Pretension Central

What is Wrong With Education

2010-09-27T11:41:00.002-04:00

I work in a University and I have a co worker who has a daughter that attends school here. She was talking to her mom about the test that she took and she got a failing grade on the test. The mother was upset and asked her if the professor was going to redo the test or change the curve or something to make it so that the grade ended up being a passing grade. The daughter said that the professor was not going to do that. He would only allow people to retake the test and average the scores. She was fine with the test score because she said that the test was hard and she needed to do better.

What is wrong when the parent wants to find the easy way out and the child is the one that realizes they did not do well and should try harder. Hello people, the easy way out is not the right way and sometimes you need to realize that you just didn't do well and suck it up!

Religious Ramblings

2010-09-20T09:18:00.002-04:00

So we booked the tickets for the trip to Kansas for a family wedding. This should be lots of fun considering it is with part of my family that is overly religious and I am overly not religious. This is also one of the reasons that we do not fit in well here in the south. In my experience people lose perspective and objectivity when their lives become clouded by a man made religion. Evidence of this is abundant if you just look at the headlines in our news today. I really feel that people need to be more tolerant and if they are going to believe in a religion they should not force it on others and yes this includes prayer in school and other things that some consider harmless. Our nation was founded on Freedom of Religion and our fore fathers were very leery of any state and religion mingling. They saw what happened in England and how their views were persecuted and did not want to see that happen again. Re read you history books and find some compassion people or this wonderful country is not going to be so wonderful anymore.

College Football Hell

2010-09-17T15:24:00.002-04:00

Working for a University that thinks they are the shit is not fun during Football season. Everyone here is gaga for th eteam and they think that the world revolves around them. People get super excitied about the games and they plan thier life around the football games. They watch everything they can about the players. Hell they even go to media days for the players....this si a crap school with no media around. Who the hell cares. Now from this post you might gather that I like dislike football but that is far from the truth. I love football but it has its place. I do not obsess over players and call them my little pumpkins like some do where I work. I guess this is what happens when you have nothing going on in a town. This is a sad state of affairs down here. It is no better with the high school football scene down here. I just wish I was back in a place where people had more variety in thier lives, conversations, and events that they participate in.

Potted Meat

2010-05-16T00:06:00.002-04:00

So working in the south has given me more opportunities to learn about southern culture. As far as I am concerned the eating habits they can keep. There was a discussion about various favorite foods and one of my co-workers said that his wife loved Vienna Sausages straight out of the can. Then I learned that the correct Georgia Pronunciation is VI-eena sausages. I also learned that you can fry bologna in place of sausage for breakfast in the morning. Deviled ham and liver pudding and spam are all part of the southern diet. Now I know not everyone in the south eats like this but I had never run into people who ate this stuff and thought that it was good. I now completely understand why this country has the weight problems that we do. People don't know any better and have no desire to try learn. Such a sad place!

Working in the South

2010-04-29T08:40:00.002-04:00

So I started a new job here in the South and things sure are different. First of all I am working for the public sector and that is never very fun because of all the rules the government has. The people that I work with don't really understand me or my humor. They do not understand sarcasm and take things too literal. They know the entire genealogy of the town and that is how people are described. For me since I don't know anyone or the mother's brother's third cousin it makes it hard to join in the conversation. They explain the same thing about forty two times and it takes a hour each time! Don't get me wrong the people that I work with are nice but they are very different from any group that I have worked with before. We will see how this all goes but for now but for now it is an uninspiring and not very fun place to work...I hope it gets better but I am not holding my breath.

I Hate This Fucking Friday!!

2009-11-20T15:31:00.002-05:00

So today I was told by my boss that they were not able to continue my employment! I am just so fucking mad and pissed off. This is all because HR is not ready to deal with telecommuting. This has nothing to do with my ability to do my job or anything like that. If I did not have to get on a plane for a trip today I would be up to my ears drinking right now. I knew this was a possibility but it still does not ease the feelings that I have right now! What a way to start a vacation! This fucking blows ass hard!!

My DJ Hero

2009-11-11T14:34:00.003-05:00

So I do not understand this. My husband has these wonderful turntables and a special table that we bought for them and a mixer and speakers. The whole nine yards not to mention a pretty decent vinyl collection for a beginner. He then tells me that he is going to go and buy DJ Hero. Now I know one is the real thing and one is a game. Wouldn't the time playing the game be better spent doing the real thing so that you can be a real DJ hero? I might be missing something but oh well sometimes I think that there are just certain things that I will never understand.

Bar Flies

2009-10-11T01:01:00.003-04:00

Ok so we went to a bar tonight. Well actually it was more of a restaurant that turns into a bar in the evening. Anyway, there were a buch of pretentious guys and cunts...yes cunts there that needed some help. What is with women who wear dresses to their ankles? It looks like you are in a tent. Not a good look for anyone. Do you really think that you are going to attract any atttention in that piece of crap. If you have to wear and tento to go out then stay the fuck home or don't wear a tent. Then you have the guys that tuck in thier shirts that should not. If you have a beer gut and you are tucking in a shirt into shorts that are too tight for you then you need to be shot. Not necessarily a fatal wound but it should hurt so that you remember not to do that stupid shit anymore. That is all for now as it is getting hard to type because I am buzzed!

Resurection

2009-10-10T13:56:00.002-04:00

So I know it has been years since I have done this but a very wise and bitter man suggested that I get back to my wild rants and I agree that it is time. So now I live in the deep south in the heart of Georgia. Life is very strange here and full of frustrations. Take for instance last night when we were out having drinks and food at Craplebee's because that is one of the very few places to eat around here. People down here get really fucking pissed off when men swear around women. WHAT THE FUCK IS UP WITH THAT. I am a woman and I don't give shit if a girl or guy swears around me. Bring it on. I can dish it the fuck back! They act like a woman will shrivel up and die if a curse word is uttered in her presence. Fuck that bullshit! Well I just had to get that off my chest. This is not a very good post and I am sorry but I will get better hopefully. That is all for now!

Employment

2006-03-03T20:40:00.000-05:00

Yep so I graduated in December and then proceeded to find employment. I am now employed by the government. Welcome to the world of red tape and forms and paperwork. I had better get the new cover sheet for the TPS reports. Anyway I like the people that I work with, they are all really nice people and it is a lot of fun so far. Today was the exciting day of cube assignment and cumputer login!!!! I also had to participate in this personality assessment and I am the color orange. I was very close between green and orange so I think that I am a good combo of both but the ornage was slightly higher in the totals. Basically, apparently I am a creative person who likes to do new things and does not always do well with routine. I would agree. Anyway I get lots of holidays and the income is nice......you know to like eat and pay bills and shit. Yep so life is good and best of all the building is near the Creek which is the best place for a shopper like myself.....I will have to try and be very good. This could be hard! Stay tuned.

TV is dumb

2005-09-16T14:33:00.000-04:00

Yes so we now have the Dish and I am positive that my IQ has dropped substantially. With the 40 billion channels on the thing I still can't find anything on that I really want to watch. How do people spend hours and hours in front of the TV. Are they wishing for something to magically appear that is worth while and not mind numbing. The shitty programming that is on like Tommy Lee goes to college...come on that is the lowest. How can people stand to put up with that type of stupidity unless it makes them feel better as a person. Oh well, that is how lame TV is. Yep that is all that is new here.

I want to be done!

2005-09-08T20:12:00.000-04:00

Yep so it is the third week of school and I am so ready to graduate. This being a poor college student is really sucky and I want to be done. I am in the hardest classes this semester and that doesn't help much because that means that I cannot just coast through the semester. The hard part will be getting a job. I have to get my resume in order and all of that fun stuff. It just seems overwhelming but I guess that is life and I should just get over it but I personally like to bitch and complain about it for a little while and then do it so indulge me or stop reading. I have some cool profs this semester though. One of them is a woman in her 50's who should be in the next Harry Potter, she has steel gray wavy curly hair that is past her shoulders and thick black rimmed circle glasses and she wears black a lot. I wonder if you can write to the Harry Potter people and tell them who should be in their movie? One of the others is this Asian guy who is really concerned with feminism and sex in the Victorian Era. He also talks about a mile a minute and jumps around from topic to topic. Anyway, that is my semester in a nut shell so far and I am loving Fridays with no class and no work. Unfortunately I don't really do anything cool except read until I have to prop my eyelids open with toothpicks. I think between all of my classes I read about 800 pages easily in a week not to mention all of the research that I have to read for all of the papers that I write but then again I am the English Major so that is my life.

Catsup or whatever

2005-06-28T20:18:00.000-04:00

So yeah life has been busy. I went to Chi town to see the family. My sister is moving to South Carolina so I am pretty sure I will never see her again. Her husband is an asshole who won't let her travel without him and they have no money and no one wants to visit them because he is a jerk. My nephew is starting to turn into a cute kid and that is about the only saving grace the kid has because by the time my sister and brother-in-law get done with that one he will be a jerk too! They want to have lots more and I hope that they don't because stupid people should not be allowed to breed in the first place. The 1st kid almost killed her anyway (no I am not exaggerating) so maybe she will be sterile or something. Anyway it was a good trip. We went to the Morton Arboretum and had some good Chicago Pizza. Yep life is good!

I am now addicted to Sim City 4. I had never played any of the Sim City games before and they are so much fun. I have the Sims and I think that I am going to import some of the characters from that into the city and we will see how that goes. I like being God....it is such a fun job. You don't even need a college education to get the gig either. I guess that is what I will do if something horrific happens that would impede graduation in the fall. It is always good to have a plan B!

College

2005-06-09T17:24:00.000-04:00

So yesterday I was rather pissed off. I am taking summer school so that I can graduate this fall. Anyway, the prof fro my second class just didn't bother to show up for class. There was no note on the door to say that he was sick or unable to teach today. The department did not know where he was. I guess he just didn't want to come to work or something. The problem that I had with the whole thing is that I had to kill three hours on campus waiting around for a class that was never going to take place. I could have been doing something important....like nothing but anyway it is the principle of the thing. I am paying him to be there and when he isn't there I should get my money back or something. I am probably the only kid who complains when the prof isn't there but oh well. I am a nerd and overachiever like that.

Only the Japanese

2005-06-01T01:12:00.000-04:00

So I found this article and decided that the next they will be telling their female citizens to wear even shorter skirts....in order to stay cool of course.

Fabric Immersion

2005-05-31T18:46:00.000-04:00

So this weekend I finished my quilt for my nephew and decided to undertake a new project. I am starting a crazy quilt for my mother in law, so on Sunday I went to JoAnn Fabrics to get some remnets and discontinued leftovers to start the project. HOLY HELL!!! People were literally pouring into the store and they had a take a number system going at the cutting counter. I picked up my number 55 when they were servicing number 37 or 38. There was one woman who I think needed a forklift to carry home all the fabric that she was buying. She was there when I picked up my number and then she left to go and get some lunch while the lady continued to cut her fabric. She came back about the time that I was at the counter and when I left the counter she was still there. I think I spent about 45 minutes just waiting and it might have been longer....It sure seemed like forever. Women apparently are crazy about fabric. I like it and all but GOD DAMN there are some of these people that should be examined. Anyway, I hope that this project goes well. I think it will be fun but we shall see how long it takes me to finish it with summer school, working and the general shit of life that tend to take precedence over quilting projects.

I Fucking Hate the Wind

2005-05-18T16:40:00.000-04:00

So Colorado is fucking Windy. I come from Chicago and I would have to say that Colorado takes the cake in the wind department. This is the second day of this hellacious wind and I am tired of it. It ruins the day which would be perfect if not for the damn wind. Well that is all that I have to say right now. I just needed to vent!

Whatever

2005-05-13T16:09:00.000-04:00

So yeah its been awhile but anyway nuff said about that. I am finally finished with this semester of school and I am so ready to be done permanently. I have seven more months to go. It is the big countdown to December and then I can go out and get a job that is full time and hopefully does not deal with children. Not that I don't enjoy my job because the kid I nanny for is adorable but I want to make more money for my many hobbies that require the influx of more money. I want to redo my wardrobe because I am a complete shopaholic. I love going and buying clothes as my closet will attest to this fact. ETP doesn't get much space. I also love collecting dolls and I want to get back into that but it is an expensive habit and I am a poor college student.

I also want to put into effect project get me a new car! This cannot happen until I graduate. I need a new car because mine is a piece of shit. I need a bigger car because I have a dog and the dog needs more stylish wheels, as do I. So lets hope that we are not in the biggest recession known to man in December because I have shit that has to get done and this economy thing would really get in the way of that.

Sabbatical

2005-01-21T20:30:00.000-05:00

So Xmas came and went along with the new year. Whoopee shit. No surprises here, just an orgy of food and laziness. I decided to take a sabbatical from everything. I was on break from school and did not really give a shit. Last semester I pulled 18 credit hours and worked as well so I figured what the hell. Well, now I am back, Sill taking 18 credit hours and working as a nanny. So nothing really has changed.

BLM got his sweet ass ride and it was fun. I plotted my next car purchase for when I graduate. We now have Project X3 in the works. At the end of the year I graduate, and assuming that we have not totally fucked over the world and I am forced to move to another country I should be able to find a job and buy my car.

Wait, unless I get to move to Germany and then I could get my Bimmer straight from the factory and go touring. Now you may wonder why the girl who was so liberal would want a gas guzzling SUV. Well, at this point I have given up on the liberal ideals. With the way things are going we might as well give up and just get as much power and money as you possibly can because no one else is going to look out for you. Lets face it, the current state of affairs is grim and while the liberals sit and whine about things being unfair I am going to seize the opportunity and look out for me. I don't think anyone else is, so I might as well. Besides, then I can be even more pretentious and that can be fun. It seemed like BLM was having fun in his pretension filled driving machine.

Anyway, I don't know how to end this post except to say that I must go and do some homework so that I don't fail out of school.

YEA

2005-01-07T16:54:00.000-05:00

So I ranked number one for a yahoo Fuck Dillards search.
At last, I have achieved my dreams so now, I can now die happy!

Chi Town

2004-12-10T19:35:00.000-05:00

So I made the trek back to the burbs of Chicago, The greatest city in the world, to see the family this year for Thanksgiving. I don't think I could ever take spending a religious holiday with them so Thanksgiving works out well. The point of this post was not to tell you about my family because I would be writing a book. I went out with my mother and my sister the day after Thanksgiving to go shopping early in the morning. I thought this could be fun. It will be like when I was a teen and my mom and I went shopping...my mom used to be a really fun person to shop with. If there was one thing that she was good at it was finding great clothes for me, but that ability apparently has disappeared. We went to Toys R Sucks first and bought a bunch of stupid toys for my nephew which are neither cool or educational. I feel that toys should fall under one of the two categories in order to buy them. Then we went to Kohls and then the mall. Every place that we went the obsession was my nephew and stupid shit for him. Now I like him and all ,so far, but this was kinda pissing me off. I want stuff! I finally talked my mom into a shirt from limited because she could get one for each of my sisters too. That was the extent of new additions to my wardrobe. This blows! My mom is no longer a good shopper, and if my nephew doesn't stop moving in on my territory I think he will have to move over to the shit list. I was surprised that everyone that was shopping was very civil to each other. You always hear the stories of people getting mad at each other, fighting for the last toy and duking it out right there on the sales floor. That is what I really wanted to see. I wanted some reward for getting out at 5am in the morning to go shopping especially when I went to be at 2am. Again I was denied.

The End IS Near

2004-12-10T19:04:00.000-05:00

So I have been bogged down with finals and projects and life shit, so yea that is what has been up. I just keep telling myself that one year from now I will have my degree in English that no one knows what the hell I am going to do with. I will also be one step closer to trading in my American piece of Crap the Chevy Cavalier with something fast and fun preferably non American, because if you look at the designs of American cars they really suck. But I think that I will have to brake the whole coordinating color thing that BLM and ETP have with red. Oh well, I have a whole year to plan this and I will enjoy it. I should reward myself for all of the hard work that I have put into school...I make damn good grades. It is all about procrastination and knowing your professors.

Yes World We Are Sorry At Least Most of Us!

2004-11-15T18:55:00.000-05:00

So from one American to the rest of the world.... WE fucked up and we are sorry. At least you don't have to live here!

The Word Liberal

2004-11-12T19:30:00.000-05:00

Ok, so is anyone else out there sick and tired of the word Progressive as substitute for the word Liberal. I am a Liberal. I am a Bleeding ASS Liberal. I am not a fucking progressive. We have allowed the right wing media ( and yes, it is right wing) to attach this negative connotation to the word Liberal and instead of deciding to take the word, own it, and turn it against them by embracing it even more we go and get a new word. This Fucking frustrates ME.

My minor is in Linguistics and Language so I know a bit about the subject of vocabulary. The word choices that people make determine many things that you may not even think about. By finding a new word to define ourselves as we have given the Republicans power. They can use the term against us and know that it hurts us. This also further scatters the Dems because now we cannot even agree on basic terminology such as the words used to define who we are. Is that really what we want to be doing right now? Seems really fucking stupid to me.

Group Think

2004-11-12T19:10:00.000-05:00

So I am now over my depression about the election and I have worked through my grief processes like a good little girl. So, then I decided to be really novel and go out to see what I can do to help because it looks like the Dems are in a world of fucking hurt right now, and I decided that I would try to be part of the solution. First off...I do not do well with groups. I have been in them in the past and lets just say that I don't tend to play well with others all of the time. (I am an ex sorority girl and we will leave that for another time when I have mountains of time for explanation of that debacle.)

I went with ETP to a Young Dems meeting in our county. I am not sure if you can really call it a meeting because it was two guys and us there. They told us that sometimes they get a lot of people at their meetings, like about 12! Anyway, this is the fundamental problem with the Dems. They can't even show up to their own fucking meetings. No wonder why they cannot run effective campaigns or get their message out or even build organizations. No one shows up! If this were a republican meeting that I was attending then people would have been there 1/2 an hour early and they would have accomplished something! The Dems seemed surprised that we had come and that I had found them on the internet. Oh the other weird thing was that their were two people in the meeting room who were fighting about inconsequential bullshit that you probably don't want to discuss in that manner in front of new people because you might fucking scare them off. Do people think anymore?

I was frustrated, but I am not going to give up just yet. I know how the republicans organize and how they get shit done on some levels. The dems have a long fucking way to go before they will have their shit together. Anyway, we shall see how this foray into group activity goes.

Fuck Yea!

2004-10-29T15:01:00.000-04:00

So Eminem came out with this new video Mosh which is excellent! Go and Watch it Now. Stop waiting! Just go fucking do it you PUSSY! See wasn't I correct. Good Video huh! Next time just fucking listen to me the first time. Now I have to go and play some more DOA2 Prettier and get some costumes. Bye!

Just let the kids freaking dance!!!

2004-10-22T19:37:00.000-04:00

So apparently some people think that we need to go back to the Victorian era when all sex was repressed and never talked about. This article fucking infuriated me! Now kids should be able to dance however the hell they want too! Deal with it!!! And for those kids who support this, use your own fucking brain instead of your parents brain. That is if you can still find your own brain!! Learn to be creative and learn to be comfortable with your own body. I am not saying that you must grind with someone but you should allow someone else to dance how they please. I hate people and I really wish a vast portion of the population would drop dead....like super conservative religious zealots for example!!

Good for a laugh

2004-10-22T19:27:00.000-04:00

Go and read this....only in Amsterdam

Just can't get enough Halloween rants, look no further!

2004-10-22T19:09:00.000-04:00

So, first thing first. I need to preface this with the comment that I am not a huge fan of Halloween. I dressed up when I was little and thought it was fun, but beyond that I really don't have any special affinity with the holiday like I do with Thanksgiving or Christmas. So now, this is what I read today. Come on you fucking Wiccans give me a break. The kids just want some candy and some fun. Shut the fuck up and leave the kids alone. Just get over yourselves. Same for the fucking school district who can't seem to teach the kids everything without eliminating the Halloween party. I just want to know if they are eliminating all parties because otherwise they are discriminating against Halloween. This is just ridiculous. I should really not raise my kids in America because I will have to kill people or just yell really loud at them. Ok, kill them!! Fuck Wiccans and Fuck schools!!!! Fuck bees!!

Fuck the Christians

2004-10-16T19:37:00.000-04:00

Yeah, so this is ridiculous. Who fucking cares what day Halloween falls on, let the kids go out and get their fucking candy...it is a GOD GIVEN RIGHT!!! (if there is one) My personal favorite was the grandmother who would let there granddaughter go out on Saturday because apparently that is the devil's day but Sunday is God's day so you can't go trick-or-treating then. BULLSHIT. The only thing that will confuse the child is the concept that there is this guy in the sky that is watching you and you better do everything right or you will burn in hell. I like Santa better, at least it only deals with toys and not the fiery bowels of hell.

Yep a month later.....

2004-10-16T19:02:00.000-04:00

So yeah I've been busy again. Not that my life is extremely interesting or anything but I have been going to school and nannying and doing other stuff that seems important but probably you all could care less. Oh well I will tell you about it anyway. I don't care, you can always leave. I do this for me!

So I got a dog and he is cool. He is chow chow mix (he looks predominately like a chow though)who is three years old and I think he is perfect! He looks like a big teddy bear! So I have been doing lots of homework because I have 18 credit hours this semester and I am trying to pull all A's again because I am this extreme nut when it comes to grades. I will give my self an ulcer if I am not careful but oh well I have finally received some credit for it though because I have been asked to join an International honours society for the top 15% of my class. Yeah, the all nighters paid off. Perfection and pretension united in a perfect union.

Work is work. I mean I go to work and play at the park and read books and play pretend. It has to be one of the greatest jobs in the world. Then again my charge is two so that can be difficult at times. I think that I will be sticking with my dog for a while. Dogs are much easier to deal with. They don't talk and if you train them everyone loves to be around them even people that are allergic and normally do not like dogs can tolerate them.

I have been in heaven here since Air America arrived in town here and talk radio became fun again once more. Then I got the greatest news of all, Saul Williams will be performing here soon. Which reminds me if you haven't gone out to get this CD...GET ON THAT SHIT!!!!! You can also listen online to the tracks, but really just go and get it because it is worth supporting good artist who can really make music and really write.

Anyway, I am back for a while until things get messy again. I will end this now.
Bye.

Annan Gets Balls About 20 Years Later

2004-09-17T01:52:00.000-04:00

So the international community has finally jumped on the fact that our little crusade in Iraq might be kinda fucking illegal. Well, I guess better late than never. I personally enjoyed the Japanese response to the charge that the war was illegal....um well we will get back to you on that one. Gee, do you think that any of the countries who are supporting this war....there are still some of those aren't there....hello anyone out there? Anyway, Do you think that they probably have teams of lawyers looking over documents going oh shit this stuff Rove and Cheney gave us doesn't look quite right. I wonder what kind of typewriter they used for this one!

Yep, America Sucks

2004-09-16T03:29:00.000-04:00

So because I am a college student I found this article stating that American colleges fail at the affordability test interesting. How in the hell are we supposed to keep up pace with the rest of the world if you cannot afford higher education! I went to this site which has the whole report in black and white (if you click on the measuring up button) and found that not a single state received and A rating and only one state received a B rating. Most all of the states either had a D or an F. This is fucking pathetic. The state that received a B rating was California and it won't have it for long because the Terminator will terminate that for them. Is this the way that they are going to get people to sign up for the armed services....pretend to pay for their college but then send them to war and let them be killed so that they don't have to pay for it anyway? I love it when I live in a country that is supposedly a superpower that can't even educate the citizens. Fuck this!!!

Kitty Madness

2004-09-12T07:17:00.000-04:00

So if you don't know, I am a huge Hello Kitty freak. This is kind of odd considering I fucking hate the color pink and virtually everything about Hello Kitty is obnoxiously pink but I will bend the rules for the kitty. The Kitty gets her own set of rules which are: it is cute so, therefore, you must have regardless of color because it is fucking cute. (ok so more like one rule but you get the picture) However, I am a very selective shopper and have come to love the porcelain dolls that they put out but won't fucking sell in the online Sanrio store which, I must say is quite a piece of crap! They never have anything that I want because everything I want is only released in Japan. Anyway, I have spent the last few hours trolling around online trying to find these little fucking cute dolls that I want and I finally hit the mother load at J-List! OH YEAH!!! They not only have the dolls but, apparently, after a long dry spell they now have the Hello Kitty vibrator back and ready for some action. This is great now that I can finally get my dolls because I don't have to worry about finding them. I also found the online store of the people that I used to buy from at Cons and I have confirmed that they don't have the new figures listed online. This is good because I have needed to find alternative sources for my Kitty obsession. Also, for anyone who cares which is probably only one other person...HLJ does not have the cool house even listed anymore. For those of you who don't know, they had this really fucking sweet miniature doll house for Hello Kitty and her family with a spiral staircase and furniture and all kinds of miniature super cute plastic shit that was highly detailed. I am such a sucker for that shit. God I hate everything and Everything fucking sucks. Why the hell does shopping have to be so difficult? I love shopping and they make it so difficult. If people would get some fucking taste and stop buying crap maybe retailers would stop making crap! STOP BUYING CRAP PEOPLE!!!! STOP THAT!!!! If it were only that easy.

No love for me please!

2004-09-07T20:25:00.000-04:00

Why the hell do people feel safe with this moron in office! I just cannot figure it out! I am sorry Dubya but the reason my OBGYN cannot practice "his love" with me is because it is fucking illegal!!!! The only thing he can practice is medicine, but it is so fucking expensive because of malpractice insurance and shit like that. Maybe we could do something about it if we, I don't know, regulated insurance and made it more affordable. I guess it is kinda hard when you spend so much money fighting a war for your daddy so he can finally win the war of who has a bigger dick! My response: Go shove that dick up your ass sideways!!!! Let me know how that works out for you.

Need to Explode

2004-09-03T20:25:00.000-04:00

So I have been listening to a lot of talk radio lately...mainly NPR and AirAmerica. This usually keeps me informed and since I do not have cable (a self imposed exile)but lately I have been getting really pissed off. I kept up with both the Democrat and Republican Conventions and then this got me to thinking that I should actually do something with this pent up aggression and volunteer to make a difference. This got me to thinking that maybe there would be a democrat organization at the college I attend. I thought to myself this would be great because I would like to help make a difference and I would connect more with the people that I go to school with. (Liberalism at it's finest)

I guess this was the idealist in me rearing its ugly head because after checking online at the various political organizations that do exist at my school none of them have a website and the only thing that you can get if you dig real hard is an email address. I found this to be very disconcerting so just for the hell of it I checked the republican organizations. DAMN they have their shit together. I was impressed! These people are organized. I started to wonder why the Dems are not jumping on the college campuses and getting the voters started from there. I ran across this article and had my AH HA moment. FUCK! We need to get our shit together here. Now it is up to me and I think I might go against every grain in my body and blindly email some groups and hopefully get some shit started. This could be scary but I'll keep you posted. For once something is not going in 93% bucket!

Search hit

2004-09-02T20:33:00.000-04:00

So apparently I am number 18 on the search list for:

Ski mask terrorist

Yeah go me! It is just what I have always wanted!

Cosplay is for Sucks!

2004-08-29T15:08:00.000-04:00

I must preface this post first by saying that at one time I bullshitted about dressing up as various anime characters but, just like everything else, it ended up going in the 93% bucket because you just don't do that shit! Yes, I like anime, but there is a breaking point and Cosplay is one of them. Every person that I have ever observed playing dress up is ugly so it just becomes painful to look at. I know people say that it is about the creativity in making the costume and having fun and all of that bullshit! Fuck 'em!!! If you are over the age of twelve, it is no longer acceptable to dress up! Act your age. As with everything else in life....if you are ugly, cover yourself up and try not to draw anymore attention to yourself!!! IT IS NOT HALLOWEEN! YOU ARE NOT CUTE! STOP THAT! STOP THAT!

New Release

2004-08-28T19:02:00.000-04:00

So for those of you who do not know I am a big fan of poetry, in particular slam poetry. One of my ALL TIME FAVORITE Artists is Saul Williams who does just a little bit of everything. He is a poet, actor, musician, rap artist and very articulate speaker. Anyway, if you haven't heard of him go and check out his site. He has downloads and more importantly the announcement of his new CD entitled Saul Williams. The CD come out on Sept 21 so you all know what I will be doing on that day.....running around D-town trying to find it because this town has nothing and I can never find anything. God there are times when I miss Chicago. Anyway that is a whole different post entirely. I recommend that you all go out and get his CD and read some of his poetry!

I'm Back...Shit happens!

2004-08-25T23:28:00.000-04:00

So yeah it has been awhile since I have checked in. Sorry, I had shit to do.....yes for a whole fucking month! So now my life is back to normal....or at least as normal as it is going to get. I had my family in town and if you keep up with BLM's blog you know how crazy that bunch is! Anyway, my Dad turned fifty or in the words of my cousin who is all of 10 years old he is half dead. I am no longer employed at Dillards...Fuck Dillards anyway! I did get my overtime pay and so did everyone else. It was great, and now they hate me because I made them follow the law and pay their employees for the extra time worked.

So now I am back in school taking more fun and exciting English classes and I am still employed as a nanny. I am taking a shitload of classes this semester, 6 in all for a total of 18 credits. My all time favorite class is my Interpersonal Communication class that I am taking online. It is kinda pathetic, but oh well it works for me and besides most people suck so why do I need a class to learn how to communicate with them.

So now my time will mainly be spent reading and cranking out research papers like there is no tomorrow. Ok so that is what I should be doing but more than likely I will be procrastinating and bullshitting my way to that A. Hey, it has worked for me every time so far, and I have the GPA to back it up so why mess with a proven formula!

Fuck Dillard's

2004-07-27T00:53:00.000-04:00

So this summer while I was off from the pursuit of the elusive BA in English I decided to get a second job at Dillards in the men's department. (This also helped ETP purchase the flaming red asshole car that I look really good in but that is beside the point.) Anyway, so this weekend was inventory and it royally sucked ass. I worked on Saturday from 7pm to 3:30am and then Sunday from 4pm to 7:15am. That's kinda a lot of hours. Now we had to stay late because the managers fucked up and had morons scanning departments that had high dollar values and that were potentially difficult with complicated tables and fixtures...ie china and Mens Polo and Nautica. When the scans are fucked up and have a high difference things go into a third audit or rescan and you keep scanning until you get it right. Your numbers must match the hand counted numbers of the auditors for the items on the fixture. The managers pissed off the auditors and in turn they made their lives a living hell. God I want to be an auditor. The managers would not let us take breaks and gave us crap for food. We were literally held hostage there for the night until I made a big stink and some of us left. By this point some of the people, myself included, were becoming ill from lack of food and sleep deprivation. As we were preparing for the third audit in housewares I told the Assistant Store Manager that he might want to let some of the people go home who were going to be ill before it got to the point where they could not drive anymore. He got all snippy and said well no one wants to be here but we have to get this done. He then said if you don't want to be here then leave, doing so in a manner meant to humiliate us and make us feel bad and guilty, and so the four of us that were standing there grabbed our bags and left. I think that he was expecting us to be contrite little employees and feel bad and stay but not me! I say Fuck you Dillards! Fuck you in the ear with a big rubber dick, break it off and beat you upside the head senseless with it!!!!!

Now I have contacted the Department of Labor in my state and asked them if you work a shift that is longer than 12 hours regardless of whether it spans one or two days, as long as it is continuous, you are required to pay overtime. The store Managers were saying that they would not be paying any overtime because it was technically a shift spanning 2 days. I will be filing a complaint and they will pay me my overtime!! Don't ever mess with little people because they can be mean and bitchy when they have to be.

Opps!

2004-07-22T16:14:00.000-04:00

So I don't know why the link wasn't working but now it works!

Mary Poppins

2004-07-21T16:44:00.000-04:00

So let me start off this particular rant by stating that I am a nanny and I have been for a couple of years now. I ran across this article and thought I would share my thoughts. First of all isn't this common sense stuff that should be expected of a nanny. Anyone that you employ should show up on time and be prepared for the job. If this is the sign of a great nanny then I am Mary Poppins! These are your kids and if you went to all the trouble to have them shouldn't you demand the best out of those who you choose to take care of them. Maybe I am expecting too much of parents because there a quite a few out there who do not pay attention to their kids and are just looking for someone else to do the dirty work of raising their kids. The whole problem with the barometer used in this senario is that it greatly depends upon the parent playing an active role in the child's life. If the parent doesn't care it is highly unlikely that the nanny will care about the kids either. I have nannied for both types of families and I know that I hold myself to a higher standard when I know that the parents are truly responsive and deeply care about their kids. Anyway this pisses me off and if I go any further I will have to launch into a post about the tests that I think you should have to pass in order to become a parent and I don't have time because I have to go and be Mary Poppins soon! I'll have to save that for another day!

Lists Lists Lists

2004-07-15T17:02:00.000-04:00

So the wonderful department of Homeland Security
has decided that the airport screening system that they were working on
is not viable. Now they want to create one that checks names
against an expanded list of suspected terrorists. I'm sure that
the Republicans won't fuck this one up like they did in Florida.
Convicted felon's lists are extreamly accurate so I would have to say
that the terror lists are probably correct also! Wouldn't you?

Convenience store terrorists!!

2004-07-10T01:16:00.000-04:00

So I found this a bit amusing. Now, apparently if you walk around in a ski mask and try to buy a pack of gum you are a terrorist. Now I am not sure when wearing a ski mask became a terror threat but apparently now bank robbers and any other robber who wears a ski mask is a terrorist. I think that it is discrimination based on apparel and the ski mask industry should sue. I mean come on what about the guys who wear the panty hose over their heads or the masks, how do they get off so easy. Did those industries contribute to the Republican party? I guess this is why the terror threat warning was issued. I hate it when the terrorists get a hold of our Wrigley gum. They hate us for our gum!!

Keg Stands For Freedom!

2004-07-08T19:20:00.000-04:00

So is this the fate of nation? Is this the intellectual pinnacle of our society? CNN highlights college students, specifically frat boys, deciding who to vote for based on who they think would do a good job holding their feet in a keg stand. I'm so glad we got that out of the way and now we can move on to more pressing issues like who would an asset to the fraternity when Greek Week comes around!

Interesting Article

2004-07-06T17:19:00.000-04:00

So now there is a coffin museum complete with a fish coffin. If you are going to go to all the trouble to make this cool coffin why would you then want to put a rotting corpse in there and bury it in the ground. Just my opinion, but it kinda seems like a fucking waste!!!

Ok so let's stop it with the name dropping

2004-07-06T16:47:00.000-04:00

Ok so what is with the designer purse fetish? This summer I have been working retail and I have noticed the large masses of purses and handbags emblazoned with various designers trademarks all over them. Why must you pay $200 for a purse and then complain that you are broke and don't have any money. Maybe you would, if you hadn't blown it on your stupid purse that screams, "I want you to think that I have money but I really don't!!" And last but not least, if you are going to buy one of these things please don't buy one for your eleven year old daughter. (You laugh but I have seen it happen!) She doesn't fucking need it! She is eleven! This will just help turn her into a spoiled brat no one wants to be around. Good, now I am glad we have that straight.

Lets Reverse That Shit Please

2004-07-06T00:47:00.000-04:00

So last night I had the wonderful pleasure of watching the movie Irreversible which is a French film. Holy shit, where do I begin? This had to be the most pretentious piece of crap that I have seen in a long time. I must preface the rest of this post with a warning: I will be giving away elements of plot if you desire to see this work of "art". The director, Gaspar Noe, is trying desperately to be profound in his discovery that there are choices that you make in life that you cannot undo. No Shit, Sherlock! The story is told backwards, like Memento, and there are various camps out there who beleive that it was a dream sequence which is really irrelevant. From what I can tell, the director really didn't have anything in particular that he wanted to say other than "choices are irreversible." There is a thread of women's issues (such as relationships, dating, pregnancy and rape) interwoven, but there is no clear underlying message to complete the arc and tie it together.

In the movie there is also a nine minute rape scene that is, let's say, not so fun to watch! I almost walked out of the room. Of course, I almost walked out of the room in the beginning of the movie because the director decided that he wanted to spin the camera around and see if he could nauseate the audience before he started inidating them with the rest of this crap that he called a movie. Complete and utter pretension!!!! The film was filled with gruesome violence and sex. Now normallly I am one that is all for violence in movies and sex and killing and shit like that. Some of my favorite movies are filled with it, ie. Kill Bill, Battle Royale, Reservoir Dogs, Mulholland Drive. In this film there was no point to it and it did not really serve a purpose as far as plot development (maybe because there is no point to the movie in the first place) I'm pretty sure the director made the movie on a dare and not because there was a story that needed to be told here.

To make matters worse, in the other corner of the room as we are viewing this atrocity, people are laughing and having a great time watching this Korean movie called Sex is Zero. I will have to watch that some other time.

Lastly, why must people be suckered into beleiving that just because the film is foreign or that the director is doing something "different" that the film is good? Sometimes people make bad films. This is not art! This is pretentious... learn to tell the difference. It doesn't matter where the shit comes from, it is still Shit! It doesn't matter if it is filmed upside down or if the scene is shot in one take or 52 billion takes, Crap is still Crap! God dammit I hate Pretentious Assholes. Stop that! Stop Being Stupid!

Hello

2004-07-06T00:36:00.000-04:00

Well at least the site is functional at this point...it is a work in progress and it shall get better I promise. (at least looks wise I am making no promises on the content) So as I was saying earlier I have been bullshitting around saying that I was going to start a blog here for about a year and I have now finally done it. Whoopee! I guess now I can join the ranks of those that are admonished for not updating their blogs or I could be the rebel who actually does update regularly, but lets face it who am I kidding.

So I fucking did it!

2004-07-05T20:16:00.000-04:00

Yes I have now started a blog. So for all of those who have been listening to me bullshit about starting a blog can all now shut up because here it is. So I will end this now as I have other shit to do and I will be back to clean this mess up later.