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This is like destroying me inside!!!!!!!?

OK so I was at my friend’s surprise birthday party and 1 of my good friends was there (lets call her Leah) so I was talkin 2 her most of the time. So at 1st we where in the pool with the rest of the girls but we decided 2 get out and go sit on the bench swing thingy. There was a trampoline and my friend was on by herself and the rule was 3 people at a time and there 4 of my other “friends” and they wanted to get on together and i said “why dont some of you get on with _____(that was the girl’s name)?” and they said “because we wanna get on together” so I was like “ok”. So me and Leah walked a little away and started joking and I was like “oh yes that happens to me all the time, they would rather be with their friends. Oh Woe is me!” And we kinda sat and talked on the swing to whoever came over. Keep in mind I’ve had a lot of stuff going on at home and it’s been difficult for me:So today at dance class the teacher came in and the “friends” from the party were like “Resa’s gonna have to do the dance by herself because of the day she missed in February!!!!” And I was like “What?! I was at a dance competition, I didnt want to skip and it’s been like forever!” So they were like “well we didnt have to come to dance and you really need the practice.” So I stated my point to the teacher who offered to help and they wouldn’t shut up so I gave in and was like “if it will make you happy then i’ll do it” So I did it and I was smiling because I did the dance good. And I looked at 1 of the “friends” that gets my sense of humor like all the time and was like “you happy?” (joking) and she was like “Yes!” (in a mean way) so I was kinda upset and really didnt wanna talk to anybody. Then 5the teacher had us critique each other and while my group was critiquing I would throw some jokes in here and there to make it sound less mean. So after that class the “friends” took another teacher/director into another room and started talkn about me and how I’ve been a mean person and they were like “What is wrong with her?” So they came out and gave me dirty looks and the teacher/director talked to me and 1 of the “friends” just stood there and commented making me sound like a bi*ch. I got really upset and, even though I tried to hide it, started to cry. After a while, I went into class and tried to be nice to the girls. We were in a small room so like I ran into 1 of the girls and appologized and I was like “I’m sorry! Are you ok?” and she was like “NO!” and yeahSo I was wondering what I should do. This is tearing me up! I really don’t see what I did! Please help me and tell me how to deal with this.his might seem really petty and stuff and sorry about that. Also sorry that this is so long.sorry for all the typos!

This is like destroying me inside!!!!!!!?


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back in to the swing of things…

Hopefully this is the (re)start of all the stuff I want to do. March wasn’t the healthiest of months and I just confirmed for myself that I cannot swallow medicine correctly–as in, having to put pills in peanut butter to swallow them is NOT correct. I am not a terrier. But everything is back in place now and I am ready to start cooking good food, exercising, working on the house, etc.

Work is going good and we may start to have more vacation time in the next couple of months, which is very welcome since we only get 5 real days of vacation per year. The other 5 are “company-held” which means we have to take them when the company says so, to me this is not

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BOSTON — With manager Terry Francona eager to get Mike Lowell in the lineup against Texas lefty Matt Harrison, David Ortiz’s day centered around early batting practice and continuing to search for his swing before it’s too late.

Did we cross that point on Tuesday night, when Francona pinch-hit Lowell in the seventh for Ortiz, who had failed to put any of 19 fastballs in play in going 0-for-3? That’s to be determined.

“Trying to strike some balance,” Francona said on Wednesday afternoon, “and put a lineup out there that’ll win.”

Ortiz took a pass on another day of deep swing analysis, refusing a group prior to the game. His manager offered his thoughts, complimenting the swings he saw on the field.

“He’s trying to get his base where he can stay back, because his hands are following his body. Your head, your hands, everything kind of goes in sync,” Francona said. “You can talk about having a loop in your swing or not getting to pitches or however, but he really wants to try and stay on that back leg so he can start driving the ball to left-center.

“If he feels like he can drive the ball to left-center, he’ll cover more of the plate.”

Seeing “a lot of similarities” between what Ortiz is fighting with what he fought last season, Francona’s actions on Tuesday broke largely untouched ground. Despite barely hitting .200 with a handful of home runs, Ortiz was pulled early from just one of his first 55 games in 2009, and that was in the eighth of a 13-0 loss to Tampa.

Boston, however, was near the top of the AL East throughout the first three months of last season. The slow start of 2010 shortened the rope Ortiz is getting despite his start being similar to a year ago.

Digging deeper, though, differences start to appear.

— For the notability of Ortiz getting nothing but fastballs on Tuesday, he’s roughly receiving the same percentage of heaters (58.7 percent, according to Fangraphs) as he did for all of 2009 (58.0). It’s worth noting in the last five games, though, that percentage has jumped to 70 percent.

A monster against fastballs as recently as two years ago, Ortiz through 11 games is actually below league average on the pitch — -1.4 runs, as calculated by Fangraphs.

— Ortiz has taken 61 percent of the pitches he’s seen in 2010, up from 55 percent for all of last season. More troubling is the percentage of swings in which he misses: 31 percent in 2010, up from 23 percent in 2009.

— Ortiz’s plate discipline has remained largely the same from last year, though he’s been slightly more prone to chase balls down. There’s been a meatier shift in the balls he’s taking, though, with fewer taken inside and more outside. Early-season trends for sure, but one that might suggest he can’t get to those outside pitches and needs to push when he’s worked in.

Given the level of analysis, Ortiz can’t be blamed for not wanting to have his temperature taken each day. Likewise, giving him guff for being unhappy about being pulled Tuesday seems short-sighted — rare is the major leaguer who wants to be taken out in the big spot.

Francona, however, spoke with Ortiz on Wednesday afternoon and didn’t sugarcoat the message in relaying it to the public.

“Got a lot of pride,” Francona said of No. 34. “He’s been an unbelievable player here. I just wanted him to know that we care about all our players, and that we try to do what we think’s right for our team.”

Lowell fulfilled his manager’s intuition, sending a second-inning fastball from Harrison bounding onto Lansdowne Street. It was his first extra-base hit in 15 plate appearances this season.

DARNELL, DAY TWO

It wasn’t so much endorphins that had Darnell McDonald going on Wednesday, when he made his first start with the Red Sox in center field, as caffeine. Not sleeping much either the night before or after his Boston coming-out party, No. 54 was aglow as the media again came calling.

“I set the bar kinda high yesterday,” McDonald said before the game, “but I’m looking forward to just going out and playing.”

McDonald’s home run and game-winning single on Tuesday led to the inevitable digging into his story. The 1,300-plus games played in the minors got plenty of attention, as did his nearly playing college football at Texas.

But missed by many was McDonald’s connection to Zippy Chippy, horse racing’s most lovable loser.

Despite a rather decorated pedigree, the gelding lost all 100 thoroughbred races he competed in before retiring in 2004. There was, however, the time he won a 50-yard dash against a minor-league baseball player in August 2001.

That minor leaguer? McDonald, who said he was “volunteered” for the publicity stunt by his fellow Rochester Red Wings.

“I’m still waiting on my rematch,” said McDonald, chuckling that the story was finding him again. “I’ve gotta talk to my promoter.”

Nine years later, McDonald recalled that the race was originally scheduled to be 40 yards, but was changed to the longer distance. That’s not an insignificant detail, given the Associated Press report from that day said that the future Sox folk hero “held a slight lead at 40 yards, but Zippy rallied over the final 10 yards.”

A memorable day, though nothing compared to the story McDonald’s writing in a Red Sox uniform. After narrowly missing a Julio Borbon shot from reaching the wall in the second — it went for an RBI triple — McDonald threw out a tagging Borbon at the plate in the fourth (thanks to Jason Varitek’s block) and homered into the center field camera well.

His fourth-inning blast made him the first player to homer in his first two Red Sox games since Sam Horn did so in 1987 on his way to five homers in his first eight games.

RUN DOWN AND OUT

Francona used his 11th different batting order in Boston’s first 15 games, sitting Victor Martinez one night after he allowed nine stolen bases to the Rangers.

“That was kind of the perfect storm last night,” Francona said of Texas running wild. “He was rushing, and when he rushes, he’s going high on the arm side, which we all see. At the same time, when Wake pitches, you can’t come get the ball. It has to come to you or he’s going to end up chasing it.

“We had a bunch of hits. We had a bunch of walks, and we had guys on base that we were having a tough time stopping.”

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The San Jacinto Street Art Market is downtown Rockwall’s newest attraction. From May through October, the open air market will operate from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. every second Saturday on San Jacinto between Washington and Rusk streets.

Main Street manager Bethany Golden, who oversees downtown Rockwall revitalization, said the purpose is to attract local residents and support area artists.

“We’re always looking to increase activity in that area, and since our farmers market is taking place nearby, we thought the art market would be an excellent addition,” she said. “It gives regional artists an opportunity to sell their wares and residents a chance to find one-of-a-kind unique items.”

The market will offer items including jewelry, candles and quilts.

As a bonus, the Rockwall County Historical Foundation will present a program at 9:30 a.m. on opening day, May 8, on the courthouse lawn, followed by guided historic walking tours. Musician Victor Andrada will blend elements of blues, jazz, Latin and swing on the Patio. Robert La Croix and his band, Mr. X, will round out the entertainment for the day.

The third annual Rockwall Farmers Market starts May 8 as well and will be open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday. Offering an array of produce and specialty goods, it has become a local staple.

“It’s a social experience as well as a shopping experience,” Golden said. “Our customers bring their families and their pets. We have regulars who are greeted each week by our Friends of Downtown Rockwall, and yes, they remember their name.”

As the venue’s popularity grows, so do the numbers of vendors and customers.

“We have about 20 vendors participating, with over 500 customers attending each week,” she said. “We sell local honey, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, farm-harvested eggs, coffee, and all-natural hand lotions and sachets. It’s become huge and yet still manages to retain a small-town charm, which is what makes it so unique.”

For June Hand of Purple Ranch in Royse City, it’s great exposure.

“We make all-natural lotions, bath salts, candles and a natural mothball replacement called Pest-Away. We’ve enjoyed wonderful success at the farmers market,” Hand said. “All the vendors are like one big, happy family.”

As for the future, Golden said, “Rockwall Main Street envisions historic downtown Rockwall as an attractive and thriving business, retail, residential, entertainment and community celebration district. We experienced a net gain of six new businesses in 2009 and added three additional events for the district. It’s an exciting time.”

Connect with community columnist Marcia Carroll-Burzair at neighborsgo.com/ blog/rockwallreflections.

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1. Sing the Batman theme incessantly.
2. In the memo field of all your checks, write “for sensual massage.”
3. Specify that your drive-through order is “to go.”

4. Learn Morse code, and have conversations with friends in public consisting entirely of “Beeeep Bip Bip Beeep Bip…”

5. If you have a glass eye, tap on it occasionally with your pen while talking to others.

6. Amuse yourself for endless hours by hooking a camcorder to your TV and then pointing it at the screen.

7. Speak only in a “robot” voice.

8. Push all the flat Lego pieces together tightly.

9. Start each meal by conspicuously licking all your food, and announce that this is so no one will “swipe your grub”.

10. Leave the copy machine set to reduce 200%, extra dark, 17 inch paper, 98 copies.

11. Stomp on little plastic ketchup packets.

12. Sniffle incessantly.

13. Leave your turn signal on for fifty miles.

14. Name your dog “Dog.” 15. Insist on keeping your car windshield wipers running in all weather conditions “to keep them tuned up.”

16. Reply to everything someone says with “that’s what YOU think.”

17. Claim that you must always wear a bicycle helmet as part of your “astronaut training.”

18. Declare your apartment an independent nation, and sue your neighbors upstairs for “violating your airspace”.

19. Forget the punchline to a long joke, but assure the listener it was a “real hoot.”

20. Follow a few paces behind someone, spraying everything they touch with Lysol.

21. Practice making fax and modem noises.

22. Highlight irrelevant information in scientific papers and “cc:” them to your boss.

23. Make beeping noises when a large person backs up.

24. Invent nonsense computer jargon in conversations, and see if people play along to avoid the appearance of ignorance.

25. Erect an elaborate network of ropes in your backyard, and tell the neighbors you are a “spider person.”

26. Finish all your sentences with the words “in accordance with the prophesy.”

27. Wear a special hip holster for your
remote control.

28. Do not add any inflection to the end of your sentences, producing awkward silences with the impression that you’ll be saying more any moment.

29. Signal that a conversation is over by clamping your hands over your ears.

30. Disassemble your pen and “accidentally” flip the ink cartridge across the room.

31. Give a play-by-play account of a persons every action in a nasal Howard Cosell voice.

32. Holler random numbers while someone is counting.

33. Adjust the tint on your TV so that all the people are green, and insist to others that you “like it that way.”

34. Drum on every available surface.

35. Staple papers in the middle of the page.

36. Ask 1-800 operators for dates.

37. Produce a rental video consisting entirely of dire FBI copyright warnings.

38. Sew anti-theft detector strips
into peoples backpacks.

39. Hide dairy products in inaccessible places.

40. Write the surprise ending to a novel on its first page.

41. Set alarms for random times.

42. Order a side of pork rinds with your filet mignon.

43. Instead of Gallo, serve Night Train next Thanksgiving.

44. Publicly investigate just how slowly you can make a “croaking” noise.

45. Honk and wave to strangers.

46. Dress only in clothes colored Hunters Orange.

47. Change channels five minutes before the end of every show.

48. Tape pieces of “Sweating to the Oldies” over climactic parts of rental movies.

49. Wear your pants backwards.

50. Decline to be seated at a restaurant, and simply eat their complimentary mints by the cash register.

51. Begin all your sentences with “ooh la la!”

52. ONLY TYPE IN UPPERCASE.

53. only type in lowercase.

54. dont use any punctuation either

55. Buy a large quantity of orange traffic cones and reroute whole streets.

56. Pay for your dinner with pennies.

57. Tie jingle bells to all your clothes.

58. Repeat everything someone says, as a question.

59. Write “X – BURIED TREASURE” in random spots on all of someone’s roadmaps.

60. Inform everyone you meet of your personal Kennedy assassination/UFO/ O.J Simpson conspiracy theories.

61. Repeat the following conversation a dozen times: “Do you hear that?” “What?” “Never mind, its gone now.”

62. Light road flares on a birthday cake.

63. Wander around a restaurant, asking other diners for their parsley.

64. Leave tips in Bolivian currency.

65. Demand that everyone address you as “Conquistador.”

66. At the laundromat, use one dryer for each of your socks.

67. When Christmas caroling, sing “Jingle Bells, Batman smells” until physically restrained.

68. Wear a cape that says “Magnificent One.”

69. As much as possible, skip rather than walk.

70. Stand over someone’s shoulder, mumbling, as they read.

71. Pretend your computer’s mouse is a CB radio, and talk to it.

72. Try playing the William Tell Overture by tapping on the bottom of your chin. When nearly done, announce “no, wait, I messed it up,” and repeat.

73. Drive half a block.

74. Inform others that they exist only in your imagination.

75. Ask people what gender they are.

76. Lick the filling out of all the Oreos, and place the cookie parts back.

77. Cultivate a Norwegian accent. If Norwegian, affect a Southern drawl.

78. Routinely handcuff yourself to furniture, informing the curious that you don’t want to fall off “in case the big one comes”.

79. Deliberately hum songs that will remain lodged in co-workers brains, such as “Feliz Navidad”, the Archies “Sugar” or the Mr. Rogers theme song.

80. While making presentations, occasionally bob your head. like a parakeet.

81. Lie obviously about trivial things such as the time of day.

82. Leave your Christmas lights up and lit until September.

83. Change your name to “AaJohn Aaaaasmith” for the great glory of being first in the phone book. Claim it’s a Hawaiian name, and demand that people pronounce each “a.”

84. Sit in your front yard pointing a hair dryer at passing cars to see if they slow down.

85. Chew on pens that you’ve borrowed.

86. Wear a LOT of cologne.

87. Listen to 33rpm records at 45rpm speed, and claim the faster speed is necessary because of your “superior mental processing.”

88. Sing along at the opera.

89. Mow your lawn with scissors.

90. At a golf tournament, chant “swing-batabatabata-suhWING-batter!”

91. Ask the waitress for an extra seat for your “imaginary friend.”

92. Go to a poetry recital and ask why each poem doesn’t rhyme.

93. Ask your co-workers mysterious questions, and then scribble their answers in a notebook. Mutter something
about “psychological profiles.”

94. Stare at static on the TV and claim you can see a “magic picture.”

95. Select the same song on the jukebox fifty times.

96. Never make eye contact.

97. Never break eye contact.

98. Construct elaborate “crop circles” in your front lawn.

99. Construct your own pretend “tricorder,” and “scan” people with it, announcing the results.

100. Make appointments for the 31st of September.

101. Invite lots of people to other people’s parties.

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By Molly Reid, The Times-PicayuneApril 15, 2010, 4:26PM

As last weekend’s French Quarter Festival exemplified, one of the highlights of spring in New Orleans is listening to music al fresco.

MATTHEW HINTON / THE TIMES-PICAYUNERebecca Miller conducts the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra’s performance Swing in the Pines at Bogue Falaya Park in Covington Monday May 18, 2009. The event was originally scheduled for Sunday put was postponed due to rain. New Orleanians have plenty of other opportunities to enjoy the sounds of spring — from jazz and classical to rock and funk — through several outdoor concert series already under way or in the works.

Pack a lawn chair or a blanket, bring the kids and enjoy the weather and the free tunes before these series are over.

Jazz ‘n’ the Vines

Pontchartrain Vineyards, 81250 Highway 1082, Bush, 985.892.9742, pontchartrainvineyards.com. $10 admission.

Starting this weekend, the north shore’s the vineyard hosts bi-monthly Saturday concerts at 6:30 p.m. After the premiere event Saturday, featuring the Charmaine Neville Band, the series goes on a two-week Jazz Fest hiatus and resumes May 8, featuring Cajun band Steve Riley and the Mamou Playboys.

The rest of the season includes: Rick Trolson and the New Orleans PoBoys () May 22; Big Daddy ‘O’ New Revue (blues/roots/folk) June 12; Jeff and Video (bluegrass/blues) June 26; Sentimental Serenaders (big band swing) July 10; and Chuck Cavette and the All Stars (N.O. R&B) July 24.

Picnic dinners, lawn chairs and umbrellas are encouraged, but outside alcoholic beverages are prohibited.

Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra Free Park Concerts

Saturday, 6 p.m., Pontchartrain Park, 504.523.6530, lpomusic.com. Free.

The LPO picks a different neighborhood for each free concert, with Saturday’s Pontchartrain Park show featuring narrator Wendell Pierce, the star of the new HBO drama series “Treme, ” who grew up in the neighborhood. On the bill for Saturday’s concert are lively classical pieces, such as Richard Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyries, ” George Gershwin’s “Girl Crazy” overture, selections from Arthur Sullivan’s “H.M.S. Pinafore, ” and other works by Peter Tchaikovsky, Bedrich Smetana and Alexander Borodin.

In the event of inclement weather, the show will be moved to Sunday at 6 p.m.

The rest of the season includes: Oschner Swings in the Oaks, April 21, 6:30 p.m., at New Orleans City Park’s Woldenberg/Goldring Great Lawn; and Swing in the Pines, April 24, 6 p.m., at Bogue Falaya Park in Covington.

YLC Wednesday at the Square Concert Series

Wednesday, 5 to 7:30 p.m., at Lafayette Square Park, St. Charles Avenue at Lafayette Street, 504.585.1500, wednesdayatthesquare.com. Free.

Sponsored by the Young Leadership Council, this series, now in its 11th season, has become a hugely popular after-work hangout scene. Food and drinks are for sale on-site, but tickets for both are required. A tip: Buy your tickets online before the show, and skip the lines. Outside food and beverages are prohibited. This Wednesday’s show features country/roots/pop fiddler and singer Amanda Shaw, plus country singer/songwriter Mark Allen Miller.

The rest of the season includes: Marcia Ball plus MyNameIsJohnMichael, April 28; Junco Partners plus Billy Iuso & The Restless Natives, May 5; Dirty Dozen Brass Band plus Happy Jack Frequency, May 12; Irma Thomas plus Threadhead Artists: Paul Sanchez, Glen David Andrews & Margie Perez, May 19; Bucktown All-Stars plus Benny Grunch and the Bunch, May 26; The Boogie Men plus The N’awlins Johnnys, June 2; Galactic plus Soul Rebels, June 9.

Rockin’ the Rails Concert Series

Thursday, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Covington Trailhead, 419 N. New Hampshire St., Covington, 985.892.1873. Free.

Located in downtown Covington at the charming trailhead to the Tammany Trace, this concert venue is perfect for a low-key night out of music and dinner or drinks. Thursday’s concert features jazz singer Lillian Boutte with Von Dappe.

The rest of the season includes: Blackened Blues Band (blues/rock), April 22; Paul and the Pontiacs (classic R&B), April 29.

Sunset at the Landing

Today, 6 to 9 p.m., at the foot of Columbia Street, Covington, covingtonfarmersmarket.org/landing. Free.

Every third Friday of the month, the Covington Farmer’s Market, along with the city of Covington and St. Tammany Homestead, hosts this free outdoor concert series. Today’s show features We3 and John Parker’s New Lakefront Loungers (trad N.O. jazz).

The rest of the season includes: singer/songwriter Kristen Diable and Wozozo, May 21; Beth Patterson (folk) and Shringar (jazz), June 18.

Molly Reid can be reached at .

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