The "good old days" or a 9 year old boy showing up in school wearing a girls' dress...

In "the good old days" if you were a boy and showed up to school wearing a girls' dress you would get your ass kicked and then they would send you home to your mother with a note to wear appropriate clothing. Back in the day if you acted effeminate or wore a pink shirt you would get your ass kicked. If you had funny ears or a body part that kids thought strange or goofy you would get your ass kicked. If you wore shoes kids thought were strange kids would kick your ass. If you were from a poor family kids would kick your ass and if you were from a rich family kids would kick your ass. If you had a name or last name kids thought weird you had an ass kicking coming and not always from boys as there were some girls who could also kick ass individually and in groups. If you said or did something stupid you could get an ass kicking and if you were exceedingly intelligent an ass kicking could come your way just as you could get an ass kicking from your race or religion. If you told a teacher or the Principal someone kicked your ass, rumor had it you had another ass kicking coming. If you were fat, skinny, weak or even strong you were probably due an ass kicking. You had to beware of older kids as they were known to prey on younger kids and kick their ass. I walked to school almost every day through an apartment complex to an open Middle School field. Across to a bridge that had an opening in the middle. And then through a residential area and to a sidewalk path that brought you across the street and into the school yard. At any point in this journey or the trek back you could get your ass kicked every day. There was no e-mail so kids either told you were getting your ass kicked after school or followed you home to kick your ass. There was usually some blood involved in an ass kicking and no cyber. And if you were afraid of getting your ass kicked, you got your ass kicked especially if you were a boy and wore a girls' dress to school.

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https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2022/4/25/zimbabwean-youths-find-cheap-highs-in-used-diapers-sanitary-pads

Zimbabwean youths find cheap highs in used diapers, sanitary pads

LIFE ACCORDING TO VLADVAMPIRELORD

I saw something this morning that was both tragic and disturbing. It was another story about a young person comitting suicide. This time it was a young college student athlete who was also a beautiful young woman who apparently became overwhelmed and saw no other option. There is a lot of reckless behavior being perpetrated to gain notoriety, fame and fortune. We push children to win and succeed, but there is nobody teaching youth or even adults how to lose or deal with failure. Life is portreyed as a race that you show success by the win, but in reality life is not a race you win, but a long endurance run that you finish by dying. Along the way there will be ups and downs, but the true success is rising again when you fall and you will fall. The most successful people have dealt with failure many times in their lives. Life is an endurance run you don't want to end, but eventually and probably unexpectantly you will come to the end of your life. Find out what is truly meaningful and enjoyable in life and enjoy every moment you can, even when life kicks you over and you fall. Do not see yourself through others eyes, but enjoy the person you are and show love without being caught up in hatred, despair and trivia. And if you need help, get it. You are your best keeper. Do not be overcome by darkness, there is always light in the distance. Forgive yourself and others and do not waste your future due to failures that are inevitable, lack of success or mistakes. Remember, life is an endurance run that you do not want to end. A success or failure along the way DOES NOT define you. YOU define YOU. Mistakes and failure are a means to learn and gain knowledge as well as a way to determine your next move. Keep running and if you fall rise up. Find your happy place. And then you die.

DEEP THOUGHTS WITH VLADVAMPIRELORD

Once all the vulgarity and those guilty of it are censored only the really fucking boring and ass kissers will remain. What kind of fucking world is that? Really.

The Darkness Left Behind By Your Love

A falling droplet hits the surface of the water

And radiates to all in turn

Energy transforms and dissipates until there is none

Such are the lives we lead and lose in kind

Connected in emotion and maladjustment

I watch it all fade and disappear

Yet remain in memory's lost store room

Waiting to reappear in a dream or thought undying

It is madness to see these things so long gone

From the day to day reality

Refusing to let go and finally be at rest

Eyes in the night beckon me to the past

To the dust that has settled meaningless

I see a beautiful symphony of chaos

A joy in all the sadness

Listening to the silence

Dancing alone to the song

Playing in the darkness left behind

By your love.

DEEP THOUGHTS WITH VLADVAMPIRELORD

Trust is like building a house of lies and expecting it not to burn down.

Sin Without Substance

Kisses that refuse to die

Laughter in the rain

Stolen moments in secret rendezvous

Ships flying black sails taking on the world

Memories like erotic romance novels cast aside

Gathering in the mind and calling from afar

A concoction of anger and pain

Passion and ecstasy

Running away in a dream so vivid

But not getting far

Sending me to another place and time

Calling from the past like a lost creature

Encased in stone and found by chance again

I listen and smile

Remembering what I conjured

Then moving on with my day

Overcome by Sin without substance.