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M. Scharf  

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I need to blow off steam

Journal Entry: Thu May 15, 2008, 12:37 PM
I only feel it fair to warn you that this is a rant entry. I'm upset and Partner is at work so I only have you guys to vent to.

Most of you know I go into town on Thursdays for our weekly groceries and to check the mail. I usually take my lap top and sit at the coffee shop to use the wireless there. Well today the coffee place's internet was down and I needed to get security updates for my lappy. I knew there was an unsecured network at the high school so I went there and parked in the lot. I hooked up and began my downloads.

After a while a little white car pulled in next to me with a lady and her daughter in it. When the daughter got out she smacked my truck with her door. She looked right in my eyes but turned around and started walking off. I rolled down my window and said,

"You know, when you hit someone's truck you should say you're sorry."

The girl just blinked at me like I was speaking Chinese. Mom heard this and stepped up. She asked what was going on and I said,

"Your daughter hit my truck with her door and I told her she should say sorry when she does something like that."

The woman replied,

"It's my fault for parking too close to you."

Now I was tempted to say her parking had nothing to do with her girl's lack of manners but I simply said,

"It's ok but she should know that an apology can go a long way."

Mom and daughter walked off without another word and I went back to my downloads. A few minutes later a man comes out of the school and makes a bee-line for my truck and I thought to myself.

'Mike, you dumbfuck, you shouldn't have drawn attention to yourself.'

Sure enough he asks me what I'm doing there. I told him I was borrowing his wireless. He looked uncertain like he'd expected me to say,

'I'm a pervert checking out all the kiddies and jerking off.'

I told him I paid taxes to the school district and felt the least I should get out of it is the occasional use of the wireless. He said that someone had reported a stranger in the lot and I knew it was the woman and her daughter. I told him what had happened with the car door and he said,

"Well, they called the police."

Sure enough, at that very second there come the cops and now I've got to convince two very suspicious police officers that I'm not a Chester-the-molester. I showed them my computer screen which was displaying the download progress. They told me to shut it off and leave.

Humilated and embarrassed, I did. I'm not mad that the school was keeping it's eye out for potential predators or that the cops responded quickly to a call about a problem. What I'm mad about is the lesson that teenage girl learned today. She learned that when you make a mistake and someone points it out to you, you don't take it to heart and make an effort not to do something like that again. What you do is go out of your way to make trouble for the person who called your attention to your rudeness. Is it any wonder that with parents teaching this kind of lesson to their kids that so few ever learn to accept responsibilty for their actions?

Needless to say, my highly identifiable truck has now been flagged by the city cops and if I so much as look cross-eyed at them there will be trouble (remember, this is a very small town). Here's a perfect example of why I can't let it get out that Partner and I are gay. Do you think they would have let me go if it was commonly known that I'm a fag? Nope, I would have been arrested for trespassing and suspicion of misconduct. Sometimes I truly hate the world.
-M

  • Mood: Rant
  • Listening to: birdies in the trees
  • Reading: Condensed Knowledge
  • Watching: Man vs Wild (don't listen to that guy!)
  • Playing: Fate
  • Eating: Nothing, I'm too upset to eat

Devious Information

  • Current Age: over the hill and picking up speed
  • Current Residence: an Alaskan island in the north pacific
  • Interests: YAOI, literature, history, 4x4's
  • Favourite movie: currently: 20000 Leagues Under The Sea- 1954
  • Favourite band or musician: mozart
  • Favourite genre of music: classical but anything except gangsta rap
  • Favourite artist: Leonardo Da Vinci
  • Favourite poet or writer: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Operating System: windows vista on a 512 system ... *sigh* 'alas'
  • MP3 player of choice: My computer
  • Shell of choice: Conus Gloriamaris
  • Wallpaper of choice: my own
  • Favourite game: d and d
  • Favourite gaming platform: the one between my ears
  • Favourite cartoon character: donald duck
  • Personal Quote: "imagination is simply intellegence having fun"
  • Tools of the Trade: keyboard

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Devious Comments

~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 4 hours 39 minutes ago
How did you misplace it?
"I misplaced your birthday...sorry." XD
I've not forgotten Jake's birthday...yet. (-_-")

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 4 hours 42 minutes ago
I did, and it will take the edge off for now.

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 4 hours 44 minutes ago
I forgot Partner's birthday once. Well, I didn't exactly FORGET I just sorta misplaced it...He's never let me live that down and every year, a week before his B-day, he says, "So you gonna forget my birthday again?" This has been going on for 20 years. I've never forgotten/misplaced it since.
-M
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 4 hours 46 minutes ago
Well a person who's entrenched in their ignorance will seldom willingly abandon it. Just nod and say, "Yes, dad. I'll try much harder. I promise." That ought to placate him.
-M
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 6 hours 56 minutes ago
Thank you so much. You don't know what it means to me to have friends like you. People like you are the small but bright spark that keep the world from total darkness.
-M
*winklepickers:iconwinklepickers: 12 hours 46 minutes ago
For you and Partner.
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~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 20 hours 25 minutes ago
No I didn't. But unless I have a calendar with me I can't remember the month. (-_-")

Woot!

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 20 hours 27 minutes ago
I dont think so, but he does.
And I would tell him, but he doesn't think I know what I'm talking about.

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 1 day 33 minutes ago
Did you miss your man's B-day? Not a good thing!

I'll still try to get on DA as much as possible. I'm taking my lappy and as long as I'm in Anchorage and Fairbanks I should be able to get on the net but in between it might be a little harder.
-M
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 1 day 34 minutes ago
Do you really think 2 Cs will effect your prospects so much? Surely that's not really the case? Did you tell him that you can re-do the classes?
-M
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 1 day 2 hours ago
Yeah it is.
That's not the problem.
My dad has this thought that now I'm not going to get a job because I have two C's on this degree.
He doesn't realize that I can take those two classes over (with the scholarship, mind you) to try for a better grade...

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 1 day 2 hours ago
Ohhhh. I was far from missing it then.
How is it I can remember the month of your anniversary, but can't remember the month of my own mans birthday?!
Anywho, I hope you guys have a blast and stay safe while your away.
I'm gonna miss ya *sniffles*

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 1 day 2 hours ago
Parents often get a little carried away with their kids. Little things get blown out of proportion. I think your GPA will still be high enough to maintain your scholarship!
-M
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 1 day 3 hours ago
You haven't missed it. Partner and I will be celebrating our 21st wedding anniversary on the 30th. That's the same day we're flying over to Anchorage. We've got a room at a nice hotel and dinner planned for our favorite place, the Moose's Tooth. We'll probably do some shopping during the day and just have stress-free fun. We appreciate your early congratulations though! :)
-M
~ChrisCHJ:iconChrisCHJ: 2 days 4 hours ago
:hug::smooch::hug:

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~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 2 days 7 hours ago
...Tell that to my parents.
They think that I'm trying to lose my scholarship so I don't have to continue college. *rips out hair*

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 2 days 7 hours ago
That's still ok! It's not like you got a C in something like fingerpainting. You got a medium grade in a very difficult class that most people would fail completely.
-M
~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: 2 days 7 hours ago
You're sweet. Sometimes I feel like a mother to all you pretty young things! Mother Mike, that's me!
-M
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 2 days 7 hours ago
Dont you has an anniversary coming up this month...or has I already missed out on the congratulating?

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~Pete Hautman
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: 2 days 21 hours ago
...but I got a C... =(

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman
*winklepickers:iconwinklepickers: 3 days 3 hours ago
Hi there.

I lost your last message before I answered it. I clicked the wrong thing.

You said you had lived in Alaska for a long time. That you were happy there and that you were pleased that the indigenous peoples were surviving after past troubles.

It was an interesting message that I shall have to look for it in the gallery. :)

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~SpentPaperStars:iconSpentPaperStars: 4 days 3 hours ago
lol yep.

was shadow black? or is that just me being lame?

all our cats have had human names charlie, joey,archie, meka oh and pixe... but we didnt name her...

thats sounds really kool.im suppose to be going camping this summer but i dont know if it will happen..

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~ChrisCHJ:iconChrisCHJ: 4 days 7 hours ago
AHHH MON PETIT POIS!!!!!! This is sooo late but Happy Mother's Day ma mére :smooch:

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~m-scharf:iconm-scharf: May 9, 2008, 8:43:51 AM
That's great! :clap: Especially when we're talking about such difficult classes! Congratulations!
-M
~kohakuOnna:iconkohakuOnna: May 8, 2008, 5:29:56 PM
I made a 250 out of 200 on my advertising, A on my management test, C on microeconomics, and I had made a B in accounting so I didn't have to take the final.
Sooooo over all: A, B, B, C.
Not TOO bad...but dang was micro HAAAAAARRRRD.

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Going to sell some widgets to some dingbats.
~Pete Hautman