I thought having over-protective parents was frustrating as a kid, but when you're an only child you really have no ideas what sort of fresh hells are out there. Parents going out of their way to make their kids' lives sans childhood itself is something I just cannot grasp. My folks were overprotective and my mother has no impulse control whatsoever in conversations, but there's where th bullshit ends. They were generous, kind went out of their way to make sure they never humilated me. Whenever I hear somone on the RMMB or TiB talk about their childhoods, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one who had a good one.
Speaking of good, maternal instincts. Police reportedly have taken a human fetus into evidence after a woman walked through Pickering Square carrying it in a bag Friday afternoon. Bangor, Maine? I'm looking at you, Stephen King.
Sweet Jesus do I love hotel upgrades. I mean, I know they are empty gestures meant to ingrain a false sense of loyalty / are given because they booked out all their normal rooms and will eat the negligible cost of giving you extra stuff. But god damn, I've stayed in this place 3 times in the last year and twice have gotten upgrades. Sweet.
Nope, only child here with a good childhood and healthy relationship with both parents, we just get overshadowed because no one (myself included) wants to gather around the fireplace to hear a story of normality.
True that. You people have NO IDEA of the horrors of an early curfew and having opinions forced on you!!!!!!!
I'm trying to book a trip to Cuba for me and a bunch of friends. I've decided that this is how I should celebrate The Dirty 30 this year. Trip Advisor annoys me because some reviews are awesome, and others, for the same resort, where the trip was taken around the same time, are terrible.
Holy shit, Frank, tell that story about how you somewhat overstepped the boundaries provided for you by your parents, and then were slightly pissed that they got upset about it, but then later realized that though you didn't agree with it entirely, their reasoning was sound, and in any event everybody was pretty much over it within weeks. That's the fucking craziest!!
I had a normal childhood, I had a successful and amazing father and a drunk inept mother. Totally normal and healthy right?
I had pretty solid parents. Old fashioned as shit, few more sprinkles of religious than I liked. Compared to some of the horror stories I read here and from the old board, I feel super guilty for being an asshole to them when I was a teenage. Well then I drink and get over it, but still. I should have used bewildered "I will not get hungover" chant from yesterday. Office beer cart rolled around at 3pm, kept drinking until 1am, where my brain turned off and put me on autopilot home. I didn't know Knob Creek was 100 proof. It doesn't taste 100 proof. I was ambushed.
I went country dancing last night for the first time in years. Surprisingly, it was pretty fun. I danced with a guy who calls himself "Old Man John" who is, in fact, very old and a hot mess on the dance floor (but sweet). I think I'm hungover...my face hurts. Anyone wanna come over and study for me? I think it can work that way, right? Parker, beer carts at work? That's awesome. I want to work at a place that does that.
I'm at an ad agency. They bring around a cart but you can get up to drink as many as you want. Its downtown Chicago, there aren't any golf courses. I <3 Caprice
I'm Djing a huge stag doe tonight, they're giving away an entire wheelbarrow filled with 40 oz. bottles of liquor as their door prize. God DAMMIT I wish I qualified for that.
Update: I had forgotten how incredibly annoying Ninja Gaiden's re-spawning enemies are. Also, it seems age has dulled my once razor sharp reflexes. Why am I having so much fucking trouble in Act IV? 11 year old me would be greatly disappointed.
Malth is a bitch to beat, too (the masked lightning guy). The climax of the game in unfair. You have to beat three bosses i a row and it sends you back if you lose to any of them.
Were you both on the G train about 3 hours ago? I swear to God there were two dudes having the exact same conversation.