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[jhocking]

Jesus christ my grandfather has gotten really weak. It takes 3 people to help him up the stairs now.

ah damn that's terrible. Taking care of an elderly relative while they get worse is an awful experience, my condolences.

[valley_parade]

I feel like I need a shirt that proclaims that I am a single dude.

Not to be douchey and hey I'm available, but because everyone this week has been all "hey where's your girlfriend?" We fucking broke up, okay? 

I swear. Like 7 freaking people last night.

[jhocking]

It made an old man on a bus smile.

GEEZUS

I am only 31

everybody stop saying I'm old

[Drill King]

I have a mullet.

[Liz]

Joe we will make you a deal. You actually get married, we'll stop calling you old.

[Allybee]

I want to lie in bed and listen to rumours and never do anything unghhhh

[JD]

It made an old man on a bus smile.

GEEZUS

I am only 31

everybody stop saying I'm old

I'll get your walker for you.

[jhocking]

Okay so my joke was kinda lame, but c'mon people it wasn't that subtle.

rumours

You may be from commie pinko Mass-a-chew-sets but you're still supposed to talk like an American.

[Barmymoo]

I have also had an odd weekend, I spent ten hours in a grad computer science lab and then all afternoon today dressed as a Powerpuff girl looking after screaming babies. Now I am in my pyjamas instead of going to ice hockey training.

[Joseph]

I've gotten about half the sleep I need each of the last two nights, and my tiredness is making the schoolwork I have absurdly difficult. All I have to do is write a page and a half on some P.M.S. Hacker article, but the focus is not there at all.
Also, my dad was in town the last couple days. This meant that I went for some really nice meals, and had some excellent conversation, but also that I had to endure long speeches about My Future and Responsibility and Planning. That I do think about these things is apparently really unclear to him, because the fact that I'm planning on not going right to graduate school after I finish my Bachelor's degree in April apparently means I am Lazy and Always Make The Easy Choice. It was pretty clear while I was getting these lectures that he really does care about me, and wants me to succeed, but his definition of success is really different than mine, and trying to communicate that is one of the most frustrating things I have to deal with.
But aside from those minor grievances, life is treating me really well. I made a new friend this week, went to a ridiculous queer halloween dance party, read a bunch of really great books, got some good results on midterms and essays, and am feeling a bit more clearheaded about organizing my research project for next semester.

There's probably a bunch more I could say, especially, since I've basically not been posting for months. But that's a good take on where I'm at right now.

[jodizzle]

I have been varying degrees of ill since Tuesday 2 weeks ago and I just can't seem to shake it.  Last night we had scrimmage training against one of the Brisbane derby teams and I was so ill but hot DAMN did I blitz it.  Our coach only pretty much played me as jammer because he said I looked like death and was alternating between really red and really white but damn when I jammed I jammed so GOOD.  I got lead jammer everytime but twice, they only even really managed to lay any hits on me in one jam and I was stepping around thier players like nobody's business.  Apparently when I was out there you wouldn't have even known I was sick until I cam back off the track gasping for breath and trying not to vomit.  Our coach would be like...are you ok...do you want to rest a bit?  and I was like GIVE ME THE DAMN JAMMER PANTY RARG!

Guys it is really awesome to be good at a sport and to have the people on the other team tell you how freaking awesome you are.

Except I had to take today off work because I am so illlllll and my throat hurts ad my glands are swollen and my nose is blocked and gross and I have no energy.  BUT I AM PRETTY GREAT AT DERBY!

[Wasteroo]

just got this text from a number I don't recognize, along with a picture of a girl making kind of a scary face:

Are u really this dumb? As to put your information in a phone @ tmobil along with phone #s and all. I was surprised u had cloths on. Your not the sharpest tack in the box HUH??

what in the fuck

[pwhodges]

Back in the 90s, my company's first website got hacked.  The hacker made a small change and emailed us to point it out.  We fixed the security hole (which had survived a security audit costing £000s only a month before - this is why I don't believe in them) and the next day got an email from the hacker congratulating us on finding and fixing it so fast.

[David_Dovey]

Hallowe'en is a time for rockabilly, everybody remember that

[jhocking]

the next day got an email from the hacker congratulating us on finding and fixing it so fast.

White hats can make a lot of money, I wonder if he figured out he could do that for more than shits and giggles.

[Ladybug]

Just jogged for 30 minutes for the first time in my life. Fuck yeah!

It was only at 6.9km/h, but still. It's jogging! Couch to 5K works, woho. Except that I'm nowhere close to 5K.

[Ozymandias]

Couch to 5K totally works. I couldn't do a quarter mile in high school then one summer I did that program and running ain't shit to me now.

[Ladybug]

I've tried it two or three times before without getting past the first week, but doing some biking on a stationary bike over the summer and finding an iPhone app so that I didn't have to worry about the intervals while jogging apparently helped. I probably haven't even jogged as much as 5 minutes non-stop before starting the program. Ever. Not even when I actually played football and then handball years ago.

I still don't like running, but at least now my two largest problems when doing the 30 minutes of jogging was the heat in the gym and that it's just so damn boring, not that I was getting too exhausted (don't get me wrong, I'm still super tired, but not near-collapse tired). And I have a feeling my extra 50 pounds has something to do with my sucky speed.

[tania]

i started running in august and now i run about 10-11 k every day. i have found that the trick to running is to accept the fact that for the first 4 weeks or so, running fucking SUCKS. when i first started i could barely manage 2k and it always, without fail, left me so exhausted and in agony that i would essentially feel like an absolute failure and just really, really bad about myself. as a result i hated running so much and dreaded it every single day. the trick is that, no matter how much you suck at it and hate it, you swallow your pride and get over it and do it again the next day, and then the day after that, and then the day after that. eventually you get to a magical point where suddenly running goes from torture to something that's just kind of hard but mostly bearable, to something that's actually not that hard anymore, to something really fun and relaxing you actually look forward to. once you hit that point, improving is easy peasy, but unfortunately before you get there you have to come to terms with the fact that running is going to absolutely fucking suck and you are going to hate it so much. but that's okay! you just suck it up and get over it and do it again the next day. now running is the best thing i do with my day and i actually look forward to it when i wake up because i know i can do it and i always feel like i'm accomplishing something, every day. running is the best ever.

[Lunchbox]

It is 1:45 on a Tuesday afternoon in November. In 15 minutes we will be obeying the time-honoured tradition of our country and spending the rest of the afternoon getting drunk in the boardroom whilst gambling on horse races.

[Dazed]

Welp, just had a fight with my roommate, sent an angry text about it accidentally to said roommate, said roommate is now on the warpath.

I feel as though I've sufficiently fucked things up this evening, goodnight internet.

[Barmymoo]

Argh argh argh woke up to an email saying the house porters would be coming into my room to check whether a repair had been carried out (why do they not keep records of these things?!) and I went into a massive panic because my room is a complete disaster, I haven't cleaned it in weeks and there is just so much mess, plus illegal pet rodent. So all my clothes have been flung into a laundry bag or into drawers, the mouse is in the cupboard with the fridge in it (hope she's ok in there), and now I have to tackle the paper explosion and I should be writing an essay but I can't because the college are just going to waltz on into my room and judge me.

ARGH.

I have to keep on top of cleaning, this is ridiculous.


I have just had to send another email to another supervisor asking for an extension on an essay because I haven't got time to do the work. I can't keep doing this. ARGH. I'm so behind.

[Wasteroo]

sent an angry text about it accidentally to said roommate

I do this kind of thing way too often, it is a problem

[valley_parade]

i started running in august and now i run about 10-11 k every day.

Guys, that's like 40 feet. Don't let her fool you.

[Joseph]

Tania, where are you living in Vancouver? If you are going over hills and things, that is pretty fierce, I have to say.

[Hairy Joe Bob]

I have started running in the morning. My aim is to do the Brighton Marathon in the spring. For charity as well as my own well-being.

[Wasteroo]

I love running, but it's always a battle to get myself going due to crazy social anxiety

I mean, what if someone sees me

[snalin]

I've ha a pretty decent week - Sunday was my birthday, which was celebrated with friends and Arkham Horrors. Gifts include cash taped to a beer, some nice clothing, and the entire Twilight series (from all of my friends. Thanks, friends!). Uni is looking up, programming is still the best thing I've ever learned about, and my roleplaying group is closing in on the grand finale just before Christmas. Last time we burned the registry of all the damned in hell. A good thing, since that might get us out of that whole "sold our soul to the devil" deal.

Now I'm gonna make a scabbard and belt for my sword (if the guy who's going to help me would PICK UP THE DAMNED PHONE), and probably program some or do some maths. I just made a program that draws a sorted poker hand in java, which isn't a big feat, but progress is progress!

[Barmymoo]

Guys, should I carry on battling through this degree for another two terms and hope it works out, or should I admit defeat now?

The pros of carrying on are that things ought to improve dramatically after Christmas and hopefully should be getting gradually better from now, so next term oughtn't to be so awful as this one has been so far.

The cons are that I am quite far behind in terms of having learnt anything, and I am just going to get busier for the next month so I will almost certainly fall further behind. I'm not sure I can cope with the stress and panic of not doing enough work and I am out of last chances with several of my supervisors.

I don't know. I love it here so much, and I would come back next year anyway but I just don't know. Retaking the year would be expensive and I would have to go home and live with one of my parents for a year which would be fairly dire. But I don't want to royally screw things up and end up failing the year entirely, with the result that I would have to leave outright.

[schimmy]

You make it sound like finishing your current degree isn't really an option, whether you want it to be one or not, so an exit plan is probably what you need.
You should probably talk to whoever in your uni is in charge of switching courses, if that's what you'd ideally like to it. It's entirely possible that they might allow what you've done so far to count towards another degree.
Alternatively, you could ask if you can stay on until the end of the year before switching courses, so you'll at least spend your time productively, and at least that'll allow you to see if things do get better.
If neither of these are possible, just ask what your options are given the circumstances. Universities don't like people dropping out or people failing courses, so chances are they'll be able to figure out something for you.
As for the cost thing, you might be thinking about it in the wrong way. If you stick with it, how much will you have paid for a degree which you neither enjoyed nor valued? How much more will it cost if you put off the decision until you've started your third year?

[Barmymoo]

Something I didn't mention is that my uni has a system called degrading, where you can sort of pause your degree for the remainder of the year and then restart the next year. If I were to leave this year, that's what I would do - I definitely want to get a degree of some kind.

The problem at the moment isn't really the subject but just trying to cope with being in university at all. Another subject might be easier (law isn't exactly considered simple) but on the other hand I would have to catch up with the years I hadn't done. On the plus side if I did switch (it'd have to be at the end of this year, after exams) then it would count towards a degree and I'd only have another year to go. But I'm not sure I want to.

Gah. I don't know. Some days I think I can cope with doing a degree and some days I don't. In fact it swings from one to the other over the course of the day quite often.

You're right, I need to talk to someone from the uni about it but it's much easier to go round in loops in my own head and ask friends from the internet than actually have to make a decision :s

[pwhodges]

Carry on; any other option is third best.  You may feel that you'll die on the way - but somehow you actually won't.

[Verergoca]

Yes, carry on.

Not only because Paul is right, but also because its various shades of hells of difficult to get back into the rythm! The end is in sight!

[Graphite]

It sounds like you have a pretty insane number of extracurriculars; would you be able to cut down on some of those so you have more time to catch up?

This is coming from a total hypocrite by the way. I've decided to go down to 3 subjects per semester next year to cope with an advocacy job I just got at the uni, plus another job, plus moving out, plus any theatre I want to do next year. Come to think of it, do they let you choose your number of subjects per semester?

[Barmymoo]

I am definitely cutting back on extra-curricular stuff; I am not doing ANY more theatre after the panto is over, which considering I've been working on at least one show consistently since June is quite a big deal. And I am only going to one ice hockey training a week instead of three (if I decide to stay on the team at all - I am still not certain). And only one dance class, and I've cut out all but the Sunday service at church. That said, I have taken on a job but it's only an hour a week.

Sadly I don't get to choose the number of subjects I take - last year I had four compulsory, this year I have three compulsory and two options. Next year I have to take at least five subjects and could take six if I did two half papers instead of one full paper - I was planning on doing, but I don't think it's wise. The trouble is I'm not remotely interested in any of the full papers.

[Lines]

I think that if this is something you really want to pursue, you should. Once you make it over the hump, I think it'll get easier, but don't force yourself to stay in law if you don't want to. If you decide not to stay in law, I'd say stay that extra year and take classes in other things you're interested in and get a degree. Learning is much easier when you're actually having fun learning and not stressing out about it. (I stressed out majorly my first two years and also my last year, but I really enjoyed my degree and am glad I stuck with it. But art isn't law...)

[Barmymoo]

Hmm. I might have had glandular fever. I am going back for blood tests. If that is indeed the case, I will be taking the rest of the year off.

Hm.

[Eris]

Oh man oh man. I got a call from my NEW boss about my NEW roster for the next two weeks. I am working 10 out of the next 14, so I definitely don't need to work at my current job no more. SO HAPPY. Plus, I get the second Sunday off, and when I said how much I am looking forward to that she laughed and said that it will happen fairly regularly, because they like to rotate it so people get some weekend time off. PLUS i get my own set of keys (which is expected, because I will be working alone a lot, but I had forgotten about it) and will get to work in Paddington where it is all trendy and somewhere different! And they didn't change their mind; I am still going to work there! SO EXCITED!

Also, my mum and brother are going to be in Sydney tomorrow, because my mum needs to see a brain person about her brain, so we are going to hang out. Kinda looking forward to that, but will probably have something to complain about after the encounter. oh well!

[Jimmy the Squid]

Yay new job!

[StaedlerMars]

Me too!

o/

[David_Dovey]

Still unemployed!

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[KickThatBathProf]

It's okay Dovey, because you're awesome

[Ladybug]

It is 01:19. I just got a text from a person in the group I've been placed in in a Technology Management class, whom I haven't spoken to in weeks (when we handed in the previous assignment). It says: "Hi! Sorry for the late notice, but we've reserved a group room at the library for working with the tech management assignment [read: the assignment that is due in 2 weeks] tomorrow at 2PM! See you there!"

I might be wrong, but in my mind, this is not how you do group assignments with people with different schedules than yours. What about, oh, I don't know, letting me know that they were thinking about meeting. Or, perhaps, checking with me about when I might be available. Or, and I know this is revolutionary, letting me know at some point in time before 1AM the night before they want to meet? Ugh. People piss me off sometimes. Now I'm going to feel bad because I can't meet them, because I'm already working on another group project at 2PM tomorrow, even though it's totally not my fault. And I'll probably end up having to do the shittiest part of the assignment, since I'm not there to claim a non-shitty part.

It doesn't really help that these are the kind of people who would rather write one Word-document (three other people and myself) each, upload them separately to fucking It's Learning so that I have to download all three and copy-paste them into my own Google document, instead of just writing into fucking Google Docs in the first place.

[Patrick]

Went to the Giants parade in San Fran today, and it was PRETTY FUCKING AWESOME

I also haven't smoked a cigarette in 3 days now

And now I'm going to take a nap before work

[look out! Ninjas!]

There is nothing worse than group assignments at university. I think the staff at mine have realised this though, if we do anything in a group its working on a problem question in class with the people you happen to be sitting next to.

[schimmy]

One of my modules is set out in a pretty good way that makes group assignments work pretty well. Every week, each group has to do a presentation on a particular part of whichever book or books we've been reading. Catch is, it's not the group that does the presentation, it's one person, who is randomly selected on the day. Result is that everyone needs to know their whole group's subject inside out, meaning that there's no problem with people not doing their work - everyone needs to do all the work every single week. The groups more or less only exist so you've got some other people to help you out with your presentation when it's your turn.

[David_Dovey]

It's okay Dovey, because you're awesome

Awesome don't put food in my mouth, or heroin up my butt.

[allison]

The second part is my job

[Lines]

I went and hung out with a few friends I haven't seen in a while tonight. We had a game night, it was fun! We started with GoldenEye 007 and I was Oddjob and killed people with my hat. It was awesome. (This is coming from someone who never cared for the films or first-person shooters.) Then came Mario Kart and then we got tired and watched Cthulhu take over South Park.

[David_Dovey]

Holy crap Linds are you actually me circa 1999?