Tiara Me Sue

13 WHOSE SEXUALITY IS IT, ANYWAY? My older daughter grew at a faster pace than most girls her age. Because of this, she was sent home from school more than once because of an outfit of hers that was deemed ‘inappropriate’ – even though all of the Dress Code guidelines in the school handbook were followed to the letter. In fact, we took the time every single school day to measure skirt and shorts lengths and shoulder strap widths. What a waste of time that was if I still had to take time out of my day to go to her school to argue with the Vice Principal about her clothing. Why? The answer I got from the vice principal was that her outfit “looked different on her” than it did on other girls in her class. - how fucking stupid was he to actually come out and say that? I guess that depends on your perspective, doesn’t it? Just  how  was her teacher looking at her? Is that her fault? Is it her fault if she looks ‘different’ in her outfit than other girls do? School d...

I had an incident tonight with the man who lives across the street from me. I can’t call him a neighbor, because this first interaction with him since he moved in a year and a half ago was nothing that can be considered ‘neighborly’. Apparently, my parking on the street in front of my apartment blocks his driveway across the street. He left a note on my car, demanding (yes, demanding - all caps, multiple exclamation points) that I move my car because it’s blocking the driveway. At first, I thought it was from my landlords and contacted them right away – even though I knew it couldn’t be from them because I wasn’t blocking theirs. Whose driveway could I be blocking? My landlord said she saw the man across the street put the note on my car. I was still confused; I’ve parked there every day for 8 years. Sometimes, my mother’s or daughter’s cars are there, too.   I’ve seen his truck in the driveway since he moved in, so how could I be blocking it if he’s getting in? As ...