Shut Up and Do What You Are Told

I am having a real hard time with the 'ol "Shut up and do what you are told," these days. I am such a time mangagement freak that I cannot stand to see people waste time, especially if it involves me taking time out of my day for no good reason. I seem to have a big problem with authority these days, as well. I cannot help it--Authority is wasting my time and its time. I have a hard time seeing people, especially those who should no better, with no operative planning skills, no organizational skills, and no common sense. Thinking things through takes practice to get good at it. It is a skill or intelligence area that can be developed. Maybe if people worried less about popular tabloid issues, spent less time watching television, and more time thinking for themselves, I would not get so irritated. After all, it is all about me. The Dali Lama, in all of his knowledgeable knowledge, would say that the standards I set for myself are too high; That is really the issue. This is probably true, and I don't know about you, but I like to have the capability of finding my way home. The standards I set for myself are necessary for my survival. I have a hard time with wandering through life, feeling lost, having 2.2 children, being tens of thousands of dollars in debt, and having nothing to show for that debt, except for the 2.2 children, who are going to rack up more debt for themselves, despite my disciplining them, with regards to finance. Why do we have this attitude that we do not have to be responsible for our actions and we can just pass the buck? Why do we think it is okay to waste the time of our fellow human beings with such bull shit as who is doin' who? How come the movie studios feel like they can make shitty films, then have their stars use their personal lives to promote their shitty films? It is a wise tactic, but I think the studios would sell more films if the studios would just be honest and say, "This is the shittiest film of the century." People would be curious enough to maybe pay to see the film, then think it is really good, because their expectations were so low going into the movie. One more thing, since it is a slow news month, even though children are still dissappearing and men, women, and children are dying in Iraq, and one cannot avoid hearing about Tom Cruise's mishap on the red carpet--I would feel bad if it had been anyone other than Tom to get water thrown in his face at a premier. i would not feel bad at all if that dude were to be abducted by aliens tomorrow and dropped off on his native planet of "Dumb ass." I hope Katie uses him to further her career, then dumps his ass. I cannot believe I am talking about this bull shit!