I AM EXALTED!

--- Just a random half-Brit stuck in Dallas --- BurningSpy.com ----

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Hey, brain....

If you're just going to forget every detail of a dream as soon as I wake up, then why do you let me stay aware that I just had an interesting dream?

You know that I will want to remember that dream and will spend half the day trying to recall what it was. Then be very upset with myself when I fail in that endeavor.

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13

That number seems to appear a lot in my life. Today especially.

Ever since I was young, I have considered it sort of a "lucky number," even though I don't totally believe in that kind of stuff.

Today, May 13th, was my 13th anniversary at work.

My first day working there was on 5/13/13.

For those of you actually interested in things like numerology, you may have already realized that if you add all of those digits together (5+1+3+1+3), you end up with..... you guessed it, 13!

So.. umm..yeah, I did in fact buy lottery tickets on the way home today. Especially since the lottery drawing is actually tonight; the 13th.

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Priorities?

While at the register buying groceries on my weekly Walmart trip, another man walked up to a self-checkout register next to me. He was probably in his late 20's or 30's, wearing black sweat pants, a white tank top, and flip flops.

All he was buying was some snacks and a couple last minute mother's day flower bouquets. Although, what he was buying wasn't the most noticeable thing.

Apparently, before coming to the store this morning to buy flowers, he first needed to get high smoking so much weed that you can strongly smell him from about 20 yards away! ... No, that is not an exaggeration.

In further stereotyping, it did not surprise me at all to see him outside a few minutes later walking to the bus stop instead of getting into his own car. I do feel bad for anyone else that might have been on that bus going to work this morning that really did not want to get a massive contact high by being involuntarily hot boxed by this guy.

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I love getting this message!

This is now the second time in a row that I have received a dismissal notice the day before my actual jury duty service date.

I have a theory that I keep getting dismissed like this for at least one of two reasons:

This county requires you to go online and fill out a questionnaire once you receive the summons. They give you a 10 day window to complete it after the notice shows up in your mailbox. I typically go online and fill everything out within a few days. I think those that actually pay attention, read the summons, and follow the instructions, are the ones that are most likely to get dismissed first. Those that wait until the last minute, or don't fill out anything at all, probably have to show up and sit around in the courthouse all day.

This one may be a bit more controversial. I am a middle-aged white man. It seems that in recent years, I am what is wanted least in many court cases. Defense attorneys (with non-white clients), appear to want more non-white jurors. I believe they feel that those jurors will be more likely to sympathize/empathize with the defendant and vote to acquit. Prosecutors, on the other hand, seem to want more non-white jurors in order to better prevent a conviction from being appealed on allegations that the jury was "racist".

Regardless of the reason, I am just happy that I don't have to drive all the way up to the county courthouse, and essentially get a free day off from work. No, I am not telling my boss that I was already dismissed. It's hard enough to get a day off approved lately, and they are legally required to let me take off for jury duty.

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If I ever find out who got me sick, there will be hell to pay!

Not sure exactly when it happened, but I have been going downhill all day.

At least I have a really good immune system, so it should be out of my body within 2 or 3 days.

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Have you ever started writing a comment on someone's post, but ended up deleting everything and not sending it simply because it really needs be read/said with a certain tone and emphasis on specific words otherwise the meaning and humor/sarcasm would be lost entirely if read any other way?

Just me or are you insane too?

(Yes. I know the initial question in this post is a run-on sentence. I used to intentionally do those all the time on here. I even had a tag on my posts specifically for that)

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How is it only Tuesday?

This week is moving extremely slow!

It feels like it should already be Thanksgiving!

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83

Today would have been my dad's birthday and that is how old he would be now. 83 years old

As I take the day to celebrate his birthday, I can't help but think of another anniversary coming up within a couple months. A much more somber date: The day he passed away.

While thinking of that, I came to a very sad realization. This will be 24 years since he passed away. 24 years without him in my life.

Those of you paying attention to details, might remember that back in October I celebrated my 48th birthday.

Which means, my dad has officially been gone for half of my life. I am crossing the threshold where I have been without him around for longer than he was actually here with me.

That is a crazy thing to think of. I obviously knew it was going to happen eventually, at least deep down. It's just strange actually facing the reality of that event.

As I think more of it, I believe that is an event that the majority of people may never experience or truly understand. It seems most people typically become rather "old" themselves before their own parents pass away.

I guess that makes me a member of a rather exclusive club. A depressing club, but exclusive nonetheless.

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"How exactly does a bitch hurt?"

-A question I just asked myself after my knee loudly popped as I tried to stand up a few minutes ago.

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It's a good thing they are planning to close the office tomorrow.

All that white stuff on the ground is NOT snow! Well, not all of it. The overwhelming majority of what is covering everything is actually just ice!

You can walk all over it and barely leave any footprints. Luckily, there is a bit of sleet on the ground too, making it a little rougher. So you're slightly less likely to bust your ass if you try walking on it.

Even if they did expect us to work tomorrow, I would be calling in to take the day off. The short street and roundabout my apartment complex is on, as well as the parking lot itself, do not get treated in this weather. So I'm kind of stuck until it starts to melt. Though, not exactly sure when that will be, since the sun is not expected to make another appearance here anytime soon, and the temperature outside is not predicted to get even slightly above freezing until sometime on Tuesday afternoon.

At least it's not expected to be as bad as the massive winter storm of 2021.

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The worst part about this time of year (other than the fact the world around me is currently covered in a thick, hard layer of ice), is that I have to be very careful to never physically touch my computer!

If I do happen to touch it, the massive amount of electric energy stored within my body will short it out and kill my PC.

This happened a few times just yesterday. Luckily, no permanent damage; nothing that just unplugging and plugging it back in won't fix (so far).

I really wish I could find a way to control or store this power. That way, if the power does go out from this ice storm, I would still be just fine.

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I have been watching this continuously and laughing my ass off all morning.

Being so funny, it's also kind of sad. Even when we are directly controlling the robots, they will quite literally kick us in the balls.

When the war against AI and the machines begins, humanity will lose.

We have created our own damnation.

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As if I needed yet another reason to feel old.

I'm quite certain that 18 years ago it was still the early 90s.

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It's my 15 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

Has it really been that long already?

15 years on this hellsite as of today? It doesn't seem like it's been that long, and at the same time, it feels as if I have been on here forever.

Though, I know that's not possible, because I was born in the era before the internet. I was online long before social media existed. So, 15 years is barely even half of my online experience.

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Hey tumblr @staff, I've got a very important question.

For a site that seems to get extremely upset anytime someone happens to post a picture where their bare elbows might be showing, why do you keep bombarding me with ads for some kind of porn dating apps?

I guess sexual content is perfectly acceptable to you as long as you are getting paid for it and essentially posting it yourself? Or do you just not review any of these scam ads before they start flooding your app?

The ads for TikTok are less offensive, but still a bit confusing too. Why are you promoting a completely different social network?

If I'm forced to see ads, why not actually try to sell me on something interesting that I might actually want and maybe even consider spending money on? The way most ads work everywhere else on the internet, if I actually click on it to learn more about what is being sold, you get paid more.

Instead, the ads you shove in everyone's faces make me want to avoid tumblr. If it wasn't for the messaging feature that sort of works, I just might have left here already.

... Is that actually your plan, though? To force everyone to leave? Do you think the social media world is similar to professional sports teams? That if you come in dead last you might be able to get some kind of top of the list first-round draft pick in order to rebuild and improve next year?

I really don't think social media websites work that way.

And before you say anything, NO, paying you to "get rid of ads" is not an option. You need to make a million and one improvements to this site and how it's run before I would even slightly consider possibly ever giving you my money.

You just need to do better!

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"Why the fuck was I dreaming about dinosaurs?!"

... was an actual question that poured out of my mouth as soon as I woke up in the middle of the night earlier this week.

I still haven't figured out the answer.

Before that dream, I had not seen anything about dinosaurs. No conversations related to dinosaurs. Not even any casual thoughts about dinosaurs. Absolutely nothing even dino-adjacent crossed my mind at any point recently.

Just went to bed one night, and my dream randomly became filled with dinosaurs.

Even since that dream, there has been no dino content appearing in my life.

Needless to say, my brain is a scary place. It terrifies even me with the things it does, because I have absolutely no idea why it works* the way it does.

*I use the term "works" very loosely. I am fairly certain that my brain does not actually work properly, or even at all.

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It appears that Tumblr is doing that thing again, where there are some posts that should be on my dashboard which I am only able to see when using the website and others that I can only see when I'm on the app.