tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82276025103477308742024-02-06T20:21:27.831-08:00BaaBlogBlackSheepWhere all the inappropriate things live. You're welcome.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-92081883326853754112013-11-24T16:18:00.002-08:002013-11-24T16:18:36.318-08:00I think I'm going to do it.So...I'm a chicken. I started this blog, and I love it, and it makes me happy. I've learned that I really enjoy writing, even if it's only the mindless drivel that is constantly running through my head. <br />
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I've also learned that it is a pain in the ass to be super-secret undercover. I'm new to all this and just learning the difference between blogger and word press and don't <em>even </em>get me started on Twitter. I had to make up a fake name to get on blogger because Google just wants to connect you to everyone you've ever met and I wasn't ready for that. <br />
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I still may not be. I don't know. We'll see. I'm slowly making the move to my new blog We Don't Chew Glass, and I hope I don't regret it. <br />
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I am pretty attached to this place though, so for now I'm not going to delete it...but I most likely won't be posting here much. You can find me at <a href="http://wedontchewglass.wordpress.com/">http://wedontchewglass.wordpress.com</a>.<br />
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StephanieAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-89409034166413888222013-11-21T14:00:00.002-08:002013-11-21T14:00:35.922-08:00This isn't a post. It's just a long, shouty whine.I am so ANGRY.<br />
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I don't even know how to convey the depth of my irritation here.<br />
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*deep breath* <br />
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So, you may know that I recently had to stop eating meat, so I wouldn't die.<br />
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I did that. I did good. No bacon, no burgers, no ham, no steak, NO DELICIOUS FUCKING MEAT!!<br />
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Well. Then I started getting sick when I drank milk. So I switched to soy milk. (Soy milk is actually pretty good, but let's not get distracted here, I'm still mad.)<br />
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Last week I got the flu vaccine. And had a reaction. Today I ate a cereal bar ( or possibly two) and had another fucking reaction. Turns out? Everyfuckingthing is made with GELATIN which is made from PIG SKIN (and/or COW BONES) which I AM FUCKING ALLERGIC TO.<br />
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Sorry about the shouting. Like I said, I'm pissed. All the things. All the good, bad for you, tasty things are making me sick. <br />
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I just have one fucking question, and I'm scared to hear the answer. Does pie have gelatin in it?<br />
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Don't answer that.<br />
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In apology for this angry pointless post, I give you a bunny driving a Barbie car. Please forgive me, I'm just hungry.<br />
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Beep! Beep!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-7719929279572717082013-11-07T20:09:00.002-08:002013-11-21T14:01:04.065-08:00Kids? Tyrants? Gremlins? You decide.My children have got the crazy-making thing <em>down.</em> I mean, they are professionals. Little ornery agents of chaos, stalking me everywhere I go. (Seriously. Everywhere.) <br />
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I have compiled a list of some of the random shit my children have come up with in their never-ending quest to watch me unravel.<br />
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1. Refusing to wear coats. This may not sound serious, but when it is 16 degrees outside and you can barely get your kid to wear shoes, you've got a problem. And you might think this is no big deal, but it <em>is </em>a big deal when you know it is not actually a dislike of outerwear, but probably a plot designed to get Child Services called. They are sneaky, I'm telling you.<br />
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2. Calling me "Mommom." They never just say "Mom." It's always "Mom. mom. mom. mom. momomomomommomom." I believe this is to keep me off balance, always looking over my shoulder for additional mothers.<br />
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3. Throwing my own words back at me. For instance: After taking a healthy dump off the front porch, my then 5-year-old looked at me with a straight face and said, "What? You told me to go outside if it was an emergency." <br />
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4. Drawing pictures of me at school. I don't mind the flattering ones, but seriously? This?<br />
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The journal entry for this said, "I ate too much candy and my mom got mad at me. She got so mad at me, her head almost exploded."<br />
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5. They do not show <strike>an appropriate amount</strike> any appreciation of my dancing, singing, or joke telling skills. In fact, they claim unbelievable things like I am "lame" or "not funny." Pssh.<br />
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6. They are always pointing out my mistakes, like when I put the milk in the cabinet or the toothpaste in a lunch box. And then they tell other people. What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas; the same should apply here, only with less drugs and strippers.<br />
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7. They are always wanting food. ALL the time. Like, every day. I think they all have tapeworms.<br />
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8. They FaceTime or Skype with people without telling me, so random teenagers see me in my pajamas talking to the cat.<br />
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9. Goading me into playing video games and then mocking my mad skills when my guy is always the one stuck in a corner or aiming at the sky.<br />
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10. Telling their friends that I'm not helpful with studying because I always laugh at answers like "Titicaca." (That shit is funny. Don't tell me it's not.)<br />
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I could go on and on, but I'm exhausted from trying to stay a step ahead of the little gremlins, so I'm out. Don't worry, I learned long ago to sleep with one eye open.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-24114510651404361412013-10-31T21:00:00.000-07:002013-11-01T07:08:16.948-07:00Snakes. I don't like them.If you don't live in the middle of nowhere, you may not be aware that deer and other wildlife have trails; certain paths that they follow, to water or possibly gatherings where they plot my demise.<br />
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I am beginning to think snakes also have trails, and that my house must sit right in their path. <em>Or</em> the other animals elected snakes as their assassins. I really don't know much about snakes. I do know that I don't like them, and I REALLY don't like them in my house.<br />
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About 10 years ago I (briefly) rented the house that we bought last year. At that time I was the single parent of two boys. The baby woke me up and I stumbled into the kitchen for a bottle. In my defense, it was dark, and I was mostly still asleep. So I saw what my brain registered as a really stretched out ponytail holder on the floor, and I (stupidly) reached down to get it. The fucker moved and I woke all the way up pretty quick. It was about a 4 foot long black snake. In my kitchen. Luckily for me, its head was caught in a mousetrap, so it didn't really have a lot of options. I called my mom and she appeared magically, as she is wont to do in my times of need, wearing boots and bearing a shovel.<br />
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Then I moved. Like, fucking immediately.<br />
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Fast forward 10 years, and we (stupidly) bought this house. Last fall we had approximately three unwelcome guests. Baby copperheads. In my fucking house. <br />
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After I finished having a nervous breakdown, I liberally applied glue traps all over the house. I made my husband pull up all the trim, even though we had remodeled before we moved in, and fill up every hole we could find. I work from home, and for a time I sat at my desk inside a circle of glue boards so that nothing could get me. <br />
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Now it is fall again, and apparently this is snake baby-time. Two weeks ago I was laying on the couch when my four-year-old walked up and asked, "What is that?" pointing at a spot in the floor between us. "That" was a snake stuck to a glue trap. She <em>may</em> have learned a new word that day. This snake was dead already and my husband wasn't home, so I called on my Super Mother Powers and somehow got the damn thing out to the porch. Where I completely lost my shit and began beating the glue trap, sticky side and snake side down, on my porch. I did this until I couldn't lift my arms anymore. It's still there. Glue traps are very sticky.<br />
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Last night it was raining and sometimes when it rains we have a leaky spot behind the T.V. So right before bed I went to have a look, just in case. This is what I saw:<br />
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Are you fucking kidding me?<br />
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So, I did what anyone would do. I called my mom again. This time the snake was still alive and, though well and thoroughly stuck, was trying to strike. We managed to get it outside, which was really hard because I refused to let my feet touch the floor and had to climb on furniture all the way through the house. <br />
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After we took care of that bastard, I convinced myself that there were no more because my glue trap defense is working perfectly. Then I put out every glue board I had (about 12). There are probably close to 50 glue boards hidden all over my house at this point. Even I don't know where they all are.<br />
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I'm concerned. Fall is just beginning, and we've already had two invaders. I need more glue traps, and maybe some fire. <br />
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I think there is an animal conspiracy. I believe the squirrels started it, and they've coordinated the whole mess. They want me gone. This could get really ugly.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-59820814179990457822013-10-30T20:44:00.000-07:002013-10-30T20:44:22.474-07:00I feel like I should warn you...Not really. My Grandma feels like I should warn you. I am just not that kind of person.<br />
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Here's the deal. I live waaaaay out in the woods. My best friend, who's been coming here since second grade, still gets lost. My husband draws maps for people we like. <br />
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Anyway. The road that goes by my house is marked at both ends with big signs that say things like, "TURN BACK" and "WE ARE HEAVILY ARMED AND SLIGHTLY INSANE." Or maybe they just say "Private Drive." Whatever. So <em>regardless </em>of the implied threat and the lack of paved road, people are always cutting through my damn yard. <br />
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Recently, the county came out and, in a really impressive amount of time, built a whole new road about 10 feet away from the old one. This was good, because presumably people would use the new road and I could stop worrying about getting outside in time to yell and throw things at trespassers.<br />
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The "problem" is that they cut my driveway off. (This is not a problem for me. As I may have mentioned before, Private Drive. Now it's super private - even I can't drive on it.) <br />
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So, they cut my driveway off. What used to be my driveway is now about a four foot drop off into an embankment which then turns into the new road. Not a problem. For me. <em>However, </em>somehow the <strike>trespassers </strike>innocent people just driving along are MISSING the new road. Just scootin' right on by it. To my driveway. Which no longer exists.<br />
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My grandma wants me to put up signs. I am thinking: <br />
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1. Possibly the road people should've thought of that?<br />
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2. I don't need signs, because these idiots are only gonna have to go through here once before they figure it out, right? <br />
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3. If they ignored my "VICIOUS ZOMBIE DOGS WILL EAT YOUR FACE OFF" signs, they probably just can't read.<br />
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I don't know. I'm still debating. I could build a fence, but at the rate these fuckers are going they'd just drive right through it. What do you think? Is it my responsibility to protect illiterate and possibly drunk trespassers from themselves? Do I need a sign? And if so, what is a compelling message? Maybe it should just be a picture. <br />
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I feel like this turtle today. Except some slightly drunk people in canoes helped this guy out, and so far today I'm not seeing any drunk people. Or canoes. Dammit. Where is karma when you need that bitch?<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-11306170303322613442013-10-25T14:47:00.000-07:002013-10-29T16:24:33.179-07:00What? It still kind of seems like a good idea.Conversation with Gus about glue traps:<br />
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Me: It's rained so much, we might be able to get that glue trap up. But there's still a snake under there, so...<br />
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Gus: That thing is never coming up. I suggest we just paint over it.<br />
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Gus: We could just staple glue traps up, sticky side out, all over the outside of the house. Paper the house in glue traps.<br />
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Me: OH MY GOD! That would be good for spiders, snakes, ZOMBIES.....<br />
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Me: ....bees, Jehovah's Witnesses....this is brilliant.<br />
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Me: I decided that you are right. We shouldn't cover the outside of the house with glue.<br />
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Me: (closing the cabinet door so he can see the glue trap taped to the door, and the bowl stuck on it, hanging in the air.) No, <em>we</em> didn't decide anything, but I'm a reasonable person. I've thought about it, and it's a bad idea. (bowl hanging next to my face.)<br />
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Me: Hm. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-88813358553706143612013-10-21T10:53:00.002-07:002013-10-29T16:13:06.234-07:00It's a disinfectant kind of day.It's not even noon and I've been covered in a small human's urine twice already.<br />
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This is motherhood, people. Think on it.<br />
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I've got to go clean up after my cat, who has apparently decided that her litter box may only be used one time before she has to go in the floor to teach me a lesson.<br />
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If Cleanliness is next to Godliness, then I am currently living in the Devil's asshole. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-79671145593735518812013-10-19T19:31:00.000-07:002013-10-29T16:26:17.864-07:00I can give the bird left handed, so there.Oh Chronic Pain, you evil, sneaking, rotten bitch, how I loathe you. My dinner sits uneaten because I can't use my right hand. What fresh hell is this? <br />
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It's not enough that my bones hate me and plague me with random deep agonies Every. Single. Day? <br />
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It's not enough that my skin burns for unknown reasons and requires me to put ice packs on my feet to fall asleep on those nights that I don't have to immerse the bitches in boiling water to make my skin stop crawling? <br />
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It's not <em>enough</em> that I lose at least a week out of every month lying in a darkened room, hoping someone will just shoot me or that my head will finally spontaneously combust? <br />
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Chronic Pain, you miserable slut, is it too much to ask for you to just pick <em>one</em> part of my body to torment? <br />
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*Please note that I realize there are worse things I could be saddled with, I <em>am</em> sincerely grateful for all that I have, and none of this shit I've got is going to kill me. So everybody just calm the fuck down.<br />
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-52567339834215854612013-10-15T11:56:00.001-07:002013-10-29T16:13:06.222-07:00She got that class from her mother.So my daughter is 4. She occasionally does stuff and I'm like, What The Fuck? Where did that come from? <br />
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Because, although you couldn't tell it by my blog, we're actually pretty strict parents. Anyway.<br />
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She's started doing this thing where she wiggles her butt and sings "shake it, baby." It's a little disconcerting. I could <em>not</em> think where she might have seen this.<br />
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Then I turned on my cleaning music today, and started shaking it. Yep.<br />
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I think knowing all the words to California Love at just four years old shows great memorization and lyrical skills. Not to mention all the exercise she gets "shakin it."<br />
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For anyone unfortunate enough to not be hip to the 90s rap, here you are, and you're welcome.<br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ961xhNEo">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDZ961xhNEo</a> Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-8655021172265563582013-10-14T19:44:00.000-07:002013-10-29T16:13:06.230-07:00Limit four.It turns out that the number of humans I am capable of keeping in some semblance of order is four. That's unfortunate, because after my three children and my husband, I make five. <br />
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This means that while my daughter went to school freshly bathed and brushed and wearing matching clothes, I worked in my pjs until about 15 minutes before I had to leave the house. <br />
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That was when I realized that although I had showered within the last week, I could not remember the last time I had attempted to brush my hair. Which is long. And thick. And now partially in dreads. Actually, that should be singular. A dread. I have one nappy snarled twisted mess right smack-ass in the middle of my hair. <br />
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My husband is now referring to me as Marley. I'm not sure what the next step should be here, other than maybe hiding all his socks. (Oh, wait, I already did that. Ha.) <br />
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But seriously, I was under the impression that people cultivated dreadlocks, not that they just <em>appeared </em>if you maybe slacked off on personal hygiene for a few <strike>minutes</strike> months. <br />
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Clearly it is time for a new goal. Actually, goals, while I'm at it.<br />
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1. Stop eating so much damn pity pie. Pity pie is NOT your friend.<br />
2. Brush your goddamn hair, you dirty hippie.<br />
3. Fuck it, that's enough. Those are pretty lofty goals; I'm worn out and a little hungry already.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-37376957426492564352013-10-11T19:34:00.002-07:002013-10-11T19:34:45.120-07:00Voicemail blows and I just realized I'm not sure what century it is.I am starting a movement, and I expect my readers to get behind me on this (all 12 of you). <br />
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We are living in the 21st century (I think. 21st? Does that sound right? Whatever.) Voicemails are old fucking news. Effective immediately, we should all start completely ignoring them. I'm a little ahead of the rest of you on this, but that's because I got a pretty good head start (about 5 years). <br />
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Seriously. No one ever leaves a chipper voicemail. It's all cranky bullshit, like "Call me back. Click." or "Please return my call." Fuck that. I don't need that kind of negativity in my life. Occasionally my husband will just leave fart noises, but that's really as good as it gets. <br />
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If you call me and I don't answer, I can pretty much guarantee that there is a reason. Maybe I don't feel like talking. Maybe I don't have cell service. Maybe a purse monster ate my phone. Maybe I'm in the bathroom. Maybe I don't like you, or I'm having one of those days where I hate <em>everyone,</em> including myself. The possibilities are endless, really. <br />
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Anyway, leaving me 15 voicemails, each pissier (<em>how</em> can that not be a word?) than the last is NOT going to make me return your call. <br />
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<em>I</em> <em>have </em><em>caller ID. We all do. </em><br />
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For fuck's sake, if it's that important send me a text. Or a pigeon. I would totally reply by messenger bird.<br />
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Okay, enough ranting. Now planning. <br />
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So, I hope you will all join me in my crusade to rid the world of this great evil, this guilt-inducing, joy-sucking government plot, this heinous OUTRAGE, The Voicemail. (It even sounds bad. Like blackmail. Voicemail. Blackmail. See? I'm doing this for all of us.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-80430754869504455162013-10-07T06:18:00.000-07:002013-10-29T16:24:33.205-07:00I need to borrow a mongoose. Immediately.Initially, I thought honey badger, because as we all know, honey badgers don't give a fuck. <br />
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But apparently they are illegal in the U.S. or some shit; although, whoever is in charge of stopping me from smuggling in non-fuck-giving animals is probably out of a job right now, so I bet I could pull it off. <br />
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I'm kind of scared though. After thinking about it (<em>you're welcome, Gus)</em> I decided that a honey badger in the house might be more scary than a snake. Or snakes. Which is what we currently have.<br />
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Goddammit! I live in the country because I don't like people. I did NOT issue an open invitation to anything poisonous, scaly, creepy, slithery, or slimy. Basically, unless you are a dragon or a cat, you are not welcome here. <br />
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And the cat is fast wearing out her welcome. I'd like to know just what the FUCK she is doing when she's dashing all about the house like she's got <em>super important</em> shit to do, when I'm on the couch and a snake can just blatantly slither up to me. Where was LeeLoo The Vicious Moth Killer and Protector of the Realm then, huh? Sitting on her ASS. Much like when a lizard got in my bedroom, and she PURPOSELY ignored my cries for help.<br />
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I don't know. I'm being overrun by nature's most disgusting creatures right now. I need some tips, or to borrow a mongoose.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-38820455948895942952013-10-02T11:43:00.002-07:002013-10-29T16:26:17.858-07:00There's an app for that....As you know, assuming you've been reading this blog religiously, as you should be, I have been going through some dietary changes. I'm going to refer to this as the Foodpocalypse. Because it fucking sucks and, also, because I can.<br />
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Anyway. I've been looking at apps on my phone to help me determine just what the fuck is in the food I eat, in an effort to stay alive and not be so damn hungry.<br />
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In my app search I have NOT found anything useful. I have found some very disturbing apps which I am going to list here, because I am <strike>bored</strike> good at sharing.<br />
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1. <u>Massager.</u> By Hooha. I don't think I need to explain this one.<br />
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2. <u>How To Get Pregnant</u> (Here's a tip, if you're using your phone on your hooha, you're doing it wrong.)<br />
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3. <u>Am I Fat?</u> Seriously? You need an app for that?<br />
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4. <u>App of Death</u> "The test performed does not indicate that you'll die...it's just a prediction....stay calm." O-kay.<br />
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5. <u>How to Grow Taller</u> This one is by the same person who also knows <u>How to French Kiss,</u> <u>How to be a Hipster</u>, and also <u>How to Call in Sick.</u> A <strike>certifiable </strike>very knowledgeable person, this one.<br />
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Gotta run. App of Death just finished downloading, so I may or may not be back later.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-16102366123283012702013-09-27T05:49:00.001-07:002013-10-29T16:26:17.843-07:00R.I.P. MeatWell, all the tests are back and it is official, I am now allergic to meat. Thank you Lone Star tick, you little bastard.<br />
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If you don't know what in the hell I'm talking about, Google "alpha-gal."<br />
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I'm happy to know I'm not a nutcase (regarding this issue; I am very aware that I am, in fact, mostly crazy).<br />
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It has long been my rule that if it lived in water at any time, it does not go on my plate. Clearly, I'm going to have to reassess. Yesterday I had chocolate pie for breakfast. This doesn't seem like a good long-term plan.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-12612693205275492642013-09-17T11:01:00.004-07:002013-09-17T11:01:50.628-07:00I know best.You know how when you know what's best for someone else, but they won't do what you say? Think of this post as a public service announcement. <i>Some </i>of us know <i>exactly</i> what the fuck we are talking about. You should listen. Case in point:<br />
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My mom wanted to borrow a book from me. Reasons this was a bad idea:<br />
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1. I hate lending my books.<br />
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I <i>tried</i> to tell her. She insisted.<br />
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Me: You won't like that one.<br />
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Mom: Why do you say that? It sounds good.<br />
<br />Me: She's too dark. You are not going to like that book. Plus, there are lesbians.<br />
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Mom: *huffy* You think I don't like gay people?<br />
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Me: I <i>think</i> you are going to hate that book, and probably lose it, and I HAVEN'T EVEN READ IT YET.<br />
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Mom: I'll bring it back. I'll even bring back the other one I borrowed. (THIS. This is why I hate lending books.)<br />
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I'm finally like, "Take the damn book. But I want it and any other books back in a reasonable amount of time or I'm fining you." (I didn't really say that. But that's a good idea.)<br />
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Anyway. A day or so later she brings it back with this horrible look on her face and says, "Here. I can't read this. It's just...it's too...this book isn't good."<br />
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I'm intrigued. I knew she wouldn't enjoy it, but if anything, I expected her to start it, forget about it, and me find it under her bed a year from now. The fact that she brought it back holding it out like it was going to bite her was a little confusing to me.<br />
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So I started it last night. Holy shit. Guys. I let my mom borrow a book in which the first two chapters include <i>not only </i>steamy lesbian sex, but a strap-on dildo, and <i>extremely detailed </i>descriptions of some rather creative pairings, such as unicorn-on-human. (That might should be human-on-unicorn. I'm not really clear on this.)<br />
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I think this may have cured her of borrowing my stuff. <br />
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(I <i>told </i>her she wouldn't like it.)<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-2369749057209445062013-09-10T12:39:00.000-07:002013-10-29T16:26:17.850-07:00Can you have dementia at 33?This morning I had to go to town, which always sucks, and I had to talk to not only my son's doctor but also my therapist, who is amazingly insightful and very, very good at what she does. This is a recipe for disaster. I've threatened to fire the woman numerous times because she is <em>that </em>good. Anyway, I went, I did what I was supposed to do, yay me.<br />
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On the way home, I was hurting really bad (because I didn't take my meds this morning because I was driving my kid *pats self on back*) so I dug out my medicine and tried to swallow and then realized I did not have a drink. So I choked on the nasty little pill, and then started thinking that my esophagus must not be normal sized, and I was going to stop breathing, and wasn't it ironic that I was going to die in a car accident while choking on a pill that is supposed to make me feel better.<br />
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This is the kind of crazy we're dealing with here, people. I eventually found an extra-strength 5-hour energy drink in my purse and drank that so I wouldn't choke to death. Then my purse fell off the seat, exposing the full bottle of water I had just gotten in town less than five minutes before this whole debacle. <br />
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Now I am alive, which is good, not too worried about my esophagus, which is also good, but quite a bit wound up, which could be either good or bad. I think we should all probably be thankful that my husband <em>still</em> refuses to let me have a blow torch.<br />
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I have almost died four times in the last two weeks. I may be exaggerating a little. But maybe not. It's been bad. <em>Wtf, y'all, is this even legal??</em> I am on an all Pop Tart and coffee diet until further notice.<br />
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similarly challenged.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Please note,
although the article doesn’t specifically mention it, an angel food pan should also not be
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the burners on my stove actually filled with liquid and started smoking.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My kids are yelling at me for taking
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I'm not even sure what to say about this.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-88728501156487853082013-08-24T13:14:00.001-07:002013-08-24T17:53:23.869-07:00Hmm. And here I thought I was just an asshole.I saw this on FB yesterday and decided it was a must-do. Turns out, I’m not an asshole.<br />
I’m an <em>introvert. </em>Take the quiz, maybe you’re not an asshole either!<br />
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/introverts-signs-am-i-introverted_n_3721431.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/20/introverts-signs-am-i-introverted_n_3721431.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000009</a><br />
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<strong>Not sure if you’re an innie or an outie? See if any of these<br /> 23 telltale signs of introversion apply to you. </strong><br />
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<strong>1. You find small talk incredibly cumbersome. </strong><br />
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Yes. But I thought I was just not that friendly.<br />
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Why on earth would I want to talk to strangers? If I go to a party it’s because someone<br />
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I often feel like I need to get <em>away</em> from crowds.<br />
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<strong>4. Networking makes you feel like a phony.</strong><br />
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Because it <em>is </em>phony.<br />
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<strong>5. You’ve been called "too intense.”</strong><br />
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Not to my face.<br />
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<strong>6. You’re easily distracted. </strong><br />
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Considering I’m supposed to be doing my real job right now,<br />
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<strong>7. Downtime doesn’t feel unproductive to you.</strong><br />
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What is this “downtime” you speak of?<br />
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<strong>8. Giving a talk in front of 500 people is less stressful than having to mingle with those people<br /> afterwards. </strong><br />
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I <em>guess </em>so. Both sound super sucky.<br />
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<strong>9. When you get on the subway, you sit at the end of the bench – not in the middle. </strong><br />
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Supposing I ever decided to ride a giant speeding train propelled through tunnels underground by God knows what power, yes, I guess I probably would sit at the end of the bench. I like to have an exit handy. Just in case.<br />
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<strong>10. You start to shut down after you’ve been active for too long.</strong><br />
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Oh yeah. It takes me a full day to recover after a trip to the grocery store.<br />
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<strong>11. You’re in a relationship with an extrovert. </strong><br />
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He’s crazy. Don’t listen to anything he tells you.<br />
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<strong>12. You’d rather be an expert at one thing than try to do everything.</strong><br />
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I dunno….I like to be good at things….this one’s too hard. Pass.<br />
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<strong>13. You actively avoid any shows that might involve audience participation. </strong><br />
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You have <em>got</em> to be fucking kidding me. Doesn’t everyone?<br />
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<strong>14. You screen all your calls — even from friends. </strong><br />
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Sorry, guys. Read the article. I’m not an asshole. It’s a syndrome, or something.<br />
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<strong>15. You notice details that others don’t. </strong><br />
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Huh?<br />
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<strong>16. You have a constantly running interior monologue. </strong><br />
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I like to hear myself think.<br />
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<strong>17. You have low blood pressure. </strong><br />
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Yes. My blood pressure is super chill.<br />
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<strong>18. You’ve been called an “old soul” -– since your 20s. </strong><br />
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Again, not to my face.<br />
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<strong>19. You don’t feel “high” from your surroundings </strong><br />
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Do people actually do this? I thought that’s why we all partied so much in our 20s?<br />
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<strong>20. You look at the big picture. </strong><br />
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I look at all the pictures.<br />
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<strong>21. You’ve been told to “come out of your shell.”</strong><br />
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I’ve been trying to tell people that I’m shy for years. No one listens.<br />
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<strong>22. You’re a writer. </strong><br />
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That seems a little extreme.<br />
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<strong>23. You alternate between phases of work and solitude, and periods of social activity. </strong><br />
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**This is where I stopped. I feel like you’re prying. Please stop asking me these questions, or I’m going to have to go home.<br />
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***I would never actually say that to someone. (Because I’d already be in the car.)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-39253467106507592602013-08-24T13:10:00.006-07:002013-10-29T16:13:06.213-07:00Back to school. *sigh*The kids went back to school today. I started freaking out about it Friday and proceeded to organize everything in my house, like it would somehow protect them from bullies, mean teachers, yucky food, and head lice. If everything was in just the right spot, what could go wrong? (I realize this is nuts. Thanks.)<br />
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I think I did pretty good at hiding my back-to-school and sending-my-baby-to-Pre-K anxiety from the children. I was all hearts and flowers and “It will be SO MUCH FUN! Aren’t you EXCITED?!” But inside I was like “Waaaaa! My babies.”<br />
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I’m not alone in this. My husband has called me three times this morning, the last time to ask if he “should just go take a peek and see how she’s doing.” No. That’s frowned upon. I know my limits, so I’m just staying away from that school. If any of the three kids even wrinkled a nose at me, I’d have ‘em packed in the car and the homeschool books ordered.<br />
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It’s not that I’m <em>against</em> public schools. It’s not that I think my local school is a <em>bad</em> school. It’s just that I love my kids the way they are. I hate how rigid the schools are and how every child is expected to be just like every other child. (My middle child is certainly well on his way to teaching them different.) I mean, c’mon, do ALL the pencils have to be plain yellow #2 pencils? If my kid, who hates school with such a passion, wants a freaking green pencil, I’m fine with that. My little one (who has been home with me since she first wiggled in my belly) was so excited to take her tiny little backpack today. No. No backpacks allowed. Because Lord knows what a 4-year-old might smuggle into school in a 6-inch My Little Pony backpack.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03695453026518550906noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227602510347730874.post-66360612518228819172013-08-24T12:58:00.002-07:002013-10-29T16:13:06.226-07:00Crafting by the seat of my pants.So I like to get crafty. In some areas of my life I’ve been told I can be a little OCD, but not when I’m making something. I love using found items, because I’m super cheap.<br />
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Right now my obsession is painting old, crappy furniture so that it looks like old, crappy furniture. But I keep forgetting to take “before” pictures, so I show people and they’re like, “Great! What are you going to do with that?” and I’m all, “Um, I already did it. Asshole.”<br />
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b. I don’t do anything the right way. For instance, I’m painting this bookshelf. I’m using house paint, because I found it and therefore it was free. I’m using tiny paint brushes my son got with an art set for Christmas approximately three years ago. I don’t sand anything. I barely even wiped it off before I got started. I was ready to paint, dammit!<br />
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