This past week has been filled with school and work, which is boring to blog about. So this week, I thought I’d blog about something a little more fun: my hot takes. I got this idea while driving to work when I was stuck behind a slow driver. This brings me to my first hot take. Some may find this insensitive, but I am not a fan of the elderly. When I was driving, I passed that slow car in front of me, as I do when someone goes 35 in a 55. There are very few things in this life that fill me with such fiery, passionate rage as seeing that a bad driver was an older person. I hear my friends make comments about how bad they feel honking at a car, then finding out it’s an older person. I, on the other hand, have a wave of anger that washes over me when I see that the driver is old. This is not simply about driving, either. Have you ever gone to Costco in the afternoon on a weekday? Well, I have. Along with the rest of the retired population in Toledo. They’re slow, take up the aisle, can...
This past Friday, I spent the night in Toledo celebrating my friend Jai-Lin’s birthday. For some background, I worked at a golf course for many years and, through that job, met some of my closest friends. Jai, Kayla, Lamai, Abby and I all worked together, and while we always have a blast during the summer when the golf season is in full swing, we don’t get to see each other much during the school year. That’s mostly because I don’t go to school in Toledo. Despite the distance, one tradition we’ve kept alive is celebrating each other’s birthdays. No matter how busy things get, we make sure to show up for those moments. Jai’s birthday fell on Thursday this year, but the official celebration took place Friday night. The birthday girl also requested a "cowgirl/country" theme, so of course we delivered. To mark the occasion, Jai rented a pedal bar downtown. For the record, we are all over 21. The group was bigger than usual because she invited several of her other friends, wh...