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“The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.” – Horace Walpole (quote from this morning’s Good Earth green tea teabag)

this morning, as i was walking from the parking lot to our building – i saw two men in a fight. i mean, not just your regular shouting match, but throw down fist fight – i’m gonna kill you sucka, type of deal. and man, it scared the shit out of me. since well i was about 30 yards away from them. in fact, as i was crossing the street with another lady – stupid guy # 1 was running in full force and accidentally hit the woman on the side of her face since he was too much of an idiot to watch where he was going and he was dead focused on getting to guy #2 who was waiting for him across the street. they finally face one another and start punching each other – hard. i stood there with other passersby completely struck and unable to sort out what they were fighting about and if we should do something about it. i finally told one guy to call the police or have someone interfere and break them up.

i had to turn away from that moment and walk to work. i shook my head and contemplated on what i just witnessed… sometimes i forget how ugly people can be. ugly in a sense of an internal aggression and hatred shown to one another in violence. and i will admit that i am still a bit naive in a sense that i haven’t seen very much in this life to fully understand the underbelly of anger, hatred, evil, greed, etc. but i’ve seen enough to know how and what i need to do to stay away from it – and protect the people i love from being exposed to it. the latter i really have no control over, but still i try. i have to.

anyway, i guess i just needed to mention this since seeing that somehow transferred its negative energy to me and i need this release. i suppose that is why people gossip and revel in hearing news about people in dire straits or rough times — somehow it creates a very strange energy that some folks are drawn to. and “those folks” are crazy, i have to say. i hate to make that blanket statement – but it is what it is. unwarranted aggression has always turned me off and scared me. but i can’t let it bother me this much — and i know that i am always thinking about others so damn much that the world does seem like a great tragedy. but like the teabag quote this morning, i have to think…and think properly… and everything will make sense … i gotta ride that wave with a healthy mind.

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in other news, tonight at the hollywood bowl they are hosting “Video Games Live”… i do not have a ticket for this. but i am planning to attend and scalp for one. I figure I can make this my little ‘artist date’ and fly solo with a bottle of wine and get hammered while listening to the latest orchestral installation for Final Fantasy. Oh, the f*cking joy. hehe. I am a total video game geek and as such I’ve been wanting to do this since last year. And what makes tonight even more special – it is Halo 3’s orchestral debut. God, I love that game so much… I swear sometimes I think there’s a fifteen year old boy living inside me. Hmm, that didn’t sound right, did it? Umm… ok. Ha ha. But I will give you guys the scoop if I make it to the bowl tonight. Cannot wait. I’m such a dork.

I hope you guys have a lovely Thursday!

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