Artists Thought of the Day, Wednesday November 27th 2013:

Thanksgiving day is tomorrow (omg holiday foods with friends & family = yay) and I know Ive been explaining my seven steps of personal growth but I'm going to take a step away from that until after the holiday and switch gears here for a second.

With the joy and happiness of the holiday there is also stress, dysfunction chaos and much frustrating aggravation, yep we all know its true. Emotions that under usual rigors which are manageable seem to intensify for both the good holly jolly holidaisy sunshiners and those who are behaving crazier than a shit house rat. This is why, to me, its important to be an adult as much as possible.

The greatest culprit from my own experience which does a fantastic job laying out the red carpet of 'bad times' and 'negative crap' is the mouth. So thats what Im gonna address from my perspective. Now being an adult Ive experienced enough to be patient, even diplomatic when afforded the opportunity, but I am not tolerant.

This is why I value communication to be an artform of illustrating one's mastering of expressing how they feel with consideration to the persons or party they are communicating with & the subject along with their current situation. Having said that, I really enjoy sharing with people who have allowed the words long enough to bake inside their brains before laying them out onto the planet.

I am particularly allergic to people who constantly talk out of their neck (a saying that means the words dont even hit their brains before they start pouring out of their mouth) and then void any personal responsibility for their nonsense by ordering you not to 'take it personally'. or telling you 'youre too sensative' oh yeah, i just LOOOOOVE that HAHAHAAA ok ok wait a second . . . . .

Dear folks who talk out of your necks, here's a suggestion on how to deal with adults:

1) worry more about what youre saying and less about how its being taken, chances are if you stop your face and use your head 1st you wont need to tell people how they should be hearing you, so basically THINK and

2) you cannot control how someone is going to hear you once you put it out there and if you offend someone by being careless you should probably expect being dealt with as such. So dont act all hurt and stunned or surprised when yer verbal moling about in the mud of broad general statements and dirt riddled negative crap gets you a land mine once in awhile, ya asked for it by choosing to be a brainless ass hog. Take accountability for the crap that comes out of your mouth, its your crap after all. . . .which brings me to the third and final part

3) if you cant say anything nice, you better do your damndest to make it the funniest thing ever or keep yer freakin mouth shut and just smile reeeeeeal big

To the loving people who know and care for those who have the bad habit of talking out of their necks, we other adults love you and yes murder is still illegal on major holidays so we appreciate your patience and diplomacy with these jack asses but you dont have to be tolerant of them. Take them aside and share with them my big gay italian american artist triple sagittarian suggestions. I believe that following these three simple suggestions will save allot of holiday dinners and decrease the stress during the holidays. Lets all get through this season nicey nice and happy smiley if we can, happy holidays all and a wonderful thanksgiving day where ever you may be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPk4_XfYhjg