Bad Parenting 101 #1

I'm gonna start a mini series of how bad parents behave on the train. I was inspired by some really bad parents recently on the train and I am going to jot down what they did.

1. A mother and a child in a stroller- the kid is downright annoying and spoiled. He was yelling and screaming and the mother was on the phone. To make him shut up, she handed him a bag of Doritos. As I watched the kid gobble down the orange triangles, I noticed how unusually fat he was, especially for a kid in a stroller. Poor kid, he's gonna be a fatty when he enters school.

*note to self* - Do not feed junk food at a young age.

2. A mother and a daughter - A teenage mother (those are never good) and her bitchy friend were talking about guys on the train. Her five year old (est.) daughter was trying to get her attention and was trying to talk to her. The mother was ignoring her daughter and kept swearing about something about some guy. The situation looked very bad to me. The kid will probably grow up to be a repeat of this failure of a mother.

Good Breakups?

I was thinking on the train one day and a very interesting idea occurred to me. We've all witnessed how devastating breakups can be for both parties. Looking at Ted (from How I Met Your Mother), the girls who he has been with in serious relationships hurt him the most when it was time to terminate the relationship. Why do relationships come to an end? It is most likely because there isn't much excitement and chemistry anymore because as time passes, people get bored of old things.

So here is what I think, break ups don't have to suck! What if there was a thing called a good break up? Let's say for example you've been going out with someone for a couple of months and you are both crazy for each other. Now let's stop for a second and think about it. Wouldn't it be better to break up the relationship when things are going well? IF both parties can come to realize that things are going well and want to put things on hold for the future, wouldn't that be something good? After all, not many people get back together with an ex because the breakup was probably bad. However, if the break up was on a good note, like I mentioned, if they ever wanted to get back together, why the hell not?

My theory is, have good breakups. This way, you'll have plenty of options when you're finally ready to settle down. (in theory)

HIMYM in action

In season 5 episode 21 of How I Met Your Mother, Ted shows us he keeps a bunch of letters he writes to himself in case he ever starts thinking of his past love interests.

"The Letter" system by Ted Mosby - write a letter to your future self to remind yourself why you should not get back together with an EX, or not fall for the same person, etc.

I've been thinking about it and I have to do the same. I still retain a ton of feelings for my first unrequited love and I need to jot down all the reasons why I should not fall into the same pitfall again. Thank you Ted Mosby (and HIMYM), for showing me the way!

unmotivated right now

Okay things are going downhill this summer. Not only does my current "job" suck, but my only source of entertainment is also dismantled now.

The Job:

Currently I am "interning" at MetLife. At first I got the job and thought I landed the jackpot. I didn't ask about the pay or anything because I didn't want to seem like money was all I cared about (on the first interview). However, I should have suspected something was wrong because the guy simply handed the job to me. He didn't ask me any questions on a normal interview, he simply told me the job description and asked for my availability. So what do I do these days? When I applied, it was supposed to be "analyze financial asset models" and other wordy descriptions. However, all I do is make cold calls. That's right, I'm a free telemarketer and my time and work is so meaningless, I receive no recognition and no money for it.

I hate my work because 99% of these calls are failures. About half of them go straight voicemail, a third of the phone lines are busy, and the rest are the rejections I receive. I've made some successful calls, but have I received any compensation for it? Nope. Where is my commission? Is my time really that meaningless? I'm not even properly registered onto the system and no one knows of my existence. Is this right? Why am I still there?


ME time (My Enjoyment)

The only things I look forward to each week, are two things. First, playing Heroes Of Newerth with my friends. Second, our weekly volleyball events on the weekend. Sure job sucks, but when I come home or when it's the weekend, I can at least enjoy myself and take a load of stress off. What's changed?

As a killer team of five players, our HoN team is entered into several tournaments. We've been on a roll and we have a very good streak going. One of the tournaments I feel we can make the finals. However, just when everything is looking smoothly, one of the five of us decides to go EMO on us and quit the game. For no reason. Not even a reason as to why he quit. This guy won't pick up the phone, won't respond to IMs, nothing. All of my hopes and ambition goes straight down the drain because the team is nothing unless we have all five of us. This absolutely is killing me.

Second, what happened to our weekly volleyball events at Central Park? I have no idea what's going on, but people aren't going anymore. Maybe I'm an extremely habitual guy and doesn't like the idea of change. I looked forward to meeting up with my friends every week and play some games at Central Park. Nowadays, whenever someone creates an event, hardly anyone responds. People always ask, who's going? Well maybe if you show up and then others will as well. But the thing is, no one is going anymore and it's a chain effect. Sadly, this is killing me as well. What is there to look forward to now?