I’ve often thought that would be a lovely title for a novel, “Stalking the Bitter,” but before I ever get around to it, I tend to fall down yet another rabbit hole and start thinking how much fun it would be to actually stalk somebody, preferably somebody famous and quite attractive, Benedict Cumberbatch perhaps. It would be most delightful to prowl around in his rose bushes for a while.
On the other hand, it may be even more fun to stalk somebody I really don’t like just to see the look of bitterness on their face when they realize their stalker is actually more like Kathy Bates from Misery and she has a rather bizarre foot fetish. Yes, yes, I think I like that one very much….
So you see, my bitter novel may never get written at this point. All is not lost however, there is still Ben’s Bitter Blog, where he makes the bitter better. Ben needs a good stalking, so go visit him and give him something to be bitter about.
In my on going theme of social justice, it occurs to me that much of what is wrong in the world is due to the fact that there are not more bitter people in it. We have the mean spirited, the self absorbed, the perpetually greedy, but not nearly enough bitter folk. Speak truth to power people, and do your part. Spread the bitter.
Maybe themean spirited and self absorbed are still busy making the bitter?
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That’s a wonderful title! I have a horrible time thinking up good titles. I’m getting better at it! But picking a title for a work of fiction still eludes me.
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Ha! Convincing argument! Nicely played.
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I haven’t had a very good experience with bitterness; it dominated all of my middle school and a little bit of my high school years. I would literally walk through the halls thinking things like, “ew, don’t make-out here that’s gross,” “ugh, she’s such a (b-word),” and “get out my face,” among many other colourful phrases. It’s amusing to imagine being on the outside looking in at my past, seeing this young teenaged girl with crazy bushy hair and glasses glaring at everyone, considering I wasn’t exactly a popular person (go figure). Living it out, however, is not all that healthy, emotionally or spiritually…
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LOL, ah yes, that kind of bitterness. I remember it well. I still have to fight that worldly cynicism of teen age girls 🙂
Ben however, makes me laugh, maybe because his bitterness is the same ordinary life challenges we all deal with.
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Sometimes I do, too.
I guess there’s a difference between bitterness and satire, so it’s good. Sometimes you just can’t help but groan at the thought of dealing with some of the more difficult people in our lives. 😉
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Hey, now here’s something to not be bitter about. Thanks for the mention!
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