Suburban Oblivion

Two years ago today, Hurricane Katrina tore through the Gulf Coast and changed life as we know it. Some of us were spared, and scraped by with very minor damage. Many were not so lucky.

Please head over to Velveteen Mind and read her story today. I can’t begin to find the words, so I’ll let her post speak for itself.

Camille was a Lady. Katrina was a Bitch.

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4:30am..First child wakes up. Umm, no. Put him back to bed and pray he doesn’t wake his brother up.

5am….Must be too early for prayers, as first child went back to sleep, but second is up. He is the one who does not go back to sleep if he gets up after 5, so consider me up for the day. Grumble, snarl.

Turn on Sesame Street for the child, turn on laptop for myself. Discover all kinds of strangeness was out last night. These were too..I dunno, something to just approve, and decided they deserve their own post.

Exhibit A. Man truly contrite, man with a wife standing over him with a gun to his head, or woman out for revenge? You decide.

Author : tom (IP: 65.24.95.219 , cpe-65-24-95-219.columbus.res.rr.com)
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I must change the subject here. On May the 27th I commented here on the question of my spouse’s orgasms. It was wrong for me to comment for several reasons. One, the subject of my dear wife’s sexual life on this, or any, blog was acutely inappropriate. Secondly, I used a most hideous nickname, one that I had used 16 months ago when I cheated on her in an online relationship. To use that name again was more than wrong. The word “unconscionable” is defined as “brash, unprincipled, and conscienceless,” and that’s exactly what I was when commented on here. It was an unconscionable act and one I will try, over time, to rectify.
–Tom formerlypopsolo

Exhibit B and C. I call them “Proof as to why you should not smoke pot.” Apparently it makes your spelling, punctuation, and any other signs of a minimum 2nd grade education go flying right out the window.

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god made weed man made speed who do you truse

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i got hit by a blunt

Since they posted twice 2 minutes apart I can only assume being so high made them pretty forgetful too.

Pretty weird shit to wake up to, but it sure takes away that “Hmm, what to blog about?” problem, doesn’t it?

Once kids come into the picture, diamonds are usually out. Not that the husbands don’t love us, but children strain the budget worse than a gold-digger on a Louis Vuitton kick. So we get our thrills in other ways, and for the woman blogger, blog bling is always a hit. It makes our blog look pretty and reminds us, like our diamonds, that someone loves us.

Thinking of my readers today I realized that I will never be able to give anything that sparkles, but I can give you a laugh and a little bling for your sidebar! Remember awhile back I profiled the Gapmom, talking about the defining characteristics of that amazing woman who manages to drive her SUV to school each morning, her face perfectly made up while balancing her cell phone with her Starbucks cup and not spilling a drop. Later I talked about my giving up on the goal of becoming the perfect parent, and have since realized that I am what the media refers to as a Beta Mom.

I know some of my dear friends are against labeling, but personally I find humor in poking fun at the labels. I love all my blogging buddies, whether they are Gapmoms or Beta Moms, and in that spirit, I present these to you. I’ve provided the the code underneath each image, just copy and paste into your sidebar!

<a href=”http://www.suburbanoblivion.com/2007/08/26/every-woman-loves-her-some-blog-bling/”> <img src=”http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1353/1244971380_1f821bd571.jpg”> </a>

<a href="http://www.suburbanoblivion.com/2007/08/26/every-woman-loves-her-some-blog-bling/"> <img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/1244113409_65b3cb8e74.jpg"> </a>

Wear them proudly my friends!