Well, I seem to have lost my title as "Funniest Guy". (I think there's a way to create a link to this, but I don't know how so...see entry from Dec 2nd)

I sent an e-mail to a guy who helped me on my local political campaign. There was one more loose end that needed to be wrapped up and I needed him to sign something. I've been leaving messages for him for weeks and he hasn't called back. So I sent an e-mail that (at least I thought) was funny.

Well, he didn't think it was too funny and I just got a very defensive response. I mean, my note didn't say anything like, "Your Mom's a slut. Baaaaaaaa!" In fact I think I made fun of myself more than anything. I mean, that's why my friends call me "Chuckles"...OK, that's not true and I'm pretty grateful that's not true, but you get the point.

Anyway, now being the narcissist I am, I have that bugging me...someone be mad at me? Not acceptable!

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Not to turn this into a web journal, but just to give you some background on the direction of any upcoming posts....been feeling a bit out of it...some physical some emotional/mental. While I haven't been sleeping for hours upon hours, my usual 4 hours a day haven't been cutting it - I've been slacking and slipping in 6 or 7 hours of sleep. Whatever I eat I feel like it was made of lead. I want to bitchslap everone I interact with over the age of 17.

Combined with that, I'm about to get involved in a movement that will probably end at least one friendship and maybe a second (to go with the possible one I screwed up with the "hilarious" e-mail).

I also was invited to this chick's house to hang out with some people. When everyone else left and it ended up just being the two of us, I wasn't called "buddy". Oh, no. I was told about in excruciating detail about some guy who she had been kind of seeing dumping her. That's not the bad part - it was peppered with constant comments like "all the good guys are married"...as I'm sitting there like one of the girls. I may as well been wearing hot pants & a tube top....OK, that may have been a bit graphic.

I know she didn't realize the connotation of what she was saying and she had other stuff going on that really sucked - so I'm not mad or anything like that. But it did inspire me to re-post the mp3 She Called Me Buddy.

I did have a couple of positive things happen, too - so I'm not trying to get into a "woe is me" thing. But there is definitely some funk in my life...and not the good kind. I could definitely use a little shake up.

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So I may as well try to make this appear as if it's something relating to a blog-like site...

I have noticed something this week. A big difference between left-wing & right-wing radio (which would pretty much be Air America & all-the-rest) is the people on the left tend to be allegedly incredulous all the time - as if their wisdom/viewpoint is common sense. Now don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that O'Liar & Co spew common sense, but they sound decisive. The lefties use phrases like, "I don't understand these people", "what are they thinking?", "What are they trying to do?". It's a tad elitist.

Someone sent me the first chapter of George Lakoff's book "Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate--The Essential Guide for Progressives". I bought the book, but then before I could read it, I let the guy who sent me the chapter borrow it. Anyway, the point of it is, if Progressives are going to be successful they (we) will have to frame our messages better. Sort of a Truthful Propaganda.

Notice, I didn't say Democrats. That is not a progressive party. They have a progressive history. But if you look at their behavior - and more importantly, their platform - they are not progressive in any means.