The World According to Krissy

Back... sorta

2009-11-30T13:37:00.000-05:00

As Krissy mentioned in the last post, we received some notes that the comments were broken.

I've got them fixed now, but in the rigarmarole to try and troublseshoot that the overall layout and all the funky gadgets were cleared out. We'll get those back up soon

Just a quick note....

2009-11-22T10:46:00.000-05:00

Hey all. Just wanted to post a quick little note before Rainman and I head out for the day. It's been brought to my attention that the comments are not working. Not sure why, but for some reason the comment feature is not functioning right now. We're trying to figure it out, and I will let you know when it's back up and running. Until than, any comments you have can be sent to the blog's (AKA my) email address (at the top left of the page).

Hopefully we can get them back up and running soon. And I should have a new post for you within the next few days. See ya than!

I am who I am, and if you don't like me...you know where the door is!

2009-11-19T02:50:00.000-05:00

Helllllooooooo....anybody still here? It's been a long time, I know. Normally I would graze over my absence. but last time I pulled this I promised to be more open and honest. So it's about to get real honest all up in this joint. Buckle your seat belts folks. This may get rough.

I've been in a real rough place lately. I suffer from depression. It was called manic depression way back in the day when I was diagnosed, I don't know what "the kids" are calling it these days. It's almost like my dirty little secret. Not a whole lot of people know about it, and the ones who do usually only find out because I have to tell them. Because they witness it first hand. And they worry. It's so out of character for me. I am usually a very positive, up person. Unless I'm having one of my "moods" as I call them.

I was first diagnosed with manic depression when I was 15. I was living in Burlington with a boyfriend at the time. My life was in a total mess. I was pregnant at the time (that's another post, for another time) and unable to take any meds for it. So my doctor taught me how to try to cope, without medication. Honestly I wouldn't have taken anything for it. I still don't. I am terrified of "that type" of medication., I know it's rather irrational. Although after my zyban experience (Dr. Prescribed to quit smoking , had a major melt down within a week of taking it) maybe it's not so irrational.

So when I have a down spell, I tend to shut myself away from the world. I withdraw into myself, to protect myself. And to protect those who love me from having to see me so low. I do what I have to do to heal myself. I cry, I scream, I think ugly thoughts of self loathing. I don't talk about it, because normally there is nothing to talk about. I don't know what gets me down. It's just...life I guess. Everything seems to hit me at once. It can be days, weeks, hell even months before I'm back to normal. Well, as normal as I get anyways. But eventually I always have a moment of self realization. When finally something clicks in my head, and I realize things are not that bad anyways.

Recently, it's been really tough. This last spell was, well horrible really. And it kept getting compounded. And every time I thought it was almost over, it got worse. Roughly two weeks ago it really came to a head. Within the course of 24 hours, I lost both a best friend and a father figure (a dear friends father passed away. I lived with her family when I was a teen, and ever since, her dad was my dad) . The loss of both shook me to my core. Death is obviously a lot worse than a fight between friends. And yet it was the fight that brought me back from the depths of my depression.

That's right, losing a friend actually helped my depression. Not at first. It hurt like hell at first. I was sad, angry, hurt, and lost all within the span of moments.. I believed every nasty, hateful thing flung my way at first. That's not to say I am without fault. I said some nasty things as the exchange progressed. However for what started the damn fight in the first place, I did not deserve the shit I took. I was made to feel like a horrible person. And I bought into it. For a few days (okay, the better part of a week) I felt like the biggest piece of crap on the planet. But than I had that moment that I mentioned earlier. I came to the realization that clearly I cannot be that horrible. Several of my friends came to my side during this mess. The phone calls and the facebook messages helped immensely. To have these people, telling me that I was not the evil person I was feeling like....well it made the difference. And I came to a conclusion.

The conclusion is this. Not everybody is going to like me. I have tried my whole life to be everybody's friend. It's just not going to happen. And if you don't like me.....well I guess it sucks to be you. I'm me. Take it or leave it. Choose leave it? Well you know where the door is. Anybody so willing to turn there back on me, well I guess they were never really my friends to begin with. And I'm better off without that in my life.

Are We Going to Have Kids? Thank you, NO!

2009-10-21T16:12:00.000-04:00

So, it's rather hard to believe, but Rainman and I are very close to celebrating our first year of marital bliss. Yep, that's right. A year ago this coming Sunday we got hitched. It was awesome. The year since? Also awesome. But over the course of the past year (and actually starting well before we even got engaged) we have been asked one question so many times that we are kinda sick of answering it. The question? "When are you guys going to have a baby?" The answer? NEVER!

It wouldn't be so bad if it was just left at that, but for some fucked up reason people seem to feel like they need an explanation. "What do we mean we are not having kids?" "Of course you're going to have kids! Don't be silly!" or my personal favorite "He'll change his mind!". I've heard all of this and more. So I'm setting the record straight, right here, right now. Hopefully this will stop some people from asking. Or maybe this will stop you, dear reader, from saying the same stuff to your childless friends. So here are my reasons for not wanting kiddies.

Contrary to popular belief, not all women want to have babies. Shocking, I know. But I personally do not want to have children. This is not my husbands decision. I knew full well before we got married where he stood on having children. I accept and agree with his views. This is the way these things are supposed to work, people. You have these talks prior to marriage, so there is no surprises down the road, If I did not agree with his views on this matter, I would not be married to him. Pure and simple folks. So I doubt "He'll change his mind" is a valid argument on why I should have children.
I'm not going to lie, I'm not done having fun yet. I'm still young (ish) and I like to do what I feel like... when I feel like it. Does that make me selfish? No, because I don't have kids. See how that works? I have a job. I go to it every day. I get paid. I spend my pay on necessities, and whatever is left over I spend how I want. If we feel like going to a movie, or to visit friends we don't have to worry about things like a sitter. The cats will be just fine, I assure you. It's called being a childless adult, and it rules.
I do not have the temperament to be a mother. I know some of you will disagree. Sorry, but I don't. I do not have the patience to deal with a child all the time. Most people don't. At least I admit it to myself.

Frankly the way the world is today, I would not even consider having a baby. No place is safe any more. Parents have to be scared to send the kids to school. Not the kind of world I want to raise a child in

Sorry if you don't care for my reasons, but they are what they are. We are childless. It is our choice. Now stop asking for explanations. I mean honestly, if I asked any parent why they chose to bred, they would probably be pretty offended. But next time somebody questions me on this topic, that's exactly what I'll be doing. You've been warned

Random amusing stuff that has kept me from blogging.....

2009-10-15T16:06:00.000-04:00

Yeah that's right. I'm blaming other stuff on my lack of posts this week. It's totally not my fault! Okay, maybe a little. I'm a bit burned out right now. Honestly I really have no will (or ability) lately to communicate. Call it what you will, but I have had absolutely no patience for anything. Facebook, my forums, Twitter, this blog have all just been a little too much for me to deal with. No worries though. I go into this withdraw mode ever now and again, and usually come back from it with a vengeance. And I'm on holiday next week. Meaning plenty of time for blogging goodness!

So while I've been avoiding communication with most of the world I have found some pretty awesome stuff to amuse myself with. A couple of fantastic fucking movies, and some websites that have made me laugh till I damn near cried. And being the ~~nice~~ awesome person I am, I'm gonna share with all of you.

First up, Texts From Last Night Okay we've all done dumb ass stuff when dunk and/or stoned. Chances are good you drunk dialed, or sent a text message to somebody. That's what this site is. Text messages about drunken nights out and the aftermath. Many posts of people trying to figure out just what the hell they did the night before. Funny shit.

Next we have a series of sites. Ever seen a friends status on Facebook and thought "WTF" or "Way to much info!!!"? Than these are the sites for you. STFU Marrieds , STFU Believers and STFU Parents. Laugh till you cry at the amounts of over sharing people do. Than start to worry if any of your posts are up there, or will be. I know I did!

Next to the movies I've seen. These are two vastly different films. I doubt many of you have seen either of them yet. They both were awesome for very different reasons.

First we watched "Speed Racer" on The Movie Network. Okay, you can stop groaning now. I thought it would be utter shit. I mean I used to watch (and love BTW) the anime series this was based from. But a whole 2 hour movie...come the fuck on! So while I was at work one day, Rainman threw it on. Apparently it seemed like a good time killer. Within 20 minutes he sent me a text message. He had stopped it, because I HAD to see this movies. I'm glad he waited. I was completely enthralled, and actually wanted to watch it again right after it finished. Even if you have never seen an episode of "Speed Racer" I honestly think you should check it out. It's pretty close to perfection put to film.

Okay, that not quite your pace? Like a good scare? Than you must, and I do mean MUST see "Paranormal Activity" . Rainman and I had been following this movie for a while, waiting for it to come to a theater near us. It finally did last weekend, and we went to the Saturday midnight showing. Holy Fuck. I have never been so scared during a movie in my life. No real blood and gore. Just a movie that works it's way into your head. And sits there. And continues to scare you almost a week later. Yeah it's that fucking good. It should be going into wide release soon. Check this one out while it's in theater if you can to get the full experience.

Well there. That should keep you guys busy for a while. I'm working my last shift before vacation tonight, so with any luck I should be back to "normal" (okay, normal for me) by the end of the weekend.

Till than boys and girls, have fun!

The Ultimate Metal Song List-Part Duex

2009-10-08T00:38:00.004-04:00

Welcome back everyone! Miss me? What do you mean no??? Moving right along, did you check out all the music I posted last time ? Go ahead and check it out now, I'll wait.

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Okay, we back? So now that your all caught up, and you know the drill let's continue, shall we? Just a few quick notes before we do. First, All links are now included in the song name, so just click there for all the video goodness. And next a warning, things are going to start to get real offensive with this portion. If anything I posted in the last list offended you....well lets just say you should skip this post. Because we start tonights list off at number 11, with....

11. Get Naked - Method of Mayhem . This is a Tommy Lee project. Need I say anymore? I do? Okay the songs called "Get Naked". You know understand the warning a whole lot better now, don't you? This is dirty, and raunchy, and a whole lot of fun. And if you find yourself singing it all day, you can blame it on me. This time.

12. I Fucking Hate You - Godsmack. Last post there was another Godsmack song at number 2. Remember how I said that one made a shit day better? Same applies here. It helps to get the anger out, I swear.

13. Easy - Faith No More. No, that's not a typo. No I don't mean Lionel Richie. Faith No More did an awesome cover of it. I would almost say it's ......epic (Google it if you don't get the reference. Than feel free to send your hatemail for my terrible joke)

14. Through The Fire and The Flames - Dragonforce. We first heard this song on one of the "Guitar Hero" games (I'm sure Rainman will know which one) and loved it, even though there is no way in hell I can play it, even on easy. Do yourself a favor and actually watch this video, just to see these guys playing. It's mind blowing.

15. Down With The Sickness -Disturbed. I. Fucking. Love. This. Song. End of story really. I just love this song. Although this is an edited version of the song, with all the good stuff from the middle pulled out. Fans will know what I mean.

16 Dr. Greentumb - Cypress Hill. *cough* Yeah, I like Cypress Hill. A lot. As you'll see.

17. Rap Superstar - Cypress Hill . Goes hand and hand with

18. Rock Superstar - Cypress Hill . Both these songs are just awesome. And not what you may think of when you hear the words "Cypress Hill"

19. Insane in the Brain - Cypress Hill. This is what you think of when you hear the words "Cypress Hill". I know. Me too.

I' ll leave you tonight on that old school note. I'll be back with the third, and final installment by the weekend. Till then happy listening!

The best play list ever? I thinks so! Part One

2009-10-05T00:18:00.002-04:00

So if you were paying attention to the twitter feed while reading Rainman's last post, you'll have read about how I created, what I think may well be the best metal (okay not all metal, but run with it people)play list in the world. Seriously. I created it on the fly when on the bus ride home from Brampton, and it was just perfect. So freaking perfect I have to share it, and all it's awesomeness.

Consider this a disclaimer: if you do not like metal music, you ain't going to like this. Just walk away now. Seriously. Do us both the favor. Also ~~some~~ ~~most~~ pretty much all of this music contains profanity. If you do not like profanity in your music...well this is most likely the wrong blog all together for you. I suggest you run screaming for the hills now. Where I can I will be including video of each song. If I can't find a video I'll include the lyrics. Cause I'm a huge music nerd that way.

Without any further adieu, I present to you, my awesome metal play list (in no particular order)

1. Man in the Box- Alice In Chains Video Here .Yes this is a throw back to my much younger years. Pretty much everything here will be. Deal with it. But they all still sound fucking fantastic.

2. Whatever - Godsmack Video Here . My dear friend Shels (check out her blog here )introduced me to this song years ago, and I still love the shit out of it. It is my ultimate "pissed off and had a bad day song". It just makes me feel better. Yes, I know I'm strange.

3. Vermillion - Slipknot. video here This may well be my favorite Slipknot song. Well this or...

4. Vermillion part 2 - Slipknot. video here drastically different than part one. This one is almost haunting, and beautiful. Yes, I said Slipknot and beautiful in the same paragraph. And I mean it.

5. Pulse of the Maggots - Slipknot yep, video time Much more what you what expect from Slipknot. This was the song that turned me onto this band. I've always had a slightly anti-authority attitude, and even all grown up I love any song about rising up against "the man".

6. Ladies and Gentlemen - Saliva more video I have loved this song since the first time I heard it. Ask Rainman, he'll tell ya. It just kinda pumps me up. I guess you could say it''s the Krissy party song. I love this song so much that were planning on using it for the entrance to our wedding reception.

7. Du Hast- Rammstein take a guess This is another huge party song for me. Nuff said

8. Renegades of Funk - Rage Against The Machine. if you guessed video.... I love this song so much that it's the alarm tone on my cell. If I have to get my ass out of bed, it might as well be to something worth listening to.

9. Killing In The Name Of - Rage Against The Machine you would be right Remember the Anti-Authority attitude I spoke of earlier? Pretty sure this song is what sparked it when I was a teenager. Ah, memories.

10. Dae Pechniae - Pain of Salvation Trust me! This one I owe all to Rainman. He introduced me to this band when we first started dating. It was love at first listen. While most of there material is rather heavy in tone, this song is almost...fun.

I think that's enough for now. Check out those video's and I'll be back with Part 2 before ya know it.

7 Ways to List 5 Reasons Why you should know How to Make a post about the One Thing You Didn't Know About... Dobernerds

2009-10-02T17:19:00.001-04:00

So The Krissy, as you all know, is now a twittering machine.

What do you mean you didn't know? Did you not get the memo?

Ah dammit. Alright... look over there on your right.

No, your other right... there you go.

In any event, between the blogging, and following blogs, and the mad twittering, she happened to come across a little gem hereto forth known as *Loud, booming, echoing voice* Tremendous News. And whoa Nelly is this one ever a doozy. Great little humour centric blog seemingly dedicated to the twitter revolution and all that may encompass. There are a number of other posts up there with different subjects, but mostly it boils down to Twitter and social net culture.

Mixed within the humour is some very thoughtful and important work as well.

There's highly important public service messages:
The 5 Trademarks of a Douchebag.

Moral guidance:
The 10 Commandments of Facebook

Sage advice to the more mature who are seeking love:
5 Ways Cougars Can Use Twitter to Find Prey

Brilliant investigations into the secrets of the core demographic for every marketer in the world today
OMG You Guys! The Best Twitter Search Ever!

And of course the source from where I shamelessly stole the entire makeup of the title to this post:
7 Easy Ways to Sell Out as a Blogger

See? I told you folks this was important stuff. Now, after reading through you may have noticed a certain term sprouting up many a time, which brings me to the following line of commentary.

Moobs. Yes, Moobs. Man Boobs. Quite the clever little condensing of the two words to get the point across. The one thing is though, Moobs almost sounds like a friendly pet name of familiarity one would use when addressing Mooby the Golden Calf... who we all know was the source of rampant idolatry in Dogma, that film of great truth and spirituality bestowed upon the masses by the prophet Kevin Smith (Haaall-e-lu-jah).

Now, out of fear that any continued use of the term Moobs may be misconstrued as my worship of said false idol, bringing down the wrath of Matt Damon and Ben Affleck upon me, I must find another term which truly gets the same image across, without any sacrilegious undertones.

I propose "MANNARIES". That's right, like mammaries, but as a busty protrusion from the chest of a man. It paints an equally clear picture, has the bonus of sounding like a legitimate medical term, and you don't have to fear the wrath of Jason Bourne and Daredevil with angel wings and cynicism. It really is a win-win situation I feel.

So for now I'll leave you all to the perusal of Tremendous News, but before I go just yet... let me know what you think in the comments. Moobs or Mannaries? Let the great debate of the moment commence!

Oh... and if you had to click on Dogma up there to find out what I was referring to... for shame! Give me 20 "Hail Mewse's" to atone and seek out your true enlightenment.

An open letter to Vince Mcmahon and the WWE

2009-10-01T16:46:00.001-04:00

Dear Vince and Co,

Let me start by saying I have been a huge fan of your brand of "sports entertainment" since I was a child. Some of my best childhood memories are of watching your superstars preform on my TV every Saturday. I bought your magazine every month, and papered my walls with posters of my favorites (Macho Man Randy savage, The Ultimate Warrior, The Undertaker, Hulk Hogan and Miss Elizabeth in case your wondering) I made my mom drive to the video store every time a PPV came out on video so I could rent/buy it. I didn't care if I knew the results, I wanted to see it for myself. As an adult now i have been to see Wrestlemania and Raw live. I've bought T-Shirts, and DVD's. I purchased your PPV's every month. Even when I didn't care for the card, I still bought them. Hell, I've even met people who had stopped watching your fine programing and brought them back into it. I've spent more than my fair share of money, and I've never once complained...until now.

You see Vince, there is a limit to what I (and most fans) will put up with. I stuck by when your programming...well kinda sucked to be honest. And while we're being honest over the past year or so your stuff has really been at an all time low. But I've tried to be understanding. I've watched as people with real talent have been put on a back burner, so you can push somebody who does not have an ounce of talent or personality. I've watched as you have desecrated my great memories of ECW by turning the name into a joke with what you call "extreme". I've watched you strip the "attitude" that you used to be so proud to flaunt out of your shows. I watched as you have stopped showing blood and instead cut to a crowd shot, or in old footage turned it all black and white when once I would have seen a glorious crimson mask. Basically I have watched as you have pushed your prime demographic, your fans, the people who made your fucking company a success to the side for a new "family friendly" image (And BTW who the fuck do you think your kidding with that one). And after all that, I have finally reached what is my personal limit.

You taken a "Superstar" who was a great role model to the kiddies and turned him into a heel and a joke. I'm referring of course to CM Punk. The self proclaimed "straight edge superstar". A man that does not smoke, drink, or do drugs. Who's only vice is competition. You put him up against a man who was a huge fan favorite. A man you knew all the little kiddies would cheer for. Oh and a man who has had numerous drug problems. Yep, you put him in a program against Jeff Hardy. And the fans boo CM Punk.

While this pissed me off when it was happening, I still kinda understood. I stopped watching for a whlie however. Than a few weeks ago I saw a headline. Jeff Hardy Arrested- . Yep the man you made into a hero, a man who proudly claimed did not need rehab to get over his addictions. Arrested for drugs. What. The. Fuck. It's been no secret for years Jeff Hardy has had his demons. We have all watched him struggle with them. Hell it's the reason I was so pissed over the CM Punk/Hardy feud in the first place. But to have him arrested like this a few weeks after leaving the WWE (and ending the CM Punk feud when he left...yeah it ran right till Hardy's last show)....well it kinda proves my point for me.

If your going to claim to be a "family friendly" show than perhaps you should take a good look at who your pushing. I'm not taking anything away from Jeff Hardy here. He has given a lot to the business in his years with you, and never failed to take my breath away with what he can do in the ring. I don't doubt that he is in physical pain every day. But pain does not explain away cocaine. But if you had not used Hardy as your man to turn Punk into a heel I most likely would still not be complaining. I mean I get that you could not (technically) have seen this coming. But really, you should have. You had a ready made anti drug hero, and the fans booed him for a man you knew had drug problems. Whether you knew he still had a problem or not his past history speaks for itself. That makes me sick honestly. I'm sure by now you know it was a mistake...or maybe not as I see your now running Punk in a program against The Undertaker. Good call Vince. Make him into more of a heel. Put him up against a huge fan (myself included) favorite. Put him up against a man who's time in this business is running out. Way to look at the future of your business.

I think it's safe to say I'm done Vince. I'm done with your programming. I'm done with the WWE. I'll stick to watching your competition. I'll watch TNA, where they don't try to be something they are not, and the talent speaks for itself. So bye Vince. I would like to say it's been fun, but given the last few years I would be lying.

The internet, home to the misunderstanding. (Or can't we all just get along??)

2009-10-01T03:05:00.000-04:00

I had originally planned to finish another post up tonight, one I`ve had in draft for well over a week. Well either that or start a new one about some movies I`ve watched recently, and other various shit (including a great story about how I almost chocked to death on a doughnut. Don`t worry that`s still a-coming. A story like that is to good not to share) But than the Internet happened, drama ensued and I must vent. And you, you lucky readers get to read my vent. Or not...whatever. I mean you could just click away, but why would you do that, when I`m awesome?

Now clearly I love the Internet. Hell I'm on it right now. What I don't like is how easy it is for something to be misconstrued. When you can't see somebody, or hear their voice, you lose an important part of communication. You miss the subtle things that can totally change the meaning of the actual words.

See? No expression!

Photo from here

Forums sadly seem to be where most of these problems come from. As some of you may know I'm involved in a few forums. I've left a few too, but I'll get to that another time. When Rainman and I we're planning our wedding I spent a lot of time on a bridal forum. (which had some issues, I blogged about that here ) Even before we said our "I do's" I had moved onto the "sister" wives board. And I love it there. Normally there is very little drama, and we all get along pretty well (strange for a bunch of women I know). But not today.

I don't want to go into a ton of detail, but recently one of our tight knit little community has suffered some personal tragedy. We all hurt for her. Emotion has been running high. It's funny how strangers on the other end of a keyboard become like friends. I never would have thought it possible. But these women are my friends. We share our joys and our pains. And we protect each other fiercely. Normally this is a good thing. Not when we turn on each other, which is what happened today..

Somebody made a comment that was taken wrong. It was taken as light, and flippant. It was meant to be a message of hope. I got that. Others did not. So they went on the attack. I have actually had the pleasure of meeting (in the real world)the person who posted the comment that started all this crap. She is a wonderful, fun and kind person. I have no doubt in my mind as to the intent behind her comment., and it sure as fuck was not to start drama.

Sadly after the attack she has felt the need to leave our forum. I don't blame her. Not in the least. Frankly if it was me, I would have done the same. With a lot less class than this lady showed. And this has opened a whole can of worms that may see us lose more members. Women who joined after me, new wives who have just joined us. People who now feel they have to watch what they say for fear of being ripped a new one for having a opinion that may differ from the majority. It's really kinda pathetic. As a matter of fact, I'm kinda concerned about even writing this post, as some of them may wander over here and read it. But fuck it. I'm hurt, and angry. For a person who's opinion I respect, and who's posts frequently make me laugh my ass off. For the women who now are thinking of leaving. For our community as a whole.

This whole thing could have been dealt with privately. The poster did not need to berated in a public forum because some did not agree with her thoughts. That's why the forum gods created private messaging people. In all the furor to protect one person's feelings (who has not seen the post in question as of this entry) they way other people feel was forgotten, or just plain ignored. I get that it's a sensitive issue. I understand that we are all upset for a valued member of our community. But I'm sorry, the person who has now left was also a valued member. I thought we all were. I thought that was kinda the point of the board in the first place. Maybe I was wrong. And if I was, maybe it's time I also think about moving on.

Rainman's Ramblin' on some Rasslin'

2009-09-29T14:57:00.002-04:00

Greetings Grue Deceivers (gold star to anyone who can name off both the references I slapped together for that 3 worder).

As The Krissy has mentioned a few times she's a long time fan of wrestling, and she brought me back into the fold (I watched as a kid, became disillusioned when I learned it was indeed, fake). She has that little wrestling centric blog as well but we think it may be time to take it out back and do it like Old Yeller... it's looking kinda mangy. In any event though, we've a couple die hard wrestling fans among our close knit friends (the ones who'll put up with me), and we occasionally shoot the shit about the biz. What makes these times kinda interesting is that Krissy and I are predominantly fans of TNA Wrestling, where NemesisPredaking (friend's online handle... I'll put his name up here instead of this if he wants, but until that time his anonymity is safe with us) and his Mrs are fans of WWE (formerly WWF before they got slapped around by a bunch of nature lovers... how's that for irony... the big bad wrestler's lost to the tree hugging hippies).

Most all of you will know the WWE and the various stars that hail from those parts. TNA many may not sadly. Very quick and dirty... TNA sprung up from the old NWA promotion, and through smart decisions, and fantastic talent they've quickly become a major player in the primetime wrestling business. Ultimately the two promotions are pretty different in the terms of presentation and attitude. Especially so when you look at the wrestlers, with WWE still being mostly dominated by the more traditional powerhouse style wrestler with a few smaller fast guys in there. TNA on the other hand is mostly the smaller, high flying and insanely kinetic wrestlers, with a few bigger guys thrown in the mix. In our mind, TNA also pays a far higher level of respect to the female wrestlers, giving them proper matches and actually allowing them to show off their athleticism... whereas in WWE they're mainly provided for eye candy. Tag Teams are also quite big with TNA, harking back to the old days when the great Tag Teams ruled the roost.

Aaaanyway... That gives you our background into our thoughts and loves of current day wrestling. Which, leads into the crux of my post today... the Rainman/NemesisPredaking wrestling blab-o-thon which took place over text messaging today... lovingly transcribed for your reading pleasure. Hopefully when Krissy gets a chance she can pop in and edit this post with her musings scrambled throughout... you know... just to be confusing, but also because this is her blog after all.

Edit: Krissy's (aka my) thoughts and comments will be in red through out. Why? Cause it's my damn blog, that's why!)

Oh yeah, quick disclaimer... please keep in mind that the following conversation is between two fans waxing poetic and sometimes vulgar about a passion of ours. In no way should anything in here be looked at as anything other than that, including any off the cuff remarks made. Neither of us in any way lays claim to actually knowing what goes on behind the scenes beyond that which is "common knowledge" to anyone who follows the biz beyond the shows (ie. Online news boards and wrestling blogs). Ultimately, this is a chat where we talk about what things look like to us and what we wish we could see instead.

NemesisPredaking (NP from here on):
Did you guys watch raw last night?

Rainman (RM from here on):
Nope. Haven't watched much as of late. Anything interesting?

NP:
Not really, I've been hit or miss with it too. I just wanted to know if you saw it 'cause it looks like they overhauled the hell in a cell. Or I'm just behind in the times. Lol

RM:
If they did it must be recent because last time I saw the cell it looked the same.

NP:
Lol, I still think its funny. This ppv is trying to be a lockdown clone.

RM:
Is that the new ppv? All hell in a cell matches? We both laughed out loud at the tv when Vince announced the last groundbreaking ppv... The all submission one. Sad and pathetic. If we want to watch 3 hours of mostly mat fighting I'll pay for UFC.

NP:
Yeah this one is all HiC matches. PPV sales are down, got to reel them in some how. Its all getting really lame with this guest host shit too. Last night was Rev Al Sharpton. Like WTF.

Wow that's a new low for a guest host. Al Sharpton??/ What the fuck does he have to do with pro wrestling? Please, somebody...if you know the connection please share!

RM:
Al "a black man was in the news so I must form a coalition of self promotion" Sharpton? Just useless. I can't stand the new family friendly bullshit from Vince myself. Krissy and I tend to think this was all part of the Linda McMahon congressional train. Clean up the image a bit, lose a lot of the attitude, almost all the blood... Become more family friendly so there's less ammo to use against her.

NP:
You could very well be on to something there. TNA is no better these days, I belive I watched all this faction bullshit back in the mid to late 90's.

Very true, but I actually find MEM far more entertaining than NWO/Wolfpac ever was. Not to mention there only like 5 guys in the Mafia, as opposed the the entire roster like in the WCW days

RM:
Probably... But most importantly the actual wrestling is top notch and beyond most anything in WWE currently. Better talent too
True that!
NP:
Only if you take away all the WWE rejects. It's too bad guys like Petey Williams and Senshi left. They need to keep guys like that and build them up more. Angle, Nash, Sting, Booker and Foley need to go away.
I love you NP, you know this, but Foley is awesome and always will be. I love crazy Foley. Can't help it, just do!
RM:
Couldn't agree more on Williams and Senshi. They ruled hardcore. Angle and crew amuse us, but the real excitement for us stems more from the rest of the locker room. Styles, Daniels, Amazing Red, Abyss... Motor City Machine Guns are easily my number 1 favourite tag team. Beer Money works better than they had any right to. And Matt Morgan has completely surprised me with how damn good he is, in the ring and on a mic. When he was the office bitch I had no use for him. Now he's won me over

NP:
I agree with you on all those guys aside from Abyss. Cant stand him. Yeah Morgan was a shocker for sure. Same with Beer Money. I really liked EY (Eric Young) before the heel turn. But sadly those guys get overshadowed by the old guys from WWE. I started watch TNA to get away from them and slowly over time its turned into WWE lite. I mean come on Cage and Kim left TNA to go back to WWE. What does that say?
What does this say?? That money speaks louder than professional pride, sadly.

RM:
That they make really poor business decisions. Kim is an embarrasment to herself now... She's being treated like Vince's typical little pop tart and it sucks. Christian went from being top tier main event material... To feuding with a newbie on ECW. The only way to save him over there is to put him back with Edge. Unless I've missed something lately.

NP:
I dont know if it was a bad discission. They both left for better money. If Vince is going to throw that kind of money at them why not take to for two years. Yeah they are bottom tier again and they should have known that would happen. I've never liked Kim but she's better then 3/4's of the divas we have now. There is so much young talent out there. I guess after all this time I'm sick of seeing the same guys over and over. Even John Cena I'm getting tired of.

See, here's my issue here. Gail sucks on the mic, but she is a fucking awesome female wrestler(and I do mean wrestler) Girl has moves I didn't know she could do, until I saw her in TNA. Now she's just one of Vince's jobber bitches more often than not. No chance to show her talent, lots to show her boobs. As for Cage, he left a show where the fans ADORED him....for ECW (and a sad rip off of ECW might I add) Yes the WWE fans love him...but how many are seeing him on Vince's bastard step child of a show?

RM:
Cena pains me to no end... He's been effectively neutered. The "Doctor of thug-o-nomics is" dead and instead we have a golly gee boyscout military man fanboy who adjusts attitudes where required...
I mean seriously, how bad of a white wash is it when they go and change the name of the FU to the Attitude Adjustment? It's just sad. Oh, you have any problem if I publish this conversation to the blog?

NP:
Lol, yeah really. I still want to like Cena, he's one of the few I remember seeing come up in the WWE. I can still remember his first match agaisnt Angle. Sure why not, you might want to edit it for grammar and spelling lol. Send me a link to it as well.

RM:
It'll be published on Krissy's blog (kinda sorta our blog but I'm trying not to go and be the douche who takes it all over on her *lol*). http://www.theworldaccordingtokrissy.blogspot.com/

NP:
Krissy has a blog?

Yes, Krissy does indeed have a blog :)

RM:
Yeah, two actually. The one I just gave he link to and www.confessionsofawrestlingfangirl.blogspot.com Though she's more or less dropped the pure wrestling one to focus on her main one.

But yeah... Cena's first match is so bizarre to look back on now. Started out that match almost like a young foil to Angle, then became the thug smack talk master that I'm fucking dying for him to go back to.

But of course, Cena has been changed to be a positive role model for the youngsters. That's cool. Here's the problem though... They go to push for the role model behaviour and image... Then when they have a true role model in CM Punk, straight edge lifestyle. No drugs, no booze, no smokes... No vices or pollution of any kind. The guy oozes respectability even when kicking ass and covered in tats. So what do they do with him? They make him the bloody heel to Jeff Hardy, knowing most fans would boo the guy they wanted them too... Mass push to Hardy as the good guy... And Hardy gets done for drugs AGAIN! What the fuck? I like Hardy... He's god like in the ring. But on comparison he's not the role model you really want and he's proven it again. They now diminished the image of punk for a guy who couldn't keep his nose clean... Literally if you look at the cocaine they found along with the scrips
The Jeff Hardy thing is a post all of it's own...leterally. I have a draft I have to finish off...it's coming!

NP:
Very true. From day one I liked Punk, he's fresh blood with the style and skill to make a top face. He sucks as a heel. It's just so contrived and too over the top. Hardy is just proof of what can happen to you in the business. Its a damn shame 'cause he took it to a new level that guys like Evan Bourne, Williams, Senshi, Daniels, Styles and The Guns have taken even further. Thats the shit I want to see. X Division level stuff

And that is one of the main reasons I love TNA. These guys actually get to shine, not be buried by the newest "monster" that is getting a push they don't deserve

RM:
Exactly. I was saddened immensly when I found out how Jeff burned his bridges with TNA... He belongs there in the X Division above all else. I'm holding out hope that Bourne will find his way over there after some seasoning in WWE. I'd love to see the shooting star press off the top of the 6 sides of steel or the Ultimate X match. On a side note... I'm really curious as to how much control WWE had over the persona and gimmick of the talent. Look at Elijah Burke. Honestly, he mainly irritated me over in ECW and the like, but now as The Black Pope something is different. I can't put my finger on it but he seems something more than he was before... Could be just me but I'm curious none the less.

NP:
Yeah Bourne would do great in TNA as long as he could get the script time. He was champ in the short lived WSX (Wrestling Society X) that Cody was part of before coming to daddy in WWE. Vince needs to find a way to get something like the X Divison in WWE. It would work a hell of a lot better than ECW. I know WWE owns most gimmicks, but The Boogeyman is still using his gimmick in the indy scene. He might be fighting it. I have to give it to HHH and HBK for the story arc thats going on with Legacy. As much as I hate Cody Rhodes, the push of Debiase is going to make him a star to watch in the coming years. I just fear when its over and HHH wants his 800th title run.

I love HHH, he's one of my favs and has been for a long time. But I am so over him as a champ. Enough is enough. Just because your screwing the bosses daughter does not mean you get a title shot every fucking month....or at least it shouldn't.

RM:
Yeah, I like Ted jr. Ton of potential with that one. Haven't seen what's been going on recently though... Main reason is that I was getting physically ill seeing Orton strut around with the belt over and over again. Give Debiase the belt and I'll be interested that's for damn sure. Didn't know Bourne and Cody were with WSX. I caught an episode or two but it came off real cheesy to me... Way too MTV.

NP:
Lol I never saw any WSX. I refuse to watch EmptyTV at all. Cody too much like a boy scout with a lisp trying to be all badass and shit. I tape Raw every week and most of the time fast forward watch it on 3 times fast forward lol. You're not missing much.

RM:
We do the same thing. Watch the promos and fast forward through the fights... Pretty bad when the action is less entertaining than the joking around

And yes RM is being serious here. We do actually skip 99% of all the matches in the WWE these days, but watch the promos from the guys who actually have some talent on the mic.

NP:
lol, True say

No, Leafs, NO!!

2009-09-17T03:25:00.001-04:00

So I went to my first hockey game tonight. Yep I'm 30. Yep I was born in Canada, and lived near Toronto my entire life. Yes I am a Toronto Maple Leafs fan. Always have been. It's a long running joke with my friends that are Leafs fans that we bleed Blue and White. Hell Maple Leaf blue was one of our wedding colors (although not for that reason, I'm just really fond of that shade, but still work with me people)

I will confess though, I've lost faith in my team in years past. What do you expect when we haven't won the cup once in my lifetime? Hell, we have not even been close to it in years. And I refuse to pay the ridiculously high ticket prices to see a team that I know will only break my heart. In past years the Leafs have become rather like an abusive boyfriend to me. They always promise they will do better. They give me hope, they suck me in. And once I'm back in there clutches, once I'm back in love with the dirty bastards, they bitch slap my ass. But I won tickets to the first pre-season game of the year. I mean free is free. And this year, why this year they swore they would do better.

They lied. They smacked me around again and trampled on my heart.

First period looked really good. We scored first, that's always a good sign right? We took em down in the first fight of the night (and really every fight. I'll give them that. We have one hell of a scrappy team this year) But come second period, it all went to shit, and didn't get any better. It actually hurts to relive it. Sigh. And the worst part? I know when regular season play starts my hopes will go back up again

Why can't I quit you, Toronto Maple Leafs?

Pure, Unadulterated, Blogging Joy: Courtesy of Ginny

2009-09-16T13:33:00.001-04:00

So I'm sure you've noticed the Blog Roll over there

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and may have been wondering what this Praying to Darwin thing is all about. Don't worry... we haven't suddenly become fervent religious zealots or anything. That is the personal blog of the afore mentioned Ginny, and if you love yourself even in the slightest you will go and gaze at the words full of win.

We happened to stumble across that little corner of the net the same way it seems a large number of people did: through the exposure of a post of hers sent to "Emails From Crazy People". You. Have. To. Check. It. Out... especially if you've got little rugrats running around. That post I mentioned in particular has to be one of the absolute best pieces of humour I've come across in a damn long time. Naturally, we took it upon ourselves to go through the full archives and I was surprised to find that she can easily keep you enamoured with whatever her topic Du Jour may be. Quite frankly... anything this good begs to be shared, so share I shall.

A quick note though... when you do venture over, make sure you pay close attention to her blog's byline of "Tongue so firmly in cheek, it may be permanent". As I said, a lot of people ventured over there after reading the post sent to Emails from Crazy People, and left a lot of comments on the entry... sadly it seems that natural selection has failed (ironic considering the blog is titled "Praying to DARWIN") as there are far too many comments ragging on Ginny as though this were a serious letter she actually sent to the sadistic teacher in question. I truly weep for our future.

So to get you fine folks started, I'll drop in a few links to some of the gems over there... but don't let that stop you from poking around all over... more than worth the time (which you will not notice go by, I promise).

Ok... that was actually a lot harder than I though it would be... so much there I could easily have just posted a massive directory to everything she's got. That should give you a good little start though.

Until next time... don't do anything I wouldn't do... because quite frankly if I wouldn't do something it's gotta be way off the depravity scale and will more than likely get you a first class trip straight to the ninth circle of hades.

The Rainman Cometh... AKA. "What the hell was The Krissy smoking when she handed the reigns over to this schnook?"

2009-09-16T12:58:00.000-04:00

Some of you fine folks may remember a little post from way back when, where your lovely hostess announced a new addition to the blog and warned you of the impending horror that may follow in the guise of her hubby (tormentor, long haired freak, the guy with the really big feet, he who shall not be named... or was that Voldemort?). Well I figured I'd drop in quickly and say hiya. So... uhhh... hiya. Pleased to meet you, won't you guess my name?

I'll always be lurking around here and there, adding my $.02 as I feel the need ($.02 being all I can really afford... damn economy!). May or may not make many posts, but after checking with the Queen of the castle I have permission to go all willy nilly in here as I feel the need.

Play nice though folks... I'm like Santa in that I'm always watching... but I'm not even remotely as jolly, and I'll go medieval all up in this joint*.

*as long as The Krissy allows me

Thanks Rainman!!

2009-09-15T21:09:00.001-04:00

Okay, you may have noticed there has been some layout changes around here today. We owe a huge thanks to my husband. Turns out when I added him months ago, I only added him as an author. Give the man administrative powers, and look what happens. While I'm home sick, lying in bed feeling sorry for myself, Rainman's working on making this place look way better. Now my pictures should show up properly and not be cut off. I knew there was a reason I married the technology guy! Thanks so much baby!

Also on a tech note, I gave in today and joined Twitter. That's right, I'm now officially a Twit! If you want yet another way to peer into my seedy little world please join me Krissy on Twitter ...or just click on the twitter box on the right. Hope to see ya over there!

Kanye West is a Gay fish

2009-09-14T18:16:00.001-04:00

Okay, unless you've been living under a rock today, you've heard the stunt Kanye pulled at the MTV Video Awards on Sunday night.. Can we say Douche Bag boys and girls? In this case I bet we can.

Now please note, I'm not a Taylor Swift fan. Not that she's bad, I'm just not in to her music. If you are, all the power to ya. I'm also not a Kanye fan (although a few of his songs are great. And by a few I mean 2. "Jesus Walks" and "Gold digger") Hell I'm not even a Beyonce fan (okay maybe a little but don't tell anyone K?).

Having said all that, what Kanye West pulled, interrupting poor Miss. Swift's acceptance speech to proclaim that Beyonce should have won, is complete Bullshit. How does this asshole still have a career? I mean seriously. He's pulled crap like this at music award shows before. Why do they keep letting him in? I mean we all know he thinks he's perfect but seriously folks, how much more of this crap do we, the general viewing audience have to put up with?

Stealing the spotlight from a young artist who's winning her first "Moon Man"? Dude that's just weak. Are you that hungry for some attention that you'll do anything? What's the matter Kanye, did your mommy not love you enough as a child?

On a much more positive note, Beyonce latter won an award, and called Taylor Swift up to finish her speech that had been interrupted. That lady is pure class, and she just keeps proving it. Good on ya girl!

Please, let this be the final nail in the coffin for Kanye's career. Honestly I think he's proven himself unworthy of any future attention.

Also, a quick thanks to South Park, for giving me such a wonderful tag line to use as my header. If you don't get it, look up the episode. Freaking priceless, especially now.

10 Things you may not know about me

2009-09-13T19:10:00.000-04:00

So I'm trying here to figure out how to connect better with all you, my awesome readers, and I thought....hey some of you may not know shit about me. So here it is, some random facts about "The Krissy"

I worked at my first job for 13 years. Yeah considering as I only just turned 30 that's pretty freaking impressive....or sad depending. I no longer work there (thank god!)
I love crappy movies. If most people hate it, I love it. Actually as I write this I'm watching "Joe Dirt" I love the shit out of that movie.
I used to hate Bruce Willis. And I do mean hate. I don't know why, I just did...than the husband made me watch "Die Hard"...all of the "Die Hard" series actually. Now I love Bruce...go figure.
I am a walking encyclopedia of song lyrics. Seriously. Try me some time.
I know every word/song from movies I love. "Rocky Horror Picture Show" "Interview With the Vampire" and "The Lion King" top that list.
Nothing makes me happier than sleeping in.
I used to be a morning person. Now, not so much
I'm painfully shy. Stop laughing. I really am. Trust me, meet me in person for the first time and you'll be lucky to get 10 words out of me. Although once I start talking, good luck shutting me up.
I'm obsessed with A&E. If it's on that channel I will watch it.
I am a true crime buff. I'm not a morbid person, but I love reading true crime stories (or watching them on A&E or the History channel) I actually wanted to be a criminal psychologist...still do.

Random thoughts #1

2009-09-12T20:19:00.000-04:00

Seeing as I promised much Krissy random-ness here ya go...

Do dumb people know they are dumb? I mean really, I don't want to get up on my intellectual high horse here, but I deal with some pretty stupid people during my day and it always makes me wonder...do they know? Or do they actually think they are really smart?
Why does Hollywood feel the need to make trilogies when they are clearly out of shit after the second film? I mean really, most trilogies suck, hardcore. Yes there are exceptions. Usually films that were meant to be a trilogy. We watched "The Mummy 3" last night...yep we were that bored. Overall it was alright I guess. However it had major issues, including one point when I knew for sure that they had nothing for this one. I'll sum it up in 5 words for you. Ready?? Field Goal kicking fucking Yeti. Yes that's right I said Yeti. AKA the abominable snowman. Yep officially out of story line. Thanks for killing it Hollywood. I may never look at Brendan Frasier the same after that.
When the hell am I going to win the lottery so I can quit work and live "the good life"? Big house with all the booze and video games I can handle. Ah a girl can dream.
30....not such a big hairy deal after all
I will never be able to pick a favorite between Captain Kirk and Captain Picard, and there respective crews. Just can't do it.

Okay, that's it for tonight folks. I'll be back tomorrow...I swear!

Changes....again

2009-09-12T08:45:00.002-04:00

Bad, bad blogger! I have abandoned you all and I'm so sorry. Weeks after promising changes...le sigh. Sorry bout that! Boo Krissy!

Good news though peeps...I'm back and badder than ever. And yes, there will be more changes a coming. I'm still not quite happy with how this blog thing is going. I swung from one extreme to the other. From rants to fluff with none of the other stuff life has to offer. I suck, I know. But wait! I have a plan....kinda.

Today we turn over a new leaf here, and it's going to be awesome I think. Part of my problem with keeping this happy little place up to date was that I was holding back. I was trying not to be offensive to anybody. Well hate to tell ya folks but that just ain't me. I tend to swear a fair bit. I've been really careful not to use profanity in my previous posts. While every post will not be a stream of F-Bombs, I plan to write this a lot more openly and freely, and to be me I gotta cuss (although I do also like to come up with creative ways to swear sometimes "oh sugar" won't cut it)

The other major change is a slight content change (again) The posts of all LOLcats are gone. Sorry about that. That was hella lame, I know. So from now on I'm going to blog about whatever. All the stupid shit that crosses my mind. And there is a ton of stuff rattling around through my brain at all times I promise. And most of it is pretty damn funny, if I do say so myself. You, you lucky readers you, are going to get to read all my musings on movies, music, wrestling, pop culture, getting older, and life in general. The good, the bad and the ugly. And I apologize in advance, because I'm sure I'm about to get geek all over this place. I am who I am. Either like it or....well here's hoping you like it.

I hope you'll stick with me through this journey. I hope you enjoy reading my future posts, and that nothing I say offends you. But I warn you now, this will not be a place for the easily offended. If you don't get sarcasm, than this will not be the place for you, I assure you. However if your a sarcastic weirdo like me, welcome to your new home!

A quick thought before I go to work

2009-08-06T22:05:00.001-04:00

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Happy Friday!

Random Krissy-ness

2009-08-06T00:11:00.004-04:00

Well hello, hello!! Guess your wondering where I've been huh?? Well mostly here, hanging out and at work but I've had some stuff going on.

First I'm freakin sick. Very sick. Well not so bad right now but last night and earlier today I felt like death. But so far tonight I'm feeling okay. Keep your fingers crossed!

I've been watching Star Trek movies like mad since the weekend. Yes, I said Star Trek...gotta problem with that? in case you have not figured it out yet I'm a bit of a geek. And by a bit I actually mean a huge geek. It's all good. I embrace my inner nerd *lol* So anyways, Space played a ton of Trek movies over the weekend, and we got them on the PVR, and have spent most nights watching both classic Trek (finally saw Wrath of Khan) and new Trek. Finished off with Generations tonight. One day in the very near future I`ll do a whole post on Trek, and my love of it.

Now on to my schooling. My first books came last week, and I did my first exam on Monday..I got 95 percent! Yay me!! Only one question wrong!! Double Yay me!!

So now I`m off to study some more, and maybe get through my second exam. Till next time folks, live long and prosper

Your Sunday LOLZ

2009-08-02T23:18:00.002-04:00

Can we hire the guys to work in Toronto?

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Because I spent most of my weekend watching Star Trek movies...

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And to end the weekend funnies....

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Best Day EVER!!!

2009-07-31T18:00:00.003-04:00

Okay, so I just woke up a few hours ago. I worked overnight last night, in case you've already forgotten....in which case what are you smoking, and please pass some my way :-) Back on topic now!

Anyways I woke up to the husband standing over me, with a bouquet of flowers. Why, you ask? Just because. Yes ladies he's awesome, and he's all mine! Then we head to the kitchen to find a vase. This is the bouqet, capture on the Iphone

Turns out I've got mail. This never happens BTW. I don't get mail, and to be more specific packages. Two of em. Hmmmm what could this be?

Package one is a TNA Wrestling prize pack that we won from viewers choice. T-Shirt, DVD's and other assorted swag! Sweet! Oh yeah and I fail to mention we won one about 2 months back, so this is our second entry and second win. Yay us!!

Package two is my first set of lessons from the course I enrolled in earlier this week. So now I am officially on the road to getting my diploma!

Yep, it's gonna be an awesome day!

Ugh...working overnight tonight

2009-07-30T19:31:00.004-04:00

Sigh...Thursday overnight shift sucks! Really sucks....all I can say is

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As promised....

2009-07-30T01:20:00.002-04:00

Bring on the LOLCat cuteness!!

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Okay...I'll stop for now....oh ta hell with it, one more for the road.!

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A fresh start....

2009-07-30T00:24:00.003-04:00

For both me (kinda) and this blog. First blog news, than the Krissy news....can you feel the suspense??

I know I have not posted a lot lately. With personal issues (now dealt with) work hours, and spending time with my darling husband, I've been finding that I really have not had the time/energy/desire to think of things to post about all the time. Or I should say I'll think of stupid stuff to post about, but nothing "deep" (If you can call any of my posts deep). With the encouragement of Rainman, I've decided to shift my format a bit. This blog will truly become a look at the life of Krissy. In addition to my rants I'm now going to post my random musings, and stuff that amuses me. So if I find a LOLcat that makes me giggle...yep you'll be seeing it too. Cool Youtube video?? Yep I'll post it here. I'll still be posting my rants, but lets face it I'm not pissed off everyday. Might as well share the fun stuff with my loyal readers right? So hold on, this ride is about to get a lot more humorus.

Now that I've keep you in suspense for a minute....the Krissy news. Almost 15 years after I dropped out of high school, I have enrolled in a program to get my diploma. That's right folks, I'm going to be getting some book learning and such. I am so smart... S-M-R-T (Yes I am dancing like Homer in my head *lol*). So there something else to keep me posting! Yay!!

Well that's it for now ladies and germs :-)

I'm baaaaaaack!!

2009-07-23T01:14:00.002-04:00

Missed me didn't ya???? (why do I hear crickets??) Sorry I went so MIA there, but I went through a bit of a bad personal time, and did some deep thinking and such. And I'm feeling much better now, so I figured i would stop neglecting my blog. And seeing as what I've just gone through, I figured i would share my thoughts on a big topic with me lately....the word of the day today ladies and gentlemen is Forgiveness

I looked deep into myself in my off time. I've been holding a lot of anger in my heart towards an ex boyfriend of mine. And I finally realized just how stupid it was. I've had no real dealings with this person for almost 12 years. There will always be some emotional connection there for reasons I choose to keep private. If you know me you know what they are, and if you don't...well you don't need to know really. So I can never forget about this person. But why should i still be mad? What did he ever do that I should still be so pissed about? Answer...nothing.

Our relationship was not great. I'll be honest about that. It had flaws (namely Him and Me). But we were freaking kids trying to be adults. We lived together when we were 15-16 yrs old. Yeah, and I wondered why it failed. Yes we had bad times. Downright horrible times. But when it was good, man was it good. We had so much fun. Short of my husband, I can not think of anybody who made me laugh so much. The ex made me feel passionate about life, when I was half dead inside. I've spent all the years beating him up in my mind, when really I should have been thanking him.

SO that's what i did tonight. I sent him a long facebook message, saying what I should have said years ago. I don't know how it will be received. Honestly I don't care. I extend the olive branch. I exorcised my demons, and I left it up to him. If he wants a friend, I am always here. If not I wish him all the happiness life has to offer.

The lesson here boys and girls is that forgiveness buys you peace. For the first time in a very long time I am at peace. With myself, with life, with the world. I'm almost 30, and I'm actually kinda okay with it. I am blessed with a wonderful husband, who's everything I ever dreamed of and prayed for. I have great friends that love me, no matter how fucked up i may be at times. My family may not be in the picture, but I have in-laws that love me like there own. Really, I've got all a girl could ask for. And it's enough for me.

2009-07-13T11:31:00.002-04:00

Sorry for the lack of posts lately folks. I've been a bit busy at work, and not had much to say. I hope to be back to my normal soon, and when I am I'll have a good one for ya :)

Till then, take it easy :)

The story of us

2009-07-09T00:41:00.002-04:00

Well I've been pretty sick since the weekend, and have not really got out much, so I kinda don't have much to say. I checked where my blog traffic is coming from, and it seems like a lot is coming over from the ladies at my awesome forum (Hi FBL ladies!! *wave*) and I know how much they love stories, so i figured I would share the story with all of you of how I meet my awesome hubby, and how we came to be Mr and Mrs. And those of you who know it....well hear it again *lol*

It all started way back when I was 17 (god that feels a lifetime ago). I had just moved back to Brampton after living in Burlington with my ex-boyfriend for a little over a year. I was hanging out with my friend (Shels from my commentary actually) and we had just walked into the food court at Shoppers World. We sit in our normal spot, and Shel starts waving to this guy across the way at mmmmuffins (I can't belive I still remember that!) Here's how the conversation went

me: who's the hottie in the leather jacket?
Shels:what hottie
Me: that guy, over there, with the leather jacket and the long hair...who is he??
Shels: him?? That's Rainman (name changed cause my hubby likes his privacy)
Me: oh my god...he's so hot...and he's coming over here! Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god!
Shels: Krissy, it's rainman. He's not hot...he's like my brother! EW!
Me : you don't want to know what I'm thinking then! *lol*

So Mr. Extreme hottie comes and sits with us and shel makes the introductions. This may be a good place to mention that I am extremely shy when I meet people for the first time. Like can't speak and turn 6 shades of red shy. Yeah, you know the color of a DuMaurier cigarette pack? That's the shade right there. Very sexy, don't you agree?

Somehow, despite me wanting to crawl under the table and die the hottie seemed to like me. We went for coffee later, and I got to know him better. Turns out he's a sarcastic smart ass, just like me. He got my humor (not easy might I add) and even asked me to go out with the group to the bar later.

Fast forward to the bar. I'm a complete and utter wreck. Shel tells me he likes me, and he's going to ask me out at some point. So now I wait. Night goes on and were drinking and talking, and after what felt like forever he asks me to dance. As were dancing (and if I live to be 100 I will never forget this moment) to Blue Rodeo "Try" he asks me, and I can quote exactly what he said here, because it was forever etched on my heart "would you do me the honor of being my girlfriend" How can a girl say no to that??

We closed down the bar (or damn close to it) and went back to shels place. At some point (after clearly about 10 to many) I tell Mr Dream hunk (please note I've known him all of maybe 48 hrs and we've been dating all of 3) "I love you. And you may not know it now, but one of these days you're going to love me, and you going to marry me"....ah so that's why they call it liquid courage!

Clearly with a statement like that things didn't go so well. I was a very messed up 17 yr old with a lot of baggage to sort through, and so not easy to deal with. It lasted about 2 months. I'll spare you the gory details of the breakup, and ensuing chaos. It's enough to say we both went our separate ways, but remained friends. We would have never admitted then but we still cared for each other, and if anybody messed with him they had me to answer to, and vise versa.

Life went on, and I wasted 6.5 yrs with Mr. Very Wrong. Within 6 months of that ending the Shels sent me an email, with Dream man's numbers and told me he had asked about me, and I should call. Old nerves kicked in, and it took some very awesome friends to talk me into calling (If your reading this Jen R-L THANK YOU!!) I finally did, and when he called me back I almost died. We met up at yorkdale mall the following Monday (Jan 10 2006) and we have honestly been inseparable ever since. I moved in with him on our 5 month anniversary and never looked back.

So that's it. That's the story of us. We got married on October 25, 2008 in front of you dearest friends and family. Of course Shels was there. She had to be! And the bonus was I always have proof that I was right about something! I even told him so as we we're walking out of the chapel as man and wife.

If you made it through this whole thing, congrats! It's a long story, but it's all true, and just writing it makes me smile.
G'night all!

new addition to my blog

2009-07-08T10:41:00.002-04:00

As you may or may not have noticed we have a new blogger at the world according to Krissy. My hubby, Rainman. This will still be my personal blog, but in case I need assistance, or for some reason cannot post, Rainman is now here to ensure I keep you thinking and entertained (at least that's what I hope I'm doing).

Thanks babe, I appreciate your help!

We'll be back to our regularly scheduled rant or such later tonight. Have a good day folks :)

Michael Jackson, my tribute to the man and the music

2009-07-07T19:25:00.004-04:00

Okay this may be a hard post for me. This may surprise many of you who actually know me, but this metal head was first a huge MJ fan. I've cried many times since his death, and as I'm watching the tribute the tears are flowing again, so please bear with me...this may get a little rough.

I'm going to say this now, and this issue is not up for debate with me. Whatever Micheal's personal demons were, they don't matter now. For the record though, I never thought he was guilty of molestation. I felt (and still feel) that it just was not in him. He was too childlike himself. There was an innocence to him, a simplicity almost. People will think of him what they will, but I hope if you are reading this you will be able to put your opinion to the side, and for a moment remember all the good he did. Now on to my memories.

I grew up listening to MJ. I remember my mother had both the "Thriller" and "Bad" albums on vinyl, and I listened to them all the time. I used to put on one white stretchy glove and try (and fail might I add) to do the moonwalk. I still can't do it. I knew, and still know every word to every song off those records. Songs like "Bad", "Smooth Criminal" "Dirty Diana" shaped my youth. Even as an adult that damn catchy beat from "Billy Jean" sends me right back to being a little kid, and makes me want to dance.

I can vividly remember watching the "Thriller" video, and it scared the crap out of me every year. He made videos that stood out, and they made can't miss viewing. If for no other reason than to watch the man dance. Seriously, even if you don't like the music, turn down the volume and just watch him dance. He routinely outshone his back up dancers. I've seen the video of his last rehearsal and I can tell you to my eyes he had lost nothing over the years. He was as smooth and fluid as always.

And that truly is the joy and legacy of Michael. He touched so many, so deeply with his songs. He broke through color barriers. It didn't matter if you were black, white, or purple. You knew who Michael Jackson was, and at some point, even if you don't care to admit it, you liked him. How could you not? He sang and danced so smoothly, and talked so softly. He touched the hearts of millions world wide in his too short time on this earth.

And lets not forget his humanitarian efforts. I'm listening to "Heal the World" right now, and it still touches my heart. Possibly more so now. He is listed in the Guinness book of records for his charitable donations. He did more for the world then some current celebrities without the boasting. Stars like Bono feel the need to tell the whole world what they are doing. Not MJ. He did it out of love and kindness, not for publicity. Maybe some others should take an example from him.

It pains me to see his children in the tribute clips. It saddens me that many people seem to forget that he was a father. But his kids will never forget. I think his daughter telling the world what a wonderful father he was is the most beautiful thing I have seen from the tribute. From all accounts he was a very involved dad, and his kids adored him. Those poor children now have to grow up without the only parent they have every really known. I hope for there sake people let the bad fade away and focus on the love, the music, and the genius that was Michael Jackson.

I really can't write anymore right now. I have no words that can properly memorialize such a man. The only thing I have left to say is a very personal goodbye.

God bless you Michael. I hope your up in heaven, feeling the love the world is sending to you tonight. I pray that you know not everybody was against you. Some of us never stopped loving you and your music, and I speak from the heart when I say I never will. May the lord keep you, and may you rest in peace. Your legacy will always live on.

Have your own MJ memories? Please share them with me in my comments.

Rant #1, Brides and weddings

2009-07-06T17:00:00.006-04:00

Alright this has been bothering me for days, so I figure I will unload it here.

When The Hubby and I were engaged I was an active member of an online bridal community. I loved the place, and the help and advice I got from other brides was a real sanity saver at times. I've since moved over to the wives board, and love it there too, probably even more because there is no more wedding stress (and if you have ever planned a wedding you know what I mean). However from time to time I still check the bride's forums. There are women there that joined at the same time or just after me that are still in the process of the wedding machine, and I like to see that things are going well for them. I also hope that maybe I will have a piece of advice for some bride stressing out that may make it easier, or bring a smile when she needs one.

So I checked in the other day, and found a few posts that really pissed me off. I'm not going to name names or even detailed circumstances. Because I'm not a bitch like that. Anyways it appears as though some brides are ungrateful for some of there wedding presents. They are whining and crying about how cheap some of there guests were. Ummm....excuse me? What was that now?

I feel I have some right to speak on this. For those of you who don't know me personally I had a very small wedding. We had 17 ppl at our ceremony, and even less at our reception. Yep it was intimate. And why was that? Because it was what we could afford to do. And it was the best day ever! And gifts, both before and after our wedding was the last thought on our minds. We wanted the people we love and care about, our family and our dearest friends to come and celebrate our love for each other. We were touched that all 17 people could take time out of there lives to be with us.

What's my point, you ask? The point is that it was never about gifts. It wouldn't have mattered if we had 500 people at our wedding. the point is a wedding (and the awesome party that follows) is about the love two people have for each other. It's celebrating a commitment for life, to one person above all others. It has nothing to do with breaking even, or who got you what. It's not about what somebody could have afforded to give you. Simple as that really. And if that's what you think a wedding is about...well I pity you.

It's women (and I use that term loosely here) like this that give brides a bad name. It's because of stuff like this that every bride is expected to be a bridezilla. The engagement ring was no sooner on my finger than comments started coming in about me turning into one. While I did get stressed, and I did have my moments as the day got close, I never lost sight of what it was all about. And I don't think I ever really turned into a 'zilla. Okay maybe a bit on the big day, but we were running late, and in my defence I hate being late. (yeah I know that's off topic, just throwing it in)

Did we get gifts? You bet your ass we did. Our guests spoiled us rotten, and far beyond our wildest dreams. And I can never thank them enough for it (and if any of you are reading this...THANKS AGAIN!!!) But honestly if we had not gotten a single thing, I would still be thanking them. It makes me think that these women got "cheap gifts" (in there opinion) because maybe, just maybe there friends know what they are like. Ever think about that ladies? You reap what you sow and perhaps your shitty bad attitude shows more than you think.

So to close this rant off, if you are reading this and are a bride to be, keep in mind whats really important. All that matters is you and your soon to be husband. Be honored by the presence of the people you want there, and forget all the other crap. Because when the party's over, and it's time to take off the poofy white dress all you have left is the love you and your new spouse share. And no fancy coffee maker or pile of cash can make that work in the long run.

Feels like the first time all over again.

2009-07-06T10:24:00.004-04:00

Okay, maybe that's cause it is. Anyways welcome to my world! For those of you who don't know me my name is Kristina. But everybody calls me Krissy. I'm 29 (soon to be 30, as much as I hate to admit it. BTW if you know how to turn back time can you let me know ASAP?? Thanks *lol*) In October 2008 I got married to my dream man. He's awesome. I'm sure you'll hear much more about him as we go through this blogging thing. I'm a geek and proud to admit it. I love video games, reading, movies and have a rather odd taste in music if I do say so myself.

So I guess your wondering why I'm even here. Well I have opinions. Lots of em. And I rant a lot. I figure instead of torturing my poor hubby all the time, why not spread it around a little. And if during this I make a few people laugh, or cry, or even just really think about things even better! I hope we'll have a good time together, and I hope you'll keep reading along with my semi-interesting life as I figure out this marriage thing, fend off the questions about having kids, and just deal with life in general.

Till next time dear reader, take it easy, and check back soon cause I always have lots to say! :)