What pissed you off today?

[smouldering]

The 20 year old step daughter (for a lack of a better word) comes to mom 4 months ago asking if she can be put on our phone plan because she just got a new job and needs a phone, she can't get one on her own because she still owes AT&T over $600 for a plan she abandoned. Her mom says yes.. of course the phone plan is in MY name.. having already paid $500 in the past to help get herself out of debt then forking out another $200 to pay a traffic ticket so she didn't get a warrant out for her arrest and never getting paid back, i wasn't too happy about this, i had a feeling it wouldn't be long before she had excuses as to why she couldn't pay but having a daughter of my own and understanding the parents need to want to help out i give in..

5 weeks ago she mentions on FB that her phone was giving her problems, freezing up, dropping calls etc. Since her phone is covered under warranty and has insurance i advised she go to the Sprint store and let them look at it she says she did but they couldn't do anything (they have no record of her ever coming in) I remind her again that it is covered to contact sprint on the phone and for $100 she could get her $400 phone replaced easily.. don't hear back from her, her mom tries to call her to see how she made out.. no answer, a few days later sends her a text.. no answer, facebook message, no answer despite the fact she is updating her status constantly.. through facebook we find out that her boyfriend bought her a new phone, because she is under a 2 yr contract that she SWORE begged and promised she would pay and honor- mom sends her another message letting her know that she needs to either continue paying the $40 a month or pay the $200 to cancel the contract and guess what? no answer! Until last night she sends a message "Hi mom no im not mad at you, i just didn't get your message until now we don't have internet because we are broke" Does she mention the phone? nope! but she sure does post all over facebook about all the partying, drinking and gambling her, her boyfriend and friends have been doing.. *sighs*

At this point i really would rather she just give me the phone back and go away..

[Gemme]

The title says it all as to what pissed me off today:

Gay Student's Flamboyant Behavior Blamed For His Murder

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/1..._lnk2%7C115322


Only a few hours had passed after 17-year-old Brandon McInerney had pled guilty to the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Lawrence "Larry" King at E.O. Green Junior High School when the media started pointing fingers.

The Los Angeles Times ran a story the same day, November 21, which said that the assistant principal at the school, who is openly gay, had been criticized for being "more intent on protecting King's civil rights" than "acknowledging that his dress and behavior were causing problems."

In a separate piece, also published Monday, the LA Times reported that the murdered teen's mother, Dawn King, had sought the help of school officials in "toning down her son's behavior" just a few days before the shooting. But she was allegedly told by the administration that King had "a civil right to explore his sexual identity."

During his live radio show on November 22, Rush Limbaugh claimed the school's progressive attitude was at fault for King's murder. "He was showing up in school dressed as a woman," Limbaugh said. "So now a confused 17-year-old is dead because the school [said] 'Ah, there's nothing we can do.'"

But Limbaugh had his facts wrong, according to Superintendent Jerry Dannenberg, who told The Huffington Post over the phone on Tuesday that King had not broken the rules of the middle school's dress code, which forbid a male student to wear dresses to school. It's true that Larry King wore heels, makeup, and jewelry to class. But none of these things were against the school's dress policy, said Dannenberg.

Dannenberg also told The Huffington Post that he did not know "for a fact" that King's mother had been rebuffed by school officials when she came to them for help before the shooting occurred.

Brandon McInerney, King's killer, was a Hitler enthusiast who was born to a meth-addicted mother and was beaten by his drug-addicted father.

McInerney was friends with neo-Nazis in the Oxnard area, according to testimony from an investigator. When law-enforcement officials searched his room, they found seven of Hitler's speeches along with a notebook full of "elaborate drawings of Nazi symbols and regalia."

On February 12, 2008, after days of conflict between the two students, McInerney, who was 14 at the time, sat down behind King in computer class around 8:00 a.m. McInerney pulled a .22 caliber handgun from his bag and shot King twice in the head, before dropping the weapon and leaving school grounds.

Neither Limbaugh nor the LA Times stories went into great detail about McInerney's background or his actions. But Limbaugh quoted freely from a Newsweek cover story on Larry King's murder, which was written in the summer of 2008, a few months after the shooting occurred. The Newsweek article described the teen as someone who liked to "slick up his curly hair" into a "Prince-like bouffant," and as someone who "acted out from an early age" and "pushed his rights as far as he could."

But was the school's tolerance of King's flamboyant behavior to blame for the fatal shooting on that tragic morning in February of 2008?

There are many who think E.O. Green Junior High, which is located roughly 60 miles west of Los Angeles, in Oxnard, California, isn't progressive enough--that the school should be teaching students to be understanding of a variety of sexual orientations.

"A more inclusive and holistic sex education is needed in our current school system," Luis Guerra told The Huffington Post in an email. Guerra is a Program Manager at the Health Initiative For Youth, a San Francisco-based organization founded in 1992 to educate young people about HIV prevention.

"This is something that sex education could have prevented," he said.

Guerra explained that implementing comprehensive sex education in middle schools can be extremely difficult, because the term "sex education" makes people think of sexual activity among children. But that's not what sex ed is, he said. Good sex ed teaches students about sexual orientation, gender identity and tolerance.

"Middle school is a good time to start addressing gender issues," said Sandi Goldstein, the project director for the California Adolescent Health Collaborative, a statewide coalition of organizations devoted to promoting adolescent health. "Schools can be a safe place to reinforce the fact that not all boys need to conform to the images of men we see in the media."

Dannenberg, the district superintendent, said that E.O. Green does offer sex ed classes, which teach students about "all the FDA-approved kinds of contraception." But the classes are optional, he said, and "don't include anything about gay rights or homosexuality in the curriculum."

In July, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill that requires California's public schools to include lessons on the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender figures in its social studies classes. The bill does not say at which grade level the lessons should start.

Still, the state of California does not require schools to teach sex ed. It only mandates that HIV/AIDS education be taught to students at least once in middle school and once in high

[durrrrrrrr]

well, they be doing this for years

but

why the fuck do they sale 10 hot dogs and yet sale 8 hot dog buns?? sale either one to equal out the other damn it

[AtLast]

The dog poop left on my lawn that I walked in!! There are times that I want to follow the jerk that doesn't pick it up home and throw a bag with it in it on his porch!!!

Most people are really good about picking up after their dog, but this one guy seems to relish in leaving it behind most of the time. I would never do that to someone.

[Luckydwg07]

Visiting my family my Mom told me about this guy that does the same thing whenhe walks by with his 2 lil white dogs. Mind you there is an ordinance in their small community & most people have dogs and walk them. I bring my 3 dogs down with me when I visit.After a back & forth with my sisters & Mom Everyone told me I better not to knock on his door because they have to live there (blah-blah). Just wanted to talk to the guy-Thats reasonable.
I hate to put those "curb your dog signs" the ones they are for ignore them anyway.
so far I had 2 white bags of poop and I left them on the edge of the sidewalk & lawn with a note " you forgot part of your dog please don't leave him behind" No word yet

Originally Posted by AtLast

The dog poop left on my lawn that I walked in!! There are times that I want to follow the jerk that doesn't pick it up home and throw a bag with it in it on his porch!!!

Most people are really good about picking up after their dog, but this one guy seems to relish in leaving it behind most of the time. I would never do that to someone.

[GreeneyedMe]

The fact that some people do not understand simple English.
For example: "NO". "I do not want to date ANYONE right now." "NO." "Please leave me alone and stop texting me."
Ummmmm hello, how much more clear do I need to be????
Then you buy me a what??



You are an EX for a reason!!!!

[Sassy]

Corporate announced another round of 40hr furloughs for the next quarter.

[Rockinonahigh]

My neighbors down the street who have two huge boxers thay let roam the streets now and then,they knocked over my trash cans,made a big mistake of running towards me while I was on the carport cleaning out my car.I hollored NO..Go Away,twice...they kept comeing so I pulld out the fire extenguisher out of the trunk that I was cleaning and sprayed them both in the face with it.They did an about face then headed home with the soda spray from the extenguisher all over them.Im waiting for him to say somethign to me but sofar he hasnt,my nextdoor neighbor filled a complaint with the animal controll about what happened..she is 80yro and was tending her small guarden or whats left of it when this happened.Turned out yesterday the controll officers had a complaint from another neighbor because one of the dogs was threatning the yard man when he was working on her yard.

[Leigh]

My Winnipeg Jets lost their hockey game GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Luckydwg07]

Aahhhhaaa I love this!!!write a letter maybe they will send you a case of buns I know I know you will still have more hotdogs then buns

Originally Posted by durrrrrrrr

well, they be doing this for years

but

why the fuck do they sale 10 hot dogs and yet sale 8 hot dog buns?? sale either one to equal out the other damn it

[Luckydwg07]

I let my dogs out one more time before bed & it's dark as ink. I call in a loud whisper my dogs names to come in over & over again & when I don't hear any leaves wrestling I search for them with the flash light there they are standing 10 feet away just staring at me. I get mad then I laugh

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

My neighbors down the street who have two huge boxers thay let roam the streets now and then,they knocked over my trash cans,made a big mistake of running towards me while I was on the carport cleaning out my car.I hollored NO..Go Away,twice...they kept comeing so I pulld out the fire extenguisher out of the trunk that I was cleaning and sprayed them both in the face with it.They did an about face then headed home with the soda spray from the extenguisher all over them.Im waiting for him to say somethign to me but sofar he hasnt,my nextdoor neighbor filled a complaint with the animal controll about what happened..she is 80yro and was tending her small guarden or whats left of it when this happened.Turned out yesterday the controll officers had a complaint from another neighbor because one of the dogs was threatning the yard man when he was working on her yard.

Bad owners. You should spray them.

Originally Posted by Bard

having to try to take out a loan, can't even afford my PT right now not to mention that it is Christmas and my daughters birthday
and all of this because of helping a friend
that is what I get for helping right
well it is ramen for dinner for a while

I've been told to only lend money I don't expect to get back. Truer words have yet to be spoken.

Originally Posted by Luckydwg07

I let my dogs out one more time before bed & it's dark as ink. I call in a loud whisper my dogs names to come in over & over again & when I don't hear any leaves wrestling I search for them with the flash light there they are standing 10 feet away just staring at me. I get mad then I laugh

Probably wondering why you were talking so funny.

I'm not pissed; just irritated that I have to go do something for work on my first day of vacation.

[LeftWriteFemme]