IS TRUTH BETTER THAN FICTION? OR DO YOU PREFER THE LIE?

I have a few quick things on my mind today. I am wondering if Americans, if everyone prefers the lie? I know there is a fine line between fact or fiction, hell i was married once for goodness sake lol. I guess what I am wondering is, do you think fact is funnier than fiction? I tend to think the truth is funnier. Because we can all relate via the truth, no matter how dark that truth is, it can be very funny.

Do you prefer the lie? not to know the truth and be sold some Hollywood bullshit, a false image that you are comfortable with, that lets you go to bed at night thinking “awe they are so perfect, amazing, and I am just a loser piece of over worked, over taxed paying, dumb, ignorant shit. I mean, do you think the powers that be see you differently? Are you that naive? I would hope, and pray you are not. I tend to hope people are smarter than given credit for or, wish to seek out knowledge. Hmm, I will pray on that lol.

I will make this as brief as possible folks. I write, tell stories, and all my material comes from my life experiences and the world around me. I may be graphic at times, i may be raw but, do we not live life in the raw? The time of June Cleaver are over. Even I wish for simpler times, simpler ways, we now live in an over complicated world. It is funny though, we desperately all wish for simpler times, and are easily sold false innocence, false images and fall for the bullshit so easily.

Britney Spears is a perfect example of this. She was sold to America as a singer ( she can’t fucking sing!), dancer, and performer. She was sold to us as this wholesome down home, girl next door type, America fell for it, bought it to the tune of making her wealthy beyond imagination. Well, look at your golden girl now. She is a mess! She is the queen of mess, she may even lay in her own flop for all we know. We have seen Britney’s vagina (it was not very attractive) we have seen her be a horrible parent. She truly has proven to be one of the worst showings of so-called American talent ever but, because she is famous, we will protect her, idolize her, make excuses for her. Oh poor Britney she has it so hard! Umm, fuck Britney, I said it, I meant it!

Does Britney live in a roach infested city project? No that whore does not. Does Britney lack for money or the access to help? No! she does not! Yet, we feel sorry for poor Britney, umm fuck her and the cocks she has rode in on. Her sister gets pregnant, she is not even 18, aww, that poor family. This family that is supposed to exemplify American values, this girl next door type of family bullshit they sold you, was and is a lie! I guess that’s OK no family is perfect but, that’s the issue I am having. They sell us these perfect images, these lies and we buy them. Then when the person is human, makes mistakes, we try to cover them up or make excuses. Britney uses drugs, is an alcoholic, bad mother. It is a huge problem but, she is ultra famous and it is excusable. Yet, if you have a neighbor that lives, acts, and is the same way. I am sure she is the talk fo the town. Especially if she tries to cover up her whoring. drug addict ways.

I don’t hate Britney, I don not waste my time on hating anyone. What I do not like is how people can sit there and give me shit for being honest about my life on stage or here on my blog. My life is so repulsive? Umm I am an active farther, I have a child with Autism and I am active with that as well. I am an alcoholic in recovery. Which means I am sober, and work on being sober everyday, one day at a time. You see, I am a doer, I live my life the best I can. My best may vary from moment to moment but, that is life. No one makes excuses for me, nor do I make excuses for myself. I do not have millions yet, to cover up my mistakes, lies, or anything else I may screw up.

I am tired of people trying to sell a false image, even in my industry, people do that. Try to sell themselves as this harmless, wholesome, smart, caring persona. They tell us America loves safe, umm Every time you get out of bed you choose to become unsafe America, so grow up! All these safe people your buying ,secretly use all types of drugs, drink to excess, and are some of the filthiest people on earth! (  Excuse me, I just got an email from Michelle Obama awesome! cause she cares about me, personally I am sure. pssssh whatever) Now that is their personal business, but it too is the lie, the sham, the bamboozling of America. Even when i was drinking and doing things, I was honest about it, this is why I have said through the years give me the candidate that says ” Hey, look, I smoked pot, did some blow, drank a bit too much, boinked a bunch of easy chicks but, today I no longer do that.

Along the way through those adventures I educated myself, I learned how to balance a check book, a budget and be a better person through life experience. I like the raw honesty. Don’t give me or other Americans this soft sell, we are pure and good bullshit. I think we are all tired of this crap. Wouldn’t you like to know the person behind the mask?  Ar you not tired of, the omg look at us we are so perfect and robotic. No one is perfect, no one is that simple, we are all in truth very complicated, multi-faceted individuals and if we were not, we would be one big fucking bore.

So cut the judgment bullshit America please. I got shit from a few people for retelling the story of how i lost my virginity yesterday. I also got a lot of laughs and great responses about how funny it was. Life is what it is, sometimes it is good, other times it can be bad but, having a sense of humor about it makes it better.

For example, at my dads funeral a few years back, as the Catholic Priest was breaking the bread and putting some in his mouth. My mom yells out ” save some for the rest of us selfish!” There was dead silence for a moment, but then everyone started laughing. Why? because it was funny, and though we were all in morning, we recognized how funny that was, and it added levity to an otherwise, dark, sad moment. Was I happy to be burying my farther? No, no fucking way. I miss my dad so much, even till this very day but, that shit was funny. When I look back at his funeral, a lot of funny things happened, which made me think back to other funerals I have attended. Though they are supposed to be somber moments, there is always something funny going on at funerals. People throwing themselves on the body making grandiose statements of love and devotion, yet everyone knowing this person is full of shit, that’s funny. The drunken family member that falls asleep snoring loudly, or falls because they are so drunk in the middle of talking to you. That too is very funny stuff.

Lighten up America, we are about to face the hardest years this country has seen in a very long time. If you do not have a sense of humor about it, a sense of humor about reality, about truth over the fiction you are being sold. Well you fucked and I feel very sorry for you. I also Feel sorry for those that think Barack Obama is the savior of our time. You are fooling yourself with that one. He is just a man, he will do his best but, guess what? the country is screwed right now. Though not beyond repair, in truth it will take time, give him time. Also he cannot fix it it all in 8 years, just like it took many administrations to fuck it up this bad, it will take a few to get us back on track.

This is the last unfunny blog on 2008. Later tonight or early tomorrow, I will bring you a MARK ANTHONY RAMIREZ CHRISTMAS STORY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY and it will be as raw, honest, and funnier that all hell! So be prepared to pee yourselves!

Till Next time

Mark Anthony Ramirez