Pointless Announcements

let's see this, please.

Linky.

Hey, I don't hate democracy. Well, I guess when it comes to choosing who I get to bump uglies with, I suggest you shove those votes up your personal ballot boxes.

Also, how dare you think I would do such a thing! That's not what I meant by "excited!" My life ain't no soap opera/novela. At least I don't want it to be... sometimes...

Here. This pretty much explains everything.

http://skullzandkandy.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/attachment-parents-rant/

You make a lot of very valid points. I particularly liked point #5.

The thing about parenting is: By the time one is an expert the job is over. ha. It is a continuous learning experience, where as soon as one masters one phase that phase is over, and when one thinks they have it under control when the next child enters the same phase they learn oh so quickly how much they don't know when nothing works because they are dealing with a completely different human being.

Every parent is a total Novice in every aspect. There are no experts, only those with varying levels of good and bad advice.

All four of my children were different- from the one that really did need to be responded to as soon as she cried and held in a front pack not put in a carrier to the one that preferred to have his bottle propped and the cuddling involved with breastfeeding was almost like torture to him.

I hate that superiority complex and attitude people religiously dedicated to their method have. Brand new parents tend to be the worst, but all kinds of parents call fall trap to becoming annoying douchebag offenders about their method or style.

It is one of the reasons I don't talk about my kids being born out of the hospital (at home and in birthing centers) and why I stopped associating with that whole crowd. They think their way is the only way and that they are somehow better than a woman that birthed in the hospital. I always figured it was none of my business how another woman chose to birth her child, it is her body and child and family and any intelligent woman will choose what is right for her. But the whole home birth community has the exact same attitude as you described- the "Our way is the best and only good way and anyone who thinks otherwise has been Deceived" attitude.

Those people are so annoying.

I vote he sleeps with his brother's girlfriend, actually.

Everything I know about Mexican families I learned from novelas.

And my personal ballot box?! No no no... how dare YOU.

That gif is the first result when you google "novela slap gif" and I made it last year when I was pretending to be angry with Jaz.

So yeah, I'm pretty proud.

Sometimes you just have to properly slap a bitch.

Sometimes you just have to properly slap a bitch.

I vote they have a threesome and he comes back and tells if it is indeed stressful.

That is not how you treat a woman, Noah!

I was talking about the Strom thats coming in.

And a threesome with family never, ever, is a good idea. Thats why I never understood the whole twin thing.

I haven't stopped hiccuping for about an hour now. It's driving me crazy. Anyway, my roommate continues to piss me off with everything he does. He plays League of Legends all days and talks to the people he plays with. He is absolutely the rudest person to them. Honestly, if someone spoke to me like he does his friends, I'd have a hard time not hitting them in the face.

Hi Zak. Hi Novela Slap gif.

This has been a long ass week and it's only going to get longer. I took a couple days off so I could rest up with this horrible cold I have which has helped.

Found out my mom's coworker/friend passed away which is really sad. It sounds like there might have been foul play but regardless it's pretty devastating to receive this news.

I had an amazing dream that I was almost back in peak physical condition, doing pull ups, but my favorite before waking up was running the track. Practicing my form, flying through the curves... I miss being an athlete.

That is really horrible about your mom's coworker. I hope they figure it out and I hope you feel better soon.

I got your card, btw. I thought it was an advertisement for some awesome place at first, for halloween. I was all "Where is that? We are so going there to see this!" Then I turned it over and it was even better.

Sorry! Sorry! I was asleep, dreaming about "ballot boxes." I get upset when I'm woken up from those kinds of dreams. You can punch me.

Also, Amber, you're a sick woman! Then again, maybe you thought it was common practice cuz you saw it in a novela.

No. I am just sick.

I prod my friends into doing shameful and depraved things for my personal amusement all the time.

I'm glad you liked your postcard, I need to send the others out. Noah, I need your address so you can get yours.

My friend wants to start a podcast with me where we just talk about general stuff, since it always ends up in a political/philosophical discussion. I'm not sure how I feel about that. I'm interested, but... I might be too shy to publicize, cuz soooo many people would listen in.

Whatever. I'm not reading all this posts.

I think you should go for it. Fight through the shyness. Annnd, I think once you really get involved in the conversation, you will forget you're recording and be fine. My son Jack is super shy and has a hard time interacting with adults. I understand, because I've always been really shy. I feel bad for him because a lot of the time, even with family members, such as aunts and uncles he has a hard time carrying on a conversation. He almost comes across as irritated or very unconcerned with the conversation, because he gives a lot of one word answers and talks very quiet. Yesterday he had his first water therapy appointment for his back. On the drive there I told him, " Jack, your therapist is going to be asking you lots of questions to find out all the information about your pain, so he knows what exercises and course of treatment you need. You really need to answer him honestly and speak up so he can hear you well. You are going to be going to him for awhile and it's important that you have a good relationship with him and he understands you." By the end of his session, he and the therapist were talking basketball and getting on real well.
Anyhow, I think you should at least give this a go and come out of your shell. I think it will make you feel good if you can do it. Who knows, you may even enjoy it. Goodluck, if you decide to.

You're right... I'm gonna do it!

Annnnd what is it that you are going to do? Yeah, I know I sounded corny, but was just trying to be encouraging to him.

Don't get me wrong, I'm a tad obnoxious. I just don't think I can handle having my opinions so...solidified. I'm constantly changing my perspective. I don't have the integrity for something like this. Stubborn-minded people are good at this sort of thing (*cough* TheYoungTurks *cough* HowTheWorldWorks *cough*). I'm stubborn, but not that stubborn. People that do this sort of thing have an incentive to become narrow-minded, or be doomed to only ever discuss things that are proven as fact, which can get pretty boring.

I get what you're saying, especially if your having to make statements going according to fact and have no leeway or room for change in perspective. Which to me also does sound a bit boring. I thought is more along the lines of conversation style, not only fact based. So, maybe not a good idea, but could that obnoxiousness maybe give way for some "friendly" debating and invitation of some more openmindeness and different perspectives, not just fact based?

I had such a busy day.

I took Lucy to the Botanic Gardens this morning and found a very sick little duckling, all the other ducks were pecking at it and walking over it to get to the bread I was feeding them. I couldn't stand to let him die there in the cold and keep on being pecked by the nasty bigger ducks. I picked it up and put it in Lucy's buggy (she was sleeping). I asked at the cafe if there was anyone at the gardens who was responsible for the animals. they told me to take it to the gift shop because the lady there was good at looking after them. So I took the poor little duckling there, the shop lady so so sweet and scooped it up and put the little duck in a box and told me she'd keep him warm.

There was so much other stuff that happened and we did today.

I just talked to the most condescending prick on the phone, and I'm angry right now.

He is truly evil.

That's so sweet! I couldn't leave it either.

This girl I know was on her way t work at a stationary shop and she saw a horse trapped in barbed wire by the river and she called animal protection and then just buggered off to work! There's something wrong with her, I think, not to stay and make sure it was okay. She doesn't have an important job or anything, come on.

I have a week off my lectures now, aaaaah. Just going to work in the afternoons and sleep all morning. Heaven.

I was so scared about starting to write this novel because I loved the idea so much and didn't want to butcher it but I'm 7 pages in since biting the bullet yesterday and I'm really enjoying writing it. It's a good feeling, never had this feeling before. When I finish it, even if it never gets published and everyone hates it, if I keep it the way it's going now then I'll be happy forever.

Thank you. I all started when my wife stumbled upon that blog and she just tried to tell them that their way was not the only way to do things. They then responded by saying she was attacking them and telling her how uneducated she was and how she had been deceived and "duped" into thinking that there is another way of doing things that is not theirs. I hate people like that. Make me want to bust a cap in the motherfuckers. Well a literary cap anyways. I hope they moderator at least read through my whole post before deleting it and maybe learned a little something. Probably not though.

Hey hey. How you been?

I really miss the gym. Before Zoe came I was actually bulking up, gained like 20 lbs. Was feeling good though making strength gains. Then I didn't have time, stopped lifting and stopped the bulking diet. Lost all the weight almost immediately and shrunk back down to size.

Yeah, me too. I've only made it to the gym maybe once a week. Now that I'm sick I haven't gone at all. Yesterday I noticed how skinny my legs looked. I was doing really good reaching personal bests each day I went. I'm running a 5k tomorrow and I have no idea if I'll survive or not. Should be interesting.

Ran a bunch of errands this morning and got a haircut. I look so damn handsome.

I have to hide the dog food from my daughter. Apparently she thinks its delicious, much better than CheesyMac and Chicken Fingers.

i'm not sure why but every time i see steve harvey, i want to punch him in the face.

Haha. Lucy thinks Meowie is the tastiest thing ever too!

Hi Zack.

Nice one on the writing, Amii.

I knew a lady who would be late to work on rainy days because she was rescuing worms from puddles.

We have a Sweet Fest this weekend in Bucharest and I'm going tomorrow with a classmate. So not only is this the first time I go out with someone in my class (a girl!), I'll take this chance to eat my first cupcake.

Racist.

that's just silly.

i don't hate you and everybody knows you're black.

Is that a euphemism or have you really not had a cupcake... ever?

I have never had a cupcake. And that's not a date! It means I'm just going out with ONE person from my new class for the first time. We had an outing on Wednesday with 12 or 13 people, when a class was cancelled, but this is different.

Wow, if they have one there be sure to get a Red Velvet cupcake, it should have cream cheese icing. They are awesome. Cup Cakes must not be big in Romania, they are pretty big here. I mean people get tattoos of them. You guys probably have your own pastries that we are not aware of here though.

They're not extremely popular, but you can find them in some fancy stores. Muffins on the other hand are everywhere.

And yes, there are books upon books on Romanian traditional desserts. We're very big fans of small cream cakes like this. Any kind of filling, various types of dough, etc.

And fondant bonbons. The filling is cocoa and nuts.

irina, if ever i visit romania, i hope i can persuade you to show me around.

Yeah we wanna go to the cake shops.

Until then, I'll take photos tomorrow at the festival. I've seen some on Facebook already, and damn. Incoming hole in my budget and soaring blood sugar.

ME TOO