Comment Spamming & other such rudeness

I have said most of this before and or on Twitter but just to make sure

that EVERYONE understands my perspective.....here she goes again!

I do not condone, appreciate or tolerate blatant advertising, comment spamming, link dropping or any other rudeness on my blog! No exceptions, excuses or special regards! Not before, now or ever! Clear enough?

If you do not know what I'm talking about I will briefly explain:

Comment Spamming is when a business, website or blogger leaves a vague comment followed but come see my site. Example: "Nice Post! You should come check out my blog/website/whatever."

Link Dropping is nearly the same as above only a link to said offender is included.

Example: "Great color! Your followers would love my blog/site come see it here http://imarudeasshatblog.com "

Advertising, umm I'm sure you recognize it when you see it but for the smart kids..

Example: "Great color. I love brand X it's the best crap on the planet. You can get it at this link xxxx. They have the best prices, shipping, customer service and are so cheap and shady that I go around spamming blogs instead of paying for advertising like a legitimate company."

I was once a new blogger....you remember right...I had 1 follower and no comments.

I also NEVER spammed, link dropped or other such rudeness to let people know about my blog.

I worked my arse off on my blog, improving content, pictures, layout etc. I spent a shit ton of my money buying polish and sharing those swatches with well, nobody for a long while, but I blogged and enjoyed it even if I was the only one reading it. I followed a lot of other blogs (still do) and commented as much as I could (Still do but I have much less time now), I got to know other bloggers and word just kind of got around that I was here. People started coming and reading, some followed some didn't but my blog grew. A few of those lovely blog pals added me to their blog roll, I did ask politely via email a couple of them if they would add me. Most added me of their own choosing and I adore them for that.

My blog is mine from begging to end, built on my hard work and love and I am proud to say that I made this blog without ever stepping on the backs of my fellow bloggers!

I get emails, DM's on Twitter, messages on FB etc. from lots of

new or new to me blogs asking very respectfully if I would go look at their blog or add them to my blogroll & I will always do so for those who ask in the correct manner. I get emails asking for advice, help etc and I am honored to be asked and do my best to help. I love finding new blogs and making new friends. I can say that there are a few blogs out there today that I helped get off the dust pile and shined a giant spotlight on. I can also tell you that those bloggers came to me in a very respectful manner and that is why I bent over backward to help them. I love helping people, it is one of the main reasons I blog.

I know that some bloggers don't mind link dropping or comment spamming.

The majority do mind it, very much so! Personally I feel that it shows poor character, laziness, disrespect and very bad manners. *A little tip: Beauty/Nail bloggers have a fairly tight community & respect is a big must so showing yourself to be disrespectful early on will backfire badly. I can think of a couple of blogs that are gone due to the blogger being disrespectful, rude or otherwise shady within the community.*                     My blog is not your step stool, if you want to see where your blog can go then do like the rest of us and work your arse off and you'll get there when your time comes. If you want to advertise on my blog then email me and we can discus it. If you have a giveaway, sale or other special something going on that you think my readers would like to know about...email me.

Do Not try to step on my back to get ahead...I will drop you flat on your face!

If I come off as harsh it is because this is a big issue and I feel very strongly about it. So much so that I have blocked people, in the past, from my blog for doing these things. Just remember to be respectful and think before you act or react!

OK I'm done....until the next round

So you thought that nasty comment was "anonymous" lmao.....

a·non·y·mous

adj.
1. Having an unknown or unacknowledged name: an anonymous author.

2. Having an unknown or withheld authorship or agency: an anonymous letter; an anonymous phone call.

3. Having no distinctive character or recognition factor
 

 

So you are a sad little lonely person whom goes around on the internet saying

nasty things to people you do not know and trying to hurt them to make yourself feel bigger or better than you are.

First that is so sad and pathetic that I Almost feel sorry for you....but this

is me we are talking about! You'll get no pitty from me! You choose to be sad, angry, lonely and bitter.

 

But you will not hurt me...you can't! I am not that weak little mousy girl with no self confidence.

I am EvilAngel and I fuckin' Rock and I know it, you know it and that makes you jealous!

 

This is MY blog...I own it. I run it and I don't play that way!

 

So for all to see You ARE NOT Anonymous here!

 

I see you! You live in Oceanside California

Your IP Address...yep see it's right there I have it! Now everyone has it...you will be tracked down. :o)

I know that your computer is old because it runs Windows XP

You browse using Firfox 3.5

Your first visit to my blog was Sunday at 11:38am (my time)

 

You came back to my blog 2 more times....today. Why?

To say this?

There are a lot of things on the internet that I don't like. I just don't look at those sites....did you know you can choose not to come to MY blog?

 

Yet you come back a 3rd time!

Somewhere inside you a little voice was telling you that your attempt to hurt me was only making YOU look an ass! (Oh and spell check is a very good idea when bashing others or it will be turned on you)

You did not listen to the little voice? Why? Could you not hear it over the sound of your own anger and bitterness? It must really suck to be you!

 

It's amazing to be me! Meet my friends....down there in the comments yeah they are the best!

Oh and yes I am curvy and sexy as hell! Lazy no, I don't have time to be lazy. Between caring for my 3 beautiful children and the beyong hot hubby, running MY cosmetics company, my blog and all my wonderful friends...I am a very busy lady! As far as what you ASSume I am capable of doing with these gorgeous talons...you'd be wrong on every count. I (daily) cook, clean, wash, care for my children, play with my kids (and my hubby) as well as run a business, craft, draw, bead, paint and anything else I want to do. See if I want to do it I just do....I don't believe in can't!

 

So now you know that "anonymous" only means that you don't have the balls to show your face and openly be an idiot. You think that you can really truly be invisible....NOT! I can track you....I do track all my visitors it's called informative reports. I normally use it to see what my readers enjoy so I can provide that to them. But you have shown me that there is other uses for this info....like tracking and uncovering people who hide behind a monitor and act/say things they would never ever do or say in real life!

 

I invite ALL of my blogger friends to note this IP address....I bet we "know" this person.

EvilAngel is watching and Big Brother's got nothing on me!

Big Fat Angry Rant!!! (Not polish/beauty related)

If you follow me on Twitter you've probably

seen my "I'm so stressed out tweets". I have now passed stressed and am now pissed!

Most of you know that I have my own Indie cosmetics line Evil Shades. I literally started this business with $100 and an ebay account (19 months ago) well it started doing well enough that I decided to start a website just for Evil Shades. I bought a package on Webs.com in Aug. of last year and set up shop. The website was not very fancy and ES had grown enough that I felt like I needed a more professional bigger site. So I started looking for Hosts and asking people who they used etc. I narrowed it down to 4 that were in my price range and seemed pretty reliable. I emailed all 4 with the same questions:

What kind of tech support to you offer?

What is your turnaround time on tech repairs?

Do you charge above the set hosting fee to transfer my domain name?

Do you offer suite builders that have a good range of templates and can build a store with shopping cart by someone who does not know html and is techie challanged?

When the transfer starts how long will my site be down?

You can go look at my very expensive piece of crap...

http://www.evilshades.com/

Click on the big ass "button" in the center of the main page and then go click on store.

Grrrrrrrr! Insert 2 parafraphs of foul language here!

I got answers from 3 of them and chose the one that seemed to suit my needs best.

Fastforward Thursday of last week I started the domain transfer because in order to use their site building software my domain had to be pointing at them as host. I was told this would take no more than 24 hours which is why I chose Thursday as opposed to waiting until Monday. I have spent the weekend emailing, live chatting and forum searching and their site building software still will not allow me to log in and use it to build my damn cart! My MIL built what is up now but she does not know how to build or add a shopping cart and she has been trying for 3 days to do so including buying extra software in hopes.

I set up a little etsy store but honestly people don't want to buy that way. People feel more comfortable buying from a stand alone website, it seems more professional. So I have lost 4 days sales (I did have one sale but that was from someone who knows me and so we did it via email).

I don't know about my host but I cannot afford to go 4 days without pay. I am (my business) is the sole income for my family and it has only in the past few months been going really well. Now I'm stuck.

I can't even cut my losses and go to another host because I cannot transfer my domain for 60 days....I can't go 60 days with no income! I have tried everything and these people have given me no answer just the same bs of your domain has to propagate to our server....um I asked the geeks on a major techie forum and they said that is a croc it takes no more than 12-24 hours for that.

Then to top it all off we got served with papers that one of my husbands ex wives is suing for more child support because she found out that I have my own business...ummmm hello fat cow....get off your lazy ass and go back to work at you $45K a year job cause this bitch is not going to support you! P.S. Lazy ass piece of crap, being pregnant an morbidly obese does not mean you cannot work nor does breastfeeding a newborn. Tell your husband to get a second job if you want to sit at home with your new bundle of future child support. I support all of my kids on my own and have for 21 years with no financial help from a man or the government what makes you think you're so special!

Just incase anyone wants to jump on my ass about the child support thing I have 3 children that do not belong to my husband and I have never recieved one single penny in child support. Iwas a single Mom for 12 years starting at age 16.  I am not some new wife that's pissed about him having to support his kids. I love my step babies and I supportred them along with my own when we first got together while he was having a nervous breakdown. I have also paid his child support because well his responsibilities are mine as well. But I'll be damned if I will ever agree that any non custodial parent should have to pay so much that they cannot afford to live nor will I ever agree that a non custodial parent should have their support payments raised because the other party wants to quit working and stay at home with their new child that is unrelated to us. I think that if you cannot afford to stay at home then either don't have any kids or oh hey get a damn job like the rest of us!

If you are my new host....you blow and you owe me $800+ and counting!

(and whatever gray hairs and wrinkles you created)

I'm sorry for the rant and some of the language but not for the content as it is all true and this is my blog so where else can I blow a gasket and share pictures of shiny things!

Shame on you! Respect is the only "R" word that should be thrown around!

I just read a post on another blog that sickened me to the core!

Normally I will not say who it is when these things happen but in this instance I am going to name names and point fingers because I'm pissed off and this is wrong on every level!

Shame on you TheManicuredManatee Shame and how dare you!
I have un followed and will NOT visit that blog again.

You think using the word retarded is funny? No it is not! You say that because you "had" a mentally challenged family member you have the right to use that word as much as you want, and in a derogitory manner no less. Well you Miss are very WRONG! If you truly did have a family member that was mentally challenged you of all people should be more sensitive and respectful.

My opinion is that the word Retarded is used in a rude, hatefilled,and derogatory manner as ofter or more so than the "N" word, the word faggot, and so many others. Why? Why can't you use your mind and heart and be respectful even in humor? Do you find it funny to see a child with Down syndrom cry? You must if that word is so hillarious. Is it funny for a 16 year old homosexual to commit suicide? Sure laugh it up while YOU slip the noose around his neck.
 Oh they are just jokes you say...No they are words that can hurt and you have no right to blatantly disregard the feelings of other humans! Not under any circumstances, including a so called joke!

Oh and so Miss Manatee, so you say I'm a Biotch because I am in your words "overly sensative"?

I will be a straight up BITCH when you use hate and then lazily excuse it saying that YOU have some secret right to hurt others and be disrespectful.

No one has a right or reason to throw around hurtful words or to use derogatory words as a joke!

Some people are saying oh maybe she's going through something or she has issues and we should cut her some slack!

NO, no effin' way should we cut her or anyone any slack for being hurtfull toward an entire group of humans.

I'm going through things...you want the list? I still manage to treat others with respect and to not ignorantly throw around derogitory words to get a cheap laugh on my blog.

People be responsible, especially fellow bloggers, be respectful and be considerate!

I encourage you all to stand up for those who cannot stand up for themselves!

Refuse to read hate, demand respect and call people on it when they do not!

I think I'm done but I'm not promising!

An Apology to Native Americans

Those of you who know me are aware that I am part Blackfoot. Grrrrr....

OK this is the very last time I ever word it that way! Why do I feel the need to explain my fair skin? My Mother was 1/2 Blackfoot and half Swedish/Norwiegian. My Father was 1/2 Hopi and 1/2 Scottish. So I have light skin for a Native and I feel like people look at me odd when I say I'm Blackfoot. Reality is I AM Blackfoot 100%, that is where and how I was raised. My blood is mixed and I am proud of my European heritage (Yay Vikings) but I am Blackfoot. I know nothing of my Hopi people other than what I've read and the same with the rest. So instead of concerning myself with wether or not people "believe" me I will Honor my Grandmother's and Grandfather's and only state I am Blackfoot from now on!

I'm done Rambling now!

This morning I recieved an email from my sweet friend Christy @ Kronicles of a Konader

This is the link that she sent me:  Native legal update

Simply put One church felt compelled for reasons unknown to offer a sincere apology to the Lenape tribe, One of the first affected by the European invasion.

I do not know (nor do I care) what motivated them to offer a 400 year past due appology but I can say that reading this and then going to my tribal site and reading what my people were saying, it brought me to tears. My tears were of both sorrow and hope. Sorrow because I know how my people still live and hope for the future of all Native Americans. these people did not personally create the wrongs but they took the initiative to step towards righting a very long legacy of wrongs.

I try very hard to not make my blog a Native Rant space, nor do I want or expect pity, or apologize from ancestors of those origional invaders. However this is a subject that is very personal and I cannot help but be overly passionate about it. So I will do my best to make this a one time spewing of my Native heartbreak and just get it out.

I know how a lot of American's view or have been taught of the Native American's mainly those living on Reservations. They are told that we are given all of this "free" stuff from the government, that we live off of the government and cling to pity, that we build casinos and proudly take white gamblers money to live high on the hog. LMFAO  Pardon my language but that is a gianormous crock of bullshit!

This is where I come from

(picture taken Spring 2009)

This is not an exageration but a current lived in government provided home on my tribal reservation.

(Above picture taken last fall 2008)

This is what the US government has so generously given my people. (about 30 years ago)

(Picture taken spring 2009)

This is one of the nicest houses on the reservation. Not paid for by Government funds.

It is embarassing to me that this is home. This is where I am from.

I am not embarrassed to be Blackfoot by any means, I am a proud Blackfoot woman.

I will not show the school or library because those pictures have some of my family in them and I do not care to make them public.

The government gives so little funding to reservations that most reservation educated children whom have graduated High school have the equivelant of a 6th grade US non reservation education.

There are no free chacks handed out to families, no free vehicles, yes we get that fabulous moldy government cheese! Woohoo!

Casinos are not on all reservations nor are they a cure to Native poverty, but you do what you have to to provide for your people. Casino's have brought more money to the Blackfeet and more drugs, and alcoholism and more stereotypes.

For me personally ,as well as what some of my relations living on the reserve are saying, this is a step toward removing the curtain that has hidden true reservation life from the American public. This is hope for change in government policy. (Native Americans still must register and inform Indian agency of where they live and travel) A step toward possibilities of a decent future and maybe even religious freedom. (Many of our religious ceremonies are outlawed by US government)

I have a new twinkle of hope!

I leave you with these pictures of The Blackfoot reservation and what my tribe has preserved through many battles, treaties and plain stubborness!

May the stars carry your sadness away,

May the flowers fill your heart with beauty,

May hope forever wipe away your tears,

And, above all, may silence make you strong.