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Complimentary Candy & Opinions = to Aholes, Etc.

Sep 8, 2009 Completely Hypothetical and Generally Specific, Current Events, Etc., Fitness Forward, Friday Eye Candy, Masturbate-able, Out of Wicked's Mouth, Random, Ranteriffic, Sound Off/Debate, Yum... or Lack There Of., bitch

Hello Douches and Dolls. (I am PMSing. This = man hater.)

Heh. I would like to forewarn you that there will be plenty of these man hating images sporadically placed in this blog. Dont get offended penis providers. The mood shall pass in about a week.

I am sick of hearing about inappropriateness when sharing opinions with others. I think it is unfair to make someone feel awful for having a differing opinion. I also think that it is an unfair expectation to think that your opinion will always be embraced.

Sometimes people dont want to fucking hear it.

Fact: We all have an opinion about everything. I think that people who say “I don’t have an opinion on the issue” is full of shit and they know it. The translation to that statement is “I would rather keep my opinion to myself.” Maybe, say that instead of being a big fat fucking liar.

Fact: I like saying “Fact” before stuff.

Fact: I am awesome.

(K I am done.)

I really like the “Opinions are like assholes” saying. It is one of my favorites.

I, like all of you, have an asshole. I also have opinions. (Shocker, right?!) Today, I would like to share some with you.

1) In my opinion, the speech that The PotUS gave to our kids this morning was a great speech. In my opinion, I believe that many kids were positively inspired by it. I retract my original opinion about the fact that the speech should be in school during school hours. After listening, not just to the speech but also to the opinions (and the crying broad) of others, I think that the speech should have been treated like any other from the PotUS. But I think that these discussions need to be between parent and child. I think that it is not the school administrations responsibility to have them. Nor do I want them to. I think that teachers need to remain neutral. I think that it is difficult to do so effectively when the rawness of child curiosity is the main focus.

2) In my opinion, the child in my son’s class who thought it was appropriate to tell the 4 black kids in class that they needed to shut up because white people were better than black people needs an ass whoopin. Wicked mommy gangster style.

3) In my opinion, you need not breast-feed your child when said child can pull your titty out and feed itself.

4) In my opinion, Miley Cyrus should be fucking shot in her throat. Along with The Jonas Brothers. And the makers of ExtenZe.

5) In my opinion, telephone books should not be delivered anymore to houses unless asked.

6) In my opinion, penis providers need to shup and deliver the penis.

Also, I have come to an important decision.

I am going to get 2 beta’s and name them “Penis” and “Vagina”. They will be my bedroom pets. Of course I will get the kids their own beta’s, but these ones are mine. They will be in separate bowls so they don’t kill each other. They can just look at each other and be mad.

Below is the conversation RE: why I picked betas to name “Penis” and “Vagina”.

me: i am going to get 2 betas
for my bedroom
and name them penis and vagina
Rachael: ok
but you cant put them in the same tank
soo
me: and watch them fight each other
i know
they have the divided tank
for this very purpose
Rachael: o i c
k
Rachael: purple?
me: mmhm
hahahahahaha
Rachael: saweet
me: only because i REALLY want to name something vagina
and
i cant do that with a cat or dog
and have kids say that
Rachael: VAJAYJAY
YOUR FOOD IS HERE
me: HAHAHA
* whistle *
HEEEEEEEEEEERE PENIS PENIS PENIS
maybe I will get lizards or turtles instead
but that means i would have to get one to share
and reptiles stink
so no
betas
Rachael: yes
i agree
a fish named vagina
kinda weird. but so what.
me:
Rachael: i want frogs actually
little cute ones
sans toady look
me: I LOVE FROGS
Rachael: uhm yes
yes you do
so
get some dang frogs instead
they will eat bugs too
me: they might be loud
Rachael: perhaps.
me: and
Rachael: a lil ribbity
me: i cant tell the kids that i have 2 frogs named penis and vagina
Rachael: never hurt anyone
me: i can just imagine
x
at school
Rachael: can i hold penis?
me: we have 2 frogs
i am gonna bring vagina next week
for show and tell
Rachael: i pet my moms vagina last night
me: HAHA
omg i am cryingh
]
Rachael: ext 456 for the on call social worker
yes, i think betas are well thought thru
me: i am dying
like
people are looking
Rachael: get to work employee with the fuck its!
and
if they wanna stare
then you should also dance on the table
me: i might flash folks
Rachael: as you should.

*end scene*

Lastly, in honor of the season premiere of Sons of Anarchy, I am doing us all a favor in posting a Complimentary Eye Candy on a Wednesday. If you are unaware of this show, I suggest you figure it out. It is motherfucking amazing. I am just saying.

Charlie Hunnam … i.e. Jax

Yes. I know. But he is mine so hands off bitches. He is the only man other than Xavier that I am NOT man hating on this week. Jax you are my LOVAH!

/stalkerobsesser

Would you like to share your opinion about something?
What crazy names would you give YOUR own 2 betas?
Are you a hater today? What kind?

Tags: miley cyrus, opinions are like assholes, President Obama, sons of anarchy, speech, the jonas brothers

YGWM Ignorant Bitches & Friday Eye-Candy

Sep 3, 2009 All Things X, Current Events, Friday Eye Candy, Out of Wicked's Mouth, Parenting, Ranteriffic, Sound Off/Debate, You've Got Wicked Mail

Happy M-F-ing FRIDAY!

I only have ONE open letter this week. Not because there aren’t any other assholes that need me to tell them that I stole their lube and shoved this rusty pipe up their asses dry and with fervor. Because I am really ____ about this sudden critic outrage and aim toward our President’s plan to talk about education with our kids.

We all know that I avoid political debate and discussion on my blog. Mainly because I am not an expert and I do not feel comfortable debating things that I am not 100% secure in my knowledge of.

But this issue is different for me. With that, I shall open letter.

Dear Ignorant Critics, Parents, and Anyone Else Applicable:

Oh and one last thing. This is not about WHO the President is. It is about the MESSAGE that the President is attempting to spread. I would have the same reaction if any other President was slammed for doing something positive that directly affected my kids.

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Lastly, a Friday Eye Candy that is a direct request from Tarable. She wants to see some Anthony Kiedis.

And with that, the floor is open. Get it all out people. We have an extended weekend ahead of us.
What are your thoughts on the issue? Sound off!

Tags: anthony kiedis, education, music, parents, President Obama, protestor, red hot chili peppers, school

Allotted Annoyance

Apr 26, 2009 All Things Charli, Current Events, DUH, Friendship, Out of Wicked's Mouth, Parenting, Random, Ranteriffic, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions, Wicked & D Quotables, Wicked Wisdoms, bitch

Happy Monday!

In the interest of my current state of monthly allotment of cuntiness, I have created a list of things that are annoying the ever living shit out of me lately.

I encourage you to embrace this blog and make your own list of accumulated annoyances.

1. Obama bashing. This is not because I am this uber-Obama-nutcase who wears Obama attire every day with an Obama bumper sticker on my vehicle. This is because every where I go, someone has a paragraph and a half about how shitty he is and how bad he has fucked everything up and how the 100 days in office are the reason for all of the countries problems. I dont care who the current President is. I really do not. If it were McCain in office right now, I would be just as irritated with the excessive amount of shit-talking. Am I the only person who is considering the fact that there are at least 2 previous administrations before him that have begun the fucking-up.

How can someone make this big of a mess of things in 100 days? Maybe I am politically ignorant… but… It doesn’t make sense.

This is not pointed at any specific party: Shut UP already!

2. Haters. Specifically the silent, sneaky ones. For instance, many of you follow my blogs through Networked Blogs. (Hint Hint if you haven’t you should) I have noticed that people who are listed as “Anonymous FB User” are following my blogs. Really? What reason would you have to follow me anonymously? Why are you hiding behind the FB silhouette? I smell a rat with a funky vagina in the presence of awesomeness.

Also, the haters who smile in your face, but talk shit around you and behind you … and really everywhere else but to your face.

Say what you need to say. To me. Not behind me.

3. Uninvited Pessimism. I get that people dont always agree. I get that my beliefs aren’t that of those who are in my life. However. To attempt to bring down my passion and my dreams because you dont have any? Uncool.

4. App invitations and excessive fan pages. Become a fan of not being on fire? Really? I dont have any desire to do any of the bazillion apps that are sent my way. I dont have time. Stop asking. Seriously. Not Fashion Wars (even though I totally invited a shit ton of people at one point) Not Mafia Wars. Not GreenPatch. None of it. FB is losing its luster. Myspace can still suck it. TRIBE needs to create a social networking site that is not annoying.

5. All things Twitter. Nuff said.

6. My lack of motivation. I am just not in that place right now, and I really really really need to be.

7. The VA bitch at my school. She has to be the most difficult bitch on the planet to deal with on a daily basis. If it isnt one fucking thing it is the other and all I want to do is just go to school. That is it. She doesnt seem to understand that it is not my intention to deal with her regularly. Just certify my shit and get out of my face. GET OUT OF MY FACE.

8. People hurting my friends feelings.

9. Charli. I know. I get it. But I need to share something. She doesn’t sleep through the night. And, when I am home, she literally has to be touching me. From the time I walk in the door until the time she passes out. I need space. Not want, need. NEED. She doesn’t seem to get yet, that her crawling all over me like I am her human catpost… is not my favorite thing.

Sit next to me. Not ON me. At least for like, I dunno, an hour. Shit, 20 minutes. Fine, FIVE minutes. Whatever. I am just feeling extremely claustrophobic.

10. Pretentious-ness. On date night, we went out into downtown Bellevue. For those of you who dont know… it is a little bit boo-jee. Like, dont show up in some Target brand jeans, or drive anything less than a Lexus… boo-jee. Anyway, D and I braved that shit anyway… putting on our Sunday best and simply enjoying each others company. As we left the theatre, and were coming down the escalator… this total fucking douchebag, who was completely wasted, stopped D to comment on his sweater vest. (which is really dope, btw.)

DB: “Duuuuuuuuude! That is a kick ass sweater vest! Where did you get it?”
D: “Thanks Bro.” (Turning to me) “Babe, where did I get it?”
Me: “TJ Max.”
DB: “TJ Max?! No way.”
D: “Yeah.”
DB: (laughing) “I guess it isnt as kick ass as I thought it was.”
Me: “I am glad we are not out to impress you then. Dick.”

Right. How does an item of clothing lose its kick-assness based on where you purchase it at? DKNY is DKNY no matter if you paid full price or not. In my opinion, the less you spend on name brand the mother fucking better.

Suck it douche bag. But hand over the keys to your over-compensating-vehicle and your platinum credit cars first before you do.

Do you have a list of annoyances?
Wanna add comments to mine?
What did you do this weekend?

Tags: annoyance, facebook, friends, McCain, motivation, myspace, networked blogs, obama, pessimism, pms, politics, tribe, twitter

Paparazzi Piranha’s in the Heat of Passion

Feb 27, 2009 Current Events, Ranteriffic, Relationships, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions

This blog is probably going to piss at least one person off. If you are the one person… well… I hope you get over it soon. Please feel free to share why you are pissed off and lets work it out. If you cannot do that, I get it.

Cei la vie.

I am going to stand up and say that, although I stand behind Rhianna and that I hope that she makes it through this and grows into a strong woman from this horrible experience, that I am fed up with all of the negative commentary being thrown in Chris Brown’s direction. Yep. I am.

What he did was horrible. Inexcusable. At least, what the media says he did. We have yet to hear both sides of the story. In fact, we have yet to really hear either side. It irritates me to no end that our media feeds on these people like piranha’s who haven’t eaten in months. Not even just these 2… any and all unfortunate situations are blown into these frenzies of rumors and gossip that when boiled down… hold little truth or accuracy to the original situation.

Chris Brown needs help. He needs to go and figure out what it is that triggered him to cross the line and put his hands on a woman. Rhianna or a stranger, he should have never crossed that line. He obviously should already know that you never put your hands on a woman. Unless she is begging you to … uhh … That is entirely other blog. My point is that he should have been taught by his mama to not beat the crap out of a female, no matter how much of a cunt she is being. Not that his mama is responsible for whatever took place between them. He simply should have already known. Honestly, I am pretty sure he already does/did know.I think that in the heat of passion, he made a very bad mistake.

In the heat of passion. How many of us have made a horrible decision in the heat of passion? Be honest. I have. My husband has. I wont even go into the detail of some of the inexcusable things that he and I have done to each other when anger and alcohol and love mix together into this powerful, uncontrollable super-emotion. It has taken over all of my better judgment. It has made me irrational and frankly, really fucking stupid.

The problem with me is that these 2 have not had an opportunity to figure it out. Whatever figuring it out means for them. How in the hell is anyone supposed to have a civil conversation with the one that they love in front of the bazillion flashes of a camera?! How is he supposed to truly show her remorse… if he cannot get a moment alone with her… to look into her eyes and let her see that he knows the mistake he made?

Not all acts of abuse turn into full on abusive relationships. How do I know? Because we have survived. D and I were abusive to each other. We were volatile and hurtful and frankly I dont always understand how we did it… but we did.

I think that it is time that we leave these 2 young people alone to sort out and try to salvage whatever they can from this horrible incident, and at least if nothing else, walk away from it amicably.

/Rant.

What have you done or said in the heat of passion that you regret?

Tags: abuse, argument, chris brown and rhianna, heat of passion, love, paparazzi, piranha, Relationships

Agree to Disagree or Agree to Fuck Off?

Feb 1, 2009 Friendship, Parenting, Relationships, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions, Wicked Wisdoms

Agreeing to disagree is annoying. Most of the time anyway. To me, all that it really means is that you each respect each other enough to stifle the human desire to be right for the sake of maintaining a relationship with them… whatever that relationship may be. For some, that is a no brainer. You simply avoid the touchy subjects, and if they do come up in casual conversation each have silently made a pact to move on to something agreeable as quick as possible.

Is this a healthy dynamic? Personally I am not sure.

On one end I say no. I think that we tend to naturally migrate toward people who share beliefs closest in similarity to ours… and, because we aren’t robots they tend to vary a little. But all in all, those who we associate with usually fall into a place where we share a moral compass.

Meaning, (and this is simply an example) a gay man and a straight man who is openly homophobic and against same sex unions might not share a close relationship vs. a Christian woman and an Atheist man might have the capacity to put religion aside and maintain some sort of a friendship. Obviously there are exceptions to every rule, but my point is that I could not befriend someone who stands for something that I do not. I do not have the filter, nor do I care to agree to disagree with someone who is, on an extreme level, about something that is not within the cloth that I was cut from.

Before your panties and boxers begin to smolder and you skip over the rest of this blog to ream my Wicked ass about it, understand fully what I am talking about here.

I do not mean this to say that if we disagree about something that I cannot in good faith be your friend. What I do mean is that, on an extreme level, there is no such thing as ‘agreeing to disagree.’ I am not one to let it go. I just cannot stifle that belief and act as if we can carry on other conversation as if we are on the same page.

Britches still steaming? I figured as much. What a great idea it was for me to pick a Monday to rile some beeshes up. Heh.

For example, I could not agree to disagree with someone who identified themselves as a pedophile. Even if I have known you my entire fucking life. There would be no turning back or having casual conversation with a person who admitted to me that they were interested in sex with children. Right, wrong or indifferent, that is not right in my eyes.

I could not agree to disagree with someone who had extremest views politically. This specific issue arose right when all of the election hooplah was in full effect. There was talk of assassnation. There was talk of Democrats being ghetto trash who sit on their ass all day collecting welfare checks while the Republicans footed the bill. Normally, a politically charged discussion is easy to move past and continue on in a healthy friendship. This, was not one of those times.

I also could not agree to disagree with a person who constantly felt the need to push their religious views in my general direction. I have several close friends who are extremely religious. They do not necessarily agree with the fact that there is not a religious bone in my Wicked body. But they respect who I am as a human and that beyond all, I am very spiritual.

I have actually ended a friendship with a person who I did not see eye to eye on in regard to parenting choices. She did not see the potential harm being caused by being her daughters friend, and not her mother. I could not stand back and watch the deterioration of that child. She dressed promiscuously. She acted out around boys. And her mother thought it was acceptable. I have known her for years. After several heated discussions…. I simply opened her front door and walked out, never to speak to her again.

Are you more understanding of my point? I hope so. Also understand that some of these are examples and are very vague and also really extreme. They were simply used in an attempt to help you get my thought process.

I seem to be rubbing people wrong lately. I woke up one day and my filter was gone. I mean, I have always had less of a filter than most people… but it is missing. I must have dropped it in my mad rush from home to work to home to school to home every day. Because of it, individuals have chosen to walk away. No discussion, no argument… just the silent end of whatever amount of time invested in the friendship. Fuck it, right? If it isnt worth a 5 minute conversation with a friend… we probably have been wasting time to begin with.

I think that it is humorous that we as a society are so quick to generalize and stereotype and put boxes around who we are supposed to be and how we are supposed to live and love… that we tend to forget that some of us… most of us do not fit in any one specific box. Frankly I hate boxes. I do not have the time, nor the patience to worry about if what I am saying or writing will offend another person or not. If you don’t like the fact that I say CUNT and that I like to give BLOW JOBS and tell the world about how great I am at giving them, then click the pretty red box in the right hand corner with the white x on it.

And don’t look back.

I get that we are not always going to agree in life. I enjoy a healthy debate as much as the next person, but when certain items of discussion come up, and the heat is brought to the table, claws emerge and cat scratch fever is immenant. Where does the damaged dynamic go when this round of debate is completed? Do we supress our feelings for the sake of saving face and/or friendship? When they are suppressed, do they ever fully heal? Or are they brought back up again the next time the hot button is pushed?

What subject, or moral compass setting is where you draw the line?
What is your take on agreeing to disagree? Do you do it often?
Have you ever ended a relationship based on a disagreement where you simply could not agree to disagree?

Tags: cat scratch fever, debate, extreme belief, Friendship, moral compass, rub you the wrong way, walk away

Scenario-en: Hot For Teacher?

Jan 13, 2009 Current Events, Parenting, Sound Off/Debate

In your local area, a high school teacher is accused of sleeping with a student and is put on administrative leave. Months of trial come and go, and the end result is the following:

The teacher is found innocent and is granted all charges be dismissed from their record.
The teacher is allowed to continue teaching.
The judges reasoning behind the verdict is because the student was 18 years of age at the time of the encounter.

Initial reaction?

Does the fact that the student is not legally a minor matter? Why or why not?
In your opinion, has the teacher violated the law? Why or why not?

Sound off.

Tags: 18, hot for teacher, judge, law, minor, morals, student, teacher, van halen, victim, violate

Mud-Dragger and Blog Plugs

Dec 18, 2008 Ranteriffic, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions

I am pretty sure that several people reading this today will probably click the red X in the upper right hand corner and 1) be super butt-hurt 2) be confused 3) unsub/never return/stop being my friend.

If you are confused, that is a good thing.

If you get butthurt, and choose to do any of the other options I put out there, then ciao.

Not just one time, or any one person provoked this blog. Let me repeat that. This is stemmed from an accumulative group of emails, phone convos, text messages…. yadda. So’n'So didnt come to me and cry one time. SEVERAL So’n'So’s did. As in more than 3.

I blog about a lot of different things. Many of my topics come from real life instances that have happened to me, or people close to me. Some from what I read about or hear on the news. A great deal are more real than general, but  I do my very best to keep the topics general and applicable to everyone who reads. That is how you maintain a solid readership. A group that can expect realistic, respectful real-life instances. It is how readership grows. To be respectfully controversial and relate-able to all walks of life.

If the subject doesnt fit you, then what is your incentive to stay? To keep reading? To interact with others? Exactly. There is none.

I rarely blog about someones specific problem unless it is my own. If and when I do, 1)  I always ask permission. 2) I never disclose things that would call that person out or anyone else effected in the situation. 3) I always attempt to be respectful of both sides, regardless of my personal opinion.

If you feel like it is about you, maybe you should check your life.
Do you have a reason to feel guilty?
Is there a reason within yourself that you need to put in check?

You could pick up a Cosmo or a Vogue and read about a bazillion different relate-able instances to your life. Does that mean the author picked your specific brain and called your ass on the carpet to do so? No. They didnt. That is probably because there are many many other people in this world who have similar life happenings as you.

Stop avoiding responsibility for your own guilt and actions and blame shifting them on to what I write. It is silly and immature. And fucking aggravating.

Until tomorrow, when I find a new persons life to drag through the fucking mud… cause that is precisely what I do everyday… Check out these blogs.

Q’s Blog

www.eve-101.com

Squishy’s Blog

Jamie’s  Blog

The Original Pointless Banter

Pecosa’s Blog

Nina/BlogItOutBitch

Today is the day to rant. Go ahead and blast whomever you need to blast here. I know I did.

Tags: blame shifter, eve-101.com, guilt, pointless banter, PQ Nation, rant, so'n'so, unsubscribe, vanity

The skanky rock and the slutty hard place

Oct 31, 2008 Current Events, Parenting, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions

In the spirit of Halloween, I thought I would post a sound off blog. Topic: Skanky costumes for little girls.

In the 8 years that I have been a parent, I have noticed the pre-made costumes for little girls become skankier and skankier by the year. The skirts are shorter. The midriffs more revealing. Even the names are inappropriate. We as parents are stuck between a skanky rock and a slutty hard place. I know very well the trials and tribulations of fitting in as a tween or a teenager. I get the fact that girls care very much what their friends think.

I dont know about you, but I dont have time to hand stitch a fucking costume for my kids. Like most hard working parents out there, I need to go to my local halloween costume store and get the shit in the clear plastic bag with the corny pic of the kid on the front. You know “sexy cheerleader” or “slutty wench”.

No bullshit, these images below were found in either the “teen” or “girls” sextion of the costume stores online.

Fem-Bot.

Stripper uhhh I mean disco chick

Tea-Party Host

All-Star Girl

Are you fucking kidding me? If Charli EVER in her life. I would beat the costume off of her body. But, I dont raise my kids to be whore groomed. I am pretty sure that if I saw a 12 , 14, 17 year old in any of these costumes, I would have words with whomever was the adult in the equasion.

Society is fucked up in a big way if these are acceptable for teen girls to wear.

What is the sluttiest and youngest you have ever seen on Halloween?

Sound off.

Tags: costume, girl, halloween, rock and a hard place, slut, teenage

Not ‘Ha-Ha’ Funny

Oct 27, 2008 Current Events, Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions

This will be short and sweet.

I do not think the following things are funny:

1. The fact that there was $150(ish)K spent on Sarah Palins wardrobe for a ‘make-over’.
2. The fact that she later joked about how “now she is wearing her own clothes that she bought from her favorite consignment store in Anchorage.”

There are starving people in this country. Not in Africa, not in China. In AMERICA. Not to take away from the poverty in other countries, because of course I think that it is tragic… but I am a US Citizen and frankly the people who are on the streets that I walk every day whom are starving… are more important to me. Why would you spend that amount of money on someones make-over? Did she need a make-over that bad?? Why does Sarah Palin need a Gucci suit to campaign in?

I can think of 150(ish)K things to do with 150(ish)K OTHER than buying Sarah Palin a new motherfucking wardrobe.

I am not happy that she made a joke about it. Bitch if you would rather wear your “consignment” attire, then why didnt you stand up for yourself? No one wants a VP/possible Prez who folds over clothes.

The End.

What do you think is “not funny”?

Tags: 150K, Consignment, Gucci, politics, presidant, Sarah Palin, second hand shopping, vice president, wardrobe

Ass-Umptions?

Oct 23, 2008 Sound Off/Debate, Thoughts and Perceptions

In one of my classes, we did an exercise where we got into groups, and based on what we saw just on the exterior of a person we wrote down assumptions about them. Who they were, their social status, etc. I will admit that the assumptions I had about my partner were so far off, that it was kind of embarrassing to hear who she really was after saying them out loud.

I put her in a wealthy social status, with daddy handling her every need. I classified her as spoiled, silver spoon fed… etc.

Hearing her talk about her actual life experiences really made me feel bad for making the assumptions that I made. She was so nice, so down to earth. She was not offended by my assumptions (thank god) but she was kind of shocked nonetheless.

My evaluator pretty much hit the nail on the head with the assumptions about me. But, he commented that I looked like I was really nice and friendly. *shocked face* I can pretty much say that it is the first time anyone has said that about me on the first meeting. I usually get “you look like a bitch.” or “you are so intimidating”… things like that. I don’t know whether or not to be offended or not. I quite like giving off a “dont fuck with me” vibe to people I don’t regularly come into contact with.

Going back to the excersize, I found it really difficult to do. I make assumptions all the time about people. I am pretty sure we all do it, but rarely do we yell from across the mall “HEY! DID YOU GET DRESSED IN THE DARK??!?” when we see someone with an *ahem* interesting outfit choice, or “ARE YOU A DIRTY HOMELESS DRUG ADDICT??” to someone who may possibly look that way on the street.

We think these assumptions, but we do not say them out loud.
We compartmentalize people without even thinking about who they might be on the inside.

Today, do something for me. Really, it is for yourself… but be aware of your assumptions today. If you find yourself in that moment, catch yourself. Think about what you are saying to yourself… and whether or not you would say it to the person out loud or not. Of course, I would appreciate it if you came back and told me about what you discovered… but if you dont, the awareness is worth more in the big picture.

Have you ever put your sneaker or pump in your mouth before based on an assumption?
Tell me about it.

Do you catch yourself making assumptions?

What is a common one that you have made repeatedly?

Have you ever been a victim of assumption making?
How did it make you feel?
How did you react?

SOUND OFF!

Tags: assumptions, compartmentalizing, generalizations, homelessness