{"id":1609,"date":"2010-04-12T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2010-04-12T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/2010\/04\/12\/dont-violate-or-you-get-vi-o-lated\/"},"modified":"2017-06-08T16:12:59","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T16:12:59","slug":"dont-violate-or-you-get-vi-o-lated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/dont-violate-or-you-get-vi-o-lated\/","title":{"rendered":"don&#8217;t violate&#8230;or you get vi-o-lated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, someone whom I consider(ed) a friend violated my privacy in a way that is still quite unbelievable to me. Have you ever walked upon someone whom <span style=\"font-style: italic;\">you<\/span> consider(ed) a friend scrolling through your Blackberry? In my case, it wasn&#8217;t just a simple &#8220;scroll-through.&#8221; It was more like full-on immersion. Actually, I think<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> engrossed <\/span>might be a better word.<\/p>\n<p>That said, it was not a pretty scene. That kind of personal violation makes you wonder what people&#8217;s motivations really are. Are they mildy-curious about what&#8217;s going on in your life? Perhaps they&#8217;re just nosey as hell. Or do they simply not have anything going on in<span style=\"font-style: italic;\"> their<\/span> lives? Who knows? I don&#8217;t. And I don&#8217;t care. I was pissed. Still am.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of the reason for the transgression, I am not too sure what the next step is. I doubt if I&#8217;ll get an apology and for some reason, I&#8217;m cool with that. There&#8217;s really no point in having people in your life who cannot be trusted. Wasn&#8217;t it Maya Angelou who said that when people show you who they are, believe them? Yeah, those were Maya&#8217;s words and I think I will take her up on her advice.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of Maya, I think I&#8217;m finally going to spend my summer reading her entire collection of autobiographies. It&#8217;s a goal that I&#8217;ve been trying to achieve for too many summers to admit here, but I&#8217;m determined to do it this year. I read &#8220;I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings&#8221; so long ago that it&#8217;s all a bit fuzzy and if I recall correctly, I&#8217;ve only skimmed through the rest. They&#8217;re all sitting here on my bookshelf, just waiting for me to get into gear. I&#8217;m ready!<\/p>\n<p>Also, Anne Lamott&#8217;s new book, &#8220;Imperfect Birds&#8221; is out this month.<br \/>\nI.<br \/>\nCannot.<br \/>\nWait.<br \/>\nTo.<br \/>\nGet.<br \/>\nMy.<br \/>\nCopy.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">April 2010 Life Lesson #1:<\/span><br \/>\nNEVER leave your unlocked phone unattended.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: bold;\">April 2010 Life Lesson #2: <\/span><br \/>\nALWAYS read great books!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This past weekend, someone whom I consider(ed) a friend violated my privacy in a way that is still quite unbelievable to me. Have you ever walked upon someone whom you consider(ed) a friend scrolling through your Blackberry? In my case, it wasn&#8217;t just a simple &#8220;scroll-through.&#8221; It was more like full-on immersion. Actually, I think&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/dont-violate-or-you-get-vi-o-lated\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">don&#8217;t violate&#8230;or you get vi-o-lated<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2549,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_ti_tpc_template_sync":false,"_ti_tpc_template_id":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1609"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2552,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1609\/revisions\/2552"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reginarobertson.com\/rrrsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}