mstzanicki | Happy Birthday

it really is. and it's really nice to have everyone on here too.

oh wow. I'm glad you passed. and they make you back into parking spaces like in parking lots on your test? we don't get that here, but we do have to parallel park as the last thing for our test. it's good you passed. crazy pedestrian.

oh, that's what I though you meant by vertical/horizontal, now I feel dumb for asking. I would provide a picture of ours, but I had to leave my house so I'll do it when I get back home.

Yeah, it is. Everyone is so nice.

We don't have to parallel park for ours. We have to be able to back in. There isn't that much around here where you would have to parallel park, they teach us, at least they did before. There have been a lot of changes to all that since I got my license, so I'm not sure. And I hate pedestrians. So annoying.

That's okay. If you don't really know, I never knew they went both ways till I got mine. Which wasn't fair, because all my friends got theirs the horizontal way. They had just changed it when I got mine.

That's okay. Going anywhere good?

they are. I love the people that are on here.

that makes sense. we use both lots and parallel parking here, just because if we didn't, there'd be very few places we could park and those places would get overfilled. pedestrians annoy me. I hate dealing with them. especially when they don't know where they're going or if they want to cross the street. and then sometimes, they'll decide to cross diagonally, so none of the cars can tale their turn. and then there are the pedestrians who decide to cross the street when the lights have already turned yellow.

oh. so they changed it to make it easier to identify who's a minor and who's not. that's clever.

my nephew has tae-kwon-do, but I didn't know today was a testing day, so he's not in his real uniform. just his uniform pants and a t-shirt with the place's logo

I've learned from being in NYC how to be a good pedestrian. I would think that that is more what it's like for you. Because there, you have to share the road, where I am, there's not really a lot of pedestrians around, so it's only a pain because there is one.

Yeah! That's what I was trying to get at, but couldn't really think of it, to say it properly. Where is my brain tonight? It's definitely not working for me. It must already be on vacation. Knowing it's a long weekend. I'm off now till Tuesday.

Ohh, that's cool. I hope he does well!

I've always known to be a good pedestrian. but it's changed even more, since now I drive and know what's really annoying. so my thought now is, if I don't want a pedestrian to be dumb when I'm driving, then I shouldn't be dumb when I'm the pedestrian. before I only was a good pedestrian cause I didn't want to get hit by dumb drivers. one of my friend's, on the other hand, thinks "because people are dick pedestrians when I'm driving, I'm going to be a dick pedestrian when other people are driving." oh, yeah. we really do have to share the road. and not just with pedestrians, but also bicyclists. it's funny cause the rules for bicyclists are basically the same as for automobiles, but most bicyclists don't know that and therefore think of themselves as being in the same category as pedestrians. and by funny, I mean more annoying than dumb pedestrians.

it's ok. my brain doesn't work for me sometimes, and it basically happens in the most important of times too. that is a long weekend. it's like a super-mini vacation.

I couldn't find any images of california's driver's license on our dmv, so I just googled it
http://www.ci.garden-grove.ca.us/city-files/u2/mw-07-21951_2.jpg
that's what it looks like for over 21. for people under 21, there's a red strip that goes across the card right over the signature area that says when you'll turn 21.

yeah, but he didn't get to do anything since he had the wrong shirt on. completely my fault. he cried in the car on the way home. it was the first biggest disappointment in his life, he's 6.

Yeah, that's a good theory, but a lot of people just don't really care. At least that's the attitude I get, you see people just randomly start walking, across a street or whatever without even looking. It's like, you may have the right of way, we were always told pedestrians have the right of way, but at least look! What's the difference if you had the right way or not, if you get hit, and hurt.

It would be except that I get this every other weekend, because my day off is always Monday, so, having to work only every other weekend, the one I don't work, I get three day weekends. It was nice at first, but now it sometimes gets to be too long when I don't have anything to do.

It's so bright and sunny!

Oh no! That sucks. The poor thing.

true. automatically in their minds they're just like "I have the right of way, so I'm going to do whatever I want." they make me want to be violent. not by using my car, but they make me want to get out of my car and hurt them.

oh. it's still nice, if you have things to do. but I can see why it would seem long when you have nothing to do.

it is. that's after the change. I don't remember when the change was, but before it didn't have the... watermark, I think it's called. I'm pretty sure the background was also white and it didn't have the small box picture of to the side.

yeah, I felt so bad. when I saw him come outside, I already knew he was upset cause that's what his face looked like. but he was just holding his tears in cause he didn't want anyone to see him cry. so once we got into the car I told him that if he wants to cry, he can. and he did for like an hour. he eventually got over it cause he was watching cartoons and playing video games. he got even more happy cause he got to help decorate the tree for the first time.

I'm sure I've felt that way too, but not that often. Because like I said before, I don't usually run into to many of them. Ahh, the benefits of not living in a major city. ^_^

Yeah, and it's supposed to snow, so I'm kinda like stuck in the house. Not that I can't go out, but my friend's mother is like really strict and despite her being 24, she's not allowed to go out. And it still hasn't started yet, so this has been pretty much a day wasted.

It's funny how much they go through so people can't make fake ones, and yet people still do. That's why they change these things. Ahh, sometimes people are funny.

Aww, the poor thing. But I'm glad he got to decorate the tree. Funnily enough, my family is doing that today, and I want no part of it. I hate doing it. I had to do it at work already, I hate helping with that. I'm no good at either, partly because I don't want to, so I don't really try. But it's nicer with little kids. When I used to be closer to my family, before we moved to CT, my younger cousins were so cute at Christmas time, this was like at least 10 years ago now, I just remember they were younger than me, I think like maybe 5 or 6 years? I don't even know anymore, but when I got to be like 12 and stuff, it was nice to see them enjoying it.

I don't feel that way very often cause in the city I live in, I don't run into them too much. but when I actually get into LA or Downtown, I just want to bang my head on the wheel.

I like snow, I'd gladly take it away from you if I could. but snow doesn't like California, except for in Big Bear or Mammoth Mountain. her mom is more strict than mine. then again I did go away for 3 years and was living fine perfectly on my own, so she doesn't really say anything anymore.

true. people will always find a way around these things.

ever since I was his age, I'd been decorating the tree by myself. my sister helps with putting the tree up, but I did/do all the decorations. and I also take all of them down. my mom does not help at all. ugh. she annoyed me yesterday. she came downstairs and started talking about putting up the tree and decorating it like she was the one who does it all. when she's never even touched the tree since I was born. seeing little kids decorate trees is so cute. this was the first year when we were able to get the angel on the top cause my sister's boyfriend is 6'4 and our tree is a 7 footer, so he held my nephew up to put it on. it was cute.

Ohh well, that's good. Sorta.

And I'd be more than willing to give it you. I hate snow. Absolutely detest it! I'm pretty sure I could live the rest of my life not seeing snow and be perfectly content. Yeah, her mom is a bit ridiculous when it comes to things. She wasn't allowed to go away to college. We have a college in the city we live, she HAD to go to that one. She didn't even get a choice in the matter.

Oh wow, and that is so cute! Yeah, my Mom has always been the one to do it in my family. This year, my Nana helped her. It was her job to do the tree while my Mom did the rest of the room. I'll have to take pictures later, I went downstairs to get a drink, and it looks really pretty. I like looking at all the decorations and trees and stuff, but I just don't want to have to have any part in doing any of the work.

yeah. I try to avoid the main streets in the bigger cities. it's good I know alternative routes. not many pedestrians in those areas, but there's way too many on the main streets.

you should move down south, or to the west, or southwest for that matter then. you won't have to deal with any more snow. that's insane. I feel so sorry for her. is she an only child?

yeah. it was. my mom got a picture of it. I should take pictures of my tree, but I lost the batter charger for my digital camera, so it's been dead for over a year. I don't trust my mom with doing the decorations, I've become OCD about it. so I can't stand other people doing it, except for my nephew yesterday, but he asked me where he should place things.

That's good, at least you know ways to avoid some of them.

That would be nice, and maybe eventually I will. I want to move anyway, no idea where though. But kinda can't at the moment. And yeah, she's an only child. So that doesn't help, I don't think.

Aww, that's just so cute! That sucks, but it sounds like something I would do. I always go to put things somewhere so I won't lose them, and end up losing them anyway. See, my Mom is the OCD one, not me, so probably why she does it anyway. I'm sure my Nana was driving her nuts with everything. Another reason I stayed out of the way.

yeah.

oh. I'm sure you'll be able to eventually. no, that doesn't help. if she had an older sibling who rebelled, then it would loosen up her mom. but since she's the only child, she could try to rebel, but she'll have no kind of support within her family which sucks.

thing is, I think I lost it in my friend's house up north when I was still going to school there and they moved out of that area around the same time I transferred out. my fault. I wouldn't be OCD with it if I haven't been doing it for so long, but the tree is kind of like my baby now, so...

She wouldn't anyway. She's like so brainwashed into thinking like her mother. It's scary. I'm like, you're not a 60 year old woman, stop acting like one! We had a whole big fight not to long ago about some of that stuff. Not fun. I'm lucky, I've been kinda given my freedom since I turned 18. It's not that my parents don't care, but they feel, I need to learn on my own, since I am an adult and all or at least supposed to be one.

Ohh, then that really sucks. Can you get a replacement one? I can see that. I think I would feel the same had I been doing it for so long too.

if that's how she thinks, then I guess there's not too much of a problem there. but if she hated it, then i can see it would get annoying. but it's still sad that she doesn't really want her own freedom. my mom, every now and then, tries to be strict and pulls out the 'I'm-the-parent-card' which I pay no attention to. but if I'm out late or something, she makes no fuss about it. I think she got too used to it from dealing with my sister. she still wants us to be like little kids and depend on her for everything, but she wasn't even really around when I was growing up, she had no hand in raising me other than providing money, so I don't feel the need to really listen to her when she tries to be a parent now. that's kind of why I have my own freedom as well.

I could. I just haven't gone looking for one. even though I know it's really easy to just look online for it.

Yeah, I think I'm the one that gets more frustrated with her situation then she does. She doesn't see anything wrong with it. I on the other hand couldn't deal with that. I would have totally rebelled. I'm glad my parents gave me more freedom. Though I find it kinda funny, that actually Thursday night, my Dad found it necessary to give me the don't drink and drive talk, because Wednesday night when I came home, I was a little tipsy. I was perfectly fine, I had had only two margaritas. But I didn't eat much, so I was feeling it a bit, but I was trying to. I went out with two friends, but it was so awkward at first. They weren't really talking or anything. So. Yeah, but it was kinda funny, because I've never really been given any of those talks or anything.

Too easy, it would probably take like two minutes. Speaking for myself, when ever it's that easy, that's when I always put it off.

oh wow. I would have rebelled too, but I got lucky having an older sister who broke all the borders. that's funny. your dad is silly. how do margaritas taste, I've never tried them? no talking, at all. that is awkward.

same. which is why I haven't done it yet.

I'm the oldest. So I get to set all the examples, not that me and my brother are close or anything. I think it's funny that we live in the same house, but barely ever see each other. We're both good kids, I have to say. Never gave my parents that much trouble. My Mom told me today too, I dunno how we got on the subject, of some of the stuff she did, she was a lot worse than I was.

Of course.

oh, how fun. my sister and I are 10 years apart so we get along just fine. maybe that's why your parents give you more freedom then.

Oh wow, that's a big age gap. Are there any more siblings in the middle? Or is it just you two?

It's just me and my brother, and he's 3 years younger than I am.

nope, there's just us two. we were supposed to have a brother in between us, 3 years younger than her, 7 years older than me, but my mom had a still-birth with him.

Ohh, that's so sad. My lost one in between me and my brother. He was born alive, but there were so many things wrong with him, I think he only lived for like two days at the most.

that's so sad too. I'm sorry.

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