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[JD]

Whoa apparently my great uncle's pancreatic cancer has spread to his bones. That's a bit of a downer.

[Zingoleb]

I'm worried I don't have the right skills to land a job.

I just got an application that asked if I speak fluent Braille.

[Barmymoo]

Dude you are just looking at the wrong jobs! (Who speaks Braille? Isn't it a written language? Isn't that the point?)

Ugh I hate working early mornings. I just got asked to do an extra hour at 8.30 tomorrow morning and there's no real reason why I would say no apart from "I wanted to sleeeeeep" which isn't really a very good reason, so I guess I'm getting up early again. I've got up early (i.e. before 9am, and mostly at 7.30) every day since Friday and twice on those days been told "actually I didn't need you after all, sorry".

Hm.

[redglasscurls]

Ahahahahha ohhhh 7:30am... early wake-up.... I'm sorry, just delirious as a result of waking up at 5am every week day for the last 2 years;)

[Barmymoo]

Sure, I know it isn't early for a normal job, but I want to sleeeeeep.

[Yayniall]

Job I'm applying for is 0600 - 1400.
sgonna be crazy dayz

[nekowafer]

I usually have to get up at 7ish to get to work on time. But lately I've had doctors appointments and whatnot early in the morning so I have to get up early and it suuuucks.

This morning I had my PET/CT scan, which is checking for cancer. It was AWFUL. I had a panic attack in the middle of the scan and tried to get someone's attention but apparently no one watches the room. They just close the door and go do other things. So I was freaking out for maybe half an hour? I dunno how long those things take. I couldn't have gotten out of the machine, I just had to stay there and freak out until someone finally came to tell me to stop moving my feet. Yeah, it's not that I was trying to get your attention, it's that I don't know how this shit works. Sure.

Oh and I had to be stabbed 3 times before they could finally inject me with the contrast crap. And I had to drink this awful contrast goo. And I was apparently radioactive so they wouldn't let my boyfriend sit with me which would have made everything better.

tl;dr - WHINE.

[Cernunnos]

I am in This show! It's going to be awesome! Any of you in NYC should go see it. I am also have three drawings in a show at a friend's apartment on the lower east side this coming weekend but seeing as it's someone's home I'm only gonna tell people I actually know well where/when it is. I'm looking at you, Gene, Tyler and Huda. 

[Lunchbox]

That's not so bad. You've just got to make sure that you keep the curtains in the sunward side closed throughout the day. The humidity will be the worst part and some aircons just make that worse.

We don't have curtains!
We do have high ceilings though which helps a lot. And it's not so much that it's stinking hot, it's just the unrelenting humidity.

[ibrahimdelil]

hey thread, i just got to sofia and lt's -17c here!

:c

[Wraith11B]

My new job run generally from 1700(ish) to 02/03ish, and generally daily, especially on weekends.

[bainidhe_dub]

I started my new job today! It was weird and the outgoing assistant is disorganized to hell and didn't really explain things so much as wave them around, and the bossman is kind of manic, and I still don't actually know what I'm supposed to be DOING at this place. I mean I don't have to be there til 9:30am and it's only 5 minutes away, and it's better than not working at all, or going back to the lighting company and only working 2 days a week (nevermind they just hired like 3 new people, heaven forbid having someone in the office to handle their shit when they can't get their asses to work by 9am like the rest of their company and the world), but not as good as working at the temp job except for getting up at 6:30am to be there on time, but maybe those guys will invent a position to hire me for like they want to, if this thing turns out to suck. Apparently one of the other store managers refuses to come to the office when the boss is there, and the day manager at the store where the office is straight up said to me today, "Isn't he an asshole?" soooooo should be interesting at least. A new kind of crazy to work for.

[Lines]

I am in This show!

Awesome! I wish I could see it...




Breaking news: The apartment kitten has roundworms. We found out by pulling one out of her butt. That is all.

[jhocking]

Whoa apparently my great uncle's pancreatic cancer has spread to his bones. That's a bit of a downer.

fucking cancer, I'm really sorry to hear that.

[Johnny C]

this is no way to live

[scarred]

one of my friends got hit by a car on his vespa and flipped over it. he's in the hospital now with two of my other friends while I sit here like a dumbass, able to do nothing.


happy tuesday

[Patrick]

Jesus! I'd written my post and then saw that there was a new reply while I was typing. Turned out to be yours. I'm so sorry, man. I hope you get good news.

Whoa apparently my great uncle's pancreatic cancer has spread to his bones. That's a bit of a downer.

Damn man. Just caught up on this thread after a couple o' days. I'm sorry to hear about that, dude. Best wishes to him.

Dear blag,

Just got back from hanging out with my best mate Lukas and his family for the last couple of days. Doing ranch work is a lot of fun, I've decided. Lots of digging and moving shit and cutting wood and all that. Really enjoyed myself. I also enjoyed playing my hollowbody through his dad's Fender Blues DeVille 4x10. We've added a huge number of songs to our repertoire. It's all covers, still, but I'm really hoping we can put out at least an EP of original stuff before he bounces for the Air Force this spring.

Tomorrow's our biggest gig to date. Expected turnout... not really looking great, but we're promoting as best we can. We're super pumped about it and we intend to be loud as fuck. Hopefully there's enough people there to make it necessary, heh.

And now, to engage in hangouts with my buddy who is moving soon. Poor bugger. He doesn't wanna go. I feel for him. Been there a million times, heh.

[Jace]

Today was a strange day for me. I am not in a terribly good mood ever anymore due to constantly being in debt and having no way out of it. I tore one of my shirts on accident and then pulled it above my head and was sort of strangling myself with the collar until my girlfriend stopped me, then I threw the shirt across the room and became very quiet and very angry. I told her to leave but she didn't. She tried to figure out what was wrong, but I wasn't even sure. It took a while, but then I was better. Yet, even now I feel the urge to throw chairs across the room.
For the past few weeks I've basically felt like driving into an oncoming semi, and yet when I tell her she just gets all mopey and tells me not to think like that and that everything will get better. So far things have only gotten worse.

[BrittanyMarie]

when i am like that i make people send me lolcats or random pictures of things that are cute. understandably, your results may vary. i am in the same boat as you jace; and i'm gonna sign the paperwork for a loan tomorrow to pay off my medical debt so it doesn't fuck up my credit TOO bad. i have the benefit of being a bank employee so the interest rate probably won't be that bad, but i can't afford things as is now so how will i afford that? who knows! i'm applying for a liquor store gig tomorrow so hopefully i get that, then i'll be getting taxes back, and then if i still can't make it work, i can change my student loan payments to income adjusted (i have bank of nd-i have crazy tiny interest because of my awesome socialist bank, and they still have lots of things to help) my parents want to help me but i don't want it. so hopefully... i guess i am pretty dang lucky to have parents who are really nice and don't spend money ever. i had the biggest baddest panic attack/cryfest i have probably ever had the other night though.

in other news, my boyfriend is the most intelligent sleep-talker i've ever met. sometimes i'll have a conversation with him, and it'll make sense, so i'm not sure if he's actually sleeping. so one time, he was talking in his sleep about caves. i asked him what the difference between stalactites and stalagmites are, and he explained it to me, and he was right so i thought he must have been awake. he was not.

[Wraith11B]

I just got to watch my first DUI stop on the job.  We had to call it in because the guy I was with doesn't have a BVT(?), and now he has to go to court because the DUI'er decided not to stop for no damn cops and rammed a squad car, but hey, one less drunk idiot out on the road.   

@Jace: I know exactly what you mean... and I'm unfortunate enough not to even have a gf to whine to.

[squawk]

things: my friend at uchicago sent me a picture of ridiculous snow and my response was "i went to the beach today." and then she said "fuck off" and i responded with "we used the ocean as bongwater."

today it is my birthday! i forgot about that haha. people should go write on my facebook wall because i don't think it shows up on people's homepages because... i don't know, actually. but that's kinda cool i guess

[Barmymoo]

Oh yeah I forgot it was your birthday too! (I know because it is mine tomorrow, which I also keep forgetting.) Happy birthday!

[schimmy]

For the past hour or so I have had only two tabs open in Chrome.
One is the wikipedia article for Haecceity, the other is the wikipedia article for Olly Murs.

I am trying to figure out what this says about my life but I can't figure it out.

[The Seldom Killer]

I've just had to google Olly Murs, it doesn't bode well for you.

[nekowafer]

I just spoke to the receptionist at my oncologist/hematologist's office. She says my PET/CT scan came back negative - which I think means no cancer. She's going to talk to the doc to make sure he agrees and see if he wants me in for a follow-up visit.

There's virtually no chance that the doc would come back with a different opinion. But I am waiting for my call back. I haven't told anyone about this yet, not even my boyfriend.

I feel like I should be much more excited about this. No cancer is awesome. And yet, I am more nervous than before, somehow.

[JD]

So the prognosis for my great uncle is a couple of weeks. Bluh

[pwhodges]

I'm really sorry for you, and hope that you have the opportunity to say goodbye properly. 

The only, rather twisted, goodish thing I can find to say is that bone cancer can be one of the most painful things there is, and a quick release at that point can be seen as a mercy.

[Jace]

Considering a third job so I can never have any free time but don't owe any money to anyone. Would 16 hour days 7 days a week kill me? Maybe.

[Blue Kitty]

It's a winter wonderland outside. An hour later and everything has been shoveled, at least what I am obligated to shovel

Sadly all of my plans for this day off have mostly fallen through.

[Allybee]

considering quitting drinking for a while besides beer/wine with dinner. I have a bad bad feeling that the reason that I feel very bloated/overweight when I've been eating mostly healthy is because of how much I drink on the weekends, and I'd really like to tighten up a bit before I go to bermuda with my entire extended family at the end of may. additionally, I always feel so so foolish after a night of drinking. it's also way cold and I live far enough from campus to not feel that bad if I miss a night of drunkenness.

on the other hand, this means it will be a lot harder to...
1. hook up with boys (this could be a positive thing)
2. have instantaneous fun

how the hell do I stop without developing a weed habit?

[sean]

you dont

BAHAHAHAHAHAHA

[Scandanavian War Machine]

that's a tough one, ally. i was gonna say "smoke more weed" but obviously you want to avoid that too so.....i'm not really sure.

i've basically cut 99% of all drinking out of my life and i love it. I still party with my friends (assuming they are partying at my house since I rarely go out), I just party with Mtn. Dew and weed instead of booze.

i think the hardest part is just the initial mental hurdle. once you get past that though it's just a matter of willpower. Might have been easier for me though since I've never been a huge fan of being drunk; the feeling just never sat right with me.

Also i have pot-smoking in my blood so that part was pretty much unavoidable.

good luck!

[Alex C]

I dunno, I always thought this kinda thing is pretty easy. But then, I don't even like weed. Or, rather, I kinda like weed, but most of the people I know are about 90% less interesting when they're smoking.

[Lines]

I can still have fun at parties while not drinking. (I don't smoke weed.) I dunno, I never went through a phase where I was drinking on a regular basis, so I don't really have tips for that, but I guess just focus on the things that are fun that don't involve drinking? Even cutting back when you're having meals helps a lot.

[tania]

just find other things to do with your friends that are fun without needing alcohol to be fun. it's easy to forget in university that there are a lot of ways to have fun that aren't some kind of house party but there's actually a bunch! go to shows, go out for dinner, go out to see a movie, stay in and have a movie night, see things in your city, all that crap. you'll save a lot of money too. then again i am a big loser who basically never drinks so what do i know i guess

[Tom]

It is too humid.

[Allybee]

other than "see your city" (middletown ct sadly does not have a lot of sites) those are all things I more or less already do while drunk

oh well, I have at least one other friend who is taking a break. I'll figure it out.

[Rizzo]

My second interview with google is in around 2 hours. Gonna do this one over video chat, over an hour and a half with 3 different people.
JESUS. I don't know if I can perform at my best that entire time. I'm feeling fairly confident but I expect they'll throw me at least a couple of serious curve balls just to fuck with me.

I really really hope it goes well cause this would be an awesome foot in the door with a potentially rad company. Wish me luck!

[Katherine]

Good luck!!

[pwhodges]

Crossed fingers!

[Lines]

Best of luck!

[JD]

I'm really sorry for you, and hope that you have the opportunity to say goodbye properly. 

I can't unfortunately, he lives in Aberdeen, which is a little far away from little old Victoria Canada. My mother is making a trip over though along with at least one of my aunts.

[JD]

Also holy shit he's lost the ability to walk already.

[Johnny C]

this is a placeholder for the like existential crisis ive been having for months & need to work myself through but please understand that post is coming so dont be surprised when it does

[Elizzybeth]

Did any of youse do Hourly Comic Day yesterday?  I did Hourly Comic Day yesterday.  Here are my favorites from the bunch.

[Barmymoo]

Those are super cute and your day seems like it is pretty busy, are they all like that?

[snalin]

I've just had to google Olly Murs, it doesn't bode well for you.

But you already knew what Haecceity was?

[The Seldom Killer]

Yeah, product of a misspent youth innit.

[pwhodges]

I got a new shockmount for my mic.  It's, er, colourful.

[David_Dovey]

That's a really interesting concept for a shockmount! Certainly far prettier than the old rubber-band contraption.