eloisel
Forever Empress E
Well, actually most days.
Why does everything, or most things, have to be family oriented?
I go to a movie - it is R rated. Never fails, all these little moms and dads with their screaming, talking constantly, running up and down the aisles children are there. I spent my money to see and hear the film - not their little out-of-control freaking brats.
Granted, I can live without cussing and pornography. But, I am sick to death of all these message boards being so concerned about being family oriented. There are message boards appropriate for children - where children can talk to other children about things of interest to children - school, does he like her or does he like her like her, homework, being grounded for burping at the dining table, how to express their individuality by being exactly the same, how cool it is to have an iPod with 600 downloaded tunes that it cost $600 and 200 days to download to their idea of the hottest music. That is all fine and good - for them - but I do not want to be forced to live in that mind numbing drivil.
Then there are those stupid family Christmas Newsletters. Reads like a resume: "Little Johnny made all As on his report card this year and graduated to 6th grade. He plays little league baseball when he isn't working on a science project. Last spring he won at the science fair with his exhibit of 10 fungus growing petri dishes. Suzy is now in her third year of dance class and hopes to be homecoming queen. John was promoted and now has the corner office and paid parking. I've spearheaded 14 charity fundraisers for underprivileged children in my million dollar homes neighborhood, conducted 21 bake sales, and 300 car washes." Always attached are the pictures of Suzy in full-blown teenage whackout wearing a ballerina outfit and Little Johnny in a baseball uniform holding a bat; mom, dad and the kids on their vacations - standing on a beach, sitting at a sidewalk cafe, rowing a boat. So they do safe, ordinary family activities. Goody for them. Maybe their lives are interesting to them, but frankly, they are so far below interesting they'd have to come up several levels just to be boring.
If I want to be family oriented, I'll be with mine, in person, not on the freaking internet. As crazy as mine are, they at least don't put me to sleep with their constant drone of how special they are because they fit in some sort of idealistic family values mold and they know to shut up and sit still while I'm watching a movie.
Why does everything, or most things, have to be family oriented?
I go to a movie - it is R rated. Never fails, all these little moms and dads with their screaming, talking constantly, running up and down the aisles children are there. I spent my money to see and hear the film - not their little out-of-control freaking brats.
Granted, I can live without cussing and pornography. But, I am sick to death of all these message boards being so concerned about being family oriented. There are message boards appropriate for children - where children can talk to other children about things of interest to children - school, does he like her or does he like her like her, homework, being grounded for burping at the dining table, how to express their individuality by being exactly the same, how cool it is to have an iPod with 600 downloaded tunes that it cost $600 and 200 days to download to their idea of the hottest music. That is all fine and good - for them - but I do not want to be forced to live in that mind numbing drivil.
Then there are those stupid family Christmas Newsletters. Reads like a resume: "Little Johnny made all As on his report card this year and graduated to 6th grade. He plays little league baseball when he isn't working on a science project. Last spring he won at the science fair with his exhibit of 10 fungus growing petri dishes. Suzy is now in her third year of dance class and hopes to be homecoming queen. John was promoted and now has the corner office and paid parking. I've spearheaded 14 charity fundraisers for underprivileged children in my million dollar homes neighborhood, conducted 21 bake sales, and 300 car washes." Always attached are the pictures of Suzy in full-blown teenage whackout wearing a ballerina outfit and Little Johnny in a baseball uniform holding a bat; mom, dad and the kids on their vacations - standing on a beach, sitting at a sidewalk cafe, rowing a boat. So they do safe, ordinary family activities. Goody for them. Maybe their lives are interesting to them, but frankly, they are so far below interesting they'd have to come up several levels just to be boring.
If I want to be family oriented, I'll be with mine, in person, not on the freaking internet. As crazy as mine are, they at least don't put me to sleep with their constant drone of how special they are because they fit in some sort of idealistic family values mold and they know to shut up and sit still while I'm watching a movie.
