NAMES:
The names of many friends and family members have been changed because A) It's really not my place to reveal them, and B) to protect them (even if I'm only protecting them from themselves). However, I have kept some the same, especially the dead because I feel like it's only right to give them that.
PICTURES:
Most of the pictures I have on my blog are either pictures I've taken myself, by friends, or pictures I got off Google Images. Sorry if I'm not giving you your due credit, but these days it's hard to find where originals come from, they are recycled so often. So, I've given up trying to give photo credit, since no one really seems to care. However! If you see something that's yours and you want credit, email me about it (preferably in a calm and professionally rational manner), and it will be done.
CONTENT:
Let me just start with this: These are MY opinions and commentary, and they may not be a reflection of views held by any persons, organizations, or employers I'm affiliated with. Understood? I am an individual, with my own thoughts, so don't assume that these views reflect anyone but me.
And another thing! Sometimes I'm going to say things you don't like or agree with, and I'm not going to be sorry for that. Occasionally I get upset, frustrated, or overly thoughtful and say things I probably shouldn't have in the heat of the moment. Before getting in a hissy fit and writing me an angry, vicious, message the length of a novel, recounting all the reasons why I am the scum of the earth, via Facebook: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE talk to me about it first! Give me a chance to explain myself and make it right. In the end you're going to have to practice some empathy, put yourself in my shoes, and TRY to understand where I'm coming from before you make any hasty judgments about what I've written here, and me as a person.
Yes, this has happened to me (and it's the reason why I now have a diary-esque blog hidden from the public, entirely for my ranting and self psychoanalytics).