There, I said it!

[Aisling]

Dear hip:

I don't know what is wrong with you! All I did is get up off the floor, there is no reason for you to be hurting right now. You make me feel way older than I am. Stop acting like a creaky bastard!

TISI

Hmm, I think your hip may be related to my knee. I'm in my thirties, but my knee is somewhere in it's late nineties. The damn thing makes more noise than my Rice Krispies.

_____

Dear New Manager,

In the short time you've been there, I've heard staff members referred to as "that old lady", "that dumpy girl", "the effing know-it-all", and "the geeky looking guy".

Would you quit stereotyping your staff and call them by their names? Or, if you don't know their names yet, find less snide ways to describe them?

Seriously, show some respect. It would be greatly appreciated.

TISI

[Tana]

Hmm, I think your hip may be related to my knee. I'm in my thirties, but my knee is somewhere in it's late nineties.

Wow, maybe your knee encountered a temporal anomaly?


Dear Self-Doubt and dear Inner Critic,

go and f.... yourselves.

I am a good writer and everytime I hit the publish-button on my blog, a published author even.
And I am a mighty fine witch, so cut it out.

TISI

[Nyktipolos]

Dear Mother,

I do hope that you did not go through my mail today, seeing as you would have been in for an interesting surprise as to what my current non-fiction tastes are. I hope that if you did, it teaches you a lesson in "don't stick your nose in someone else's business, because you might not like what you'll find!".

Love, your daughter

There, I said it!

[stephyjh]

There. I said it.

Dear cousin's woman,
How the fuck dare you. You broke his nose, then when he struck you in self-defense, you had him locked up...then went and told his family that he had hit you, leaving out the part where you'd already left him with a broken bone by the time he did! I have no sympathy. I'm puzzled as to how he got locked up and you didn't...oh, wait, that's right, because he didn't press charges! Because you have HIS CHILDREN and threatened to take them and run AGAIN, even though the older boy isn't even yours! And the worst part is, he was on probation for mistakes he'd made a long time ago, so now his life is going to be REALLY messed up. Rest assured that if I could afford it, I'd be on a plane to come get those boys right now and bring them home to the people who actually have their best interests in mind. Bitch.

TISI

[LadyBug]

TISI

Highschool.
Can I just skip this next year and get my diploma? I want to get to collage and get this 'Formal Schooling' shit done with.

There. I said it

[SatSekhem]

There. I said it

Dear Longmeadow Residents:

I get it. You guys are so cool and hip. You're all health conscious. I see it. Heck, I can't not see it. You all have super-expensive-top-of-the-line bikes and cute little dogs to walk. And everyone's got the iPod to go jogging with. So, I get it, but do you ALL have to run/walk/ride your bike in the middle of the road? I really don't want to have to hit one of you guys because you'll dent my car and there will be paperwork afterwards. I don't want to deal with that. So, how about you guys move to the PRISTINE SIDEWALKS THAT REMAIN EMPTY on EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADS?!

TISI

[HeartShadow]

Dear Longmeadow Residents:

I get it. You guys are so cool and hip. You're all health conscious. I see it. Heck, I can't not see it. You all have super-expensive-top-of-the-line bikes and cute little dogs to walk. And everyone's got the iPod to go jogging with. So, I get it, but do you ALL have to run/walk/ride your bike in the middle of the road? I really don't want to have to hit one of you guys because you'll dent my car and there will be paperwork afterwards. I don't want to deal with that. So, how about you guys move to the PRISTINE SIDEWALKS THAT REMAIN EMPTY on EITHER SIDE OF THE ROADS?!

TISI

Just a note - a lot of jurisdictions do not ALLOW adults to ride bikes on the sidewalk. It's also more dangerous for bikers to bike there.

[Sage]

Just a note - a lot of jurisdictions do not ALLOW adults to ride bikes on the sidewalk. It's also more dangerous for bikers to bike there.

Dear friend,

Boundaries. Not. Being. Respected. Poured out heart for you. No positive responses. Seriously upset. (Too upset to eat!) Emotionally manipulative responses from you. Have cried like a baby to several people. Also losing grip on English grammar. Don't want to lose you, but I think we're gonna have to take a break - and the way you're framing it, it's either status quo or nothing at all. No more status quo for me, sorry. Dammit. I love you.

There. I fucking said it.

[Erinnightwalker]

Dear friend,

Boundaries. Not. Being. Respected. Poured out heart for you. No positive responses. Seriously upset. (Too upset to eat!) Emotionally manipulative responses from you. Have cried like a baby to several people. Also losing grip on English grammar. Don't want to lose you, but I think we're gonna have to take a break - and the way you're framing it, it's either status quo or nothing at all. No more status quo for me, sorry. Dammit. I love you.

There. I fucking said it.

(((Ellen))) Emergency hugs and Trained Psychic Cookies dispatched.

[Finn]

Just a note - a lot of jurisdictions do not ALLOW adults to ride bikes on the sidewalk. It's also more dangerous for bikers to bike there.

*FERVENT NOD*

As a pedestrian, it irritates the fuck out of me when I see bikers on sidewalks. In Philly, there is some excuse: there are fewer bike lanes (and narrower sidewalks/cobblestones which makes the person[s] hitting the ground after you run me down hurt even more).

In Seattle, though, there is no excuse. Bike lanes are nearly everywhere. Do not ride on the sidewalk if you do not want me to punch you in the face.