TWITTER: Birthday Wish in BookThree: Flight Log 2016

I’m playing “Borderlands 2” right now. BTW… companies who are trying to “prevent pirating” by requiring “always on-line” bullshit… go fuck yourself! Seriously. Active Military people can have problems with that… but they still want to play video games. Hell, my brother was NEVER big into games (though, he now objects to that when I mention it)… but after the Navy, he was a BIG FPS fan! Because they had Halo Tournaments on the ship to foster bonding, competition, and pass the time as their floating base went from Point A to Halfway Around the World. I’m there, dude. I always object to Always On bullshit but… my own situation? YEAH. If I buy a console system ($$$) and a console game ($) I should not be required to then buy a subscription to online console services ($$) and an internet subscription ($$$$) just to enjoy that console and that game.

Got off on a tangent but… yeah. This last week? It has been struggle at work, drown in Tiny Town, and play old X Box 360 games on an OLD TV. So… come home, play PS4 on a 1080p Flatscreen… and it feels like I’m in the future. lol.

But as I was playing, strangely, my Birthday came to mind. It is in approximately 4 weeks on a Tuesday. (1) That sucks… as nobody around me will know or care. Since I’ll be in Tiny Town solo still. And honestly… everybody should get to feel special on your birthday. The odds of you being born exactly as you are… really, miraculously astronomical. So… yeah. You should get to feel special on your birthday!

But… what I was really thinking about is… what would I want? REALLY want. I mean… yeah, I can reference my Amazon list (or at least, I can today and tomorrow while I have internet access briefly)… but what do I REALLY want?!

(1) I want to know how to do my job and be good at it. And honestly, not from an ego or from a financial success perspective. Crime, in too many ways, is like a disease. If it is not dealt with, it spreads. If it spreads, it can poison the body (community). If it still isn’t properly dealt with, it can become epidemic. Right now, in Iowa, certain crimes are reaching epidemic levels. We’re not sure if it is because Police are fucking up and criminals are winning their appeals. We’re not sure if it is because Attorneys/Judges are fucking up and letting criminals walk, get too lenient plea deals, or allowing mistakes that help criminals win their appeals. But predominantly violence and drug related crimes are on the rise. And before you say anything… drug related crimes involves DV Abuse when drugs or alcohol are involved… it involves all the theft that comes from trying to afford your meth habit… if we could STOP people from snorting, smoking, injecting (also called slamming) this substance full of acetone, battery acid, chloroform, ether, freon, and propane.... I can promise you a 48% decrease in crime within the state!

So… yeah, my primary desire would be to know my job and do it well. But… first, I can’t wait a month for that. Not the way my Boss is. If I can’t figure out my job and get good at it, like, YESTERDAY… than we are going to have an increase in DV assault (as my incompetence will result in their release), an increase in Mental Health Abuse (as my incompetence will fail to protect the mentally ill), an increase in Juvenile Abuse (as my incompetence will fail to protect the vulnerable child), and I’ll get people flat out killed (OWI). Because… my assignments are ALL assault cases including DV, ALL mental health cases, ALL juvenile cases, ALL operating while under the influence cases, and ALL traffic/DOT cases. NONE of which my boss says she knows how to do. Honestly. Seriously.

Damn… got caught in a spiral there. That is NOT what this entry is supposed to be about. Sorry!

(2) IF/SINCE I can’t magically wish to be good at my job… do you know what I really want for my birthday? Not the new place being done… May 3rd or June 3rd, as long as it gets finished before Wife has to move I’ll be happy. And then we can have an amazing house party/birthday party/new job party/party party. lol.
No… what I want… if I can get the authorization for it… is I want to work with my dad, my brother, my niece, and my wife to build a bat house. Not like… a shitty wooden box that bats and birds could use if they are in the area. A legitimate backyard Bat Sanctuary. And… no… not because I like Batman. White Nose Fungus is still a big deal. Insects of many kinds are still a big deal. A safe, preferably non-infected site for Bats would be a community support issue. West Nile Virus? Gosh, that’s transmitted largely through insect bites. Bats eat insects. The Zika Virus (the new virus terrifying the world so much that some countries have actually URGED women not to get pregnant)… that is commonly transmitted through mosquitoes. The insectivore bats? Those leathery winged bastards LOVE eating mosquitoes!!

And honestly… I’ve wanted to build a Bat House since 1992!! Seriously, I printed off instructions back then that my Dad still has in his workshop. But it never got built. Because… between my father, my brother, and now even my Wife… I am the least handy, the least practical, the least capable. If you want me to write a 90 page essay on the ontological ramifications of sentient artificial life? I can whip that up in less than a day! If you want a bird house put together? I’m the wrong guy. Which… is part of why I’d love to do it NOW. I’m faced with a life challenge that I am not sure if I can overcome. Honestly. A town whose population is less than 3% of the smallest town I’ve ever lived in? That’s not an exaggeration, btw. My high school was 2280 people! Where I currently live? 1700. But more importantly… the job. That is a challenge I honestly don’t know if I can overcome. So… finally building a bat house? FINALLY doing something with my hands that my Father and Brother thought would be too complicated for me? It would be a great birthday present.