What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[vatermuzik]

Smile: Finally got a WiiU Pro controller. I remember when I got the original VC classic controller. "This is the perfect controller", I thought. Then I got the Classic Controller Pro. "Now, THIS is the perfect controller", I declared. Nintendo's optional controllers keep getting better and better.

Of course, they had it perfect with the Gamecube already save for an undersized D-Pad.

I'm glad that people are starting to realize the genius that is the GameCube controller - Nintendo has always made their controllers to fit the games they want to make, not the other way around. The GC's gamepad is perfectly-suited to platformers (giant A button and octagonal stick casing). That, and each element of it is tactilely unique, so you don't have to look down to know what you are pressing. I love this controller!

Amen to that! With a regular size dpad it would be darn near perfect.

[Luke]

I have friends in the IRS. They are auditing the company I worked for and is currently being dicks.

Mess with the bull...

[AppleQueso]

trying to practice voice things, my girlfriend sends me a link and just says "read this out loud"

it's Fox in Socks

that's just evil

[TSTR]

^The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain...

What voice things exactly are you trying to practice? I took vocal lessons for like 3 years, so I may know some tips.

[AppleQueso]

^The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain...

What voice things exactly are you trying to practice? I took vocal lessons for like 3 years, so I may know some tips.

Speech stuff I guess, I'll PM you a bit about it.

[jp1]

Fair Warning: tl;dr, SO much bitching inside. I probably should have just wrote it on notepad so as not to ruin anybody's mood.

Ok, so I have not been exactly active around here lately. Had some health scares, legal issues (family member not me), death in family (my wife lost both her grandparents in a year, all she had left from her mom's side since her mom passed from cancer when she was a kid), and some really disturbing shit that my daughter has gone through which I am not at liberty to discuss. Anyway, with all that said I need to vent and haven't got anyone to listen...so I will just do it here....sorry.

Dealing with above mentioned issues aside from my daughter has been regular everyday life shit, no big deal. My sister-in-law has been released from prison. Yay! Which pretty well killed any peace I had in my life. I couldn't begin to explain the soul sucking, manipulative, dishonest, all around unpleasant demeanor of my sister-in-law. We'll call her APM 08279+5255 (APM for short). APM makes a mission out of ruining lives of those around her as well as her own. She is constantly lying and pulling shit to get my wife the ever vigilant optimist to come around. I inevitably get pulled in because I can't very well dictate whether my wife cut ties with her sister or not.

In short I have a drug addict, thief, psychopath, liar, and all around annoyance constantly just "dropping by" for visits which inevitably end in us "loaning" things (not once returned) or "doing favors" aka being used. On top of this, I can't just write a check and send her on her way, I would prefer to skip the pretense and get down to business. I have to endure her horrible personality for untold hours when she gets dropped off "for a few minutes" and spends her time calling some of her many regular bones. Expecting all along that if they should call back the number (my number) which they now posses that I should lie and keep all her bullshit stories straight. I have never known such peace as when she was locked up. It was the best time of my entire life since marriage (see above shit that happened during this time for a complete picture).

Now, I know this could sound judgmental and harsh but you have to get some picture of the limitless bullshit I have put up with. Let me make a few things clear...

1. APM took drugs while pregnant. Lied about it the entire time, until the baby was born and we were at the hospital when hard drugs were found in the babies system. CPS got involved.
2. APM constantly expected clean piss from us for drug tests because of her many problems with the law or to gain employment. I DO NOT condone this but to keep the peace...it has been done.
3. APM then expected clean piss AFTER being caught with hard drugs in babies system. When we said "Not for that, clean up!" She had the nerve to blame us for her problems with CPS.
4. APM is into me, my family, all her friends, her own family, and everyone she has ever been acquainted with for thousands upon thousands of dollars and that isn't counting groceries, appliances, clothing, etc...that was all given to her, her kids, and her POS boyfriends.
5. APM is prone to violent and unpredictable tantrums any time she is not given what she wants for any reason. She has many felonious charges for battery along with drugs, oh and child neglect too.
6. APM never, and I mean never tells the damned truth. She is a compulsive liar to the point that her lies often interfere with previous lies until she has spun a web she can't explain. This is daily.
7. APM lost her kids. All of them...and has not taken a single step towards getting them back, even though that is always going to happen "next week". While it is probably best for the kids, we had invested a lot of time and love into these children, caring for them when she did not...and now we can't even speak to them.

It is impossible for me to keep this list going, I'm sure I would hit a character limit or the universe would collapse onto itself before I could finish with all of the shit she has pulled or currently does pull. Anyway, I need to go back and support my wife, in my living room, in my house, where my kids are currently captive to their room (they also cannot stand her), and hang out with APM for another session of BS and empty my bank account.

Anyway, sorry for that. I am in hell at the moment with little hope for reprieve so, I needed an outlet.

- Silver linings, somewhere. I'll update when they become apparent.

[prfsnl_gmr]

There is no need to apologize. You are having a hard time, and we are happy to listen.

That said...You can't dictate whether your wife cuts her sister out of her life, but you can cut the sistr out of yours. It will be an uncomfortable conversation - and you will dread having it with your wife - but you and your wife need to set some expectations regarding your sister-in-law. That is, you need to tell your wife that her sister is not welcome in your home and that you will not anything else to do with her. If she shows up, you don't let her in. If she raises hell, you call the police. And, certainly, if she requests urine, you do not provide it to her. Your wife's sister is dangerous to everyone around her - including your daughter - and you should not let her destroy any lives except her own.

[BogusMeatFactory]

TMI Smile: Frisky. 'nough said.

Smile: 'Maters are a growing.

Thought those two were directly related

[jp1]

There is no need to apologize. You are having a hard time, and we are happy to listen.

That said...You can't dictate whether your wife cuts her sister out of her life, but you can cut the sistr out of yours. It will be an uncomfortable conversation - and you will dread having it with your wife - but you and your wife need to set some expectations regarding your sister-in-law. That is, you need to tell your wife that her sister is not welcome in your home and that you will not anything else to do with her. If she shows up, you don't let her in. If she raises hell, you call the police. And, certainly, if she requests urine, you do not provide it to her. Your wife's sister is dangerous to everyone around her - including your daughter - and you should not let her destroy any lives except her own.

It makes so much sense to me, what you're saying. Trying to get my wife to recognize just how poisonous she is, is another thing altogether. She has cut ties before, but APM always wiggles her way back in with guilt trips. I know something has got to give though and I can't let it be my sanity. Thanks so much for taking the time, I really appreciate it. Both you prfsnl_gmr and those who PM'd me. You are good people. I guess there is a silver lining after all. Believe it or not, just having someone listen and reaffirm that I'm not just being a jerk about it really helps me feel a lot better.

[TSTR]

Real talk: just because someone is family doesn't mean you have to treat them as such.