Back with a true rant

Missed another day...ah, well. The medication is kicking back in, and I'm starting to feel a bit better about myself. Those aren't necessarily related...I've received some incredibly nice messages the last two days that made me very happy. Let's just agree that I'm doing better...the cause isn't (that) important at the moment.

Anyway...back to writing. I've tried very hard to not rant about this, but really, I've had it. If I offend you, I'm sorry, but if you know me at all, you had to know it was coming sooner or later. Just know that I still love you dearly (if I know you), regardless of your feelings about this. If I don't know you, you probably don't give a shit what I think anyway, so here goes.

I've have absolutely had it with all the self-important assholes and their hanger-ons that have nothing better to do. Yes, I realize that calling someone 'self-important' on my blog is a little ironic, but I try not to cram it down your throat or call a press conference everytime I write. But seriously...I've had it. Just today, I've seen:
1) PETA protesters complaining about a video game character with a raccoon tail. Seriously? This is another organization that may have been valuable at one time, but is now just a fucking joke.
2) These 'Occupy' people. I just don't get it. In my city, they're being 'asked' to move so that the city can light the Christmas tree. All this, and I have no frickin' idea what they're even trying to protest, or what they're hoping to accomplish. Maybe it's all worthwhile, but from what I see, it's a bunch of people asking for something instead of working for it...get a job, and you won't have time to protest.
3) Just because the 'left' doesn't have a monopoly on crazy, the 'Tea-Party.' Listen, I'm libertarian who is slightly more conservative. I HATE big government. But shut the hell up already.
4) Penn State protesters. Damn college students. There's more to life than football, namely, it should be a generally looked down upon to RAPE KIDS AND NOT TELL ANYONE. But while I'm on the subject...
5) The people condemning Joe Paterno. Listen, we don't know what happened, and we don't know who knew what when. We don't know what Paterno was told, how he was told it, or anything else. You can have an opinion, but aren't we generally supposed to withhold our hatred until we know what's going on? I've said before...if you're a pedophile, I have NO problem with you receiving the death penalty. But I want you to be convicted before you fry...then, I'll pull the lever. Promise. If you knowingly protected a pedophile, I have no problem punishing you, too. But I'm not so sure about punishing people based on what I think they did.
6) The people I know who have to make EVERY FUCKING THING a crisis. I'm sorry the search screen on your computer doesn't look the way you want, but the world will not stop because of it...don't come and interrupt what I'm doing. I'm sorry your computer broke...um, we'll fix it, you don't need to dial '911'. These people, it doesn't matter if I'm on the phone, in the bathroom, dead...their problem is the MOST IMPORTANT THING EVER!!! Fuck off.

I'm sure there are people I've missed. I guess my point is, everyone needs to calm the hell down. Maybe have some perspective. I know I lose mine sometimes...I'm not convinced I'm the only one.