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FFFC's
Mine:
I am ecstatic that my newspaper staff has riled up a couple of faculty members by writing a piece about a student who was sexually harassed by another student (all anon. by the way). Two men yesterday were discussing the paper in the front office and one said, "Yeah, way to keep it quiet."
Um, really? Keeping it quiet is what perpetuates sexual harassment. I like you, administrator, but you're a dumbass when it comes to this. I seriously doubt a girl ever harassed you. I can say, however, that it did happen to me in high school, and I never told anyone about it until I told H a few years ago. That's not healthy, and when nothing is said, boys will just keep on doing it. I would have expected the other man, a COUNSELOR, to be more understanding. Sorry to have "tarnished" the school's reputation. I could print so much more than they ever know about what teenagers do.
However, my head principal is a woman and a former journalism teacher, and she will say nothing about it, because she know she legally can't. I love being educated on my rights and the rights of my staff. I love occasionally stirring the pot.
Re: FFFC's
Ok here's mine. Some might find it pretty flameful.
I'm not a huge stickler about germs. I wash my hands alot but I don't wipe down grocery carts or go home and put M in the bathtub because she played at the mall playarea. I do clean her hands off with a wipe afterwards, but really I've never been one to freak out about germs.
Also, I don't hover over public toilet seats. I make sure they are clean before I sit though.
This government shutdown thing has me freaking out on the inside. I mean, we're good for the month, and my parents said they'll help, but if this thing goes on for weeks, we're screwed. Doesn't help that some of my "friends" on FB are airing out their grievances about the whole thing when they know nothing about what's going on.
I ate the whole key lime pie I made in two days. Not sure if that was the healthiest decision in the world, but it was worth it.
I don't know a whole lot about the Goverment shutdown other than they are not wanting to pay our troops and that just blows my mind. All of our politians including the President make more $$ than they should so they need to take a pay cut and not take it all away from our troops who are risking their lives to keep our country safe.
And another thing-there are so many people how Goverment assistance that are more than capible of getting a job but they would rather not because they can make more money sitting on their a$$ at home than out making an honest living. I do know that their are some that need the help-like the ones who actually work and try to make a better life but the users and abusers of the system need to be cut off. Our whole Goverment needs to a transistion and cutting politians pay and making those capible of getting a job-get a job would be a start!
As a military spouse the government shutdown is a bit daunting, to think that those who faithfully serve could possibly not be paid due to an impasse by the executive/legislative makes me more than upset.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110407/ap_on_re_us/us_spending_showdown_military;_ylt=AtDE6ouQjWRZcNVed3I7Fu9H2ocA;_ylu=X3oDMTNqMGVwODZoBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTEwNDA3L3VzX3NwZW5kaW5nX3Nob3dkb3duX21pbGl0YXJ5BGNjb2RlA21wX2VjXzhfMTAEY3BvcwMxMARwb3MDMTAEc2VjA3luX3RvcF9zdG9yaWVzBHNsawNtaWxpdGFyeWZhbWk-
With that being said, I would want this shutdown to serve one purpose. Educate those that fail to exercise their right to vote. Its in our hands.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/05/federal-government-shutdown-2011_n_845164.html?ref=fb&src=sp#s261490&title=Lost_Money
To Fuzzy: I agree with your post. Sexual harassment should not be kept silent, it illustrates to the victim that they have something to be embarrassed about and they do not.
Do you know how much the President makes? IMO, the President is not fairly compensated at all BUT I do agree that if the gov't shuts down, neither he nor our politicans should be paid.
Now, I don't know a lot about the gov't shutdown, but not paying our troops, who are protecting and fighting for our freedom, is...well, I am not sure what to call it makes me so mad.
I am glad H is in TX working. He's annoying the ever loving fvck out of me. He said they might get done tomorrow, but I'm not going to be upset if they don't and he stays out there through Sunday.
I cried on Wednesday when my mom called me and said her and my dad were at the airport. I thought they were leaving Thursday, and it threw me off that I didn't know what was going on. I wish I could have gone with them, and I hate that I won't have an opportunity to go over there and see my sister (lives in England currently...until September) or go with my parents and my sister and her husband while they trek through Italy for the next two weeks.
I'm working out regularly now attempting to get my skinny on for my swimsuit, but I cannot stop eating things I shouldn't (coke at happy hour, cadbury egg as I pass through them at the grocery store, a cookie out of B's lunchable, homemade pizza last night). As much as the fad diets don't work, neither do any of the healthy diets unless you're simply ready to lose the weight and make a commitment.
This is exactly what I was going to say.
I want to be a SAHW. But I'm afraid of being judged (no kids), and I'm afraid of disappointing my parents (which I know is stupid but I have that only child, Asian mom thing happening here). It's not about staying home and watching tv - I just get so much done, and I'm so much happier. I've been trying to take more leave time to keep sane (I have to use 90 hours of vacation by the end of June or lose it) but it seems like it's never worth taking off more than a day at a time because all the crap just piles up, and I have to catch up when I'm back. Plus I get a zillion texts and emails if I'm out anyway, so that always stresses me out. I'm getting burned out, I don't feel appreciated, and I'm just wondering if I wouldn't be better off taking a break and rediscovering what it is I'm meant to do. I feel guilty because I know I'm lucky to have a job, and I usually like what I do, but for the past few months I've been feeling miserable almost each morning about going to work.
Not flameful at all. I understand being burned out of your job especially if it requires a lot more time and stress. There are a lot of mornings I feel like not going into work. I don't see anything wrong with taking a break and rediscovering yourself. Hope everything works out!
Haha! I get an amount pretty close to that every month and I ALWAYS blow it within the first week of the month. Oh, well! That's what it's there for right?!
I started dividing it in half and giving myself some on the first and some on the 15th so I don't blow it right away.
((putting on flame retardant suit))
I'm actually ok with vetoing/failing to pass many of the "troop funding bills" that have been thrown into circulation because of the other junk that's attached to them. The troop spending thing is just a smokescreen for the riders in some of them, from what I've read, which seems really exploitive.
It's kind of like saying, "Amanjay is a big meanie because she won't let her DH go to a simple pizza party with his friends on Friday night" without also recognizing the other activities on the agenda for the evening- hookers and blow prior to the pizza party and drunken marksmenship contests afterword--- are much harder to support/justify.
And, I agree that the President doesn't get paid NEARLY enough. I'm guessing that, not including "perks" of the job, the salary is actually less per hour than many of us earn. I say that not in a "we all are high rollers" way (SO not true, at least in my case) but in a "The President is on call 24 hours/day and works 20 of those" way.
I deleted because I realized it had nothing to do with what you were discussing. I still agree with this though!
We are also military and I must say this. My husband works too. But we cannot compare his job to president. Do I think congress/president should be paid if there is a shutdown, no. But that is not something we have control over currently.
No one wants the military to go unpaid. The stopgap the GOP is proposing is not feasible and to be blunt, is merely smoke screens that is no where near what the Dems proposed a few weeks ago. What will determine if there is a shutdown is planned parenthood. Point blank.
With that being said, bills do not hold ties to a political party. I do hope there is an agreement and that the Speaker comes clean with his reasons for wanting to continue with this stalemate.
See, I think the troops should get paid. You think the troops should get paid. If Congress wants the troops to get paid, why not just write a simple bill that says just and only that without tacking on any other ideologically divisional riders?
The military is just being used as a smokescreen to battle other divisive issues. In the politics, if you want to call your opponent "un-American" you just pretend to like the military/old people/kittens/apple pie more than they do while sliding the more contriversial stuff in right behind your love of those things. Both parties are guilty of this, and it's the little people who pay the price.
I completely agree. Yes, the military not getting paid directly affects me. Yes, we'll have some issues if this not getting paid thing takes forever because car repairs, emergency trips and medical visits have wiped out what savings we did have. But there's more to it than money - it's the smokescreen part that really puts me in a tizzy. It's absolutely ridiculous. I can't believe the crap that's going on right now.
Say! That's not a bad idea...
I'm a pretty big germ-a-phobe, but I think you are normal. I think I am the weird one
I don't even use grocery carts usually (I use my stroller) and we all take a shower prettty much as soon as we get home. It's bad. Really bad
H wants to get a vasectomy. He wanted to get one after M was born but I didn't want him to, even though we didn't want anymore kids. Now I really don't want him to even though I still don't want anymore kids. I feel this huge guilt that if he had gotten one after M, we wouldn't have G. I can't imagine life without her and I feel badly that we didn't want her from the start.
I'm still scared that we will end up with a 4th kid.
I gave my new neighbor the side eye today... She lives in a 3 bedroom apt with all 5 of her kids (over the age of 10) and each one has a different dad (it's obvious.) I didn't even stop to wonder if maybe she's adopted them all, because frankly... she looks like "that" kind of person. Bad, I know.
Also, I don't worry about germs much with DH either. I do wipe down the grocery buggy, but only because I know he's gonna gum it up! Nor do I hover, unless it's a really disgusting bathroom!
What do you mean that's the wrong side? Tastes great to me!