It's almost Festivus; I'm airing my Grievances!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

I'm sick of traveling to such ugly cities for work (St. Louis and Peoria, for example)

I'm sick of the Christian/anti-Christian flamefests in GD. Why do the Christians feel like they're a persecuted minority when the whole country is in a religious tizzy these days?

I really can't stand Christmas shopping. I generally love shopping but people are so damn rude at this time of year.

That' all I can think of right now-I'm tired. Feel free to add your grievances!

[progmom]

1. I stay away from GD for the most part.

If I might address one point: many, including myself, feel like Christians as a group are not well-represented by the " religious tizzy" going on. So I often feel like I need to represent my views as distinctly different when I feel like I'm being lumped in with them. I don't feel persecuted in the slightest. Just a little misunderstood and stereotyped. :)

[Erika]

6. I don't think Bushco & Bushies represent Christians

Christ was a progressive democrat. I just feel it by his teachings.

[jonnyblitz]

2. people trashing people who are "different' on this board

ie., the transgendered, goths, people with piercings and tats...etc..

I can understand any of the above not being somebody's "thing" but to make fucking snarky freeper comments is not what i would expect on a discussion board of supposed progressives.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

4. Yeah-no shit

I really think there's a lot of sheltered, intolerant people around here lately.

[StopTheMorans]

13. people with piercings and tats are freaks!

:P Hi Jonny :hi:

[jonnyblitz]

39. dude.

NOT YOU TOO!!!! :P :hi:

[BigMcLargehuge]

3. Here are my grievances!

I've worked for the same training company for five-and-a-half years, I started as a "junior" course developer and am now Lead Instructional Designer and Project manager.

I make exactly $500 LESS a year than I did when I was hired!

My insurance just went up $100 a month!

We just hired 4 new executives at high salaries, so no holiday bonuses.

Mrs. McLargehuge is 8 months pregnant and can't sleep, so I can't sleep! Believe me, I am not unsympathetic to her condition, but does she HAVE to wake me up to tell me she can't sleep?

Home heating oil is $2 a gallon.

My in-laws are preparing their annual fundamentalist offensive on my Atheist household...

The hell with this, bring on the test of strength!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

7. And you live in NH-that's a lot of oil over the course of the winter!

only another month and your wife gives birth! tjat's great-you must be so excited!

That SUCKS about your company. The economy really is in the toilet.

[BigMcLargehuge]

8. I am very excited about the new baby

I can't wait to post our first complete family picture here!

[tigereye]

38. Big, no one sleeps when someone is 8 months pregnant -

soon the new little one will come and no one will be sleeping for a while. ;)

when I was 8 months pregnant, my husb. had to build a platform for the futon, since I could no longer stand up easily to get out of bed! Hope you have a nice holiday!

[miss_american_pie]

47. Is this your first baby?

Then yes, you have to be awake just because she's awake.

Subsequent babies, she'll let you sleep, keep track of those nights, and tack them on to your share of baby duty after the little one arrives.

[prof_science]

5. Sorry, I prefer polishing the pole.

I'm with Fiona...

[PittPoliSci]

9. I'VE GOT A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT YOU PEOPLE, AND NOW YOU'RE GOING

TO HEAR ABOUT THEM!!!!

i can't stand it when nobody replies to ANYTHING i write!

okay that's pretty much it...

[progmom]

10. hee hee

i couldn't leave you hanging on a post like that!

[PittPoliSci]

11. i appreciate the thought!

:-)

[indigobusiness]

37. I would've responded, but I have you on ignore.

I'm reconsidering, after your thoughtful complaining.

[tigereye]

40. that's cuz you're posting so late!

not really. ;)

uh,oh, if you start complaining, we'll have to schedule a lot of time to listen! (he-he)

[PittPoliSci]

41. i think i'm actually pretty good today!

i don't think your gift is going to make it through the mail by xmas, so i didn't even try yet. i'm free sunday, perhaps you need a sitter?

[tigereye]

46. no we are probably visiting in-laws that day

or just sitting around. If you have another day free that week, let me know. Hope you have a nice holiday!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

12. Kick for the morning complainers

[StopTheMorans]

14. oh yeah: I HATE SNOW!

and why the f*ck is it always windy in Boston? I'm from Buffalo, and can handle the cold/snow; but the wind drives me nuts! hi Kathy :hi:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

15. Hi Sean-yes, the wind here SUCKS!

I am dreading going into the office this morning. the current windchill is 3 above! :scared: We only got a dusting of snow so far-but they got 5" out past 495.

Of course, it's supposed to warm up to near 50 on Wed. and Thurs.

[skippysmom]

16. Hi Kathy!

I'm also sick of hearing about how persecuted Christians are because some people say happy holidays. It's called being polite -- deal with it.

I have to spend Christmas at the in-laws and I hate it. Christmas there is an ode to consumption and I hate most of the crap MIL buys for us.

I hate the feeling that I will never have enough money. Every time I feel like I am getting ahead, something on the car breaks down or something. And we're in fairly good financial shape -- no CC debt -- yet the bills keep going up faster than my paycheck does.

I hate my job -- but thankfully I am leaving it for a new one after the first of the year.

I hate sending emails to people who never write back. Or calling people who don't call back.

But I LOVE Festivus -- a holiday for the rest of us.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

17. Happy Holidays is really the correct term

becuase it covers you for Christmas AND New Years!

Congrats on the new job!

It just stopped snowing here. I can't belive they're making a big deal about the snow. We got 1" in Cambridge. But the cold really sucks!

[skippysmom]

24. Just rain here on the Cape

But you'd think it was the Blizzard of '78 from watching the local news!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

32. More Grievances please! Frank Costanza is waiting!

[redqueen]

18. I'm sick of Texas-bashing

REALLY sick of it.

And I'm sick of people hating the Cowboys. They had a MNF game that everyone was whining and bitching about because it would be boring, and that game turned out pretty good. Then last week some REALLY sucky teams played MNF - not a peep from the peanut gallery about it. Hmph.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

21. The Patriots are playing MNF tonight

but they're playing the shitty Dolphins.

Yes, Texas gets a bad rap. I feel bad for progressives down there...

[WI_DEM]

19. I'm tired of people thinking that christians are these right wing

fundamentalists who rallied around Bush. I consider myself a liberal christian--infact, I think Christ was quite liberal.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

20. Jesus was a liberal. Unfortunately for liberal Christians

the nutjobs have hijacked the religion.

[loudestchick]

22. Here are mine:

I'm so sick of my family implying that because we live modestly..w/o 24 hr cartoons...videogames and designer clothing that I am depriving my children!

I'm sick of employers who treat long time employees like just another line on a balance sheet!

I'm sick of christians claiming that we're ruining THEIR holiday...when they don't know that Xmas trees, santa, decorating w/ lights...heck even the feasting are all based on pre-christian traditions co-opted by the church as it spread across europe.

I'm sick of mergers and buyouts!

I'm sick of the lockstep media saying what good sign the christmas buying season is re the economy.

I'm sick of my husband leaving empty beer bottles on the coffee table...take them to the recycling bin, already!

Okay, feats of strength anyone?

[Patiod]

23. Cold weather tops my list

- it was 9 this morning, going all the way up to 18 by this afternoon, with winds between 10 and 21 mph. Yay.

- Underfunded public transportation, and all the suburbanites who don't care. Well, we'll see if you care when no one will wait on you because all the people they bus out from the city can't get to work in your high-priced suburbs.

- credit card companies raising my interest rates because I missed a payment on ANOTHER card because I was on the road the whole month (yeah, I know, pay online...)

- people who think we're bringing "freedom" in Iraq, and that most of the Iraqis are delighted that we're there (my parents parish priest was selling that last night at dinner)

- (edit) sprained ankles on key receivers (get well soon, T.O.)

[indigobusiness]

25. I'm sick of people with no respect for the spirit of Festivus

[EstimatedProphet]

26. I'm fed up with people complaining about St.Louis and Peoria!

I was BORN in Peoria! And I used to live outside StLouis! If you want a really ugly city, go to Las Vegas-they have a corner on the purple neon market. The city looks like Walt Disney threw up on it.

Now where is the Festivus pole?

[Kathy in Cambridge]

27. I'm sorry to insult your cities

It was cloudy and cold when I was there, so it made them depressing, I guess.

[EstimatedProphet]

28. OK

I wasn't all that serious, I hope you realize...

[indigobusiness]

36. I'm sick of people defending Peoria.

At least St. Louis has classy baseball fans.

[SaintLouisBlues]

29. We have our ugly parts, and our pretty parts

I happen to live in a "Prettiest Painted Places in America" part:


The Lafayette Square neighborhood is among St. Louis' most picturesque areas. Named after the Revolutionary War hero who visited St. Louis in 1825, the Square surrounds beautiful Lafayette Park, an oasis of greenery within the urban landscape. The park, which dates from 1836, is the first public park west of the Mississippi River.

The stately 1870s and 1880s "painted ladies" that frame the square have been called the finest and largest collection of Victorian-era architecture in the country. The area has won the title of one of the "Prettiest Painted Places" in America.

[curse10]

30. I'm sick of everyone and everything!

All I want is some peace and quiet in my house and some quality alone time, but noooooo. I have a fucking loser roommate, a good for nothing loser who stays at home all day!!!!!!!!!! He's repulsive to the nth level. :grr:

I would also like to have a toasty warm house, is that too much to ask for?

I would also like a doggie, but landlords are evil!

And I'm also sick of reading about fucking Howard Dean. I can't even go into GD anymore.

But.... I love Christmastime! I don't care what anyone says! And I love Christmas shopping! So there :P

[Kathy in Cambridge]

31. I also hate Boston drivers who go 2 MPH in 1" of snow

:grr:

[Kathy in Cambridge]

33. Frank Airing his Grievances

The Festivus Pole

[trogdor]

34. I'm sick of those "attack one and you attack all of 'em" people.

You know the type. You say something like, "Jerry Falwell said X the other day. What a nutjob!" and some other jackass comes on and says, "boy, you must really hate Christians." I want to reach across cyberspace and choke the living shit out of them.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

35. I agree with you there

lots of over-sensitivity on DU since the election.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

42. Two days until Festivus

[The empressof all]

43. My grievance and I'm really pissed off

I have started a one woman campaign to convince Ben & Jerry's to bring back Festivas Ice Cream. They have condemned it to the dead flavor heap and cast aside all of the joys of the Festivas Season.

My daughter and I would race to the ice cream freezers right after Thanksgiving to see who would be first to find the first Festivas container of the season.

Alas, our season's happiness and joy has been sucked from us by those misguided Anti-festivas types in Vermont.

Woe, Woe, Woe to all who have once enjoyed the creamy gingerbready goodness that is no more.

Please join me in my campaign. Drop Ben & Jerry's a note to request the return of Festivas to it's rightful place in the December Ice Cream Line-up.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

44. That was a good ice cream flavor

I will email them to bring it back!

[Kathy in Cambridge]

45. I'm obviously in the mood to air grievances today!

:evilgrin: