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Rant V - The Drama Strikes Back

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Aug 17, 2009#1

Cheesy1

Stupid creative block! I've been trying to come up with a good storyline for a roleplaying game I want to set for my brother and his friends, but I have absolutely NO inspiration right now. My muse is the laziest bastard in existence!

Aug 17, 2009#2

ElJuski

Let me help you out....your protagonist...has amnesia! And there's a princess...in trouble! And there is also...political strife! :3

Aug 17, 2009#3

Fun Size

ElJuski said:
Let me help you out....your protagonist...has amnesia! And there's a princess...in trouble! And there is also...political strife! :3

And a cheese famine. I find not enough fiction is based around dairy-related strife.

Aug 17, 2009#4

ElJuski

Fun Size said:
ElJuski said:

Let me help you out....your protagonist...has amnesia! And there's a princess...in trouble! And there is also...political strife! :3

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And a cheese famine. I find not enough fiction is based around dairy-related strife.

Yes, this is needed.

Aug 17, 2009#5

Cheesy1

Yes, I see! The cows have started a rebellion over their forced slavery in dairies and have kidnapped the Princess. The hero, who of course awakens from a coma with no memory of who he is, is sent out on a quest of rescue and self discovery before the cheese famine destroys the kingdom! Oh, and there's a wizard and a cute animal sidekick in there somewhere. It's so perfect, it's retarded!

Aug 17, 2009#6

phil

GAH! I can't register for classes STILL! I couldn't before the weekend 'cause when I went to go take a quick 20 minute nap I ended up sleeping until 4am the next day. Then it was the weekend and they just didn't let anyone register. Now It's the week and they're all "sorry bro, you can't register until the 19th."

fuggin school, man.

Aug 17, 2009#7

Fun Size

I bit my lip yesterday.

I've bitten the same goddamned spot three more times today.

Aug 17, 2009#8

Cajungal

I hate that.

Coke Zero gives me wicked hiccups. I think I need to stop drinking it.

Aug 17, 2009#9

CynicismKills

Shakes are bad today, I keep hitting the wrong keys and had some trouble pouring my tea today. Probably stress.

Aug 17, 2009#10

Krisken

The first thing is more of a "I'm stupid" than a rant. I said I would have 150 Pink Horrors painted by October 1st. I'm just realizing how much work this will be, considering I am custom making my bases with resin and magnets. Most of it is already painted, but it's been through 2 moves and the models are all metal, so they scrape against something and I'm spending time repairing the paint job.

Top that off with pinching a nerve in my neck trying to catch my in-law's cat to put him in a cat carrier. As soon as it happened, I could feel the nerves down to my fingers explode in a tingling sensation. That was two days ago. Today the tops of my hands are in pain whenever I touch them.

Aug 17, 2009#11

Allen, who is Quiet

hey, thanks guys. invite me to go to the movies, tell me to head over to the place where we're meeting before heading to the theater, and then, after everyone who could go is already at the meeting place, cancel when you can't get more than three people. i know how much of a social experience sitting in a large room not talking to people can be. :angry:

Aug 17, 2009#12

Silvanesti

Krisken said:
The first thing is more of a "I'm stupid" than a rant. I said I would have 150 Pink Horrors painted by October 1st. I'm just realizing how much work this will be, considering I am custom making my bases with resin and magnets. Most of it is already painted, but it's been through 2 moves and the models are all metal, so they scrape against something and I'm spending time repairing the paint job.

i hope that is for fantasy, because a 40k army with that would just be... well.. fucking nuts (at least remembering the rules for demons the last time I played)

Aug 17, 2009#13

Krisken

Silvanesti said:
Krisken said:

The first thing is more of a "I'm stupid" than a rant. I said I would have 150 Pink Horrors painted by October 1st. I'm just realizing how much work this will be, considering I am custom making my bases with resin and magnets. Most of it is already painted, but it's been through 2 moves and the models are all metal, so they scrape against something and I'm spending time repairing the paint job.

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i hope that is for fantasy, because a 40k army with that would just be... well.. fucking nuts (at least remembering the rules for demons the last time I played)

It's nuts. It's for both, but I'm using circle bases so I can play in the big 40K game at the local GW store on October. When I am done, it will be around 3200 points.

Aug 17, 2009#14

Krisken said:
It's nuts. It's for both, but I'm using circle bases so I can play in the big 40K game at the local GW store on October. When I am done, it will be around 3200 points.

I concur it's nuts, but I wish you the best of luck. :thumbsup:

Aug 17, 2009#15

sixpackshaker

Got a call to invite me to go to a swim party in a town that is about 1&1/2 away. It was kinda late minute, and I stalled in giving the answer. He said he'd call me back, but never did.
So I got hung up between Raiding in WoW or actually going out and being social in real life.

Also to the random smurf that was driving the 20yo stick shift, Nissan pick-up while talking on the cell phone for over 15 minutes...

SHUT THE SMURF UP AND DRIVE!!! :slap:

He would take off very slowly, put the phone to the opposite ear and shift, then switch the phone back. Then hit the next shift point, and switch again. :angry: The traffic in the next lane was just scooting on by, and I damn near missed my turn because I could not get enough speed to merge into the faster lane. :angry:

Aug 17, 2009#16

Silvanesti

Krisken said:
Silvanesti said:

Krisken said:

The first thing is more of a "I'm stupid" than a rant. I said I would have 150 Pink Horrors painted by October 1st. I'm just realizing how much work this will be, considering I am custom making my bases with resin and magnets. Most of it is already painted, but it's been through 2 moves and the models are all metal, so they scrape against something and I'm spending time repairing the paint job.

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i hope that is for fantasy, because a 40k army with that would just be... well.. smurfing nuts (at least remembering the rules for demons the last time I played)

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It's nuts. It's for both, but I'm using circle bases so I can play in the big 40K game at the local GW store on October. When I am done, it will be around 3200 points.

damn man, good luck. I haven't played any warhammer in a couple years (since I moved no one plays it around here) but I always love hearing about it. Still 150 horrors... blegh (i think they did away with the rule that they split into two blue horrors when hit right? otherwise 300 blue horros would be sould crushing)

Aug 17, 2009#17

Krisken

ZenMonkey said:
Krisken said:

It's nuts. It's for both, but I'm using circle bases so I can play in the big 40K game at the local GW store on October. When I am done, it will be around 3200 points.

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I concur it's nuts, but I wish you the best of luck.

Heh, thanks! It's a lot of work, but I think I can get it done.

Silvanesti said:
damn man, good luck. I haven't played any warhammer in a couple years (since I moved no one plays it around here) but I always love hearing about it. Still 150 horrors... blegh (i think they did away with the rule that they split into two blue horrors when hit right? otherwise 300 blue horros would be sould crushing)

Oh god no, they don't split anymore. It's 150 Pink and Blue. They don't split anymore. It was bad enough when i had 180. I've lost 30 through various conversions and such. It's 150 figures to paint, base on the resin bases I make. Time consumption and neck strain is the greatest of my problems at the moment. Soul should stay intact.

I'll be sure to take pics of everything when it is all done. That should be fun to see.

Aug 18, 2009#18

Shegokigo

One thing I always enjoyed about my job, was that there were no "temptations" around here. Everyone from the tellers to the loan officers were either men, unattractive women or married women with a stick so far up their ass not even industrial equiptment could pull it out. So keeping my sexuality under wraps was easy peasy (both my supervisor AND my branch manager are huge overly religious homophobes).

Three weeks ago, we had a couple of accounts reps move from another branch to ours. One of them has one of the most amazing body I've ever seen. She's got amazing curves, perfect body proportion, a mesmerizing smile, silky smooth light brown skin and always smells fantastic.

At first I said to myself "she won't last 2 weeks here with as hectic as it is and how young she is" so I didn't sweat it. Now we're going on week 3, to make matters worse, she's single and very touchy feely with me. She also likes to drinking for fun so I know it would only be a matter of time before I could.... and THAT is the problem.... There's no way I can go after her, the chances of "outing" myself are way too high. Even if things go "well" I'm still in trouble.

As if that wasn't bad enough, she's taking a personal liking to me for some reason. Sending me alot of personal emails and is always choosing me to be the one to help her out with any little problem. She also wears very tight and revealing clothing. I have no idea what the hell to do about this.... I'm starting to crack.

Aug 18, 2009#19

@Li3n

Go out drinking and pretend to be drunker then you are... then when you're making out make it seem like you're one of those slutty girls that's doing it for attention from males... then post it online so we can all :pud:

to it...

Aug 18, 2009#20

The Lovely Boehner

Shegokigo said:
One thing I always enjoyed about my job, was that there were no "temptations" around here. Everyone from the tellers to the loan officers were either men, unattractive women or married women with a stick so far up their ass not even industrial equiptment could pull it out. So keeping my sexuality under wraps was easy peasy (both my supervisor AND my branch manager are huge overly religious homophobes).

Three weeks ago, we had a couple of accounts reps move from another branch to ours. One of them has one of the most amazing body I've ever seen. She's got amazing curves, perfect body proportion, a mesmerizing smile, silky smooth light brown skin and always smells fantastic.

At first I said to myself "she won't last 2 weeks here with as hectic as it is and how young she is" so I didn't sweat it. Now we're going on week 3, to make matters worse, she's single and very touchy feely with me. She also likes to drinking for fun so I know it would only be a matter of time before I could.... and THAT is the problem.... There's no way I can go after her, the chances of "outing" myself are way too high. Even if things go "well" I'm still in trouble.

As if that wasn't bad enough, she's taking a personal liking to me for some reason. Sending me alot of personal emails and is always choosing me to be the one to help her out with any little problem. She also wears very tight and revealing clothing. I have no idea what the hell to do about this.... I'm starting to crack.

It really sucks that you can't be open about who you are at work. Or at least you can't without worrying about some sort of legal fight. Land of the free, indeed,

Aug 18, 2009#21

Mr_Chaz

Shegokigo said:
One thing I always enjoyed about my job, was that there were no "temptations" around here. Everyone from the tellers to the loan officers were either men, unattractive women or married women with a stick so far up their ass not even industrial equiptment could pull it out. So keeping my sexuality under wraps was easy peasy (both my supervisor AND my branch manager are huge overly religious homophobes).

Three weeks ago, we had a couple of accounts reps move from another branch to ours. One of them has one of the most amazing body I've ever seen. She's got amazing curves, perfect body proportion, a mesmerizing smile, silky smooth light brown skin and always smells fantastic.

At first I said to myself "she won't last 2 weeks here with as hectic as it is and how young she is" so I didn't sweat it. Now we're going on week 3, to make matters worse, she's single and very touchy feely with me. She also likes to drinking for fun so I know it would only be a matter of time before I could.... and THAT is the problem.... There's no way I can go after her, the chances of "outing" myself are way too high. Even if things go "well" I'm still in trouble.

As if that wasn't bad enough, she's taking a personal liking to me for some reason. Sending me alot of personal emails and is always choosing me to be the one to help her out with any little problem. She also wears very tight and revealing clothing. I have no idea what the hell to do about this.... I'm starting to crack.

Surely the standard Shego response is to do what you want to do, then just dump her in the desert?

Aug 18, 2009#22

Shegokigo

Mr_Chaz said:
Surely the standard Shego response is to do what you want to do, then just dump her in the desert?

The problem with making my fantasies into realities are simply matters of convience and experience mixed with a little bit of opportunity. :devil:

Aug 18, 2009#23

Rob King

Shego: your situation sucks balls ... or whatever the appropriate lesbian metaphor might be. Though, come to think of it, sucking balls is probably a very appropriate lesbian metaphor for when things aren't good.

On the note of work, I've been meaning to rant about something near and dear to my heart for a while now. There's a girl who volunteered with the food bank. I put that in a past tense, because she was hired on for the summer, so she's technically not volunteering here anymore, and she's around more too. Anyhow, I just don't know how to deal with her.

She's normal enough, but she's fairly unreliable. Frequently late, or taking days off. Each time she's had an unassailable exuse (such as car breaking down, illness, the death of her grandmother, or the fact that her father just had a heart attack) but excuse or not, it's always hit or miss whether she'll be around. That bothers me, because not only are our jobs interconnected, but when she finally shows up, I get to hear whatever the most recent calamity was.

And speaking of our conversations ... when I first met her, we spent an eight hour day at the food bank. At one point, as we were getting to know each other, and discussing varied topics, she exclaimed: "finally, a person I can have an intelegent conversation with!" At that point, I thought that meant I could pull out the stops. At the end of the day, I realized that she clearly thought she was more inteligent than she is. By now, I just can't talk to her about anything of substance. When she tells me about something, or opines about a subject, I try not to stare through her as I listen, nod and grunt affirmitives. I can't get involved in the conversation, because I don't know where to start disagreeing or correcting her, and if I did that, things would just become uncomfortable in the small food room.

I try to be polite, and engage her when I can. I know my limits, so I don't really strike up any conversatiosn worth having. But after several hours working together, I find it difficult not to be rude to her.

So I guess I have the opposite problem of Shego.

Aug 18, 2009#24

sixpackshaker

Shegokigo said:
Mr_Chaz said:

Surely the standard Shego response is to do what you want to do, then just dump her in the desert?

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The problem with making my fantasies into realities are simply matters of convience and experience mixed with a little bit of opportunity.

No fishing off the company pier.

No sex where you get your checks.

...

the rest are failing me.

Aug 18, 2009#25

strawman

sixpackshaker said:
Shegokigo said:

Mr_Chaz said:

Surely the standard Shego response is to do what you want to do, then just dump her in the desert?

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The problem with making my fantasies into realities are simply matters of convience and experience mixed with a little bit of opportunity.

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No fishing off the company pier.

No sex where you get your checks.

...

the rest are failing me.

Don't dip your pen in the company ink?

Sounds like we need to modernize these sayings.

"Don't plug your flash drive into the company's computers."

Too long, not catchy enough...

-Adam

Aug 18, 2009#26

Shegokigo

My job was hard enough to tolerate without this added issue.... :angry:

She's always at my desk too.... :eek:

Aug 18, 2009#27

sixpackshaker

Shegokigo said:
My job was hard enough to tolerate without this added issue.... :angry:

She's always at my desk too....

Maybe you are setting her gaydar off.

Heck, what do you have to lose? Besides a GF, apartment and job?

That is pretty much what I tell a friend of mine when he talks about the possibility of cheating on his wife.

Aug 18, 2009#28

Rob King

Shegokigo said:
My job was hard enough to tolerate without this added issue.... :angry:

She's always at my desk too....

If it helps, you can send her to my place any time you'd like.

Aug 18, 2009#29

Shegokigo

sixpackshaker said:
Maybe you are setting her gaydar off.

Heck, what do you have to lose? Besides a GF, apartment and job?

There would be no losing my GF in this situation (see the Open Relationship thread) nor my apartment as my GF pays for everything.

The problem here is just losing my job, which would not be in my best interest as it's where most of my "free spending" money comes from, and there's not alot of open positions for my job platform right now (I've looked) in my area.

Aug 18, 2009#30

Fun Size

I just bought my first HD TV and Blu-Ray player on Sunday. I wanted a PS3, but didn't push for it because of the price, rather buying a really nice one that would stream Netflix and whatnot without involving my shamefully show PC in any way.

Tomorrow, the the PS3 will cost $50 less than the player I bought.

I wouldn't have time to play games on it in anyway, I'm just pissed on principal.

Aug 18, 2009#31

Pojodan

Uuuugh.... being unemployed for a whole year has sapped my energy, my creativity, and my general happiness as a whole.

Someone employ me, damn it!

Aug 18, 2009#32

Fun Size

Pojo, go make me a sammich.

Aug 18, 2009#33

strawman

Fun Size said:
I just bought my first HD TV and Blu-Ray player on Sunday. I wanted a PS3, but didn't push for it because of the price, rather buying a really nice one that would stream Netflix and whatnot without involving my shamefully show PC in any way.

Tomorrow, the the PS3 will cost $50 less than the player I bought.

I wouldn't have time to play games on it in anyway, I'm just * on principal.

Return the blu-ray player and buy the PS3. Most stores won't charge a restocking fee if you are replacing it with a 'similar model' that went on sale very shortly after the original purchase.

-Adam

Aug 18, 2009#34

Fun Size

stienman said:
Fun Size said:

I just bought my first HD TV and Blu-Ray player on Sunday. I wanted a PS3, but didn't push for it because of the price, rather buying a really nice one that would stream Netflix and whatnot without involving my shamefully show PC in any way.

Tomorrow, the the PS3 will cost $50 less than the player I bought.

I wouldn't have time to play games on it in anyway, I'm just * on principal.

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Return the blu-ray player and buy the PS3. Most stores won't charge a restocking fee if you are replacing it with a 'similar model' that went on sale very shortly after the original purchase.

-Adam

I considered it. Thing is, I don't feel like muddling around with the PC to get Netflix streaming on the new, ginormous TV, and since I haven't finished playing the games I have for my XBox (or in some cases haven't started playing them), it's hard to justify the exchange even for myself. Mostly, I'm pissed that after making my decision, something happened that might have changed it.

Aug 18, 2009#35

The Lovely Boehner

You know the 360 streams netflix for $60/yr, right?

Aug 18, 2009#36

Fun Size

Right, but what I wanted was a Blu-Ray player. And when I say XBox, I'm talking old school Xbox, not yer new fangled 360. Damned kids.

Aug 18, 2009#37

strawman

Fun Size said:
Mostly, I'm * that after making my decision, something happened that might have changed it.

Sounds like even in hindsight it didn't change it, though, and if anything would have simply made the decision harder to make.

So, in fact, they did you a favor by waiting until you made your purchase to change the price.

:tongue:

-Adam

Aug 18, 2009#38

Fun Size

stienman said:
Fun Size said:

Mostly, I'm * that after making my decision, something happened that might have changed it.

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Sounds like even in hindsight it didn't change it, though, and if anything would have simply made the decision harder to make.

So, in fact, they did you a favor by waiting until you made your purchase to change the price.

:tongue:

-Adam

Dammit Steinman, I'm ranting here. Don't interject logic or reason into this.

Aug 18, 2009#39

Bubble181

Insert generic does-she-like-me-does-she-not rant here.

Aug 19, 2009#40

Rob King

Caution: Stand clear 15 feet. This rant may expand unexpectedly.

Got to work and coworker, who is doing the food bank interviews today, is late. Again, she has an excuse, but this one was pretty flimsy (traffic and detours sent her down two dead ends?). I made it clear that I didn't care, and was upset that she was a half hour late, which affects the opening time of the food bank.

Then, the first client takes far too much food. They were collecting for themselves and one other, so the hamper was just short of two bags. I handed her the part-filled bag so that she could pick from the extras shelf*. The idea is to take a few items from that shelf and then move on. She ended up with five bags of groceries: more than twice the amount that we set out to give her. She had so much that she couldn't carry it all, and then asked me to watch her fifth bag as she walked home with the other four. I said I couldn't garuentee the safety of her bag, but she was free to leave it.

We need to reevaluate the extras shelf. A lot of people are taking a lot more than they should, but I don't have the time or patience to stand by it and make sure that everybody only takes x number of items.

I hate when people abuse this system. Let me tell you kids, I like my job, but compassion fatigue is a real thing.

::Continued::

To food bank clients: do not enter the food room. I will bring your hamper out to you. If you enter the food room brazenly and ask for specific items, you will be sorely disappointed. If you haltingly, hesitatingly, humbly ask if we have something from out in the hall, I will probably offer you more than you asked for.

Also, to the quiet lady with the russian accent: I'm sorry I kicked your kid. She's very short, and while I'm carrying boxes sometimes I can't see where I'm going very well. I hope the extra cookies will make up for it.

* - Extras shelf is a metal rack on which we put the foods that not everyone likes or uses (like chickpeas, strange sauces, bags of uncooked beans etc.) and the things that we don't get enough of to put in every hamper (jams, cake mixes, ketchup, etc.)

Aug 19, 2009#41

Mr_Chaz

Finally got a job! But it pays significantly less than half of what I would get if I was actually in my industry, so that sucks complete and utter donkey balls.

Aug 19, 2009#42

Garbledina

Rob King said:
Also, to the quiet lady with the russian accent: I'm sorry I kicked your kid. She's very short, and while I'm carrying boxes sometimes I can't see where I'm going very well. I hope the extra cookies will make up for it.

:aaahhh:

Jesus, sounds like you should've given the kid a "Caution: Stand clear 15 feet" warning.

Aug 19, 2009#43

Krisken

I'm sick with the worst cold I've ever had. I sneeze so hard I leak tears from my eyes and can't really do anything without leaking from my nose. Hell, at one point it was so bad I just let the snot soak into my shirt.

Aug 19, 2009#44

Philosopher B.

Giant bottles of shit sauce. My wrist is effing killing me after all of the drawing and tying it has endured lately. Urrrggg.

Aug 20, 2009#45

Rob King

Garbledina said:
Rob King said:

Also, to the quiet lady with the russian accent: I'm sorry I kicked your kid. She's very short, and while I'm carrying boxes sometimes I can't see where I'm going very well. I hope the extra cookies will make up for it.

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:aaahhh:

Jesus, sounds like you should've given the kid a "Caution: Stand clear 15 feet" warning.

I've knocked that kid over like ... three times in the last year. Last time they were here, the mother fell over a step.

I think they might be descended from bowling pins.

Aug 20, 2009#46

DarkAudit

Found ANOTHER yellowjacket nest in my yard while mowing. Enough is enough.

Aug 20, 2009#47

Shegokigo

DarkAudit said:
Found ANOTHER yellowjacket nest in my yard while mowing. Enough is enough.

Had 4 of those in my carport area when I moved into the place we're staying at now. Used our homebrew blowtorch to take care of that little issue. Only had about 2-3 reoccurances in 2 years.

Aug 20, 2009#48

D

Dubyamn

I'm going to have to start going to a new games store since my local GameStop has hired possibly the most incompotent and unlikeable person ever and they leave him in charge of the store alone for hours on end. I don't think I've even seen anybody else at the counter the last 6 times I've gone in.

Yesterday for example I stopped in to buy a few games. I grab the boxes and bring them up to the counter where I put them down and wait until he finishes whatever he's doing and comes over to ring me out. Well he finishes up and then just stares at me. No asking if I'm ready to be rung up, no asking if I found everything okay just staring at me until I finally ask him if he can ring up my purchases.

Now that's just a little odd but nothing worthy of boycotting the entire store. But as he's scanning the bar codes the store phone rings. He drops what he's doing and starts talking on the phone only not bothering to complete my purchase or look for the games no he kinda paces and mumbles into the phone while I'm standing there credit card out hoping against hope that he will see me with my payment method out and take steps to allow me the pleasure of transferring my money to the store's account.

Of course he doesn't he glances at me a few times but doesn't take a single step to help me. The conversation goes on and on for at least 7 minutes. In which time another group of people have entered the store waited for him to address them and left in disgust over the amount of time it is taking. Then when he finally gets off the phone he finishes scanning my games without a single word of apology like he didn't just waste my time with that bullshit and starts to look for the innards of the boxes which again takes far far more time than it should as he checks each box at least twice.

So what was meant to be a quick 5 minute grab turned into a 20 minute debacle because of this guy who says absolutely nothing during the entire thing. Not a single word.

Aug 20, 2009#49

sixpackshaker

Dub, Cut -n- Paste and email the Retail company. No retailer wants a crap employee.

Honestly, I'd waited until he was off the phone and tell him to put those boxes back on the shelf.

Aug 20, 2009#50

Shegokigo

Seriously, GameStop is harsh on bad critisim recieved. The Area Director will get an email/phone call, then the General Manager. After that, it's some serious chewing out.

Aug 20, 2009#51

Lally

:tear:

I've always had trouble losing weight, and I've been trying so hard, I already feel completely hideous on my own and yet I keep being reminded that I said I would be at my goal a long time ago and I'm not yet. I don't know what else I can do. I'm watching what I eat except for special occasions and I'm exercising almost every day and it's still going so slow. I can't make it go any faster. I can't help it that it's so slow. :waah:

Aug 20, 2009#52

Simfers

Damn it, work, let my girlfriend go home on time so she's not completely burned out and we can see each other! Not cool, work! Not cool at all. :slap:

Also, I split my pants, goddamn it. Nobody noticed, but it was still uncomfortable.

Aug 20, 2009#53

P

Poftoffel

My best friend dumped me when he got a girlfriend because she didn't like/trust me even though we have never met.
He's on vacation with her in Hungary.
I hope they're having lots of rain :twisted:

@Lally. Did you check if there are medical factors slowing down your weight loss? Also, first it goes fast...then slow as hell.
And I admire you for doing something about your weight. I can't get myself to that point yet.

Aug 20, 2009#54

phil

Finally registered for classes. I'm taking two general electives, one of the last classes I need for my minor and my last science class. If everything goes my way, I can graduate in May, and in a worst case scenario I graduate next summer.

It's nice to see the end in sight.

Aug 20, 2009#55

Lally

Poftoffel said:
@Lally. Did you check if there are medical factors slowing down your weight loss? Also, first it goes fast...then slow as hell.
And I admire you for doing something about your weight. I can't get myself to that point yet.

I appreciate it.

I don't have health insurance, so I haven't been to the doctor in a really long time, but I'm 100% sure my weight is my own doing. My weight trouble started when I got hurt playing softball in high school and I sat on my butt as much as possible for a few months... when I worked a retail job walking around all the time I shed the weight, but then I got a job working in a call center, sitting on my butt and eating for 40 hours a week, and on top of that I was going through a lot of rough family stuff, and did a lot of comfort eating. I gained a LOT of weight (I mean a LOT), and I have spent the last three years trying to lose it. From the summer of 2006 until this past winter I lost about 100 pounds, and then (once again) some crappy family stuff happened and I got derailed from my weight loss plan and gained about 35 back in like 6 months. So I decided rather than let myself gain it all back I was going to get back on the right track, which I did in June, but it's coming off so slowly, and I just get really frustrated. And then I get really down on myself for letting myself get in the situation in the first place, and it's a crappy cycle.

Aug 20, 2009#56

Shegokigo

Lally said:
:tear:

I've always had trouble losing weight, and I've been trying so hard, I already feel completely hideous on my own and yet I keep being reminded that I said I would be at my goal a long time ago and I'm not yet. I don't know what else I can do. I'm watching what I eat except for special occasions and I'm exercising almost every day and it's still going so slow. I can't make it go any faster. I can't help it that it's so slow. :waah:

Poftoffel has a point Lally. For example: I have hypothyroid, I gain calories at 2x the rate of normal people and lose it 2x slower. I've only managed to stay at my healthy weights by really cutting my food portions into 4 small meals a day instead of 2-3 large ones (even if they're health food) and exercising 2x a day (once in the morning before work and once after). Mostly doing fat burn exercises and routines over toning and strength.

Aug 20, 2009#57

Lally

Shegokigo said:
I gain calories at 2x the rate of normal people and lose it 2x slower.

That actually pretty much sounds exactly like me. :bush: Maybe it's just a self-esteem thing, but I always assumed it was my own fault. Hm. Maybe once I have health insurance again I'll get it checked out. Do you find yourself having any other symptoms as a result of it besides trouble with your weight?

Aug 20, 2009#58

AshburnerX

I know your pain Lally. I actually mentioned it here in the old thread, but I spent a year doing some serious dieting but didn't lost anything. The 7/30 post on my Tumblr has the transcript of the post. I really don't have any advice except don't feel bad... at least you know if you lost any weight. I'll be left in the dark for awhile yet on whether mine is working or not.

Aug 20, 2009#59

Lally

AshburnerX said:
I know your pain Lally. I actually mentioned it here in the old thread, but I spent a year doing some serious dieting but didn't lost anything. The 7/30 post on my Tumblr has the transcript of the post. I really don't have any advice except don't feel bad... at least you know if you lost any weight. I'll be left in the dark for awhile yet on whether mine is working or not.

I actually remember you posting that... a similar thing happened to me when I first started dieting a few years ago. I had been dieting and thinking I was doing great and then I weighed myself on a different scale it and it was so much heavier (like 30 pounds heavier). We ended up figuring out that the scale I had been using was broken (everyone was weighing lighter on it), but it was still really disheartening when it happened. I hope you figure out what's going on with your weight loss soon.

Aug 20, 2009#60

P

Poftoffel

Lally said:
I appreciate it. I don't have health insurance, so I haven't been to the doctor in a really long time, but I'm 100% sure my weight is my own doing. My weight trouble started when I got hurt playing softball in high school and I sat on my butt as much as possible for a few months... when I worked a retail job walking around all the time I shed the weight, but then I got a job working in a call center, sitting on my butt and eating for 40 hours a week, and on top of that I was going through a lot of rough family stuff, and did a lot of comfort eating. I gained a LOT of weight (I mean a LOT), and I have spent the last three years trying to lose it. From the summer of 2006 until this past winter I lost about 100 pounds, and then (once again) some crappy family stuff happened and I got derailed from my weight loss plan and gained about 35 back in like 6 months. So I decided rather than let myself gain it all back I was going to get back on the right track, which I did in June, but it's coming off so slowly, and I just get really frustrated. And then I get really down on myself for letting myself get in the situation in the first place, and it's a crappy cycle.

But there's still 65 pounds that's already gone! Wow! And don't let the past hold you down, I know what that's like. It's gone and it shouldn't spoil the new days! And you're still doing something about your situation, that's great.
(And you are not your weight. I really hate the way the world tries to force that upon people.)
I sound like Dr.Phil, but I really mean it!

@Shegokigo. Hypothyroid! That's what I was looking for. It runs in my family so usually when I hear people talk about slow weight loss I think of that. I don't have it myself, but I saw what a struggle it was for my grandma.

Aug 20, 2009#61

Shegokigo

Lally said:
Shegokigo said:

I gain calories at 2x the rate of normal people and lose it 2x slower.

Click to expand...

That actually pretty much sounds exactly like me. :bush: Maybe it's just a self-esteem thing, but I always assumed it was my own fault. Hm. Maybe once I have health insurance again I'll get it checked out. Do you find yourself having any other symptoms as a result of it besides trouble with your weight?

http://www.cushings-help.com/images/thyroid1.jpg

That's pretty accurate.

Aug 20, 2009#62

Lally

Shegokigo said:
Lally said:

Shegokigo said:

I gain calories at 2x the rate of normal people and lose it 2x slower.

Click to expand...

That actually pretty much sounds exactly like me. :bush: Maybe it's just a self-esteem thing, but I always assumed it was my own fault. Hm. Maybe once I have health insurance again I'll get it checked out. Do you find yourself having any other symptoms as a result of it besides trouble with your weight?

Click to expand...

http://www.cushings-help.com/images/thyroid1.jpg

That's pretty accurate.

Ahhh, thanks for the link. I'll probably still get myself checked out when I get insurance again but I doubt it's my thyroid. The only thing I can claim from that list is weight gain. And maybe forgetfulness. haha.

Aug 20, 2009#63

checkeredhat

My roommates and I were having a friend over tonight to get drunk and say goodbye to the summer, but there's a fucking huge storm outside, we're under severe tornado warning, my one roommate is still in Toronto with his girlfriend, my other is still at HIS girlfriend's place, and our friend is in Hamilton.

I don't think I get to drink tonight. :humph:

Aug 20, 2009#64

Bubble181

To the people losing weight: good luck, and stick to it. Go you!
To Lally specifically: hey, you don't look that bad in the pictures :-P Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. And, if and when you can, try to get some (semi-)professional help to balance things out. Sometimes it's weird things you aren't even minding that can have a huge effect; or you mgiht actually be doing things working at cross purposes (certain types of exercise come to mind - whenever I start exercising I gain weight instead of losing it. Lucky I'm not exactly overweight, I'd never have the will power to actualyl get anything off again). With even just one or two times seeing someone to work out a better exercise plan and/or dieting solution (I'm very much against strict dieting, and in favour of changing small things about habits, it mgiht be me), you might be able to get more/better results with less or equal time/money/denying-yourself-fun-stuff/whatever investment.

Aug 20, 2009#65

Shakey

Damn cows. I'm watching my parents scottish highlanders and they keep pushing through the damn fence. Today they were about a half mile down the road. There's nothing like trying to chase a big ass bull with horns as long as your arm with a 4-wheeler. I don't think I would last very long if he decided to turn on me. One was missing for a couple hours, but magically showed up when I finally gave up looking. I think I have them fenced off in a good enough area now. Those bastards will push through anything though. Gotta get that electric fence working again.

Aug 24, 2009#66

Cajungal

Rant thread: The new rantness

I couldn't find a non-locked rant thread. Still getting used to it here, so sorry if I overlooked one.

My mom has degenerative disc disease. She just found out this morning.

Fortunately, it's very treatable. She's just pissed about it. The thought of anything slowing her down makes her very upset. I hate thinking about my parents getting older, but I especially hate to think about mom slowing down. She's the glue of this family--and not just the immediate family. She's a mother to her dead sister's kids, and she's a mom to half of my friends.

Also, the fellow lost his wallet.

Crappy feelings all around on this, the first day of the fall semester. On a much lesser note, I might have to take a class I thought I could get out of, but that's the last thing on my mind.

Aug 24, 2009#67

General Specific

I was going to post about it being my first day back at work after a week-long vacation, but that seems a little petty now.

Aug 24, 2009#68

Dave

I'm home sick today and doing more work for here and there than I ever do when I go into the office.

Aug 24, 2009#69

V.Bond

The 10:30 appointment that I had this morning was canceled as I was about to leave the house.

So, I could have been at work, making some moolah.

Instead, I'm here, tearing the place apart looking for my copy of Okami for the Wii.

At the very least I could still be asleep if they'd bothered to call earlier.

Aug 24, 2009#70

Wahad

Dave said:
I'm home sick today and doing more work for here and there than I ever do when I go into the office.

Issues with the boards can wait. Sick it out if you need to, man.

Aug 24, 2009#71

Wasabi Poptart

Take a nap already! please

Aug 24, 2009#72

Gusto

This new forum confuses and terrifies me.

Aug 24, 2009#73

Fun Size

Gusto said:
This new forum confuses and terrifies me.

You're not the only one. I haven't seen this much awkward fumbling since I got a hold of Dave's prom videos.

Of course it didn't help that they were all in black and white. And silent. With those goofy cards in place of talking, with things like "Oh no! My zipper is stuck!". Man that sucked.

Aug 24, 2009#74

ZenMonkey

I'd love to enter HF one day, click on a thread I'm interested in, and have it not be one that involved someone baiting Shego, Shego taking the bait, and the point of the thread derailed once again into how ooo scary she is.

Aug 24, 2009#75

Allen, who is Quiet

ZenMonkey said:
I'd love to enter HF one day, click on a thread I'm interested in, and have it not be one that involved someone baiting Shego, Shego taking the bait, and the point of the thread derailed once again into how ooo scary she is.

woooooouldn't it

be lovely

Aug 24, 2009#76

Rob King

ZenMonkey said:
I'd love to enter HF one day, click on a thread I'm interested in, and have it not be one that involved someone baiting Shego, Shego taking the bait, and the point of the thread derailed once again into how ooo scary she is.

I feel the same way about guardrails. They're fairly ugly, but there are always other things to think about or look at. So even if I notice them and wish they wouldn't there, in twenty seconds I'm looking past them and into the trees I'm driving past.

I do that same sort of thing with a few forum shticks. Although I do admit that on an odd day I find them endearing, and I'll feed the animals a little.

My rant:

I had seven movies in my hands today. Seven. Some of them I have been waiting to see for months. Years, even. Some of them were big award winners, with potentially worldview-altering representations of events. But I picked up Step Brothers instead, on the recommendation of a friend.

It was a decently funny movie. But I feel a bit regretful. I could have rented that one on iTunes, and gotten Che: Part 1 for five dollars more.

On a brighter note, I finally saw The Last Starfighter. It was fun.

Aug 24, 2009#77

Espy

You know what is annoying? My PS3 has great sound when I play games or stream movies, etc. However, put a DVD or BR in it and the sound is SO QUIET. Why? Ugh... I have to buy a receiver just to send the sound to my other speakers...

Aug 24, 2009#78

The Lovely Boehner

ZenMonkey said:
I'd love to enter HF one day, click on a thread I'm interested in, and have it not be one that involved someone baiting Shego, Shego taking the bait, and the point of the thread derailed once again into how ooo scary she is.

______V me __________________V ZenM

Rob King said:
I had seven movies in my hands today. Seven. Some of them I have been waiting to see for months. Years, even. Some of them were big award winners, with potentially worldview-altering representations of events. But I picked up Step Brothers instead, on the recommendation of a friend.

It was a decently funny movie. But I feel a bit regretful. I could have rented that one on iTunes, and gotten Che: Part 1 for five dollars more.

On a brighter note, I finally saw The Last Starfighter. It was fun.

Step Brothers is funny as hell, you ain't gotta watch important movies every day. Che Part 1 is really amazing though and got robbed of a few Oscar noms in my opinion.

Aug 24, 2009#79

Espy

You know, I was just so disappointed with Step Brothers. It looked funny but it wasn't anywhere near the brilliance of Talladaga Nights.

Aug 24, 2009#80

Cajungal

I was really looking forward to it too. A lot of little parts made me laugh, but the movie overall was only ok to me. Those 2 actors made a good team, though. The way they played off each other was cute.

Aug 24, 2009#81

Rob King

Charlie Dont Surf said:
Step Brothers is funny as hell, you ain't gotta watch important movies every day. Che Part 1 is really amazing though and got robbed of a few Oscar noms in my opinion.

Well, don't get me wrong. I'm mostly upset that I bought it. It was good, but it wasn't a movie I have any interest in watching again soon. It wasn't as funny as I thought it would be, but it was still good.

There were other movies I'd have rathered spend my money on. I could have just rented Step Brother's. I need to get out of this habit of buying all my movies instead of renting some.

Aug 24, 2009#82

Espy

You know, when I was younger for some reason I REALLY thought it was important to buy movies instead of rent them... now that I'm a little older I feel like I was REALLY wrong.

Aug 24, 2009#83

Andromache

ZenMonkey said:
I'd love to enter HF one day, click on a thread I'm interested in, and have it not be one that involved someone baiting Shego, Shego taking the bait, and the point of the thread derailed once again into how ooo scary she is.

you mean this doesn't feel all nostalgic from back when you hated me?

Aug 24, 2009#84

ZenMonkey

Crone said:
you mean this doesn't feel all nostalgic from back when you hated me?

Nah, back in the day I just wasn't on to you. And I don't hate Shego. I'd just like to change the channel is all.

Aug 24, 2009#85

Twitch

Allen said:
woooooouldn't it

be lovely

Loverly?

Aug 24, 2009#86

CynicismKills

My last day off was Saturday.

My next day off...is Saturday. I need the hours, but I'm already tired and I still have the whole week to go.

Aug 25, 2009#87

Shawn

RANT: I work too much. /RANT

Aug 25, 2009#88

Nile

There are not enough hours in the day.

I've already cut down to 3-4 hours of sleep, if that, and I still don't have time to do everything I want/need to do.

And school hasn't even started yet!

Aug 25, 2009#89

Fun Size

I fucking hate signing cards at the office. At best it feels insincere, like for a birthday card or whatever, but when something really awful happens to someone I actually like at work, I just don't feel like I can write anything that doesn't feel trite.

Aug 25, 2009#90

strawman

grargh!

-Adam

Aug 26, 2009#91

Bubble181

...she loves me not.
CRAP.

Aug 26, 2009#92

Bubble181

I'll get over it. Still, she's been a good friend of mine for years, and I have no idea how this'll impact our relationship. Blegh.

Aug 26, 2009#93

Bubble181

Eh, I didn't hear from her directly; technically, she doesn't know I have sort of a crush on her. Actually, she may really not know, and I may be misinterpreting stuff. Still, not worth pursuing now.
Basically, several of our friends have been trying to couple us for a while now - it started off as innocent jokes and such, but it can be get quite annoying by now. Honestly - booking 4 double hotel rooms for three couples and us? Not cool -_-. Anyway, a mutual friend of ours (her best friend), who knows I have a crush on her, sort-of-innocently inquired about all the coupling jokes, and she replied she thinks they're incredibly annoying and that people really shouldn't look for anything there, she certainly doesn't, and she hopesI don't, either.
Soooooo.....yeah.

Aug 26, 2009#94

Bubble181

Yes, so that she wouldn't have to put up ith you in her guest room :-p
And I know, but I got a pretty much verbatim account of the conversation. Either she (the friend)'s misinterpreting her (my crush) reaction, or it's a big no. And I happen to really trust this mutual friend of ours. Eh.

...and weren't you Chinese?!

But yeah, I'm currently half-way to convincing myself I need to talk to her about it myself. I'm masochistic enough that I'll end up doing so, but not after first hurting myself a week or so by imagining all the worst case scenarios - and, of course, convincing myslef they'll happen, which is a huge self-fulfilling prophecy anyway. Egh.

Aug 26, 2009#95

Bubble181

mr_thehun said:
A part of my job is hurling chickens at 600 km/h at our glass.

You lucky, lucky bastard.

I vote you invite everyone who posts in this thread with a serious rant over and let them work out their frustrations for a while :-P

Aug 26, 2009#96

Rob King

mr_thehun said:
firing the air cannon isn't as fun as firing a gun. If you really want to hit something to get rid of frustration find the Dog Brothers. of course they can get a little rough.

but yes. If anyone finds themselves in China I may or may not be able to let you watch a chicken turn into liquid. (I'm not sure of this) I also have videos of it.

OMW!!

Not actually.

Aug 26, 2009#97

Dave

Someone stole my fracking windshield wipers! How did I find out? Almost wrecking my car on the way to work in a pouring rain. Bastards!

I wish I knew when it happened.

Aug 26, 2009#98

Gusto

Dave said:
Someone stole my fracking windshield wipers! How did I find out? Almost wrecking my car on the way to work in a pouring rain. Bastards!

I wish I knew when it happened.

That is fucking ridiculous.

Aug 26, 2009#99

strawman

Grrr. I dislike being sick. I was hoping it was just an annoying one or two day thing, but my sore throat is worse today - not better.

-Adam

Aug 26, 2009#100

Wahad

Dave said:
Someone stole my fracking windshield wipers! How did I find out? Almost wrecking my car on the way to work in a pouring rain. Bastards!

I wish I knew when it happened.

Gusto said:
That is fucking ridiculous.

No kidding. What the fuck can you do with stolen windshield wipers? I don't think there's a big market for that.

Have any idea who could possibly have done it to spite you?

Aug 26, 2009#101

Dave

Wahad said:
No kidding. What the fuck can you do with stolen windshield wipers? I don't think there's a big market for that.

Have any idea who could possibly have done it to spite you?

Don't know. All I know is it's raining and I have to go get my paycheck for lunch or I don't eat.

Aug 26, 2009#102

kaykordeath

Wife has been out of work since January.

Found the PERFECT job posting, applied, and got called in for an interview in fairly short measure. The person who set up the interview and the interviewer both made it seem like they were looking to fill the job ASAP. It seemed fairly clear that wifey's experience matched up to exactly what they needed....

And yet it's been over a week since that interview, the job has been re-posted, and yet no word from them if they are A) still evaluating applicants, B) still considering her C) no longer considering her D) having any sort of clue about what they really want or how much they do or don't want to fill the job.

Aug 26, 2009#103

AshburnerX

That's been my problem for months: Not getting any sort of feedback from people I apply with.

Aug 26, 2009#104

Andromache

to be fair, HR employees are just as overworked as the rest of the working poor, and likely swamped, wouldn't you think?

Aug 26, 2009#105

P

Poftoffel

This new forum and all it's features are still confusing me

Aug 26, 2009#106

Cuyval Dar

People who are confused by it confuse me.

Aug 26, 2009#107

P

Poftoffel

Cuyval Dar said:
People who are confused by it confuse me.

People who are confused by me being confused confuse me.

Aug 27, 2009#108

kaykordeath

Crone said:
to be fair, HR employees are just as overworked as the rest of the working poor, and likely swamped, wouldn't you think?

As a former HR employee, I'd almost agree...

Except that this is a small company that doesn't so much have an HR department or even employee as they have an individual hiring manager trying to fill this seemingly new position.

And swamped is one thing, but a complete and utter lack of any communication is frustrating.

Doubled by how perfect this job would be for her....

Aug 27, 2009#109

Shakey

When I order a replacement for a PC we use to scan transactions, I expect that we'll get a PC that will scan transactions. It really bugs the living hell out of me when I find out we can't, and we'll have to pay $200 an hour to have them set it up so we can. I'm too damn tired to deal with a sales rep today though.

Aug 27, 2009#110

Enresshou

First text I get from my girlfriend (who works at a vet clinic) this morning: "So we're spaying a pregnant cat today...I can feel the kittens moving around in her belly."

Next text: "Funny story...the doctor aborted the kittens, but now had a change of heart and is trying to save them."

EDIT: New text from her: "Well, we're trying everything we can...they were only a few days from being born."

FUCKING IRRESPONSIBLE IDIOTS! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL SHE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO SPAY YOUR CAT!?!?

Aug 27, 2009#111

CynicismKills

Enresshou said:
First text I get from my girlfriend (who works at a vet clinic) this morning: "So we're spaying a pregnant cat today...I can feel the kittens moving around in her belly."

Next text: "Funny story...the doctor aborted the kittens, but now had a change of heart and is trying to save them."

EDIT: New text from her: "Well, we're trying everything we can...they were only a few days from being born."

FUCKING IRRESPONSIBLE IDIOTS! WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU WAIT UNTIL SHE WAS ABOUT TO GIVE BIRTH TO SPAY YOUR CAT!?!?

I don't see the humor in that story at all. :|

Aug 27, 2009#112

Cuyval Dar

That's way too depressing.

Aug 27, 2009#113

Gusto

Good Lord.

Aug 27, 2009#114

Krisken

People are awful sometimes

Aug 27, 2009#115

Cuyval Dar

Some people shouldn't be allowed to have pets.

Aug 27, 2009#116

Enresshou

Update: "Well, we're hoping hard. Because they were so close to term, we're hoping. At least they're breathing and moving right now, and they even ate a little bit."

Still wish to go and either spay/neuter their owner as well.

Aug 27, 2009#117

Cuyval Dar

I'll help you.

Aug 27, 2009#118

Bubble181

I'll help with the neutering too. Poor animals

Aug 27, 2009#119

Silvanesti

fuck, thats fucking sick.

on an unreleated note:

By body feels like its falling apart, and I am losing my mind... I can feel it.

Aug 28, 2009#120

Math242

Crone said:
to be fair, HR employees are just as overworked as the rest of the working poor, and likely swamped, wouldn't you think?

Actually no. We're just plain evil people

Aug 28, 2009#121

Andromache

Math242 said:
Actually no. We're just plain evil people

you have no avatar here, therefore you are not a person at all. Get back to work, drone.

Aug 28, 2009#122

figmentPez

AAARGH!!!!

I was cutting my hair today, and I got tired and disracted, and forgot to put the trimmer guard back on at one point...

FAIL!

Now to go see what I can salvage.

Aug 28, 2009#123

Frankie Williamson

You can't. I did the exact same thing not a weeks ago. Now, I'm pig shaved too.

Aug 28, 2009#124

figmentPez

Frankie said:
You can't. I did the exact same thing not a weeks ago. Now, I'm pig shaved too.

You're right, there's nothing left. I was hoping there'd be maybe an eighth of an inch or so, but there wasn't even that. I had to just buzz my whole head to get it even. Oh well, it'll be back in a couple weeks.

Aug 28, 2009#125

Cheesy1

Fuck you, random panic attack! You're a stupid pooty-head!

Aug 28, 2009#126

AshburnerX

I usually keep a chocolate bar or something with me for occasions such as those, Cheesy. The endorphin rush it gives me helps even out the panic attack, making it manageable. As a result, however, I've come to HATE chocolate, because I'm unconsciously associating it with the panic attacks... it just doesn't taste right anymore.

Aug 28, 2009#127

Cheesy1

Thankfully for me, they're not a common occurence. I get them maybe once a year, but they still freak me out everytime. I got them a lot near the end of college when I stressing out. Luckily I've learned to recognize them and am able to do a little slow-breathing technique to calm myself down. For some reason, they always happen when I'm driving, which makes them even more scary.

Aug 28, 2009#128

AshburnerX

And THAT right there is the reason why it's taking me so long to learn to drive.

Aug 29, 2009#129

ZenMonkey

My mother fed the fucking troll. :explode:

Aug 29, 2009#130

Rob King

I messaged a friend of mine the other week on Facebook ... I've mentioned him before. He's the one who was charged with Sexual Misconduct, or something like that.

Anyways. I just got a reply from his father. His sentencing wasn't mid-September like I had thought. It was last week. He's awaiting transfer from the lockup to Her Majesty's Penitentiary in the city.

Balls.

At least he's near-ish. I'm trying to figure out how to arrange visits now. I would assume his father would know. But still ...

Balls.

Aug 29, 2009#131

Bubble181

ZenMonkey said:
My mother fed the fucking troll. :explode:

...She's posting here these days, too? :-P

Aug 29, 2009#132

ZenMonkey

No, a family troll. She fucked everything up. I'm pretty glad I'm across the country from her right at this moment. (I'll get over it.)

Aug 29, 2009#133

Bubble181

Ah, sorry to hear it.

Aug 30, 2009#134

Ross

I've been looking hard for a roommate for the last month now, and no one decent has been interested and/or able to come see me in person. Everyone my age wants to fucking be downtown, but I hate the college town, so I went a bit further east. I've even offered to pay more than half the rent, and now I've gone to the point of asking "responsible" smokers and people twice my age if they want to lease the extra room+bath.

It's a GREAT deal for what they're getting, and yet no one seems to be interested. Fuck.

Anyone here want to move to east Raleigh?

Aug 30, 2009#135

Rob King

Somebody needs to re-establish a standard in television. I'm getting irritated with stuff shot in wide screen, with black bars on the top, displayed on a wide screen television that thinks it's 3:4, and adds more black bars to the sides.

Aug 30, 2009#136

ThatGrinningIdiot!

I'm only twenty-three years old, and yet everyone I know is either getting married, having kids, or going off and having life changing adventures like Caine from Kung-fu. I feel like an old man.

Aug 30, 2009#137

Bubble181

BlackCrossCrusader said:
I'm only twenty-three years old, and yet everyone I know is either getting married, having kids, or going off and having life changing adventures like Caine from Kung-fu. I feel like an old man.

I know the feeling. It sucks, growing up, doesn't it? But be careful or you'll get half the forum over you telling you you'red still young but your friendds are just transitioning into the next stage of whatever. Blegh.

Aug 30, 2009#138

figmentPez

BlackCrossCrusader said:
I'm only twenty-three years old, and yet everyone I know is either getting married, having kids, or going off and having life changing adventures like Caine from Kung-fu. I feel like an old man.

I turn 30 this month. I live with my parents, have no job and poor health (of unknown cause). Still, I only feel like an old man because my muscles and joints ache, I can't sleep through the night, and I have memory issues. Wait, where was I going with this? No, seriously, I have no idea. There's no way saying this is going to make either you or me feel better, so what the hell did I come in here for?

:tumbleweed:

Aug 30, 2009#139

Bubble181

To rant, obviously.

As for me, for the first time in about a year or so, I'm really lonely. I've been alone for a while - living alone, with crappy hours at work, so I don't really see that much of friends and family, whatever - but I was just alone. Now I'm lonely. Whole different feeling. And how do I react? By secluding myself further -_-.

Aug 30, 2009#140

Silvanesti

Its now been a week alone in the 'new' apartment. My girlfriend helped me find the new place, move in and we were able to spend the entire summer togeather. Last week she had to move back for school.

I have been so fucking mopey its rather pathetic, but I just dont feel like doing anything. I hate this place at times, i just keep being reminded of her.

Aug 30, 2009#141

Cheesy1

I'm usually not a fan of country, but this song pretty much sums up how I feel at the moment and what I wish I could do to make it go away:

Aug 31, 2009#142

Silvanesti

good idea. where the fuck is the drunk thread? did it make it over from the move?

Aug 31, 2009#143

LittleSin

You know its getting bad when you can't really afford groceries.

Fuck.

Sep 1, 2009#144

figmentPez

Grrr, stupid Comcast. My internet was out most of the afternoon.

Sep 1, 2009#145

AshburnerX

God damnit, rain! RAIN! All this dryness is driving my allergies into overdrive! I'm tired of waking up with bloody noses!

Sep 1, 2009#146

Gusto

I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

Sep 1, 2009#147

CynicismKills

Two more days of work then I can forget about all this stress and loneliness and moping for four wonderful, drunk days.

Sep 1, 2009#148

Allen, who is Quiet

Gusto said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT

Sep 1, 2009#149

Silvanesti

Allen said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT[/QUOTE]

I TOO AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT

Sep 1, 2009#150

Gusto

Silvanesti;245980][quote=Allen said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT[/QUOTE]

I TOO AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT[/QUOTE]

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THEN

Sep 1, 2009#151

Frankie Williamson

My entire body aches from 14 hours of moving some friends out of their house and into a new one. Flight after flight of stairs carrying pile of shit after pile of shit. Ugh, If there's anything I can think of that's worse than moving, I may just kill myself. I'm going to be an old man tomorrow. This is worse than the time a bunch of us at the station tried the 300 workout. Let me tell you, if any criminal had tried to make me run that night, I would have just shot him in the back.

Sep 2, 2009#152

Silvanesti

Gusto;245992][quote=Silvanesti;245980][quote=Allen said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT[/QUOTE]

I TOO AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT[/QUOTE]

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THEN[/QUOTE]

FUCK YES, AGREEMENT. :toocool:

Sep 2, 2009#153

Terrik

Silvanesti;246009][quote=Gusto;245992][quote=Silvanesti;245980][quote=Allen said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT[/QUOTE]

I TOO AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT[/QUOTE]

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THEN[/QUOTE]

FUCK YES, AGREEMENT. :toocool:[/QUOTE]

RANT: I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR AGREEMENT

Sep 2, 2009#154

Silvanesti

Terrik;246014][quote=Silvanesti;246009][quote=Gusto;245992][quote=Silvanesti;245980][quote=Allen said:
I cannot fucking wait til the weekend.

I CAN RELATE TO THIS SENTIMENT[/QUOTE]

I TOO AGREE WITH THIS STATEMENT[/QUOTE]

WE ARE IN AGREEMENT THEN[/QUOTE]

FUCK YES, AGREEMENT. :toocool:[/QUOTE]

RANT: I DON'T AGREE WITH YOUR AGREEMENT[/QUOTE]

FUUUUUUUUUU

Sep 2, 2009#155

Bubble181

Fuck the weekend. I can't wait 'till we're sometime next month or so.

Sep 2, 2009#156

Garbledina

MY BACK OH GOD THE PAIN WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED TO MY BACK

..Ahem.

So I think every muscle in my back just spasmed at once and fuck does it hurt.

We now return to your regularly scheduled programming

Sep 2, 2009#157

ZenMonkey

Frankie said:
Let me tell you, if any criminal had tried to make me run that night, I would have just shot him in the back.

Sep 2, 2009#158

T

Tribulator

I'm going to break free from my lurking to RAAAANT!

One hell of a day yesterday. Got a call from someone who doesn't speak english asking for me... most people would ignore it as a telemarketer selling vitamins nobody should ever take, however, in my wonderful world, my mother 4 years ago ran off to Egypt to marry some random dude she met on the internet. Anyway, it's this random dude, whom I believe is now an ex-husband of hers, trying to explain in a mixture of english and arabic (I think a little bit of welsh was thrown in there for good measure as well) about how he found my mom sitting on the street talking to people who weren't there. Of course, mental hospital she goes... a mental hospital in Cairo of all places.

At that point, already, I want nothing to do with it. Dealt with it before, got sick of it years ago.

Of course, nothing in life is ever simple.

The good ol US Embassy of Cairo is now involved. Once again, I can't get the facts straight because I can't understand the dude, but the jist of things after talking to a FEW people from different areas of the situation is that she's being shipped back to the US in a few days. How it got to that point? Can't seem to get that answer out of anyone.

Trying to call the US Embassy of Cairo there, which is of course an international number... and skype seems to have a shit connection to it. I wasted about 6 dollars in skype credit trying to get through because my calls kept dropping, or they couldn't hear me, I couldn't hear them. You know, the usual stuff that happens when you're calling a US Embassy about your wack job of a fucking mother.

Finally got through and basically, her "caretakers" (whomever the hell they are) got all the paperwork through to send her back here. Once again, not exactly sure how it got to that point, I only had 4 dollars left in skype credit, and with my prior luck trying to get a connection to stay

Big problem with that. Nobody has the facilities to take care of her. She has not a damn dime, she's a mess. Her mother? Open heart surgery...tomorrow... for the second time in a year. Not that she has any space where she lives, or any money/time to feed and keep this lady under her watch. Me? Can barely afford to feed myself. My brother? He spends most of the year under the sea (not in a yellow pinapple, sadly, but a submarine). Other family has not wanted anything to do with her for years.

So now, as opposed to focusing on shit that needs to get done for me at the time being, I'm contacting international embassies and various other US services trying to figure out what the hell I need to do with this damned lady. Running through a bunch of options, but none of them as simple as "Sign here and be done with it for another year or two".

One day I hope to have children and I hope their mothers a bitch. And every time they complain about their mother being a bitch, I can bring up the shit like this and shut them up.

I've been (and shall continue to be) tribulated.

Sep 3, 2009#159

Bubble181

Completely insignificant: in the sample I tried on my wall, the paint was a nice light grey. Now that my whole living room's done, it turns out to be grey with a nice hazy pink touch to it. Personally, I wouldn't say it's ugly, honestly, but, as a guy living alone, I didn't really need a pink-tinged living room -_-

Sep 3, 2009#160

AshburnerX

The ladies will love it. Don't worry about it.

Sep 3, 2009#161

Cajungal

Oh my GOD, Trib.

Sep 3, 2009#162

Allen, who is Quiet

wow

huh

suddenly, I have it pretty well and really shouldn't be in this thread

Sep 4, 2009#163

Enresshou

Yay projectile vomiting.

Sep 4, 2009#164

Simfers

You know, I had some ranting I wanted to do, but then I read Tribulator's post and told myself to shut the fuck up. Trib, I hope everything works out somehow.

Sep 4, 2009#165

Jake

It's a blow to my pride as a do-it-yourselfer, but I broke down and got a crew (that doesn't have a super grasp of English, for the most part) to paint all the trim and windows and whatnot in my house. Now all of our shit is crowded into the middle of the rooms and covered in plastic. For some reason, we didn't anticipate this, so we let my mother come and kidnap the kids for the weekend for the first time ever, which feels really weird. But we do get to go have a wine-drenched slumber party at our friends' house tonight, so in the end... win?

Sep 4, 2009#166

phil

GAH!

I did the assignment, which was easy as hell. It was a gimmie grade! I just forgot to e-mail it in until 20 minutes after it was due! Of course they'll never believe that I did it last night and just didn't e-mail it because what kinda moron would do it, and not e-mail it immediately after completing it?

oy. I'm going to go walk my dog and come home and drink.

Sep 5, 2009#167

phil

HOLY SHIT there was a huge fight outside a frat house about a block away from where I live. I ended up calling the cops on the whole thing. I got the in-depth story in my halforums blog, but the TL;DR version is thus: One loud mouth drunk asshole instigated a fight between about 40. He's a rush too, so I'm guessing he blew his chance on getting in.

Sep 7, 2009#168

Rob King

I had a rant typed, about the homecare case I'm working tonight, but the thrust of it was basically "I sure wish the government would buy me an HDTV and PS3."

Sep 7, 2009#169

AshburnerX

You think that's bad? My friend (yes, the one you ALL know about) is barely scrapping together money for food and rent... and yet she had money for a new iPhone and a trip to PAX. It's less than a week before her next court date too... if she had that kind of money to spend, she could have gotten a real lawyer instead of that public assigned one she received. *facepalm*

Sep 7, 2009#170

Rob King

AshburnerX said:
You think that's bad? My friend (yes, the one you ALL know about) is barely scrapping together money for food and rent... and yet she had money for a new iPhone and a trip to PAX. It's less than a week before her next court date too... if she had that kind of money to spend, she could have gotten a real lawyer instead of that public assigned one she received. *facepalm*

Wow.

I'm trying to convince myself that it's a privilege to struggle for the things I have in my life. But is the sense of personal accomplishment enough to outweigh the pleasure of having things handed to you on a silver platter?

It feels like a Ducktales morality tale about the value of a hard-earned dollar or something, which I'm just a little too hesitant to swallow.

Sep 8, 2009#171

Rob King

Am I the only one who uses this thread anymore? Oh well.

Rant: For the love of Fuck! I'm over her. It's not even just something I say. I seriously have moved on. I mean, if she wandered into my room one dark and stormy night, I'm not saying I'd kick her out. But I am seriously not interested in pursuing her for a relationship in any way shape or form anymore.

Then why in the hell did I just throw up when I saw on Facebook that she's in a relationship now?

Sep 8, 2009#172

Fun Size

Rob King said:
Am I the only one who uses this thread anymore? Oh well.

Rant: For the love of Fuck! I'm over her. It's not even just something I say. I seriously have moved on. I mean, if she wandered into my room one dark and stormy night, I'm not saying I'd kick her out. But I am seriously not interested in pursuing her for a relationship in any way shape or form anymore.

Then why in the hell did I just throw up when I saw on Facebook that she's in a relationship now?

Because it's a relationship with Ron Jeremy?

Sep 8, 2009#173

Simfers

Rob King said:
Am I the only one who uses this thread anymore? Oh well.

Rant: For the love of Fuck! I'm over her. It's not even just something I say. I seriously have moved on. I mean, if she wandered into my room one dark and stormy night, I'm not saying I'd kick her out. But I am seriously not interested in pursuing her for a relationship in any way shape or form anymore.

Then why in the hell did I just throw up when I saw on Facebook that she's in a relationship now?

Maybe you ate some bad shellfish?

Sep 8, 2009#174

Fun Size

Go with his answer. It's better than having to even consider someone being in a relationship with Ron Jeremy.

Sep 8, 2009#175

ZenMonkey

I wish I'd either get sick or go back to "normal" already. The Battle of the White Cells is taking its toll.

Sep 8, 2009#176

Dusty668

Damn you Judgemental Firefox!!!!

Damn you!

Sep 8, 2009#177

Cajungal

I'm annoyed with my car. I'm calling my guy tomorrow to see if I can bring it in, but until then I have to puzzle over this weird groaning noise my brakes are making and the squeaking noise that occurs when my wheels are moving. I JUST got a brake job and other stuff done, too. I'll find out what's wrong tomorrow, but I hate waiting. Until then, there's always the improved bus system.

Sep 8, 2009#178

Silvanesti

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

822 to fix my car. Money I hardly have.

Sep 8, 2009#179

strawman

Silvanesti said:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

822 to fix my car. Money I hardly have.

-Adam

Sep 8, 2009#180

Krisken

My favorite cousin, who lived with my family for a year 15 years ago and is my mothers god-son, is in jail for sexually molesting my 11 year old niece, who is my god-daughter.

Sometimes there is no good conclusion in a situation.

Sep 9, 2009#181

Andromache

Krisken said:
My favorite cousin, who lived with my family for a year 15 years ago and is my mothers god-son, is in jail for sexually molesting my 11 year old niece, who is my god-daughter.

Sometimes there is no good conclusion in a situation.

erg.

*hugs*

Sep 9, 2009#182

ZenMonkey

Krisken said:
My favorite cousin, who lived with my family for a year 15 years ago and is my mothers god-son, is in jail for sexually molesting my 11 year old niece, who is my god-daughter.

Holy crap... :eek:

That is horrible. I'm sorry.

Sep 9, 2009#183

Silvanesti

stienman;250657][quote=Silvanesti said:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK.

822 to fix my car. Money I hardly have.

-Adam[/QUOTE]

:rofl:

i think i love you

Sep 9, 2009#184

JCM

Krisken said:
My favorite cousin, who lived with my family for a year 15 years ago and is my mothers god-son, is in jail for sexually molesting my 11 year old niece, who is my god-daughter.

*ouch*

If he's guilty, I hope he gets what he deserves.

Sep 9, 2009#185

CynicismKills

Rob King said:
Am I the only one who uses this thread anymore? Oh well.

Rant: For the love of Fuck! I'm over her. It's not even just something I say. I seriously have moved on. I mean, if she wandered into my room one dark and stormy night, I'm not saying I'd kick her out. But I am seriously not interested in pursuing her for a relationship in any way shape or form anymore.

Then why in the hell did I just throw up when I saw on Facebook that she's in a relationship now?

Been there, just started talking to my last ex yesterday, but every time she mentioned the guy she's with now I got a little

for a minute. Talking to her isn't weird but knowing there's someone else more important in her life now...I dunno, it's hard to describe.

As for my manbaw, I met a pretty awesome girl at Dragoncon and will likely never see her again. I was also getting along really well with another girl who I've known since I got out here, pretty much, but not only is she taken (and her current boyfriend is an awesome dude), but she's my roommate's ex. So I'm trying to put that one out of my mind as soon as possible.

Sep 9, 2009#186

AshburnerX

CynicismKills;250850][quote=Rob King said:
Am I the only one who uses this thread anymore? Oh well.

Rant: For the love of Fuck! I'm over her. It's not even just something I say. I seriously have moved on. I mean, if she wandered into my room one dark and stormy night, I'm not saying I'd kick her out. But I am seriously not interested in pursuing her for a relationship in any way shape or form anymore.

Then why in the hell did I just throw up when I saw on Facebook that she's in a relationship now?

Been there, just started talking to my last ex yesterday, but every time she mentioned the guy she's with now I got a little

for a minute. Talking to her isn't weird but knowing there's someone else more important in her life now...I dunno, it's hard to describe.[/QUOTE]

It's the feeling of being replaced... the feeling that you are so disposable that she was able to find someone that was able to fulfill all of your niches with her and may in fact be happier with that person. That you not a unique person, and never were, and the realization of this hurts. That's the mean main reason it hurts so much for me to talk to my friend: She doesn't understand why I'd feel like that or that she's been doing things to MAKE me feel that way. It's a lot better than it used to be, but it's still there.

My advice? Ether stop being around her completely or get used to the pain. It's not going to go away for a long time unless you can see something in yourself that makes you better than the person who replaced you, or you find happiness with someone else. Whatever you do, don't dwell on your insecurity like I do or your going to end up in a vicious cycle of self loathing.

Sep 9, 2009#187

Vytamindi

I have about 10 painful bumps on my tongue with new ones growing each day. I think I'm allergic to my new toothpaste... so I stopped using it.

My left hand smells like a mix between old cigar smoke and metal. No, I did not have a couple of stogies with Megatron last night.

Sep 9, 2009#188

ThatGrinningIdiot!

Krisken said:
My favorite cousin, who lived with my family for a year 15 years ago and is my mothers god-son, is in jail for sexually molesting my 11 year old niece, who is my god-daughter.

Sometimes there is no good conclusion in a situation.

I know that feeling all too well, and I hope you get through it as I have.

Sep 9, 2009#189

strawman

Work blocked halforums. iPhone not as easy to use. <sigh>

-Adam

Sep 9, 2009#190

AshburnerX

Vytamindi said:
I have about 10 painful bumps on my tongue with new ones growing each day. I think I'm allergic to my new toothpaste... so I stopped using it.

My left hand smells like a mix between old cigar smoke and metal. No, I did not have a couple of stogies with Megatron last night.

Those might be fever blisters. Those can be painful... I tend to get them if I don't brush my teeth regularly.

Sep 9, 2009#191

Vytamindi

AshburnerX said:
Those might be fever blisters. Those can be painful... I tend to get them if I don't brush my teeth regularly.

Sep 9, 2009#192

AshburnerX

Vytamindi;251008][quote=AshburnerX said:
Those might be fever blisters. Those can be painful... I tend to get them if I don't brush my teeth regularly.

That's just the thing. I brush my teeth regularly (kinda paranoid about cavities) but these tiny tongue pimples keep showing up! Some are infected tastebuds I think, but then others are on the sides of my tongue.

I really think it's a toothpaste allergy (although this has never happened) because I used the last bit of toothpaste from my last tube last night and it feels the same and not worse.

I've had them before one at a time when I ate popcorn with a lot of salt or had a bag of candy (CURSE YOU HALLOWEEN) but to have 20ish over the past few weeks? Ugh...[/QUOTE]

If they are forming along the sides of your tongue where it meets the teeth, it's probably fever blisters. You don't have to stop brushing for them to show up... it can happen with illness as well. You using mouth wash? That helps a lot. Still, if your concerned about it, go see a doctor.

Sep 9, 2009#193

Bubble181

Yikes, Krisken. I don't really see an good ending, but I hope you find it anyway.

V: too bad you didn't, that'd have been fun, no?

Sep 9, 2009#194

Vytamindi

Bubble181 said:
V: too bad you didn't, that'd have been fun, no?

New juski doodle: me smokin' some stogies with Megatron. Shootin' the shit and all.

Sep 9, 2009#195

Gusto

Vytamindi;251104][quote=Bubble181 said:
V: too bad you didn't, that'd have been fun, no?

New juski doodle: me smokin' some stogies with Megatron. Shootin' the shit and all.[/QUOTE]

YO BRAH DON'T BOGGART THE ROBO STOGIE

Sep 9, 2009#196

Vytamindi

Gusto;251108][quote=Vytamindi;251104][quote=Bubble181 said:
V: too bad you didn't, that'd have been fun, no?

New juski doodle: me smokin' some stogies with Megatron. Shootin' the shit and all.[/quote]

YO BRAH DON'T BOGGART THE ROBO STOGIE[/QUOTE]
's cool man. Chill. Why you gotta do a thing?

Sep 9, 2009#197

Bubble181

Vytamindi;251110][quote=Gusto;251108][quote=Vytamindi;251104][quote=Bubble181 said:
V: too bad you didn't, that'd have been fun, no?

New juski doodle: me smokin' some stogies with Megatron. Shootin' the shit and all.[/quote]

YO BRAH DON'T BOGGART THE ROBO STOGIE[/QUOTE]
's cool man. Chill. Why you gotta do a thing?[/QUOTE]

Whoa dude. Chillax.

Sep 9, 2009#198

Krisken

Thanks everyone for your support. Part of me wants to not believe her and give him the benefit of the doubt, but she's not the type of girl to make things up. Since his father shot himself when he was 4, we're worried he might kill himself. I guess I want to support my niece by not treating her any differently and believing her, and support my cousin by trying to get him the help he needs.

The whole thing is really rough for my sister since they've been best friends for years.

Sep 10, 2009#199

Bubble181

On, once again, a completely insignificant level compared to some others here (I know my life is technically really pretty good, damn it. Depression doesn't listen to reason):

Some may remember my blood pressure was waaayyy too high last year around December - causedm ostly by emotional issues and stuff. It's been on the rise againn, quite steadily, for the past week and a half - nicely coinciding with "since I admitted to having feelings for, and being shot down by, one of my best friends". I really hope it'll blow over; my BP's at 15.8 over 13.7 at rest right now. :-/

Sep 10, 2009#200

Lally

My boyfriend and I are both flu-stricken and neither of us can sleep. He is feverish and feeling like crap (so why can't he sleep?). I don't think I have a fever anymore (I am on the way to getting better, he is in the worst of it), but I have an outrageous sinus headache and I'm still wheezy and coughing. Now I'm hungry. I JUST WANT TO SLEEEEEEP ARRRRRGH.

Sep 10, 2009#201

Cajungal

I'm sorry y'all can't sleep.

Sometimes, no matter how weary and terrible you feel, illness does that. It's hard to get comfortable. Plus, I don't know about you, but for me, weird and disturbing dreams accompany a fever.

Sep 10, 2009#202

Gusto

Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

Sep 10, 2009#203

Cajungal

Probably. Same experience here. I never used to sleep more than 2 hours at a time when the fellow and I started sleeping in the same bed. No problems now... except when I take all his covers.

He's started using his own blanket when he comes to visit. (sorry, jake)

Sep 10, 2009#204

Vytamindi

I'm the opposite. I can't sleep without him in the bed. When he stays up a bit later than me, I stay awake until he gets there.

RANT: I FORGOT MY DAMN LUNCH BECAUSE KODO WOULDN'T STOP MEWING AT ME WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE THIS MORNING AAAAAA I SHOULD HAVE EATED HIM

Sep 10, 2009#205

Cajungal

Maybe that was cat talk for "don't forget your lunch."

Sep 10, 2009#206

The Lovely Boehner

Gusto said:
Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

I had this exact same problem for a while. That coupled with me almost never being able to go back to sleep.

Sep 10, 2009#207

Frankie Williamson

Gusto said:
Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

Always had similar problems. She likes to cuddle. I like to lie on my stomach and stretch out.

Sep 10, 2009#208

Gusto

I like to cuddle a bit too but not when I'm trying to SLEEP.

Plus my bed is kinda small (only a twin) and I'm a lanky dude. I needs ta STRETCH OUT.

Sep 10, 2009#209

Fun Size

Gusto said:
Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

Is she a succubus? Have you ever asked? You know, a lot of people get all excited about the prospect of a relationship without proper vetting, and it leads to things like this.

Sep 10, 2009#210

Gusto

Fun Size;251859][quote=Gusto said:
Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

Is she a succubus? Have you ever asked? You know, a lot of people get all excited about the prospect of a relationship without proper vetting, and it leads to things like this.[/QUOTE]

She doesn't have any sort of succubus song that I've noticed, that I could turn against her by singing backwards.

So probably not.

...

aranoid:

Sep 10, 2009#211

Vytamindi

Cajungal said:
Maybe that was cat talk for "don't forget your lunch."

Awww... now I feel bad for my rage...

:slywink:

Sep 10, 2009#212

Andromache

It was a cat.

"FUCK YOU HUMAN! FUCK YOU AND DIE! also hey, um, could you scratch the area right above my tail? FUCK YOU HUMAN! I AM A CAT! I WAS DECLARED A FUCKING GOD! HEY I WAS JUST ROLLING IN SOME SMELLY SHIT, LET ME WIPE IT OFF BY WINDING THROUGH YOUR LEGS! YOU'RE SO FUCKING STUPID."

Sep 10, 2009#213

Vytamindi

Crone said:
It was a cat.

"FUCK YOU HUMAN! FUCK YOU AND DIE! also hey, um, could you scratch the area right above my tail? FUCK YOU HUMAN! I AM A CAT! I WAS DECLARED A FUCKING GOD! HEY I WAS JUST ROLLING IN SOME SMELLY SHIT, LET ME WIPE IT OFF BY WINDING THROUGH YOUR LEGS! YOU'RE SO FUCKING STUPID."

OMFG

THIS IS SO TRUE

Sep 10, 2009#214

Fun Size

I suck at posting comics, and yet this seems so appropriate right here:

http://www.somethingpositive.net/sp09092009.shtml

Sep 10, 2009#215

Jake

We're looking to relocate out of the city to get a bigger house and yard in a less busy area with better schools (and also bank some money, since my 401k is shit). The bars, restaurants, music, coffee houses, etc. within walking distance were great a few years ago, but our spawn are cramping our style. So getting a house ready to put on the market is stressful enough (how did all these little imperfections escape our notice till now?), but having little people about makes it a fair bit harder.

We like the areas to the north and west, but the schools are far superior in the county to the south. Which is, of course, more expensive overall and also farther from my job. Plus, the houses tend to be those cheap vinyl-clad suburban nightmares with no character whatsoever that give me the willies. And the yards seem to be smaller (but still larger than what we have now, at least). Bonus: it's apparently where all the conservatives in the metro area live.

So we'll probably find something that's okay and bite the bullet. Won't someone think of the children and all that. :humph:

Sep 10, 2009#216

Wasabi Poptart

Gusto said:
Whenever I sleep with my girlfriend (read: actually sleep) I always get sore in the morning and wake up several times in the night. Am I just not used to sharing a bed?

Yes. When my husband is gone, I get used to having the bed to myself and start sleeping spread out completely across our queen-sized bed. when he comes home, I have to get used to staying on my side only and for the first few days I am terribly uncomfortable. Add to it that he wants to hug and cuddle me during the night and I don't get much good sleep.

Sep 10, 2009#217

ZenMonkey

Gusto said:
I like to cuddle a bit too but not when I'm trying to SLEEP.

Either you'll get used to it, or you won't, and if you don't, it's no big deal. There have been studies showing people can sleep worse when they sleep with a partner.

Mr. ZM is a big tank of a guy who gives off BTUs like a space heater and snores. I'm a chronically ill insomniac. It's not often that we sleep in the same bed, but we spend as much time cuddling and pillow-talking AND SO FORTH as if we did.

Sep 10, 2009#218

Enresshou

Cajungal said:
I'm sorry y'all can't sleep. Sometimes, no matter how weary and terrible you feel, illness does that. It's hard to get comfortable. Plus, I don't know about you, but for me, weird and disturbing dreams accompany a fever.

Agreed. Pretty much the only time I ever take Nyquil is when I have a fever, because--if I don't--I end up sleeping fitfully, waking up, hallucinating that the dream's continuing, then falling back asleep into the dream and repeating it all night.

Last time, I had a dream I was in a junkyard in a dry, dusty wasteland; ghosts were telling me that I'd be here forever, and husks of cars and hunks of metal kept appearing. I'd wake up, and see all the husks of metal filling my room, then fall back asleep and keep wandering through the wasteland. Blegh.

Sep 10, 2009#219

strawman

The conversation was as follows:

Me: "Micah. Why did you swallow the penny?"

Micah: "Because when it was not in my mouth, my mouth felt funny."

I expect little change tomorrow.

-Adam

Sep 10, 2009#220

Rob King

Sounds like he was a staunch Obama supporter.

Sep 11, 2009#221

Vytamindi

All out of plastic forks... eating leftover shake'n bake chicken with veggies with a spoon....

Sep 11, 2009#222

Tinwhistler

So, I run a tinwhistle website. I get a bit over 2 million hits a year.

Some guy sends me spam about this tinwhistle tutorial book/cd he's published, and asks me to sell it "in my shops'. Clearly it's spam mail he's sent out to every irish music website he could find. I have no shops, so I delete the mail.

He sent it again today, so I asked him to take me off of his email list.

He replied back, all hurt and bitter, that he expected a "more friendly reaction from a fellow musician and whistler..."

This is my reply to him:

Jules,

When I first got the email, I considered a 'friendly response'. I often receive emails from fans of my web page (which gets around 2 million hits a year), or from tin whistle manufacturers seeking to have me review their whistles. I try to respond to every one of these emails.

As I read the email about your tinwhistle CD tutorial, I wondered if perhaps you wanted me to review it for my website. However, once I reached your plea of "I hope you are interested to sell these products in your shops.", I realized that you were sending me targeted advertising in a generic format. In reality, the email wasn't a personal plea or missive from the general public, but rather, generic targeted email, which you probably sent to as many musically related websites and stores as you could locate. No harm, no foul there. If I were selling a tutorial, I might do much of the same kind of thing.

You should know that I don't really sell anything on my website, and anyone who's been to my website for more than a cursory glance would probably have realized it. I have no "shops" to put anything into, so your plea of really doesn't apply to me or my site. So, I chalked your email up to well-targeted advertising and didn't bother to respond. I often receive targeted advertisements in my email box from firms in China and Pakistan trying to sell cheap instruments. I don't respond to these either.

Then, you sent the exact same message a few days later. This elevates your well-targeted advertising to the level of spam. Since it was the exact same email, and it seemed that it was a blanket effort, I felt that a simple request to be removed from the list would suffice. I never imagined that someone who was spamming me would take umbrage if I requested that they desist, especially when I asked politely. I even used the word "please". Twice. However, I do apologize if I tread on any sensitive feelings, or caused you any emotional discomfort. Likewise, I regret if my request for you to send me no more such emails caused you any feelings of hurt or rejection. It wasn't meant as a personal slight toward you, and I am sure that you are a very fine person.

That said, it would be gracious and kind of you if you could remove me from your marketing email list. I do not wish to receive any more advertisements from you concerning the tutorial book/CD, as I have no shop to sell it in. I apologize in advance if this request causes you emotional turmoil, but I really must insist. The fact that I play tinwhistle, and you are selling a tinwhistle product does not create enough of a bond between us for me to acquiesce to receiving further unwanted emails advertising a product that I cannot take advantage of, namely the resale of your whistle tutorial product. While I am sure it is a very fine product, I simply have no market to sell it to: My website has no shopping cart, and I sell no products. Nor do I have a physical storefront. I suppose I could open a street-side stand and sell your tutorial, and use my own years of tinwhistle playing to lure in paying customers, but perhaps this favor would be asking too much of me when our relationship is tenuous at best. I really don't feel obligated to perform such a favor as I might if you were perhaps my brother-in-law, or someone that I owed money to.

So, upon looking at the situation more closely, and reaffirming what I already knew: that that no sense of obligation or duty lies between us, I must be firm in requesting that you remove me from your email list for your product.

Best Regards,
Greg Mahan

Sep 11, 2009#223

Gusto

Ice cold, Greg.

Sep 11, 2009#224

Shannow

I am having a great week.

Sep 11, 2009#225

Fun Size

Shannow said:
I am having a great week.

Don't take this as a personal attack, but you suck at this.

Sep 11, 2009#226

Allen, who is Quiet

so I am in classes that tend to attract good, hardworking students. The kind of students who are diligent enough to come to class, even when sick.

hey guys, I hope that one day of notes was worth it. I like the part where I had to miss two quizzes, an opportunity to ask a girl if she wanted to go to a movie or something, and the conclusion of a campaign in my gaming group because not knowing how to apply L'Hopital's Rule to indeterminate exponents was going to kill you, contagious summer cold be damned.

Sep 11, 2009#227

Shannow

Fun Size;252991][quote=Shannow said:
I am having a great week.

Don't take this as a personal attack, but you suck at this.[/QUOTE]

Damn it!

Sep 11, 2009#228

Jake

Fun Size;252991][quote=Shannow said:
I am having a great week.

Don't take this as a personal attack, but you suck at this.[/QUOTE]
Oh, I don't know. Whether it's a rant or not depends on his usual disposition, I suppose.

Sep 11, 2009#229

strawman

http://ijustwanttocry.com/

-Adam

Sep 13, 2009#230

Espy

Just got back from Starbucks.
It's right across the street. I had to go out so they could show our apartment.
So I walk over and get a iced coffee.

This exact thing happens almost EVERY time I go to ANY Starbucks:
Me: "Hi there, can I get a large iced coffee, black, no sweetener"
Barista: "Venti coffee... would you like sweetener in that?"
Me: "..."
Completely Oblivious Barista: "..."
Me: "No..."

Sep 13, 2009#231

Cajungal

I love that you say "large." I got tired of being corrected and just go along with it. Although at the highly superior coffee shop here

smug

they call a large a "Super Grande"... which is just stupid. It's embarrassing to say. But the coffee is soooo delicious. :drool:

Sep 13, 2009#232

Allen, who is Quiet

I wish starbucks had stronger espresso.

Sep 13, 2009#233

Espy

Starbucks has fine espresso (in it's original form, it's what they do with it that causes problems). The problem is that they only give you 1 shot in a small drink and 2 in a medium and large. Which means you get a tiny bit of espresso in your giant cup of steamed milk. Also their machines don't allow them to easily change the grind on the espresso so if the shots aren't that great then unless the barista is feeling extra motivated you are stuck with what there machine gives you.

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Oh and CG? I always say Large. I also say Medium and Small. Cuz that's how I roll.

Sep 13, 2009#234

Rob King

I always order "whatever medium is in starbucks talk." They say "grande?" and then I ask "is that medium?" Most of the time it ends there, but once a girl replied "it's grande."

I asked if I could see the three different sizes. I pointed to the 'tall' one and said, "that, I would describe as small. It isn't a very big cup, would you agree? This one over here on the other hand, the 'venti,' is quite large. Oh, here it is! Grande. It's not as small as the small cup, and not as big as the big cup. A kind of ... mid-size cup. A medium, if you will. Yes, I would like a grande."

Sep 13, 2009#235

Cajungal

And you usually order a Loogiechino, yes?

Sep 13, 2009#236

Rob King

I typically watch the assembly of my order, although I'm not quite eagle-eyed, so I'm never sure.

At any rate, what I don't know won't kill me. Unless it does. In which case, at least my family has a chance of a decent settlement from Starbucks.

Sep 13, 2009#237

Cajungal

That's true; those coffee shops are totally open. You can see everything they're doing unless you drive through.

The worst they could do is maybe give you the wrong kind of milk or flavor (if you're into that).

I made him an almond whole milk latte instead of a vanilla 2% latte. MWAHAHAHAHAAA!

Sep 13, 2009#238

Espy

Rob King said:
I always order "whatever medium is in starbucks talk." They say "grande?" and then I ask "is that medium?" Most of the time it ends there, but once a girl replied "it's grande."

I asked if I could see the three different sizes. I pointed to the 'tall' one and said, "that, I would describe as small. It isn't a very big cup, would you agree? This one over here on the other hand, the 'venti,' is quite large. Oh, here it is! Grande. It's not as small as the small cup, and not as big as the big cup. A kind of ... mid-size cup. A medium, if you will. Yes, I would like a grande."

To be fair the barista's didn't come up with the idea to name their cup sizes something really stupid.

Sep 13, 2009#239

figmentPez

Espy said:
To be fair the barista's didn't come up with the idea to name their cup sizes something really stupid.

Yeah, but they can be smart and helpful enough to "translate" for the customer.

Sep 13, 2009#240

Espy

figmentPez;254089][quote=Espy said:
To be fair the barista's didn't come up with the idea to name their cup sizes something really stupid.

Yeah, but they can be smart and helpful enough to "translate" for the customer.[/QUOTE]

Not if they like their job.

Sep 13, 2009#241

figmentPez

Espy said:
Not if they like their job.

What? Starbucks would rather anger customers than help them?

Sep 13, 2009#242

Espy

No, Starbucks wants their employees to call their drinks what they have branded them. It might be stupid but it's part of their corporate image.

And lets be honest, it might be annoying (I think it is, thats why I say small, medium, etc) but it's not the end of the world or worth getting angry about.

Sep 13, 2009#243

figmentPez

Espy said:
No, Starbucks wants their employees to call their drinks what they have branded them. It might be stupid but it's part of their corporate image.

And lets be honest, it might be annoying (I think it is, thats why I say small, medium, etc) but it's not the end of the world or worth getting angry about.

Just because the employee has to call the drinks by their branded names does not necessarily mean that the employee has to require the customer to call the drink by a special word.

Sep 13, 2009#244

Cajungal

This is why I don't argue about it. Their jobs suck enough. Cafes attract horribly picky people who need half-soy, half-caf lattes with no foam, extra hot, with a sprinkling of shaved unicorn horn and whatnot.

Sep 13, 2009#245

Espy

figmentPez;254115][quote=Espy said:
No, Starbucks wants their employees to call their drinks what they have branded them. It might be stupid but it's part of their corporate image.

And lets be honest, it might be annoying (I think it is, thats why I say small, medium, etc) but it's not the end of the world or worth getting angry about.

Just because the employee has to call the drinks by their branded names does not necessarily mean that the employee has to require the customer to call the drink by a special word.[/QUOTE]

I've never had any of them jump over the counter, hold me down, pry my mouth open and threaten to pour scorching hot lattes down my throat until I say Venti.

They just repeat your order back to you like they are supposed to but using their corporate wording.

Sep 13, 2009#246

Rob King

I see. Well, for what it's worth, I try and inject some levity into it whenever I insist on calling their sizes by human terms.

Sep 13, 2009#247

Espy

Oh no, I do call them the small, medium, large as well. I don't get pissy at them but I refuse to play there stupid game of making me say words I don't want to.

Sep 13, 2009#248

Cuyval Dar

Espy said:
Oh no, I do call them the small, medium, large as well. I don't get pissy at them but I refuse to play there stupid game of making me say words I don't want to.

Good, another person who won't kowtow to Big Green.

Sep 13, 2009#249

Espy

I have no idea how "Big Green" has anything to do with me saying Large instead of Venti but... ok?

Sep 14, 2009#250

Frankie Williamson

Manbaw incoming but you know what? I'm really starting to understand why so many in my chosen profession are alcoholics. These last night shift stints have been the toughest of my career. It's just shitty, shitty depressing situation after shitty, shitty depressing situation. Having to literally put body parts into a body bag after a massive drunk driving collision to being called into a domestic disturbance where there were babies actually just about swimming in their own feces they were so neglected. The worst was definitely the man who died in an alcohol laden mess in his house, shit and blood everywhere as his body had literally begun to reject his organs. He was dead kneeling over his bed like in a prayer position with his pants down with his asshole prolapsed with half his intestines hanging out. Apparently this is a common death for alcoholics.

I am definitely not feeling my best. I have 2 more over the next couple of days. It's really starting to weigh on me.

Sep 14, 2009#251

Rob King

Frankie said:
Manbaw incoming but you know what? I'm really starting to understand why so many in my chosen profession are alcoholics. These last night shift stints have been the toughest of my career. It's just shitty, shitty depressing situation after shitty, shitty depressing situation. Having to literally put body parts into a body bag after a massive drunk driving collision to being called into a domestic disturbance where there were babies actually just about swimming in their own feces they were so neglected. The worst was definitely the man who died in an alcohol laden mess in his house, shit and blood everywhere as his body had literally begun to reject his organs. He was dead kneeling over his bed like in a prayer position with his pants down with his asshole prolapsed with half his intestines hanging out. Apparently this is a common death for alcoholics.

I am definitely not feeling my best. I have 2 more over the next couple of days. It's really starting to weigh on me.

Shit. I don't know what else to say but 'shit.'

Sep 14, 2009#252

Vytamindi

:bush:

Sep 14, 2009#253

Drachenherz

Frankie... I really don't know what to say... That's some serious shit you had to live through...

Don't only cope with it by releasing your feelings/what you had to go through here in this forum. Share - in a serious AND in a joking way - with your collegues.

And don't be afraid to visit a shrink. It's important that you can work all those things out.

Don't play the tough guy and pretend that it isn't getting to you - cause it will, someday.

PM me if you want to talk more about it...

Sep 14, 2009#254

Espy

Frankie... wow.
Thats not a manbaw, thats just a terrible thing to have to deal with.
Let me say this: THANK YOU. Thank you for doing your job. I'm sure those people you are dealing with won't say it, but we need strong people like you to do that tough job.
Let me echo Andi, if you need help get it, thats some really tough stuff to deal with and I can't even imagine what you have to go through.

Sep 14, 2009#255

ThatGrinningIdiot!

Frankie, I've asked you this before, you either skipped or ignored my inquiry; what community are you stationed at?

Sep 14, 2009#256

Frankie Williamson

High Level Alberta.

Also, thanks guys. It sounded a lot more dire in that post than it really was. It was some bad nights but nothing I can't handle really.

Sep 14, 2009#257

General Specific

Minor annoyance, but with the way my work has been going it is kinda one more for the pile.

I have been working 4 10-hr shifts a weeks for years now. For a long time, I had nothing to do on the weekends. I eventually picked up a movie night with friends and such and it was fun. Recently, schedule changes had taken the movie night and the friend's availability away. I was bummed about that at first. Eventually, though, I met a girl who lives in charlotte and so my weekend schedule is perfect. I have Fri, Sat., & Sun. off, so I drive up Fri afternoon, visit all weekend and get back late sunday.

I have mentioned this previously, I went up there last weekend for the first time and everything was great.

I get back to work today and there is an email waiting for me saying that they are switching me to a normal 5-day week and also putting me on saturday rotation. This starts on the 21st.

Why is it that whenever I start doing something outside of work that I enjoy, work somehow changes and blocks it? It almost seems like it's malicious.

I'm going to have to go talk to my bosses and see what they can do.

Sep 14, 2009#258

Vytamindi

Frankie, glad you have a place to unload. Sometimes you just need to!

Good luck, GS. That really stinks. If you work hard you should at least play hard.

Been three-ish weeks since spraining/breaking my radius from landing on my elbow in the kitchen, and I still can't put all my weight on it. This stinks in certain, um, adult situations...

...and when I reach out to grab something with my left arm, I forget about the injury sometimes.

Sep 14, 2009#259

Espy

If I hear ONE MORE DAMN THING about those annoying twits from that lovely show "We had a busload of kids then whored them out for tv money" I'm going to puke.
Or ram my car into a wall just to put me out of my misery.
What the hell is wrong with people!?!?
THESE ARE NOT GOOD PEOPLE.
THEY ARE ACTIVELY DESTROYING THEIR KIDS LIVES ON LIVE TELEVISION.

And now, to explain my disgust, here's Conrad Twitty... er, TOOL:

Sep 14, 2009#260

General Specific

General Specific said:
Minor annoyance, but with the way my work has been going it is kinda one more for the pile.

I have been working 4 10-hr shifts a weeks for years now. For a long time, I had nothing to do on the weekends. I eventually picked up a movie night with friends and such and it was fun. Recently, schedule changes had taken the movie night and the friend's availability away. I was bummed about that at first. Eventually, though, I met a girl who lives in charlotte and so my weekend schedule is perfect. I have Fri, Sat., & Sun. off, so I drive up Fri afternoon, visit all weekend and get back late sunday.

I have mentioned this previously, I went up there last weekend for the first time and everything was great.

I get back to work today and there is an email waiting for me saying that they are switching me to a normal 5-day week and also putting me on saturday rotation. This starts on the 21st.

Why is it that whenever I start doing something outside of work that I enjoy, work somehow changes and blocks it? It almost seems like it's malicious.

I'm going to have to go talk to my bosses and see what they can do.

Ok, all this? Nevermind.

Just got an email from the girl that was essentially a dear john letter. She even wants to be friends.

Well, whoop-de-fuckin-do.

I know this is only jinxing myself, but today has really sucked and can't possibly get any worse.

Sep 14, 2009#261

ZenMonkey

I am really hoping for better days for Frankie and the General.

Sep 14, 2009#262

Espy

Sorry general. That does indeed suck. Keep your chin up man.

Sep 14, 2009#263

phil

damn...I really embarrassed myself in front of my new roommate. It's not that horrible, but I certainly can't talk to him tonight out of embarrassment. The problem is though that there is something I need to talk to him about, but it's small and not a big deal either so if I put it off I'll probably forget about it.

Sep 14, 2009#264

Cajungal

What happened???

Sep 14, 2009#265

AshburnerX

Lost somebody at the hospital I do volunteer work at due to swine flue. Black Cat crossed my path on the way to and from working there... and now I have a cough. God damn it, I'm getting the swine flu!

Sep 14, 2009#266

CynicismKills

I'm trying really hard to find something to look forward to between now and going home for Christmas in December.

I hope something comes up, because it's looking really bleak and that's incredibly depressing.

Sep 14, 2009#267

Cajungal

God, Frankie.

For what it's worth, I admire you for what you do.

Sep 14, 2009#268

Bubble181

Frankie: damn, dude. But don't call that a manbaww, it's anything but.
As for me, several things to rant about, but I'll just stick to "hope Zoloft will actually help and finally get me somewhere else than where I'm right now".

Sep 15, 2009#269

Drachenherz

I'm stuck in such a rut, I could constantly hit myself in the face - but the problem is, I am even too lazy to do that...

For months now, or even longer, over a year, I cannot overcome my lazyness... I cannot do what I really wish to do, because I am too gorram awful lazy to get a grip on myself...

It's like being stuck in mud... It would take a great effort to get out, but as this would be too straining for myself, I just keep resting and sticking in the mud...

What I would need would be a swift kick in the ass - but I'm not sure whether that would really wake me up from my lethargy...

Sad thing is (or the good thing is...), I cannot "blame" anybody than myself for my current state of being. I technically KNOW what I have to do... But because that seems to be so ardous, I keep finding excuses to carry on with my life as a sloth...

Yeah, now that WAS a manbaww, wasn't it?

Sep 15, 2009#270

Vytamindi

Bubble181 said:
As for me, several things to rant about, but I'll just stick to "hope Zoloft will actually help and finally get me somewhere else than where I'm right now".

*long, warm hug*

Sep 15, 2009#271

AshburnerX

Vytamindi;255285][quote=Bubble181 said:
As for me, several things to rant about, but I'll just stick to "hope Zoloft will actually help and finally get me somewhere else than where I'm right now".

*long, warm hug*[/QUOTE]

As someone who was on anti-depressants for almost ten years, my only piece of advice is to not rely heavily on the meds. Yes, they will help you... but if your hoping they will fix you, then your taking them for the wrong reason. All they can do is help you make things better for yourself.

Sep 15, 2009#272

Drachenherz

Bubble181 said:
*snip*

As for me, several things to rant about, but I'll just stick to "hope Zoloft will actually help and finally get me somewhere else than where I'm right now".

As Ashburner mentioned, those pills aren't the solution to your "problem", but only a help to get out of it. I don't want to get to personal here, but have you tried psychotherapy to get to the reasons of why you feel so depressed?

Also, I could recomend you some not-so-standard-medicine approaches, depending on your own personal character.

Ever tried meditation? It itself isn't a solution to your "problems" either, but also some kind of help to get through to yourself and to find a way of how to approach what's bugging you.

I cannot give more advice, because - obviously - I don't know you besides from your postings here in halforum and the occasional status-alert in facebook.

I wish you all the best, and be assured: You are not alone - if that helps...

*hug*

Sep 15, 2009#273

Bubble181

Vyta: yay!
Ash: I know
Andi: thing with meditation/yoga/mindfulness is, you're supposed to be able to at least somewhat relax yourself. I tried some relaxation exercises a while ago..."Now, bunch up your fist. Really tighten all muscles in your hand....Annndd...relax. Ehm, relax. Loosen those muscles! Oh, that's as loose as they get. Hmm. You might be a bit too tense for this to work." o__O

But yeah, I'm trying to get out of my slump, but I just spend a weekend with three beautiful, intelligent, single, funny, girls, good friends of mine, in sunny northern France, being waited on hand and foot by my brother and sister-in-law-to-be, smooth jazz in the background, getting massages (and giving massages) to all three, playing games, going walking, talking, having generally the best possible times you could honestly imagine without resorting to kinky foursomes

-P), they all commented they felt oh so great afterwards, completely recharged and rested and all that, and I was still a nervous wreck and tense from here to China and back - at the end of one of the supposedly most relaxing weekends you can imagine, my heartrate at rest was 96 and my bp was 16/13.5. It's not that I'm so incredibly depressed, per sé (well, a bit), but that I just plain can't manage to relax and calm down these days.
My body aches all over, I can't sleep, my joints are cracking in any direction, all the time, I have nervous ticks all over the place, and so on. If the medication helps me calm down and at least helps with the physical symptoms of my stressed-out-ness, it'd be a good start. They won't magically make me feel better, but hopefully I'll manage to have some bloody fun once I calm down.

Sep 16, 2009#274

@Li3n

Hey, just got back home yesterday evening and found out we won't have hot water for the whole week... this shit should be announced fucking weeks before you asshats...

EDIT: Oh, and i don't get to go to Inglorious Basterds tonight coz the theatre only had seat in the 2 front rows left (it's 2 for 1 night)... today kinda sucked...

Sep 16, 2009#275

Gusto

The fucking smelly-ass nerd guy is back in the lab.

WHY DOES HE ALWAYS SIT NEXT TO ME AND NEVER BATHE!?

Sep 16, 2009#276

Bubble181

He's hoping to woo you with his feromones.

Sep 16, 2009#277

Gusto

More like terrormones, can I get a what what.

Sep 16, 2009#278

Bubble181

w00t w00t?

Sep 16, 2009#279

Fun Size

Dude, you just described every computer science class I ever took.

Ever.

Sep 16, 2009#280

@Li3n

Gusto said:
The fucking smelly-ass nerd guy is back in the lab.

WHY DOES HE ALWAYS SIT NEXT TO ME AND NEVER BATHE!?

he has no hot water at home and hopes you'll let him have a bath at your place?!

Sep 16, 2009#281

Gusto

I will not.

Sep 16, 2009#282

Vytamindi

We had a guy on the trombone line who smelled like a rain, urine, and semen soaked uniform left in a litter box for a week. You could smell this chap from ten yards away. He SWORE he bathed three times a day, even though he had engineering classes and band all day....

My nose hurts just thinking about him...

And gusto, you lather up that buddy o' yours, ya hear?

Sep 16, 2009#283

Gusto

No.

Sep 16, 2009#284

Gusto

I just walked to the on-campus Tim Horton's and stood in a line of about 100 people. One of the guys just ahead of me, egged on by his friends in a language that sounded Serbian, just fucking walked to the front of the line, in front of ~100 other people.

God damn that pisses me off. I wish some of the people near the front or the people who worked there would've grown a pair and told the fucker off.

Sep 16, 2009#285

Fun Size

Damn. Feel the Gusto rage today.

Sep 16, 2009#286

Gusto

I fucking hate my college.

Sep 16, 2009#287

Silvanesti

Gusto said:
I fucking hate my college.

GUSTO SMASH.

Sep 16, 2009#288

Gusto

Sorry, RANT thread. I'm a little angry today.

Sep 16, 2009#289

General Specific

You know what will make you feel better? Showering with a buddy.

Sep 16, 2009#290

Silvanesti

Gusto said:
Sorry, RANT thread. I'm a little angry today.

Dude, no worries! Its the fucking rant thread! SMASH AWAY!

unrelated note: I want to coke the fuck outta coworker today, smug asshole has been annoying more then usual.

Sep 16, 2009#291

Gusto

Man I can't wait til Friday...

Sep 16, 2009#292

Silvanesti

Gusto said:
Man I can't wait til Friday...

agreed! Thats beer and shower with a friend night!

Sep 16, 2009#293

Gusto

If by "friend" you mean "girlfriend", and by "shower" you mean "intercourse", then yes, that is EXACTLY what my Friday portends.

Sep 16, 2009#294

Vytamindi

Gusto said:
If by "friend" you mean "girlfriend", and by "shower" you mean "intercourse", then yes, that is EXACTLY what my Friday portends.

...just so we're clear?

Sep 16, 2009#295

Gusto

Yep.

I have no classes on Fridays. So basically this week, my girlfriend is gonna come over in the morning, we're gonna watch the Office premiere on DVR, have some "quality time", and then she'll go to class for noon.

I'll probably spend the afternoon smilin' and playing video games.

Later that evening, she, my best friend, anyone else who wants to join us, and me are going to the local Boston Pizza to eat appetizers and drink beer.

Not a bad day.

Sep 16, 2009#296

Vytamindi

WOOT!!!!!!!

MOAR BITCHING! How long should the "new horniness" of a relationship last?

This every other day business is not cutting it for me... *punches guy in the nutzzzzz*

Sep 16, 2009#297

Jake

Gusto said:
Not a bad day.

If you ignore the fact that it's happening in Canada, sure.

Sep 16, 2009#298

Gusto

Vytamindi said:
WOOT!!!!!!!

MOAR BITCHING! How long should the "new horniness" of a relationship last?

This every other day business is not cutting it for me... *punches guy in the nutzzzzz*

We've either done it or talked about doing it just about every day for the past month, minus when she was on her cycle and when I was sick.

I dunno if this is standard though, this is my first ever sexual relationship... And I'm apparently awesome.

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Jake;256269][quote=Gusto said:
Not a bad day.

If you ignore the fact that it's happening in Canada, sure.[/QUOTE]

Why you even got to do a thing.

Sep 16, 2009#299

Espy

Vytamindi said:
WOOT!!!!!!!

MOAR BITCHING! How long should the "new horniness" of a relationship last?

This every other day business is not cutting it for me... *punches guy in the nutzzzzz*

You know... I've heard from several female friends that the moment some guys can get it whenever they want it... they stop wanting it.

Make 'im work for it.

Sep 16, 2009#300

Vytamindi

Gusto said:
We've either done it or talked about doing it just about every day for the past month, minus when she was on her cycle and when I was sick.

I dunno if this is standard though, this is my first ever sexual relationship... And I'm apparently awesome.

Niiiiiiice!

Lucky....:angry:

Sep 16, 2009#301

Gusto

Sorry, V. You had your chance. We never even fake consummated our fake marriage.

Sep 16, 2009#302

Fun Size

Penis

Sep 16, 2009#303

Gusto

Exactly.

...

Alright this thread is weird...

Uh.... RANT: I'm hungry. Why does the campus pizza place close at 2? So dumb.

Sep 16, 2009#304

Jake

Fun Size said:
Penis

Amateur.

http://www.halforums.com/forum/showthread.php?p=256277#post256277

Sep 16, 2009#305

Vytamindi

OH YEA????

HEY GUSTO!!!! Your vagina was always dry.

Luf,

V

Sep 16, 2009#306

ThatGrinningIdiot!

Vytamindi said:
OH YEA????

HEY GUSTO!!!! Your vagina was always dry.

Luf,

V

Remember, remember the fifth of November(?)

Sep 16, 2009#307

Tinwhistler

Vytamindi said:
OH YEA????

HEY GUSTO!!!! Your vagina was always dry.

Luf,

V

Isn't that kind of like saying "Hey Gusto! I sucked at foreplay?"

Sep 16, 2009#308

Gusto

:smug:

Sep 16, 2009#309

Bubble181

Gusto said:
Yep.

I have no classes on Fridays. So basically this week, my girlfriend is gonna come over in the morning, we're gonna watch the Office premiere on DVR, have some "quality time", and then she'll go to class for noon.

I'll probably spend the afternoon smilin' and playing video games.

Later that evening, she, my best friend, anyone else who wants to join us, and me are going to the local Boston Pizza to eat appetizers and drink beer.

Not a bad day.

Untrue. I *want* to join you. Still not gonna be there, unless something really funky happens.

Vytamindi said:
WOOT!!!!!!!

MOAR BITCHING! How long should the "new horniness" of a relationship last?

This every other day business is not cutting it for me... *punches guy in the nutzzzzz*

Hot tip: don't punch him in the nuts. It really won't help him get hornier :-P

Vytamindi;256289][quote=Gusto said:
We've either done it or talked about doing it just about every day for the past month, minus when she was on her cycle and when I was sick.

I dunno if this is standard though, this is my first ever sexual relationship... And I'm apparently awesome.

Niiiiiiice!

Lucky....:angry:[/QUOTE]

Yeah, lucky bastard. V, of course, can just make a quick detour to Belgium whenever she wants to :-P

Sep 16, 2009#310

Cajungal

Damn, Gusto, I've never seen you so angry. :confused:

Sep 16, 2009#311

Gusto

I doubt that's true. I was actually in a good enough mood today, just a couple things that kinda set me off.

Sep 16, 2009#312

Bubble181

Well, if you want to, you can come by Belgium, too. You'll just get beer and a hug, though :-P

Sep 16, 2009#313

Gusto

You're not making it seem very worthwhile.

I mean, I'd at least offer multiple hugs.

Sep 16, 2009#314

Cajungal

Gusto said:
I doubt that's true. I was actually in a good enough mood today, just a couple things that kinda set me off.

Well the only other time you've actually been mad was when that guy on your campus got a hold of your private info.

Sep 16, 2009#315

Bubble181

Gusto said:
You're not making it seem very worthwhile.

I mean, I'd at least offer multiple hugs.

Dude, I'd hug you and not let go for, like, hours. One huge, humongous, horrible hug.

Sep 16, 2009#316

Gusto

Cajungal;256657][quote=Gusto said:
I doubt that's true. I was actually in a good enough mood today, just a couple things that kinda set me off.

Well the only other time you've actually been mad was when that guy on your campus got a hold of your private info.[/QUOTE]

I hate the people at my school. Like, ALL of them.

:angry:

Sep 17, 2009#317

strawman

IT ITCHES AND BURNS

I dislike athlete's foot.

At least they have new treatments that only take a week and require no prescription.

-Adam

Sep 17, 2009#318

Gusto

....

Sep 17, 2009#319

strawman

...yeah...

-Adam

Sep 17, 2009#320

Gusto

Huh....

Sep 17, 2009#321

The Lovely Boehner

My new job actively punishes with less hours/less money when you do a good job. I'm not comfortable with this.

Sep 17, 2009#322

Gusto

Yeah I know that pain. I've been working at my job for 7 years. The first two weeks was spent getting the job down, and I've been struggling ever since to slow myself down.

Sep 17, 2009#323

Cajungal

Charlie Dont Surf said:
My new job actively punishes with less hours/less money when you do a good job. I'm not comfortable with this.

Yuck. Sorry, man.

Sep 17, 2009#324

Rob King

Charlie Dont Surf said:
My new job actively punishes with less hours/less money when you do a good job. I'm not comfortable with this.

How can anybody wonder about the state of the nation when incompetence is encouraged?

Sep 17, 2009#325

Gusto

Rob King;256977][quote=Charlie Dont Surf said:
My new job actively punishes with less hours/less money when you do a good job. I'm not comfortable with this.

How can anybody wonder about the state of the nation when incompetence is encouraged?[/QUOTE]

AND compensated!

Sep 17, 2009#326

The Lovely Boehner

Least-surprising fact of the day: it's in the health care industry

Sep 17, 2009#327

Cajungal

Holy gasp!

Also, the thick-necked gentleman in your avatar is starting to intimidate me.

Sep 17, 2009#328

Rob King

My rant:

I'm supposed to go to work in an hour to take a mentally challenged kid bowling. I'm actually excited about this case, because I've met the kid, and he seems pretty cool.

Problem is: the government agency that has contracted out the homecare company that I work for ... well, the social worker in charge of his case is not helpful. My boss tells me that Child Youth and Family Services will take care of the arrangements, but every time I talk to CYFS, the social worker keeps trying to put it on me.

I wouldn't mind doing it, if I knew what to do. And nobody is being very helpful, beyond 'I'll call person X and get back to you.' And then never gets back to me.

I've already waited long enough that I can't walk or take the city bus if I expect to be on time. I'm going to have to call a cab that I can't afford.

EDIT: Stuff's been worked out, a half hour before I'm supposed to leave for my shift.

Now my rant is: I'm about to get schooled in bowling by a 9 year old.

Sep 17, 2009#329

CynicismKills

I like how working my ass off these past few months still has me drowning in debt and barely paying rent, as opposed to making enough money to be comfortable.

It'd be nice for something to work out in my favor that doesn't involve getting drunk and forgetting about how stressed I am all the time.

Sep 18, 2009#330

Rob King

Things seem much scarier at 5 in the morning.

Sep 18, 2009#331

Vytamindi

GOD DAMMIT!!!! I give you ONE thing to do while I was at work on Tuesday: Mail my frakkin car note! NEXT TIME PUT A FREAKING STAMP ON IT that way I wouldn't have to leave earlier ON THE DAY IT IS DUE to put it in the mailbox at the P.O. just giving me false hope that it will get there on time AND NOT RESULT IN A LATE FEE!!!!!

GOD DAMN

Sep 18, 2009#332

strawman

Well.

Apparently athlete's foot can lead to an infection. It's amazing how much your skin can stretch when your body keeps pumping fluid into that tissue.

Off to the doctor for me...

-Adam

Sep 18, 2009#333

Espy

Grrrrrr. I RACED through my slides today and still only got 3/4ths of them done during class.

I need a longer class.

Sep 18, 2009#334

strawman

Espy said:
Grrrrrr. I RACED through my slides today and still only got 3/4ths of them done during class.

I need a longer class.

I knew there was a reason you smoked.

-Adam

Sep 18, 2009#335

Espy

It ain't just to get this pretty mug.

Sep 18, 2009#336

ZenMonkey

blah blah blah bitchcakes

Sep 18, 2009#337

strawman

ZenMonkey said:
Not even a fucking "sorry."

That's too bad, because those are the best kind of "sorry"s.

:unibrow:

-Adam

Sep 18, 2009#338

callistarya

You know what I don't freakin get... what the hell are the subject of the threads for anyways?
For instance..The thread titled PIZZA... WTF?? What the hell are you people talking about? Makes me want to go out on my front lawn and scream.....We're talking pepperoni, mushroom, and black olives here!!! WHAT THE FUCK?! Djer juss stupid!

Okay, I'm done. *sigh* *walks back to her corner in the padded cell and begins rocking herself back to sanity*

Sep 18, 2009#339

Wasabi Poptart

It really sucks to be allergic to the shampoo & conditioner that is cheap and works best. Having red, itchy skin and watering eyes kind of takes away from the pretty hair.

Sep 19, 2009#340

Allen, who is Quiet

callistarya said:
You know what I don't freakin get... what the hell are the subject of the threads for anyways?
For instance..The thread titled PIZZA... WTF?? What the hell are you people talking about? Makes me want to go out on my front lawn and scream.....We're talking pepperoni, mushroom, and black olives here!!! WHAT THE FUCK?! Djer juss stupid!

I prefer some different toppings. Let us talk about why we like the toppings we prefer and then come to blows when we cannot reach a mutual understanding. :coffee:

Sep 19, 2009#341

Cheesy1

Yarr, nothing be holdin' me fancy as of late! Most of me friends be gone now, and me games no longer be keepin' me interest. And I be a poor pirate indeed, unable to afford any new games or a night about town.

'Tis a sad state, says I! Maybe I just be needin' a new bonnie lass to help me set afire the seas of passion!

Sep 19, 2009#342

callistarya

Allen said:
You know what I don't freakin get... what the hell are the subject of the threads for anyways?
For instance..The thread titled PIZZA... WTF?? What the hell are you people talking about? Makes me want to go out on my front lawn and scream.....We're talking pepperoni, mushroom, and black olives here!!! WHAT THE FUCK?! Djer juss stupid!

I prefer some different toppings. Let us talk about why we like the toppings we prefer and then come to blows when we cannot reach a mutual understanding. :coffee:[/QUOTE]

put em up

Sep 19, 2009#343

Allen, who is Quiet

they are extremely up

Sep 20, 2009#344

Bubble181

Today's carless sunday in Brussels (well, most cities in Belgium). That means that within city limits, there's no cars allowed. Fine so far. All in favour. Some people get exceptions because of their work, and whatever. I'm one of them - I have to be at work at 05h30, so I can't possibly take public transportation. The speed is limited to 20 mph, though.
All of that is fine. What annoys me sooooo much is the sheer amount of people just suddenly ignoring all basic traffic laws (which remain in full effect), and rules of courtesy.
Yes, red lights still mean STOP. No, the fact that everybody's on bike or on foot doesn't mean you can jsut cross whenever, wherever. There's no law anywhere saying "if there's no-one coming the other side, you can cross a red". There isn't. So stop already. I've seen at least 20 or 30 ppeople go through a red on my 20 minute drive. ARGH. BIKES.
Secondly, I drive 20 mph. It really isn't that fast. It's still faster than you're going to walk or rloller skate, though. So let me PASS. I promise I won't run over your feet. If you insist on walking in the middle of the road, though, I'll get pissy and drive about 1 inch from your heels and honk. Go ahead and cry at me, I'm still in my right - there's a sidewalk; you're technically legally obligated to walk on that.
Really, how hard is it? Don't let your 7 year old alone on a three-lane road - there are still quite a few cars out there, and she's likely not to be attentive enough on her bike. Having to make an emergency stop at 20 mph isn't that big of a problem, but it's not my fault if she's swerving across three lanes that she get sscared by the big bad car coming up behind her. Supervise young children. Follow the rules. Be somewhat social. That's all.

Sep 20, 2009#345

ZenMonkey

What a fucking awful day.

Sep 21, 2009#346

Wahad

Damn. Thunderstruck shut down.

Sep 21, 2009#347

Cajungal

"I don't check my email. I just don't check it everyday. Sorry."

From a student. A fucking. College. Student. REALLY??? SERIOUSLY?!? In this day and age, how can you not check your email when you're a damn student? What are you going to do when you're a teacher and your colleagues and principal are trying to communicate with you? Do you really think that excuse is going to fly?

This is why I hate group projects. No one is ever available, so when we try to join up electronically there's always some idiot who falls through the cracks. Let me do the hour-and-a-half presentation by myself, PLEASE. I'm the only one I can count on.

Sep 21, 2009#348

Gusto

Cajungal said:
I'm the only one I can count on.

This sentence sums up my entire college career.

Sep 21, 2009#349

Cajungal

Gusto;260664][quote=Cajungal said:
I'm the only one I can count on.

This sentence sums up my entire college career.[/QUOTE]

It's asinine to put us in groups anyway. We'll be in our own classrooms as teachers, coming together only to talk about teaching strategies and things like that. The only reason they did is because we have too many students and not enough education teachers. There should be 15 or so of us in a class. We're huge--40 or so people per class in this Block's section.

They're all perfectly nice girls... just not so great on the correspondence. We present on Wednesday, and no one's responded to the emails I sent out yesterday or today. There's just no fucking excuse. This is the one thing I hate about my major--I'm surrounded by fucking girls... girly girls with baby fever and an obsession with pedicures and boutiques. I fit in nowhere.

Sep 21, 2009#350

Adammon

Cajungal;260667][quote=Gusto;260664][quote=Cajungal said:
I'm the only one I can count on.

Sep 21, 2009#351

Cajungal

Yes, ovaries. And fallopiology.

No, Elementary Education. There's ONE GUY in my classes.

Sep 22, 2009#352

AshburnerX

Adammon;260682][quote=Cajungal;260667][quote=Gusto;260664][quote=Cajungal said:
I'm the only one I can count on.

)

Sep 22, 2009#353

Cajungal

I know a few of those.

Sep 22, 2009#354

Bubble181

I knew there was a reason I should've gone into elementary teaching. :-P

Sep 22, 2009#355

Vytamindi

80% of the girls you would meet are airheads, bubble. I pulled that number out of my ass hahaha.

CG, I know how you feeeeeeel. I was the only girl in my 4 ed classes that I took that didn't have an engagement ring. One girl even frikkin brought her toddler to class one night! The professor was so annoyed!

But on to a more current rant: People have no respect for your parking spaces. Yea, they aren't really assigned, but GOD DAMN I have parked there almost every day!! SHE KNOWS THAT IS MY SPOT!!!!

OH, and why is the janitor cleaning my room in the AMs now?

Sep 22, 2009#356

Cajungal

And, you know, I have no beef with chicks who are married, engaged, or have kids. But I always feel like I get work piled on top of me because I'm not planning some frilly princess wedding or taking care of a kid. I shouldn't have to suffer for waiting until I've graduated to do all that.

Another thing that bothers me is how so many of these people just revel in their ignorance. When they don't know something they should, it's like they're offended that the information exists and didn't have the courtesy to crawl into their head. They just giggle and say, "How should I know that???" instead of fucking figuring it out. Ohhhh, how I hate it. Sometimes I laugh at my own ignorance too, but how can someone be so blissful when they're going to be teaching children and don't know what the word "interrogative" means? :waah:

Sep 22, 2009#357

Allen, who is Quiet

because they are taking classes to learn what they should know when they're going to be teaching kids and you should only be really worried about these kinds of things if they don't know these things and are being paid to teach children

Sep 22, 2009#358

Mr_Chaz

Minor rant, but I'm finding myself with less and less time for the forum recently. I mean it's a good thing that I'm getting work and spending time on things I like and so on. But I do kinda miss the place. And it means I have to leave debates just as I'm getting started. I had a lot more to say in the healthcare thread that I just never got a chance to.

Sep 22, 2009#359

Rob King

Mr_Chaz said:
I had a lot more to say in the healthcare thread that I just never got a chance to.

That's fine. You'd have been wrong anyways.

Sep 23, 2009#360

Gusto

Nothing makes it more obvious who the assholes are, then when a bus is full and there are thirty people standing but 4 or 5 of the people who are sitting STILL have their backpacks/purses/whateverthefuck on the seat beside them. :angry:

WHY YES I AM AT SCHOOL TODAY HOW DID YOU GUESS :angry:

Sep 23, 2009#361

Jake

Gusto said:
Nothing makes it more obvious who the assholes are, then when a bus is full and there are thirty people standing but 4 or 5 of the people who are sitting STILL have their backpacks/purses/whateverthefuck on the seat beside them. :angry:

WHY YES I AM AT SCHOOL TODAY HOW DID YOU GUESS :angry:

I had no problem calling people out on that shit when I had to ride a school shuttle. Assholes.

Sep 23, 2009#362

Gusto

Believe me, brother, I fucking called them out. I took my rightfully earned seat. I just wish I didn't have to.

Sep 23, 2009#363

Fun Size

You know what makes me insane? I mean just fills me with enough rage to choke a kitten? These posts:

Wow, I can't believe anyone would find that funny.

Old joke is old.

You know why? Because of the intention behind it. When I see this, the poster drops so far in my esteem as to be painful for a moment. See, this post has exactly one intention: to express that the poster and his/her opinion is superior to your own. It's a completely onanistic effort devoid of any real meaning. I actually value this opinion less that those of racists, people who oppose gay marriage, religious terrorist....take your fucking pick, because as wrongheaded and stupid those people are, I can at least acknowledge that their purpose is noble. They want the world to be a better place, and just disagree with me about how to best go about it. The only reason for these opinions however, beyond blatant egoism, is to suck a potential moment of joy out of someone's life. There is no greater purpose, no good to be had or done by it. It's there to take away. Nothing more. And the people who do it piss me off more than anything anyone has ever said in a political thread.

Sep 23, 2009#364

Garbledina

I just failed my driver's test for the third time and my oven isn't heating properly so I can't eat and fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck I am pissed off.

Sep 24, 2009#365

CynicismKills

Fun Size said:
You know what makes me insane? I mean just fills me with enough rage to choke a kitten? These posts:

Wow, I can't believe anyone would find that funny.

Click to expand...

or

Old joke is old.

Click to expand...

You know why? Because of the intention behind it. When I see this, the poster drops so far in my esteem as to be painful for a moment. See, this post has exactly one intention: to express that the poster and his/her opinion is superior to your own. It's a completely onanistic effort devoid of any real meaning. I actually value this opinion less that those of racists, people who oppose gay marriage, religious terrorist....take your fucking pick, because as wrongheaded and stupid those people are, I can at least acknowledge that their purpose is noble. They want the world to be a better place, and just disagree with me about how to best go about it. The only reason for these opinions however, beyond blatant egoism, is to suck a potential moment of joy out of someone's life. There is no greater purpose, no good to be had or done by it. It's there to take away. Nothing more. And the people who do it piss me off more than anything anyone has ever said in a political thread.

I agree with this 100%.

As for my own rant, I think I might have to look for a new job. Getting 20-25 hours a week after a good month of 30+. Manager training stores suck.

Sep 24, 2009#366

Tinwhistler

Fun Size said:
You know what makes me insane? I mean just fills me with enough rage to choke a kitten? These posts:

Wow, I can't believe anyone would find that funny.

Click to expand...

or

Old joke is old.

Click to expand...

You know why? Because of the intention behind it. When I see this, the poster drops so far in my esteem as to be painful for a moment. See, this post has exactly one intention: to express that the poster and his/her opinion is superior to your own. It's a completely onanistic effort devoid of any real meaning. I actually value this opinion less that those of racists, people who oppose gay marriage, religious terrorist....take your fucking pick, because as wrongheaded and stupid those people are, I can at least acknowledge that their purpose is noble. They want the world to be a better place, and just disagree with me about how to best go about it. The only reason for these opinions however, beyond blatant egoism, is to suck a potential moment of joy out of someone's life. There is no greater purpose, no good to be had or done by it. It's there to take away. Nothing more. And the people who do it piss me off more than anything anyone has ever said in a political thread.

I recently posted a sort-of "old joke is old" post in the PvP vs PA batman debate.

I can promise you that my intention was more along the lines of "Kurts is a hack!"

As for my rant, my paternal grandmother died a couple of days ago. Bleh

Sep 24, 2009#367

Cajungal

So sorry, Tin.

Also, I pretty much agree with Fun Size.

Sep 24, 2009#368

ZenMonkey

Fun Size said:
You know what makes me insane? I mean just fills me with enough rage to choke a kitten? These posts:

Wow, I can't believe anyone would find that funny.

Click to expand...

or

Old joke is old.

Click to expand...

Sep 24, 2009#369

Wasabi Poptart

My sympathies to you and your family, Tin.

Sep 24, 2009#370

phil

ZenMonkey;262714][quote=Fun Size said:
You know what makes me insane? I mean just fills me with enough rage to choke a kitten? These posts:

Wow, I can't believe anyone would find that funny.

Click to expand...

or

Old joke is old.

Click to expand...

I agree on the latter (although not the insane-with-rage part). I see it used rarely as an actual informative statement, but more often than not it just means "I'm so awesome I heard someone tell me that joke before you did." No one gives a shit.

On the former, I don't have a problem with that. One person thinks something is funny, and another person expresses a different opinion about it. That's the forum.

Also, condolences, Tin.[/QUOTE]

It depends on the context of the first one for me. I mean, if someone posted a horribly sad story and someone else responded saying how funny they thought it was, I can understand saying that.

More often than not though, it's just like how funsize said. They just want to make themselves look better by claiming a superior sense of humor. It's basic trolling that adds nothing. It's the use of anyone which really gets to me, because it adds an underhanded insult to whoever made the first post that resulted in the flame. It basicaly says "people with a good sense of humor, like me, don't find this funny. People who do find this funny are inferior to me"

It's similar to when someone will post "____ show is bad, and people who like it are morons" which I just can't stand.

For my own rant, my computer is acting weird again. It's moving letters around and adding spaces as I type.

this is wha it looks lik if i type and don't edit anything out. it's taking lettes and adding it to the front of the curserand moving them all along. reit

Sep 25, 2009#371

ZenMonkey

phil said:
It depends on the context of the first one for me.

Yeah, I take your point. There is a rampant "My opinion is both fact and awesome" attitude around here.

Sep 25, 2009#372

phil

yeah, fuck that shit.

THANK GOD my homework is due next friday and not in 12 hours. I do not want to do that right now. Stupid "let's take a huge jump in difficulty from the last project to the next one...kinda" class.

Also, I think I need to start working out. Who's with me?!?!?!?!?!

Sep 27, 2009#373

figmentPez

*grrr* Stupid Comcast. They've made Cartoon Network into a digital station so I can't get it without a cable box now.

Sep 27, 2009#374

Rob King

My performance last night was sub-par.

Sep 27, 2009#375

Tinwhistler

I got this yesterday.

In the mail.

:waah:

Sep 27, 2009#376

AshburnerX

Tinwhistler said:
I got this yesterday.

In the mail.

:waah:

You can probably get a refund for that, seeing as how somebody fucked up.

Sep 27, 2009#377

Tinwhistler

AshburnerX said:
You can probably get a refund for that, seeing as how somebody fucked up.

Nobody fucked up. I'm an eternal member. I can go every year without cost.

If you don't show up and claim your badge, they mail it to you every year. The years I can't make it, I'm reminded of how much I suck when the badge arrives a couple of weeks later.

Sep 27, 2009#378

AshburnerX

Tinwhistler;263563][quote=AshburnerX said:
You can probably get a refund for that, seeing as how somebody fucked up.

Sep 27, 2009#379

Cajungal

Come on, project partner #3. Take a little initiative. I know your half of the project's partner is out of town, but that doesn't mean you can't make a simple outline or something to go over when she gets back. I'm not going to hold your damn hand. I'm busy with my own shit.

When you have 30 pages of material to make a simple, 15-minute presentation on a teaching model... with headings in the article that serve as the main themes... there's no excuse for confusion.. well, not if you've made it through 3 years of college without failing. Read it. Obtain the main points. Add related bullet points to main points. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes... It's a very simple recipe.

Sep 27, 2009#380

Rob King

Cajungal said:
Read it. Obtain the main points. Add related bullet points to main points. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes... It's a very simple recipe.

If this person is like the countless students that I've had the pleasure of interacting with in my three years, she's probably looking at the wrong recipe. Her recipe card probably reads something like:

1 - Fill casserole dish with wine.
2 - Drink from casserole dish.
3 - Repeat until drunk
4 - Make bad decisions*

*note: step 4 can be supplemented with 'disappoint everyone you know' depending on taste.

---------- Post added at 08:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:30 PM ----------

Furthermore:

2.8 GB left on my Hard drive? WHERE THE FLIP DID IT ALL GO??

I guess I'll be getting an external hard drive sooner than I thought.

Sep 27, 2009#381

Cajungal

She uses at least one can of hairspray per day. Maybe it's affecting her brain... you know, as well as the casserole dish filled with what is most likely box wine.

Nah, but I finally got fed up and just sent her an outline to use. At least this way we're guaranteed to get an A or at least a high B.

Sep 28, 2009#382

Vytamindi

I hate being a woman sometimes.....

More specifically, I hate my uterus. *pain*

Sep 29, 2009#383

Rob King

Ugh. No. NO!

One of my friends, who I've known since before I can remember, has been struggling to get a job after going to school to become a millwright. I'm talking to him now, and he's just about ready to give up.

His plan B is to go into visual arts school.

Now, his girlfriend is in the fine arts school in my hometown. She can draw a pretty picture, and I like her as a human being, but I can't respect her as an 'artist.' For all her pretty pictures, she has nothing to say, and since art to me is communicative ... it's completely devoid of merit.

He could only be worse. If you knew them, I think you would understand.

It just frustrates me that these people can consider themselves artists. Perhaps it's conceited, but they don't deserve to. Not from where I stand.

[/superiority]

Sep 29, 2009#384

Cajungal

Amorous Bitch said:
One girl I had a crush on a few months back just told me she sent a love letter to another girl. >.> I'm not really that hurt by it, but it still sucks. :/ Hey, at least I still got her nudie pics!

Vytamindi said:

I hate being a woman sometimes.....

More specifically, I hate my uterus. *pain*

Click to expand...

Trade you? *wants a child*

I'm on the fence about kids. But I'd gladly give you mine and then just adopt. I've always wanted to adopt... more than I've ever wanted my own biological child.

Sep 29, 2009#385

strawman

Rob King said:
I can't respect her as an 'artist.' For all her pretty pictures, she has nothing to say, and since art to me is communicative ... it's completely devoid of merit.

It just frustrates me that these people can consider themselves artists. Perhaps it's conceited, but they don't deserve to. Not from where I stand.

[/superiority]

Ugh. No. NO!

Fortunately for the world, you are not the judge of what is art and what is not.

-Adam

Sep 29, 2009#386

Cajungal

Well, ya gotta start somewhere, Rob. Maybe after she gets a little bit more experience, she'll have more to say. Or maybe she's all about stopping and appreciating the beauty of things--or even just the reality of things, since not everything is beautiful--and nothing more. There's a place for that, at least I think so. I can be impressed simply by the technique and hard work that goes into painting or sculpting something well. It takes concentration and talent that I just don't have.

Sep 29, 2009#387

Cajungal

I want a hug.

Damn this city.

Sep 29, 2009#388

Rob King

Yeah, after thinking about my post, perhaps I was a bit brutal. I still feel like art should be communicative, but I guess "this hill is pretty" is communication. It's just not a message that I care that much for.

As for my frustration at them being able to think of themselves as artists ... I'll admit that's completely on me. I had a conversation with someone this week about something similar, and she asked me "Are you an artist?" I had to answer 'no.' That crushed me.

I want to be. Arrogant as it sounds: I could be. But an artist has to produce art, and I do stuff at such an appalling rate, I couldn't in good conscience lay claim to the title.

Sorry if my frustrated ranting was ignorant or offensive. I guess this is the more genuine rant.

Sep 29, 2009#389

Cajungal

I gathered that your rant had something to do with frustration with yourself. Not offensive at all, just a very human feeling. I wish I felt more like a writer, and I'm very critical of other writers (because I'm twice as bad towards my own, I guess, and I want to make myself feel better?).

Anyway, trying to make art is frustrating. That reaction towards people who don't share the same vision as you is completely understandable.

Sep 29, 2009#390

strawman

Rob King said:
But an artist has to produce art, and I do stuff at such an appalling rate, I couldn't in good conscience lay claim to the title.

I feel the same way about my various talents. And yet here I am, checking all the threads in this forum instead of working on my many projects.

Don't be so hard on yourself. Do the best you can, work on improving your discipline, and reward yourself for time well spent.

-Adam

Sep 30, 2009#391

kaykordeath

Goddamn doctor (who DOES take my insurance) scheduled my daughter's surgery at a hospital that DOESN'T take the insurance.

So now it's either reschedule for who the hell knows when (and oh yeah wife starts a new job in a week and a half so good luck finding an opportune time), cancel the surgery outright, or go ahead as is and swallow the out of network percentage....

After finally getting her in the mindset to have this done tomorrow, and down to a freakout factor of only 8 out of 10, it's really looking like we're gonna just go for it tomorrow..

but FUUUUUUUCK!!!!

Sep 30, 2009#392

Jake

Hmm... my son is getting a tonsillectomy on Friday. I didn't think to check if the hospital (not our usual) takes our insurance.

Oct 1, 2009#393

LittleSin

Rob King said:
Yeah, after thinking about my post, perhaps I was a bit brutal. I still feel like art should be communicative, but I guess "this hill is pretty" is communication. It's just not a message that I care that much for.

As for my frustration at them being able to think of themselves as artists ... I'll admit that's completely on me. I had a conversation with someone this week about something similar, and she asked me "Are you an artist?" I had to answer 'no.' That crushed me.

I want to be. Arrogant as it sounds: I could be. But an artist has to produce art, and I do stuff at such an appalling rate, I couldn't in good conscience lay claim to the title.

Sorry if my frustrated ranting was ignorant or offensive. I guess this is the more genuine rant.

I also wish I could respond that I'm an artist but I've never had a gallery show, have only sold 12 paintings/drawings in 10 years for pathetic sums and I have terrible work ethic which has only gotten worst since I had the babe.

That being said, I don't have messages in mind when I paint or draw. I just say "That would look awesome" and get started.

Rant

os EVERYONE have an opinion on how to raise and care for my child?!

Oct 1, 2009#394

Cajungal

:\ That's how it goes, Lilsin. I haven't witnessed it with any of the parents here...

....but parents can be fucking SMUG sometimes.

Oct 1, 2009#395

Jake

Apparently the lab doing the blood work necessary for my son's tonsillectomy tomorrow LOST HIS FUCKING BLOOD! My wife had to take him in again to get jabbed, which every 4 year old finds totally awesome, I assure you. In both arms, no less, since they somehow screwed up the first one.

At least they gave us 6 movie tickets, a teddy bear, and a pinwheel. Doesn't quite convert it to a win, though. :explode:

Oct 1, 2009#396

Wasabi Poptart

LittleSin said:
Rantos EVERYONE have an opinion on how to raise and care for my child?!

Parents and non-parents alike whether you ask their advice/opinion or not.

Oct 1, 2009#397

drawn_inward

LOUD NOISES!!!

Oct 1, 2009#398

Cajungal

:waah:

The chain on the necklace that Jake gave me broke. It's a pretty pink bead that he had made for me. I took it off the broken chain so I could bring it into town this weekend and find a new chain for it. The pockets in these new pants are so shallow... it must have fallen out. I have no idea where it is. I'm awful.

:waah:

Oct 1, 2009#399

Silvanesti

fuck this shit. blergherwargle :mad:

Oct 1, 2009#400

strawman

You remember my new baby, of course, but if not:

So he is now is rolling all over creation, not crawling yet, and his rolling has little direction or purpose, but he's mobile. I've asked my wife not to leave him on the bed to sleep anymore, knowing that she probably won't listen, and yesterday he did indeed fall off the bed.

He was sad and grumpy, and his ankle appeared unusually tender, but we figured he may have twisted it when he fell or hit it against one of the drawer handles under the bed. Tenderness like that should go away.

But instead, it's the kind of thing that's not painful until someone touches it, and then he screams bloody murder!

So she takes him into the after hours care tonight at the behest of her mother (and I'm stuck at work due to a software release tomorrow).

What does the radiologist say?

Broken leg!

I don't have all the details, and I'm not angry, but it's certainly very frustrating. Fortunately he isn't in constant pain, and seems to be just fine as long as nobody touches his ankle.

:tear:

Expect the cutest little baby pictures with cast later (should be dealing with that tomorrow, right now it's in a splint). I can only imagine how difficult it'll be to get him in and out of car seats and chairs now.

You'd think that after 4 daredevil boys the baby would be the least likely to suffer a broken leg...

-Adam
-Adam

Oct 1, 2009#401

Rob King

AGH! I keep losing words. I know there's a word for what I want to say, but then I just can't grasp it. This happened one time, and worrying that my brain function was being affected by poor diet, I started to take vitamins. They helped, but I stopped taking them once I lost the remainder of my bottle.

I was feeling similarly verbally neutered two weeks ago, and I figured it was the lack of vitamins again. I've been taking vitamins again now for the last two weeks, and I'm still losing words. I HATE it. I feel so powerless.

I mean, I don't lose my faculty of speech, and I've never been an orator, exactly, but I liked having a vocabulary of potent words. And now ... I feel like an imbecile when I trust myself to remember the word I'm searching for by the time I come to it's place in the sentence, and then I just stand there dumbly, with mouth open.

AAAAAAGGGHHH

[[Rant inspired by another rant I was trying to make, which was undermined when I couldn't remember half the words I was searching for]]

Oct 1, 2009#402

figmentPez

Rob, how bad is your aphasia? Are you only forgetting big words or little ones?

Either way, I sympathize. I have a pretty big vocabulary, and I know what it's like to know there's a much better word than anything that's coming to mind. I also know what it's like to be unable to think of basic words. Whatever is behind all the numerous health problems I have also causes me to periodically be unable to remember how to speak common words (like cookie or sphagetti and whatnot). I've have times when I could describe the concept I wanted to say, and even times when I could write the word but couldn't remember how to speak it. Sometimes just hearing the word restored the connection, other times it took longer to come back.

It's always frustrating to loose words, no matter what level it's at.

Oct 1, 2009#403

Rob King

Mostly medium to big ones. The one I kept losing earlier while trying to make my previous rant was 'indiscretion.' Not that that's a particularly grand example of a word, but it keeps happening, and it makes me sad.

In some cases, it's probably been a blessing, in that the person I was talking to would have asked what the word meant anyhow. But it's stressing me out. I want to choose not to use a word, not have it chosen for me.

Oct 1, 2009#404

strawman

Discord and Dissonance were the words I needed, nay required the last time I was missing words.

Thing is, these are words I need to use only occasionally. I suspect they fall from mind when unused, so I'm going to try using odd words a little more frequently. I'll come off as... uh... what's the word I'm thinking of? grrrr! "better than thou" or "snooty" or... there's a word for this! I know it!

WAAAAUAUAUGHGGHGHRBRBRLEBELLBLLBLBLBLLEEEEE

/brains seep out ears and onto floor...

Me decide me need no special words. Me go now.

-Adam

Oct 1, 2009#405

Silvanesti

Day keeps getting better. Get off of work and find my bathroom partially flooded because the stupid bitch above me let her tub overfill. Call my landlord and he was so ever helpful "well i would use some towels to mop some of that up, i'll fix it when i get a chance"

awesome. :frusty:

Oct 1, 2009#406

strawman

I just found out more. Salter III fracture of the distal tibia involving 40% of the joint surface.

Type 3 break through the bone at the growth plate, separating the bone end from the bone shaft and completely disrupting the growth plate.

* May result in arrested growth and requires surgical treatment.
* Often treated with internal fixation to ensure proper alignment.

gragh.

Now I'm unhappy.

-Adam

Oct 1, 2009#407

strawman

Amorous Vamp;267321][quote=stienman said:
I just found out more. Salter III fracture of the distal tibia involving 40% of the joint surface.

Type 3 break through the bone at the growth plate, separating the bone end from the bone shaft and completely disrupting the growth plate.

* May result in arrested growth and requires surgical treatment.
* Often treated with internal fixation to ensure proper alignment.

Click to expand...

gragh.

Now I'm unhappy.

-Adam

That sucks.

And all this just because your wife was stubborn in the "Oooh, he'll be alright, let him play on the bed. Don't be so paranoid." way? :?[/QUOTE]

It isn't out of stubbornness, just a different risk calculation. She doesn't think it's very dangerous - until life proves her wrong.

On the other hand I'm very conservative about this sort of thing - even if the risk of something bad happening is low I worry and try to change things to reduce the risk.

I trust her completely with our children, though. She beats up on herself more than she deserves when something like this happens, and you can bet she's also getting an earful from her mother and a chiropractor friend.

Suffice to say, this is not the worst that could have happened, she's just the kind of person that prefers learning from her own experience.

-Adam

Oct 2, 2009#408

Cajungal

Aw, steiny. I hope the little guy mends quickly.

I have a knack for seeing what bad can happen. It makes me a little paranoid. I would have been the one wanting the kid off the bed.

Oct 2, 2009#409

ZenMonkey

Man, I feel bad for the forum's parents! Thinking good thoughts for your little ones, Jake and stieny.

Also, Rob, one of the awesome side effects of my illness is "brain fog," which plays merry hell with my verbal recall also. I'll be on a roll writing something and have to stop all the time to coax the damn words off the tip of my tongue, or just admit defeat and go to Google or the thesaurus for them. Sorry you're experiencing that.

Oct 2, 2009#410

CynicismKills

Woo, 5 am, work at 10 and I can't sleep at all.

Gonna be a fun day!

Oct 2, 2009#411

Shakey

My head hurts. Why did I drink last night...

Oct 2, 2009#412

Dave

Why did I think I could pick up Sims 3 and make a game with 6 characters? Holy shit! It's fun, but I haven't even gone through 1 day yet and I already have about 40 screen shots and didn't get to bed until 2!

Oct 2, 2009#413

phil

Test starts in an hour! Going to continue to cram for it, then take it, then get some sleep, then do homework for the same class due at 6pm. I might go to sleep for good once that's all done. Maybe I mean getting a good night's sleep, maybe I mean just strait up dieing! WHO KNOWS?

Oct 2, 2009#414

CynicismKills

CynicismKills said:
Woo, 5 am, work at 10 and I can't sleep at all.

Gonna be a fun day!

Last time I saw a clock it was about 7. Headed into work now. Ugh.

Oct 2, 2009#415

Gusto

Dave said:
Why did I think I could pick up Sims 3 and make a game with 6 characters? Holy shit! It's fun, but I haven't even gone through 1 day yet and I already have about 40 screen shots and didn't get to bed until 2!

Haha, yeah it's overwhelming if you've never played it before. There are even a ton of new things between Sims 2 and 3. I find playing a house with 8 people in it is only possible if I crank up their autonomy and only interfere a tiny bit.

More entertaining too.

RANT: We're putting in a new bay window today, so there is currently a 5' by 9' hole in the front of my house. It's cold and kinda rainy today. And I cannot STAND the cold.

Oct 2, 2009#416

CynicismKills

CynicismKills;267512][quote=CynicismKills said:
Woo, 5 am, work at 10 and I can't sleep at all.

Gonna be a fun day!

Last time I saw a clock it was about 7. Headed into work now. Ugh.[/QUOTE]

It gets better! Drove 25 minutes to work and found out they don't need me today! I just wasted a gallon of gas and half my morning.

Oct 2, 2009#417

Dave

CynicismKills;267545][quote=CynicismKills;267512][quote=CynicismKills said:
Woo, 5 am, work at 10 and I can't sleep at all.

Gonna be a fun day!

Last time I saw a clock it was about 7. Headed into work now. Ugh.[/quote]

It gets better! Drove 25 minutes to work and found out they don't need me today! I just wasted a gallon of gas and half my morning.[/QUOTE]

I seriously wish my work would have said that this morning. I'd waste the gas if I could go home.

Oct 2, 2009#418

Cajungal

Dave said:
Why did I think I could pick up Sims 3 and make a game with 6 characters? Holy shit! It's fun, but I haven't even gone through 1 day yet and I already have about 40 screen shots and didn't get to bed until 2!

Aw man. It's awesome that you're doing it but don't worry if it stops being fun!

Oct 2, 2009#419

Dave

Cajungal;267550][quote=Dave said:
Why did I think I could pick up Sims 3 and make a game with 6 characters? Holy shit! It's fun, but I haven't even gone through 1 day yet and I already have about 40 screen shots and didn't get to bed until 2!

Aw man. It's awesome that you're doing it but don't worry if it stops being fun![/QUOTE]

If it wasn't fun I would have quit at 10 and gone to bed. I looked up at the clock and went "Holy Shit!"

Oct 2, 2009#420

Cajungal

O good. ^_^ Then carry on!

Oct 2, 2009#421

Gusto

Yeah Dave I made my family of 8 Sims and not counting all the times I had to stop and ask people for amendments, it took me 3.5 hours.

Then an additional 2.5 to build the house, and probably another hour to decorate and furnish it to everyone's specifications.

If anyone ever asks me how much time I've spent playing video games, I'll just say:

- World of Warcraft
- The Sims 2
- The Sims 3 (and rising!)(it only came out in frickin' June!)

Oct 2, 2009#422

Dave

I first tried to build my own house and was disappointed that you couldn't furnish whole rooms as a set. So I bought a larger house, added stairs going up to an upper floor and had the Gal sisters move up there.

One question. How do we know whose room belongs to whom? I want the two girls to sleep upstairs but Chaz keeps going there like he owns the joint.

Oct 2, 2009#423

Gusto

Once people sleep in a bed they kinda "imprint" themselves on it. So the first night you gotta kinda tell people where to sleep and after that they'll autonomously decide to sleep in "their" bed unless you tell them otherwise.

Oct 2, 2009#424

ThatNickGuy

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Not only am I unbearably frustrated/stressed/feeling like a complete and total idiot about an upcoming writing assignment for Non-Fiction writing, but I can't seem to buy a goddamn fucking month bus pass. Why? Because very few locations in the city accept either debit or credit card as a form of payment. How the hell can a major form of a city-wide transportation not accept either as a form of payment in this day and age?

And this assignment. Fuck, I don't know. I have to break down a paragraph of a non-fiction essay, finding all the different grammatical definitions within it (participal phrase, etc) and then write a short essay of my own in the same style. Unfortunately, even though I'd like to think of myself as a good writer, I've never remembered what all those different things are. We have a grammar book that's confusing as hell and even then, all the definitions go right over my fucking head.

Couple that with the fact that I have no social life, lonely as hell, been single for five years (haven't been laid just as long) and just...hating everything about my life these days. Feeling like a loser. Honestly, I've been tempted to just step out into traffic a few times while I've been crossing the street.

Oct 2, 2009#425

phil

Failed my test like a man. Time to comfort myself with an episode of Arrested Development, chocolate milk, and a light nap before crackin' down on homework.

It's good to be the king.

Oct 2, 2009#426

Dave

ThatNickGuy said:
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Not only am I unbearably frustrated/stressed/feeling like a complete and total idiot about an upcoming writing assignment for Non-Fiction writing, but I can't seem to buy a goddamn fucking month bus pass. Why? Because very few locations in the city accept either debit or credit card as a form of payment. How the hell can a major form of a city-wide transportation not accept either as a form of payment in this day and age?

And this assignment. Fuck, I don't know. I have to break down a paragraph of a non-fiction essay, finding all the different grammatical definitions within it (participal phrase, etc) and then write a short essay of my own in the same style. Unfortunately, even though I'd like to think of myself as a good writer, I've never remembered what all those different things are. We have a grammar book that's confusing as hell and even then, all the definitions go right over my fucking head.

Couple that with the fact that I have no social life, lonely as hell, been single for five years (haven't been laid just as long) and just...hating everything about my life these days. Feeling like a loser. Honestly, I've been tempted to just step out into traffic a few times while I've been crossing the street.

Read the Mav thread about how to socialize. I know you have issues with meeting new people, but don't you have any friends to hang out with?

Oct 2, 2009#427

Gusto

I'm wearing a long sleeve tee under two sweaters and I'm still freezing. Fuck this giant hole in my house.

Oct 2, 2009#428

CynicismKills

Dave;267549][quote=CynicismKills;267545][quote=CynicismKills;267512][quote=CynicismKills said:
Woo, 5 am, work at 10 and I can't sleep at all.

Gonna be a fun day!

Oct 2, 2009#429

AshburnerX

Gusto said:
I'm wearing a long sleeve tee under two sweaters and I'm still freezing. Fuck this giant hole in my house.

... why is there a giant hole in your house?

Oct 2, 2009#430

Gusto

AshburnerX;267709][quote=Gusto said:
I'm wearing a long sleeve tee under two sweaters and I'm still freezing. Fuck this giant hole in my house.

... why is there a giant hole in your house?[/QUOTE]

PROTIP: Read my previous rant - we're putting in a new bay window today and it's 5 degrees Celsius outside.

Oct 2, 2009#431

Allen, who is Quiet

Gusto said:
Fuck this giant hole in my house.

If I were that large, :hitit:

Oct 2, 2009#432

Gusto

It was just a matter of time.

Oct 2, 2009#433

Allen, who is Quiet

any idea how to perform foreplay on drywall?

Oct 2, 2009#434

AshburnerX

Allen said:
any idea how to perform foreplay on drywall?

Drywall doesn't want foreplay, it just wants to get nailed.

Oct 2, 2009#435

Iaculus

Allen said:
any idea how to perform foreplay on drywall?

See, now there's your problem...

Oct 2, 2009#436

Allen, who is Quiet

AshburnerX;267745][quote=Allen said:
any idea how to perform foreplay on drywall?

Drywall doesn't want foreplay, it just wants to get nailed.[/QUOTE]

sure, but only when it gets hammered.

Oct 2, 2009#437

AshburnerX

Allen said:
any idea how to perform foreplay on drywall?

Drywall doesn't want foreplay, it just wants to get nailed.[/QUOTE]

sure, but only when it gets hammered.[/QUOTE]

It's still better than getting screwed.

Oct 2, 2009#438

Allen, who is Quiet

either way, when I'm done, that house is going to be a complete wreck

Oct 2, 2009#439

Gusto

Gonna rock it to its foundations, eh?

Oct 2, 2009#440

drawn_inward

AGGHHH! My current roommate is moving out in the middle of the effin semester!! Damn it!!! Now I have to find another roommate or go find another place to live!! In the middle of the semester??? Asshole.

Oct 2, 2009#441

ZenMonkey

I hate having to contact my father. It only underscores the fact that he hasn't spoken to me since I became disabled and I inevitably get depressed. Maybe I'll get phenomenally lucky and he'll actually answer this email, which only has to do with a bit of family medical history.

EDIT: Well, he replied. He didn't answer the question.

I know I'm a grown woman and all that shit but I'm going to go cry now.

Oct 2, 2009#442

Allen, who is Quiet

Gusto said:
Gonna rock it to its foundations, eh?

yeah

Oct 3, 2009#443

Shakey

So, my grandma has alzheimers. She's had it for a while now, and it's gotten pretty bad. Lately she has been in and out of the hospital frequently for pneumonia, and they finally figured out why she keeps getting it. Apparently due to the alzheimers her throat doesn't work right anymore. Some of her food is going into her lungs when she eats. They asked my grandpa to start thinking about when they should stop trying to treat the pneumonia...

Now it's time to put on a happy face and go to a wedding.

Oct 3, 2009#444

Alucard

In my opinions weddings suck at least the one with my brother

Oct 3, 2009#445

Rob King

GAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! I am at the theater anywhere between one to three times weekly, and I still did not know that this was being shown. And I did so love Evangelion, too.

DAMMIT!

Oct 3, 2009#446

D

Dubyamn

Rob King said:
GAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! I am at the theater anywhere between one to three times weekly, and I still did not know that this was being shown. And I did so love Evangelion, too.

DAMMIT!

Oct 3, 2009#447

Rob King

Thanks man! I'll just go pop some popcorn and read your post again

Oct 4, 2009#448

Rob King

I need to get a blog, because I think I use this thread far too much.

Rant1: I've been practicing line drawings in pen. I can do pretty well with most things, but somehow I cannot do humans. At all. Not a model, not even from a photograph. I'll keep practicing, but so far this weekend, I've done 20ish pages, none of them worth half a damn. Ink is so unforgiving.

Rant2: We just went over our monthly interweb limit. I didn't even know we had a limit. Anyhow, now I have to slack off my heavy internet usage, and this makes me less than happy.

Rant3: Old ex girlfriend that I've been hanging out with, and trying to maintain a friendship with, is acting girlfriend-y. She's saying girlfriend-y things. This really concerns me. I am not interested in her, but I hate hurting people's feelings.

Oct 4, 2009#449

Cajungal

Hurt her now instead of much later!!!

As for your art, practice makes perfect!

You can do it! Cajungal believes in you.

Oct 5, 2009#450

Vytamindi

IT IS MONDAY.

At least it's a four day week.... FOR STUDENTS!!

I hate coming to school on Fridays when there's no students.... WAGGAHAHGAGAGAGA

Oct 5, 2009#451

Iaculus

Dubyamn;268408][quote=Rob King said:
GAAAAARRRRGGGGHHHH! I am at the theater anywhere between one to three times weekly, and I still did not know that this was being shown. And I did so love Evangelion, too.

DAMMIT!

Watch the first couple episodes up to the laser shooting cube thing, imagine a few scenes with Rei and Shinji looking looking awkward and Gendo and his second saying how they should make the 2 closer and a scene of the last angel on the moon.

There you saw the first Evangelion movie.[/QUOTE]

On the plus side, the new visuals were very pretty. New Ramiel = creepy.

Also, the second film takes a rapid turn for the batshit insane.

Incidentally, though I realise it's nowhere near the same, you can actually find a decent-quality version on the 'net with a quick Googlesearch.

Oct 5, 2009#452

Wasabi Poptart

I think I accidentally donated my daughter's Halloween costume to Goodwill. Otherwise, a portal from the 5th dimension has opened up in my bedroom and it was the only thing taken away.

Oct 5, 2009#453

Silvanesti

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

I pay my motherufcking rent on motherfucking time so i expect you to fix motherfucking problems on motherfucking time.

I told you about this fucking problem over two months ago. I told you about it again a week ago. And now theres a giant hole in my bathroom cealing because you're a fucking dumbass.

:explode:

Oct 5, 2009#454

ZenMonkey

Silvanesti said:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

I pay my motherufcking rent on motherfucking time so i expect you to fix motherfucking problems on motherfucking time.

I told you about this fucking problem over two months ago. I told you about it again a week ago. And now theres a giant hole in my bathroom cealing because you're a fucking dumbass.

:explode:

How weird...a post of mine from about 8 years ago seems to have resurfaced.

Seriously, good luck with that. I ended up just living with the hole in the ceiling.

Oct 5, 2009#455

Adammon

BlackCat said:
In my opinions weddings suck at least the one with my brother

Problem solved: Don't marry your brother

Oct 5, 2009#456

Rob King

ZenMonkey;269472][quote=Silvanesti said:
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU

I pay my motherufcking rent on motherfucking time so i expect you to fix motherfucking problems on motherfucking time.

I told you about this fucking problem over two months ago. I told you about it again a week ago. And now theres a giant hole in my bathroom cealing because you're a fucking dumbass.

:explode:

How weird...a post of mine from about 8 years ago seems to have resurfaced.

Seriously, good luck with that. I ended up just living with the hole in the ceiling.[/QUOTE]

Yup. She was a good neighbor like that. :eyebrows:

~The Tenant Upstairs

Oct 6, 2009#457

Cajungal

Grrr....

I've been trying to upload my newest uke video, but it keep failing! :waah:

---------- Post added at 12:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:28 PM ----------

^like my grammar just now.

Oct 6, 2009#458

Gusto

Thanksgiving is cancelled for ol' Gusto.

Oct 6, 2009#459

Cajungal

:waah: Sorry

Oct 6, 2009#460

Rob King

Fuck. I'm hurting someone very much on the phone right now.

Better now than later. But I hate being here.

Extended rant upcoming. I could use a hug, though.

Oct 6, 2009#461

Gusto

HUGS!

Oct 6, 2009#462

Cajungal

*HUG!*

Oct 6, 2009#463

Rob King

So.

Dated girl two years ago. Crashed and burned. Slowly. Very slowly. I declared that we should split up in November. She agreed. I've since discovered that she ALWAYS agrees. As long as things are hypothetical, or only in the planning stages, she'll agree. When it comes to action, well ... we finally split in January, and it was a goddamn mess.

Every so often, we've run into each-other and had conversations. It's been civil. We were very good friends before, and she is very special to me. A huge influence on my life. Important.

This September, we decided we'd be friends again. We got together for a movie about three weeks back, and it was fine. We discussed the fact that there was tension in the air. After we talked about tension, we ended up in my bed for five hours. Not doing anything heavy, but we pretended like it was okay. Neither of us wanted a relationship with each-other (I suspect she was lying ... as I said before, she agrees when things deal with non-realities) and we were both just lonely.

I knew it was a bad idea, but I was satisfied. Happy, even, for a day. Then, the next time we were together, she didn't want to do anything. No movies, no TV, no going out, no nothing. We cooked supper, and then essentially just ended up fooling around in bed again.

Same thing next time, minus the supper. And the next. And the next.

Finally, I realize that this is bad news. We've ended up in the same garbage relationship we had two years ago, and I didn't want that. I told her today that we need to dial things back. We can't hang out so frequently. Once every few weeks is enough. We also can't hang out so privately. We need to go to the mall, a movie, or something like that. Otherwise things get physical.

She 'doesn't understand.' We end up talking about it, and then she launches in to how she's going through a hard time right now, and she needs a good friend to be there for her. I told her I want to be her friend, but she needs other people in her life to lean on. I can't be her rock. She starts guilting me into being that rock, and yet she says she doesn't want me to be her rock, just her friend. I ask her how many other friends she's called tonight to talk about this stuff to. The obvious answer is zero. She stays silent.

I want to be her friend. But I can't be her only friend. I can't be her principal friend. Like I said, she is important to me, but I need to move on with my life. There is another relationship that I want to pursue, that could end in a healthy relationship for me. Maybe that sounds selfish, but she needs a life without Rob too.

Anyhow. During her weeping, she asked why I allowed us to grow so close in the last few weeks if I didn't want such a close friendship. I told her it's because I thought things would be different. Things are the same, and that's why they fail again. When she asks what needs to change, I decide to go with the harsh reality: "You need to mature."

Nobody likes hearing that. But I don't regret saying it. It's true. She's 21 years old, and the 'whole bunch of crap' she's going through in life right now? Her mother is out of town, and she's home alone for the first time in her life.

I wish she had a mentor who would tell her to go out and live. Get her own apartment. Go away for school. Do something to mature.

Maybe then we could really be friends, instead of me being the sole anchor for a rickety ship in a stormy sea.

And now I'm going to go cry. As true as it is that we need to be away from each other, it kills me that I'm hurting her.

Hugs plz?

Oct 6, 2009#464

Wasabi Poptart

Rob - What you did was a whole lot better than stringing her along or holding out for something to change. It sucks to hurt someone you care about, but sometimes it is unavoidable.

*hugs*

Oct 6, 2009#465

CynicismKills

It couldn't have been easy, Rob, but it sounds like you did what was best for both of you. You can be comfortable and she can (hopefully) move on.

Oct 6, 2009#466

Cajungal

What she said, pal. You did what what had to be done. I'm sure you're hurting, but if it's the right thing to do, you've gotta look out for yourself.

I wish you a happier day tomorrow.

Oct 6, 2009#467

Rob King

Thanks, guys. It's not quite my most favorite day in recent memory, but I hope things will get better.

Oct 7, 2009#468

Silvanesti

This is the step by step breakdown of a totally fucking incompetent landlord

First there was water dripping:

Which caused a small hole and large crack to appear:

Which, when left alone with more water, allowed that hole and crack to get bigger:

Eventually the entire fucking area collapses.

The entire time I was calling once a day over the course of two weeks. The fucking asshole did nothing.

Awesome.

Oct 7, 2009#469

ZenMonkey

Rob King said:
I wish she had a mentor who would tell her to go out and live. Get her own apartment. Go away for school. Do something to mature.

Maybe then we could really be friends, instead of me being the sole anchor for a rickety ship in a stormy sea.

And now I'm going to go cry. As true as it is that we need to be away from each other, it kills me that I'm hurting her.

I hate to say it, but she'll be okay.

You did what was right for both you and her. She's really young and she will get over you and move on to other guys. (Or girls.) If she's really smart, she'll learn something from what you told her -- if not now, then eventually.

I was in almost the exact same boat when I broke up with the guy I was dating, after I met Mr. ZM. I had already been planning to break up with him and the reason was simple: I was his "one," but he was not mine. And he was only 24 at the time, mature in some ways but not in others, and similarly I was kind of his only friend and lifeline.

When we broke up he took it really fucking hard, so I understand where you are right now. But eventually he made a much better life for himself, developing new hobbies and making friends, which he never bothered to do when we were together even though after the first six months or so it was long distance.

Is it better to hurt her now, or further along when things are more serious? You really did the right thing, and extra points for being so honest with her. I could have used a break-up like that in my early 20s where someone told me what I was doing wrong. And I don't mean to sound heartless towards her; it just sounds so much like this is the best for both of you.

Oct 7, 2009#470

CynicismKills

Dear chucklefucks a few balconies over, thanks for spending 3:30-4:30 or longer laughing like coke-addled hyenas. I didn't want a good night's sleep anyway.

Oct 7, 2009#471

Vytamindi

I'm eating a tic tac for breakfast because the brand new bag of bagels I purchased is starting to mold?

*siiiiiigh*

Rob and Zen... hoo boy. Been there. Done that. It sucks to hurt someone who used to be such a good friend.

Oct 7, 2009#472

Fun Size

So, apparently they sent home a notice that today was picture day at my daughter's school. I say "apparently" because my daughter was home sick with strep throat yesterday. So I get an email this morning letting me know this (real helpful, guys - thanks), and now I'm stressed because this is the second year in a row she went in on picture day without wearing the outfit we specifically bought for picture day. Last year I ran the outfit to school and had her change. This year, I think we're going for the retakes.

Oct 7, 2009#473

Bubble181

Rob: big hugs, dude. Been in a similar situation and such....My best advice is not to turn into me, circa 6 months ago :confused:

. You did the right thing, really.

Oct 7, 2009#474

strawman

Fun Size said:
So, apparently they sent home a notice that today was picture day at my daughter's school. I say "apparently" because my daughter was home sick with strep throat yesterday. So I get an email this morning letting me know this (real helpful, guys - thanks), and now I'm stressed because this is the second year in a row she went in on picture day without wearing the outfit we specifically bought for picture day. Last year I ran the outfit to school and had her change. This year, I think we're going for the retakes.

Ugh. School pictures. We did them a few times in the past, but it was just too expensive to do it every year for every kid.

We finally did family portraits last year at Olin Mills in Kmart, and got THE BEST PHOTOGRAPHER IN THE WORLD. She must have been, because not only were the kids tired and hungry, but the photos were perfect. She got them to smile naturally, pose, etc.

It was cheap compared to school photos, we got more than enough individual shots of the kids (rather than assembly line photography by amateurs at school), and we got the right to reproduce the photos (they came on CD in full resolution).

So yeah, when school called today to remind us, "We haven't received your picture orders..." we said, "That's true, you haven't. Don't hold your breath."

It's great that the school makes a bit of money off this, no school has too much money, but I'm not paying THAT much for such low quality portraits.

Also, rant rant rant about work: If you want me to generate the correct data, you've got to give me the inputs first. If you give me the wrong file, of course I'm going to generate the wrong data and no, I can't go back in time and generate the data by the end of today with the correct inputs. If you're wasting time in an expensive testing lab, I feel sorry that you are suffering due to your poor execution of your job.

Blech.

-Adam

Oct 7, 2009#475

Silvanesti

Amorous Eyes said:
That's crazy...
What an asshole of a landlord.... Sowwiez...

Now what?

No idea. I was pissed about the little hole (about 3 inches or so) now that the entire area is fucked I can't even use my shower now.

Best of all the fucking prick doesn't seem particuallarly worried "Oh if i can't fix it then i guess I'll call a plumber"

Awesome, yeah, good idea to wait off on calling the guy that could fix it right away.

Oct 7, 2009#476

Rob King

You know ... this might sound narcissistic, but I want to get a portrait done of myself now. I haven't gotten a studio photograph of myself since my high school grad (4 years ago now), and if I ever get a personal website up, it might be nice to put up a picture NOT taken by a camera-phone ...

Oct 7, 2009#477

Wasabi Poptart

Dear Discover Card:

FUCK YOU! You're raising your rate to nearly 30% plus prime when the account holder has an excellent credit/FICO score, a low balance, and makes his payments on time? You can jam that credit card in your bunghole, douchebags.

Oh and, just for good measure, fuck you.

Oct 7, 2009#478

ZenMonkey

Yeah, two of my credit cards pulled that shit, and then AmEx ($250 balance, been paying off the $15 minimum like clockwork) cancelled my card because of all the newly huge monthly payments on those other cards. WTF.

Oct 7, 2009#479

Dave

All of my credit cards have been mulched. They're just too damned easy to use.

Oct 7, 2009#480

Bubble181

I just honestly, seriously, don't understand this odd thing about credit cards wherever you people live. I have a VISA, it charges me next to nothing, it's free. I mostly just use it for cash withdrawals abroad, in restaurants, and for on line payments, and it's well worth it. Just...Come on! Keep track of what you have, what you spend, and pay everything in your mind when you pay it, not when the bill "suddenly" comes. I don't get how intelligent, careful, etc people can end up in credit troubel without outside influence. (Mind this last bit. I can absolutely understand being the picture perfect example of great accounting and suddenly landing in deep shit due to unexpected costs. Totaled cars, high medical bills, whatever.)

Oh well.

Oct 7, 2009#481

Bubble181

Well, ok, that might be a slight hickup there.
Though Argenta still gives out free Visa with their accounts, as long as they're paid off at the end of the month and the account doesn't go negative :-P

Oct 7, 2009#482

ZenMonkey

Bubble181 said:
I just honestly, seriously, don't understand this odd thing about credit cards wherever you people live.

Thanks for the lecture but you may have noticed both Frau VildSoul and myself talked about getting screwed despite GOOD credit practices. It's called "fallout from the U.S. economy nosedive."

Oct 7, 2009#483

Wasabi Poptart

ZenMonkey;271150][quote=Bubble181 said:
I just honestly, seriously, don't understand this odd thing about credit cards wherever you people live.

Thanks for the lecture but you may have noticed both Frau VildSoul and myself talked about getting screwed despite GOOD credit practices. It's called "fallout from the U.S. economy nosedive."[/QUOTE]

Exactly. My husband and I both have excellent credit scores. It was his card before we were married. He has never made a late payment. He has always kept a small balance which he has paid a little more than the minimum payment on each month. There is nothing wrong with how he has handled his account. The credit card company has raised their interest rates regardless because they are trying to recoup their losses from people who have defaulted on their accounts and eliminate small-time customers like us because we don't make the institution enough money.

Oct 7, 2009#484

strawman

Every time the CC companies do that, my wife gets on the phone, reads them the riot act, and they reduce the interest rate.

However, it wasn't until this year that we finally paid off all our credit cards, and only have mortgage/education/vehicle debt.

But yes, in general the CC companies are evil.

Keep in mind that when they say they are hurting by the economy, they are lying through their teeth. Between retail fees (1-3% + $0.35 per transaction, and they do millions of transactions daily) and interest rates they charge customers, nothing but an apocalypse can cause them to hurt, even if half their customers default.

Like many other businesses they are taking advantage of the 'economic climate' to introduce changes that will only make them more profitable, but would be unpopular if done at any other time.

-Adam

Oct 7, 2009#485

MindDetective

You guys made me go check my credit card interest rate! Whew. I'm not getting screwed. You had me worried, though. Really.

Oct 7, 2009#486

strawman

MindDetective said:
You guys made me go check my credit card interest rate! Whew. I'm not getting screwed. You had me worried, though. Really.

It's a good time to check. As far as I can tell they are almost randomly jacking up interest rates to obscene levels, hoping customers won't notice (and I bet many don't).

-Adam

Oct 7, 2009#487

Garbledina

I can't really talk about what I'm angry about just in case someone tracks me to this forum, however unlikely that may be, but FUCK am I angry.

Oct 7, 2009#488

Wasabi Poptart

stienman said:
Every time the CC companies do that, my wife gets on the phone, reads them the riot act, and they reduce the interest rate.

I usually do that, too. Earlier in the year I got a notice from my credit card company saying they were raising my credit limit. I didn't need such a high limit and had planned to call them to ask to have to put back to my normal limit. I procrastinated. A few weeks later, I got a notice that they were raising the interest rate to 15% plus prime. The letter said to call their 800 number if you wanted to refuse the new rate and close the account. So I called. I told the representative that as a long-standing customer whose account has always been in good order I should not have to pay such a high rate especially since my credit limit was just raised considerably. I was told I was welcome to close my account if I felt the rate was unfair. So I did.

Oct 8, 2009#489

Nile

We dated for a month back in June. Please, move on. There's a difference between being friendly and what you're doing now. We've now been separated for.. 3 times longer than we were dating. GET OVER ME AND MOVE ON. I know I have.

Oct 8, 2009#490

Bubble181

Frau VildSoul;271201][quote=ZenMonkey;271150][quote=Bubble181 said:
I just honestly, seriously, don't understand this odd thing about credit cards wherever you people live.

Oct 8, 2009#491

ZenMonkey

Fuck fuck crappity fucking crap. Goddamn motherfucking assholes. I voted for Trutanich, that slimy douchestick. Ass-sucking bait-and-switcher.

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/10/cooley-says-pot-dispensaries-will-be-prosecuted.html

(The guy quoted at the end is my friend who runs the only dispensary I go to. It's a model of safe, compassionate access which has been around for many years, and Barry is a model of a law-abiding MMJ activist. I knew he was going to protest there and they probably picked him to interview because he looks like a regular guy and not a dumbass pothead.)

Oh, and anyone who wants to argue about legality and so forth with me? Pick your moment. This isn't it.

:mad2:

Oct 8, 2009#492

phil

I am charlie, and the kid is my computer science class. Apparently I'm making a B in it, but I still feel like it could be a trick.

Oct 8, 2009#493

drifter

stienman;271207][quote=MindDetective said:
You guys made me go check my credit card interest rate! Whew. I'm not getting screwed. You had me worried, though. Really.

It's a good time to check. As far as I can tell they are almost randomly jacking up interest rates to obscene levels, hoping customers won't notice (and I bet many don't).

-Adam[/QUOTE]

Holy crap! Evidently, I won't be using my Mastercard much any more. Viva Visa!

Oct 8, 2009#494

Cajungal

Blech. The LSU/Florida game approaches. Better get any weekend provisions I need on Friday. On Saturday my town will be chock full of tailgaters, I won't be able to escape our damn school colors anywhere, and the air will smell like light beer and chicken fingers until Monday afternoon.

Oct 9, 2009#495

Gusto

GET 'RUNK SEEJ.

Oct 9, 2009#496

Cajungal

O, I shall. Jeez, I've been really bleak about this whole damn weekend. Oh well... the game's the perfect excuse to keep the fella in all day. :unibrow:

Oct 9, 2009#497

Tinwhistler

So, I took a new job about a month ago.

It's a good job...the department is full of socially awkward programmer types, so I don't have to justify my existence to some type-a personality marketing dumbass.

Everyone here understands the nature of the business: Some weeks you might work 60 hours to meet a deadline. Some weeks, you might not have any work at all. You're not expected to invent work to 'look busy'. The other day I saw one of my co-workers playing Aion at his desk, and nobody cared.

I got a $7500/year raise when i took the job, which is a mighty fine raise indeed.

They have flex time here, so i can come in early, work through part of lunch, and leave at 3:30 pm so that I can make sure I'm on time to pick up all the kids from school.

I gave up an office to take the job, and now I'm in a cubicle, but there are only 4 of them. they're 6 feet tall, and all spaced so that nobody can sneak up behind you while you're working..."for maximum privacy" my boss says.

So, why is this a rant?

The guy in the cubicle behind me.

Every 10-15 minutes he takes a huge deep breath and lets out the most emo sigh in the world. You can hear it throughout the entire office. It sounds like he just got bad news, and his life has sucked so bad up until this point that he can't even get angry about it. All he can do is sigh this huge martyr sigh. The kind of sigh that screams "please ask me what's wrong so I can tell you my troubles, going on and on with my litany of pain and disappointment until you claw your eyeballs from their sockets in agony."

I swear to god that i just want to hand him a razor and say "look, dude, if life sucks so bad, just go ahead and take care of business."

But I know it's not because he's depressed. He's been doing it the entire month I've been here. And he's an upbeat guy, and not any kind of Debbie Downer at all. It's just some kind of behavioral quirk.

But jesus fuck is it annoying.

Oct 9, 2009#498

phil

HOLY FUCK YOU STUPID CAT!

The god damn thing just chewed through my headphones cord! I kept telling it to not fuckin' do that and tried to scare it off when it did but just now as it was laying on my stomach as I watched Hulu it fuckin' bit right through the thing.

I'm [---] this close to leaving the door open and letting the damn thing just be someone else's problem.

Why did my roommate have to get a fuckin' cat? I hope he dosen't mind me having my speakers back on my computer and us competing for sound again, 'cause that's the way it's going to be from now on.

---------- Post added at 06:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM ----------

Now I can't even punish it!

I put it in the bathroom (after making sure the toilet and stuff was closed so it couldn't drown or anything) and the insufferable meowing is so sad sounding that I know I won't last 5 minutes before letting it out.

Oct 9, 2009#499

Fun Size

phil said:
HOLY FUCK YOU STUPID CAT!

The god damn thing just chewed through my headphones cord! I kept telling it to not fuckin' do that and tried to scare it off when it did but just now as it was laying on my stomach as I watched Hulu it fuckin' bit right through the thing.

I'm [---] this close to leaving the door open and letting the damn thing just be someone else's problem.

Why did my roommate have to get a fuckin' cat? I hope he dosen't mind me having my speakers back on my computer and us competing for sound again, 'cause that's the way it's going to be from now on.

---------- Post added at 06:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:34 PM ----------

Now I can't even punish it!

I put it in the bathroom (after making sure the toilet and stuff was closed so it couldn't drown or anything) and the insufferable meowing is so sad sounding that I know I won't last 5 minutes before letting it out.

Bitter apple spray. You get it at the pet store. Spritz your cords, and kitty ceases taking interest. Non-toxic and everything.

Oct 9, 2009#500

phil

My roommate said some people use hot sauce to prevent this kind of thing. Sounds a lot more fun :flame:

eh, whatever. Jeff has it in his room now, and says he can fix my headphones.

Time to figure out how to do shit with CSS pages for my computer science labwork.

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