Say Anything.

'Say Anything' is a John Cusak/Cameron Crowe 1989 teen flick. ' A noble underachiever and a beautiful valedictorian fall in love the summer before she goes off to college.' This is actually not what this thread is about, but the message is the same.

Actually no it isn't, I just like imdb.com and the title sounded interesting. /snort

This is not necessarily a vent thread - far from it. This is about saying anything - weather, the bird outside your work window, the fundamental differences between Mormons and catholics, how Law and Order Criminal Intent doesn't get the props it deserves, that I always forget whether it's 'it's' or 'its', that my daughter has a beautiful smile and the first guy that breaks her heart - I'm breaking his knees...it's about anything.

So, say anything.

ROzbeans 14 years ago
Oh snap lol
Mileron 14 years ago
A cat's ultimate Fuck You: not covering their stanky ass shit.

My sister got it into her head a week or so ago that, since she won't be able to get a new kitchen in her own house, that she'd repaint ours.

So instead of washing and sanding the walls (keep in mind, I have two and a half indoor smokers) she just painted right over it.

And she also decided that the tiny little lamp over our stove wasn't good enough, so tore it off the wall, and bought us a new one... HOwever due to the fact that my house is Older Than Fuck(TM) and the people who worked on it/built it were Lazy Ass Mother Fuckers(TM) my kitchen was built Fucking A Wrong (CR).

So after drilling and cutting through over an inch of drywall and actual Hard Fucking Wood (yessirree bob) we have no way of re-wiring the existing lamp to where my sister wants and talked my mom into wanting it, outside of carving a channel through the drywall.

We are on our 8th day of takeout.

And since everything got rearranged in the kitchen, the cats went nuts for a day, until my sister got into her little Pea Fucking Brain that it would be a good idea to get one of those huge rubbermaid totes, cut a hole in the side, and leave it covered, so:
1 - the cats won't get litter everywhere
2 - it doesn't smell as bad.

However, this goes back to my first statement of this post - the cats HATE IT with a passion, no, more than a passion, a fucking Fuck You of a Shitty Stank Ass of a Shitty Pile of Stinky Shit Fuck Passion, and aren't covering their crap.

Put it back the way it fucking was, because the only person who is enjoying this whole process is the one who doesn't fucking live here.
Vulash 14 years ago
What the hell are you (your sister) drilling with? A drill is made to go through wood and half an inch isn't much, I could drill through 5/8 drywall with my finger and some spit

Why not just tell her no?
Jetamio 14 years ago
A cat's ultimate Fuck You: not covering their stanky ass shit.


..... while eating your dinner.
Mileron 14 years ago
Vulash;109509
What the hell are you (your sister) drilling with? A drill is made to go through wood and half an inch isn't much, I could drill through 5/8 drywall with my finger and some spit

It's not so much the thickness as the angles needed, and it won't happen.
Vulash 14 years ago
that's what she said (I couldn't help it)
Zimmy 14 years ago
Nards lets do this
ROzbeans 14 years ago
Nards barely comes by anymore =/
Jetamio 14 years ago
RL name change inc. No point bearing the name of those who don't want to know me *shrug*
Vulash 14 years ago
So you're going to pay money, go through the hassle of changing all your documents, and a period of time of confusion for various things all to disconnect from them? I'm not trying to be difficult, but that sounds like letting their feelings dictate your actions.
ROzbeans 14 years ago
Just be easier to unfriend them at facebook and not talk to them ever again. Going through a name change, if you're serious, is just more drama than a resolution.
Dia 14 years ago
Schools been in session for a month and I already cant wait for it to end. Every day my sons teacher has to 'talk to me' or is sending home a note to 'talk' to my son about self control. He's 5 I'm sure he's just got bundles of self control stored right up there. He's talking too much and disrupting others. His excuse is he finishes his work first and gets bored. How do you punish a 5 year old 6 hours later for talking to much in class? We have the 'self control' talk every day, ive taken away electronics/cartoons/made him write sentences/ put him to bed early. Then I tried positive reinforcment and said he'd get 1$ a day for not talking and listening to the teacher. That didnt work, that was his worst day yet and he destroyed crayons with some scissors and then lied about it. Todays threat is if he isnt good Im going to take his beloved blankie away for the rest of life.

this is just kindergarten, Ive got 12 more years of this. awesome. WTS: Class clown with bad temper and destructive tendancies!
Mileron 14 years ago
When I had that problem (finished my work too fast for the teacher) my mom talked to the teacher and she gave me extra stuff to do - reading, math, helping clean, etc.
In first grade, I was seated away from the class with another girl in an "accelerated study" where we finished the various workbooks months ahead of the rest of the class.

Sadly, it wasn't until I was in 4th grade that I was tested for the Gifted&Talented program, which had only just been created.

But these days, schools should be prepared for this. Talk to the teacher to see if there's anything she can suggest.
Eve 14 years ago
I put up with that same kinda shit from the school here for 2 years. After that, I said fuck it and started home schooling. There are still times I'd like to strangle her of course, but at least now I know what she's doing and school isn't one big play session for her. There were plenty of other reasons I wanted to home school, and I know it's not for everyone, but it works for us :)
ROzbeans 14 years ago
He's just being a kid. Teachers need to learn how to deal, but unfortunately many aren't taught patience. Catherine's kindergarten teacher was AMAZING. She had all those kids in line and the moms and I used to stand in the back of the class (they encouraged us to visit and participate when we could) and just wish she'd come home with us. Her first grade teacher was a completely IDIOT. 26 years old, 3 kids - how many years do you think she's been teaching? She raised her voice, didn't employ any of the tactics the kinder teacher used so no reinforcement and the kids went buck ass wild. I hated her.

I'm going to go all GI JOE here, but having an experienced teacher is half the battle, yo.
Vulash 14 years ago
I don't know my niece and nephew had an amazing Kindergarten and 1st grade teacher that was surprisingly young. She taught them so much, kept them from getting out of control, and made them LOVE school. I'm not saying experience isn't a great thing, but some teachers just stay shitty - a lot of it is the person
ROzbeans 14 years ago
This is true. I just couldn't stand this woman...oh my god. I'm sure there's a post somewhere in this thread about her from like 5 years ago. Both Mike and I wanted to bitch slap her.
pharren 14 years ago
Vulash
I'm not trying to be difficult, but that sounds like letting their feelings dictate your actions.


Rebels marching in lockstep! Doing something because of somebody else is conforming to their orders no matter how you look at it, even if you are doing the exact opposite of what they want you to do. Fuck them; it's your name too. Maybe they should be made to change theirs for not being worthy of it.
Dia 14 years ago
Today was a little better in school., at least he didnt destroy anything!
It makes me want to put him in private school so then I can know Im paying for those teachers to have patience and pay attention and have smaller class rooms. My kid hates school, he hated preschool too. Who hates preschool?! its naps and snacks cripes. Can I have naps and snacks at work? (well I do get snacks but id like naps)



PS. Jet, you dont have to change who you are for them and thats what changing your name is. Its cheaper to get a hair cut if you want to change something =) Plus doesnt it complicate things when you do seek to stay in canada? Theyll want to know you changed alias's and ect.
Jetamio 14 years ago
There's way more to it than that. No drama involved cos I haven't even't looked at them since June, and they needn't know anyway. I'm just taking my father's name (which it should have been all along anyway really) and legally declaring that he is my father, which is something he has been denied. The poor man isn't even named on my birth certificate. He wanted to be there and was told to F off (literally), and I was taken away. It's as much for him as it is for myself.