Wow…just friggin' wow.
Especially take notice of this quote:
"These payments
were all made to individuals in the subsidiary whose performance led to crushing losses and the near failure of AIG. Thus,
last week, AIG made more than 73 millionaires in the unit which lost so much money that it brought the firm to its knees,
forcing a taxpayer bailout," Cuomo wrote. "Something is deeply wrong with this outcome." (ya think?!?!?)
Could you IMAGINE?
You screw up your job so badly that you almost bring down an entire company and then you get…..A BONUS?? And we're not just talking a bottle of expensive scotch at Christmas and a nice watch…..no, we're talking MILLION dollar bonuses!!
WTF is WRONG with people???
Contractually obligated MY ASS.
I'm thinking if you screw up so friggin' bad that you need a TAXPAYER financed bailout….you can take your contract and shove it!
Old white men…..I bet you anything, they are ALL old white men that are at the bottom of this mess.
Greedy, greedy arrogant, self-indulgent ASSHOLES.
I am developing a serious prejudice against old, white male CEO's.
Seriously.
and I'm not talking about the Whitney Houston song….
It cracks me up how nothing can be going on and then all of a sudden….in the span of 5 minutes….
Tina calls
Billiejo calls
Steve texts
Ceci calls
Scotty texts
sistah calls….
and then absolutely nothing again for a couple of hours.
This so happens to me all the time and I just love it….it's like everyone gets this "think of Joanna" moment and acts on it…all at once.
Nice!!!
LOL
If someone is helping you and there are two possible ways to help…..shouldn't you let them help in the way that the person who is helping, would prefer?
I don't know…maybe that's just me. To want to make it easier on the person who is helping me.
I got home from dropping the kids off at school this morning and I called next door to see how Rick and Gabby were doing. Mom had called me to let me know Gabby stayed home sick and she wanted me to see if they wanted some of the donuts she brought home last night….so I call. Rick tells me that they are talking about the kid that died Friday night on the news this morning. So I look it up online, to see what's going on….
I find this article…
That night, my impression of these kids were they are punks. Punk kids, thinking they are invincible and being completely stupid and reckless without any regard for human life, theirs or anyone else's. I was, quite frankly, pissed off. Had Shelly and I been there one second earlier. …or one inch over in either direction, we would've been in a head on collision…it was very much a near miss and really scary. And I was pissed as hell at these kids. Here I am out with my friend on a Friday night, just talking and listening to music and cruising around….and these kids almost hit us. This, coupled with the fact that they tried to walk away from the scene and the fighting with people who were trying to keep them from running….my impression was they were punk ass kids. But then you read this and it breaks your heart.
Maybe they were good kids that made one stupid, stupid mistake….and made it bigger by trying to run. Had he had stayed at the scene, he would've been sent to the hospital and they probably could've saved him. So I know it's his own doing….but how many mistakes did I make at that age, that could've killed me? More than I care to admit. I went through a period where I was really reckless….not in this type of way….but I did my fair share of things that should've or could've killed me, but all in all..I was a good kid, at heart. Maybe these kids are too. I hope the others learn something from this…..don't make a dumb mistake, bigger. If you srew up, take your punishment…don't try to run from mistakes you make. Maybe the others will take this with them through life…
I hope so.
I hope something positive can come from this senseless tragedy.
The police called me last night and Shelly and I will have to go down to the police station to give a more detailed statement. I don't want to go. I really don't.
What's done is done….what does what we saw, change?
Nothing.
Absolutely nothing.
And all I keep thinking, over and over….
Why did you run?
Why the hell did you run???
Just an FYI….
I'm twittering.
ha!
I love saying that….LOL
Scroll down and look over there ———————————->
You'll see at the bottom a twitter update thingy…widget, whatever you call it.
it's been there about a week but I don't know if anyone has noticed cause it's so far down, so I thought I'd mention it.
It's actually kinda cool.
I'm diggin' it!
🙂
Gotta keep up with all the technology crap…although I'm wondering if the facebook/twittering thing is partly to blame for my decline in blogging….hmmm……I wonder.
who knows! LOL
Wow…just wow.
I can't believe it's been a week!
I was going to be better about posting, better about keeping up on this!
Geez!!!
Well, there's been some good news this week…
Other news….
Shell and I cruising on Friday night, as always….car comes barreling around the corner, going like 100, on our side of the road, head on…Shelly has an instant to react, reacts right and swerves away from car, missing it…..we watch car then spin out of control, into the woods and flip over. We have to stop to make sure the people are okay…they were and not only were they okay, they were trying to leave the scene….one guy manages to run off into the woods…..it was crazy and chaotic… and then Shelly and I hear about this….
.
That night, I was pissed off at the kids….I'm a mom, I don't appreciate a car coming at me head on, going over a hundred. Not my thing..you know?I kind of like being alive…..lol. So yeah, I was pissed off…but never, ever would wish a death like that, or any death, on anyone….
I jus can't get passed.some mom is never going to see her son again……it just all really sucks!
So surreal….And I know it's his own fault, I know if he hadn't of run off, he might have been just fine…I know all that, don't waste your breath….
Regardless of fault, regardless of blame…one simple fact remains…..some mom is never going to see her son again and that breaks my heart…..
It's really sad and it makes you take a reality check and take note of what's important and what's not.
On a happier note…
It's been a beautiful weekend and I am excited! It's supposed to be almost 60 today!! SWEET!!
I'll have to get some pics of the kids and us and get them posted….
Let's see if I'll actually be better THIS TIME..<rolling eyes>
So today was great, it was warm, sunny and it felt like spring.
Unfortunately SNOW is on the way to ruin everything.
Whatever.
Ten bucks says there is a delay to school tomorrow because there will be a teeny bit of <gasp!> SNOW on the ground. <rolling eyes>
I have seriously been surprised by what they delay/cancel school for, when it comes to snow.
I know, I know…it's to keep the buses off the road in inclement weather…yeah, yeah, yeah…I got it.
The Alaska in me (I can't believe I just typed that…) can't help but want to go to the door and shout out into the neighborhood.."WUSSSIES!!!!!"
LOL
anyway…the day was beautiful and the kids got to play outside all day. I took a nap because I was up at 4am…(I went to bed too early…) and when I woke up my mom was sitting outside, visiting with Zak and the kids. Nice! So I sat with her and Zak for a bit while the kids played. Jaime and her friend Sabrina wanted to make a lemonade stand, so Zak set them all up. They actually got a couple of customers and it was SO. CUTE. !!!
While we were sitting outside, my sister and Rick pulled up and my so awesome sister bought me a laundry basket that I have been wanting sooo bad ever since we moved here!! She was gonna buy it for me for Christmas but she couldn't find one and so she must have saw it today and got it for me. I am seriously psyched!! I friggin' love this laundry basket!! (It's the little things, people….) When she pulled it out of her truck, I was like "What? Did you get another one? Why??" and then I realized oh, wait..I bet she got that for me!! So I say.."Wait..is that for me??" And she says yes….I was THRILLED. Like jump up and down happy. Seriously.
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU sistah! You rock!
All in all a fantastic day.
The nagging annoyance….
one of my friends is pissed off at me for NO GOOD REASON! And I'm getting really sick of the drama with this friend.
Things change…life changes….things can't be the same as they were 20 years ago…..and for some reason…when *I* do things different, it's this huge problem but not a problem if anyone ELSE does things different.
I don't get it.
I really don't.
And I'm sick of it.
It's a stress I do not friggin' need.
So I think a talk is in need with me and this friend.
Soon.
Because I'm gonna go crazy if this person keeps getting mad at me for NOTHING.
It's ridiculous.
Seriously.
So.
As you have obviously noticed, I have not been updating very much and when I have, it's been rather "generic" stuff…not too much about what is going on in our life, right now.
The day after I blogged this….Premonition materializes….big things happened.
And I wasn't exactly in the mind frame to blog.
We had a lot of things to figure out, think about and deal with and that consumed every spare moment of my time.
Then when things settled down, slightly….and I did have the time to blog, it felt like I was being a fake or a phony.
It felt like how can I talk about whatever, when "this" was going on?
But I didn't want to put "this" out there for public consumption.
Not that I have a million readers to my blog or anything, but I just didn't want this particular issue to be thrown out there for anyone to read.
My close family and friends know the deal and what's going on….but to put it out there on my blog?
I didn't want to do that. But I felt a little dishonest about blogging as if all was well.
So that made me sit and think about my blog and me…
And I have come to realize, it doesn't make me fake or phony to blog about "good" stuff or other stuff, when life is tough.
In fact, I realized that it actually helps me to keep talking about other stuff and writing always helps ease my mind and calm me down, regardless of the content. It's very, very therapeutic for me. It always has been.
I likened it to this type of situation…Zak and I can be having a full on knock down drag out fight and we are still cool to the kids. We put on our happy faces and take care of them and get back to the fight, later.
And that doesn't mean we're lying to them by being happy even though we are raging pissed off inside.
It simply means…it's on "pause" while we deal with other stuff.
Nothing wrong with a pause.
Nothing dishonest about putting a problem on pause and focusing your mind on something else for a little while.
Right?
I'm an honest person, perhaps to a fault, even. I am a fervent believer in karma and I know for every lie I might tell, it will come back to me a million times worse. I just don't lie. I'm not fake and I don't bullshit people.
So it took me a minute to figure out this blog thing and how it fit into my conscience.
A bit of time, space and reflection is all I needed.
I'm good.
So…to the people that read this loyally…which I love you for…it makes me feel good…..and have been wondering what the hell is going on….thanks for hanging in there.
Unpause.
married!!!
Now THAT is a good off season move!!
Nice, huh??
I think it's cool….
If those two have kids, they are gonna be some good lookin' babies!
Anything But Gray 