Control your dog, PLEASE

Your dog is very cute. With her floppy ears and that adorable face. I sit there and watch as your dog sniffs mine. Pretty standard. It's a dog park so I know my dog will be sniffed. I watch as your dog runs around looking oh so cute. I watch as your dog barks at mine's. Whatever. My dog's guilty of that. And then, I watch as your damn dog starts barking aggressively and then starts chasing my dog and trying to bite him! Awwww bitch you better control your damn dog! Did you apologize? Nope. You just made stupid excuses.

When you decided to put your dog on the large dog area I thought, "Ok, maybe that's her way of making it right." Not even five minutes go by and your dog is doing the exact same thing but this time it's with bigger dogs so she's being trampled. So after that incident did you decide leave? Nope. You FRICKIN' come back to the little dog area!

So now I'm watching your dog like a hawk. More dogs begin coming to the park and I thought, "Great, distractions." So your dog goes off and plays with the other dogs including constantly taking another dog's chew toy away from it. And then, surprise surprise, 15 min. later your damn dog gets into a fight with ANOTHER dog!

In the end your uncontrolled dog has started fights or attacked four separate dogs and it jumped up and down on a little girl who could be no more than 3 or 4 y/o because it wanted the girl's toy. And what is your method? To just continue to yell and scream at your dog, hold her on her back for a long period of time, and to make excuses. I pray that you don't have children.

Renaissance Faire

Today I went to my first Renaissance Faire. Ever since I was in junior high I had this mild fascination for that era. Something about knights, kings and queens, mystical beings, etc piqued my interest. That could explain why I love movies such as Lord of the Rings and fantasy-type books. Surprisingly up until now I had never been to the Renaissance Faire. I finally got myself and Ray out there and it was quite enjoyable. We were a bit worried about the wind chill factor that day but the weather there was a lot warmer than in SJ.

Immediately upon entering the grounds there was so much to see and take in. The faire was set up next to Casa de Fruta off the Pacheco Pass. With the many trees dotting the area it was a perfect place to have it. All the shops were set up on a winding pathway and it really made you feel as though you had been time warped into that era. What made it even more fun was that a lot of the faire-goers got into character and dressed during that time. Plus they even talked like the people back then did! I had a lot of "my lady" and "miss" directed at me.



We watched a jousting match, which was cool. Saw a couple comedic performances. The first one by the name of "Moonie" was pretty funny. It was pretty much done without talking and it was still hilarious. The other guy, Broon, was funny but not as funny as Moonie. We walked around a lot and looked at all the different things they had. They had these beautiful gowns that you can imagine during those times and I so wanted one to wear for Halloween but $370 is just not in my price range! The $25 entrance fee killed the spending possibilities. So we spent our meager $$ on food. I had planned on having a turkey leg but after seeing some ppl eat it I changed my mind. It just looked too massive and after the filipino breakfast buffet we had I was not that hungry. I settled for a meat pie which wasn't too bad and had a dessert of sliced strawberries with chocolate sauce.

Overall, I had a fun time. I think it would've been more interesting if we dressed the part to get into the mood but for the first time it went well. I may just go again next year!

I can't take credit for this, but I thought it was great!

12 Reasons Same-Sex Marriage Will Ruin Society

1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester, and birth control are not natural.

2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce children. Infertile couples and old people cannot get legally married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously gay parents will raise gay children because straight parents only raise straight children.

4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney Spears's 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.

5. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and it hasn't changed at all: women are property, Blacks can't marry Whites, and divorce is illegal.

6. Gay marriage should be decided by the people, not the courts, because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have historically protected the rights of minorities.

7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are always imposed on the entire country. That's why we only have one religion in America.

8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people makes you tall.

9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage license.

10. Children can never succeed without both male and female role models at home. That's why single parents are forbidden to raise children.

11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society. Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we could never adapt to new social norms because we haven't adapted to cars or longer lifespans.

12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage with a different name are better, because a "separate but equal" institution is always constitutional. Separate schools for African-Americans worked just as well as separate marriages will for gays & lesbians.

Overwhelmed mothers

I'm watching an Oprah episode and it's about overwhelmed mothers. Oprah has a guest on the show that lost a child due to being overwhelmed. Her husband wasn't able to take their 3 y/o to daycare so she said she would drop off their daughter. It was also the first day of school and she was a middle school teacher. It was 6 a.m. and too early to drop off at daycare so the mother stopped by the donut shop and went to the school to drop everything off. Her daughter had fallen asleep and with the rush of the first day of school she completely forgot about her daughter. It wasn't until the end of the day when her daughter was discovered. Unfortunately her daughter died of heat stroke.

Women today strive so hard to do it all. They don't feel accomplished if they can't say they're doing a million things and can multitask like a pro. If their calendar or planner isn't filled to the max it's like they're not doing enough. Moms were given the opportunity to call this hotline on Oprah and anonymously say how they feel overwhelmed. It's so sad hearing about all the frustrated moms feeling defeated as though their bad moms because their children aren't getting the sort of moms they deserve.

So what is a good mom? Is a good mom someone who stays at home full-time and is always there to tend to their child's every needs? Is a good mom someone who has a career outside of the home to provide for their child? Why is a mother/woman's worth measured by how many things are on their plate? Why is it so hard to say, "Stop! I need to take a break." It's always go, go, go. What's so frustrating that either situation (stay-at-home or career mom) doesn't seem perfect. So what are we to do?