<p>Planning an inaccesible service event, telling me it would be accessible, having it not be accessible, and then making me sit there for an hour with nothing to do in order to get my dinner money? Not cool.</p>
<p>I hope you would be proud of me. I still miss you.</p>
<p>I accepted your friend request on facebook because you are organizing our 30 year high school reunion. I am âdefriendingâ you because instead of using facebook as a way of keeping up with friends and family, you are using it as a way of spewing your vile, ignorant political views. Not to sound like an elitist (a term people of your ilk like to use) but of our small high school graduating class of 32 (17 girls, 15 boys), you were definitely the least intelligent girl and possibly the least intelligent overall. You are a prime example of how easy it is to control people who lack the ability of logical thinking and to get them to vote against their self interest. Remember how we all knew your family was on food stamps at one point and now you rail against socialism! I doubt you could even define the word. If you just made positive comments about issues and politicians you support, I wouldnât have a problem but you have bought into every anti-Obama conspiracy out there. In short you are an idiot without the capacity of understanding the political issues that you go on about.</p>
<p>You are the most disingenuous and capricious person I have every met. Make no mistake, we are all on to you. Henceforth, I will refer to you and your sycophantic followers as âdumb and dumberâ. I have absolutely no doubt that karma will kick your duplicitous arse up the pitch and back, and I will patiently await the day that happens. With a bit of luck, I and many others will be there to witness the blessed event. Have a nice day a*****e.</p>
<p>Wow⊠that really, really felt good!!!</p>
<p>The only reason youâre noticing all these little problems is because I fixed the big ones before you got here, dummy.</p>
<p>What is the purpose of being so critical of Dr. Xâs lecture. Use facebook for positive.</p>
<p>Rewarding bad behavior with an extravagent gift canât be goodâŠand I will not celebrate and pretend that I am happy about how this transaction went downâŠ
I want nothing to do with you</p>
<p>âWell informedâ and âverboseâ are two different things. In fact , they can frequently be understood as opposites.</p>
<p>When did it ever become the norm to nose the car (or more often, family mini-van) into traffic from a side-street to be let in? It used to be that people stopped before an intersection to let drivers from perpendicular streets turn left in front of them. Now it seems that drivers see that as carte blanche to just enter your lane! Thereby causing traffic snarls everywhere. So you have a choice between feeling like a discourteous driver and being party to a traffic SNAFU.</p>
<p>This morning, yet one more time in front of the elementary school, I let ONE pushy parent into traffic in front of me in her giant vehicle, talking on her cell phone. This caused a whole flood of cars to push in, creating lanes where there were none!</p>
<p>What is wrong with people? Honestly. No good deed, however small, goes unpunished (Oscar Wilde).</p>
<p>Dear H, if you are going to post something outrageously funny on the message board Iâm currently reading, please make sure I donât have a mouthfull of coffee when I hit ârefreshâ. Cleaning a computer keyboard is a challenging task.</p>
<p>Why do you even have a video audition option since you are telling me that my child would have a snowballâs chance auditioning with a video? And no, I cannot afford to make a Denver audition into a ski weekend, or Orlando audition into a Disney extravaganza as you suggest. What economy do you live in?</p>
<p>When you need to talk to me, just call my cell phone. Thatâs what itâs for. I dread the sight of you and wonder why you donât have something better to do than wander around the facility looking for people when you could just call them. And when you finally find me, just tell me what you need and then go away. Donât hang around, because, in case you havenât noticed, I canât stand you.</p>
<p>To my nosy neighbor, thank you for calling the health Dept., the police and telling the mailman about the bee hive under the branches, on the fence in front of my house.
You told me you noticed the bees a week before I saw them, why didnât you tell me? What did you expect the police to do, arrest the bees? As for the mailman he had to go past the gate, to leave me a note, that he couldnât deliver my mail.
Donât you understand why I refused to kill the bees? Let me give you a hint, every time you eat a pear, thank the bees.
I am glad that the bees are living with a nearby beekeeper and are continuing their productive life.</p>
<p>Listen you old fart. I wasnât talking to you I was talking to the cop. Iâm excited for you that your kid is in the two bit High School homecoming parade. Next time they decide to close all the streets leading to and from my office perhaps someone could provide signs ahead of time and give us a little notice. Mind your own business next time.</p>
<p>You:</p>
<ol>
<li> Misinterpreted something I addressed to someone else.</li>
<li> Bizarrely assumed it was a personal attack against you.</li>
<li> Reacted with a little diatribe which you saw fit to post publicly.</li>
<li> Received my polite, private response.</li>
<li> Received confirmation from others that you had indeed misinterpreted what I wrote.</li>
<li> âŠ</li>
</ol>
<p>Step 6 is where you write back and say youâre sorry for overreacting, thus closing the loop and making peace. Modeling the behavior youâd like your own children to exhibit, donât you know.</p>
<p>Iâve waited about a month now. Any chance youâre planning to play grown-up here?</p>
<p>Person A: I didnât need your pushy email basically ordering us to attend the family event. Its not your place to tell us what should be on our calendar. Itâs also not your place to try to âguiltâ us into attending something because of your dadâs health. In case you forgot, I spent last Christmas and last January watching my mother die. I am VERY aware that our parents will not live forever. But D has previous plans. She made them in August, sheâs excited about them, and no, the date cannot be changed. She canât be at the family event and I canât either.</p>
<p>Person B: If you didnât want feedback on your essay, why did you send it to D and me and ask us to âlook at itâ? We gave you honest feedback because we want you to get accepted at all your colleges. You chose to ignore what we said and sent in the essay âas is.â My friend, you have just shot yourself in the foot because that essay was NOT good. Besides the style issues (you shouldnât start your first 3 sentences with the word âitâ) and the grammar problems (are you allergic to commas?) it needs a conclusion. You did a great job setting the scene, showed emotion and empathy, had a very insightful point, and then⊠the essay just stops. Clearly the event you wrote about had an impact on you - what was that impact? In other words, SO WHAT? You had the bones of a great essay here. With editing and a conclusion it could have been terrific. Instead it looks like you slapped a first draft together in 20 minutes and submitted it with your college apps. I cannot believe that your English teacher and GC actually told you it was good and you should send it. I also canât believe that D and I each spent over an hour making suggestions and comments, and you ignored them all - after you had asked us for them. I truly hope your high ACT score gets you into your top choice schools, because that essay is not going to help you at all.</p>
<p>Have you ever thought of looking on the college website to find out dates, deadlines, and procedures?</p>
<p>Youâre a doctoral candidate in the social sciences and donât know what an IRB form is? That scares me.</p>
<p>I want to be an adult and do adult things. Why donât you have faith in me? Why donât you trust my judgment? Iâm not even the same person I was last year. Iâm doing what I can to take care of myself. I have a job that can very well turn into an internship that would look great on my resume. Iâm focusing more on schoolwork and getting involved in clubs. I will get my license. I have a very clear career path. One day Iâm going to be as independent as my sister and I will thrive in the real world. </p>
<p>As a matter of fact, I am already living in the real world. A world where there are both degenerates and clean people alike. Sometimes the difference is muddy, gray, and blurry. Although some of my friends do illegal activities habitually, I am smart and wary enough not to fall into peer pressure. If you knew some of my friends, you would never let me outside the house. My point is that I am now growing up in every respect and I am capable of being independent sooner than you think. </p>
<p>I finally have a LIFE and I am proud of it! I regret being a wallflower for so many years. I regret locking myself inside my room. I regret not believing in myself earlier in life. I do not blame you for this, but Iâm running away from reverting back to this and I want you to support me. </p>
<p>To everyone who said I couldnât do it:</p>
<p>This is not where it ends. Be prepared to see a full 180 change from who I was before. Everything is falling into place and you wonât know what hit you at a blink of an eye.</p>
<p>Also, to my boss/PI (to be clear, NOT the same person as above): I really do wish you could hire me twice! Youâre awesome!</p>