End of Week Thoughts 10-16-09
October 16, 2009 by nina
Filed under End of Week Thoughts
You know we gotta talk about Balloon Boy.
What. the. shit.
Yesterday afternoon I heard my mother and Kali gasping and squealing from the other room. They were shouting something about a boy in a bubble. I thought they were watching that John Travolta movie, but didn’t remember it being that exciting. Like everyone else, I watched with a mixture of fear and sadness. Any second I expected that balloon to smash into the side of an overpass Wild E. Coyote-style.
If you look closely, you can see the ACME logo.
When the balloon finally landed and it turned out the boy wasn’t in it, I turned to Donny and said, “The parents made up the whole thing because they killed him.”
“Why would they do that?”
“Um, cause they went white boy crazy!”
We now know the kid, Falcon Heene, was not only never in the balloon, but he was hiding in a box in the garage the whole time. The media is taking a pounding for the constant coverage and America feels stupid. The family was interviewed on CNN last night and when Falcon was asked why he didn’t come out of hiding when he heard searchers calling his name, he replied, “You said… we were doing it for the show.”
Busted.
It became apparent to anyone watching with half a brain that the family was full of shit. All of the neighbors that were interviewed say that though the family is weird, they don’t believe it was a stunt. As I type this, a reporter is broadcasting from outside their home and some loon is running back and forth behind him yelling stuff. I think the whole area is full of crazies.
The family now claims that after he was discovered in the garage’s attic, some news person had asked the boy to recreate how he hid and that’s what he was referring to when he said it was for the show. Uh-huh.
I still think the whole family is full of shit. And if they’re not, then they need to stop putting the douchey-Dad with his fake tears on camera because he comes off as a liar and bad actor to boot. I’m just sayin’.
AND, if it wasn’t a hoax, little Falcon and the brother that claimed he was in the balloon both need a beatdown. Either way, I don’t appreciate them playing with my emotions.
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You know what’s annoying? People who look at you while they’re driving and talking. I hate that. My ex used to do that. He’d drive and constantly look at me while he was talking. Hey, pay attention to the road! I’m not gonna make any weird facial expressions. You’re not gonna be tested on this conversation later and have to remember what I was wearing and how I looked. Just drive!
As I was coming home from school I was driving behind a guy that was doing that. He was running his mouth and constantly glancing at the person in the passenger seat. His little car was weaving all over the place. I was kinda wanting him to crash into a mailbox.
If you ever ride with me, don’t worry. I don’t do that. I don’t need to know what your face looks like while we’re talking. I need to know if the guy in front of me remembered to fix his break lights. I need to know if the person next to me signals before coming into my lane. I need to know if the car three cars in front of me suddenly slams on his breaks. I need to know if that light is red. All things I can only find out by paying a-fucking-ttention to the road.
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I have two more fast food shops and then I’m done. Not accepting anymore of those assignments. I will start my new clean-living diet in earnest on Monday. New TCTBTF blog on the following Friday. Also, Fluke blog this weekend. I just haven’t had the time to sit down and write out my thoughts.
Oh, you guys have to check out Fogo De Chao. It’s a restaurant here in Atlanta (they are nationwide.) Donny and I had lunch there this week as research for an article I’m writing. Good Lord. It was expensive, but sooo damn good. Nice to see how the other half live for a few hours.
They served this limeade with condensed milk that was so yummy. I’m gonna try to make it the next time we have people over. Anyway, check out the dining experience video on their website and consider one near you the next time you’re gonna dine out for a special occasion.
So, how was your week? What did you think of Balloon Boy and what are your plans for the weekend?
Me? I’m going out to do trailer checks this morning (I love being paid to watch movie trailers), and we’re going to the movies tonight (being paid for that too.) Tomorrow I’m gonna write all day and do some work for Obi Wan. Also, lots of TiVo clearing and Stargate SG1 and Atlantis to watch. Sunday is bum day: laundry and lounging.
Nina is a 34-year-old mother, wife and writer who spends her days blogging, studying, changing diapers and watching ridiculous amounts of TV. She currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband, two children and three TiVos.
I'm sorry but I can't blame anything on the kid. He was also the first one to say something true. Never conspire with a six year old. There'll be a detective crawling up your ass before you know what hit you.
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LikeSaw them on WifeSwap and they WERE crazy. I had a feeling it was fake from the beginning. I feel so bad for those 3 kids. :(
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LikeThis is what happens when you name your kid Falcon.
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LikeBwahahahahahahaha.
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Likei was on a jet blue plane watching it and i kept switching channels to see how had the latest news because i just had to know what happened...and then i realized i was doing it and had an epiphany...thats the whole reason it got coverage...people cant wait to see how something ends, was the ballon going to get hit by a plane flying out of DIA? Was it going to hit power lines? Did the kid fall out?
For Fort Collins CO, they are a perfectly normal family
I am going to paint my office and buy a new office chair so that I can be in a "working" enviroment seeing as I have some big contracts in the works...
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LikeWhen he wasn't in the balloon, I figured they would find him under a bush with his head bashed in by the older brother who said he was in the balloon. Now I just think the whole thing was fake. I just don't buy that someone's kid would hide in an attic for 5 hours, at the exact same time that their homemade weather balloon floats across town unless they were told to do so. The kid is as bad an actor as the dad is.
I will be spending the weekend catching up on all the school work I missed this week while I was home with pneumonia and the swine flu.
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LikeBubble boys family is really strange. I watched them on the show "Wife Swap". The parents are storm chasers.
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LikeWe were supposed to go to Six Flags this weekend, but it's going to rain the whole time so we're gonna have to reschedule. I'll be doing laundry and cleaning, probably playing some WoW, and watching all the TV shows that came on this week (Glee, FlashForward, Mercy, Grey's Anatomy, Heroes, Greek, and some more shows I can't think of off the top of my head).
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LikeThat kid needs to have his ass beat and the father needs to have his hed examined.
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LikeI saw my head yesterday. Large, Domus Maximus why? cuz its filled with fat pockets. sigh I know I am TCTBTF.
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LikeI knew that Ballon crap was crap from the beginning. I thought it was odd that the one day they didn't tie down the balloon was the day their son crawled inside and flew away, and why wouldn't it fly away before his ass got it? You know, while it was lighter. The family is soo full of shit their eyes are brown.
This has been the worst week ever. My one grandmother is in the hospital with internal bleeding, the other grandma has just had her money taken from her by my cunt of an aunt and her loser husband that thinks a career is going to the race track everyday. I think I'm developing an ulcer, I'm so stressed my ass went to church last night and PRAYED. I'm not very religious at all but I needed to speak to someone about it. I thought God might be the most understanding.
Sorry, I had to release that.
PS. I've been catching up on LOST and following up every episode with your reviews. They help me fill in any bits I might have missed watching the show. So, Thanks :)
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Likeoh, there it is
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Likewhat the hell happened to my comment?!!
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LikeWhile in Fairfax a couple of weeks ago, we went to Chima Brazilian Steakhouse (http://www.chima.cc/locations_detail.cfm?id=11) - same idea as Fogo de Chao. I never had so many men offering me their meat at one time. It was a little overwhelming. But, the salad bar? The salad bar!! OMG. best thing ever. http://www.chima.cc/files/menu/menu_12_Salad_Menu_Front.pdf
Re: the driving thing.... studies have shown that men prefer to have important, and even uncomfortable, conversations in the car BECAUSE they don't have to look in your face. They can keep their eyes on the road. I don't get these guys who take their eyes off the road for conversation. INSANE!
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Likei heard about balloon boy from my brother, i was afraid for the boy from what he was telling me, but never followed up on it. from what you're saying the family sounds to dumb to pull such an elaborate prank.
this weekend will be cleaning, homework, lounging, laundry, and church.
i've started my healthy eating and doing tae bo three nights a week. i weigh in on sunday to see if there are any results thus far. good luck with your weight loss endeavors.
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Likeidk how that happened, but ok...
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LikeThey were too dumb to pull the stunt...and get away with it.
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LikeBy the time I saw...it was already out that balloon boy was a fake.
I am going to a 'concert' tonight, I have a date with my chainsaw and some trees tomorrow and tomorrow night, if I'm not too tired, a Halloween Party! Sunday will probably be more time spent with my chainsaw and/or mowing my grass....either/or, this weekend is gonna be hella busy!!!
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LikeI think...simply because the family is nts...it's likely it wasn't a hoax...just madeness. You should take the family to the L5P Halloeen Parade!
We'll miss it this year for a friends monster wedding....the dogs will have to find another party to wear the costumes to.....
Hope you liked Fluke.....I'm goo goo over Christopher Moore.
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LikeWell I am still beaming from getting an A in my class, I have a suprise 50th Birthday for my Cousin, Red Carpet Style and my dress is grogeous! that's pretty much my weekend and homework...
The Balloon kid - I'm still wondering about this one!
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LikeWho names their kid Falcon anyhow...next he'll be singing Rock Me Amadeus.
The whole neighborhood is probably loony..sucking down all that helium
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