Say Anything.

They did discuss what she thought when she was being a jerk to other people and to be honest I could hardly hear them and I could barely hear Kami so I will talk to her when she gets home, or later tonight when Erik is here so we can talk to her together. But of course her having trouble at school goes hand in hand with how she is at home and she does pick arguments and is sort of a dick to me a lot. We've been trying to pound it into her head that she can control how she behaves and have a little bit of control on how others treat her....maybe it's just over her head.

Yeah I'm trying to think of stuff I could do with her but there's shit in this town to do. She does spend a lot of time with Erik because they both like similar things. He's been spending a lot of time with her to try and be a positive male role model. About 2 years ago she was on some chat room with a friend and was all "Where the boys at?" "Who wants a girlfriend?" and when Erik found out he was really mad at himself. So whenever he goes to the store he asks Kami to come with and he just got Gears of War 3 so they can play that together because they both like that sort of thing.

We're thinking about getting the girls e-readers of some sort of Christmas maybe me and her could do some sort of stuff about books.

Yet another entry in the "My Family Are Fucking Morons" encyclopedia:

My sister painted the kitchen today WITHOUT WINDOWS OPEN. Not even a fan on - not til my dad and I got home.

Dia, it's interesting you mention the movie/paper idea because it sounds similar to the idea of telling 'social stories' to help kids understand social situations. I think that's a really good idea.

I recently purchased a book called "The Social Success Workbook for Teens" for my daughter, who is on the autistic spectrum (diagnosed autism, but for the purposes of discussion some people might be more familiar with aspergers and that is very much like her symptom set). The book is designed to help teens with social skill related disabilities, but it's very interesting the way these skills are broken down. The first half of the book deals with learning to understand how others feel, and within that is understanding and dealing with how -you- feel. It doesn't even get into social rules, making friends, etc, until that foundation is built up.

Anyway, all that is to say that I wouldn't dismiss the bully movie/essay. I think understanding how others feel when they are bullies/being bullied is useful for any teen.

What's up Zimmy.

Verileah, that workbook sounds pretty interesting I will have to go look for it for sure. That sounds like something they should give to all teens, maybe apart of the welcome to middle school package for parents.

I really dont miss being a teen!

I miss the part where I could bend my knees without them hurting.

And yes, I would indeed like some cheese with that whine.

What it do Zimmy

Ok, I agree, I miss that as well

From my teenage years, I miss:
Being able to rotate my left ankle correctly
Being able to eat almost anything (except peppers and Dominos)

For some reason I can rotate my ankles a freakish amount. I don't practice this; I guess I was born this way?

Are you sneaking Gaga in there?

I just miss being naive.

I miss being able to eat junk food non stop and still only weigh 102lbs =(

I miss candy corn. =/

You weren't naive, you were situationally unaware.

Pure gold Jerry, GOLD! I just couldn't resist this one. Something someone posted on FB.

A while back, at the entrance of a gym, there was a picture of a very thin and beautiful woman. The caption was "This summer, do you want to be a mermaid or a whale?"

The story goes, a woman (of clothing size unknown) answered the following way:

"Dear people, whales are always surrounded by friends (dolphins, seals, curious humans), they are sexually active and raise their children with great tenderness.
They entertain like crazy with dolphins and eat lots of prawns. They swim all day and travel to fantastic places like Patagonia, the Barents Sea or the coral reefs of Polynesia.
They sing incredibly well and sometimes even are on cds. They are impressive and dearly loved animals, which everyone defend and admires.

Mermaids do not exist.

But if they existed, they would line up to see a psychologist because of a problem of split personality: woman or fish?
They would have no sex life and could not bear children.
Yes, they would be lovely, but lonely and sad.
And, who wants a girl that smells like fish by his side?

Without a doubt, I'd rather be a whale.

At a time when the media tells us that only thin is beautiful, I prefer to eat ice cream with my kids, to have dinner with my husband, to eat and drink and have fun with my friends.

We women, we gain weight because we accumulate so much wisdom and knowledge that there isn't enough space in our heads, and it spreads all over our bodies.
We are not fat, we are greatly cultivated.
Every time I see my curves in the mirror, I tell myself: "How amazing am I ?! "

(The girl on the picture is model Tara Lynn) Feel free to tag yourselves :)See More
By: Delphine Fieberg

Mike Hartmann No lady parts on a mermaid and whales smell like fish. :(

LOL I saw that, I did not pass that story around. Not because I'm a workout rat now and my ass looks good in yoga pants again, but because I liked myself when I was heavy, too but you don't see me going around bitching about it. No, wait yeah I complain about them skinny bitches all the time. Never mind, carry on!

I thought this part was remarkably stupid, as well as hypocritical in a way. You want to accept being "fat" and be happy about it? Fine. That's wonderful. But don't then turn around and pretend you are not "fat" anyways. Denial and acceptance are mutually exclusive.

I'm not fat, I'm festively plump. All year round...