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Ever had an unreasonably nasty neighbor? They’re a pain in the ass, kind of like getting a splinter that you can’t pull out. There’s this lady who lives below me and she’s one of those nasty ones. When I moved in three years ago, I was unpacking boxes at around 9:30 at night and she came up to complain about the noise. I told her I was sorry but that I wasn’t actually making that much noise and I would try to be more quiet. Mind you they live two floors below me. Then just as I was about to shut the door she started going off about how her son gets up early and how I woke him up. I felt bad because she made it seem like he was a toddler that I woke up so I apologized again and shut the door. A couple days later I was in the same lift with them and saw that the son was a teenager, I highly doubt he was the one complaining because he had his ipod on blasting music.So after that incident I thought, well I’m new here so I should be nice, so the next time I ran into her in the lift I smiled and said hi but she had nothing but dirty looks in return. She has also been very rude to my girlfriend as well. One time, while riding the same lift, she even had the audacity to cough back into the elevator while exiting. I mean she actually stepped out then turned her head back towards the elevator and coughed at us. Is that really neccessary? You would figure in the three years that I have living here that she would chill out. I even caught her twice snooping around and looking into the window of my car and the car of a friend of mine.Then yesterday, as I was carring a very heavy box out of the lobby, she was on the other side of the door about to come in. When she saw me, she decided to take her time going in by slowly blocking the door and then pushed it inwards into me so I had to take several steps back. As I walked past her she told me that I needed to be patient! Not once in all the times that she has been rude to me or my girlfriend have we ever said anything back. We’ve always been polite and just ingored her nasty comments or looks or actions because I feel that people like that will get what they deserve. She’s just a bitter, nasty, over weight, unhappy divorcee house wife that has nothing better to do than to hold a three year grudge for nothing. When she was messing with me yesterday I wanted to ask her what the hell her problem was but then I decided she did not even deserve that. When you come across idiots like this, the best thing you can do...
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Cyclops chalkware banks. I found the dude cyclops at a flea market for $4. It's amazing, isn't it? That little patch of chest hair that's blue like his hair, the Barney Rubble Club, four toes... He's amazing by himself. But imagine, he has a woman! She came in the mail today and she's bigger than him! She's a bit rougher and holding a club. Could there be a little version, like a kid? Would that...
Cyclops chalkware banks. I found the dude cyclops at a flea market for $4. It’s amazing, isn’t it? That little patch of chest hair that’s blue like his hair, the Barney Rubble Club, four toes… He’s amazing by himself. But imagine, he has a woman! She came in the mail today and she’s bigger than him! She’s a bit rougher and holding a club. Could there be a little version, like a kid? Would that be gigantic? I like funny and weird items like this, but why would they make the female caveman larger than the man? Anyone think that all women were once Amazonian? Or were men tiny?
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Yes, I have a few skills. I actually made this soup from scratch. I don't really know what I'm doing and I didn't want to buy anything, since I had some medium old veggies in the fridge, perhaps about to go bad, but who knows some are irradiated, and might last forever. I have no exact clue as to what I used, I just chopped a lot of vegetables, and sauteed them until the onions carmelized, then I...
Yes, I have a few skills. I actually made this soup from scratch. I don’t really know what I’m doing and I didn’t want to buy anything, since I had some medium old veggies in the fridge, perhaps about to go bad, but who knows some are irradiated, and might last forever. I have no exact clue as to what I used, I just chopped a lot of vegetables, and sauteed them until the onions carmelized, then I dumped it all into a gallon of water. Of course I added herbs like rosemary, and more onion, and salt, but really nothing too fancy. I reduced it to about half. I eyeballed all of the amounts, 4 or 5 carrots, 1 onion, 2 celery stalks, about 8 mushrooms… Look what you end up with. A lot of listless veggies, it’s life all in the juice that’s the veggie soup broth. The carrots actually were still decent, even though they cooked for a while, so I rescued them, but yes, you have a dump the rest. Really, it’s old celery and onion, so it’s cool. I added the barley, which I forgot to mention was also made from scratch, that took hours of soaking and boiling. I chopped up potato, tomato, mushrooms, and added a can of beans. Yes I added beans from a can. I had some, so why not use it? I think in all this soup took nearly 6 hours + to make. The only thing I bought for it was carrot, and rest I happened to have. The tomato made a huge difference. I tried it without and after I added it, and it gave it a punch. I’m not sure if I’d do it again, but the broth has a naturally sweet flavor thanks to the carrot and onion. I’ve always wanted to make a soup and it turned out decent. Thanks for reading. This was my Martha Stewart moment, but we all know she can’t cook.
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