Writing is Aggressive...

Saw this in a friend's blog and was rather taken with it..."Writing is an aggressive action" - I never thought of it that way before. But I guess it sort of is? OR it is if you choose to share it. If it stays for my eyes only -- probably not. But if I put it down somewhere -- it may not stay that way.

I've been told by more than one person -- more as an accusation than anything else -- that I'm aggressive. Actually I've been accused and/or complimented for being "too aggressive for the library industry", "an alpha female", "tough", and "a strong person or personality". People are threatened by aggressive women. If you are male and aggressive, it's okay. Also, to be honest, you can't work in a male profession and not be aggressive. I'm a legal professional working for a rail road with contractors (think Trump) on a daily basis -- if I weren't aggressive, I'd be dead or unemployed.

But here's the thing -- I think everybody is to some extent. Some people however are passive aggressive. And I've discovered over time that I don't handle "passive aggressive" at all well. I always feel this overwhelming urge to squirt a water gun in their face. Wouldn't that be nice -- if we could carry around squirt guns filled with water. Just squirt people with water whenever they irritate us. I really wanted to squirt a woman today who was wearing a black sweat shirt hoodie that stated she supported a woman's right to choose any gun that she wanted.

Speaking of aggressive? I've decided I'm a bit masochistic when it comes to semantics.

I'm still discussing - comic books: genre or medium.
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Well, that didn't end where I thought it would.