Wicked Attitude

But before I talk about that I want to mention a few things that are rollin’ around in the ol’ noggin. 

Since when did we as a society accept that having an ad for another TV show that takes up 1/4 to 1/2 of the screen while watching another show is okay??  I can’t remember what I was watching last night but it was on TBS and the bottom 1/4 of the screen filled up with a color band and words and then at the top of the screen a rope drops down and some chick repels down the screen to the bottom.  This is about 2 minutes into the next segment of the show I was watching and blocked out a key piece of something I needed to see.  I don’t know what show it was promoting because I was so pissed that the show I was currently watching was being interrupted that had it penetrated, I would’ve likely boycotted it.   Why are we allowing ourselves to be subjected to more ads that we’re already forced to watch during that 2-5 minute period called commercials?? 

I read this story about how we shouldn’t honk the horn and how it’s not effective anymore, blah blah blah.  Yes, I agree that people honk entirely too much and there should be some quota or something.  But the writer suggested that if something gets in your way in the road, you should simply brake.  Well sir, that’d be fine but given I’ve been on the bleeding side of more people not checking their mirrors and veering into our lane than I can count and had my husband not honked, they would’ve hit us.  Hell, we’ve even had a dude actually hit us while backing up at a light despite us laying on the horn!  Of course the resulting crap cakes in his drawers after seeing my burly husband in a screaming rage was satisfaction enough for us.  I don’t know about you but I like the horn as a last resort option.  I don’t think it should be overused or even used until about 3-5 seconds after a light turns green for the inattentive driver but don’t pass any laws taking away my right to safety.

Tomorrow is turkey day.  I hope everyone out there enjoys their day whether you’re spending it with family, friends or preferred solitude.  Me?  I’ll be making the “tasty” turkey to help feed our brood at Grandma’s and 15 lbs of mashed potatoes.  Pity the man, he’ll be the one peeling them.  Then I plan to be in a food coma the rest of the weekend!  Happy Thanksgiving!

Most people know that Dr. Pepper said that if Axl Rose finally got off his ass and released his album Chinese Democracy in 2008 after 13+ years of ego laden procrastination that they would give everyone in America a free Dr. Pepper.  (Except Slash and Buckethead…whatever.)  Problem is, when you have XX million people slamming your website (this was the actual link http://www.drpepper.com/freeDrPepper/?icamp=hp_dpfree_coupon) then you can’t exactly get your coupon for your promised Dr. Pepper.

Yeah, it was having fatal errors all over the place, clocking out, not letting you register, etc so it would be interesting to see how many people actually get this coupon because we’ve been trying for 12 hours and nothing.  It’s not that we’re desperate for Dr. Pepper, I don’t even like the crap but it’s the principle of it.  Give people a week to register, one coupon per household and be done with it.  How hard is that??  *rolling eyes*

I’ve been MIA lately, sorry about that.  Miss me?  Didn’t think so.  HA!  It’s another rambling post so settle in kittens.

I have this massive procrastination problem in finishing projects.  We began painting our great room on October 13th and finally finished like 3 weeks later.  The actual wall painting part took a few days but it was the trim and the open stairs and 5000 spindles that took forever.  Semi gloss is a real bitch and more than a few times I wanted to dump the can of paint over the head of the douche at Home Depot that recommended it.  But now that it’s all done, it looks great.  That’s not even the procrastination I was talking about either.  I have this habit of undertaking a massive project like that and then when you get to that very end part like putting your pictures back in order and getting everything tidy, I just fizzle out and the place remains in disarray.  So it took the threat of company to finally get everything where it needs to be…on this level.  Don’t look in the guest room because that’s where all of the stuff is that I couldn’t find a home for down here.  I am looking forward to digging into that and getting stuff in it’s place.  I’m in a pitching kind of mood so nothing in the house is safe. 

Something that made me laugh out loud today?  Sarah Palin being interviewed while turkeys were being slaughtered behind her.  Maybe think of where you are standing next time honey.

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It’s over!!  The election is over!!  Congrats Obama…but that’s not even why I’m happy.  I am SO done with the mudslinging ads, the whining on both sides, promises from both you know will never be kept, local ads digging up when a candidate picked their nose in 2003 and the friggin’ political emails.  I had to actually use filters in 2 email accounts to stop the political emails because I was losing respect for people.  I cannot believe how preachy and judgmental people can be about politics.  I have NEVER forwarded a political email to anyone that I didn’t know they specifically felt the same as I did and even then, I could probably count on both hands how many times I’ve actually forwarded them.  Out of 50 contacts have 4 people I could knowingly forward things on to but I just think it’s such a personal thing that it’s tacky to do so because people who would get their political knowledge from email forwards should be stripped of their rights to vote. 

I had someone forward a political email and say “this is why STUPID PEOPLE vote for Obama!” to a bunch of her friends.  Now she knowingly sent this to Obama supporters and is essentially calling people who are supposed to be her friends stupid to their faces.  I don’t care how you feel about a political candidate or how completely stupid you think they are, that’s just disrespectful.  America is about having freedom of speech but it should also be about having common courtesy and the filter intact to not alienate people around you because of something as stupid as your political views.  No wonder the world looks at us like we’re pond scum because we’re so arrogant about politics and our freedoms that we take for granted.  I hope that is about to change.  I hope the state that this world is in will teach people to eat a little humble pie and stop being so hateful and unite.  There is no right side or wrong side in politics because we all live in the same country so our interests should be in making this world a better, kinder place.  Let’s hope the next four years are better than the past eight.  The Republicans had their shot now let’s give the Dems their turn.

I call this story The Tale of the Procrastinating Wench.  Yes, I got sucked into the Halloween marathon of Are You Afraid of the Dark? until 3am.  I loved that show when it was on.  Just creepy enough to be interesting but just lame enough to make fun of.  Recognized a young Ryan Gosling in his first acting job.  I was surprised how many of them I remembered and that I didn’t remember how bad the acting was on most of them.  Wow. 

I got most of my Christmas wrapping done last night.  YES!  I only have one friend to shop for and I predict it will be the same standard answer of “oh I don’t need anything.”  Christmas isn’t about needing anything, it’s about asking others to get you the frivolous things you’re too cheap to get yourself.  You know, like a kitchen gadget, a video game, a DVD of your favorite band in concert, Mighty Putty or a gram of coke.  Okay, I draw the line at getting someone else’s coke but you get my drift. 

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