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sakodash 03/13/01 6:37 PM RE: Scary Movie got some rage

I thought that movie was kind of gross...especially the movie theater part. Granted, she may have deserved some kind of punishment and I know some people in movie theaters WISH they could do that to an annoying person watching a movie but that was just plain gross. What was even worse was the part when the boyfriend went into the bathroom during the movie.

PHYRE2001 03/12/01 9:02 PM RE: Scary Movie got some rage

Scary Movie in my opinion was a dumb movie. Personally I do not like comedy movies because they never make me laugh, but I especially do not like movies that make fun of another movie. Where is the originality, and how is that funny. It is just like the music nowaday that I talked about in music rage. There seems to be no artistic value or orginality. I think that artists need to regroup and rethink!!

MAX676 03/12/01 12:09 AM Scary Movie got some rage

Did anybody see Scary Movie. I want to share the rage that hapened inthe movie when their was this annoying lady disturbing all of the peace. She would keep making stupid comments, and she was incredibly bothersome to the other people in the theater. Finally, a old lady grabbed the knike from the killer in the 'Scream Sequel', and she stabbed the bitch. Everyone started cheering. Everyone in the theater had a knife, and they all took their turn to stab this annoying women. I know it sounds pretty incensitive of me to use this example, but if you saw the movie, it is all pretty hilarious, probably because it is a remake of what happened in the beginning of Scream 2.

darell 03/12/01 12:35 AM rage against a friend

This is an incident that happened this weekend. A couple of my friends and I went to see a movie at the theatre. To make a long story short, one of my friends met a guy there and he invited the rest of us to his house after the movies. I thought that it was going to be a friendly gesture were we would all hang out and just talk story. But unfortunately, the night took a change when she went into the guys room. She left my friend and I in the living room all by ourselves in a foreign house while she was enjoying herself in the guys room that she just met that night. My friend and I started to get mad because she abandoned us (who she considers her good friends) to (I guess) fool around with her new found friend. After about 20 minutes, she comes out of the room and tells us that she only kissed him (but I know more than that occurred). Anyways, my friend and I were already furious because she left us alone and she has the nerve to lie to us. After her discovering that we were mad at her, she decides to grab my keys to my car and runs back into the guys room and locks the door. This really pissed me off so we went to grab my keys from her and she eventually gave it and I told her to find her damn way home. So my friend and I left her there and we left. After almost reaching my house, I began to feel guilty because if something happened to her there, I would blame myself. So we drove back to the guys house and tried calling her to let her know that we were going to pick her up, but she ignored our calls. After about 30 minutes of waiting in the car, I decided to back into the house to get her. At this point I was already furious. When I got to the door, she was coming out of the guy's room and she acts as if nothing was going on. This pissed me off even more. So I asked her if she was going home with us and she said no! So I said fine and we left. The main thing that pissed me off is that she picked this guy that she only knew for a couple of hours over her good friends. From then until now, I never heard from her. But it's okay because it's her life and she chooses what she wants to do with it. This was my rage experience.

TVR 03/14/01 9:50 AM RE: Grad Sesson Rage

Damn, sorry to hear about your grad session experience. Hopefully, that won't happen to me when I go on friday. But, to your other point of being in college forever, I know exactly what you mean. I think I've been going to college for around 6 years already and only now I hope I'll graduating. I'm trying to get into the grad session on friday but I still didn't get my golden form back yet. Hopefully, it's soon because I don't want to be stuck here another semester just because of that. Anyways, stick in there. Your almost finish. Why don't you take those two lit courses in the summer so you don't have to come back in the fall. Anyways, good in the future everything should turn our fine.

mightymousesa 03/12/01 10:07 PM RE: Grad Sesson Rage

I am a transfer student as well and I have a couple of hints that may help you w/ your grad. requirements. The reason UH requires that you take their couses (even the 100 level ones)is so that they make money from your tuition. However, UH is also lazy. If you can get copies of your syllabus from your former institution you can submit them to UH Admissions and 9 times out of 10 they will let the class count for a UH course that will fit one of your core credits. But this requires you taking the initiative. I came over w/ 126 credits and UH only gave me 85. I brought in syllabuses and now I am back up to 121 and have the only the summer session to go before I graduate from UH and I just transfered in August 2000. Also transfer students do not have a mandatory advising session however they should. I also think that there should be grad sessions made mandatory every other semester to make sure people stay on track and are not misinformed. I hope some of the prior info. has helped.

PHYRE2001 03/12/01 8:41 PM RE: Grad Sesson Rage

I know how it feels to have grad rage. I went to a grad session last semester because I wanted to know how many more credits I needed to graduate. I turns out that this could have been my last semester, but I cannot graduate due to my g.p.a. The reason I was so raged was because I was informed that if you take a course over the better grade will replace the worse grade. Wrong!! The grades in the psychology department all get averaged in. I was so raged, I mean I understand that maybe I should have studied harder, but that messes me up bigger if I receive misinformed information. But, just out of curiousity, the administration did not mention any of this information to you when you first transferred to UH. I thought that you had to go to some type of counseling when you transfer to a new school. UH is becoming worse and worse!!

cjn 03/12/01 5:33 PM RE: Grad Sesson Rage

I feel the same way about the administration at UH. I think they should be more helpful and informative. Why can't they make it a requirement for students to meet an adviser before registering each semester so that we know exactly where we stand and our progress towards graduation. UH is so impersonal.

kathyhirokane 03/12/01 5:13 PM RE: Grad Sesson Rage

ms lacey,can you take those english classes during summer school? i think i would take them (if possible) rather than staying here another semester!! i know how you feel about how this school sucks. heck, i haven't even been able to get into a grad session! they're always booked! this school isn't student friendly, especially with all the construction! hope you can find a solution to your problem!

MsLacey 03/12/01 10:12 AM Grad Sesson Rage

I have been going to UH since dinasours roamed the Earth. I transfered from another school, a superior institution, and I have enough credits for two degrees. I went to my Grad session last week and it turns out that UH is not going to accept some of my clases from the mainland, so I have to stay for another semester for two Lit. courses. I have some rage. I have taken 4oo level English classes at UH, the ones I need are 100 level, can't thoes count? I have about had it with this school. The administration sucks, the faculty is under paid and pissed off, there is no parking, there is always some usless construction happening to buildings that don't need it, and now I have to be here for another semester!! I am over it already.

shaun56 03/12/01 4:35 PM RE: to much movie previews

What????? Are you serious...... You mean to tall me that you do not enjoy movie previews??? That is the essence of going to the movies. The previews allow people who do not watch much TV (like me) to get a glimpse of the up and coming movies. I enjoy watching previews, they make me feel like I am in the critics seat or something of that sort. But, I bet you did like that movie huh?? I totally dug it. I am like totally a martial arts, kung fu movie fan, and I have to say that the movie made it into my top 10 list. Maybe about 8, I'd say. So did you understand the moral behind the story?? Did you understan and enjoy the eastern thought behind the sayings. I surely did. Well, I have to agree with you on the Pearl Harbor thing. I am totally ready to watch it, but I'm getting bummed out because they show it so much. I think that every movie I have seen in the past 3 weeks, have shown that stinkin preview. It is also sooooooo loooooong, you know. I hope they did not spoil the good parts, and I hope when us japanese go and see it, everyone won't like beat us down after the movie. And about that stink eye.............. Is it just me, am I trippin', or is it just you???? Nah, I don't know, maybe I'm just a paranoid freak that is trippin' on others all of the time. I'll try not to look at you, but sometimes I just can't help myself..... Anyways, hope you have a good week, see ya next Monday!!

charisseo 03/12/01 3:23 PM to much movie previews

this weekend i saw the movie croching tiger hidden dragon this weekend. i really liked the movie and would reccomend this movie others.. but one thing that i have been noticing that has been occuring is that there is too many previews before a movie! it is not a couple of movies that are shown. it's more like 4-5. it wouldn't be too bad if the movie on preview would be coming out in a month or so. but these are movies that won't be out till next season, or even a whole year later! for example last september i saw a preview for that movie Pearl Harbor. i was all ready to so see it, thinking that it would be out within a couple of months. instead it said that it would not be due out till may of 2001. that's means that they have been showing this preview for eight months prior to the release date. i understand they are creating a demand for the movie but it is kinda irratiatinag when the movies that i want to see this weekend won't be out for months later.

PHYRE2001 03/12/01 8:33 PM RE: FART RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!

When I began reading your forum disccussion, I just had to begin laughing. I think that is the first time I have ever heard of someone getting angry over a fart. The only question that I have is, how come you got so angry? I can understand you getting angry because you did not appreciate her farting in the elevator and perhaps she could have waited until you both have gotten out of the elevator. Secondly, what makes you think that cute people cannot have the most racid and stink farts. In my opinion, I bet that the cute ones are probably the ones who would have the most racid and stink farts because you just would not expect it. Thanks for the laugh anyways.

shaun56 03/13/01 3:34 PM RE: FART RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !! !!

The only reason I was mad was because she couldn't hold it untill I got out. Maybe it slipped, but that was funny. I was not very enraged. But I think she could have held it for three or more seconds. By the way, I did not fart.... I think ha ha ha bye

kathyhirokane 03/12/01 5:09 PM RE: FART RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !! !!

hey shaun56, are you sure you didn't fart?! haha! anyways...everyone farts! just because you are good looking doesn't mean you aren't capable of farting. why were you mad that she farted? it's natural!

shaun56 03/12/01 4:43 PM FART RAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!

Okay you gotta listen to this....... Today after class, I was going to my car in the parking structure. I'm at the top, waiting for the elevator and this cute girl just so happens to come and wait with me. The elevators arrives, and we both hop in; of course being the gentleman I am, I let the girl enter first. I hit the two button, and she tells me to press the 1 button. Everything is all cool and dandy as we are decending to our destined floors untill we hit the midpoint between the 4th and 3rd floor. Suddenly, I smell something rancid as hell. I could not believe my nose!!!!! I was thinking: cute girls like this make such nasty stinky farts??!?!?! I was blown away literally. And I must say that she was not expecting it to come either. I held my breath, and my laugh as the elevator ride seemed to be the longest ever. When it hit my floor, I bursted out of the elevator, and walkeed to my car. Then I started to laugh a bit, but then I got mad. I got mad because how could a sweet innocent looking girl be so crude as to fart in a fricken elevator. But the anger slipped away with the tought of me seeing her on campus later, labeling her as my sweetfart>>>

JEDI1x 03/12/01 4:49 PM bad to good

I just remembered an unusual incident that occurred to me a couple of years ago. A male friend and I were driving home late one night when we noticed that some guy was aggressively tailing us. I was starting to get pissed because I didn't understand why he was doing that. I told my friend to pull off to the side. The guy pulled off to the side too. I got out and asked him,"what the @#*&* is your problem!" (I know, not smart) It was pretty obvious that he was drunk. anyway, he starts yelling incoherently. Apparently, we had cut him off somewhere. We just kept yelling and making threats, when I finally realized this was stupid. I apologized for whatever we did and encouraged him to go home and sleep it off. You know what, he said ok. He then explained how he had such a bad day at work and was pretty upset.We even embraced before we left our separate ways. My friend and i could not believe what had just happened. It's too bad that we started off pretty bad, but it makes me happy to know that a road rage incident can be resolved. Imagine it the situation got worse or dangerous? I wonder if that guy still recognizes me on the road.

kathyhirokane 03/13/01 4:35 PM RE: MUSIC RAGE

hey! i know what you mean! i hate the music nowadays. it's all remakes and sampling. i, too, don't understand why these singers can't come up with their own stuff. that's why i listen to KQMQ now. they play all the original 80's music that kicks butt! i feel sorry for the kids nowadays because they have no original music to listen to. it's all fabricated blah! nothing original. i like listening to all the oldies. i'm an old person at heart, i think! also, alot of music now is just rap and stuff that sounds lame. too hard on the ears!!

PHYRE2001 03/12/01 9:07 PM MUSIC RAGE

I don't understand the music that is put out into stores nowadays. I don't want to stereoype and put all music in one category because that is never the case, but a lot of music that comes out nowadays is just a remake of a song that was previously released. I dont understand how an artist can take someone elses music and just add their own lyrcs and call it their own. I started noticing this when Mariah Carey came out with Fantasy. It was a remake of some 80's band. I know that the band did not mind because it made their song popular again, but I don't understand why Mariah could not think of her own songs. I know that Will Smith and all of his music is just older songs that he raps to. Puff Daddy did the same thing. And I just recently heard a song on the radio, and found out the the tune was composed by Mozart. What is the world coming to, is there no longer a value for artistic reasoning.

oshale 03/15/01 9:21 AM RE: THEFT RAGE

Oh, I am so sorry to hear that but you know I was victim as well. I think when you live so near the campus and Makiki area, it is really dangerous.My boyfriend recently got his car stolen. You know that sounds like it only happens to other people and when he came to pick me up and parked his car on my stally for an hour or so, the car disappeared. Can you believe that? We rather have the car broken into then take the whole thing. It was a Honda Civic and car thieves love that. We totally gave up on the car but it was found 2 weeks later at Ewa BEach. I was so upset. How can people be so moralless? HOw can they take someone else's thing so easily? I think especially Hawaii, why do we have so many thieves? I know, i had my cds taken and so many others things in the past and I know this one person who got her moped stolen twice!! After the first one got stolen, the second one that she replaced with got stolen as well! I hope you get over this though! I know you probably want to catch the thieves and get revenge but even the police seem to be not interested in catching the theives. I know, cause I've been there. They just think they are not going to catch them and don't really do anything about it. This leads to Police rage but anyway, i hope you feel better and maybe you'll have better luck from now on.And just think, what goes around comes around so those thieves will have there things stolen or much more horrible things happen to them. =)

lavaflow 03/14/01 9:41 PM RE: THEFT RAGE

I'm sorry to hear that these all problems happened to you in a short period of time...it's still in March and you've had thefts a couple of times!! Of course all thefts are bad but it seems me very unfair that those people had to steal things from poor college students. I know one graduate studen's motorcycle got stolen and other student's bicycle got stolen twice this year. I also know one student's house got broken into and her computor and many other expensive stuff were taken. I'm frustrated to hear that there is no way to find thieves and stolen properties...why is that? Is this because this happens too frequently so that there aren't enough police to work on the problem? Or they don't help people if it's not fatal??

mightymousesa 03/12/01 10:18 PM THEFT RAGE

This will be short and sweet because other wise my rage will consume me on this one. I am 21 years old and I have lived in some big cities in my life such as New York and Atlanta. Up until I moved here in 1999, I had never had a theft. This year alone I have had my apartment broken into with my laptop, cell, and wallet stolen. Then I had my moped stolen. And Saturday between 9am and 1pm I had my car broken into and my mountain bike stolen!!!!(The mountain Bike was stolen from inside my car) This was the last straw!!! I called the police and told them that I wanted them to come and take fingerprints and a report NOW!! But once again I was reminded that I probably will never see my stuff again and it is just about impossible to find the theives!!!! I am a responsible law abidding citizen who locks her doors and tries to stay away from trouble, but trouble seems to be hunting me down and the police have been NO help.I am so FRUSTRATED!!

shaun56 03/14/01 7:08 PM RE: DOG $#!T Rage!!!!!!

Ahhhhhh......... No wonder everyone gives me stink eye. But no one gives it as well as you do. I think you must have a very peculiar nose to pick up such faint scents. And just to clear the record, I do take a shower!!!! Do you have a cat??? I used to have a cat until it unfortunately ran away. No>>> I did not treat it bad, I think it was just lured into the street life by all of the other cats in my neighborhood. Well, it has been nice to hear from you again!!!=) I hope we can chat again. I'll call you stinky, since you always give me such a nasty eye.:) Bye bye....

charisseo 03/13/01 9:32 PM RE: DOG $#!T Rage!!!!!!

so you have doggie poop on your shoes and the rest of you smells like fart!? no wonder people give you stink eye! he he... as for your doggie poop problems all i can say is that if you had a cat you wouldn't have that problem. cats know where they should poop. right in their litter box :) only problem you would have is that occassionaly hair ball mess... but, that does not have an odor.

shaun56 03/13/01 3:48 PM DOG $#!T Rage!!!!!!

Alright.... for those of you who have heard about my fart rage, this has top just add to the smell of it. Yesterday, I was working on my car. I have two cute cocker spaniels that I truly adore. I am rebuilding my car, and most of my parts are stored in the backyard. OK... Well, when I come home from school, I pick up the dog crap, wash down the pavement, and play with my dogs a little. Then I try to work on my car before hitting the books. Well, when I was moving parts from the front to the backyard, guess what happened. Okay, I must remind you that this was after cleaning the prior poopings up already. aYup, no doubt, I stepped on a new, stinkin', fresh pile of $#!T... At first, I had to be pissed. That's ironic, pissed because I stepped on $#!T. Anyways, I had to laugh after my dogs came up to me, sniffed me, and ran away. Now, my question to all is: why do dogs never step on their own $#!T??? They seem to know every land mine they set, and exactly where they are. Maybe it's their joke against us "smart" humans......

carlisle 03/14/01 10:03 PM RE: Strike rage!!

Yes, this strike concern is getting pretty old. Yet, it is still a very big concern among the majority of the students. There are so much things that I hear, that concerns the teacher strike. The thing that pops my bubble is the fact that there are so many issues out there on the table, that are not fully explained to the students. No one can give a definate answer on the this whole strike issue. That makes things that much harder and much more frustrating to deal with. The vote was done this even (wed. 3/14/01) now all that we can do is wait. Wait, wait, and wait. The stress. The only thing that I can do is wait, and take advantage of the education that I am being given right now.

virtual-b 03/17/01 12:47 PM RE: Strike rage!!

If your information is accurate, probably so, I think that it's unfair. If the strike lasts more than two weeks, the semester will be cancelled. That's just not right. The public school teachers, HSTA, have taken a strike vote which overwhelming says that they would strike if no contract is reached. But in the case of high school seniors, if the HSTA strike lasts less than twenty days, then they still graduate. Their school year will count. Regardless of how many days the UHPA strike may last, I don't want to be taking class into the summer. The professors do need a raise, and it's really overdue. However, I honestly think that the governor is being overwhelmed right now. Cayetano has the UHPA, HSTA, HGEA, UPW, fire fighter's union all demanding new contracts of some sort. Even if he wanted to dole out raises, which may not look like it, the state budget may not have the clout to mollify everyone. Some unions are going to be left out. Only time will tell which one(s) it will be.

Daniel1978 03/14/01 1:33 PM RE: Strike rage!!

Word on the "Street" is:-If they strike more than 2 weeks, the semester will be cancelled.-If the semester is canacelled, we get no credit and no tuition refund.-If we get no tuition refund, MANY students will file law suits. Which means we'll get some sort of refund.-If the strike happens less than 2 weeks, teachers may choose to make up the class hours at the end of the semester. I suppose this depends on the individual teacher. I'm sure some of them (and some of us) have already purchased plane tickets.-The teachers REALLY need a raise. Support them and we can minimize the strike time. (Hopefully)Thats all the info I've got. If anyone knows anything else...Either way, we'll find out soon.Don't STRESS too much!!-Dan

TVR 03/14/01 10:07 AM RE: Strike rage!!

Nah, I really don't think that the university can just take your money and also not give you the credits. My English professor said that if they go on strike, the number of days that their on strike will be the number of days that we have to make up. Also, if the strike is really long and the make up days goes into the summer term then the term would be pushed back. This is what I'm hearing, but hopefully what your saying isn't. Because that would be pretty sick and all the students at UH will be pissed!! Oh well, I got to admit though. This problem is getting to be very interesting. But, I'm still surprised that the Gov. still has not seen the importance of having a good college faculty is. If the pay raise doesn't go through then UH will begin to decline in a downward spiral. My prediction is that the faculity won't on strike for more then one day. What do you think?

snowhawaii 03/13/01 8:28 PM RE: Strike rage!!

I understand how you feel because I'm worried very much too.What makes me irritated is that we don't know exactly what's going on.When students ask the teacher in the class, she says it is much likely they go on strike. But in another class, the teacher says it won't go long even if it occurs. Some teachers are not sure about this.I, as a senior student, this semester is very important. Not only tuition, but credits are more important. And for me, as an international student, if I have to take one more extra semester, even though they refund the tuition, I have to spend money for living and have to think about visa too.I've never had these kind of situation in my country. So I'm just surprised and worried as well. The governer is responsible for this. I just wonder how come he does nothing.

sakodash 03/13/01 6:47 PM Strike rage!!

I know this topic is getting a little old already but I just keep getting angry over it. On one hand, I'm like YEAH!! we don't have to go to school but on the other hand, I'm worried what's going to happen to our credits. My sociology teacher had told us the other day that if they go on strike then we won't get any credits for this semester and we won't get our tuition back. Granted, I'd rather have the credits than the tuition but to get neither?!! What's going on here? It seems that many people don't know what's going on either or at least they're just not talking about it. Does anybody know what's happening? I guess I shouldn't really worry about it if no one else seems to be really worrying about but I just can't help it. I want to know if I can go to first session summer school and graduate in this lifetime.

lavaflow 03/17/01 11:58 AM RE: kids can be so mean!!

I thought that all children can be really mean at one moment and they can be nice at some times. I tend to forget about this when I don't have much interactions with children for a while and then I get shocked everytime I go see my three nephews. They are really bad and they are mean not only to each other but also to me. I think that children can accidentally give small physical damage to other kids because they often can't adjust their physical strength well while playing. The tree nephews, they can be really aggressive and they often have scraches, bruises, cuts and so on.

charisseo 03/17/01 10:18 PM RE: kids can be so mean!!

hi shaun...reguarding society and their impact on children, i aggree with you on how society is pretty much going nuts and everyone seems to becoming a follower. but aren't the parents are apart of the society that is following the norm? so if any change is to occur it should be the parents who stop the "norm" to continue from evolving because they are the biggest stakeholders in their childrens life. one way that i propose that parents could help their own children from not becoming a victim society down fall if for parents become active parents in their hildrens life. well... thats all stinky... bye

shaun56 03/14/01 7:25 PM RE: kids can be so mean!!

Hey Charisse:i AGREE WITH YOU THAT SOME PAENTS ARE TO BLAME. bUT WHAT ABOUT SOCIETY?? ARE THEY TO BLAME AT ALL? i THINK THAT THE SOCIETY HAS A BIG IMPACT ON THE PARENTS AND THE KIDS. tHERE IS A BIG PROBLEM GROWING. pEOPLE ARE JUST GETTING TOO NUTS. aND AS PEOPLE TURN NUTS, OTHERS FOLLOW THEM TO FIT IN WITH THE SOCIAL "NORM." wHAT IS UP WITH THIS??? wELL, i THINK THAT KIDS ARE SURELY EVOLVING A LOT FASTER NOWADAYS, SO WE NEED TO THINK, HOW CAN WE GET THEM TO EVOLVE BETTER? wELL, JUST SOME THOUGHTS FOR YOU TO THINK ABOUT. bUT DON'T WORRY, NEXT TIME I SEE YOU, I WON'T SMELL LIKE DOGGIE POOH OR FARTS, THEN YOU CANNOT GIVE ME STINK EYE, OKAY!!!! bYE FOR NOW

sakodash 03/14/01 10:16 AM RE: kids can be so mean!!

I used to work in special education classes and I've never seen kids so mean to each other. I don't know if it had to do with them being in special education or if a lot of kids are just mean in general. I remember one time a fifth-grade boy kept teasing one of the other boys, calling him names and making him cry almost everyday. Then one day during recess I caught this boy and some of his friends crowded all around the boy they always tease and hitting him with a stick. The poor boy was crouched down so low and was just cryig silently. I had to break them up and send them all to the office. To me that was pretty scary because I just don't understand how elementary school kids can torture and harass other kids. That never happened when I was in elementary school!!

charisseo 03/13/01 9:20 PM kids can be so mean!!

today was the first day of my field work for this one class that i am taking. we were at this site playing soccer with elementry school children. everything was going well, then i found one of the boys sitting on the side crying with his head down. when i asked him what was wrong he hesitated a little then told me that the other children, not in our group, where calling him names. then as the afternoon moved i noticed that the children in my group were also calling each other vulgar names. at this point i was kinda shocked becuase when i never saw kids being so mean toward each other. i scolded them then i just passed it off as kids fooling around. what really got to me was when i saw this long, deep scratch on one of the boy's neck and chest area. when i asked him he hesitated then he told me that his brother did it to him!?! this totally amazed me becuase with my brothers and cousins i could not think of a time when any of us would inflict pain on each other like that. in all though i think that it is the children who should be at blame. it is the parents! where were they when their sons were fighting?

ikibobo 03/14/01 12:15 AM Another type of dog $h!t Rage!

Have you ever walked your dog, and gotten questionable looks from people, like they are thinking "where's your poop-bag?" All you dog owners should know what I am talking about. That peer like you're the one who let's their dog do his/her business as they please and do not pick up after them! Well, every single day I walk my dog, and I always bring a poop-bag to pick up my doggy's mess. It's very aggravating to see some people walking their dog and act like someone else should be picking up after them! Or, even worse, they think just because they have a little 5-10 lb. dog, that their little poop will go unnoticed!!! I'm just fed up with those owners! One of these days, I'm going to pick up the kukai after them and follow them home and leave the little present for them in their mailbox for a "friendly" reminder. ;P

virtual-b 03/17/01 12:03 PM RE: Catholic Rage

Catholicism can be quite tedious. I went to a private catholic high school, so I know pretty much first hand the pains of going through the sacraments and what not. For the most part, those that actually do practice their Catholic faith are forced to adhere those strict rules. It's a process. Baptism, Sunday school, first communion, confession, confirmation. Through the process, one is supposedly growing in his faith. He or she learns more and more about the Lord, the bible, and himself or herself as well. Catholicism is not for everyone. I know friends who consider themselves Catholic, but have never step foot in a church in five or six years. Basically, the strict rules are meant to teach and nurture, not to hinder. Catholicism wants your child to be Catholic. That's why, unlike some churches, they baptize babies who can't even comprehend the meaning of faith. In my opinion, the opposition for your daughter's baptism won't last long.

Dahlin 03/14/01 9:05 AM Catholic Rage

My husband and I want to get our six month old daughter baptized at my family church. I got the paper work and began reading the copious instructions. It seems that the church is very strict on the rules of baptism. The parents must be married by the Catholic church to go through with this rite of passage. Unfortunately my husband and I were married by a non-Catholic minister. The instructions do say that the church will make allowances for couples who weren't married by the Catholic church but it seems difficult. Plus the Godparents must submit a form filled out by their Catholic priest or their minister testifying to the fact that they go to church regularly and are worthy of being Godparents.I understand that baptising your child should not be entered into lighly but it seems like all these things are a bunch of red tape.I really want my daughter to be baptized at that church because that is where I was baptized, got my first commuion and confirmation. However it might be out of the question if they don't recognize my husband's and my marriage.

Number11BUS 03/18/01 2:55 PM RE: Telephone survey rage

Hello Snowhawaii & Meow24You are both getting really smart really quick. Most survey folks you can so, "No, I'm not interested." and "No, you may not call me back." the very same works very well for credit card offers, phone card offers, insurance offers, book sellers, video sellers, and political surveys. You have a personal right to your phone service without the hassel of being required to engage in calls you do not wish to accept. Also, at any time during such a call, if you decide you no longer wish to listen and/or participate...you have every right to say, "I wish to end this now. No, you may not call me back." You do not have to be extra polite with "I'm sorry[ies]." The person on the other end of the line is sitting there with a "book" of return phrases to rope you in with "but, don't you like saving money? ...having better service? helping so-and-so." They are doing their job as it was outlined for them, to tug at our civil responsibility with stock phrases designed to may you feel guilty. Be firm, be civil, but remember you do not have to take an unwanted call.Cheers (^_^)Number11BUS't

meow24 03/15/01 12:04 AM RE: Telephone survey rage

ah~ don't u just hate it when u answer the phone and these people just start w/ the questions w/o asking a permission first?!i used to be shy, so just went along w/ the survey, but after few years of doing it, i really got tired of it. so what i do now is, i just tell them i was on my way out or just hang up the phone if they preceed w/ the questions w/o asking if i have time to do it.i know it sounds mean, but they make me be this way. they have no respect for people they call for their survey. so i decided not to be nice either.plus there are a lot of fraud calls asking for birthdates, soc. security numbers, and so on. i just tell them i will contact them if i have any problem w/ my phone or tv companies, but as i hang up the phone, i worry about others who might give out info. on the phone to these frauds. NEVER GIVE ANY INFORMATION OVER THE PHONE! even if they say they are from your company. you can never trust people nowadays.

snowhawaii 03/14/01 9:42 AM Telephone survey rage

I got a phonecall from a telecommunication service or something on Monday afternoon. As soon as I answered the phone, the woman started talking and asking me questions. I thought it's just a copuple of questions. But she never stopped. The questions were about how much I'm familiar with major telephone companies like "Do you think Sprint has a cell-phone service?" Those questions are referd to each telephone companies; GTE, At&T, sprint, Vrizon. I'm not from here so that I'm not familiar with those stuff.All I could say is "I don't know." And then I told her that I'm from a different country, so I don't think I can contribute to this survey.But the woman said that's o.k., and kept asking me questions. It was already 15minutes or so passed. But still she kept asking me questions.I was really tired becasue I had an exam and I didn't sleep the previous night, so I was going to take a nap. But she didn't seem to let me go. So I asked her how many more questions she got. And she said "I don't know." It made me upset. I think I was nice to answer to all her questions, but I'm not that nice to answer the endless questions! I told her I cannot do this for an hour, and she said then she can call me back some other times. I said O.K., and she hung up without thank you.I know this is her job, and this is the mean to make her living. But I have my own life too. She'll never know how much I'm tired or other things. But she should keep her mind that she is violating somebody's precious time.I got another telephone survey yesterday afternoon too.Before the guy was going to ask me questions, I told him I had to go to the class. Then he asked me if he could call me back later, and I said NO!!

sakodash 03/14/01 10:22 AM Sick again rage!!

I HATE BEING SICK!! I just don't understand. It feels like colds just hide behind little corners waiting to pop out at the worst possible moments. This semester I caught TWO colds already...I always prided myself on the fact that I hardly ever catch colds. The worst part is that it always comes when I have a lot of things to do. It's like colds have a personal vendetta against me. I know...pretty irrational, huh? I guess I'm just grouchy. I really really hate being sick!!

silverfox2001 03/16/01 11:01 PM RE: Lazy People Rage!!!

I agree totally with you. I hate when lazy people leave their mess and you have to clean it up. It happens at my work place too. I work in an office where people eat and leave their mess right where you need to xerox, fax or use the computer. I get so tired of leaving nice little notes like "pleas throw away all trash." What is so hard to put your wrappers in the garbage is beyond me.

TVR 03/14/01 10:24 AM Lazy People Rage!!!

Don't you just hate it when you work with people that are so lazy. This incident happens many times at work but he still hasn't changed. At my working place, there is usually two shifts that work in a day. The morning shifts usually does there own thing but by the end of their shift they suppose to do help out and set up the night crew. There not just suppose to leave their stuff in a miss and expect the night crew to clean in up. Ok, this wasn't what I was getting mad about, but he does do this once in awhile. But, what really gets me upset is that he always doesn't help and set up the night crew. He give some BS excuse that he was busy or something. But, really he is just cruizing and talking story. Then when he has to work the evening shift then he gets mad if someone does that to him. I don't think that this is right and I feel that everyone should be responsible to finish their work especially when they have alot of time to do it in.

purple848 03/19/01 1:47 AM RE: SWR#8: Unthankful People

It is really sad that some of us adults who should be a role model to the children cannot even make it to the bottom line of courtesy. I was thinking why those people did not say "Thank you" to you after you had been providing friendliness and a respect to them. They might have taken you as a person who works to serve food at the place where the party was held? That's what I could think of how some people can be rude to you, but even if that was the case, we all should say at least thank you to everyone who did nice things to us. I am sorry to be rude to make a comment about these people at the party because they may not be your family or relatives, but they could be friends of your family. I feel sorry , too, that it seems our value of being courteous to others has been taken less important as it used to be.

skyblue 03/14/01 12:49 PM SWR#8: Unthankful People

I had to serve Hawaiian food for my cousins' first birthday luau for about one and a half hour straight. So I got a chance to observe and talk to family, friends, and strangers. I made sure that I smiled, said Hi!, periodically asked, "Would you like some lomi salmon?" and went out of my way to accommodate their needs. In several instances, some people were carrying two plates so since their hands were full, I took the initiative to grab two separate small cups each of lomi salmon and poi. Those people said, "Thank you!" But what really caught me by surprise were the adults (strangers) that were carrying one plate. I noticed these people (carrying only one plate) would shove a plate in front of my face without expressing a word of appreciation or thank you! No utter, no sound, no beep! If I don't say thank you, I feel funny or my parents and the rest of my family would get after me. I amazed how some people have lost it or were not taught the courtesy of saying please and thank you! What happened to the social etiquette that has been taught and reinforced by our parents and elders? Share with me your views or opinions!

ddestrad 03/18/01 5:21 PM RE: Joke Rage!?!?

Daniel that is one of the funniest pranks that i have heard in a while. OH my god, I would feel just as stupid if that happaned to me. That is a pretty clever idea though. Don't change being such a nice person becuase of one prank though!!

Daniel1978 03/14/01 1:25 PM Joke Rage!?!? ----

Alright, You guys will like this one. Right after our class was over on monday, I started to hurry home. I was walking down university ave. on the Diamond Head side of the road. I saw a car stopped at a red light in the center lane. This car had a 7-11 big gulp on the roof. I tried to motion to the passangers to signal them about the soon to be spilled beverage on their roof. The paggangers saw me and just gave me the "Shaka" sign. I was thinking that these peoiple thought that I was nuts and were just humoring me. I thought to my self about how I'd feel if it were a soda about to spill on my car. I decided to rescue their car from this situation. I began to cross the street still trying to motion the passangers to look on their roof. They kept giving me the shaka sign. Idiots! Finally I got to their car and the passanger was just loking at me stupidly. I reach up and try to get the soda off this ugly car'roof. at first I thought it was very heavy, then I realized it was stuck! The passenger was giving me the shaka sign while laughing! They nailed the cup to the roof! Jerks! But it WAS funny. I felt like a bloody IDIOT!!! but I was still laughing....So the moral of the story is: If you see a car with a drink on its roof near UH, DON'T HELP THEM!!!!!Ha!

Number11BUS 03/18/01 3:39 PM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

Hello everyone!Yep, the Gov is not being talked about very lovingly just now. You may wish to consider, the State of Hawaii is responsible for creating laws for public policy and then funding the policy. You may wish to recall that the Democrats in Hawaii are different from mainland Democrats. However, both Parties are backed by MACHINES that want their guy elected. Often times it is then to help their guys stay in office and fund pet projects. We are swayed to vote in the direction of the MACHINE propaganda. This makes us think we have more power in our vote and happens to be there. Education--we've known the education is Hawaii is 50% public and 50% private for a long long time. But the taxes for the payment of the education comes from all of us, all 1,200,000 of us. So, why is it that private education can afford to have good teachers, professors and supplies and courses? Because the private sectors pays for it. All of us pay for the public schools and the University of Hawaii. All of us. If the Gov says he can't pay the bills with the taxes he has control over, then his budget needs to be examined. The money is there--for the public, not the cronies. We can correct the problem of the Gov in the next election. We need to concentrate on staying ture to our views about education. If it is important, we must stand together--K-1 and University. If it is not so important to us--then we will be getting exactly what we ask for--divided loyalities. The MACHINE and the Gov promised education was important, however, they don't walk the talk. The results in sub-standard education for the public sector is that the State of Hawaii will have plenty of undereducatied people to fill the positions of the service industry, tourist industry...but the professions will continue to be manned [or womaned] by the private sector that goes away to school and comes back to run the PLANTATION the same old way. If you want to be a part of the professional group, if you want to be increasing your earing capacity, if you want to be able to own a home, pay your rent, feed yourself and your children and send them to higher education, you have an opportunity to voice that desire now. E-mail a Representative or a Senator, both locally at the State level and even at the Federal level. You can get their e-mail on the web. A Hearing can be initated if the people want it. That's what the HOUSE and SENATE can do. We don't have to wait to see what the Gov is going to do. We can ask our elected officials to do something now. Accountability, credibility, ethics--it's overdue. The time you spend on this message board is required in some respects. The time you spend on an e-mail to an elected representative can carry more weight in you civic community. Give it a chance and turn up the heat on all those other people you elected besides the Gov.Cheers (^_^)Number11BUS

ktootree 03/17/01 5:07 PM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

Personally, Ben Cayetano was not my pick in the governor race and he's done many things that I haven't supported. He has lied and he has not kept his promises, which has lead to this proposal of the teacher strike. Although, I totally disagree with the decisions that the Governor is making, as well as him criticizing professors and such, I do not agree with the racial remarks made by others as well. Retaliating by using racial slurs is just as wrong. We should be the better person and not stoop down to such a level. Where will criticizing each other get us...no where.

darell 03/18/01 2:29 AM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

I totally agree with you on this. Every since Cayetano was elected, the entire state started going downhill. I know a lot of people that have moved from Hawaii to the mainland because the cost of living is so high and that they were not getting paid enough. In terms of school, he placed a great emphasis on the quality of education that Hawaii's students get but in actuality, it seems like education wasn't even an issue to him after being elected. A lot of the public school students have to fundraise a lot in order to get supplies for their class. I don't think that's right because the state should be able to provide what a students in order to uplift the quality of education that Hawaii's students thus increasing the quality and excellence of education that they carry on in the future.

silverfox2001 03/16/01 10:56 PM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

This whole thing with Ben and the teachers is just a piece of what he has done to the people who call Hawaii their home. How would you feel if one day after working for the state and they laid your husband, mother, father and brother all off within weeks of each other. How would you feel if the businesses you worked for all decided to up and leave, because they felt Hawaii was too high of a price tag to pay. If you did not have these things happen to you then you cannot begin to understand the animosity locals feel here in Hawaii, when they elected Ben into office. He got budgets so bad that people had to move in order to make it. Businesses closed down because it was to expensive to do business in Hawaii. If that was not enough he cut the school budgets that now all of us that do have children, have to buy things like construction paper, white outs for the kids and some of us even have to buy books for the children plus the tons of fund raisers to raise money for each class rooms so the teachers can buy school supplies and a little extra for the students in that class. Look around and if you see any new economy looking towards Hawaii. I don't think so. All you see is recession marked everywhere.

kathyhirokane 03/15/01 12:58 PM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

i also hate cayetano, and not because of his ethnicity!! i don't know who said they don't like him because of his race, but many others don't like him simply because he is an arrogant person who is only after his own interests. i personally voted for linda lingle, so i can complain about him all i like. i have never supported his campaign because it is filled with lies and ignorance. he claims, over and over and over again that he is the 'education' governor. yeah right! if he was so concerned with our education, he wouldn't be criticizing our teachers and professors and would make an honest effort to reach a compromise. nothing has changed. he holds grudges and never looks for what will help the community. he needs to wake up! the students should be the top priority, not his own agenda!!

oshale 03/15/01 9:13 AM RE: govenor rage (from other people)

I'm sorry but I am one of the people who really, really dislike Ben. I never wanted him to be voted in the first place, and when he like reelected, I knew we were in for trouble. I am not really into politics myself but when the politics starts to affect your own life, like when it begins to involve yourself or your family or friends, then it becomes fairly personal.During Cayetano's first term, like all politicians I guess, they make promises and promises and my father was in the Carpenter's union and even then, many jobs were cut due to Cayetano's decision. I think there was the rapid transit system, and other construction jobs that just got ignored or rejected by him. and now it is about the teachers.I think everyone agrees that teachers are one of the most important people in our lives. They were our role models when we were kids and continue to be that way and isn't it shameful that they get paid less than most people? They should be the ones to get paid more!Ben really has serious issues and I'm sure he doens't really give a shit about education. It always has been that way, and sometimes i want bad things to happen to him. I really hate him!!!

carlisle 03/14/01 10:11 PM govenor rage (from other people)

The whole teacher strike issue has brought on a lot of dislike towards Ben Cayetano. Maybe he is doing the best thing, or maybe he is going at it, all in the wrong way. Most of the people out there feel that he is going about it all the wrong way. There are people that I now that make racial remarks about him, and wished that they had never voted for him in the last election. Some are saying, that he does not care about the teachers or the students, because he is on his last term in office, and will not be re-elected. I feel that there are so many misconceptions about him and the teachers strike. Sometimes there are things in the news that I hear about the strike that makes me just want to through a glass cup at the television. I not one for politics so I really do not know what the govenor had done for us. Maybe he had done some good, but lately he only seems to be doing, some wrong. It is funny how people get so upset at a person, that the only thing that comes out of their mouth are racial slurs, and remarks. I have been a lot of those things coming out of people's mounth since this whole teachers strike came out.

MAX676 03/18/01 10:55 PM RE: doctor rage

I definately feel you on this one, 'cause everything is so operational nowadays. It's all in the system, when doctors are in school, they don't learn how to make people feel comfortable, they learn how to perform the operation. Everything they do is so mechanical, and they are taught how to treat people in the best way. As a result, these traits are based on the individual, and that is very scary. Doctors need to be taught how to comfort a patient, because this is not inborn, and we need this security when we are in a hospital. A hospital is a very scary place, with all the knifes and needles, and when the doctors don't know how to be personal, and make you feel at home, everything can feel pretty scary