So I found a web site that has bras that actually will fit me...I'm impressed...it's been impossible to find one for less then $50 but this site has them for $32...So for all my real sized friends (size 12 or bigger), if you want sexy lingerie, try this site.
Ok, now i've seen everything...I'm on a site called FetLife, it's for the BDSM community, and there a groups so you can discuss whatever your fetish may be...well there is a new group...BDSM Christian Virgins...yes you saw that correctly, BDSM Christian Virgins... people who are christian, virgin and into the BDSM lifestyle...and since they are virgins I'm assuming that means none of the sex related BDSM....well I guess it takes all kinds...
Mike Powers, the owner of The Power Exchange (a BDSM sex club in SanFrancisco), had this to say about the BDSM community. "They love me or they hate me," he said. "They either want to get a rope and string me up, or they say, 'Hey, get over here, and I'll get a rope and string you up.'"
Squishy just walked all by himself! I'm sitting on the couch and he was walking with his hand on the wall and he saw the cat so he took his hand off the wall and took the 4 steps to get to the cat.
We had an interesting night last night. I woke up around 2am because the light in the hall went on. I looked up to see someone walking from my bedroom into the living room. Apparently an ASU student was at a party and got really trashed and got in a fight with her boyfriend. She ran off from the party and wandered into our place. So we had to deal with a drunk, hysterical, 19 yr old college student. Ended up having to call the cops and paramedics cause she didn't have any ID or any way to get her home and she was so drunk that she threw up on my chair and ended up passing out on my living room floor. All the commotion woke up the baby twice... and it was an hour before everybody was out of the house and I could try and get back to sleep.
So I pulled a stupid today, was in the car and tried to reach behind me to get my wallet and tore the muscle in my shoulder. It is excruciatingly painful. Since I've been pestering Shiny* to take care of the torn muscles in her knee, I fully expect her to pester me. After all, turn about is fair play.
Squishy is doing well, getting really big and crawling all over the place. We've been taking him swimming just about every other day to try and make sure he is never afraid of water. Now that he has a float it is easier as I don't have to carry him the entire time. He loves to lean over and splash water at me. :)
*Shiny is a friend from the SCA that we rescued from Colorado. She has been staying with us since the beginning of the month and we are talking about finding a larger place for the 4 of us...possibly even buying a house together. And yes, the name Shiny fits her very well.
I apologize in advance as this will offend some, but it is an accurate representation of my feelings on the Christian religion and talking to die hard "Born Agains".
Grrrrr...I hate this, I love Minion dearly, but when he isn't here or is running his StarWars game I get soooo lonely. I sooo need company on nights like tonight. The baby's been asleep since 8 and I've been just sitting here watching movies and wishing I was anywhere but here. Our friend we call Shiney will be here by the end of the month and that should help, and if I can get a job, that would help too. But tonight...just sitting here alone...just makes me depressed.
I got a letter for some Jehovahs Witnesses asking me to attend their Kingdom Hall. Here is the letter, warts and all:
Nathaniel Pedersen
I am writing you, because we can't call at your home.
In these difficult times people like to find sound guidence. The Bible helps us see were we are in the stream of Time. and what the future hold for us and our familys. In John 17:3 it says "This means everlasting life. There Taking in Knowldege of You The only True God, and the one who you sent forth Jesus Christ." We offer free home Bible Study, if you are interested please call me, I am sending you an invitation to visit our Kingdom Hall at 4:00 P.M. on Sunday. at xxxxx SE xxxx St. for a Free Bible Discourse + Watchtower Study
Sincerely, Marlene (503) xxx-xxxx
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Pretty awesome, right? Rather than ignore this letter I sent back one of my own, as follows. Note that I did my best to make this look like official-type stationary:
To Whom it May Concern:
Thank you for your interest in the eternal soul of our client, Mr. Nathaniel J. Pedersen. However at this time Mr. Pedersen's soul is being held by my firm as Mr. Pedersen traded it for some Ovaltine (hot!), a copy of Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo on laser-disc and a ninety-day supply of strawberry Pocky.
However, if you or any of your congregation would like a free quote on an immortal spirit trade deal please feel free to give me a call and set up an appointment. We'd love to hear from you!
Sincerely, Lucifer Morningstar Satan & Associates, Inc.
I was going to wait to post this until I heard more details, and I've heard enough now.
Amazon.com, the go-to place for books, DVDs, music, and other stuff (but mostly books) has done a bad thing. A very bad thing. They have removed the sales ranks of any books deemed too "adult" for general audiences. This includes anything with LGBTQ content. This includes children's books like "Heather Has Two Mommies". Because this book, written for five-year-olds, featuring no sex, violence, swearing, or nudity, is somehow too adult.
Here's the letter a concerned Amazon customer received upon inquiring about this:
In consideration of our entire customer base, we exclude "adult" material from appearing in some searches and best seller lists. Since these lists are generated using sales ranks, adult materials must also be excluded from that feature.
Hence, if you have further questions, kindly write back to us.
Best regards,
Ashlyn D Member Services Amazon.com Advantage
Now, someone from Amazon has since said that this is a glitch, and that there isn't even a rule about adult content. How does a "glitch" go about sending an email explaining the adult content rule? If all the LGBTQ books suddenly disappeared, just "Woop! All gone!", that would be a database error. But this has been happening slowly, over a period of months, with things being taken down one by one. This leads me to believe it is a person, or group of people, systematically removing the ranks by hand. I suppose it could be a few rogue employees, but I highly doubt it.
What does removal of sales rankings mean? Since the search results are displayed in order of rank, if you don't have any number at all for a rank, the book won't come up in searches. No more stumbling onto a good LGBT book. LGBT books no longer have the opportunity to be a bestseller. You can't be #1 if they won't let you have a number at all. Several books that were once on bestseller lists have disappeared from those rankings.
Guess what the top ranked book under the search "homosexuality" is: "A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality".
Amazon sells sex toys. Those still have rankings. They sell "Lolita", which is all about pedophilia. That is ranked #2,925. Diablo Cody's memoir of her stripping days has a rank, but not a gay author's recounting of his days at a gay strip club. They sell Hitler's book "Mein Kamph". That hasn't been deemed "too adult" for a sales ranking. Some heterosexual erotica books have had their ranking removed, but not heterosexual romance.
Lots of the LGBTQ books that have been deemed "too adult" have no sex in them. Radclyffe Hall's "Well of Loneliness", written in the early 1900's, with zero sex scenes at all, has had it's ranking removed. It seems that simply the act of being gay is inherently "too adult" for people to handle.
Self-help books written for LGBTQ people have had their rankings removed. Books whose message is "Hey, don't commit suicide because you're gay, there's another way." Books that people might really need to find now cannot be found.
And here's the kicker: you must be 18 in order to buy anything from Amazon anyway! Why exactly are they screening so-called "adult" material in the first place? I'm sorry conservatives, but if you don't want to see LGBT books come up in your search results, you need to build a time machine and go back in time. There will still be gay people, because there always has been and always will be, but at least you won't have to be inconvenienced by having the people around you acknowledging them as human beings.
This is obvious discrimination, and it makes no sense. Shouldn't they be doing everything in their power to sell as many books as possible in this economy?
So what can you do about it? Well, most GLBTQ creators and supporters are calling for a ban on Amazon until it's reversed, and I think that's a good idea. Until they reverse the ban, do not order anything from them. There are other places to buy what they're selling. You can also call Amazon: 1-800-201-7575 or email them: ecr@amazon.com. Let them know how disgusting and discriminatory this is.
April 26th is my birthday, I'm going to be 21 plus shipping and handling ;D So April 25th I'm having a get together...BBQ and pool/hot tub at my place. This is a family friendly event as there will be smalls there, however after 9 when the smalls go home or to bed, there will be drinking and debauchery in my condo. We don't have a large place but we do have some crash space if necessary. Please let me know if you are going to make it.
Grrrr...so went to put the crib together so Squishy can sleep in his own room and we are missing the dresser that goes with it...no biggie I thought...I can survive without the dresser...WRONG! without the dresser the crib is useless and can't be put together. So if anyone knows of anyone getting rid of a crib...I have a crib mattress already just need the crib.
so i know it's been awhile since I did an actual post...so here goes.
In October when I came back from maternity leave, I got fired. That really sucked cause it's hard to take care of a new family when you have no income. Fortunately my hubby is on SSI so that plus my UI was enough to pay bills and keep us going. Well, now the UI has run out and I still haven't found work. I've gone from looking for just customer service jobs to looking for anything...including grocery stores and whatnot...this sucks. I still haven't gotten anything but one place that told me I was overqualified....yea, but I still need to pay rent. So I've been a bit stressed out. The baby is doing well, had his first ear infection back in January...he's getting huge, 98% for height and weight for his age...only 7 months and already growing out of the 9 month clothes. I got my tax return last month and we bought a car, now we just have to get it fixed up so JD can turn it into a cab and help bring in money. He is a really good cab driver. Went to Etrella War last month, baby's first camping trip...it got too cold for him at night and he and I went home early. Other then that, just been surviving...hanging out with friends...soaking in the hot tub...you know, the usual. Our policy is if any of our friends want to hang out and soak in the hot tub, come on over and we'll go soak.
So that's about it...not much new is happening...I'm starting to think about planning a get together for my b-day next month, any ideas are welcome.
So I've been having back issues off and on since I had my son, sometimes it hurt so bad that it made me nauseous. Last Friday one of those episodes hit. It was a bad one and lasted all weekend and I wasn't able to eat all weekend. So Monday I went to the UrgentCare so I could get a referral to a Chiropractor. They didn't even bother checking my back, they took a look at my urine results and told me to go to the hospital. So I get to the ER and they take a look at the results that the UrgentCare got and hook me up to an IV. You know how the IV goes drip...drip...drip at the rate your body absorbs the fluid? mine was going dripdripdrip. They did an ultrasound and x-ray and admitted me. Turns out I don't have back problems, it was all a result of Gallbladder disease. I had 3 gallstones blocking my system. They gave me lots of painkillers and scheduled me for surgery on Tuesday. So Tuesday they took out my Gallbladder and Wednesday they took out the 3 stones. Lots of painkillers later I am now home with 6 holes in my tummy and can't do a whole lot.
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