laanie

People's stupidity never ceases to amaze me. Pardon my language, but dumb fucking people and their dumb kids should stay the hell away from me. 300 yards would be preferable. I live in an apartment complex and there is a tennis court adjacent to my building. My friend has been bugging me forever to actually utilize this amenity and play tennis with her, so I finally decided to do it.

We went outside around 7 pm and started to 'play' tennis, if you can call it that. I've played once in my life...when I was about 10 and I sucked then. I have gotten better, but the US Open is not in my future.

So anyway, about 20 minutes into our 'game' this little girl and her father who live downstairs from me came outside. She had her little pink bike and she started riding it. I'm not a fan of children overall, but she's an adorable little thing. To my amazement and sheer irritation, she and her father head right for the tennis court...yes, that's right. They come into the court where my friend and I are hitting balls in just about every direction. Now common sense to me, you and pretty much anyone with half a brain would say "hmm, maybe I shouldn't let my kid RIDE HER BIKE AROUND THE TENNIS COURT WHILE PEOPLE ARE PLAYING." Call me crazy, but that seems like rational thought to me.

About 5 minutes after she comes out, then another little girl comes out on her bike and they start to ride together. The second little girl's brother sits on the outside while she comes in and rides with the first girl. Oh, where's daddy during all this? On his cell phone at the opposite end of the court, not even remotely paying attention. He never noticed when not 1 but 2 of my errant balls whizzed by his daughter's head (I wasn't trying to hit her, I swear...but if it happened, not my fault. It's a tennis court afterall, not a fucking bike path.)

So now I've got two little girls riding their cute little bikes around the tennis court (by this time they stayed on the otherside of the court, but still in harms way.) I'm so irritated by this. I mean, not only is it rude and irresponsible, but now I feel obliged to watch out for your kid so that she doesn't get hurt, thus ruining my fun. What a jackass. They eventually leave after about a half hour (by that time I had stopped caring where my balls landed...again, tennis court, not bike path.) The family had to go to the grocery store or something and the other little girl went in too.

Overall, I discovered I have a badass back-hand and that I need to remember this is tennis not softball (I sent one over the fence into the pond, never to be seen again.) It's a great workout, I'm sore as hell, but it was fun. I think we'll do it again and hopefully dumbass people and their stupid kids will stay out of my way. Otherwise, I'm not responsible for where those balls land or how hard they happen to hit their (un)intended target.

1. The homophobic, "our-values" imposing, Extreme Religious Right & the no personal responsibility-blame society-handout giving, pandering, Extreme Loony Left. Both are equally as annoying and destructive. (See Jerry Falwell, Pat Robertson; Hilary Clinton)

2. People who have no idea what number 1 means.

3. Obnoxious, annoying kids.

4. Stupid people who have one obnoxious, annoying, stupid kid that they can't provide for...and then have more.

5. People who can't speak english. I'm not talking about those who are non-native speakers. I'm talking about born and bred Americans who can't put together a coherent sentence or articulate a thought in a way that doesn't cause me to have to waste minutes of my life figuring out what the hell you meant to say. It's called a dictionary..it has words in it and will even tell you when to use them and how. Otherwise, just stick to one syllable words or hand motions. You're giving me a headache.

6. People who ask me stupid questions and then won't shutup while I give them the correct answer, so they follow up with an even dumber question.

7. Waiting in line, waiting in traffic, waiting for food when I called ahead, waiting...

8. People who talk to much. Get to the point already..life is ticking by.

9. People who can't make a decision. You know what? I'll make one for you: Go play in traffic or go hunting with Dick Cheney; either result will make me happy.

10. Stay-at-home moms (my bad, HOMEMAKERS) who think they deserve a medal for raising their own kids. If your kids are school aged, then you really have no excuse. It doesn't take all day to clean the house. It's not a full-time job. Jobs pay money. Raising your kids is your responsibility, not some noble cause. And fathers, you don't get a pat on the back either. You're supposed to stick around help raise your offspring and pay child support after the divorce/breakup/one night stand. Stop complaining about it. Kids cost money, be a man and deal with it.

I'm not a Chris Rock fan, but he speaks the gospel when he says there are n***as and there are black people. Case in point:

"NEW ORLEANS - National Guard troops in armored vehicles poured into New Orleans on Thursday to curb the growing lawlessness that included shots fired at helicopters airlifting people out of the Superdome and carjackings of buses helping with evacuations.

The operation to bus more than 20,000 people to the Houston Astrodome was suspended temporarily because of those reports, a spokeswoman for Harris County, where the Astrodome is located, said Thursday.

“We were told they are shooting at Chinook helicopters and the operation has been put on hold until daylight,” said Gloria Roemer.

The military helicopters are being used to take evacuees to the staging area where buses are waiting to take them to Houston. "

Ok, bad enough your ignorant, stupid ass is stealing tvs, jewelry, and other things you can't use, but now you're shooting at HELICOPTERS????! Are you kidding me?

I didn't think it would come to this, but the National Guard needs to be ordered to shoot civilians. They need to send a force in there and clear that place out. Anyone caught carrying a weapon or caught in the act of stealing non-essentials should be shot on sight, tagged and left there. Anyone who doesn't want to be rescued, leave them. Disease, heat and hunger/thirst will get them eventually.

This is ridiculous and embarrassing (as an American and a person of color) but sadly, not surprising. My mom reminded me that despite being a vacation hotspot, New Orleans and its residents are extremely poor. That doesn't excuse the amoral and stupid behavior, but I suppose when you weren't a decent person before tragedy, we can't expect you to act like a decent person post-catastrophe.

We have a house down there (had) and family. They all got out and we figure the house is gone, but I really feel for all those people who tried to leave and couldn't. To those who are still walking around being morons and hampering efforts, I hope you succomb to the elements or a bullet.

Ok, this is my first rant. I've been trying to be careful since I mostly use my work computer (what? Should I be working?). But I finally found something that even the spying eyes have to admit is ridiculous.

Anyway, I went to McDonald's yesterday morning because I was too lazy to make breakfast for myself. Now, I'm a very open-minded person, generally, but is it too much to ask for the person taking my order at that fine establishment at 7:40 in the morning to be able to understand my order??

I ordered a STEAK & CHEESE bagel with NO EGG. What pops up on the order screen? BACON AND EGG bagel with NO CHEESE. Where did the bacon come in? How does no egg become no cheese? So after saying my order three more times, the order then changes to two bacon and egg bagels with no cheese. WTF? After about 30 seconds of silence, I'm asked to pull around to the window where I wait again.

Finally, I'm handed a bag and just for the hell of it, I ask again "Is this a steak and cheese bagel because the screen said bacon and egg?" She nods and hands me the bag, then says "Oh, you wanted steak and cheese?" It's bad enough that I'm not a morning person, that I don't really want to go to work, that I don't really want to talk to anyone within 2 hours of waking up. But having to deal with ESL idiots is really too much to ask. So I calmly say "Yes, it is supposed to be steak and cheese, no egg." She charges me the same amount as the bacon and egg (30 cents less) and basically throws the bag at the lady behind her, like its her fault. Eventually, they get it right and I'm on my way.

I hate people. That is all.