Archive Page 16

23
Jan
21

Drop the Anger

I wasn’t going to post this or talk about it actually, but I do believe a couple people I have talked to today need to hear it. I was walking Annabel thru the neighborhood behind my apartment last night. A policeman pulled up next to me and gestured for me to come over. Once there and wondering what the hell this was about he said “Do you know or have you seen a black child around 10-12 years old riding around on a black and white bicycle. I could tell by the look on his face that things were not good.

The child was in an accident and they didn’t know who his parents are. Like most good people I wanted to help and wished I knew who they are, but I didn’t. I don’t believe the kid made it just by the body language of the officer. He drove away and I was left there on the side of the road with my thoughts. My heart broke for people I don’t know and will most likely never meet. In that moment I knew their life was going to change in a horrific way, but they didn’t.

I hear my friends complain about some very trivial shit. It gets old I’m not going to lie. Most people by the time they reach my age have had multiple horrible things happen to them and certainly every one of them knows someone that has had tragedy hit home. Here is the point which happens to be the same one I make every other day. Life is short. Life is sometimes hard. Very hard. It is also incredibly beautiful when you take the time to notice.

It comes down to the fact that at any moment the life you know now can be forever changed. I can’t tell you how to live, but I know I’m not going to carry around a big bag of anger around with me. To me life about going from great event to great event in life, but when you are dragging this anger around it takes a lot longer to get to the next great event in your life. Just set that bitch down and pick up the pace. Happiness is there waiting for your angry dumbass to show up. The party started a long time ago, and every little anger brick you pick up just makes you slower and slower.

Live everyday like it might be your last. Treat people the way that you want them to remember you. Have some fucking fun!! To be honest many times I write these things to remind myself. I’m as guilty as everyone else of letting stupid things get me. Everyday is a blessing. Remember that and try to live like that.

FknBucky

25
Mar
20

Love your neighbor

94BDEF4A-E134-45E0-AB4A-D44FF8BA54B0Happy quarantine.  Maybe with everyone stuck inside more than three people will actually read this.  Desperate times..  I have been inside my apartment now for about nine days.  I went to McDonalds this weekend to get a Big Mac simply because I had to do something.  It is weird seeing people, I usually want to talk to them, now I have anxiety and must get away.

I have decided that I will do the right thing and stay put.  I don’t want to drag this virus to a relatives house in another part of the country even though I would love to be with them than here alone.  I have plenty of food, TP, guns, and ammo.  This means I can wipe my ass, while eating a burrito, and shoot you at the same time.  I love America.

I’m amazed at such a trying time to still see people arguing on FB about this and that.  We are in a time where we all need to come together and make things more tolerable for those around us.  People are hurting.  Take a second before hitting send on that next comment and enlightening the world your negative shit opinion, take a breath and think how is this going to make the situation better????  Regardless of what side you are on or how noble, correct, and perfect you are the fact is negativity is negativity.

Find a way to change your thinking while we are stuck inside with nothing to do.  Instead of getting pissed off the rest of the world isn’t just like you try to wish people a safe time and that you’ll be praying for their family.  Imagine if everyone did that.  What you put out always comes back.  You know you’re a good person so now is the time to act like it.  We can’t give hugs right now, but you can certainly say a kind word.  It is free too so your non working ass has no excuse about not being able to afford being kind.

This is what we can all try, God/Bing Bang Theory knows we have plenty of time on our hands.  Right before you blast that comeback out that will put that SOB in his place because he/she deserves it for being sooo stupid take a step back.  Once a day at least take a large step back.  Then erase the negative, take the high road, and make it positive.  There are a lot of people suffering and scared right now needlessly.  We have plenty of resources in this country for everyone to have TP, Food, and shelter.  Stop using your energy to throw toxic BS out on the internet trying to change someone’s mind that is 1,529 miles away and look around your own neighborhood/town.

Once you open your eyes and look for ways to have a POSITIVE impact on the world around you plenty of opportunities will show up.  Trust me you can take a day off from arguing on FB. In fact the world most likely will be better for it.  I’m as guilty as the rest of you and write this as a reminder to myself to not get sucked into the negative rabbit hole but rather find ways to help out those less fortunate than myself.  You can make a difference if you only try.

Think about it,

FknBucky

21
Feb
20

Parking Madness

FF564D62-FA7E-4BFD-98EA-B8E3602E318DLet’s get right into it. I will never understand the individuals that believe it is okay to park in a handicap parking spot.  I see it every single day.  Charlotte, NC is actually one of the worst places I’ve experienced for this problem.  If you can walk be proud of that shit and walk an extra few feet leaving the close up parking for people that might actually need it.  I tell people if I get my legs back I’ll skip everywhere I go.  Heck, I’ll park two blocks away in the rain just to skip a little further.  Plus no one get abducted while skipping.  It is a safety thing.  Okay back on subject here.  Jessica Alba is so damn hot, wait what was I doing, oh yeah parking….  Seriously what is wrong with your head that you don’t get that parking in a blue man spot, in between them, or in any way screwing them up for people that need them is a crappy thing to do???

281B8AAD-825E-4A8A-9CE4-330CB20742A0I saw this truck today while walking a friends dog.  This might be the dumbest thing I’ve seen since the last time I saw someone parked like this.  Like I said it happens way to much.  I don’t personally care about parking close to the building that I’m trying to go in. I just need the extra space so that I can open my car door the whole way.  When I park in a regular spot someone parks too close to me and I can’t get in my own vehicle.  This means I have to ask a random stranger to back my van out.  I don’t like having random people driving my car ever, as I think all other drivers suck.  My bad I meant to say I KNOW they all suck.

This part is my favorite.  What do you think it is??  Oh yeah the apology.  Which is complete bullshit.  You had the ignorance to park there, might as well own it. Come out and say “Stupid cripples should just stay home” or maybe “Old people are a nuisance and walk too slow, screw them”.  To simply throw “I’m sorry” out when you get caught doesn’t mean a thing.  You’re not sorry you did something awful, you’re just sorry you got caught.  You’ll do it again and again because you simply don’t give a shit.  Don’t act like you do care because if you did, you’d NEVER park in those spots.  It is that simple.

BA6F7B30-ED81-475C-ABD9-AA6591F02B3AMy friends in Charlotte learned how much this happens in the last year.  I would mention to them about the parking lot of a particular establishment we would meet up for prayer meetings.  Yes that is my story, moving on.  After a while they would start to look at the blue man spots to see if they were open or had cars in them that should not be there.  Now they were getting angry.  I have to let it go right after I see it or I’ll be pissed off all the time.  They had to learn this as well.  This problem happens every single day.  Maybe it is because I’m out so often and have more chances to see assholes parked illegally or maybe it is really that problematic.  If I let a parking issue ruin my day I would have A LOT of ruined days and per the last blog I’m not willing to give these idiots one of my days.

In life we all have to decide what kind of person we want to be.  This is not difficult.  It is as simple as parking in a handicap spot or not.  If you park illegally in a handicap spot you are choosing to be a shitty person. Enjoy that.

Think about it.

FknBucky

16
Feb
20

Days

159337D3-4F9D-4F5B-A92C-598CCC5E6884Hello internet people.  It has been a while since I’ve shared with you.  I need to write more than I have been as I use it to get thoughts out of my head.  Right now I would like to share the way I think about days.  You see you only have so many days in your life.  I understood this at a very early age and decided to live my life accordingly.  I was having tea with my Grandfather when I was 15.  He was 80ish at this time and made the comment how he remembered being 15 like me, but then one day he woke up and was 80.  His voice trailed off as he said it and I understood at that exact moment how quickly life passes by.  I knew that I didn’t want to waste any days.

We all have no knowledge of what the future holds.  Will you live to be 80??  Will you die tomorrow in a car accident??  We all hope not, but either way we all die sometime which means you only have a set amount of days left.  What will you do with them???   Let’s use some easy numbers to drive my point home.   10,000 days is equal to around 27 years which puts me at 68 years old.  Still young to some and super old to others.  Okay now we have our days.

I want to ask a couple questions with the first being what did you do the last 10 days?? Did you work towards your goals???  Do you have goals??  Remember we only have 10,000 days to get it all done.  How many days did you lay on the couch all day??  How many did you chalk up to being a “bad day”??   Was it 2, 3, or maybe 5??  Let’s say 3 days fall into the couch/bad day category.  That is 30% or 3,000 of your remaining days.  Fuck.  I know, it is crazy when you think of it like that.

There is work also as most of us are not trust fund babies.  We work on average 260 days a year.  This on our 27 year plan is about 7,000 days.  So between bad days, couch days, and work days we just pissed away our entire 10,000 days.  That sucks.  So for the heck of it lets say you only work 4 days a week so we gain back 1,000 days.  How many of those days are you willing to piss away feeling sorry for yourself, wishing the past was different instead of concentrating on making the future awesome, and holding grudges that mean nothing instead of enjoying the people around you???

Maybe you want to spend your days being a victim, I’m a girl, I have a disability, I’m the wrong color, my sexuality holds me back, or some other BS that gets wrapped up in our heads.  I’m not saying those things aren’t real or even a problem, but allowing those things to dictate how we live our lives is bullshit.  Never let the stupidity or ignorance of others change your goals or how you enjoy life.  You only get so many days don’t give ANY to people that don’t deserve them.

What do you want to go see??   What do you want to learn??  Who would you like to meet?? These are the questions you should ask yourself every morning.  I personally am not willing to trade any days whining and complaining about things I can’t change.  It isn’t worth it.  One day God willing I will wake up and be 80.  My first thought on that day  needs to be “I’m sure glad I didn’t waste any days”…

Think about it.

FknBucky

25
Jul
17

From Target with Love

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Let me be the first to say that my sister has done an amazing job with her two boys.  I absolutely loved having them come visit. That goes for all of my nieces and nephews.  Very proud of all 137 of them.  Or something like that. You would think my brothers and sisters would find a new hobby…

 

I told you the other day I would relay a couple of fun stories that happened while the nephews were here in the QC.  This would be one of those, at least I find it funny so I hope it gives you a smile today as well.

 

The boys and I had to swing by our local Target store to pick up some ping pong balls. I mean what is a trip to visit Uncle Bucky without learning the art of beer pong??  Don’t worry I made sure no one was looking when they did the drinking. I’m not an idiot.  We walk into Target and I needed to use the gender-neutral restroom. No one will ever know what I’m packing….  The boys stay outside with Murphy (my service dog) and hang out.

 

I come out of the restroom and an eloquently dressed lady looks at me and says, “Those are two fine young men you have there.”

 

I said, “Thank you”

 

Now we walk into the store area and need to cross in front of all the registers.  You know where the most people are gathered and I would certainly estimate at least 30 of them including our new nicely dressed friend.  I’m in front of the boys and rolling along nicely with Murphy still thinking “hmm they really are good kids” when I hear it. The younger one lets out a grunt that only men can distinguish immediately.  I stop and turn around already knowing what I’m going to see.

 

There is bean boy on his knees holding his God given bean bag with a red face going “Ugggg.”  Next to him is his brother with that look on his face.  You know the one you make at 2:30 AM when you pop out of your blackout and everyone is staring at you.  Okay maybe you don’t know, but it is a “what I’d do face times 1,000”!  He doesn’t get the blackout excuse yet though because we hadn’t even started beer pong!

 

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My immediate reaction was WHY??  Thru gritted teeth I’m expressing my extreme appreciation of the situation with selected words and of course the eyes that say all.  Everyone is staring and my two fine boys are now a couple of ball punchers.  Only took a matter of seconds to change that around.  While on the floor as I’m letting blackout boy know he is going to die later, bean boy looks up and says “It’s okay Uncle Bucky.  He owed me!”

 

Time and place boys.  Time and place.

 

I’m sure those of you that have young boys have similar stories.  Just had to share this one.  Remember sometimes the punch in the nads you receive is simply payback.

 

Enjoy your day.

FknBucky

24
Jul
17

Part 2 (Eat Your Beans)

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Yesterday I described a teachable moment I had with my nephew about why sometimes adults make kids do things that they don’t want to, starting with something simple like eating a spoonful of beans.  The world is a funny place sometimes, and in my experience, everything just works out if you’re patient and let it.

 

The next day after our “bean talk” the nephews and I were getting ready to take Murphy to the park.  By ready I mean I was in my car, AC running, and about to pull out of the parking lot.  This is the male version of ready, not the female version where almost ready means still have to shower and do hair/make-up, BUT she does have the outfit picked out.

 

Now the nephew for the week prior to this moment had bonded with an upstairs neighbor who happened to have a bulldog.  He loves bulldogs and was very sweet on the cute blond owner as well.  He is a good nephew.  The cute blond comes up to my window and asks if I’ve seen the maintenance men.  Something is obviously bothering her.  I tell her no, roll my window up, and drive away as fast as possible.

 

That wasn’t true.  I told her no, and then asked what the problem was.  There was a spider in her bathroom.  She needed to get ready for work, but as we know most women don’t like to share a bathroom with creepy crawly things.  For the record NEITHER do I.  The nephew hates them as well, but he really liked the blond and the bulldog.  Real pickle for the young man now.  Hence another teachable moment.

 

I tell bean boy to get my chair and let the blond know I’ll come up to see if I can help.  Between you and I, I wanted to grab my 12 gauge and just pump five shots thru the bathroom door before I enter, but that isn’t very manly.  Darn testosterone.    The nephew comes with knowing as I do battle with the spider he gets to flirt with the blond.  I’ve taught that kid too much I’m starting to realize as I put this story down on paper.

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I enter the apartment, look to my right, and see the bathroom.  Blondie points and says “it’s in there on the counter by my jewelry stand.”  I go in and close the door so that no one can see the EWWWW face I make once I find this spider.  And then it happens.  I see the Count Dracula of spiders!!  It had fangs, mean eyes, and 47 legs.  It used to have 48 but lost one battling a tank in WW2.  I’m thinking what the beep did I get myself into.  My first thought was, offer the boy to this creature as a sacrifice, and get out of there.  Then I thought about those darn beans.  Me and my big mouth.

 

I made eye contact and it snarled at me.  Not willing to back down I said “Hello kind sir, sorry to bother you.” I was using an ancient orient distraction technique while grabbing some toilet paper known as “grabbing some toilet paper to kill spider.” It worked.  He never saw it coming, well until he did, and then I had to chase that sucker all around the counter top praying it didn’t fall in my lap.  That would have resulted in me squealing like a 7 year old girl, urination of my pants, and NEVER making eye contact with the blond neighbor again.

Luckily that didn’t happen and I killed the spider.  For you ladies yes, I could feel him squish as I, just kidding.  Of course, I teased the blond and told her that I got spider parts all over her jewelry because that is what guys do.  It is our reward for coming to the rescue.  Plus, I just really like to mess with people.  She was very grateful and repeatedly said thanks while bean boy and I made our exit.

 

On the way back down I asked him “do you think I wanted to come up here and kill that spider?”

He said “No, but sometimes men have to do things they don’t want to.”

 

Funny how the world will present opportunities for us if we just take the time to recognize them.

 

Enjoy your day.

 

FknBucky

23
Jul
17

Eat Your Beans

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I recently had the pleasure of hosting my two nephews (10 & 13) for a little over a week here in the QC.  We had an amazing time with lots of laughs and in the future, I’ll share some of them with you.  We did all kinds of things including kayaking, paddle boarding, whitewater rafting, zip lining, drinking beer (that one was me), and just living.  We also went to visit some very good friends of mine that cooked up a barbeque with ribs, homemade mac and cheese, and of course some beans.

 

My youngest nephew was having the time of his life until he saw those beans.  It was like someone told him that Hillary actually won.  Ha ha. This isn’t political, I’m just having fun with you.  He dreaded those beans with true fear on his face.  I pride myself on being the cool uncle and play that role incredibly well if I may say so.  With that being said, it would have been very easy for me to say don’t worry about, you don’t have to eat those.  Why fight it?? SO much simpler and I get to be COOL.

 

I like being a prick though so I made him eat some beans.  It was comical.  They were pork and beans and he ate HALF a bean at a time.  Gagged and chugged water afterwards.  I was dying inside.  I’ve never seen anything so funny. I almost gave him another scoop just to keep the party going.  4 hours later (slight exaggeration) he finally finished his beans and we said thank you and goodbye.

 

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While we drove back to Charlotte a real conversation about life sparked up and I make a point to always be honest with the boys.  I told my nephew that I didn’t care if he ate the beans for dinner as it had nothing to do with that.  He asked “Why make me do it then?”

 

I told him “Because you’re a man in training, and as men we have to do things we don’t want to do all the time.”

 

Some of you get it and others think that he is only 10.  Let him be a kid.  Here is my answer to that.  He is a kid while swimming, playing, hanging with his buddies, and all the rest of the day.  If the adults in his life don’t teach him that sometimes you HAVE to do things you really don’t want to, how is he going to be a functioning adult.  God willing he will grow up to be an adult, but that doesn’t make him ready for the world.

 

If you don’t learn to overcome LITTLE things in life, how are you going to react when the world throws real problems at you?? I’ve had my fair share of challenges in life same as you.  Everyone has setbacks, beat downs, and sometimes life just kicks you for no reason, but it is how you react to those moments that make you the person you are.  Now at 38 years old I smile and ask for a bigger spoon!

 

I’m glad people cared enough about me when I was young to make me “eat my beans.”  I don’t pretend I know anything about being a parent.  I just know what it takes to overcome and that advice is good for anyone.  You don’t pick up a football for the first time at 26 and then go win the Superbowl right??  Those guys start at age 6 now and train for decades to make it.  Shouldn’t we expect EVERYONE to be training every day to be ready for what life might throw at you.

 

Life is going to come at you that is inevitable.  Rich, poor, black, white, boy, or girl we all know that it will hit the fan eventually. You can sit and wait for someone to “say it’s okay someone else will solve your problem.”

 

Or you can smile, grab a spoon, and EAT YOUR BEANS.

 

FknBucky

15
Jan
17

Cruising…..

You can’t see me in the picture because I’m standing on the ledge taking the photo. 

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Been a while since I’ve written something for this blog, but I told myself I would be more motivated for 2017.  Something nice about the freshness of a new year, a new city, and new opportunities that says get out, put yourself out there, and make changes in yourself or this year will be the exact same as the last. You can’t control others around you so do yourself a huge favor and only concentrate on what you can control.  Yourself.  Want to make more money read a book.  Want more friends??  Be a good one to the ones you already have.  Pretty simple, but if you have plenty then do this year exactly as last.  You will get the same result.

I recently went outside of my comfort zone and wanted to share parts of that with you.  Kind like a tribute to the awesome individuals I was lucky enough to share the experience with.  Ha ha.  We all know that isn’t true.  They were lucky to share it with Bucky.  It went exactly as planned with no craziness at all.  Right….  Stress is for others because I have learned time and time again shit will always happen.

First I fly out to Miami to meet up with some old friends and some new old friends. I did not fly into Fort Lauderdale, but some of our people did and only missed that crazy bastard by about 20 minutes.  I will never understand the mindset of someone that wants to hurt random people.  I truly hope there is a hell so these individuals can go there.  I met lots of people on the ship with stories of being stuck on airplanes for hours, stuck without their luggage, and all kinds of craziness.  Made me sad to think this was an intentional act.

We had a great night in Miami regardless and I love South Beach.  Mainly because the women were so covered up.  The reality show filming at the bar we took over was a great memory as well. No way our group wasn’t getting on TV.  I loved every second of it. Totally worth the punishment.

We get on the ship without to much problems unless you count the worst Uber driver in history that waited at a red light behind a parked car with no one in it for 5 minutes.  I tried to explain to him the damn car was parked, but he didn’t speak English.  Not even when I yelled “It’s parked” really loud.

He smiled and said “It’s good” over and over.

It was awesome. A 3 minute Uber drive took 20.  Those of you that know me well understand I was very patient and happy to wait with him.  :/  Okay on the ship and cocktails start flowing.  Wheelchair, drunk friends, and massive ship…..  What can go wrong??  Only one answer. Who cares.

I was happy to be a part of the group and involved.  Laughing, experiencing, and to me this is what the purpose of life is.  Getting out and seeing what the world has to offer.  Being around people that don’t always think exactly as you do.  I thought of at least one hundred reasons since July of why I couldn’t go on this cruise, but in the end I only needed one to make sure I did go.  I wanted to be a part of this experience. The rest is just details.

15965064_10155084881186337_8764302563750283592_nWe had 15 foot waves and it beat the crap out of the ship.  We never made it to Grand Caymans or Jamaica because the ship was rerouted.  I met plenty of people on the ship that were upset over this, but what can you do??  Just roll with it. Why let something so trivial ruin a good time??  We ended up in Cozumel, Mexico and finally got off the ship.  I took one look at the taxi vans we needed to use so that all 17 of us could get to the resort and thought no freaking way is my crippled ass getting up there.

I was semi right.  I made it in, but with lots of help and some learning along the way.  I ended up laying on another man who I’m pretty sure felt me up in the process.  I told him he had to pay for it like everyone else, we had a good laugh, and then I was in the van.  Once again it would have been very easy to skip the adventure because of an obstacle.  How many good times do you miss because of some tiny problem???  Here is a bigger point.  I crawled, was lifted, and felt up into 4 van rides over the next 3 days.  The first one was anything but pretty.  The second one was slightly better.  We kept doing it until it was easy.  We had a plan and what was seemingly impossible two days earlier went like clockwork.  What I mean is stop being a pansy.

15972541_10154656155416928_3222943602722743518_oI could go on and on about this wonderful experience I had last week, but some of it will get me arrested…  Oh wait international waters ha ha.  Oh well next time you will have to just come along to know exactly how crazy things got. There was lots of dancing, a BEARBIE shirt, Star trails, tons of rolling around, hugs to the floor, amazing new friendships, huge shots, I love “chants”, ex-girlfriend moving out stories, fully clothed hot tubing and half naked sandwich ordering, Mom and Dad trying to find the lawn,  and most importantly… If You Don’t Like It!!!!

FknBucky

 

P.S.  It was truly a pleasure to meet all of you that were along for Marge’s B-Day Cruise.  I hope that we all stay friends for a lifetime.

17
Feb
16

When I go driving….

th-3Alright I’ve got the joy, joy, joy, down in my heart.  Ha ha.  Just kidding its more like the rage, rage, rage down in my fist.  I’m foaming at the mouth, trying to get this beat my head against the wall frustration out of my system.  I’m baffled that the world is full of so many stupid, stupid, one more time stupid people.  That came out wrong.  What I meant to say is  “Jessica Alba is freaking hot.” 02_jessica_alba_2945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay so we are going to start small here because most of you have a brain that is only using about 7% of its potential.  Lucky for me 4% of that is already drunk so we are on the same level.  I just called myself stupid in case you missed that.

Driving is a privilege and one that everyone needs to start taking seriously.  I’m baffled at how many of you 3%’ers are glued to your phone as I cruise by you in the right lane.  If you are looking over your right shoulder at someone pass you then immediately pull over, get out of your car, and promptly th-1kiss your own ass.  Don’t worry this will be easy because your head is already stuck firmly up in there.  I just wanted you to pull over in case you enjoy it.  Ewww.

It isn’t rocket science and you’re not a cop.  You are not on the road to make sure I observe the posted speed limit.  You are free to follow the laws of this country and I’m free to break them.  So as my man Ludacris says “Move Bitch, Get out the WAY.”  Here is the fact of the matter.  I’m going to watch for my moment and then floor it, pass you on the right side, and then cut you off anyway while giving you the “You’re number 1 salute!!”  Do the world a favor and save both of us the aggravation.  Just pull to the right.

For those of you that just said “I know like, I hate it when like, people drive all slow in the fast lane.”  I want to thchew your head off like Rick ate that bastard on the walking dead.  Let me make this perfectly clear.  There is NO FAST LANE.  It is a passing lane.  That means you pass the car in front of you and then your get out of that lane.  I don’t care if you are doing 10,000 miles an hour.  Pull left, pass car, and then get back over to the right. I might be doing 10,010 miles an hour and I don’t want to slow down because you’re an idiot.

Okay now that you have decided I’m an asshole and you will never get out of the way, let me explain in nicer terms.  If you don’t learn to let other drivers by sooner or later someone that isn’t as polite as I am is going to shoot you in the face with a large caliber handgun.  This might sound bad, but the real travesty is bullets are expensive. Then we will all dance on your corpse singing a made up song about how much we hate you.

Ahh I’m starting to feel a bit better, but tomorrow I will be back on the road with you.  We will get along fine until you decide to pass the car in front of you doing one mile an hour faster than said car.  It will take you six miles to finally get almost past this other car and th-2then that car will speed slightly up and extend this little auto line dance on down the freeway.  Meanwhile me and the 27 other cars stuck behind your dumbass are thinking about how we can build a time machine, travel back to the 1800’s, and kill your entire bloodline.  Thats right by this time killing you isn’t good enough.  I want the whole family, the history of your family, and that girl you hooked up with in college just in case her out of wedlock kid might be yours.

So my new friend (I use that term loosely) when you show up at the pearly gates and St. Peter says “what brings you here?”  Feel free to reply with the truth “I’m a selfish, ignorant, dipshit that never took the time to learn the correct way to drive on a freeway with others.  I came across FknBucky and he straight up said “Fuck it” and killed my worthless ass.

Booom!!!

If you spend anytime at all driving across this great nation I know you feel my pain.  Please share this document in hopes of educating others before it is too late for them.

 

FknBucky

 

 

 

14
Dec
15

One Kiss

FAMOUS_ALFRED_EISENSTAEDT_S_PICTURE_DURING_V_J_DAY_IN_TIMES_SQUAREIt’s 3:15 in the morning and I can’t sleep.  Maybe I should stop drinking this Red Bull, but then making good decisions has never been something I do.  Sleep is for the dead I say, and the extremely hung over which I am not today.  First time for everything.

I worked late on Friday and have had this person on my mind ever since.  Guess I’ll write about it and share this incredible story with the three people that read this.  I met a girl a while back thru my job that has a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and has a tough road ahead.  When you first meet her it is heartbreaking as she can’t speak, can’t move, and can’t much of anything.

She is young, beautiful, and is still an active duty United States soldier.  She was hurt serving this country and is paying a price for your freedom that you would have never known about unless I typed these words today.  Meeting her filled me with raw emotion, overwhelmed me with this powerful image, and to me she is an American hero.

The pictures on the wall tell a story of a gorgeous redhead that is full of life and always smiling. Her young daughter with the trademark red hair running around outside with a pack of 4 other kids and 3 dogs.  Quite a sight to see.  She is surrounded by one of the greatest families I’ve ever had the pleasure of meeting and that is saying something.  I can’t stress enough how wonderful they all are, which is what it takes to work thru something so hard.

I’ve stopped by and met with the family multiple times now over the last 5 months and it is one of the best parts of my new job.  I work in sales and sell durable medical equipment that helps people like this young soldier.  I know how life changing it can be to find and use the right equipment when faced with challenges in life.  Her mother worked tirelessly with the VA to get the government to pay for certain items that will make a difference in her life.  There should be no red tape in a case like this, but that blog we will save for another day.  I can’t stress enough how impressive this family is.  Never give up should be their last name.

So while you are complaining about the line being to long at Starbucks, the traffic on the way to the office, or what a certain politician said about something remember that the struggle is very real for some. Everyday they wake up to the same hard shit, put on a smile, and do what needs to be done because that is what being American is about.  At least in my humble opinion.

So on Friday evening I was there with the family, a nurse, and this young lady helping them pick out a new shower chair that will makes things easier. This is when I witnessed something astonishing.  This young ladies mother told me I had to watch her give a kiss.  I thought to myself how can she give a kiss??  I sat there watching with my doubts clearly hidden inside of me, and that is when it happened.

Mom leaned over and this United States soldier with an incredible amount of effort slowly gave her mother a kiss on the cheek.  Something you’ve done a thousand times and most likely don’t give it a second thought. Amazed, blown away, remarkable or any other adjectives I can think of simply don’t do enough to describe this moment in my life.  Her head didn’t move, her arms didn’t come up, but her lips unmistakably came together and kissed her mother. It was the most beautiful kiss I have ever witnessed and I can’t imagine anything ever topping it.  I even had these strange puddles form in my eyes that I’ve never experienced before.

I never thought I could be so moved by a simple kiss on the cheek, but it is an image I knew instantly that I would never forget and now I wanted to share it with you.  Life is hard and for some it is extremely hard, but just remember somewhere out there somebody has it tougher and they are not quitting, bitching, or crying all day about why me.  Your problems are yours, own them, and then solve them.  If you’re a good person you will have plenty of people around that will gladly help you. If you’re not a good person, you’ve just identified your first problem to solve.

So thank a soldier, an airman, a Marine, a sailor and hell thank everyone around you for being alive today.  It will make them feel good and you’ll be on your way to becoming a good person.

Godspeed to this young soldier and please keep her and the family in your thoughts and prayers.

FknBucky




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