The Bitch Switch ...

So today I was told that 'everybody thinks I am a bitch' and that I come off as a bitch when other people don't 'kiss my ass'. Let's all pause for 30 seconds of laughter ...........

This person went on to say that it is also the reason I 'don't hardly have any friends' ... Last time I checked I have a great group of friends that love me as I love them and know that I am one of the most kind-hearted, loving people around.

The funny thing is that I am not even mad, just astounded at how far this person's head is up their own ass. I also find it funny because I have known this person for years, and I considered them a good friend that jokes with me a lot but has never taken it this far - or this seriously. Now, I am more than willing to admit that if / when someone hurts me or someone I care about, that "Bitch Switch" comes on and I will lay a 'verbal smackdown' on someone until they apologize and MEAN IT or at least until they feel so low and dirty that even swine would turn their nose at them.

I am genuinely one of the nicest people on this planet. I often sacrifice things just to make the people I care about happy or to put a smile on their face. I never expect anything in return or even ask for thanks. It's just what makes me happy. People judge me - and not just because of the tattoos. I find that people tend to judge what they do not know or understand. I live my life 'outside the box' and my main goal in life is to be happy with who I am and do whatever it is in that moment that makes me happy. I bear the labels of 'unique', 'quirky', 'crazy', but each of those titles (to me) are flattering. It means that I don't follow a crowd of popular belief and people notice. What is it that I read the other day? Yes, "Haters are just confused admirers." Couldn't be more true. I find that people who bitch and gossip about people outside their personal circle of friends are merely just bored with their own lives. They secretly yearn to be those people the talk about. They envy the way others live their lives because they are too scared to leave their 'safe zone' to experience all the different things this World has to offer. Born and raised in Polk County you see a lot of types thrown together in a mid-sized city, yet their minds are so small. Living in LA taught me a lot. I've always been independent in my own thinking, but it was difficult growing up in a city like Lakeland. Moving to LA, where you have people from every walk of life, you learn to accept people for who they are. We all deserve respect and a place in this World as long as we work hard for it. It's not what we wear, the way we style our hair, what we drive to work or even eat for lunch that defines us as people - it is what is within us. I don't know why it is so hard for people to break through the layers and make an effort to get to know someone but it seems the smaller the town, the smaller the mentality. LA, NYC, Miami - they may all be controversial places BUT I feel more at home when I am visiting than I do in my own home town. City people crave to learn more about what they don't understand. Living in Hollywood was probably the happiest I have ever been because it's the only place people have accepted me for exactly who I am and who I strive to be, REGARDLESS of their personal preferences.

It is upsetting to me that I even feel it necessary to write about this topic. There is so much hate and anger in this World. I live my life on the basis that I treat others the way I feel I deserve to be treated. Why on earth would I want to be treated like a bitch? It's ludicrous. Insane in the membrane. Absurd. God help the small minded.