Got a nutty email from Mary's ex yesterday. Apparently he thinks I write him letters? Or maybe he's referring to the pooz? Probably, I don't know? He's not very techno literate so that would make sense. Maybe lot's of people think I'm writing them "letters" as opposed to bloggin'?
At any rate he thought I was threatening him in some way. Mind bullets maybe? Our abject homelessness? The fact that I don't fear God the way he does (–‘course I haven’t done anything to make God mad at me)? Who knows why? I don't feel very threatening...? Pretty maybe, but not threatening. He also seemed to think that Mary is a liar (what exactly she lies about -I'm not too clear on). I wrote him back -but then he didn't answer. Typical. I felt bad. He really had a shot at building something beautiful with his daughters and chose instead to beat them down. To the point that they don’t care if they ever see him again. He blames Mary of course.
Between him, his current wife, then of course Jean and David, Mary gets blamed more often, for more shit then just about anybody else I know? I wish people would just learn to take responsibility for their own damn lives and quit trying to blame it on someone else. But that’s asking a lot, I know. I've decided that Mary has to start carrying a bag of stones with her everywhere we go ‘cuz sooner or later she'll get blamed for something...
The really funny thing is that most people like us a lot. Like, just think we’re fun or something? Then other people really seem to hate us (or is it fear us? jealousy?). Okay, nine times out of ten it’s an ex-spouse or boyfriend/girlfriend but still, I’m just saying it can’t all be jealousy right?
People always underestimate us too. It must be our sunny dispositions. Also crazy people really focus in on us (for years and years sometimes). Maybe I'm supposed to do more for the crazy people? I’ve had three people in the last month tell me they think I may be a prophet? Two of them even had degrees in theology.
I hope for everybody’s sake that doesn’t turn out to be true. I’m sure the last thing God wants is for me to start telling people what the truth is…
Posted by shawn at September 22, 2004 03:33 AM