Rant VI: Now Drama Free
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Wasabi Poptart
That really sucks, Rob.
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darkangel6988
Are you talking about 4 am your time or his time? He's in Arizona so he's two hours behind you (I think that's right because they don't do Daylight Savings). If he called at your 4 am, then it was only 2 where he is. That's about the time a lot of people get out of bars anyways. From his perspective he was calling you at 2 o'clock to let you know he was okay. That's still inconsiderate but a valid mitigating factor.[/QUOTE]
Nah your right ..he had called at 1250 his time though saying I'll call ya back in 20 minutes i'm on my way home....So when he didnt call for another hour and 10 minutes I was really worried cuz we have the type of relationship where he always does what he says he's going to do which is a really nice quality about him. He just feel asleep and I was so tired and worried I freaked out but the good news is he apologized for sleeping and I apolgized for going crazy and let him know I was just scared there had been an accident or something so it all worked out
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Why does he have to call?[/QUOTE]
Because he just always has . IT's a nice quality he posesses. He always calls to say goodnight when he's away unless ofcourse he's in Iraq or Afghanistan. It's part of something said when we got married. Never go to bed without saying I love you and Never go to bed angry. It's just our thing. I'm a big enough person to admit I over reacted a lil but I was really scared he never had made it home. SO yeah that's why he has to call which really isn't him having to call . Just him being caring enough to do it because we both do
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So very sorry to hear this Rob. Hang in there xo
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So Yeah I have no rant just a small update...
My hubby and I got to spend lots of time together last night online and on the phone........We talked everything over and had a really good time......So i know i've been ranting about me being irritated with him lately but finally I think the blah part of us bumping heads is finally come to an end. Just wanted to let yall know. Thanks for hearing my rants during this hard time where we're both seperated and miserable. It's almost over though now I'm half way thru . Just another half to go and we shall be together again YAYYYYYYYYY!
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Wasabi Poptart
darkangel - I'm a little behind on the goings on here at Halforms. Is your husband on deployment or preparing for one? I know when mine is about to leave the stress sometimes gets to me and I blow up over little things that normally wouldn't bother me so much. My husband and I have an agreement about calling, too. It's not that I'm trying to keep track of what he's doing. Really, I trust him enough to honestly say I don't care what he's doing. I just want to know he's ok if he's running late or out drinking with the guys instead of worrying that something bad might have happened.
Not gonna get into details, but I wish I could eat my sandwich properly.
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darkangel6988
He is away at school in Arizona with the army....been gone since Jan 7th. So yeah I think tiredness and previous problems helped me blow up on that one. I'm glad the wicked storm of arguments is over. We're both relieved and much happier
It's very stressful so i workout like crazy and walk alot it seems to help a small bit.
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makare
So I was driving to pick up my sister tonight. It's crummy out all rainy and Im stopped at this light and this stupid bitch forgot to turn her blinker on so we are all sitting there because no one knows what is going on. FINALLY she turns it on and turns so everyone can go one with their lives.
Unfortunately, the stupid bitch was ME! Are we allowed to rant about ourselves because there are like five people out there who are probably ranting about me already. I hate it when I do stuff like that. Usually I am a very careful driver.
Unfortunately, the stupid bitch was ME! Are we allowed to rant about ourselves because there are like five people out there who are probably ranting about me already. I hate it when I do stuff like that. Usually I am a very careful driver.
I was at a stop light today and this dumb woman was sitting there forever until she finally turned on her blinker so we knew what she was doing. People can be so stupid sometimes!
Wait until, "The winner gets to write the history" turns into "The producer gets to write the history," where our film re-enactments of hostorical events, as far away as they are from the truth, will be taken as gospel centuries from now simply because we lived in the same century as teh actual events, and films are much more accessible than text.
Your great, great, great, great, great, great grandson will be hitting people over the head with blue ray discs...
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makare
Ain't that the truth.
*I* always drive perfectly. Like just now I drove around in fog.. no problems. Some people's kids.. seriously.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuugh. I miss you guys.
Buying a house! Hoorah! My name is going to be on the deed thingy, but right now I am so fucking broke. All the checks I wrote the last week of Feb. and this month cleared TODAY. Fuck. I was -$450 in my account... after transferring $500 from savings to checking, I start to freak because I need at least $3,200 in my savings for closing costs... now there's $2,900. I know I will have it on the 15th, but I am always ALWAYS very careful with my money. This just makes me feel so useless....
But the good news: I will have a HOUSE at the end of the month (pending my inspection today, which went great), I will not have to pay mortgage for at least one month (maybe two! SQUEE) and I get a big, fat, tax credit.
I also am thankful for the two people working for me. Without them, this whole adventure would be a Snafu!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Forgot. They're changing my teaching assignment for next year. Instead of being at MY school all day, I get to go to another school in the area for their first hour. UGH. This school has HUGE disciplinary problems (think inner-city in a farm town) but at least I get to leave my school 45 minutes earlier each day...
And I heard all of this from word of mouth... NOT from my supervisor... Beh.
Love you guys!
Buying a house! Hoorah! My name is going to be on the deed thingy, but right now I am so fucking broke. All the checks I wrote the last week of Feb. and this month cleared TODAY. Fuck. I was -$450 in my account... after transferring $500 from savings to checking, I start to freak because I need at least $3,200 in my savings for closing costs... now there's $2,900. I know I will have it on the 15th, but I am always ALWAYS very careful with my money. This just makes me feel so useless....
But the good news: I will have a HOUSE at the end of the month (pending my inspection today, which went great), I will not have to pay mortgage for at least one month (maybe two! SQUEE) and I get a big, fat, tax credit.
I also am thankful for the two people working for me. Without them, this whole adventure would be a Snafu!
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK. Forgot. They're changing my teaching assignment for next year. Instead of being at MY school all day, I get to go to another school in the area for their first hour. UGH. This school has HUGE disciplinary problems (think inner-city in a farm town) but at least I get to leave my school 45 minutes earlier each day...
And I heard all of this from word of mouth... NOT from my supervisor... Beh.
Love you guys!
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makare
I would watch that show.
Also, nice to see you back.[/QUOTE]
I would pay to see farm boys riceing their tractors with spoilers, lifts, sound systems, and underbody lighting.
I would watch that show.
Also, nice to see you back.[/QUOTE]
I would pay to see farm boys riceing their tractors with spoilers, lifts, sound systems, and underbody lighting.[/QUOTE]
I would pay good money to fire an MM-1 at them while they were driving said riced-tractors.
I would watch that show.
Also, nice to see you back.[/QUOTE]
I would pay to see farm boys riceing their tractors with spoilers, lifts, sound systems, and underbody lighting.[/QUOTE]
That's called a Tractor-Pull, and you have to pay to see them. Sideshow to it is Monster Truck racing.
Ugh, I hate it when the public health nurse makes appointments to come over. I get so nervous. I'm a very cluttered person and this is reflected in my living space. I'm worried I'm going to be told off for not having a baby safe environment. I'm trying to clean up but my version of clean is not the same as others.
Just got my final essay in Edgar Allen Poe in the mail. I got a C. 
Ugh. This essay killed me earlier this year. I was having bad depression and on top of that, was intimidated by Poe's brilliance, the very touchy subject matter (race; it was an allegory comparing an ape to a black man) and the professor's reputation for being a hard marker. And he teared my essay apart. Which is fine. I prefer that over just getting a mark, so I can learn from it.
It's just...it's tough because I've been in and out of university for years, now. Formatting, following the proper scholarly (MLA) style is hard because it's not second nature to me like it would be for other students in their fourth year. I thought that, given that I'm a pretty good writer, that punctuation and such would be easier for me. But I also have a tendency to use cliches and...well, I creatively write, not scholarly, which is a different kind of beast.
Ugh. Between this, having to drop out of my James Joyce class and discovering most of the summer courses are already filled up, this is not turning into a good school year for me. I just want to get this all done and over with, now.
Ugh. This essay killed me earlier this year. I was having bad depression and on top of that, was intimidated by Poe's brilliance, the very touchy subject matter (race; it was an allegory comparing an ape to a black man) and the professor's reputation for being a hard marker. And he teared my essay apart. Which is fine. I prefer that over just getting a mark, so I can learn from it.
It's just...it's tough because I've been in and out of university for years, now. Formatting, following the proper scholarly (MLA) style is hard because it's not second nature to me like it would be for other students in their fourth year. I thought that, given that I'm a pretty good writer, that punctuation and such would be easier for me. But I also have a tendency to use cliches and...well, I creatively write, not scholarly, which is a different kind of beast.
Ugh. Between this, having to drop out of my James Joyce class and discovering most of the summer courses are already filled up, this is not turning into a good school year for me. I just want to get this all done and over with, now.
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makare
I have never seen a tractor pull. I feel I am missing out on life.
Maybe, but it likely hurts my chances of getting into, say, the Education program.
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makare
Maybe, but it likely hurts my chances of getting into, say, the Education program.[/QUOTE]
Im sure you will be fine. Grades aren't all that programs look at and a C isnt even that bad.
Not to be a jerk, but I'm going to have to mark you down for the bolded error.Just got my final essay in Edgar Allen Poe in the mail. I got a C.
Ugh. This essay killed me earlier this year. I was having bad depression and on top of that, was intimidated by Poe's brilliance, the very touchy subject matter (race; it was an allegory comparing an ape to a black man) and the professor's reputation for being a hard marker. And he teared my essay apart. Which is fine. I prefer that over just getting a mark, so I can learn from it.
It's just...it's tough because I've been in and out of university for years, now. Formatting, following the proper scholarly (MLA) style is hard because it's not second nature to me like it would be for other students in their fourth year. I thought that, given that I'm a pretty good writer, that punctuation and such would be easier for me. But I also have a tendency to use cliches and...well, I creatively write, not scholarly, which is a different kind of beast.
Ugh. Between this, having to drop out of my James Joyce class and discovering most of the summer courses are already filled up, this is not turning into a good school year for me. I just want to get this all done and over with, now.
Cajungal
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MLA and APA are hard to get down. That's always why I got marked down in high school and college English, and it was my best subject. Practice, practice, practice is all I can say. There are plenty of online resources--many possibly on your university website--that you can read and use to practice. There could be a resource center on campus you could visit, too. You're a smart person, obviously. In a way, it's good that this is hard for you, because it will push you even more as a writer. I know you can do it. This is one more obstacle that I'm positive you will overcome, you mighty published writer man!
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makare
I spent 7 years learning mla only to enter law school and have to unlearn everything I knew so I could relearn something else. Chaps my ass.
My grammar is still horrible because I have always cared more about content than structure. But I have robin to proof read everything for me. Most of her comments are- comma. no comma. comma. comma. comma. no comma. COMA
Fuck you commas! How I hate you!
comma comma comma comma comma chameleon!!!
Im going to double up and stick another rant in here. I hate giving my cat his medicine It is so sad he hates it! I know it is good for him and even after just starting it yesterday, he is looking better. But it makes me sad having to force him to take it. But I will I want him to get better.
It seems unfair that one of my cats, much younger though, is so robust and healthy but Evil, he is just a walking skeleton with fur. I hope he gains weight. If not the doctor said there isn't much left we can do
My grammar is still horrible because I have always cared more about content than structure. But I have robin to proof read everything for me. Most of her comments are- comma. no comma. comma. comma. comma. no comma. COMA
Fuck you commas! How I hate you!
comma comma comma comma comma chameleon!!!
Im going to double up and stick another rant in here. I hate giving my cat his medicine
It is so sad he hates it! I know it is good for him and even after just starting it yesterday, he is looking better. But it makes me sad having to force him to take it. But I will I want him to get better.It seems unfair that one of my cats, much younger though, is so robust and healthy but Evil, he is just a walking skeleton with fur. I hope he gains weight. If not the doctor said there isn't much left we can do
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Chazwozel
Haha, you should see how 'red' my journal papers were after my adviser got a hold of them.Just got my final essay in Edgar Allen Poe in the mail. I got a C.
Ugh. This essay killed me earlier this year. I was having bad depression and on top of that, was intimidated by Poe's brilliance, the very touchy subject matter (race; it was an allegory comparing an ape to a black man) and the professor's reputation for being a hard marker. And he teared my essay apart. Which is fine. I prefer that over just getting a mark, so I can learn from it.
It's just...it's tough because I've been in and out of university for years, now. Formatting, following the proper scholarly (MLA) style is hard because it's not second nature to me like it would be for other students in their fourth year. I thought that, given that I'm a pretty good writer, that punctuation and such would be easier for me. But I also have a tendency to use cliches and...well, I creatively write, not scholarly, which is a different kind of beast.
Ugh. Between this, having to drop out of my James Joyce class and discovering most of the summer courses are already filled up, this is not turning into a good school year for me. I just want to get this all done and over with, now.
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makare
Hehe one of my profs only ever marked in green because she felt that red was too psychologically damaging. I got a paper back. it was nothing but green. Still didn't feel too good about it but really it was more soothing than the red.
It was like saying You suck but really calmly.
It was like saying You suck but really calmly.
To Chaz's post, when I taught I used green or purple ink when I graded papers. When a kid is making the number of mistakes it takes to fail, I felt like I bled all over their paper. So they got the fail with out the added insult of the pool of blood.
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makare
That is pretty cool fade. I would be proud of that too.
Goddamn, Fade, that's great. Of course, the question is how much editing and run-throughs of your own did it take before it was completed.
Let's put it this way as far as how bad my paper was: apparently, when I handed it in (fresh off the printer), I handed it in with two completely blank pages. No idea how that happened, but it goes to show what kind of mental condition I was in at the time.
Let's put it this way as far as how bad my paper was: apparently, when I handed it in (fresh off the printer), I handed it in with two completely blank pages. No idea how that happened, but it goes to show what kind of mental condition I was in at the time.
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