Pent

there's this cat who comes into our big room when it's break time.
i know it's break time because he comes in to sit with his friends behind me and talk.
usually about sports.
basketball.
and sports players.
and i wanna shove my fist through his face.
just sorta push his nose through his brain and out the back of his skull.
like a human Playdough Fun Factory.

and there's this chick who walks around like she's the boss.
because, well, she is one of them.
and she's really mean.
she was talking with the woman who used to sit next to me.
and she asked the woman something.
and the woman answered.
and she said, in the most degrading tone i've ever heard, "That's the wrong answer!"
i don't care who's boss you are, that shouldn't be allowed.
and she should be strung up and left to dry in the hot sun.
tied up to a really high fence by her hands and ankles and just left there.
and people would pass by and look and wonder what she did.
and she wouldn't be able to be mean to them.
and if she was, the people passing by would be provided a rock to throw.
and the rock would have sharp edges and pointy parts that would hurt and cut her.

and then there's PantyStain.
he made my wife angry today with more stupidity.
and i can't tell if i'm just over him or if i'm at a really good place in my coping skills...
but her anger didn't make me angry.
normally it does.
today, it didn't.
and today, i feel like he's just an annoyance.
a trifling.
something like a gnat or a fly that i have to deal with.
and he keeps trying to eat my burger outside, but he keeps pestering me.
so i stay outside as long as i can, and if he continues to annoy me, i either go inside or squish him with a rolled up newspaper.

we have a court date.
it's in november.
our 13 year old is happy with that date.
my wife is happy with that date.
i wanted it to be sooner, like next wednesday.
but for some reason, our court system moves excruciating slowly.
who cares about the sixth amendment.
that's the one that guarantees anyone accused of a crime the right to a "speedy and public trial".
i guess it's not a crime to be a horrible person and father.

did you know that the second amendment, the one gun-nuts love to quote as protecting their right to bear arms, is associated with keeping a militia to protect the state?
Here's the 2nd Amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed."
it's no wonder to me that they forget to mention the "well regulated" part as they're ranting.
it's no wonder to me that they forget to mention the "Militia" part as they're ranting.
people are stupid.
and we're cutting educational programs because of economic conditions.
ensuring that we'll be dumber.
and we're buying the smart people in china, india and japan because we can't think for ourselves.
we'll just pay somebody else to do it.
and here's another thing.
"Pent" describes how i'm feeling.
as in "pent up".
it also has it's origins in Latin
deriving from the word meaning "five".
which is how many paragraphs i've written.
i'm so smarty-pants.