The common denominator

Yeah, so I guess it's sort of been awhile since I last posted anything here.  I guess part of it is that, as a scattered, creative person, I tend to focus on things for about 72 hours at a time before I find myself moving on to the next fascinatingly shiny thing.

I am currently living in Kansas and working for a major tax preparing chain for the tax busy season.  We've been here almost five years, and while it is a nice place, I am ready to go somewhere that is, um, more bustling.  I never expected to be here in Kansas, and never expected to be here for such a long time.  The people here, for the most part, are very nice, and seem to like it, but it is not for me.  I'd like one metropolis with a side of culture, please.

I am thinking that, due to recent circumstances that have left me lonely, maybe it's time to revisit my seldom-used blog and talk to anyone willing to listen.  I am trying to lead of more positive life, and not get caught up in drama, and this may be a good venue for me before people start railing against anything I may write.

I guess the thing is, I really want to be friends with people, but I am at the point where I don't trust hardly any women at all.  I trust people that I've know for years (and seldom get to see) and a few women here, who I see one at a time, but I am coming to the conclusion that a group of women is more dangerous than a basket of pit vipers. "Snakes.....Why did it have to be snakes?"  Oh, Indy, I know how you feel...

It's always really great when, after some situation where a group of women turns on you, that your remaining friends tell you how awesome you are, and how it was problems that were inherent to other people in the group, but then why does it seem that I am the common denominator? 

But there are other ways that I am the common denominator with other people.  My brother Sam, who is seriously one of the coolest people I have ever met or had the pleasure to know, attributes a lot of his interests (and some aspects of his personage) to me.  I was the one who made him memorize the names of all the Beatles when he was 4, and I was home for Christmas from my first year at college.  We watched "A Hard Day's Night", and I made him learn their names (first and last) and what instruments they played.  I introduced him to Green Day and Nirvana and Presidents of the United States of America and (paragon of the 80s) Night Ranger.  But only 'Sister Christian' of course.

And now, my 15-year old daughter, who is super cool.  I made her a Beatles' fan, too, and she loves Green Day and old movies, and rocking out in the car.  And she is one of the coolest people, too.  And I think that, between the two of them, I am the common denominator.  And I don't mean that in an arrogant way.  Not one bit.  But why do people assume that anyone who takes pride in their own ability or actions or is self-congratulatory is also arrogant?  Muhammad Ali said he was 'the Greatest' a long time before he actually WAS 'the Greatest'.

But I will no longer apologize for giving myself credit for things that I have accomplished.  So that's that.  Maybe more here tomorrow, but maybe more in 4 more years.  You never know what shiny thing I may see in the next 72 hours.