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Sunday, May 29, 2005

IDOL TIME CREATES IDOL MINDS. (p.s. BITE ME)

Dear Nasty Anonymous poster from Planet Dan:

For some reason, you have decided to take a fun and amusing blog site (planetdan) and use it for your own personal attacks on me.

I’m going to assume you are someone who must know me. Reason number one, I do not believe I have ever “bragged” about my house on Planetdans site, so that must mean you lurk here. However, I do not believe I “brag” about my house here either. If I brag about anything, it’s the amazing things my husband and children (and occasionally myself) seem to be able to accomplish. It is a shame that you think being proud of my family is bragging. If more people showed an inkling of pride and respect towards other people, it would be a better world. Maybe there wouldn’t be so many people who think, “In order to feel good about myself, I must make others feel bad”. Reason number two, as far as I know, I have never mentioned “not using parts of my house”, on either site. It’s a big house, and I can’t be in 59 places at once. Which means either you've been here, know me, or know someone who knows me. If the latter is the case, you should get your facts straight before casting judgement.

However, I could be mistaken and you don’t actually know me. Pity. Maybe, somehow, in some deranged way of thinking, you have misinterpreted my blog, and comments posted on PlanetDan. Or perhaps I’m not the literary scholar you think I am.

In either case, this makes you a very sad, pathetic and self-loathing person. To some extent it saddens me. I do not know very many people, so if you are indeed someone who knows me, I really hope my 6th sense has kicked in and you are no longer someone I deal with on any basis. If you are not, then my theory that people are inherently assholes until proven otherwise, stands it’s ground. Either way, it’s another sad day for humanity.

My husband, my children and myself work our asses off. For everything. Nothing has EVER been handed to any of us. We’ve pulled ourselves out of many holes that would have left most people wallowing in self pity, and came back fighting and working harder. Everything we have is ours to brag about, as we should. I should be proud of myself, I am proud of my family and nobody has the right to try and tell me otherwise. How’s that for some perspective for you?

My advice to you, get your ass off the couch (or from behind the computer as the case may be). Stop blaming others for your misfortune or lack there of. After all only 1 in 120,526,770 people ever win the lottery jackpot.

posted by me | 3:45 PM | 6 comments

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Oh no!What happened?Good for you for standing up for yourself whatever the comments were?:)

# posted by Stacy : 6/01/2005 11:20 AM  


I just read the creepy comment on Dan's site.For what it is worth I have been reading your blog for a long time and I have never gotten the impression it was braggy or pretentious.The way I read it is it is a record and log of the progress on your house which is a source of pride for you, because of all your husband has done to it.Man people are jerks...I hope you did not take any of that garbage to heart because it was oviously written by a twit.

# posted by Stacy : 6/01/2005 1:22 PM  


Thanks Stacy, I really needed it today.

What the heck is wrong with people lately? Seems like it gets worse everyday. And it's such a highschool way to behave.

Oh well, on to the next project.

Happy Birthday a couple days early btw.

# posted by Colleen : 6/01/2005 3:03 PM  


If there's anyone who deserves everything they have due to hard work and perserverence, it's my sister colleen and her family. That's for sure.

# posted by dan : 6/01/2005 5:00 PM  


Yeah, what was up with that guy? I was going to comment and tell him to watch out because you've resorted to using all your "extra" space to store and torture annonymous jerks but I thought that might be a little overboard...plus I'm sure you're trying to keep that on the down low.
I love hearing about your house projects and have never doubted your hard work though I barely know you.

# posted by lynne : 6/01/2005 8:06 PM  


Thanks peoples.

# posted by Colleen : 6/01/2005 8:35 PM  



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