I'm good, just don't tell me what to do

original post Friday, January 08, 2010
I'm good, just don't tell me what to do.

I logged into my Facebook account today to be bombarded by updates and emails about posting my bra color on the internet as my status update... hmmm and as a fan of the overshare and this, I believe, to be in the category of "really?" or "seriously?" and a runner up for "why on Gods green earth do I need to know that"

As a nurse there is no mystery to the human form in any form... let there be some mystery to SOMETHING..
Before I had completed my quick perusal of the internet I had 3 more emails and 2 comments about this bra color event that "we are hoping to sweep the nation" with...now I am for breast cancer awareness so before I start getting 'boo'd or deleted of the face of the awareness loving internet just hear me out...

I am all for awareness, but seriously this, in my books, ranks up there with the chain letter emails that state if you don't forward this to 3 people in your address book little Suzi Connors won't get supper tonight and her dog will get beaten and her ice cream will fall in the sand so you'd better feel awful about deleting this email cause if you do you are a bad bad person... when in actuality you are a good person, tired or being told what to do by anonymous people on the internets!
If you want to do something about anything turn off your computer and DO something about it! Don't make others feel badly about not posting something on the internet, or forwarding your emails to donate 1 cent per email to a children's charity... really?

I make no apologies for not jumping on this bandwagon.. as I am not known to be a bandwagon jumper by any stretch of the imagination I tend to jump off the wagons that I find myself on... My only apology is that this blunt honest email may offend any of my 3 readers... so please remember I am a realist... its part of my nature, my profession and who I am... I love awareness and I say if this is your only means of action go for it! post your underwear color on the internets!! heck wear your underwear on your head! Fill you boots..
Just don't tell me what to do. Thats all I ask.. is that too hard? so post away my friends but think about taking the next step... turn off your computer and do something about it! and remember there are many other colors of ribbon than just pink.