What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[noiseredux]

School is starting tomorrow

No videogames on weekdays

video game FORUMS are still allowed during weekdays though, right?

[KitKatCara]

We ended up going to Mellow Mushroom, a one time single place turned chain.

I worked at mellow mushroom for about three months, and I will never eat there. The dough is frozen, the food is sub par (and not handled in a sanitary way) and the freezer was a popular place to hook up. It was gross, and I was very glad to leave. When I passed out while working next to the oven, they had the audacity to tell me that it was my fault and that next time I would get written up. I was pregnant, and turning out more pizzas than some of the guys that were working there for a year.

Odds are that if a bunch of teens work in a 'cool' pizza place, you are going to be served food that has been in places food shouldn't be in.

(Also, my goat is quite fine. You're the one who almost ate a fly. )

In my house, its always been kind of an open door policy. If we're home, you can drop in, friend, family, whatever. As long as you aren't drunk or fleeing the cops, its good. (In certain cases we might accept fleeing the cops, but we need a call first in that case.) I personally don't care who stays the night or anything really.

'Course, saying that, my family isn't that big and we don't have many friends, so it really isn't as big an issue for us.

This is fine if you're ok with it, but I'm not. When I lived in my own house around my family, my brother seemed to think that he could just walk in because I lived there. He got off of work around 11pm, and by that time I was in my house clothes and didn't want to get up and entertain people. I would just not answer the door if he didn't call, and my mom would call me to bitch about it, then get mad when I told her she had no say in the matter.

My family is very enmeshed, so the dropping by and staying however long you wanted happened a lot when I was growing up. I didn't mind it, but hated it when my parents would complain about it afterwards. Most of the time, the family showed up because they needed something, but when they weren't in need we would never see them (with an exception of a few).

It just turns into a rant at this point, so for the sake of space...

When I had my kid, people would come over all the time in the few weeks I was home from the hospital unannounced, and asked to see her. I was a new mom, dealing with horrible PPD, and I would be the bad guy if I said no. I couldn't get a routine established because of all the people mom would let in, and both my kid and I suffered from it. I put up with this because I lived with my mom at the time, but I have a lot of resentment towards her for it. Now, nap time is sacred, and if someone stops by unannounced and wakes my kid up, they are not going to be allowed any of my time. (this has happened twice here in Houston. It seems that Jehovah's Witnesses can't read the 'no soliciting' posted all over my apartment complex.)

My family has visited once since I moved here, and next time I will most likely ask them to stay in a hotel. When I finally do get my child on a schedule, it is hard as hell to maintain it. Any little thing can throw her off, and it takes it's toll on us. It's not that I don't like family to visit, but the effect of it outweigh the benefits of seeing them. Last time, my kid was constantly held despite being told to put her down (this resulted in my child wanting to be carried around everywhere after they left, which made me unable to do house hold tasks without a screaming toddler), her sleep schedule was messed up due to my parents keeping late hours and watching a movie super (The Hobbit, which I really wanted to see, but instead I had to tend to the cranky tired toddler that couldn't sleep) late even though I said bedtime was at 8pm. My neighbors weren't happy with the amount of noise they were making, and I was stressed out and aggravated because I spent the extra money to keep them fed during their stay (which we previously talked about) yet they ate out every night.

The stress and aggravation from the whole trip caused me to not enjoy it. I understand that not everyone's family is like this, but this is why I don't put up with being told what to do or unexpected visits from anyone. My family is very much 'give an inch, take a mile' and sweeps stuff under the rug for the sake of family. I don't like that way of thinking, and if someone does something I'm going to hold them responsible and not see them again, even if the family won't agree. A lot of shady stuff has been going on in my family, and now that I'm an adult I see it now, and I'm disgusted that people will look the other way simply because of a blood relation. This is why when people say 'It's just family' I get mad for them, because they don't have to think that way. It's not healthy to be a doormat for someone just because you don't want to cause an issue. It's not 'being the bigger person', it's just laying down flatter.

[SamuraiMegas]

They had you pay for dinner when you have a baby to take care of, and had just moved?

[Luke]

the freezer was a popular place to hook up.

Gross nasty stuff ahead. You've been warned,

My high school go to eff spot was the walk in freezer of a TCBFY.

Smile: Off to Phoenix on Tuesday.

Frown: Little time to spend with the missus.

[KitKatCara]

They had you pay for dinner when you have a baby to take care of, and had just moved?

This was last Easter, I've been here a few months since then. I don't have a problem cooking for Yoshi and Pawpaw (I have no clue where the kid got calling my mom Yoshi from, but that's her name now) when they are keeping her occupied, but I do have a problem when it was arranged then my brother wants to go out so they get Whataburger every night. To rub salt in the wound, they offer to buy me some knowing I'm allergic to greasy food and will get violently sick.

Luke, I wonder how many people knew what 'extra toppings' they were paying for.

[dsheinem]

@Luke

Seems a little fly in your condiment container is just a small start to a lifetime of karma to come for those TCBFY stunts.

[Luke]

@Luke

Seems a little fly in your condiment container is just a small start to a lifetime of karma to come for those TCBFY stunts.

If only. Kinky sex in a walk freezing walk-in is something karma probably adores.

I've just spent the past half hour frantically searching for my watch, a gift from my wife when I earned my MBA.Like losing my wedding ring, I panic. Value wise, it isn;t an expensive watch, but fudge if it isn't a nice watch that means a lot to me.

Just got back from a True Blood party with pals and gals, and upturned couch cushions have turned up empty.

"Right but cheek. If it isn't near there, it isn't there". Again, the watch is worth only a few hundred dollars...but I love it. It was my first "suit on a wrist", and I adore it, Not clunky, not showy, not overstated. Just a fine ass watch.

[Jmustang1968]

Luke, my respect on your tastes of entertainment has lowered upon knowing you go to True Blood watching parties. I know it has a following, but that shows popularity baffles me.

[Luke]

Luke, my respect on your tastes of entertainment has lowered upon knowing you go to True Blood watching parties. I know it has a following, but that shows popularity baffles me.

I won't say that True Blood is good, but I will say our True Blood parties are. It's usually six or eight of us, sharing wine or cocktails and cracking wise for an hour or so. The show isn't the focus of the party, getting together is. The show is more of a reason/excuse to hang out on a Sunday night, drink, chat and look at the eye candy that is the cast. A lot of "MST3K-ing" goes on as well.

I'm not going the Retrodude route and tell you to lower your expectations. True Blood is stupid, plain and simple. But sometimes when you throw in the right friends in the mix, it can be pretty hilarious.

[Sano]

My new CPU some how broke when I tried to put it on the motherboard. Don't know what happened but a bunch of the pins bent and such. But, newegg accepted my RMA request, so I RMA'ed to to them. Hopefully they will send me out a new CPU or fix the one I sent them (If it can be... it was pretty bad ).

If you're curious as to what I bought, its an AMD FX-6300 @3.5 with turbo boost to 4.1.