Fakey McFakerson

Gotta love 'em. People that make up ridiculous stories and hope you believe them. I love it the best when it's obvious that they're lying. I prefer to just let it simmer until they slip up and then go for the prize. Not that I really care that much, it's mostly fun, albeit it can be rather annoying after a while.
People, when you fake, make it less obvious. You don't go out on a date with a person and go ZOMG!1!! I'm Angelina Jolie! When it's clear that you are not. I mean, you could say your name is Angelina while it's actually Elizabeth. Of course that would be lying but that's the entire point of this pointless blog.
In the end, I always enjoy myself immensely. So, yeah, thanks. Ms. Fakey McFakerson (yes I know your name is really "Neveah Prynsess McHeavynsparkles" but humor me here.)
Did I say thanks? Thanks, it was fun!

Sincerely,

Your personal trolldar (of course taken with a pinch of salt, maybe )

Ps. If you don't know what an internet troll is, look it up. Good info to have when you're online. Seriously, look it up, educate youself.

Recession in my school!

So we have these cards at school, every student has one, every single one is unique, yada yada, bla bla. We use them to pay for food in the cafeteria, to use the printer and they get scanned when we are late. So basically, you have to have it on you at. all. times.
But that's not where I'm heading with this. I'm talking strictly money here, hence the title. Obviously, to get the money on the card you put it through a machine, I'm thinking everybody has an idea how that works so I'm not explaining.
We used to be able to put all sorts of money in the machine but shortly after it turned into only 1-2 euro coins and up. It's not a really big deal but still somewhat of a pain to a lot of our dear students, but hey, we manage.
Last week it was vacation, everybody had a great time and was fresh and ready for the first day of school... until we couldn't fit our cards in the money machine anymore and... it's a totally different machine! So during the holidays they decided, that coins are 'too expensive' to bring to the bank and we're only allowed to pay with 5 euros and up, or with a chipknip which is a useless little card that 5% of the population has. Ha! Thanks for the warning guys, I'm sure a lot of people have a lot of money on their old cards that they now have to spend within the week. And 5 euros, really? I don't want to waste 5 euros for a bag of chips that costs 0,50 cents.
"Why are they torturing us?" Is heard through the hallways and in the classrooms. This, small as it is, are the symptoms of the recession. The school simply does. not. have. the. money. Sad as it is, we're feeling it, it does pain our tiny little student hearts, it does.

Sincerely,
Your economist (of course taken with a pinch of salt, maybe )

What's my childhood trauma, you ask?

Well, I have many, but there are only two that top the list of this snobby lady.
First of all, I am a name snob, a big one, deal with it. There are names you should give your children and there are names that you should not. Pilot Inspector, Moxie Crimefighter and Nevaeh fall under the category of NOT. Boys names on girls also fall under NOT, names are not trans gendered, people! And creative spellings, those are horrid, just horrid. Why would you make your child's life more difficult by naming her "Emmaa'Leighe" instead of Emily? It does not change anything, she'll still be Emily A in class, only the teacher will get frustrated with the spelling and think the parents might be illiterate.
And the reasoning to make your child 'more special' that way, that's a boost of confidence. This is my little rant about all of the lovely namers out there. So if you are planning on naming your girl: Madison, Addison, Neveah, Gracelyn, Analeigh (you know what this looks like) or anything like that in whatever spelling. Run it by me first and we'll both make the world a happier place.

Sincerely,
Your name snob. (of course taken with a pinch of salt, maybe )