My ass, and why it hurts.

[hannahchan]

Went to Open Skate last night, and had a lot of fun--though I don't think anyone watching me thought I did. I was easily the worst skater on the rink--and that included some six-year-olds--but what the hell, I've been roller skating precisely once before in my life, when I was 12 or something, and I know I'm really physically uncoordinated, so this

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[wasabi_poptart]

hell, I say let Henry eat those damn yappy dogs. Serves them all right.

[hannahchan]

I just don't think they'd be part of a healthy diet.

[ranger_hotsauce]

Remember the old cereal commercials? The ones that would say "Frosty Sugar-bombs are a part of a healthy breakfast", then show a bowl of cereal surrounded by a breakfast that would be plenty healthy without the cereal? You could apply the same logic; if your dog is eating a healthy diet, plus the neighbor's dogs, those dogs are part of a healthy diet.

Just trying to help.

Wherein. . .

[plantastic]

Aw, shucks. You make me skate proud!

Sorry if I was too cheer-leady for you last night :) I hope you'll go skating again.

P.S. Unfixed barking dogs are such passive aggressive bullshit.

Re: Wherein. . .

[hannahchan]

Ha, no, it was cool. I could see that you got it--like,"okay, she's just going to hug her little wall over there and do her thing." I'M sorry I inflicted my Baskins & Robbins Trauma story on you! See, there's a reason why I never tell it!

[lala_lisa]

Your neighbor is a renter, right? Talk to his landlord. Does the landlord know he is breeding dogs there?

And, yay on the having fun skating and being patient with yourself!!! I'll totally have to go to open skate soon!!! I'm sure I will be falling down A LOT!

[hannahchan]

I've never met the landlord. I just did a property search and they're some real estate conglomerate. I'd rather talk to him first and then play that card. I have to live next door to this guy so I'd rather I didn't escalate this if I don't have to.

What's really depressing is the house only went for $150K. I mean, I know it had a lot of problems, but still--I hope my house is worth more than that!

You should totally come to Open Skate--it's a hoot! But I bet I will fall down more than you do. For I AM THE CHAMPION!!! of falling down.

[lala_lisa]

Maybe we can have a falldown showdown, Ms. Champion!

meddle, meddle, meddle

[fightscrime]

1) Skating is so damn fun, even when you're in the falling stage. We all went through it, and it's amazing how quickly most people find themselves improving

2)Even if you aren't planning on eventually trying to knock other people down, I strongly, strongly suggest that you get some protective gear and learn to take falls on your pads. They sell wristguard/elbow pad/kneepad sets at sporting goods stores, and while they aren't the best quality, they're a huge improvement over nothing.
Once you learn to take falls on your pads and realize that it really doesn't hurt, you can do other stuff with wild abandon, but treat your tailbone like a faberge egg. Srsly: tailbone bustings are no fun at all.

--A. Mother-Hen

Re: meddle, meddle, meddle

[hannahchan]

Aw, thanks, Mother H!

[ranger_hotsauce]

First, I'm going to share something that I think is excellent life advice, and which I learned from a skating instructor:
"If you aren't falling down, it doesn't mean you're good; it means you aren't trying."

After 12 years teaching something that requires a bit of physical coordination, I've found that most people are like you. I call it "sensei-power", where the teacher has the ability to make you screw up just by looking at you. And displaying frustration or anger doesn't help anyone either, even though it ironically stems from a genuine desire for you to be better than you are.

As for the other thing, I usually avoid giving unsolicited advice, so I won't. But I could.

[hannahchan]

Falling is learning! Or at least that is what I am telling myself.

Hey, I'm open to suggestions, keeping in mind that no animals may be harmed in the making of this response... and that the guy has a small kid, so I don't really want to make things bad for him. It seems like we should both be able to be rational adults about this.

[ranger_hotsauce]

Don't worry, my advice isn't of the vengeful variety. But it's also hard to follow: nice the living shit out of the guy. Try to bear in mind that in his mind, he's not doing anything wrong, and that he did you a huge favor giving you his cell number. Yeah, you shouldn't have to, and he should be more considerate. But dwelling on that doesn't help the situation the way having this guy wanting to do you favors would.

Sorry if it's no help, but it's the best I've got.