Sunday, November 12, 2006

Law 10

Thank God my friends haven't read the book the 48 Laws of Power!!! If so, they may reconsider our friendship due to Law 10;

Infection: Avoid the Unhappy and Unlucky

You can die from someone else’s misery – emotional states are as infectious as disease. You may feel you are helping the drowning man but you are only precipitating your own disaster. The unfortunate sometimes draw misfortune on themselves; they will also draw it on you. Associate with the happy and fortunate instead.

Since moving to LA, I have had nothing but horrid experiences with men. I got engaged and moved out here to be with The Psycho. I quickly realized I gave him the wrong finger, but was stuck out here. Other mistakes of note; Scalitard, The Jew, ManTits, The Jew Too, The Cracker, Dr. Scrub, The Boy (details will follow at a later date.) Last week, I got a call from The Kanuk. He is considering divorce and wishes he could turn back time and call off his wedding as we had talked about those many years ago. I have always thought of him as the one that got away. I was put in the position to tell my long lost love that he needed to work on his marriage and we could never have anything. I called Sissy, and cried. I think that freaked her out a touch as I usually weather my storms with a caustic wit. (have you ever heard me cry before Sissy??) What a horrible situation he put me in. As shit rolls downhill, poor Sissy bears the brunt of it. Why do you put up with me? The fact you are reading this means I am sucking you all in.

I hope you all bear with me. Life is peaks and valleys and I seem to have more than my share of valleys in the Valley.

2 comments:

LA Woman said...

An update, Kanuk called me last night to tell me he took my advice and layed it all out on the table with his wife. Things are GREAT! Actually, the phrase he used was he was "smiling on the inside." I was so *happy* to hear that!!! I hope he is happily married for a long long time and continues to call and rub my nose in this fact.

Unknown said...

Out of curiosity, which one from your list is the Shrimp? Scalitard, The Jew, ManTits, The Jew Too, The Cracker, Dr. Scrub, The Boy.

Just figure since you got mad at me for calling him the shrimp, even though I only knew him as the shrimp from your stories, I have a right to know.