I rewatched Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides the other day. Well, I've rewatched all four of them since I ended up in a roleplaying Will Turner, cursed Captain of the Flying Dutchman in a RPG (slashed with Dean Winchester from Supernatural. Yep. It works.). And I LOVE and adore the first three movies! Well, my favorites being Dead Man's Chest and At Worlds End, what with the story-arc of Will Turner and the AWESOMENESS that is The Flying Dutchman and crew! (Yes, I fangirl a ship. Shut up.)

But the last movie, On Stranger Tides? It just don't... have the the same feeling. The same heart. Everyone just says that it's just because there's no Will Turner in it that I don't like it. And yeah, that's partly the reason, but not all.

I mean, I don't mind to much the fact there's no Will Turner in it.

No. What I do mind, however...

Is that Will Turner's and Elisabeth Swan's story arcs, so tightly woven together with Jack Sparrow's story arc... is totally ignored. When watching the forth movie, it's like you can just forget everything that happened in the first three, like they didn't matter. And THAT... is what bothers me the most. And I doubt that'll improve if/when the fifth movie arrives...

And now I've ranted about that. Just had to get that off my chest.

Talking about fandoms though, I have started working with a brilliant layout-maker to make a layout for tokiohotelslash. It'll cost me a bit from my own pocket, but hey... I think it's worth it. That place needs some loving. :-) And I can't wait to see what she'll come up with, since she does both coding and graphics. Gonna be fun! :-)

That's that about fandoms.

Now to the reason for my absence, if anyone even cares...

I've felt a bit low, if you will. Because I've had some serious troubles with the unemployment fund. I mean, I do qualify for support so should get money from them. BUT!!! And this is what had me so bothered...

Because I worked in June 2012. Like, mayorly pregnant and close to when Alexandra was born. I only worked in the big City Library for three hours that day. The only day that month. And then, a month and a week or so later, Alexandra was born. And my life as a new mom and getting used to that started.

Thing is. I never reported in those hours. I never got paid for them, since the finance department / payroll never ever got my paperwork. That also meant that I couldn't get a certificate of employment...

This, as it showed, got me in some serious troubles with the unemployment fund. :-/

Because they NEEDED that certificate of employment or I wouldn't get ANY money from them. They had ALL the paperwork they needed to, and had doublechecked with all the finance departments / payrolls of every job I've had these last years, since that is what they do. And when doing that, they noticed one certificate of employment was missing.

Now.

That meant I had to hand in my report on them hours to the finance department / payroll... more than one year late. Since I did the job in June 2012. And I had to have my then boss at the City Library sign it. She had no problems doing that. There were records of me working said hours at the library. So she did.

Then I called the finance department / payroll again telling them paperwork is on the way! At which point they told me it wasn't certain they COULD get me in their records since it was so long ago, and it's a new year and all that... But that they would try and I just had to wait since they went through all the paperwork for those hired by the hour in the mid/end of the month.

Which left me in limbo, pretty much, and living of peting73. He don't mind, but all this trouble left me feeling very down, I have to say.

And then there was this trouble with LJ and ALL the drama that came with it since there are too many people in too many fandoms that don't think but just spread rumors and... Yeah. That to pulled me down. (Here's some info on that issue, btw. From staff. In the USA, if that makes you feel better: Info from markf HERE.)

So I pretty much stopped reading on LJ. Stopped posting. Stopped reading fanfic. Stopped everything. Except chatting with my friends. Roleplaying with them. And helping them with THEIR fic. Because I just couldn't deal with all the rest.

LJ, fandom, fanfics... roleplaying. It's supposed to be fun, and it wasn't. I am now slowly, ever so slowly, getting back to it. It still feels fun. And I hope it'll continue to be that.

This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.

peting73 is off work this week since he has his birthday tomorrow (14th) so he is home with me and Alexandra. :-) It is wonderful getting some help with her and such. Not to mention just to have him home and him BEING there is great.

Tomorrow it is me making dinner, since he has his birthday and all. :-)

He has looked forward to this week to, since he has decided to come with me and Alexandra to the few activities we do during the week. He is very very involved with Alexandra, and we share as much as possible when it comes to caring for her. Didn't plan that, it just happened and worked for us.

Anyhow!

So today was the third meeting of that parenting group that I am sure I've mentioned... And dude... DUDE!

It's not so much the pink brigade thing that really starts to bother me, oh no...

It's one of the moms...

See, I got bad vibes from her at the first meeting. And she just keeps proving me right.

She is a bully and a know-it-all. I'll call her Bitch-mom. All the babies in the parenting group are the same age, sorta. Born from late July to early September. So is hers, but this is her third child. Off all off us it is her that has older kids, and one other mom that has one kid earlier. The rest of us, 6 more moms (including me), are first time mothers.

And EVERY SINGLE TIME, she has to point this out. That it is her third kid, so OF COURSE she knows what to do and how to do and OF COURSE she is right! And today really took the cake.

See, there's another mom coming to join us in the group, but she couldn't today, and since she got our emails she sent an email to tell us so (very nice of her!). I replyed all and Bitch-moms email showed as not working. OK, so I figued I'd ask her if I'd gotten it wrongly.

So I did today. She hardly acknowledged my existence, so I had to ask more then once... And before leaving today, I figured I'd aks the other moms what kind of baby carrier they use, since I haven't been that happy with my Baby Björn one and have done some internet-research... I am a internet-geek, so of coure I turn to the internet to do research... which she promptly shot down saying that doing that is stupid and one shouldn't trust everything one reads anyway, you know... Promptly hinting at me being an idiot, because you know... I have to be, not being a "normal" mom... Woman, I am not the only one wearing nail polish, but I guess since you have a french manicure done in a salon! Not to mention you buy new prams for all your kids and new toys and pretty clothes and go to pilates with your kids and....

GAH!

And the interesting thing is, the other moms? They just nod and agree and think she is the best thing ever on the planet and everything she says is gold... Typical yes-sayers... Except one. But she is just like me, sitting there since we sorta have to.

peting73s reaction when leaving: "Why hasn't anyone told her to shut the fuck up already? I am sorry you have to go there..." and gave me a hug. X-D

Oh well... Next meeting as at the lil library where I've worked the most and where I know all the librarians and they really like me... So fuck you! GAH!

Not many more meetings with this group, thankfully... The idea with these parenting groups at the Child Welfare Centers are that you are supposed to get connections so that you get to know other moms and your kids can play with one another as they grow up...

Yeah... No... Like that's ever going to happen...

We go to another activity, me and Alexandra, called Öppna Förskolan/Open Preschool where they have activites for kids 0-5 years old. :-) They even have special hours for kids 0-1 years old, so that's the time we usually go. I bet Alexandra and me will meet MUCH nicer parents and kids there... Just saying. :-P

Talking about kids...

How EPIC ain't this Halloween costume?!?!!! Geek-parent alert! :-D


"I WILL kick your ass! With cuteness..." (Clickable for slightly bigger...)

This entry is crossposted between LJ and DW. Comment where you are comfortable.

At the moment... I feel really sick to my stomach. I've not mentioned it, but there are... people on my flist who are hurting. Bad. More then one. And I fear it is my fault. I don't know. I honestly don't know. And I don't know what to do about it. :-/

I want to be able to express my opinion. But I don't want to hurt friends. Apparently I have. And I feel like SHIT! Geezes... I don't know what to do. I feel so helpless...

*holds head in hands*

I just... don't know what to do.... *sighs heavily*

You know... I really really like Twitter and Plurk and Tumblr. They are a lot of fun and an easy way to keep in contact with people and look at pretty pictures. And that is why I joined them. :-)

BUT! And here is the part I am annoyed with. There are a lot of those retweet/replurk/repost this that or this... or you are a bad person. Because there are people starving! Getting killed! Animals are abused! WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING!!!

Yeah. I know. I FUCKING KNOW, ALRIGHT! I see it on the news and on the headlines. News flash. It is what the world looks like today. Geezes... And stop guilt-tripping people to retweet/replurk/repost whatever it is you want to save right THIS MINUTE!!! It just pisses me off. I am sorry, but it does. *growl* Does that mean I don't give a fuck because I don't retweet/replurk/repost your tweet/plurk/post? NO! It doesn't. Try getting that into your head, general you.

And for GAWDS sake! If you don't like a service, stop complaining. And if the only thing you can say about a fandom is negative, then why are you in said fandom? No really? And now people will feel I am aiming at them, and I am not. I have seen this in ALL the fandoms I am in. RoS, Xena, Buffy, Pirates, Tokio Hotel. I mean, WHY? Seriously? *shakes head* It makes me wonder....

You know why I am involving myself in a fandom? Whatever fandom it is? To relax. To look at pretty pictures. To read fanfic. To get to know people who like the same things I like. You know why I am on Twitter/Plurk/Tumblr? To relax. To look at pretty pictures. To connect to even more people with the same interests as me.

I did NOT join them for negativity and to see the same thing I see on the news every single day.

*sigh*

Sorry for the rant, but I just had to get that off my chest. It has annoyed me for quite some time now....

*tries to find her way back to her happy place*

Apparently I am supposed to work tomorrow... o.O I guess they couldn't stand being without me any longer! *LOL* X-D Seriously though, it feels great to be missed. :-) So, I'll be working between 12:45-16:15. That tiny library is only open those hours, and the librarian there, my ex-boss, has a meeting she has to go to, so they had to call in someone extra. Go me! :-D As long as the kids don't go totally insane, I'll be fine. :-) (Insane kids are always a risk on Thursdays though...)

Today I have spent colouring my hair, taking care of the laundry and doing some ironing. :-) Being very house-wifey, yes. :-P But it was needed, so there. :-) I also started to watch this really long documentary series that peting73 has bought. He is VERY interested in WWII history. And for a couple of years, he has talked about this epic documentary series from the 70s or 80s that is really long and covers both the why the war started and what happened afterwards... So, when he found it not to long ago, he bought it. :-) I have now watched the first two episodes, and I must say... It is really really good... You can see it is done during the 70's, for sure, but that is OK, because the interviews are with people that were actually there during the war... Very interesting stuff. And it is narrated by Sir Laurence Olivier. Win in and of it self. The series is called The World at War. If you can get your hands on it. Grab it and watch it, that is all.

Also, it seems like the LARP is up in arms for the coming annual general meeting. :-P There is whining, discussions (about silly things, really) and just... GUH! To much, people! Give it a rest. Enough is enough. I am considering leaving the board right now, but I don't know if that is such a good idea either. Oh, I just don't know what to do. I hope all the things needed to discuss and vent will be left alone until Saturday.... Only a few days left, people! Please, give it a rest until then, eh? :-P

Only a few days left until the Tokio Hotel concert to!!! YAY! Friday! Soon here! WOOT!

No seriously.... Why so much drama in the blinkie-world on LJ? I am confused. Can someone explain this to me? It seems it is time to make a huge sweep among my community list. Again. Especially among the blinkie-communities. I am so sick off all the drama going down there now. Also, a good advice. Be honest. If your not, someone is bound to find out. *sigh*

Right. At least I wasn't the only one having a bad day. spicehobbit was here for a quick visit to pick up her PartyLite stuff, and she had had the day from Hades. X-D *pats the spicy one* You'll have a better day tomorrow, sis. ;-)

Have started poking around to see if I can stay on my trainee job for another three months. Things have gone amazingly well, and I feel like I am actually off a lot of help to the other librarians. :-) I am learning to use my skills, peeps! Scary. *laugh*

I also have gotten hold off a song by Tokio Hotel called Thema Nr. 1 [Demo 2003]... If it is, they were 13, 14 and 15 when recording it. Going by Bill's voice, yes, he is that young. But it is an amazingly professional song. But it reminds me a bit off ABC by Anna Book in the refrain, for anyone that remembers that one, only counting instead... *laugh* I don't know if I should cry or laugh at this. *feels old* Just... wanted to ponder that one. More fun then to write about dramas anyway. :-P

Soon time for True Blood! Wee!

I know you find me rude and an asshole for talking down on your birthday rally for the environment. I am sorry for that. It is just... talk like that? It makes me... well. Lets give an example. Al Gore? He is not preaching. Thomas Di Leva? He is preaching (also thinks he is Jesus reborn, but hey...). When I see Thomas Di Leva on the TV, I either laugh my ass off or change the channel or I leave the room. I got... a bit Thomas Di Leva feel from your posts. I know we need to help each other. I know. I know we need to help the planet. I know. I will continue doing my small part, even if it is not a big part as you might have wanted it to be. But me? I think it is to late. The planet might not die in a 100 years yet or a 1000 even, but it will. It will. You really don't fuck with Mother Nature for this long, without her fucking you back. I am sorry if my views hurt you.

Just checked my old rpg community, and oh my the drama continues. Not to mention that the mod is blaming me, when in fact she asked me to do what I did. Wohoo. That is bloody mature. *shakes head* And I can't help but be pissed off at it to. *angry at self* And the best part of it all is that she kicked me out of the comm so I can't defend myself. *growl*