I Didn’t Come Here to Argue…
Posted: May 19, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blog, blogging, comedy, hate mail, humor, life, stupid people 6 Comments »To start this off, let me share a response I was forced to leave on a comment the other day. If you guys want to see the entire fight, then you can check out my abortion article. It’s not really necessary, because I think the screen capture summarizes it nicely.
Let me explain the evolution of a ‘I didn’t come here to argue” message.
Step #1; Moron winds up on my page. I’m not entirely sure how, as half the time, I’m surprised these morons can even work the internet. My guess would be they accidentally landed here after repeatedly slamming their face into the keyboard.
Step #2; Moron pulls up one of my more offensive posts (or a completely innocuous one, like my bully article), reads it and gets upset.
Step #3; Moron types out an argumentative response that fully demonstrates their level of brain damage.
Step #4; I return from a night of vigilante crime fighting and check out my comments. Seeing that moron’s comment is not an outright hate comment, I allow it past moderation.
Step #5; As moron decided to argue, I respond with an argument of my own. I do not change my tone when arguing and I hold nothing back.
Step #6; Moron comes back, usually the following day after crying themselves to sleep over my response. They leave a weepy hurt feeling message and somehow slip in the statement “I didn’t come here to argue”.
My response is always, ‘yes you did.”
Here’s the thing. When someone argues with my opinion on my page, I respond. Why do I respond? BECAUSE IT’S MY FUCKING PAGE!!!! Of course I’m going to respond. Chances are, if I wrote an article about something, its because I feel passionately about it. I’m not going to suddenly turn around and change my opinion, after spending two god damn hours writing about it, because someone else comes to my page and tells me I’m wrong.
And when you post something, telling me I’m wrong, that’s starting an argument. Let me give you the definition, just in case its unclear.
ar·gu·ment
- An exchange of diverging or opposite views, typically a heated or angry one: “I’ve had an argument with my father”.
- A reason or set of reasons given with the aim of persuading others that an action or idea is right or wrong.
If you don’t want an argument, here’s an idea. Don’t start one. However, if you do start one, don’t suddenly deny that you were trying to start an argument when you realize that I’m a hell of a lot smarter than you and also, incredibly mean.
If you’re disagreeing with me, chances are I already think you’re an idiot. But when you disagree with me, then try to take it back by saying ‘you don’t want to argue’ you look like an idiot and a pussy.
Don’t be that guy. If you’re going to make yourself look like a moron on my page, at least stand by your moronic opinion. I can guarantee you I’ll still win. I’ve never lost an argument on my page and I never will.
But If you don’t want to argue, then don’t post an argumentative comment. Just go look at some stupid fucking inspirational internet memes instead.
The Bodily Function Police – Guest Blog With Tom Nardone
Posted: May 15, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blog, blogging, comedy, guest blog, humor, life, people, stupid people, writing 13 Comments »Hey everyone. This week, I’m super busy. I have snowbirds to drop off, laundry to do, beer to drink and naps to take. As such, I’m not able to keep up with my regular posting schedule. Luckily for me, Mr. Tom Nardone was more than happy to take over for the day. He is doing a guest blog so he can provide you with the same cynical amusement I always do, at half the alcohol per volume. So as I trek across the country, getting into fights with gas station cashiers and food truck vendors, I leave you to appreciate the awesomeness that is Tom Nardone.
The Bodily Function Police, Would You Please…Just go Straight to Hell?
By; Tom Nardone, of I am Tom Nardone
People tell me that I sometimes look unhappy or angry about something. They think that I’m not happy. There seems to be no shortage of people in this world that feel the need to alter my mood and/or my actions
I don’t mind if one of my friends say “Hey Tom what’s wrong?”, or “Hey Tom are you alright?” I understand that they love me, and they want to see me happy. What I do mind is when people, friend or otherwise, simply tell me; “Smile!”, “cheer up!”, “it’s not that bad.”, or “how come you never smile?” That is what really gives me the red ass
This girl started at work a while back. She is a complete ditz that has been trading on her looks all her life. All of the guys at work are all (gaga) for her. I, on the other hand, am not. I do not give a shit what she looks like. I have nothing but contempt for such people. For days every time I would walk by her, she would tell me to smile, and for days I just let it go.
She made the mistake of saying, in her ditzy sweet voice, of telling me to smile one time too many. I felt it was time for this bullshit conversation to come to a conclusion.
Officer Ditz; Hey, why don’t you ever smile?”
Tom Nardone; This morning, as I was getting ready for work, I looked out the window, and watched my son, who was waiting for the school bus, pick up a stray puppy by it’s neck and stare into its’ eyes as he squeezed the life from it. So is it OK with you if I don’t smile today?”
Would you like to know what she said? She said the same thing you would say. NOTHING!! That is the only thing anyone says when told a story like that. This was beautiful. She looked at me and nodded her head almost violently, as if she hoped I was finished talking to her. She did not smile herself for the rest of the day.
I was pleased to see that the message got to her. My son did not really do this, but that doesn’t matter. I solved both of our problems. I don’t have to listen to any more of her bullshit, and she will definitely think twice before ever telling me to alter my facial expressions for the rest of our time together. I will be surprised if I ever have to listen to her speak to me again about anything.
I used to have a job where I went in at 4am. One thing that everyone does who gets up that early in the morning is yawn. I don’t know why we yawn. It is just what we do. It is in no way offensive it is not rude. A yawn is one of the few bodily functions that have absolutely no enemies. Everybody loves a good yawn. That is, everyone except this one particular asshole. Just about every damned, morning this redneck, inbred, hillbilly, son of a bitch, would catch me in the act of one of my early morning yawns. He would always say “It’s too early to start that shit”
What the fuck does that even mean? I knew that I would have to help this man too. I was convinced that it was not ever going to end, and I knew that I was unwilling to stop yawning. I felt it was my duty as a caring coworker to help him to stop this douchebaggery that he was hopelessly a prisoner to. This was my solution.
Officer Hillbilly; It’s too early to start that shit”
Tom Nardone; Hey listen I am sorry about the random yawns every morning. It is obvious that you care about me, and you want to be involved with my bodily functions. I would like to extend you an invitation to join me this afternoon for one that I think you will really enjoy. I really think today is the best day for you to see this one, since I ate at El Sombreros last night and ordered the sampler platter. If you are free after lunch, please meet me in the men’s room I usually prefer stall #4. I think this is something you won’t want to miss.
He wasn’t pleased and he did decline my invitation. He never really spoke much to me after that, which to my mind was a huge win win. I wasn’t quite satisfied though. I would come in early and if I did not feel a yawn coming, then I would fake one. You should have seen the confusion on that dumb son of a bitches face.
I don’t think it is too much to ask that I be allowed to smile when I am happy, or yawn when I am tired. I will not tolerate assholes who wish to fuck with this. Just so we are clear if you tell me to smile, then yes, that alone, makes you an asshole.
You owe these people shit. Don’t waste your time explaining yourself to them. As fun as it might be, you don’t have to give them an elaborate explanation, like I did. There are other ways to help them. Sometimes just a short “Fuck You” is all it takes to get them on the proper path.
My body is my playground. All the toys and their functions are owned and operated by me, and any other person I grant access to. I decide what the rules are and I decide what toys are available to what person. I share them when, and if I feel like it. If you have a problem with this then you can to your playground.
If, while watching Spartacus, or Game of Thrones, there should be a sex scene and I feel the need to pause the show to take care of a sudden need, then I will do so. Only one person votes and that is me. I always win.
When I conclude my bathroom business, and it is time to do the paper work; I and I alone will make the decision to wipe from front to back or from back to front. It is my ass. It is my choice.
If while I am working outside on a hot July Day, and my ass begins to itch, then fell free to turn your head if you don’t want to watch the show, but this itch is going away right now.
I think that is enough examples
It is as if their lives are so empty inside that they must see me smile to fill some void. I am sorry if they have some hidden desire to live vicariously through me. They should go and live an abundant life where all they can seem to do is walk around and smile at every one they see, and when they get that figured out, maybe they will be in a better frame of mind to counsel the rest of the world with our facial expression problems.
These people have a sickness. They have an ailment and I have the cure. It is the only thing that I am aware of that will cures this disease every time it is administered. That is a dose of Tom Nardone. It’s the only thing I carry in my bag.
If I am not smiling, then maybe I am upset. If you are a friend of mine, then I don’t mind you trying to help me or inquire as to what you can do for me. I appreciate that kind of interaction. Sometimes knowing that someone cares is enough. Knowing that you have a friend who is there for you; can make the problem seem like a more fixable circumstance.
No one that gives a shit about you will tell you to be happy. People who do this, are every bit as much an asshole as someone who would fart in a parked car with the windows up.
I am Tom Nardone, and you are welcome.
Essa Quits Driving
Posted: May 14, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: auto, blogging, car shopping lake mary, cars, comedy, humor, Joseph’s Auto on 17-92 in Longwood Florida, life, people, stupid people, writing 7 Comments »As you all know, I work from home. I rarely, if ever, leave the house. I don’t like the outside. Aside from my beer runs, my trips away from home are few and far between.
So, obviously, I started wondering why I continued making a $300 monthly car payment.
I’m a practical girl, most of the time. What I know of being a practical girl is that paying the equivalent of $30 to drive to the store a few times a month is an idiotic idea. While I enjoy the freedom of owning a car, it isn’t really the most practical option for me. So I decided to sell my old car, take the equity built in and buy a new one.
The first half started out easy. I took my car to Carmax (after I got the Kelly Blackbook value and ran NADA). They offered me $400 more than the value I got, so I accepted. After they paid off my lien holder, I had 3K in my pocket.
3k to go and find a piece of shit beater designed to drive me less than one mile per week. It didn’t need to be pretty. It didn’t need to be a gas saver. It just needed to be able to get me from point A to point B. So I headed out the door to go used car shopping.
I’m almost sure my first mistake was going shopping without a penis.
I showed up at the lot of ‘Joseph’s Autos’. There, he had at least 5 different vehicles that were still running and all were under my budgeted price. I spotted a Dodge Stratus with minimal cosmetic damage and asked to take it for a test drive. The douche then proceeded to jump start the fucking thing in front of me before handing me the keys.
Look, I know I’m blonde and I know the stereotypes, but let me explain something to you all. I guarantee my IQ is at least 70 points higher than the IQ of an idiot frat boy who ever told a dumb blond joke. Just because I don’t look smarter than you doesn’t mean I’m not a hell of a lot smarter than you.
And I would have to be stone cold retarded to purchase the title to a vehicle that had just been jump started in front of me.
So I moved on. The next car was a Dodge Neon. Don’t even get me started on Dodge Neons. You ever look under the hood of one of those things? It looks like a fucking Tiddlywinks factory. Everything is made of plastic. Against my better judgment, I tried it anyway.
I did what I always do on a test drive. I cranked the air conditioner and stepped on the gas. Let me explain why.
There’s a common little trick you can do that will get the ‘check engine’ light to turn off in almost any vehicle. Flood the engine with oil. This will muddy up the waters enough to make the electrical system think everything is kosher. In decent weather, you can get around 5 hours of perfectly smooth driving.
Then the pressure starts to build.
Once the car gets the pressure test…i.e. running on an engine overloaded with oil, on a 90 degree day in Orlando, in stop and go traffic…it will overheat. It will start to smoke and the car will turn off entirely. This is exactly what the piece of shit neon did to me.
Luckily, I was smart enough to take my car on a test drive past my apartment complex. So when the piece of shit broke down, it broke down in my parking lot.
We took a cab back to the dealership. I tossed the keys in his face with a helpful “your piece of shit broke down on the test drive. Here’s the address where I left it.”
The douche then proceeded to blame me for overtaxing the engine on his 125k mile + piece of shit Dodge. His exact words were ‘well, I can’t blame you for breaking the engine. You didn’t know what to do when it overheated.”
At that point, I was too angry and sputtering for words. Luckily, I brought my mom. Mama Alroc immediately responded; “so you’re not supposed to roll down the windows, crank the heater, put the car in neutral and take your foot off the gas?”
Before you Google it, that is fucking textbook of what you’re suppose to do when your car overheats. And that is exactly what I did before I left that jimmy rigged piece of shit in a Lake Mary parking lot.
Of course, that wasn’t enough. As I was walking out off the lot, waving a double middle finger goodbye, one of the douche salesmen offered to let me test drive the previously shitty Dodge Stratus again. In his words ‘a spark plug was loose’.
FYI; Once a spark plug comes loose, it never stops being loose. Guarantee, within six months, you will need a new engine.
I told him I didn’t need a car anymore. I’d rather fucking walk. Mama Alroc was just as helpful, informing the salesman that being born women didn’t render us retarded.
Used car salesmen out there, yes, I am a girl. Yes, I am blond. But when I come to your fucking dealership I don’t need you to point me in the direction of ‘the red cars’ or ‘the blue cars’.
I’m smarter than that. I was a car insurance adjuster for ten years. I could tell you what a car is worth just by looking at it. I know what a carburetor is. I know what an engine is supposed to look like. I can spot the difference between frame damage and cosmetic damage from a mile away.
If you’re looking to screw me, then leave your number. If you’re cute enough I might consider. But the only kind of getting screwed I don’t accept is the getting screwed out of money part.
I know you think you’re smarter than me because you spent twelve hours getting your mechanics certification. The fact that you think that makes me laugh my ass off. I’m not giving you 3k on something that is nothing more than $750 worth of scrap metal. I’m not financing a ten year old car at a 20% interest rate and giving you $1000 down.
If you’re lucky, all I’ll give you is a hefty kick in the groin.
Being born pretty didn’t render me retarded. I know what shit is worth. Unfortunately, I can’t get a douche car salesman to take me seriously because of that. As that’s the case, Essa quits driving. To be 100% honest, I never liked driving much to being with
Oh, and Joseph’s Auto on 17-92 in Longwood Florida, welcome to your first SEO hit. In case you didn’t know, search engine optimization is how people who use the internet gain information about your company. You didn’t have a webpage, so I figured I’d help you out. Now, whenever you Google the name of your dealership in my zip code, my review will be the first thing to come up. I’m sorry if that fucked things up for you.
But what would I know? I’m just a dumb blond who doesn’t know shit about technology.
Take Your Advice and Shove It
Posted: May 13, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: comedy, health, humor, life, people, quitting smoking, smoking, stupid people 12 Comments »I am a smoker. As stated before, I am not a social smoker or occasional smoker. I am a ‘waiting for the cancerous nodules to form’ fully addicted, completely hopeless smoker. I’d like to quit. I’ve tried just about everything, but to date, no luck.
But today’s post isn’t about my inability to quit smoking. Today’s post instead, is about the over the top, anti-smoking movement. Cashiers who feel like they have the right to tell me to quit every time I go to the store. The disgusting, judgmental, anti-smoking commercials. Some of my more obnoxious friends who send me pictures of blacked lungs and urge me to quit.
Simply stated, when someone does that, it just makes me want to smoke more out of spite.
The other night, I was at the gas station. I was buying my standard pack of 305 menthols and it was my unfortunate luck that my favorite gas station, aka Gas Station, was closed and I had to go to a Kangaroo instead. I hate the Kangaroo because they have one of those judgmental cashiers who feels the need to lecture me every time I come into the store.
He does this without any irony whatsoever; despite the fact that he is a 60+ cashier working for minimum wage at a gas station in the ghetto part of Sanford. I mean really, if anyone lacks the qualifications to give out life advice, it’s this guy.
Last night was the final straw. As he was winding up for his cancer statistic lecture, I cut him off.
“Can I ask you a question?”
Vacant look. He seemed surprised that I was speaking.
“Those chicken wings over there, the ones that you fry in sausage grease and serve with a side of mayo, who do you sell them to?”
“Uh,” apparently, the guy couldn’t form a coherent sentence without spewing anti-smoking rhetoric, “everyone, I guess.”
“Fat people?”
“Yup.”
“People with bad skin?”
“Yup.”
“People with potential heart problems?”
“I guess so.”
“Hmph,” now for the home run. “Now, do they all get a lecture about the dangers of cholesterol, acne and heart disease when they order them?”
‘Uhhh,” I could literally see the gears turning in this guys head as he tried to figure out what the hell was going on.
“Or do you just serve them what they fucking ordered and shut up?” He is stunned. “I come here for cigarettes, coffee that tastes like dirt and the occasional 40 ounces of malt liquor when I feel like going 90’s ghetto style. What I don’t come here for is medical advice from a 60 year old cashier.”
“Uhhh,” Uh oh, I think I broke him.
“My family can’t convince me to quit smoking. My doctor can’t convince me to quit smoking. Hell, even the Surgeon Fucking General can’t convince me to quit smoking. Why the hell do you think you’re going to have more luck? I mean, do you really think I’m going to walk out of this store after one of your half assed lectures and be like ‘wow, that random dude that I don’t give a shit about made some great points. I shall immediately quit a highly addictive habit that I have had for the past 20 years because he told me about lung cancer statistics.’”
I stomped out of the store, cigarettes in hand, leaving a stunned cashier and more than a few flabbergasted customers watching me.
I do enjoy a dramatic scene.
But it got me to thinking, what is it about smoking that makes people think they are justified in lecturing perfect strangers? Really? Do you see me running around, slapping donuts out of fat people’s hands? No you don’t, because what they want to put into their body is their business. But when it comes to smoking, the same social niceties don’t seem to apply.
I am an unfailingly polite smoker. I don’t light up in enclosed spaces. I always put at least 10 feet between myself and a group when I’m smoking in public. I don’t toss my butts on the ground. I actually put them out with my finger and shove them in my pocket. It’s an old Army habit.
But regardless of how polite I am about my smoking, I’m guaranteed to get at least one anti-smoking avenger dropping down in front of me with a “you know those things are bad for you, right?”
Really? Nah, you’re putting me on.
Look, I know they’re bad for me. I’m not a friggen idiot. I’m an addict. But I’m sure everyone out there has a bad habit or two they’d like to get rid of as well. The difference between them and me is that I don’t call them out on it.
Until now.
So here’s what’s going to happen from now on world, because I’m sick of your bullshit. If you decide to accost me while I’m innocently smoking a cigarette, to offer me some helpful advice, I’m going to offer some helpful advice of my own.
I’m going to point out how you could stand to lose a few pounds to avoid heart disease or how the regular use of sun screen could really get rid of those crow’s feet. I’m going to point out how you could probably avoid STD’s by not dressing like a whore and how when you chew your fingernails, you might as well be tossing someone’s salad in a maximum security prison.
Then, I will stand back, smugly smoking my cigarette and wait for you to thank me for my helpful, helpful advice.
What can I say? I’m a giver. You’re welcome world.
***Also, douche who went to the trouble of emailing me to tell me you hate my site but read it every day, go fuck yourself. It’s a little weird that your read something you hate every fucking day and I’m sure this shout out will be the highlight of your week. I hope you fucking choke on it, stalker. ***
Quid Pro Quo
Posted: May 10, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blog, blogging, comedy, humor, life, people, stupid people, writing 31 Comments »Today, I got a message. It was from one of my regular followers and one of my favorite bloggers. He asked me a question, and I’ll admit, it was a completely fair question at the time. He wanted to know why I don’t comment regularly. He wanted to know why I don’t follow other people’s pages. When I read other pages, he wanted to know why I don’t comment.
My short answer was easy. Technical issues. If you work from a proxy like me, then you know what a bitch commenting and liking can be. WordPress needs me to sign in? Ok. WordPress needs me to verify my security questions? What fucking questions? What’s my mother’s middle name? How the fuck should I know? I was drunk when I set this account up. Eh, fuck it. I give up.
Then I got to thinking about it and I got paranoid…and a little annoyed. I came to WordPress to write, not to read. While I admit, I do enjoy the other bloggers anecdotes out there, I rarely comment. I don’t feel like I should be required to. I’d rather just read the stories and laugh quietly to myself. Is it completely necessary that I come up with a comment about their stories? Does my page view only matter when I interact?”
Then paranoia kicked in. Is my page just being followed by a bunch of people who don’t give a shit about what I write? Is anyone even reading this? Or am I just getting comments and likes from people who expect quid pro quo?
Quid pro quo. This for that. I.e. “I’ll read your blog if you read mine”. I.e. “I’ll buy your book if you buy mine”. Really? Is this what my page is? Because, I’ll be honest with you. I worked really hard on this page. All my blogs come out of a genuine place. They come from genuine stories that I lived though. I was hoping to entertain. .
But apparently, I was just playing part in a pyramid scheme.
Guys, I have to tell you, if you are just coming to my page and interacting to get me to come to yours, it’s not going to happen. I’m not going to leave comments on your blogs and half the time, I don’t read your blogs.
Why? Because I’m fucking writing. Let me make this clear. I’m not here to review swap. If you’re a self published author looking for reviews, you’re not getting them from me. If we work in the same genre, then chances are, any review I write is getting deleted anyway. Amazon is cracking down on that shit. If you want to buy and review my books, good for you. If you expect a review in return, you’re fishing in the wrong hole.
I don’t work that way.
My favorite writer in the whole wide world is a man by the name of Maddox the Pirate. You do not understand how much this dude rocks out loud until you read his stuff.
Now guess how many times I interacted on his page. If your response is 0, then you’re in the ballpark.
I don’t go to Maddox’s page to get something from him. I go to his page to be entertained. I don’t go with the expectation that he is going to read my blog and follow me back. I go there because he genuinely makes me laugh my ass off. It doesn’t matter to me if Maddox know I exist. I’m not expecting a kickback or a follow. When I go to his page, I expect one thing.
To laugh. He never disappoints.
I want my page to be like Maddox’s page. I want you to come here to laugh. I want you here to be amused. I want you to say “she says what I was thinking in my head and couldn’t say out loud.”
I do not want you coming here expecting Quid Pro Quo. If you’re just expecting Quid Pro Quo, you’re in the wrong place. That’s not how I roll. Maybe I’ll read your blog post. Maybe I won’t. Regardless, you’ll never be able to tell whether I did at all.
So if you’re expecting some kind of pyramid scheme, where I read your posts and you read mine, then you’re in the wrong place. I was hoping for fans. I was hoping for people who actually enjoyed the way I write.
Maybe I would have been better off peddling Acia Berries.
If you’re a lurker and you’re just here to read, then you’re awesome. I love my lurkers. If you’re a regular commenter who comments because they have something to say, then continue on. If you’re just some random person, claiming to like me, but only trying to see what you can get from me, then go fuck yourself.
You aren’t getting shit. I’m better than that. My writing stands on its own merits. Take your likes and shove them.
I’m here to write. Not to play Quid Pro Quo.
An Awkward Phone Call
Posted: May 8, 2013 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: blogging, comedy, dating, humor, life, love, stupid people, writing 11 Comments »My phone bleats out a few bars from ‘Sexual Healing’, and I check the display.
It’s a local call from the 407 area code so I answer it even though I don’t recognize the number. I take a chance on answering it, just in case it’s an emergency, like my dealer calling me to let me know he got his hands on some red, white and blue…the most patriotic of all marijuana strains.
“Hello?”
“Hey Essa, it’s Nelson?”
“Who?” I’m lost. The only Nelson I can think of is the one on The Simpsons. I doubt it’s him calling me, on account of him being a cartoon and all.
“Nelson Lastnameredacted? Kristen’s friend?”
Still lost, even though I do know a Kristen. “I think you have the wrong number.”
“But this is Essa, right?”
“Fine, you have the wrong Essa.” I am quickly tiring of this conversation and am preparing to hang up the phone.
The mysterious Nelson is starting to sound a little annoyed. “I’m pretty sure I have the right one. How many Essa’s are there?”
It’s a decent question so I give it some thought. “Um, there’s me and there’s an Essa University in England. Maybe you’re thinking of that one.” My finger hovers over the disconnect button.
“I doubt that’s the case, considering I never dated an Essa University.”
Damn this fucker is persistent. I start to think back, my mind going through many blurry faces. “Sorry Nelson, you’re not ringing a bell.”
A frustrated sigh, followed by an uncomfortable throat clearing. “You sure? We did sleep together.”
I roll my eyes. “Yeah, that’ll narrow it down.” I run though many still blurry faces in my head, when suddenly a thought occurs to me. “Wait, you’re not calling to tell me you have Chlamydia or something, right?”
Nelson sputters, “What? No, I was calling you to ask if you want to go out on my boat this weekend.”
I screwed a dude with a boat? Nice. I give myself a mental high-five. “Depends, describe yourself.”
“You really don’t remember me?”
“What can I say, I’m incredibly promiscuous. Don’t act like you didn’t know, that’s probably half the reason you’re calling me.”
He says nothing, so I know I’m right.
“Still waiting on that description.”
“Um, yeah.” He clears his throat again and I realize I’m making him uncomfortable. I can’t say I care. I mean, apparently I slept with this dude and he never called me. Now he wants to pop back out of the woodwork and he has the balls to be annoyed with me for not remembering him? “I’m 5’9”, brown hair, brown eyes. Thin.”
“You’ve just described ever dude I’ve ever dated.” I decide to go Law and Order style. “Any distinguishing characteristics.”
“What?”
“Moles, tattoos, birthmarks. Anything that I could use to pick you out in a line up?”
“Oh,” he pauses, “I have a tattoo. It’s an American flag.”
“Where?”
“On my lower back.”
“Fuck,” I blurt out, “tell me I didn’t know about that when I slept with you!” I mentally take back the high five I just gave to myself. ‘Dude with tramp stamp’ immediately cancels out ‘dude with boat’. Any girl knows that.
“No, but you did make fun of it for most of the next day.” He’s sounding annoyed again and I decide to shut it down.
“As well I should have.” I sigh, “Listen, chances are, if I’m having this much of a hard time remembering you, we didn’t click or you were terrible in bed. Either way, it’s been at least 6 months since I last had sex. That tells me that you waited a minimum of 6 months to call me. My guess would be much, much longer, because if I screwed a dude with a tattoo on his lower back six months ago, I would still be making fun of him today.”
“Wow,” Nelson sounds less annoyed and instead a little chagrined by my outburst. “Listen, I meant to call. I’ve been busy…”
The fact that he’s giving me some half-assed apology like I’m a pathetic clingy ex sets me off. “Yeah, I know what its like to be busy. I plan to be very busy for the foreseeable future, including this weekend.”
“Busy doing what?” He is annoyed again. Jesus, this guy is moody.
“Sinking a boat down at the marina.”
I hang up the phone, shaking my head and wondering what’s wrong with some guys. My phone rings again and I let it go to voicemail.
@Essa_Alroc8, Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery…Weird, Weird Flattery
Posted: April 3, 2013 Filed under: Drunken Ramblings | Tags: comedy, humor, identity theft, social media, stupid people, twitter, twitter stalker, using twitter 17 Comments »Someone is pretending to be me on Twitter. No joke, check out the page!
The weird part is they know how to use Twitter waaayyy better than I do. As that’s the case, I usually wouldn’t mind. Free advertising, right? I’d almost like to ask them to take over my twitter account.
But they’re doing it wrong! Take a look at some of the tweets I’ve collected from their page. I’ve listed them under the examples below.
Dear Essa_Alroc8, if you’re going to pretend to be me on the internet, please stop fucking it up. You need to observe the rules of being Essa Alroc.
1. Don’t tweet what you eat. First, it’s boring as fuck and second, Essa Alroc doesn’t eat. She drinks and chain smokes. Eating and having food cravings is for pussies and tweens. You appear to be both. 
2. If I ever see another inspirational quote come out of your account, I will track you using your IP address and beat you to death with a copy of “The Secret”. Essa Alroc doesn’t do inspirational.
3. Essa Alroc does not cry, and if she did, it would certainly not be over that shit movie ‘The Notebook’. Instead, it would be over something much more serious, like the outlawing of caffeine or Kirk Cameron being elected president.
4. Get that fucking picture of Demi Lovato and Serena Whatever off your fucking profile page RIGHT NOW. If you’re going to pretend to be me, at least spread my hotness to those less fortunate by using one of my smoking hot pictures. Might I suggest the one of my in my devil costume from Halloween 2010? You know where it is, because you’ve obviously been stalking me.
5. The only thing I hate MORE than American Idol is Disney. I live in Orlando idiot. Any Orlando native hates Disney with a passion usually only reserved for black licorice or foreign tourists.
6. This better be a motherfucking joke. The best state in the nation is the one I’m in, and I wouldn’t go to Virginia on a fucking dare (no offense Rhea, I love you to death, but I avoid the bible belt like the plague.)
(FYI, Rhea is not my stalker, BTW. She is my best friend who just happens to live in the bible belt, which is why I don’t see her as much as I should. I think she did something bad in a past life.)
Anyway, @Essa_Alroc8, if you’re going to pretend to be me, I don’t give a fuck. Go to town. I barely use my Twitter anyway, because I don’t know how. You clearly do, which is awesome. Good for you.
What you don’t know how to do is how to be Essa Alroc.
If you need more information on significantly increasing your awesomeness, I suggest you check out George Carlin’s videos, but picture a smoking hot chick with great tits while he’s speaking. In short, try to be awesome instead of a total tool and you might get it down.
Because there is only one Essa Alroc. Everyone else is a cheap imitation.
The Pretentious Asshole – A How To Guide
Posted: March 30, 2013 Filed under: Drunken Ramblings | Tags: comedy, humor, life, people, pretentious assholes, rude people, shopping, stupid people 6 Comments »I’ve noticed I have a tendency to pick on the poorer sector in this world. The WalMart shoppers, grocery baggers, ex-cons and the ladies that love them. But I don’t usually make wealthy people a target.
Rest assured, that was an unintentional oversight and not some kind of wealth based bias. In fact, after spending yesterday driving around my middle/upper class community, I feel like I have a special knowledge of a specific type of wealthy individual.
Namely, pretentious assholes.
Have you ever wanted to be one? There are many situations where being a pretentious asshole isn’t just recommended, it’s encouraged. Maybe you’re planning a visit to the British royal family. Maybe you’ll soon be attending a $500 a plate benefit for inner city youths. Maybe you just want to fit in when you shop at Whole Foods. Whatever the reason, anyone can be a pretentious asshole by following a few simple rules.
Essa’s Guide to Being a Pretentious Asshole
Rule #1. Never, under any circumstances, hang up your cell phone. You are the most important person in the world. You need show that by constantly reaching out to the world with the help of AT & T and Bluetooth. While constantly talking on your cell phone, you need to remember a few key points.
- Talk loudly enough for everyone in the room to hear you. It’s not just important that the person on the other end hear you. Everyone, from the person in line in front of you, to the guy four aisles over at the store, needs to be able to hear every single word of your conversation.
- Be sure to cut people off when driving, so they will also notice that you’re talking on your cell phone.
- Take several calls at once and put people on hold. At any time, you should have at least 5 people waiting in your call waiting queue.
Rule #2. Be rude to any service person you encounter. The waiters at Red Lobster and the cashiers at 7-11 need to understand what a chore it is for you to lower yourself to talking to them. When forced to wait even a few seconds, make sure you sigh loudly and check your watch several times. A ‘do you know who I am?’ or ‘I’m good friends with the mayor’ is a great way to ensure you get priority service.
Rule #3. If you have an impressive profession, try to find a way to squeeze it in to any conversation.
Wrong;
Yes, I need to purchase some stamps.
Right;
I need to purchase some stamps so I can have my legal secretary at my law office mail letters to my law clients. I really shouldn’t have to do this at all, because I’m a lawyer, and this really is my assistant’s job. But I was going out anyway, on my way to a lawyer’s mediation. Did I mention I’m a lawyer?
Also, if you have a PhD in anything, even if it is a PhD in Origami Folding from the University of Nigeria, you need to make sure people address you as Doctor. When they fail to, correct them in the most patronizing way possible. “No, young man, it’s Doctor Smith. Doctor, understand? Doctor Smith, repeat it with me…Doctor Smith.”
Rule # 4. Develop a very slight English accent. Even if you’re from Mudwater, Mississippi, people should always get the impression that you’re actually from Kent or Cheshire. If you’re not sure how to do it, try talking through your nose. You’ll get there.
If you want to be a pretentious asshole, it’s pretty easy. The main thing you need to remember is that you are the most important person in the world and no one else matters. Soon, you too will have strangers gazing at you in open admiration as they exclaim “what a pretentious asshole!”
What a pretentious asshole indeed.
It’s Not Rocket Science…But Neither is Your Job
Posted: March 28, 2013 Filed under: Actual Useful Advice (no, really), Angry Rants | Tags: comedy, high school drop out, humor, neck tattoo, people, stupid people, work, writing 5 Comments »I’ve reached a low point in my life. I’m being judged by a garbage man with a neck tattoo.
I live in a place that has ‘valet trash’ service. This is a fancy way of saying ‘we pay a bunch of ex-cons and high school drop-outs $20 a night to pick up your trash at your door, for the low, low price of $50 a month.”
Being the dainty flower that I am, I use this program. Well, also, you can’t opt out. My complexes dumpsters are locked up tighter than Fort Knox and only a select group of individuals have the key. From what I’ve seen, you’re only eligible if you have a criminal record and some form of ‘fuck the police’ permanently, and prominently, etched onto your body.
Anyway, the whole valet trash thing seems easy enough. You put your garbage out, they take it. But then you get into the complexities of garbage politics. They won’t take loose pizza boxes. They won’t take unflattened cardboard boxes. They bitch about bags that are too heavy.
Also, if they fail to show up for three days, and one of the several billion squirrels that run around get into your trash and destroy it, they bitch about that. I really feel like I need to apologize for that. If there are any valet trash men out there, reading this tonight, please accept the below as my formal apology.
Dear Garbage Man
I’m so sorry I forgot to deploy my Sonar Squirrel Repeller 3000 while you took your spontaneous vacation. Maybe I should have just sat outside for three days waving them away with a fucking broom until you decided to some back. You know, because my life revolves around making a service, that I pay you to do, easier for you. Regardless of how poorly you decide to provide that service.
Sincerely,
Essa Alroc, Person Who Pays You
Tonight was the last straw. As I sat here, finishing up yet another 12 hour work day, I heard one of these douchebags complain through my open window about the way the knot was tied on my garbage bag. The exact phrase; “Jesus, learn how to tie a fucking knot. It’s not fucking rocket science.”
The guy nearly shit himself when my blinds popped open and I responded, “nope, and neither is your job but you still can’t manage to do it without leaving a line of garbage down my walkway.”
He walked away without responding. It was a shame, because I had many more helpful suggestions about what else he could do to make his job easier. Some of the helpful tidbits I was going to recommend;
- Try being in the country legally. That way, your job won’t involve working for a shady contractor who owns a pickup truck and only hires dudes that hang out in front of Home Depot.
- Try graduating from High School or at least getting a fucking GED. My friend Sara finished her GED in approximately 12 minutes, for $399, by taking a correspondence course she found in her TV guide. No joke, there is no longer any excuse for not managing to at least complete the standard 12 grades. Don’t give me a hard luck story either. This isn’t China. There is more than one free program available out there. Find it, and you might find someone willing to at least pay you minimum wage.
- If you have chosen to get a facial tattoo with a swear word or racial slur, you’re not getting a job that pays more than $3 an hour unless you go back to prison. No suggestion here. Just an FYI.
What are you getting from the tips above? If you hate the idea of cleaning up my garbage for a living, it’s not my problem. It’s yours. Do something a little more productive than bitch about the people who pay your salary and things might get a little better for you.
Who knows, maybe someday, you’ll be the one driving the pick up truck.
No, You’re Not Bad…You’re Just Behaving Like Classless Trash
Posted: March 24, 2013 Filed under: Angry Rants | Tags: bad girls, bad girls club, comedy, entertainment, humor, life, stupid people, television, writing 6 Comments »
What has a collective IQ of 85 and always wears clothes four sizes too small? I found it.
Fuck the Bad Girls Club and fuck the idiots that elect to go on it. They are not cool, they don’t ‘own’ shit. They are classless trash and their show makes me want to fire a missile at Atlanta.
Now that I’ve gotten that off my chest, let me explain why I’m pissed off yet again.
I never claimed to be classy. I never claimed to by high brow. I come from a pure, white trash, small town background and I will never be welcomed into the junior league.
I’m cool with that. What I’m not cool with is how women keep getting represented in the media. These retarded reality shows make a living on hair pulling drama and girl-on-girl hate. People just seem to gobble this shit up.
Ladies who think that the fact that you can beat another woman in a fight is a fact to be proud of, congrats. I agree. You’re incredibly masculine. You’re practically a dude in a fucking dress.
And you’re not bad ass. You’re classless trash.
Stop with the hair pulling and face scratching whenever someone takes a verbal jab at you. All you prove when you immediately resort to violence is that you’re too fucking retarded to come up with a good verbal argument.
Well done, now you’re a masculine idiot in a dress. You’re giving me Dennis Rodman flashbacks.
Look, I come from a place where violence was a necessity. Hand to hand combat was something I was trained in when all else failed. For me, it’s a last resort, not an immediate standby. When I’m fighting with someone, it’s in self defense and my goal is to seriously maim to save my own life. It’s not because my ‘baby daddy’ hooked up with another chick.
If my ‘baby daddy’ is hooking up with another chick I say “He’s all yours. Just remember, when you steal another girl’s boyfriend, you get a guy who cheats on his girlfriend. What do you think is going to happen?”
Real bad girls don’t go around ripping each others weaves out and bitch slapping other chicks. They fight the status quo. They argue for their rights and they don’t fit into the mainstream. They take a political stand, not a stand against another stupid bitch that calls them fat.
All the “Bad Girls Club” is, is a club for girls with IQs under 45, and the dudes that like watching them bitch slap each other. Idiots and perverts.
I might not be classy, but at least I’m not one of them.
