So I have had some time to think and I think that it is time to say good bye to Geminibitch or Gemini’s other side.

Oh I won’t say that I am not a bitch because I am or can be just like everyone else. But I won’t put any more energy in to this place because for me it has never been what it should have been. A place to entertain you or make you laugh with clever stories about me, my hubby, adventures with friends and even stories of the past.

It has only been a Passive aggressive way to get the attention of others and that isn’t who I am. I am Assertive or even Aggressive at times (maybe too aggressive sometimes) and I can’t dance around on my tip toes any more. It is not good for me or anyone else and it only succeeds in making a mess of everything.

I don’t want your sympathy I have a good support system at home and with my family.

So If I can’t entertain you and I don’t feel good about being Passive aggressive in my posts why keep this blog open. And the answer is I don’t, I move on.

Gemini Bitch is only a small part of who I am. Those who know me know this is true. So I say good bye to this place and move on to bigger and better things. I will still have a place to chat with you all I am keeping my knitting blog. I am not going to disappear for good. I will continue to lurk and check out how life is for you all and maybe even post a comment or two but I won’t be posting here about what is going on privately for me.

For me, some things need to stay personal so hugs to the few people that did read what I had to say here if you want to find me you know how… and if I am feeling fresh and need to tell you a story you can find me here: http://knittingemini.wordpress.com/

Love to you all and I leave you with these inspiring words from Maya Angelou

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it
seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.
I’ve learned thatyou can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things:
a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.
I’ve learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you’ll miss them when they’re
gone from your life.
I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life.
I’ve learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.
I’ve learned that you shouldn’t go through life with a catcher’s mitt on both
hands; you need to be able to throw some things back.
I’ve learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.
I’ve learned that even when I have pains, I don’t have to be one.
I’ve learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or
just a friendly pat on the back.
I’ve learned that I still have a lot to learn.
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you
did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Thank you
Gemini

UGH I hate new sales reps… They never know what they are doing even though they like to think they do.

They are the all knowing Sales reps and “They have been selling long before I was a twinkle in my Mom and Dad’s eyes…” WHATEVER DUDE!

When it comes to my job I know what I am doing… I have been here with this company implementing the processes that we have in place (that are there for a reason… Duh!) for almost a year. “You have been here for 2 months…but hey you know everything…”

Why is it that an Inside rep has to hold your hand for everything that you “all ready know” When I tell you about something why do you say, “Sure I knew that.” Well if you flippen knew that then why did you do it the opposite way… Why are you so afraid of asking what the proper process is for something?

Do you need a baby sitter? Do I need to hold your hand when you cross the Fricken Street?!?!

I swear to God I feel like I am dealing with my dog sometimes… Like when she pees on the floor and I have been away and not able to let her out. Then I come home to a puddle on the rug. Well I can’t be mad at her because she doesn’t know any better but I still have to pick up the mess now!

Another thing why is it a “Sales rep” that has been doing this job longer then I have been alive needs me to explain Email educate to them? Unless you are Angry or ticked off you should never use more then one exclamation point to show excitement!!!!! (See how that works? Or do you need me to show you again?!?!)

I hate when people think that they know more then you but don’t. I would rather explain the process to you and have you do it right then have to go in after the Explosion and have to pick apart the situation to see why it went wrong in the first place.

Dumb! Dumb!! Dumb!!! Thanks for the extra work you moron!

Thank you for letting me vent!

Gemini

Ok so there has been a lot of conversations surrounding the Dreaded…. da da da……

California Proposition 8, the ban on gay marriage.

I found it shocking that this kind of ban would be in affect any where in the US but the fact that it was passed in California was even more shocking to me.

I happened to be reading a friends blog who posted a post about this very thing wanting to know why anyone would be “ok” with banning  gay marriage. He has yet to have any one give a reason other then religion and Bigotry but as I read through some of the comments I read the dumbest reason of all….

It was something that one of his readers said that they overheard… (not believed) just offering a “Maybe this is what they think” kind of comment…

“I overheard somebody talking about the marriage deal, and they said something to the effect of “marriage” being a contract with the child the two people gave life to, and that that wouldn’t be possible between two people of the same sex.”

I know that the person that typed this does not believe this statement but I thought about this comment for a while after reading it…

So in reading that thought what they think (the person that actually made the comment that was over heard) is that just because a same sex couple can not biologically create a child together that they cannot or should not be married? Or wait, so the only reason for any one to get married is because they have to reproduce?

Does that mean that because my husband and I don’t want to have children that our marriage is not real in the eyes of the state? Or what about the couples that can not have children due to medical issues does that mean that their marriage is not real in the eyes of the state?

What if we adopt? That would be a contract between my husband and me with the Child that we choose to adopt, right? I mean a same sex couple can adopt and make that same contract with a child? So that just kind of blows that out of the water…I am not sure I mean really what do you think about that?

As for Prop. 8 it should never have gone up at all for debate. It should be the right of any person to marry any other person that they choose to. The only reason that this went up at all was because some religious bigot said that in the eyes of “god” that it isn’t right… or “moral” that everyone should have to believe and do what they say we should.

I feel that anything connected with Religion should not have a place in State or Federal affairs. We as a Nation were created on the belief that no one could ever tell us what religion to practice. This should mean that the government can not tell anyone what they can and can not believe. By allowing this kind of idiotic principle to continue you are saying that it is “ok” for whomever is in government to tell everyone that, what “they”(the people in charge) believe in, weather it is a Christian religion or whatever is the right way to live. They are forcing their “religion” or their “morals” on to me and to others.

Telling someone that they can not marry someone they love because it isn’t “morally” right. Is interfering with that basic right to believe what they want to believe and live how they want to live. They are not hurting me or anyone else because they are the same sex and they want to get married? They are not breaking any laws or committing murder. How can anyone justify saying no this? Why is it ok for anyone to tell anyone else that what they believe in is wrong or right. They should be able to do and believe whatever they want to with out forcing that on to anyone else. (This is why the government should not have any say at all in this!)

I feel so bad for all of the gay and lesbian couples that have been affected by this kind of oppression. You would think that in this day and age in the wonderful USA we would be past this kind of close mindedness. I am shocked and very ashamed that this happened and I hope that this some how gets over turned.

I know that I will continue to support my friends that are in a same sex relationships all over the US that want to be married for love, but can’t because their state government says that they can’t.

That being said… If you want to, you can move up here to Massachusetts… too bad that not all states are as open minded as we are. I hope that changes soon!

I am now stepping down from my soap box…

Love and hugs ~ Gemini

Ok so… If you talked to me yesterday I was so completely not myself… Well to be honest I still don’t think that I am myself but… I think that I am mildly more upbeat then I was yesterday…

Here is the story…

So work sucked yesterday… I spewed all of my suppressed feelings out to my BF on email and I felt drained. I just wanted to get in my car and get sucked back into my audio book to forget everything about the day…

I do think that it worked because half way home I was no longer thinking about anything except the story blaring out of my speakers and the bottle of Merlot that I was going to happily suck down when I got home.

I arrived home to see my Leo sitting out side reading a magazine I kissed him hello then walked in and greeted my furry babies. Once they were happy enough that I was home I walked over to the wine rack and pulled a bottle of the red yummy happy juice off of the rack.

The bottle opened with complete ease like it was waiting for me. I proceeded to pour a glass and then walked back out side to chat with my hubby about my day… I spilled again every fear and suppressed feeling that I had been having to his honest and very understanding ears…

After we talked for about an hour and a half about all of the stuff that I had been thinking about… The phone rang breaking our conversation, but I was feeling lighter then I had in a while. As I chatted with my Mom on the phone about some of the stuff that I have been doing in the last few weeks Leo went in to take a shower from his hard day of working around the house.

20 minutes later I am off the phone with my Mom and about to make a sandwich (because the 2 glasses of wine and the soon to be consumed 3rd Glass was starting to “effect” me. LOL) when Leo comes down from his shower and asks me if I want to go out to eat? Sure why the heck not I am feeling good from the Wine and from the recent release of the bats that were in my head….

So Off to the Long Horn we go….

At this point it is about 8pm so the restaurant is semi empty and Leo and I are very light heartedly walking into the building and about to be lead to our seat. I was telling him about something funny that I had seen on the internet at some point that day when Out of no where my Right foot slips out from under me and I land on my Ass in front of all of the other Guests that were quietly eating their dinner….

YUP! I did! I fell down and went boom.

I proceeded to laugh myself into a total stupor until the Manager nervously came up to make sure I was “ok” then offered to write up a incident report… LOL

I told him that I was fine that the extra padding that I have let grow on my ass cushioned my fall. He didn’t seem convinced but I couldn’t stop laughing at myself long enough to make him feel better…

The waitress came up to our table and we ordered all the while laughing and replaying the fall for each other lol. A good time had by all….

Once we were done eating and were about to get ready to leave the waitress came up to our table with a HUGE plate with 2 pcs of Cake and 2 scoops of Ice cream and said it was on the house due to the fall… LOL

This of course set us in another wave of laughter and Leo said that if this is all we had to do to get a free desert at a restaurant that we should do it more often and maybe get more.. LOL

I told him that I would let him know how my ass felt the next day before I would do anything like that again… Well needless to say… My bum hurts… so I wont be doing it on purpose any time soon… LOL

I hope you laughed as hard as I did…

As some of you know I was in the US Marine Corps…

As woman in the military I was always trying to prove myself to everyone including me. Being a woman in that mostly male world is hard work, you have to constantly be twice as good as the guys at everything because if your not then you get left behind.

I have been out of the Marine Corps since 1998; I completed a 4 year active duty tour in February of 1998 and received my discharge papers on Feb 14^th 2002.

Even though I have been out of active duty Marines for 10 years now I still feel a connection to all Marines not to mention all female Marines/Military. So a few years ago when that woman aided in the mistreatment of prisoners in Iraq I was shocked, ashamed, and angry that she would disgrace the United states that way but mostly women in the Military. As I said above Women in the Military have to work really hard not to get that kind of reputation and here is this idiot showing the world why we don’t belong.

Bad name

Well today as I was driving to work I heard a story about a woman in the Army that did some of the most heroic things that I could think of for anyone to have done Male or Female.

This story restores my faith in women serving and being productive in the military that if we put our minds to it we can do just as good if not better than any man in the military!

Taken from the Boston Globe.

Bruce Rich fondly remembers the mental toughness of the young catcher, an energetic leader who galvanized the Chelmsford High School softball team he coached nearly 20 years ago.

So he wasn’t terribly surprised to learn of Michelle Saunders’s act of bravery, one in which she pulled a mortally wounded comrade out of a firefight in Iraq, leaving her with two ruptured discs in her back, permanent nerve damage in her right leg, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

“Other than that, I’m in good shape, compared to most that I see every day,” said Saunders, a 1992 Chelmsford graduate.

The 34-year-old Saunders now visits wounded servicemen and women daily, including those at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where she spent 22 months in rehab from her own injuries. It’s all part of her current role as director of veterans relations with Hire Heroes USA and Veterans Moving Forward, a subsidiary of Veterans Homestead, programs she helped initiate to assist wounded military personnel reentering the workforce.

On Wednesday afternoon, Saunders will throw out the ceremonial first pitch at Fenway Park before the Red Sox game with the Twins during pregame ceremonies that will include other members of the armed forces.

Season-ticket holders can donate their tickets for that game to servicepeople as part of the Seats for Soldiers program.

“I’m a little jealous,” said her 29-year-old brother, Matt, who lives in Arlington. “No, not really. I’m just really proud. . . . I’ll be there.”

Since her discharge from the Army in 2006 after her injuries sustained in Iraq, Saunders has been doing her best to ensure that wounded veterans like herself value their self-worth. In April, she testified before Congress about the issues servicepeople face as they reenter civilian life.

At the time, she was concerned about her position at the Department of Labor, but said, ” ‘Look, I need to represent my brothers and sisters that are following behind me, and the only way I can do that is basically speak up and tell the truth about what’s going on and what’s not going on,’ ” she said.

In her one hour and 22-minute testimony, she painstakingly listed everything returning veterans are going through. Speeches normally are limited to six minutes.

“There were a lot of things that I was able to articulate that really need to be brought out in the forefront,” she said.

Recently, she has helped secure 10 1/2 acres of land through Mount Wachusett Community College, in Gardner, where Veterans Homestead plans to build a facility that will house veterans and their families as they reenter civilian life, supplying them with medical care and vocational training. The group hopes to break ground on the facility soon, pending legislation.

Oftentimes they get home and even though the benefits are there for them, they can’t utilize them, because the reality is they have to put food on the table and put a roof over their heads,” she said.

It has been quite a journey since she first enlisted in 1996. Dejected but undeterred after she was turned down by the Marines because she mentioned she had asthma as a child, she walked across the hall and said, “The Army’s the next best thing.”

“They asked me the same question, and I said, ‘Nope, never had [asthma],’ and they enlisted me right there.”

Upon her graduation from Northeastern in 1999, she transferred to active duty in 1999 and was deployed to the Middle East in 2003.

“I could see her going into the service, I think that we all could,” said Chelmsford High athletic director Jack Fletcher, who recalls Saunders as a great athlete, and one of his math students.

“She had a lot of kids that followed her [as a leader]. She was such a positive influence around here.”

Her heroic actions of May 1, 2004, in which the 23-truck convoy she was traveling with was ambushed in Al-Amarah along the Iraqi-Iranian border, earned her the Bronze Star.

“I kind of just did my job and was just awarded for valor,” said Saunders, the only woman in the convoy.

“I went in to save one of my guys. Unfortunately, he didn’t make it. But I think I just did what anyone would have done in the same situation.”

The attack marked the first time since her deployment that she had come under significant fire.

Her brother recalls the family learning of the attack and fearing the worst.

“It was difficult at first,” said Matt Saunders. “She finally contacted my mother . . . and we pretty much knew that she was OK, but that she was gong to have to go through some pretty extensive rehabilitation.”

Rich, now the head football coach at Chelmsford, said, “I didn’t know that she was wounded. I’m not at all surprised at the work she’s doing now. She was always very helpful to the younger kids in our program. She’s a competitor.”

The former backstop is now focusing on her pitch at Fenway.

“I’ve got to start warming up now,” said Saunders, who was a first-team All-American catcher three times and two-time captain on her Army team.

“I’d rather hit the backstop than hit the dirt,” adding that she hopes that Red Sox captain Jason Varitek is on the receiving end of her throw.

Asked which is more nerve-racking, the thought of throwing out the first pitch at Fenway or testifying before Congress, Saunders didn’t hesitate. “Throwing out the first pitch. Are you kidding me? Definitely.”

Anyway I hope that you enjoyed it…

CPL Gemini

She feels him looking at her across the room and it makes her feel self-conscious; but she can’t bring herself to look and confirm that he is indeed looking it’s just a feeling. She just feels the hot rush of red blood cells surface to her cheeks.

Out of all of the beautiful women here tonight why is he staring at her? She is not nearly as glamorous as they are. She is only wearing a borrowed gown and she had done her own hair she didn’t get it done in a beauty parlor. She is not wearing any spectacular jewelry like the other ladies just her mothers pearl earrings and a solitary pearl on a chain for a necklace. She felt like a plan Jane in the mists of the royal family.

Earlier this evening when she walked in to the room she noticed him standing confidently smoking his cigar and talking to a group of what looked like important men. He was the most handsome man in the room. Her eyes gravitated to him. She wondered if he was just as important as the men that he talked to? He was dashing in his black tuxedo with the red rose on his lapel. His hair was cut perfectly and you could tell that if it were longer it would be slightly curly. She was frozen in curiosity and admiration when he caught her staring at him. Instant embarrassment washed over her as she quickly turned to the host to get seated. Out of the corner of her eye she saw him smile with appreciation at catching her looking. That is when she noticed that he had piercing blue eyes.

Now all night all she could think about those eyes especially since she could feel them on her. The music in the ballroom started up. She wished that he would just walk over and say hello.

He could see that she was trying very hard to not look over to see if he was admiring her from a distance; but he suspected that she knew that he was. He watched her as she sipped her drink and gazed around the room slowly careful to not look in his direction. It made him laugh to think that he affected her that much and they hadn’t even spoke. He was waiting for the right moment. He wanted to rush up to her and sweep her off her feet the second he saw her standing at the door looking at him. She was wearing a red evening gown that hugged her curves and she didn’t over do her jewelry like the other women. Her dark coppery brown hair was swept up in the back of her head with a few stray curls cascading down like they had escaped the tight twist she tried to trap them in. She was a vision of grace and beauty and he had to meet her.

He wanted to make sure that she was alone she didn’t want her to feel any more nervous than she already was. To have a stranger talking to her when her date arrived would be to hard to explain but now that he had watched her for a while, he new that she was here alone.

He took one more long admiring look before he started his journey over to her table to ask her to dance. The band in the Ballroom began to play as he started his walk toward her.

The Waiter walked over and offered her another glass of wine when she saw out of the corner of her eye that he was making his way over to her table. In complete fright she grabbed the closest drink on his tray and drank it in one quick gulp. Then grabbed for another one. The waiter walked away shaking his head at the strange way she was behaving. Realizing how odd she was acting she began to slowly sip her drink and try to calm herself.

He was now standing before her with his hand stretched out in front of her in a silent invitation to dance. Not sure what to do she threw caution to the wind and grabbed his hand and let him lead her to the dance floor.

More to come!

Gemini

Dear Cats & Dogs,

When I say to move, it means go someplace else, not switch positions
with each other so there are still two of you in the way. The dishes with the paw print are yours and contain your food. The other dishes are mine and contain my food. Please note, placing a paw print in the middle of my plate and food does not stake a claim for it becoming your food and dish, nor do I find that aesthetically pleasing in the slightest.

The stairway was not designed by NASCAR and is not a racetrack.
Beating me to the bottom is not the object. Tripping me doesn’t help,
because I fall faster than you can run.
I cannot buy anything bigger than a king size bed. I am very sorry about this. Do not think I will continue to sleep on the couch to ensure your comfort. Look at videos of dogs and cats sleeping; they can actually curl up in a ball.

It is not necessary to sleep perpendicular to each other stretched out to the fullest extent possible. I also know that sticking tails straight out and having tongues hanging out the other end to maximize space used is nothing but sarcasm. My compact discs are not miniature Frisbees.

For the last time, there is not a secret exit from the bathroom. If by some miracle I beat you there and manage to get the door shut, it is not necessary to claw, whine, meow, try to turn the knob, or get your paw under the edge and try to pull the door open. I must exit through the same door I entered. In addition, I have been using bathrooms for years – canine or feline attendance is not mandatory.
The proper order is kiss me, then go smell the other dog or cats’
butt. I cannot stress this enough. This could be nothing more than a simple
change.
To pacify you I have posted the following message on our front door:
Rules for Non-Pet Owners Who Visit and Like to Complain About Our Pets

1.They live here. You don’t. !

2.If you don’t want their hair on your clothes, stay off the furniture. (That’s why they call it “fur”niture.)

3.I like my pets a lot better than I like most people.

4.To you, it’s an animal. To me, he/she is an adopted son/daughter who is short, hairy, walks on all fours and doesn’t speak clearly. Note: Dogs and cats can be more efficient than kids. They eat less, don’t ask for money all the time, are easier to train, usually come when called, never drive your car, don’t hang out with drug-using friends, don’t smoke or drink, don’t worry about buying the latest fashions, don’t wear your clothes, and don’t need a gazillion dollars for college. Thank god for our beloved pets!!

Ok this was too random to pass-up….

I happened upon my favorite weird news site ( http://www.fark.com/ ) and I started to look through all of the strange stories. Some of the stories are normal news articles some are just like reading the Darwin awards or Stupid human tricks. I found this story among some of the more interesting…. (Totally Stupid Human tricks) Read on…
Yup they are going to put 4 guys in a glass box in the middle of the mall somewhere in Shanghai.

It totally blows me away of how really bored some people are… Read more…

Ok I have added the article and it really kind of creeps me out. Why would anyone want to do this let alone watch? Ok I get the watching part some people "like" to watch, but wouldn't you rather "watch" when you were alone?? Not in the middle of the Mall.

Ok So I will let you read and you tell me what you think… I wouldn't want some one to see me in the bathroom on the "toilet" if you know what I mean…

HANGHAI, China – Shanghai is getting set to open a "human zoo."

Four Australian men will live in a glass box on a downtown mall for two weeks in June, with the public able to watch them sleeping, eating and bathing, a news report said Thursday.

The group, known as the Urban Dream Capsule, has drawn crowds with similar displays in London, Montreal, Hong Kong and other cities.

"They won't turn off the lights or pull down the curtains. They show their whole life, from getting up to going to bed," Karen Chang, the event's organizer, told the Shanghai Daily newspaper.

"People like to watch them taking a shower, so they have to shower at least two times a day," Chang said. "Of course, one can't see the key parts, because there is nontransparent glass in the bathroom."

The 650-square-foot glass capsule is to be decorated in a Shanghainese theme.

Members of the group have been taking Chinese lessons so that they can communicate with spectators, the report said. The public can send e-mail or faxes to them, or put messages on the glass.

"Interaction is a key element of the performance," Chang said.

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Ok so what do you think???? Weird huh?