Can I just say right now that I really hate people? Well, maybe ‘hate’ is too strong a word. I intensely dislike people. But not all people. Just the stupid, hateful, self-absorbed, intolerant, exquisitely sensitive, and constantly offended people. When I started this blog, I decided that this would not be one of those hateful, ranting blogs. But, since nothing very exciting happened at work this week, I feel the need to unload a few burdens. Rant/on.
I have a ‘window’ (via another website) into a moderately popular, but somewhat insignificant, website that is floating around on the internet. I used to be a member of this insignificant website, but no long am. I call it “The Bad Place”. I was shown the door from ’The Bad Place’ because I refused to fit in with the general atmosphere, since it was completely contrary to my personal beliefs and inner convictions. Not because I did anything wrong or broke any rules, just because I refused to fit in and tow the party line. This website, The Bad Place, touts the fact that it is ‘family friendly’, appropriate enough even for an 8-10 year old child. Witness the following:
There are people on The Bad Place who describe, in detail, acts of theft, criminal mischief, disorderly conduct, drunkeness, promiscuity, stalking, adultery, and consistent drug abuse. At least one person on this ‘family friendly’ website has been arrested for, and charged with, child abuse. Now remember, these acts are applauded and encouraged by the owners and the people in The Bad Place.
(The following names have been slightly changed to preserve some small grain of honor)
*V*apid*S*kank posted recently that she sees no problem with a mother seeking out a street prostitute to relieve her Down’s Syndrome son of his virginity and innocence. She does, however, have a problem with other posters not calling this child a ‘man’ or a ‘person’. Of course, this child is a person. As is normal of individuals with Down’s Syndrome, he is probably an extremely loving and happy child. But this is the point. He is a child. People with Down’s Syndrome generally only have the mentality of a very young child. I have no doubt that he has the usual human urges, but I very much doubt he would be able to understand them or process them. I shudder to imagine what a prostitute sexually assaulting this child would do to his probably already limited psyche.
*H*ooker*S*upreme takes great pleasure in castigating the children of public figures who have a child outside of wedlock, contrary to their parents’ teaching and upbringing. She demands that abortion is a ‘responsibility’, not so much a ‘choice’ or an ‘option’ or just plain old ‘homicide’. However, *H*ooker*S*upreme recently outed herself. Seems our dear *H*ooker*S*upreme had a child, outside of wedlock at age 17 (does this sound oddly similar to another 17 year old?) But, rather than take personal responsibility for her actions, *H*ooker*S*upreme dumped her child, now approximately 12 years old, on her parents so that she can party, have fun, buy expensive yarn, and knit a lot without the usual hassles of being a mother. Just so you understand me, I do mean ‘dumped’ as in ‘like a bag of week-old trash’. And then she demands that her fellow posters lavish her with sympathy for the “very difficult situation that she is in”. I somehow doubt that she even bothers to pay her parents child support for doing her job for her. Excuse me while I go throw up.
One of the most…um, ‘colorful’?…people in The Bad Place is *Z*M*oron. This person is what is known, in the South, as ‘a real piece of work’ or a ‘complete dement’. In the South, we all have relatives like this, but we try to keep them away from polite society. Except on holidays. Or at family reunions. So far, I’ve counted at least 4 separate personalities lurking around in this pile of plasma. *Z*M*oron’s claim to fame is to attack unsuspecting posters in The Bad Place, turn it around, and act like she was the one who was attacked. She also assumes several different personalities on the internet, and rants and raves about these faux attacks. After she has posted that she is sufficiently ‘injured’ by these contrived attacks, she harasses the people she originally set herself upon, and actually threatens them with ‘legal action’, courtesy of a very close family member of hers. Over and over and over. So far she has been Christian, Jewish, right, far left, and everything in between. The personalities seem unable to come to a consensus.
One of the most recent debates, starring *V*apid*S*kank of course, was “How dare Christians be offended by Atheists!?! We are the only ones who are allowed to be offended!!!!111!!” What I got from the entire thread was “We atheists are exquisitely offended by the mere mention of a higher power anywhere, but those damn ’X'tians have a whole damn lot of nerve to be offended at the fact that I scream curse words at them when they say ‘God bless you’ if I sneeze!!!11!!” In other words, belief in a higher power is stupid, backwards, uneducated, lame, wrong, offensive, racist, and should be illegal. Belief in nothing is enlightened, smart, and super-duper fabulicious. HUH?!?
Family friendly? Seriously? Rant/off.
Dear Lord, I am not perfect, but I do my best to serve You daily, and I fail, in many ways, daily. But I do believe in Your Word and Your promises. Please deliever thy flawed, but faithful, servant from all of this rampant stupidity.
I finally have the Queen Anne’s Lace shawl from MMario blocking. I started a new Goddess Knits shawl, Ocean Tide, for my ex-MIL. I’m working on the third section now. I was looking through some books, and suddenly, I needed a ‘Tomato’ by Wendy Bernard of Knit-n-Tonic. I already had the cotton, so why not? I started it on Monday, I’m in the straight body section after the waist-shaping decreases. I think the next Tomato I make will be a little cardi. How cute.
LeAnn, sweetie, this is just for you. Keep the faith:

Queen Anne's Lace before blocking-what a mess!

Queen Anne's Lace blocked-minor masterpiece
Repeat after me: In the 1800’s, very small children created intricate knitted lace to help support their families. I am a grown intelligent woman, and I can do lace too!!!
Queen Anne’s Lace specs: pattern by MMario (free, just sign up for the Yahoo group), 100purewool in Bebe Rosa (baby pink), 950 yards/hank, used approximately 1100-1200 yards, US size 5, 6 ,7 circular needles, blocked size approximately 58 in. across. Made for my sister for Christmas (shh! don’t tell!). Very easy pattern, good choice for a first-time circular shawl lace knitter.