our personal lives. i’m a real touchy feely kind of gal and i’m sure that i would never replace that with all of the networking/ social sites but i wonder if we’re creating a nation of people that don’t get the proper amount of actual in person interaction or if we’re actually connecting more with our fellow u.s. citizens because of all the advances made in the last several years, months, days (haha).
what do you think?
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