Her mother told the school she wanted the guard arrested; they told her if she pressed charges, they would have her arrested for shoving a vice-principal. She was arrested and spent the night in jail, then fired from her job within the school district.
The girl has been expelled and charged with assault of the guard and littering of the cake.
"I told you these were shadows of the things that have been," said the Ghost. "That they are what they are, do not blame me!" Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol, Stave II: "The First Of The Three Spirits"
In spring of 1998 (April, I think), I got a job working as the electrician for a touring stage production. I didn't have much notice (I was a replacement mid-tour) and I packed some clothes, books and CDs into an army duffel (my then-girlfriend's father's) and my bookbag. I left my girlfriend on my bed and walked down the street where the stage manager had agreed to pick me up.
As he drove up, I looked down at what I'd packed and thought, "I'm bringing too much stuff." Once we were driving, I shared this with him and the actor (who the stage manager had picked up first). The actor responded, "As we drove up, I asked him, ''Is that all the kid brought?''"
How things change. At 20 years old I owned everything I was carrying plus a TV and VCR, a sofabed, some more books and movies, and a bookshelf. I picked up everything I cared about (except the girlfriend I left on my bed) and packed it into an army duffel. One of my fondest memories is spending a summer living in a semi-partitioned 6'x8' "room" where I was only inside when I was reading a library book. I had no possessions and I was happy.
Now?
I can still pack for a trip in far less than most people. I've worked hard to reduce clutter but I didn't realize how many useful things I'd kept around long after their usefulness. So many things have stayed in my house because I don't want to trash them--they will be very useful to someone else...but for me they're clutter.
It takes a long time to accumulate all of this and I know it will take time to remove it--but I'm impatient.
Three guys are hanging around drinking. One of the guys has an ATV. One of the other guys says, "Hey, can I ride your ATV?" First guy says, "Dude, you're blind!" Blind guy says, "I know, but I'll be cool." First guy again, "Ok, just don't go too fast."
That's really funny but the worst part is that his friends are likely going to be arrested by the cops for negligent homicide or sued by someone in the guy's family for not stopping him. It's a little know fact that when you're blind you also stop being an adult. I'm just glad he didn't buy a cup of Mickey D's coffee before he took off.
A friend's Windows XP system did something stupid and it popped up a window like, "Windows has recovered from a serious error." Ok, good to know. It went on, "We'd like to know how we fucked up." That's paraphrased. "Please send us information about this error. It will be treated anonymously."
Treated anonymously? If you have to treat it that way, then it obviously isn't. Couldn't you manage to strip out all identifying information so that it actually is anonymous? Or would that get in the way of your anti-"piracy" campaign?
14:45:56 <+chaosite> Shadow42: the only difference between myspace and facebook is that facebook doesn't let you redesign your own page without 1337 skr1p7 k1dd1e sk1llz 14:46:05 <+Shadow42> mm 14:46:18 <+Shadow42> And Myspace is more likely to get you raped. 14:47:28 <+chaosite> Shadow42: rape is such a strong word... "suprise buttsex" is much nicer 14:47:42 <+Shadow42> chaosite: It rolls off the tongue more easily too 14:47:49 <+Shadow42> Dammit, I hate double entendres --#freenode-social on irc.freenode.com, 20061106
"On the other hand, maybe all of this could have been avoided if you had just managed to get laid once in a while. You can't even tell me you'd be this tightly wound if you were receiving Treasure Type O regularly." The Order of the Stick
Lachlan: every once in a while I think, "I'll try anything once" DA: fag Lachlan: how so? DA: well if you'll try anythng DA: then you'll try a dick up the ass DA: thus making you gay Lachlan: wow Lachlan: I hadn't thought of that DA: the logic is inescapable --20070530
I was at Dragon*Con all weekend and ran into a strange recurring event: I would meet a woman, talk for a bit, chat things up and realize that there was chemistry. We'd both feel it, we'd both know what we'd want, but for different reasons, the women would pass on taking the budding relationship forward right then. Ok, that happens and I don't take it personally--it almost always has more to do with her than me; if it is "me", it's not actually me but something I was doing and not something about who I am.
So, I don't take it personally and I ask for their contact info because there obviously is a connection and I'd like to talk to them again, even if they live a thousand miles away.
But they won't tell me. The reason I'm given is always comes back to the same--they think I'm only doing it to fuck them. They'll tell me where they'll be in the morning, they'll tell me to come see them next year, they'll happily do whatever but they don't want to talk to me in between...because they think I'm trying to get a hook-up with a girl who lives a thousand miles away.
Bitch, is it possible that I just like talking to you?
I am NOT travelling a thousand miles for a hook-up. I'm not going to waste time talking on the phone or such so that I can improve my chances of a hook-up next year (losers rely upon chance, winners use talent). I am not going to work for sex with some (virtually) nameless woman who I don't care about.
One girl said, "I'll give you my number but you won't call." At first I thought she was trying to tell me what to do, that I could have the number but I wasn't allowed to call. Nope. She thought I was just asking as a step to get in bed with her, rather than keep in touch with her like a normal person. She thought once I realized she wasn't going to sleep with me, I'd immediately lose interest.
I don't know if that's a greater statement about her view of herself or the men around her.
I have no idea which of these girls are ones I'd like to hang out with more frequently--maybe none. But to me, it's a minor cost to talk to someone occassionally and see how deep the connection goes. I do the same thing with guys, only without the sexual tension. And if they bore me or piss me off or whatever, I don't have to keep in touch anymore. I definately don't put up with bullshit in a foolish attempt to placate them so I may worship at the altar of pussy when we meet again.
Why do so many women act similarly? It's definately not isolated to D*C; I've seen it in lots of places. I suspect it's that women can't comprehend that a guy could simultaneously be open to both sex and not-sex. From a sheer numbers game, they may often be right, but not with me. I expect more open minds around a place like D*C...
