One of my coworkers brought me some Mexican Jumping Beans tonight.

One of my coworkers brought me some Mexican Jumping Beans tonight.  They are pretty darn cool.  But they are wide awake right now.  LOL

I have never tried Zoya Remove+...

I have never tried Zoya Remove+ - probably because it's expensive and I've never seen it anywhere.  But it does get an ass-ton of shout-outs in the nail world.  Now I don't have to buy it.  I keep plenty of acetone around.  😃

SCIENCE!  😃

https://loodieloodieloodie.blogspot.com/2011/07/moisturize-your-nails-with-acetone.html

What is with racist assholes and me lately?

What is with racist assholes and me lately?

Needless to say, he has re-blocked me.  Man, what a loss.  🙄

Dilan Peoples:

Hello. When I blocked you my plan was to wait until I no longer remembered why I did, then unblock you and resume communication. So, hi.

Me:

You blocked me because I'm a feminist atheist who isn't afraid to speak my mind. That's not gonna change, so you might as well re-block me.

Dilan Peoples:

Oh.. Holy Lady of Guadalupe, does such a creature exist in Alabama??? How could you be so culturally, spiritually, and racially suicidal?

Me:

I'm a loner. I prefer animals to people, so it doesn't matter. Also, my son is half-black. Can't remember if you have a problem with that one or not.

Dilan Peoples:

Oh, yep, that'll do it. I blocked you because you're a race traitor. I can tolerate discussion with atheists, feminists, and the whole cultural Marxist crowd, but white women who sell out their own heritage and reject the love of a European man for that of a totally different species... Read the Bhagavad Gita by Lord Sri Krishna. You are the very essence of the Kali Yuga, the Age of Darkness.

I am about fed up with wearing bras.

Ok ladies - I am about fed up with wearing bras.  I don't want to go without because I would be very self-conscious about my nippies showing, plus I don't like the friction of my shirts on them.  I've been looking into bralettes... like sports bras (but not so constrictive), as far as I can tell.  They look super comfy and I'm cool with something like that for everyday wear.  I don't feel the need to have my tits pushed up under my chin with cleavage showing.  I'm 30 and have been with the love of my life for almost 5 years now.  I don't have to do that crap anymore.  Not daily, anyway.  😛

BUT... much like with regular bras I'm having a hard time finding something that fits.  GRRR.

Sometime last year (or maybe even the year before - I'm not entirely sure), Shaun bought me a really nice bra at Dillard's.  It is the most comfortable bra I've ever worn.  They lady fit it to me and that was awesome.  Apparently it's pretty common for women to wear the wrong size bra and I was doing just that.  My problem was that I needed a 28 - 30 band, but Wal-Mart and Target (the only two places I'd ever bothered looking for bras because I can afford stuff there) start at 32.  Victoria's Secret doesn't even start smaller.

So, I love that bra to death, but I've about worn it out since I've been wearing it EVERY DAY.  It was getting a break the day I washed it, then right back to wearing it again.  I need something else for daily wear.  Preferably something cheaper, and comfy and soft, with just enough padding to keep my headlights from showing.  Any suggestions?

I've been to Wal-Mart and tried a couple of things.  I picked up the Genie Bra.  The band around my ribs fit, but it smashed my boobs so flat that it kind of hurt.  I think the Ahh Bra is about the same, but I haven't had a chance to find out because they don't have that in my size anymore.  I picked up a highlighter-yellow bralette for $5 at Wal-Mart and LOVED that thing for all of 3 days before it loosened up around the ribs too much.  I also tried a Gilligan & O'Malley bralette from Target, but while it fit around the ribs it cut into my boobs at the top.  I am starting to get annoyed!

Am I just going to have to suck it up and go back to Dillard's?  I wouldn't imagine that there would be that much variation in a bralette.  They all look pretty standard.  Anyone out there have any experience with this?

I did these yesterday while I wasn't feeling super great.

I did these yesterday while I wasn't feeling super great.  I wanted to do something that would look neat, but not take a lot of time or brain-power.  LOL  So, DOTS!  Lots and lots of dots!  😛

I have dotting tools, but you can also make dots with things around the house, like the not-pointy ends of pins (not pens), and toothpicks, and pencil erasers...  Pretty easy, and they are fun.  I'll keep these on a few days, I guess.

I don't really know what these are about.

I don't really know what these are about.  LOL  The stamping was done with a plate that looked like mail and birds, and the nail tattoos had the same vibe, so I put them together.  The tattoos were some cheapie ones from Wal-Mart, but they worked out pretty nice.  They aren't true "fake tattoos"... the images are kind of rubbery.  It's weird.  Most fake tattoos just stick down and that's that.  But these hung off my nails, so I had to use a file to remove the extra and acetone to get off what ended up on my cuticles and fingers.  Bizarre!

So the blue base on my thumb and pinkie looked like it was going to match the bird on my bird finger when it was in the bottle.  But when it dried, it did not.  It was much darker.  Oh well.

I feel like these are ok.  Not my favorite, but probably because it's not really my style.  But hey, at least they aren't boring!  😃

So I'm at work today - working...

So I'm at work today - working - because that's what single moms do.  We work our fucking asses off, because we have to.  Working and taking care of the house and the child are the main focus.  Not hard to understand, right?

So I was there and I got a phone call from a kid's mom.  I have ranted about this mom before.  She's the one with a litter of children who tries to give me one or two of them every weekend.  She's actually gotten mad at me before for NOT keeping her son all weekend, as if I'm obligated to do that or something.  This woman NEVER invites my son to her house (as if I would let him stay, but that's not the point).  This woman with 6 or 7 kids - all of whom are skinny.  This woman who never wants to drop her kid off or pick him up.  Perfectly content to have me spend my time and gas doing all the running when she's the one who so desperately needs to be rid of her child.

So yeah.  This woman calls me.  At work.  Trying to give me her child again.

I've had a rough week and honestly I'm not really up for this shit.  She wants to argue and haggle and push me into taking him even though I don't want to.  I was thinking about letting him come over after the dance, but I hadn't fully committed.  So I called Shadow and he was giving me attitude, so I was like, "Fuck this.  You're not having friends over."  SO, I texted her and told her that her kid couldn't come, and also, to not be calling me at work.  I think that's totally legit.  When I am at work I really don't like to be bothered.

So I get a 3 page text back about how I need to lose the attitude and be nice to her.  Um... excuse me?  I wrote her and told her that I didn't need to be nice to her - she calls me every weekend looking for free babysitting!  Never invites my child over.  What incentive do I have to be nice?  I also told her not to be calling me multiple times - she usually calls repeatedly if I don't answer.

Anyway, the texts kept coming and they just got stupider and stupider.  She finally devolved into name calling.  And she finally just really pushed me over the edge.  So I lit into her and I didn't hold back.  I told her I was sorry that she was too stupid to know how to use a condom and I was sorry if she was so unhappy with her life, but that it wasn't my place to watch her kids so she needed grow the fuck up and deal with it.  Then the threats started.  She wants to "woop my ass."  I wrote back "You don't even have the gas money to come and start any shit with me. I'm ALL THE WAY in Oxford. Psh. I'm not scared."

So at that point she decided to get on her son's xbox and call MY SON and tell him to tell me to stop texting her.  I wrote her that if she wanted to end it, just stop replying - because I'm not going to sit there and just take her shit.  She finally realized that I wasn't kidding, and quit texting me.

So... I got home and I'm half-way feeling bad for just letting loose on her like that because that is SO NOT ME.  I can't hurt anyone or anything without feeling fucking guilty.  Then I ask Shadow what all she said to him.  He's like, "She told me to tell you to stop texting her.  And then, this almost made me laugh out loud - she said "No offense, but you need to tell your mama to stop sleeping with black guys."

😳

Say what, bitch?  You just called and said some racist shit to my half-black SON?  I guess that explains why he's never been invited over.

So even though I hadn't heard from her in an hour or so I sent her this beauty:

"Just spoke to my son. You racist, closed-minded bitch. Don't drag my child into your non-sense. Even I have the decency not to drag your child in. I'm done with you. Don't ever call or text me again. You are such a piece of shit that you aren't worth our time or energy. FUCK YOU."

Because I just didn't know what else to say.

Then we drove Shadow to the dance, who is thankfully secure enough with himself to have not let that BS phase him.  And her house is on the way there so I put the window down and yelled " RACIST WHORE" as loud as I could.  Because I'm a classy god-damned lady.

Fuck.