= THE VENT!---GET IT OUT =...

[Daoud]

The place to just put out how you feel about anything. Put your emotions & thoughts right now out there; complain, scream, shout out, give props, say 'screw you', say 'thank you', step off, shut up, whatever. Let it out.

Props goes Illaziam the originator who started this with his 'D-Bags' thread. Helped many of us vent out our frustrations, thanks for the carthartic venue Mr. Ill, make your voice heard!

Setting it off:

= Enough with the Obama-mania already. Put a moratorium on the overdone coverage until fall.

= Hey Miss Big Breasses, I believe you know damn well how you look when you leave the house. Yeah it's hot but if you didn't feel secure with that tight spaghetti-strap top that hugs your bouncy DD assets, don't wear it.

You look foolish walking around the supermarket with your arms covering your chest, grabbing your shoulders like you're trying to give yourself a half-nelson. It's part funny & part frustrating ('cause I couldn't get good glance, damn...). For real though, either wear less revealing clothes or deal with the unsolicted male attention (from nasty gawkers like me).

= You, Mrs. High Level Educator from another school, need to stop acting like you want to get hollered at. Keep the flirty looks coming and I will step to you. Regardless of what your rude, bratty daughter thinks about it. See how she likes it when I'm having breakfast at the house and picking her smiling Mom up for dates.
I'm only halfway joking...

= Dude, how many times am I going to ask you to not tell me any plot details of film I haven't seen? I will hang up on you right now...

[foxtrot oscar]

I find the racism and resulting threads on these boards really dissappointing and infuriating so I think it's time for me to take an AP sabbatical.

Adios.

[LesYpersound]

:(

foxtrot oscar said:

I find the racism and resulting threads on these boards really dissappointing and infuriating so I think it's time for me to take an AP sabbatical.
Adios.

[Rosenda]

Do what you got to do to keep you and your son safe, Cocoa. Same with a job, sometimes an otherwise "good job" can really mess your feelings up. I hope that woman stops bothering you and that you get a better job that is not such a pain in the butt for you.

I know what it's like to have crazy people around you and following you. It's scary.
And on my home front......I'm glad to have my position but it hurts that I know there are people talking trash about us cause we are still there. Those motherfuckers don't know or don't care that we now have 4 times the work because of all the people who did get canned. Pompous mofos that are pointing fingers are the ones who got extra help when they asked for it. We asked for 20 years and never got any extra help. Why you think our heavily worked and underpaid butts are still on staff? And I'm seriously mad and hurt at the first one who started bitching about it, tho' I ain't naming names. For the first time in my tenure there, I've loved almost every other day I been there the people the work the environment what they do what they stand for, but now for the first damn time, I feel I gotta watch my back in case somebody gets pissed off, not because anything was done wrong, but because they are bitter their people get let off. They just want their way so bad they are really getting petty over this. And I bet they have no idea they are and they think they are justified in it. That hurts my feelings that I feel disrespected. They have no idea how hard I worked all this time. I never ever complained. And I still don't, I work for a living and I'm a survivor. Maybe cause I ain't no art bitch. Maybe cause I ain't no trust fund bitch.

Boo hoo. :( I wish this feeling would pass soon.

[Rosenda]

You know who you are love, if I'm already feeling bad about how I look and feel and being overweight, I don't need you telling me in fucked up language. It makes me feel worse and even more depressed. I know you think negative reinforcement is the way to go but it has never worked for me. I have to make myself feel better about myself NOW AS I AM and then I get motivated to go forward. I'm cleaning house literally and it's a lot of work. I need to focus on that and maybe I can kick my ass in gear. I love you but you hurt my feelings. I may be angry about my life but I'd never take it out on anyone even if they had it coming. I deal with my pain on my own or with my family and loved ones and friends, if they can be positive and honest for me.

[Daoud]

How you gonna use a coupon for a cheap vacuum cleaner then try to get it repaired 2 months past the warranty? And then act funny when they mention the repair fee? And of course you drag me on a an hour drive wasting gas & time finding the vacuum place and then refuse to consider buying a better cleaner.

There's a point where frugality goes way beyond reason and actually ends up costing you more and you passed that long ago. You must have a precious metal last name somewhere. Even my broke ass would pay better money for a good cleaner for an apartment while you you pay peanuts for a piece of junk and what happens? It breaks and costs you even more trying to repair it. Pure lack of reason and accountability.

[CocoaPuss Zine]

why are there so many bitches in the world? i seriously can't deal with them.

1. i was picked on A LOT in middle school and high school. had no real friends. then i join facebook and the meanest nastiest ugliest one of them all is like "hey it was so much hanging out with you in middle school" and i seriously told her "you were a bitch to me. i went to counseling because i thought something was wrong with me. i fucking hate you." i hate facebook.

2. people at work are constantly calling me fat. just because you are homeless and struggling doesn't mean you can just call me fat. and i'm not even fat. i weigh 146. i am 5'3. there are a few people on AP who actually do know me and have seen me in person and they would be the first to tell you that i am tiny. i have tiny healthy looking legs. there is nothing wrong with me. i auditioned naked in front of people at a dance club. my body is ridiculous. but i think i might actually be developing an eating disorder now because i hear that i'm fat every day. i've lost 10lbs so far. i hate when people say "fat" like it's bad anyway. fuck you and your beauty standards.

3. lazy people. do not sit on your ass and talk to other co-workers and make more money than me and refer people to me so you don't have to get up. then in staff meetings you say, "we need to spread out and not talk so much". it's you. you are the problem. you got promoted instead of me and things are so bad now. every chance i get i tell the executive director how awful i think this place is now, this usually happens when i'm doing a whole lot of work and other people are sleeping or out getting coffee. i seriously need a raise or i'm walking soon.

4. if i don't win in court, i don't get to move and go to grad school. do not pass go, do not collect your MPH. stay in tacoma and be broke forever. can a judge really decide my life? one one the male judges from tacoma was banging one of my homeless clients. the gay one with AIDS. then when people found out about it, the judge tried to kill him several times. it's so fucked up. i think he might even still work there. i don't think he's my judge though, because i would surely bring that shit up. i hate court.

[lyfenlyn]

What the hell do you mean the posting that I applied for isn't available and hasn't been for weeks? Why did you schedule me for an interview then FOOL????? Yeah I know you saw my graphic experience and wanted to work with that. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT??? I GOTTA EAT! Besides I have been nothing but burned when I go into that field so I would rather not go that route anymore. Just get me a job? PLEASE? Thanks

[Golem_3]

why does it seem like, everyday, more people are leaving AfroPunk?

damn.
If this keeps up, this place is gonna turn into a glorified billboard of advertisements.

oh, yeah, I should probably contribute to the discussion.
- I'm sick & tired of people who DON'T want to give information. What the fuck, people?! Is it so taxing just to answer my simple questions?! If you don't like your job, then let some people who can't get one have yours.
I HATE mis-leading people. Just give it to me straight. Cut the bullshit. Don't withold info.

[CocoaPuss Zine]

i left once before and came back and sometimes think about leaving again mostly because every discussion gets turned into an argument. if there is a discussion that says "what do you think about this?" and then you respond and people get all pissed off and upset because your opinion differs from theirs, then what really is the point? why ask my opinion if you don't really want to hear it, feel me? if i want to argue, i'll call my son's dad or find that crazy broad who's trying to kill me. i'm not going to spend my free time arguing with people i don't even know.

i'm sure some people leave because most of the AP stuff happens in NYC or LA and if you don't live by either of those places, it SUCKS ASS to know that all your AP friends are BFF and partying all the damn time and you are stuck in your weak ass town being the only black person who likes to listen to "the thirst". or maybe that's just me.

and that there is my vent.

Golem_3 said:

why does it seem like, everyday, more people are leaving AfroPunk?

damn.
If this keeps up, this place is gonna turn into a glorified billboard of advertisements.

oh, yeah, I should probably contribute to the discussion.
- I'm sick & tired of people who DON'T want to give information. What the fuck, people?! Is it so taxing just to answer my simple questions?! If you don't like your job, then let some people who can't get one have yours.
I HATE mis-leading people. Just give it to me straight. Cut the bullshit. Don't withold info.

[sceneless]

I just realized California African left. That sucks. I wish her the best though.

[El Machetero]

Awwwwwwwww, man!! You serious??? i wonder why.....cuz she was easily the most enthusiastic of all the new(ish) people on the board. And what sucks too is that i have a new phone and i lost a shitload of my numbers, including hers.

So if anybody has her info, can you please send me a PM? Give Thanks.

[kifaru]

Did she tell you that? I assumed she was just taking a break. It's the end of the school year and maybe she's on vacation.

sceneless said:

I just realized California African left. That sucks. I wish her the best though.