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[Spluff]

Joe, you better yell at them so hard.

[Liz]

Jesus christ, are you serious? Weeeeird. I guess my next mission will be to actually learn their names so you can stalk them.

[jhocking]

I fully expect that the package won't be at the station when I get there, because their delivery guy has it.

[tania]

there is no problem that can't be solved with enough murders

[Edith]

I spent $50 on mousetraps today. Only $30 of it was for me; the rest is a christmas gift. Did you know they have battery-powered mousetraps that electrocute the little devils now?!

[jhocking]

That sounds a touch unsafe.

[tania]

my parents still use the kind that are basically really sticky paper you leave on the ground. once in a while, when i visit them, i will hear plaintive squeaking and locate a mouse that has been stuck to one of those for hours and there is fur and blood everywhere cos they have been trying to pull themselves free and i never know what to do and man it is the most inhumane nauseating thing ever why do they do that.

i am staying at their house for the holidays and i haven't had a terrible dying mouse encounter yet, hopefully there won't be one this time.

[Edith]

After this I'll have to resort to poison. I don't like poison because it also affects the predators of the mice.

[Edith]

PS: yeah, glue traps are horrible. My parents either caught a snake on one once, or I was so afraid that they would that my memory thinks they did.

[nobo]

we came across mousetrap in our patent class

[Emaline]

Jesus, Tania, get your parents a cat!

[Alex C]

This would also work.




Rat terriers are like tiny death machines. They don't play with their prey, generally, they just plain kill them quickly and with extreme prejudice. I've had plenty of cats who were good mousers in my life. But holy shit, Maggie. Maggie just does not fuck around when it comes to mice.

[tania]

my parents hate cats, unfortunately. rat terriers might work though!

[Spluff]

Do they call it a rat terrier because it looks like a rat, or because it kills rats?

[Alex C]

I realize that you're mostly joking, but rat terriers are more of a type than a pure breed, much like feists. Ratting ability was traditionally valued more than things like coat color and the like. Maggie is actually part chihuahua to keep her size down, and at 11 pounds she's the dainty runt of her litter. "True" rat terriers (which is kind of a goofy term, honestly) usually are larger and have considerably different coloring, although some breeders are working to maintain miniature variants like mine. Anyway, she's got the ratting part down no problem though, that's for sure, and that's really the hallmark of the breed. And yeah, they're called that because they kill rats like crazy.

[CarrionMan]

This is the best holiday season ever. My family's car's transmission died, and it's a whole lotta cash to fix it, my 360 red-ringed, my computer's processor burned out, and we(that being my family) are flat broke! Yep.

[Blue Kitty]

With rat terriers, does it leave the rat for you like a present or does it eat it?

[Alex C]

I don't know about other rat terriers, but Maggie usually just kills 'em and leaves 'em there or takes them back to her basket. It's a really nonchalant procedure. She spots, she stops, she stalks ever so quietly, she bursts into action and then something dies. It's over really, really quick. She's not a piggish dog by any means though, she almost comes across as rather finicky, actually; but then again, I know one of her brothers tends to eat his kills, but he's badly trained and kind of food agressive, unfortunately. Other fun thing about rat terriers is they're not known for excessive barking like a lot of other terrier breeds. Maggie is extremely quiet, especially if she sees a li'l critter she wants. One drawback with them is that many really, really love to dig. I'm pretty lucky with Maggie; she CAN dig like crazy when she wants to, but she usually doesn't unless she's really sure there's something there she wants to kill.

[RedLion]

I'm kind of worried, guys. The last few days I've been feeling like I might be beginning to slide back into depression...at the same time, I have this anger inside of me that I haven't felt for a long time. I just want to punch something. It really worries me, because I'm terrified that I'm going to lose control of that anger and go off--physically--on someone. I'm trying to meditate and calm myself but I get annoyed at the slightest thing now, whether its from my family, or friends or girlfriend. I really, really don't like it.

[KvP]

I'm feeling the same way, actually. I think it's the Wintertime. As I alluded to earlier in this thread my friends are going on vacation for a considerable length of time and as of now and for the next 33 days I lack a support system. I don't even get to see my therapist. My friends keep me sane, I need them. Already I'm feeling the ache of being isolated.

Of the three vital people in my life I saw and said goodbye to two today, but the third and most important, the one closest to my heart, my best friend on this earth, I have not seen or heard from in some weeks. I know she's out there, and as much as I might tell myself that this is understandable, I can't help but feel wounded by her silence. I leave tomorrow morning and I feel like I need to hear her voice, to tell me that I'm not wrong, that I'm good. I'm getting sullen and as such I'm on a shorter fuse than normal.

It isn't all gloom, though. There's still a chance that I'll hear from my best friend before she leaves, and the rational side of me knows she thinks well of me despite my many apparent faults. The better news is that I got an interview for the lab monitor job at my new school, so it looks like I might be retaining my do-nothing-get-paid lifestyle for awhile yet!

What you need is some sort of outlet - my frustration was completely unmanageable before I started twiddling around with Reason.

[Fenriswolf]

Shit man. That sucks.

I don't know what to tell you. Good luck with that? I have spent the last 3 weeks trying to get up the courage to start my antidepressants and focus on getting my life in order but so far I'm fucking terrified of screwing with my head and won't be able to afford a psychologist for a couple of months so instead have continued on with hiding from my life without even work to distract me because I quit to get away from a hideous passive-aggressive environment. Wow that was a long sentence.

Oh and I've been neglecting my dogs literally for months because of my anger issues and fear of taking it out on them when we do go for walks, and don't have the attention span to play with them properly I just make sure they're fed and given toys and get a cuddle every day. This is half of what's pushing me to do something about my non-functionality.  

[Fenriswolf]

Fuck, pagebreak.

Good luck with the interview KvP. It's not winter here but re: friends and isolation that's definitely exacerbating my issues as I don't really do trusting people so have friends but just don't get close to people and it's not working out so great. *sigh* Yeah, I'm feeling sorry for myself, bite me. 

[RedLion]

What you need is some sort of outlet

Yeah, you're right. It's just I'm not sure what, besides starting to go back to the gym again. I play music, but that doesn't really help to make me un-angry, and sometimes I'm so "bleh" that I don't even derive any pleasure from it.

[Eli]

Bleh, Blog Thread, I don't get to go see the Flaming Lips after all.  My boyfriend, his sister, and I were going to take his dad to go see them in OKC on New Year's Eve to celebrate his birthday. It would be a 10 hour drive and I'd have to take the 31st and 1st off. Sadly, those are blackout dates at my work because they're holidays and nobody can request them off. I'm really bummed about this and to make things worse, my boyfriend is swaying on the side of not going because I can't go. I don't understand why because he's seen them before and lists it as one of the best shows he's been to. I'll probably be working at least one of those days, if not both, so it's not like he'll be missing very much time with me. I mean I'd miss him, but I don't think I'm worth missing a cool concert over.

[Barmymoo]

Internet, I am so bored.

I went out last night and stopped at a friend's, but I had to leave at eleven and I don't have work til half four so I've been in the library for three hours. I can't shake the feeling I should be doing something useful even though it's the holidays. Gah.

[Christophe]

Dear Hog Bread,

I am in Anaheim CA currently, as part of my family's Christmas trip to Disneyland. The internet is molasses-piss slow. Peanuts is on the TV. Chinese delivery is coming soon. Hopefully I won't be possessed by the spirit of Walt Disney or eat a poisoned Mickey Mouse pancake and be back in the Bay Area on Wednesday.

Also: I was at a show at my old high school last night. It was pretty band. I had special heckles for most of the bands that night, more on that later.

Best,
Christophe(r)

[Emaline]

So, I came home from a shitty day a work today, and my house was empty except for trash, the furniture I own, and my dog.

Yep. That sums up my day. I was abandoned.

[fatty]

Emaline! That's terrible news. Wish I could say something helpful!

All I can say is, as a forum I am sure you can find support here that your family has not provided. If there is anything that can be done, don't hesitate to ask!

[mooface]

there are zits all over my face!  my nose is all stuffy!  i look and feel totally gross!  why?!

oh yeah because i am in america now and just breathing in the greasy french fry air  makes me fat and splotchy, and that bag of donuts i ate probably didn't help

ew!

[Spluff]

I've never done that, mainly because doughnuts don't come in bags where I live.

[Ăśde]

I will eat you out of house and home but I won't eat a whole bag of doughnuts.

[tania]

he is referring to me. i didn't realize i represented every woman ever, but okay, cool i guess.

i ate six tim horton's donuts in one sitting once because my housemate didn't believe i was able to and then proceeded to buy them for me. it was only the most natural reaction in the world.

[valley_parade]

I can only hope someday, Keith Tkachuk opens up a chain of donut shops in Massachusetts.

[Edith]

My grandad ate several dozen flapjacks at scout camp when he was a boy. I ate a dozen hot dogs once. I think it runs in families, rather than being associated with gender.

[Alex C]

I can believe that'd definitely be pretty nasty, even aside from the inevitable gut ache. I dislike the multiple patty trend at restaurants in general, since I think having a nice balance of between all of the components often makes for a superior burger. I've found that in a few select cases (usually somewhere where the patties are relatively thin to begin with), that 2 patties is quite awesome, but this whole stacking up to 3 and beyond for just to have the biggest burger on the block hits me as kinda bizarre.

[RedLion]

Who sells bags of doughnuts? I've lived in America--hell, in the midwest--for my whole life, and I've yet to see that.

[Gemmwah]

I am being fucked over by my managers so hard.

Supermarkets can suck a fat one.

[Alex C]

I honestly couldn't say whether that's a good idea or not, but I'm happy someone else on the forums likes Tear The Roof Off. Funk doesn't seem to get mentioned much around here outside of the occasional Flea bashing, but that's kind of a tangential issue in many ways, so I've always been kind of curious what people think of it in general. I admittedly have a huge bias for groove heavy music, even if I do think most songs in that vein are often kinda long.

[RedLion]

I love funk! Funk bands have some of the best/worst names! Such as : FUNK IN DA TRUNK

[jhocking]

So, I came home from a shitty day a work today, and my house was empty except for trash, the furniture I own, and my dog.

Yep. That sums up my day. I was abandoned.

Wait, do you mean like you had a roommate just up and leave without telling you? fucker

i ate a ten-patty burger last winter.


ugh

child's play

[mooface]

to be fair i was exaggerating and actually "only" ate half the bag, my friends helped finish it ;(

(ugh i ate half and three other people ate the other half between them , this does not help my case)

[nobo]

Who sells bags of doughnuts? I've lived in America--hell, in the midwest--for my whole life, and I've yet to see that.

you ever go to a cider mill? they sell their donuts in bags.

and you can go to the grocery store and pick up:

[Alex C]

We bash Flea?

Also: Funk. Pretty okay!

It comes up occasionally. I don't mean to imply that anyone hates funk or anything, I just think it's that on the music forums more current music is brought up than classic funk, so I've always been slightly curious about what people thought, but never really bothered to bring it up. Which is fine of course. It's not like we need to rehash decade old groups that were clearly successful and influential regardless of what we think of them all the time anyway.

[pwhodges]

Who sells bags of doughnuts?

In Oxford, UK: Krispy Kreme and Délice de France (from the Co-op) at least, and Sainsbury's sells them in long boxes of half a dozen; and yes, I have more than once eaten a whole bag/box of donuts, over a half day or less.

[RedLion]

Well that is just disgusting.

[Barmymoo]

So it turns out we're not having a Christmas tree this year.

But my brother arrived unexpectedly which makes it more fun and also I think I'm going out on New Year's Eve with a girlllllll.

[Edith]

Barmymoo, please tell us you are not going out with The Girl. Please. This is a new girl, right?

[Lunchbox]

Man much as I love Australian summer, it makes it kind of hard to get psyched for Christmas baking. I am just about to head to the shops to get ingredients for an afternoon of kitchening because I am poor and cannot afford presents for anyone.... but it's so niiiiice out and I'd much rather be sitting in the sun reading a book and drinking a beer.

[De_El]

I listen to The Bad Brains

Homophobe.

I guess until a few months ago I didn't know much about the Bad Brains and then I found out about their homophobia and was troubled. Then I remembered that I listen to Burzum unrepentantly and without reservation so I figured I may as well be consistent and not care.

As of yesterday I am 18, and my life is pretty okay, if balanced somewhat precariously.

[Emaline]

Wait, do you mean like you had a roommate just up and leave without telling you? fucker

In this instance the roommate in question was actually a group of roommates, and we could actually replace the phrase "group of roommates" with the phrase "my family."

Fatty, thanks for the support. I may need it a lot these next few days. I will probably need it these next few days.


I actually got though to two of my friends last night, and instead of them not being there, which I expected(I blame the depression, and the self doubt. Long story), they both called me back right away. One even offered to come over. He never comes over. He lives really far away. So it was good to know that I can actually count on these guys. So you know, maybe I am not nearly as unloved and uncared for as I often feel.