Blabbering

Another Sunday. It is as if I just wrote something yesterday, when in fact that was last Sunday. Wow! I couldn't say that the week went by so fast because I waited in anticipation for each day of the week to end.  The days drag when we have to tackle the stress of everyday living. But of course, time flies when you're having fun!

I am debating whether I should spend the rest of this weekend playing PS3 games, watching Netflix, "bull-schitting" on FB, or just blogging my brains off! (I do have to work on a job-related document, so that is not an option.)

I think I'm just going to take a nap! Hah! Good choice. (I am actually starting to drift away as I am writing... amazing what the 'power of suggestion' can do to one's self!)

So... before I doze off, let me just jot down a thing or two about some observations I made during the week.  I always find it stimulating (and somehow amusing) to share opinions and   then conceptualize a sentiment.

Watching a movie is entertaining. It brings out all sorts of emotions as a reaction to the plot.  Depending on the nature of the movie, we let ourselves get carried away and relate to the characters of the story.  The movie "The Stoning of Soraya M" gave me a chill to realize the crude bestiality and inhumanely wrongful punishment that certain laws regulate as a compliance to religion and/or culture.

The Stoning of Soraya M is a true story of religiously sanctioned misogyny and mob violence in an Iranian village. A condemned woman, innocent of the charge of adultery brought against her by her sadistic husband, who wants to get rid of her so he can marry a 14-year-old girl, was stoned to death. Buried up to her waist in a hole dug for the occasion, she is pelted with rocks and profanity by the male villagers, including her father, husband and two sons, until she dies.  According to ancient Islamic law, a wife’s adultery is punishable by death. (http://movies.nytimes.com/2009/06/26/movies/26stoning.html)

Now it makes me wonder... what if the same governing rule exists today in this generation? OMG!! there'll be stones flying around all over the place - LoL!! I must admit this is no laughing matter. I may sound like I am taking this lightly, but on the contrary, I am quite perturbed, not by what is happening today, but what has happened before. However, it is a moot point. 

Back to earth. The bed is calling me for my afternoon nap. But there is still one more thing that I want to blog...

How do you deal with a person who is annoyingly self-centered; one who always speaks highly of themselves (grammar check please!) out of vanity or self-gratification; or one who takes pleasure in highlighting being the victim of the cruelties of the world for the sake of drawing attention?

Egoistic? Egotistic? Egocentric? .... or simply an "ego-tripper"? Hah!

Pardon my discerning criticism but I can't help getting irritated by such behavior especially if I am to witness it day in and day out! Does that make me harsh? Does that make me shallow because I allow myself to get affected by such triviality?

There. I got that out of my system.

Next. I'm off for that long-overdue nap.