Maneater

Hello all,

So school is practically finally over for me this semester. Although it was a cake walk and I only had to go two days a week, I am thrilled to be done with this whole school year, really. I can now dedicate myself to some special projects that I have coming up and that I have already been previously working on. I am excited to get back to them and the things I love doing, such as blogging. I miss being able to post more than one post per day. This whole 1 or twice a week thing doesn't really cut it for me. Luckily, I have not had much going on to blog about. And you know what the saying is, "No news is good news." I really have nothing to complain about in my life right now. In fact, I feel as though everything is falling into place. Even things that have been a long time coming.

Do you ever wonder about the workings of the world? I do all the time. Why do things happen the way that they do? Sometimes things seem to happen for no good reason at all. Losing a friend too soon, missing a final exam, getting into a fender bender... what is the purpose of it all? Sometimes I don't quite understand, but I have come to realize the answers to these "why me" situations often come later than sooner. I am not a patient girl so it is hard for me to accept this. But I must say, when we do get these answers, they are often sweeter than honey.

Although I believe in God, I throw out the word Karma a lot in these blogs. For those of you who live in a hole in the ground, Karma's mantra is basically this, "What goes around, comes around." Now, I don't really know how to say I believe in Karma without saying that I believe in it. Maybe there is some form of this in Christianity, I'm not sure. It could just be that God is in fact a just God and people get what they deserve. For now, to make it easy, I am just going to call it Karma. People who do wrong in the world typically get it back tenfold. Let me use a current example to paint a pretty picture for all of you.

Everyone remembers my ex boyfriend right? The one who didn't want to be with me anymore because I didn't look the way he wanted me to? Of course you do, it was the story that made this blog. Well, just this morning it was brought to my attention that he will soon be wearing the proud daddy t-shirt. Since it has already been announced publicly, I feel it's not wrong to talk about it on here. He has gotten someone pregnant. While I wish no ill will upon the mother and unborn child (of course, I don't wish badly for my ex either, I am not that kind of person) I kind of have to say, it is interesting for me. He broke up with me because he thought I was too fat, but he is now in a situation where the person who he is with will inevitably blow up like a blimp. He didn't want to be with someone who was fat, but he ended up with someone who will be anyways. Unless she is one of the lucky few who doesn't gain weight like this girl I knew in high school. She was a freaking freak of nature and one lucky duck. Good luck my dear, you will most likely be taking care of two children instead of one if I know him. Maybe for the sake of the child he will grow up and become a real boy and stop playing around while everyone takes care of him by pulling on his strings to do things for him. This isn't a Disney movie though, so I doubt it.

So, again, while I hope nothing but the best for them, I can't help but sit back and smirk. You see, I didn't have to do a darn thing to get back at him. The world and it's mysterious ways took care of it for me. I didn't have to go slash his tires (which did happen, but unfortunately I can't put my signature on that piece of revenge), I didn't try to turn every girl against him with social networking backlash, I didn't careen a vehicle into his place of employment. I didn't have to lift one damn finger for him to get what he deserved. I just sat back, like I was watching my favorite movie and enjoyed all that was unfolding before me. Now, I am no sadist, I do have feelings and I sympathize with others on a whole different level than most people do these days. But it is, in a way, nice to watch those who did so much wrong to you have everything go straight to shit. There is something sickly rewarding about it all.

That's the thing about Karma though. It always hits you unexpectedly, both in time and in how. Karma is a sly little bitch indeed, she sneaks up on you and there is nothing you can do about it. You would think it would be the same kind of wrong done to you that is given in return, but no, somehow what a person gets is so much worse. For instance, he broke up with me for that but now he is stuck with someone who will be the same way whether he likes it or not. Unless he is just as big of a piece of shit as I think he is, he is stuck with exactly what he didn't want.

Karma is greedy though. She doesn't like other people doing her dirty work. If you have someone who you fantasize about getting back at by doing something drastic like straight out of a Carrie Underwood ballad, think carefully before doing so. Karma works both ways, just because someone did you wrong means not that she will forgive you for doing something in retaliation.Let her handle her work, she is a professional after all!

What do you do when someone has screwed you over? Surely they can't just get away with what they have done? But is it your place to ensure that they do in fact get what is coming to them? Can I really expect you to do nothing at all? Yes, I can and I do. I find it is best to just lay back, wait, and watch. It is so much less stressful when you let the world deal with someone and when you see it all happening, the victory you feel is only that much sweeter knowing you didn't even have to utter a word or move an inch to have made it so. Before you go and bad mouth someone on Facebook or tweet ugly things, get personal and try to destroy someone's life, reconsider. There is something out there far bigger than you that will take care of the people who need a good kick in the ass. The beauty of it all is that they still get what is coming to them, all the horrors and trouble you have dreamed of bringing to their front door still becomes them without you doing anything to get it back in return as well. Don't make yourself the bad guy in a situation when it is totally unnecessary. Envision it if you must, let's be honest, we all drool over getting back at someone, maybe say a few nondescript things about them on the internet, gossip and shit talk about them with your friends, but don't become someone who is on Karma's black list. She will come hunt you down singing, "Whooaa here she comes, watch out boy she'll chew you up," swinging her big ole bad day baseball bat in your life's direction.