Stop Snoring 2007

Frequently Asked Questions

1. QUESTION:
   How can I stop my dog snoring so loudly?

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   (Inspired by ManOfCopper)

   • ANSWER:
     Aww.
     Leave that doggy alone

     Just kidding.
     Tell him to shut the hell up, or else GTFO.
     It’s dog-speak. He’ll get it
     :]

2. QUESTION:
   Should I see a doctor about my sleeping problems?
   I’m a 16 yr old female with a high-stress life, so clearly there’s gonna be some problems sleeping.
   Since a started high school (September 2007) I have not gotten restful sleep. Even in the summer time when I’m not stressed out I wake up early and can’t get back to sleep, no matter what time I went to bed (for example, if I were to go to bed at 12:00 AM tonight, i’d probably wake up around 7 AM and not be able to fall asleep, get restless in bed, and have to get up no matter how tired I feel). I’m constantly drowsy throughout the day and it is a rare occasion when I can manage to take a nap, not that they ever help increase my energy level. I rarely drink coffee or any other caffeinated drink and when i do, it’s in the morning or early afternoon. I only snore very lightly, and i never stop breathing at night. I don’t particularly have problems getting to sleep, or staying asleep, but i can never sleep for more than 9 hours if i’m lucky. Usually I sleep naturally about 7.5 hours of sleep and during the school week around 6.5-7 hours. Could i possibly have a disorder? If so, what?

   After doing a lot of research i still have no answers. I’d like to not feel like a zombie anymore.

   • ANSWER:
     i don’t think you have a sleep problem, more likely a stress problem … if i got as much sleep as you i would weep with happiness …. 9 hours is a lot … but you are growing and do need good quality sleep … have you tried natural sleep aids such as melatonin which is non-addictive … might be something to try

3. QUESTION:
   A Demon For Real? This Story Is Absolutely Real!?
   I moved from a house that I used to live in 2 years ago back in the summer of 2006. Sometime in the month of July, my mom started to leave the door open that led to downstairs and the basement. The reason she left the door open was because it was hot upstairs because of the hot summer weather and she wanted to get some cool air from the basement because the basement had cooler air at the time. One night my mom had slightly closed the door that led to downstairs and I rung the door bell. She let me in the house, gave me a hug. As she hugged me I looked at the small opening in the door. All of a sudden the door moved by itself as if something quickly pulled it as if it were trying to shut the door and then the door just stayed still as if something quickly let go of it. However, the door was still slightly open. So as my mom went to her room I opened the door even more and turned the light on. So I listened to hear and see if someone or something was down there and I started to hear something growling. But I walked halfway down the stairs and stopped. As I stopped I looked around to see if something or someone was down there and nothing was down there at all. After that I went back up stairs and closed the door completely and for the rest of that night nothing happened at all. Near the end of July, one morning I awoke and my mom and my brother were asleep and snoring. So I decided to check downstairs again. All the lights in the house were turned off and as I walked down the hallway toward the door that led to downstairs I saw that my mom had completely left the door open this time around. So as I looked downstairs I saw an absolutely, definite, terrifying, monstrous figure at the very end at the bottom of the stairs. It was just standing there in the dark downstairs as if it were looking at me. The monster was transparent as I looked at it downstairs in the darkness. It was so tall and huge and so creepy looking that I didn’t even want to take one step down the stairs. It had to be every bit of 6’9 or 7’0. It had unimaginable ominous abnormal claws. It looked like it had claws for hands instead of just hands and claws. Also, as I looked at the unimaginable monster it sparkled with tiny sparkling lights. So I went back to bed and left the door open like it already was. After a while, I literally heard something running up the stairs as if it were wearing equipment. I literally heard the footsteps and the sound of equipment as it ran up the stairs. But, it did not run all the way up stairs. It didn’t even run halfway up the stairs. But I knew that whatever it was…it was not of God. I felt a very, very, very, very, very, very, deep disturbing discernment in my gut about even taking one step downstairs when I looked at that unbelievable disfigured monstrous thing. Sometime at the end of July my brother went off to college and me and my mom moved to an apartment in Elizabethtown. One night in March or April of 2007 I woke up early and my mom was still asleep and it was only 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning. I felt a disturbing presence in my room. It was so disturbing that I left and slept with her. As I looked in the dark hallway I saw the exact same creature that I saw from the house that I moved from. Except this time, I could see it physically. It was faceless with no eyes, ears, nose, or mouth…this I knew. It had mud flesh that looked as if it were burned by fire and it was very tall in human form. I only saw half of its upper body as it walked toward my room. But I only saw it for 2 quick seconds and then it disappeared. The reason I knew what it looked like is because the small light in the hallway had been on. After that nothing happened for the rest of that night. I recently moved to a new house here in Elizabethtown. I still wonder to this day why that unimaginable thing has not physically attacked me. My grandma says that I’m covered by the Blood.

   • ANSWER:
     The story would be acceptable as “credible” were it not for the height
     of the creature described.

     Such beings tend to inhabit or are drawn to houses on “junction points”
     of several ley lines or similar. Furthe, if the dwelling WERE on a
     junction point…the phenomenon you described would have been in
     effect for quite some time. Not any relatively recent hapenstance.

4. QUESTION:
   What’s the worst that can happen to me if I become no longer my brother’s payee?
   I receive SSI & Social Security here in the US, & I’m 25 & mentally disabled. I have a college degree & can handle my $$. This is my 1st time being someone’s payee. My 31-yr. old brother, who is more mentally impaired than I am.

   My older sister was his payee, & he left from her because she always misused his $$ & gambled it up. He supposedly can’t count $$. He pretty much PUSHED himself on me & didn’t give me a chance to tell him that I won’t be able to care for him. Also, I felt VERY sick last week, & he didn’t care how I felt. He didn’t want to hear me try to tell him I can’t have others stay with me because it will make my anxiety, OCD, & Tourette’s worse, & it will mess up my lease if he stayed with me. Just like he got angry & left her, if he were on my lease, if we get into an argument, he would up & leave & not care if my credit is destroyed. It can be an argument as simple as me reminding him to wash his hands after using the bathroom. You never know when he’ll snap & leave me paying over 0/mo. that I can’t afford.

   My landlord doesn’t like to make changes in the lease contracts. So, I would’ve been stuck. My brother is currently not on the lease. The lease says guests can stay 5 consecutive nights, twice out the month, & I don’t have extra to let my brother stay here longer. It was his 5th day here, so he had to leave anyway.

   My ears are very sensitive because I have a condition, called hyperacusis, & I’m easily prone to ear infections.

   He knows what he's doing, & he tries to pretend to be helpless, when he's not as helpless as you think, in order to get things he wants from you for free. If he knew he wanted to come here by me, he left my sister's house with over 0 & spent it all up on honey buns, donuts, & other stuff, so he can make it MY responsibility to pay his way up here. But Traveler's Aid paid for him. I almost cried when he wanted to come up here. Now, I'm broke for the rest of the month, helping him as much as I can.

   He currently sneaks behind my back, telling other family members that he doesn't trust me because back in 2004, he touched my breasts & thought it was funny & then started to get violent when I got angry about it. He called himself getting revenge by lying & saying I molested my twin sister's baby, when he most likely was the one who did it. Now, I have a false bad reputation.

   The people @ the SSA office said that he doesn't have to live with me for me to be his payee. I sent him to the homeless shelter, & they told him he can only stay 1 night because he has an expired ID. I had to stay @ that shelter for a few days back in 2007. The same witchy lady that threw my valuables around with a broom & lied & said I made the mess & called the police because I told her I couldn't go to church session because I was studying for a psychology exam. They put me on the streets that night.

   Now, this SAME woman called me tonight to try to threaten me into letting him back in, & she has NO say so over who's his payee. I'm the only 1 who won't misuse his $$. But she tried to scare me by saying that if I don't let him stay by me, then the "consequence" is that I will no longer be his payee. I'm afraid she might do something worse to get me in more trouble. We have another brother in town who's willing to take him in, but he doesn't want to go there.

   I'm not willing to ruin my lease because of my brother being confused & 2-faced, & trying to freeload. He inflicts the same pain & suffering on me as others do to him. He made threats to lie on my sister, so I'm afraid he might lie on me again.

   The shelter woman tried to tell me that I'd be cruel & dirty wrong if I don't take him back in by tomorrow. It's not my fault his ID is 2 yrs. expired, & I am penniless right now. I gave him the LAST of the $$ I had. But why wasn't she cruel 2 yrs. ago for throwing me on the streets for not being able to attend church because of school? She didn't care. But now she wants me to feel bad for him. He doesn't have to be homeless. He CHOOSES not to stay with my other brother.
   I forgot to mention that he always says he wants to be independent, but he expects you to do everything FOR him, step-by-step.

   & he told me he refuses to seek psychiatry or any other mental health help. So, that also has me afraid.

   • ANSWER:
     You receive his money, you pay his bills with the money he has. That is all you have to do. He does not have to live with you and no one can force that. Complete strangers from banks or social service agencies are people’s Payees – they don’t do anything more than pay bills.

     Stop making this into something it isn’t. Your brother has a mental illness. Rent him a place to live that he can afford. Pay the bills and give him the key. Don’t do anymore than you want to or are capable of.

     Unless you want to take him to court and find him incompetent, he is an adult able to make his own bad decisions. You pay the bills so he has a basic place to live, food in the frig, and the light and electric paid. Give him a month for spending money – that’s what he would get in a group home. If he doesn’t want to live there – that’s his choice. You spent his money on what he needed to be safe.

     Than let him be an adult.

5. QUESTION:
   can you think of any? that would make people laugh?
   [onthareal]:
   onthareal

   - hiii, i’m ____________
   - i’m short.
   - i’m italian
   - I’ve been described as bold, self-involved & obnoxious – but in a charming way.
   - I make awkward – often inappropriate – jokes in uncomfortable situations.
   - if you’re a slob from my town, get the fuck off my page & mind yo business, SLOB.
   - i hate surprises. of any kind.
   - i couldn’t care less about the news.
   - if possible, i would immerse los angeles in my vomit, covering its fake inhabitants.
   - “i believe in karma, what you give is what you get returned.”
   - i don’t smoke…but smokers are sexy as fuck.
   - country music is garbage to my ears.
   - never ever ask me what i “like to do for fun”, it’s impossible to answer.
   - the thought of relationships makes me want to slaughter helpless puppies.
   - i’ll fuck anything with a hole. but i’ll only kiss you if i like you.
   - i can’t live without a cell phone. but i break mine approximately every 3 weeks.
   - listening to someone snore makes me want to decapitate babies.
   - children are the bane of my existence.
   - i’m vindictive.
   - i can parallel park an F-150 in the crack of your ass.
   - when i was 14, my addictive guilty pleasure was watching undressed on MTV.
   - i litter out my car window constantly. the world is my trash can.
   - everything’s better naked, wet, & twice.
   - i wish my eyes weren’t shit brown.
   - everyone looks better with a tan.
   - who, what, where & when i fuck has got nothing to do with you.
   - i have no direction in life & i’m not ashamed to admit it.
   - people obsessed with their sidekicks are losers.
   - i loved the ’70s, ’80s & ’90s way before vh1 did.
   - i don’t work from july->september as employment interferes with my summer activities.
   - i have absolutely no patience. whatsoever.
   - i’d love to choke both miley cyrus & selena gomez.
   - i respond very well to peer pressure.
   - i mumble, almost constantly.
   - i am jealous of people who have better things than me.
   - i have an issue with change.
   - my nipples are large.
   - boxers or briefs? – boxerbriefs.
   - stop jogging outdoors. it’s not 1967, buy a treadmill.
   - it doesn’t bother me that steve irwin or bernie mac are dead.
   - sometimes i’m sarcastic.
   - gotta love people who buy expensive cameras & call themselves photographers.
   - i’d love to punch bob saget in the mouth.
   - if you’re gonna drive slow, GET THE FUCK OUTTA THE FAST LANE.
   - girls that say “&&”, “♥” or “i’m so random” aren’t cute.
   - i cross my 7′s.
   - i once met tommy lee.

   that is all.
   ___________________________________________________________

   i’ve probably been in your mouth.

   [enjoy]:
   enjoy

   - sleeping for long periods of time.
   - sarcastic people.
   - the word CUNT.
   - heartbreaks.
   - baby cow meat.
   - fake girls with tans & hair extensions. they’re always much hotter than regular girls.
   - architecture.
   - encountering kids from my town who peaked in high school. sweet hair lines & beer guts.
   - lips.
   - attention. lots of attention. at all times.
   - redbull.
   - puma.
   - talkin’ reckless.
   - iced tea.
   - tim burton.
   - texting while driving.
   - the giving tree.
   - burnt toast.
   - hot jersey summers.
   - 5.0 mustangs.
   - eating.
   - the smell of skunk.
   - pomegranate products.
   - terrible MTV 10-spot shows from the 1999-2001 era such as 2gether & spyder games.
   - trailer park trash.
   - super nintendo.
   - 2007′s collaboration of timbaland, justin timberlake & nelly furtado.
   - dunkaroos.
   - TGIF’s amazing ’90s sitcom lineup.
   - trucker hats.
   - starbucks.
   - jeep wranglers.
   - cinnamon applesauce.
   - sex.
   - proving people wrong.
   - vanilla ice.
   - apple products.
   - the olive garden.
   - all aspects of the beach & surfing.
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   [despise]:
   despise

   - NJ housewife caroline manzo. meddling cunt.
   - basketball.
   - cheese.
   - children.
   - low-life ex’s.
   - relationships.
   - cops that live to ruin peoples lives…die.
   - christmas music.
   - hair on the soap.
   - celebrity bloggers…get a life, a-holes.
   - self-proclaimed models.
   - pale people who think that “fake n’ bake” is a stereotype. you may want to reconsider.
   - that stupid “DIRTY JERZEY” cliché. relax kids, it’s not even dirty.
   - amanda bynes.
   - anything blink 182 ever sang. including any tom delonge side-project.
   - hollister & the tool bags that work there.
   - people obsessed with their religion. take a deep breath freaks.
   - state police. WOW, take time off your power trip & go find a soul, motherfuckers.
   - napoleon dynamite.
   - people who tour europe for months because they think they’re so “cultured”.
   - vegetarians. eat meat you fuckers.
   - mariah carey. old bitch.
   - 20 year olds that kiss mom & dad’s ass. time to cut the umbilical cord.
   - carlos mencia – not funny.
   - anyone who has pride in their school…THA FUCK??
   - melted ice cream.
   - virgins. especially over the age of 18. that’s just weird…
   - yellow teeth. there are a million whitening

   • ANSWER:
     there is no way i am reading that!