ok, who did i piss off in a former life?

so my brakes were shot on my car. it always seems that when they go bad, we're flat broke so we have to wait till everything has to get replaced. so as usual, my brakes went from needing new pads a couple months ago, just as i got laid off, to now when they came grinding to a noisey and painful halt. last time this happened the bill was $500. this time we got lucky, only $172. apparently last time it was all 4 wheels that needed to get fixed, this time just the front. lucky right?! oh hell no. they test drove it, all's well. i get my car today, drive no more than 5-7 miles, before i smell something like burning wires, or burning metal. so i pull over, get out, and see my driver's side front wheel well smoking.
i take it back to the garage since i'd only been gone an hour from them, and they look and see that the piston in the caliper, sorry if that's misspelled, but anyway the piston is seized up. jammed into place and since it wasn't releasing all the way, the brakes were searing into the rotars. so that's what caused the smoking and smell and if i hadn't brought it back, could have caught my car on fire or clamped the brakes down and my car wouldn't move anymore. well, that one tire wouldn't move. lovely, just f'in great.
well the guy who works on my car is a friend so he's going to fix it for the cost of the parts, but not charge us for labor. he said it's a fluke that this happened, but he's still gonna help us out anyway he can. a completely new car would be the way to help us, in my opinion, but i'm not complaining.
i just want to know what it is that my luck makes elephant dung look like squirrel droppings? i mean seriously?! if it weren't for bad luck, i wouldn't have any luck at all. i'd like to return the luck to whomever sent it my way, but i don't know how.
i just don't get it. i don't understand why this always happens to us. my hubby and i are good people. we don't steal, cheat, or kill. we pay our taxes, follow the laws of man and god, we have given when we never expected to receive. yet i know criminals who have it better and easier than we do. people who have fancy houses and cars and more money than intelligence who win the lottery. yet we work our asses off till we can't see straight, sacrifice time with each other, our friends, and our families just so we can pay the power bill this month. why is it so hard for us to just catch a break?!
ok God. tag, you're it!

sick of the double standards

ok, so watching the news and of coarse, instead of talking about oh i dunno the iran nuclear threat, we are forced to endure heated debates on roman polanski and the 13 year old he raped 33 years ago. so many people are just so confused about why it should matter. the victim just wants to live her life and get on with it, she doesn't want to prosecute, she's grown up and forgiven him. the media and main stream america want his balls nailed to the wall. hollywood says it has been so long, just drop it already and move on.

so where do you stand?

this is my issue with the whole situation. we as a society don't punish our golden heros in hollywood. sorry. if you're rich and famous, you are above the law. why? because we as a society have made it that way.

don't agree?

let me point out the facts. for instance, roman polanski, child rapist, still get's an oscar for his work, still get's tons of money because you go to see his movies. tupac and biggie, drug dealers and killers, still making tons of money today because you buy their albums and watch the movies of their lives. michael vick, dog killer (btw most serial killers begin this way) back on top, making a ton of money because you still went to see the game. paris hilton, i really need to find someone new to pick on but it's just too easy to target her, she's famous for nothing, but you still bought her "book" and "album" and watched her tv shows.
now those are just the top ones i can remember off the top of my head. so if i've missed a few, sorry.
yet, you want to bitch and complain that these people get away with murder, yet never suffer the consequences. YOUR FAULT!
you keep sending them your money so they keep doing whatever it is they want to do. you keep putting them before your family, friends, and communities. don't blame them when your kid kills someone or something in the hope of being just like their idol, whomever the hot pick of the week is in showbiz or showsports.

so anyway....

wow, aint this somethin?! i've never done a blog before, mostly because i hate trends, but mainly because i've never really had anything to say. or i would see people blog like every freakin day and, i don't know if they even realized it or not that they were repeating their crappy life stories over and over again, but seriously?! every day? your life can't be that interesting or that full. no one's is.
however now, i have things to say. i'm getting assaulted on all sides, every direction, that i took up blogging in order to save my hubby's ears from me bitching all the time.
i'm certain i will talk about politics, because i feel as a society right now we ALL need to be paying attention to politics. i'm positive i'll be discussing religion and, trust me, i will go there. and i'll be discussing other crap that really just ticks me off or inspires me. either way i can promise you i'm going to piss people off, offend someone, or cause someone to get up off their lazy ass and do something about something.
my blog is where i am going to unload both barrels and just watch out. if you want someone to sugar coat something, just keep looking cause it aint here. and if you are the type of person who just wants to spam cuss me and my opinions, keep on going cause you won't get your 15 seconds of fame here.
i also want to go ahead and warn yall that i don't play, yet i feel that i am an open minded person and will talk to folks about things. if you disagree with me, let me know and be educated about it, don't just i hate you, you suck type stuff, tell me your opinion and the facts and i'll respond in kind. it may take me a few days just because i want to be informed on topics before i unleash on them.
so anyway, nube on deck. and let's get the fires started.