Adulthood. Kinda sneaks up on you when you're not paying attention, doesn't it? One minute you have no responsibilities. The next minute, bills are stacking up, one kid needs braces, the other is starting school, and you're working constantly just to make ends meet. Yes, adulthood is one sneaky bastard. How do you know that you're an "adult"? I'm still not totally convinced that I'm a "grownup". In fact, I KNOW that I'm not. I still can't help but giggle or smirk (or, at the very least, think to myself, "That's what she said") whenever anything remotely sexual is said. Even if it wasn't used in a sexual definition, my brain suddenly turns into an 11 year old's and warps it so it sounds dirty. I basically turn about half of what I hear in commercials into double entendres. I REFUSE to share my toys/comics/video games...even with my own children. "You can look, but DO NOT TOUCH!!" My son wants to play with my Darth Vader action figure? No sir. You can have your own, but don't go messing with mommy's toys! (They're actually collectibles, but that's beside the point.) You want to read my comic pulls from this week? Absolutely not! I'm more than willing to pick you up a few issues for you to read though. No you can't play on my PS3!! You have a 360 all for yourself (or WiiU...depends on which of my sons is asking)! Why do you need to use mine? That being said, I play with my kids' toys ALL THE TIME! I will ABSOLUTELY dress up like comic characters for no reason at all. While dressed up, I totally become that character also. My idea of what "fun" is hasn't really changed too much since I was about 12 years old. "You want to dress all in black and run around the neighborhood playing manhunt? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP FOR THAT!!" (As long as I can get drunk first. Makes it more fun!) I still suck at committed relationships. I'm not afraid of commitment. I'm not afraid of falling in love. I just totally suck at relationships. It's not that I don't put effort into them. I totally do! A LOT of effort actually. I just am terrible when it comes to longer term relationships. I wind up freaking out and breaking it off most of the time. Why? I honestly have not a single clue. That being said... I don't mind being single either. No one has to try and conform me the their perfect girlfriend (which is good because I am FAR from perfect). When I'm single I don't really have to answer to anyone, and I do really like that aspect of being single. I will blow off work and other engagements to go to a punk show. Who's playing? WHO CARES!! A show's a show. Silly things make me SO happy! I will (and have) completely lost my mind because someone picked up a Lego Storm Trooper keychain light. Seriously. That little thing made me so happy for the longest time. I've been lucky enough to find people who are just as screwed up as I am...and I LOVE YOU GUYS!! There are so many reasons as to why I don't believe that I'm a "grownup"...at least in my brain. What really defines being grown up? If you know, let me know. This is information that I need. I HAVE TO HAVE IT!! That's all I got this time! Please follow my blog if I made you think, or laugh, or eat ramen noodles, or ANYTHING....and feel free to comment if you agree, or disagree, or just want to discuss the possibility that unicorns exist! I'm not here to judge you! But I do have an opinion on a LOT of things, and if you can help me understand yours, in a logical and reasonable fashion....you might just change my mind! But probably not. I love you, and I hope you have a glorious day! Tweet me: http://www.twitter.com/nytatt2chick Facebook me: http://www.facebook.com/nytatt2chick Instagram me: http://instagram.com/nytatt2chick YouTube me: http://www.youtube.com/therealnytatt2chick G+ me: https://plus.google.com/+LauraCeruti Email me:
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I'm pretty sure that you've probably seen this posted, over and over again. The words "Bullying" and "Bully" are being tossed around a little too loosely, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I do NOT advocate REAL bullying, but a lot of the actions that are now labeled as "bullying", are not really "bullying"! That is the definition of a Bully. Cyber bullying also has to be a repeated action. So if someone was to post a single comment about someone, or a threat toward them, one time, it isn't cyber bullying. REAL bullying isn't right. When someone REPEATEDLY attacks (verbally OR physically) another person, for no tangible reason, THAT IS bullying. And in no way, shape, or form, is that okay. They are using the anti-bullying platform to (in effect) bully our children into being friends with everyone (if they like the person or not). Children are forced to include everyone they know into, pretty much, everything they do. In my opinion, that is wrong. There are also those times when just the facts are stated, and they can be misconstrued as "bullying". Sometimes.....you're just calling it as you see it. That's all I got this time! Please follow my blog if I made you think, or laugh, or eat ramen noodles, or ANYTHING....and feel free to comment if you agree, or disagree, or just want to discuss the possibility that unicorns exist! I'm not here to judge you! But I do have an opinion on a LOT of things, and if you can help me understand yours, in a logical and reasonable fashion....you might just change my mind! But probably not. I love you, and I hope you have a glorious day! Tweet me: http://www.twitter.com/nytatt2chick Facebook me: http://www.facebook.com/nytatt2chick Instagram me: http://instagram.com/nytatt2chick YouTube me: http://www.youtube.com/therealnytatt2chick G+ me: https://plus.google.com/104204766948735523107 Email me: Hellllloooooo!!! Long time, no blog, huh? Missing me yet?
Anywho...I'm scrolling through my newsfeed on Facebook (which I REALLY need to stop doing so much because it usually pisses me off a great deal), and I see this ridiculousness from the morons over at News 12. Here's a link to the actual posting: http://www.facebook.com/News12LI/posts/10151436343658551:0 (You do need a Facebook account to see it, but the above picture is a screenshot of the original post) Link to the SC Sheriff's "Test, Don't Guess" program page.
http://www.suffolkcountyny.gov/sheriff/CommunityPrograms/DrugTestingInitiative.aspx (Note they changed the "Scared Straight" program to the "Y.E.S. Tour") So, here's my opinion on the subject: [DISCLAIMER: THIS IS MY OPINION. IT IS BASED ON MY PERSONAL EXPIERENCES WITH DRUG TESTING, TEEN DRUG USE, AND THE PARENT'S APPROACH (as well intended it may be)] First of all....THEY'RE NOT "FREE"!! It's a waste of tax money. If you think your kid is doing something, and you want to "Test, Not Guess"....PAY FOR IT YOURSELF!! You can buy home drug tests at any pharmacy, and health insurance covers most rehabs/drug testing. Don't make ME pay because you can't trust your kid, or you can't just shine a flashlight in your kids eyes to check for pupil dilation. Second...IT'S NOT GOING TO MAKE ANYTHING DIFFERENT!!! I was drug tested, pretty much every week, from when I was 13-17....and I only tested dirty one time. I SHOULD have tested dirty EVERY time, but there are ways to get around it. So your kid tests dirty. Then what?? You get into a huge fight, they: (A) Stop talking to you about ANYTHING. (B) No longer trust you, and feel like you're "invading their privacy". (C) Let you yell, scream, and threaten them, and do the same crap they were doing in the first place. (D) Decide they're going to "run away" (E) ALL OF THE ABOVE And what are you supposed to do? (A) Put them on PINS probation, so you kid can keep violating, and get sent to a state house, and/or Juvie? (B) Kick their ass so they "learn a lesson", and possibly get reported to CPS? (C) Do nothing, and possibly get reported to CPS anyway, for child neglect? (Only now, they can prove it) (D) Throw your kid in rehab? (E) Put your kid on "lockdown", so they can run away, and you have no idea where they are, if they're alive or dead, who they're with, what they're doing.....? (F) All of the above? If YOU think that YOU'RE kid is doing something then YOU need to take your kid to FAMILY COUNSELING, and try to reestablish a good rapport with your children. The counselor WILL do a drug test if you request it. The most important thing is to take a look at what you're doing. If you're constantly drinking in front of your kids, they will probably drink too. If you're smoking weed all the time, and think your kids don't know...I got news for you...they do, and they will smoke too (probably steal it from you!). If you're at home eating Valium/Xanax all day so you can "deal", they will too! The most important thing of all is to keep the communication lines open between you and your kids. Granted, this gets nearly impossible when they're teenagers, but it can still be done. And a little ass whooping (NOT BEATING!!!) goes a long way. I have been unable to find exactly how much of the taxpayer's money they are wasting on this program, but I have heard up to $2000 for every 100 tests*.
*This may not be accurate. I searched for the budget allotment for this program, but was unable to find it. I wouldn't be surprised though. At home drug tests range from $7.88-$47.78, and can be a simple 5 panel cup piss test, to a hair follicle test.
http://www.walgreens.com/store/c/at-home-drug-test-kit/ID=prod368689-product http://www.walmart.com/c/kp/home-drug-test-kits I'm sure they have MASSIVELY inflated the costs of the "free" drug tests (probably to cover up some of their insanely high saleries, which have FINALLY been brought to the public's attention) The most important thing is to talk to your kids, and raise them correctly. Lead by example! If you're doing a decent job, you should be able to trust them. Still have your doubts, just use a flashlight! If their pupils are little pin pricks, even after you remove the light from their eyes, they're using some kind of depressant (opiates, alcohol, etc...). If their eyes are largely dilated, even while you're shining the light into their eyes, they're using some kind of stimulant (cocaine, meth, etc...). And if you shine the light into their eyes, and they scream something like, "FUUUUUCCCKKK!!! THERE'S A LASER BURNING A HOLE INTO MY FACE!!!!", and start trying to rip their face off....they're probably on some kind of hallucinogenic drug (LSD, PCP, etc.) Love you all!!!!!! xoxoxo Ok...so I usually go off on long friggin rants on Facebook, like EVERYDAY! So I was thinking about how I fill up other people's threads with my constant shenanigans......why not make my own blog?! I'll probably still post borderline maniacal rants on everyone else's shit, but at least THIS way I can say, "Hey, guy who I totally fuckin disagree with.....if you don't like what I have to say, DON'T FUCKIN READ IT!!!!!" So here it goes.
I'll keep this one pretty light (mostly to not terrify you with my insanity!). Yesterday was Christmas, and I hope everyone had a great day (even if you don't celebrate Christmas, STILL HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD DAY!). Anyway, here's what got me kinda irritated. I got my kids two of these Meep! Tablet things....mostly because they're always trying to steal my phone, or my computer, or ANYTHING electronic. That's not all they got. We spoiled the SHIT outta my 2 babies. Long story short (I could see you fading in my mind already!), the fuckin servers that you need to log into to do, well, pretty much ANYTHING with these things crashed due to the insane amount of traffic (hmmmm, guessing I wasn't the only one who was sick of gettin all my crap stolen). That's not even what pissed me off though....had to give you a little back story so you'd know what the hell I was talking about (foreshadowing!). So all these parents are all over the page like "Oh you guys fuckin suck...my kid's crying because he wants to use his tablet", or "You guys RUINED Christmas because my kids think Santa brought them a broken toy.". Ummm, NO! That's a BAD mommy or daddy!!! Ok, I admit I'm a little bit pissed that I can't set these fuckin things up for my kids, but, hi people, my name is reality, and I have a check for you: Did you ever stop to think that maybe, just maybe, if the fact that you can't set up the fucking tablet that you ALREADY spent $150 fucking dollars on, and your little Princess Spoiled Cranky Banana can't fucking deal with the shit ton of games/apps/ebooks that came PRELOADED on the fucking thing for a couple fucking days while they try and fix the goddamn servers; MAYBE YOU NEED TO HANDLE THAT SITUATION FIRST BECAUSE YOUR KID IS GOING TO BE VERY DISAPPOINTED IN LIFE AND YOU WOULD HAVE HAD A SHITTY CHRISTMAS NO MATTER WHAT!!! Maybe, I don't know, your kids can play with the other 65 million toys you bought them, that they didn't need in the first fucking place, and just deal with it. Or maybe I'm crazy. Let me tell you RIGHT NOW that, yes, I totally spoiled the living SHIT out of my kids this year.....but they can deal with not having like 150 games instantly at their fingertips, that they're just gonna get bored with anyway!!! When I was a kid, I would get clothes...FUCKING CLOTHES...for Christmas. 99% of the time, they were clothes that I didn't even like!!!! (Sorry mom....the cat's out of the bag!). I'd get a couple toys, maybe one that I asked for (or a no name knock off...GOD FORBID!), but you know what?! I was fucking happy! So if you're one of the materialistic parents who are bitching and whining that your little precious shit is unhappy, kill yourself. You've already bred, but maybe your kids can be saved. That's all I got this time! Please follow my blog if I made you think, or laugh, or eat ramen noodles, or ANYTHING....and feel free to comment if you agree, or disagree, or just love kittens! I'm not here to judge you! But I do have an opinion on a LOT of things, and if you can help me understand yours, in a logical and reasonable fashion....you might just change my mind! But probably not. I love you, and I hope you have a glorious day! You can find me on twitter: www.twitter.com/nytatt2chick Or the book of faces: www.facebook.com/nytatt2chick |
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