tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78511947453384390582024-03-12T19:17:43.583-07:00Grinds My GearsI'm just opinionated!Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-92139324074957005242010-12-16T15:26:00.000-08:002010-12-16T15:26:26.004-08:00Candid Moments<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQqf54oFDPI/AAAAAAAAAK8/0Jfkwq4rQcw/s1600/b_122019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQqf54oFDPI/AAAAAAAAAK8/0Jfkwq4rQcw/s200/b_122019.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><b>For the past 4 years I have been taking pictures of random happenings and people/furr-people. Over the past year I have toyed with the idea of creating my own photography business and over the past week I have actually started that. I have decided to call my company Candid Moments. I love capturing those special moments that people have or dont even realize they had until they look back at the photography. Anyway, here is the link to my site and fed back would be very welcomed (good or bad). Honesty please, I need the criticism on where I can improve. =) <a href="http://www.wix.com/hrpoole/candid-moments">http://www.wix.com/hrpoole/candid-moments</a></b>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-81612659153740920202010-12-14T05:39:00.000-08:002010-12-14T05:41:24.452-08:00Squid me... Squid who? Squidoo!<div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdypqziWCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/KNlOet1QJRQ/s1600/395367_f260.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdypqziWCI/AAAAAAAAAKs/KNlOet1QJRQ/s1600/395367_f260.jpg" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b>"Squidoo is the place for you to create your identity online. It’s a fun and wonderful way of learning at the same time earning. It does publishing services making it easy for writers to create “lenses”online. Lenses are considered as pages wherein everything you know about different topic are being gathered.</b></i><i><b>"</b></i></span></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><i><b><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/most-wanted-christmas-gifts-in-2010">http://www.squidoo.com/most-wanted-christmas-gifts-in-2010</a> </b></i></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><b>Squidmaster Pang put it simply when he stated this....</b><i><b> </b></i></div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div><div style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">"A squid is a food.<br />
A squid is a fish.<br />
A squid is an octopus, only tinier with a pointy head.<br />
A squid is.. It is..<br />
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What is a squid?<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdyxPbovDI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CcYxftUyQqQ/s1600/draft_lens15303521module133312251photo_1289824996SquidooLoo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdyxPbovDI/AAAAAAAAAKw/CcYxftUyQqQ/s200/draft_lens15303521module133312251photo_1289824996SquidooLoo.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Well, for me, squid is the first word that you would notice when you enter this site. When I first encountered Squidoo, and read what it does, I asked.. Why <b>SQUID</b>oo?<br />
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Have you ever wondered about that or you just thought.. <i>I'll make lots of money here and I'll be famous and I'll be..</i>?<br />
If I didn't see the site, I'd think.. <i>Is this a scam or what?</i> You could say I'm quite judgmental but I'm just actually being cautious. You don't know what could happen to you when you're using the internet.<br />
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So, I've been googling for how many hours trying to find the answer to my question. I have visited a lot of squidoo lenses already. The About Us page of Squidoo. (Well, at least I now understand why it's called LENS.)<a href="http://www.squidoo.com/squidoo"></a><br />
* hours of searching passed *<br />
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I still don't know why it's called SQUIDoo, so I would hypothesize instead.<br />
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HYPOTHESES:<br />
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1.) Squids are fast swimmers. Squids have high level of intelligence. Squids are delicious. Squids are everywhere. Therefore Squidoo is <b>SQUID</b>oo.<br />
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2.) <b>SQUID</b>oo is actually a secret organization that protects squids and to <span class="IL_AD" id="IL_AD3">promote</span> them, they have used them as their sitename. They probably want to confuse people by using SQUIDS.<br />
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3.) No other site tried using SQUIDS as their logo or name, making them unique.<br />
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Well, of course, they're just hypotheses. I'm still hoping that some knowledgeable lensmaster would see this and answer. I'm still a newbie here and I have visited lenses to know. Google didn't help much either. XP<br />
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Overall, Squidoo, weird as its name is, is a fun site. I'm happy I found this.<br />
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And if I have become insomaniac with puffy eyes, I blame Squidoo for that. XD<br />
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Anyway, I would like to share some interesting facts about SQUIDS, SQUIDOO, and SQUIDWARD.<br />
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* Squidward is <b>NOT</b> a squid but rather an octopus. The reason that he has only six tentacles (You won't believe this.), the animators can draw him easily that way. (...)<br />
* Squidoo is like playing a game, interacting, learning, making money, having fun and blogging at the same time. (while expressing your unique ideas and thoughts too. XD)<br />
* If you have noticed, the CAPTCHA used in Squidoo are mostly about squids.<br />
* Squids are believed to be the fastest of all invertebrates in the world. The giant squid is the largest invertebrate in the world.<br />
* Did you know that squids have three hearts? No wonder Squidoo gives so much."</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><br />
</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdy-MXq2sI/AAAAAAAAAK0/mDfj_MkfA2A/s1600/lens8081941_1258929221SquidooBloggingSites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdy-MXq2sI/AAAAAAAAAK0/mDfj_MkfA2A/s1600/lens8081941_1258929221SquidooBloggingSites.jpg" /></a>If you are tired of busting your butt to get traffic to your website or blog. If you are tired of PAYING for that traffic you DO get. If you are flat out exhausted by all your attempts to rise to the top of Google and other search engines...then <b>Squidoo is for YOU</b>! It is in the top 100 visited sites in the United States. Members of the site can earn from referral/affiliated links to sites. The blogs here that you write are called “lense", making you the "Lensemaster"! Its a place for you to rant and rave and share about latest products, ideas, places, and many other things.</div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Squidoo lenses get indexed very quickly. It is not uncommon to make a lense and find it in a Google search in less than 72 hours. Other new websites that dont use the services from sites like Squidoo have been known to wait months to feel the love from Google!" </div><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"></div></div><div style="color: #666666;"><div style="background-color: transparent; border: medium none; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; overflow: hidden; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;"><h2 class="module_title "><i>Can Squidoo Help My Online Business? </i></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdzEHiURkI/AAAAAAAAAK4/fQ2QnUSq9Mg/s1600/SquidooAnswerDesk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="196" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TQdzEHiURkI/AAAAAAAAAK4/fQ2QnUSq9Mg/s200/SquidooAnswerDesk.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><i><b>"Yes. Yes! and YESSSS!</b><br />
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Do you think free traffic will help your online business?<br />
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Do you think more exposure in search engine returns would help your online business?<br />
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Do you think <b>dominating your keywords</b> will help your online business?<br />
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Do you think making extra money will help your online business?<br />
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Ok, then. Point made ;-)"</i> <br />
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Now, take a peek at a great Squidoo Lens and see if that kind of extra traffic and exposure could help YOUR business! <a href="http://www.squidoo.com/most-wanted-christmas-gifts-in-2010">http://www.squidoo.com/most-wanted-christmas-gifts-in-2010</a></div><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> In all, I think this is an amazing and wonderful site! I love being able to express my opinions about topics and ideas and items and share them with the world a lot faster than with most "marketing" type sites. This one is legit and free and so easy to use! You can make a lens in a matter of minutes and get results in less than a few days! I made this lens </span><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/lose-weight-in-2-weeks---are-you-missing-something-in-your-diet-and-exercie-program-that-could-help-you" style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">http://www.squidoo.com/lose-weight-in-2-weeks---are-you-missing-something-in-your-diet-and-exercie-program-that-could-help-you</a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> 4 days ago and I have already have 74 hits as of this morning on it without doing any work other than putting the lens itself together! I'd say thats pretty good, especially seeing that this lens was done very quick and sloppy for my standards. </span></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-52241699196942488402010-08-30T21:13:00.000-07:002010-08-30T21:13:10.854-07:00Swaggers Wanted!!!!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/THyBL14TfoI/AAAAAAAAAKA/v8xaIhlPy-4/s1600/Mega-Swagbucks.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="206" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/THyBL14TfoI/AAAAAAAAAKA/v8xaIhlPy-4/s320/Mega-Swagbucks.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
How many times do you use search for something using a search engine (like google or yahoo)? Maybe you only do it once or twice a day. Or maybe you do it a hundred times. Wouldn’t it be nice if you could earn prizes while searching? This is exactly why Swagbucks site was created! Hopefully this review will explain everything you want to know about swagbucks. As you search the web using Swagbucks you earn digital dollars called "Swag Bucks" which are redeemed for prizes. What makes Swagbucks great is that they are constantly updating their site and creating other ways to win great prizes. This means that it is easy for anyone to win. I bet your saying “yeah, that would be great, but what’s the catch?” Here’s some news, there is no catch. Just use swagbucks to do your online searching. The results are pulled right from Google or Ask, so you aren’t missing out! If you go to this site you will get 30 Swagbucks for just signing up! Its free, easy, and super super neat. <span style="font-size: large;"><b style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/NerdyPooleGirl">http://www.swagbucks.com/refer/NerdyPooleGirl</a></b></span>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-63870505478339245842010-08-25T22:56:00.000-07:002010-08-25T22:56:17.588-07:00Viral Flashbacks!<i style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><b>NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SEE THIS VIDEO, I DIE LAUGHING! HOW EPIC IS THE REACTION ON THE MOMMY PANDA?! </b></i><br />
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<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzRH3iTQPrk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FzRH3iTQPrk&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-82277194751835667202010-08-18T04:44:00.000-07:002010-08-18T04:45:09.812-07:00New TRAILER: I Want Your Money!<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wty7974IKg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4wty7974IKg&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-13380455304837674642010-08-13T21:59:00.000-07:002010-08-13T21:59:06.482-07:00Obsession from the Second Life!<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span class="body">"An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.</span> "<span style="font-size: small;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYebuTnJgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/nT9UhbkpHXQ/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="134" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYebuTnJgI/AAAAAAAAAJg/nT9UhbkpHXQ/s200/1.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I have many obsessions. For instance, I love the Beatles. It’s easy, really. Know The Beatles and you know Life. I also love the beach! I love everything about the beach from the sand to the waves, the wild life, and surfing. Jill Davis said it best when she said "</span>The waves of the sea Help me get back to me." I am also, majorly, overly, highly obsessed with coffee. It's one of my stolen pleasures- reliable, comforting, delicious, warm...bliss. I do obsess of over the occasional video game (which is new to me because I grew up at the prissy theatre type). My usual obsession is World of Warcraft but I have put that on the back burner until the new expansion comes out at the end of the year because I have pretty much exhausted all options in the game until then. </div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">The question came to mind, when I decided to detox from WOW, "What now?". What should I play? What can I do to occupy my time? Then my friend mentioned something about Second Life. He said he had a friend who played and made money in real life being a high priced, high class, escort. Hm..... I could do this! Or at-least something that is respectable that I could earn a little money at. I'm creative! I was a Theatre kid, ya know!</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYePwrjTII/AAAAAAAAAJY/Gd9pYT96gJY/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="111" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYePwrjTII/AAAAAAAAAJY/Gd9pYT96gJY/s200/4.jpg" width="200" /></a>So, I did some research on how to play Second Life, the ends and outs, and then I downloaded! At first I thought the game was annoying because of the lag and some other minor issues. I haven't really played a game where you were thrown into a world and basically told to live. I didn't know what to do. So, I started exploring. Then I realized that there was a whole world! An amazing awesome creative pretty world out there! Yes, I am addicted! I have a new obsession. I guess I should have seen it coming. I love the Sims, and this is basically The Sims Online, except it can be played free. In Second Life I have two major addiction, and they're bad ones. The first one is the slot machine games. I love them! I cant get enough. There are all these "free to play" games and I know I am going to strike out more than I am going to win and its going to waste all my time, but I still do it and I don't know why! Maybe its the thrill of maybe making 100 lindens (which is the form of currency in the game) all at once.... idk. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYe1qJPWYI/AAAAAAAAAJo/q8lym8G9uBs/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYe1qJPWYI/AAAAAAAAAJo/q8lym8G9uBs/s200/8.jpg" width="159" /></a> My other obsession in the game is this place called Pal Shake. Its a super awesome community, a lot like facebook, except you can earn credits that can be transferred into Lindens or buy other things with these credits. When you sign up for the site you get access to the camping chairs in the game that pay you to just sit there, along with a butt load of support. I think the most awesome thing, though, about the site they have is you get credits for everything you do. Every time I make a post, change something, comment, or do anything on the forums, I get credits. In a total of maybe 2.5 hours, I made enough credits that I bought 400 Linden that could be transferred into the game. Its freakin awesome!<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYe_3v6ZEI/AAAAAAAAAJw/RbL4Q-7Z4I4/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGYe_3v6ZEI/AAAAAAAAAJw/RbL4Q-7Z4I4/s200/11.jpg" width="200" /></a> Like I said, these credits can be used for Amazon gifts cards, gaming credits, and so much more! This site extends further than Second Life in so many ways! Anyway, this is what I have been doing the past week or so. I have been so addicted to this game I cant even find time to blog. Actually, as we speak, I am camping a chair! If you want to check out this community you can use me as a referral and we both get credits! <i><b><a href="http://palshake.com/signup.php?signup_referer=wynter">http://palshake.com/signup.php?signup_referer=wynter</a> </b></i>. If you do play Second Life, or plan on playing, send me a PM... my name is Wynter Requiem.</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />
</div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>So, Whats your obsession? </b></span></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-57693655282775370272010-08-11T12:46:00.000-07:002010-08-11T12:46:44.956-07:00Well, that an awesome NC education for ya!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGL9oilMllI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/2HLHjD9_o5w/s1600/Untitled.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TGL9oilMllI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/2HLHjD9_o5w/s320/Untitled.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">"Well, here's something to make your old English teacher gasp in horror: A road contractor hired to paint the word "school" on a freshly paved stretch of road near Southern Guilford High School in North Carolina rendered the traffic area in question a "shcool" zone. <span style="color: black;">But fear not for the (surely confused) youth of Greensboro! The contractor, a company called Traffic Markings, has already corrected the error, </span><span style="color: black;">the local Fox TV affiliate reports."</span> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100811/od_yblog_upshot/behold-americas-educational-system-captured-in-a-single-photograph">http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_upshot/20100811/od_yblog_upshot/behold-americas-educational-system-captured-in-a-single-photograph</a></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-50421530302802890942010-08-08T18:00:00.001-07:002010-08-08T18:00:31.512-07:00Dear Mr. Gym Guy<p>Dear mr stinky gym guy,<br> May I ask you a very simple question. I hope its not too hard for you to answer. Now, I don't want to know why you come here every night and stink the whole 4 room gym up with your foul sour egg stinch. And I don't want to know why you do this repulsive act with your shirt off showing off your nasty hair sweaty pale white beer belly. I don't even want to know why you don't clean the equipment of your liquid nasty when you are done. No, what I want to know is very small and simple. Mr. Gym Guy, why do you feel it necessary to pick your ass hole the whole time you are working out? Is there some trick to weight loss by picking your butt infront of strangers that I don't know about?</p> Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-47160590308920934412010-08-06T15:48:00.001-07:002010-08-06T17:03:35.182-07:00Beach days<div class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFyRPuMh-zI/AAAAAAAAAJA/1_8fz6ge9Ic/s1600/2010-08-06+18.35.08-709488.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502432544024558386" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFyRPuMh-zI/AAAAAAAAAJA/1_8fz6ge9Ic/s320/2010-08-06+18.35.08-709488.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFyRQCPZGaI/AAAAAAAAAJI/DOToSnF8kFE/s1600/2010-08-06+18.33.15-711235.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="320" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5502432549405268386" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFyRQCPZGaI/AAAAAAAAAJI/DOToSnF8kFE/s320/2010-08-06+18.33.15-711235.jpg" width="239" /></a></div>Ahhh beach days with my boys. Its always fun rescuing little minnows off the beach.Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-79648062604929885712010-08-04T14:02:00.000-07:002010-08-04T14:02:51.918-07:002 weeks to die!<div class="ii gt" id=":lg"><div id=":lw"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFnVQrNJgJI/AAAAAAAAAIw/aIRP1CKOWdU/s1600/Screenshot2010-03-24at115643AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFnVQrNJgJI/AAAAAAAAAIw/aIRP1CKOWdU/s200/Screenshot2010-03-24at115643AM.png" width="186" /></a></div><br />
I have been having crazy jaw pain for two weeks now. My son thought it would be a blast to ram his huge abnormally hard head into my jaw. Well, three weeks ago I made an appointment to be seen for it. Yes three weeks is how long it took to be seen at my doctor because I see a military doctor because tricare is a nazi crazy health insurance company and if you live in the north US you have to see a military doctor. Well, I made the appointment and decided along with that appointment I would be seen for other odds and ends that have been a small problem. Why not just burn through all the problems in one visit, right? Well, the appointment center woman, who btw was really nice, said everything was set up and I would be seen. So, today I come into the base clinic and wait like cattle being lined up for slaughter and it takes only 10minutes to be called back. WOW, ten minutes. It usually take a hour. I get back to the room and the nurse asks what's wrong and I tell her and she says..."I have you down for jaw pain and nothing else. The doctor is only allowed 15minutes with you. So you are going to have to make another appointment." Wtf? What happened to being able to go to the doctor when you are sick and being able to address other issues too? This is what we are coming to now? I'm am sure Obama would love to see this bc I am sure this is what's going to happen when his damn Obama care nonsense starts. Being hurdled in like cattle, taking numbers, making appointments for the a broken limb that take 2 weeks to be seen, not being respected by your doctor and he not listen to you, being allotted 15 minutes, and being region'd off!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFnVVGDIorI/AAAAAAAAAI4/kQmcUWAfSK4/s1600/marxistObamaImage2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="153" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFnVVGDIorI/AAAAAAAAAI4/kQmcUWAfSK4/s200/marxistObamaImage2.jpg" width="200" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFT-Q7kfRWI/AAAAAAAAAII/14pps1FwAw8/s1600/fed_ex_castaway.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="138" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFT-Q7kfRWI/AAAAAAAAAII/14pps1FwAw8/s200/fed_ex_castaway.jpg" width="200" /></a>I know I have been out of the Blogging Loop for the past week or so and I apologize for that but my life has been a little chaotic. Where to begin....<br />
So, as some of my readers may know.. my husband is in the Navy. He has applied for this program called STA21 in which you go from an enlisted person working 5 days a week to an enlisted person going to school 5 days a week and being paid for it the whole time. At the end of your college degree you then move on to bigger and better things... OFFICER! Well, he is super awesome and has great potential at anything he wants to do. So, after months of preparing his package and getting things together and working his butt off, he had everything in order except for his High School transcripts and diploma. Well, we went to school in Florida and now live in VA, so getting them meant sending off for them. Not a big deal though... So we though.<br />
So, at the beginning of June we went to Kinkos where there is a FedEx and shipped off a release form, our money order for 12.00, and a return label for over night shipping. The cost of shipping was $30.00 so we could have the over night priority shipping. It was sent off on a Friday and since the state of Florida is closed on the weekend it meant they would receive it by Monday at 10:30am. Not a big deal considering we needed these at the latest by July 31st. So, off our package totaling a value over $70.00 went to the state of Florida's department of Education. Knowing that the processing time was 2 weeks for Florida to get your records together we waited but then some family things came up and we forgot about it until around July 20th when we realized it hadn't come and we were getting down to the wire. So, we called Florida and they said they hadn't received a package from us! When we called FedEx they said someone had signed for it at the DOE in Florida on Monday at 1015am. This is where ti gets good. We needed those records fast! We had 10 days to get them! We could have sent, yet another, money order and return envelope but the DOE has a 10 day processing time through the mail and they aren't equipped to do over the phone or fax/email requests. <br />
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Well, we got the records and the STA21 package sent off. Now, we wait. One thing I did learn from this experience.... DON'T trust FEDEX, the post office would have been wayyyyyy cheaper for the same damn thing, and being a good military wife extends further than the kitchen an laundry room. =)<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFT-md8jEzI/AAAAAAAAAIg/jEr29aFtsM8/s1600/Military_wives_demotivator.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TFT-md8jEzI/AAAAAAAAAIg/jEr29aFtsM8/s200/Military_wives_demotivator.jpg" width="200" /></a>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-77960886199429427482010-07-21T20:05:00.000-07:002010-07-21T20:05:01.819-07:00Geek Squad or the Devil!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TEe0AXnYdxI/AAAAAAAAAHw/ModjAo9mZpk/s1600/android-wallpaper6_1024x768.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="73" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TEe0AXnYdxI/AAAAAAAAAHw/ModjAo9mZpk/s200/android-wallpaper6_1024x768.jpg" width="200" /></a>First, I would like to state, that I love my Android. Its the best phone I have ever owned! Its pretty much a little computer for my pocket that can dial out, do radar detecting, police scanner radio, and brew me a fresh hot cup of coffee every morning! Before my Droid, I was a Palm user. What made me switch from Sprint Palm to Verizon Droid is an entirely different blog for another day but lets just say, 3 weeks ago, I didn't know how much I actually loved my Droid. <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TEe0LLganCI/AAAAAAAAAIA/b--gb36RRYE/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TEe0LLganCI/AAAAAAAAAIA/b--gb36RRYE/s320/images.jpg" width="320" /></a>3 weeks ago, on June 25th, my Droid started acting up. The battery wouldn't hold a charge unless it was plugged in and the operating system wouldn't load. I was basically getting the black screen of death. Being the smart savvy shopper that I am, 2 months prior to this when I purchased my Droid phone I also purchased the Best Buy phone insurance. It sounded like a great deal. 10 bucks a month for everything being covered (water damage, dropping it, manufacturing error, and freak toilet seat falling from space). What made this deal super awesome was the little cute high-school girl that sold me this phone insurance said that if my phone couldn't be repaired right away I would be provided with a temp. phone at no cost. So, I took my phone into Geek Squad and after waiting in line for almost an hour to talk to someone, the guy told me that it could take up to 1 month to fix (Strike 1). He assured me, though, it shouldn't take that long; that it usually takes about 2 weeks tops because the repair center is right down the street. Hm mm.... Best Buy doesn't do in store repairs? Okay, so 2 weeks was okay I guess because it needed to be fixed. I asked for my temp. phone and they asked me for a 150.00 deposit for this temp phone! Um mm.... "but the cute little high school girl said I wouldn't have to pay anything for the temp. phone" (Strike 2). Ugh, I left my phone anyway hoping that it would only take the 2 weeks to fix since the repair center is, of course, right down the street. Well, today is the 21st of July and I still don't have my phone. I called them and the girl who answered told me that if my phone doesn't come in by the 28th (the date they promised me it would be back) that they would put in an escalation request for it to be repaired. Um... Strike 3. They are about out! What makes me cringe at this whole thing is, after Best Buy ganked my phone from me, I found out that if I took it into a Verizon repair center I would have got a whole new Droid 2 days later. <br />
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"DES MOINES, Iowa - An Iowa tea party group on Wednesday replaced a billboard comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin, calling the sign a bad decision that reflected poorly on the organization. Workers papered over the sign in downtown Mason City at the request of the North Iowa Tea Party. "We got it covered up first thing this morning," said Kent<span style="background-color: white;"> </span>Beatty, the general manager of the company that owns the billboard. The roughly 200-member tea party group had the original sign put up last week. It showed photographs of Obama, Nazi leader Hitler and communist leader Lenin beneath the labels "Democrat Socialism," ''National Socialism," and "Marxist Socialism." After the billboard drew sharp criticism by other state and national tea party leaders, members of the local group sought the change. North Iowa Tea Party co-founder Bob Johnson said he and other leaders agreed with critics that the image of Obama between Hitler and Lenin was offensive. He said the images overwhelmed the intended message of anti-socialism. "They are absolutely right in their criticism because the image of Hitler just totally wiped everything else and it misrepresents the tea party movement," Johnson said. "They were right from the standpoint that the image was not a positive reflection on the tea people." Johnson said Hitler images are usually not allowed at North Iowa Tea Party gatherings. Removal of the sign was welcomed by the American Gathering of Holocaust Survivors and their Descendants, a New York-based group. The North Iowa Tea Party "acted properly in removing the grotesquely offensive sign which should never have been put up in the first place. Had they not acted to remove it they would have severely damaged the credibility of legitimate political causes they espouse," the group said in a statement. "We ask that political groups do not trivialize our suffering in the future by making false analogies with Hitler's horrendous crimes." For now, the sign has been plastered over with one urging people to notify officials before digging. But Johnson said the North Iowa Tea Party plans to put up a new sign soon. That sign will feature a quote that some attribute to Thomas Jefferson that reads, "My reading of history convinces me that most bad government results from too much government." Others argue Jefferson never wrote the statement. Listed below, in smaller print, will read, "The North Iowa Tea Party stands for individual responsibility, freedom, liberty, less spending, smaller government." "It's going to be little more bland," Johnson said. 'We paid for a month, so we don't want to waste the money.""<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TD4zaAneebI/AAAAAAAAAHg/KH9iENnjaeM/s1600/lol.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="53" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TD4zaAneebI/AAAAAAAAAHg/KH9iENnjaeM/s200/lol.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-83754276830552708702010-07-12T22:49:00.000-07:002010-07-12T22:49:33.522-07:00Who's Afriad of the Big Bad Wolf...?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8Mx8usGI/AAAAAAAAAG4/aE4IG04nl-c/s1600/remakelady.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="177" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8Mx8usGI/AAAAAAAAAG4/aE4IG04nl-c/s200/remakelady.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span></div><div style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8E5As3zI/AAAAAAAAAGw/uhswCqeRudE/s1600/ladyremake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8E5As3zI/AAAAAAAAAGw/uhswCqeRudE/s200/ladyremake.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i>This is Lady. She is a Wolf/Malamute Hybrid and she is 3 years old. She is a rescue puppy from a rehab center in North Carolina that tries to take wolves and hybrid wolves and rehab them back into the wild. Lady, however, walks to the beat of her own drum. She thinks she is a human and was way too domesticated to be returned to the wild. I like to think she was either the “ugly duckling” who doesn't know she's a wolf or she is the smart one who figured out she will never have to hunt for food again.Sadly, wolf hybrids have become one of the most controversial canines over the past few years. They are seen as aggressive and bad family dogs because when one attacks the media blows it out of proportion. However, when a regular average popular dog type attacks, you never hear about it. There have been more attacks over the years from Boxers, Shepherds, and even Dalmatians thank wolf hybrids. A lot of people cant handle wolf hybrids because they do require a lot of attention and exercise. Lady has major separation anxiety because she is very pack oriented and if she isn't placed in a room when we leave the house, she pees on the living room floor. She has never chewed anything of ours but she is very curious and gets bored easily and will rearrange items in the house. Its almost like a game to see if she can hide them from us and if we can find them. With enough attention, love and respect you will have a wonderful addition to your family for many years. I wouldn't recommend leaving any dog alone with a young child just because they are jittery but Lady loves our son and I feel safe with them playing in the same room.</i></span><span style="font-size: small;"><i> </i></span><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8y9jQzRI/AAAAAAAAAHA/13YAXjk4OWk/s1600/DSC04422.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="118" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv8y9jQzRI/AAAAAAAAAHA/13YAXjk4OWk/s200/DSC04422.JPG" width="200" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv9MNmeI5I/AAAAAAAAAHI/AA4O3upQgl8/s1600/DSC04348.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDv9MNmeI5I/AAAAAAAAAHI/AA4O3upQgl8/s200/DSC04348.JPG" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;"><i> She is very protective of him and lays by his bedroom door at night. Her old family had an infant, and whenever a new person would come into the home, she would always check in on the baby to make sure it was safe. Most wolf hybrids dont usually make good guard dogs and if you adopt one for that reason you will be sorely disappointed. Wolves tend to avoid conflict and if they accept you as the alpha dog they are going to look to you for protection. When you adopt a wolf hybrid you aren't adopting a dog, you are adopting a new family member. </i></span></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-1605525565606627392010-07-08T20:53:00.001-07:002010-07-08T20:53:36.842-07:00Awe...Cry...Laugh. All around great time!<object height="385" width="640"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plz9JxsnhH4&hl=en_US&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Plz9JxsnhH4&hl=en_US&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="385"></embed></object>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-41070738143482782812010-07-07T22:26:00.000-07:002010-07-07T22:26:00.547-07:00Childs Revenge on Parents!<span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">THIS HAS TO BE ONE OF THE MOST DISGUSTING THINGS I HAVE SEEN IN A LONG TIME. I AM ACTUALLY SHOCKED WITH MY JAW ON THE FLOOR RIGHT NOW! </span></b></span><br />
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<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">I have a lot of pet peeves. I cant stand listening to someone crunching their food. I hate dishes being left out. I hate things being out of place or unorganized. And I really cant stand feet hanging out a car window. But, one of my biggest pet peeves has to be smoking in public areas. I hate how there are signs posted all around doors at shopping malls, grocery stores and restaurants that say “NO SMOKING”, so people decide to smoke 10 feet from the door instead of next to the door. While, I have to thank them for not smoking right next to the door of the facility I am entering, I don't think 10 feet is going to help. I still have to pass them going in and out.<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDJeoDtzA7I/AAAAAAAAAGI/rHCIDQR7fQo/s1600/2005121801650201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="172" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDJeoDtzA7I/AAAAAAAAAGI/rHCIDQR7fQo/s200/2005121801650201.jpg" width="200" /></a>I am an ex smoker. I smoked for almost 5 years and the day I found out I was pregnant with my son, I threw away half a pack and haven't looked back. When I did smoke I never smoked in-front of doors that people had to walk through, I never smoked in restaurants even when you were allowed to, and I always moved away from people when they needed to pass me. It was my choice to smoke and fill my lungs with waste but those who don't smoke, it wasn't their choice to fill their lungs with my second hand smoke. Now, all these places I mentioned are bad places to smoke, but the one place I absolutely hate, hate, hate to see someone smoking is a playground. Yes, people actually light up their cigarette at playgrounds where children play! I think it should be a punishable crime to light up at a playground around kids. Studies have shown secondhand smokers have a risk of coronary heart disease that is 30% higher than for nonsmokers who are not exposed to secondhand smoke. 3000 nonsmokers die every year from lung cancer caused by ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke). Imagine the impact on a child. According to the EPA, between 200,000 and 1,000,000 kids with asthma have their condition worsened by secondhand smoke every year. Also, passive smoking may also be responsible for thousands of new cases of asthma every year. Children who breathe in secondhand smoke are more likely to suffer from dental cavities, eye and nose irritation, and irritability. Kids are very impressionable when they are young and seeing an adult or an older teen smoking is only pushing it into their heads that its okay. Also, a lot of these parents think its okay to just throw their butts on the ground. All they think is, "hey, this cigg is out, its not going to burn down the playground so why not". They dont think about that baby thats playing in the sandbox or crawling around in the grass that comes across that butt and decides to eat it, or the squirrel that comes across it. No, they just care that the trashcan is 10 yards away and they are too lazy to walk over to it.</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDJevBZrl-I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/z1Imo1qvpkc/s1600/3122093.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="133" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TDJevBZrl-I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/z1Imo1qvpkc/s200/3122093.jpg" width="200" /></a>If you are reading this and you are one of these people, SHAME ON YOU! I'm not going to tell you to stop smoking, because that's your choice and who am I to tell you how you should live or die. But think about other people and kids. Think about who you are effecting and who you are killing with your smoke. <i><b><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parents-Who-Smoke-on-the-Playground-Deserve-a-Punch-in-the-Face/111463688880851#%21/pages/Parents-Who-Smoke-on-the-Playground-Deserve-a-Punch-in-the-Face/111463688880851?v=wall">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Parents-Who-Smoke-on-the-Playground-Deserve-a-Punch-in-the-Face/111463688880851#!/pages/Parents-Who-Smoke-on-the-Playground-Deserve-a-Punch-in-the-Face/111463688880851?v=wall</a></span></b></i>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-60111397153644434092010-06-30T21:35:00.000-07:002010-06-30T21:40:44.966-07:00After School Special<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="CONTENT-TYPE"></meta><title></title><meta content="OpenOffice.org 3.2 (Win32)" name="GENERATOR"></meta><style type="text/css">
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How do these kids even know what sex is at 12? Shouldn't they still be playing with Barbies and GI Joe? Whats even worse, where were the parents at this so called parety? These young girls need to realize that babies are not toys. They aren't like little dogs you can dress up and then put away when they're not cute and you're tired. They aren't fit to be a parents because they are still children. I wonder if they realize they can kiss the rest of their school years goodbye. Spending prom night at home because your kid has the chickenpox, getting behind on homework because you were up all night with a crying kid and not to mention the money spent and the friends you will lose. All of their responsibilities will be different and they don't even realize this. They don't realize that its not going to be all about them anymore and they wont be fine and they wont always be able to go to the movies or hang out with friends because their parents aren't always going to be there to babysit.</span><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TCwZse_SD3I/AAAAAAAAAFo/9w_dVJUiCGo/s1600/420114.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="160" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TCwZse_SD3I/AAAAAAAAAFo/9w_dVJUiCGo/s200/420114.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> I personally, know this girl who is 15 with a 1 month old. She decided that she wanted to get pregnant and would stop at nothing to do it. She had sex with a boy in a bathroom across the street from her high school that she barely knows. She lied to him and said she was on birth control and told him it would be fine. She comes from a very conservative household and its a disgrace that she had this baby. Her parents, at first, told her that she would have to give it up for adoption and she proclaimed that she would just go out and get pregnant again! Well, now she has a baby and her parents are helping her as much as they can because they are good people and want the best for the baby that doesn't deserve what he has been brought into. After-all, its not his fault his mother is a fucking moron. This same girl had the nerve to post on face-book not to long ago, </span><i style="color: #ea9999; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">“He really needs to grow the fuck up and help take care of his son. I didn't make him on my own so why should i take care of him by myself......and ..GROW THE FUCK UP!!!!!!”</i><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="color: #ea9999;">.</span> Now, I am usually all for the father being a part of the kids life and being there and stepping up but this is a different story. In this case, he had no idea she was tricking him and also, HE'S 15 YEARS OLD!!! He doesn't know how to grow up yet. I wish these girls knew how hard it is. I'm 25 years old with a 3 year old and sometimes I think I am too young. I love my son to death and I am happy I have him but its hard raising a child properly, even with the help of my husband. Having to make hard decisions when your child is sick and you have to call out of work but your boss tells you if you call out you are fired. Sitting up all night long hoping a fever comes down. Baby proofing everything and still worrying that you missed something. Making sure they get a proper meal through the day, are taught the right lessons so you can send them off to pre-school, not going out with your friends all the time and even having some not want to come over because your kids had a few meltdowns in front of them.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TCwbuy0L5iI/AAAAAAAAAF4/rfQxIQo4LTw/s1600/cgon156l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="166" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TCwbuy0L5iI/AAAAAAAAAF4/rfQxIQo4LTw/s200/cgon156l.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"> Today, as a matter of fact, I was taking a shower and I thought my son was in bed asleep and in the time I got into the shower and out, he managed to destroy my house. He tore everything in reach out of the pantry, dumped the garbage can over, peed on my floor (we are potty training), dumped the cat food over, tore his books off the bookshelf in his room, and pulled all his clothes out of his dresser. I have OCD, so this stressed me out a lot. But, these are the things they don't know about. They don't know how hard it is. We need to get the garbage off TV showing how magical and easy it is to have and raise a child and put something else on. We need to teach in schools, again, that sex needs to be saved for when you can handle the emotions and responsibilities of it.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue",Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">So, what do you think? Do you think the Universe is Infinite or Finite? </span></b></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-13303555640160632772010-06-19T16:24:00.000-07:002010-06-19T17:53:40.304-07:002 Ladies, 1 Ham!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #6fa8dc; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QKmTupOI/AAAAAAAAAD4/xqK1zX9DFbU/s1600/grocery-store.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QKmTupOI/AAAAAAAAAD4/xqK1zX9DFbU/s400/grocery-store.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, today I got to suffer. Its wasn't the gym and its wasn't some crazy work thing. No, today I got to experience the Commissary on the first Saturday after Pay Day. The Commissary is the place where every evil, pushy, crazy, mean military wife likes to go to on the weekends. I like to think of it as the Olympics for grocery shopping.... get in, get out, with everything you need in less than 2 hours without getting hurt. Sometimes, the little old ladies there are so picky and crazy that it reminds me of a holiday sale where two women fight over the last ham. Now, I usually do my grocery shopping at the Commissary on the weekdays after 7pm because there are less people there but I wasn't able to make it during the week and we are out of food. So, unless I wanted to come off my diet and eat horribly bad at Taco Bell for the next couple of days, I had to go!</span></div><div style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QRIpC-cI/AAAAAAAAAEA/K8r4ChJSxts/s1600/bumpankles.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QRIpC-cI/AAAAAAAAAEA/K8r4ChJSxts/s200/bumpankles.gif" width="178" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">Now, there are four types of people you will run into at the Commissary on the weekend. The old group, the Trashy Group, the Officers Wives, and the "Normie's". The old group, I think is the worst! They think, because they are old, they get to run the whole place. I have respect for my elders, I really do. What I don't respect is an old person who thinks that I have to get down on my knees and kiss their feet. Then don't get me start on how they like to take up the whole isle (that is already small as it is) and they stand in the way, crash their buggies into people, cut you off, and give you nasty looks. </span></div><div style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QdkILzQI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/YYnP3ZG2ayk/s1600/0511-0709-2512-2727_Harried_Mom_at_the_Supermarket_clipart_image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="178" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QdkILzQI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/YYnP3ZG2ayk/s200/0511-0709-2512-2727_Harried_Mom_at_the_Supermarket_clipart_image.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">My second pick are the trashy people. These are usually enlisted people, who will never see anything more than E3 or E4 because they lack motivation and are all around dirt bags and their wives are fat, nasty, and have a lot of kids. And by a lot, I don't mean 3 or 4, but more like 6 and one on the way. They smell, their kids are running all over the store, and they are yelling at them. This one woman was yelling at her kid at the top of her lungs, today. Her kid was just trying to ask her a question and she was saying "SHUT UP AND SIT DOWN. WHAT TIL WE GET HOME, YOUR DAD'S GONNA WHOOP YOUR ASS IF YOU DON'T SHUT UP!". Holy cow! She needed an ass whooping. There was also this woman who I witnessed walking into the store from her car but later saw her in an electric scooter cart. She got so mad at me when I wouldn't let her by me, as if I shamed someone with a disability. If she was actually disabled, and not obese, I would have been more than happy to let her by. I would have even helped her. Also, waiting in the check out line, there were two women that were eating their food they had picked out, before it was bought. Now, I am not usually one to judge someone that has opened up chips or cookies while waiting in line, but these women were eating Hawaiian bread, chips, and donuts in the check out line. If they had access to a grill they would have been cooking the hot dogs they were buying. </span></div><div style="color: #6fa8dc; text-align: justify;"></div><div style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QXha2OiI/AAAAAAAAAEI/13JXBFriFxo/s1600/fat_woman_on_scooter_31238072543+-+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TB1QXha2OiI/AAAAAAAAAEI/13JXBFriFxo/s200/fat_woman_on_scooter_31238072543+-+2.jpg" width="196" /></a><span style="font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">Now, onto the Officer's Wives. These women can go either way, but I find, at the commissary on the weekends, they tend to be nasty! And not nasty as in the last group I described, but nasty with their attitudes. They think they can skip in line, push you around and out of the way, and they are just in a bad mood all around. Maybe they are mad because their reserved parking space upfront, that is actually for their husbands to use, was taken when they got to the store? Their attitudes are so bad, I swear, they should just go to Whole Foods and shop there if they don't like the way things are at the Commissary. Then, there are the Normie's. The people that go there, know what they are getting, get out of the way while getting what they want, and then go to the check out line and get out. This is the group I would like to put myself in.</span></div><span style="color: #6fa8dc; font-family: "Courier New",Courier,monospace; font-size: small;">Well, I was able to get everything I needed, except squash, and get out of there in less than 2 hours today. The stress of the commissary is indeed different and I think from now on I will just eat the Taco Bell and chose to relax on the beach!</span>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-20950802404400644402010-06-17T11:23:00.000-07:002010-06-17T11:24:15.016-07:00Dear Mr. Census Worker....<div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Dear Mr. Census Worker,</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">I promise I filled out my application. I love America so much that I filled it out the first time you sent it to me, the second time you sent it to me, and talked to the woman you sent to my door. That's THREE times! I think my husband is starting to get suspicious because I spend more time talking to you than I do any of my other friends. BTW, whats your sign?</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><i><span style="font-size: small;">“When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny."-Thomas Jefferson </span></i></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBpntBxL6_I/AAAAAAAAADo/04I2fNR8Y-8/s1600/census-taker-3-780899.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBpntBxL6_I/AAAAAAAAADo/04I2fNR8Y-8/s200/census-taker-3-780899.jpg" width="156" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">You have to understand Mr. Census Worker, that it could never work with us. You are a temporary employee that receives bonuses based on your ability to get a response and highly encouraged to get me to answer as many questions as possible. I'm sorry, but I cant associate with low life scum, how would it look?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">Tell me, Mr. Census Worker, how can I get you to stop calling me twice a day 4 days a week and sometimes on Sundays late a night? Do you really need to know how many times a day I pee, that bad? What if I told you "I'm afraid my trees are eating the elephants, now" or “We'll get along fine as soon as you realize I'm God” or “meow”? Would that confuse your little mind? Would you roll up in the fetal position under you desk and cry and shake?</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBpnxP_w7aI/AAAAAAAAADw/o87elX8683I/s1600/cga0195l.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBpnxP_w7aI/AAAAAAAAADw/o87elX8683I/s200/cga0195l.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-size: small;">Mr. Census Worker, can I ask you a question? Is your name really Thomas or is it actually Amjid? Did you know, that here in America, we have these things called Amendments and you are robbing me of my 4th amendment rights? Just to fill you in, in case you are actually a Thomas and you forgot or were too stupid to pass Government class, the 4th Amendment states ...<i>"The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."</i> When you ask my wages, my mortgage information, and what time and where I work, I see this as "seizing personal information." I will not comply. Thank you and please “DON'T COME AGAIN!”</span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: small;">~Angry US Citizen</span></div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7851194745338439058.post-52629313649711583692010-06-15T19:00:00.000-07:002010-06-15T19:09:46.878-07:00"We never know the worth of water till the well is dry."<div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBgufx2cjiI/AAAAAAAAACg/G6Ts-tVrH3Y/s1600/article-1284003-09DD6377000005DC-353_634x423.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBgufx2cjiI/AAAAAAAAACg/G6Ts-tVrH3Y/s400/article-1284003-09DD6377000005DC-353_634x423.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBguZAN-xtI/AAAAAAAAACY/hLZnmLFjKY0/s1600/E4151AD0-1ABB-4351-90C8-DC902CD2BB87_mw800_mh600.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBguZAN-xtI/AAAAAAAAACY/hLZnmLFjKY0/s200/E4151AD0-1ABB-4351-90C8-DC902CD2BB87_mw800_mh600.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Our oceans are dieing and tonight, Obama faces an angry American people who know he's been treating this as a non-important issue. Now, I am not a fan of our current president but I am not going to sit here and bash and blame him. Do I think he could have handled this better... yes. Do I think that his presidential address tonight is going to have an underline meaning of why we should push comprehensive energy reform...yes. And do I think that he is only doing something because he can't stand any negative press on his handling of the situation.... yes. But really, what do we expect the man to do now after weeks of leaking and very little being done, go out there with a bucket and strainer and scoop the oil up himself? Its time we, as a society, stop pointing fingers (even if they are in the right direction) and start coming up with a solution.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBgu7SsRauI/AAAAAAAAACo/zxrQcCN7d3o/s1600/811-PHOTObird3.embedded.prod_affiliate.56.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="96" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBgu7SsRauI/AAAAAAAAACo/zxrQcCN7d3o/s200/811-PHOTObird3.embedded.prod_affiliate.56.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBguSJmVPFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u4FIgUZGlkE/s1600/article-1284003-09E1C11C000005DC-89_634x394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="124" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YsW2Z4IxlcE/TBguSJmVPFI/AAAAAAAAACQ/u4FIgUZGlkE/s200/article-1284003-09E1C11C000005DC-89_634x394.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I sat here, tonight, and looked through pictures of this oil spill and cried. It made me want to hop on a plane and go down there and rescue every animal, fish, and plant in the ocean. Right now its mostly effecting the gulf, but what happens when it starts to really spread and go up the Atlantic coast? I was watching the news the other night with my husband and a segment on the oil spill came on. Some marine biologist that the news hired to do their research was talking about how the oil may creep up through the Atlantic and effect Virginia's coast. It seemed to be such a big deal to them because it may effect the tourist industry here! They weren't concerned about the wildlife or the beach. They were concerned about their own profit. It makes me sick! I wish people would stop thinking about themselves for once and start thinking about those that cant fend for themselves. Really, in the long run, its going to effect us. We are talking about an entire echo system of wildlife! </span><br />
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</style> </div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">First off, let me start by saying I HATE VIRGINIA! I hate this state so much. I have lived in Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and now Virginia and have visited Indiana and North Carolina, Delaware, and PA for an extended period of time and Virginia is the worst! Everything here is backwards from the laws, taxes, and drivers! </div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">People don't know how to drive. They speed up when someone puts their blinker on to prevent them from getting over, they slow down to half the speed limit when they see a cop, even if the cop is on the other side of the interstate pulling someone over and there isn't a chance in hell they are going to get pulled over themselves, they cant merge, they cant drive in traffic, they try to run you off the road, and they are just plain rude. I feel like every-time I get on the interstate I am gambling with my life. Do I need to take out an extra life insurance policy just to drive here?</div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">The people are rude and have no concept of customer service! Every reastraunt I have been to has either gotten my order wrong, had horrible customer service that is rude and nasty, or both. Chick-Fil-A is even rude! How hard is it to get a smile? Be happy you have a job in this economy!</div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">Don't even get my started on the cops and legal system here. Since we moved here we have been pulled over multiple times for ridiculous reasons! Mainly, we have been pulled over for tail lights that are “out” but when we go to replace them they work. So, now we carry around extra lights in the glove box just in case. Once, when coming home from work at 3AM, I was pulled over by a cop that decided to go out of his way to turn around and wait for me while I went through the Taco Bell drive thru. When he came to my window, he informed me that my window tint was too dark. At 3AM, on a dirty window, he ran his meeter checker on my tint and informed me that my tint was at 5%. I thought “there is no way” and checked it later on and it came back as legal. What a douche bag! Then, my husband got a ticket that he paid and because they processed it late, his license was suspended. The ticket was on time but it went into the system late. We have a receipt for this but they wont un-suspend it until he pays them 200 bucks or goes to court and talks to a judge. We have proof of their mistake, why wont they do the right thing?</div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">Then all the taxes! OMG, all the taxes! 11% sales tax! Looking at a receipt from Farm Fresh the other day, I noticed I am paying 2 state taxes at the grocery store. Because Virginia is a commonwealth, they are allowed to make up their own rules. If they wanted, they could say “everyone on Sundays is required to wear a purple hate or you get a ticket” and could enforce it.</div><div style="color: #eeeeee; margin-bottom: 0in;">There are so many things about this state that irritate me and I could go on forever about them but I wont. Thank goodness we only have 6 months left here and I am hoping that we never have to come back here again. Being a Florida resident is so nice and I am very thankful for the privilege of being able to register my car there instead of in this “commonwealth”. </div>Nerdy Girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665208845917057784noreply@blogger.com5