So, there has been a slight change. The owner of this blog is still me. I am still the amazingly awesome and trickiest tricky of the trickies [that sounds SO CLOSE to trekkie... which makes it doubly awesome....]
[AHEM]
Aaaaanyway, I had to switch over accounts because... Dun dun DUN... my other one was hacked!!
Some jackass was emailing me [as myself, I might add] saying things like "you really shouldn't leave your account open" blah freakin' blah...
Jerk.
SO. New account. New username [instead of Magical Program, I am the Unlikely Author... which I rather like...].
However, the magicalprogram@gmail.com account is still valid as it was/is separate from the hacked account, so you may keep sending your stories to that email to your heart's delight.
[GASP]
SPEAKING of stories, I have epic news! I have had a lovely young lady submit to me a story, and I am working on getting it all ready for publication in just a few days.
I wouldn't expect it to be too terribly soon as I am taking a trip in a few days, but know it is in the works!
[Note: it would have been done this weekend, except in the mad rush to switch over the account before I lost my mind, my drafts were all lost... lovely]
So that is my epic, very Tricksteresque news. Even though it may LOOK like the blog has changed hands, it has not. I was hacked. But I fixed their wagon. It only took 3 hours of hurried and desperate switching of emails and accounts and deleting things and....
Cheers,
TUA?
Yeah, um, no....
I think, for this blog, it shall remain "MP"
Just because I can.
Cheers,
MP
Friday, March 30, 2012
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
A Truth Universally Acknowledged Pt. 4
You know, as a single person, I am constantly aware of my lack of a significant other: TV shows, music, movies, my friends, textbooks, parents, etc... everywhere you look, there is a couple or some other signifier of romance to remind me of my singleness.
Don't get me wrong, though. As a single person, I have many freedoms: I choose where I live, what I do, who I hang out with... the list goes on and on.
And, perhaps as a reaction to the overwhelming pressures put upon singles to "find the one" and settle down, people like to remind me of these freedoms.
However, this becomes a problem when it seems like the people who most often remind me of these benefits are 1. married, 2. engaged, or 3. in a serious relationship of some sort.
Bear in mind, I am NOT referring to parents in this matter. That's an entirely different ball of wax; for the discussion at hand, they (and other married relatives) get a pass.
As for my all of my dear, sweet, loving friends... STFU.
Not only are you not being helpful, you are not being truthful, either.
If being in a relationship is such a raw deal, why are you still with your dearest love?
Oh wait, I forgot... it's because they are your dearest love.
Word.
Let's just assume, then, that when they say "Oh, you're better off single" what they are really saying is "I don't know what to say, but I want to be encouraging".
I know you are simply trying to make me feel better, and I respect that.
Just try to respect the fact that you are failing. Miserably.
Because you clearly don't think that I'm better off single, the statement comes across as hypocritical, patronizing, and serves as yet another reminder that I am somehow (in the eyes of society) incomplete and unfulfilled.
But you know what? My world isn't going to end if I stay single forever... because a single life can be just as complete, fulfilling, and joyous as a married one.
The trick is for singles not to buy into society's BS that you have to be in a romantic relationship to be happy and take ahold of the opportunities that the single life presents.
It will certainly help if you don't remind us of your blessings daily.
Cheers,
MP
Don't get me wrong, though. As a single person, I have many freedoms: I choose where I live, what I do, who I hang out with... the list goes on and on.
And, perhaps as a reaction to the overwhelming pressures put upon singles to "find the one" and settle down, people like to remind me of these freedoms.
However, this becomes a problem when it seems like the people who most often remind me of these benefits are 1. married, 2. engaged, or 3. in a serious relationship of some sort.
Bear in mind, I am NOT referring to parents in this matter. That's an entirely different ball of wax; for the discussion at hand, they (and other married relatives) get a pass.
As for my all of my dear, sweet, loving friends... STFU.
Not only are you not being helpful, you are not being truthful, either.
If being in a relationship is such a raw deal, why are you still with your dearest love?
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| This romance business is so passé |
Oh wait, I forgot... it's because they are your dearest love.
Word.
Let's just assume, then, that when they say "Oh, you're better off single" what they are really saying is "I don't know what to say, but I want to be encouraging".
I know you are simply trying to make me feel better, and I respect that.
Just try to respect the fact that you are failing. Miserably.
Because you clearly don't think that I'm better off single, the statement comes across as hypocritical, patronizing, and serves as yet another reminder that I am somehow (in the eyes of society) incomplete and unfulfilled.
But you know what? My world isn't going to end if I stay single forever... because a single life can be just as complete, fulfilling, and joyous as a married one.
The trick is for singles not to buy into society's BS that you have to be in a romantic relationship to be happy and take ahold of the opportunities that the single life presents.
It will certainly help if you don't remind us of your blessings daily.
Cheers,
MP
Saturday, March 10, 2012
No Words Needed.
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| Really? Really and truly?? |
Do I even need words? I don't think so...
Cheers,
A seriously geeked out MP
Good Evening.... Infidel
So, to make up for not blogging in.... *coughmumblesplutter*.... weeks, I shall post a brief entry on my recent experience.
I got to see Jeff Dunham live.
Word.
For those of you not familiar with Jeff Dunham, let me sum up.... he's a middle aged loser who plays with dolls [his words, not mine].
He is actually quite the talented ventriloquist and comedian, and I went to see his live show just a few short weeks ago.
We literally laughed ourselves sick [none of us could talk more than a few words at a time the next day]... to say that he was freakin' funny would be quite the understatement. Add in to the mix that he's fairly good looking [though he doesn't hold a candle to British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin] and you've got one hell an evening.
Now, even though it would have been quite Trickster to do so, I did not record any of it because that is highly illegal, and I feared the wrath of the copyright gods... so here is a link to a past performance featuring Achmed, the Dead Terrorist.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
MP
I got to see Jeff Dunham live.
Word.
For those of you not familiar with Jeff Dunham, let me sum up.... he's a middle aged loser who plays with dolls [his words, not mine].
He is actually quite the talented ventriloquist and comedian, and I went to see his live show just a few short weeks ago.
We literally laughed ourselves sick [none of us could talk more than a few words at a time the next day]... to say that he was freakin' funny would be quite the understatement. Add in to the mix that he's fairly good looking [though he doesn't hold a candle to British ventriloquist Paul Zerdin] and you've got one hell an evening.
Now, even though it would have been quite Trickster to do so, I did not record any of it because that is highly illegal, and I feared the wrath of the copyright gods... so here is a link to a past performance featuring Achmed, the Dead Terrorist.
Enjoy.
Cheers,
MP
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