Everytime I read the screed of a whiny, welfare-sucking DUmmy, I just HAVE to get to know more about them. A search of Okto-brain's postings is revealing:
From a dopey "tell us about yourself" thread:
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-01-08 06:42 PM
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26. Mine.
Edited on Fri Aug-01-08 06:42 PM by oktoberain
1. I was once part of a three-way polyamorous relationship. (Which is the reason we have our son.)
2. I quit school in 11th grade, after my Mom had a heart attack. I got a full-time job and took over the role of breadwinner for several years until she was finally healed enough to work again. I got my GED last year, and am about to start my second year of college, at age 29.
3. If I ever get famous, I intend to "spend" my celebrity in advocacy for the poor. I do the best I can now, but the biggest reason I'd like to be well-known someday is because that would help me accomplish even more.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7969748#7977861A "What's for dinner" thread:
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-01-08 11:18 PM
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4. For us, tonight's dinner was
meatloaf (made from exceptionally perky cows) with mashed potatoes (from masochistic potatoes that ENJOYED being mutilated) and green beans that practically made LOVE to the melted butter in the pan.
Nom nom nom.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7978546Hey! I thought it was just SPAM these days! And who gave you the money for those expensive potatoes?!
From a thread on what your love does to show it (barf):
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Fri Aug-01-08 07:47 PM
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28. Oh god. More than I could remember on the spot, but
some examples:
She's willing to put up with me being on the computer for 12+ hours at a time sometimes, when the pain is bad and I'm using it as a distraction.
She never leaves a room without asking me if there's anything I need, or anything she can get for me.
She kisses me at 6:26 every day, since 6/26 is my birthday. (I return with 8:26 for her.)
She stops in the middle of doing things to tell me how beautiful I look right then--the light catching my hair at a certain angle, my eyes being particularly bright that day, just anything.
We say "I love you" (and mean it) thirty-odd times a day or more. After nine years of living together.
She knows me well enough to navigate my temperament like a champ, with no resentment or obsession about who's "right" or what's "fair."
When my tender heart compels me to give away our last twenty bucks to some needy person on a street corner, she never tries to talk me out of it. She shares my values and priorities, and never complains when I don't put *our* family first and foremost every time. My ex-husband once berated me for two HOURS about giving away ten bucks to a hungry beggar, even though he and I together were making about a thousand dollars a week then. ThinkBlue1966 and I barely make $150 a week now, but she's behind me 100%. God I love her.
She communicates with me about EVERYTHING. I don't have to guess what she's thinking, or what she's upset about. She tells me, without hyperbole, and then we talk it over. When she's being moody (or I am) due to hormones, she recognizes it without sounding accusatory or defensive, and we get through it. We can talk about anything in the world. We are not jealous of each other.
She thinks I am the most beautiful, talented, intelligent, and fascinating person that she's ever met, and she tells me so every day. She genuinely feels lucky to be with me. That attitude healed enormous, gaping wounds in my self-esteem that had been around since my school days.
She's just amazing. Everyone should be so lucky to have someone like her.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7975075This idiot is scrimping on her kid's nutrition so she can give street people booze money.
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Wed Jul-30-08 11:08 PM
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Came home today to find a UPS ticket on the front door.
Sender's name: Hayden-McNeill Publishing
My guess is that this is my gratis copy for being a contributing author of WVU's English 101 textbook. I had two of my big papers published in it as student examples of an "ideal paper."
We found it at the local textbook store, too. Woot! I am officially published. My English professors informed me that this counts as publication for the sake of my eventual Master's Degree.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7972586An "ideal paper" to illustrate common grammar errors, maybe. And if that's considered "published", then I'm counting every post I've made here. And she's already fulfilling her Master's requirements, even though she just got her GED?
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Thu Jul-31-08 05:35 AM
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Up late? Why?
Just curious.
Me--pain issues. You?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7973469Oh brother - how many scrip pills is it hooked on, I wonder?
And then there's this thread where she's dumping her dog because they're moving and can't take him - what a POS. Hopefully this will end well for the poor dog.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=7967956Oh, wait! From last year; she should be in London now! I wonder how that worked out....
oktoberain (1000+ posts) Sun Sep-16-07 08:27 AM
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Hey everyone! Looking for advice, new friends, etc.
It is extremely likely that I will be spending a month or two in London next summer, studying Political Science and working as an assistant to a Member of Parliament. It's a special study abroad program that my university sponsors, and I'll be earning college credit for my time there. I've already done the Orientation session, and my next meeting with my International Studies advisor (this Wednesday) is when I start planning the trip, creating a budget, and applying for scholarships, grants, etc.
So if I wind up spending next summer in England, does anyone want to hang out? I'll probably be spending some weekends in Staffordshire, if London is too far away. I'll be there all alone without a single familiar face, so I'm trying to find some friends ahead of time who don't mind giving me hugs and hanging out and helping to keep me from becoming depressed and lonely. I'm really excited about the trip, and I'm looking forward to getting to know some UK DU'ers.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=191&topic_id=22332I guess the eeeeevil BFEE ruined the economy just in time to spoil her trip. Just how many unemployed welfare recipients get grants to study abroad, anyway?
This is the same unpleasant DUmmy who posted pics of herself and her "SO" holding sheets up in front of anti-abortion protesters on her campus. I believe we all picked that thread over pretty well.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=217&topic_id=5848Yes, my research confirms that she's living and going to school on the dime of the residents of West Virginia.
