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    <title>Don't you hate when you get a craving?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/80df3d81-d333-4f21-aaad-a562ca95bdc0</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T19:51:23Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-06T14:35:34Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I've been going on and on about this on another tribe, so just ignore this if you've heard it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Whenever I get a craving, it is relentless. I absolutely HAVE to have it. Nothing else will do. I will eat anything and everything and still not be satisfied until I get that *one* thing. It's futile; best to just go straight for it. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Which is fine, except that I'm craving chicken parmesan, dark chocolate peanut M&amp;amp;Ms and a dark Mediterranean dude, preferably wearing motorcycle boots.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;First two, fine, but I don't exactly live in a the great American Melting Pot here. Lots of Dans and Brads...but I've yet to meet a Luigi or a Guiseppe.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Maybe if I ate LOTS of M&amp;amp;Ms...sigh.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-06T14:35:34Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>The Great Tampon Migration of 2008</title>
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    <author>
      <name>PoisonedSpoon</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c6d81aee-2194-433d-ac91-7b1c6b6d3350</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T19:51:01Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-05T12:39:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Like all of the world’s most colorful stories this one takes place in a bathroom in the bible belt. (That second part isn't really important to the story... it just sounded kinda funny.) This tale is about the mighty Tampon; Gods weirdest little creature right after the deep sea fangley fish. A majestic herd of Tampons sat on the lip of my sink, like little prairie rockets waiting for lift-off, when suddenly a pair of Raccoons shaped like my two toddlers silently opened the door to the bathroom and crept inside undetected by the watchful Mommy-Beast. Raccoons are one of the Tampons few natural predators and the herd sat completely unprotected upon the bathroom tundra. They didn't have a chance in the world... except one! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Herbert, a smarter than average Tampon and nominal Alpha Male of this particular herd, caught the scent of the prowling Raccoons and quickly roused the rest into a stampede in the vain hope that some of them would survive the onslaught. Oh it was a valiant run! Herbert led them over the sink and across the deadly bathroom floor which was a gauntlet of toddler shirts and bath mats. The Tampon herd managed to stay together for the most part; they didn't even lose Little Johnny who was born without a string. Herbert scanned the open plain searching for a place they might hide from the advancing might of not one but two marauding Racoons! Oh woe, I cry! Woe be unto the Tampon herd for surely it was doomed from the start! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Finally Herbert caught sight of a snow capped toilet bowl rising into the aqua tiled sky. "Salvation!" he cried. The herd, barely a single pace from the hungry, drove hard up the side of the mountainous bowl and climbed it's perilous peaks until there was no further they could run! Alas it proved not high enough to escape the greedy fingers of a Raccoon and with two great swipes two fistfuls of the gentle Tampons were caught. Fearing for their very lives and praying to Bloody Mary, Goddess of all Tampons, the remaining herd leapt into the jaws of Lake Toilet Bowl. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At least this is what I think happened. I came running to the bathroom when I heard splashing and found my kids NOMming into a couple of tampons with the wrappers still on while the rest of the box was floating pleasantly in a small body of water. I had to embellish some of the details but based upon the forensic evidence in the bathroom I have to rule the death of my box of tampons a mass suicide.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;*Bows*
&lt;br/&gt;~*LoremasterSpoon*~&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>PoisonedSpoon</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-05T12:39:52Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>HALP!!!!! I need advice on a crazy person in tribeland!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>tracey1971</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c6b346ac-4a48-4df9-b2a6-b0b645d3555b</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T18:48:11Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T14:23:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;who is on tribe and consistently tries to start crap about me and my dance partner. We are hosting a CHARITY event in Sept, so I posted info about it and this person basically claimed we "stole" their idea...umm, what?????
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;She started a thread about bad workshops/people teaching stuff that isn't their own/blah blah blah and when I called her on it, she just removed the thread completely. BUT I don't want to always log onto tribe thinking I have to be "on guard".
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyone have ANY idea what I can do about said person (s)? I wish I have some legal recourse but sadly, I don't think I do. And yes, if you read the blog I had a few months back about trouble makers, it's the same individuals.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>tracey1971</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T14:23:52Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Bob Saget!!!!!!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Xena</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/eb61c8d3-8eab-43d7-ad41-70a00555f6cf</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T18:46:00Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-06T03:08:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;The Tourettes Guy :P
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=rqtr_RvR3sY&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Xena</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-06T03:08:51Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Hilarious photo</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Petra</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d4e902f1-5696-4d42-aa76-9de374a27e78</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T15:55:20Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T16:59:06Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I enjoy visitng "paranormal" websites and looking at photos that people submit of ghosties and UFO's and other anomalies. 
&lt;br/&gt;Most of the time, I feel the photos can be explained by notmal, rational things such as light reflections, smoke, etc. - I admit I am a skeptic. But still I enjoy looking at these photos. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This one, however, takes the cake! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Is it just me, or is this a picture of a kid getting stoned?
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.coasttocoastam.com/gen/page2626.html?theme=light
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I about died laughing while reading the explanation of the photo and picturing a group of kids sitting around and getting baked while dreaming up this story.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Petra</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T16:59:06Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Our Costumes are NOT lingerie</title>
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    <author>
      <name>erikaschiquis</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d2204a5e-c355-4c16-9e37-6c4ae3e6de7c</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T05:52:07Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T11:22:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I had posted this on another tribe and since it was getting  to negative for it -it was taken down
&lt;br/&gt;I figured we could actually say what we wanted here
&lt;br/&gt;this is totally wtf!!!
&lt;br/&gt;http://plussize.lovetoknow.com/Plus_Size_Belly_Dance_Costumes&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>erikaschiquis</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T11:22:51Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Anime come to life</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Laura</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/ef9fa5f7-bff8-4f9f-b3b2-6d59971157d1</id>
    <updated>2008-07-06T00:21:47Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-04T21:10:34Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;or other way around?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=yY5et2t2dn4&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-04T21:10:34Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>where to get a coverup?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>slade34</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/33dea98e-022b-4390-89e2-a43b6ec24a62</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T23:31:16Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T17:04:08Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Where can I find cover ups that open up the front (not a pullover) that go with the tribal look and don't cost a fortune?  I have looked on some Muslim clothing sites at abayas/jilbabs, but it seems most of them are pullovers.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>slade34</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T17:04:08Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>THE FIREWORK FAIRY</title>
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    <author>
      <name>princess</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/dae5d602-f5d8-4176-bcb5-2363cbcb5d32</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T16:06:01Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-04T08:45:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt; Ok, I hardly ever file- I'm a complete slob.  Yesterday, as  I went to file some receipts that were piling up on my horrendously messy desk, i noticed an odd bulge in my filing cabinet. Admittedly, I'm  lax about making a mess- not to mention filing- but this was beyond just randomly shoved-in papers.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;  The source of the bulge was in  the "F" file...and when i opened it up, it was stuffed with fireworks!!! And not "safe and sane" ones, either, it was a couple of M-80's, a bottle rocket and some Ground Bloom Flowers...filed under "F" for FIREWORKS!!!!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt; Now, I'm  wondering : At some point in the past year did I file  that?!?!?  And if so- WHAT WAS I ON?!?!?
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt; or- who the fuck broke into my house and filed some fireworks for me?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>princess</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-04T08:45:31Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Why the hell...</title>
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    <author>
      <name>slade34</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/072e2e58-2634-47ca-bc50-c19fa1cde545</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T15:27:42Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T15:44:19Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;do some people absolutely plaster their vehicles with one kind of bumper sticker?  For example, I have seen a car that was owned by a pro-lifer (not a problem), and she literally had pro-life bumper stickers all across her back bumper *and* the back of her car (above the bumper) *and* on the sides of her car *and* in the back window.  I counted one time, and there were something like 20 stickers.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Why?  Wouldn't one have made her point? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Or the vehicles I have seen that are wallpapered, almost literally (back, both sides, trunk, back window, front doors, front bumper), in stickers about repenting or you are going to hell.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I mean, come on.  What possesses people to do that?  Do they really think they are gonna change anyone's mind?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>slade34</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T15:44:19Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Too foul? ReallY?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Savannah</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/a95cff04-2a10-468d-b278-4df7cc94962a</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T15:17:51Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T16:27:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I need the advice of my fellow FD&amp;amp;Hs
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm a little worried that I'm become TOO FD&amp;amp;H. I know, right? But I've been butting heads with EVERYBODY lately, with the exception of a few close friends and this weekend I got stupid-mad at a boy for, probably, no good reason. Here, let me set this up:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Last year at an SCA event, I had a mini hook-up with a fellow. Nothing serious, just good times. We exchanged emails and corresponded a few times. Eventually, he didn't respond anymore and after a week or so, I sent him an email and asked if he decided that we couldn't be friends afterall. He said no no, nothing like that, that he was just busy but would email me when things calmed down. Okay, great! Nothing. Not a damn thing from him ever again.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Then this year, same event, I see him. He's walking around with some chick and COMPLETELY ignores me. Does not acknowledge me, make eye contact, NOTHING. Now, I had had about 2 hours of sleep, was drunk, hot, and out a WHOLE lot of money to be there and I just lost my shit. As I was bitching about it, my friend's boyfriend pointed out that I was bitching because a boy had not been up-front with me about things, but that if he were to be, I would call him a dick and bitch about that. Earlier, two of us had been talking about what a dick another boy (we'll call him K) was and friend's BF said that K was the type of guy who would be striaght forward and up front about things and that it was contradictory that we thought K was a dick for being...well, imho, a dick but that if SCA boy had been what i wanted, he'd be a dick too and that he was a dick anyway for being a cad, the implication being that nothing can make me happy and i'm just a foul bitch.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Well shit. Is that true? I like to think not. So my question is, was I justified in being miffed at Mr. Last Year and do you think that his actions were acceptable? Is there such a thing as a straight-forward guy who isn't a dick? &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Savannah</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T16:27:13Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Billy FUCKIN Idol!!!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Katrina</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/3bd10514-3745-410f-a6e5-7903249ddb67</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T06:34:04Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-01T01:21:10Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Just saw him in concert on Saturday...spent yesterday recovering and most of today just trying to log on and say...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I saw Billy FUCKIN Idol!!!  And if you ever get the chance to see him in concert, DO IT!  He's 50 some years old and STILL a fuckin' ROCK GOD!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Katrina</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-01T01:21:10Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>I FINALLY DID IT!!!!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Petra</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/db54d1fc-15a1-4d3c-8abd-e745cb09e321</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T05:16:01Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T08:01:06Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;(x-posted from my blog)
&lt;br/&gt;I finished my B.A. in Applied Psychology!!! 
&lt;br/&gt;Just a few minutes ago I emailed my final paper to my professor and then made my final tuition payment online. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'M DONE!!!!!! 
&lt;br/&gt;It took five years, often taking classes part time. I went all year around. There were times I couldn't see the light at the end of the tunnel and felt like giving up. But I was determined to finish, because a decade ago I thought I would never have the opportunity to go to college. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I learned that if you want something badly enough and you are willing to do whatever it takes to achieve your goals, you can and will do it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now, who wants some bubbly!?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Petra</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T08:01:06Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Flaming Fucking Lips!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>stephanie</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/113d99c9-24d2-49e2-b920-073415053634</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T04:56:17Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-05T04:56:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;To go with the recent posts for Billy Idol and Robert Plant.  Holy crap!  What a great show!  It was my kid's first concert and she really wants to see them again.  First time I saw the Lips and OMG - OMG - OMG!  If they do 80/35 again next year, c'mon over y'all!  I'll post a photo or two later ...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>stephanie</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-05T04:56:17Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>712 posts!?!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/2bb1b89d-9add-40a4-9c89-28a203bd161c" />
    <author>
      <name>kali_licious</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/2bb1b89d-9add-40a4-9c89-28a203bd161c</id>
    <updated>2008-07-05T04:48:38Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-05T04:48:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I go away for a week, and now I have to pay.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I missed you betches.;)&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>kali_licious</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-05T04:48:38Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>And then the fight started...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c1e40424-b0ab-48bd-8516-76bd179a421c" />
    <author>
      <name>thespisis</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c1e40424-b0ab-48bd-8516-76bd179a421c</id>
    <updated>2008-07-04T20:54:55Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-04T18:28:27Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;When I got home last night, my wife demanded that I take her someplace 
&lt;br/&gt;expensive.... 
&lt;br/&gt;so, I took her to a gas station..... and then the fight started.... 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;************************************************************************ 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;After retiring, I went to the Social Security office to apply for Social 
&lt;br/&gt;Security. The woman behind the counter asked me for my driver's license 
&lt;br/&gt;to verify my age. I looked in my pockets and realized I had left my 
&lt;br/&gt;wallet at home. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;I told the woman that I was very sorry, but I would have to go home and 
&lt;br/&gt;come back later. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;The woman said, 'Unbutton your shirt'. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;So I opened my shirt revealing my curly silver hair. 
&lt;br/&gt;She said, 'That silver hair on your chest is proof enough for me' 
&lt;br/&gt;and she processed my Social Security application. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;When I got home, I excitedly told my wife about my experience at the 
&lt;br/&gt;Social Security office. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;She said, 'You should have dropped your pants. You might have gotten 
&lt;br/&gt;disability, too' 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;And then the fight started..... 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;******************************************************************************* 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;My wife and I were sitting at a table at my high school reunion, and I 
&lt;br/&gt;kept staring at a drunken lady swigging her drink as she sat alone at a 
&lt;br/&gt;nearby table. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;My wife asked,'Do you know her?' 
&lt;br/&gt;'Yes,' I sighed, 'She's my old girlfriend. I understand she took to 
&lt;br/&gt;drinking right after we split up those many years ago, and I hear she 
&lt;br/&gt;hasn't been sober since.' 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;'My God!' says my wife, 'Who would think a person could go on 
&lt;br/&gt;celebrating that long?' 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;And then the fight started..... 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;****************************************************************************** 
&lt;br/&gt;I rear-ended a car this morning. 
&lt;br/&gt;So, there we were alongside the road and slowly the other driver got 
&lt;br/&gt;out of his car. 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;You know how sometimes you just get soooo stressed and little things 
&lt;br/&gt;just seem funny? 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;Yeah, well I couldn't believe it.... he was a DWARF!!! 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;He stormed over to my car, looked up at me, and shouted, 'I AM NOT 
&lt;br/&gt;HAPPY!!!' 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;So, I looked down at him and said, 'Well, then which one are you?' 
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;And then the fight started..... 
&lt;br/&gt;*********************************************************************************&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>thespisis</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-04T18:28:27Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I need to stage an intervention</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/39c1541c-fbc2-42ee-a508-fba6fd45a8c5" />
    <author>
      <name>MinyaMonster</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/39c1541c-fbc2-42ee-a508-fba6fd45a8c5</id>
    <updated>2008-07-04T15:43:35Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-01T03:18:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;And I've never done one before.  One of my troupe members insists on wearing a pretty non-supportive, cups spillith over bra.  She insists it fits and then proceeds to do lots of shoulder shimmies to show us her "girls" won't fall out.  Up until recently she was using the same bra  from 40 lbs ago but replaced it with one that fits danged near the same.  EEK!  We've made mostly subtle comments but it's hard to look at her when her breasts, they are a heaving.  Have any of you ever had to stage a costume intervention?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>MinyaMonster</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-01T03:18:13Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Great DHL Saga</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Belilah</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/50404db8-4ff2-41e4-86ec-d2fce81266f8</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T22:37:19Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T00:09:15Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Posted on livejournal ( belilah.livejournal.com/ ), in my blog and a few other places....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It all began with my stepdaughter killing her cell phone. Luckily, we have paid for insurance and her phone is in stock so we are able to get it replaced. Asurion has been most helpful - holding the claim until her exact phone was in and having great patience through the whole ordeal that I am about to relate.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The phone was shipped overnight Friday June 27th through DHL, set for delivery Monday June 30. I take the 30th off of work so that I can be home to sign for the package. I wait.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I wait.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I wait.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At about 5:30pm, I finally call DHL to find out why my package hasn't been delivered and why the online tracking information hasn't been updated. I am informed that the package is not in my area and it would be delivered to me the next day. I pitch a (small) fit - I had taken off work to be home because the package would require a signature, I couldn't take off work and would not have another day off until Thursday. They try to tell me to call Asurion and have them change the delivery address - I inform them that Asurion told me when I gave them my delivery address that, once it was put in the system, they would not change it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;To avoid further losing my temper, I decide to call Asurion and see if they can give me any help. The woman I speak to there says that they were unaware that there would be a delay delivering my package and she says she will contact DHL and waive the signature. She puts me on hold and comes back to let me know that it will be a few more minutes. When she comes back, she tells me that DHL has it scheduled to be delivered Tuesday the 1st and that they are waiving the signature requirement - I will need to leave a note on the door with the tracking number and my phone number and signature stating that I spoke with a DHL representative and that I would be unable to sign for my package and it was to be left at the front door. I do this.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;That night, tracking information still hasn't been updated online, but I'm not worried because I should have it the next day....after all, they said I would.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The next day rolls around and my husband contacts DHL to make sure of delivery because the tracking information still hasn't changed. He is told that they had given it to the USPS and they would be delivering it to us and it might make it to us Thursday the 3rd or Monday the 7th. We are then given a "tracking number" for the USPS. (Please note: the only tracking numbers that I have ever seen through the USPS are actually delivery confirmation numbers unless it is being shipped overnight - my husband also spoke with the postal service and the tracking number will not work no matter how they try to put it in to check - it is simply not a good number.) This tracking number is not good - the postal service website comes up with "There is no record of this item" (it still does by the way). Needless to say, this doesn't go over well. My husband is also told that he should call Asurion and get a new phone sent. The stupidity of this is then pointed out as well as the fact that it isn't Asurion's fault that the phone is delayed, it's DHL's.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I call Asurion again to let them know what I have found out and to make sure that it is noted on my claim due to the fact that we only have a limited amount of time in which to return the old phone. I am told that they still have no record that my shipment is going to be delayed and that they are supposed to be informed by DHL when this happens.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This evening I notice that the tracking information is updated - it now says that the package is in transit (as of 2:05am today) and is in my area! So I decide to call DHL and find out about this new development.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now it gets fun.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;(Side note: If you say "representative" four or five times, their automated system gets you to a real person.)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I get a real person on the line and ask for information on my package.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm now told that it is being sent USPS and it looks like it hasn't been sent out yet.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;WHAT???? (insert major fit here)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I inform the lady on the phone what we had been told and tell her I want to know when my package left the DHL facility in Atlanta. She says she can't give me that information because "it doesn't show" and that they may show that it hasn't been shipped yet because they don't get any information from the USPS until it is delivered. (Sometime during this exchange I am also informed that DHL no longer has a facility in my area, something I already knew - it shut down about a week ago.)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I tell her that there is someone in that place who put a label on my package and handed it over to the post office and that I know there has to be some record of when my package was sent out - if it was at all. I know that when I print out a label when I ship something for my website, I know the date and time that I printed that out - if I can do that and they can't then the place is run by idiots.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Magically (!), I am then told that it was sent to the post office on the 30th (hmmm, wasn't I told on the 30th that it would be delivered to me the next day?!?).
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I tell her that I want all of the information that they have on my package emailed to me. I'm tired of phone conversations that are getting me NOTHING but frustration. I want everything in writing and I expect it within the hour. I am told that I will get that and I will also receive a phone call from a "specialist" (I didn't mention that I thought they ALL must be "special" and what would make this person any different).
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Update:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I just received a phone call. I was told that they are initiating a "missing shipment search" and that I will get an email with the information that I asked for emailed to me in a few minutes and they would email me and call me as more information is available. He asked what the item was and I told him an LG EnV (I also let him know that it took almost a month to get this specific model and that it is the model I expect to be delivered to my door no matter what DHL has to do to get it to me). I also informed him that I expected everything to be sent to me in writing so that I would have an accurate record of what they are telling me.
&lt;br/&gt;Update:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here is the email that I just received:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"I do not show any transfer scan to USPS per last scan on waybill at Atlanta, GA. HUB showing package went out for transferring on 6/30/08, but no confirmation that waybill was actually delivered to USPS. So I will try to contact Atlanta, GA. HUB tonight after 2100 EST for status on this waybill, I will follow up tomorrow Thursday 7/03, by 1600 CST with outcome of research."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Curiouser and curiouser.....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'll update as I get more info, but it's not looking good.
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Belilah</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T00:09:15Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>YOU don't get to look at my ass!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/91477d36-823b-4d6b-8954-34af6cf2a98b</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T15:09:21Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-28T17:54:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;(Fair warning: I'm about to launch into a full-fledged Sagittarian Dragon Fio-fio-fioletta rant, which has been compared to 'roid rage with just a piquant essence of PMS)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Set-up (this is the boring part):
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I need some drugs...literally. So I prepare myself to go to CVS--which means riding scooter to garage door, holding the walker in front of me, trying desperately to both see and not break anything...again. Once I make it to garage door, unfold walker, open door , lean over (don't fall again!) to prop the walker against the wall, and manage the two steps down. So far, the only safe way I've figured out is to ease myself down and take the steps with my butt. Once I get to a safe height, I use my walker to pull myself up, pop it open and try to make it around my car, washer/dryer and about half of garage of crap that I don't need anyway.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Once to the car, have to open door in such a way that I can ease in backwards--remember, this is all on one leg--hoping for a soft landing, fold the walker, squeeze it past me to the passenger side (don't poke your eye out!)  and THEN I'm ready.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Cool.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Driving is no problem at all; neither is parking as the only bennie I get is HC parking. Getting out is pulling folded walker over the driver's seat (don't poke your eye out!), popping it open, pulling my full weight up and shutting the door with my hip. I don't even bother locking the damn thing.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;From there, I am basically dragging 120 lbs (okay, okay...125lbs. I've been packing it own since I started couch riding).Think about it: if you can't put one foot down at all, you are lifting your own weight with each step. It's exhausting and it hurts. I approach the door and--because most of the people in this town are truly nice--a lady waits for me just to open the door. Very cool, because those doors are damn heavy.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now comes the tricky part: I have to pick up my items, with my purse on one arm...yes, I need it, long story...and try to use little hamster paws to carry my one or two items AND hold on to the walker, too. I know it's pathetic, but by the time I leave the store, I'm exhausted and in (arthritic) pain. Approaching the heavy doors. Not to worry, there are two strapping young lads who are inexplicably hanging out in front ot the Dollar Tree...right next to CVS.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;End of set-up.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now here I am, depending on this walker with my  life, using my hamster paws to clutch my RXs, struggling with my purse, backing out of this heavy-ass door. They watch, with avid interest as the door slams on me, not once, not twice, but THREE fucking times.They are about as concerned as a well-fed cat, blinking once in a while and chewing something.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Already door-slammed, exhausted, in pain and now humiliated and pissed off, I tottered off and heard one of them say, "...she's got a nice ass, though."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now, those of you who read my posts know that I'm not exactly a shrinking violet. I would not be above questioning the exact number of chromosomes present in their DNA,  mock their penis size or just plain out call them the punkass bitches they are. However, one false move and I'm tumbling, dude. I mean, kissing the pavement and I goddamn well could not give Inbred Jed and his boyfriend any fodder for amusement. They might've even tipped me over like a sleeping cow. Then, as I made my way through, I began to think of the motion I was making, my ass swinging in a perfect arc with each step.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At my car, as I struggled back in, I looked back and sure enough, they were still staring. And I totally punked out. Didn't say a thing. Totally needed the services of Samuel L. Jackson. I mean, what could I do at that point:  jiggle my pill bottle and say, "Haha, I have Vicodin and you don't."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now that I'm home, SOOOOOO many things have occurred to me. Like what is with this qualifier shit? "....she has a nice ass, *though*.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What the hell does that mean? How did that particular phrase start? "She looks like fucking Quasimodo.She has a nice ass, though."
&lt;br/&gt;"Damn, she's old as Methuselah. She's got a nice ass, though." In other words, the only positive thing I could have salvaged from that humiliating experience was that someone thought I had a nice ass...but that *though* haunts me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And here's something else, asshole: I KNOW I have a nice ass. It is a Universal fucking Truth that when God taketh away the titties, he bestoweth the booty." And guess what? I don't even particularly mind if someone stares at my ass, depending on the who and how. But, by God, if you can't hold the fucking door open for my busted, Methuselah, Quasimodo ass, then you have forfeited all rights to stare at it, especially if it's swing...AND YOU DAMN WELL DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS IT.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And I DIDN'T SAY A GODDAMN THING!!!! I didn't say anything about festering skin, hairy palms, the teeth growing out of their chins.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Samuel L. Man, I would've given my entire life savings--all three figures--to have hired him for 30 seconds.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;All I can do is bestow a thousand curses upon them. I hope they have a really bad accident involving a stick shift. I hope their tooth rots out. I  hope the sheep start feigning headaches. I hope their next generation regrows the tail. I hope they break both of their hands, and their sisters aren't home, and then develop that weird painful, constant erection thing...and it's from watching my swinging ass.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And, most of all, I hope that one month from now, I will see the same pipe scum, hobble up to them, yell, "Psych!" and beat the shit out of them with my walker. Then, as I strutted off, I could say, "Damn. You're just a little bubbling thing. Got a nice ass, though."&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-28T17:54:17Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I'm so excited  --</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Fiona</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/2f6ccb37-11bf-4df5-830c-00a9a330773f</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T14:55:06Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T21:06:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;about going to see "Wall-e" this weekend!  Yeah, I know I'm twenty-nine and I shouldn't get this excited about animated movies, but it looks like its actually going to be funny!  And with a six-year-old daughter going to see something that isn't DisneyPrincessesBarbie or (gag) Bratz is a delightful change of pace.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyhoo, just wanted to let you all know that -- soooo any other parents out there get as much joy out of some of their children's movies as the children themselves?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fiona</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T21:06:51Z</dc:date>
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  <entry>
    <title>Beware:  IRS Phishing Scam</title>
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    <author>
      <name>SashaD</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/baeefb4e-06c8-4db5-9fca-cd35e95b5b09</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T13:43:05Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T06:18:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I just got this today in my IN box.  Spam is usually pretty well filtered out, but this one made it through.  I checked the IRS.GOV website and this is a scam for you to provide the A-holes with your personal info, back account info, etc.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, here's a pasting of the body of the note (which, when viewed as an e-mail, has all of the nice borders, colors, logos, etc. of the IRS).  It looks totally legit, but I knew it was a scam because I'm not eligible for the stimulus check.  :o(.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Here it is:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;****************
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;  
&lt;br/&gt;Economic Stimulus Refund    
&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;br/&gt;Issue Number:    SP-ESR 2008 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Over 130 million Americans will receive refunds as part of President Bush program to jumpstart
&lt;br/&gt;economy. Our records indicate that you are qualified to receive the 2008 Economic Stimulus Refund.
&lt;br/&gt;The fastest and easiest way to receive your refund is by direct deposit to your checking/savings account.
&lt;br/&gt;Please follow the link and fill out the form and submit before July 4, 2008 to ensure that your refund will be processed as soon as possible.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Submitting your form on July 4, 2008 or later means that your refund will be delayed due to the volume of requests we anticipate for the Economic Stimulus Refund.
&lt;br/&gt;
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    <dc:creator>SashaD</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T06:18:03Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>On a much lighter note......</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Lester</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/61564bd6-e9d2-4e42-bda3-6f72d99910a8</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T13:35:23Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T19:34:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;     I have something I want to announce publicly, and this tribe seems to be the place to do it, since most of you are well acquainted with my lady, Qamar. I held off on this for quite a while, due to some things in my recent past that made me kind of skittish about it. Here goes.  I am in love with Qamar, or Kat, as I know her.  I love her dearly, and without reservation.  And I want the world to know it.  She is a loving, understanding, kind, sensitive, and beautiful woman.  And trust me, ladies, all the things that I read here about guys treating their ladies badly? NONE of that is going to happen to this woman. She will be held, kissed, cuddled, played with, told that she is loved, shown that she is loved, all on a daily basis.  We love to discuss things, we are honest with each other, and keep no secrets.  And we don't have any desire to change each other. We love each other for who we are. There, I said it. &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Lester</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T19:34:48Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pole Dancing? Belly Dancing? You Need To Learn Exotic Dancing!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/a2202794-6dc9-4b2e-88b8-f5b1f7a557e4" />
    <author>
      <name>Aleese</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/a2202794-6dc9-4b2e-88b8-f5b1f7a557e4</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T10:56:28Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-30T23:57:41Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;What in the holy hell???
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://austin.kijiji.com/c-Community-Classes-lessons-Pole-Dancing-Belly-Dancing-You-Need-To-Learn-Exotic-Dancing-W0QQAdIdZ42341454&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Aleese</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-30T23:57:41Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Halloween now!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Laura-Phoenix</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/41d1b599-0533-4f0e-a4ec-f7fe8eec60e5</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T05:48:45Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T15:45:35Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;To combat my feeling crappy about the money lately I decided to start on my favorite holiday early.
&lt;br/&gt;I love Halloween, being a gothy person at heart and minus the cash for a real live old style mansion.....
&lt;br/&gt;I'm building one small scale from a site I found and thought I'd pass on the website in case any of you gals would like to do this.
&lt;br/&gt;It's pretty cheap and looks like a ton of fun...
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.haunteddimensions.raykeim.com/  click on the paper model purgatory link and enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Laura-Phoenix</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T15:45:35Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Epic Fails online!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/bf4d3047-5fcb-4a70-9e3e-75525957d939" />
    <author>
      <name>RajnitheMistressofToads</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/bf4d3047-5fcb-4a70-9e3e-75525957d939</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T05:32:14Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T04:31:52Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://failblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/fb55.jpg?w=378&amp;amp;h=500&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>RajnitheMistressofToads</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T04:31:52Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Oy.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/0355d55b-8106-4d97-9a0d-11a295762bd5" />
    <author>
      <name>Yasmin</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/0355d55b-8106-4d97-9a0d-11a295762bd5</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T05:14:35Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T19:49:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I just love being hasseled about not being "nice"  when I decline a "private performance" from a complete stranger.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;no joke, some guy just sent me a friend request that says he's "normally shy, but If you offered a private performance, I might be excited, no girl has ever done that."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;my response:  "Sorry, but I am a professional Belly dancer, and we don't do private performances."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;he responds "Oh, excuse me for trying to be nice. I didn't know you used tribe to promote yourself" blah blah blah.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I responded "Its not a matter of promoting or not  As any woman who is serious about belly dance and you will get roughly the same response.  Its like asking a ballet dancer to take her tutu off.  We don't do private performances."  blah blah blah.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;dude, you want a stripper?  Go pay for a stripper, not a Middle Eastern dancer.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Where's my f****** whiskey?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Yasmin</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T19:49:03Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>WTF?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/70a364c4-5727-4e33-98b8-4794a665aed3" />
    <author>
      <name>erikaschiquis</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/70a364c4-5727-4e33-98b8-4794a665aed3</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T04:59:09Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-30T04:37:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Breasts for a tattoo
&lt;br/&gt;www.lifeinthefastlane.ca/.../offbeat-news&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>erikaschiquis</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-30T04:37:51Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>random rant</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Mme. X</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/9a9a1fae-6d16-4c6e-af23-9c41f8ddcbb3</id>
    <updated>2008-07-03T02:59:12Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-03T02:59:12Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;can you read?
&lt;br/&gt;yes/no?
&lt;br/&gt;ok, yes
&lt;br/&gt;then can you comprehend the words when put together into a simple concept?
&lt;br/&gt;yes/no?
&lt;br/&gt;oh you can can you?
&lt;br/&gt;then why the hell am I repeating myself 5 times when its on a piece of paper in front of you?!?!?!?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;ah thank you I feel much better&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Mme. X</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-03T02:59:12Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ahhh..Motherhood!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Altaira</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/6bf8d8c1-9e49-4ee9-9c66-5d93a7aa6f19</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T21:51:03Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T01:21:26Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At her request, I took the daughter to drop off her cat at the vet this morning (it needed stitches removed from a recent spaying), and also at her request I took her to get a bus pass so she could have reliable transportation to search for a job. She also said she was hungry, so I took her to the store to buy sandwich stuff (since that can be stretched over a few days at least - one would think) plus a big bunch of bananas. No junk food, no sodas (she pitched a fit when I told her I was not buying her a drink – if water is good enough for me to drink; it is good enough for her too!)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Had to pick her back up at 5 to go back for the cat (we did the drop off thing), and for the cats boosters, and as I was driving her home she mentioned she wanted a ride to bf’s work. I told her that it was out of my way, and she could take the bus if she wanted to go. That made her mad, and she proceeded to begin the 3rd tantrum of the week. She screamed, she cried, she tired to blame me for the situation she was in. Told me she was hungry already and felt she couldn’t ask me for money for dinner that she needed (guilt trip much??) b/c they were already out of food! She and bf had eaten the entire loaf of bread, big package of sandwich meat and the 24 pack of cheese singles that I just bought that morning (these two are skinny people – probably b/c they don’t each much but all that in less than 7 hours - WOW!) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I told her I love her. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I told her she choose the current manner in which she is living, and that if her and her bf wanted to live on one income (his) then they needed to figure out how to make do, or she needed to get a job. I didn’t get mad, or emotional, or feel hurt by her words, because I sat there and listened, and she really was just having a tantrum about her situation and was just yelling and me (probably because mom is safe and don’t tend to lash out at you like other people would). 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I was so proud of myself since I was able to keep in control of my own emotions while she has her fit – it was the most amazing gift and to come home and not be mad or sad about was even better! I feel bad for her, but she has to figure this out. I think I just took a big girl [ill and became a better mom today! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Ah….the joys of motherhood! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Altaira</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T01:21:26Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>can i cry now?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/064f13aa-5d2a-4f84-9f7a-ff7068e78b1d" />
    <author>
      <name>Morae</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/064f13aa-5d2a-4f84-9f7a-ff7068e78b1d</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T17:06:20Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-11T03:24:43Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;on the 30th me and my hunny dear left for a whirlwind road trip across oregon, through idaho, utah, colorado and finally across all of new mexico to visit his grand parents and aunt. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;well as we were leaving town one of my dogs ran away from my pet sitter. she has been gone 11 days now, with the last siting of her on last friday the 6th. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;we just got back home yesterday in the wee hours of the morning, and i spent all day today following up what my pet sitter started. i rechecked the shelters, adding posters there, then added another 41 posters to the 200 + my pet sitter had posted across the south hills. i will be back covering ground again tomorrow and the rest of the week or more till we find her. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;there is such a big area to cover. she ran away from 18th and friendly, and made it as far as 28th street then even farther clear out to lorane hwy. and she has been spotted coming back from fillmore to friendly. i know this means nothing for those of you who don;t live here in the eugene oregon area, but my point is this is a huge roaming area. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;she has been seen trying to make her way back to 18th where she bolted, but people keep chasing her, and running her back up into the south hills. which is what happened friday. she got chased by a bunch of people and has gone mia since. which is what scares me. we thought we had figured out where she was, and what she was doing. seeing patterns you know? but now... i am just so upset, and heart broken. i will be taking out adds in the local papers tomorrow, as well as adding at least another 100 posters to the existing ones scattered around the area. i will be checking even more stores, and posting there. i just want my baby back home and safe in my arms. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i have been through so much with my dogs, and they mean as much to me as my children do. i just hope she is safe! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;some one poor me a drink and get me a hanky.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Morae</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-11T03:24:43Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to off a coworker?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d3da510a-0c2a-41bb-bed7-ec8786d47060" />
    <author>
      <name>Missy</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d3da510a-0c2a-41bb-bed7-ec8786d47060</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T15:45:16Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-26T02:46:29Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I am trying to decide how to handle this bitch.
&lt;br/&gt;I am a massage therapist working at a spa in a small texas town. 
&lt;br/&gt;The bitch in question is a 23 year old, black jehovah's witness that lives at home still. She just got out of massage school in Jan and I have been doing massage for 7 years. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Ok, she started working there in January and I got hired in March. She is always bitchy about me working. She does shit like hide my business cards, throw my stuff out, and takes over the room we have to share. She took all the price lists and put her name on them. 
&lt;br/&gt;I just took a week off for fun. I get back to work today, on her day off, and find that she has rescheduled some of my clients with her and has erased my name off the schedule for the next 2 weeks and replaced it with her name. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I talked to my boss about it but she is a chicken shit. I need some truly underhanded things that can't really be blamed on me. 
&lt;br/&gt;Any ideas?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Missy</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-26T02:46:29Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>now thats an interesting job</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d847fa55-2d75-4082-b78c-608ac06e2865" />
    <author>
      <name>Mme. X</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d847fa55-2d75-4082-b78c-608ac06e2865</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T14:05:56Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-27T20:09:29Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;just for fun....
&lt;br/&gt;what job could be worse?
&lt;br/&gt;I posted the pick already and Spoon oh so aptly noticed that it appears with the baggie the guy is jerking off the whale
&lt;br/&gt;so how do you apply for that job?
&lt;br/&gt;or is he thinking "this was so not in the job description!"&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Mme. X</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-27T20:09:29Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Robert Fuckin Plant!!!!</title>
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    <author>
      <name>SashaD</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/950bb51e-aaf6-47be-9f23-2d9345ddbe00</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T06:42:38Z</updated>
    <published>2008-07-02T06:42:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Along the lines of the Billy Idol thread, I just got home from seeing Robert Plant and Allison Krauss in concert.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;OK, so I don't have the Raising Sands CD but I heard it was VERY well received and folks were surprised.  I was surprised too.  Being a NYer, I'm not "hip" to bluegrass.  Don't have a taste for that particular genre of music.  HOWEVER, they do make beautiful music together.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What I found odd was how "wooden" Allison Krauss is.  She sings with a lovely sort of Dolly Parton-ish sounding voice, but she just stands there.  And for the first couple of songs, Robert Plant might as well have been in a straight jacket standing next to her.  He seemed unnaturally stiff (and not in a good way).  YES, his voice is there.  The man can wail (and makes me weak in the knees) but he did seem like he was restraining himself.  Thankfully, for the first few songs only.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The last half of the concert slowly brought back the Robert Plant I know, love and drool over.  He was swinging the mic stand around and just grooving to the music.  There was even a couple of Zep tunes thrown in so that alone justified the cost of the tickets.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If you like Plant and are OK with some musical experimentation, then go see this show.  I'm glad I did.  My BF, however, wasn't nearly as impressed with this new musical direction.  To each her/his own.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>SashaD</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-07-02T06:42:38Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>No love for the haters (from my blog)</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/ce8b2416-a006-4cfe-b20d-0835f9123fbc" />
    <author>
      <name>RajnitheMistressofToads</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/ce8b2416-a006-4cfe-b20d-0835f9123fbc</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T03:04:38Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-30T02:24:25Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;OK, I just have to ask...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I know that we are all unhappy sometimes, we are all bitter sometimes, we are all negative sometimes, we are all a little jealous, a little bitchy, a little whiny, a little snarky and rude... sometimes. It's fun to be a FD&amp;amp;H now and again.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;But what is it with people who are like this MOST of the time? And how are they to be handled? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A personal weakness seems to be tolerating boorish, self-absorbed people for long. Depending on my mood, which I  freely admit changes with the wind, I can be quite tolerant; I can ignore a bit of whining or negativelity. Everything's OK, until it's not.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So, maybe I'm not going to be polite to or ignore the rude, snarky people anymore. Maybe I won't accept backhanded compliments or insincere well-wishes. If you can't be sincerely, genuinely happy and supportive, keep your big maw shut. Don't say "I hope that works out for you." in that voice that is really saying "I hope you've effing really screwed up this time!"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It's true what Mom always said, "If you can't say something nice (and mean it!), don't say anything at all.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;That is all for this rant. Enjoy your Tribing as usual!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;~R 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I do it for the joy it brings
&lt;br/&gt;because I'm a joyful girl
&lt;br/&gt;because the world owes me nothing
&lt;br/&gt;and we owe each other the world
&lt;br/&gt;I do it because it's the least I can do
&lt;br/&gt;I do it because I learned it from you
&lt;br/&gt;I do it just because I want to
&lt;br/&gt;because I want to
&lt;br/&gt;~Ani DiFranco&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>RajnitheMistressofToads</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-30T02:24:25Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>HOA from hell….advice on being politely hostile?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/15d0e6ad-b6af-4519-bc9a-ad1fbf2c2282" />
    <author>
      <name>Dian</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/15d0e6ad-b6af-4519-bc9a-ad1fbf2c2282</id>
    <updated>2008-07-02T02:02:06Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T21:00:24Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I’m looking for a little advice, here.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The situation is, the bf and I have lived in our new home for about 8 months. During that time the HOA, which is run by the management company from hell, has failed to send us the rules, regs, by-laws, whatever of the community. We’ve asked a number of times by phone for those to be sent to us, which they promise to do…..then crickets chirping.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;The first of the month, we receive a notice of violation from the hell co. saying we had cars parked on the street, which is against the regs, bad homeowner, stop doing it. The thing is, we haven’t had any vehicles parked on the street. We call the hell co. and they say that they have an agent that drives our neighborhood and reports violations and they reported us. We tell them it wasn’t us and they say “we’ll put a note in your file.”
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Yesterday we received another notification saying the same thing, but this time threatening to fine us up to $100 per day the car is parked on the street. The bf calls them again, gets the same unhelpful attitude, no clear answers to questions and “we’ll put a note in your file.”
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So the bf has requested I compose a nasty gram to the hell co. basically saying in a nice, professional way that we aren’t going to take their shit. You guys are all so good at not taking shit and hostility in all its forms, I was hoping you might take a look and recommend any nice twists or flourishes I might be missing:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Dear ,
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I’m writing in response to your notices dated (insert dates). I deny that the residents of (our address) have had vehicles parked on the street. It is impossible for me to accurately address your allegations, however, since you fail to provide specific dates, description of the vehicles(s) in question and location of said vehicle on the cul de sac in your notification letters. Requests to your office via phone for the information have not provided that information either and have only produced a comment that “a note would be made in your file.”
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;In light of the fact that your office is continuing to accuse me of violating community regulations and threatening to fine me, I am now requesting in writing specific proof that the vehicle(s) mentioned in your letters belong to the residents of (our address). If you are unable to provide this proof, I request that you expunge from my file any notification letters sent previously and any record accusing me of these violations. I also request, in writing, affirmation from your company that you have done so and that the matter is considered closed. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I will consider failure to address my request in a timely matter and continued notifications or fines harassment. I enjoy my new home and wish to be a good neighbor, but have come to the conclusion that I will seek legal counsel if necessary. I am, of course, hoping to resolve this in an amicable manner.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Best regards,&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Dian</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T21:00:24Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>An attitude of gratitude</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Petra</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/ea10fd02-2f27-4cc7-8394-5792b54d9bc3</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T22:59:05Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-30T03:36:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;In an effort to try and raise some of the energy people are feeling, I thought this might be a fun idea for a thread.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What are you grateful for? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'll start:
&lt;br/&gt;I'm healthy.
&lt;br/&gt;I have my job.
&lt;br/&gt;I have an apartment with clean running water. 
&lt;br/&gt;I have the necessities (food, clothing, shelter).
&lt;br/&gt;Family who loves me.
&lt;br/&gt;Good friends both online and off.
&lt;br/&gt;Taco Bell's .99 cents menu&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Petra</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-30T03:36:48Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What's so great about being single?</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/b7638829-6a47-46f5-bac7-0ec0c4faa671</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T20:23:40Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T20:06:48Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Since, oh I don't know, age 7, I guess I've been unattached for *maybe* 6 nonconsecutive months. I mean, I'm *always* in a relationship/marriage/might as well be the same thing. (What can I say? Once you've been with Fio, she knocks you to your knee-os....oh wait, maybe was the great thing about Fio is she's always on her knee-os....but I digress...)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyway, now that I am suddenly, gulp, single...what's it like? And please feel free to lie to me so I don't curl up into a little Fio comma and call promising that he can call me a shiftless dog ass all he wants as long as he comes home to pick me up off the floor.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Positive thoughts. Please.
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T20:06:48Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bleeping Muther Bleeping Bleep!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/16f0daec-0756-46e3-9e54-78d6a8c157d6" />
    <author>
      <name>Altaira</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/16f0daec-0756-46e3-9e54-78d6a8c157d6</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T11:03:04Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T20:37:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Joyce has lost it and is going Mega Hostile......
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I have had it. and I just told her. For the umpteenth time my "adult" child has called begging for food and money. Two years now she has been out of the house, HER CHOICE, and now she lives like a welfare kid bumming money and food off anyone, not holding down a job, etc. And not trying to improve herself either. She is smart, and could do ANYTHING SHE WANTS but CHOOSES to live like this. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am tired of feeling guilty for the situation she has created. She wanted to move out when she turned 18, she was not kicked out (though she still had to follwo house rules which she did nopt like - to fucken bad this is MY GODDAMN HOUSE and MY PAYCHECK pays for it!)  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;She wants to play grown up, but doesn't seem to have the skills to do it. I know I taught her the importance of hard work, I know I taught her how to budget, the value of HAVING A JOB even if it is working at McD's. I have tried to help her. I have tried to teach her how to care for herself, but this is what she wants from life right now, and it SUCKS. I don't even recognize this person any more. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I am tired of feeling like I fucked up somehow so badly that she needs to "cut" to relieve the pain she feels - I didn't abuse her, I didn't neglect her, and was a pretty good mom who always ensured she had a full belly, a clean warm place to sleep, and knew she was loved by me. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;THIS IS WHAT I GET? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This SUCKS! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;** I am not opposed to people one welfare, and in fact got aid while i was a single parent in college but I was also WORKING MY ASS OFF so I could get out of the situation. 
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Altaira</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T20:37:03Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Can you be sad and proud at the same time?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/65831017-263f-49ea-b672-0e7eed65681b" />
    <author>
      <name>tracey1971</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/65831017-263f-49ea-b672-0e7eed65681b</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T03:08:28Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T16:00:15Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;My son turns 10 today.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm so proud of him-he's smart, funny, caring and kind...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;but I'm sad..my baby isn't a baby anymore...he's growing up...He's my own one..sighs
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;It's a wonderful but slightly sad day for me...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;just sayin..&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>tracey1971</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T16:00:15Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Im So Lucky!!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/fc2cc614-a31d-4a00-856c-a98750a6e416" />
    <author>
      <name>Anartha</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/fc2cc614-a31d-4a00-856c-a98750a6e416</id>
    <updated>2008-07-01T01:19:40Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-28T00:24:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Got this in my tribe messages this morning:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;comfort_4okoiji@yahoo.com 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;My Dearest one , 
&lt;br/&gt;My name is comfort okoiji. i am a female I was impressed when i saw your profile at (tribe.net) and will like to establish a long lasting relationship with you. In addition,i will like you to reply me through my e mail box (comfort_4okoiji@yahoo.com) this is because i don't know the possibilities of remaining in forum for a long time. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;please i will like to tell you how much interested i am in knowing more about each other , and for me to send you some pictures of mine,i think we can start from here and share our fellings togther as one love. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;please contact me back with my mail id 
&lt;br/&gt;(comfort_4okoiji@yahoo.com) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Thanks waiting to hear from you honey. 
&lt;br/&gt;yours belove cute one 
&lt;br/&gt;miss comfort 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;All i can say is that she didnt read my profile too well! And you ladies thought some men were bad SHEESH LOL. Needless to say Amara wants to concoct some smart ass email reply.....I just may let her :D &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Anartha</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-28T00:24:31Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>My video on youtube....</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/e8b56aa2-4c34-42a2-bbf7-dc1d912bfd46" />
    <author>
      <name>Xena</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/e8b56aa2-4c34-42a2-bbf7-dc1d912bfd46</id>
    <updated>2008-06-30T21:02:04Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-27T15:07:05Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;My best friend Gabby and I acting silly while driving to her house, and *trying* to sing along to the rocky horror picture show soundtrack, lol. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=xd352LD4A94&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Xena</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-27T15:07:05Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>From one future cat lady to others...</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Savannah</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/8029c6a7-6e0d-4a88-a96a-9d0e5682c2bf</id>
    <updated>2008-06-30T15:58:44Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-06T20:10:31Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Re: take it to the extreme
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I would just like to promise all you other future cat ladies out there that you wont die unnoticed and alone except for your cats because somewhere out there, *I* love you because you are my sisters, my insecure, self-doubting, cat loving sisters and if you were to pass, regardless of if I knew about it, some part of me would mourn you. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;okay. enough of that.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i love you all.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Savannah</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-06T20:10:31Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Who wants to whine with me..</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/cb7b2303-fc7b-4b71-9478-c507902511e6" />
    <author>
      <name>Laura-Phoenix</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/cb7b2303-fc7b-4b71-9478-c507902511e6</id>
    <updated>2008-06-30T03:33:43Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T14:32:56Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I know I feel like whining if only to make me feel better and I'm sure others do too.
&lt;br/&gt;Prices of every damn thing fucking sucks!
&lt;br/&gt;Gas, groceries even our damn bills. Here lets stick a extra couple dollars on this just cause..
&lt;br/&gt;My damn satellite bill went up even.. son of a money grubbing bitches. I'd drop it if I could ( still have 6 months on the contract) gah
&lt;br/&gt;I've had to cut dance workshops and classes out.. I'm feeling so damn pissy. 
&lt;br/&gt;Things could be worse I know but I have the feeling they will get worse and it's not helping.
&lt;br/&gt;I used to make extra cash by sewing and my jewelry/painting.. yeah. Thats shot to shit atm because everyone else in my boat also.
&lt;br/&gt;Greedy assholes need to self implode and blow our money back to us.
&lt;br/&gt;There.. at least I feel a bit better now lol
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Laura-Phoenix</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T14:32:56Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>YOU don't get to look at my ass!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/215eb707-6bcf-453a-8c17-0016a52235c2" />
    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/215eb707-6bcf-453a-8c17-0016a52235c2</id>
    <updated>2008-06-28T17:47:25Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-28T17:47:25Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;(Fair warning: I'm about to launch into a full-fledged Sagittarian Dragon Fio-fio-fioletta rant, which has been compared to 'roid rage with just a piquant essence of PMS)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Set-up (this is the boring part):
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I need some drugs...literally. So I prepare myself to go to CVS--which means riding scooter to garage door, holding the walker in front of me, trying desperately to both see and not break anything...again. Once I make it to garage door, unfold walker, open door , lean over (don't fall again!) to prop the walker against the wall, and manage the two steps down. So far, the only safe way I've figured out is to ease myself down and take the steps with my butt. Once I get to a safe height, I use my walker to pull myself up, pop it open and try to make it around my car, washer/dryer and about half of garage of crap that I don't need anyway.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Once to the car, have to open door in such a way that I can ease in backwards--remember, this is all on one leg--hoping for a soft landing, fold the walker, squeeze it past me to the passenger side (don't poke your eye out!)  and THEN I'm ready.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Cool.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Driving is no problem at all; neither is parking as the only bennie I get is HC parking. Getting out is pulling folded walker over the driver's seat (don't poke your eye out!), popping it open, pulling my full weight up and shutting the door with my hip. I don't even bother locking the damn thing.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;From there, I am basically dragging 120 lbs (okay, okay...125lbs. I've been packing it own since I started couch riding).Think about it: if you can't put one foot down at all, you are lifting your own weight with each step. It's exhausting and it hurts. I approach the door and--because most of the people in this town are truly nice--a lady waits for me just to open the door. Very cool, because those doors are damn heavy.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now comes the tricky part: I have to pick up my items, with my purse on one arm...yes, I need it, long story...and try to use little hamster paws to carry my one or two items AND hold on to the walker, too. I know it's pathetic, but by the time I leave the store, I'm exhausted and in (arthritic) pain. Approaching the heavy doors. Not to worry, there are two strapping young lads who are inexplicably hanging out in front ot the Dollar Tree...right next to CVS.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;End of set-up.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now here I am, depending on this walker with my  life, using my hamster paws to clutch my RXs, struggling with my purse, backing out of this heavy-ass door. They watch, with avid interest as the door slams on me, not once, not twice, but THREE fucking times.They are about as concerned as a well-fed cat, blinking once in a while and chewing something.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Already door-slammed, exhausted, in pain and now humiliated and pissed off, I tottered off and heard one of them say, "...she's got a nice ass, though."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now, those of you who read my posts know that I'm not exactly a shrinking violet. I would not be above questioning the exact number of chromosomes present in their DNA,  mock their penis size or just plain out call them the punkass bitches they are. However, one false move and I'm tumbling, dude. I mean, kissing the pavement and I goddamn well could not give Inbred Jed and his boyfriend any fodder for amusement. They might've even tipped me over like a sleeping cow. Then, as I made my way through, I began to think of the motion I was making, my ass swinging in a perfect arc with each step.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;At my car, as I struggled back in, I looked back and sure enough, they were still staring. And I totally punked out. Didn't say a thing. Totally needed the services of Samuel L. Jackson. I mean, what could I do at that point:  jiggle my pill bottle and say, "Haha, I have Vicodin and you don't."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now that I'm home, SOOOOOO many things have occurred to me. Like what is with this qualifier shit? "....she has a nice ass, *though*.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What the hell does that mean? How did that particular phrase start? "She looks like fucking Quasimodo.She has a nice ass, though."
&lt;br/&gt;"Damn, she's old as Methuselah. She's got a nice ass, though." In other words, the only positive thing I could have salvaged from that humiliating experience was that someone thought I had a nice ass...but that *though* haunts me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And here's something else, asshole: I KNOW I have a nice ass. It is a Universal fucking Truth that when God taketh away the titties, he bestoweth the booty." And guess what? I don't even particularly mind if someone stares at my ass, depending on the who and how. But, by God, if you can't hold the fucking door open for my busted, Methuselah, Quasimodo ass, then you have forfeited all rights to stare at it, especially if it's swing...AND YOU DAMN WELL DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO DISCUSS IT.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And I DIDN'T SAY A GODDAMN THING!!!! I didn't say anything about festering skin, hairy palms, the teeth growing out of their chins.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Samuel L. Man, I would've given my entire life savings--all three figures--to have hired him for 30 seconds.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;All I can do is bestow a thousand curses upon them. I hope they have a really bad accident involving a stick shift. I hope their tooth rots out. I  hope the sheep start feigning headaches. I hope their next generation regrows the tail. I hope they break both of their hands, and their sisters aren't home, and then develop that weird painful, constant erection thing...and it's from watching my swinging ass.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And, most of all, I hope that one month from now, I will see the same pipe scum, hobble up to them, yell, "Psych!" and beat the shit out of them with my walker. Then, as I strutted off, I could say, "Damn. You're just a little bubbling thing. Got a nice ass, though."
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-28T17:47:25Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>So Now I Am A POW??</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/6f5190b7-faec-4110-b96a-aa504f3168b4" />
    <author>
      <name>Zehara</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/6f5190b7-faec-4110-b96a-aa504f3168b4</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T22:49:35Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T11:49:05Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I gave my notice for my hellish job on Friday and was overly kind. Instead of 2 weeks notice, I gave them 3 weeks. After all, my boss asked me to give her as much notice as I can--so I thought 3 weeks was being generous. She was all bubble gum fake about the entire situation. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Fast forward to yesterday. I walk past her office and she says (as if she didnt know) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"I heard you got the job"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I told her yes and told that I had the job weeks ago but was waiting for HR to clear up all the paper work (I work in a hospital and am transfering to another department). 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Well," she says all snooty like her knickers are in a twist, "I dont know why HR or your new manager never contacted me so we could negotiate your last day with us and your start date with them."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Negotiate??? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So she proceeds to tell me how my new manager and herself are supposed to speak about me and negotiate a "time table" for when I am allowed to transfer....Then she proceeds to hound me for names...Name of the person in HR, Name of my new manager, phone number etc. ect.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I felt like a freakin POW in some war camp getting ready to transfer to another facility!!!!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I kept looking at her like the flippin' lunatic control freak she is.......
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I told her I gave 3 weeks notice as SHE requested I give them as much notice as I could, I told her I already GAVE my notice, and I already ARRANGED a start date for my new job....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"I know that. And I am happy for you, but I want to know why none of this was negotiated with me first."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;WTF??? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So now I get to live the next 3 weeks in total and utter hell---as not only my boss, but my clinical supervisor have both decided to treat me like shit.....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;GRRRRRR!!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Zehara</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T11:49:05Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I think I would puke</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/3f6ceec8-3a46-4ca8-bf18-80697d51c2f9" />
    <author>
      <name>stephanie</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/3f6ceec8-3a46-4ca8-bf18-80697d51c2f9</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T20:04:52Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T21:48:03Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Have you guys seen this?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=119353
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I was in a high-rise once during an earthquake and it is not a good feeling (the swaying side to side really threw me off and I was dizzy for days).  I can't imagine a building like this would be a good idea ....&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>stephanie</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T21:48:03Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Decreasing suck levels world wide.</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/9292300b-99eb-48dc-bdac-f483199b57ff" />
    <author>
      <name>wyvern</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/9292300b-99eb-48dc-bdac-f483199b57ff</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T11:11:02Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-26T16:54:53Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=2Adp3F6udt0
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;This world realy suck and this guy is realy doing something about it.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>wyvern</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-26T16:54:53Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>When am I going to learn to pre-write my emails...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/a865ce19-609e-472f-a49c-b71c734fcb7b" />
    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/a865ce19-609e-472f-a49c-b71c734fcb7b</id>
    <updated>2008-06-27T01:54:41Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T00:09:55Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;...instead of immediately sending them in a state of frothing rage?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I mean, was it really necessary to say:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;...your are an emotionally retarded psychopath?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;...I mean people who are confused as to why someone like me would be with a shithead, cheating, dirty-minded, corny, mysogynistic, control freak asshole like you
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;...your drool-lipped, panting, Lothario routine is startng to resemble old men who pinch the candy striper's asses at the old folks home.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;...wonder how it's gonna feel first time somebody calls your daughter a worthless cunt? (cringe)
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I seriously wish i hadn't sent that. I mailed that shortly after waking up and reading a very snide email about my "Declaration of Independence" of no longer being abused. Yeah, it felt good when I wrote it, but I just slipped right down to his level now, didn't I?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I wish the "submit" button had an hour waiting period...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T00:09:55Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I want to come home....</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/02abb0f2-5dc6-47b6-bcaa-8419e01745a2" />
    <author>
      <name>Xena</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/02abb0f2-5dc6-47b6-bcaa-8419e01745a2</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T16:13:48Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T16:09:27Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I'm here in VA until Friday, but.......I want to stay longer, like forever.  I didn't realize how I miss VA. I was born and raised here until I left last summer. I went to MA to stay with my aunt to get my life back in order.....that didn't work out.   I want to tell my aunt and mom about it, but I am afraid they will shoot me down and not let me move back here. I don't know what to do....help!!! :( :(&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Xena</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T16:09:27Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>FDHBD Convention</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/4cd2b1b4-a99e-489c-82ff-246f44bc2b4e" />
    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/4cd2b1b4-a99e-489c-82ff-246f44bc2b4e</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T16:00:51Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-22T22:47:55Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Where should we have it? And who *would* have us??&lt;/div&gt;
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			- 50 replies
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-22T22:47:55Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Hooray for Chipotle!!!!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/eec8b718-eb57-4446-906b-b581067d5293" />
    <author>
      <name>Fiona</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/eec8b718-eb57-4446-906b-b581067d5293</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T15:04:27Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T21:16:38Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Columbus area Chipotle stores are giving out free burritos today from 5-8 pm!!!!!  Oooh, man this better not be some cruel hoax.......
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;*motors off in search of free burritos*&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fiona</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T21:16:38Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Would you have signed it?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/78fa014c-1889-4672-afcc-8103946c0d0d" />
    <author>
      <name>Lester</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/78fa014c-1889-4672-afcc-8103946c0d0d</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T12:49:31Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-22T09:08:22Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Don't want anyone to feel stupid, but this clip really shows how sheepish people can be.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yi3erdgVVTw&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Lester</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-22T09:08:22Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Rate Your FDHness</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d068a248-0bec-4a72-9cff-e17ffbdd2500" />
    <author>
      <name>PoisonedSpoon</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/d068a248-0bec-4a72-9cff-e17ffbdd2500</id>
    <updated>2008-06-26T02:54:21Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T03:11:50Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Okay sweeties now we're going to have some quiet time so let's all sit down and reflect on our inner selves. Hmm? *Blink Blink*
&lt;br/&gt;Have some tea, lift that pinkie and think real hard, but not hard enough to cause wrinkles, about the kind of person that you are deep down. You know... inside where it counts. M'kay?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now I am willing to bet that some of us are more foul than hostile. (Shame on you!) 
&lt;br/&gt;More drunk than foul. (*tsk tsk*)
&lt;br/&gt;More hostile than drunk. (Well no wonder!) 
&lt;br/&gt;And so forth...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So if your foulness, hostility and drunkeness all totaled 100% when added together what would your percentages be? 
&lt;br/&gt;Be honest! You're only cheating yourself if you fib on this. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;~*PoliteSpoon*~
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;PS~ And if reading this made your hostility beef up 10% then my little experiment worked! Muwahahaha suckers! &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>PoisonedSpoon</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T03:11:50Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Happy Birthday Cuin!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/bc42300c-a32f-4a2d-99b2-9bdf788be4d6" />
    <author>
      <name>PoisonedSpoon</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/bc42300c-a32f-4a2d-99b2-9bdf788be4d6</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T19:52:47Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T15:19:13Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Happy Birthday Mr. Cuindless. 
&lt;br/&gt;As the first of your many Birthday surprises I am publicly outting you as being born on this day. 
&lt;br/&gt;Your next Birthday surprise involves you making a very big decision... do you want Starbucks or Wine for breakfast? 
&lt;br/&gt;I will also warn you that these are not the only people you have been outted to. Expect loud drums to boom in your honor tonight. *grins*
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;~*WifeSpoon*~&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>PoisonedSpoon</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T15:19:13Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Tailgating asshole! WTF???</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/0fe18fa2-4e00-4db0-8238-2c87beb30ad5" />
    <author>
      <name>MLY</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/0fe18fa2-4e00-4db0-8238-2c87beb30ad5</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T19:40:48Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T06:43:37Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Ok. What. The Fuck. Being tailgated sucks as it is but WHY do some people feel the need crawl up your car's asshole? I was on my way home from a nice leisurely Sunday out when this fucker comes roaring up on my ass so close I couldn't even see their headlights anymore... so I pulled as far as I could to the right so they could just pass me because there was only one lane. I wasn't going slow - maybe a little over the speed limit but, shit, you know, maybe they had an emergency at home so I pulled over to the side so they could go around me. Did they? NO! Then this person starts flashing their brights so I tapped my brakes and again swerved onto the shoulder so they could go around. Did they? NO! Finally I get to my turn, which was also the first place where I could have actually pulled off. I had to brake so I could turn and had my turn signal on and I swear I thought they were going to barrel into my car! The driver actually turned the head lights OFF AND ON repeatedly, as though flashing the brights just wasn't getting through to me.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;What the fuck? The fucker was so close that they would have been inside my car if I had actually braked just a little harder. And this was an SUV following me - I have a pitiful little Yaris. Yeah, I get it. Sometimes we're all in a hurry. But I pulled over! Why not go around?! Why be such a piece of shit about it? WTF?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And where are the mutherfucking cops stuff like that happens?! &lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>MLY</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T06:43:37Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>So stupid, sooooo wrong....</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c23fe42d-ee2f-4021-88c5-a23039fd74e7" />
    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/c23fe42d-ee2f-4021-88c5-a23039fd74e7</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T19:27:43Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T00:31:28Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;http://youtube.com/watch?v=mJI9sl5oRLY&amp;amp;feature=related&lt;/div&gt;
				&lt;div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T00:31:28Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cowardice!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/4d51c9d4-fede-4937-9ada-a47be1064770" />
    <author>
      <name>Amber</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/4d51c9d4-fede-4937-9ada-a47be1064770</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T19:09:51Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T05:15:57Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;What the hell inspires people to be so randomly hateful towards others? Particularly over such a superficial thing as how someone looks,but in general, ANYTHING. How can you hate something you don't understand? Or hate something or someone you don't even know? Oh but I forget, it's easy to hide behind anonymity. Because the most extreme right-wind jackass can hate all s/he wants about the gays while s/he is on TV, or in an article, but if s/he ever came face to face with a gay person, those hateful lips would be shut tight, because you can't hide behind anonymity when you're face to face with what or who you allegedly hate!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Same applies to the Internet. GOD, it's easy to hate on people over the Internet, isn't it? Makes you feel big and bad and tough, but there are no real repercussions because the person can't reach out and hurt you over the screen! Your cowardly ass wouldn't dare say those words to my face because you know you'd get your ass whipped. Well sorry honey, that lack of repercussion goes both ways. Your cowardly words have zero effect on me aside from making me even less inclined to feel anything but disgust for humanity, because you don't even have the strength and courage to say them to my face and accept the real live consequences.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So you go have fun and enjoy your consequence-free life. I'll be the one pointing and laughing when it bites you HARD on the ass.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Amber</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T05:15:57Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>can we power the whole house next?</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/281c8ea2-c531-4969-8772-caa8d4b42241" />
    <author>
      <name>Missy</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/281c8ea2-c531-4969-8772-caa8d4b42241</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T19:03:22Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-25T13:51:10Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I am way behind on tribe but this was funny.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;http://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSL2427851420080624
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;A cell phone charger that you wear on your arm like an arm band and while you dance it stores up energy that can then be used to charge your phone.
&lt;br/&gt;I bet Spoon's supper vibrating shimmy could power a small city.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Missy</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-25T13:51:10Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>some asshole ruined my day</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/dc0a4fb7-24fb-4594-8497-091554d1d8a6" />
    <author>
      <name>Jesennia</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/dc0a4fb7-24fb-4594-8497-091554d1d8a6</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T14:21:49Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-24T01:19:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;i know this gal on a boobie implant forum (yes i'm getting implants..tomorrow) and we crack jokes at each other, recently she allowed me access to her yahoo album so i could see her recovery progress, i went back to the original thread and posted nice tits and she wrote me off board with a big smile.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;well i guess it upset the moderator..oh wait not the moderator but a moderator ASSISTANT in all her royal fucking importance.  she did not write me or say a  thing she just banned my membership to the board.  i couldnt even get back on to grab my friends' names so i could email them later.  fucking bitch.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;but i was cool ..at this time i had no idea what i did that was so bad to not have received a reprimand and a removal of the thread just a flat out dismissal from the forum so i wrote the main OZ bitch and asked if i could sign back in with a different name.  the message that came back was 'you have been banned permanently"  so i write back still not knowing what the fuck i did and she said well i dont like your attitude.  she had no correspondence with me whatsoever other than me asking in plain english if i could sign in under a different name.  after a few emails (games) of me asking her what i had done so i could apologize to whomever i offended and make it right she didnt bother to write back not a thing. she knows my surgery is tomorrow and the last thing i want on my mind right now is stress or mean people who suck like that.  i felt rather rejected without having any chance to say i'm sorry (but my friend on there would not be offended by teh comment we said it to each other before) 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i'm just so pissed this bitch couldnt write back and say ok apology accepted good luck with your surgery and by the way find another forum.  fine that i'm banned. whatever. after reading her story about her implants she sounded like she blamed everyone including the nurse for everything that went wrong anyways.  boo hoo.  so much for a supportive forum.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i wrote again and said wow after an apology for me i'm upset that you could not even just write and say good luck with the surgery and goodbye.  fucking cunt.  i'm pmsing and i'm a bit nervous about having huge tits when i've always been flat chested.  breatheeee.  and my damn kid wont let me use the wii fit to work off some anger.  i bought it.  
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;thanks.  feel better now&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Jesennia</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-24T01:19:17Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A life changing decision</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/2ca6e89e-0990-48bd-8dd5-863992bf2424" />
    <author>
      <name>tracey1971</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/2ca6e89e-0990-48bd-8dd5-863992bf2424</id>
    <updated>2008-06-25T06:50:07Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T21:45:51Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I'm gonna talk about it here cuz you bitches lurv me....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So I had a second date with the Friday the 13th guy (sound ominous yet?) and it went okay..well okay, somehow I convinced myself (with much reassurance from him) that sleeping with him that night was okay. After all, it wasn't the FIRST date, so I'm not a total slut, right? RIGHT? umm, eeeeneeways....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So prior to Friday night's slutfest, he'd been chatting me up constantly..(in the 2 weeks we'd talked I had 181 emails from him) and after Friday night........nuthin...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I got some distracted texts yesterday (no even an actual call) and him saying well let me check my schedule to see when we can see each other again...CHECK YOUR SCHEDULE?!?!?!?!?!
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mutha fuckah, don't you know who I am?! actually, my feeling was more of HOW DARE YOU....I realized that yet again here was a male who started out being the type of person (non gender specific here) that would treat me decent, with respect and not push me past where I was comfortable, etc etc...
&lt;br/&gt;NOPE...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So, after having long intense conversations in my head this weekend (and well, to be honest, the last year or so these conversations have been going on in my brain) I made a decision.. I've sat on the fence trying to decide-am I happier with a woman or a man? I actually listed the pros/cons of each and REALLY thought about it long and hard.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;After all this decision can't be taken lightly. I live in the Bible belt AND I'm a single mother. Everyone knows my boy-priority numero uno...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Anyways....
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I decided I am done with the male species...I realized the attributes I want aren't readily available in men and frankly, I prefer the soft curves of a woman..I mean, what's not to like there?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So..yeah...I had to let it out before I screamed...and I feel safe doing so here...
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;i love you bitches.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>tracey1971</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T21:45:51Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cuin Gets Hostile Part Three: The Continuing (And Idiotic...) Adventures of Mr. Bible Thumper</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/7e5e49c1-00d5-4da4-a6d0-3951aea84cb4" />
    <author>
      <name>Cuindless</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/7e5e49c1-00d5-4da4-a6d0-3951aea84cb4</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T20:06:48Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-21T07:03:49Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;So I got to work with Mr. Bigot again today (YAY!), and he decided to talk to me abotu his scomments the other day re: "Lola" (by The Kinks). He said, "Look, I want you to know that I don't hate gay people, I hate that lifestyle..." I only stared at him, so he obliged me by continuing. "Those people are fine, I'm sure a lot of them are good people... I've never met any, but I'm sure they exist... I'm just saying that I don't agree with what they do... it's not right, it's not natural. They shouldn't be doing it, and they shouldn't be infecting our music and our courts with it."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;By this point I was just nodding, allowing him to dig himself a deeper and deeper hole. Finally he finished by asking, "Do you understand?"
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Sure," I replied, "I understand. First, you call them 'those people', which tells me you've already dehumanized them. You've already established that they are a different kind, and, as such, should be treated as something other than human. You go on to say that you 'hate the gay lifestyle', which tells me that, not only are they a different species, they're a homogenous one at that, all ascribing to the same culture and lifestyle. Third, you state that you've never met a good gay person, though you're sure they exist, but then you go on to condemn them saying what they do is not right and/or natural. You never define natural. You never define right. And further, you hypocritize yourself by saying that, though they're good people, they knowingly choose to engage in evil. By your own standards, you're lying. Lastly, you call 'Lola" and, I presume, gay marriage to be 'infecting' our culture, which tells me that you view their very existence as a slight against heterosexuality. These are just smokescreens (Mr. Bigot)... in reality, you fear and hate them, and you want them to stop."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;He started to protest, "I didn't say any of that..."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I cut him off. "You're a scientist, (Mr. Bigot)... So am I. Use your logic. You didn't *have* to say it. I drew the conclusions from your previous comments and conversation. Either provide evidence or stop talking. You know the drill when supporting a hypothesis... you come heavy, or you don't come at all."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Now it was his turn to stare. Finally he said, "I'm not sure we can work together."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Go ahead and quit, then. They *can't* fire me."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So... do you think making a donation to the Gay and Lesbian Alliance in his name would be going too far?&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Cuindless</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-21T07:03:49Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I'm hating men right now...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/06c0e234-537f-41c5-a0a4-09154b82311e" />
    <author>
      <name>dancingnightshade</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/06c0e234-537f-41c5-a0a4-09154b82311e</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T13:08:00Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-23T14:42:22Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Why do we invest so much time in relationships only to see them run away when things get too serious?  After six years?!!!!&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>dancingnightshade</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-23T14:42:22Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The Youth of America Are...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/5af564a0-f9f9-4519-b737-0ffa3e190066" />
    <author>
      <name>thespisis</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/5af564a0-f9f9-4519-b737-0ffa3e190066</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T06:36:30Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-15T08:13:40Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;...really freaking lame. I went to Bonnoroo this weekend. I worked an ice cream stand at the main stage the past two days (not going tomorrow). In one weekend I got to see quite a few concerts, including B.B. King and Pearl Jam and also Chris Rock. Last night, however, was the best--Metallica. They kicked ass! I'd never seen them in concert, and I LOVED it. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;If the crowd did, however, they weren't showing it. That's where it got to be a drag. When did kids forget how to headbang? For that matter...when did kids forget how to MOVE? Tens of Thousands of people in that field watching METALLICA kick ass, and most of them were just standing there. I don't think I saw anyone under 25 headbanging. Unless you have neck or back issues, how can you NOT headbang to Metallica? Even IF you have neck or back issues, I don't see how you can resist if you like them at all.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;One of the ladies with me was thinking aloud before they began about how the front of the stage was likely to become a huge mosh pit before the show was over. Instead, when they panned the cameras over the front of the audience, very few of THEM were even moving. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I was afraid I would feel old for not being able to keep up with those kids or hurting myself trying to. Instead I felt old for being so out of touch that I didn't realize that it's apparently not cool to display any sort of enjoyment of heavy metal. What is WRONG with them???
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;By the way, I managed not to hurt myself whilst reliving my teen years. I'm a little sore, but it's "wow, I haven't used those muscles in a while" and not "ow, I've injured myself."&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>thespisis</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-15T08:13:40Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>I'm Desperate...</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/9d029635-6192-44bc-9fd4-f287bb9a8e78" />
    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/9d029635-6192-44bc-9fd4-f287bb9a8e78</id>
    <updated>2008-06-24T01:09:37Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-22T23:05:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;...more so than usual.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I'm going batshit out of my skull with boredom, so much so that I think I'm going to give in and watch one of these really cheesy-looking DVDs given to me last week. I'm a bit of a movie snob...but I *LOVE* movies so bad they are good, a la Showgirls.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Advice, please:
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Pusher (?)
&lt;br/&gt;Underworld Revolution
&lt;br/&gt;The Gathering
&lt;br/&gt;An American Haunting
&lt;br/&gt;The Ring
&lt;br/&gt;Van Helsing
&lt;br/&gt;Mind Hunters
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;PLEEEEEEASE give me some suggestions...&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-22T23:05:23Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Okay, a really sexist question for the guys...</title>
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    <author>
      <name>Fioletta</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/56b673b6-cbd1-406f-8e7f-4b607fd860f7</id>
    <updated>2008-06-23T23:13:57Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-21T00:52:45Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Know how when you just come home from a dog-shit day at work or whatever game is on or you just want to be left the fuck alone and it turns out that you pissed off the little lady....BIG TIME? What do you do to get out of it?
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;And please...no reasonable, why we would sit down and respect each other shit. I mean you FUCKED UP.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Because in about 3 hours, I gotta face the wrath of the male version of that pissed-off woman and--right or wrong--I truly do not want him to harsh my buzz It took me 3 margaritas to finally get it right and I don't want him going and ruining it.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So....what do I do? And don't say THAT. That's a given and he knows it.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Fioletta</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-21T00:52:45Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Damn Its Feels Good.........</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/cacb406a-0638-477b-8cc9-92e7b11e0610" />
    <author>
      <name>Zehara</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/cacb406a-0638-477b-8cc9-92e7b11e0610</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T15:58:58Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-20T18:37:23Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;I quit my job today! Gave my notice...FUCK YEAH!
&lt;br/&gt;I am movin on to better job with more pay and nicer people!
&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Zehara</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-20T18:37:23Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Cuin Gets Hostile: Part Two</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/b74dd2f0-90a4-4c33-b6e3-94a175255968" />
    <author>
      <name>Cuindless</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/b74dd2f0-90a4-4c33-b6e3-94a175255968</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T15:40:22Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-16T03:38:17Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;The continuing adventures of Bible Thumper. 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So, there's a famou ssong by The Kings called "Lola". I really like this song. To me, it's always been an exploration of sexuality by a man who always considered himself heterosexual. When confronted by a homosexual transvestite, however, his entire understanding of gender and sexuality change, and he walks away a little bit wiser and, just perhaps, in love with a biologically male transvestite named Lola. (Check out the lyrics here: http://www.lyricsfreak.com/k/kinks/lola_20079021.html, or the Wikipedia entry here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lola_(song) if you've never heard the song).
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;So I'm listening to the radio at work and this song comes on. You have to love Bob FM. Mr. Bible Thumper starts to nod his head and sway with the song. I wait a few minutes and finally ask him if he likes this song. "Yeah!" he replies, much to my profound amusement.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Do you know what it's about?" I ask.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Well it's about a girl named Lola that the singer meets." He replies.
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Actually, Lola is a transvestite. The song is about the singer realizing he doesn't care that 'she' is biologically a 'he'."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Mr. Bible Thumper looked at me incredulously as I started to sing along. Finally he just turned away in disgust. A little bit later some of our co-workers arrived. One of them said to Mr. Bible Thumper, "Hey, it's your favorite song."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I had to suppress a little giggle of joy as he grimaced and said, "I hate this song."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;"Really?" Says our co-worker, "You've always liked it before. This used to be your favorite song."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;I responded by saying, "Oh... it's 'GAY' now, so he hates it. It doesn't matter that until this moment he liked the tempo, the melody and everything else. Now it's a 'gay' song, so he hates it."
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;He didn't respond. He just walked away angrily.&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>Cuindless</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-16T03:38:17Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Pop!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/8bf4b20e-5dca-4205-bd3f-54f92e45e2d2" />
    <author>
      <name>PoisonedSpoon</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/8bf4b20e-5dca-4205-bd3f-54f92e45e2d2</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T12:40:46Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-20T21:23:56Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;So we're mostly all dancers here... how much does your body pop when you get up in the morning and give yourself a good stretch? My spine goes from bottom to top in a total rippling pop-a-thon. Everything but my hips can and will initially pop when I warm up and stretch for dance. Just once and its done... is that so odd? 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;~*SpoonPop*~&lt;/div&gt;
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    <dc:creator>PoisonedSpoon</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2008-06-20T21:23:56Z</dc:date>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Bad Pet Owners give the rest of us a bad rap!</title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/8626809e-8a58-4a95-b942-f0089632ea05" />
    <author>
      <name>Altaira</name>
    </author>
    <id>http://tribes.tribe.net/fdhb/thread/8626809e-8a58-4a95-b942-f0089632ea05</id>
    <updated>2008-06-22T01:04:50Z</updated>
    <published>2008-06-20T18:52:04Z</published>
    <summary type="html">&lt;div&gt;Trying to find a rental for our move to Alaska, and sadly it seems that most of them are "No Pets". We can afford a decent rental as we both make decent money, and we want something a little large even so that we won't get cabin fever in our first year in the great white north, but this is HARD! And being long distance does not help either since it seems the very few that allow pets get snatched up REALLY quickly!! 
&lt;br/&gt;
&lt;br/&gt;Have even asked some of the "No Pets" folks if they would be willing to allow us with a (huge) pet deposit - "Sorry, I have had bad luck with cats" is all I hear back. What the hell? How could cats be that terrible on a rental? Yes, they might scratch up the carpet if their nails are not taken care of (I am against removing nails, but