So “My Best Friend” Married a Sociopath was not well-received at the box office. Released in the year 2000, it grossed a total of only $500 in 50 theaters on its opening weekend, well below the $20 million it thought it was entitled to. The film had a very mixed reception – highly praised by other sociopaths yet a strong adverse reaction from the average movie goer.
Ed Gein gave high marks to the sociopath for being “an exceptional psycho viciously trapping his victim while leaving her to grasp wildly for individuality and empowerment”. Others have given the sociopath poor marks for its misguided ways and high opinion of itself.
As the story unfolds it becomes quickly apparent that the victim needs to get away – far away – from the sociopath. I must give So “My Best Friend” Married a Sociopath, a whopping 11 stars, for its incredibly accurate depiction of every day life being trapped with a psycho that everyone else views as “very strange but okay”. Until you are fully submerged in the every day dealings of the victim, you can’t begin to comprehend what life is truly like with a sociopath. This movie was extremely eye opening, gut wrenching and an every day emotional roller coaster. It is not something for the faint hearted.
[ Continue ]It has been so long since I’ve blogged…. or designed anything for that matter. Contrary to popular belief I have not fallen off the face of the planet… lol! For the past few months I have been working on renovating my two bathrooms. I got to the point where I just had enough of their current state. We’ve lived in this house for almost 8 years and have done nothing major to it outside of getting new siding and windows 4 years ago. We typically don’t put money into the house and that really needs to change. I actually had a lot of fun remodeling the bathrooms and have learned a lot in the process. I did the majority of the work by myself (like….98%). My husband only helped to pull out the one toilet and help demo the sink in the 2nd bathroom and take down the wall to wall mirror. Here are some photos from the first bathroom that I re-did. I should have just re-tiled the floor during this but at the beginning of this project, I was a bit tentative and felt tiling was a huge step. I wanted to “practice” first in the guest bathroom. … Read more
[ Continue ]I started potty training Dan on Monday. WOO HOO! The first three days went okay… a few accidents but a lot of making it to the potty. The girls have been really fabulous with helping me. They take him into the bathroom and read a potty book to him while he goes (thanks Jeanine!). On Monday I took everyone into Borders so we could buy the potty book. I got lucky – Dan really likes it and we had to read it a zillion times when we got home. So now the girls read to him in the bathroom. I’m still using a timer though that goes off ever 30-40 minutes… the times that Dan has to go and the timer doesn’t ring is when we have an accident. So he’s not good yet at making it to the potty without being prompted….Did I mention that I HATE potty training?
[ Continue ]Rick has always thought there was a skunk living in the immediate area because we always have several incidents a summer that smell like it is right outside our bedroom window. When Jeanine was out visiting me last week, we saw a skunk two doors down walking around the garbage cans that were put out for pickup the next day. Keep in mind that this spotting was at 10:00pm at night when it was dark. Last night I happened to glance out the front window and there he was. Right in the center of my front yard – when it was still light outside! So I grabbed the camera to show Jeanine our friend had returned. I took about 10 photos but they were all from behind the glass (I was so not opening the door! lol!) These are the clearest I got.. but you can still see him. UGH! Anyone know of anything that can make our yard not so interesting to be in for this guy? Is there even such a thing as a de-skunker or “skunk be gone”?… lol!
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