I normally leave my skype on during the day. It encourages me to take a break from what I'm doing and waste some time on the computer if I see the little light flashing to tell me there is a message. This afternoon I recieved this gem:
PATRICK UNBANNED FUCKING SCAROLA :):
I'm going to be making
your tengaged life
a living hell, my love.
stalking you into games with prealliances
targetting you in groups
bloging about you
your fucked
:)
My first reaction was to laugh. My second reaction was to be sad that someone has that much hate for me. I shared my feelings with my dear friend Stephen (many of you know him as Lockie). I think he has some wise words to say. They were meant for Patrick but he agreed that I could show all of you.
Patrick--
I've been off of Tengaged for at least a month and a half almost, or so time tells. Contrary to probable popular belief, I do not have an alternate account, nor would want to hide. I'm coming to you, not as Lockie, the gimmick you'd remember, but as Stephen. I've stayed out of drama, but when I heard this, I literally laughed. Tengaged is a website, nothing more, nothing less. Personal conflicts, and judgment should not happen, nor is it liable, because I heard you got banned. Take it easy, do not take a website so serious, that you have to stalk people, to make someones life a living hell, because quite frankly, it will bite you. The person of attack wont be the one who is miserable, but it'll be you, because you'll be miserable, lurking each and every second. Drop the scenario, which I don't even know, and start clean. I'm not speaking in defense of what ever, I'm speaking with logic. You're smarter than this, or so I was lead to believe. This will most likely be the only time you hear from me, as Stephen, not Lockie. Just, take my words for granted. Conflicts are terrible, and drama is even worse. For thought, when I left Tengaged, I've became happy. There was no more drama. I'm not encouraging you to leave, but if you leave this drama out of the scenario, what are you left with? Not anger, not sadness... I'll leave it at there. Take my word or not, here's my two cents. You went overboard, but at least you can still redeem yourself.
Even though I am sure this will be negged, I thought I should at least have the real story out there. Patrick has made several blogs about me. Not all of them have been nice but I haven't said a word because they were kinda funny and I can take a joke even when I am the person it's about. Also I am not a perfect person. I say and do lots of things that maybe I shouldn't. Last night Patrick wrote another blog with my name in it. This time I thought it went to far. I asked him to remove my name. Finally I sent a mail to Tengaged Moderation. I am sorry that this has happened because Patrick and I had started to work out our differences.
The fact is:
If someone says something of a sexual nature to or about you and you ask them to stop and they don't it is sexual harassment.
A good measure to use when determining the value of a hobby is if it adds to or takes away from your sense of balance. Healthy activities help you feel revitalized, refreshed, and ready to tackle your challenges. Destructive activities leave you feeling drained and empty inside and less able to cope with the struggles of real life. Destructive activities also tend to leave you feeling compelled to continue rather than feeling in control of your decisions.
Although there is no specific test for addiction to online gaming, the following are factors that, taken together, may indicate an unhealthy involvement or addictive tendency.
• Do you play compulsively?
• Do you play for long periods of time (often longer than you had planned)?
• Once online, do you have difficulty stopping?
• Do you play as often as you can?
• Do you sneak or violate family rules in order to play, even when facing punishment or loss of privileges for doing so?
• When you are not playing, do you obsess about the game, plotting and planning your next opportunity to play?
• Do you sacrifice real-world things for your online world?
• Is your gaming negatively affecting your relationships with family members or other non-gamer friends? For instance, if you are a parent, does it cause you to neglect your children’s needs? If you are a child, does it cause you to distance yourself from your parents and siblings?
• Do you consider other online gamers (even those whom you’ve never met in real life) to be among your best friends?
• Is your school or work suffering because of the time and energy you spend gaming?
• Do you neglect personal hygiene?
• Have your sleep patterns changed since you became involved with online gaming? Are you staying up extremely late or getting up in the middle of the night to play?
This morning I woke up early and decided to make my family pancakes. I don't normally do this cause hubby won't eat them from a box so I have to make them from scratch and it makes a big mess. It was a lovely cool morning and i served pancakes to everyone as they slowly came into the kitchen until I saw it ....
a BAT on the ceiling!
I have been calmly cooking and walking around with a bat on the ceiling right above my head!
Do they bite?
Is he sleeping?
How do I get him out?
Lets all pray that it doesn't MOVE so that I don't scream like a sissy while pushing my kids out of the way and running for my life.
update:
I just went upstairs to take a picture for you and the bat is GONE. We're going to find it. My daughter has a plastic bat and says she'll save me if it tries to get me.
update:
We can't find it! I am calling hubby to demand that he come home from work.
update:
Hubby came home and laughed at me till I refused to help him and started screaming when he caught it. Then he started yelling at me. Thankfully the bat is gone! I hope it's okay
