12 posts from 2008

What part of your childhood do you miss the most?
Submitted by Maretta.

My Papa and the shop.

In 1979 my Papa opened a towing company in 2004 we closed; 2 years after he died. I grew up in the ghetto simply because I grew up down at the shop. I spent a good bit of my life there. I miss the old house, I miss the stories that went along with some of the cars.

I'll never forget the one car where a UPS driver's route info (or something of that nature) flew out of his truck at the !-95/I-10 split and he pulled over to the side of the road, got out of his truck, walked across three lanes of traffic, started walking back in the middle lane, an old man didn't see him and hit him......When the car got back to the lot there were still pieces of his UPS uniform stuck in the windshield.

Or the Honda CRX that late became my baby. A guy from NC just left it underneath the Main St Bridge.

Then there was the time I was rounding the 95/10 split and there was a white Ford Excursion on the westbound side flipped over in the grass to the right, after the bridge, I looked at my friend in the car with me and told them that the next day when we went to the shop that truck would be there.....Sure enough, we got that call and the next day it was in the lot.

I used to get up in the middle of the night with my dad and go on calls to weird places, like Brunswick, or St Mary's, or the airport.

I remember one night probably about like 3 or 4 in the morning, my dad's pager went off and i was dead asleep, but I knew what was going on, so I asked if I could go with him. I took my pillow and my blanket and I slept in the truck.

There was a time I had a conversation with my papa and I told him I wanted to learn how to hook up cars and drive a wrecker, he told me there was no way in hell his granddaughter was going to do that! lol I learned it anyway. Granted, my dad is the one who ended up teaching me years later, but it wasn't until after Papa died.

FYI my papa and my dad are two completely different people...........

There is a natural disaster headed your way. You get 4 standard sized canvas grocery totes to fill with valuables and provisions to bring with you to a safe place. What would you pCreateut into your 4 bags and why?
Submitted by dejablu503.

1. Rayne's pictures; all of our personal information (SS cards, birth certificates...etc)
This should be obvious.

2. Nikon, HandyCam, All of my hard disk drives, any CDs that have pictures or movies on them.
Memories, I don't want to lose them. My HDDs contain a lot of pictures and a lot of other things that I have done, I back a lot of it up online, but to be honest, I'd rather just not lose all my of work.

3. Any clothes I could fit in there for the three of us. Preferably at least 2 sets of pjs for the baby and a tshirt and jeans for mommy and Daddy.  Yes, I can really fit all of that in a grocery bag.

4. The Wii.. I just paid too muh damn money for that thing! It's coming with me.

If you could take a class right now and learn anything in the world, what class would you take?

At this point, I love to learn more about photography.

I bought a Nikon F6 and I absolutely LOVE it. Only problem is, I'm still learning what all the settings mean and how to use the damn thing.

Show us something happy.
Submitted by L33tchica.

DaddyRayne

I was thinking today of all the people that have shaped my personality over the years.

Mom:
She's made me compassionate, altho it doesn't always show, but that is simply because at times the other people override her.

Grandma:
She made me strong. She taught me that no matter what life goes on and there are just things you have to deal with whether or not you like them at all.

Papa:
I can say he spoiled me, but the biggest thing I think I got from him was work ethic. He had a towing company that he worked his ass off to keep and just as soon as he died it all went away. I KNOW that if my mom had let me come work down there and run it like it needed to be run, I'd still have it.

Mike:
He never took shit off from anyone. If they didn't like it, too fucking bad. He taught me to speak my mind regardless of who liked it. I think a lot of who I am resides in what I got from him

Aaron:
Yes, even Aaron is in this. R E S P E C T. That is as simple as it comes. I don't think I would be half of what I am if I hadn't met Aaron. While at this point he is an ex boyfriend of mine, when I met him and all this came about I was 12.

Me:
I am sad. that is all there is to it..........

What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble? 

I'd have to say the bitch personality trait.

I don't lie, for obvious reason, that shit just causes trouble. Everyone used to tell me not to disclose certain info to the cops when I got pulled over, but I never listened and telling them about it before hand usually got me in a whole lot less trouble than if I'd lied about it. There were more than a few times I should have probably been arrested. I was pulled over at least 4 times that I can remember while driving my honda and it wasn't registered and/or insured. There was that one time that I had four cops surround my car because I was "driving suspiciously" after I made a right hand turn to get away from a cop that I saw in my rearview mirror who was a good distance away. They searched my car after running mine and my passenger's license.

What was your first car?

If I remember correctly, it was that piece of shit gray '88 Chevy Cavalier that I blew the engine while I was driving down Southside Blvd. I hated that car.

My FAVORITE car I had tho was my '87 Civic CRX Si. I wish I hadn't sold it and that I had actually taken the time and money to fix it and make it pretty.

Have you ever experienced road rage?
Submitted by Question of the Day.

Yes, I have. Every day of my life. I am the one with road rage. I am the bitch that's behind you or next to you screaming because you have me blocked in; the idiot to my left won't go any faster (or slower) then the car in front of me and I am trying to get the fuck out there!

I am the one who gets pissed off because you didn't turn soon enough. I am the one who you pull out in front of, and when you get irate because I flipped your stupid ass off I get out of the car and proceed to tell you about how stupid you are for pulling out in front of me and beg you to challenge me!

Do you remember the person behind you who honked at you because you were too busy talking on the cell phone to Aunt Joe about how Linda-Sue messed around with Bobby Allen to notice that the light was no longer red? That was me too.

Let's talk now about the morons parking their cars. So, you didn't get it in between the lines PERFECTLY straight..............As long as your ugly Mazda isn't taking up two parking spots and I can park straight, I don't care. The only thing I'd like you to do is is pull the car in, put it in park, and get out.

What about the idiots who can't seem to remember that pedestrians have the right of way. Yeah, I have road rage even when I am not in the car! When my fat ass is walking across the parking lot to Wal-Mart, please pay attention to the Yield and/or Stop signs. The yield sign means, "You have to yield (or give) the right of way to the person who is on two feet and not sitting on their ass getting fatter. Stop means just that... STOP! Let the people on foot cross!!!

And pedestrians, when I am in the car, hurry up and get the fuck out of my way. First you need to make up your mind and stop half ass walking in to the road, either hurry up and get out there and cross the damn street or just stand still. Second, just because they have to yield the right of way does NOT mean that you have to walk slower then Great Gramp Melvin. Have a little courtesy for others and think of how you feel when people do these things to you..... maybe we'd all be a little better......

If you could travel back in time, which era would you visit and why?

Well, actually there are quite a few and I wish I had time in my life to visit all of them for a while....

I'd love to visit from the 20's to about the 70's, but I'd like to be about my age now during each decade.

During WWII, I'd like to be in Germany... don't ask....I can't explain it. Obviously in the 60's I'd like to be out near San Fransisco. The 70's I think I would like to spend them in southwest Georgia......

Yesterday, my day off, I go over to my mom's to ask if I can borrow a few bucks to get some food for the baby and us this week.... and to try to call the lady who's supposed to be handling my case for foodstamps. Well, of course, I get the woman's voicemail, AGAIN. I am not exactly nice in the message stating that I would like to receive a phone call back, as I am wondering if she got my information or what because nothing on my case has changed at the website or when I call the automated line.

The FIRST thing my mom says to me is, "Well you're not going to get anywhere being ugly!" and I proceed to tell her how many times (at least 5) I've called the woman. And she's like, "Well maybe if you weren't so ugly about." and I tell her, "Well I wasn't ugly the first 4 times I called and it's apparently not getting me anywhere," So what am I just supposed to keep being nice while people just do whatever and keep ignoring what I say and what I think and what I feel?! Hell no, it's not in my nature, I get done what needs to be done, one way or another.

So then today at work, (I had to go in at 7am) I asked for a break at 12pm. I called the EXA to ask if I could go if I could get Mike to cover me. He said that was fine. So I called up mike he said he would when he finished what he was doing, ok no big deal. So then the next thing I know, the girl from COS is coming over there talking about "You can go to break now." and I was like, "Well why are you covering my break, I thought you were busy, Mike was going to cover me." and she goes, "It's not like I have a wall to reset or anything." and I'm like, "OK, WTF is your problem?" Now mind you, I don't bitch and moan and complain when these people ask me to do things and I am busy.

So then I go over to my grandmas and just to vent I start raving about this shit... and how I am tired of it and she's all like, "Well if you didn't have an attitude about it" and I'm like, "uhh, Well I wouldn't have an attitude if these idiots didn't have one with my first."

See thats where everything gets all fucked up, they see me as this stark raving mad bitch, but what they don't seem to see is that I am nice until these people start getting crabby with me! Of course I turn into a stark raving mad bitch when I am trying my best not to bitch and be mean and these people just don't fucking care.

As for the whole foodstamps deal, I wouldn't get soo fucking upset over it if everywhere I tried to call I didn't get any answers. I mean wouldn't you get frustrated knowing that you're probably not going to be able to pay the rent and even if you do get to pay all of the rent you're not going to have any food to feed your child, and the people who are supposed to have the answers won't even return a FUCKING PHONE CALL!?

So yeah, I'm a bitch