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[whikle]

Hahahahaha! BA I can appreciate this, except I actually enjoy church, usually... not today however. There is one woman who is always playing with her teenage daughter and son's hair, and I mean in a fondling sort of way. I've had men who didn't get that into playing with my hair. It's disgusting and really creepy to me.

I also am not big on group participation, I don't want to read aloud, or ask the people in front of, or behind me what they're thankful for. I go to worship God, He doesn't require audience participation.

I also think if you happen to be somewhat tone deaf, you shouldn't volunteer to sing a solo, though kudos to you for being that brave, but damn it's hard not to scrunch up your face when confronted with the equivalent of fingers on a chalk board, and it's rude to make faces in church. And where are these people's family members when they volunteer? If my daughter couldn't carry a damn tune in a bucket, I'd tell her as politely as possible to sit her ass down when she tried to volunteer. No sense in letting her embarrass herself and torture everyone else.

But my biggest gripe about church is when they show a televised sermon instead of having a live sermon... hello I go to church to listen the preacher, not watch one on TV. If that's what I wanted I could have stayed home in my jammies and watched one of the many available on my TV, at least I would have been comfortable and barefoot. I was seriously so irritated when they did that today that I almost left, the only reason I didn't was because it would require hunting down my son in his bible study group and making him leave as well. But seriously the next time they show some televised sermon, I'm outta there, I already warned my son to take his cell and watch for a text telling him to meet us at the car. Yes, I know I'm an uptight, inflexible bitch today, but that shit just really ruined my morning.

for some reason this really made me laugh!! I thought you liked shoes?

 

[Espy]

for some reason this really made me laugh!! I thought you liked shoes?

I love my heels, but at home I'm always barefoot, and I love that too. I just cannot make myself wear shoes in the house.

 

[whikle]

I love my heels, but at home I'm always barefoot, and I love that too. I just cannot make myself wear shoes in the house.

I love being barefoot too. To the point where I often feel the urge to take my shoes off when I'm out and relaxing too lol. I don't, of course, cos that's kinda gross (just ask AS, he'd freak over that one, he won't even let me out my bag on the floor lol) but being barefoot is the ultimate comfort.

 

[Espy]

I love being barefoot too. To the point where I often feel the urge to take my shoes off when I'm out and relaxing too lol. I don't, of course, cos that's kinda gross (just ask AS, he'd freak over that one, he won't even let me out my bag on the floor lol) but being barefoot is the ultimate comfort.

I agree, I take mine off in the the theater when I cross my legs in my seat, I would never put my bare feet on the floor there cause that's just 10 kinds of nasty, but I'm just used to watching TV in the dark with bare feet.

 

[AdventurSum]

yea, bare feet in public places is mega disgusting. all kinds of filth on the ground. and you know, it wouldnt be soooo bad but we all know those people who do it don't scrub their feet as soon as they get home. uh unh... they climb up on a nice couch or chair and rub their feet all on it. eww...

 

[whikle]

It freaked me out having to take my shoes off when going through airport security in the states too. I left it to the very last second then tried to take as few steps as possible to get to the other side LOL

 

[Espy]

It freaked me out having to take my shoes off when going through airport security in the states too. I left it to the very last second then tried to take as few steps as possible to get to the other side LOL

I'm not a fan of walking around public places barefoot, and if I had to I would wash my feet off when I got home, but if my feet are in my seat with me at the theatre, I think I'm good. I was driving home from Chicago one night and I stopped to grab some water, and out walks a man from the public restroom completely barefoot. I almost threw up right there... of all the places to go barefoot, a public restroom in a truck stop has to be one of the worst. Granted it was like 2 am, but damn I drive barefoot but I always put my shoes on when I get out of the car. That still makes me shake my head every time I think of it.

 

[AdventurSum]

It freaked me out having to take my shoes off when going through airport security in the states too. I left it to the very last second then tried to take as few steps as possible to get to the other side LOL

thank goodness i never wear footgear without socks. lol

"As I sit in my b-boy stance
With flip-flops and socks, and sweatpants
We finna enhance your brain, check it out..."
- big boi of Outkast "Wheelz of Steel"

 

[karmacoma.]

I have never seen a race of peeps so anxious to get out of their shoes as white folks, and it goes way beyond women wanting to get out of their heels (which is understandable). LOL.

 

[Bookworm616]

I have never seen a race of peeps so anxious to get out of their shoes as white folks, and it goes way beyond women wanting to get out of their heels (which is understandable). LOL.

I'm not like that. I walk around in shoes even at home quite a bit. Then again, I do have a thing about feet. LOL. (Not a fan)

 

[FG]

I have never seen a race of peeps so anxious to get out of their shoes as white folks, and it goes way beyond women wanting to get out of their heels (which is understandable). LOL.

One of my X's was this hawaiian dude - he pretty much NEVER had shoes on..... unless in church. He got away with it, no-one ever dared to ask him to put shoes on.. but at my place... wash your freaking feet.. in chorine! It was a bit off putting to say the least.

 

[JordanC]

It freaked me out having to take my shoes off when going through airport security in the states too. I left it to the very last second then tried to take as few steps as possible to get to the other side LOL

I hate it but I understand. I was on a vacation in Florida a few years ago. We stayed up til 2 going out.........got up at 4:30 to get to the airport......so early. When we had to take off our shoes the lady next to me had feet that would knock over an army. By the time I got thru security I had to go to the bathroom and throw up. Some people should be excused from taking off their shoes at the airport.

 

[shaft2k4]

Here's a gripe. Why is there so much crap on my t.v. screen when I try to watch a simple t.v. show?

They can't even wait for the show to go into break before they start advertising shit.

Is it really necessary for them to have characters from other shows constantly walking along the bottom of your screen while you're trying to watch something?

It's bad enough the station logo has to remain on the screen 24/7.(As if we need a constant on screen reminder of what station we're on) Now you'll be watching Family Guy, and out of nowhere the bottom part of your screen compresses and suddenly there's Charlie Sheen walking across the bottom. Then Jon Cryer comes in from the opposite side, then in comes the little kid, and they start dancing around on the bottom of the screen like monkeys for 15 seconds. WTF!

And if you're watching some movie you like, you better hope it doesn't have some nice end credit sequence because you won't get to see it. One of my favorite movies is the original Police Academy. The end part where Commandant Lasard is getting blown at the podium is when the music starts, then all the characters are shown marching after graduation set to some cool 80's music. So what you have is the end credits, but at the same time the characters are marching in formation while the song (which i also liked) plays in the background. In other words, THE MOVIE ISN'T OVER! Now am I allowed to enjoy this childhood memory? No. What happens next?

Suddenly the screen splits and the remaining part of the movie is squished together on the left, while on the right they run commercials! On top of that a loud ass voice over completely drowns out the music. So there's a compressed picture, NO MUSIC and of course all this is timed so that the voice over ends EXACTLY when the credits end.

And by the way...fuck commercials at movie theaters. I'm not talking about ads and promos for movie related shit, but when they show you the same commercials you see at home on regular t.v. That's bullshit.

end rant.

 

[Bookworm616]

Here's a gripe. Why is there so much crap on my t.v. screen when I try to watch a simple t.v. show?

They can't even wait for the show to go into break before they start advertising shit.

Is it really necessary for them to have characters from other shows constantly walking along the bottom of your screen while you're trying to watch something?

It's bad enough the station logo has to remain on the screen 24/7.(As if we need a constant on screen reminder of what station we're on) Now you'll be watching Family Guy, and out of nowhere the bottom part of your screen compresses and suddenly there's Charlie Sheen walking across the bottom. Then Jon Cryer comes in from the opposite side, then in comes the little kid, and they start dancing around on the bottom of the screen like monkeys for 15 seconds. WTF!

And if you're watching some movie you like, you better hope it doesn't have some nice end credit sequence because you won't get to see it. One of my favorite movies is the original Police Academy. The end part where Commandant Lasard is getting blown at the podium is when the music starts, then all the characters are shown marching after graduation set to some cool 80's music. So what you have is the end credits, but at the same time the characters are marching in formation while the song (which i also liked) plays in the background. In other words, THE MOVIE ISN'T OVER! Now am I allowed to enjoy this childhood memory? No. What happens next?

Suddenly the screen splits and the remaining part of the movie is squished together on the left, while on the right they run commercials! On top of that a loud ass voice over completely drowns out the music. So there's a compressed picture, NO MUSIC and of course all this is timed so that the voice over ends EXACTLY when the credits end.

And by the way...fuck commercials at movie theaters. I'm not talking about ads and promos for movie related shit, but when they show you the same commercials you see at home on regular t.v. That's bullshit.

end rant.

OMG! I love you for this!!

This is so true! They've made TV a horrible experience now. I hate it, too!!

And the commercials in front of movies is ridiculous, too! If the actors stop getting paid $30 million just to show up for a movie, maybe everything would cost us "little people" less, including the theaters having to run commercials to make ends meet!

Actors should get a base salary to make a movie. And if the movie makes a profit, then they get their $20 million paycheck.

 

[FG]

I was actually gonna wite a gripe about exactly that - Thanks shaft!
I was watching 2012 that had subtitles on occation - and dontcha know - while the monks are talking this dumb ass add for another show is at the bottom, completely covering the subtitles!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Bookworm616]

I was actually gonna wite a gripe about exactly that - Thanks shaft!
I was watching 2012 that had subtitles on occation - and dontcha know - while the monks are talking this dumb ass add for another show is at the bottom, completely covering the subtitles!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

A few years ago, we had a huge storm during the season finale of Lost. Now, normally, when they issue severe weather warnings, it's a scroll at either the very top of the screen or the very bottom.

Not this time, though. This time, the ABC station decided to cover just about the entire left hand side of the screen with a huge map of the area and putting a scroll on top of the screen. They did this throughout the majority of the show. WTF?? I was furious!! I'd never seen that before.

Whose brainchild was that?? ARGH!!!

 

[shaft2k4]

OMG! I love you for this!!

This is so true! They've made TV a horrible experience now. I hate it, too!!

And the commercials in front of movies is ridiculous, too! If the actors stop getting paid $30 million just to show up for a movie, maybe everything would cost us "little people" less, including the theaters having to run commercials to make ends meet!

Actors should get a base salary to make a movie. And if the movie makes a profit, then they get their $20 million paycheck.

Cosign!!! Doggone it! LoL

 

[shaft2k4]

I was actually gonna wite a gripe about exactly that - Thanks shaft!
I was watching 2012 that had subtitles on occation - and dontcha know - while the monks are talking this dumb ass add for another show is at the bottom, completely covering the subtitles!!! ARGH!!!!!!!!!!

Yeah, it's annoying when they mess up the subtitles. T.V. is so wack right now.

It all makes me want to... and then... :smt033..and then :drinkers: some more.

But hopefully this won't be followed by a lot of...:vom:

 

[LA]

It all makes me want to... and then... :smt033..and then :drinkers: some more.

But hopefully this won't be followed by a lot of...:vom:

LoL. I can tell you from experience, mixing those two rarely turns out well.

My best advice, is to limit one, and indulge in the other. Something like a 70/30 or 80/20 mix.

To be quite honest, I prefer not to mix the two. When I do, I let one wear off before I have the other.

When you have both during the peak of their effects, you're asking for trouble and you'll probably end up sick.

 

[FG]

Yeah, it's annoying when they mess up the subtitles. T.V. is so wack right now.

It all makes me want to... and then... :smt033..and then :drinkers: some more.

But hopefully this won't be followed by a lot of...:vom: