Most of my Formspring friends were jerks?

From 2010-2013, I frequented a website called Formspring. Formspring.me (Later known as Spring.me, which sounds like a porn name), was an ask and answer site. People would make profiles, and users could ask other people questions. Users could also ask questions anonymously, I don't remember if non-users could do that as well, or if it was strictly people who had accounts. Formspring later died in 2014/2015, and joined up with a dating site called "Twoo", which my spam program always tells me is a harmful site. Ironically enough, Formsprings competitor, Ask.fm (Which I didn't really like, or use), is still around.
I had found out about Formspring, from Yahoo Answers. I found someone interesting on there, and saw they had a Formspring. We ended up becoming friends, and I was introduced to a few of his friends as well!
Unfortunately, my friend, Jye, vanished off the Formspring. I never found out if he just moved on, or if something bad had happened to him.
I met many interesting people on there, however, many of them turned out to be jerks. I stopped talking to most of them. What's upsetting is, I was rather close to a few of them.

It's  silly to talk about stuff like this, but I think it's the experience, and the story time, that can be entertaining, quite possibly.

1. Teri Pterodactyl - One of my mutuals with Jye, Teri, was always so rude. I ended up cutting ties with her. Since she thought an image I posted was unacceptable, even if I was gay. Like what.. it's an innocent picture of two girls with a birthday cake, maybe it's YOU whos mind is in the gutter? Post

2. Mystique - I think my friend, Mystique, was the hardest one. We were really good friends, and I always got so excited talking to her. But she started getting rude, and homophobic. See the Mystique Series.
Two years ago, she messaged me on Tumblr to see how I was doing. I responded, but she hasn't gotten back, I don't think she uses Tumblr often. lol I wouldn't mind if she tried being friends again, that was already years ago, many things have changed.

3. Tish? - I don't remember her name, but it was something like Tish. I thought she was cool, but she wasn't very responsive. I'd ask her questions, and like her posts, but she wouldn't do the same. I even made a comment about how she doesn't seem to be my friend, and she liked it, but said nothing, so I just didn't bother anymore.. no need to be friends with someone who doesn't care.

4. Outer Spacer - Spacer had deleted his account, but I found an old post by him that I hadn't seen before. He told me he thought I was annoying, somehow I missed this response when his account was active. I was surprised! I wouldn't have talked to him at all if he thought I was annoying, I would have said bye bitch! Shame he deleted his account before I saw it, I would have slapped a ho! He was rather bitchy in general, I could have said that to him!

5. Ronan - We were really good friends, we talked about everything, and he was really funny too. But once Formspring was over, we didn't really talk much anymore. But I felt a distance between us on facebook. He eventually unfriended me, which I thought was rude since we were so close at one point! In this case, it's not rude, it's just upsetting that someone you were close to, just kind of vanishes.

6. Danger Noodle - Was a seemingly cool dude on formspring, but he was actually a slab of homophobic garbage on Facebook. He thought being gay was a choice, when I explained to him, that it wasn't, he continued to tell me it was. Then posted a link to a Christian website, that literally came up with opinions as to why being gay wasn't genetic. It was not research, just opinions. So I blocked him faster than a prostitute comes on a Saturday night. Blog post
I saved what he wrote, maybe I'll make that a blog post!

7. We'll call her H - I thought I got along well with H. I did notice that she'd unfriend people on Facebook, that were from Formspring. I was glad that I hadn't gotten deleted! That was, until much later. H didn't like that I didn't really like the word "Gay", I prefer to use other words (I have since grown out of that, and don't have a problem with the word gay anymore.). She also made a comment asking if I had a problem with the term partner, to refer to a gay couple. I said I don't like it, I find the term partner, to be demeaning. Like gay people aren't good enough to straight people, (Like straight couples are boyfriend/girlfriend or husband/wife, but gay people are "partners". It feels weird, like lgbt aren't good anough, and I don't like it.) . She'd get mad at me if I was hating on straight people, but she also thinks it's okay for black people to be racist towards white people... (Oh, the irony!) [Also, hate cannot be fought with more hate!]
One day I just noticed she unfriended me, but hadn't unfriended my other account on facebook, so I did the favor for her! I'm rather glad I'm not friends with her, I don't want to be friends with a hypocrite.

8. Next up is Double Danger - DD and I didn't always see eye to eye, but he was still pretty chill. (I'm pretty sure he was a very slight homophobe)
For the most part he was fine, until a few months ago. I posted a seemingly innocent post on Facebook, about the goddess herself, Daisy, from the Super Mario franchise. I said she should have a game of her own! A few of my friends liked my posts, and commented. However this one... was acting like I killed his family, and burnt down his village. He gave an angry react, and then proceeded to be hella rude about Daisy, and talking about how she's a terrible character. I don't care if you don't like a character, but like don't crap on other people's likes.. I'm also an intellectual, if you don't like something I love, like lets have an intelligent discussion as to why you don't like something.
Which he didn't, he just said how much he hates her, and even when I said "If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it", he pretty much just said he can do what he wants. Which is super rude, so I deleted all of the pictures he tagged me in, from 2012 (There were a lot of anime pics he put me in..) Then I unfriended him. Like he honestly acted like I just blew up the world, just because I liked a character, and he didn't. It was weird, and immature.

9. Danger Damon - was always cool, he's also good friends with D. After Formspring was gone, and we were on Facebook,everything was fine. But the last few years, he'd only post on political posts I made. Which is fine, it was always an opposing viewpoint, and I welcome other sides of the story... but what I found weird, was as follows.

• He lives in Europe, and he's talking about America? I just find that strange.
• He would only comment on my political posts, to the point where it was getting annoying..

Like why be my friend if you're just going to comment on the one political thing I post on Facebook a a year?
I unfriended Danger Damon and Double Danger at the same time, they're weird, rude, and annoying.

(For the record, I have plenty of friends on Facebook, that don't share my political views)

So that's how most/ half of my formspring friendships ended. I still have a few on Facebook, and the rest are cool.

Funny enough, I became close friends with someone named Van on Formspring, when it was dying. Now we're really close, and he's one of my online besties now.  I was telling him recently, that's he's one of the few good people from Formspring. lol

I've almost been sued on the internet TWICE!?

At the ripe age of 28, I can honestly say I've almost been sued twice online, so far...

The first offense -

I was 17, and I was really into message boards at the time. I was kind of friends with someone, who also had their own forum as well. One day, I put an advertisement for their message board on mine. I was contacted the next day by them, and told to take their advertisement down. I asked them why, they didn't tell me, they just said to take it down. I asked why again, they didn't answer me, and this went on a few times. If they had just told me why, I would have taken it down right away, just let me know what's going on. But because I didn't take it down, as I wanted to know why first, they banned me from their website! So I took it down, and then they told me that I didn't have the rights to advertise their website on mine. I thought this was outrageous, who doesn't like free advertising?
Because I was 17, and very petty. I went on dead message boards, and complained about them. Turns out, they also went on these very dead boards, and found out I was complaining about why they'd ban me on their site for free advertising. This is when they decided that if I didn't delete all the posts about me complaining about them, that they would take legal action against me. This was a middle aged person, ready to sue a teenager (With no money), because they were upset over my petty posts (on very dead websites).
I took the posts down, and I banned them from my site, and never talked to them again.
Did I go too far by complaining on random sites that were long gone? Yes, I shouldn't have done that in the first place. But I feel that they took it way out of proportion as well. Like why not just explain to me, why you don't want me to advertise your site on mine? Why is it so hard to explain something to me, so I can understand better? I've told this story to many people, and they all thought it was weird that this person didn't want me to advertise their site, on mine.

What's in the past, is in the past, and I've since let go. However, anytime I see someone with a similar username, I get freaked out that it's them. lol

The second offense - 

The second time this happened, was, in my opinion, much more reasonable. In fact, I hadn't realized that what I did, was not something you do (Since it's something everyone does)

I had a blog, where I just posted images of hot guys. (Which is now privated, because I don't use it anymore, but I also didn't want to waste time deleting a million posts, in case the event happened again.)
I was using this blog for maybe 2-3 years, after those years. I just got tired of posting pictures. Posting these pictures was a phase to me.
A year or two later, I got a message asking me to remove one of the pictures. They said I would have to pay them, if they wanted me to use the image, or they could even sue, or whatever.
I was emailed on an inactive email, so they sent the message one day, and I didn't read it until like 3 months later, when I conveniently used the email.
I messaged them back, telling them I removed the image, sorry for the wait etc..
They said thank you, and that was the end of that.

It wasn't until then, that I realized that, you really need permission to use images first. I had thought, it was okay to use an image, as long as you're not making money from it, but that's not the case. You can get into trouble for using anyone's image, even if you don't make money off of it.
I'm just glad that this person was understanding, and didn't get mad that I hadn't messaged them for three months.
Since then, I'm careful with what I post on here! I try not to use images that aren't mine anymore

 (Which is also why I'm re-branding the blog, with images all made by me!)

How to make a password!

Hello there! 

In this tutorial, I'll tell you how to make a password!

I hope to change lives with this top secret trick, this trick will revolutionize the industry! It'll stop hunger, your creepy neighbor, and save the world! It will be the salvation everyone needs! jk

In order to make a password, you need three things. You, a computer, and INTERNET access. It's also important to have hands as well, if you don't have hands, use your tongue, it's a good workout!

If you're like me, and keep using the same old password "Butts69", then fear no more. This is how you make a revolutionary password that the toughest of hackers can't break!


Le Password

I think that beginners need an easy password, it should be related to you somehow.

Like, it could be your birthday "1/01/1"

Or your name, "Pie"

If you're going to use a name, put some numbers, and or symbols in there! "Pie111"

It's always good to include symbols, numbers and capital letters.

But you should only do this for a short time, I find it's easier to gradually upgrade your password. (This way you start remembering it.)

What was once "Pie111", can be PieFace^111.... eventually, you should change some parts of your password and then add new things to it....

"FaceApple111^"

I find it's good to use words or names, but spell them differently. This way if someone thinks they know your password, they may be surprised it's wrong if they try to knock into it!

"FayseAhppuhl^111"

Eventually, you want to keep taking things away and adding new things...

"Ahppuhl&768"

It's also good to re-arrange letters and numbers, as well as capitalize certain letters.

"aHp8p7uHl6&"

I think it's good to change and rearrange passwords every year.

Toxic Communities: Let Them Go

The internet is a great place where people can talk to others, learn about new things, see pictures of the world, talk about Marcy and her questionable fashion choices.... The list goes on!

However, the internet is not all sunshine & rainbows. Plenty of sites on the internet can be a toxic place to go to, and these places are filled with nasty comments, trolls, and that moldy three month old bagel you left in the refrigerator!

One particular site, I will not name, is a popular meme sharing site. Unfortunately, the kinds of people that flood the comments are absolutely vile. The comments on the site are littered with sexism, racism, homophobia, and anything else you could think of.

You could make a very harmless comment about the sun shining on your shoulders, and you bet your bottom dollar that someone will respond with a nasty comment.

It's almost like these people get off on being rude to one another 

I noticed one person responding to one of these negative comments, this is what I said to them.

"Hey there! I've seen a couple of your comments! I 100% agree with what you're saying, but I think it's best to not bother with these idiots, "Site name" is filled with vicious people who are disgustingly racist, sexist, homophobic and other things. I used to get mad at these people too, so much so that I quit the site for a year. The negativity bothered me so much that I left! My friend said that I should come back because it still has funny stuff. I decided not to worry about the haters, the nasty people, etc.. They'll never amount to anything! So I don't bother with the comments because it would wear me down, I usually take a peak, but don't really comment because that's when the hurdles of D-BAGS come in. What I'm trying to say is not to let them get to you, and just pay no mind to them, that's what I did, and it's better to enjoy yourself without these losers being negative. I'm sure there are better, more friendly communities out there."

What I've learned from the negativity from people on the internet is, that there's really nothing you can do about it. Trying to change their mind will most likely not work. You have to do what's best for you and just move on, find people that are on the same wavelength as you. Enjoy the things you like to do, and pay no mind to the haters.

As I said these people are just losers, and they won't amount to anything. They're probably unemployed, eat junk food all day, have no friends and live in their moms basement anyway...

The best thing you can do with a toxic community is, either leave, or do not bother with the comments. Sites like that, where they offer something, is easy to ignore comments all together. A site where the only function is to talk to other people, such as a forum. Is best to leave if they're a toxic community.

Sometimes you have to let it go, and move on, you're better than that! Unless you're like really vengeful, and want to find their home address and just shock them with a cattle prod... But the best thing to do is move on, find more interesting people to talk to on the internet!

Feel free to check out my other blog posts where I discuss how to deal with certain kinds of people.

This post is about if you want to Win An Argument Online

How To Not Get Angry Over The Net

I love Bing! But no one else does...

I am one of those rare people who uses Bing as their search engine! Yes, I used to use Google, a loooooong time ago! But then I found out about Bing and I just thought it was so cool, and much better than Google. For starters, Google would post my old Kya Dark Lineage forum on the 3rd or 4th page when typing in Kya Dark Lineage, but Bing, would actually have it on the first page! That excited me, since it's not only one of my favorite games, but also a website/forum that I made myself that I wanted to get it out there. That was my initial reason for liking Bing, I was like hey, that's cool!
What I also liked about Bing, was it not only has an interactive front page with a changing image for each day, but it also tells you about certain things that are depicted in the image of the day.
I started to use Bing more, because Google just has this boring white background and a logo that doesn't really change that often (Except when there is a holiday, etc.). While Bing has an inventive image of the day, I started to like it more. I'm an artist, I love colors and interesting things, Google may have a colorful logo, but it's just so plain and boring. I like variety, I like vibrant and colorful things, and Bing leans more to it. This is what sold me to use Bing instead of Google.

Picture by me.
This is the kind of pictures you could see on Bing.

As I started to use Bing, I also noticed some cool things that Google does not have! Or at-least did not have when I used to use it!

 For starters, when you're looking up for a definition of a word, it will actually pop up on the search engine, as somewhat of a tip so you don't even have to go onto a website to find out what the word means. It even has someone saying the word, so if you don't know how to pronounce it, you'll find out how to. I just checked Google and it has the same thing, except it doesn't have the voice over.
The interesting thing is Google has a chart about what time period the word is used and Bing has other words that go with it, so they both uniquely have a different twist on it.

Bing and Google have the same type of translator, where you just put in the term and it automatically translates! I just learned how to say, "I speak no Spanish, suck on a turkey!". (Hablo no espanol chupar un pavo!)

But enough about that, eventually I moved to Bing, and I just find it to be a more attractive and physically beautiful search engine, while Google is just very plain and boring.

But what I dislike, is that there are so many Bing haters out there! I like Bing, other people don't, but I don't go around saying Google is stupid, or anything like that. But meanwhile, anytime someone mentions Bing online, it's to make fun of Bing. It's super rude!  Like why do people waste their time complaining about something they don't use? No one likes haters, and you’ll never be invited to any fun parties anymore! I just dislike all the hate it gets, and I actually get defensive with my friends when I say I like Bing, because I’m so used to people being assholes about it.
If someone doesn't like something, they should move on, and not be rude about it.

PS. Any Bing hate will be deleted. However, if you have a normal comment on why you use Google, that is fine.

EDIT (Dec 2017): I will be posting Bing hate below! Some people were like, I've never seen anyone hate on Bing... Well, there it is!

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How to win an argument on the internet

I'm here to tell you how to win an argument on the Internet, even if you don't actually win.

First off, check out the prequel to this post here.

Recently, I caused World War 5 on social media between a few people that I know. I was neutral on the subject, but my friends were not! A war broke out between them! It was 2 against 1.
I didn't side with anyone, as I was not getting involved what so ever! So, I gathered information and found out what had happened and I kept my opinions to myself because I didn't want to start another war! Plus, I just wanted to know what happened between my friends on the site.
Regardless who I thought was right or wrong, there was one key factor! There was one thing that all three people did wrong, and I'll tell you what it was. They all flamed each other; they used nasty, derogatory insults to each other. Now, what I was thinking is this, if they had used intellect, wits and logic, they most likely wouldn't have had a fight in the first place.

Tip

• A common mistake about Internet arguments, is to get heated! Never get heated; use your logic and strong powerful words of knowledge and wisdom to win the fight appropriately.

What NOT to do

• Flame the other person and or use nasty insults.

What to do

• Use good words, be respectful and use facts and even links to good sources to back your claims.
• Agree to disagree, be polite and courteous to someone you disagree with.

Example

Now, here are my non existent, lovely assistants here, to point to you, the examples on how to win and not to win an argument over the Internet.

What not to do

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I think the abandoned ghost tower should be safe and supervised so no one gets hurt! Tourists and villagers alike want to explore it without worrying about injuries.

It's a good tourist attraction with lot's of interesting history behind it.

You iz stupid, if idiots want to get hurt by bein' stupid fo' going somewhere dangerous, then get hurt! 

 I can feel my head!

Who invited this freak?! Get a life ya ugly looser! Ya'll are stupid, you iz gunna die if you go to dangerous spots! 

How to argument correctly

I think guns should be legal, we just have to have stricter gun laws, preventing guns getting in the wrong hands.

Although I don't agree with guns being legal, I see your points in your argument.
We may never come to an agreement, but I understand your opinions and I hope you understand mine.

Although I disagree with your stance, I understand where you are coming from. We disagree with each other, but I think we both have valid points on our argument and I respect your opinion as you do mine.

I want a pet lobster!






See, what I'm trying to get across is this... instead of going psycho on someone because you don't agree with another person.... use proper wording, intellect and sense in the argument you're trying to get across; the most important thing is to respect the other person! No flaming and no rude words!
Even if the other person is nasty the whole time; if you're respectful and nice, it'll show others that you're the bigger and better person!

Someone at work called me ugly!

But you are ugly!

You're not ugly! You're beautiful just the way you are! Besides, it's what's inside that counts! Obviously, they are ugly on the inside!

U-G-L-Y you ain't got no alibi, you ugly, yeah yeah, you ugly!

Don't listen to them haters, it says more about them than it does you.

Thanks guys! I won't take others harsh words to heart, I know that just by being a better person, that I am better than them.

I like tomatoes!



By using your smarts, being respectful and courteous you'll win the argument; even if you're wrong. The best thing we can do when we are wrong, is to understand that you were wrong in the first place and understanding is the most important thing. We have to be open minded enough to also understand when we aren't correct, and then changing our thoughts in the process to know what is right and what is incorrect.

Tomatoes are Vegetables!

Actually, Tomatoes are a fruit.

Oh, ok. Tomatoes are a fruit!

BITCH! You are a fruit! A fruit-loop!

Make sure to always back up your facts! Links  and scientific studies can always be helpful.

Here's my research on why a Tomato is a fruit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato

Here's what I found on why you're a looser!
https://suckmyassyoudumbbitchihateyou@yourdad.com



Last, but not least, don't be a, lame llama! This may or may not be related to the topic at hand, I just really wanted to say that.... #don'tjudgemeho

I can speak to toasters!!

The advantages of being a shut in

Here is a list of advantages there are for being a shut in who doesn't get out that much or at all!

Picture by me

• You have lot's of free time for yourself.

• You don't have to worry about being friends with fake people, or backstabbers. If you meet these kinds of people, you probably don't talk to them that much anyways, so it's easy to get away from them.

• You have a much less likely chance of contracting any diseases, such as stupidity.

• You have more time for yourself. So if you're in a romantic relationship with someone, that means you can spend lot's of time with them, rather than the hundreds of friends you don't have. (The downside however, is that it's hard to get a date, because you never leave the house!)

• You get to always catch up on tv shows you've missed, or play video games for hours. As well as do any other hobby you like doing, drawing, reading, anything you can think of. Since you don't go anywhere, you always have time for yourself!

• You don't have to deal with people that much, or at all, especially psycho's, jerks, or stupid people.

• You don't spend lot's of money in stores all day, unless you buy online.

• If you buy online, you don't have to worry about waiting in line at a store, any errors, as well as mean customers, or associates.

• You're mostly shut in from the world, and don't get affected by the world as much as others may be.

• If you aren't a celebrity whore, you probably know little to nothing about celebrities these days and that is a good thing, or bad thing, depending on your views.

• It's especially great if you're a shut in with a work at home job!

•You can do silly things all the time at home, and no one would care because they don't even know you exist!

• You don't know many people, so you don't have to go to lame parties all the time, or help people with their personal problems that you wouldn't be fond of listening about.

• Your best friend is either your pet, lover, fictional character or an online bestie.

• You don't deal with much drama, or none at all, since you are accompanied by you, and only you.

• Did I forget to mention you don't have to deal with people that much? I might have left that one out. ;P

Have any other advantages of being a shut in? Comment below!

Forgetting Thursdays post and evil Ebay sellers?!

 I have made a post every Thursday consecutively since last December, so this breaks the continuity!! But, I had to make some sort of post before this week ends!!

Llama

 I've been on ebay all day buying early Christmas presents, and let me say, you can get some pretty good deals! I purchased 5 items and only paid 1.49 for it. Ebay can have some pretty crazy deals, the only draw back is, it's cheaply made. I went a little bit crazy, and went to town on all of the items listed for 0.01 cent... Of course, I didn't end up with all of them due to other people wanting the items! People can get ferocious too, they'll pay double for something, even if they pay more than what the item is actually worth.
There's also this cheap shot, where sellers can bid up their items under a censored name "Private Bidder, Identity protected". It can be quite unfair, but you can always outsmart them some way!
The best way to outsmart the sellers that bid against their own items, is to not even bid until the last moment, if they see you bidding they will raise the item up purposely, but if you swoop in at the last second, they won't know what hit them!

Sakura slapping bitches

I don't think it's fair that private bidders exist, if you look closely, usually they're accounts in china. They're selling stuff for 0.01 cent, they'll bid over, and over on an item to make it more money.
It makes no sense at all because they should have just made the price they actually wanted, rather than put out a fake bid just to raise it to their desired price.
It's especially unfair when they bid on the item to an outrageous number!
I was searching up Folding fans, and I found these two for 1 cent. I bid on them, and later I was outbid by a private lister. They raised the price over, and over. It went from .69 cents (My bid) to 1 dollar, to 2.00, 3.00, 4.00 and it went all the way to 20.00$! Even though there is no way it was worth 20 dollars, not to mention no one else bid on it except for them! People may deny that the private listers are sellers, but there's just too much of a coincidence. Since I had bid on literally over 30 items that were 1 cent, I lost 95% of them to private listers in one day.
 I was on one persons store, and bid on lot's of their stuff, magically a private lister just so happened to go on each one of mine and bid higher.
It can be frustrating that people get away with this! But, it's a nice adrenaline burst and it makes you want to kick some ass by winning!

Fullmetal Alchemist

The lesson of the story today kids is never forget to do your chores, brush your teeth and make sure to lock your doors, or the boogey man will come uninvited into your house and force you to listen to really terrible music that you don't like!

 Oh yeah, and that private listers on ebay suck and are terrible people!

Horse Wants to Type!

I think everyone would love to just do the following to them...

Characters are from Blue Exorcist.

I always post my blog on twitter, and the tweet I made linking this post was my 1000th tweet! See the tweet here.

Knuckleheads are everywhere!

So, I thought that the internet would have been a bit different than retail, but really, it's not. Knuckleheads are everywhere, and they're reproducing....

So, I am trying to start a little mini business where I sell phone charms on ebay. Well, there was this one woman that bought something of mine, she was/is my first sale ever! Let me start off by saying that I am new to ebay, so I don't know everything, and shipping was a bit confusing for me. (Like Ebay just says to ship the item, but then doesn't specify on instructions)  I listed an item for sale, and added a few pictures for the item. Each picture had phone charms, with different color strings. In the description for the item, I specifically stated that I am only selling the charm with the black string, and that I will sell the others of other colors for another time. Since I haven't sold on ebay before, I don't know exactly what I am doing yet, and don't want to get ahead of myself.
After the person purchased the item, I mailed the item two days later, and then after I had mailed it, she asked me if she could have one of the charms in a different color. I told her that I had already mailed it, so then she says she bought another one of my items. Mind you, this was a conversation that lasted a few days, she bought the second item three days later from the first purchase.
So, I mailed the one item on Saturday March 29. There was a problem with her purchase, it was still pending after a week, and since I am new to ebay, I didn't know I had to check my emails for a purchase confirmation.

As I stated already, I put in the description for the item, that I was only selling the charm with the black strap. It was obvious to me that she did NOT read the description where I said I was only selling the charm with the black strap, I ended up deleting the pictures for the other colored charms to make sure this would not happen again.
I ended up mailing the next item the following week, exactly a week apart because the purchase didn't go through yet, which was my fault because I didn't know of the email confirmation.
On ebay, when you ship the item, you have to click this little button on the item that says you shipped the item. I waited until I had shipped the second item to press the button that says the item was shipped, this would appear on the customer's purchase screen and would say the item was shipped. It doesn't pop up on the customer saying it was shipped though, if they happen to go on their purchase page and specifically look at that particular icon, they will know it was shipped. Which is something that I do when I make a purchase on ebay, this way I know when it is shipped.

Fast forward to two weeks later, I find out that I got good feedback on the first item. It wasn't until minutes later I noticed something funny. The customer opened a case on me for the other item!
On ebay, there is something called a case. A case is when the buyer doesn't get an item and they open a case so they can get their item or money back.
The customer says that she got the first item, but not the other, she also told me she had to go to the post office to retrieve her item. I do not know why it didn't go to her house! As I just mentioned, I sent both items a week apart. It was obvious to me that she did not read the little icon that says when the item was shipped.
If she had noticed the shipped icon, she may not have opened a case in the first place.
Even though she bought the item days apart, for some reason she thought she was going to get both items at the same time, and therefore opened a case on me. I have heard that opening a case on a seller on ebay is very bad, and can hurt the seller. So of course my first customer had to go ahead and hurt my reputation when I have just started!
Not to mention she gave me positive feedback for the one item, and negative for the other, which looks very bizarre since both are from the same person.
I sent her a message explaining that I sent them a week a part and that the item may not have gotten to her house or post office yet, she did not respond to me.  I asked her if she could change the negative feedback she gave me to neutral, she instead gave me positive feedback a few days later, which was nice enough.
For some reason, she never thought about the fact that she bought both items days apart. I don't understand why she would have thought she would get both items at the same time, when she purchased them at different times! Regardless whether or not she saw the little shipping icon, the fact of the matter is, she bought them at two separate times! How in the world would she think that she'd get them both at the same time?

I thought this buyer was cool because she was nice when she messaged me, and she said she would give me good feedback. All she did was backstab me by giving me a bad score, and then asked for her money back when she didn't even wait to contact me to see if I could fix the problem. Yes, she did not contact me at all about this. I would have helped her out, but instead she just decided to do things her way. So, I was screwed out of the money for the one item because I gave her a refund for the second item. I was just so freaked out when it happened that I didn't give it time for her to respond to my message to see if it was just time that she needed for the item to be delivered, but I had to answer in a week or ebay would have made it ugly.
Basically, she got two for the price of one and screwed me out of not only 7 dollars, but also the envelope and stamp that I paid for to deliver the item.  I actually made my other items a little bit more money just so I could get back the money I lost from this whole ordeal.

If she thought my item took forever, then she would not want to order the things I buy on ebay to make my charms, sometimes they take up to a month to receive!

It would have been nice if Ebay had some section where it tells you exactly what to do step by step, if they do, I missed it, otherwise the item going to the customer's post office may not have happened. Without any direction, I get lost pretty easily and I could have avoided the entire situation.

I did learn a few things though.

• Be very specific when listing an item, if you show multiple items, but only sell one item in that listing. it may confuse the customer and they may think that you are selling more kinds of items in one listing, or that they get to pick, when they don't.

• People don't read! So, even if you make a specific statement in the bio of the listing, does not mean they will read it..which is also why you must be specific with pictures and the title name.

• Always send a message to the customer when you have shipped the item! This way they do not get confused on anything and specifically know when the item was shipped!

I'm very bummed about my first online sale being good and bad, but at least it is a learning experience and I can find out what to do so I can do it the right time for the next time.

How to make money online!

This is a blog post on how to make money online! *Insert people saying yay here*.

• Sell things to online stores such as Ebay, Amazon, Etsy and ArtFire. Sell things that you've had laying around the house, or make something awesome to sell online!

• Join sites that allow you to make money for posting on forums.  Such as "Post Loop".

• Create a blog on sites such as blogger and wordpress,  make money by putting ads on your blog. Each view is like 2 cents, so if you get lot's of views, you can make a little money on the side.
Or get a Patreon, and allow visitors to donate to you.

• Make a youtube account, if you're good and get lot's of views you can become a youtube partner and make some money!

• This one is a tricky one, but if you join sites like Inbox Dollars, you can do surveys and stuff and eventually make some extra pocket cash.
These sites can be tricky though, you have to be careful and make sure the site is legit. The following I found.

Inbox Dollars
Nature Bucks
Opinion Outpost
Shutterstock
Survey Lion

• Survey sites! Survey sites where you take surveys and make money by doing them!

• Fivver, is a site where you can do anything for 5 dollars!

 For other ideas, check out this link

The real me? Now in lemon flavor!

You've never seen such a "beautifal lamon" before!

Okay, so this took me almost a year to write.. like I started this post in Summer of 2013 and it is now spring of 2014... I gotta get it together, you know?!

What people see online and what people see In "ze" real world, they are both me, but at the same time they're not.
People that I know In Real Life tend to be confused, and utterly shocked when they friend me on facebook and see how more open I am.
My Real Life Persona - IRL I am rather shy, quiet and reserved. I don't usually speak my mind and there are tons of things that I want to tell people, but I never do.
My humor IRL is more sarcastic and dry humor.

My Online Persona - Online, I'm not afraid of anyone or anything. I'm open about almost everything, my interests, personal life, sexuality, just about everything.
My humor Online can be sarcastic and dry at times, but I am more random funny. (Like in the title)

After I get comfortable with someone, I do start to open up. But it can take years for me to be extremely comfortable with someone, there are things I won't say, even if I know the end result will be a good one. (For example, if I know someone knows my sexuality, I may be afraid to talk to them about who I like, or just certain things in general. Even though I know their response would be something positive.) [I still do this in 2019, I got to get a grip on myself and be me]
It took me two years just to open up to two of my friends from college, that I've known for almost four years. I have no problem talking to them (My college friends) about dirty things, but only after I said to myself that these are my friends and they like me no matter what and like me for who I am.
As the days go on, I am getting more comfortable with the people I surround myself. Even newer ones, it just takes some time, so that is a good thing.

There is a difference between face to face and a computer screen, some people such as myself are more comfortable with being behind a computer, rather than right in front of someone.
It's just easier for certain people to express who they are online, than it is IRL (In Real Life).
I am a big one of these, as people tend to be surprised that I am not shy, and quiet online. When on the internet, I'm more outgoing, and I have no problem telling people about certain aspects of myself that I am shy to tell people IRL.
I'm afraid of people and social interaction, and I am not very good at it. I am not sure why I'm so much better online, but I am and most of my friends online and some IRL are the same way too.

It's just how some people are.

I think the reason why I'm better with online conversation, is because I have a chance to sit down, and think about what to see. In the real world, you have to come up with a response right away. My brain just can't always do that, and I tend to say stupid things, or things I don't mean, because of it. 

There are many sides of myself that most people do not see! To many people in person, I might show 10-20% of my personality. To my friends, I show about 95%.

Many people see me as the "innocent one", but I have dirty thoughts just like everyone else! I just usually keep it to myself. But I'll tell you right now, my mind is like a gay porn 24/7.... just imagine it now... A beautiful mountain side with the sun setting, when all of a sudden this incredibly sexy man wearing no clothes and a muscular body just walks on screen with abs that could crack a walnut. Then, comes another man, just as hot as the first... well they start making out and then other things happen that I will refrain from saying because this is a PG blog, not a rated A for adult!  I had a blog like that once and I don't update that one anymore for reasons. (It was controlling my life like a controlling spouse who doesn't let you watch tv after 10 pm!).
Some other things I do involves pairing random guys, or guys I work with, together in my mind and make them make out. Kind of like fandom's shipping concept except with real people. (I'm horrible I know: PS. I rarely ever do this. But I do sometimes ship people together).

An old drawing of the perverted me that was inside my head! I used to imagine myself as different people, with different color schemes, that all represented different personalities.

If I could be the me that is inside of me, the one in my imagination. I would be a total flirt, no doubt about it. There are all of these scenario's I think of, but I can never act upon them because I am way too shy to act on them.
I do sexualized men, look at their butts, muscular bodies and wonder what they look like naked, as well as imagining them making out with me (And possibly others).
I also get angry when I see a cute guy with a woman, I get jealous and say in my head that he needs to lose the zero and get with the hero.

Let me tell you this one time, we had this security guard at my job. Who doesn't work there anymore. I had a crush  on him. One day, he was telling everyone that he had been with his girlfriend for 5 months.  For whatever reason the manager kept telling everyone that it was his anniversary with his girlfriend, so of course she goes to me "Did you know it is his 5 month anniversary with his chick?" I just kind of looked at her with no expression ( At least I don't think I had an expression) But in all honesty, I felt really sad when she said that to me. I just walked away, this manager has no idea that I am gay or that I like him, so I know she didn't say it to upset me or anything. (Eventually she did know, and actually had no idea I liked him. Apparently my flirt game wasn't strong enough, because he would have told her I was flirting with him. lol
I thought of something I could have said when she asked me, which most people who don't know me that well, would be absolutely shocked! But, this thought came to mind that day.

"If you break up with your girlfriend and realize you like boys, give me a call, I don't bite but I do swallow/suck *Wink*".

Of course not all heterosexual men are secretly bi, gay, pan or heteroflexible, it is merely a crazy pick up line that came to mind.

Now if I was open, and much more sociable, I may have said this or something similar. But because I am shy, quiet and reserved IRL I could never say that even if I wanted to. (That quote also kind of sexual harassment soooo I don't think I would say that, as I would like to keep my jerb...)

Ironically enough, later on in the day (Maybe 10-30 minutes later) Me, the Manager and the guy I like were all re-organizing a shelf with jewelry to make room for new watches. I was standing and putting new stuff on the top of the shelf and my crush was next to me kneeling down putting things away on the bottom shelf, and his face was totally penis level. I was like... "Ohh, this is interesting and ironic!" Then it switched and I was putting something on the bottom shelf and he was putting stuff on the top shelf... XD
It was like some kind of homo-erotic subtext in real life, either that or I am just a pervert no matter the circumstances!

But, I have more sides to myself that most people do not see. Everyone sees the shy quiet kid, it's true that I am shy and quiet. But most people don't know that there is so much more to me than beats the eye! It is sometimes frustrating that people stereotype me, or don't really give me a chance to get to know me as a person. I do sometimes feel left out of the persuasion sometimes at work, school or in social gatherings. Mainly because I am shy and or quiet. (Depends on the situation, If I am comfortable with someone, I am not shy with them, just quiet. Unless I am really good friends with them, otherwise I am neither of them.)

For some reason, I cannot usually show my true form (No, I am not a super saiyan.. not what I meant.).
My true form is the form inside of my head, the form in my head is more talkative, goofy, more assertive, flirty, always knows what to say, how to say it and can always shut an ignorant person's mouth and if you watch anime, basically an anime character.
Of course, I am still devastatingly beautiful whether I am shy me or real me, that does not change. :P
I always have a sense of humor to boot too, it doesn't matter shy or not.

But, sometimes I wish I could show my true form to everyone I know.... that is, if they haven't seen it already.. I don't show my truest of true, but it comes pretty close to my closest friends!

Annoyed with Ebay and Paypal

Okay, so I've recently discovered Ebay, and I've been buying all of these cool things! But, every time I buy something, I get charged an extra 1.50$!
You see, my bank charges you if you use their bank card like a debit card, I always use it as a credit card, therefore I do not get charged.
Ever since I linked my ebay account with my paypal account, I keep getting charged an extra 1.50!! I've bought several things, and even a few things that were literally .99 cents!! I got an extra charge that was MORE THAN WHAT I BOUGHT!!!!
I do not make that much money to be fine with an extra 1.50 taken out of my account because of the bank, and I bought like 10 things....
It has so far, not done this to three items, but the 10 other ones it did.

I've been trying to figure out if there is a way to use it like a credit card, but I have yet to find a way!! This is really annoying and it's really not cool because I am losing all of this extra money!!
My only thought right now is to unconnect to paypal when I make a purchase, and then reconnect. Since it was fine when I didn't have paypal, although it was only one purchase.
The really annoying thing though, is that ebay practically shoves paypal down your throat! It's like WhY dOn'T yOu GeT a PaYpAl, It MaKeS tHiNgS sO mUcH eAsIeR!!!!
I already had one so it wasn't a problem, but it is a problem if I am losing money I wasn't going to spend!!!!!

Also, I am a frequent user of amazon, and this has never happened with amazon!!

EDIT: Quick update from 2019. I have since fixed this issue, and now love Paypal, and use it for all my online purchases. 

Blog post every week!

So, as a part of the new year.. I am going to make at least one blog post per week. The days will be random or they'll go by a certain rule.. such as I'll make a post on Sunday, then next week Monday etc...
I'm not going to stop and just blog once a week.. I'll have plenty of thoughts in between, but I want to try and create more thoughts and ideas.
By coincidence, I have made a blog post at least once every week for the past three weeks! So, I subconsciously started already!

PS. This marks my 50th post!

As of 2019, I plan to post my blog on the first day I'm off. When I was in retail, I always had Thurssdays off. Right now, I have Sunday and Mondays off, and eventually, maybe It will  be Saturdays. I plan to also have at least one original image in each post!

Current Events: Mystique

So if anyone is curious about the person I knew as Mystique, in October she actually asked to be friends again. She told me that she was wrong, and all of this other stuff. I was asking two of my friends about this and asking.. what should I do?
Well, I decided to give her a second chance! She feels really bad, she wants to change and wanted to be my friend again! I had no intention of talking to her again, even though I kind of wanted to.

At first everything was fine, we were talking again. But there was something different, and I even said there was something different, and it could not go back the way it used to be even before she had changed.

We actually do not talk the way we used to; we used to talk back and forth, I would be so excited to talk to her. But now it's like "Eh.. whatever".
She was actually butt-hurt when I started saying how I don't like the F word, apparently she doesn't like it when something is off topic. But I always make things off topic! You could ask me how the weather is, and I'll tell you about this one day when there was a hurricane or something... It's just how I am, I tend to talk about similar stories...
But saying I didn't like the F word when she asked about the N word, apparently set her off. I said I didn't like the N word, but I hate the F word even more. Then she said something ignorant about gay people always "throwing their sexuality", or something stupid like that.

She isn't the same person she used to be, times two, but some of the "Bad" her is still there. It's just more nonchalant.

The funny thing though, is that anytime I see her name and picture on formspring. I instantly think she made some nasty, or rude comment. I never think it's a positive one, when usually it is positive.

We actually have not really talked at all, it's just not the same anymore. I used to talk to her about everything! But now I don't talk to her at all. I used to get so excited talking to her, but now if I do talk to her, I am not excited at all, and I don't really care.
Half the time we talk, she has to say something ignorant, not necessarily offensive, but something stupid and ignorant about gay people. (Which is also ironic since she did identify as bisexual for a while)
The other half of the time everything is fine, and we do have certain things we agree on that most people would find morbid, and just a terrible way of thinking.

Before the fight, we used to be great friends. But now??? Not so much. I know she used to recommend people to follow me on formspring, and she would mention me in a good note sometimes.
But she does not do that anymore, she never talks badly about me. But never says anything to anyone like she used to. (Only one time, but only because someone asked people on formspring if they were into anime and she was like follow Firespot!)
If you know her even a little bit, it's obvious who her best friend is. But I was always like one of her second best friends, and of course since things are different now we aren't anywhere near that close anymore.
But now she has replaced me with other people, although It's understandable. I feel left out at the same time, especially since she was the one that wanted to be friends again.
She isn't really trying too hard to be my friend, and since things are not like they used to be, I guess it doesn't matter because I don't really want to be hers anymore anyways.

It's just not the same anymore and to be honest, I don't really mind. We're so disconnected now, that I do not think it will last much longer. Eventually we will be someone we used to know, but it will just have ended on a nicer note than last time.

I'm probably going to quit formspring soon anyways, so it won't matter. Although we do have each other's email, I doubt she'll even bother sending me messages, I really don't want her to anyways.

Here are links to the entire Mystique Series!
Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3 - Part 3.0 - Part 4 - Part 5 - Part 6

The 21st of August is a special day for me

I cannot believe it's the 21st already! The 21st of August is a special day for me that I think will always have a special place in my heart!

The 21st of August 2009, was the day that I realized, and accepted my sexuality as gay male.

Before that day for at least 1-2 years, I was so confused, and I just didn't want to be the person that was starting to shine through as the real me.

Even though I understood, and accepted my sexuality, I was not a happy camper at first,. There was a whole lot of maturing, and growing up I had to do.

I've learned so much over the past four years, and my eyes were very closed before hand. I had no idea of the ignorance, and hatred that occurred in this world when you are LGBT+.
It took a while for me to adjust to accept who I really was as a person, but I was able to do so and now, I'm better than ever!

I do find it a shame that society has built stereotypes that men, or women who are LGBT have to act, and/or behave a certain way to be LGBT. This was one of the big reasons why I didn't think I was gay because,

I wasn't like the people on tv, or in the "real world".

I wasn't flamboyant, I wasn't necessarily feminine. I was just a shy quiet nerd, that liked Anime, and Video games. I didn't realize I could be gay, because I didn't fit the mold of flamboyancy. I didn't know you could be an average joe, and be gay. I thought you had to be a cross-dressing, flamboyant person, to be gay.
This is why it's important to see lgbt people, of all shapes, sizes, and personalities, on tv, and in other media. I couldn't relate with people on tv, because I wasn't like them. I didn't know it was possible.

In reality, everyone is different. No matter what someone is, they can, and should be who they are! All because some people are one way, doesn't mean everyone else is the same way. Stereotypes are not to be trusted, and are very toxic! It just causes negative assumptions on people.

Hopefully one day society will take away stereotypes, and let people be who they are. (And not have people asking me if I want to date their friend with big breasts 50 times a day, just because I'm male, and don't fit the role of a flamboyant guy. )
There are plenty of flamboyant straight guys out there, as well as the gay ones.

I'm also not a big fan of the word Gay, as everyone uses it to mean "stupid". (As of 2019, I'm getting over it, and don't mind it so much anymore)

I prefer the word curved, because you don't go straight to the opposite gender, you curve to the same!
Let's make this an actual word people! Spread it around!

So, for now, and forever the 21st will always be a special day for me. Even if it just involves me sitting in a chair eating chips, and playing video games all day. :P

If you want the complete story and understanding, then just check this link out.
http://s4.zetaboards.com/Hotspots_Journal/forum/3853436/2/