I really don't follow the news as much as I used it, like back when I had cable and I would watch the local news often, if not daily. These days, I get my news from whatever Yahoo wants to feature on their main page. Sometimes I'll learn about what's going on in the world during my travels on YouTube. Even when I would watch the news regularly, the one facet that remains true and ever-present for me, now as did back then, is that I still don't give a fuck about what celebrities are doing. Having said that, I want to make this abundantly clear:
I don't give a fuck that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are married now.
I don't know any of those details and I don't want to know. I do not give a fuck. I don't care for Swift. I don't listen to her music. I want to say that I have a more refined ear when it comes to music that her music does not and will never appeal to me. Kelce is a Kansas City Chief. I don't care for the Chiefs. I tend to cheer against them as it is. So, now that Swift and Kelce are married, I doubly don't give a fuck about either one of them.
Today is/was the Fourth of July.
The United States of America turned 250-years old today. As tends to be the case on the Fourth of July every year, I didn't do anything. I don't particularly care for watching fireworks. With the summer temperatures here in Southern California the way that they tend to be, the last thing I'm going to do is go outside when I don't have any reason to do so. I went outside briefly this afternoon to put gas in the car and even doing that was unpleasant. There was a light breeze, but all I felt was hot air and regret on my skin. I suppose I could've waited until tomorrow morning to get gas, but no, I decided to be industrious and go in the middle of the afternoon today to do it. Perhaps one might say that it was humid outside, but regardless of the words or semantics, it was hot and otherwise uncomfortable and I didn't want to be out there any longer than I needed to be. I couldn't wait to get back indoors to where there is air conditioning and something cold to drink, even if that something to be water. Summers here are just awful.
At the time of this writing and posting, there are zero fireworks going off. The air and immediate vicinity are silent. I anticipate that this will change as time progresses tonight. In previous years, it was not unusual to hear fireworks going off as late as 2am or 3am, now into July 5th. If it matters, I live in a community that has effectively outlawed fireworks, but that means very little to the miscreants who still want to bring that shit in and light them up. I truly hope that all of that damn firework noise doesn't disrupt my sleep, because I'm hoping to wake up early tomorrow morning, as per my usual. I'll have my fingers crossed, but I am not optimistic. A multitude of dumbasses are going to light their fireworks tonight well into the early morning. I just know it. I can feel it.
I spent some time on the phone with her this morning and really, that set the tone for the day. I felt energized, rejuvenated, and very much alive during as well as after our call. It's hard to put into words, but there's something that her voice does to me. Her voice is soothing, calming, and has a certain sound to it that makes me feel that no matter what is wrong with the world, everything is going to be all right. She and her voice are definitely very comforting. I don't know when we'll have the opportunity to talk on the phone again, but I know that I will be looking forward to it, whenever that is to occur. Even writing about it makes me heart flutter and sometimes she makes that same heart skip a beat. I guess she set off a different kind of firework.
Okay, so I guess I do care about certain things, especially her, but as for that damn Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce wedding, no, I don't give a fuck about that. The Fourth of July will come and go, thankfully, as it does every year.
I'm just hoping that I'll be able to fall asleep and stay asleep tonight.
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