I noticed that other people have pictures on their blogs. This brought two things to my attention. The first thing is that I am a pretty sad individual because I don’t have a digital camera. The other thing that it brought to my attention is that I need to be more creative. I need to get people’s attention with colorful images. Words are so yesterday. I need to be hip. So today I am going to do just that. I’m going to go around and take pictures of things to post on my blog so that way you’ll know I actually have a life and am not making up all these crazy tales of debauchery! That and I had nothing else planned today.
I was at Wal-Mart yesterday again. I go in there whenever I am feeling a bit down about myself. Wal-Mart is the best therapeutic device on Earth. Feeling overweight? Walk around Wal-Mart until you see someone so fat they have to use a machine designed specifically for the physically disabled to get around on. Feeling alone? Go to Wal-Mart until you see that strung out meth couple wearing matching, sleeveless, Harley-Davidson shirts and matching flag dew rags. If a toothless, strung out, meth head can find someone, so can you. Feeling inadequate as a parent? Go to Wal-Mart and wait for someone to give their kid good a really good verbal beating. It happens in there quite a bit. Allow me to elaborate.
While I was in the produce section I saw a woman in her mid-forties giving her twelve year old daughter a verbal beating fit for no one. This wasn’t a good ol’ fashioned ‘put that down’ or ‘put that back because we’re not getting it’ type of thing either. This was bad. She was yelling at this kid through her teeth about what an embarrassment this kid was. Now I had been in this section for a couple of minutes and at no time did I see this girl rampaging like a freak throwing bananas at people or do anything even close to embarrassing. I kind of stood there for a second and stared at the mom until she saw me and finally realized that there were other people in this world and then she kind of quieted down. Here are some things I feel this woman accomplished by yelling at her daughter in such a way……………………….
- She showed her daughter how to berate a child. I’m not saying don’t ever yell at your kid. God knows that’s impossible and most of the time it’s warranted. I think I hold the record for ‘most yelled at kid’ and that’s entirely my fault. If you were my mom you’d understand. I’m talking about berating your child. I’m pretty sure that woman wouldn’t have yelled at her friends, if she has any, that way. Who did she think she was berating her own child that way? I’ll tell you…….
- She showed what a sad human being she was. I can’t judge someone without knowing them, because I’m not God or the president, but I can say with some certainty that this woman was pretty unhappy. It’s not that kid’s fault it’s here. It’s your fault. That kid didn’t ask to be here. No one I know asked to be here. That kid didn’t make you marry some guy that doesn’t appreciate you. That kid didn’t make you eat too much or work a job you hate. That child didn’t berate you like your parents did so lay off. You did all that to yourself.
-She is molding someone’s future wife. That girl is going to be someone’s wife and hopefully she will meet someone who treats her with more respect than her own mother does. The problem is that doesn’t happen. The problem is that women tend to attach themselves to someone who treats them the same way their parents did. If you treat your child like an inconvenience don’t be surprised when she comes to you in ten years upset that she is treated badly by guys she dates.
-She is the real embarrassment. That child could have cared less what her mom was saying. All she was doing was embarrassing her kid and herself. Don’t give your children more reasons to resent and rebel against you. Trust me on this. Their list is longer than you think.
I know some people will say I’m out of line because I don’t have any children of my own so I can’t possibly know what I’m talking about. Guess what? I haven’t been shot either and I’m pretty sure that’s painful. I’m just sharing my opinion with the twelve people that read this.
Well I hope I wasn’t too preachy. I really am an authority on nothing but old Saved by the Bell episodes.
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SONG-Strangers by Portishead off of the Live at Roseland album. I don’t like live albums that much but this one is awesome. Where else are you going to hear a full orchestra and turntables? Ok.Besides John Tesh’s experimental Teshnotronic album. (I love that joke by the way)
MOVIE - Pulp Fiction. Nuff said.
FAKE FUN FACT OF THE DAY : Country superstar Kenny Rogers has only nine toes. He lost one of them in a fishing accident as a child.
WORST TOY I SAW AT WAL-MART FOR CHILDREN-Uncle Slappy’s Stabbing Stick.
I’m off to go take some pictures.
Holla.
-Joel