(12-18-2012 06:18 PM)Harold-L Wrote:  Thanks guys!
Just for the record, my birthday was actually yesterday and not last Saturday. I was just ...yeah, "celebrating" it last Saturday.

I'm glad to hear someone celebrates his/her birthday like I do, for sometimes days on end...especially when I belonged to a birthday club!

Quote:I did have an okay day yesterday though. I got some good news at school that put me in a good mood. So yay.

I'm glad to hear you had a good day on your birthday as well as good news from school!

Here's a dumb question but, what's a birthday club?

I can't say I'm a big fan of celebrating birthdays, especially my own. If I had a say in it, my birthday would have been completely ignored by everyone I know, me included.

(12-20-2012 02:58 AM)Harold-L Wrote:  Here's a dumb question but, what's a birthday club?

Actually, Harold, that's a great question!
Three of us girls started celebrating each other's birthdays by going out to lunch or dinner, putting $5.00 in a birthday card which we signed. As the years went by, more girls joined. The sad part of it all was some trouble started to brew and they all ended it. I left before that even became an issue because I sensed that some of the women just weren't too happy with each other and the get-togethers ended up in some 'barbs' instead of good, clean laughter and fun, of which I am a huge proponent of.

Quote:I can't say I'm a big fan of celebrating birthdays, especially my own. If I had a say in it, my birthday would have been completely ignored by everyone I know, me included.

Somehow we have to change that for you, Harold! You see, every person who has a birthday should be honoured by others because he/she was born and is a Gift to the world, bringing one's own talents, too.

Quote:Actually, Harold, that's a great question!
Three of us girls started celebrating each other's birthdays by going out to lunch or dinner, putting $5.00 in a birthday card which we signed. As the years went by, more girls joined. The sad part of it all was some trouble started to brew and they all ended it. I left before that even became an issue because I sensed that some of the women just weren't too happy with each other and the get-togethers ended up in some 'barbs' instead of good, clean laughter and fun, of which I am a huge proponent of.

Not to be stereotypical or anything, but any kind of all-girl group seems to always end in chaos. Women never seem to be able to get along for too long. Too bad though, that sounds like a fun way to celebrate your birthday.

Quote:Somehow we have to change that for you, Harold! You see, every person who has a birthday should be honoured by others because he/she was born and is a Gift to the world, bringing one's own talents, too.Smile

I was about to say something very negative and pessimistic as a response, but I'll keep that to myself.

(12-22-2012 05:40 AM)Harold-L Wrote:  Actually, Harold, that's a great question!
Three of us girls started celebrating each other's birthdays by going out to lunch or dinner, putting $5.00 in a birthday card which we signed. As the years went by, more girls joined. The sad part of it all was some trouble started to brew and they all ended it. I left before that even became an issue because I sensed that some of the women just weren't too happy with each other and the get-togethers ended up in some 'barbs' instead of good, clean laughter and fun, of which I am a huge proponent of.

Quote:Not to be stereotypical or anything, but any kind of all-girl group seems to always end in chaos. Women never seem to be able to get along for too long. Too bad though, that sounds like a fun way to celebrate your birthday.

Not too worry, Harold, I agree with you about all-girl groups ending in chaos sometimes. I don't know why that is, if jealousy rears it's ugly head or some competition arises, l just don't know...

Quote:Somehow we have to change that for you, Harold! You see, every person who has a birthday should be honoured by others because he/she was born and is a Gift to the world, bringing one's own talents, too.Smile

Quote:I was about to say something very negative and pessimistic as a response, but I'll keep that to myself.

Maybe that would be okay as I would just say something positive in a way of comeback. By the time I was through you would be looking SO forward to every birthday!

Quote:Not too worry, Harold, I agree with you about all-girl groups ending in chaos sometimes. I don't know why that is, if jealousy rears it's ugly head or some competition arises, l just don't know...005_ssad

Women are evil. Evil beings don't get along very well.
Is that a valid theory?

Another female stereotype, which probably plays a role in why women don't get along too well, is the act of gossiping. Seems to be another true stereotype. All my co-workers at the animal shelter are female, so I get a window into female group dynamics there. The minute one co-worker is absent, the others are saying something behind her back. Not necessarily anything very bad, but they do criticize each other a lot. I don't even want to imagine what they're saying about me when I'm not there.

Quote:Maybe that would be okay as I would just say something positive in a way of comeback. By the time I was through you would be looking SO forward to every birthday!Smile

Your optimism is no match for my pessimism, trust me.

(12-23-2012 05:50 AM)Harold-L Wrote:  

Quote:Not too worry, Harold, I agree with you about all-girl groups ending in chaos sometimes. I don't know why that is, if jealousy rears it's ugly head or some competition arises, l just don't know...005_ssad

Women are evil. Evil beings don't get along very well.
Is that a valid theory?

W...e...l...l; I wouldn't call all of us evil; I try not to be...

Quote:Another female stereotype, which probably plays a role in why women don't get along too well, is the act of gossiping. Seems to be another true stereotype. All my co-workers at the animal shelter are female, so I get a window into female group dynamics there. The minute one co-worker is absent, the others are saying something behind her back. Not necessarily anything very bad, but they do criticize each other a lot.

I do agree about work and the female. I've heard some awful things said about other women and then lo and behold, the sayer acts nice as pie later to the person the group was talking about. Makes me want to

Quote:I don't even want to imagine what they're saying about me when I'm not there.

Chances are if you hear the same woman/women talking behind someone else's back, you can be quite sure you won't be missed for a metaphorical 'stabbing', too.

Quote:Maybe that would be okay as I would just say something positive in a way of comeback. By the time I was through you would be looking SO forward to every birthday!Smile

Quote:Your optimism is no match for my pessimism, trust me.

That sounds like a friendly dare. Maybe we can invent an pessimism/optimism game?

Quote:I do agree about work and the female. I've heard some awful things said about other women and then lo and behold, the sayer acts nice as pie later to the person the group was talking about. Makes me want to Sick3

Yep, it's annoying.

Quote:Chances are if you hear the same woman/women talking behind someone else's back, you can be quite sure you won't be missed for a metaphorical 'stabbing', too.005_ssad

Yeah... I think you're right about that. Sadly, with my social skills, I give them a lot to talk about too.

Maybe I should do what George in Seinfeld did. When he thought that some people were talking behind his back he "accidentally" forgot a briefcase containing a microphone in the room to record what they said about him. It's a solid plan. I don't think I would enjoy listening to the tape though.

Quote:That sounds like a friendly dare. Maybe we can invent an pessimism/optimism game?Smile

Nobody would play it anyway.

...See. My pessimism wins.

(12-23-2012 09:56 AM)Harold-L Wrote:  

Quote:I do agree about work and the female. I've heard some awful things said about other women and then lo and behold, the sayer acts nice as pie later to the person the group was talking about. Makes me want to Sick3
Yep, it's annoying.

Why isn't it easier to say something nice about a person rather than put him/her down? If one can't find something nice, saying nothing at all is better, IMHO.

Quote:Chances are if you hear the same woman/women talking behind someone else's back, you can be quite sure you won't be missed for a metaphorical 'stabbing', too.005_ssad
Yeah... I think you're right about that. Sadly, with my social skills, I give them a lot to talk about too.

If your social skills are like they are here, then I think you are doing very well! I will repeat that I think your sense of humour is great! Anyone that has that has my vote every time!

Quote:Maybe I should do what George in Seinfeld did. When he thought that some people were talking behind his back he "accidentally" forgot a briefcase containing a microphone in the room to record what they said about him. It's a solid plan. I don't think I would enjoy listening to the tape though.

I remember that, it makes me laugh just thinking about that! Also "Festivus for the rest of us!":laughing6:

Quote:That sounds like a friendly dare. Maybe we can invent an pessimism/optimism game?Smile

Nobody would play it anyway.

...See. My pessimism wins.

Er....not exactly....because we ARE sort of playing it right now!

Quote:Why isn't it easier to say something nice about a person rather than put him/her down? If one can't find something nice, saying nothing at all is better, IMHO.

I agree.

Then again, we're talking about gossiping women behind their backs. So we're gossiping ourselves. Maybe we should try to say something nice about the gossiping women instead of putting them down?

Quote:If your social skills are like they are here, then I think you are doing very well! I will repeat that I think your sense of humour is great!Smile Anyone that has that has my vote every time!Smile

Thanks.
I'm nothing like this in real life though. I don't have a sense of humour to speak of.

Quote:Er....not exactly....because we ARE sort of playing it right now!Happy

We are? In that case, I'm sure you're winning. I never win at anything...

I'm incredibly bored, so I'll just write down some random thoughts here.

Random thought #1: The fact that people can be so cruel never ceases to amaze me. This woman came to visit a cat at the cat shelter last week. The cat is only 7 months old, a lovely lil guy, but she had decided to take him to the vet and put him to sleep. It was the vet who phoned the shelter and asked if they could take the cat because he didn't think it right to him to sleep for no good reason at all. Why did she want to put the cat to sleep? She had "found the love of her life!" and was oh so in love with him, but, alas, he didn't like cats. So, what other solution was there but to murder the cat? Apparently she wasn't even ashamed of it. She told the woman who runs the shelter, a woman who devotes her life to save homeless and mistreated cats, that she wanted to put the cat to sleep simply because "the love of her life" didn't want to have anything to do with it. I actually talked to her too, before knowing why she was there. I just assumed that she had found the cat somewhere and brought it to the shelter. I wouldn't have said a word to her, not a kind one anyway, if I had known why she was there. She confused me though, because my initial impression of her was that she loved cats. She was telling me what great work we do at the shelter, that we were amazing for helping all those "poor homeless cats, they're oh so lucky to have you". How can you just kill a young healthy cat for no good reason, and still act as if you feel sorry for "all the homeless cats" at the shelter? Doesn't she realise that it's because of people like her that the shelter is so full of mistreated cats?
Bleh. Stupid woman.
I must say, I have all the respect in the world for the woman who runs that place. She's the one who has to deal with all these idiotic people, and she has to smile and act all nice to them. I've heard her tell so many stories, and I just don't know how she does it. I don't think I would have been able to resist punching some of the people she has had to deal with.

Random thought #2! ...I want to walk "El Camino de Santiago"!
I've been talking about it for years, but I've never had the guts to actually do it. The thing is that I'd have to do it alone. I don't know many people, and the ones I know would not like to do something like this. And ...the idea of doing something like this completely alone is a little daunting. Well, it's more than a little daunting. I feel that it's something I have to do though, for a number of reasons. I have the money for it (it's not precisely an expensive trip) and I most certainly have the time to do it at the moment. So I'm seriously considering it. If I do it, I'll do it later this spring, possibly at the beginning of summer, so I have time to make plans. I hope I go through with it though. I think a trip like this would do me some good.

...Does anyone feel like joining me? Eh? Eh? Come on, you know you want to!

Random thought #3! ...my cat doesn't let me sleep at night! He wakes me up at 6 EVERY morning. And the thing is that I go to bed at 3. So I get about 3 hours of sleep every night. Once he wakes me I can't go back to sleep. So I'm a little spaced out at the moment. The only thing that keeps me going at the moment is coffee and ice cream.

Random thought #4 - I wonder if ice cream would be good in my coffee? *tries it*

...Nope. Not a fan.

And that's all for now!


I don't remember what I just wrote.
*posts it*

I find it so sad/ it gets me so angry how some people simply view their pets as disposable possessions.

It's just beyond belief.

I have total respect for any pet shops/ animal shelters who vet potential owners before giving animals away. Sadly in the UK, there just aren't enough of them.

Yep, some people seem completely devoid of any form of empathy. If they have this little empathy for animals, something tells me they don't feel much more for other people either. Freakin' psychopaths.
I mean, how can you dump a bunch of kittens in a box, outdoors, when it's -10° C? That's just what someone did the other day at the shelter. Someone capable of that should be locked up somewhere if you ask me. I wouldn't trust that person among other living beings.

I totally agree! I have no idea what's wrong with people nowadays, but it's a sure thing they're lacking any form of empathy!
I mean come on, how can people like that exist when people like my parents prefer our pekingese dog over me..

(12-25-2012 07:48 PM)Harold-L Wrote:  Then again, we're talking about gossiping women behind their backs. So we're gossiping ourselves. Maybe we should try to say something nice about the gossiping women instead of putting them down?

lol; SO true!

Quote:If your social skills are like they are here, then I think you are doing very well! I will repeat that I think your sense of humour is great!Smile Anyone that has that has my vote every time!Smile

Thanks.

Quote:I'm nothing like this in real life though. I don't have a sense of humour to speak of.

Really? I wonder why that is? It sure doesn't show here.

Quote:Er....not exactly....because we ARE sort of playing it right now!Happy

Quote:We are? In that case, I'm sure you're winning. I never win at anything...

I bet you can say something very positive, I bet you can! You're just teasing me.