Dominique Brooks's blog

Not that I don't love orchids and the color purple, but I'm on a huge Marimekko kick right now, and this colorscheme makes me a lot happier. (Besides, my LJ is purple so this being different works.) I've been...I don't want to say disappointed, but that seems to be the only word that fits in a lot of my friends and their conduct on that site lately. It seems like it's just a constant barrage of people going out of their way to be incredibly rude for no good reason. Stuff like just going out of their way to start conflict for no good reason at all, and I'm losing my patience with it. It's childish rabble-rousing, and it drives me crazy. I understand if you dislike something that a lot of other people around you enjoy but there's no need to be a Debbie Downer and make a constant point about how much you feel it is a waste of time. Essentially, you're being down on your friends because you just don't like one of their hobbies much. That's so pointless. Wouldn't your energy be better spent doing the things you enjoy? Or doing things that you and your friends can all agree on? Or even just doing things that you need to get done around the house? Why does it matter so much what other people do with their time to you? It's not yours, so don't worry about it. The world would just be a much happier place in general if people worried primarily about themselves. I don't mean in a completely isolationist way, I mean more in a stay to yourself when it comes to things of minimal importance way. In why constantly antagonize people around you way. It's one thing if you say something innocent and you don't realize you just struck a nerve. It's another thing entirely to be going out of your way all the time to anger people and then play the surprise card when they decide they're sick of things. Today is a good day. My Barack Obama t-shirt should be arriving soon. I have bruises from playing with my new dog, Hachimitsu. The cats are enjoying the new toys I have given them. The weather is phenomenal. Life in general is great.