Why Do I Have to Yell?

What am I talking about? Well I (and my wife) have found that if we ask nicely not much happens. For instance when it is morning time and everyone is getting ready to go... everyone but the Songbird that is. We tell her and tell her and tell her, get ready, put on your shirt, pants, socks, shoes... blah, blah, blah. She rarely if ever moves right away. But if I raise my voice, magic happens. It almost gets done before I finish yelling it.

It is the same when talking to the Teenager. I'll be saying clean your room, or do your laundry, or take your dog outside... and nothing happens. If I belt out loudly, things happen. Suddenly the heavens part, a bright light shines and miraculously... what I told her in the beginning is done. Even Augustus does this, but in her defense, tiny kids like her are supposed to do this, it is how they learn. But when I'm already running into static from the other two, it just makes me crazy.

I've become a cranky, old, simpleton. I don't want to yell, really I don't. So this goes out to all of the people in Publix, I know I might look or sound mean, when I yell at my kids, but in reality, I'm just seeking peace for everyone. And someone is making the baby cry, so I try to fix that by yelling at the culprit (Songbird), then while I am distracted by the culprit (Songbird) one of the others baby or teenager does something else to make me mad and then I try to deal with that and someone else does something.... it is a viscous cycle, and it never ends. At least I don't think so, it hasn't ended yet.

I just want to live in peace and quiet and maybe I screwed up thinking I could get that with kids around... But really I'm not a total asshole.

And Another WTF Moment... Again

Endhiran is the name of this movie out of India. It is dubbed in Russian. I am anxiously awaiting its release in English. Because I really have no idea what is going on, but it seems pretty cool... I guess.

This is What They Were Talking About

I finally got a weekend, where yeah it was nice out (not this weekend, last weekend). Not too hot or cold, no bugs, paradise. My hammock was screaming my name... and I of course... complied. As did my dog (the other one).

Classic Film Friday: Invasion of the Bee Girls

Well I had to do a sex-ploitation film sooner or later right? This one is not for kids, hell I don't even know if it is for adults either. Basically Neil Agar (William Smith) is a security agent with the State Department, and he is investigating a man's death, which quickly becomes an almost serial killing, in that they are all men, and they died from extreme exhaustion or they are having sex too much.

He is in the town of Peckham, California and they swing around there. Practically everybody is doing it with someone other than their spouse. It was the 70's, what else can I say? Would you not have sex with someone if there was a strong chance you would be killed? Well I know what I would do, but I aint them. A scientist, Dr. Susan Harris (Anitra Ford) has devised a way to have radiated bees, get women to kill men. I really can't explain it any further, because honestly, the whole thing kind of falls apart. Watch this if you like the 70's, campiness, or looking at naked women who have insect eyes.

Wanda Jackson - Thunder On The Mountain

What an incredible woman! You can see here here: in 1958




Or you can see her here: today. I can't get over the fact that she basically sounds the same, even though 50+ years have past. You go girl!

He Doesn't Know, So Don't Ask Him

Money Orders

I need to tell you all a story. It is a tale of how hard it is to get money and how stupid I am. Like usual the story involves the Teenager and her mother (my ex-wife). She (the ex-wife) sent some money to my daughter for Christmas. This is a huge surprise as usually she doesn't bother. So she goes to a western union, gets a money order, and mails it off. With me so far?

She has the money sent to me, as the Teenager doesn't have an ID. So it becomes my problem. Yah! Ok so I take the money order to Publix. They don't cash money orders. So I look online for who would cash the money order. Well they never really say... they do list places that have a Western Union, and I assumed that anyplace that was a Western Union, would cash the money order. This assumption would be very wrong. Wal-Mart, Bank of America (inside Wal-Mart) another Publix, Food Lion, and a gas station.... would not cash the money order because they only cash their money orders... which makes no sense to me because if I owed someone money that was right here in the place I lived, I would just give them cash... not a money order. This money order was from Winn Dixie, we have no Winn Dixie around here.

So finally I went to my bank, deposited the money order into my account, and took the same amount out of my account to give to my daughter. I can only hope that they will take the money order (it was late by the time I got to the bank, so I just used the ATM). Money orders used to be just as good a real money... clearly they are no longer. I was going around town with money that no one would take, with my daughter in tow, trying not to use my bank account. I wonder what would have happened if I didn't have a bank account?