Comments on Society.

Only two.

1. There is this guy who lives 3 blocks down from us that is seriously beginning to worry me. He is short, kind of nerdy, and has this black dog (that I'll call "Sebastian") that he hauls around everywhere with him on a leash or leashes outside his house. Since we've lived in the neighborhood and going back to when we only had one kid (Bubby), this guy has absolutely gone crazy trying to get us to interact with this dog. Back in the day he'd just introduce us to the dog and assume that Bub wanted to play with it (which he did NOT) and constantly be up in everyone's grill about the damned thing. Now that there are many more kids, this situation has gotten 100 times worse and a little unnerving. Matt has had the kids walking by on their walk-route where he comes RUNNING over from a long distance away to get the dog over to them and say all the same things he's been saying for years. . . .(this doggie's name is Sebastian, do you want to pet the doggie? This doggie just loves kids! etc.). Of course Beebins loves dogs and probably would try to pet the thing, but it's gotten to the point where even the kids are put off by him and his manner and they just kind of stand around and smile uncomfortably because it's kind of awkward.

It's awkward because this guy is so. . . . creepy about the way he goes about interacting with everyone. ANd he talks to the dog as if it's a person, every time. ANd he stares at the kids when they walk by on occasions where the dog is NOT outside or available. And there is just something about his manner that suggests. . . . that we really don't want him anywhere near our kids. I mean, don't get me wrong, this guy is about 4 foot 9 and Beebins could probably kick his ass, but he is really, really suspicious-like and creepy. Plus Matt and I fricking HATE dogs, especially randoms' dogs who TREAT THEM AS THOUGH THEY ARE HUMAN BEINGS! There are a few neighborhood dogs that I actually like, mostly because I like their owners and the dogs just kind of follow suit, personality-wise, you know how that tends to happen with pets. . . but this guy and his dog? He came RUNNING down the block yesterday just so he'd run into us as we were unloading from the stroller after our walk. Then asked me all kinds of questions about the kids' ages. . . .

Git!

2. Someone at Hollywood Video started having a big fat fit in line the other day, (no, not a child a full grown adult) about the prices having gone up like 30 cents. DID YOUR PRICES JUST GO UP? WELL HOW MUCH DID THEY INCREASE? WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? WELL WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN? WHY DID THEY DO THAT?

Not a senior citizen on a fixed income, although I don't have sympathy for that either because I'll be working until I'm 100. . . .
but a normal middle aged guy. I will NEVER understand people and their stupid shit when it comes to money. YES the prices went up. WHO CARES when it happened? WHY DID IT HAPPEN? Do you really need to ask? TO MAKE BETTER PROFITS FOR THE BUSINESS obviously. If I was the employee helping this guy I would have eventually had to ask, "So yeah, do you want the movie or what? Because there's a line of people behind you that are totally cool with paying for the film. . . . " to bring closure to the situation, as most people who freak out about these things tend to just want to go on and on and on indefinitely about it.

Ugh.