Someone Other Than the Bus Monitor Should be Crying About This

Warning:  Video content is disturbing and contains LOTS of language.  My response contains LOTS of ranting and some (OK LOTS) of language. 

OK, so I am a little slow on the uptake with this one but holy crap, I can not let this go by without a rant.  Are you one of the umpteen million people who have seen the You Tube video "Making the Bus Monitor Cry"?  If you are a parent you MUST watch this.  I'm going to warn you it is one of the most disturbing things I have ever watched (and I accidentally watched Mexican porn once...it's a genre...for reals) but it might be the most important thing you do today.  I'm gonna go ahead and link it here for you http://youtu.be/l93wAqnPQwk.  Again, EXTREMELY disturbing...you may need tissue.

Now that you have watched this atrocity...what say you?  Here's what I have to say...

This is the most disgusting display and lack of humanity I have ever seen.  These kids are 12...TWELVE!!!  What kind of parents did such a bang up job to produce these young douche bags who think this is an acceptable way to treat a person?  The kids deserve a bitch slap of a punishment but let's line the parents up shall we, and bitch slap them as well...HARDER!  And the father of one of these shitty little kids went ON THE NEWS to say that he didn't understand why people who are so disgusted by his little demon spawn's behavior would then turn around and make threats and nasty comments to his boy?  Seriously?  Did you HEAR what your son said to a grown women who should have been an authority figure to him on the bus?  Did you hear how many times he called her a fat ass?  Did you hear him giggle while he told her he was going to pee on her door and throw flaming shit at her house?  Did you hear him laugh while he said he was going to come in her mouth...COME.IN.HER.MOUTH???  WTF!?!?!?!?  This went on for over 10...TEN minutes!  Really?  What is WRONG with these kids!  And then the idiot that hatched the plan to make a video of their horrid behavior puts the video on You Tube.  Because to these half wits, it's some funny shit...I want to puke.  First, I want to kick them in the throat and THEN I want to puke.  And then I'm thinking...where was the freakin' bus driver during these 10 minutes of torture?  And why did not one single kid on that bus stand up for Mrs. Klein.  Only 4 kids on the bus where total asshats but what about the others?  I know it is hard to go against the grain when you are young and being liked seems like the most important thing in the world but even through this?  Watching someone being treated THIS poorly?  I am speechless (bet you were waiting for that!).

What could possibly make this better or could something redeeming come of this story?  Thank God the answer is yes or we may want to just curl up in a ball and cry somewhere knowing this kind of shit not only exists but is tolerated.  There are TONS of videos on You Tube from kids all over the world expressing their INtolerance of this bullshit.  Here is one of my favoriteshttp://youtu.be/oBWuJ4q9laM 

And even more amaze balls than so many kids saying they too, are disgusted by this behavior is the behavior of Mrs. Klein.  She said nothing.  She didn't lose her temper. She didn't write them up.  She didn't kick any of them in the head.  She said, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all.".  I don't know about you but this is something I was taught from a very young age.  Which is likely where things started going off the rails for these kids.  

I am shocked but I am also not shocked, which is kind of sad (and by that I mean actually sad, not just my usual wah wah wah).  One of my primary goals as a parent is to make sure I send decent, compassionate kids into the world every day.  Parenting is so hard...every choice we make seems to have such awesome consequences.  Keep up the good fight...it's your job and it's totally worth everything that goes into it.  But if you do happen to raise total f#@!tards like the kids in the video, please have the good sense to keep them at home, where they can abuse only you.

Someone PLEASE Step On (or Burn) His Blue Suede Shoes!

Tonight we continue our journey (the most overused word on TV ever!) with Emily in Croatia.  Which is, in case you haven't heard it before, THE MOST PERFECT place into fall in love. 

Good 'ole boy Travis gets the 1-on-1 and begins his first (oh so boring!) date with Emily.  There is a rock, his shirt should have come off, she's annoyed...to be honest I kind of zoned out at this part.  I was having trouble staying awake.  Clearly, Travis is headed to the "friend" zone, confirmed by Emily and sealed with a hug and a pat on the back.  I feel really bad for the guy.  He hasn't had a date in TWO YEARS!  That dude has got to be pent up like he's been in prison and he walks away with a hug and umbrella.  And I'm pretty sure he did NOT like that umbrella 'cuz he threw that sh## on the ground and cried like a baby, in the rain.  Wah wah wah. 

Need I remind you Travis was the egg guy?!?

There was a great moment during the date when we were allowed a glimpse into the other "men" talking (like girls) back at the hotel and WHAM...I had to stop/pause/freeze in my Tivo tracks.  Ryan's awesome white tank top...and by that I mean he borrowed it from his teenage sister.

Please give this back to the tween you swiped it from.
Your confidence can only take you so far dude.

On the group date, the boys went to see the movie Brave.  Bless their little hearts, all of them said it was awesome and an ah-mazing analogy for their journey (there's that freakin' word again!) with Emily.  That's right...a group of GROWN ASS MEN said they liked a cartoon to get in Emily's good graces (ie. pants).  Fast forward to men in skirts and knee socks in The Highland Games!  There is ass riding (am I gonna get in trouble for the picture on my computer titled the same???), tree throwing and some bows 'n arrows.

It's hard to not look like an ass when you are riding one.

Summary...Sean was HOT (says Emily, again.)!  Arie acted like a girl (act surprised).  Chris was HORRIBLE at EVERYTHING and had a whiny excuse for ALL of it...if he only had time to practice...like no one else had a chance to...'cuz they don't have Highland Games in Chicago.  Dude, you are making it IMPOSSIBLE for me to root for the home team!  I did come up with a way to pass the time...DRINKING GAME!  Every time Jef says "like", like, take a like, chug a lug of your like, cocktail like, OK?  PS.  Did you know he thinks his connection with Emily is like,  unlike any other???  And by that I mean unlike any other...other than the connection they ALL think they have with Emily.  Oh, either Arie or Jef (that's how little I care) thinks they are in love and could ask her to marry him tomorrow!  It's like, CRAZY!  Because it IS!  Crazy!  That you are in love with this dull, humorless woman.  Sorry Em.  Tru dat.

1-on-1 with Ryan...the world most arrogant man in search of a trophy wife (hey, that would make ANOTHER great drinking game!).  Apparently, Ryan takes 3 hours to get ready...in a t-shirt and track pants.  He also has a list of 12 qualities he wants in his (trophy) wife...because THAT'S not weird at all.  Most of them are superficial qualities...because THAT'S not what you'd expect from a guy who wakes up EVERY day, looks in the mirror and tells himself what an amazing man he is.  My very favorite moment of this date?  Watching Ryan walk away in his ridiculous BLUE.SUEDE.SHOES!!!

These need to be filed in the trash next to the many
man scarves of Ryan.

Rose ceremony!  Remember, Arie has a secret, pretend, invisible rose from the night before when he snuck over to Emily's room to take advantage (I mean to make sure she's all right) of her after saying Buh Bye to Ryan.  Doug and Wolf are on the bubble (insert gasp here).  "Humble" Doug and his "I'm just a guy" make me want to stick a hot poker in my eye.  He has drifted WAY into the hug zone with his wah wah wah attitude...do any of you want to just see this one put out of his misery???  Were any of you fooled by tricky dick Emily and her rose switcheroo???  So they both stay and we can drag out the suspense a little longer...in Prague!  Until then!

London and Man Scarves and Dragons...Oh My!

First, let me apologize for not posting last week and express my gratitude that several of you asked where it was.  I would write these posts whether anyone read them or not and imagine my delight that it's being read regularly.  Thank you for missing my little blog.

So, Emily, you sweet, sweet girl.  Why oh why are you so boring?  Sometimes, when I'm watching, I have to stab myself with a fork just to stay focused.  I think casting did a spectacular job this time around because they found you some of the.most.boring bachelors to go with your sparkly personality.  Which brings me to your first date with Sean...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.  I was momentarily lifted out of snooze ville by that awesome dress you were wearing...loved it!  AND while passing time watching the worlds most boring date, I had a fantastic idea for a drinking game!  Every time Emily says "cute" take a sip or a chug.  It may help the show seem a little less boring and you may vomit...win win!  When Sean said this was the best day of his life I wanted to cry...me thinks he needs to live a little if that's the case. 

Best day ever?  Meh.

Onward fair readers to thoust lame ass group date.  Was anyone surprised that no one but Alejandro knew it was Shakespeare referenced on the date card?  Me either (and by that I mean I expected NONE of them to know).  Where to begin...Kalon took things WAY too seriously as usual and kept the stick firmly in his ass where it has been since he climbed out the limo.  You know we will visit him again later, right???  I am afraid someone told Ryan they liked his man scarf once because he wore one every time we saw him tonight. 

Man scarf.

I am not sold on the man scarf...but I would like to ask him about the knot he used for future reference with my scarf...for a woman...like God intended it to be.  But what was up with the cheesy wink 'n tongue click he gave Emily after sequestering her behind the velvet curtains at the pub?  This guy is ridiculous but I think Emily is eating it up.  Better not eat too much girlfriend because then Ryan will only love you, not love ON you.  The boys got all girly at the pub, gossiping about Kalon's unfortunate (but fortunate for us!) "baggage" remarks.  At first, I thought this was a case of the telephone game...you know...when Kalon says one thing and by the time it gets to Emily it's something totally different in really shitty way.  Alas, Kalon is just a d-bag (this is a surprise to anyone?). 

Doug                      33
Pot Stirrer/Tattle Tale

Enter Doug...professional pot stirrer and resident tattle tale.  I don't know about you but there is something about Doug that makes me feel icky.  I don't like him.  I don't like his personality, I don't like the things that come out his mouth, I don't like his face.  I think he is part girl the way he gathers everyone together to out Kalon.  But I'm glad he did for the BEST moment of the night when Emily decides to "go West Virginia hood rat backwoods on his ass".  Can I get an AMEN!  I LOVE West Viriginia...home of Biscuit World...it's totally worth the trip.

WV hood rat.

Jef finally gets his one-on-one.  There is not much I can say about this one.  First, he says if Ricki is baggage then she is a Chloe bag I want to keep forever and then he says they will have dance parties all night, singing into hair brushes while Emily is at work.  I'm gonna go out on a limb here and risk offending...I worry that Jef would be better suited as Emily's gay BFF (and I love me a gay BFF...after all, it's no secret Andy Cohen is my big gay crush).

Chloe or Ricki???

 

The rose ceremony is less than dramatic (and by that I mean painfully boring) ...Ryan wears another man scarf (make it stop!) and Alejandro gets the boot.  Hardly surprising considering Emily had yet to have a conversation with him.  But it still hurt bad and made him tear up a little in the cab home (they must not have limos in London...or helicopters...damn it!). 

Croatia here we come!