Racist towards who?

The title of the article goes "Seattle cop punches woman in face during routine jaywalking stop."

Then you get all these angry comments about racism and police violence.

I agree, racism and police violence exist but what I don't agree is people jumping into conclusion.

The girls were jaywalking, the cop told them to step over to his vehicle, one of the girls decided to ignore the police and began to walk away. The cop approached her and escorted her back, she started to yell at him. Whatever happens afterward was caught on video.

Yes, the cop could've handled the situation better but who the hell punches a cop? The girls broke the law by jaywalking (I am sure everyone has done this at least once in his/her life time but have a little respect by not doing it in the presence of the police); Then they verbally abused the cop and physically assaulted him. What the hell did you expect?

Then comes the issue about racism. What if it were white girls? Honestly, I think white girls would have begged and flirted instead of punching the cop! It's not about race at all, it's about breaking the law!!!

Are we being racist towards the girls or the cop now? What if it was a black female officer against two white guys? I think people are being sexist as well. It is not OK for a female to assault an officer.

I side with the officer, there were no reports on broken nose, bleeding etc meaning it was very likely that he didn't punch her with full force. The police put their lives at risks every day and they deserve some respect. Imagine if this is what they are up against with 2 teenage girls jaywalking, then what exactly are cops facing on a daily basis when it comes to drug dealers, terrorist, serial killers etc?

My best friend in Canada is black, my godson is brown, my goddaughter is yellow and my husband is white. As far as I am concerned, we are one big colorful, happy and healthy family. To me, this incident had nothing to do with racism.

I hope they will find it a lawful action after their "thorough investigation", otherwise, I am not sure who runs the town anymore.

Animals can explode naturally

I read on the internet that animals can explode naturally and it happens more often than you expect!! I am not referring to the human induced ones. I am talking about the natural causes.

It's something to do with defense mechanism, intestine disorder or build-up of natural gases created by bacteria so they start to expand until the pressure is way too much and they explode! Explosions of toads in attempt to look bigger when attacked by crows in Germany, self detonating ants to protect their nests from intruders in Asia, deers, sheep...

Interesting.

R laughed at me when I tried to tell him about this phenomenon and it triggered me to wonder if humans can explode naturally too. I told R I wanted him to explode when he laughed at my English.

With the way he is stuffing his face now, I hope he explodes. HA!!!

Do you see a big white sheet or do you see the little black dot in the middle?

Before I logged onto facebook tonight, I was going to moan about how shit my day had been, the never ending problems at work, someone else's problems that somehow have been made to be my problems, nasty people etc etc...

Before I logged onto facebook tonight, I was going to moan about how much weight I have put on and how this is such an unfair world in which some people eat everything and they don't put on weight, or how an ex should never look better than they did when they were with you because they deserve nothing but somehow they still have the looks that kill and you...just look like an average 31 year old.

Before I logged onto facebook tonight, I was going to moan about the drunken white guy who stank of alcohol was trying to make some nonsense chat with me on the bus and I ignored him and he basically visually harassed me with his eyes and I thought he was following me home when it turned out that he lived in the same block as me!

Until I logged onto facebook, all in all, today was a shit day.

After I logged onto facebook tonight, I learnt that a very old classmate from HHC died in her bed last night. Leaving behind her 2 beautiful children and her devastated husband who found her dead in the morning.

Sarah was 30 years old. She was young, healthy and normal. Just like me.

I looked up in disbelief and searched for my husband to find some comfort. And there he was in the kitchen, preparing my dinner for me. It wasn't any dinner, it was salad with lean meat, because I complained about our unhealthy lifestyle and because he wants to lose weight too.

I looked at my dogs, my 2 beautiful lovely dogs. I looked at our plants, our beautiful house, all our gadgets - new TV, new cable, new laptops and all our little toys....

Then I looked at my husband again, and he smiled at me and said dinner would be ready any time I was. Then my cousin called and said he wanted to have dinner next week because he missed me.

I asked myself again, did I have a nice day today?

Yes I did, I had a fabulous today.

So do you see a big white sheet or do you see the little black dot in the middle?

Enjoy what you have and just be happy.

Yet, I can't help but be sad, that I have to learn it in such a way.

Thank you Sarah. Thank you for teaching me that life is truly too short and you never know when it will be your last living day, so you should live it to the fullest, like there is no tomorrow. This lesson will be with me for the rest of my life, thank you.

Rest in peace, Sarah. Sleep well.