Category: General

There is nothing quite as good as a lovely little ICQ chat with a nice guy (oooh, and a geek too, have I mentioned I like that in a man? Yes, I do. I know I told Zal about it on IM the other day…). We got into the whole relationship issues topic, and I got to remind myself of all the reasons that I hate the IO. All the mean, cruel, petty things that he did over the years that made me feel like crap. Yeah. I needed that, because I seriously (smacks head) thought to myself the other day that I should call him. Holidays & all you know. What the HELL was I thinking? Yes, being single is better than dealing with him. Must remind myself of that often in the dark & lonely moments of the night. Actually, I had a dream about him the other night, that’s what got me thinking about him. And this weekend … well, a year ago this weekend I was telling Naomi all the reasons why “Insignificant Other” is the perfect name for him.

Thanks Mark for the chat. (*blows kisses*) I enjoyed it. Seriously. It made me feel warm inside. You know, that’s a good feeling. Replaced a lot of cold that was there just hours ago. There is hope… Life is good.

Poking around doing some online Christmas shopping (looking for ideas) I notice that this Magical Powers Hermoine Granger doll (Harry Potter) is listed as being for “Ages 8-16”. Hello? What would a 16 year old want with this? I can see 8-12 maybe, but 16?!??

Trillian – Communicate with Flexibility and Style. v0.70 has been released. I am updating now! All sorts of new tweaks have been added – I am so excited! For those of you that don’t know, Trillian lets you use AIM, ICQ, MSN & Yahoo all from one interface. Sweet! (Thanks to Naomi for letting me know about the new release!)

By the way, I am one of those people that when I type “LOL” or “hehehe” while on IM, that is *really* what I am doing. I am laughing. Sometimes pretty hard. But you know, “LOL” or “ROFL” doesn’t always convey that. Now with the new trillian, we get “emotisounds”! So when Naomi is IM’ing me and does the smiley face, if I have sounds on I hear a giggle. Granted, that gets old after awhile, but it’s pretty fun for the moment!

I should have known that Mikey’s Blogger Insider answers would be hysterical. Yep, only he would know that there is an Internet Adult Film Database…

Jason’s teacher is on my last nerves. She tells me he is having problems, but has yet (in 12 weeks) given me one solution that she is going to try. She has suggested some, but never implemented them. It is all issues within the classroom, so there is nothing I can do about it at home really other than punish him or reward him for what he is doing in the classroom. I have had enough. I am considering moving him out of the public school system entirely, the TAAS test in Texas is insanely stupid (and Duhhhbya thinks it should be implemented across the country… but we all hate it here!) and it is not required at the private schools. So I did a quick bit of research on gifted kids (which is what Jason is) and so forth. His current school is “Open Concept”. There are no walls between the rooms & no doors. Hmmm. This is not good for a “gifted” child like Jason, as he is too easily distracted. And get this – they don’t have desks! They sit at tables. With a “community cup” of supplies. That’s no fun. It doesn’t teach much responsibility either. Anyways… I wanted to save my links so I could return after the Scout meeting at 7:00. Here they are:

+ Choosing a school – good list of questions to ask the school. Good point in “finding the ideal environment” for your child. Open concept is NOT it for Jason. Never has been.
+ Dealing with Problems at School – yep, that’s where we are at right now. The teacher is lucky I haven’t shown up on her doorstep SCREAMING. Deep breaths, deep breaths. Ummmmmmm (my yoga sound).
+ Gifted Resource Library lots of other information, great stuff!
+ A Gifted Child Center for Evaluation and Psychotherapy – felt like I was reading about me here as much as I was reading about Jason! (I was a “gifted” student too. And a pain in the ass for the teachers, just like Jason can be.)
+ Kinderstart Gifted Child Links – links to many other sites!
+ Helping Your Highly Gifted Child – good reading material for me.
+ The National Foundation for Gifted and Creative Children – more good information. “Many gifted children are being falsely labeled with ADD as well as ADHD.” I think Jason’s teacher is convinced he is ADD and not gifted… and she is wrong in so many ways, but I’ll go into that later.

Characteristics of Gifted Children (from the the NFGCC) – click the “More” link…