Soapbox Archive

Today I read an article in the Everett Herald about the French birth rate going up.

French birth rate up to 2 per woman
The increase bucks the trend elsewhere in Europe, where populations are graying.

By Pierre-Yves Roger
Associated Press

I have two major issues with this article. I’ll list them in the order in which they appear.

France had more babies in 2006 than in any year in the last quarter-century, the state statistics agency said Tuesday, capping a decade of rising fertility that has bucked Europe’s graying trend.

Rising fertility? Really? The actual fertility of the French people has gone up?

France’s fertility rate has been climbing steadily since 1996, Insee said, but it still has not passed 2.1 - considered what it takes to replace a population in developed countries. The rate in the United States is 2.1.

I just don’t like this meshing of the word fertility with birthrate four times in the same article. It makes it sound like they’re just recovering from radiation and are finally able to replenish their population. It’s irritating, but acceptable. The one thing that bugs the shit out of me is at a the bottom of this article that is all about the French birthrate going up - at the end of it the reporter feels compelled to state that,

The number of French marriages is continuing to decline as more French couples are choosing to form civil unions instead, Insee said.

What the fuck does that have to do with anything at all? Marriage is nothing more than a piece of paper. Paper doesn’t prevent conception. It would have to be pretty thick fucking paper to be used as birth control and I don’t want to think about the cuts it may produce. Seriously what the fuck does marriage have to do with the birth rate in France?

I haven’t been keeping up with the news lately, so I only just found out yesterday that ex-President Ford died on the 27th and today I heard that Saddam Hussein was hung yesterday. Today as Kurt and I head out to go shopping for a new living room chair to place next to our couch, “The Laura” I noticed that the a flag at half mast. Given the latest news I wondered who was it flying for the ex president or Saddam. Don’t scoff at me, just twenty years ago Saddam was our ally against Iran. Twenty years ago it didn’t matter that Saddam was an assassin who killed his way up to the top of the Iraq government or that the US knew Iraq was using chemical weapons both against Iran and to punish Kurdish insurgents. It wasn’t really cool with US citizens to support a terrorist, and the government denied it at the time, but with Iraq being 80% Shiite I don’t think the Sunni Leader would have had a chance without a little help from his friends.

In the ‘90s Saddam became a bad guy again. He accused Kuwait of illegally slant-drilling petroleum across Iraq’s border and so Iraq invaded. The US feared for Saudi Arabia because they are an ally of the US, but mostly because we like their oil, so Bush Sr. tried to pursued the public to go to war. It’s not ok for Iraq to violate Kuwaiti territorial integrity, but in a few more years (2003) it’ll be ok for us to invade Iraq’s boundaries for preemptive purposes. Many cried, “No Blood For Oil”. Bush Sr. pulled the biochemical weapons card and the attempting to build atomic bombs card. It wasn’t until the Kuwaiti government paid for the Nurse Nayirah ads in which a nurse described Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and letting them die on the floor that everyone said ok fine let’s go to war.

Now the US government claims moral superiority over Iraq even though as a civilian anyone who not only has knowledge of a crime but funds the criminal is an accessory to said crime. So for moral reasons very similar to the ones daddy Bush used, let’s wage war! Does this make any fucking sense? With nothing but a document stating that there are “weapons of mass destruction in Iraq”, which is known by the government before the start of the war to have been falsified, let us go to war because we can’t find Waldo in Afghanistan. Why if it’s so important to bring Saddam to ‘justice’ don’t we just go to the UN and start filing all the papers for a war crimes / human rights abuses trial? The penalty for that is still death. His underlings will get trials and then Iraq could have their civil wars without our soldiers getting in the way. – Oh wait there’s still that pesky fact of us having known all along what was going on but didn’t give a shit at the time factor. If helping Saddam in the 80’s was the right thing to do then we really should be flying the flag for our dear friend Saddam.

And in case you were wondering we did find the perfect chair to go with the Laura. It’s called the Farris. We also got an ottoman called the Tosha.

“Iraq: Declassified Documents of U.S. Support for Hussein”
With Joyce Battle Middle East Analyst, National Security Archive at George Washington University Thursday, Feb. 27, 2003; 11 a.m. ET

“Giant Firm Parlays Political Connections Into Pr Coups” Marcy Gordon AP Sunday, February 02, 1992

“Photos don’t show buildup” St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg, Fla. Author: JEAN HELLER Date: Jan 6, 1991

THE STOVEPIPE
How conflicts between the Bush Administration and the intelligence community marred the reporting on Iraq’s weapons.
by SEYMOUR M. HERSH
Issue of 2003-10-27
Posted 2003-10-20

Mohamed ElBaradei, publicly described the fraud at his next scheduled briefing to the U.N. Security Council, in New York on March 7th. The story slowly began to unravel.

Vice-President Cheney responded to ElBaradei’s report mainly by attacking the messenger. On March 16th, Cheney, appearing on “Meet the Press,” stated emphatically that the United States had reason to believe that Saddam Hussein had reconstituted his nuclear-weapons program. He went on, “I think Mr. ElBaradei frankly is wrong. And I think if you look at the track record of the International Atomic Energy Agency on this kind of issue, especially where Iraq’s concerned, they have consistently underestimated or missed what it was Saddam Hussein was doing. I don’t have any reason to believe they’re any more valid this time than they’ve been in the past.”

On Sunday November 19th I went to Costco. I knew that my truck tires were bald and required replacement before winter just in case it actually gets cold enough to freeze or something. Costco didn’t carry the size tire I need for my small truck so I ordered some. They told me that the tires would probably be in on Saturday, but that they would call me.

The other thing that Kurt has been pestering me about is a cell phone. Ok fine it comes in handy during emergencies. On Saturday November 25th we went out gift shopping. I was looking for a laptop (gift for myself), and Kurt kept flashing different cell phones at me. I broke down and finally decided that a cell phone isn’t the end of the world and picked a prepaid type without any extra crap. – The store was sold out, so we went to two other stores and same thing. That night I hopped online to buy the phone.

Costco hadn’t called on Saturday so on Sunday we stopped by to get some doggie treats and see what was going on with my tires. The guy that took down my number the previous week had sloppy writing so they couldn’t call to tell me that they only received three of the tires. As we left the store it was snowing and not just a few little flakes that don’t stick – it was actual snow. That night I sent out an email to all my friends saying, “I’m finally as hip as my grandma, I don’t have it in my possession yet, but I finally broke down and got a cell phone. My number will be ***-***-****. I should have the phone by Friday-ish.”

Monday morning I wake up at 7am without power. I know it was seven because I have a laptop. We don’t have a corded phone, so when the power goes out so does the phone. I tried to get online to email work that I would be late but my wireless router also requires power. I went to the kitchen to get the flashlight so that I wouldn’t have to shower in total darkness, and hopped in the shower before all the hot water turned cold. I did all the rest of my normal work morning routine and then went out to wipe all the snow off my truck and get it warmed up. I did take the time to note that I could not see the tracks from Kurt’s car. He leaves for work at five. At 7:30 it was still snowing. I backed out of the driveway, but as soon as I hit the center of the road, I was stuck. If only I had traction.

The neighbor behind my house was in the middle of helping someone that was stuck beside my house (I’m on a corner lot), and came over to help me after pushing the other person. He helped me back into my driveway and let me borrow his phone. All that and it turned out to be a snow day – I didn’t even have to go in.

At 8:30 my power came back on and I open my email to see that one of my 50-something year-old friends replied to my cell phone email with, “Hahaha. As hip as your grandma! Now you need a MySpace page (like me).” I spent the day deleting accounts I no longer use and then added MySpace.

*** Update January 1, 2007 ***

I deleted my myspace.com account. As I expected it just wasn’t my cup of tea. I did find a couple people I never thought I’d get in touch with again, so I don’t think it’s entirely evil. I’m just not interested in the sparkly little comments and it seems a lot like match maker and classmates.com type of sites as in it’s just a place to hook up then promptly loose interest and leave as I did. The biggest difference is that you can change the background other custom things as long as the advertisements aren’t affected. I loved the Borat theme I put on my account, but I’d rather not resort to using a bunch of css hacks to achieve a pseudo personal space. The community aspect of myspace isn’t that appealing either. I don’t usually spend a lot of time with online communities or forums because sticking to the same topic is boring and forums that allow users to wander off topic usually get out of hand and become a drag to the moderators.

I had subscribed to Parents magazine a couple years ago. For some reason I am still getting issues and I don’t know why. After the first two or three, I stopped reading them and they merely made a trip from the mailbox to the recycle bin. That is just how impressed I am with their hard-hitting news and information regarding babies. I mean, in their article about Natural Fertility Boosters the first thing listed was acupuncture. I’m sorry, but that’s just preying on those desperate to conceive. You may as well tell me about the salad that can help me produce the male baby I so desire. This month (the December 2006 issue) I kept it only for the front page print that read, “home remedies doctors swear by” of course they never give you page numbers to the article titles that actually catch your attention and they don’t even give it the same name in the table of contents. It took me a while to figure out that the article I was looking for was on page 82, “Pediatricians’ Best Cold and Flu Remedies – What your doctor does when his child has a nasty cold, fever, or the flu.” I refrain from picking on the pronoun used for doctor, but I will obviously take note of it, so moving on. The first part covers cough and sore throat. It says, “Bring on the liquids” DUH! There were other little tips but nothing earth shattering – same for the nasal congestion section. The section about fever was ok – dispelling the myth of “sweat it out” being ok. I have noticed all sections insist the child should have plenty of fluids – I just cannot believe I paid for this. Really, the only thing I did not know was in the stomach flu section. It talked about the “BRAT” diet, which is apparently bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast for when they are ready for solid foods again.

Since I was reading this issue, I figured I would turn to page 128 to read, “185 cool baby names”, or as listed in the table of contents, “Name Game”. The story of one persons journey to the right baby name was just cheesy and all the little boxes and blurbs thorough out the pages with lists of names was not just retarded but horrifying! I am ok with their list of “Gender Benders” Aiden, Aubrey, Avery, Bailey, Brady, Cameron, Chase, Emery, Morgan, and Taylor. Although I do not think I would give my child any of these names, I would defiantly not name my boy Aubrey. They had another box with the “Surname Swap”. The boys names were ok except for Fisher – reminds me of Fisher Price – it’s a toy company not a child’s name! The girl’s list had two hits from me, Mackenzie, the name of the Budweiser mascot and Miller, another cheap beer reference. Nothing against beer, but both of those are shit beers!

Another list that got to me was, “Cross-Guessing these hip girls’ names used to belong to the boys” Devon, Dylan, Jordan, Tyler – These are ok but Blake is just to harsh a name for a little girl and Cullen? Sounds like Culling puppies to me. Brennan is ok, but Kirby? That’s a vacuum cleaner!

On the next page they list fruit for names. I’m never naming my girl Cherry and I shouldn’t have to explain why. Boys names are listed as, Hawthorn, Rowan, Fig, Huckleberry and Mulberry. Hawthorn is not bad. I will not choose it, but I can see it as a valid boy’s name. Fig is not a name it’s the type of leaf Adam wore to cover his genitals, but Huckleberry would be funny. Kurt’s friend from Wisconsin told us he wants to name his son Spartacus, so that when the teacher calls roll call the boy will stand up and say, “I am Spartacus”. With Huckleberry, I am thinking of the movie Tombstone with Val Kilmer playing Doc Holliday, “I’m your Huckleberry”.

Another retarded list of names was the “Put it in reverse” Heart = Traeh and Leader = Redael. One of their examples didn’t even follow suit – Wonder = Redwon? That ain’t backwards you imbeciles!

Now for the worst of the worst… In this article, they had the balls to suggest that names typically reserved for dogs are just too cute to remain canine only. These people need to be shot! I’m going to start with the “boys” names: Riley, Duke, Tiger, Buddy, Milo. If you are going to have a boy please read the following very closely… Your son will never get a job if his name is TIGER! And Buddy is a only a nickname - always has been always will be. Now for the “girls” names: Sierra, Shiloh, Sadie, Benji, and Lola. I can tolerate all those except Benji. Yes, the movie was great, touching and all that, but that was an ugly mongrel mutt DOG.

On the humorous side - A few months ago, the admin person at work asked me an odd question out of the blue, “Do women usually, you know, drop a load when giving birth?” Why she chose me to ask I don’t know, but I had heard of that in the past. I figured it was common enough and that’s what I told her, so when I read the bottom of page 152 I cracked up.

Poop on the delivery-room table. As unpleasant as it might sound, it’s not uncommon to defecate, pass gas, or urinate while giving birth. “This is a positive sign that the mother is pushing correctly,” says Dr. Miriam Greene. “She shouldn’t be embarrassed.” Easier said than done! But rest assured that your nurses and doctor have seen it all before. And don’t worry about what your husband thinks either.

It’s here again this year. I was at this little mom & pop sandwich place for lunch today and one of the servers wished, “Happy Holidays” as a customer was leaving. Her boss, the owner said to her, “It’s Merry Christmas here. Even Wal-Mart is saying Christmas now.”

I’ll start with the first offensive sentence… First, it’s not even Thanksgiving yet, so really if you wanted your server to specify a holiday it should be Happy Thanksgiving. Christmas is next month. Second of all some magic time after Halloween, it becomes the Holiday Season. November, December and January all have major holidays celebrated by the majority of people in this country, so instead of listing them all we use the word holiday and group them all together to make it easy to yell out as someone is walking away.

As for the second evil sentence… Does Wal-Mart really create the standard to which all other businesses operate? I hope not, with the treatment given to their workers and crappy non-union pay even for the grocery department. Granted unions are not perfect but Wal-Mart embodies all the reasons that caused unions to form.

Now Romanians Say ‘Borat’ Misled Them

Nov 14, 9:08 AM (ET)

By WILLIAM J. KOLE
GLOD, Romania (AP) - The name of this remote Romanian village means “mud,” and that’s exactly what angry locals are throwing at comedian Sacha Baron Cohen.

Cohen used Glod’s Gypsies as stand-ins for Kazakhs in his runaway hit movie, “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.” Now offended villagers are threatening to sue the film’s producers for paying them a pittance to put farm animals in their homes and perform other crude antics.

Residents and local officials in the hardscrabble hamlet 85 miles northwest of Bucharest said Tuesday they were horrified and humiliated to learn their abject poverty and simple ways were ridiculed for a movie now raking in millions at box offices worldwide.

“We thought they came here to help us - not mock us,” said Dana Luca, 40, sweeping a manure-stained street lined with shabby homes of crumbling brick and corrugated iron sheeting.

You have got to be kidding me? They have them put a cow in their house, give five year-old children guns to play with, strap a rubber fist to a guy’s stump, put huge silicone breasts on a 75 year-old and say that she’s 47, but you had no idea this wasn’t a true documentary?

“We haven’t got anything here. We haven’t got running water. We can’t even bathe,” she said. “We are poor people, but we are still people.”

Yes, yes you are. You are people willing to put a cow in your house for $3 to $5 bucks.

Nicolae Staicu, leader of the 1,670 Gypsies, or Roma, who eke out a living in one of the most impoverished corners of Romania, said he and other officials would meet with a public ombudsman on Wednesday to map out a legal strategy against Cohen and “Borat” distributor 20th Century Fox.

Staicu accused the producers of paying locals just $3.30-$5.50, misleading the village into thinking the movie would be a documentary, refusing to sign proper filming contracts and enticing easily exploited peasants into performing crass acts.

Only five villagers have jobs at a nearby sanatorium and a stone quarry, Staicu said. The rest weave baskets, grow apples, pears and plums, gather mushrooms in the dense Carpathian Mountain forests rising above the town, or raise a few scrawny chickens.

With no gas heating or indoor plumbing, most keep warm with wood stoves and drink from wells. Horse-drawn carts far outnumber automobiles on unpaved, badly potholed roads, and mangy stray dogs growl and snap at strangers. Acrid fires smolder in trash piles on the outskirts of the village, and children - their clothing worn and torn - play in yards littered with stumps, scrap metal and other bric-a-brac.

“These people are poor and they were tricked by people more intelligent than us,” he said. “They took one of our 75-year-old ladies, put huge silicone breasts on her and said she was 47. Another man they filmed to look like the poorest person in the world, and one of our men who is missing an arm had a plastic sex toy taped to his stump.”

Poor = too stupid to know that when they’re asked to put a cow in their house maybe they’re being mocked for a little cash? If that’s the case then who is doing the suing? And the person/people that are doing the suing, how much money are they expecting for this “selfless act” of defending the poor?

“We are suing because they were not truthful,” added Staicu, who said he saw parts of “Borat” and was disgusted.

When they told you that it was a documentary and then asked to put a cow in your house, would that be truthful in that situation? I’m just asking because truth seems to be relative the way that it’s being used here.

“They did not film reality,” he said. “We’ve really had enough of this.”

So for the documentary, kindergartens with automatic weapons in their hands – that would be reality?

Neither Cohen’s agent in London nor 20th Century Fox’s offices in Los Angeles immediately returned phone messages Tuesday from The Associated Press.

The mood in Glod, meanwhile, was tense and volatile, with crowds of angry, shouting villagers repeatedly gathering around reporters.

One man was seen slapping his sister, who had appeared in the film, and slamming the gate to his ramshackle home shut to keep her from being interviewed. At another point, a resident threatened news photographers with a stick, and another pelted their car with rocks.

People in the former Soviet republic of Kazakhstan, where the mustachioed Cohen’s character hails from as a TV journalist on an adventure across America, also have decried how they are depicted in the film, whose opening scenes were shot in Glod.

In my opinion, the movie was less about the depiction of people from Kazakhstan and more of a slam against people in the US with such little knowledge of the outside world and a low regard for other races, foreigners and their cultures. For example, the man at the rodeo that told Borat to shave his mustache because it made him look Muslim. The man said that if Borat did this he could maybe pass as an Italian. The way the man said this insinuates that Italians are also beneath this man but better than a Muslim, who by the way wear a full beard and mustache. This man doesn’t even know much about the group he hates.

Then there is the diner party, oh that was lovely. After a few oddities in the form of blunt speech Borat excuses himself and while he’s away the hostess utters something along the lines of, “There are some differences, but I don’t think it would take too long before he could become American”. As if being an American is an improvement to a person because all others are just uncivilized. She almost eats her words when Borat comes down the stairs and asks where to deposit the shit he was holding in a hanky, but she’s still tolerant until Borat introduces his black friend. I guess no matter where a person is born only Caucasians can become American in their eyes.

Two members of a fraternity at a South Carolina university who appear making drunken, insulting comments about women and minorities also are suing 20th Century Fox and three production companies, claiming the crew liquored them up in a bar before filming and told them the movie would not be shown in the United States.

And I suppose Borat must have forced the alcohol down their throat some how? He must have held them at gun point to get them that drunk. Odd, they didn’t seem drunk in the beginning scenes. And what is this about being told it wouldn’t be shown in the US? Does that make a difference? It’s only ok to show your true colors as long as your fellow countrymen don’t find out?

Not everyone in Glod is upset. Sorina Luca, 25, excitedly described how she was given $3.30 to bring a pig into her home and let the producers put a toy rifle into the hands of her 5-year-old daughter for one scene.
“I really liked it,” she said. “We are poor and miserable. Nothing ever happens here.”

But a 23-year-old woman who gave her name only as Irina said she felt bewildered and dismayed that Glod’s poverty was reduced to a parody.

The smash success of “Borat,” she said, just rubbed salt in Glod’s collective wounds.
The film remained the No. 1 weekend draw at U.S. movie theaters for a second week, grossing $28.3 million, according to the latest figures released Monday.

“They made us put a cow in our living room, and they made it defecate and urinate in the house. Everyone’s angry because they didn’t pay them the way they should have,” she said.

You had no choice in the matter? at all? It’s YOUR HOUSE! Not getting your fair cut I can understand, but don’t pretend you aren’t suing just because the movie brought in huge amounts of money - even though I’m guessing you agreed to an amount before the cow came in the house. If my assumptions aren’t the case then that is a different story.

“They’re making a lot of money - but they’ve made us a laughing stock.”

Not really. I obviously can’t speak for all of the people in movie audiences across the US, but I was laughing at what Borat was saying, not the conditions under which some people actually endure day to day.

www.wsdot.wa.gov retarded reasoning for having HOV only on ramps:

Why are two downtown Seattle express lane entrances reserved for carpools, vanpools and buses when the express lanes operate northbound? These express lane ramps include sharp curves and limited visibility. These ramps were designed to safely handle the lower traffic volumes of a ramp reserved for carpools, vanpools and buses.

Busses and vans do better with sharp curves and limited visibility? WHAT THE FUCK? Walking in front of a bus or van requires a greater distance than a car, so if this is meant to be safer for pedestrians maybe an overpass should be on the “to do” list. Oh and take the light away so that all those long buses and vans don’t back up. Oh wait – then you wouldn’t be able to see into the cars fast enough to pull them over. Silly me, what was I thinking.

Opening these two ramps to all traffic would change traffic patterns on downtown Seattle streets. The last time WSDOT and the City of Seattle reviewed the use of these ramps, just a few years ago, the impact on city streets wasn’t acceptable.

You mean you reviewed how much income the police bring in when handing out tickets at the end of the month and the loss of that money was unacceptable – at lease be honest. Traffic already goes right past the ramp to get to the regular northbound ramp.

When the I-5 express lanes operate northbound, there is a traffic chokepoint at Northgate, where the express lanes merge onto the I-5 mainline. At this location, a single general-purpose lane and a single high occupancy vehicle lane from the express lanes must merge into the rest of I-5 traffic. Opening the two additional downtown Seattle ramps to all traffic would significantly increase the volumes of traffic using the I-5 express lanes and would make the chokepoint at Northgate even more significant.

This would make some sense if the regular northbound lanes didn’t back up so much that the express lanes can’t merge into them at all. Actually, I was just on the regular northbound I-5 today and I flew by what looked like an Express lanes parking lot, so try again. - I mean it’s already shitty, so what’s the real reason? Could it be police revenue?

High occupancy vehicle ramps provide an incentive to encourage people to carpool, vanpool or ride the bus.

OH Bullshit! Just look at I-5 during rush hour sometime. AND take a look at the rest of the retarded carpool rules. How is a mother with a baby considered a valid carpool? The baby can’t drive!!! That’s not taking any other cars off the road!

For the first time ever I was pulled over and given a ticket that wasn’t for speeding. There were three of them standing on the opposite side of an I-5 on ramp from their cars. Three of them! It takes three in one place to serve and protect us from people entering one of the two HOV only onramps. I didn’t even realize that there were any HOV only ramps. Sparky, the random tax collection servant was kind enough to inform me in a belittling manner that there was in fact a huge sign that said HOV only on it. He didn’t seem to care that the reason I didn’t catch it was because above the comparatively dull neon letters that said HOV only was a huge glowing neon sign that read, “Express Lanes” which as far as I know are still open to all. “Express lanes” was as far as I read because usually when I’m driving in rush hour traffic I don’t have time for fine print. One thing I’d like to know…Why on earth is a HOV only ramp even metered with lights? I know I know, it’s to make it easier for them to catch me and the six or so other people in the two minutes I was held – We were all in line waiting for the light to turn green.

I got this series of OkCupid messages from Third One His profile starts with, “Im unwillingly Wise, unintentionally handsome, unwittingly financially secure, well-Traveled, Curious, Educated, Fit by the pursuit of health not ego, and bored with the mundane and ignorant.” Wow! He sounds so uumm charming. I think he forgot to add how modest he is.

Mar 30 9:56pm
I am sure I sent you a message before, but in case I didnt mention it……….YOUR WEIRD

Apr 3 7:46pm
You type that as if weird is a bad thing, and yes I think I’ve seen your profile before.

Apr 5 6:29pm
No,

I am not a subjectivist, and being able to think freely is generally a positive thing…….but being strange meerly for it’s own sake is clearly a form of exibishionism. You seem like a smart person, but I know it is hard to get attention these days……so many diversions!

Ciao

Apr 5 7:38pm
I’m just being me. I’m not here for attention. I’m here because for my friends kept sending me links to take all these tests, so I started the profile to log all the results. Now we just use it from time to time to look at all the different profiles, and answer emails from people who think I’m weird but don’t state what part of my profile prompted that assessment.

Apr 8 7:20am
Which part!???! your pulling my leg, right?

I love that comment “just being me”, so this is not a matter of nuture, but is just Nature? the way you were born? Just be yourself….I always take this as lose your anxiety and fear and just be open. This is cool and the key to happiness…..but Just being me, sounds like stagnant water, which the rest of your profile belies.

I think you are trying to be considerably more than yourself……but people who are growing must strive to be just that.

Anyway….coming up for air, I am not sure I can remember what prompted me to say how wierd you were? I think maybe it’s your preoccupation with Violence? I would have to go back and look.

So you dont like attention? you live alone? avoid other people at all times? I guess it’s my lack of maturity, but I am here for attention….there I admited it, feels so good to let it out…..

thanx for the S & G…..

Apr 18 7:54pm
NO, I am not pulling your leg. I really do not know what part prompted your email. I am not a mind reader.

I did not write my profile for the purpose of shocking people. - That is what I meant by just being me. Nature, nurture either one could be the cause, but the things that I list are on my profile are truly my taste.

> I think you are trying to be considerably more than
> yourself

On the contrary, I am trying to be considerably less than myself. I hope to disappear completely someday.

>……but people who are growing must strive to be just
> that.

Your intellect is truly dizzying dear Dr. Phil.

> So you dont like attention? you live alone? avoid other people
> at all times? I guess it’s my lack of maturity, but I am here
> for attention….there I admited it, feels so good to let it
> out…..

uuuhh I never said I didn’t like attention. I did say that I did not create the profile for catching attention. No, I do not live alone, but I do actively avoid people from time to time.

Apr 20 9:22pm
thanx for the vote of confidence in my intelectual capacity!

But really, you dont think any part of your profile would be considered strange??

oh and thanx for your attention (no sarcasm, I really am thankful!!)…it’s os hard to be genuine sometimes you know? perhaps that’s from whenc ethe wierdness comes……whoooooo….

May 29 7:43am
I can promise you one thing!

you will dissapear one day…..I still think you are not quite ready for this event though…..

Ciao

When I came home from work I made the mistake of checking the mail. In the mailbox was a very thick envelop from the Department of Treasury Internal Revenue Service in Fresno California. I love those people, but I think they may need glasses. I knew that anything this thick from the IRS was not a good thing. I got in the house and opened my little IRS care package to find that they’re under the impression that I didn’t pay enough on last year’s taxes. Apparently I owe them $1,376 plus $81.00 in interest, and if they continue to believe this I’m going to go to Federal pound-me-in-the-ass prison, because I simply didn’t make enough money that year to justify that amount.

I think the confusion lies in their belief that the mutual fund that I closed that year held untaxed money. I think they only bothered to look at the first page of the 1099 that the company I did business with sent. – That’s right, FIRST PAGE. If the IRS got the exact same information I did they should have THREE pages to sift through. This was a regular mutual fund in which I contributed my already taxed cash on a monthly basis. This was not an IRA or 401K. This was something I did on my own, and on the second page shows that my TOTAL ORDINARY DIVIDENDS was $55.37. That’s all. That’s it. Fifty five dollars and thirty seven cents is all I should be taxed on because all other money in that account had been taxed, so that is the amount I put on my tax form. Oh the crap I have to go through – It’s cause I’m a half-beaner isn’t it?

They just don’t like it when people that are painfully aware the government isn’t going to stop dipping into the social security funds meant for our retirement go ahead and take the initiative and start saving their own money. Cause once we retire we stop paying enough to be considered a contributing member of society. It’s just a drain to have old people around. Don’t believe me? Take a good look that that wonderful new healthcare that’s been devised. Tell me with a straight face that we care.