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I just need to vent a little bit about this. My grandfather is driving me crazy. He is very defensive, hypocritical, and he "jokes" all the time. (His jokes are usually meant to provoke me).
 
One thing he does is make a mess constantly, and then yell at me because it's messy. He then takes credit for cleaning once I've cleaned. Even when I confront him about taking the credit, he insists he does most of the cleaning. In reality, all he does is sweep the floor.
 
He also lies about things constantly (like taking credit above). For example, today I found my Xbox cord unplugged from the wall and from the power brick and thrown on the floor. The first thing he told me is that the dogs had peed on the cord, which made no sense because he hadn't picked the cord up. I asked again later and he told me that he had laid a box of dog food on it, and the cord had disconnected when he picked the box back up. Considering the cord was flat on the floor to begin with, I don't really understand how that works either.
 
He also yells constantly. He mostly yells when he's getting defensive, e.g. whenever anyone says anything that could possibly be considered "against" him. He tries to intimidate me, I think because I'm 17 and approaching adulthood and he feels threatened.
 
He will also go out of his way to do things "his way", even if that way is idiotic or even dangerous. He doesn't follow anyone's suggestions. For example, he leaves doors open (even though we have had ticks in our house and have had snakes on our deck), he throws food to the dogs instead of giving it to them (even though we have had bad dog fights over this before), and he uses an electric tiller in the garden (even though it tears up the plants).
 
He also teases my 2-year-old cousin to the point of tears, and will even continue teasing her once she's crying. He insists it's her fault, because he is "just playing with her".
 
I think he does a lot of these things because he is old. Maybe his memory is not the best. He also is very stubborn. Like I said above, he still regards me as a child and refuses to accept that he will not be in charge of me after a while. He also has never had any "real" control of me, since my grandmother has always been my "parent".
 
Even though he has valid reasons for his... stubborness... it still infuriates me. I'm just glad I won't have to deal with this once I'm outta here.
 
If you actually read all of my whining, congratulations! You win absolutely nothing.
 
Thank you, though. Feels good to vent.

I think you get 12 points for every YYB win, 6 for every eligible SS, and 1 each for SOSD and MSN. Also 4 points for a YYB draw?
This is how it was in previous years I believe.
 
Welcome back btw!! You've done an awesome job catching up on AC!

Sold my 2k of Powr at 86! Good luck to everyone else holding out!
 
This is the first time I've sold stock in several months!

I just finished listening to Pride and Prejudice as an audiobook! I never had to read it in school and I really liked it! Probably going to listen to another classic-y literature book next.

I think you get 12 points for every YYB win, 6 for every eligible SS, and 1 each for SOSD and MSN. Also 4 points for a YYB draw?
This is how it was in previous years I believe.
 
Welcome back btw!! You've done an awesome job catching up on AC!

I'm so surprised I managed to make it!! Around 40k is usually my max. But exciting all the same!!
 
So if my search results are correct, the newest BTY is started whenever the news is posted, and news is posted around afternoon NST on Wednesdays?

I'm studying abroad in Ecuador next semester, so this summer my boyfriend and I have created a bucket list to complete before I go. So far we have a concert, the taste of Chicago, a civil war reenactment, a baseball game, and a strawberry festival.

Last year caps were 68 games for YYB, 139 for SlSl, and 762 for MSN and SoSd.

The sweep is so disheartening but I definitely agree with you on still going as hard as we can! 
 
Today is my first time I'm playing the practice team since I couldn't last week but they're so hard?? It seems they're not quite as fast when the ball comes into play but they are certainly good at holding onto the ball when it slips out of Elon's grip!

LOL Oh I'm proud, just a little conflicted as to whether or not I should express it. lol As long as Maraqua is putting up a good game I suppose.. ;)
 
I can't believe Terror Mountain beat Maraqua so badly though, I really thought it'd at least be a couple of draws, not all losses. Too bad. :-\ I wonder if some Maraquans have given up? Because it doesn't look like we can win the cup. I'd LIKE to play for the cup, but with the cheaters in some of those teams, I can kind of relate to the feeling of it being useless to go for the cup. Of course I intend on playing my best for myself and the team, but even if we can't win the cup, I think going out in a blaze of glory doing my best is preferable to just calling it quits. ;)

I try to keep the ball on my side and cozy up to the goal. Shooting it gently generally works better since it's easier to retrieve them. I stand towards the top side of the goal and hope it goes in on a low diagonal shot or a side shot!

Just got to rank 6, and a couple wins to grow on. lol 48 more games to Rank 7. x_x

Got to rank 5, I'm almost at rank 6! WooHoo!
 
I made it to rank 6! Oh myyyy...I'm so tired now, haha! :laughingsmiley:

Lucky number Rank 11 today!! It's crazy that this is only a little less than 1/3 way to All Star. I feel like I'm playing so much already @.@

Lucky number Rank 11 today!! It's crazy that this is only a little less than 1/3 way to All Star. I feel like I'm playing so much already @.@

Over the past year I've been pretty absent but now that it's summer again I have loads of time to waste!
 
Last night I also made the most impulse decision to get a year of Premium, reasoning that "it's like 1 shift! Not a big deal!" So now if I take a break it'll feel like it's wasting money nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnngggggggggggggg

AHHH Just got my Wheel of Knowledge avatar today!!!!! I'm so excited to be able to stop spinning this worthless thing!!!

AHHH Just got my Wheel of Knowledge avatar today!!!!! I'm so excited to be able to stop spinning this worthless thing!!!

37 games of YYB so far, 360 goals by Elon and a smattering from the other three defenders. My GPG overall is above 10 but I'm working on getting Elon's GPG above 10!

Thank you so much!! That is so sweet of you!! Got some strength from the Light Faerie :O

Could someone look up Torn White Gym Socks for me? Thanks!

Wow Aquamentis, that's crazy!!! I'm so glad we're on the same team!
 
I just got 13-0 for the first time this season and I'm already pretty happy with myself. But I'm working more on SOSD and such as well because YYB feels so time consuming :P

Thanks so much! BD Pet's defence increased.

Got a little party for my bugs....since it's their last night. Gave em a gazebo and lots of snacks, especially candy and bacon. Some still wish to work, but that's fine. They don't need to now...it's the end after all.
 
 

So... Today has been my lucky day on neopets.
It starts with normal neopia good luck of seeing someone pound adopting out a biscuit Kacheek with a real name (Caitlihn) I magically was on my side with space & snatched her up. It'd been an accident that I had even logged into it, so it was a lovely welcome to the family.
 
I then head over to my main, where I win the tombola & the fruit machine.
The blue plushie gave me money, the shrine gave me a level.
 
On all the wheels I at least make my money back.
 
Then, I get a neomail from TNT:
"the article that you submitted for the neopian times has been held for a later issue" - which I find out from a few guides means it's pretty much a sure thing I've been accepted!
 
Next up, I try my hand at the Better Than You competition.
At the time I'm lamenting it not being a game I've had more practice at....
 
..But low and behold! I make the score, which gets me the trophy and the avatar!
 
I'm more than chuffed, I had answered a thread on here earlier today saying I wanted to get into a better habit of checking for games I'm good at, and then this happens!
 
So, I'm carrying on with my dailies, while chatting to my guild about today's good fortune..
I head to the coconut shy to do my daily waste of money, but on the third throw, the coconut falls to the ground.
Nothing happened though, so I refreshed the page and saw that my money had went up and I had a coconut in my inventory! That's a nice 100k there!
 
I'm was sure that I didn't have the avatar, as it's random as well, but I click on my userlookup to check, and my count had gone up!
I check my neoboard preferences, and there it was!
You have no idea how excited I am to never hear that cackle again.
 
I head back to my guild to share my good fortune, worried that I now sound like I'm gloating, and jokingly say I'll keep the apprised of the rest of my dailies' results. Next up is apple bobbing, but really I'm only half paying attention, riding on the high, so I have to look twice when I see that the imposter apple I had in my inventory fell into the water..
 
I got me the avatar!
 
I can't believe it. These a incredibly random event avatars, and they happen on the same day!
 
So, I'm heading now to do kelp - hoping that this good luck will continue!
 
 
Have you ever had one of the neopets days?
 
 
 
Edit:: I just did some more dailies from the prompting of some of the comments, and I just got the symol hole avatar!!
I've been doing that one for years!