Ahhhhh.... Glad That One is off My Chest

I feel as if my first blog should be deep and meaningful. It should be full of wise anecdotes, or content that makes the reader stop and think to themselves, "Wow, I never looked at it that way." But, unfortunately, I'm not feeling too clever at the moment. So, I've decided to write about something that I think all people should unanimously stop doing. Consider my first blog to be an advice column of sorts.

Advice: Stop Stating the Obvious
i.e.) "Lina, you really need to move out of Arizona."

Okay, this goes beyond trying to help someone, giving them friendly advice such as when to plant squash, or why you shouldn't sniff AJAX. Giving someone advice that's completely obvious says, "Hey fucktard, you're obviously about as smart as my fern, so let me help you; inhaling is usually followed by exhaling." It's about as useful as telling a 400 lb man, "You know, you probably shouldn't eat that." I've seen/ experienced this time and again. Every time Captain Obvious decides to share their infinite wisdom, they're met with a stare, that may be too subtle for them to notice. That stare says, "I'm 400 fucking pounds! You don't think the fact that I can't wipe my own ass doesn't remind me that maybe, just maybe, I might have let myself go?" My stare usually says, "Really? There's something more out there? You mean it gets better than living with my parents, having no money, living in a town where my social life consists of one of two types of men; young and unambitious, or middle aged and unstable? It gets better than being around a bunch of republicans who's library consists only of the Left Behind Series and the Bible, and they call themselves well read?"

Usually I'm the first to dish out advice to my friends, and sometimes it seems obvious. The difference lies in the fact that they are my friends, I've invested time into finding out who they are, and what they want out of life, I actually care about the outcome. The type of "obvious statements" explained above are usually dished out to people you don't know very well. Because if you did, you'd know that being 400 lbs isn't the problem it's a symptom. And living in Arizona, is getting Lina one step closer to being exactly where SHE wants to be.