Friends who Differ??

Administrator — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 01:56:44 +0000

By Toni Watters

I am gonna be short and to the point today…

I know that we all have our difference, be they race, religion, background, drug uses…that is what makes us great, but where is the line?? Where does what someone believes and what they find funny and joke about and believe make it not possible for you to remain friends?? I have a very very eclectic group of friends, and we all have different thoughts and feelings on things that is what makes it great!! But at what point, does someone’s constant jokes and bigotry make it not possible for you to be friends with them. I guess I have to get into specifics but I have a friend, who is white, who always makes racial jokes and whenever he speaks to me he is constantly like “What up homie?” “What’s crackin??’ “What’s the dealio??” all kinds of “black” phrases or at least what he thinks are “black” phrases. I don’t speak that way and he has openly admitted he does not speak that way to anyone else “as I am his only black friend” (his words not mine)… Even though I have expressed that it bothers me it continues….. The latest joke mask he wore has just pushed me over the top. Wanna be a racist or whatever that is fine. Wanna think, feel, believe whatever you want about black people and tell me I am an exception…that’s fine, but do I have to stay friends with you??? Nope not at all!!!

Till next time….

Redneck Girls

Administrator — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:32:44 +0000

Let Me Get A Big ‘Hell Yeah” From The Redneck Girls Like Me!

Some people look down on me

But I don’t give a rip

I stand barefooted in my own front yard

With a baby on my hip

Okay so it’s not a baby, it’s a toddler, but still…you get the point.

As much as I’d like to think otherwise, yes I am a redneck woman. First let me point out that there’s a huge difference in “redneck” and “white trash.” Rednecks are the hard-workin, truck-drivin, hard drinkin group of people with a glorious lack of sophistication. White trash tends to leave out the “hard workin” part of that equation. I’m from Kentucky, so it’s just natural that I’m a redneck, most of us are to some varying degree or another. I’m not hard-core redneck, but I do love me some NASCAR and Toby Keith. I’m a single mom raising a beautiful three-year-old boy who’s never had a hair cut, and I’m not planning on that happening any time soon. I love Dog The Bounty Hunter, and actually hope my son’s hair grows out like Dog’s son Little Gary. I have one tattoo (of the University of Kentucky Wildcat, thank you), and my reward for meeting my second weight loss goal (hopefully by May) will be another tattoo (blue Koi fish with my son’s name around it).

Today a coworker and I were discussing “the wreck” yesterday at Atlanta. Don’t even act like you don’t know what I’m talking about… you know you saw it, and you know it kicked ass. She and I were discussing what kind of punishment would be handed down to Carl Edwards, and I said that if I made his kind of money, I would have put Kesalowski in the wall, too. A fine would be well worth it just for paybacks. We don’t have glass separating us from the lobby, so our patients could hear every word. I noticed one guy staring at us like we had six heads or something. These are blue-collar guys, so this type of conversation wasn’t foreign to him. I don’t know whether he was a Kesalowski fan or just didn’t think two girls had any place discussing NASCAR, but it kinda made me mad. Stop paying attention and go back to the FOX fiction, er, news that we’re made to play in the lobby. Hell I was excited that she was at work today. I work 5 days a week, but she only works 3, and she’s the only other NASCAR fan at work. I can finally have someone to talk to about the amazing races and wrecks and all that stuff. The other girl I share an office with is redneck, but doesn’t pay attention to NASCAR other than to comment that “Jeff Gordon will sit on any pole he can get.”

My problem with working with mostly women is that only one other one watches NASCAR, one other one watches UK basketball, and no one seems to watch any other sport at all. For a sports fanatic like me, I work in a total nightmare. No one else saw the kick-ass end of the Celtics-Bullets game on Sunday night. No one but the biller watched the race. Come on people, embrace your inner redneck and get behind a damned team.

Not that I’m total redneck, of course. I like to watch the ponies, and I do say I can fit in just as well with the people in the box seats as I do with the track rats at the rail. I sit in the seats in a nice dress and hat at the Blue Grass Stakes at Keeneland (unless it’s cold, then I’ll be in a sweatshirt and jeans), then three weeks later I hang with the drunks in the infield at the Derby. I have a hard time finding a happy medium, and friends to go with it. I have one set of redneck friends, and another set of less-rednecky friends, and some ghetto-y friends. I can’t find anyone who’s kinda stuck in the middle like me. I know I can’t be that much of an anomaly, so why is it so hard to find people like me? I can’t be the only person who can discuss NASCAR and also use the word “anomaly.”

I am excited about the warm weather, now. I can finally stand barefooted in the yard without getting frostbite.

Love and luck,

Cristal

I Love Baseball Season

Administrator — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:19:12 +0000

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Here’s a little early Sunday post….no real Letter from the Editor today..just my favorite baseball team feature on my favorite baseball card; the 1987 Topps Series.

Love, Peace and Sharkyness!
~~~~ShArky~~~~
HMFIC
SharkysWorld.com
sharky@sharkysworld.com

Kick Ass Bday Cake!

Administrator — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:13:41 +0000

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My kick ass birthday cake…it was on clearance!! That’s how we roll!

To Serve & Protect?

Administrator — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 22:09:57 +0000

By TwinTluv

I am utterly disgusted with how the actions of several Texas, not just Austin, but San Antonio as well, police officers. Seems like everyday there is a story about the police killing someone, or abusing someone or violating the law in so form or fashion. It is getting really ridiculous. I can’t speak for any where other than here but it is out of control. Cops here are using their badges as a get out of jail free card and are doing whatever they want to whomever they want!!!

There have been several incidents as far back as I can remember but some of the most recent ones are just terrible!!!!

A San Antonio police office picks up this 19-yr old, cuffs them, drives somewhere, rapes them and then just drops them off in a parking lot?? Like as if because he is a cop he can just get away with it??? Just drops him off in the parking lot like its okay!! Then he gets out on only $27K bond?? I know people who have done a lot less and there bond was much higher!!!!

Here is a link to one story on it…

http://www.kens5.com/home/Charge-SAPD-officer-cuffed-raped-victim-in-patrol-car.html

Then here in Austin a sheriffs department office is charged with repeatedly sexually abusing an 8 year old. According to the news it started when the mother reported inappropriate touching several months ago and complained, but of course they protect their own, so nothing happened…and I guess once he got away with that he felt he could do more so then it went to repeated full on sexual abuse!! Now that there is so much outrage and so much proof they had no choice but to arrest and fire him but did it really have to come to that!! I could find a video on the press conference from the sheriffs office but it was pitiful. All they did was say..this was something that happened with this person that was not a stranger to him and he in no way used his position at the sheriffs office to do this crime..basically just trying to cover their own butt!!

Here is the link I could find on this story…..

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story/Sheriffs-Department-officer-charged-with-sexual/2TpLeUVKhk6dNdw1LpMMbA.cspx

I could list several police officer shootings……more like murders here in Austin. I mean yeah I understand the argument that if you were a gang member or a drug dealer or this or that you wouldn’t be in a situation where the cops would shoot you…but come on people…there are other options. Also last year APD shot a mentally handicap woman in here own front yard…she was for sure not a gang member or drug dealer!!!!

I think it is really sad that people abuse their power and leave the public left with nothing but distrust!!!

Till next time…