I'm bereft for her breavement day - as I dont think it should happen. Extra vacation days are nice - when convinient. Otherwise you're just adding to the 'nasty' for someone else.

Go you, MJ! Just say NO to office moochers!

-M

Thank you! I thought perhaps I was missing something here. That's exactly what she is in this case though - an office moocher. I hadn't thought of it like that.

Yeah, a whole lot of reailty goes unchecked if you're not willing to do it yourself. Just put her on your hunting list for when the government starts issuing people permits. And if she bothers you in the mean time - tell her she made the list and once you get your permit you'll 'talk again'.

<smirk> If only it was always this easy.

-M

I agree with M...sounds like a moocher to me...I get asked to do a lot of extra work on most days but I tell them honestly when I can work on a project or not...I will not do everything for them..that's what they get paid for.



Also I asked my hubby about the viruses on forum or message boards...It is possible but not likely...always make sure both anti-virus and anti-spyware are running and monitoring your internet activity..keep your definitions up to date...and if you continue to have spyware issues then either the sites you are visiting are re-infecting you or your anti-virus/spyware is not capable of truely cleaning your machine; you should try a different product...btw my hubbie is a IT Security guy so he knows his stuff! Also he said that his consulting rate is $150.00 US per hour..

I am actually a rather skilled shooter. I can't believe I hadn't thought of this myself. On the list she goes!

And what better place to teach kids about culture than to have a noisy demonstration of musical talents IN THE LIBRARY! Shhhhh. Really. I'm trying to do research.

Got peed off bad at the library CrystalSmith??? I know. While I was in college, I would go to the library to do some research and everybody was a yapping away...not able to get much done. Me and a few others found a nice quite place to study that nobody was using and it worked out perfect!
I will buy you a drink CrystalSmith...what do you want???

Shirley Temple. Make it a double.

I'll join you. Can we get a pitcher?

Sure. Pull up a stool.

Who do you have to talk to to get some peanuts around here?

The Fan Fiction board seems to be susceptable to pop-ups at least routed through Japan.

I don't know, but have you ever noticed that when you drink too many Shirley Temples on an empty stomach, you get this tremendous desire to tap dance while belting out On the Good Ship Lollipop?

I do? What do they put in those things, anyway?

Yeah. That's one thing that annoys me about Fanfiction.net is the pop-ups. I hate pop-ups. It's like they're thinking, hey, someone came to our website to have a good read about their favorite show. WHY NOT BLOCK THEIR WHOLE PAGE WITH A STINKIN' AD?

It's worse with the ads that send you to 'bad pictures' sites and then you can't get out of them unless you shut down your computer.

Now I'm in a bad mood. Another Shirley Temple!

You know, I think they're having more problems over there. I usually get an e-mail when my stories go up -- but my last two updates -- no emails. I don't know if they're going out to my alert list either.

My pop up blocker is usually pretty good -- it hiccups when it blocks them. But the ones I was getting when I was on this board the other day were wierd -- and then my virus blocker activated. Everything seems fine now. But I felt like I was under attack.

Come to think of it, I used to get emailed when a new review would come it. Hmmmm.

I have a similar experience when I drink too many chocolate martinis on an empty stomach. But I usually get up on a piano and start belting out It's Raining Men when that happens.

OMG That was YOU!??!!?!

-M

Yeah, I just got two reviews with no emails. And my last entry had no reviews -- which hasn't happened in a long, long time. Yep, I think they're having problems.

*hangs head* It's a good thing I stopped drinking.

37 got a review.

LOL! It finally let me read those two reviews too -- thanks.

I'm actually thinking about doing a non-shipping story for the Fourth of July challenge. I had an idea -- I'm not quite sure of where I'm going to go with it yet.

Did it post 2X?

I've got something in mind, as well. Not quite sure of the execution of the story. I have a great Monk-ish image, tho.

No, it posted once -- I got one from someone else too.

I actually might go do some reading now -- so I bid you goodnight. (You can finish up the pitcher of Shirley Temples if you want.)

Woo Hoo! & Good night.

Sorry, if I'm ruining any lighthearted conversation. I just need people to listen. You don't have to give me any advice, I simply just need someone to cheer me up.

Well, my dad and I, we don't get along. Why? I'm annoyed by him. Very annoyed.

My mom and dad were having a conversation, as soon as they were done saying what they needed to say, I said my opinion. No one acknowledged it. They just kept talking with eachother so I mumbeled to myself "Fine, nobody has to listen to me." My dad said in a very stressed out tone. "Oh, I'm sorry, I guess we're not allowed to have a conversation unless it revolves around Jenny." So, I said "Fine, I won't talk then." And mum snaps at me for being rude to my dad.

And that's what happened. And it's not the first time something like this has happened. My dad can talk smack about me, right to my face and mum hears him and still does nothing. I talk smack about him behind his back and mum scolds me that I shouldn't be so disrespectful. Yet, I didn't say anything rude to his face. And she still takes his side. She ALWAYS takes his side. The only time she takes my side is if I end up in tears. (Which is very rare unless it's THAT time of month.) Then she tells my dad to apologize, which is pointless, because I know he'll be mean again anyway.

To understand how truly depressed this makes me feel, you have to know my dad. I'm fifteen. My dad is 52, and I am more mature than he is. Ask anyone who knows my dad, they'll agree. (Except my mum, never ask her cause she'll just take his side.) How's this? He yells. At everything and everyone. At little things that aren't even bothering anyone else. He yells at me, mum, grandma, cousins, aunts, uncles, friends, salesclerks, waiters, random people we don't even know. And if there's no one else around to yell at, he'll gladly yell at himself. (the sad thing is, I'm not kidding either. Me and mum have come home and heard him screaming at who? His own reflection.) And yet, when I get just a teeny bit grumpy, he still has the nerve to say I'm the one with the attitude probelem.

The only person who notices how upset it makes me is my grandma, and she's not always around. I've even told my pastor that my dad scares me because he yells all the time. His advice? "Don't take it personally, your dad loves you." Yeah, the same advice I've heard from nearly every other person in the world who hasn't seen what a jerk my dad can be.

I'm not going to say that I'm abused, because I'm not. I know I have it a lot better than some kids. Just it makes me feel so sad and unloved.

Like I said, I don't want any advice, I just want to be cheered up. Please. You guys are the only ones who can do it right now.

Sorry...

Chik/Jenny

I'm sorry you and your dad aren't getting along. Er, I don't think I'm able to cheer you up w/out giving advice. That's just how I'm built. Maybe if you knew that these things aren't unusual - tension between fathers and daughters. Well...I really don't know what to say.

Tazzy

Thanks. I actually do feel a little bit better. I calmed down a little bit and realized that I'm probably overreacting or just taking offense to things I shouldn't be. Teenage hormones, fun stuff. lol

Chik/Jenny

Ummm... Has he ever been checked for depression? Or for some clinical answer? A lot of men feel like that have to 'suck it up' when it comes to mental health, and be all manly about it, but a lot of them end up just like your dad sounds, frustrated and angry with the world. They know they're doing thier best so everything becomes someone elses fault. It's a rough way to live.

Just a thought. You know. That maybe he's actually just not well enough to express himself as you would understand. And that might be why the guy at your church said it so plainly - he loves you - and any doubting that to his face would make him as angry as he's ever been (if a stranger were to say it for example). But he cant just lay it down all smooth. It comes out in broken fits, like steam from a broken engine in a Mark Twain novel...

<shakes head> Mark Twain?

It's late. I should be getting to bed.

Mark Twain... What am I thinking?

-M

Hang in there!! I know how you feel!!

Hmm. That's probably it. Also, he had a stroke about two years ago. I don't know if that would have anything to do with it. I'm not a doctor. But, thanks.

And thanks to you too, history.

-Chik

I'm not a doctor either, but I play one on TV. Okay, yeah, that was lame. lol

Hope things calm down for you. My father and stepfather were both very violent. I know it can be horrible when things are tense between a child and a parent, but they could be a lot worse.

I just noticed there was a lightning bug in my house. I wonder if that's an omen and, if so, is it a good omen or a bad one?

I hate it when parents think what their kids say doesn't matter. Just because you are 15 doesn't mean you don't have a voice. From what I can tell here on the board you are a VERY mature 15. Your dad should be giving you more consideration. But I remember feeling that way too at your age. The whole "you are only 15 what do you know?" thing. I always hated that. Just remember WE want to hear what you have to say so you can always come here and talk all you want!

I'm concered about the part where your dad has been having rages and was found yelling at his reflection in the mirror. There may be something psychologically wrong with him. My mom had mental problems and I found her one day yelling at her reflection and she broke the mirror with her hand. She had to get stitches in her hand.

Thanks. I know, that's why I always come here and gab about things.

@ Crystal: I don't know. My mum says he just has anger management issues he needs to get solved. But, thanks for the concern.

It's okay guys, I'm better now. You can all go ahead talking about whatever it was you were talking about earlier. But, thanks for cheering me up. Crystal, M, Yvette, MJ, history, all you guys. Thanks all of ya. This is why the Monk board is my favorite internet site.

*hugs all around*

-Chik

Feel free to vent any time you want--this is the thread for that. Might even say that's why Mandeville gave us our own bar and lounge. If we can't cheer you up, I hear your drinks are on the house, although at 15, you'd better be ordering sodas!

Shirley Temples are okay, too.

lol. What about root beer, huh? sure it has the word beer in it, but it's the beer of the root. So it can't be THAT strong.

-chik

My bar serves Synthahol. Stolen from Star Trek The Next Generation it's a synthetic alchohol whose effects can be immediately shaken off for sobriety. I am currently woking on adapting the technology to other pleasurable but undesireable human habits.

No legal age on synthahol as far as I know.

-M

Wow I totally got that reference.

Synthahol for all!

Sorry M...I want the real deal! I havent got any problems to vent today...been a nice day...got the ironing done..shopped for clothes...and got a frozen coffee...now I'm just chilling out for the evening! Still working on my Monk book...about half way done...(hang in there Cystal).

Anyway, I am a little parched and need something good to drink...I would like a root beer...make it a double...maybe we can see who won the cross town classic?? Cubs or Sox? Anyway Cheers!

I'll take two!

Okay, I clean houses on the side. I just have to tell you about this new client I have. First, I know right off the bat if the client is over 75, so will be the thermostat. I go to this woman's house after a shower, feeling clean--hair combed nicely and sprayed up. When I leave, I look like I've been standing under a helicoptor....a helicoptor that's been venting engine oil.

Second, this particular client doesn't believe in cleaning solutions. Yeah. No furniture polish--wipe everything with a cloth. She has windex but doesn't want it used on the windows or the mirrors. She has microfibre cloths that I'm to wet with water--doesn't clean the glass. I sneak. I think she knows I sneak. I think she lets me sneak because I do a bunch of stuff other housecleaners don't do. I love windex. It's amonia. It disinfects. It's safe to use on every surface in the house. She has no other cleaning solutions for any part of the house--no shower/soap scum cleaner, no bathroom cleaner, no furniture polish, no 409, no 406, no 319. Nothing.

Third, she has three vacuum cleaners. You can plug in any one of those vacuum cleaners and an odor comes out of them that smells exactly like ball sweat and dead bodies. Her house is clean--but without cleaning supplies and with vacuum cleaners that blow horrible odors throughout the house, it does NOT smell clean.

Fourth, she apparently doesn't believe in laundering her rags. She uses them until it looks like squirrels are nesting in them and then she throws them away. Makes doing the floors a really unique experience. She has a dog. There's fur everywhere. Every rag in the house is full of hair and fur, so instead of removing dirt, I am just equally distributing the fur I removed the last time I cleaned. Shoot me.

Fifth, a peculiarity I've never before encountered: she doesn't want me to clean either of the toilets. She says she has a very specific way of cleaning them. I am very happy that she doesn't want me to clean the toilets since she will also not allow me to use any cleaning solutions. Also, the specific way she has of cleaning her toilets is apparently to not clean them. Ew. Ew twice.

Finally, her very charming dryer has a timer with a very loud buzzer on it. If there's some kind of volume control on it, neither of us has been able to find it. It seems it was made for Helen Keller. As it stands, this buzzer has two settings: "Off" and "air raid." When the buzzer goes off--which it does numerous times while I'm cleaning, we know one of two things: Either her clothes are dry, or there's a squadron of German bombers passing over France.

ROFL!! Sorry yvette but this story made me crack up. What a peculiar woman. BTW, you won't want to come over to my house. I won't turn on the AC until the temperature in the house is over 80.

I keep my house at a cozy 64 degrees at all hours of the day and all days of the week. rofl. I LOVE central air!!

Well I admit it - I am not right. I will get cold way too easily. That's why I like it so warm in the house. I have a really hard time in the winter staying warm. I don't know why that is.

My air conditioning's crapped out and last night I slept in a close approximation of an Easy Bake Oven.

Oh no! And you probably aren't like me and willingly sleep in a room that's 80 degrees do you?

Ugh! I'd be sweating spinal fluid. rofl.

LMAO!!! Now there's an image!