Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!

bhamv3 · May 10, 2015

Due to personnel shuffles here at work, I am temporarily using an old computer.

This thing feels like it belongs in a museum. Listening to this machine chug along is exceedingly distressing, like watching an old woman trying to lift a piano. Typing on it is pretty challenging, because my fingernails had time to grow into Lady Deathstrike-style claws just waiting for it to boot up. Seriously, my phone probably has more processing power than my computer does, and I use a Nokia 3210.

jwhouk · May 10, 2015

Is it running 98 SE or Vista?

bhamv3 · May 10, 2015

PatrThom · May 10, 2015

That's not too bad, so long as it has at least 2GB RAM.
Fun fact. When I worked formal tech support, I "liberated" a second 1GB stick from a machine nobody ever used and installed it in my own machine.
"Why is your machine so much faster than our exactly-the-same models," I would be asked.
"Oh, well as tech support I know how to keep it in tip-top shape," I would reply.

...technically it was true.

--Patrick

ThatNickGuy · May 11, 2015

Just woke up. At close to 5:00. When I don't even have to get up until 9:00.

Because I can't fucking sleep.

Bubble181 · May 11, 2015

ThatNickGuy said:
Just woke up. At close to 5:00. When I don't even have to get up until 9:00.

Because I can't fucking sleep.

Perfect time for those early-morning jogs or philosophizing walks in the pre-dawn light, through empty streets.
Or, you know, annoying crappy time to be up without enough sleep and a long day ahead of you. Either way

sixpackshaker · May 11, 2015

I tried to drive into work this morning. It's Floodin' Down in Texas. Luckily the bridge has not washed out, yet. But just past my bridge is about 2 feet of fast moving floodwater.

Cajungal · May 11, 2015

I got back from Wyoming Saturday after caring for students 24/7, and I'm tiiiiiired. I don't want to be here. I am 100% winging it today.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

Alright, I know the kind of tomfoolery I'm setting myself up for by posting this, but it's really gotten whineworthy.

My butt hurts all the time now.

All. The time.

Like, it feels like I've been sitting on a metal bench for hours. When I wake up, when I'm at work, when I'm driving, when I go to bed at night. Butt hurts.

It interferes with me being able to even stand up sometimes. If I don't spend a few seconds "stretching" my butt muscles before I try to stand up, the pain becomes incapacitating. Oddly enough, if I do stretch, however briefly, for the next minute or so there's no pain, regardless of what I'm doing (or not doing). But I can't spend 5 seconds of every 60 doing butt stretches, it looks weird.

I know what the doctor will tell me, I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

HCGLNS · May 11, 2015

FTW I need hootch and dip.

fade · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Alright, I know the kind of tomfoolery I'm setting myself up for by posting this, but it's really gotten whineworthy.

My butt hurts all the time now.

All. The time.

Like, it feels like I've been sitting on a metal bench for hours. When I wake up, when I'm at work, when I'm driving, when I go to bed at night. Butt hurts.

It interferes with me being able to even stand up sometimes. If I don't spend a few seconds "stretching" my butt muscles before I try to stand up, the pain becomes incapacitating. Oddly enough, if I do stretch, however briefly, for the next minute or so there's no pain, regardless of what I'm doing (or not doing). But I can't spend 5 seconds of every 60 doing butt stretches, it looks weird.

I know what the doctor will tell me, I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

Stick it in your pooper.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

fade said:
Stick it in your pooper.

Aaand 9 minutes.

Denbrought · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Alright, I know the kind of tomfoolery I'm setting myself up for by posting this, but it's really gotten whineworthy.

My butt hurts all the time now.

All. The time.

Like, it feels like I've been sitting on a metal bench for hours. When I wake up, when I'm at work, when I'm driving, when I go to bed at night. Butt hurts.

It interferes with me being able to even stand up sometimes. If I don't spend a few seconds "stretching" my butt muscles before I try to stand up, the pain becomes incapacitating. Oddly enough, if I do stretch, however briefly, for the next minute or so there's no pain, regardless of what I'm doing (or not doing). But I can't spend 5 seconds of every 60 doing butt stretches, it looks weird.

I know what the doctor will tell me, I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

On the exercise front, have you tried bodyweight squats? Just stand in front of something heavy that you can grasp at waist level (heavy desk, counters, ...) for balance, and go ass-to-grass while keeping your back neutral, feet forward, knees straight or outwards. Easy to do during lunch breaks in the privacy of your office, and might help.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

Denbrought said:
On the exercise front, have you tried bodyweight squats? Just stand in front of something heavy that you can grasp at waist level (heavy desk, counters, ...) for balance, and go ass-to-grass while keeping your back neutral, feet forward, knees straight or outwards. Easy to do during lunch breaks in the privacy of your office, and might help.

I have not tried those. I might.

fade · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Aaand 9 minutes.

Man up. Therapy.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

fade said:
Therapy.

As in physical therapy? As in butt massage? That might actually help.

You volunteering?

Emrys · May 11, 2015

Denbrought · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
I have not tried those. I might.

Doing barbell squats (started with an empty bar and worked my way up) fixed all of my back aches. When I'm too lazy/demotivated to get to a gym, bodyweight ones have a similar effect (just do more of 'em). Good luck!

You might also just need a butt prosthesis, like Hank Hill

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

Denbrought said:
Doing barbell squats (started with an empty bar and worked my way up) fixed all of my back aches. When I'm too lazy/demotivated to get to a gym, bodyweight ones have a similar effect (just do more of 'em). Good luck!

You might also just need a butt prosthesis, like Hank Hill

BWAAAAAAAAH

Squidleybits · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Alright, I know the kind of tomfoolery I'm setting myself up for by posting this, but it's really gotten whineworthy.

My butt hurts all the time now.

All. The time.

Like, it feels like I've been sitting on a metal bench for hours. When I wake up, when I'm at work, when I'm driving, when I go to bed at night. Butt hurts.

It interferes with me being able to even stand up sometimes. If I don't spend a few seconds "stretching" my butt muscles before I try to stand up, the pain becomes incapacitating. Oddly enough, if I do stretch, however briefly, for the next minute or so there's no pain, regardless of what I'm doing (or not doing). But I can't spend 5 seconds of every 60 doing butt stretches, it looks weird.

I know what the doctor will tell me, I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

If the pain is anywhere near a joint or shooting down a leg, go see your doctor and get a specialist referral. Family doctors are good for many things but chronic pain management isn't one of them.

Bubble181 · May 11, 2015

It's just karma for all the times other people've been butthurt over things you've said.

Also, therapy.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

Squidleybits said:
If the pain is anywhere near a joint or shooting down a leg, go see your doctor and get a specialist referral. Family doctors are good for many things but chronic pain management isn't one of them.

It's definitely in the muscles. Not anywhere near my back or hips at all. Right round the base of the tailbone, and going out to either side from there, like I've been sitting sideways on a rail.

PatrThom · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

I'm in the same boat. Last checkup I think I was at 165, I weighed myself here for the first time in probably 2 years and suddenly I'm 188. "Suddenly." I had noticed my belly being more prominent than previous, and now I know it's not just my imagination. Stupid visceral fat's been piling up slowly all this time and now it's been brought to the fore.

Assuming it's not DVT or your sacroiliac or some other similar health problem (consult your physician!), it's probably just the inactivity.
Your back muscles do a lot of work holding your spine straight, but your core abdominals are supposed to help out with that...unless they're so fphlabbbby that they just can't.

There's a lot you could do, but the immediate things are probably to cut out the sugary drinks and get up and walk around more often.
And lest you think that I am talking out my ass about this, I've slashed the amount of sugar I put in my 4-5 cups of tea a day and even though my employer is covering my food expenses the entire time I'm here, I've reduced my weekly food intake to about $50. My coworkers are bragging about all the awesome places they're going and how they didn't know a rib eye steak could cost $85 but they're going to eat it anyway. Me? All I get to say is that I lost 3 pounds in April.

--Patrick

Terrik · May 11, 2015

Bubble181 said:
It's just karma for all the times other people've been butthurt over things you've said.

Also, therapy.

What butthurt goes around, comes around?

Squidleybits · May 11, 2015

SI joint issues are sneaky and don't always feel like joint pain.

Celt Z · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Alright, I know the kind of tomfoolery I'm setting myself up for by posting this, but it's really gotten whineworthy.

My butt hurts all the time now.

All. The time.

Like, it feels like I've been sitting on a metal bench for hours. When I wake up, when I'm at work, when I'm driving, when I go to bed at night. Butt hurts.

It interferes with me being able to even stand up sometimes. If I don't spend a few seconds "stretching" my butt muscles before I try to stand up, the pain becomes incapacitating. Oddly enough, if I do stretch, however briefly, for the next minute or so there's no pain, regardless of what I'm doing (or not doing). But I can't spend 5 seconds of every 60 doing butt stretches, it looks weird.

I know what the doctor will tell me, I need to lose weight and exercise. Sigh.

I'll save the ass jokes for everyone else, although the timing between this and all the butt action in this week's HFA is kismet. Or you have butts on the brain.
But(t) seriously, do you have a thick wallet and carry it in your back pocket? I know this can sometimes cause pain in that general area, though it may not be the source of yours. You really should go see a doctor to be sure.

There's nothing bad about getting into a better diet/exercise regiment.... unless it's going to further delay the HFA videos.

PatrThom · May 11, 2015

Celt Z said:
do you have a thick wallet and carry it in your back pocket?

That's the sort of sacroiliac injury I'm talking about. They happen when your sacrum is forced to move independently of your pelvis, either through trauma or persistent compression. Even habitually leaning in one direction while sitting can do it.

--Patrick

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

Celt Z said:
I'll save the ass jokes for everyone else, although the timing between this and all the butt action in this week's HFA is kismet. Or you have butts on the brain.

Heh, well, the butt pain predates HFA day 22 by many weeks, and let's be honest, I've had butts on the brain since I was able to articulate complete sentences

But(t) seriously, do you have a thick wallet and carry it in your back pocket? I know this can sometimes cause pain in that general area, though it may not be the source of yours. You really should go see a doctor to be sure.

There's nothing bad about getting into a better diet/exercise regiment.... unless it's going to further delay the HFA videos.

PatrThom said:
That's the sort of sacroiliac injury I'm talking about. They happen when your sacrum is forced to move independently of your pelvis, either through trauma or persistent compression. Even habitually leaning in one direction while sitting can do it.

--Patrick

Nope, my "wallet" is one of those aluminum credit card cases, and I carry it in the front pocket. I've never got anything in my back pocket.

I haven't been to the doctor in years. Guess I'm overdue. Maybe I'll bring my other lesser gripes and such to his attention while I'm there.

PatrThom · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Maybe I'll bring my other lesser gripes and such to his attention while I'm there.

Maybe you should bring your fondue fork.

--Patrick

Ravenpoe · May 11, 2015

GasBandit said:
Heh, well, the butt pain predates HFA day 22 by many weeks, and let's be honest, I've had butts on the brain since I was able to articulate complete sentences

Nope, my "wallet" is one of those aluminum credit card cases, and I carry it in the front pocket. I've never got anything in my back pocket.

I haven't been to the doctor in years. Guess I'm overdue. Maybe I'll bring my other lesser gripes and such to his attention while I'm there.

Are you stress clenching? I bet you're stress clenching.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

On an unrelated whine, boy, if you ever go to Jack-in-the-Box and get their "Buttery Jack," make sure to wear a goddamned bib if you don't want to smell like buttered grease for the rest of the day.

sixpackshaker · May 11, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
I tried to drive into work this morning. It's Floodin' Down in Texas. Luckily the bridge has not washed out, yet. But just past my bridge is about 2 feet of fast moving floodwater.

Here's the flood 5 hours later. Still impassible.

GasBandit · May 11, 2015

sixpackshaker said:
Here's the flood 5 hours later. Still impassible.

I'm not convinced that the greater Houston area hasn't just gotten so heavy that it's sunk a few feet, becoming its own little basin that fills up with water every time we get 6 inches of rain.

Sparhawk · May 11, 2015

We got about 3-1/2' in about 3 hours this morning, closed several underpasses and had floodwater over the road at the bottom of the hill that I live on. We've gotten so much rain in the eastern part of the state that all lakes are at or above "full" stage, and the dams just have the spillways open to let the extra water out.

Yoshimickster · May 11, 2015

ATENTION PEOPLE WHO RENT ROOMS! If you have a problem with your guest, tell them in person instead of giving them a negative review on AirBNB. "Has trouble socializing with humans", FUCK YOU HOST! And if I was a little loud you should've oh I don't know- SAID something rather than make me read a post about it online! And I swear if I talk to him again and he's nice- I'LL LOSE IT!!