[Rant] Minor Rant III: For a Few Hollers More

I finally sat down an decided to clean out my clothes that don't fit me anymore since I have lost weight over the past few years. And while it is nice to see all of the clothes that don't fit me since it shows how much weight I have lost but it is also sad because some of my favorite shirts are in the pile of clothes that don't fit. So on one hand I am happy that I lost weight but I am also saddened that there are so many awesome shirts that I love that I have to get rid of. Most of them were purchased from one a day shirt sites so I most likely won't be able to ever replace them.
 
I finally sat down an decided to clean out my clothes that don't fit me anymore since I have lost weight over the past few years. And while it is nice to see all of the clothes that don't fit me since it shows how much weight I have lost but it is also sad because some of my favorite shirts are in the pile of clothes that don't fit. So on one hand I am happy that I lost weight but I am also saddened that there are so many awesome shirts that I love that I have to get rid of. Most of them were purchased from one a day shirt sites so I most likely won't be able to ever replace them.
You could turn them into banner flags.
 
Or alter them so they fit again (perhaps not worth the money/effort, but if there are a couple you really, really, love...).
 
I had put it in the blog section, but my girl was asexual. She didn't know when we first started becoming close why she felt the way she did until I started researching. A few support sites for asexual people was pretty much a word for word description of things she told me about how she felt. As hard as it was for me at first to get past this aspect, I had really come to terms with it and was enjoying being with her just because we complimented each other so well. But she felt that even with all that, she didn't feel "love" and felt that she could just never feel that way no matter what, that she is "broken". She was sobbing when we met this morning because she said she really did care for me, but she didn't want to continue to "lead me on" if she was never going to be able to really love me.

It eats me up because I really wish there was something I could do to help her or reassure her. We're still very close, and I think I will always care for her deeply. But all I can do now is be her friend and be the support she needs. Still doesn't make it hurt less though.
 
So I decided to delete all my friends on Facebook and then go through are re-add people that came to my mind - people that are relevant and on my mind. HOLY SHIT! Some people take getting unfriended to heart.
 
So I decided to delete all my friends on Facebook and then go through are re-add people that came to my mind - people that are relevant and on my mind. HOLY SHIT! Some people take getting unfriended to heart.
I just add people to the "I don't see them" list. I don't unfriend, but unless I go to their page I don't see anything that they post.
 
I just add people to the "I don't see them" list. I don't unfriend, but unless I go to their page I don't see anything that they post.

I generally don't give a shit about Facebook or who friends or unfriends me. Some people take it extremely seriously and to heart though...
 
Just a way to reduce drama in your life. since facebook now tells people when you unfriend them. Facebook itself will randomly throw people off (and change settings like switching to "Top Stories" instead of "Most Recent" on newsfeed) and it's doesn't make a splash at all. I've had facebook drop a close friend twice, in the middle of a active exchange that was taking course across a week or so of posts to each other.
 
I just add people to the "I don't see them" list. I don't unfriend, but unless I go to their page I don't see anything that they post.
I do the same thing. I have a list for them that is blocked from seeing my posts and I remove them from my newsfeed. Then I don't have to deal with drama. Works for distant relatives, too.
 
I almost have to. I'm 5000 miles away. I added my mom because it's easier to show her pictures of the kids on FB, but then the cousins see I'm friends with her and they all send me friend requests. It's easier for me to add them so they aren't butt hurt, then toss them on my acquaintance list so they don't show up on my timeline.
 

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I'm afraid I haven't revisited those people I blocked last year that constantly posted terrible political stuff.

Turns out I don't miss the posts they made when they weren't political...
I do the same thing. I can't handle people who post stupid, unresearched political stuff from any political perspective. But especially from the right. It always seems to be accompanied with anger and bile and personal insults against politicians. At least the annoying lefties just say (sometimes really) stupid things.
 

figmentPez

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I was up until 3AM writing a History paper. I got it done, but I am so tired right now. It is going to be rough getting through today. Hopefully I'll get home in time this afternoon to get at least an hour nap before my first dress rehearsal tonight.
 
For the unresearched political crap, 32 soldiers died in Afghanistan yesterday and the lamestream media won't report it... That is so fucking offensive. Only once did we have those type of casualties in a single day, and that was because a huge helicopter was shot down.
 

Cajungal

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I don't like when parents force their kids into after school activities--especially the younger ones. It's almost time for the Spring musical, and I have 4 first graders who have all but admitted that they never wanted to be here. They're screwing around the whole time, throwing off the kids who have worked their asses off to put together a wonderful show. I wish we could kick them out. It would be a relief for these over-scheduled children. Our school has almost no extraculliculars since we're understaffed, so I think a lot of parents jump on choir as a way to get the quiet ones to "come out of their shell." Problem is, that's just who they are. No one said that a shy, quiet kid is broken. Let them find out who the hell they are. Or if you're going to put your foot down, do it in the summer when they're bored anyway--don't piss off your already ragged teachers by making us into glorified babysitters for your reluctant kids.

Seriously, this show is awesome, and I don't want them to be disappointed just because a few can't get it together. 95% of them bring their A-game every single week.
 
Speaking as someone who had 8 years of choir and 1 of swing, no... choir is NOT a good way to make shy kids become more social. It IS, however, a great way to give them an unconscious reflex for when they sing in public. Seriously... the second I even THINK someone is paying attention to my singing, my throat constricts and I lose all my range.
 
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