I never "left" WAB. I just got busy and this was one of the things that fell by the wayside. But when I came back, it was...boring. I've lurked and lurked and it just wasn't the same. Then I thought, well I'll just start posting and maybe I'll get back in the swing of things and some of my buddies will come out of hiding.
I know I've shocked a few of you with some nasty comments today. And I'm not talking about the people who don't know me. While I rarely miss a chance to yank a friend's chain (figuratively speaking, of course), I also rarely am just flat out meanspirited. I know that there are several long-term posters out there who have said to themselves, "I can't believe she just said that," because it was frankly out of character for my board persona.
yt, I'm sorry. I like you, I enjoy your posts. I'm sorry you have a dead cat. But a whole freakin' page of sick cat posts seemed excessive. I mean, you guys are supposed to be AU Tiger fans...I thought y'all were supposed to be the biggest and baddest in the SEC, and y'all have filled up a message board with posts about an old, sick cat. That just ain't right. I sincerely hope that I have not added to your misery, but somebody needed to lighten things up.
AUmomTNwife, you might find this surprising, but I raised over $5000 last year for cancer research. No one in my immediate or extended family has had cancer, but I did this because I wanted to do something to make a difference. It might also surprise you to know that some of the posters on here who have been so rude to you were some of my biggest supporters, both financially and emotionally. HoustonReb! who was referenced in a post below was a dear, dear friend to many of us who died two years ago. Up until his last days, he was here with us and was just as obnoxious as any of us. And made plenty of jokes about cancer. Heck, we made jokes about it, too. We couldn't cure him, but we sure could make him laugh. And I hate to tell you, but he would have laughed at you, too. Many of the posters here have horrific stories of disabled children and family members with cancer and sudden illnesses and deaths, and a large number of them don't have a healthy, gorgeous teenager to show for it. But they keep going, and try to laugh, and try not to take themselves quite so seriously.
None of us think cancer is a joke.
You have done nothing to convince us that you aren't a joke.
I'll tell you one more thing, then I'm going to try to go back to my nice girl routine...if you stick around here...five, ten years from now, people will still occasionally mention pictures of hot daughters with cancer, just to yank your chain. And all the newbies will think we're speaking in some kind of code. About 60% of the seemingly random comments that go on around here date back to something that pissed somebody off years ago. You have to understand, we're not laughing at your daughters, we're laughing at you. Just like we laugh at each other and laugh at ourselves. It's kind of like some kind of fraternity initiation. Until you have an inside joke on you, you can't really be one of us. I don't really think you want to be one of us, and that's fine. But speaking for myself, we're not going anywhere, so you'll just have to learn to deal with us.
Off my soapbox.
I've got a kid to put in the bathtub.
