I make lists.
I read books.
I like clothes, food, music, my fur babies, travel, and loads of other stuff too.
I may write about any or all of these things.
Harris County Sheriff's Deputy Darren Goforth was murdered, shot in the back, 15 bullets were shot, the gun was emptied into him. The deputy filled his car up with gas, exchanged words with the gas station attendant who he knew from frequent visits, and was walking back to his car when this unprovoked attack occurred. He was married and the father of two children. This happened in my home city of Houston, Texas at an intersection that I am familiar with its exact location. Sadly, this is not the only police officer killed in the line of duty this week. In fact, 23 police officers have been killed by gunfire this year in comparison to 9 that were murdered in 2014 according to this cnn article.
Most of you reading this, probably know all of this already. I'm enraged, shocked, saddened...the emotions are running the spectrum. Innocent people need to stop being killed. Innocent people doing their job need to stop being killed. Innocent people that take risks and attempt to provide safety to others need to stop being killed. Are there bad cops? Yes. Should they be killed? NO. By all accounts of Darren Goforth, he was NOT one of those bad cops. He was an innocent man on the job and running a routine errand. This needs to stop.
I can not freakin' believe that I am going to have the thoughts above and the thoughts/pictures below in the same post. But, three cheers for randomness!
MTV VMAs , MTV VMAs, MTV VMAs - so many thoughts, yet do I really care enough to share them? Not really. I've determined that the MTV VMAs is truly the first thing in entertainment that makes me feel old and out of touch and being comfortable with that feeling because I don't want to be in touch with the crap that is featured on the MTV VMAs. I think there was only one performer who actually played a musical instrument.
The only thought I will share about the #KanyeMeltdownBro is he said something to the effect "we're not gonna control our kids with brands". Uhm...what?!?! This is the man married to the queen of the Kardashian brand. What the fuck ever. Sorry. I really try to not be overly negative about anyone in this space of mine. I liked Golddigger. There. I said something nice.
See this nice young man? He is Jarryd Hayne. He gave up a $10 million dollar contract to continue playing rugby in Australia to chase his dream to play in the NFL. Not many Aussies make that leap, and he's one of the highest profile players to do so. He is currently with the 49ers playing pre-season. He hasn't made the final cut yet, but things are looking good. He's had his face scanned for Madden 2016, and due to an uncommon interest in a non-contract player, the 49ers actually printed jerseys with his name and number to sell before the final pre-season game. From all accounts, he is a good guy, humble, positive, hard-working, came from housing projects and doesn't take his success in Australia for granted. I hope the best for him in his NFL endeavors.
I love reading musics post and playlists that other bloggers share. I almost always find a new song (or an old song I forgot about) or a new band, as is the case here. Jana posted about a song that she was jamming called Could Have Been Me by The Struts. I not only listened to that song, I listened to others by the band. I looked up their website and social media accounts. I posted on twitter about it (and got a like from the band and a band member). I downloaded the entire album. Damn. I like this kind of discovery of a band that I instantly love.
Got any random thoughts this Thursday? April has a link-up for Thursday Thoughts - Why don't you join us?
