What A Wonderful World

Hey,

So I've been gone for a little while. Long story short, a lot has been going on in my little old life that made me wonder what direction fate/destiny was taking me. I didn't think I could write and still have the same sense of the world that makes me, well....me, and so I decided to take a break. 

I think that we all come to a point in our lives where we are tested. Who knows why, or for what purpose, but sometimes those tests come in the friendships we think that we make, the choices or decisions that we are faced with, and the journeys that we choose or not choose to embark upon. 

With that, I am and always will be a big believer in fate. Lately, I've been questioning her, and myself, but...as just a believer as I am in fate, I am in karma. And karma is a b-i-t-c-h. So, although I may have been tested by others, karma will right all the wrongs.

In conclusion, I apologize for my absence, and I am announcing my return! More sarcasm and nonsense to come in the days, weeks, months ahead. FYI- The trip to Europe is set, I leave May 17th, and will be taking pics, etc...

Thoughts?

*Ashley Robin*

I Told You So!

Hey,

While I recuperate from my illness that I wrote about here, I am literally under instruction to "take it easy". Many people who know me know that I am not a person who does that. So I find myself in a bit of a Catch-22. As a result, I find myself looking at a lot of articles and watching a lot of CNN. As of today, I just have four words for all those who doubted me. They are:

I told you So.

A while back, the whole scandal erupted with my former Governor and official Hero, Rod Blagojevich and his Senate Appointee, Roland Burris. At the time, they could not reject Burris' appointment simply because Blago (as I affectionately call him), was allegedly dirty. Now, we all know Blago got thrown out of office and Burris proceeded to step all over his body to get an alley-oop into the Senate. Now, it appears that karma is a b**ch and she's pissed off at Roland Burris.

An article has come out in the Chicago Sun-Times that states that Roland Burris is more than likely going to be investigated for perjury. For those of you not sure of how perjury comes into play, Burris testified to the Illinois House Impeachment Committee in early January that he had no contact with Blagojevich or any of his staff in regards to the Senate appointment. Now, it appears that that may be a false statement. In an affidavit, which is a certified legal document, the Senate appointee admits that he spoke with Blagojevich's brother, Robert, in regards to a possible $10,000 donation to his campaign or campaign support upon his becoming the Senator from Illinois. 

I am laughing my ass off right now, because it feels so great to be right. The wrongs of corruption should be corrected and Burris should be kicked out of office. Being found guilty of perjury alone is a charge serious enough to cost a practicing attorney their legal license to practice law. In theory, a politician can be stripped of their title for such. Look at President Bill Clinton, who was impeached for perjury. We all know what happened there.

So, with Blagojevich saying that even though he was out of office, we would hear more from him about names, times and places, as well as making sure any and all affiliated with any of the crimes he was thrown out of office for, with these affidavit, and now all these balls rolling in a direction to get Burris out of the Senate, as many (myself included) have wanted from the beginning, a man that no one wanted in office initially, except those who didn't really understand the dynamics going on around it, I say finally, Karma is a b**ch.

I just wonder where "Senator for less than six months, perjurer and overall failure to the people of Illinois" will fit on his massive tombstone "monument" to himself in Oak Woods Cemetery on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. 

Thoughts?

*Ashley Robin*

Awkward Situations

Hey,

So everyone I know has that "one that got away". You know, the person who you wish more than anything you could get a re-do with, that one guy (or girl) who you know if you just had one more chance with, you'd end up with them, contentedly living out your happy ever after. I've loved a few men in my short 24 years on this planet, and I've loved them hard. I've been lied to, hurt, dragged through the mud, cheated on, etc...and I've grown to be strong and resilient despite all of that. But, I've never really had any regrets in my life as to how things have turned out with all the men I've dated, whether I loved them or not. I've never regretted the decisions I've made, the way in which those decisions were made, or even the drama that surrounded them, simply because it made me who I am today.

Except one.

Oddly enough, he wasn't the one who I thought it would be. No, not Mr. Wonderful (or the former Mr. Wonderful), but someone who has hardly been mentioned on this blog...if at all.Isn't that the way that things turn up, that you end up reflecting on the past and find that in your analyzing of the past that you think more of people who you might not have noticed in the beginning. Sigh, I'm rambling. Anyway, the one who got away, who I'll call Mr. Escape Artist, has re-inserted himself into my life. How ironic that those things happen, and now, of all times. Karma is something funny, I tell you. 

I'm not really sure what to expect, or even if my relationship could be as it was, or even if I want it to be. I just want to let him know that I've grown up, and I don't expect some sweeping emotional reunion. I don't even expect a do-over, but part of me just needs to tell him that I felt about him the way he felt about me, because the first time, I didn't. I'm not even sure why that is, why I have that need....but I do. I'll figure out the right time, and the right moment...and after I say it, I won't speak on it again.

Thoughts?

*Ashley Robin*