We have lived in Logan, Utah for over 2 years now. We are a retired military family. My husband has done 3 tours in Iraq, and his sister used to work here. We started going just BECAUSE she worked there (and sometimes still picks up extra shifts, she is lookin for a better job). (Not as a waitress) At first, we went without the children (4 and 2 yrs old). Service was speedily, though some of the female waitresses needed a stupidity check before we ordered from them. The food was half-decent. (Nowhere near as good as the newer restaurant in town now)
Next week we brought the kiddlings with us, whom are very well-behaved. We always leave a 20% tip regardless of if the kids are with us or not. If the kids get too fussy, we pack things up and finish at home. I will say this once: DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS, THE SERVICE GOES DOWNHILL!!!!! THEY TREAT YOU LIKE 2ND RATE CITIZENS!
Anyways, since the new restaurant opened up a few months ago, we compared the service and food between the two. Beehive you were lucky if your Salmon wasn't raw, and with the other place it was 100% better - even with the kids. I can't remember the restaurant, but I know at first I was worried it was ONLY meat - but it's not. The service is better, the food is properly prepared, and honestly the prices are better.
Beehive you suck lately, and thank god I don't go there anymore. Last time I went the waitress spilled soup on us. Edit: When you bring your kids with you, make sure to ask for a booth. Otherwise they sit you next to the loud tabled groups -thinking you'll fit right in. Half the time they forget they put you back in the corner.
Edit: Went to the Beehive today, because the Roadhouse was closed. I ordered the clam chowder, sister-in-law was working so we said hi. Last time I was in there, I was served raw salmon and those customer service cards they ask you to fill out? DON'T!!!! Apparently, the waitress who had served me the raw salmon night was talking shit about me behind my back to my sister-in-law. Talk about shitty service and a shitty place! Sister-in-law stood up for me, and now we are contacting the manager. WE PAY YOUR BILLS - TREAT US WITH RESPECT!!! DON'T ASK FOR COMMENT CARDS IF YOU DON'T WANT THE FUCKING COMMENTS!
In short, the service sucked. Waiting for your food (which the salads are usually soupy goop, and the meat is usually incorrectly prepared), takes a long time. Tonight we waited over an hour for very easy to prepare food. When we asked if there was coke or pepsi products, the fat bitch waitress tried to convince us that the diet pepsi was the same as diet coke and she could lie to us and tell us it was the same when she came back. Our friend, asked if we paid her in monopoly money, would she still know the difference. Trying to make a point, that no - it's not the fucking same...so NO you don't serve diet coke. She also kept asking us if we were full...which is an odd thing to ask, over and over again. I felt like my 4 yr old all of a sudden.
When we were leaving, that was when the whole overhearing shit happened. None of us are going there again, and we're making sure everyone else knows about the shit service.
(Please ignore typos)
Update/newest review (some of it is a repeat):
We moved to Logan about 2 years ago and were instantly attracted to the beehive. As a military family, we've moved all over and the standard in service can obviously vary from restaurant to restaurant. We used to be huge fans of the Beehive. In fact, we used to go once a week as a date night (that's about 27 times at least we've been there). However, over the past year or so, the service has seriously declined and so has the food.
If you are new to the area, it can have a serious appeal as the Roadhouse is almost always packed. However, most of the time the waitresses don't even know their own menu. We had one waitress who literally argued with us about whether or not they have root beer...(they make it in house). Other waitresses have been lackwitted, slow and generally unfriendly. We're never impressed with the service, and those customer comment cards ARE discussed, but not with their boss. The waitresses watch you put the card into the box, and then gossip about the comments you wrote.
We stopped going there because last time we overheard a couple of the waitresses gossiping about a negative comment card. They were pretty much talking bad about the customer and not even paying attention to what was written on the card. Those cards are NOT used to improve the quality of their service, but used as a way for them to talk bad about their customers. They don't care what opinions you have on their lack of service (etc).
As per the food, it really varies depending on the chef you get. Sometimes it's okay, other times you have to send it back because it was cooked incorrectly. (I had raw salmon once and sent it back...the waitress gave my husband attitude about it) I would suggest eating their clam chowder, as it is almost always good (be careful of extra oil that floats to the top, not very appealing). But, usually you wait a REALLY long time for sub-par food that I wouldn't even eat if I were drunk. We have had a LOT of problems with this restuarant foodwise. Half the time my salmon was raw, the other half my fish and chips were a soggy disaster. Their salads are almost ALWAYS filled with water at the bottom. I took a cup once and drained the liquid into it...filled about 1/4th of my cup with ew.
If you bring your family and request a booth, they almost always ignore your request and sit you in the back. They treat you like second class citizens because god forbid you have children with you. Half the time they forget to give them crayons to play with, and they almost always sit you near the loud obnoxious tables. My kids are well behaved in public, don't make a huge mess (well they are kids right?), and we always tip over 15% regardless of the kids being with us. However, this restaurant treats us like garbage everytime we go with our kids. It's sad when your children are placed in the reject section and still are the best behaved.
This was another reason why we picked the Roadhouse over the Beehive. Next time you are out, try to compare the two in service, food, and general attitude. This is why we decided to stop going to the Beehive. It was not worth the money, and the Roadhouse seems to be. (No, I don't work for the Roadhouse but it's much much better overall) We're still trying to figure out why the Beehive went down in just about every aspect, in less then one year. It used to be really good, now it's just...ew.
PS. Check their menu one day, it says down at the bottom that a 15% tip is considered polite. What kind of restaurant reminds their customers how much they should tip? Shouldn't the tip be up to how well the waitress/es do their job? Why is it even on the menu?
^ That is my newest review. My opinions havent changed.
Update 2: Nov 2011
We attempted to go again last week. The service was so bad that about 10minutes after being seated, we got up and left. I hope people start listening to these reviews so that the Beehive realizes you CAN'T treat your customers this way!
I am absolutely convinced that this restaurant needs to go out of business. Not only do they not care about what the customers REALLY have to say, but they take extra efforts to cover up their constant mistakes. On all of the Yelps, Tripadvisor reviews, the Beehive Grill goes to extra efforts to have negative reviews either deleted or flagged for being inappropriate. I have had to repost my own review 4x now. Good thing you can't report my blog, assholes!
Update 3: 2/15/2015
It would seem that someone is still attempting to discredit me on yelp and on my own blog. About two years ago, WAY after my review and us never going back, the owner contacted me and asked "what it would take for me to remove my review". I said I would NOT be removing my review, as it is my opinion and completely true. I don't want a discount on a meal, I am leaving my reviews up to warn other people.
I recently received two more comments on my blog, that I have blocked. Mind you, this was originally posted as a rant in 2010. Why are you STILL stalking my blog post about your restaurant? Are you upset that I won't remove it, still? Grow up. I won't be harassed into removing it, and your insulting comments about my personality/children/etc just make me even happier that I don't give my money to you.
If you look at the other reviews on Yelp (and other sites), my experience is not uncommon. I'm sure there are people that enjoy going to the Beehive, but we are not one of those. We HAVE tried to go back and see if it has changed (mainly due to the fact that we LOVED it so much before). The food has not, nor has the service.
We've asked neighbors, relatives, and friends that have gone there. They have had similar issues with the servers. So, we know we are not alone. With so many other places to go to in Logan, why would I even bother caring to go back? We get awesome service at Buffalo Wild Wings and Roadhouse. We get crap at Beehive.
It's obvious that it is NOT "our negative personalities" (as the owner suggested was our problem) that is causing the Beehive to receive these negative reviews. Our family doesn't control OTHER people posting their own experiences. We don't tell people to make up false reviews about your place, because frankly - we don't care about you as much as you'd think. We don't even know the other people posting those reviews. The idea that the owner thinks we/our family is the only one posting negative reviews about their restaurant, and that it is somehow a conspiracy, just goes to show you what state of mind this guy is in - 5 years later.
If you have SO many negative reviews about your service and food, it's obvious it's the business' fault and NOT the reviewers'. To try to even attempt to shame/blame a reviewer for how they were treated (even after 5 years!!!), is insane. You do realize this was posted 5 YEARS ago, yes? How dare you attempt to insult me on my own bog! It's obvious your restaurant needs to start focusing on the customer experience and NOT how you *think* someone is! You don't even know me! It's time you started looking at YOURSELF for your shitty reviews. If your food is RAW, it is RAW and NOT the customer's fault!
We aren't even super pushy customers. I make sure that we even clean our booths before leaving, with/out kids. We order everything up front (dinner, desert, aps, etc) so the server doesn't have to hang around other than to refill drinks. If it takes a while on our food, we understand - but waiting over 40 minutes for an appetizer is NOT normal. We tip 20% regardless, and yes the "tip comment" at the bottom of the menu IS insulting to costumers. Add in the soggy mess of the food, we were NOT impressed. (I still do love their clam chowder, but not enough to go back) The servers lack of knowledge on their own menu can be excused, until you get ALL of your servers not knowing the menu. The gossiping about customers and their comment cards CAN be excused, but this has NOT stopped. Many people have overheard the servers, manager, and the owner talking negatively about someone who had left a written negative experience. Those comment cards are supposed to be used to IMPROVE your restaurant, and NOT as a way to insult/defame/harass the customer. We get that it is "such juicy gossip" that XYZ customer said Blah about your restaurant, but you do realize that is REALLY rude...right? It's not even just rude, it's downright insulting.
I also forgot to mention in my original post that even if there are only two tables filled, sometimes the servers (used to) rush you to leave. I had a business meeting with a friend of mine (the one with the monopoly money) and she tried to rush us out the minute we sat down. Needless to say, my friend (from out of town) STILL talks about this restaurant badly. Our own family and friends are constantly comparing the Beehive to whatever place they go to, as well. It's sad when the Beehive is the standard for "bad place to eat" and everyone knows it.
I'm still for them closing their doors. Those comment cards are worthless, as nothing has changed. I've never even seen anyone receive the "prize" they swear exists. I'd really like to see a change in their server, food, and the owner's hostile attitude. Until that happens, I hope they close down.
PS. My sister-in-law quit working there after about 6 months. She has plenty of stories to tell about how bad the service and food is. I've also been a server before and know how stressful it can be when you having shitty customers. That is why we excused a LOT of our bad experiences when it first started going downhill. We assumed lack of training, stressful environment, etc. It was obviously none of those things - as the service has STILL not changed.
Here is an excerpt from another reviewer: " As they were leaving our server Mercedes said very rude comments to them. I think its safe to say that I am never coming back here again." Obviously, we weren't lying about the servers talking shit about/to their customers.
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Survivor Nicaragua - NayNay
I'm not a fan of people who are just a waste of space in life and on the show. I didn't like Russell, but I could understand his tactics. He didn't take the social aspect of the game into consideration, and I can see why he didn't win. However, Nay Nay wasn't even trying to be social or trying to win.
Day 1, we get a taste of what she is really like. She claims the "everything is about race", and tries to make an all anti-white group. Talk about racism right there! Yet another example of how black people in America are raised (plus being a teacher, she is teaching other students this by example), and how they really need to get their non-segregated asses out of the sand hole they are hiding in. Newsflash: When you claim it is about race, even before it's about race or mentioned to be about race - you are fucking racist.
She is a school teacher, yet she steals socks from Fabio when one of hers goes missing. Everytime the poor doofus goes to ask her about his socks that she stole, she is flipping on him just for looking at her. Talk about ghetto.
Then she attacks a chick with a prosthetic leg. Threatens on camera to beat her with it. I'm all for getting the idol and not giving the girl any slack just because of her disability. But, her comments afterwards and her attitude during the entire affair was insanity. She showed her true colors. I was happy she didn't give her slack, but the comments and the threats afterwards were over the top.
After that she goes on to break Survivor rule #1. Stealing and hiding food. She gets all butthurt because she made food, and they all decided to share it. She wanted to keep the bigger portion for herself, and the rest of the castmates decided to split it equally. So, she decides to steal ALL of the food, cooking materials, and knives - and hide them. Not only did she show how selfish and spoiled she is, but she showed her true thieving colors. It takes them almost a full day if not more, to find where she BURRIED it. Apparently, the dump bitch couldn't remember where she hid it. (She also blames this fiasco on the white girl, who is then kicked off. Go figure.)
She claims afterwards that she is rich and this in no way reflects on her as a person. I beg to disagree. When food is a commodity, and a main source of nourishment - it is VITAL to LIFE, to keep it around and not fuck around with it. On survivor, you just don't fuck with food.
So...things are going decently, but then Nayonka decides she wants to be an even bigger bitch. She pretends that she is depressed, and tells her tribe that she will be leaving the show (so does Kelly Purple - but she was depressed the entire season, and who didn't see this coming?). They do a challenge, and it just so happens that Nayonka is on the winning team. Now, since Probst knows that Nayonka is thinking of leaving mainly because of the food situation, he offers them a deal. If one person on the winning team forgos reward (watching a preview of a movie, and some food), the entire tribe will get enough food to last them over the last 10 days. Way more food then they have ever seen.
So, everyone is thinking Nayonka should take the food for them. She's leaving anyways, and will have food in less then 24 hours. So, why should she go on reward? This would make up for all of her other past actions, and show she is a truly good person. Fuck, if it were me, I wouldda jumped at that chance. Instead, another older woman (Holly), decides to take the food and forgo the reward. I found this appalling. Nayonka still leaves the show, and afterwards the jury (who REALLY wanted to be there) is pissed right. I don't blame them. She tries to make her fucking excuses to the camera, but we all know what type of person she is.
Selfish, bitch who acts like a nigger. That's right. You heard me. NIGGER. You offer nothing to the tribe or to society with that way of thinking. You were going to get food anyways, and couldn't wait 12 hours? You had to take that food RIGHT THEN when there were people that were starving and going to stay? You HAD to leave when people (like the jury) WANTED to be there? Fuck you nigger. You should be shot in the head. I hope you get fucking fired, and can't find another job where you force yourself on children.
PS. You've all heard my definition of Nigger. She fits this to the fucking T. Not sure how I feel about Sash screwing over Brenda. She WAS acting like a whore.
Day 1, we get a taste of what she is really like. She claims the "everything is about race", and tries to make an all anti-white group. Talk about racism right there! Yet another example of how black people in America are raised (plus being a teacher, she is teaching other students this by example), and how they really need to get their non-segregated asses out of the sand hole they are hiding in. Newsflash: When you claim it is about race, even before it's about race or mentioned to be about race - you are fucking racist.
She is a school teacher, yet she steals socks from Fabio when one of hers goes missing. Everytime the poor doofus goes to ask her about his socks that she stole, she is flipping on him just for looking at her. Talk about ghetto.
Then she attacks a chick with a prosthetic leg. Threatens on camera to beat her with it. I'm all for getting the idol and not giving the girl any slack just because of her disability. But, her comments afterwards and her attitude during the entire affair was insanity. She showed her true colors. I was happy she didn't give her slack, but the comments and the threats afterwards were over the top.
After that she goes on to break Survivor rule #1. Stealing and hiding food. She gets all butthurt because she made food, and they all decided to share it. She wanted to keep the bigger portion for herself, and the rest of the castmates decided to split it equally. So, she decides to steal ALL of the food, cooking materials, and knives - and hide them. Not only did she show how selfish and spoiled she is, but she showed her true thieving colors. It takes them almost a full day if not more, to find where she BURRIED it. Apparently, the dump bitch couldn't remember where she hid it. (She also blames this fiasco on the white girl, who is then kicked off. Go figure.)
She claims afterwards that she is rich and this in no way reflects on her as a person. I beg to disagree. When food is a commodity, and a main source of nourishment - it is VITAL to LIFE, to keep it around and not fuck around with it. On survivor, you just don't fuck with food.
So...things are going decently, but then Nayonka decides she wants to be an even bigger bitch. She pretends that she is depressed, and tells her tribe that she will be leaving the show (so does Kelly Purple - but she was depressed the entire season, and who didn't see this coming?). They do a challenge, and it just so happens that Nayonka is on the winning team. Now, since Probst knows that Nayonka is thinking of leaving mainly because of the food situation, he offers them a deal. If one person on the winning team forgos reward (watching a preview of a movie, and some food), the entire tribe will get enough food to last them over the last 10 days. Way more food then they have ever seen.
So, everyone is thinking Nayonka should take the food for them. She's leaving anyways, and will have food in less then 24 hours. So, why should she go on reward? This would make up for all of her other past actions, and show she is a truly good person. Fuck, if it were me, I wouldda jumped at that chance. Instead, another older woman (Holly), decides to take the food and forgo the reward. I found this appalling. Nayonka still leaves the show, and afterwards the jury (who REALLY wanted to be there) is pissed right. I don't blame them. She tries to make her fucking excuses to the camera, but we all know what type of person she is.
Selfish, bitch who acts like a nigger. That's right. You heard me. NIGGER. You offer nothing to the tribe or to society with that way of thinking. You were going to get food anyways, and couldn't wait 12 hours? You had to take that food RIGHT THEN when there were people that were starving and going to stay? You HAD to leave when people (like the jury) WANTED to be there? Fuck you nigger. You should be shot in the head. I hope you get fucking fired, and can't find another job where you force yourself on children.
PS. You've all heard my definition of Nigger. She fits this to the fucking T. Not sure how I feel about Sash screwing over Brenda. She WAS acting like a whore.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Patrick Mahoney
So, this happened about 10 years ago. I only got to thinking about it because the jerk decided to try and friend request me on facebook. No way I was going to let that happen. But, it got me all riled up just the same. (Prewarning, I‘m married with 2 kids. Very happy and my husband hates the guy with a passion)
I was a senior in HS. I never really fit in, mainly because I tend to speak what is in my mind. I don‘t like liars and I don‘t like pretending to like something when I don‘t. So, I will probably annoy 90% of the population before I die. ;P
When Patrick Mahoney (coolest kid in school), turned his cute smile on me - I was floored. I was friends with him and another guy -strictly friends - and was happy to have some people to talk to. When I accidentally let it slip that I was a virgin, they both passed a look between them and teasted me about it. Red flags went off.
About two weeks later Patrick breaks up with his girlfriend of 3 years. Tells me the whole speal about how she was very needy, and too old for him (2 years older). He took me out on dates and dated me exclusively for months. Or so I thought.
I thought I was in love. Met his family, including his little sister who acted like she loved me. I had no idea what I was doing. After school one night, we went on a date to "see the stars". Wound up having sex. It was terrible, and it bordered on rape. (I have seen a psychologist about this over the last 10 years, and has said I show the same symptoms of a rape victim.) It happened in his truck.
The next day I skipped school, completely unlike me. I told my parents what happened, and they were going to press charges (after rethinking on it several times over the years, I am very unhappy that I didn‘t press charges). But, I knew that I had given mixed signals and his grandfather was in the police department. So, I covered it up.
I got a call from him that night. He was yelling at me on the phone about how I had left blood in his car, and needed to pay to get new seats in his car. I‘m really not lying about this. My mother put it on speakerphone and listened the entire time. I pretty much apologized for it (I don‘t know what I was thinking). Later that night, I called him back and his sister answered the phone. She told me according to him (he was standing next to her repeating everything - she was only 6), we were no longer together. This also floored me. He got what he wanted and was suddenly done with me.
I went to school the next day and didn‘t speak to him, even though we were in the same classes together. I found out through the grapevine that he was actually still together with his "ex". They never broke up. This upset me and I leaned heavily on my other guy friend. We almost dated. Hung out a few times and then I called it quits when I found out he had also not broken up with his "ex". This seemed to be too coincidental for me, and I started perking my ears up around school more. (I used to work at the same place as the other friend, and when I quit my job to get away from the drama - the other girls there actually threw ice at me as I left the restaurant. I didn‘t even really talk to them, so I had no idea what I did.)
I also found out (via the locker room and girls laughing about it), that I was the school bet. To see who could screw the virgin first. Obviously, it was all just a joke on me. To this day, I have no idea why they did that - other then being bored. I‘m still angry about it. He‘s currently in the military (wouldn‘t be if I pressed charges), and has not changed his ways. Pretty much a player. My husband is active duty Army, and we are disgusted that my husband has to serve with people like him.
To this day, I dropped out of high school almost immediately after it happened. I got my GED, and went off to college. My ex-classmates think it was consentual, and the few I have attempted to tell my story to - have laughed in my face about it (he is perfect!). It really wasn‘t, and I didn‘t see the manipulation signs. I should have been smarter, but I didn‘t know about sex or anything like that. When he pushed me down before the sex, I couldn‘t even push him off me. Ever since the attempted friend request, I have had flash backs of that night and the days after it. This will NEVER go away for me.
I just wanted to post this for all of the other younger girls out there. Do NOT sleep with him, even if he dazzles you. It‘s usually not worth it. I wound up marrying my husband a year later, and WISHED I was a virgin like my husband was. (Btw, my first time sucked royally - and I couldn‘t stand to be touched for over 7 years after that. I still freak out when people walk up behind me.)
I was a senior in HS. I never really fit in, mainly because I tend to speak what is in my mind. I don‘t like liars and I don‘t like pretending to like something when I don‘t. So, I will probably annoy 90% of the population before I die. ;P
When Patrick Mahoney (coolest kid in school), turned his cute smile on me - I was floored. I was friends with him and another guy -strictly friends - and was happy to have some people to talk to. When I accidentally let it slip that I was a virgin, they both passed a look between them and teasted me about it. Red flags went off.
About two weeks later Patrick breaks up with his girlfriend of 3 years. Tells me the whole speal about how she was very needy, and too old for him (2 years older). He took me out on dates and dated me exclusively for months. Or so I thought.
I thought I was in love. Met his family, including his little sister who acted like she loved me. I had no idea what I was doing. After school one night, we went on a date to "see the stars". Wound up having sex. It was terrible, and it bordered on rape. (I have seen a psychologist about this over the last 10 years, and has said I show the same symptoms of a rape victim.) It happened in his truck.
The next day I skipped school, completely unlike me. I told my parents what happened, and they were going to press charges (after rethinking on it several times over the years, I am very unhappy that I didn‘t press charges). But, I knew that I had given mixed signals and his grandfather was in the police department. So, I covered it up.
I got a call from him that night. He was yelling at me on the phone about how I had left blood in his car, and needed to pay to get new seats in his car. I‘m really not lying about this. My mother put it on speakerphone and listened the entire time. I pretty much apologized for it (I don‘t know what I was thinking). Later that night, I called him back and his sister answered the phone. She told me according to him (he was standing next to her repeating everything - she was only 6), we were no longer together. This also floored me. He got what he wanted and was suddenly done with me.
I went to school the next day and didn‘t speak to him, even though we were in the same classes together. I found out through the grapevine that he was actually still together with his "ex". They never broke up. This upset me and I leaned heavily on my other guy friend. We almost dated. Hung out a few times and then I called it quits when I found out he had also not broken up with his "ex". This seemed to be too coincidental for me, and I started perking my ears up around school more. (I used to work at the same place as the other friend, and when I quit my job to get away from the drama - the other girls there actually threw ice at me as I left the restaurant. I didn‘t even really talk to them, so I had no idea what I did.)
I also found out (via the locker room and girls laughing about it), that I was the school bet. To see who could screw the virgin first. Obviously, it was all just a joke on me. To this day, I have no idea why they did that - other then being bored. I‘m still angry about it. He‘s currently in the military (wouldn‘t be if I pressed charges), and has not changed his ways. Pretty much a player. My husband is active duty Army, and we are disgusted that my husband has to serve with people like him.
To this day, I dropped out of high school almost immediately after it happened. I got my GED, and went off to college. My ex-classmates think it was consentual, and the few I have attempted to tell my story to - have laughed in my face about it (he is perfect!). It really wasn‘t, and I didn‘t see the manipulation signs. I should have been smarter, but I didn‘t know about sex or anything like that. When he pushed me down before the sex, I couldn‘t even push him off me. Ever since the attempted friend request, I have had flash backs of that night and the days after it. This will NEVER go away for me.
I just wanted to post this for all of the other younger girls out there. Do NOT sleep with him, even if he dazzles you. It‘s usually not worth it. I wound up marrying my husband a year later, and WISHED I was a virgin like my husband was. (Btw, my first time sucked royally - and I couldn‘t stand to be touched for over 7 years after that. I still freak out when people walk up behind me.)
Saturday, November 20, 2010
TSA - 3 yr old crying
I got a link from someone write after I wrote that TSA - Don't Touch My Junk. http://kstp.com/article/stories/s1847677.shtml
Poor girl. When my eldest was 1 yrs old, they made her a random target of the screening. When they asked me to strip her (even her diaper), I asked for a side room just so no one could see her privates. Good thing I did. She caused a HUGE fit. I can't say that I blame her, she had no idea what was going on.
I think TSA is doing awesome for adults and John Tyner is a spoiled brat. However, the airline rules for children are all fucked up. One state it's only non-filled bottles, another you can have filled bottles. The screening process is bad for little ones, and we need to come up with a better way to do it. It's about time they are looking into it, if at all!
Don't get me wrong, I think children should still be screened. I've heard of mothers hiding weapons in their kids' diapers. I mean, really, WHO DOES THAT?! But, we need to come up with a better way to be screening people, especially children. I have never been on an airplane where my children AND I were screened (I'm white). My husband is NEVER screened, just the kids and I. Must be because he is military.
Poor girl. When my eldest was 1 yrs old, they made her a random target of the screening. When they asked me to strip her (even her diaper), I asked for a side room just so no one could see her privates. Good thing I did. She caused a HUGE fit. I can't say that I blame her, she had no idea what was going on.
I think TSA is doing awesome for adults and John Tyner is a spoiled brat. However, the airline rules for children are all fucked up. One state it's only non-filled bottles, another you can have filled bottles. The screening process is bad for little ones, and we need to come up with a better way to do it. It's about time they are looking into it, if at all!
Don't get me wrong, I think children should still be screened. I've heard of mothers hiding weapons in their kids' diapers. I mean, really, WHO DOES THAT?! But, we need to come up with a better way to be screening people, especially children. I have never been on an airplane where my children AND I were screened (I'm white). My husband is NEVER screened, just the kids and I. Must be because he is military.
TSA - Don't Touch My Junk
This is the original story that I read.
"I was approached by a man in slacks and a sport coat. He was accompanied by the officer that had escorted me to the ticketing area and Mr. Silva. He informed me that I could not leave the airport. He said that once I start the screening in the secure area, I could not leave until it was completed. Having left the area, he stated, I would be subject to a civil suit and a $10,000 fine. I asked him if he was also going to fine the 6 TSA agents and the local police officer who escorted me from the secure area. After all, I did exactly what I was told. He said that they didn't know the rules, and that he would deal with them later. They would not be subject to civil penalties. I then pointed to Mr. Silva and asked if he would be subject to any penalties. He is the agents' supervisor, and he directed them to escort me out. The man informed me that Mr. Silva was new and he would not be subject to penalties, either. He again asserted the necessity that I return to the screening area. When I asked why, he explained that I may have an incendiary device and whether or not that was true needed to be determined. I told him that I would submit to a walk through the metal detector, but that was it; I would not be groped. He told me that their procedures are on their website, and therefore, I was fully informed before I entered the airport; I had implicitly agreed to whatever screening they deemed appropriate. I told him that San Diego was not listed on the TSA's website as an airport using Advanced Imaging Technology, and I believed that I would only be subject to the metal detector. He replied that he was not a webmaster, and I asked then why he was referring me to the TSA's website if he didn't know anything about it. I again refused to re-enter the screening area.
The man asked me to stay put while he walked off to confer with the officer and Mr. Silva. They went about 20 feet away and began talking amongst themselves while I waited. I couldn't over hear anything, but I got the impression that the police officer was recounting his version of the events that had transpired in the screening area (my initial refusal to be patted down). After a few minutes, I asked loudly across the distance if I was free to leave. The man dismissively held up a finger and said, "hold on". I waited. After another minute or so, he returned and asked for my name. I asked why he needed it, and reminded him that the female supervisor/agent had already taken a report. He said that he was trying to be friendly and help me out. I asked to what end. He reminded me that I could be sued civilly and face a $10,000 fine and that my cooperation could help mitigate the penalties I was facing. I replied that he already had my information in the report that was taken and I asked if I was free to leave. I reminded him that he was now illegally detaining me and that I would not be subject to screening as a condition of leaving the airport. He told me that he was only trying to help (I should note that his demeanor never suggested that he was trying to help. I was clearly being interrogated.), and that no one was forcing me to stay. I asked if tried to leave if he would have the officer arrest me. He again said that no one was forcing me to stay. I looked him in the eye, and said, "then I'm leaving". He replied, "then we'll bring a civil suit against you", to which I said, "you bring that suit" and walked out of the airport."
Now, okay, my brother works for TSA. He works on computers at SEATAC. I know what he does, and I applaud him for it. It's a job, and there are requirements he needs to clear before he lets someone board a plane - if he were to work in security. Granted, no one wants their "junk" touched, but I've been groped before by places OTHER then the airport. It makes me wonder if this John guy would have such a scene if it happened at a bar. If the bouncer wanted to make sure you weren't carrying a weapon before entering, would you cause such a stink over it?
Anyways...he set off the alarm, and they needed to do a pat down? That's odd, because usually they just wand you and let you go. If you are setting off a metal detector, why do you have such an issue with them making sure you're not going to blow up a plane filled with 250 other people? I wouldn't care at all (do it to my kids, and I'll kill you!) if it was me. Get wanded, get onto the plane. Been wanded before, been patted down, don't care. I set it off because I left loose change in my pocket or was wearing a metal wired bra. My bad.
Point is: If you want to fly, and you set off the metal detectors - be responsible and either get wanded/patted down, or DON'T FUCKING FLY! Hell, I don't even like the hassle of airports with my kids...so I like to drive.
You're fucking 31 yrs old, grow a pair and get it over it! If you set off the alarm, be an adult and handle it accordingly. Don't act like these hard workers are just trying to feel your nuts up! With the way you look, no they don't want to touch you. Hell, you were kicked out of the airport simply because you didn't want to go through security. EVERYONE goes through security. WHY do you think you are better then everyone else?!
For fuck's sake, he called it a sexual assault simply because the government is behind it? WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? WOULD YOU BE FINE WITH SOMEONE TOUCHING YOUR JUNK IF IT WASN'T THE GOVERNMENT?
Don't get me wrong - I don't like the full body scanner either, but if it eliminates the "touching my junk", I would rather do that. However, these TSA guys don't want to touch his junk anymore then we want it to be touched. I think he was being paranoid. The TSA agents were really calm throughout the entire thing, and it seems like Tyner has some issues with the government and security protocol in general. What is this guy's problem? This isn't fucking illegal. We have been doing this for DECADES, and now YOU have a problem with it just because it's YOU? Come on now. Get real.
He also made comments about how he is white and 6'1, blah blah blah. He totally turned this into a race issue. Hello!!! NOT ALL TERRORISTS LOOK THE SAME! We have HOME GROWN terrorists in this country and they could look just like you buddy. Hell, I'm white and a chick, I get the "random screening" EVERY time I fly. Do I care or cause a stink and act like a child? No the fuck. It's their job, and if I want to fly - I'll do it.
If you didn't want 15 minutes of fame, then why did you turn on your cellphone BEFORE you even got searched? Before you were called out of line? If this was truly a random search, then why put up such a fuss? It's random! Good call TSA!
Seems to me that if this guy was TRULY standing up for his "rights", he wouldn't turned on his cellphone before there was even a problem. If he doesn't like going through security (which is required to fly), then do NOT fly. Simple. He KNEW he would have to go through security, but instead decided to show up and caused a stink anyways.
The REAL question shuoldn't be about whether or not he's standing up for his rights...but WHY HE seems to think he is above the law? Everyone else needs to go through security as well. So, WHY, does this punk think he suddenly shouldn't have to? I find that absurd and laughable.
This isn't about "rights" like he is suddenly claiming. It's because HE didn't want to have to go through ANY security (which has been around forever). That's pathetic.
For that matter, would you be standing up for him if he looked muslim? What would you have said if he really DID have a bomb on him? What if he got through security after his little snit fit? 10$ you wouldda blamed TSA for their lack of attention to that one guy, even though they were just trying to do their job.
Hey, let's just let every single person who declines to get checked through security on planes, b/c Toroga is scared that the roads will be shut down next.
Forget that. Let EVERYONE through who complains about living in a facist or communist country. Including the drug dealer who wants to sit next to YOU on the plane. All because you THINK something will happen, or suddenly BELIEVE the government has gone too far (forget that there are OPTIONS when going through security). Just let EVERYONE through that complains. It's all good. We don't need security anyways. All because someone whined about being some special snowflake.
"I was approached by a man in slacks and a sport coat. He was accompanied by the officer that had escorted me to the ticketing area and Mr. Silva. He informed me that I could not leave the airport. He said that once I start the screening in the secure area, I could not leave until it was completed. Having left the area, he stated, I would be subject to a civil suit and a $10,000 fine. I asked him if he was also going to fine the 6 TSA agents and the local police officer who escorted me from the secure area. After all, I did exactly what I was told. He said that they didn't know the rules, and that he would deal with them later. They would not be subject to civil penalties. I then pointed to Mr. Silva and asked if he would be subject to any penalties. He is the agents' supervisor, and he directed them to escort me out. The man informed me that Mr. Silva was new and he would not be subject to penalties, either. He again asserted the necessity that I return to the screening area. When I asked why, he explained that I may have an incendiary device and whether or not that was true needed to be determined. I told him that I would submit to a walk through the metal detector, but that was it; I would not be groped. He told me that their procedures are on their website, and therefore, I was fully informed before I entered the airport; I had implicitly agreed to whatever screening they deemed appropriate. I told him that San Diego was not listed on the TSA's website as an airport using Advanced Imaging Technology, and I believed that I would only be subject to the metal detector. He replied that he was not a webmaster, and I asked then why he was referring me to the TSA's website if he didn't know anything about it. I again refused to re-enter the screening area.
The man asked me to stay put while he walked off to confer with the officer and Mr. Silva. They went about 20 feet away and began talking amongst themselves while I waited. I couldn't over hear anything, but I got the impression that the police officer was recounting his version of the events that had transpired in the screening area (my initial refusal to be patted down). After a few minutes, I asked loudly across the distance if I was free to leave. The man dismissively held up a finger and said, "hold on". I waited. After another minute or so, he returned and asked for my name. I asked why he needed it, and reminded him that the female supervisor/agent had already taken a report. He said that he was trying to be friendly and help me out. I asked to what end. He reminded me that I could be sued civilly and face a $10,000 fine and that my cooperation could help mitigate the penalties I was facing. I replied that he already had my information in the report that was taken and I asked if I was free to leave. I reminded him that he was now illegally detaining me and that I would not be subject to screening as a condition of leaving the airport. He told me that he was only trying to help (I should note that his demeanor never suggested that he was trying to help. I was clearly being interrogated.), and that no one was forcing me to stay. I asked if tried to leave if he would have the officer arrest me. He again said that no one was forcing me to stay. I looked him in the eye, and said, "then I'm leaving". He replied, "then we'll bring a civil suit against you", to which I said, "you bring that suit" and walked out of the airport."
Now, okay, my brother works for TSA. He works on computers at SEATAC. I know what he does, and I applaud him for it. It's a job, and there are requirements he needs to clear before he lets someone board a plane - if he were to work in security. Granted, no one wants their "junk" touched, but I've been groped before by places OTHER then the airport. It makes me wonder if this John guy would have such a scene if it happened at a bar. If the bouncer wanted to make sure you weren't carrying a weapon before entering, would you cause such a stink over it?
Anyways...he set off the alarm, and they needed to do a pat down? That's odd, because usually they just wand you and let you go. If you are setting off a metal detector, why do you have such an issue with them making sure you're not going to blow up a plane filled with 250 other people? I wouldn't care at all (do it to my kids, and I'll kill you!) if it was me. Get wanded, get onto the plane. Been wanded before, been patted down, don't care. I set it off because I left loose change in my pocket or was wearing a metal wired bra. My bad.
Point is: If you want to fly, and you set off the metal detectors - be responsible and either get wanded/patted down, or DON'T FUCKING FLY! Hell, I don't even like the hassle of airports with my kids...so I like to drive.
You're fucking 31 yrs old, grow a pair and get it over it! If you set off the alarm, be an adult and handle it accordingly. Don't act like these hard workers are just trying to feel your nuts up! With the way you look, no they don't want to touch you. Hell, you were kicked out of the airport simply because you didn't want to go through security. EVERYONE goes through security. WHY do you think you are better then everyone else?!
For fuck's sake, he called it a sexual assault simply because the government is behind it? WHAT THE FUCK DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING? WOULD YOU BE FINE WITH SOMEONE TOUCHING YOUR JUNK IF IT WASN'T THE GOVERNMENT?
Don't get me wrong - I don't like the full body scanner either, but if it eliminates the "touching my junk", I would rather do that. However, these TSA guys don't want to touch his junk anymore then we want it to be touched. I think he was being paranoid. The TSA agents were really calm throughout the entire thing, and it seems like Tyner has some issues with the government and security protocol in general. What is this guy's problem? This isn't fucking illegal. We have been doing this for DECADES, and now YOU have a problem with it just because it's YOU? Come on now. Get real.
He also made comments about how he is white and 6'1, blah blah blah. He totally turned this into a race issue. Hello!!! NOT ALL TERRORISTS LOOK THE SAME! We have HOME GROWN terrorists in this country and they could look just like you buddy. Hell, I'm white and a chick, I get the "random screening" EVERY time I fly. Do I care or cause a stink and act like a child? No the fuck. It's their job, and if I want to fly - I'll do it.
If you didn't want 15 minutes of fame, then why did you turn on your cellphone BEFORE you even got searched? Before you were called out of line? If this was truly a random search, then why put up such a fuss? It's random! Good call TSA!
Seems to me that if this guy was TRULY standing up for his "rights", he wouldn't turned on his cellphone before there was even a problem. If he doesn't like going through security (which is required to fly), then do NOT fly. Simple. He KNEW he would have to go through security, but instead decided to show up and caused a stink anyways.
The REAL question shuoldn't be about whether or not he's standing up for his rights...but WHY HE seems to think he is above the law? Everyone else needs to go through security as well. So, WHY, does this punk think he suddenly shouldn't have to? I find that absurd and laughable.
This isn't about "rights" like he is suddenly claiming. It's because HE didn't want to have to go through ANY security (which has been around forever). That's pathetic.
For that matter, would you be standing up for him if he looked muslim? What would you have said if he really DID have a bomb on him? What if he got through security after his little snit fit? 10$ you wouldda blamed TSA for their lack of attention to that one guy, even though they were just trying to do their job.
Hey, let's just let every single person who declines to get checked through security on planes, b/c Toroga is scared that the roads will be shut down next.
Forget that. Let EVERYONE through who complains about living in a facist or communist country. Including the drug dealer who wants to sit next to YOU on the plane. All because you THINK something will happen, or suddenly BELIEVE the government has gone too far (forget that there are OPTIONS when going through security). Just let EVERYONE through that complains. It's all good. We don't need security anyways. All because someone whined about being some special snowflake.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Skyline - Epic Movie (???)
I don't exactly like going out to the movies, because of all the people. They usually kick my seat, talk loudly, and are generally obnoxious. However, when it is date night (no kids!!!), we attempt to see a good movie. So we did this past weekend after the Army Ball. We picked Skyline because Hungover (?) was sold out. My husband said it was the movie after Independence Day, and he knew I liked ID so why not go see this one - it'd be pretty much the same, except better. Supposedly.
We have our own ranking system in this house. It goes like this: Theater watchable (should go see it in the theater cause it's fucking awesome!!), Rentable (iffy movie, renting would be okay), and WTFland (don't even fucking watch it!!!). This movie was in WTFland.
Not even close. It wasn't even a "download for free" movie. Not worth paying to see it, not worth paying to rent it. Common sense was lacking throughout the entire movie. The screenplay was horrible. The acting was terrible. Some of the things in the movie itself, made you sit there and just laugh at how STUPID the directors were.
We live in LDS-land. The scene where they were looking through the telescope at the guy getting a blow job, made the entire audience behind us go "omg...". I thought it was funny as shit. Hysterical. But, obviously, these people here are fucking retarded and can't take a joke worth shit.
Not one of the characters was even likeable. I hated them all. From the cheating husband, to his whore, to his wife who is a fucking drunken bitch, to the main characters...who looked like a couple of drug addicts. I didn't like them all throughout the entire movie, and when they did the "15 hrs earlier", I was like...why do I NEED to see this?!
The monsters were amazing in detail, and pretty cool. They were the only thing interesting about this whole movie. However, when you get into a car and it's stomped into the ground by a huge ass monster - you don't pull out an itty bitty gun to shoot at it and not run. What a fucking joke!
Hell, even at the end, when she was like "I'm staying with you". I'm sitting there like, well...what a fucking retard. My husband and I have discussed this. If we ever have a zombie invasion or anything else, I'm taking the kids and leaving. If he gets stuck somewhere, he knows I will try to help IF I can. However, I will not stay to die with him for no reason. That was just retarded, and lacked complete common sense.
Overall, the movie was more of a joke then it was "action" or "scary" or "romantic". They didn't even make it out of the hotel. This was a complete waste of my time, and anyone else who PAID to see it.
We have our own ranking system in this house. It goes like this: Theater watchable (should go see it in the theater cause it's fucking awesome!!), Rentable (iffy movie, renting would be okay), and WTFland (don't even fucking watch it!!!). This movie was in WTFland.
Not even close. It wasn't even a "download for free" movie. Not worth paying to see it, not worth paying to rent it. Common sense was lacking throughout the entire movie. The screenplay was horrible. The acting was terrible. Some of the things in the movie itself, made you sit there and just laugh at how STUPID the directors were.
We live in LDS-land. The scene where they were looking through the telescope at the guy getting a blow job, made the entire audience behind us go "omg...". I thought it was funny as shit. Hysterical. But, obviously, these people here are fucking retarded and can't take a joke worth shit.
Not one of the characters was even likeable. I hated them all. From the cheating husband, to his whore, to his wife who is a fucking drunken bitch, to the main characters...who looked like a couple of drug addicts. I didn't like them all throughout the entire movie, and when they did the "15 hrs earlier", I was like...why do I NEED to see this?!
The monsters were amazing in detail, and pretty cool. They were the only thing interesting about this whole movie. However, when you get into a car and it's stomped into the ground by a huge ass monster - you don't pull out an itty bitty gun to shoot at it and not run. What a fucking joke!
Hell, even at the end, when she was like "I'm staying with you". I'm sitting there like, well...what a fucking retard. My husband and I have discussed this. If we ever have a zombie invasion or anything else, I'm taking the kids and leaving. If he gets stuck somewhere, he knows I will try to help IF I can. However, I will not stay to die with him for no reason. That was just retarded, and lacked complete common sense.
Overall, the movie was more of a joke then it was "action" or "scary" or "romantic". They didn't even make it out of the hotel. This was a complete waste of my time, and anyone else who PAID to see it.
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Biggest Loser - Week 7
My husband is active duty Army, and has been for over 10 years. He has done 3 tours in Iraq. I have asked him about the food in the mess hall before (when we first got married), it has NOT changed much in the last 10 yrs.
Yes, the mess hall food is set-up as a buffet style. There are some kitchen-assigned workers that put food on your plate. It is a: grab it if YOU want it, type of eating assembly. As per the TYPES of food there, it is normal food from eggs and bacon to FRUIT and cereal. YOU have the choice to eat what YOU want, when YOU want.
It is NOT just all fatty foods that you can just stuff your face with. You CAN eat healthily if you want (my husband prefers muffins in the morning, and fruit salad for lunch). How many fat military folk do you see walking around? Almost none. How many do you see walking around in public? A lot.
This isn't about the type of food or the environment (we clearly saw one of the boys say he was purposely going to eat unhealthily - and then later try to blame the mess hall), it is about that SPECIFIC person's choice of food for the day. They obviously made the entirely wrong decisions when faced with real food (btw most of it tastes really bad still).
As per stress adding onto their weight gain, or lack of loss, I doubt that. As a military spouse, I deal with the stress of my entire household, my husband's job, and many more stress-inducing factors. Yet, neither my husband NOR I are overweight or even close to obesity. Also, pretty much being a single parent, I work on 3 hours of sleep.
In short: I'm tired of seeing people blame everything but themselves for their own actions. We saw what they were eating, and we watched them make excuses. I am disgusted with the fact that hardly anyone else gets that on this thread. The military is a great environment and the food may taste like junk - but I don't see an obese guy holding a gun at the range every other week, do I?
Blame yourselves. Not other people. Thousands of other people do what these people did every single day (btw we wake up at 4am for PT here), and yet, we don't look like buses. Amazing.
I also think Elizabeth shouldda gone home, I'm tired of the pretty princess act every episode. Forget that. I think nothing is actually WRONG with her. I think she is doing it for a pity party and the attention. Even Jillian has called her out on it before. If they were actually training with Jillian (no offense to my military guys), she wouldn't have let that fly. However, since the marines didn't know Elizabeth's MO, they let it slide and felt bad for her.
I think Elizabeth has gotten way too many free passes. I believe (if I remember correctly), Elizabeth gained a lb while Anna lost 2? Anna is loses, and Elizabeth can't even do 1 lb. That's pathetic.
As per needing an inhaler - I used to be asmatic (when I was younger), and carried that dang thing with me always. I still keep it on me always just in case. She is NOT asmatic. She is a drama queen. She is a hypocondriac.
WAHHH! Not a hill! WAHHH I had to walk (while not even carrying ANY weight)! WAHH I have to be CARRIED!
I was sitting next to my hubby and all we kept saying was: Yell at them more! Don't baby them!
They did some weak PT sessions, a crummy obstacle course (not near as bad as the real thing), and that was it. I was highly disappointed in this week's episode. Blame the food/mess hall all you want, these people had it easy. Heck, half of them were crying just because they had to walk up the hill to the barracks!
Yes, the mess hall food is set-up as a buffet style. There are some kitchen-assigned workers that put food on your plate. It is a: grab it if YOU want it, type of eating assembly. As per the TYPES of food there, it is normal food from eggs and bacon to FRUIT and cereal. YOU have the choice to eat what YOU want, when YOU want.
It is NOT just all fatty foods that you can just stuff your face with. You CAN eat healthily if you want (my husband prefers muffins in the morning, and fruit salad for lunch). How many fat military folk do you see walking around? Almost none. How many do you see walking around in public? A lot.
This isn't about the type of food or the environment (we clearly saw one of the boys say he was purposely going to eat unhealthily - and then later try to blame the mess hall), it is about that SPECIFIC person's choice of food for the day. They obviously made the entirely wrong decisions when faced with real food (btw most of it tastes really bad still).
As per stress adding onto their weight gain, or lack of loss, I doubt that. As a military spouse, I deal with the stress of my entire household, my husband's job, and many more stress-inducing factors. Yet, neither my husband NOR I are overweight or even close to obesity. Also, pretty much being a single parent, I work on 3 hours of sleep.
In short: I'm tired of seeing people blame everything but themselves for their own actions. We saw what they were eating, and we watched them make excuses. I am disgusted with the fact that hardly anyone else gets that on this thread. The military is a great environment and the food may taste like junk - but I don't see an obese guy holding a gun at the range every other week, do I?
Blame yourselves. Not other people. Thousands of other people do what these people did every single day (btw we wake up at 4am for PT here), and yet, we don't look like buses. Amazing.
I also think Elizabeth shouldda gone home, I'm tired of the pretty princess act every episode. Forget that. I think nothing is actually WRONG with her. I think she is doing it for a pity party and the attention. Even Jillian has called her out on it before. If they were actually training with Jillian (no offense to my military guys), she wouldn't have let that fly. However, since the marines didn't know Elizabeth's MO, they let it slide and felt bad for her.
I think Elizabeth has gotten way too many free passes. I believe (if I remember correctly), Elizabeth gained a lb while Anna lost 2? Anna is loses, and Elizabeth can't even do 1 lb. That's pathetic.
As per needing an inhaler - I used to be asmatic (when I was younger), and carried that dang thing with me always. I still keep it on me always just in case. She is NOT asmatic. She is a drama queen. She is a hypocondriac.
WAHHH! Not a hill! WAHHH I had to walk (while not even carrying ANY weight)! WAHH I have to be CARRIED!
I was sitting next to my hubby and all we kept saying was: Yell at them more! Don't baby them!
They did some weak PT sessions, a crummy obstacle course (not near as bad as the real thing), and that was it. I was highly disappointed in this week's episode. Blame the food/mess hall all you want, these people had it easy. Heck, half of them were crying just because they had to walk up the hill to the barracks!
Monday, November 1, 2010
Ghetto Babysitting
So, I posted an add on our local Craig's list offering our services as a babysitter. This chick called back, she wanted to hire us for 30 hours a week, at a rate of $2400 a month - which is $10.00 per child per hour. Not a bad price, especially at this time in the market and she was on government paid babysitting assistance. Never heard of it before now.
We did the interview, and I brought a list of questions that I wanted answered. Here's the list and the responses.
1 - Do you want us to brush their teeth after every meal, like we do with our children?
Doesn't care
2 - How many hours per day and will we need to provide transportation?
30 hours per day, starting immediately. Yes, you would need to pick them up everyday (complete other side of town, she doesn't have a car) - unpaid for gas.
3 - What sort of punishments would you like? Time-outs? Hitting?
No hitting (yet her ex-babysitter slammed her kid against the wall?), time-outs are fine.
4 - Would you prefer that I updated my CPR certification?
Yes, I had a child die already to SIDS. (which she blamed on her cigarette smoking)
5 - Do we need to supply diapers and food for both children?
Yes, but no food for the youngest (9months old) because she is still on formula.
6 - Are they on a special diet? What are their favorite foods? Can they have candy as part of the reward system? Are they both still eating mushies?
Lactose Intolerant. Spaghetti. Yes. No, the eldest is not on mushies (I believe that he is, since he was eating at the time and was making the biggest mess known to man because it was solid food. Nothing was even getting into his mouth. Not trained in using forks/spoons)
7 - Are you on a current routine for bedtime, storytime, learning, naptime?
No, I pretty much put them down whenever. I also prefer that you sing to my daughter (the youngest).
8 - Are they potty trained and would you be expecting us to teach them?
No for both, and yes. My son is uncircumsized.
9 - Special Educational Needs?
None
10 - Do you have outside or inside rules of the house while they are in your care?
No. We have no rules here.
11 - Are they allowed on the playset and in the pool during the summer? If so, do you have bathing suits for them and floaties?
You would need to provide bathing suits and floaties. My youngest cannot go in/on either, my eldest needs to be watched on both.
12 - Favorite toys? What toys are not okay? Guns?
No favorite toys, and all toys are okay (though personally, I would never give a toy gun to any kid)
13 - Are the parks and the zoo okay to go for and if we go to the a paid event, would you be paying or us?
You would need to pay, and it would be okay with us.
14 - Do they both sleep in cribs still or toddler beds?
Both are crib sleepers, and we would like you to work on our eldest sleeping in a real bed.
15 - Would you need me to take them to the dentist and doctor for you, as well?
Yes, unpaid.
16 - Do you have insurance for both kids? Eyes, dental, doctor?
None. You would need to pay the copay.
17 - How much TV is okay per day? What channels?
As much TV as you want, any channel is acceptable. My son (the eldest) watches family guy. (okay...then....)
18 - Medical Conditions?
My son has had a recurring problem with urinary tract infections. (ew)
That was pretty much it, besides the general observations. She didn't have heat in her place (was using an open oven to heat her place and my kid almost burned her hand), and the place was messier then ours. Which is almost impossible. I understand having kids means no real time for cleaning, but this bitch didn't even clean up the feces on the floor.
They are also not trained in sippy cups (still both on bottles and the eldest has bottle rot), not potty trained...and basically run wild.
Turns out we didn't get the job. She went back to a previous babysitter whom she claims threw her kid against a wall. I doubted that and asked why she didn't call the cops - she claims she didn't want the drama. WTF. Then she got a text from said babysitter DURING our interview, and decided to call her back right in front of my face. If she was so willing to trash the previous sitter, then imagine what she would have said about us.
I was overall not impressed with her parenting style, nor the amount of responsibility that WE would be shouldering. We are not there to raise her kids FOR her, and she pretty much hasn't raised them at all before now. Also, the SIDS and urinary tract infections irked me. Also, she smelled like pot.
We were not hired, and honestly, I'm pretty happy about that. I'm considering calling CPS.
We did the interview, and I brought a list of questions that I wanted answered. Here's the list and the responses.
1 - Do you want us to brush their teeth after every meal, like we do with our children?
Doesn't care
2 - How many hours per day and will we need to provide transportation?
30 hours per day, starting immediately. Yes, you would need to pick them up everyday (complete other side of town, she doesn't have a car) - unpaid for gas.
3 - What sort of punishments would you like? Time-outs? Hitting?
No hitting (yet her ex-babysitter slammed her kid against the wall?), time-outs are fine.
4 - Would you prefer that I updated my CPR certification?
Yes, I had a child die already to SIDS. (which she blamed on her cigarette smoking)
5 - Do we need to supply diapers and food for both children?
Yes, but no food for the youngest (9months old) because she is still on formula.
6 - Are they on a special diet? What are their favorite foods? Can they have candy as part of the reward system? Are they both still eating mushies?
Lactose Intolerant. Spaghetti. Yes. No, the eldest is not on mushies (I believe that he is, since he was eating at the time and was making the biggest mess known to man because it was solid food. Nothing was even getting into his mouth. Not trained in using forks/spoons)
7 - Are you on a current routine for bedtime, storytime, learning, naptime?
No, I pretty much put them down whenever. I also prefer that you sing to my daughter (the youngest).
8 - Are they potty trained and would you be expecting us to teach them?
No for both, and yes. My son is uncircumsized.
9 - Special Educational Needs?
None
10 - Do you have outside or inside rules of the house while they are in your care?
No. We have no rules here.
11 - Are they allowed on the playset and in the pool during the summer? If so, do you have bathing suits for them and floaties?
You would need to provide bathing suits and floaties. My youngest cannot go in/on either, my eldest needs to be watched on both.
12 - Favorite toys? What toys are not okay? Guns?
No favorite toys, and all toys are okay (though personally, I would never give a toy gun to any kid)
13 - Are the parks and the zoo okay to go for and if we go to the a paid event, would you be paying or us?
You would need to pay, and it would be okay with us.
14 - Do they both sleep in cribs still or toddler beds?
Both are crib sleepers, and we would like you to work on our eldest sleeping in a real bed.
15 - Would you need me to take them to the dentist and doctor for you, as well?
Yes, unpaid.
16 - Do you have insurance for both kids? Eyes, dental, doctor?
None. You would need to pay the copay.
17 - How much TV is okay per day? What channels?
As much TV as you want, any channel is acceptable. My son (the eldest) watches family guy. (okay...then....)
18 - Medical Conditions?
My son has had a recurring problem with urinary tract infections. (ew)
That was pretty much it, besides the general observations. She didn't have heat in her place (was using an open oven to heat her place and my kid almost burned her hand), and the place was messier then ours. Which is almost impossible. I understand having kids means no real time for cleaning, but this bitch didn't even clean up the feces on the floor.
They are also not trained in sippy cups (still both on bottles and the eldest has bottle rot), not potty trained...and basically run wild.
Turns out we didn't get the job. She went back to a previous babysitter whom she claims threw her kid against a wall. I doubted that and asked why she didn't call the cops - she claims she didn't want the drama. WTF. Then she got a text from said babysitter DURING our interview, and decided to call her back right in front of my face. If she was so willing to trash the previous sitter, then imagine what she would have said about us.
I was overall not impressed with her parenting style, nor the amount of responsibility that WE would be shouldering. We are not there to raise her kids FOR her, and she pretty much hasn't raised them at all before now. Also, the SIDS and urinary tract infections irked me. Also, she smelled like pot.
We were not hired, and honestly, I'm pretty happy about that. I'm considering calling CPS.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
RHOA - Kim says Nigger???
I haven't ever seen the show and I've read all of the comments. I am amazed at how hypocritical some of the posters have been. I see people making comments about how it is okay for a black person to say it, but not a white person to. That is wrong. You all talk about racism and how wrong it is. Do you realize how racist some of you sound just because you say a white person can NOT say it, but a black person can? We live in America, we should ALL be able TO say it or ALL not able to say it.
I even read the argument between Cali and Perionne (sp?). Cali keeps referring to Kim as the "white woman". How would you feel if I kept referring to you as the "black woman"? I'm pretty sure you'd be offended. She has a name, and you have not used it once (from what I saw). This also makes you look racist, or rather uncaring.
As per the actual "offense"? She named a band (whom I've never even heard of until now) by their name, and now people are upset about it. I can understand that. But, what I understand even more is that I am from the NE of the US. African-Amerians (is this still the PC term?) call white people w1ggars all the time and we laugh it off. There have been racist terms for WHITE and HISPANIC people as long as there have been for African-Americans.
Yes, the word could be construed as a bad word. However, if you are offended by a WORD maybe you should be considering WHY it offends you so much. Slavery happened over 100 (?) years ago. Most of us were NOT directly affected by it and have EQUAL opportunities (if not more then other races) for employment, schooling, financial aid (etc). For the people bringing slavery into this - please don't. It's like talking about what exactly happens in Iraq, when you've never even been there.
I'd also like to make a comment about the racist folks who are saying white people are constantly holding up line with food stamps, etc. Please. Do your research before you actually post something as ignorant as that. Majority of folks on food stamps (which btw, it is NOT white people) are illegals - of ANY race. Look at the latest census for proof, turns out they have been getting illegal benefits for YEARS and taking it away from people that actually NEED it.
As per it being looked bad for being on WIC (I saw a few comments on this), we are a military family and make little to nothing for our service. We have been on WIC since I was pregnant with my first daughter (of 2). This does NOT mean we are trailer park trash, or worthless in society. In fact, we make less then min. wage - and I had to personally give up my job as an ADA for my husband's military career. It all comes down to this - just because you stand in line an extra 5 seconds, doesn't mean they are a waste of humanity. It means they are rough times, living off money less then YOU do. Have some compassion (esp. if you claim to be "Christian") and get over the wait. We are a military family, putting OUR lives and FAMILY on the line so you can keep spewing your junk. Keep that in mind.
She did nothing wrong. She named a band (?). Worse things are said everyday towards other people, and I don't see HALF of the response I do for that. What about the protests on the military grave sights? Not much support there as there is a sh1tstorm over THIS! Get a grip!
I even read the argument between Cali and Perionne (sp?). Cali keeps referring to Kim as the "white woman". How would you feel if I kept referring to you as the "black woman"? I'm pretty sure you'd be offended. She has a name, and you have not used it once (from what I saw). This also makes you look racist, or rather uncaring.
As per the actual "offense"? She named a band (whom I've never even heard of until now) by their name, and now people are upset about it. I can understand that. But, what I understand even more is that I am from the NE of the US. African-Amerians (is this still the PC term?) call white people w1ggars all the time and we laugh it off. There have been racist terms for WHITE and HISPANIC people as long as there have been for African-Americans.
Yes, the word could be construed as a bad word. However, if you are offended by a WORD maybe you should be considering WHY it offends you so much. Slavery happened over 100 (?) years ago. Most of us were NOT directly affected by it and have EQUAL opportunities (if not more then other races) for employment, schooling, financial aid (etc). For the people bringing slavery into this - please don't. It's like talking about what exactly happens in Iraq, when you've never even been there.
I'd also like to make a comment about the racist folks who are saying white people are constantly holding up line with food stamps, etc. Please. Do your research before you actually post something as ignorant as that. Majority of folks on food stamps (which btw, it is NOT white people) are illegals - of ANY race. Look at the latest census for proof, turns out they have been getting illegal benefits for YEARS and taking it away from people that actually NEED it.
As per it being looked bad for being on WIC (I saw a few comments on this), we are a military family and make little to nothing for our service. We have been on WIC since I was pregnant with my first daughter (of 2). This does NOT mean we are trailer park trash, or worthless in society. In fact, we make less then min. wage - and I had to personally give up my job as an ADA for my husband's military career. It all comes down to this - just because you stand in line an extra 5 seconds, doesn't mean they are a waste of humanity. It means they are rough times, living off money less then YOU do. Have some compassion (esp. if you claim to be "Christian") and get over the wait. We are a military family, putting OUR lives and FAMILY on the line so you can keep spewing your junk. Keep that in mind.
She did nothing wrong. She named a band (?). Worse things are said everyday towards other people, and I don't see HALF of the response I do for that. What about the protests on the military grave sights? Not much support there as there is a sh1tstorm over THIS! Get a grip!
Don't Ask, Don't Tell
We received the survey in the mail, filled it out, sent it back. So the survey WAS sent out to actual military families. We obviously wrote down that we don't care if someone is gay or not, as long as they have my hubby's back. Pretty much how it goes in war. Anyone who has never been to Iraq, has no idea how important that is for our guys.
As per the people claiming that IF this old school law is abolished, that we would need to completely re-organize our housing (etc) to accommodate the gays...srsly, really? There have been gays in the military for decades. They obviously had no issue with being gay living in a normal facility with people, so why bother even segregating them further?
I think what it comes down to is this: If you aren't military, shut the fuck up about your opinion on this. If you are, you are probably smart enough to realize that what they do behind closed doors is none of our business. Hell, it's not like the gays are suddenly going to rape my husband in the shower. Come on now. Get a grip people.
Get rid of the policy, don't change a thing. We're good. Oh, and pay us more assholes. And if anyone is wondering why the actual military members NEVER comment on things like this (except mainly deserters or one signed contract people - aka doing it for the min amount of time), is because they CAN'T. They job is to protect our rights to say whatever the fuck we want to. Not to get involved in random bullshit, and you can all stop fucking protesting near my house - kthx.
PS. We are ARMY, meaning we do the longest tours (3 so far, 15 months each), so if you are Navy or Air Force doing your 4 month long tours - I don't care for your worthless opinions about being in Iraq. Do 3 15 month tours then call me and give your opinion.
PPS. Hubby has been babysitting ROTC recruits and with the mandatory Army Ball coming up, I am still not happy with babysitting 18 yr olds who obviously think it's "cool" to be military. They obviously still know jack shit about the military. Please, get a clue you fucking noobs, it's not all fucking roses!!!
As per the people claiming that IF this old school law is abolished, that we would need to completely re-organize our housing (etc) to accommodate the gays...srsly, really? There have been gays in the military for decades. They obviously had no issue with being gay living in a normal facility with people, so why bother even segregating them further?
I think what it comes down to is this: If you aren't military, shut the fuck up about your opinion on this. If you are, you are probably smart enough to realize that what they do behind closed doors is none of our business. Hell, it's not like the gays are suddenly going to rape my husband in the shower. Come on now. Get a grip people.
Get rid of the policy, don't change a thing. We're good. Oh, and pay us more assholes. And if anyone is wondering why the actual military members NEVER comment on things like this (except mainly deserters or one signed contract people - aka doing it for the min amount of time), is because they CAN'T. They job is to protect our rights to say whatever the fuck we want to. Not to get involved in random bullshit, and you can all stop fucking protesting near my house - kthx.
PS. We are ARMY, meaning we do the longest tours (3 so far, 15 months each), so if you are Navy or Air Force doing your 4 month long tours - I don't care for your worthless opinions about being in Iraq. Do 3 15 month tours then call me and give your opinion.
PPS. Hubby has been babysitting ROTC recruits and with the mandatory Army Ball coming up, I am still not happy with babysitting 18 yr olds who obviously think it's "cool" to be military. They obviously still know jack shit about the military. Please, get a clue you fucking noobs, it's not all fucking roses!!!
Friday, October 15, 2010
Parenthood - Jasmine and Crosby (Part 2)
No one is saying that all the kids in the world need to be raised the same exact way, I'm not sure why you jumped to this conclusion. But, we are saying that moving around every 3-4 weeks is a bad situation for ANY kid. As a military spouse, I am super judgemental about that sort of thing. My husband and I put our kids first. To the extent of buying a house when they started school, and both of us living in seperate states until he retired. It worked out well for our well-adjusted children, and when I asked them about it later - they were really happy with the decision we made. If we had of kept moving around to "follow dreams", we would have little emo anti-social kids running around. I'd rather my kids grow up with their friends and be in the same school EVERY school year. That is MY parenting choice, and it has turned out for the better.
I feel that as a parent, you are required to make special sacrifices for your children. Picking them up and moving them around every 3-4 weeks is NOT a sacrifice, it's leaving that child with attachment issues. I don't care if it's the summer. That child should at least be in one place for ONE school year, not every month being in a different place. If you noticed, not even military families move THAT often. It's MAYBE once every year.
I see a problem with her moving because I had the same exact choice to make. I picked the correct decision to put my own kids first, drop my career, put my relationship on hold, and gain stability in our hectic household. I hated living out of boxes, and now I'm hating being a single parent. That's MY decision though. I put MY kids first, she did NOT. She put her CAREER (something inanimate) over her CHILD (something LIVING).
Having a dream career is one thing. If your kid is suffering because of it, it's an entirely different thing. I'm happy that she realized her kid should come first, and that she missed being around him. However, I don't think she would have made that decision if Jabbar had been forced to go to Europe with her.
I think that Crosby stepped up to the plate the minute he found out, and that he is attempting to be a good dad. I give him props for that, but I don't think that makes him a "sperm" donor. He was denied his child's birth and the 5 years following, because SHE wanted to follow her career. That is a big no-no. He has rights, and he missed out on a lot, because of HER.
What harm has been done by her? He doesn't have a stable household, no stable parental influence, different rules, different schools, different everything. Moving around is no biggie, once in a while. But in the REAL world, people don't move that much if they have children. Following your job is one thing, following it around the world with a 5 yr old in tow, is completely different.
Aside from the direct impatct on Jabbar's life, she also denied him his father. She didn't inform Crobsy he even had a son until she wanted to pick up and follow her dream AGAIN. That's a serious lapse in judgement. It is not a logical choice to be a single parent, and turn her family against him, when he obviously would have stepped up (as he did now). She wanted to be selfish and travel the country. She denied Crosby his parental rights, and his son his father. In my eyes, that is a serious breach in her character.
In the end, she chose to have that child. No one beat her or forced her to give birth. She did that all on her own. Now, she needs to raise it and should have been doing so from the start. Please remember that Crosby was an unknowing sperm donor, and he even stated if he had known, he would have stepped up sooner. That was HER decision and you are taking it out on him.
It takes a much bigger person to give up their dream for their child, then it does to put their dream over their child's needs. That's what it comes down to. Her job isn't a 9-5pm job. It's moving around all over the place, AND dragging her child with her. That's why the REAL parents who REALLY put their kids first should be given props. Rather the selfish parent who didn't give one whit about her kid while she did all of the dragging.
You can have your dream, just not right now. Wait until your kid is grown up and out of your house. That is what REAL parents do. She put her "dream" (if it's even that to her), over her child that she CHOSE to have. In making that choice, she should have realized the responsibility that came along with it. She didn't, or chose not to accept that responsibility. Hence, she is a SELFISH/LAZY parent.
Real parents make those sacrifices everyday, we shouldn't give her props for finally deciding to put her child first (after 5 years?). This should be considered a requirement for parenthood. My husband, myself, and our friends put our children first over our dreams nonstop. It's called being a parent.
I agree that she still has some growing up to do, but I believe that it took her a little too long to realize that. The minute her kid was born, she should have been stepping up to the plate. Not 5-6 years later. This is called lazy parenting.
Ask any REAL parent out there what their dream job or dream is. Most likely they don't have that dream job anymore because the kids come first. They should always come first.
My point is: We shouldn't give props to someone who should have been doing this all along. Crosby has an excuse for being left out of his son's life (due to her), and he obviously stepped up to be a REAL parent immediately. She only realized it years later. That's a big difference in my eyes.
On that note, let's thank all the dead beat dads or moms who suddenly disappear and then reappear in their children's lives 20 years later. No, I don't think so. They screwed up their child's childhood, and now they want to reap the rewards. Granted, Jasmine is as bad, but she put herself first for a good 5 years. That's not how parenthood works. YOU can have YOUR dream when your kids are 18 and living outside of your house. You chose to have that kid, now you can raise it.
I feel that as a parent, you are required to make special sacrifices for your children. Picking them up and moving them around every 3-4 weeks is NOT a sacrifice, it's leaving that child with attachment issues. I don't care if it's the summer. That child should at least be in one place for ONE school year, not every month being in a different place. If you noticed, not even military families move THAT often. It's MAYBE once every year.
I see a problem with her moving because I had the same exact choice to make. I picked the correct decision to put my own kids first, drop my career, put my relationship on hold, and gain stability in our hectic household. I hated living out of boxes, and now I'm hating being a single parent. That's MY decision though. I put MY kids first, she did NOT. She put her CAREER (something inanimate) over her CHILD (something LIVING).
Having a dream career is one thing. If your kid is suffering because of it, it's an entirely different thing. I'm happy that she realized her kid should come first, and that she missed being around him. However, I don't think she would have made that decision if Jabbar had been forced to go to Europe with her.
I think that Crosby stepped up to the plate the minute he found out, and that he is attempting to be a good dad. I give him props for that, but I don't think that makes him a "sperm" donor. He was denied his child's birth and the 5 years following, because SHE wanted to follow her career. That is a big no-no. He has rights, and he missed out on a lot, because of HER.
What harm has been done by her? He doesn't have a stable household, no stable parental influence, different rules, different schools, different everything. Moving around is no biggie, once in a while. But in the REAL world, people don't move that much if they have children. Following your job is one thing, following it around the world with a 5 yr old in tow, is completely different.
Aside from the direct impatct on Jabbar's life, she also denied him his father. She didn't inform Crobsy he even had a son until she wanted to pick up and follow her dream AGAIN. That's a serious lapse in judgement. It is not a logical choice to be a single parent, and turn her family against him, when he obviously would have stepped up (as he did now). She wanted to be selfish and travel the country. She denied Crosby his parental rights, and his son his father. In my eyes, that is a serious breach in her character.
In the end, she chose to have that child. No one beat her or forced her to give birth. She did that all on her own. Now, she needs to raise it and should have been doing so from the start. Please remember that Crosby was an unknowing sperm donor, and he even stated if he had known, he would have stepped up sooner. That was HER decision and you are taking it out on him.
It takes a much bigger person to give up their dream for their child, then it does to put their dream over their child's needs. That's what it comes down to. Her job isn't a 9-5pm job. It's moving around all over the place, AND dragging her child with her. That's why the REAL parents who REALLY put their kids first should be given props. Rather the selfish parent who didn't give one whit about her kid while she did all of the dragging.
You can have your dream, just not right now. Wait until your kid is grown up and out of your house. That is what REAL parents do. She put her "dream" (if it's even that to her), over her child that she CHOSE to have. In making that choice, she should have realized the responsibility that came along with it. She didn't, or chose not to accept that responsibility. Hence, she is a SELFISH/LAZY parent.
Real parents make those sacrifices everyday, we shouldn't give her props for finally deciding to put her child first (after 5 years?). This should be considered a requirement for parenthood. My husband, myself, and our friends put our children first over our dreams nonstop. It's called being a parent.
I agree that she still has some growing up to do, but I believe that it took her a little too long to realize that. The minute her kid was born, she should have been stepping up to the plate. Not 5-6 years later. This is called lazy parenting.
Ask any REAL parent out there what their dream job or dream is. Most likely they don't have that dream job anymore because the kids come first. They should always come first.
My point is: We shouldn't give props to someone who should have been doing this all along. Crosby has an excuse for being left out of his son's life (due to her), and he obviously stepped up to be a REAL parent immediately. She only realized it years later. That's a big difference in my eyes.
On that note, let's thank all the dead beat dads or moms who suddenly disappear and then reappear in their children's lives 20 years later. No, I don't think so. They screwed up their child's childhood, and now they want to reap the rewards. Granted, Jasmine is as bad, but she put herself first for a good 5 years. That's not how parenthood works. YOU can have YOUR dream when your kids are 18 and living outside of your house. You chose to have that kid, now you can raise it.
Monday, October 11, 2010
Neighbor's Dog Shit
I recently noticed dog shit in my backyard. For a while there our grass was green and growing perfectly well. Now, it is all dead and random piles of dog shit keep popping up in our BACK yard. Our back yard is huge. The piles are right off of our back patio, right by our back door. I stepped in it yesterday afternoon when I was taking the girls out to play. In flip flops. Not fun.
We've had numerous issues with these neighbors before. These are the fucked up neighbors that don't watch their kids and basically don't even talk to us. They are the source of our gossip issues. I'm not surprised.
They left their dog chained up all summer long in a small cage and barely let it out. It reached over a 100 degrees during summer, and the dog would still be out there barking all day/night long. We didn't think we should call anyone because we had literally just moved in, and didn't want to cause a stink. It's their dog, so why worry?
Well, worry we have been recently. I first noticed the random piles of shit at the end of the summer. They had started taking their dog back inside their house, and letting it loose at night to do it's business. Two nights ago, I heard a dog barking like it was literally outside of my kitchen window. I flipped on the outside light switch, and there was their big husky dog taking a shit in our yard. What.the.fuck.
So, the next day, I went outside with the kids like we always do. Before, I had noticed random shit piles and cleaned it up. This time, I completely forgot about the shit and stepped right into a pile. Upon further closer inspection, there was over 15 piles in my yard. In the same general area.
I am not happy. We filed a police complaint, and have returned their "presents" onto their driveway. There are some piles in the front, but we decided to just clean those up ourselves. I'm honestly surprised that this is the reason our grass was dying, but apparently dog piss can burn and destroy grass. I should have known this.
God, I can't wait till we get a fence. I know our yard is a mess, but shit, if you want it cleaned up - pick up after your dog and don't let it loose.
Update: After filing the complaint, they are now leaving their presents on the sidewalk. I wrote in sidewalk chalk to "stop shitting here", and threw the piles back into their yard.
We've had numerous issues with these neighbors before. These are the fucked up neighbors that don't watch their kids and basically don't even talk to us. They are the source of our gossip issues. I'm not surprised.
They left their dog chained up all summer long in a small cage and barely let it out. It reached over a 100 degrees during summer, and the dog would still be out there barking all day/night long. We didn't think we should call anyone because we had literally just moved in, and didn't want to cause a stink. It's their dog, so why worry?
Well, worry we have been recently. I first noticed the random piles of shit at the end of the summer. They had started taking their dog back inside their house, and letting it loose at night to do it's business. Two nights ago, I heard a dog barking like it was literally outside of my kitchen window. I flipped on the outside light switch, and there was their big husky dog taking a shit in our yard. What.the.fuck.
So, the next day, I went outside with the kids like we always do. Before, I had noticed random shit piles and cleaned it up. This time, I completely forgot about the shit and stepped right into a pile. Upon further closer inspection, there was over 15 piles in my yard. In the same general area.
I am not happy. We filed a police complaint, and have returned their "presents" onto their driveway. There are some piles in the front, but we decided to just clean those up ourselves. I'm honestly surprised that this is the reason our grass was dying, but apparently dog piss can burn and destroy grass. I should have known this.
God, I can't wait till we get a fence. I know our yard is a mess, but shit, if you want it cleaned up - pick up after your dog and don't let it loose.
Update: After filing the complaint, they are now leaving their presents on the sidewalk. I wrote in sidewalk chalk to "stop shitting here", and threw the piles back into their yard.
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Parenthood - Jasmine and Crosby
I've been watching Parenthood and Modern Family since the inception of both shows. I like them both equally, but some things really bother me on Parenthood. I'm going to straight up list my feelings about Jasmine and Crosby. I'm not a fan of Jasmine. At all.
Ask any parent. Once you have a kid, your LIFE changes FOR your kid. She didn't change her life much at all, and continues to put EVERYTHING before her son.
Also, you should watch the show in depth. He offered to move up to NY because the travelling was taking it's toll. Skype is amazing, but it's not the same as living with your child. He wants that, she doesn't want to stop moving around!
Tell me, who is more of a parent? The person who would willingly give up their job and everything else for their child (in this case, Crosby though I'm sure he has his limits) or the parent who won't stop flitting around the country to "feed her soul". If you ask me, SHE is a terrible parent. Especially with how she withheld Crosby's son from him - WILLINGLY.
Yes, I consider it an unforgivable act to not tell the father (who is a decent guy) about his son. Crosby is not a drunken, abusive jerk. He's a guy that knocked a girl up and didn't know about it. She is a chick who got knocked up and won't even settle down for her kid (aka stop moving). She is obviously a bad person. She wanted to look like the good guy, but telling her family he knew but didn't care. Selfish. I would be more willing to understand if Crosby was a drunken jerk - but he's not. He has a stable job, a place to live, and loves that kid to death. Explain a GOOD reason for her NOT to tell him about their son? So far I'm hearing SILENCE and a bunch of EXCUSES.
I'm hoping he finally gets the nerve to take that kid from her. The kid is living with grandmommy instead of daddy. Last time I checked there is NO SUCH THING as grandparental rights in ANY state. AKA Daddy has a right to raise his son, and grandmommy doesn't.
I'm hoping that Jasmine gets finally called out for her nasty actions during this entire situation. She hasn't stepped up as a mother, let alone human being, and I doubt she ever will. Crosby isn't perfect, but so far he's a better parent then Jasmine.
I hope people replying to this topic have actually done some research on the topic before responding to it. Apparently, it is 100% legal to raise a child in your CAR (let alone a boat) and even CPS cannot get involved.
I dislike how Jasmine is constantly undermining Crosby's role as the father. She waited until her son was 5 (?) before even popping back up. Then she tells him that her career comes first over her child's stability (yes, picking up and moving every 3 weeks is not healthy), and now she is constantly acting like a grandparent has more rights then a FATHER. There is no such thing as grandparental rights, but there is such thing as PARENTAL rights.
She needs to get that through her head, and fast. I don't blame Crosby for threatening to get the sister involved. In fact, he should have gotten his custodial rights IN WRITING before now. I think Jasmine shouldn't have gotten angry at Crosby wanting to keep his son with him, especially after her lame excuses (Jabbar has stayed over with grandma more then you....WTF).
As per her attitude....I do consider it GHETTO, and no you don't need to be black to act ghetto. She acted like trailer park trash during that entire argument, and keeping a father away from his son is considered illegal (especially if he is helping raise the child/child support).
Edit: Loved the part in tonight's episode where Crosby told off the grandmother. Everything he said to her was 100% true, and honestly the grandmother has NO RIGHT to try to break that bond between them. I don't know if she has realized it or not, but SHE didn't have sex and create that kid. She is NOT the parent, and if anyone is running away from responsibility it's HER DAUGHTER!
Ask any parent. Once you have a kid, your LIFE changes FOR your kid. She didn't change her life much at all, and continues to put EVERYTHING before her son.
Also, you should watch the show in depth. He offered to move up to NY because the travelling was taking it's toll. Skype is amazing, but it's not the same as living with your child. He wants that, she doesn't want to stop moving around!
Tell me, who is more of a parent? The person who would willingly give up their job and everything else for their child (in this case, Crosby though I'm sure he has his limits) or the parent who won't stop flitting around the country to "feed her soul". If you ask me, SHE is a terrible parent. Especially with how she withheld Crosby's son from him - WILLINGLY.
Yes, I consider it an unforgivable act to not tell the father (who is a decent guy) about his son. Crosby is not a drunken, abusive jerk. He's a guy that knocked a girl up and didn't know about it. She is a chick who got knocked up and won't even settle down for her kid (aka stop moving). She is obviously a bad person. She wanted to look like the good guy, but telling her family he knew but didn't care. Selfish. I would be more willing to understand if Crosby was a drunken jerk - but he's not. He has a stable job, a place to live, and loves that kid to death. Explain a GOOD reason for her NOT to tell him about their son? So far I'm hearing SILENCE and a bunch of EXCUSES.
I'm hoping he finally gets the nerve to take that kid from her. The kid is living with grandmommy instead of daddy. Last time I checked there is NO SUCH THING as grandparental rights in ANY state. AKA Daddy has a right to raise his son, and grandmommy doesn't.
I'm hoping that Jasmine gets finally called out for her nasty actions during this entire situation. She hasn't stepped up as a mother, let alone human being, and I doubt she ever will. Crosby isn't perfect, but so far he's a better parent then Jasmine.
I hope people replying to this topic have actually done some research on the topic before responding to it. Apparently, it is 100% legal to raise a child in your CAR (let alone a boat) and even CPS cannot get involved.
I dislike how Jasmine is constantly undermining Crosby's role as the father. She waited until her son was 5 (?) before even popping back up. Then she tells him that her career comes first over her child's stability (yes, picking up and moving every 3 weeks is not healthy), and now she is constantly acting like a grandparent has more rights then a FATHER. There is no such thing as grandparental rights, but there is such thing as PARENTAL rights.
She needs to get that through her head, and fast. I don't blame Crosby for threatening to get the sister involved. In fact, he should have gotten his custodial rights IN WRITING before now. I think Jasmine shouldn't have gotten angry at Crosby wanting to keep his son with him, especially after her lame excuses (Jabbar has stayed over with grandma more then you....WTF).
As per her attitude....I do consider it GHETTO, and no you don't need to be black to act ghetto. She acted like trailer park trash during that entire argument, and keeping a father away from his son is considered illegal (especially if he is helping raise the child/child support).
Edit: Loved the part in tonight's episode where Crosby told off the grandmother. Everything he said to her was 100% true, and honestly the grandmother has NO RIGHT to try to break that bond between them. I don't know if she has realized it or not, but SHE didn't have sex and create that kid. She is NOT the parent, and if anyone is running away from responsibility it's HER DAUGHTER!
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Tellyn
I've been leading our guild since WoW came out. My husband is GM, but I pretty much run everything. I'm the one with the loot list, the complaints, watching people's dps/skill, you name it - I do it.
We have a guildie (chick) in our guild who literally cannot do anything right. She's pregnant and her boyfriend (or was it fiance?) is one of our main tanks (he's slow at everything). Now, this other officer chick and I make fun of her all the fucking time. She's an attention whore and in love with twilight. Why the fuck shouldn't we? Add on, she's pregnant and won't STFU about it. Seriously, she got pissed at my hubby for not looking at her ultrasound. LOLOL I'm not kidding! LOL
So, today we finally killed LK 25 (took us so long because of peopel like her). On this fight, the locks basically don't even need to move and pretty much should be OP on it. Wrong. Tellyn is the worst lock I've ever seen. She did 10k after we got rezzed by the boss, so we KNOW she can do the dps (I did 14k). Before that she was doing 7.5k dps. I died at 12k, she was the only other dps on my valk and let me die. The other dps was also grabbed.
Mind you. I've done a lot of research on her over the past few months. It's my job. Her actual dps should always rival mine (fire mage). We have the same exact gearscore (I'm above by 13 points - 1 277 piece over her 1 264 piece). We have the same exact trinkets. I move more, call out shit, and basically know what the fuck I'm doing.
Her average dps, after checking it, should be 11-13k. Mine should be 12k - which is 100% accurate. I'm not fluffing it up either. On H Blood Queen I do an easy 22-25k, and she does maybe 9k. With bite. She's not coming anywhere close to that. She's been doing MAYBE 8k tops. This isn't the first time I've noticed. I've been noticing it for months, and have tried to address it but her dps is a fucking ping pong. One day it's decent, the next day she sucks ass.
So, I had the hubby and myself pull her and her boyfriend (?) aside to talk to them about it. We tried to be nice, we explained in detail wtf was going on. She came up with the normal excuses. "I was on the phone tonight" "I'm having rl issues" "I'm pregnant". You list it, she's tried it before.
Shit, new people are blowing her outta the water in a hurry. She is seriously like a constant 12th on dps out of 15 dps (sometimes 14). It's not cause of gear. It's not cause she can't play. It's cause she is fucking lazy.
So, I'm chatting on vent after raid to the guildies. Telling them if their Gear Score is equal to mine, they should be pulling over 8k. I list Tellyn as a reference, and get on her about it again. (This was after attempting to do it in private, and she had the nerve to post in guild chat that she does an even 15k dps - my ass.) So, I addressed it as nastily as possible. I figure, if being nice doesn't work maybe being a prick will.
She gquits. LOL I call her an attention whore, who can't even do the dps of a new 80. Which is true. I was doing 8k dps as a new 80, with shit gear as frostfire. Naturally, they are in denial about her dps and her boyfriend (?) claims that I'm just picking on her (WAHHH) and that we WERE like family to her (WAHH AGAIN), but now she is butthurt or something.
LOLOL I told her she shouldn't come back until she can put on her big girl panties and address her dps issues. That it had nothing to do with the fact that she is an attention whore (yes, I said that out of spite), or that I dislike her. It was because after months of throwing loot at her, I'd had enough. I probably won't ginvite her back.
PS. Nothing is ever her fault. She's getting kicked out of her apartment because she can't pay the rent, yet claims the roommate is a bitch. She wants to claim (because she is pregnant and her boyfriend isn't working) that she is single with medicaid and the government to get free housing benefits (etc). She's in love with twilight, and thinks the books are a work of art. LOL Her mother was payin for her cellphone but stopped because the mom didn't want to pay for it when her boyfriend won't even get a job (forced parenting to grow the fuck up) - yet her mother is a bitch cause of it. Btw: My hubby didn't care to see my sonograms, so why the fuck would he want to see yours??
The list goes on. This is the type of person she is. I don't like this type of person.
Update: 8/13/2013
Tellyn has since remained in contact with all of us from the original guild (yes, we still exist). I once jokingly suggested she name her kid Jayden. My cat's name is Jayden. Know what she named her kid? Jaden. LOL Different spelling but the same.
She has since had another kid. She left the original fiance, and took the kid illegally with her. He no longer sees his own child, but they are both deadbeats...so I don't care. What gets me is that she disappeared in the middle of the night with his child, without telling him. It's been 2 years since he's seen his daughter.
She has another child with her now current fiance, and she is still an attention whore like no other. Everyday on facebook, she is linking pictures of how cute her kids are. I get it that you think your kids are adorable, but there is a limit to posting pictures. Just because your kid is eating bananas (AGAIN), doesn't mean I want to see it EVERYDAY. I eventually had to turn off her status updates, it was that fucking annoying.
She also likes to have "private conversations" with my husband about her life. Attention whore, find a different man to talk to. He doesn't even like you. He removed her off his facebook, and she freaked out like she was his ex-wife or something. He has no ties to you. He's not required to look at your shit, nor talk to you. Get a life!
We have a guildie (chick) in our guild who literally cannot do anything right. She's pregnant and her boyfriend (or was it fiance?) is one of our main tanks (he's slow at everything). Now, this other officer chick and I make fun of her all the fucking time. She's an attention whore and in love with twilight. Why the fuck shouldn't we? Add on, she's pregnant and won't STFU about it. Seriously, she got pissed at my hubby for not looking at her ultrasound. LOLOL I'm not kidding! LOL
So, today we finally killed LK 25 (took us so long because of peopel like her). On this fight, the locks basically don't even need to move and pretty much should be OP on it. Wrong. Tellyn is the worst lock I've ever seen. She did 10k after we got rezzed by the boss, so we KNOW she can do the dps (I did 14k). Before that she was doing 7.5k dps. I died at 12k, she was the only other dps on my valk and let me die. The other dps was also grabbed.
Mind you. I've done a lot of research on her over the past few months. It's my job. Her actual dps should always rival mine (fire mage). We have the same exact gearscore (I'm above by 13 points - 1 277 piece over her 1 264 piece). We have the same exact trinkets. I move more, call out shit, and basically know what the fuck I'm doing.
Her average dps, after checking it, should be 11-13k. Mine should be 12k - which is 100% accurate. I'm not fluffing it up either. On H Blood Queen I do an easy 22-25k, and she does maybe 9k. With bite. She's not coming anywhere close to that. She's been doing MAYBE 8k tops. This isn't the first time I've noticed. I've been noticing it for months, and have tried to address it but her dps is a fucking ping pong. One day it's decent, the next day she sucks ass.
So, I had the hubby and myself pull her and her boyfriend (?) aside to talk to them about it. We tried to be nice, we explained in detail wtf was going on. She came up with the normal excuses. "I was on the phone tonight" "I'm having rl issues" "I'm pregnant". You list it, she's tried it before.
Shit, new people are blowing her outta the water in a hurry. She is seriously like a constant 12th on dps out of 15 dps (sometimes 14). It's not cause of gear. It's not cause she can't play. It's cause she is fucking lazy.
So, I'm chatting on vent after raid to the guildies. Telling them if their Gear Score is equal to mine, they should be pulling over 8k. I list Tellyn as a reference, and get on her about it again. (This was after attempting to do it in private, and she had the nerve to post in guild chat that she does an even 15k dps - my ass.) So, I addressed it as nastily as possible. I figure, if being nice doesn't work maybe being a prick will.
She gquits. LOL I call her an attention whore, who can't even do the dps of a new 80. Which is true. I was doing 8k dps as a new 80, with shit gear as frostfire. Naturally, they are in denial about her dps and her boyfriend (?) claims that I'm just picking on her (WAHHH) and that we WERE like family to her (WAHH AGAIN), but now she is butthurt or something.
LOLOL I told her she shouldn't come back until she can put on her big girl panties and address her dps issues. That it had nothing to do with the fact that she is an attention whore (yes, I said that out of spite), or that I dislike her. It was because after months of throwing loot at her, I'd had enough. I probably won't ginvite her back.
PS. Nothing is ever her fault. She's getting kicked out of her apartment because she can't pay the rent, yet claims the roommate is a bitch. She wants to claim (because she is pregnant and her boyfriend isn't working) that she is single with medicaid and the government to get free housing benefits (etc). She's in love with twilight, and thinks the books are a work of art. LOL Her mother was payin for her cellphone but stopped because the mom didn't want to pay for it when her boyfriend won't even get a job (forced parenting to grow the fuck up) - yet her mother is a bitch cause of it. Btw: My hubby didn't care to see my sonograms, so why the fuck would he want to see yours??
The list goes on. This is the type of person she is. I don't like this type of person.
Update: 8/13/2013
Tellyn has since remained in contact with all of us from the original guild (yes, we still exist). I once jokingly suggested she name her kid Jayden. My cat's name is Jayden. Know what she named her kid? Jaden. LOL Different spelling but the same.
She has since had another kid. She left the original fiance, and took the kid illegally with her. He no longer sees his own child, but they are both deadbeats...so I don't care. What gets me is that she disappeared in the middle of the night with his child, without telling him. It's been 2 years since he's seen his daughter.
She has another child with her now current fiance, and she is still an attention whore like no other. Everyday on facebook, she is linking pictures of how cute her kids are. I get it that you think your kids are adorable, but there is a limit to posting pictures. Just because your kid is eating bananas (AGAIN), doesn't mean I want to see it EVERYDAY. I eventually had to turn off her status updates, it was that fucking annoying.
She also likes to have "private conversations" with my husband about her life. Attention whore, find a different man to talk to. He doesn't even like you. He removed her off his facebook, and she freaked out like she was his ex-wife or something. He has no ties to you. He's not required to look at your shit, nor talk to you. Get a life!
VOA 10 (Pug) - What fun!
Just got done with a VOA 10 pug. I offered to help my OP pally healer, even though I don't need anything from it. I know I'm a badass pally healer, I've been told numerous times. I heal 11/12 H 25 every week on my alt, and if my heals are good enough to be a main tank healer (on my alt with shit gear), then I was pretty sure I could handle a pug. Who knew I was wrong!
Get in there with 2 tanks, first tank has entered too many instances and we decide to try with only one tank. Everything is going fine. Druid healer finally catches up to us, and gets 1 shot by the icebolt (from the add before the boss). I laughed hardcore, though not in public.
Apparently this put the druid healer in a pissy mood. He is also in shit gear. He apparently thinks he's god's gift to tank healers as well. I'm spamming the shit outta the tank, and pull off to do a holy shock on my guildie (the one I'm helping) since he was almost dead. Tank drops instantly. That 1 holy shock could have been a holy light, and would have saved the tank. I had been randomly trying to help heal the raid but everytime I pulled off the tank he'd drop and I'd scramble to catch up again.
After tank dies, I drop down to almost non-existant health. I had around 100 hp and so I did the first thing that came to my mind - di'd the druid healer. Apparently, that is a bad call since he was going to brez the tank (even though the dps was dying all around him).
I check the charts, I'm doing an easy 7.5k hps and the druid is doing 4.4k hps. I'm double him on both tank and raid. I'm like huh...that's odd, isn't he a druid? Shouldn't he heal the raid? Apparently, I'm mistaken! After we wipe, the druid starts in on me - saying that HE was the one keeping the tank alive.
Apparently, since I have beacon my flashes should have kept the tank up (regardless that I was literally spamming the shit out of him with holy light) and that I was a noob for DI'ing him. Okay. He kept going on for a good 10minutes, and basically at the end claimed the same thing I did "I pulled off the tank and he died". Uh what? Man, whatever. I try to keep my mouth shut, I respond very little. Really unlike me.
So, after all my awesomeness in heroic 25 and basically carrying baddies like that druid - I have no idea how to heal. Go figure. We eventually got another tank and tied on healing (he focused tanks, and I healed everyone). I seriously slacked off, cause I honestly didn't give a shit.
I asked my hubby (GM and our raid leader) about it. He says I was 100% right. It turns out you can only 1 tank it with 2 BADASS healers (super geared), or with 3 healers (my gearscore) - one being a pally. That the pally should NEVER pull off the tank, since it's exactly like solo healing tanks during heroic 25 bosses. Yup. I was right, but looked like the bad guy cause he was causing such a stink.
THIS is why I never pug.
Get in there with 2 tanks, first tank has entered too many instances and we decide to try with only one tank. Everything is going fine. Druid healer finally catches up to us, and gets 1 shot by the icebolt (from the add before the boss). I laughed hardcore, though not in public.
Apparently this put the druid healer in a pissy mood. He is also in shit gear. He apparently thinks he's god's gift to tank healers as well. I'm spamming the shit outta the tank, and pull off to do a holy shock on my guildie (the one I'm helping) since he was almost dead. Tank drops instantly. That 1 holy shock could have been a holy light, and would have saved the tank. I had been randomly trying to help heal the raid but everytime I pulled off the tank he'd drop and I'd scramble to catch up again.
After tank dies, I drop down to almost non-existant health. I had around 100 hp and so I did the first thing that came to my mind - di'd the druid healer. Apparently, that is a bad call since he was going to brez the tank (even though the dps was dying all around him).
I check the charts, I'm doing an easy 7.5k hps and the druid is doing 4.4k hps. I'm double him on both tank and raid. I'm like huh...that's odd, isn't he a druid? Shouldn't he heal the raid? Apparently, I'm mistaken! After we wipe, the druid starts in on me - saying that HE was the one keeping the tank alive.
Apparently, since I have beacon my flashes should have kept the tank up (regardless that I was literally spamming the shit out of him with holy light) and that I was a noob for DI'ing him. Okay. He kept going on for a good 10minutes, and basically at the end claimed the same thing I did "I pulled off the tank and he died". Uh what? Man, whatever. I try to keep my mouth shut, I respond very little. Really unlike me.
So, after all my awesomeness in heroic 25 and basically carrying baddies like that druid - I have no idea how to heal. Go figure. We eventually got another tank and tied on healing (he focused tanks, and I healed everyone). I seriously slacked off, cause I honestly didn't give a shit.
I asked my hubby (GM and our raid leader) about it. He says I was 100% right. It turns out you can only 1 tank it with 2 BADASS healers (super geared), or with 3 healers (my gearscore) - one being a pally. That the pally should NEVER pull off the tank, since it's exactly like solo healing tanks during heroic 25 bosses. Yup. I was right, but looked like the bad guy cause he was causing such a stink.
THIS is why I never pug.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Speech Developmentally Delayed Child VS State Workers
I've been trying to get my eldest into a specialized pre-school, that specializes in speech development for over 2 years. We've had numerous problems from our insurance not covering privately funded operations to state workers named Kim Barfus who don't do their jobs.
I have a friend that works for CPS in Az. I told him about my problem, and while we live in different states, he has helped immeasurably. He was the one who told me that the state actually provides FREE and usually BETTER pre-school speech development programs. He provided me with a number for a local pre-school (Riverside Preschool), and the number for Kim Barfus - who apparently sets everything up.
She is a state worker, same as my friend. However, there is a key difference between my friend and Kim. Kim is lazy. The first time I tried to contact her was in June (after over 2 years of trying to muck my way through it alone). She didn't answer my phone calls and didn't call me back. Then I sent an email on July 9th, and basically said the same thing I said on my phone messages. I didn't get a response until July 15th. She was on vacation and would contact me when she got back.
I got a call back finally on August 24th. I had missed the week's previous call from her, since my daughter was having teeth surgery and things were hectic. Please note the dates. I even checked my phone to make sure those dates were correct. Note also, after a little bit of math, that is over 40 days after I got a response from her via email. That is one damn long vacation, bitch. Whatever, I was happy to get a call back. She will now blame ME for not answering my phone that ONE time (did today).
During that phone conversation, I briefly described my daughter's speaking habits and WHY she needed to be in to see a specialist who can diagnos how bad she is. Meaning, if she is super bad she goes to a special pre-school and if not so bad then she only goes 2x a week for 2 hours total. Awesome, right? Well, here's the kicker...apparently there are over 10 kids in front of my kid even though I've been trying to set this up since June. Also, apparently her secretary is going to call me to set up the appointment.
I waited. I waited until about a week ago. Then, I started spam calling. Bitch, doesn't answer the phone. Today, I finally lose it. It's Sept 15th. We've been waiting a total of 16 days for a call to set up the appointment, since she called me. Total of 56 days to just get her in to be seen.
When I didn't get through to Kim (no surprise there), I started hitting extensions until I got a live person to talk to. I basically said we had waited since June, and we wanted a least an appointment set up. 2 years total, and I can't wait any longer for a fucking date at least. She takes down my information and calls guess who calls me back! KIM BARFUS NOT FIVE MINUTES LATER!
Bitch is being a bitch on the phone. Basically says it's been "July 15th", not June. Like that matters, whatever floats your boat honey. She tells me SHE can set up the appointment RIGHT THEN on the phone. What?! No secretary? WTF. Basically treats me like this is MY fault, because I missed the ONLY call she placed to my phone in the last 56 days. Yeah, okay. So I lie. I'm like, "Well, my daughter's doctors are harassing me to know when she will be seen and I can't keep stalling them any longer."
October 22nd 9am. My CPS friend tells me now that I am done bugging the shit outta them to be super nice as shit. My daughter is behind a grade now because of that bitch. They won't let her in for this school year because Kim Barfus took so long. So, even after waiting all of that time, my daughter is behind. Thanks Kim. YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB! IF YOU DON'T LIKE DOING YOUR JOB, THEN STOP WORKING THERE BITCH!
This is their website for the school: http://www.lcsd.logan.k12.ut.us/riverside/
Notice at the bottom it says preschool teacher next to her name. That bitch doesn't have a secretary.
Edit: Caused a stink with the board of education. They are looking into a better way to get her into that exact preschool (there are none others in this area), thank god. I know I made her look bad, but hey, if you act like a lazy worthless bitch, you deserve it. I should also mention that there is a federal law that protects military children getting into any type of school at a young age (6 and under). Apparently, they are required to take them in no questions asked...no issues. Way to break the law, scuzzbag.
I have a friend that works for CPS in Az. I told him about my problem, and while we live in different states, he has helped immeasurably. He was the one who told me that the state actually provides FREE and usually BETTER pre-school speech development programs. He provided me with a number for a local pre-school (Riverside Preschool), and the number for Kim Barfus - who apparently sets everything up.
She is a state worker, same as my friend. However, there is a key difference between my friend and Kim. Kim is lazy. The first time I tried to contact her was in June (after over 2 years of trying to muck my way through it alone). She didn't answer my phone calls and didn't call me back. Then I sent an email on July 9th, and basically said the same thing I said on my phone messages. I didn't get a response until July 15th. She was on vacation and would contact me when she got back.
I got a call back finally on August 24th. I had missed the week's previous call from her, since my daughter was having teeth surgery and things were hectic. Please note the dates. I even checked my phone to make sure those dates were correct. Note also, after a little bit of math, that is over 40 days after I got a response from her via email. That is one damn long vacation, bitch. Whatever, I was happy to get a call back. She will now blame ME for not answering my phone that ONE time (did today).
During that phone conversation, I briefly described my daughter's speaking habits and WHY she needed to be in to see a specialist who can diagnos how bad she is. Meaning, if she is super bad she goes to a special pre-school and if not so bad then she only goes 2x a week for 2 hours total. Awesome, right? Well, here's the kicker...apparently there are over 10 kids in front of my kid even though I've been trying to set this up since June. Also, apparently her secretary is going to call me to set up the appointment.
I waited. I waited until about a week ago. Then, I started spam calling. Bitch, doesn't answer the phone. Today, I finally lose it. It's Sept 15th. We've been waiting a total of 16 days for a call to set up the appointment, since she called me. Total of 56 days to just get her in to be seen.
When I didn't get through to Kim (no surprise there), I started hitting extensions until I got a live person to talk to. I basically said we had waited since June, and we wanted a least an appointment set up. 2 years total, and I can't wait any longer for a fucking date at least. She takes down my information and calls guess who calls me back! KIM BARFUS NOT FIVE MINUTES LATER!
Bitch is being a bitch on the phone. Basically says it's been "July 15th", not June. Like that matters, whatever floats your boat honey. She tells me SHE can set up the appointment RIGHT THEN on the phone. What?! No secretary? WTF. Basically treats me like this is MY fault, because I missed the ONLY call she placed to my phone in the last 56 days. Yeah, okay. So I lie. I'm like, "Well, my daughter's doctors are harassing me to know when she will be seen and I can't keep stalling them any longer."
October 22nd 9am. My CPS friend tells me now that I am done bugging the shit outta them to be super nice as shit. My daughter is behind a grade now because of that bitch. They won't let her in for this school year because Kim Barfus took so long. So, even after waiting all of that time, my daughter is behind. Thanks Kim. YOU SUCK AT YOUR JOB! IF YOU DON'T LIKE DOING YOUR JOB, THEN STOP WORKING THERE BITCH!
This is their website for the school: http://www.lcsd.logan.k12.ut.us/riverside/
Notice at the bottom it says preschool teacher next to her name. That bitch doesn't have a secretary.
Edit: Caused a stink with the board of education. They are looking into a better way to get her into that exact preschool (there are none others in this area), thank god. I know I made her look bad, but hey, if you act like a lazy worthless bitch, you deserve it. I should also mention that there is a federal law that protects military children getting into any type of school at a young age (6 and under). Apparently, they are required to take them in no questions asked...no issues. Way to break the law, scuzzbag.
Lady Gaga VS PETA
LOL. That story made me laugh. Gaga apparently wore a suit of meat to the VMAs? LMFAO Awesome. She probably did it as a political stand point. Funny as shit. I usually think her outfits are a little out there (like the airplane picture), but shit this one was too funny to laugh at.
Back in the day, PETA used to throw blood on people at the red carpet in REAL fur. They used to pretend like it wasn't their fault, they weren't going to pay for it yadda yadda. Gaga picked the perfect way to get back at them.
Yeah, I know there are some freak vegans out there and all that jazz. I'm a big meat eater. We hunt, fish, and do all kinds of shit that PETA would hate. We're top of the food chain, and there should be no reason why you shouldn't eat your kill etc. Sorry, but bambi is very tasty.
PETA made a comment about maggots being infested in the meat by the end of the show IF it were real. That made me laugh too. Assuming there were flies attracted to her meat suit, the maggots wouldn't "spawn" in less then 8 hours. Assuming that is how long the VMAs lasted. The larvae of flies actually take 8-20 hours to turn into maggots.
And...after doing a lot of research. Here is how long the actual show lasted at the VMAs. The preshow was 2 hours. From 7pm my time, till 9pm my time. The actual VMAs this year was going from 9pm my time, till about mightnight my time. That's 3 hours? Not enough time to have maggots crawling everywhere. I'm sure you can add in a few hours for her to get dressed, and the after party. Still not enough time.
PETA, you are officially retarded again, and you claim to know SO much about EVERYTHING animal and insect-related. Cute.
Side note: The video about Gaga stealing her dead "friend's" style, is a little whacky. Seems like this Lina Morgana's mother is jealous. Some of the pictures in the video don't even resemble each other, and if they do - that could be blamed on the STYLIST and the VIDEO director. While I feel bad for her that her daughter died, I don't think ripping on someone you claim was her "friend" is the way to grieve. Hell, Gaga could be dressing this way as a homage to your daughter. Ever think of that? Makes sense if they were SOO close. The mom seems pathetically obsessed with someone, who claims, doesn't even fucking know her. In the artist world, there are millions of copy-cats out there. Nothing is ever truly "original". Hell, Cher or Madonna have more of a right to be pissed at YOUR daughter if YOUR daughter is the originator of Gaga's "style".
As per mommy dearest's comments about her daughter not getting to show the world her style because Gaga ripped it off? TACKY! Your daughter took her life, probably because you were a shit mother. That is NOT ANYONE'S fault but YOURS AND YOUR DAUGHTER'S! Take some responsibility, bitch. Also, would you REALLY be proud of your daughter dressing like that? No WAY I would let MY kid dress like a whore.
Also, not really a Gaga fan.
Back in the day, PETA used to throw blood on people at the red carpet in REAL fur. They used to pretend like it wasn't their fault, they weren't going to pay for it yadda yadda. Gaga picked the perfect way to get back at them.
Yeah, I know there are some freak vegans out there and all that jazz. I'm a big meat eater. We hunt, fish, and do all kinds of shit that PETA would hate. We're top of the food chain, and there should be no reason why you shouldn't eat your kill etc. Sorry, but bambi is very tasty.
PETA made a comment about maggots being infested in the meat by the end of the show IF it were real. That made me laugh too. Assuming there were flies attracted to her meat suit, the maggots wouldn't "spawn" in less then 8 hours. Assuming that is how long the VMAs lasted. The larvae of flies actually take 8-20 hours to turn into maggots.
And...after doing a lot of research. Here is how long the actual show lasted at the VMAs. The preshow was 2 hours. From 7pm my time, till 9pm my time. The actual VMAs this year was going from 9pm my time, till about mightnight my time. That's 3 hours? Not enough time to have maggots crawling everywhere. I'm sure you can add in a few hours for her to get dressed, and the after party. Still not enough time.
PETA, you are officially retarded again, and you claim to know SO much about EVERYTHING animal and insect-related. Cute.
Side note: The video about Gaga stealing her dead "friend's" style, is a little whacky. Seems like this Lina Morgana's mother is jealous. Some of the pictures in the video don't even resemble each other, and if they do - that could be blamed on the STYLIST and the VIDEO director. While I feel bad for her that her daughter died, I don't think ripping on someone you claim was her "friend" is the way to grieve. Hell, Gaga could be dressing this way as a homage to your daughter. Ever think of that? Makes sense if they were SOO close. The mom seems pathetically obsessed with someone, who claims, doesn't even fucking know her. In the artist world, there are millions of copy-cats out there. Nothing is ever truly "original". Hell, Cher or Madonna have more of a right to be pissed at YOUR daughter if YOUR daughter is the originator of Gaga's "style".
As per mommy dearest's comments about her daughter not getting to show the world her style because Gaga ripped it off? TACKY! Your daughter took her life, probably because you were a shit mother. That is NOT ANYONE'S fault but YOURS AND YOUR DAUGHTER'S! Take some responsibility, bitch. Also, would you REALLY be proud of your daughter dressing like that? No WAY I would let MY kid dress like a whore.
Also, not really a Gaga fan.
Drama, Drama, Drama!
Couldn't sleep, so was watching the news. Apparently some nigger (and yes, I say nigger because obviously the mother isn't acting like an upstanding individual - same would go for a cracker etc), decided that it was a-okay to give their child some pot. That's fucked up. What's worse is the state decided to give the child to relatives! OMFG! If the mother thinks it's okay to give her 2 yr old pot (so much so that the 2 yr old smokes it better then me!), what makes them think that the other relatives are upstanding individuals? Granted, they could be. But, usually, parents like this learn this shit from their own parents.
What the fuck kind of mother would do that? That child is still developing her brain, and she's giving the kid pot (which is in no way a good thing). My official stance on pot is: if you are 15 yrs old and older, just don't drive while you do it. I don't want you running my kids over with your car. Hell, I'm not a big fan of it. It's illegal for a reason. But, do I feel like keeping tabs on all the medical studies on it? Not really. But a 2 year old?! What fucking person in their right mind would do that shit!!
That's not even parenting. That's corrupting. I hope that mother gets some severe jail time. People should be required to get a license to have kids! For fuck's sake, that shit doesn't even make sense!
Video: http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8579047118389543721
On another note, about stupid ass niggers wasting people's time. Elle magizine recently came out with a cover of some fat actress. The black community is up in arms about it (apparently it's racist LOLOLOL), because the blacken looks like she has lighter skin then she really does. Get this: The actress doesn't care, but apparently the Al Sharptons' of the world DO. Does her skin look lighter? Yup. Does she look WHITE? Nope. You can tell she's black. Is it a big racism issue? Hell the fuck no. Grow up people, pick on something IMPORTANT to get upset about! LIKE REAL RACISM! Fucking idiots.
It could have been the make-up she was wearing during the shoot, could be that she was super tanned on the red carpet, the lighting could have fucked it up, OR god forbid she could have used a skin lightener temporarily. The point is: If the actress doesn't give a shit, and it's obviously not a hate crime - get the fuck over it!
First they complain about black chicks not being represented enough, and when we DO represent them they just find something else to bitch about! Ever heard of picking your battles? Apparently not. You fight EVERYTHING!
Comparable pictures: http://scoop.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5120908-was-gabourey-sidibes-skin-lightened-on-elle-
Edit: Actress' name is Gabourey Sidibe.
I'm not sure why America is even celebrating her as being a "normal, healthy" girl either. She's not curvy. She's not attractive to 99% of men out there (minus the ones that are fatty chases). She's fat. She's unhealthy. Does it matter if they cropped her photo? Yes. I don't want my daughter seeing the super skinny people on magazines, as much as I don't want her seeing the morbidly obese either. If you are fat, go on a fucking diet. I don't care if you have some rare fat disease. Put down the fucking fork. That is NOT healthy, and we should NOT be acting like it is. Don't get all uppity about the skinny, anorexic bitches on there and then say hey, it's okay to put fatties instead. No. It's not, stop being a fucking hypocrite. You can't go from anorexic (scale 1-10, 1) to morbidly obese (10). You need IN BETWEEN.
Oprah, get your head out of your ass. I'm not even sure WHY you still have followers, OR while you promoted this poor girl. You are fucking racist, hate certain types of music, and now are apparently on this fat, black chick kick. Plus, majorities of the books you recommend put me to sleep in a minute (please go read some Nietzsche). I don't care if she's your neice's aunt's nephew's sister. She's fat. She needs to at LEAST go on a diet until she is a HEALTHY weight first. Make sure you tell Paris Hilton that too. Way to promote someone that shouldn't even be in the spotlight to begin with.
And no, before you fuckers say it, this is NOT jealousy. I am a NORMAL healthy weight. I want MY kids to KNOW it's okay to be about 5 lbs heavier then the anorexic bitch next to you. It's okay to have a little bit of a belly. It's NOT okay to take up an entire elevator with your FAT ROLLS!
And...while we're bitching about dumb ass niggers, here is another story I heard tonight. Michael Jackson's mother is sueing AEG. Meaning, she thinks they worked her poor baby too hard. He was what? 30? Hi, your son knew what the fuck he was doing. For that matter, should he have sued you after YOU worked him to death? What a hypocrite! Take some responsibility for what your son did to himself!
What the fuck kind of mother would do that? That child is still developing her brain, and she's giving the kid pot (which is in no way a good thing). My official stance on pot is: if you are 15 yrs old and older, just don't drive while you do it. I don't want you running my kids over with your car. Hell, I'm not a big fan of it. It's illegal for a reason. But, do I feel like keeping tabs on all the medical studies on it? Not really. But a 2 year old?! What fucking person in their right mind would do that shit!!
That's not even parenting. That's corrupting. I hope that mother gets some severe jail time. People should be required to get a license to have kids! For fuck's sake, that shit doesn't even make sense!
Video: http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=8579047118389543721
On another note, about stupid ass niggers wasting people's time. Elle magizine recently came out with a cover of some fat actress. The black community is up in arms about it (apparently it's racist LOLOLOL), because the blacken looks like she has lighter skin then she really does. Get this: The actress doesn't care, but apparently the Al Sharptons' of the world DO. Does her skin look lighter? Yup. Does she look WHITE? Nope. You can tell she's black. Is it a big racism issue? Hell the fuck no. Grow up people, pick on something IMPORTANT to get upset about! LIKE REAL RACISM! Fucking idiots.
It could have been the make-up she was wearing during the shoot, could be that she was super tanned on the red carpet, the lighting could have fucked it up, OR god forbid she could have used a skin lightener temporarily. The point is: If the actress doesn't give a shit, and it's obviously not a hate crime - get the fuck over it!
First they complain about black chicks not being represented enough, and when we DO represent them they just find something else to bitch about! Ever heard of picking your battles? Apparently not. You fight EVERYTHING!
Comparable pictures: http://scoop.newsvine.com/_news/2010/09/16/5120908-was-gabourey-sidibes-skin-lightened-on-elle-
Edit: Actress' name is Gabourey Sidibe.
I'm not sure why America is even celebrating her as being a "normal, healthy" girl either. She's not curvy. She's not attractive to 99% of men out there (minus the ones that are fatty chases). She's fat. She's unhealthy. Does it matter if they cropped her photo? Yes. I don't want my daughter seeing the super skinny people on magazines, as much as I don't want her seeing the morbidly obese either. If you are fat, go on a fucking diet. I don't care if you have some rare fat disease. Put down the fucking fork. That is NOT healthy, and we should NOT be acting like it is. Don't get all uppity about the skinny, anorexic bitches on there and then say hey, it's okay to put fatties instead. No. It's not, stop being a fucking hypocrite. You can't go from anorexic (scale 1-10, 1) to morbidly obese (10). You need IN BETWEEN.
Oprah, get your head out of your ass. I'm not even sure WHY you still have followers, OR while you promoted this poor girl. You are fucking racist, hate certain types of music, and now are apparently on this fat, black chick kick. Plus, majorities of the books you recommend put me to sleep in a minute (please go read some Nietzsche). I don't care if she's your neice's aunt's nephew's sister. She's fat. She needs to at LEAST go on a diet until she is a HEALTHY weight first. Make sure you tell Paris Hilton that too. Way to promote someone that shouldn't even be in the spotlight to begin with.
And no, before you fuckers say it, this is NOT jealousy. I am a NORMAL healthy weight. I want MY kids to KNOW it's okay to be about 5 lbs heavier then the anorexic bitch next to you. It's okay to have a little bit of a belly. It's NOT okay to take up an entire elevator with your FAT ROLLS!
And...while we're bitching about dumb ass niggers, here is another story I heard tonight. Michael Jackson's mother is sueing AEG. Meaning, she thinks they worked her poor baby too hard. He was what? 30? Hi, your son knew what the fuck he was doing. For that matter, should he have sued you after YOU worked him to death? What a hypocrite! Take some responsibility for what your son did to himself!
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Real Housewives of NJ - Reunion
Watched the entire thing with my husband. He has not watched the two seasons, and even he still thinks Danielle is fucking fake and psycho. Even the hugs at the end, he was sitting there like "Yeah, I completely believe that shit is real." I don't think Caroline was upset that Jaceline went "against her". Obviously, she just wanted it to all end. However, Caroline could even tell it was fake as shit. I don't like fake people.
Does anyone else notice when Danielle doesn't want to answer something, she runs away? She ran away like 5 times during that, and complained to the make-up artist. I mean, come on. Even during the show, she was bitching at her armed guard or anyone that would listen. I doubt people care about her life that much.
I did like the comments she was making about being a born-again virgin, yet she is out there making sex tapes. LOL Yeah, a virgin. I believe that. LMFAO
As per the hair exstension thing, I watched Andy try to pull that out and it looked really difficult. He was having a reall hard time doing it. Plus, if you looked at Andy's face, he doesn't like Danielle at all.
Throughout the entire thing, Danielle didn't own up to shit. She constantly lied again, and even when it was pointed out that she was lying - she kept on lying. Editting does NOT cover up that much. I'm sorry, I hate people that blame editting. She's so full of shit. You can only edit so much, she obviously was a drama-whore and stirred up shit nonstop. Editting doesn't hide who you are or what you do.
In the end, she's still a fucking psycho.
Does anyone else notice when Danielle doesn't want to answer something, she runs away? She ran away like 5 times during that, and complained to the make-up artist. I mean, come on. Even during the show, she was bitching at her armed guard or anyone that would listen. I doubt people care about her life that much.
I did like the comments she was making about being a born-again virgin, yet she is out there making sex tapes. LOL Yeah, a virgin. I believe that. LMFAO
As per the hair exstension thing, I watched Andy try to pull that out and it looked really difficult. He was having a reall hard time doing it. Plus, if you looked at Andy's face, he doesn't like Danielle at all.
Throughout the entire thing, Danielle didn't own up to shit. She constantly lied again, and even when it was pointed out that she was lying - she kept on lying. Editting does NOT cover up that much. I'm sorry, I hate people that blame editting. She's so full of shit. You can only edit so much, she obviously was a drama-whore and stirred up shit nonstop. Editting doesn't hide who you are or what you do.
In the end, she's still a fucking psycho.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Real Housewives of NJ -- Season 2, Episode 16
Someone made another comment about how they hated the old, self-adoring bitch Caroline...who everyone seems to think is manipulative. I'm not sure why. Are they even watching the same show as me? Here's my response to that.
Yet, Danielle is the perfect model citizen? She's not old and self-adoring?
I think Caroline started out with good intentions until Danielle blew everything into a drama-fest. You do realize how crazy it is to bring an armed guard with you for a meeting, right? A bodyguard (if she truly thought Caroline was going to attack her) would have been enough, but that many guns and people to "protect" her? Come on now. Does she think she's the queen of England?
Do you think Danielle is in her 20s? Because, obviously, she's not. She's also old, and obsesses over herself way too much. Even when she talks with her "friends", everything is about her. God forbid someone else have something going on in THEIR life. They might steal the show!
PS. The energist is a little creepy.
But otherwise, Ashley still needs to grow up. She is still being a little brat and needs to learn her place in this world. She still thinks she did nothing wrong, and honestly she SHOULD hear it over and over again. She needs to grow the fuck up and stop treating her mom that way. Ashley says she fights too much with her mom about Danielle, but Ashley doesn't even let her mom talk at all. She interrupts and looks like an asshole all the time. Ashley needs to learn that she will stop fighting with him mom, when she realizes that her mom is trying to HELP her. She acts like just because she is 19 that she doesn't need to respect her mother anymore. It doesn't work like that bitch.
Honestly, when Danielle is proven to be a pathological liar by Caroline - she attempts to throw the same exact questions back at her or change the subject. Danielle couldn't prove that Caroline directly attacked her personally, so she flip-flopped the other direction.
Caroline was surprisingly really calm during the entire thing, whereas Danielle was out for blood from the get-go. I can't believe that Danielle is blaming her failed friendships on Caroline. Caroline didn't even talk to those women, and wanted nothing to do with them. What a joke!
Caroline actually attempted to have a civil conversation with her until Danielle just kept insulting her family and attacking her. When Danielle got backed into yet another corner, she insulted Caroline's friends who are supposedly under indictment. I mean, come on. You can't say shit about Caroline when she hasn't even been around your ass. Talk about that headspinning around Danielle. What a psycho!
Side note:
Her music video is fucking terrible. Whoever gave her a mic and told her she could sing, should be hung by their balls until they slowly die. Who the hell is the other chick?
http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/24/danielle-staub-real-close-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/
Yet, Danielle is the perfect model citizen? She's not old and self-adoring?
I think Caroline started out with good intentions until Danielle blew everything into a drama-fest. You do realize how crazy it is to bring an armed guard with you for a meeting, right? A bodyguard (if she truly thought Caroline was going to attack her) would have been enough, but that many guns and people to "protect" her? Come on now. Does she think she's the queen of England?
Do you think Danielle is in her 20s? Because, obviously, she's not. She's also old, and obsesses over herself way too much. Even when she talks with her "friends", everything is about her. God forbid someone else have something going on in THEIR life. They might steal the show!
PS. The energist is a little creepy.
But otherwise, Ashley still needs to grow up. She is still being a little brat and needs to learn her place in this world. She still thinks she did nothing wrong, and honestly she SHOULD hear it over and over again. She needs to grow the fuck up and stop treating her mom that way. Ashley says she fights too much with her mom about Danielle, but Ashley doesn't even let her mom talk at all. She interrupts and looks like an asshole all the time. Ashley needs to learn that she will stop fighting with him mom, when she realizes that her mom is trying to HELP her. She acts like just because she is 19 that she doesn't need to respect her mother anymore. It doesn't work like that bitch.
Honestly, when Danielle is proven to be a pathological liar by Caroline - she attempts to throw the same exact questions back at her or change the subject. Danielle couldn't prove that Caroline directly attacked her personally, so she flip-flopped the other direction.
Caroline was surprisingly really calm during the entire thing, whereas Danielle was out for blood from the get-go. I can't believe that Danielle is blaming her failed friendships on Caroline. Caroline didn't even talk to those women, and wanted nothing to do with them. What a joke!
Caroline actually attempted to have a civil conversation with her until Danielle just kept insulting her family and attacking her. When Danielle got backed into yet another corner, she insulted Caroline's friends who are supposedly under indictment. I mean, come on. You can't say shit about Caroline when she hasn't even been around your ass. Talk about that headspinning around Danielle. What a psycho!
Side note:
Her music video is fucking terrible. Whoever gave her a mic and told her she could sing, should be hung by their balls until they slowly die. Who the hell is the other chick?
http://www.popeater.com/2010/08/24/danielle-staub-real-close-real-housewives-of-new-jersey/
Depression or Recession?
Someone currently brought up a topic of debate with me today. Are we in a depression or a recession? I honestly have no fucking clue. So, here's the definitions of both.
Recession - A period of economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration.
Depression - A period during which employment, business, and stock-market values decrease severely or remain at a very low level of activity.
They are both about the same thing, but I am still standing by depression as it fits our situation better. Especially after all the "fixes" the government keeps trying to make. If you'd notice the description of "depression" completely FITS our country's situation for the last 4 (ish) years. Since, we're still in debt over $3 trillion, I will almost always consider us in "jeopardy".
I think originally we were in a depression, and IF everything is getting continually better - then a recession. But, honestly, I'm still leaning towards depression just because I still see employments really low, foreclosure rates high as shit, and the news still freaking out over the market going up 50 points.
Recession - A period of economic contraction, sometimes limited in scope or duration.
Depression - A period during which employment, business, and stock-market values decrease severely or remain at a very low level of activity.
They are both about the same thing, but I am still standing by depression as it fits our situation better. Especially after all the "fixes" the government keeps trying to make. If you'd notice the description of "depression" completely FITS our country's situation for the last 4 (ish) years. Since, we're still in debt over $3 trillion, I will almost always consider us in "jeopardy".
I think originally we were in a depression, and IF everything is getting continually better - then a recession. But, honestly, I'm still leaning towards depression just because I still see employments really low, foreclosure rates high as shit, and the news still freaking out over the market going up 50 points.
After Midnight - Part 2
So...after that raid, and after I posted it on the realm forums, I got reponses back from all of her many guildies (the raid leader, guildies, and herself). Most of them insisted I was a sexist male prick for using the "vulgarity" bitch. I'm a chick. LOL I was accused of purposely pulling trash, even though I had to rez the dumbasses who were dying to the flames right before the Valks. It's too much of a coincidence to say in raid "stop messaging me, I'm healing" and then to get kicked out of the raid... I also prewarned the tank that was in there tanking at the time, and my guildies to get out before they all died. I was main tank healer, and obviously my guildie was raid healer. Way to kick out your healers DURING a pull. They claimed my purposely pulling trash caused the wipe, not kicking me out. If people are wiping to valks, they shouldn't be raiding. That's terrible.
I obviously didn't pull the valks. I was obviously willing to keep going, as I had healed all of Saurfang and rezzed their dumb asses who died to the frogger. It was obvious I was kicked from raid. Even the tank that was tanking would vouche for that, as would all my guildies in that run. My guildies were also kicked out of the raid during the trash pull.
The amount of slams in their responses was insane. I decided to make a final response and let it end. Who cares, happened weeks ago. I didn't appreciate her acting like she wasn't at fault, and I really didn't appreciate her retarded response. She pretty much said I was sexist, used vulgar words, hateful, and that she didn't need to explain everything she does. It was one question and not even fucking abusive. So...this was my final response.
"We weren't on vent. I didn't even know she was a chick. I assumed. I called him a guard dog AFTER over 15minutes of spam. I was attempting to heal, told him multiple times to leave me the %### alone. I don't blame their guild, I blame Caleka and Xristoph. Kennar attacked after I asked in raid, but dropped it.
I'm not 10 yr old, and yes I do have a guild here. A REAL guild. As per not posting on my main. I don't feel the need to soil my OWN guild's name. There's no point to needless drama. I don't blame their guild, I blame the actions of two (maybe 3?) individuals. I understand why Xristoph messaged me, but when I told him to stop messaging me that should have been that. Not this spam for 15min deal. Not the kicking. None of that. If he called any of MY guildies a @*%@@ after acting like that, I'd laugh my ass off. We all take responsibility for our actions here, we own up to our *!##.
The point was: If my guildies did that, I'd be all over them. You don't purposely wipe a raid like that just because someone says to stop messaging them. Two nasty things were said. "Guard dog" and "Psycho ##!##". How DARE I have an opinion after I'm attacked in the middle of the raid. I don't think what I said was a good enough reason to do something like that.
Caleka, if you had said in raid that it was your bad instead of the spam in raid...like I said, I would have said "oh ok". No biggie. I was honestly curious, your reaction was an overreaction. I don't think you were required to explain it, but I asked a simple question and got a lot hate in response. If you don't like people asking questions - then don't pug. If you don't like opinions, then please stop going out into society.
I also don't think "why did you roll on that?" is not polite. It's a question. It's not a "WHY ARE YOU %###ING ROLLING ON THAT YOU %###ING WORTHLESS PERSON". Complete difference. I didn't type in caps, I didn't attack you. I was curious.
Am I making a big deal out of this? Not really. So far the only people that have responded have been from YOUR guild. Huh. I could get all my guildies that were there to respond too, but that'd be pointless. I think people should be aware of the way you reacted to a simple situation that ALL of us have had to deal with before.
I also didn't call you a ##!## until after you freaked out in raid, because I asked (I made sure to not attack until even my own guildies were saying WTF). Read your own response and please try to realize how hypocritical you sound. You say that the question was rude, that you don't like people questioning EVERY move you make (1 question), and then say I called you a ##!## right off the bat. Your chill out was BEFORE I called you a ##!##. That's why I called you a ##!##. Don't act like one if you don't want to be called one. You don't like being called a ##!## and consider it a "vulgarity". Would c*nt be better? I could have said that or any thing else I wanted to. It's freedom of speech and a casual observation.
As per vulgarity. I'm a chick, you dumb#@@#. If you act like a ##!##, I have EVERY right to point it out. If you don't like someone asking a question, then don't spam them with tells and don't act like a psycho. If you don't like seeing the word ##!##, turn on your filter.
And yes. I CAN call "ladies" a ##!##, if they act like one. Don't act like I'm some sexist dude. I'm a chick. I WILL point it out IF you act like a crazy person. If you don't like the question, don't fly off the handle. If you don't like being called a ##!##, have some respect and don't act like one.
According to your response, I'm a lady too. Then I shouldn't be cursed at nonstop in tells for over 15minutes (I'm pretty sure there were quite a few "vulgarities" in there too). I was busy. I also shouldn't have to put up with you pmsing all over the raid. That's my right. So, you can take your sexist bull#@@# and shove up your ass. Just because you are a chick, doesn't mean that you can attack someone and expect nothing back. Have some imaginary balls and at least attempt to take some responsibility for your actions. You were a hateful #%@%%. Apparently you live in some sheltered world where #!*%% is a super insult, and no one ever uses it! Also, you don't own up to your actions. You act like you're above the law and I won't call you out for acting crazy. Well, I did. If you don't like it, don't act that way in public.
Now, I am not going to respond to this again. You obviously have some sort of mental deficiency. I'm going to be avoiding you AND your guild. I prewarned my guildies never to do anything like that (they all laughed about the whole thing), and not to pug with your guild. You and Kristoph should be ashamed of the way you handled the situation over a QUESTION.
Edit: I made the thread named After Midnight because their guild run. I curse like a sailor. I didn't pull those valks, tank did ask him."
The raid leader's mature response was basically QQ (which those 3 all said to me before kicking me out of the raid, lol). Something about auto-looting items. (?) I didn't even need anything out of ICC normal. LOL Whatever. I can't even use the drop as a paladin (the Midnight Sun that I questioned). I wasn't QQing over someone else getting the loot, and I obviously wasn't QQing at all. I told him to stop messaging me, not "wahhh he's bothering me". Nah, none of that shit. More like, if you don't stop messaging me I will fucking leave. Apparently, he didn't like that response. :)
I obviously didn't pull the valks. I was obviously willing to keep going, as I had healed all of Saurfang and rezzed their dumb asses who died to the frogger. It was obvious I was kicked from raid. Even the tank that was tanking would vouche for that, as would all my guildies in that run. My guildies were also kicked out of the raid during the trash pull.
The amount of slams in their responses was insane. I decided to make a final response and let it end. Who cares, happened weeks ago. I didn't appreciate her acting like she wasn't at fault, and I really didn't appreciate her retarded response. She pretty much said I was sexist, used vulgar words, hateful, and that she didn't need to explain everything she does. It was one question and not even fucking abusive. So...this was my final response.
"We weren't on vent. I didn't even know she was a chick. I assumed. I called him a guard dog AFTER over 15minutes of spam. I was attempting to heal, told him multiple times to leave me the %### alone. I don't blame their guild, I blame Caleka and Xristoph. Kennar attacked after I asked in raid, but dropped it.
I'm not 10 yr old, and yes I do have a guild here. A REAL guild. As per not posting on my main. I don't feel the need to soil my OWN guild's name. There's no point to needless drama. I don't blame their guild, I blame the actions of two (maybe 3?) individuals. I understand why Xristoph messaged me, but when I told him to stop messaging me that should have been that. Not this spam for 15min deal. Not the kicking. None of that. If he called any of MY guildies a @*%@@ after acting like that, I'd laugh my ass off. We all take responsibility for our actions here, we own up to our *!##.
The point was: If my guildies did that, I'd be all over them. You don't purposely wipe a raid like that just because someone says to stop messaging them. Two nasty things were said. "Guard dog" and "Psycho ##!##". How DARE I have an opinion after I'm attacked in the middle of the raid. I don't think what I said was a good enough reason to do something like that.
Caleka, if you had said in raid that it was your bad instead of the spam in raid...like I said, I would have said "oh ok". No biggie. I was honestly curious, your reaction was an overreaction. I don't think you were required to explain it, but I asked a simple question and got a lot hate in response. If you don't like people asking questions - then don't pug. If you don't like opinions, then please stop going out into society.
I also don't think "why did you roll on that?" is not polite. It's a question. It's not a "WHY ARE YOU %###ING ROLLING ON THAT YOU %###ING WORTHLESS PERSON". Complete difference. I didn't type in caps, I didn't attack you. I was curious.
Am I making a big deal out of this? Not really. So far the only people that have responded have been from YOUR guild. Huh. I could get all my guildies that were there to respond too, but that'd be pointless. I think people should be aware of the way you reacted to a simple situation that ALL of us have had to deal with before.
I also didn't call you a ##!## until after you freaked out in raid, because I asked (I made sure to not attack until even my own guildies were saying WTF). Read your own response and please try to realize how hypocritical you sound. You say that the question was rude, that you don't like people questioning EVERY move you make (1 question), and then say I called you a ##!## right off the bat. Your chill out was BEFORE I called you a ##!##. That's why I called you a ##!##. Don't act like one if you don't want to be called one. You don't like being called a ##!## and consider it a "vulgarity". Would c*nt be better? I could have said that or any thing else I wanted to. It's freedom of speech and a casual observation.
As per vulgarity. I'm a chick, you dumb#@@#. If you act like a ##!##, I have EVERY right to point it out. If you don't like someone asking a question, then don't spam them with tells and don't act like a psycho. If you don't like seeing the word ##!##, turn on your filter.
And yes. I CAN call "ladies" a ##!##, if they act like one. Don't act like I'm some sexist dude. I'm a chick. I WILL point it out IF you act like a crazy person. If you don't like the question, don't fly off the handle. If you don't like being called a ##!##, have some respect and don't act like one.
According to your response, I'm a lady too. Then I shouldn't be cursed at nonstop in tells for over 15minutes (I'm pretty sure there were quite a few "vulgarities" in there too). I was busy. I also shouldn't have to put up with you pmsing all over the raid. That's my right. So, you can take your sexist bull#@@# and shove up your ass. Just because you are a chick, doesn't mean that you can attack someone and expect nothing back. Have some imaginary balls and at least attempt to take some responsibility for your actions. You were a hateful #%@%%. Apparently you live in some sheltered world where #!*%% is a super insult, and no one ever uses it! Also, you don't own up to your actions. You act like you're above the law and I won't call you out for acting crazy. Well, I did. If you don't like it, don't act that way in public.
Now, I am not going to respond to this again. You obviously have some sort of mental deficiency. I'm going to be avoiding you AND your guild. I prewarned my guildies never to do anything like that (they all laughed about the whole thing), and not to pug with your guild. You and Kristoph should be ashamed of the way you handled the situation over a QUESTION.
Edit: I made the thread named After Midnight because their guild run. I curse like a sailor. I didn't pull those valks, tank did ask him."
The raid leader's mature response was basically QQ (which those 3 all said to me before kicking me out of the raid, lol). Something about auto-looting items. (?) I didn't even need anything out of ICC normal. LOL Whatever. I can't even use the drop as a paladin (the Midnight Sun that I questioned). I wasn't QQing over someone else getting the loot, and I obviously wasn't QQing at all. I told him to stop messaging me, not "wahhh he's bothering me". Nah, none of that shit. More like, if you don't stop messaging me I will fucking leave. Apparently, he didn't like that response. :)
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