That One, I wish I could go back in time and punch your tormentors in the face. That would be a great birthday present for you (happy birthday. I hope you are having a good one when you're not having these nightmarish flashbacks?) Really, your post brought me to tears. I hope you get past your social anxiety some day. You should go post a video on the It Gets Better Project!
To the people who are saying "bulling will never stop, and we need to teach our kids to deal with it," I am not all there with you. That is like saying rape will never stop, let's teach women to deal with it. True, rape will never stop, but don't we want to say hey, rape will never stop but it will get better because we'll prosecute rapists, erradicate sexism and hatred (or do our best to) and just refuse to accept it? The only reason everyone isn't smoking in every office in this country is because at some point society decided smoking is wrong and now you're an ass if you light up a cigatette. We need to get the same mindset in schools. Bullying is wrong and if you do it you are an ass. I beleive it can happen.
I think it is interesting that you point out that bullies as adults will probably be in jail. Do you realize that we're not just talking about kids getting farted on, but kids being terrorized, stalked and beaten? If someone threatened or stalked me I would get a restraining order because I'm an adult. If that happens to my daughter, she has to deal with it. Not only does she have to deal with it, but she is legally obligated to go to school and is breaking the law if she doesn't go to avoid an attacker. My problem with the bullying issue today is that we don't give kids the same rights as adults. Let them take someone to court for battery, let them get a restraining order. Why the hell not? That is preparing them for the real world too.
Thank you for saying that! Three things I hated about Reality Bites:
1) someone is asked to define "ironic" in a job interview. That is a very normal interview question that gets asked all the time.
2) That one guy brings a girl home and everyone is super mean to her? Because that is cool or something?
3) Winona steals (art imitating life imitating art!) money from her folks by running some gas card scam because she feels so entitled. Get a freaking job. ugh!
Oh no you di'n't. GWTW Is a great American movie full of killer dialoge "you need kissing and badly, by someone who knows how." I don't recall anything in Garden State that even comes close to "I'm going to dance and dance 'till I wouldn't mind dancing with Abe Lincoln himself,"
I'll tell you! The original Wonder Woman (Linda Carter) was awesome! She was super strong and fast, she looked gorgeous, and she had a kind heart. She could do all kinds of things with her golden laso, and she could deflect bullets with her bracelets. Yes, it is true, we didn't have other super heros to compare her to, but her powers seem way better than, or at least on par with, SpiderMan for example. Plus she had an invisible plane! That is way better than the Batmobile. I've been watching the WonderWoman series on DVD recently and it holds up. That show was fantastic.
I loved their version of Landslide too, but I thought they should have given a little credit to the Dixie Chicks, since their cover was exactly the same, note for note as the Dixie Chicks' cover.
You know who is also The Worst? Shawtel N.'s dad!! "Your high school teacher's son died and you weren't there to do the funeral. She really needed you." Nice guilt trip Shawntel N.'s Dad! So, Sahwentel N. doesn't ever get to go on a reality show or even a vacation because someone she might have known at some point might lose a loved one?
Fabio is freaking adorable. I lova that guy! When he was explaining what fondue is in the beginning I thought it was so cute "you put some things on a steeeek and den you coook them in a pot or something." Aw, I would watch a show with him just explaining stuff. Also, I am surprised Gabe didn't comment on the Blais frozen fondue crap. Blaz can make fondue that sticks to your tongue like a light pole but Fabio can't get away with melted chedder on the side? WTF?
AGREED! I think they make some kind of product for people who think the objectification of women is hillarious. Like if I needed to make a PETA billboard or something, I'd probably check them out.
I saw this movie in the theater and I found it depressing and disturbing, even though I had already read the book and knew what it was about. Most disturbing part? As we were exiting the theater there was a woman with her (visibly shaken) 8-year-old daughter. Who would take a litte girl to see this movie? Even if you didn't know what it was about, wouldn't you leave as soon as you realized it was about the rape and murder of a little girl? Or are you trying to really drive home the whole "stranger danger" argument? My daughter freaked out when Hagrid gave Duddly a pig tail.
As a working mom I have to point out that:
-Many of us don't have time to exercise
-We also don't have time to condition our hair, never mind LEAVING it in during the cool down (um, that would require stepping into the shower twice? who has time for that? We are greateful when we can step into the shower once.)
-We don't have time to decorate shoe boxes in the morning, as we are busy looking for a Fiber One bar at the bottom of our purse that our kid can eat on the way to school (this *is* an actual time saver, as not only do you multitask waling to school and eating breakfast, but you can ensure your child has a BM at school and not at home, because you don't want to tie up the bathroom for 20 minutes in the evening.
-Our kids are NEVER in the bath by 6:30
-stir fry dinner doesn't just magically appear
Me too. I love Suser. I don't even care that he is a great cook. He looks like the character I want to be in any videogame where you can choose to be the bad ass guy with a pony tail.
Are you being serious?!? Because I love watching this show. What is not to love about watching all of the worst people on the planet try to stab each other in the back to try to win the affections of some douchebag?!? I'd like to join your chat please!
I'd like to nominate Mulholland Drive. I loved it, but I really would love to read Gabe's recap of it. Also, I think it is funnier when the movies aren't so obviously terrible.
I think my favorite part was when they asked Bad Dale what he was thinking and he says that he based his dish off of a french toast dish that he makes and everyone was all "WHAT??? You based your dish off of a breakfast dish???" and they were so shocked and horrified and you just knew that that admission was sending him home, but the winning dish was praised by Tom as tasting just like breakfast. Great consistency Top Chef. Completely objective and logical as usual.
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