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and that just seems wrong to me, I went to check it out and all of hubby's aunts have them too, so does his Grandma :eek: glitter letters and all.

I bring this up because I am disturbed that it disturbs me.

I know that a lot of you would probably be shocked, disturbed, or otherwise weirded out to find out that I am in a band. I know that I get a lot of :eek: in real life when people find out. It's funny to me that people assume certain things based on arbitrary rules that make them comfortable.

I, alas, have fallen victim as well, since although I really miss my pink hair, I am not going to dye it again, because I feel like it wouldn't "be right" (whatever that means) for me to have pink hair now.

So, what do you guys think? are there certain things that you can be 'too old' to do? what other arbitrary rules are there? are they arbitrary?

:confused:

I hate to deflate you here Smunkee...but some of us saw through your 'good Christian wife' persona AGES ago, and details like that (having a band) are not shocking in the least :P

But I also have a penchant to defying arbitrary conceptions of who I am...I love to dress very conservatively when dealing with fellow activists, because it makes them uneasy...

If you're too old to do something it's either because you think you're too old to do it, or because you're physically incapable of doing it due to your age.

I hate to deflate you here Smunkee...but some of us saw through your 'good Christian wife' persona AGES ago, and details like that (having a band) are not shocking in the least :P

it's still shocking to a lot of people.

I hate to deflate you here Smunkee...but some of us saw through your 'good Christian wife' persona AGES ago, and details like that (having a band) are not shocking in the least :P

Yeah, that too. You're the least stereotypical fundie in existence.

it's still shocking to a lot of people.

It wouldn't be worthwhile otherwise :D

(what is the last rebellion open to the rebellious? the appearance of uber-normality...)

Your mother in law is a loser, then. Myspace = unforgivable.

It wouldn't be worthwhile otherwise :D

well, it kind of disturbs me that people IRL that are shocked just don't know enough about me to infer that I might be in a band......like people I work with, they somehow don't notice that I can't ever do anything on Friday nights, no matter how many times they invite me out and I say "I have a gig"

WTF? do they think I mean by that?

Shocked and disturbed by you being in a band? Of course not, dear Smunkee, I'm surprised I didn't have it on my Things Smunkee's Already Done list. :p

You're what? 25, I think was what you owned up to a little while back? If you want pink hair, you can have pink hair. Your kids do get veto powers, though.

As for the question in general, I hate to say that there are age boundaries beyond which one cannot do things (with the exception of backwards baseball caps in men - there is a maximum age at which that is cute: 18 months). I think one has to ask, do I look like an idiot doing this? For instance, 65-year-old women wearing mid-thigh miniskirts generally look like idiots. There may be exceptions, but not many. Kids can be invaluable gauges here. Try whatever it is out on your kids or the nieces and nephews, the neighbors, whomever. If the kids giggle and make fun of you, you probably don't want to do it. Within moderation, of course. For example, children should never be allowed to state opinions on music. Whatever we listen to is classic, beautiful, meaningful, a joy forever and their music is crap. This is a Universal Law.

Your mother in law is a loser, then. Myspace = unforgivable.

I don't have one.........well, I did have to sign up to read her blog.......she doesn't really say anything nice about me. :(

Hell, young people shouldn't even use MySpace..

Hell, young people shouldn't even use MySpace..

Nobody should use Myspace, ever. Even the people who own it. But that goes without saying.

+1

I don't have one.........well, I did have to sign up to read her blog.......

Then you must already know why they are awful... unless of course you like a bunch of gawdy static background images, rolling and blinking text accompanied by awful music on autoplay, with a dash of java applets that bring your browser to a crawl...

she doesn't really say anything nice about me. :(

She's your mother in law. That's par for the course.

Nobody should use Myspace, ever. Even the people who own it. But that goes without saying.

+1

*nods*

Smunkee, could I beg you for her myspace name?! *puppy eyes*

well, it kind of disturbs me that people IRL that are shocked just don't know enough about me to infer that I might be in a band......like people I work with, they somehow don't notice that I can't ever do anything on Friday nights, no matter how many times they invite me out and I say "I have a gig"

WTF? do they think I mean by that?

I'm the opposite...I love the assumptions, because I love to deflate them. And the shock factor is fantastic. Maybe it's kind of a kink of mine....hmmmm...

Then you must already know why they are awful... unless of course you like a bunch of gawdy static background images, rolling and blinking text accompanied by awful music on autoplay, with a dash of java applets that bring your browser to a crawl...
Oh, I know they are horrible, I have only seen one to date that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out and set myself on fire.



She's your mother in law. That's par for the course.
I suppose the mature thing to do would be to be proud of her insults? some of them are quite funny........
*nods*

Smunkee, could I beg you for her myspace name?! *puppy eyes*

you could beg, but I will not tell.

I'm the opposite...I love the assumptions, because I love to deflate them. And the shock factor is fantastic. Maybe it's kind of a kink of mine....hmmmm...

yeah, I get them everyday though, the fun is gone.

Oh, I know they are horrible, I have only seen one to date that didn't make me want to gouge my eyes out and set myself on fire.

Self-immolation and mutilation. My, you really are old-school Christian.

I suppose the mature thing to do would be to be proud of her insults? some of them are quite funny........

You should print them out and make little badges. Taunt her with your flair.

you could beg, but I will not tell.

Thought so. I want to see teh ebil blog!

*leaves*

Self-immolation and mutilation. My, you really are old-school Christian.
aye, it's a curse.

You should print them out and make little badges. Taunt her with your flair.

OMFG that's like the best idea ever!

I'm the opposite...I love the assumptions, because I love to deflate them. And the shock factor is fantastic. Maybe it's kind of a kink of mine....hmmmm...

One among many......

aye, it's a curse.

But you bear your cross so well.

OMFG that's like the best idea ever!

A few years ago I had a t-shirt that said "sodomit" (I guess you can figure out what that means) on it that I wore to spite my mother. Worked a charm.

Thought so. I want to see teh ebil blog!

*leaves*

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......she seems to be fun for the kids, but she is pretty eccentric, and not in a good way, she makes up holidays to celebrate, and wears weird clothes, she is nothing like anyone I would have picked for my son.

.....I think she might be insane

I can't wait for my son to wake up and realize that she is really too weird to bother with

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This woman's "insults" are among the lamest I've ever seen. Oooh, she called you "weird". What a front bum she is!

This woman's "insults" are among the lamest I've ever seen. Oooh, she called you "weird". What a front bum she is!

I guess you would have to know her to understand. Those were the more humorous ones though.

and that just seems wrong to me, I went to check it out and all of hubby's aunts have them too, so does his Grandma :eek: glitter letters and all.

I bring this up because I am disturbed that it disturbs me.

I know that a lot of you would probably be shocked, disturbed, or otherwise weirded out to find out that I am in a band. I know that I get a lot of :eek: in real life when people find out. It's funny to me that people assume certain things based on arbitrary rules that make them comfortable.

I, alas, have fallen victim as well, since although I really miss my pink hair, I am not going to dye it again, because I feel like it wouldn't "be right" (whatever that means) for me to have pink hair now.

So, what do you guys think? are there certain things that you can be 'too old' to do? what other arbitrary rules are there? are they arbitrary?

:confused:

There are only three thigns I can think of that adults shouldn't do:

Put up a Myspace (unless you are an artist/musician/moviemaker)
Suck your thumb
Read books/watch movies with talking objects of your own free will

I guess you would have to know her to understand. Those were the more humorous ones though.

Look at it from this point: I've only met a few straight men who like women their mothers like. When she starts liking you, then you should start worrying about her influence on your man.

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*thanks*

Hehe, eccentric Smunk!

Look at it from this point: I've only met a few straight men who like women their mothers like. When she starts liking you, then you should start worrying about her influence on your man.

very true. She did consult a lawyer once because I wouldn't let her come over and pick up the kids once, it was backwards day and I didn't think it fair for them to miss breakfast that evening.

He advised her that she could not seek custody of the children based on the fact that my eccentricity annoys her.

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I reccomend blogging about her in return.


"I think she might not like me, for some reason"


You're a fundie?


*Roll to disbelieve*

*thanks*

Hehe, eccentric Smunk!

hmm.......her sister called me an "evil bitch" on her blog.......

*investigates further*

hmm.......her sister called me an "evil bitch" on her blog.......

*investigates further*

Out of curiosity, does your husband know what a **** his mother is?

Out of curiosity, does your husband know what a **** his mother is?

he does.

hmm.......her sister called me an "evil bitch" on her blog.......

*investigates further*

You should give us the links so we can point and laugh at their silliness and engage in an NSG style defense of your character.

he does.


You can post responses on myspace, can't you?

I reccomend spamming her blog with responses such as "HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA I LOVE WHIPPED CREAM!!!"


Yes, my solutions are delibrately antagonistic. You should know this by now.

You should give us the links so we can point and laugh at their silliness and engage in an NSG style defense of your character.

I really am not sure after reading their blogs if I have any character to defend. Yes, I am weird, and insane, and I can be a bitch.......they aren't exactly making stuff up are they?

You can post responses on myspace, can't you?

I reccomend spamming her blog with responses such as "HAHAHAHHAAHHAHAAHHAHAHAAHHAHAAHAHAHA I LOVE WHIPPED CREAM!!!"


Yes, my solutions are delibrately antagonistic. You should know this by now.

I think I am going to make a t-shirt containing all of their comments and wear it to the next family get together.

and that just seems wrong to me, I went to check it out and all of hubby's aunts have them too, so does his Grandma :eek: glitter letters and all.

I bring this up because I am disturbed that it disturbs me.

I know that a lot of you would probably be shocked, disturbed, or otherwise weirded out to find out that I am in a band. I know that I get a lot of :eek: in real life when people find out. It's funny to me that people assume certain things based on arbitrary rules that make them comfortable.

I, alas, have fallen victim as well, since although I really miss my pink hair, I am not going to dye it again, because I feel like it wouldn't "be right" (whatever that means) for me to have pink hair now.

So, what do you guys think? are there certain things that you can be 'too old' to do? what other arbitrary rules are there? are they arbitrary?

:confused:
it's always wrong to have a myspace.

hmm.......her sister called me an "evil bitch" on her blog.......

*investigates further*

:eek:

And here I though you were a good person..

Maybe I should rethink talking to you.. :p

:eek:

And here I though you were a good person..

Maybe I should rethink talking to you.. :p
:(

I really am not sure after reading their blogs if I have any character to defend. Yes, I am weird, and insane, and I can be a bitch.......they aren't exactly making stuff up are they?
Aside from being a bitch(which is a symptom of being a woman ;)) those look like good points to me.
I think I am going to make a t-shirt containing all of their comments and wear it to the next family get together.

Awesome idea. It'll show you're paying attention to them.

:(

Don't worry, you just gave me in idea.

Don't worry, you just gave me in idea.

Ruffy's having an idea, take cover!
*dives behind a noob*

Don't worry, you just gave me in idea.

it won't negatively affect my birthday present? right

I'm rather interested in hearing what holidays you "just made up".












So, just me then...

I think I am going to make a t-shirt containing all of their comments and wear it to the next family get together.

This will be awkward.

I demand you make a thread about it afterwards.

I've never looked at myspace, as I presumed it was like "livejournal" - too many teenage girls-which will be ideal when I hit the oul mid-life crisis, admittedly-whinging about crap and comparing "boob" sizes.....

I think the next thing your mother in law should get is a tramp stamp.

I'm rather interested in hearing what holidays you "just made up".

they aren't really holidays, more like theme days........for example backwards day, where we do everything in reverse (dinner for breakfast, dessert before the meal, etc.), and 4 letter word day where we don't use any 4 letter words ( the square of 16 letter expression day, where we are unable to use words who possess anything under the portion of letters of the square of 16)

things like that.





This will be awkward.

I demand you make a thread about it afterwards.

I might sell the shirt on Cafe Press, I will link it here when I get it done.

they aren't really holidays, more like theme days........for example backwards day, where we do everything in reverse (dinner for breakfast, dessert before the meal, etc.), and 4 letter word day where we don't use any 4 letter words ( the square of 16 letter expression day, where we are unable to use words who possess anything under the portion of letters of the square of 16)

things like that.

Ah, ok. Weird... and yet strangely interesting...

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I Dunno, it sounds like you're a fun loving person and you make everyday an adventure.

what's wrong with that?

You should give us the links so we can point and laugh at their silliness and engage in an NSG style defense of your character.I agree... Defending Smunkee may be the only reason for me to get on to Myspace...

I really am not sure after reading their blogs if I have any character to defend. Yes, I am weird, and insane, and I can be a bitch.......they aren't exactly making stuff up are they?everyone can be a bitch, weird and insane... so what does that prove? that she's a conformist. :p

cheer up Smunkee, I'll take your character over theirs anyday! :fluffle:

I think I am going to make a t-shirt containing all of their comments and wear it to the next family get together.Use Caf'ePress... then I can buy one to! also have your whole family wear em!

they aren't really holidays, more like theme days........for example backwards day, where we do everything in reverse (dinner for breakfast, dessert before the meal, etc.), and 4 letter word day where we don't use any 4 letter words ( the square of 16 letter expression day, where we are unable to use words who possess anything under the portion of letters of the square of 16)

things like that. that sounds like fun days... maybe I should start doing that whenever I babysit my necies and nephews.

Ah, ok. Weird... and yet strangely interesting...

you know my kids think it's normal..........

Last year we all spoke in iambic pentameter for an entire weekend once, that was so fun.

you know my kids think it's normal..........

Last year we all spoke in iambic pentameter for an entire weekend once, that was so fun.

And why wouldn't they, it's their mum!
Still, I think it's great. It's much better than doing every day boring stuff and actually makes them think about stuff. That's just great!:D

it won't negatively affect my birthday present? right

Not a bit. :)

you know my kids think it's normal..........

Last year we all spoke in iambic pentameter for an entire weekend once, that was so fun.

Well they were raised with it, of course they think it's normal.

Iambic pentameter FTW.

I think the next thing your mother in law should get is a tramp stamp.

oh, and display it at a wierd angle on her myspace page

I've never looked at myspace, as I presumed it was like "livejournal"

less "my day was soooo awful", more one-liners and photoshopped humor

oh, and display it at a wierd angle on her myspace page

Yes, it's just not a real tramp stamp till you camwhore it on myspace.

Yes, it's just not a real tramp stamp till you camwhore it on myspace.


Indeed.

well, I was going to make the T-shirt, and then decided that it was probably a pretty manipulative and immature thing to do.......and that it wasn't really bothering me that she had a myspace, and what was bothering me is that I wanted to do something but was letting other people (people I don't even like) make up arbitrary rules that say "you shouldn't" so I talked to hubby about it, and he was like "what are you asking me for?"

so I dyed my hair pink.

:D

It's nearly midnight and I just got done, and everyone in the house is asleep. I wonder what they will think at the breakfast table tomorrow, since I didn't mention this idea to them at all.

Am I weird? absolutely.

well, I was going to make the T-shirt, and then decided that it was probably a pretty manipulative and immature thing to do.......and that it wasn't really bothering me that she had a myspace, and what was bothering me is that I wanted to do something but was letting other people (people I don't even like) make up arbitrary rules that say "you shouldn't" so I talked to hubby about it, and he was like "what are you asking me for?"

so I dyed my hair pink.

:D

It's nearly midnight and I just got done, and everyone in the house is asleep. I wonder what they will think at the breakfast table tomorrow, since I didn't mention this idea to them at all.

Am I weird? absolutely.

:eek:!!

TG me a pic!

*humps*

:eek:!!

TG me a pic!

*humps*

you are going to have to wait for me to get out and get batteries for my camera..... but it's similar to this color........

http://www.dream-gate.co.uk/assetts/images/manic_hair_dye_swatch/Cotton_Candy_pink_hair.jpg

you are going to have to wait for me to get out and get batteries for my camera..... but it's similar to this color........

http://www.dream-gate.co.uk/assetts/images/manic_hair_dye_swatch/Cotton_Candy_pink_hair.jpg

I shall call you Lola.

Did you use Manic, or something else like that colour?

and that just seems wrong to me, I went to check it out and all of hubby's aunts have them too, so does his Grandma :eek: glitter letters and all.

I bring this up because I am disturbed that it disturbs me.

I know that a lot of you would probably be shocked, disturbed, or otherwise weirded out to find out that I am in a band. I know that I get a lot of :eek: in real life when people find out. It's funny to me that people assume certain things based on arbitrary rules that make them comfortable.

I, alas, have fallen victim as well, since although I really miss my pink hair, I am not going to dye it again, because I feel like it wouldn't "be right" (whatever that means) for me to have pink hair now.

So, what do you guys think? are there certain things that you can be 'too old' to do? what other arbitrary rules are there? are they arbitrary?

:confused:
You are completly right Smunkee darling.
Learn to embrace your innner bigot.

Smunk, it's time for the cynical and non-trusting friend to give you a piece of advice. Anyone who bitches and complain about a person behind that person back is gutless. I mean comon, half the fun of insulting someone is saying it to their faces. I think what you should do is just be brutally honest with her, and do it at a family function, like umm *looks at Calender* Mother's Day! Do it like this.

"Hey Mrs. (her last name), can we talk? Look I've noticed some of the shit you put on your little "blog" (be sure to do the quotation mark with your fingers) on MySpace, and I just want to say that a 4th grader can come up with better insults than you. Oh and thank you for consulting a lawyer about my (be sure to empathize what I bold) children. You see, because I am "insane" and "eccentric" I just cannot comprehend the responsibility of Motherhood. Nevermind the fact that my children came out of my vagina. However I think I am doing pretty damn well. So here's the deal, you can just march your wrinkled ass back to the kitchen and be the stereotypical grandmother that we see in "Leave it to Beaver" and me and my husband will worry about how to raise our children."

I love my angry rants sometimes.

*drinks some Brandy*

I shall call you Lola.

Did you use Manic, or something else like that colour?

something else like it, that's pretty much the end result.

the girls screamed when they showed up in the dining room for breakfast

the 5 year old said "you look like a real rock star now!"

the 3 year old said "I have a My Little Pony with hair like that"


and hubby said "that's cute, how long until it washes out?"

:p

is she hot?

is she hot?

my mother in law? she looks like a 50 year old Barbie doll.

my mother in law? she looks like a 50 year old Barbie doll.

Well, I look like a 50 year old GI Joe...

Well, I look like a 50 year old GI Joe...

you would probably like her, she is very Stepford.

you would probably like her, she is very Stepford.

Not into Stepford, sorry...

I just read the thread - and wow, what a bitch! Does she know you know about her page?

And yay for the pink hair!

I just read the thread - and wow, what a bitch! Does she know you know about her page?
I may have sent a link to it to my husband, who was on the phone with her for a while, and then today I went back to look and her blog was deleted.

And yay for the pink hair!
:D *sings*

"I feel pretty, oh, so pretty"

I may have sent a link to it to my husband, who was on the phone with her for a while, and then today I went back to look and her blog was deleted.
ORLY?

Bitch chickened out, eh?

Ha, at least she'll have been all embarrassed.

ORLY?

Bitch chickened out, eh?

Ha, at least she'll have been all embarrassed.

I really want to know what he said to her, but he won't tell me. He said "you don't worry about it, it's taken care of"

I really want to know what that means.

I really want to know what he said to her, but he won't tell me. He said "you don't worry about it, it's taken care of"

I really want to know what that means.

It means "you don't worry about it, it's taken care of"

I really want to know what he said to her, but he won't tell me. He said "you don't worry about it, it's taken care of"

I really want to know what that means.
:eek:

In the movies that usually means he had her killed.


I'm just saying.

<.<

>.>

:eek:

In the movies that usually means he had her killed.


I'm just saying.

<.<

>.>

she's alive.....she called me this morning and told me she was sorry for being a bitch.

she also said that she thinks I am a good mom, and that she may not always understand me but, since my husband seems to that it's probably none of her business.

she's alive.....she called me this morning and told me she was sorry for being a bitch.

she also said that she thinks I am a good mom, and that she may not always understand me but, since my husband seems to that it's probably none of her business.

Hmmm, shall we give her the benefit of the doubt?

Alright. Good on her to apologize. :)

Hmmm, shall we give her the benefit of the doubt?

Alright. Good on her to apologize. :)

I'd love to be there for Thanksgiving dinner... :D

I'd love to be there for Thanksgiving dinner... :D

we don't go to her house for Thanksgiving, because she refuses to cook food we can eat. ;)

we will be there for Sunday lunch though.........and I didn't mention my pink hair.

we don't go to her house for Thanksgiving, because she refuses to cook food we can eat. ;)

we will be there for Sunday lunch though.........and I didn't mention my pink hair.

??? is she serving a turkey made of Spam?

I posted a pic........a very closeup pic........of my hair on my blog.