Venting (or again .... huh?)

I really need to vent about something happening in an online group I belong to, but I don't want to say anymore than I have there because I know some people would take it the wrong way and jump all over me. They subtly did that the first time I said something.

A few weeks ago the founder of the group, for a number of reasons, changed the message board we use. I loved it right away, as did many others. It took some people some time to get used it -- after some bitching and whining about how much they hated it. But within the last couple of days two people have posted that they will never be back because they hate it. One of these people posted twice; the other once. They really gave it a chance, didn't they?

In their posts, these people said they will miss their friends but they won't be back. Uh, you're going to give up your friends because you don't like a freakin' message board? Something just doesn't seem right there.

Yeah, change is hard sometimes but, c'mon people, it's a message board!! When 99% of the people posting like the board and don't have any problem with it, wouldn't you think maybe you are the one who's being ... Well, I wasn't going to say it this way because it's just not nice, but the people who aren't giving it a chance are just being ignorant. And it's more than just the vast majority not having a problem with it ... we LOVE this new board & all the bells & whistles features. (When I got jumped on, "bells & whistles" was the phrase people used to let me know they didn't agree with me without having to use my name. Real clever, huh? *rolling eyes*) So, for heaven's sake, grow up, give it a chance and then make a decision. If you don't like it after you try it, that's one thing. But to not try it, then cry about it and run away? That's dumb.

/end rant

I know the founder of the group reads this blog sometimes so this part is a personal message to her: Don't let those people get you down! You did the right thing and, personally, I think the group is better for it. People are posting more, and more people are posting. That's a good thing.

Huh?

I was having lunch with a friend on Wednesday & we were talking about "The DaVinci Code." We both loved it & both read it in less than three days. Then she told me about a mutual acquaintance of ours who said he would never read it because "it might challenge my beliefs."

What?!?!?!? If a work of fiction might challenge his beliefs, how strong are they in the first place?

Then, today I read on a message board that I go to fairly regularly (not RAOK's, so you RAOKsters who may be reading this don't have to go searching for it *w*) that a woman would really like to go see "The Passion of the Christ" but she gave up popcorn for Lent and doesn't think she could sit in the movie theater, smell the popcorn and resist.

Again .... WHAT?!?!?!? I'm hoping that every Christian who read that said ... Good thing Jesus didn't say ... "Ya know, I'd like to do the whole crucifixtion thing, but the nails through the hands and feet, I dunno."

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!

As of today I no longer have to say I've lost about 100 pounds. I have offically (according to my scale) lost 100 pounds!!!

When I stepped on the scale last January I thought losing the weight I had to lose was an unsurmountable task. I thought there was no way on earth I could ever do it. But, I knew I didn't have a choice. I had to do it. I didn't look good. I didn't feel well. There's a history of heart disease, diabetes and cancer in my family so I knew I would be risking my life if I didn't lose the weight.

So, I started counting calories and exercising. Walking just a little at first, because I could barely walk around the block. The pounds came off slowly. By August I lost 38 pounds. Then I decided I'd give Atkins a shot. Since Augst 4 I've lost 62 more pounds and I'm walking 4 miles a day.

I still have a little bit more to go -- little bit as opposed to 100 -- but now I'm extra-motivated and I know I'll do it.

Unconscious Mutterings

1. Ignore:: Fatal Attraction ("I will not be ignored, Dan!")
   
2. Death:: and Destruction
   
3. Missy:: Elliott
   
4. Ballet:: slippers
   
5. Guest:: book
   
6. Campus:: security (I'm not exactly sure what that says about me & my college life)
   
7. Lonely:: hearts club (as in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
   
8. Company:: corporation
   
9. Helicopter:: Life Flight (medical helicopter)
   
10. Sterile:: infertile
    

What are the first four things you think of when I say:

Super Bowl
1.Buffalo Bills *sigh*
2.commercials
3.too much hype
4.parties