I’m a hypocrite.

 Posted by Alysha DeShaé on Friday, August 27, 2010 at 01:23 pm  Rant, Thoughts
Aug 272010
 

Yes, it’s true.  I’m a hypocrite!

Why, you may ask?  Well, simply put, I’m a hypocrite because when I took the following pictures, I had two completely different reactions.

The first picture (of the breast cancer scissors) I took and posted to twitter via twitpic with the caption “#BreastCancer scissors?! Really? Why?! #StupidCrapPeopleBuy.”  I’m not against breast cancer research by any means, but really?  Scissors!  Why would anyone need breast cancer scissors!?

I know what you’re thinking.  “It’s not that they need “breast cancer” scissors, specifically, but they need scissors and they can donate to a good cause by buying those.”

Bull shit!

If they want to donate to a good cause, they can put a check in the mail directly to the breast cancer research centers and charities.  They want to buy the scissors because they’re “breast cancer pink” and have those ridiculous ribbons all over the blades.  Why might they want such hideous and gaudy scissors, you ask?  Because when they use them, people will notice them, and when people notice those tacky scissors with the glaringly obvious shade pink and the ribbons on the blades, they’ll say, “Oh, they donated money to breast cancer research.  Good for them.”

Well, not me.  When I see that kind of nonsense, I laugh my butt off at the stupidity that went into such a purchase.

Did you know that they have breast cancer pie crusts?  No, I’m not joking.  I once went out of my way to a different store and paid a little bit more just to buy pie crusts without any connection to breast cancer research.

I’m sure by now you’re wondering what the breast cancer scissors have to do with Box Tops, right?

Well, nothing, really.  Except for the fact that both organizations are technically (by my definition, not necessarily theirs) charities and they use various bits of merchandise to raise money for their prospective beneficiaries.

Products with Box Tops don’t offend me the way that breast cancer merchandise does, though.

I would say the most likely reason for that is that typically the Box Tops are fairly unobtrusive while the breast cancer merchandise is the opposite.  (ie: the scissors)  Now, obviously, these Box Tops products are just as intrusive as the breast cancer merchandise, but it’s only on the packaging.

I have to say, though, that I think my biggest reason for not being offended by the Box Tops is the fact that the money goes to schools.  I find that people get dumber every year and it’s partly because the public schools keep relaxing their requirements and introducing ridiculous programs that hinder education.

Did you know that my brother had to endure a self-image program that was teaching children that life was fair?!  When did life become fair?  Did I miss it?  What are those kids going to do when they hit the real world and find out that their teachers lied and life really isn’t fair?

Ugh, off-topic.  Sorry.

Anyways, Box Tops aren’t usually intrusive and for the school to get the money, you have to send them to the school and the school has to send them in to the organization.  I’ve noticed that the items with Box Tops are about the same price as items without Box Tops, sometimes less.

Breast cancer merchandise is usually defaced with that horrifying shade of pink and/or one of those annoying ribbons.  It’s not just on the packaging, either, it’s on the product itself.  The products I’ve seen with breast cancer usually have the price jacked up a bit to compensate for the “donation” that the company makes on your behalf.

That terminology annoys me, by the way.  The company doesn’t “make a donation on your behalf.”  You buy an item at a marked-up price and they donate the difference in their name.  They aren’t giving them any money out of their previous profit.  They’re upping the price before making any “donations.”

I go out of my way to not buy things connected to breast cancer charities and I’m not ashamed of it.  I will pay more money to buy a different brand, if necessary, just so that I don’t support that nonsense.  Again, I don’t have a problem with donating to the research, but I will do it myself.  In fact, in the past I have donated to breast cancer research, but not through this merchandising gimmick.

If I want someone to gawk over my generosity and kindness to fellow humans, then sure, I’ll by breast cancer scissors and carry them around everywhere to cut things that don’t need to be cut.

If I want to be a decent human being and donate something out of the kindness of my heart to a charity that desperately needs donations, then I’ll do so anonymously because that’s how I roll.  :-)

How To Make People Mad

 Posted by Alysha DeShaé on Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 02:04 pm  Me, Rant, Thoughts
Nov 122009
 

Have you ever wanted to make someone really mad without doing anything that could come back to bite you on the butt?

Of course you have!  Even if you don’t want to admit it, if you are human, then you have wanted (at least once) to really piss someone off!

However, most ways that people try to make others mad will have consequences that you don’t want to face.  Therefore, I have decided to let you in on my secret method of making people angry with little or no effort on your part!

Most people would charge you hundreds if not thousands of dollars for this little secret, but here, and only here, can you find this secret for the low, low price of $0.00.  :-p

Haha!  Okay, that was fun.  Seriously, though, angering people is very simple and it’s even in your best interest!  Well, my way is, anyway!  :-D

Here it comes…

The big secret…

Be happy!

Nothing makes random people more angry than to see someone who is happy even while they’re complaining.  Or rather, especially while they’re complaining.

I think that what makes them most upset is that they obviously can’t say “stop being happy while I’m whining to you” because that makes them the bad guy.

I make people angry all the time based on the simple fact that I’m happy with my life, with myself, and with the people close to me.

Is it right that I use my happiness to annoy and anger others?  Maybe, maybe not.

Is it wrong for me to go out of my way to be unhappy so that the people who will be angered at my happiness won’t be angry? Yes, it is!  There is no way I would ever make myself miserable just so that I don’t make someone upset.  I wouldn’t even pretend to be miserable for anyone’s sake.

So, why is it that people get angry at someone’s happiness?

In a nutshell, jealousy.  You know, the whole “grass is always greener” deal?  Yeah, that’s it.  Sad, isn’t it?  But, luckily for me, I don’t care.

Oh yeah, there’s another way to anger the masses.  Don’t care.

I’m not saying “don’t care about the kitty that just got hit by a car” or “don’t care about the little boy who doesn’t have a mommy.”  I’m saying, “Don’t care about what they think!”

If the only opinions that genuinely matter to you are the opinions of yourself and those closest to you, then you’ll continue pissing off loads of people!

Hmm, I was thinking of something else, but it just slipped out of my mind.  And that’s okay, because it happens sometimes, and it also happens that I have to get going!

Enjoy these thoughts and take pride in making other people angry!  As long as you aren’t going out of your way to do so.

After all, if you are wasting your time to go out of your way to anger someone, that gives them a sense of importance and doesn’t anger them in the way that you would hope.  It might annoy them, but they still know that you took time out of your life to bestow it them.  You prioritized them over everything else in your life either because you have no life or because they are important to you for one reason or another whether you choose to admit it or not.

Have a great day everyone!  I know I will!  ;-)

What’s in a word?

 Posted by Alysha DeShaé on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 09:51 pm  Rant, Thoughts
Oct 132009
 

Everyone has those little things they call “pet peeves.”  You know what I’m talking about, those minor irritating things that bring out the raging monster from inside to tear the world apart!

Oh, your reaction to pet peeves aren’t that bad?  Oh well, mine is, and my pet peeve for today is …

… dramatic pause that serves no real purpose …

Improper Usage of Words

The other day I noticed someone online misusing some words.

misusing

wrong or improper use; misapplication

Now, these words I saw being used incorrectly are commonly misused.  They have been redefined through pop-culture influences to mean something completely different from the actual meaning of the word.

So, why is this a bad thing?  I mean, really, don’t words tend to evolve as a language grows and words are added or become obsolete?

Yes, language does evolve.  That is a given and there is nothing wrong with that.  However, when someone takes a word and twists the meaning so crudely as to give it an entirely new definition on a whim, then there is a problem.

“Retard” and “gay” are the words I am talking about today.

retard

a mentally retarded person

gay

having or showing a merry, lively mood

“Gay” has evolved to mean homosexual(s), as well.

Now, judging by the context, the person was using these words as synonyms.

synonym

a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another in the language

He was using them in an attempt to insult another person, and was giving them the definition of “stupid.”

Dictionary.com does include “stupid” as part of the definition for retard under the heading of slang, but I don’t really find that acceptable.

Hmm, I’ve sort of burnt out my rant on other things before completing this post, so I’m just going to hit “publish” anyway and let the world know that this sort of ignorance and disregard for the English language bothers me.

Besides, I have an Icee and no one can properly rant while drinking an Icee!

You can’t handle the truth!

 Posted by Alysha DeShaé on Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 10:22 am  Family, Rant
Jun 282009
 

There is an awesome movie that I’m pretty sure a lot of people consider a classic or something.  I personally love it, but even those people who haven’t watched the movie know at least one line from the movie!

You can’t handle the truth!

–Jack Nicholson as Col. Nathan R. Jessep

The movie is called A Few Good Men and it’s got a cast of people who’s names even I recognize!  Haha!  Anyways, the movie is great in my opinion, and that one line seems to sum up so many people that it’s ridiculous!

So here’s what happened:

Dad: We’re all going to Karen’s for dinner.

Me:

Dad: Are you going to come?

Me: …  No, sir.

Dad: Why not?

Me: Uh, do you want the truth or an excuse that sounds nice?

Dad: Never-mind.  I don’t want to hear it.

Me: Okay.

Yeah, it sounds messed up.  He already knows what the truth is, but doesn’t want to hear it because he doesn’t like it!  And it’s not something that’s wrong with just my dad.  I know very few people who actually want the truth if they’re given an option.

For those who might be curious, none of my “excuses” would have been lies.  I’m very big on the truth.  I don’t lie.  It’s both a waste of my time and too much hassle to remember to whom you told what lie.  And my memory totally sucks!  :-p

My reason is the fact that I don’t like my sister or the baby-daddy.  My excuses are:

  • There was a chance I would get to see Jaime.
  • I have homework to work on.
  • I love being in an empty house!
  • I have this thing about being crammed into small spaces with lots of people, even family.  And the trailer she and the baby-daddy live in is really small.
  • They have this annoying boxer that isn’t trained.  It apparently likes me and is always jumping on me.  I like boxers, but they have to be trained!

Anyways, back to people hearing the truth . . .

In my experience, very few people actually want to know the truth.  This sort of thing confuses me.  I always want to know the truth.  Whether I like the truth or not is a completely different story, but I always want to know it!

You can’t make fully informed decisions if you’re basing your decisions on lies or half-truths.  For example, when I received this picture:

Truth

It wasn't an accident that they have a picture of Patrick. The only reason Boni is in the shot is because they didn't want it to be obvious that they were taking a picture of him. I'm guessing that right about the time Katie hit the button is about when Patrick recognized them and panicked. :-D I love the "oh shit" look on his face! Hahaha!

Before this, I hadn’t dumped Patrick because I didn’t know he was cheating on me even though I was pretty sure that he was.  He kept claiming that he wasn’t, and I based my decision on the fact that I assumed he wouldn’t lie about it again.  However, he made the mistake of taking this skank-hoe on a date to the New Orleans aquarium.  Two girls I know happened to be there playing tourist.  They took a picture and emailed it to me.

I was going to make a list of all the reasons why I had believed him when he was insisting that he wasn’t cheating on me before I saw the picture, but I realized it made me look really stupid.  Oh well, I was stupid and hindsight is 20-20.

Amusingly enough, in spite of the fact that I had proof of him cheating on me and the eye-witness accounts of two girls who had no motive to lie to me, he still swore up, down, left, right, front, back, and center that he wasn’t cheating on me.

Anyways, I obviously didn’t like getting that bit of truth.  Finding out I was being lied to and cheated on again hurt like hell!  But ignoring the truth or not wanting to see the truth would have only hurt me more in the long run.

This is true of everyone who chooses to ignore the truth.  Eventually, it will come back and slap you in the face and you won’t have any excuse for not having dealt with it sooner because you had the chance.

In my dad’s case, one day he’s going to realize that I really can’t stand my sister and he’s going to wonder why.  He’ll have no excuse for not knowing because he has actively chosen to ignore it all.  Knowing him, he’ll probably scream and yell and holler in hopes that he can change my opinion, but all that will do is make me want to avoid him the same way that I do my sister.

In Patrick’s case, he chose to not tell the truth and tried to live outside of reality.  He’s already felt the consequences of his actions and he’s starting to feel the long-term effects now. As I said earlier, I was stupid when it came to him and I forgave him and took him back after a lot of things.  He’s already started calling me like he has always done in the past when he decided he wanted me back.

He’s used lines like, “you’re like a magnet that draws me back no matter what happens” and “I just can’t imagine my life without you” and “you make me want to be the man that you thought I was in the beginning.”  Yes, he’s used those lines and in the past they have worked, but you can only tell so many lies before everything you say is seen as a lie.

Now, it may be that he’s telling the truth for a change, but considering that he’s a bad person all around, I don’t want him anywhere near my life.  To some extent, you can say that I’m ignoring the truth (if what he’s saying is true) but the fact remains that regardless of what he says whether it’s true or not, I would still be ignoring him.

I don’t interact with him at all, anymore.  Each time he calls or texts or tries to contact me, I just let Jaime know.  Jaime sends him packing and then I get another message or call with him swearing that it was someone messing with his phone and that it won’t happen again.  Haha!  Too bad that’s not exactly believable, either!

So, In Conclusion:

Telling the truth is crucial!  Insisting on having people tell you the truth and then paying attention to the truth is vital to having the opportunity to live a decent life.  Without the truth, your life will suck!

Lying is bad and will get you in trouble no matter what you think!

I have a bad habit of going off on tangents.  You’ll have to forgive me!  :-p

I’m a Bitter Bitch

 Posted by Alysha DeShaé on Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 08:14 pm  Family, Me, Rant
Jun 232009
 

And that’s according to my mother so it must be true!!  O_o

Or it might not be true and my mom is just going into “protect the knocked-up bitch cub” mode.

My sister is pregnant.  She’s not married and has no intention of getting married before the thing is born.  I’m not sure when it’s due, but considering that she found out in December, I’m thinking it’s due in September.  And they found out what it was, but I forgot.  I think it’s a girl.  I could look at her Facebook and find out, but I don’t really care.  Hahaha!  See, I am a bitch!

Anyways, Karen (the knocked-up bitch sister) has always been a bitch.  Some people try to say, “Oh, she’s just moody because her hormones are all out of wack,” but that’s only applicable to some extent.  Karen is using her pregnancy as an excuse to be even more of a bitch than she ever was without having to deal with the consequences!

The baby-daddy has one of those “seven on; seven off” jobs and whenever he’s on he has to go to some other part of the state and Karen is left home alone.

MyBabyDaddy (Radio Edit) – B-Rock & The Bizz

Now, when she first moved in with him, she moved in with him because of that!  Her excuse was that she would be spending all her time there when he was home because she would miss him while he was gone and that she would still be spending all her time there when he was gone because they didn’t want the crappy rented trailer sitting empty.  Someone might try to break in and steal his beer!  Haha!  Okay, yeah, I’m totally bitchy!  :-p

It didn’t really work out that way because she’s so used to having her way and having people around to bitch at that she can’t stand being alone!  Before she got knocked-up, she would constantly be begging people to go stay with her or she would spend a night or two at the house displacing and inconveniencing everyone.  After she got knocked up, she suddenly couldn’t stand to be alone and whenever the baby-daddy is gone, she spends every single night at the house.

I don’t like my sister.  Never have and it’s highly unlikely that I ever will.  I purposefully choose not to associate myself with people that I think are bad people.  Karen fits my definition of a bad person.  She uses people until they wise up and ditch her or until she’s done with them.  She constantly breaks promises to people if a better offer comes along.  She’s mean, selfish, spoiled, and an all-around pain in the ass!  Unfortunately, because she’s my sister, there is some level of association that I can’t avoid unless I completely cut myself off from all of my family.  :-/

Now, I have no problem saying that I’m a bitch!  I am a bitch.  It doesn’t bother me if other people call me a bitch.  If I had a problem with it, I would try to not be a bitch!

Karen, however, is a bitch that doesn’t want to admit it.  And my mom, for whatever reason, has become her biggest defender.  O_o  It’s ridiculous.  Before she got knocked-up, Mom would have been one of the first to say she was being bitchy even if she wouldn’t have used the word bitch.  Now, however, the tramp can do no wrong!

Yes, I consider my sister a tramp.  Reasons are as follows:

  • She is pregnant.
  • She is not married.
  • She has no intention of getting married before the thing is born.
  • Her first child will be a bastard.
  • She got pregnant because she was too stupid to properly take her birth control pills.
  • Oh, she’s also a hypocrite:
    • Before she got knocked-up, she would have agreed with every one of these reasons.
    • Now that it applies to her, it’s suddenly no longer true.

Now, for the record, both of my parents have always treated her like she was absolutely perfect and could do no wrong and treated me like a massive screw-up.  I’m not perfect and never expected to be treated that way, but the fact remains that I’m not pregnant and in spite of being with one guy for almost seven years, we never even had a pregnancy scare.  Karen and Scott (the baby-daddy) hadn’t even been together half a year before she moved in and got knocked-up.  O_o

Yeah, so, I see some serious flaws in the way people (and especially my mother) react to Karen’s illegitimate pregnancy.

Some of the more objective and sane members of my family see it the same way that I do and see that Karen is still the same spoiled bitch who’s now milking the pregnancy mood swings excuse to be even more of a bitch, but they are few and they aren’t nearly as willing to speak up around those who disagree.  Simply because I won’t betray their trust that I not let everyone know that they agree with me (that’s a little messed up, right?!) I won’t say which family members they are, but they do exist and, like I told my mom this morning, if you just open your ears you can tell which ones they are.

Am I a bitch?

YES! I am a total bitch and I’m proud of it!!!  In one way or another, these songs are all about me:

Bitch – Meredeth Brooks

Crazy Bitch – Buckcherry

Cold Hard Bitch – Jet

Am I bitter?

Hmm, I can’t honestly say that I am.  My mom thinks that I’m bitter and jealous because Karen is knocked-up and engaged before I am, but my standards are a little higher than that:

  1. I require two rings and a ceremony before I get knocked-up.  (Yes, two rings: engagement and wedding.)
  2. I don’t want an illiterate hick as my mate.
  3. Anyone proposing to me on a cake and with a recycled ring (from a previous fiancée, not something handed down through the family) would find themselves single again if they were lucky enough to live through the proposal.
  4. I won’t ever settle which is what I would be wanting for myself if I was to be jealous of her.  She may not consider it settling, but I want better for myself and I will have it.

So, no, I’m not bitter.

I do however, resent the fact that my mother thinks she has the insight into my mind to tell me what I’m thinking and that I shouldn’t be feeling what she thinks I’m feeling.  If for some reason I was bitter and jealous, I would have every right to feel that way and she should be ashamed of herself for thinking that I don’t.  Only one person knows what’s on my mind at any given moment and he knows me well enough to laugh at the fact that someone would think that I was bitter and jealous because of what Karen has.

In Conclusion:

This is what happens when parents choose favorites and make it obvious to everyone.  One child turns out semi-normal.  The other turns into a spoiled bitch who goes out of her way to make the rest of the world miserable.

Haha!  My conclusion may seem a bit out there considering that I didn’t actually say a thing about her being the favorite, but that’s where a lot of Karen’s delusions stem from and my parents encouraged her “I’m better than everyone” mentality which, in turn, encouraged her “I have the right to be a bitch to everyone and not deal with the consequences” mentality.

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