Chivalry is dead. Manners are gone. Seriously, have you spent anytime with people lately? It almost makes me sick. I used to think it was just my generation, being raised by the hippies during the “child punishment” revolution where we went from spankings and time outs to  not yelling at them and having “serious conversations about their behavior” etc, but no, no I think it’s nearly everyone. Why do I say this? Well here are some things I’ve seen the past few days/peeve me off:

• Shopping carts in the middle of a parking lot. Not just there, but also *next* to the carriage corral rather than *in* it. (Is it THAT hard to put something away?)
• Trash left on the counter. Not just any trash- wet, nasty paper towels. (Apparently the 15 second walk to the trash barrel is far too long to do it at that moment- it MUST be postponed a day.)
• Someone going up to a group of people and *burping* a greeting. (I’m not even kidding!)
• Looking behind you to see if anyone is there, and still not hold the door for said person behind you and letting it slam almost in their face. (owwww)
• Using dishes that are not yours and then not cleaning/putting them away. (Insert angry face here)
• Not saying thank-you after your roommate does your dishes. (Here too)
• Leaving your trash in the movie theater. (Yes, there are people that clean it up, but imagine if you were that person? Wouldn’t you love it when people cleaned up the majority of their mess, such as throwing out their cups/bags o popcorn?)
• Not flushing the toilet in a public restroom. (Gross!)
• Texting during class. (Is it that important? Seriously! And people who do this lots wonder why they have bad grades)

What is with this behavior? Is it just because I’m in a hick town? No, that can’t be it because I even see it at home. Seriously what is the deal? If my mom saw me doing any of that she’d smack me! I’m not even kidding!

For the college crowd that does it- I have a feeling it is partially due to the “holy crap I can do whatever I want!” mentality. Yes, there are no parents to scream at you- but you still have to do your chores, which only include picking up after yourself. How hard is that? Do your dishes within 3 days, don’t leave a common area trashed.

But what about all the adults out there? I’m sure half of them complain about my generation and how “bad” we are, but they are just as bad as us lately! Leaving carts in the middle of the parking lot, barking orders/demands at employees at stores, letting their kids run around terrorizing people in public.

To me, this all seems like common sense, then again I was also raised to do all these things. Yes, I am human and not perfect and sometimes leave my dish in the sink longer than it probably has to, but I try very hard to *not* procrastinate doing cleaning that involves my crap in a common area. It actually bugs me if I accidently forget to check behind me to see if anyone is there, and I end up shutting the door on them.

Here are some easy ways to make someone’s day:

• Say please and thank-you! I know, your parents probably railed it into you when you were a kid- but seriously, it can make all the difference.
• Hold the door for someone behind you.
• Put anything you used away- regardless of whether there is someone that is paid to clean up your mess or not.

If we all do these simple things daily- I’m sure most of us would come home in a much better mood! I know I would have today!

Stupid questions. Teachers/professors have always told me “There is no such thing as a stupid question”. Sorry, but I beg to differ. There are such things as stupid questions.

I first laughed about this when I saw one episode of Gilmore Girls way back and Lorelei wanted to ask Luke a question, and she said it’s stupid, and Luke responded with there are no stupid questions, and she sarcastically replied “How do pens work?” or something to that effect and Luke replies “Ok, so there are stupid questions, what was yours?” I don’t even remember what the original question was now, but that little tidbit has stuck with me for years.

Stupid questions really bother me. I know in reactions to some things, it’s almost an automated response, but there are some questions asked in certain classes/situations that I’m just sitting there thinking “this person can’t be serious right now” and almost want to come up with a sarcastic answer to mock them with.

Does this make me a bad person? I don’t know. I have probably asked some *really* stupid questions in my time- but for some reason they still bother me to no end.

For example, when you are trying to buy something, and hand the cashier a $20- and they respond “so you want this out of 20$?” I know that there have probably been people that hand them the wrong bill (such as a $20 when paying for something that’s $1), but I almost want to say “No, hold on, let me get out my $50 so you can make even more change”

Another one (more SL example)- when the ETD sale first gets put out and EVERYONE rushes there- I’ve gotten some “are you just looking?” “are you here for the sale?” No, I’m here because I LOVE going to ultra-laggy sims that are commercial and not for relaxing. SERIOUSLY people- only those going to the sale are going to go even if they end up walking like they’re in molasses- not your casual shopper or looker. Even those that were just there to look and didn’t know of the sale and ultra lag would probably quit trying when they find out the sim is filled or when they TP in and can’t move.

Or another. Sitting in the library with books and notebooks all around- someone looks at you and goes “Are you trying to study right now?” No, I just enjoy reading massive textbooks and doing research for fun!

This post is stemming from an incident tonight. My anatomy/physiology/pathophysiology (APP for short) lab was doing a blood glucose experiment. We had to come up with a procedure that could ultimately change the levels of your blood glucose. My group decided we wanted to test cold temperatures and the effects it has on blood glucose levels. I got to be one of the lucky people to sit outside for twenty minute increments x3 (testing our blood glucose every 20min with meters). Don’t ask why we decided to do this, the person that had the original idea got to stay INSIDE, the two that stayed outside (myself included) were the two that were probably going to bitch the least.

So one of my group partners and I are sitting outside in jeans and a tshirt on lab stools. It was 25F/-3.8C outside- aka COLD! Most  people stared at us with omgwtfbbq?! looks but a few responded.

Random student: OMG! Aren’t you guys cold???

Sarcastic response: No you silly person! We were actually so warm inside we decided to come outside with lab stools and chill out here in our tshirts. I actually shiver and convulse whenever I want to- not just when I’m cold.

Random professor: Is this for an experiment?

Sarcastic response: Nope. Our professor got REALLY mad at us so he took our jackets and threw us outside with some lab stools to think about what we had done since he was all out of dunce caps.

Next time you want to ask a question- think about it in your head for a second before it blurts out of your mouth. Ask yourself ”Do I already know the answer to this?” and if the answer is YES, don’t bother asking it.

Ironically, while outside shivering my partner and I realized three things:

1. He was probably having a hard time getting blood to come out of his finger to test glucose levels since we were outside in the cold. One of the first things your body does is start reducing blood flow to your extremeties.
2. We found no studies like this on humans because it would most likely be considered unethical and not pass a review board since there are risks such as hypothermia.
3. Never, ever, ever on your own free will volunteer to stay outside, sitting (aka can’t move around) for that long  in a tshirt when it is this cold. Whether it is for the love of science or not- just don’t do it!

*Grumbles and cuddles under blankets with some hot cocoa. *

Edit: The results of the experiment (if you were interested) were surprising. The control group (the two lucky assholes) had no significant change in their glucose levels (which is expected). We expected glucose levels to go down in the cold since your muscles would be shivering. What happened was after the first 20 minutes they only dropped slightly (we were also wearing sweatshirts) but could also be explained by the first exposure to cold and muscles using up the glucose real fast. After the second time outside glucose levels elevated dramatically. This can be accounted to glucagon (a hormone released by pancreas) starting to be released to break up glycogen stored in the liver into glucose, as well as stimulating your liver to make new glucose molecules. Both of those would increase the amount of glucose in your blood. After the 3rd trial outside our glucose levels dropped again, more dramatically this time- which we can say happened due to the glucose that was just released/made was used up already. 

If you didn’t understand that at all- glucose = simple sugar and your fast acting energy source. If it still boggles your mind you can either ask me about it OR just go along on your merry way I don’t expect many to understand that whole little explanation.

So as many of you know, I had a nice trip to Wisconsin this past week to see the RL boyfriend. We had fun when he wasn’t working and I got to spend a few days with the chicklets.

Last time I went out I drove the 1100 some odd miles. This time however, no way. I hate driving in the snow, nevermind driving for two days in it. Flying it is! The trip out was fine. No snow, sunny everywhere (including my layover), and no delays! You couldn’t have asked for a nicer trip.

Trip back however…. that’s another story.

I really don’t mind flying, I almost love it! I’ve flown all around the world, from Arizona to Aruba all the way out to Russia. I’m not scared of flying, being in a plane doesn’t make me nervous, and I’m pretty good at entertaining myself on long flights (and I can sleep on them!)

There are a couple things that I can’t stand however:

1. Waiting in the airport. Whether it be a long layover or an ungodly delay I can’t stand waiting around to board a plane.
2. Horrible turbulance. Not just the mild going through the clouds kind of bouncy, the kind where it’s so bad you can’t read your book/magazine and are praying the plane doesn’t fall out of the sky turbulance!

And lucky me- I got both!

My flight from Wisconsin to layover in Minneapolis was delayed for 15 minutes. Not too bad, but we had Brynja with us (who is 3 and was running around like a lunatic) and were kinda bored. There really isn’t much to do in an airport- not to mention when you’re kinda depressed you’re leaving in the first place.

Get to Minneapolis and my scheduled layover is 2 hours and 5 minutes. Seriously? Almost a tad rediculous. Two hours is way more than enough to get off the plane, find some foodage and coffee, get to your gate which is on the other side of the airport and eat your foodz and drink your coffee. I did all that and still had ages to wait. Not only that but my flight was delayed.

Boston had a nice big snow and ice storm Wednesday. So when I got off my plane I was surprised to see the flight was only 10 minutes delayed (was supposed to take off at 3:25, now take off is at 3:35). Well I then lost my boarding pass and was freaking out. Got some quiznos and found a Starbucks, get to the gate and the lady printed me out another boarding pass. I look up at the screen and not delayed 10 minutes anymore… delayed for 35 minutes now- taking off at 4pm.

Okay, that is more what I was expecting. Then 10 minutes later it’s delayed another 15 minutes… taking off at 4:15pm. Talk to mom and Matt, eat more of my sub, and all of a sudden DUN dun DUN! Plane isn’t delayed anymore!

Waitt what???

Yeah that’s the first time I’ve ever seen that happen. It didn’t last long though.. went back up to 4:15 shortly after. Apparently there was tons of air traffic in Boston due to the storm, which is why the times kept changing.

Funny thing happened though. The lady at my gate picks up the intercom (which goes throughout that terminal) and says “There is air traffic in Boston and the estimated time to leave is 4:15pm. Since it’s air traffic the plane could take off before or after then. If you plan on wandering away from the lobby please stay informed and check the  monitors often.”  She hangs up, and about 30 seconds later another gate person picks up and just says “Ditto for Liguardia” and hangs up.

About 1 or 2 minutes later the same guy picks up and goes “Seriously for Liguardia- plane is scheduled to take off at 4:30pm and basically the same information applies. If you wander away stay updated by the monitors. Thank you.”

I burst into laughter. I so needed that. It’s really the little things that make you laugh hysterically when you’re stressed out about delayed planes.

We *finally* board the plane about 4pm, and taxi out to the runway. Pilot comes on and lets us know they boarded us early and we can’t leave yet. The runway is frozen….”

Srsly??? Need to defrost the runway here now!?

“… It is looking like we’re going to take off at 5pm but we’re hoping for 4:45pm. Please keep your seatbelts on so we can take off as soon as they tell us when.”

I take out my Stephen King book and kept reading. We finally take off and it was a pretty smooth ride… and a bonus was I had the row to myself! Smoothness continued up until we get close to Boston. Cue the horrible turbulance. I’m tired, wanting to be in bed, and now freaking out hoping the plane isn’t going to crash.

Luckily we didn’t. Got off the plane about 8:35pm. I go get my bags and wait for the bus. Bus showed up about 9:15pmish. Get to the bus station and had to wait for dad. Apparently roads are horrible so he was a tad late. Finally got home about 10pm and was passed out around 11pm.

Moral of the story: winter + planes = AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!

Anyways, my trip was great. Matt and I finished 2.5 seasons of Supernatural… about 44 episodes which are about 45 minutes a pop. I got both the girls a movie and we got to watch those. It was a good time and I wish I didn’t have to come home. I don’t think I’ll be going back till the summer so going to have a long semester.

Time to run off and do some building.. tootles!

Get an alcoholic beverage of your choice before you read this. I garuntee you may just want one by the end of it. I know I do.

Anyways- many of you know now that Kylie and I (my SL mom) have broken up and there has been uberous amounts of drama attached to it. This post is just a clarification for EVERYONE- including her side of the family that doesn’t know truth when it slaps them in the face.

Let’s go back in time a little to where this all began.

Mom actually went on Kylie, IMs me, and goes “Hey sweetie, come meet your new dad” (or something to that extent). I roll my eyes, click the tp, and go meet her new flavor of the week. He seemed nice, me being me was skeptical since every person mom brings home ends up being psycho. We chat, I go meet some people in his family, then bounce off to Warcrack with Matt. Apparently Sypher has known mom for over a year and they love each other and blah blah blah. I’m thinking “at least they’ve known each other so long and not someone she met earlier in the week”. He’s all about his family which I appreciate.

So we start hanging out more, I go on Annie for once and yada yada yada. Everything seems to be going GREAT for once. No drama, Sypher is an amazing dad, everyone his happy. Freaking fantastic if you ask me! I was sooo happy with the family for once! They even adopted the most amazing little sister I’v ever had, Hailey- who I love to absolute pieces.

Too bad it didn’t last long.

Soon enough mom was being her. She started going on Maddi more and not wanting to come on Kylie as much. She wants to hang out on Maddi, she started barely talking to Sypher. Seemed she was in a funk so we all just let it go. Then she went on Kylie and seemed to be doing much better again and we were all happy she was back.

As you know, I build. I love to build. It keeps me stress free. And amazingly enough, dad builds too. He loves it, used to be obsessed. We start hanging out more because I got these new sculpties and went on a building frenzy. He gave me tips and told me what he thought, etc etc. He even helped me program a sex script into a bed. That was probably the funniest night I’ve ever had. WHY oh WHY did I ask my dad to help me do this? Because he’s my dad- any other dude I would ask to help me would have made it sexual (or tried to) and I could trust that dad would not do that. And I was right, we had a fab time laughing hysterically about being ragdolls dragged around.

One night last week I started to build Danni’s new bedroom furniture. Dad comes up to the building platform he made for me on his land and we chit chatted and then he decided that he wanted to build a house for the rental lot he bought to, uh, rent out. So he goes on google images and pulls up some pictures. He picks one and he goes “Oh wait, dunno how big to build it” so tps down to rental lot to get the sizing, and decides the skybox isn’t big enough and he was going to build down there. I decided I’d rather build around someone else than alone so I go down to the rental lot too, make a little platform above it, and start getting all this shit done.

Hailey and Kylie decide to join us and we were happy to have the other company here. That’s just about when shit hit the fan. Kylie tpd her kid avie’s twin sister’s adult avie. Confusing I know- let’s just say it’s her sister in adult form. I’m like yay family reunion. Then she drops down and rezzes. I zoom in and am automatically disgusted. She’s wearing something that if she wore in RL would be considered indecent exposure. Top was itty bitty but that’s not what bothered me, her shorts are what pissed me off. They were small enough to be considered “boy short” undies- except they were unbuttoned and exposed all her avies pubic hair. Srsly? You have got to be kidding me! I don’t want to see that shit! I was so disgusted I nearly asked her to change because I didn’t want Hailey seeing that- and if Danni was there I def would have asked her. I swear I don’t understand WHY people in SL dress like that- I mean even the prostitutes at the corner don’t dress to expose that much. Hasn’t anyone heard of dressing more and leaving something to the imagination? Sorry but that’ s much more sexy than showing off that you need a serious wax down there.

Anyways, so I get my cam off her and go back to building. Then she starts talking- just as annoying as she looks like she would be. Kylie tries to start a voice conference with all of us- and I am in far too much of a bad mood to go into a conference with people I know I’ll start screaming at. Dad does go in, and then got back out because he couldn’t even hear himself think! He was trying to build a house and was not there to socialize. Apparently noone realized he left because then they started screaming at him in open chat to pay attention to Kylie- and I then said he wasn’t in voice chat- and she was like “oh” and then tries to trap him. YAY channel listeners! OMG I nearly exploded when she tried to trap him- I amazingly kept my cool, gritted my teeth, and didn’t say shit. You all know my temper and that is a feat I managed to not whip out my weapns and crash her ass. Sethe (Kylie’s dad) was also in the voice chat and gave Sy a hard time too. All I’m thinking is “he was here first, he was working when you got here- he shouldn’t have to drop everything to make you people happy.” Even Hailey was starting to get seriously pissed off and uncomfortable.

After that night everything went downhill fast. A day or two later dad and I went house shopping since he didn’t end up liking the one he built. We found one, went home, and rezzed it. I then went AFK because I srsly had to get RL work done. Mom tps in on her kid avie, I didn’t notice because I’m trying to get shit done, and the next time I look up Sofie is there and dad and Hailey (who apparently also showed up) flew away. FUCK! I get up and go away because I don’t want to start drama and I know if I spend any time around Sofie I will explode. I get up and fly off. It’s not that none of us didn’t want to spend time with Maddi- we just did not want to be within 100m of Sofie. We’d much rather get up and walk away than freak out- sorry- we hate drama.

That’s about when things BLEW THE FUCK UP. Dad gets this IM from Sofie:

Sofie Burns: Well me adn maddi are talking and we both get the feeling like maybe you and Alex are doing things behind her back…because she is always with you, and Maddi is crying because she thinks you dont want to be with her anymore so she tped home

EXCUSE ME!? WHAT THE HELL!? Where did this come from!!!??? Yes, dad and I spend lots of time together, why? Because we’re always online and we don’t like clubbing or that shit so we sit around somewhere on the lot and talk, or build, or spend time with Hailey! Last time I checked this wasn’t a crime!!

Let me make this clear right fking now: SYPHER AND I HAVE NEVER HAD SEX!!! Anyone who knows me knows that I  love that woman too goddamn much to ever even think of doing that to her- same for Sypher. Not only that but anyone who knows Sypher knows that HE DOES NOT HAVE PIXEL SEX!

I obviously immediatly IMd Maddi and said something along the lines of grow the fuck up how could you ever ever think I would do that to you?! Dad also called her and they got in a fight (obviously) and she ended up hanging up and logging off on him, then Sofie continued to IM dad and tell him how horrible of a man he is to Kylie etc etc etc. SINCE WHEN WAS THIS ANY OF HER BUSINESS?! She doesn’t know shit- and if she did she would know that he LOVED Kylie with all his fking heart and just wanted to spend time with KYLIE not MADDI- and even when they did Kylie is afk half the time!

So she runs away. Appolgizes to me once, and denies she ever said anything like that. I have a feeling she did and she just doesn’t want to admit it so we don’t go apeshit on her. Too late. She shouldn’t even be surrounding herself with people that cause drama like that!

Things get heated over the next few days. Sypher and I are spending more time together because we’re just both hurt, angry, and feel betrayed. Hailey is also stuck at our hip and we just try and pretend nothing happened. Mom barely comes on Kylie- mostly on Maddi- totally avoiding Sy and I. Whatever, she can do whatever she wants. Sy decides that the more time she spends on Maddi the more he’s going to ignore her- he’s not partnered to Maddi, he is not dating a 5 or 6 year old or whatever- he’s partnered to KYLIE and that is who he wants to talk to.

Hailey is so upset that she would hurt us too and admits that she never felt Kylie was really her mom due to the fact she’s never on. She tells me that I feel like more of a mom to her than Ky since we are always together. Every time she’s needed me I have always talked to her, and visa versa. We’re inseperable and I love that girl to death and totally understands. I tell her that I am still her sister and I will be there for her whatever she decides to do.

Shit ends up hitting the fan to the 10th degree and I just decide I don’t want to be Kylie’s daughter anymore. It’s not because I don’t love her more than life- it’s because I can’t take the drama anymore. She is constantly surrounding herself with people that LOVE to start drama- and I am done trying to pick up the pieces. I have enough stress in RL that I don’t need to deal with people causing more drama.

Hailey also left Kylie on her own. She didn’t want to put up with this crap anymore. All three of us just wanted to spend time with KYLIE more- we don’t care if she plays Maddi- but she should make sure she plays both characters equally because it made all of us feel like shit that Maddi’s life is way more important than any of us. I mean- srsly? Kylie and Maddi have the same family so that’s not an excuse. Maddi doesn’t own any businesses or anything. The only difference is that Maddi has friends that don’t know about Kylie- but are they seriously more important than her kids and partner? Apparently so.

She unpartnered Sypher and we all just moved on. We changed our profiles around. Sypher and I are raising Hailey together because that’s what Hailey wants- that doesn’t mean we’re in a re’ship or anything. Sypher and I are extremely close- and only getting closer due to the drama. So we thought this was just over and done with.

WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!

Yesterday I get this IM from Sofie (surprise surprise):

Sofie: I 0nly have one thing to say and I don’t give a shit if you want to listen or not, you disgust me seriously. Sleeping around with your father, that is just so freaking nasty. And the only reason why I told Maddi you were doing things behind your back with Sypher is to come to find out I was true, I am not dumber than I look hunny. So I only have one thing to say DON’T EVER talk to maddi again or anything becuase there is a lot of ppl that hate you and your whole fucked up family, stay away you have been warned, and thanks to you Maddi is really hurt so go be a slut and sleep with your dad PEACE OUT your muted biotch! 

You have got to be kidding me!!! They are still on about Sy and I having sex. WHERE oh WHERE is the correlation between hanging out and having sex? Srsly. We all just picked up and moved on! Just because Kylie is not part of our family anymore does NOT mean that we all have to break up! Not only that but how long was he my dad? A few weeks? Noone in RL would call their mom’s boyfriend dad after a couple weeks. Only did it due to roleplay and because he was a good guy. He was nowhere close to my original ‘other parent’ so really is it that gross even if I did anything? Not really. Nastier shit happens.

So I got on Annie and IMd her back- ya know, she is the reason all this happened in the first place and I let her know that. Maddi wouldn’t be hurting if she knew how to keep her mouth shut.

So then I go to work and just try to shake it off. Sypher finally comes home from the hospital (his mom was admitted) and we do some shit in game and then switch to WoW to cool off. Get out of it and I find this waiting for me:

Kylah: you know its pretty fucking low of you to be all about Kylie being your momma and now u got her kids in your profile as yours and her man…..u mise well have walked up and slapped her in the face. and then to put nice shit about her in your profile what the fuck are you trien to do kiss her ass after you fucked her up the ass with no KY your a perfect reason why people in this game get banned

You have got to be kidding me!! HAILEY LEFT KYLIE ON HER OWN TERMS AND WANTED ME TO BE HER MOM! I did not steal Hailey, this is what Hailey wanted- she wanted a mommy and a daddy no matter what kind of relationship they had. She loves Sypher and I so much that even if we aren’t in a relationship she wants us to be her parents- and I love that girl too much to deny her of it. So YES- she is my daughter now- NO Sypher and I are not together- and NO I did not steal her. This is what HAILEY wanted.

So I IMd her and told her this and muted her. I had that stuff in my profile about Kylie since she cut me from her friends list.

Then I IMd Maddi and told her to get her friends out of my IM box and it was really low and immature of her to do this. What does she say? Well I hurt her. Apparently that deserves this.

Not too long later I get this from Maddi’s mom:

Stich: First off we are her family, FAMILY sticks together and sticks up for eachother…If u cared about family and not the pixel penise u would maybe know that! You had the nerve to call Sofie names like whore/slut who the hell do u think you are…You are the whore/slut u skanky little thing…You make us sick, You ARE muted from this famil and if you contact ANYONE of us for ANY reason you will be reported for harrasment…You need to grow up and get a life of your OWN, not take the rols of someone who gave a shit about you…So leave sofie and Maddisons name out of your mouth/profile u dirty low life shit head, I can not believe your bullshit…LEAVE HER ALONE- ANY OTHER AVI U MAY HAVE THAT CONTACT SOFIE OR MADDISON WILL BE REPORTED AS WELL….LEAVE THEM ALONE, AND THE REST OF OUR FAMILY….

I didn’t even reply to this one. Just to let you know though, YOUR GODDAMN DRAMA-TASTIC FAMILY IMD ME TO HARRASS ME FIRST! I only DEFENDED MYSELF. I have done NOTHING wrong and maybe you should get both sides of the story before you go and say that shit!

So, what did I do? Muted, ARd, and banned.

LET ME FUCKING TELL YOU ABOUT LOYALTY! I have known Kylie longer than you have known she has even existed. Let me list the shit I’ve been through with her that you probably don’t even know about:

WHO oh WHO was there for her whole heartedly after her double lung transplant after only being adopted by her for a couple weeks? Oh yes, Me.

Who was there for her when her partner at the time was cheating on her and making her feel like shit? Me. I didn’t run away I stayed by that woman’s side.

Who was the one that cried every single night after we all thought she DIED in Sept/Oct? Who was the one that ended up having to take care of Kylie’s other daughter because she was becoming anorexic from being so upset about it? Who was the one that stood strong against the douche bags that spat on her goddamn grave? And who oh who was the one that was still there for Kylie and never wanted to leave her after she found out she wasn’t actually dead? ME OH ME!

Who was the one that defended her throughout the whole “her coming back” shit? The one that tried to tell people that the charity started in her name wasn’t a scam? The one that dealt with the drama IMs about it and still stood by her side? OH YAH! ME!

Who was the one that stuck by her and tried to tell her to get out of the NN because Colleen was basically shitting on her and couldn’t care less? The one that stuck by her side even though she still talked to Colleen even though Colleen said the nastiest shit to me? The one Kylie ran to for all the help when Colleen and Cee started drama? ME!

Who was the one that was sitting there by Kylie’s side after she wrapped her tahoe around a tree and became paralyzed from the waist down? I KNOW I KNOW! ME!

Who was the one that cried herself to sleep after they found out she had a tumor on her brainstem and she needed to have a removal process that could KILL her? ME ME ME!

Who was the one that started putting a memory book for her- even IMing people I never ever want to talk to just so mom would have these memories after she woke up from a coma with NO memory NO recollection of any of us? The one who forced a smile to try and be happy and not show she was upset? ME!

Who was the one that begged her to not leave SL everytime she said she was going to quit? ME!

Who is the one that went out to Wisconsin TWICE to try and meet up with her in RL? You guessed it- ME

And who the hell is sick of her surrounding herself with drama-tastic people that start shit and rumors over nothing? OH YAH ME!

I did NOT leave mom because I don’t love her, I love that woman more than I love nearly anyone on this goddamn planet, that woman is my life and has been my hero and inspiration over the past year. I left her because I am TIRED of people like YOUR FAMILY that start shit from nothing.  That put their noses where they don’t belong and don’t know the truth if it smacked them in the face. The people that start drama over nothing and really don’t give a shit if it kills them or not.

In summary:

1. SYPHER AND I DID NOT HAVE SEX!
2. Hailey left mom on her own accord!
3. Sypher and I are not in a relationship now! 

YOU PEOPLE- YOU ARE THE REASON THAT MOM IS UPSET RIGHT NOW- NOT ME!

To be exact- it is SOFIE’S fault that she is depressed- because if Sofie didn’t start shit everything would be FINE. We would have worked out the issues we had with her if noone said anything. I’m sorry- but I ***HATE*** drama with an undieing passion, and I am DONE allowing myself to be dragged into it.

So- DO NOT BLAME ME! DO NOT BLAME SYPHER! IF YOU PEOPLE DIDN’T START DRAMA NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED! GROW THE FUCK UP AND GO TO HELL!

If *anyone* I mean ANYONE IMs me again about this- I will not respond- you will be immediatly muted, AR’d and banned.

I was hoping that we would have worked things out- but with all the hate IMs now I know that it’s over. I now know that I have wasted over a year and a half of my time on someone who, in the end, could give a shitless about me.

KTHXBAI!

Me on Gooney Island… an OpenSpace sim

So, I may have been gone for 5 months but I still had my connections to SL. Plurk mostly, and keeping in touch with the few friends I had RL contact info for. So much to my surprise (ok not really on some points) did I find out that LL  was screwing residents over… again. How this time? Sim prices going up of course! Not just any sims though- OpenSpace ones. Why were prices going up? Because a few people were abusing what they were “meant to be used for”.

Wait wut?

Yes. Once again Lindens are screwing residents over due to a few abusers. This isn’t really new news, just sucky news. I’m still wondering why LL never put up strict guidelines and payed attention to how many prims/scripts were going on on the OpenSpace sims in the first place so they could take care of the problem right away. I guess they’re just lazy.

So LL put up the blog post about price increase and people started freaking out. Not TOO surprising really.

People bitched, moaned, complained, and whined their asses off and LL supposedly read everything and came out with a new deal, and people rejoiced! Then said wait huh?

New deal is actually way crappier than the first one. People who want to use the sim as the original purpose have same price, but a drop in prims. Those who want to use it as renting/business etc have to pay more with less service.

Wow. All that whining was a real good idea. Now residents get just as screwed but it sounds better than everyone getting a price increase.

Let’s just say when this happened I went *EPIC FACEPALM*

*sighs* For those who have been in SL for longer than a year should seriously know by now that Lindens really don’t care too much about the residents. They are a company looking to be profitable. SL is not a government (well it is, a dictatorship theoretically), and it is not a place where we live 100%. LL decides the rules and that’s it. We all signed a ToS to play- and in that ToS I believe is a mentioning on how LL can change the prices of anything, at any time, and that’s that.

Yes, it sucks for sim owners that were using the sims as they were intended. And I really do honestly feel bad for those that are getting screwed. But can we theoretically do anything about it? Not really. LL runs the show. If we all riot against them and throw them out guess what happens? No more SL for us! So bitching about things they do is seriously a waste of energy. It very rarely is worth it against them.

Do you realize why this is? Because their rate of people signing up is so high. If you leave- 10 more people will sign up to replace you and I’m sure at least one of those 10 will end up being majorly addicted and spend loads of Ls and what not. We are all replaceable in this ‘game’. Many people (including myself) would refute that it is a game, but when you strip away all the re’ships etc it is actually an online game, LL is a company, and they are here to make money. It sucks but it’s the truth.

The people I really do feel bad for is those that bought the sims for their homes and just their homes. Nothing more than that. Now they have  to pack up and move out and go rent from someone else yet again. That is, if they can’t afford the new deal.

People also keep complaining about all the “pretty sims” that will be lost with this price increase. Srsly people? It’s SL. Wait 5 mintues- a new one will pop up and you will fall in love with that one too until yet another pops up in a  week or two. Pretty sims come and go often, because usually they can’t get the funding to pay for said sim, so even without a price increase most of them would probably end up poofing ANYWAYS.

It will be sad to see them go, but things come and go so often in SL that it’s just a part of everyday life here. We’ll all move on and go about our lives as if nothing happened.

Call me a bitch for really not being all that sympathetic, but ya know it’s really not worth it to get my panties in a bunch because LL is being their assholeish selves. I signed up to play a game with full knowledge that it was run by people who could do whatever they wanted, whenever they wanted. I mean I do feel bad for those getting screwed, but not enough to start a revolution about it.

Just remember we signed up for a game I guess is what I’m saying. We agreed to a ToS that said LL was the supreme ruler and we were just pawns in their game. No use crying over spilled milk!

KTHXBAI!

First LL blog post: OpenSpace Pricing and Policy Changes

Second LL blog post: A Letter to Second Life Residents

LIKE ZOMG! I’M BACK! NO WAI!? WAI!I know I know I’ve been missing. We all need our breaks. Mine just took a little longer than most peoples. Suck it up

So where the hell have I been you ask? That’s a pretty damn good question. I may have an answer- one you may not like but it’s better than no answer

Real Life

I have been doing [a little] RL. I know- that thing that is beyond your puter. It’s a pretty weird place but was trying to get used to it. Matt and I are still together and I actually took ANOTHER trip out to Wisconsin to see him in August. Actually- I DROVE to see him. 1100 miles away too. Pretty impressive huh? I didn’t think I could do it but I did! Stayed overnight in Ohio too with a friend. (OH p.s. for those of you who don’t know I’m a total masshole.) I stayed for about a week and a half and it was total heaven. Met his two chicklets (who are 5 and 3) and they are wonderful as well

School has also started back up! I am a junior in college now :O how did the time go so fast??? Anyways- classes are awesome, but as most people know my roommates are assholes. There could be an entire post on why I hate them but it comes down to one simple thing: They are LOUD. Loud as hell to be exact. Like, keep me up at night loud which is insane. Enough about them though I has more to write.

Jobs- there aren’t any. I need a new puter and to start paying for stuff on my own BADLY- but no jobs. It sucks. Thank fking god Obama won. Nuff said.

Pain (physical- not emo) sucks. Hands getting worse. Still want doctors to give me pain pills and nada so far. Basically same as always.

Things with home are okay (mostly because I’m at school) but mom is realizing there are no jobs and it isn’t my fault. FINALLY god dammit.

Mmmkay. I think that’s all for real life that I can think of… NEXT!

World of Warcraft

Or should I say warcrack? You guess. Yes, that is where I have been hiding away from SL. Expansion comes out next week (WOO!) and I have managed to level TWO 70s in the few months I’ve been playing. I rock I know. Matt also has two 70s now too We are pretty much badass.

For you WoW geeks- I have a 70 blood elf beast mastery hunter and a 70 tauren resto druid. (for those of you who aren’t geeks you’re prolly sittin there like wut o.o?- dun worry I will try and not blab too much).

As you can see I have a few other toons made, some not even played. My 3rd and 4th fav are my shadow priest and protection warrior. They both rock pretty hardcore.

So why’d I go to WoW? Stressed out, away from drama, boyfriend plays it. Killing shit is a really freaking nice stress reliever. Try it sometime! Though, don’t try it on real people please, and if you do do NOT blame me for telling you xD

ANYWAYS kinda getting bored of it hence my return to SL.  Never thought you’d see the day huh? I think I just overkilled it a tad and miss some of my friends, and I think all the drama that made me leave has blown over- hence the return.

SL

So, return to SL… is this fer real? Yes it is. It seems on all my rezz day anniversaries I need a break from SL. Last years wasn’t nearly as long, but there was more drama this year and boyfriend has lasted longer. Be happy I’m back (or not if you hate me- meh dun care anymore)

Any catches to me coming back? Of course. Don’t expect me to get TOO involved in drama etc (we all know that won’t happen but I can hope). I’m going to try not to get uberously involved in crap (huge projects etc) Oh, and, not dating men either (emphasis on men). Have one in RL don’t need another in SL.

Annie (my mini me) will also be on lots too. If you must know her full name IM me. If not you can figure it out.

I will be trying to blog again (and don’t worry there is a rant already in my head about SL at the moment- so stay tuned for that) and you’ll see me in world. At nights I’ll mostly be in WoW when Matt is on, SL is basically going to rotate around his schedule. He is my #1 ya know

I AM still doing photoshop even though I don’t have the store anymore- Just IM me in world or drop me a notecard and we can set stuffage up

I do also still build so if you need anything made or want a quick how to don’t be afraid to ask

Ok, I think this post is freaking long enough. I promised JoJoBees a post before he woke up so here it is. Night all!

[Edit: I know when you click the pictures the box isn't coming up to view the regular size. No idea what is wrong but will try and fix it. All of the pictures here are on my flickr.]

Ok so I got some details wrong that I’ve been so corrected on…

The cheer coach is not the dance coach- but she still tried to put someone on the cheer squad without a tryout (though Jill denied her- but my point still stands she tried assuming it’d be ok)

The 3H teacher is the captain not the vice principal of the dance team, and the principal WAS picked but said no- I did not hear about that I just heard about her making it. (I still don’t find it fair even IF their routines were awesome- no there is no other school, but they still run it and should give other kids a shot- which is what Jill did)

The president was “punished” but still got to finish the race and didn’t have any major repercussions other than a smack on the back of her hand, an apology, and fix what she broke.

Supposedly that teacher didn’t wear bits (but I got that info from someone I trust who was at camp- maybe there were two people- who knows)

Yes, I did ask for a raise- but I was doing anywhere from 10-20 hours a week spending on the school for 250L/week- sorry that isn’t fair. I did say it was fine after she said “we don’t have the money- can you wait till next month?” Everyone I talked to said it wasn’t fair- I wasn’t alone.

Yes, the school is supposed to be fore the “experience” but it’s still my opinion that it’s a waste of time (as do other people- but they do it because it’s just something to do).

Did I mention they held an assembly about mah blog? Yes. Hold an assembly. That’s a good idea- just bring MORE attention to it- come on- you know you want to- let’s make such a big deal out of it so people know about it before their kids sign up- that’s a good plan.

What I find SO funny about all of this- is that NOBODY said anything about the harassment from a teacher to students, immature behavior, bi polar and unstable. That really shows a lot. Sorry- but I would think those would be the big things one would want to correct and not the meaningless things that probably don’t really matter at the end of the day.

kthxbai!

/me really needs to get back into posting more.

So it’s been up and down the past week or so. I’ve been on my hiding a bit because of drama etc. We’ve also had no customers at the photography studio (luckily we’re not renting somewhere else for that) and Dancing for Vie has been insane.

I officially am NOT working at HKE anymore. Why you may ask? Well here you go:

One of the teachers is not only bipolar, but has worn bits on her around children during camp and ran around a sim screaming that she was going to kill herself.

Another teacher acts immature and breaks rules students are supposed to follow nearly every school day, not only that but has harassed students outside the classroom and has played dirty during elections on her kid alt.

Ooh the elections. The president campaigned way dirty and even totally trashed one of the teachers houses (she moved around furniture because she had mod rights and added other things) and taped it/put it on youtube and all she had to do was apologize. She also has harassed students in the past as well as played dirty during her campaign.

Did I mention most of the staff have kid alts that go to school? Well they do. As I’ve heard the principal and vice principals kid alts are captains of the dance team. Does that seem fair? I think not.

The dance team/cheerleading coach let a girl on the cheer squad without a tryout. Who is that girl? Lyvia’s alt. She also adopted her.

The kids don’t learn anything. They have like an hour of class. Most of it is trying to calm the kids down or waiting for kids to come in. The rest of school is recess/gym/lunch. I understand recess- that’s for clubs, but gym and lunch? It’s too laggy on that sim to do anything and WE DON’T NEED TO EAT IN SL! These three things make up over an hour of school time. Not only that but during class they learn things like weather, adding decimals, etc…. ummm we kind of already did that in RL!!! I understand it’s supposed to simulate a real school- but seriously- you can do that while teaching things worth knowing in SL like building or scripting. Sorry- but I find it a HUGE waste of 2 hours, it’s basically only there for socialization.

I’m obviously not going to take my kids out of there- but I ain’t going back there and don’t want to touch it with a 10 foot pole- sorry wayyyyyyyy too corrupt for my taste.

If anyone from HKE cares about what I wrote- tough shit. All of this I found out from word of mouth so I’m pretty sure the entire school knows- I’m just stating it out loud for everyone else to hear. Don’t IM me about it- it won’t be taken off my page. Suck it up and open your eyes. If you IM me in world about it- I’ll mute you. Plain and simple. No names were stated (other than Lyvia’s- but that acct is cancelled and I didn’t state her alts name) so only those involved with HKE will know who I’m talking about- unless you feel like digging and finding out who I’m talking about.

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NEW TOPIC!

OK while I’m ranting I may just keep going on another thing

SICKEZE HUD

For those that are not involved in the child avie roleplay.. this is the HUD that has swept the kid world!

My daughter Ami wrote a consumer report here… but I’m going to write my own little rant about it.

This little HUD you attach will help you ‘roleplay’ being sick. Ok first of all, why the hell would you want to get sick in SL? That’s the BEAUTY of SL- you AREN’T sick (that’s why I’m in it ffs)

Ok Ok so part of being a kid is getting sick I get it… but let me go on.

Sicknesses spread. If you are near another kid with the SICKEZE HUD and they are sick, you can catch that (such as a cold or flu or bronchitis). The infection rate however is INSANE. Danni caught bronchitis from Ami from 10 meters away!! And there’s very little time kids spend not sick if they are always around kids. There is an “immune” state which is like 4 or 5 hours or something, but that isn’t much if you are ALWAYS on SL.

Speaking of this “immune” state… this goes for things like appendicitis. I know a kid that got her appendix out TWICE! How the hell does that happen? Did they take her spleen out by accident the first time and so her appendicitis cured and then she got it again and they took the right thing out this time? Did she just grow a new appendix? Ok, I understand catching the cold more than once- but that is insane.

You can also break arms etc. This seems decent. Danni broke her arm falling 500m… now theoretically she should have DIED but at least she broke something… but a friend of mine broke her arm from using a deruthing rocket… another just by running into a wall.

I think there may be some bugs to work out in this thing.

It’s also a whopping 500L. Sorry, I find it a total waste of money. You can roleplay sicknesses better than this thing. (Where did roleplaying go anyways?? Has it really gotten to the point where you need a HUD to help you roleplay!?)

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OK I’m done I promise. Next post will be a little less insane, hopefully. Can’t promise anything though.

Tootles!

And the drama saga continues!

Yesterday I was just in a bad mood, and Danni, Jo, and I have been sick of Ally’s obsession with complaining about money and how she never has any and how she doesn’t have enough outfits etc etc, so I confronted her about it. She totally ignored me and ran crying to Lai, who she told she was leaving the family (but not us), then IM’d me later when I questioned if she was even 25 because she was being completely immature, and threatened to report me to SL for talking to her ‘like that’ then shut up and didn’t say anything else. Mom found her later at Make a Wish Adoption agency making a new panel, she IM’d me asking why- I told her- she basically was like “fk her then”- and I announced it in the middle of adoption agency that Ally left US because we confronted her about how she asks for money 24/7. If I really feel like being a bitch (which at the moment I don’t) I’ll IM the adoption agency owners and let them know about her little obsession.

All I basically told her was that she was a grown adult in RL, with money in RL (which I know she has, because she’s told me) which she could EASILY use to upload $Ls, but refuses to, and then sits and complains to us 24/7 about how she has no money in SL and told her that I was sick of it and didn’t want to hear about it anymore- that none of us did. There is WAY more in SL to do than shop… especially if you are a kid. I mean, obviously being her mom, I do not mind spending money on her here and there (which I spent a lot for her when we first adopted her) for things, especially things she needs, but IMing Danni for $L399 to get an outfit is OUT OF LINE! I had the conversation with her after that about how she needs to stop asking for L$s, and instead of asking, she just bitched and moaned about how she never has any.

I’m sorry, but I kind of have more things to worry about than my daughters lack of $Ls, such as my SL mom who is not doing well in RL, and DO NOT need to hear about it. I’ve been MONTHS in SL with no money and had a perfectly good time. If you’re just there for the shopping- buy the damn $Ls or get a job that pays well- and don’t bitch at me.

So, she’s out of the family. Jo, Danni, and myself are all rather happy about it, although it’ll be weird having the house so quiet. I hope Amira comes back and doesn’t leave us, but she hasn’t been online in forever. We’ll see!

ANYWAYS!

Mom is doing better, I guess. I’ve barely talked to her, she’s having trouble handling tons of IMs I think. I did talk to her brother though and he said the brain damage is pretty bad. I guess we’ll just have to see how things go and keep supporting her.

Sunday was pretty good. Had an awesome dinner and the cake was soooo good <3 I got a GPS from parents and an IOU from both Holly and Anya. Holly is getting me Sweeney Todd though <333333 she just couldn’t get it for me for Sunday because it wasn’t released until today, so I’ll get it next time I go back.

Yesterday went okay. First class was canceled and second class was boring as usual. I got a ton of stuff done in SL (such as get the notecard written up for student government and had building class) and studied last night for Genetics test today. Ally left the family too, but I already bitched about that up there. Other than that things weren’t all that interesting (other than the drama stated above).

Today has been meh. Did well on my genetics test and managed to stay awake in physics. Went to wal-mart to pick up my pill cutter (mom got me the wrong RX >.<) and a new toothbrush (mine died this morning, have one that vibrates and battery ran out and it’s a cheapo one you just throw out) and some tissues (so I’m ready if another mental breakdown hits) and milk for cereal this weekend. I felt really sick too but since I took the pepto bismol I feel okay.

I also got Danni’s pictures for her campaign for HKE treasurer done today.

Physics lab tonight Really don’t want to go to that but I have to (obviously).

Lai leaves tomorrow and it’s also my birthday… not too excited about that. Oh and I have to study for my physics exam that’s Thursday, that’ll be interesting.

Anyways, it seems as though log-ins are working again so I can hop back in SL!

Catch you all later

P.S. HAPPY APRIL FOOLS DAY!

Okay, I am sooooo happy blog is back YAY!. They were moving the site over from one server to another so blog was down. Apparently it was inaccessible last night because the person changing the dns details was changing the details while drunk. He has now been banned *from* doing that.w00t!

Anyways, the past two days has been DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA!

Let me explain a tad.

First on the plate is Cee:

I ranted about her already in my last post, but yesterday Jakyl had the balls to IM me about her. He was like saying how he cares about her and he is dealing with her. Well dude, that ain’t my problem, he doesn’t have to deal with her. He was also saying she was getting “verified” within a couple hours. HUH?! How the fuck is she going to get verified? SHE’S 16 YEARS OLD! If they verify her there will be a minor in a grid that is supposed to ban minors. Tell me how this works? Besides, if they DID verify her they could get majorly sued and get tons of shit about it- because you all know that I’m going to make a point to EVERYONE that they are now verifying minors in the adult grid.

So- I told Jakyl to have fun with the baby. He is now muted and I disowned him in Tiny Empires. YAY \o/

If I never hear from either of them ever again I’ll be a happy camper.

Second on the list is Nite/Tracy:

Most of you know the insane relationship I have had with him the past few months. Well, guess what.

It’s over.

Long gone, bye, don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

As he pointed out in the first email I’ve received from him in almost two weeks that I partnered with Jo. Ye, I did. Good job. A+ captain obvious. And, as I told him, Jo is the ‘light’ at the end of a very long and dark ‘tunnel’. I wish I got out of that relationship sooner. I have spent too many nights crying over him because I didn’t hear from him for days on end.

I know I pissed off a TON of people by getting together with him (between Olive and his RL now ex wife Jelly) and I can’t say how sorry I am. But, at the same time, if he was anything like he was with me with Jelly, then I really don’t blame her for wanting to split with him. He would tell me all these horrid things about her and blah blah and I won’t lie, I read her blog, I still do. I believe there’s two sides for every story, and I’m sure she probably wouldn’t give it to me for everything, I figured reading her blog would give me a bit of insight to how she really is. Although she rarely posts about RL, her personality still shows through despite whether the posts are about SL or RL. She’s a very happy person and fun (or seems so by reading her blog- I’ve only met her once), and although the blog is hard to read at times with all her Jelly-isms (getting better at deciphering those) it’s actually really good. I’ve also now been reading the Mean Girls blog as well as Are We Not Men? (which I’m waiting for another post dudes- you’re slacking) and both are fun to read. I strongly suggest checking both out if you have free time (that is, if you haven’t heard about them already).

In conclusion, it’s over and I never want to hear about the relationship about him and I again. kthxbai!

Third is real life school:

ZOMG! I got my genetics and physics test back today! and HOLY SHIT! I got a 79 on my genetics test and a 68 on my physics test.

I know you are thinking, “68 ain’t that great Alex” but it really is. He grades with having a 60-79 as a ‘C’ so I got a C! Woot! That’s also a better score than any of the physics tests I had last semester, and this semester is supposed to be harder. I know, I’m backwards, nothing I can do about it.

Also had room health and safety inspections today and I passed

Had physical therapy yesterday too. She gave me ankle/arm exercises (last time she gave me leg stuffage) and then this thera-putty stuff to play with to work out my hands. I think I may have played with it a tad too much last night because my hands hurt like hell today. Although, many paper towels were saved last night because I was playing with the stuff. (I have to be doing something with my hands all the time- even if I’m on the puter, so stuff usually either ends up being drawn on or ripped up)

Oh, and I hope school is canceled tonight and then again tomorrow. We’re supposed to get MORE snow. Another 4-8 inches apparently. I really don’t mind snow as long as I don’t have to shovel it and it gets me out of stuff (like class).

I think that’s all I really wanted to say. I hope it is because my fingers/hands hurt like hell.

Thanks for reading yet another long rant! Hopefully the site doesn’t die again so there won’t be another uberously long post!

Baiiiiiiiii!