Random Thoughts From The Mind

https://gantdaily.com/2018/01/30/police-continuing-investigation-into-babys-positive-drug-test-three-charged-after-police-execute-search-warrant/ I saw this the other day, and it literally made me sick to my stomach. Not because of the main headline, but because this isn't the first time I have seen something like this in our small town. What made it even worse was, this isn't the only place it is happening. It is all over the country, in every state, every county, every borough there is a problem. People will call it an epidemic, but that truly is not the right word for it. ep i dem ic:   Also,   epidemical .  (of   a   disease)   affecting   many persons   at   the   same   time,   and   spreading   from person   to   person   in   a   locality   where   the   disease   is not   permanently   prevalent. Now I want you to look right at the words between the parentheses (of a disease). That is why it is not an epidemic. I am not sure when addiction became a disease, but I

Let's talk about this minimum wage increase that everyone seems to want except for the government... Here is my opinion on it, you can agree with me or you can hate the idea entirely. Personally, these are all just opinions and you can take them how you want. Minimum wage is a standard that is set in place so that people are able to survive while working. Here is the truth, we can barely survive as it is. Back, ages ago (and I say ages because it was before I was even thought of.) A man was able to work, support his family, and life was good. Now look at the country today. Both parents must work, and make well more than minimum wage to even support themselves, let alone children. Where did we go wrong? What happened in the world that this evolved so quickly and no one took notice until now? I don't know, perhaps I wasn't even old enough to know, or it is possible that I wasn't even born when this happened. Things need to change though, that is what I know and an inc

I am not sure which one I want to discuss first our slacking society, or war against everything, or our governments want to control the world. Since I have lightly touched on the control of the world before I am going to leave that one out. I am going to try to touch on both of the other subjects, but if one becomes too lengthy I will write more about it later. To start I am going to write today about our society that is slacking. Maybe slacking isn't the proper word, but it is all I can think of at the moment other than complete and total laziness. I see it a lot, and I am quite sure you see it as well. This doesn't only include the "privileged children", but they come from all walks of life. There are also several different types of "lazy" in the country and I hope to touch a bit on all of them.  Believe it or not, but there are people out there that have learned to "play" the system. These are the people that I despise the most. This include

The first meme regarding politics I scrolled across today had to deal with the president and the government working on a way to fund this so-called wall he wishes to put up separating us from Mexico. I have several views on immigration and no matter which way you look at the problems this country has, a wall, no matter how big, small, thick or strong it will be, it will not fix anything.  Thousands of people have always sought sanctuary here in the United States of America. That is one of the reasons we have such a diverse society here. It has made us who were are today. Most of are not just one (forgive me) breed. We are a mixture of different backgrounds. There are those who have more of a right in this country than any of us. Yes, I believe, like a lot of people that this land belongs to the Native Americans.  The Europeans literally came in and took this country for their own. Which we have to accept, that is the history of this country. So as we became a country of our own, th

I have so many things rattling around in my tiny little noggin right now, but I guess the main one I want to write about today involves... the government. Last night while scrolling down through Facebook, ugh... yes, while perfecting the ending to Apollo's Light, I randomly scroll, just to get my mind off of trivial matters of the world ending. Regardless I scrolled and scrolled and you wouldn't believe (maybe you would) how many memes are on there about this and that concerning how crappy the government is. There was a video about how American's are immigrating to Norway. (The odd thing about that, is the fact that I actually brought it up before about moving to Norway, and I absolutely hate the cold!!!) Here is the problem though, yes our government is crappy. We all complain about it, but rarely do you ever see anyone standing up against the government. No, instead we elect the same people with all the same principles to do the same thing next year. I know it is a ba

There is one thing I absolutely love about being an adult more so than anything else... I love the fact that I can put as much chocolate mix into my milk as I want. This came to me the other day (I don't drink much milk, and only if it has chocolate in it, will I drink it!) while I stared at the jumbo spoon overflowing with chocolate mix. It didn't take long to drown it down into the milk as I heaved another spoonful into the glass. I watched as it began falling blissfully and mixing in with the milk. Ever so slightly the color of the milk began to change from white to a light brown mixture. Knowing full well this was more than any normal person would put into the glass I jammed the spoon back into the chocolate mix to bring out one more oversize load and put it in as well. Quite happy with myself I then stirred and stirred into it all was exquisitely mixed to a dark chocolate swirling around. I have done this several times when my family walks passed with the same familiar c

I happened to get in my car (as we all do on these dreary mornings) to come in to work and my radio (that I never turn down) started blaring out the last song I listened to. The song, nearly over, caught me off guard as I listened to the words. This is a song I have listened to several hundred times, and I sing along like nobody is listening, more or less screaming (because I can't sing, lol). I'm not sure what caused it, but I listened to each word, each syllable, and I realized something. I knew what this song was about from years gone past. I knew from the first time I listened to it, because it struck a cord inside of me (which ultimately made me listen to it one hundred million times), why people like me love this song.  The cold hard guitar riffs are enough to scare anyone away, but mostly the people who the song was written for. This song has verses for those who understand them, but they are speaking out to a group of people, that I can almost guarantee have never lis

                 The air escaped and refilled the lungs of the body containing my soul. I could feel a heart beating within my chest urging blood through the veins to keep this body alive. Sweet incense burnt my nose causing my stomach to churn. The intense white light from the other side of my eyelids forced them to close even tighter. Fists that were not my own clenched out of the sheer pain that coursed through my head.                 There was nothing else I could do to alleviate the throbbing in my head. Tears emerged leaving streams of burning salt water down my cheek. The fever of the body began coursing through causing more misery leaving me only to whimper against the pain. When the muscles within began contorting away from any normal movement I cried out in utter agony. I prayed for protection from the heat that compelled this body to reject my soul.                 Apollo’s words broke apart my mind as he started speaking. Covering my face to protect it from the light

“You ask for release from the guilt you have placed inside of your own heart. You understand why I am repulsed by your very touch. I have inside my heart a thousand and more reasons why I could never give you what you ask for, and two thousand more for each year I waited for you to come save me. I feared the sting that would take over my heart and create a deep pit of repugnance. I waited for it to come and when it didn’t I wanted this to finally end allowing this existence to be gone. If my life would come to an end you would still live with the pain inside of you. So in exchange for the liberation, I bestow upon you, I ask only that you remove the pain of these memories from my heart and never allow them to find their way back into me.”

So random thought for the day... What is our obsession with immortality? I know the whole idea is great... being able to live forever without the fear of death, but ultimately in each story about immortals, there is something they must give i.e. their soul or a lifetime of darkness. And as I have found, most stories people willing give these things up for immortality. We are absolutely memorized by immortals, especially the stories. I have found something in common with each on though, most of those who give up their humanity for certain doom, always finds love in the end and live forever in happily ever after land... With that being said, I would love to see something like the Twilight Series in a few hundred years. Do you think Bella and Edward will be fighting, divorced, or still madly deeply in love with each other? Just a random thought...  

Hello All!! I hope you all missed my fun random wacky thoughts. My random thought for today will be... I don't know. I have had so many thoughts, but most of them have been pertaining to my current novel Apollo's Light. The world doesn't have enough hours in the days or the weekend for me to want to stop working on this masterpiece. Most author's would say their book is a masterpiece, but this one I feel it will hopefully make people think about religion in a whole new light.  I am going to try to post some of the novel, little tid bits if you may, just to get you all hooked... until the release date is final. Such a tragic love story of Apollo and his priestess will drag you all in until the end when you realize this is not just a love story, but something far beyond what love truly means.  Just a touch of what will be: "Miss, you were asking for me?" As he spoke his eyes lifted from the floor directly into mine. A light golden brown caught me by surp

I have noticed something rather strange while continue to promote my book and gather some feedback on the next book that I hope to publish. People will gladly hit the like button on something just because it catches their eye. People have no problem clicking the hell out of that button, but when it comes to sharing it, that is rare. People have no problem sharing memes of this or that but they will not share anything that could advance someone else. There are people out there that will share chain messages that say they will prosper if they send it to 15 others. The truth is no one is going to come hand you money because you typed amen or shared this or that. These (most humankind) people believe this. They hope that just because they send this meme or this flashy dancing cartoon to fifteen people they are going to be blessed. (Wow, did this get way off subject, quite quickly!) Either way I have found people will like things, but that doesn't mean they want to share it. They don&

I am 34 years old and I have so many unanswered questions!!!! I still haven't found out who let the Dogs Out...where's the beef...how to get to Sesame Street... why Dora doesn't just use Google Maps...Why do all flavors of fruit loops taste exactly the same, or how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop......why eggs are packaged in a flimsy paper carton, but batteries are secured in plastic that's tough as nails, yet light bulbs too are in a flimsy carton... Ever buy scissors? You need scissors to cut into the packaging of scissors... i still don't understand why there is Braille on drive up ATM's or why "abbreviated" is such a long word; or why is there a D in 'fridge' but not in refrigerator... why lemon juice is made with artificial flavor yet dish-washing liquid is made with real lemons... why they sterilize the needle for lethal injections... and, why do you have to "put your two cents in" but it's onl

It is odd when someone walks up to you, there is something unspoken in the air, as their eyes meet yours you instantly feel it. An attraction, a connection, pulls you toward each other. That moment right there is when you look at someone and realize they have the same connection that you are feeling is something surreal. It has been quite sometime since I have had that feeling near someone that I had just met. As I looked into his eyes, the world paused for a brief moment for both of us. It is such a strange feeling. For those of you who don't know I do not believe in love at first sight, but this is possibly what they are speaking of when they say they fall in love when first meeting someone.  I know for a fact that it wasn't love that I was feeling. I know love, but it was a definite combined attraction from both of us. I could see how his eyes changed between talking to someone else and then looking at me. There was a glimmer, a shine that I can't quite explain. It w

For those who may have grab a hold of the notion, yes, I have created a new Google Account. As for those of you know me, this is nothing new, I do things slightly backwards.  At some point it should have clicked inside that dark damp unused part of my brain that perhaps it would have been a good idea before running into the world screaming- I want to be an Author! Here I am; that I actually took the time to grow into this new person. It is possible that it passed through, but never stuck, so now here I am trying to switch everything from a personal account into a new public profile that I can share with the world.  I would have just created a whole new personal account, except the name doesn't fit for being an author. So for anyone wishing to follow me my new account is now m.roseauthor@gmail.com.  Feel free to email me at anytime, feel free to follow me, feel free to comment on anything and everything. I love feedback! I wish I knew if there were a way to connect this blog wi

This is the reason why the world is so insane! There is absolutely no good news to be headlined... These are the main headlines from Yahoo News. Maybe if the world would actually start posting positive headlines we would be in a better place! Man Charged With Beating Stepson to Death Over Cookie Then Forcing Siblings to Sleep in Bed With Dead Body Donald Trump Taunts Kim Jong Un: My Nuclear Button Is 'Bigger' Amber Alert issued in Texas for two girls in danger after mom found dead Texas Teen Accused of Murdering Boyfriend on New Year's Eve, Stealing Victim's Guns Missing Virginia Woman Found Dead Inside Her Home After Her Fiancé Reported Her Missing Bodies of Utah Mom, 9-Year-Old Daughter Found on New Year's Eve in Apparent Murder-Suicide Queens couple dead in suspected murder-suicide Man killed mom, daughter over girl’s ‘bad attitude’: police Cops: Man found dead in car with 2 dying girls in apparent murder-suicide Texas boy, 4, fo

Today I feel like this is going to be more of a rant than a random thought. Although I have many random thoughts floating through my mind I am just getting frustrated.  I am following everything that 'these' people say to do in order to promote book sales. I am joined in with several hundred groups from both Facebook and Google+. I am continuing to keep this blog going, or at least trying to. I have added my book to several sites such as Goodreads.com and books4dozens.com, just a couple examples... But after doing all this and taking a couple of hours each week to sit down and promote my book it is no use. People will like what I write, they will like the post, but no one will visit the page, no one will buy the book.  I have created a Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/M-Rose-1967502886867643/?ref=bookmarks , yet no one visits it, no one will share it. I don't get it! I am getting frustrated with no results. I have even offered my stories for free on sites suc

Have you ever reached a point in your thought process where you just want to reach into your own mind, take a hold of the words circling around, rip them out as though you were a wild animal tearing apart its meal? I am not stuck as it were, but there are so many things rummaging through my mind that I can not dissolve on where to start or end. I am ready to strive for greatness inside of myself, and I can feel it there. I know it is there, but it will not pour from my mind down into my fingertips leading the frontier into greatness. I know what I want. I know where to start. I know exactly how everything should go. I know all my characters through and through. I have the back story, the current story, and the future stories all there lined up ready to meet the world, but I fear... I fear my greatest fear... I have somehow lost, or perhaps I have changed her so much, that I do not know my character's voice anymore. I have to find her once more since I have rewritten her whole fa