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OMF'nG!
Have you all seen the totally disturbing, excruciating minute of video of the "mom" who laughs at her kid as he almost dies from falling from an amusement park ride? The caption says "Mom" but I think the kid calls her Janice. In either event, if I see this bitch, she's DEAD! Okay, not really. But this woman is vile.
In all seriousness, I debated posting this because it's really upsetting. For now, I'm pretending that it is staged.
I got a new toothbrush this week. I used to have this one, which was pretty good. But the heads are not replacable and you need, get this--BATTERIES. What kind of self respecting product requires me to purchase multiple batteries just to use it? I daresay that technology has progressed to the point where such an annoyance should be well past eliminated. With that in mind, I procured this which I like very much. I like having a fresh charge on it every morning and night. Nice, powerful vibrations--on the toothbrush. You people are pervs!
As I may have mentioned, I have an abiding fondness for Granola Bars. I gave up almost all candy and am having granola bars in its place. You have to watch out for them because sometimes it's a close call between a granola bar and a candy bar. Case in point, are the Sweet "N Salty approximation made by Reese's. Yeah, the candy guys. Hershey makes one too. Everybody's getting in on the act of imitating my favorite granola bar. That's good for me, the consumer. Anyway, these Reese's bars are tiny. Very tiny, and far too sweet IMHO. I maintain that the Nature Valley ones are still the best. I like the mixed nut variety, but the peanut and almond are both very tasty.
I'm pleased to say that I had a good meeting with my Life Coach today (well, yesterday now). It turns out, she is much smarter than she let on, and her plan makes a lot of sense to me. Thankfully, I went ahead and did all the assignments even though they were annoying and emotional and I didn't see the point. So I'm glad that it turned out not to be a collosal waste of my time, even though I do have to take the damn Meyer Briggs again. Further, I am glad that I didn't give up right away like I planned.
She pointed out something today that I had never thought of. You'll catch me saying pretty often How does so-and-so get all these great jobs, they SUCK! I'm increasingly sure that I don't suck, so it was baffling me that (without trying to sound like a dick) people who clearly had less intelligence, less creativity, and less applied knowlege than me were getting jobs that I was already lowering my standards to take. Damn, that sounds pompous as hell, but it's true. The revelation was that I am not a follower. That and I'm totally discounting the importance of environment in terms of succeeding on the job. I am reminded of John Locke (the one from LOST) who was miserable in his crappy job until a firey plane crash improved his life and gave it meanning--until the season 2 finale anyway.
The point being that there really are aspects of this situation that I hadn't been looking at. It now seems more possible for me to really get the kind of job I want. And the Life Coach has this awesome system that's all about psychology and chakras, brain structure and archetypes...fascinating shit. I'm very interested to see how this all works out.
In all seriousness, I debated posting this because it's really upsetting. For now, I'm pretending that it is staged.
I got a new toothbrush this week. I used to have this one, which was pretty good. But the heads are not replacable and you need, get this--BATTERIES. What kind of self respecting product requires me to purchase multiple batteries just to use it? I daresay that technology has progressed to the point where such an annoyance should be well past eliminated. With that in mind, I procured this which I like very much. I like having a fresh charge on it every morning and night. Nice, powerful vibrations--on the toothbrush. You people are pervs!
As I may have mentioned, I have an abiding fondness for Granola Bars. I gave up almost all candy and am having granola bars in its place. You have to watch out for them because sometimes it's a close call between a granola bar and a candy bar. Case in point, are the Sweet "N Salty approximation made by Reese's. Yeah, the candy guys. Hershey makes one too. Everybody's getting in on the act of imitating my favorite granola bar. That's good for me, the consumer. Anyway, these Reese's bars are tiny. Very tiny, and far too sweet IMHO. I maintain that the Nature Valley ones are still the best. I like the mixed nut variety, but the peanut and almond are both very tasty.
I'm pleased to say that I had a good meeting with my Life Coach today (well, yesterday now). It turns out, she is much smarter than she let on, and her plan makes a lot of sense to me. Thankfully, I went ahead and did all the assignments even though they were annoying and emotional and I didn't see the point. So I'm glad that it turned out not to be a collosal waste of my time, even though I do have to take the damn Meyer Briggs again. Further, I am glad that I didn't give up right away like I planned.
She pointed out something today that I had never thought of. You'll catch me saying pretty often How does so-and-so get all these great jobs, they SUCK! I'm increasingly sure that I don't suck, so it was baffling me that (without trying to sound like a dick) people who clearly had less intelligence, less creativity, and less applied knowlege than me were getting jobs that I was already lowering my standards to take. Damn, that sounds pompous as hell, but it's true. The revelation was that I am not a follower. That and I'm totally discounting the importance of environment in terms of succeeding on the job. I am reminded of John Locke (the one from LOST) who was miserable in his crappy job until a firey plane crash improved his life and gave it meanning--until the season 2 finale anyway.
The point being that there really are aspects of this situation that I hadn't been looking at. It now seems more possible for me to really get the kind of job I want. And the Life Coach has this awesome system that's all about psychology and chakras, brain structure and archetypes...fascinating shit. I'm very interested to see how this all works out.
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Ahhhhh, I just watched it again. They're on the Slingshot ride. They had one of these at Action Park. You sit side-by-side in a pair of chairs, and two thick cables of bungee cords get attached to either side of you. The ride engineer releases the latch, and the two of you get rocketed up into the air, where you then bounce back down once or twice, and hang relatively limply until the operator can bring the car to a complete stop. The girl falls down in her seat just after the first bounce, and then gets stuck as the ride is being lowered so they can get her out. You see the horizon stablize as Janice/Mom reaches over to the girl's arm to make a feeble attempt at helping her up.
So yeah, Janice/Mom was being really very insensitive to this chick's screams for help, but the ride had essentially stopped moving by the time she could have done anything about it.
Why am I still defending this bitch? :(
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The idea that any mom would laugh while her kid is screaming that they are in pain/falling/need help is sickening and infuriating.