odetteroulette

odetteroulette
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Currently wishing I didn't have to do any grading. Before that, graduate student and new mom. Now an actual Dr. of Something or Other and the Kid is two and some months. Before that, a Southern girl in the West. Now a Southern girl in the South, dreaming of being in the West. Before that, I can't remember. Still waiting for the flying car.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2011 10:43AM

LET'S COMPLAIN RIGHT NOW!!!

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Complaint 1: Matt Lauer said something super stupid about America and the lottery this morning. It annoyed me with its utter cluelessness. Also, it made me like him a little less. Not that he cares. 

Complaint 2: No one is doing the reading.

Complaint 3: People do not often think government policy decisions through to their potential conclusions. So, when someone says, "No more income taxes!" that just makes my eyes roll to the back of my head, where I pretend I'm seeing little elves doing my housework.

Complaint 4: I'm tired.

Complaint 5: My house is  a mess. 

 Complaint 6: The Kid has Fifth disease right now. 

Complaint 7: I hate it when people tell me to stop complaining. What? Especially when they tell me to "do something about it." I AM. I'm COMPLAINING. 

Complaint 8:  I want to move.

Complaint 9: I want to win the lottery.  But, I don't want Matt Lauer to discuss the lottery and class in America when I win it. 

 Complaint 10: There is too much to do in this day. Which is why I am here ... which ... oh damn it ... 

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Feel free to complain here. I won't criticize you for it at all.
Jane--You are lovely. Matt Lauer was discussing the three businessmen who won the lottery and saying that the lottery was great because people "from all classes" played it. It made him look kind of douche-y with all of its unspoken inferences and such.
r for honesty and for...just because...
Whatever else - "do something about it." I AM. I'm COMPLAINING. - brilliant. Hope things get better soon.
Did you hear about the 3 rich guys who bought a lottery ticket on a lark and just won the Powerball? Yeah, it means that classy, uptown ladies like yourself still have a chance to be in it and win it.

I had Fifth disease in high school, what a stupid name. If I really had it, don't know, the school nurse diagnosed it and made me stay at home the rest of the week. I didn't feel that bad, but my mom and my boss sure were annoyed.
Hey, I see you in the Salon comments occasionally. Complaining, mostly.

Here it's one of the last reasonable days, temp-wise, before winter and there's still stuff to do outside. And it's not actually actively raining at the moment. But it's soggy and chilly, dammit. And snowing in southern climes...

I'd go back to bed but I gotta ferry my daughter to appointments this afternoon and, yuck, spend a little time at the dentist's myself...

And evidently you have to eat zilch in order to lose weight....but eating zilch does things to your metabolism so you gain even more...

And now it's raining again...
I want little elves to do my housework. And I want to move, too. And dammit, it's snowing right now, and I'm just not ready for that to be happening, even though it's overdue.
I WANNA WIN THE LOTTO TOO!! And Matt Lauer can go suck it!!

What is "it"?

Beats me, but everyone says "it" so...:D
You better keep an eye on those housecleaning elves. You think those little shits make all that stuff Santa delivers? No way. Santa's more Fagin than "jolly old elf." While you hear a vacuum cleaner running in a back room, that elven cleaning crew is cleaning out your valuables.
Matt Lauer looks like crap since he lost his hair, and he has always had a elitist attitude. No reason to watch him.
I am sick already of Christmas and it hasn't begun, I am disappointed in the American people for Black Friday and the way people reacted to the enticement to buy, even though they are broke and other people had to work on TG.
I wish I had one goddamned good reason to not turn on this computer and tune out.
Thank you.
Your #3 has been my #1 ever since I started paying attention to politics. What the hell is Fifth's disease? I think I have it, too. It was 70 degrees two days ago; now it is snowing in Georgia. I have TMJ and it hurts like a m... Oh well, could be worse, I guess. Probably not.

Lezlie
Hiya 'Rou. Long time no see. Why is that ... oh ... right. I'm stupid and missed your last posts. No sense complaining about it 'cause you can't fix stupid.
ok. I'm adding my complaint that I'm not still on vacation, camping in death valley. that seemed more worthwhile, frankly, than sitting in my chair and pretending to be working.
Damn it, I'm tired of hiding my tendency to complain. My proclivity, if you will. I do it and I do it well. And I'm going to do it again. And embrace it. Thanks for the permission, nay, encouragement.
How did I not have you as a favorite? Sorry for faux pas. Should have added you a long time ago.
People who don't complain are probably soon going to be found inm a bell tower with a high powered rifle. you go girl.
I'm with Nerd Cred "I AM I'm COMPLAINING!" is great. I'm with Barbara Sher--Harvest the vast, untapped well of energy that comes from complaining. Ms. Sher advocates starting a complaint journal in which you write down every whiny, pathetic, "it's too hard!" self-pitying feeling you have and really go for it. The more pathetic you sound the better until you can laugh at yourself and get on with the job. Nobody can be a good sport ALL the time. =o)
See, this is why I never watch morning news shows. It's bad enough in the afternoon when Chris Matthews or Wolf Blitzer start blathering, but if I started my day with Matt Lauer I'd end up shooting my TV. Then there's Newt Gingrich; almost every day I hear someone or other say what a deep thinker and a great "idea man" he is, but on what evidence do they base that conclusion? ON WHAT EVIDENCE??? And some mornings now there's frost on my truck windows when I go out there, why does it got to be all cold and stuff? Kpfffft!
Oh my lord! Newt! He's such a little tool. And I bet that description fits in many, many ways.

Okay, here's a new complaint: The Defense bill--NDAA--you know ... the one that strips pretty much the entire Constitution to shreds, the one that makes a bunch of Senators into seditious and treasonous horrors ... we could complain about that. To our Congresspeople. Who just shot down the Udall amendment that would take the ability to indefinitely detain US citizens for no reason whatsofuckingever, from their own goddamn backyards.

We could complain about that.
Beth! :) I'm so glad to see you around.
Yeah, congress is, to put it kindly, less than helpful. I do complain to my representative and senator, but since they're Republicans they don't listen to me. That's one of the drawbacks of living in a red state, though I doubt Dems listen much to their constituents either. And then there's cyberserfdom. A couple years ago someone gave me a Border's gift card, and when I used it I was foolish enough to give them my email address to notify me of sales and so on. After that I received several notifications a week of whatever's going on there, so I was kind of relieved when I heard they were going out of business; it meant I'd no longer have their spam cluttering up my inbox, right? Wrong. As of a couple weeks ago I'm getting the exact same kind of spam from Barnes & Noble even though I've never given them my email address. Border's apparently sold them my information, which I guess means that once you're a cyberserf you will always be a cyberserf and can be sold off to a new master even if your old one dies.