This week in reading…Thanks again to everyone who participated in Show Us Your Books. Next one is September 8. Since Tuesday, I’ve finished I Regret Nothing, am halfway through Inside the O’Briens and A Little Life, and picked up The Oregon Train: A New American Journey and Some Girls Are. Good stuff.
This week in listening…While I’m still listening to my rock standards, I’m trying to incorporate some new songs into my repertoire. Like these:
This week in shit my husband says…In response to my explanation of the term “ship” as it pertains to wanting fictional characters to get together. He replies: I’ve shipped someone somewhere. You don’t need to know why.
This week in sweet ass deals…My husband is an Orioles fan. I am a Mets fan. Every so often, the stars align and they play one another during the regular season. This summer is that special time. We knew we wanted to go and I managed to find us tickets in decent seats for $10 a piece! Plus we prepaid for parking which is exponentially better than driving around Baltimore on a game day trying to find a garage and that also was $10. So 3 tickets and parking (plus the requisite ticket fees) cost $50. That’s basically less than one normal ticket. And I can go to Camden Yards wearing a Mets shirt and not fear for my life!
This week in confusion…Am I the only one puzzled by the outrage at Target for doing away with gender designations on their toy aisles? Doesn’t this sort of fly in the face of the gender equality, girls can do anything boys can do mentality we’re trying to adopt? I mean, if we truly want it to be okay for girls to play with dinosaurs and boys to play with dolls, why wouldn’t we put them all together with no gender labels distinguishing between the two? And as for the people who truly believe that mixing the toys together will cause gender identity crises in children…well, Ron White says you can’t fix stupid and he’s completely correct. What you can do, however, is educate them and hopefully change their ignorance to understanding. Also, it’s fucking toys. Can we all calm the hell down?
This week in I’m not sure what to think…Did you guys see the viral video pregnancy announcement where the husband used pee the wife left in the toilet to do a pregnancy test and surprise her with the positive test? Then did you see how they posted a video a few days later where they said she had a miscarriage? To be honest, I’m struggling with the whole thing. First, because it sounds like absolute bullshit that he was able to get a positive test from urine diluted with water. Also, it’s fucking gross that he did that if it’s actually true and it’s even more disgusting that she doesn’t flush after she goes (the excuse that she doesn’t want to wake the kids? How loud is their toilet? Do the kids sleep in the bathroom? I can’t make sense of this) but that’s another discussion. Second, I watched the video announcing the miscarriage and it just seemed…off to me. I’m not saying that everyone grieves the same way but I can tell you that after mine, my first instinct was not to film a video just a few hours later and share it with the world. And some of the comments they made smacked of attention seeking behavior rather than genuine grief and pain. And I hope to god that they’re just completely narcissistic (which, from reading a bit about them, they really and truly are. Exhibit A: A video they posted titled “Good Looking Parents Sing Frozen” or something like that) and not lying because if they are…well, that’s a slap in the face to those of who have experienced it. And it’s disgusting. And despicable. And reprehensible. Miscarriages are not something to fake for attention or fame. And if it makes me callous and heartless that I don’t believe them, I can live with that. But my spidey senses are tingling from this story.
This week in internet reads…Two great ones from Buzzfeed: 37 things you’ll only understand if you went to college in the 90s and 19 things only women who love swearing will understand. This post on things I’m too old to tolerate. This one from the Huffington Post with 22 habits to make your life more peaceful every day. And finally, since I’m trying to find classics I want to read, I liked this list with 25 American classics everyone should read.
This week in funnies…
Have a great weekend! Hope you all get to do something fun and/or relaxing!
The viral video – I saw it because another vlogger I watch (I actually watch some vlogs) mentioned it. Then a day later the WEIRDEST miscarriage video ever – then a day after that he quits his job to focus on youtube full time. Now if they are grieving the loss of a baby my heart goes out to them. If they fakes that, they are sick sick sick people.
I am beyond appalled at the viral pregnancy,etc. situation. Beyond!
How much attention do people need?? It’s over the top, the whole media thing. Bravo to Target! Those who are offended need to get a life. Things have changed light years since I was born.
God and Goddess speed to all of us!
Happy Weekend!
Love, Steph’s Momma
These made me giggle. The thing about Target is beyond me. We’re now arguing about toys?? Seriously America?? And we wonder why no-one likes us. I didn’t hear about the video thing but anyone putting a video about their miscarriage online is fishy. Never experienced it, not do I have kids, but that’s an incredibly personal, difficult time and certainly does NOT warrant being shared publicly.
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Something is not right with the surprise pregnancy/miscarriage story. I think they are lying and want to be internet famous and that pisses me off.
Sweet sweet deal on the baseball day out. That’s crazy good for that price. You have skills.
I don’t understand why people are pissed off that the gender colors are being removed from aisles at Target. Like when your kid picks out a toy…they’re still going to be picking out a toy. Just not in an aisle painted blue or pink.
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We clearly read the same articles every week, hello 22 Things!
Ah gender specific toys are so annoying, I’m pretty sure when I was little everything was just red, blue, and yellow except for Barbie who has always been pink.
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I saw that video too and thought the same thing, but thought, “maybe I’m just just an insensitive a-hole or something.” To me it just seemed like she was forcing herself to kind fake cry. Again, just a spidy sense like you got. Even still…man it just does seem that there is this TMI culture out there and people just need to be on camera for EVERYTHING! Think I’ll go periscope myself taking a poo this morning…
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lol! ^
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hahahah omg that monkey meme!!!!! ever since target left our canadian ass, i ignore them completely. and bitches need to chill; who cares if they changed shit?
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I am SO glad you said the thing about those vloggers. I have so many opinions on this, but for obvious reasons it’s a touchy subject and I’ve kept them to myself on social media. But I couldn’t agree with you more. When I saw that viral video where the dude “surprises” his wife with her own pregnancy, something didn’t sit well with me. I thought it was odd, a bit staged and just overall “ick.” THEN I saw the miscarriage video (two words that I’m not sure should ever be together) and my IMMEDIATE reaction was, “this seems fake.” I obviously will feel terrible if it’s not…but I’m clearly not alone & others seem to feel the same way. Then I did some digging and found out their religious/conservative agenda and read about how they were in some hot water recently about a video in which they coerced their young daughter to be anti gay marriage. Nope. NOPENOPENOPE.
Also, “Good Looking Parents Sing Frozen?” GFY.
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i haven’t seen the video about the pregnancy announcement from the toilet pee but i did hear about it. posting about a miscarriage seems pretty look at me look at me, especially after how you described it. wtf is wrong with people.
speaking of what is wrong with people, seriously? people are going nuts over how target organises their toys? what the actual shit.
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That monkey meme.. omg. Yessss. The best part is that I’ve been the smiley monkey and part of the arguing couple (because I don’t even care if we’re in public and you’re being a douche, I’ll fucking tell you so).
I am pleased with Target’s decision, although I don’t really know what difference it’s gonna make. They will still separate their toys as they are currently during. It’s just a matter of removing “boys” and “girls” from the signs. It is a step in the right direction, nonetheless.
The 22 Things article brought me great joy.
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Two things: I think it’s great that Target is doing away with gender labels in the toy aisle! Though, it probably won’t make a huge difference since the Barbies will still be with Barbies and other doll accessories. I hardly doubt they’re going to start mixing Barbies with Transformers in the same aisle. I’m not even sure my Target has gender labels…People reacting negatively to the removing of labels are stoopid.
Second, I saw that pregnancy news on GOMI. Don’t judge me. It’s my guilty pleasure. I think the story’s off as well. Like you said, diluted by water, ew who doesn’t flush? And then they are totally narcissists for posting a follow-up days later about their “miscarriage”. The whole thing is gross.
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My coworker just sent me this re: the Target issue. I had tears in my eyes laughing. http://gizmodo.com/man-pretends-to-be-target-rep-trolls-angry-idiots-on-f-1724102998
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Target cant catch a break! They get in trouble by some for the trophy wife tshirt and now they cant mix all the toys together? Isn’t that sort of contradicting a bit on what people are upset about? And I have the same spidey sense you do on that whole viral video debacle. Yikes.
LOLOLOL for days on the mosquitoes dying in the winter!
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Apparently I live under a rock because I haven’t heard of this pregnancy/miscarriage video thing, but it sounds pretty bizarre. Going to have to do some googling.
Re: Target, yes. The people who are outraged are concern-trolling and the “slippery slope” argument is ridiculous. It’s what people who have no logistical, valid argument reach for when they know there’s nothing better to defend their moronic stance. Boys and girls are not so fundamentally different at age EIGHT that they cannot play with the same damn set of building blocks and board games. Period, the end. Problem is, the people making a stink about this are NOT the people who believe that girls can do anything boys can do/men and women are fundamentally equal. So there goes any chance of a logical discourse on the subject anyway.
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Yes, the pregnancy video screamed FAKE to me. But so many of my Facebook friends kept sharing it saying it gave them “the feels.” I was like ???? “Are we watching the same video?”
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I must seriously live under a fucking rock – a “honey surprise you’re pregnant, I pilfered through your urine, no worries” to filming a video post miscarriage… Holy smokes, this screams attention whores. It may or may not be legit but like you say, how many people do you know are up for filming a dandy video? I know I sure as shit wouldn’t be jazzed up about it, I could promise you that.
Thanks for all the links at the end, enjoyed every one of them.
Have a great weekend homie 😛
Xo
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Exs and Ohs is so good. I didn’t read the whole Target thing but I thought it was the clothing section not the toys. It’s dumb that toys would be gender specific anyways.
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Holy hell – how have I not heard the gloriousness of The Struts song that you posted! That is my new jam. I declare it now.
I know nothing about this video with the husband… Ugh. That made my heart sink a little lower than it’s already feeling right now. Another song has come on Spotify from The Struts. I may have found my new favorite band.
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I don’t get the whole Target thing either. Get the fuck over it, people. Do you really have nothing else better to focus your time and energy on???