I know, I know. Everyone knows this. I don’t care. 2020 is easily the worst way to start a new decade. Sure, there was 9/11 in 2001, but that wasn’t the literal first year of the new decade. We at least had the year 2000, which was a pretty good year, to brace us for what was to come. 2020 though? What an absolute piece of shit. It just grabbed us, drug us into an alley, and proceeded to rape us with a cactus.

January started out pretty awesome. Our daughter Rosalyn was born. I had a month off of work to be at home helping with the baby, and things were generally good minus the screaming kid (as most newborns tend to do). Work was mostly tolerable, but overall things weren’t shitty. Of course looking back on it things were about 1,000 times better than now. But who would’ve thought that in August we’d still be dealing with the COVID-19 shit? Not me. In January it was barely ever talked about although some news stations were reporting that it could become a big thing worldwide. China was seeing massive rises in cases, people were warned to not travel to China, but yet, as humans do, they didn’t listen and instead here we are.

So, because some idiots in China ate infected bats and pangolins, we now sit here, 8 months later, with thousands of people getting infected and hundreds dying daily. I am going to say this once, because it is important and everyone needs to hear it:

WEAR YOUR FUCKING MASKS YOU SELFISH COCKBAGS!!!!

I don’t understand why this is so goddamned difficult. If the morons weren’t out there coughing on each other and keeping their breath contained, we wouldn’t have all the problems we have now. Millions of doctors around the world and another few million scientists all have said (and shown proof) that masks would help keeps things under control.

“BuT mY FreEdOmS!!!” Fuck off. Fuck you. Seriously, if you believe that being told to wear a mask infringes on any sort of freedom you have, well guess what, you’re dead fucking wrong. You have absolutely ZERO protection against being told to or forced to wear a mask. Unless you have some crazy medical condition then guess what, you’ll be fine. Sure, they are uncomfortable, and your face gets warm. But if my sweaty fat-ass can deal with wearing one for the 30 minutes I am at Albertson’s then I am sure many of you that are in way better shape than I am can deal with it as well. And for a little bit of evidence to prove to you that you have no legal protection, here’s a snippet about the 10th amendment, the one that gives the states the right to force you to wear a mask, about why you have no freedoms when it comes to state-imposed regulations regarding mask wear and business restrictions:

“Under the U.S. Constitution’s 10th Amendment and U.S. Supreme Court decisions over nearly 200 years, state governments have the primary authority to control the spread of dangerous diseases within their jurisdictions. The 10th Amendment, which gives states all powers not specifically given to the federal government, allows them the authority to take public health emergency actions, such as setting quarantines and business restrictions.”

https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/publications/youraba/2020/youraba-april-2020/law-guides-legal-approach-to-pandemic/

You can read more here (or click the link below the quote) if you want to know more, but basically this says “shut the fuck up” whenever you feel like complaining about having to wear a mask. The constitution gave the state’s power to do as they will when they want, and because this is a pretty serious issue, the states (most of them) are doing what they need to to protect their citizens and try and slow down the spread of the Corona virus. If for some reason you’re stupid ass can’t wear a mask then stay the fuck home. Seriously, just shut up, stay inside, and let the rest of us responsible humans go about our lives while you wear your tinfoil hate and spew bullshit online (ironic, considering who is writing this). Also, why does it seem like older white women are the ones who have the biggest issues with masks? I mean yeah, there’s a bunch of guys, but primarily all I see are old white women. I guess that’s why the term “Karen” has become so large the last few months.

Anyways, now that I’ve gotten that out of my system, let’s talk about some positives for 2020. I’ve been working from home since March 9th, which has saved me a ton on gas and eating lunch while at work. So that’s a plus. Oh, and today (August 7th) is my 13 year anniversary at Vision Net. Not that it means anything. It just means that I’ve been here longer than the other four jobs I’ve had put together. There’s a bunch of super awesome video games that have come out this year with more on the way (PGA 2K21 on the 21st of August? Hell yes!), and the new Sony and Microsoft consoles should be out this Christmas. Speaking of Christmas, well, more Black Friday actually, a ton of stores are FINALLY closing for Thanksgiving and Black Friday. Why wasn’t this just a thing since always? Why is it taking a GLOBAL PANDEMIC for these stores to realize “Y’know Bob, I think us staying open on these days is a really bad idea. Maybe we should give our employees time off to spend with their families?” As some of you might remember, I used to work retail (grocery store), and working on Thanksgiving sucked nuts. It was busy, people were assholes, and if we were out of something, and I don’t know how many times I saw people yelling at each other over a can of cranberries, God help us poor stock clerks. We’re supposed to relax and enjoy time together, not spend it at each other’s throats over instant stuffing and maybe saving $100 on a TV.

Lastly, the big positive: our daughter, Rosalyn. I saved the best for last. This little girl I swear to God has the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen. She’s so damn adorable, and she makes Chewbacca noises. Like, how is that not the best thing ever? Look at this face and try and tell me she isn’t the cutest thing on the planet:

I mean, that picture alone speaks for itself. But if you need more proof, then here:

Don’t get me wrong. Both of my daughters are adorable. Charlotte is growing too fast and her attitude even faster. Put her and Rosalyn in the same picture and you get these bundles of awesome:

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You can’t even. No one can even. This is beyond levels of even that no one can even even. Okay, one last picture of Rosalyn because why not?

I don’t know what else to say, so I guess “See you later?” works? Oh, and I Suppose be safe, wear a mask, and try and enjoy life as much as you can until things ease up and we can go back to a (somewhat) normal life again.