Isolated Blurt Thread

[TheeGoatPig]

Maybe it was so good she wants to be careful and formulate just the right reply.

I can't argue with that because I originally looked at her profile a week ago and couldn't think of anything to say until this morning, but my pessimistic side (taking up 80% of my body) doesn't think so.

 

[driphoney]

I can't argue with that because I originally looked at her profile a week ago and couldn't think of anything to say until this morning, but my pessimistic side (taking up 80% of my body) doesn't think so.

This calls for a distraction, then! Plan a nice meal, then find an elderly neighbor to surprise with a share of it. (Come on, I know you have one, everyone does!) Then watch your favorite movie.

Something.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

This calls for a distraction, then! Plan a nice meal, then find an elderly neighbor to surprise with a share of it. (Come on, I know you have one, everyone does!) Then watch your favorite movie.

Something.

What do you take me for? A capable adult? I can't cook! And I don't like my neighbors (and they don't like me).

 

[YoursSINSerely]

Time for my nap.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

And really, what I was trying to get at, is that even though it was my best first impression email, it was still shit.

___

And then I miss a golden opportunity in the real world...

 

[andy_charles]

Pissed off a genuinely nice bloke last night. Shit.

 

[jeanne_d_artois]

Why do committee meetings always last longer than my worst estimate?

Unless Og is chairing them, of course. Then the committee adjourns to the pub after a very short meeting.

Jeanne

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I had some strange dreams last night. Vampire porn stars, bondage, near snuff, weird architecture, and two dreams about Las Vegas (though I didn't make it there in one of them).

 

[theravenfox]

Beware, Long Blurt

I am engaged in a battle of wills with my eleven year old daughter. It is a battle that I must win. There can be no surrender and no draw. We are at a turning point and if I lose this one, if I give in, then I will lose all my validity in her eyes. That cannot happen.

I am the mean mom. Other parents in this town let their jaws drop when they hear of the torture I am inflicting on my offspring. My children's peers are considering calling child services and leaving an anonymous report of abuse. I have created a summer enrichment program for them, which I expect them to work on for four hours, four days each week. *gasp*

I look at the level of education this podunk little school has provided for them this past school year and I am appalled. How can Oregon possibly be rated better than Mississippi? This town can NOT have been included in those superior ratings. My daughter was fed a steady diet of printouts and worksheets, never had homework, and struggled all year to maintain her A-B average. This is the same child I took out of the GIFTED PROGRAM back in Mississippi so that we could move to an educationally superior state. And this school has no gifted program. At this point, she's become so lazy and complacent, I doubt she'd qualify if there were. My son just finished kindergarten and only the bare basics were covered. He did not learn to write his letters and numbers on regular ruled paper, his coloring is hurried and messy, and the only music he was exposed to was singing. Neither of them have a clue about critical thinking! So, that is my theme for the summer enrichment program. Developing critical thinking skills.

My daughter does NOT want to do this. She thinks that if she whines long enough, procrastinates enough, short-cuts enough, that I will throw my hands up and say 'you win!' She believes that I will realize that I no longer want to torture her with Tom Sawyer, Julius Caesar, pre-algebra, in-depth history, rationally applied geography, multi-cultural studies, Mozart and Monet. There are no worksheets, there are no multiple choice fill in the blank true false bullshit in my summer enrichment program! She has to WRITE about her thoughts. She has to ascertain the answer rather than just looking it up in the passage. She has to *gasp again* write her first book report (a child has gotten through the fifth grade and NEVER WRITTEN A BOOK REPORT???) But, I will NOT give in. I will not falter. I am looking to their future academic successes and I will sit back and allow the public school system to dim that light no longer!

I am the "mean mom," and I am PROUD OF IT.

 

[OzoneRed]

I am engaged in a battle of wills with my eleven year old daughter. It is a battle that I must win. There can be no surrender and no draw. We are at a turning point and if I lose this one, if I give in, then I will lose all my validity in her eyes. That cannot happen.

I am the mean mom. Other parents in this town let their jaws drop when they hear of the torture I am inflicting on my offspring. My children's peers are considering calling child services and leaving an anonymous report of abuse. I have created a summer enrichment program for them, which I expect them to work on for four hours, four days each week. *gasp*

I look at the level of education this podunk little school has provided for them this past school year and I am appalled. How can Oregon possibly be rated better than Mississippi? This town can NOT have been included in those superior ratings. My daughter was fed a steady diet of printouts and worksheets, never had homework, and struggled all year to maintain her A-B average. This is the same child I took out of the GIFTED PROGRAM back in Mississippi so that we could move to an educationally superior state. And this school has no gifted program. At this point, she's become so lazy and complacent, I doubt she'd qualify if there were. My son just finished kindergarten and only the bare basics were covered. He did not learn to write his letters and numbers on regular ruled paper, his coloring is hurried and messy, and the only music he was exposed to was singing. Neither of them have a clue about critical thinking! So, that is my theme for the summer enrichment program. Developing critical thinking skills.

My daughter does NOT want to do this. She thinks that if she whines long enough, procrastinates enough, short-cuts enough, that I will throw my hands up and say 'you win!' She believes that I will realize that I no longer want to torture her with Tom Sawyer, Julius Caesar, pre-algebra, in-depth history, rationally applied geography, multi-cultural studies, Mozart and Monet. There are no worksheets, there are no multiple choice fill in the blank true false bullshit in my summer enrichment program! She has to WRITE about her thoughts. She has to ascertain the answer rather than just looking it up in the passage. She has to *gasp again* write her first book report (a child has gotten through the fifth grade and NEVER WRITTEN A BOOK REPORT???) But, I will NOT give in. I will not falter. I am looking to their future academic successes and I will sit back and allow the public school system to dim that light no longer!

I am the "mean mom," and I am PROUD OF IT.

Good for you! More parents should take more interest in their children's education.

Though I have to say, I don't believe I learned to write letters and numbers until I was in first grade. I don't recall writing book reports until seventh grade. Now I'm wondering if my education was retarded.

Have you considered looking at some home-schooling websites? I realize you're not exactly home-schooling your kids, but there ought to be a wealth of supplementary material there that you can use. At the very least, they should give you an idea of what your kids should be learning at each grade level.

 

[theravenfox]

Good for you! More parents should take more interest in their children's education.

Though I have to say, I don't believe I learned to write letters and numbers until I was in first grade. I don't recall writing book reports until seventh grade. Now I'm wondering if my education was retarded.

Have you considered looking at some home-schooling websites? I realize you're not exactly home-schooling your kids, but there ought to be a wealth of supplementary material there that you can use. At the very least, they should give you an idea of what your kids should be learning at each grade level.

Thank you!

I seriously doubt your education was retarded...but that made me laugh! You're obviously educated and well-written/spoken. I know that things in the education system change rather rapidly and I don't know how old you are and therefore I don't know how long the system has had time to change.

I am basing much of my low opinion of the local school on two books. What Your Fifth Grader Needs To Know and What Your Kindergartner Needs To Know Using them as resources, I am filling in the learning materials from many homeschooling websites and materials. I wish I could homeschool them, but with the type of business I run, I don't really have the time. I will MAKE the time to supplement.

Thank you for your thoughts and suggestions.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I am making an end run on my first kung fu movie review. Putting the final pieces together as we speak...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

And my first kung fu movie review is up on Youtube...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Oh crap! It all went up on the wrong account...

*will fix that later...*

 

[TheeGoatPig]

Kick The Sun, Fixed Location (in both posts).

 

[Katyusha]

I was irritated with my boss this morning because he noticed something before I did, and took care of it before I'd fully noticed it. It was an ego thing for me...I absolutely despise learning new jobs.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I won $80 playing poker outside tonight, and now I'm bug-bitten to hell.

I'm also really sleepy and not in the mood for my private kung fu lesson this morning, but I get charged if I don't cancel more than 24 hours in advance.

And, I had another dream about Vegas last night. I was only there for a short amount of time, and I hadn't played any poker, so I rushed to the nearest poker room and got in line for a seat, even though I had to catch a plane early the next day.

That dream also had one woman (I keep calling her a girl but she is 27) in it that I dreamed about last week. What's up with that?

 

[Katyusha]

Trying to explain certain things to my mother is like trying to explain to grass why it can't be bricks.

 

[ABSTRUSE]

Trying to explain certain things to my mother is like trying to explain to grass why it can't be bricks.

i like that.

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I'm having a lot more fun with my Jackie Chan's Who Am I video than I did the other one. I've only been working on it half a day, but I'm around halfway through it already!

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I had heard it was supposed to rain today, with tornado warnings (which is weird for my area), but I had completely forgotten about that when I went out to lunch and my face felt like it was going to melt off from all the hot sunshine. Now it is torrentially downpouring, and it is a complete 180 from an hour ago...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

I have twelve out of twenty three posts on this page...

 

[TheeGoatPig]

My drummer/Producer is copywriting the theme song for Kick the Sun. I have to admit, it wasn't something I was worried about. Am I just being naive? Maybe. Maybe I just don't think that 20 second song will ever earn anyone any money either.

 

[oggbashan]

I'm annoyed with my granddaughter's pre-school.

They tidy up the toys at the end of each session and have a special tidy-up song while they do it.

Granddaughter thinks that by singing the tidy-up song, she has contributed all she needs to do for the tidying process.

Og

 

[fieryjen]

My husband has again endusted the floor, despite me repeatedly telling him not to ever do that again. I've so far fallen on my ass twice and bruised the fuck out of my knee, my ass and both my hands in addition to now having a killer headache.