HER FIVE CENTS

So, remember how I used to be really loud and sort of obnoxious on the blog? And then it sort of (notice the sort of) went away? It's because of the secret blog. I think what i am going to do though, is just get back to this. I'm not sure what this is going to be. It might be a mommy blog, or a I-hate-everyone blog, or maybe it will be a cooking blog (say what?), ALL depending on my mood.

Another thing.

I can't remember if I have posted here or not about how I am cutting people out. It's such a weird experience for me. I have always had a lot of friends. But I haven't always been a good friend. So this cutting people out, is weird. It feels wrong, but it feels good. Because I can now work on being a great friend to those that will have me. It's not that I am cutting them out necessarily, it's more that I have stopped being SO concerned with pleasing them. You know? We all have those people in our lives that we sort of keep around for some reason. Well, not me! I'm cleaning house. That's rude huh? I sound like a huge beeyotch. But that might be what I am.

Did you know that I hate flies? I used to never kill them. But since there is pretty much an infestation of them at my house, I can't help but feel an overwhelming need to whack them. Really hard. Wow. Angry person I am. I am back to the "I hate everyone" stage of life. Even though I don't really.

All I can hear right now is the sound of their buzzing. Gross. They die in the winter time right? Do moths come out in winter? Because i hate those too. So bad.

Anyway, I really do like you a lot. Only if you are reading this. j/k. lol. brb. And with that, I'll pass.

Awkward moment of the day occurred in the Safeway checkout line. The lady in front of me (who was 80 years old with pigtails tied with scrunchies), bought 2 candy bars. Well they are on sale. Buy 2, get 1 free. So cashier lady told pigtail lady to get another one. So I am up next. I too bought candy bars AND got my free one. Cashier lady starts telling me how she has so much candy even though she has not purchased any in years! It's been in her freezer. I offered what I thought was a smart suggestion. "Hand it out to the kids at Halloween". Smart right?

No.

She proceeds to tell me how Halloween is the devils holiday and how "people don't really know what they are celebrating. They are celebrating the dead. and Satan." Oh my. It was intense. Jehovah's Witness much? Yeah. Pretty sure. It was sort of a long and embarrassing schpeel about the whole thing.

Now I'm not a big fan of Halloween. In fact, I hate it. But not for those reasons. The whole conversation was really unnecessary.

I wish we could have talked about my reasons for hating it. You spend lots of money on stupid costumes that you wear for ONE DAY! Don't tell me about how you are so crafty and make your own and it's free. Cause even then, it's not free. You spend the time sewing and stressing all for someone who doesn't really care. Also, there is the candy. I love candy. But I hate spending LOTS of money on candy that I don't even get to eat. Yes, I started hating Halloween after I became an adult. Wait, that's not even true. I think I really began hating it around the time puberty/awkward stage of life started. When it mattered whether you went as a nurse or a witch, or Marsha Brady (all the popular kids went as the Spice Girls). I always wanted to be something that involved an expensive costume (a princess, or angel, or something). But we couldn't afford it. And I think that's when it happened. The hating of Halloween.

I have always wanted to be the one that doesn't "moderate" comments. I believe in free and anonymous speech. Except when you are a spammer. Therefore, I have had to unallow? Disallow? Cut-off? anonymous comments on my blog. At first it was just one specific post, but today in my inbox there were a few more posts that had been spammed.

I've been told that once you've been hit, they sort of mark your blog as one that is good for posting stupid stuff. This is one of them from today (I removed the links):

Hi All


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This was another one from before:

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Ugh. So rude. Anyway, so I've blocked YES that's the word I was trying to think of, people who don't have Open ID or something like that from posting. We'll see how it goes. I've also added comment approval for posts over 14 days old. Because it seems like all the spam is on posts older than 14 days. How is Google so smart to know that? 
 
That's all for now. I've got some math homework to do. 
 
Oh yeah, and we had our first book club meeting . We are going to read  The Giver.  Do you want to join us? It's going to be LOTS of fun. We would love for you to come.