Are you "Anti" anything?

Are there things you just refuse to do, eat, listen to, watch, drink, that the populous says you should be doing? For me it's the Fist Bump...or "dap" for those who are "down with it." I won't do it, I leave my co-workers hanging all of the time. In fact, I can count on one hand the amount of times I have had to do it in the last 2 years...and by had to, I mean someone with authority over me offered and I could not leave them hanging, i.e. my boss, and the other time, her boss. Other than that, there have been maybe 1 or 2 more times where someone caught me off guard while drunk.

So ask yourself, are there things you straight up don't agree with and refuse to take part in? I have a friend of mine who firmly refuses to watch anything on MTV or VH1 regardless of content. It's out of principle for him because of what they are doing (done in his words) to society.

When someone propositions me for a "bump" it makes me feel as though I am being forced to conform to what pop culture says is cool. Now, I'm not one of those bullshit, ass hat EMO kids who feels that conformity gets in the way of the razor's edge. I am someone though who tries to live by example. My example, don't do things you don't want to. Period. I know a lot of people who feel similar regarding High Fives, Hugs, watching Parker Posey movies (sorry, that's me again. Bitch has been on my Death Pool for 5 years now, come on already!!)

To make things worse...now that our President is "hip" and not a mentally arthritic child...it's become even MORE popular. I see it everywhere. I shake my head and inside my mind yell "SHEEP!" Don't believe me....do a google image search for "Fist Bumb" (make sure safe search is turned on) and you'll get at least 3 of these.

Sigh....God Damn it. This was almost as bad as when he "brushed the haters off"......Really?

But I digress...this isn't an Anti Obamma posting....I leave that to those who give a fuck. To me its a "run down the clock" kind of situation. He won't get reelected so it'll be some different asshole next time...probably a woman (which is not to say that a woman couldn't be president) since the democrats and republicans have no shame about trying to out minority each other. But like I said, this isn't about politics. Frankly I couldn't give two shits either way.

This is an Anti Fist Bump posting....and matter of fact this is a Pro-Anti posting. I'm FOR you being actively Against something. We all have our thing...whatever it may be. We're supposed to... as free thinking evolved humans. The point I am trying to make is that we should all stick to our guns and be vigilant in not letting the populous compromise our beleifs...whatever they are. So for me, Chet Chesterson, the small battle I will wage with great passion and furious fervor will be to deny every Fist Bump that comes my way (and to never watch a Parker Posey movie...including Dazed and Confused which makes this one even harder to follow).

So gentle reader...what metal are you cut from and what is the measure of your mettle? What codes do you have and are you strong enough to stick to them? For the sake of all that is right and good, I hope that you are. Otherwise it will all come crashing down...and what IS will be decided by people like this.

This is more of a dig at Jersey Shore and the televised trash within....and not an Anti-orange people statement.

God Help us all when that happens. Matter of fact and point of clarity...I am of the mindset that people are paying less and less attention to their own beleifs and standing up and saying "bullshit" when needed. How can this be measured you ask? Simply turn on your TV...your radio.. there are how many Twilight books? See if a publisher had stuck to his guns, Stephanie Meyer would have gone home with a black eye and a bruised ego rather than a publishing deal that afternoon. That fact that I know her name is proof that somewhere, They are winning. And who's to blame? We have no further place to look than in a mirror. Oddly, the solution lies in the same place, you just have to know how to recognize it.

Think about your codes...your inner thoughts...are there any you compromise? Are there any you don't? Do you encourage others to stick to theirs?

Just something to think about as you maneuver through your day.

Cheers and have a great fucking day,

Chet Chesterson

Charter member and active leader of the Anti-Fist Bump movement.....and co-founder of the Kill Parker Posey movement.