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Fun Stuff => CHATTER => Topic started by: Inlander on 08 Jan 2010, 02:42
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If only we could get the dog and cat communities to share their scientific and medical knowledge with us.
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Dogs get a little harness with wheels. I've seen it. It's really sad.
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Sad but adorable!
Guys, the lady and I have been discussing it and we'll be doing a US tour in 2011. Probably around August/September and we'll be hitting L.A, New York, Boston and Niagra Falls. Anyone want to put forward a tentative offer for hangouts?
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list that does not include Chicago
:x
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We've only got two weeks to do this and given it is going to cost us about $2500 each in airfares we can only afford to go to so many places and while I did want to go to Chicago, it just didn't make the cut.
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Sad but adorable!
Guys, the lady and I have been discussing it and we'll be doing a US tour in 2011. Probably around August/September and we'll be hitting L.A, New York, Boston and Niagra Falls. Anyone want to put forward a tentative offer for hangouts?
I'd be willing to hang out. I mean, that's like a year and a half away, and I can't plan that far ahead, but yeah. If I was there (anywhere there) at the time I would be there.
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Hell to the yeah, Jimmy.
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I keep a $5000 cushion.
The real bitch of this situation was I got dinged because I was paying off my credit card and saving money.
So keeping a cushion in your checking is not a bad idea.
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God, you guys. I fucking love Agoraphobic Nosebleed so hard it's not even funny.
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The real bitch of this situation was I got dinged because I was paying off my credit card and saving money.
Yeah that's exactly what I was getting at. It's quite possible that I happen to pay rent AND pay off my credit card AND make a student loan payment AND put money into my retirement account/savings all at the same time, and if I do that then I'll be drawing several thousand all at once pretty much by accident. Most people think I'm unnecessarily keeping an enormous buffer in my checking account, but I look at it as more of a necessity.
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My dad's dog is a labradoodle and he's pretty big. He's also very lively and although they've been training him and he now walks to heel and comes when he's called and that kind of thing, he still goes completely demented if anyone comes to the door, or if they walk past the house, or just if he can hear voices. Whenever the postman or newspaper person or a visitor comes we have to hold him back and he's too powerful for me. I keep getting hurt (a few days ago he cut my foot and leg open with his claws) and he isn't getting any better.
Does anyone know how we can train him out of this? It isn't so much excitement if someone comes in, it's a territorial defensiveness and it's causing problems.
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Drop LA, it sucks.
Totally.
Wasn't the plan to have a FriscoCon sometime in '11? I'll be on the west coast at some point then as well.
It'd be cool if we both happened to manage to end up in the same place at the same time, Jimmy, as unlikely as that is.
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even as a broke-ass student/barely-above minimum wager i've always tried to keep a cushion of at least $1500 or so in my bank account because of the same thing jho mentioned, where sudden expenses can come up without warning. this month it was a necessity because in addition to my regular monthly bills i also had to buy christmas gifts and drop about $400 on applications for school within the same couple of weeks, and even after all that i still have money in there in case expenses like that come up again. i also try to pay off my credit card bill's full balance every month whenever possible because interest drives me insane. the idea of living paycheck to paycheck really makes me uncomfortable, i doubt i could ever do it.
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My dad's dog is a labradoodle and he's pretty big. He's also very lively and although they've been training him and he now walks to heel and comes when he's called and that kind of thing, he still goes completely demented if anyone comes to the door, or if they walk past the house, or just if he can hear voices. Whenever the postman or newspaper person or a visitor comes we have to hold him back and he's too powerful for me. I keep getting hurt (a few days ago he cut my foot and leg open with his claws) and he isn't getting any better.
Does anyone know how we can train him out of this? It isn't so much excitement if someone comes in, it's a territorial defensiveness and it's causing problems.
Looks like a job for... Victoria Stilwell (http://positively.com/)!
If you trawl through those episodes there are probably a couple of hundred where the dog does that at the beginning and no longer does that at the end. I watched marathons of this show last summer. I don't know why.
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C'MON FUCK LA
Make it San Francisco. Also Dovey never call it Frisco again or else I will keep my current avatar
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Freeeeesco
(i've got no problem with yr avatar dogg, really. I was just kind of uncomfortable with all the attention. Also it was confusing as hell)
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I'll change it as soon as I get back home, I'm in my hometown recently and spent my birthday watching the Sherlock Holmes flick (which I enjoyed) and eating stuff with dudes.
(Also I think every forumite should be similarly denigrated every week or so. Liz Blows as yr avatar week, Emilio blows as yr avatar week et cetera)
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I like saying Frisco, it reminds me of Fritz the Cat
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Just don't say it around actual people who live in SF. They hate that shit.
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I think Karl May used 'Frisco' all the time.
edit: by that I mean the word sounds kind of ancient to me.
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(Also I think every forumite should be similarly denigrated every week or so. Liz Blows as yr avatar week, Emilio blows as yr avatar week et cetera)
I'm in
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HAW HAW HAW
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Hey Paul do you think you could set up one of those scripts that changes yr avatar randomly for me? So I can have a never-ending revolving door of pictures reminding people that they blow?
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man you just had to pick the picture of me rockin' the peach fuzz
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I have to support the "fuck LA, do SF" camp. San Franciscon is in 2011 and it's gonna be rad as hell.
The raddest.
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guys do I go see Future of the Left even though it's in Glasgow and it'll cost me and no one else wants to go with me?
Serious Question.
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damnit why am I not in scotland right now
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Hey Paul do you think you could set up one of those scripts that changes yr avatar randomly for me? So I can have a never-ending revolving door of pictures reminding people that they blow?
I would like this too, not for telling people they blow though.
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guys do I go see Future of the Left even though it's in Glasgow and it'll cost me and no one else wants to go with me?
Serious Question.
dude, it's future of the left. do you even need to ask?
i have seen them twice, i went on my own both times, and they were so amazing adjsfkdsgjfdfk.
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damnit why am I not in scotland right now
It was -21 in parts of Scotland today. You don't want to be here.
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guys do I go see Future of the Left even though it's in Glasgow and it'll cost me and no one else wants to go with me?
Serious Question.
dude, it's future of the left. do you even need to ask?
This. Go see them, they are an amazing live band.
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jimmy drop LA for DC do it.
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Can I call it san fran? I like to think of it as san fran.
I have e-mailed rock stars again to ask personal favours. This time it is a somewhat lesser star but I am asking for a lift to her gig instead of trying to get on the guest list this time.
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I should be back at uni in less than twelve hours :D That's if the snow and ice don't hold us up too much.
In other news, I have a solution to this problem (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/8444987.stm). If they make it into ice cream and leave it in tubs outside, they can sell it when the snow clears!
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First school week of 2010 is finished.
-I have gotten better in chemistry without knowing and now the teacher sees me as a really good student which I am not.
-I got 97% on in math. This comes from someone who failled every term last year except the final. I am incredibly happy.
-I (still) got the highest marks in French because people do not know how to write or listen. It is sad.
-We were filming a sort explanative movie for a Robotics competition! We are using the theme of Super Mario Bros. and I am MArio and it was fun to film. Pictures, maybe.
-I am now following lots of you guys on Twitter because I am bored. Sorry if that's a bother!
Anthony
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guys do I go see Future of the Left even though it's in Glasgow and it'll cost me and no one else wants to go with me?
Serious Question.
dude, it's future of the left. do you even need to ask?
This. Go see them, they are an amazing live band.
Fucking fuck guys
I had to give up tickets to see FoTL at a 3-day festival (as in, I was going to this fest pretty much just to see FoTL), and the fest is this weekend and I am at home on the Internet. Ffff
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I haven't had a cigarette since Thursday morning. I haven't quit per se, just stopped at least until it stops hurting when I cough. After that, we'll see. God, life without smoking is dull.
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Don't go to LA
But my girlfriend wants to go to Disneyland so I kind of have to I guess?
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Guys, I'm gonna be super sad if you don't tune into my radio broadcast tomorrow... >.>
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Today my superviser showed me his book that he made through Print On Demand for his tabletop gaming or some such shit. It was pretty bad design wise.
Dude used gradients.
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I just ahd my first proper derby training session! Who would have thought I could ever enjoy two hours on intense exercise. I am totes glad I have spent the last few months learning the basics and skating ALOT though, because otherwise I would have been wrecked after about 10 minutes.
But it was awesome! And I'm apparently a pretty good skater! I am totes aiming to be an awesome tiny jammer.
I got home and I was so hyped up I was talking really fast and Aaron had no idea what was going on.
My next step is to buy super awesome knee pads, as I have completely ruined mine by practicing falls.
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Don't go to LA
But my girlfriend wants to go to Disneyland so I kind of have to I guess?
Disney World is better.
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Today my superviser showed me his book that he made through Print On Demand for his tabletop gaming or some such shit. It was pretty bad design wise.
man that is an awkward situation, when someone shows you something they are proud of that you think is stupid. And then when you lie and pretend to like it, they might make one for you. I almost got that just before Christmas when a designer at one of my freelance clients randomly told me about his Star Wars costuming, but the crisis was averted because his costumes were seriously well done. Anyway take heart because it could be worse; while with people at work that's bad, with relatives it's worse.
However, the art teacher in me feels the need to point out...
Dude used gradients.
Gradients aren't automatically bad, they are simply a tool that can be easily misused. Lens Flares or Comic Sans are automatically bad, but gradients are a legit tools that novice/non-designers have an unfortunate tendency to misuse. The general rule of thumb is that gradients in hue are bad while gradients in value are fine, but there are plenty of exceptions to both.
My next step is to buy super awesome knee pads
I don't know why* but you saying that reminds me of the totally random anecdote about how I couldn't find protective pads for sale anywhere in Cairo back when I lived in Egypt. It seemed like such a stupid thing not to have there; everyone played soccer, but there were no shin pads?
*it's because I am old
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Lens flare isn't always bad.
OH SHIT 3 days before I get on a plane!
Also, I have been up since 10pm and have probably done about 4 hours of painting tonight. Now I am hungry and require toast.
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Lens flare isn't always bad.
Perhaps. I've never seen a good use of lens flare, but pretty much every rule in visual design can be broken sometimes.
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(http://img686.imageshack.us/img686/1710/2008081113p2.jpg)
Dr. McNinja in Color: Showing you where Lens Flare is appropriate since 2008. (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p2)
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That is a good example of lense flare. I don't mind using a color gradient now and then, but only as a slight, barely visible filter.
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Dr. McNinja in Color: Showing you where Lens Flare is appropriate since 2008. (http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/13p2)
That lens flare does work. That image also has a number of gradients, especially the sky; more "it's not always bad" examples.
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I've never seen a good use of lens flare, but pretty much every rule in visual design can be broken sometimes.
You'd be very, very surprised where you'll find lens flare gets used.
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(the answer involves your mother)
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Guys, I'm gonna be super sad if you don't tune into my radio broadcast tomorrow... >.>
http://thehitstrip.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=63 now, but I'm not on yet.
Just sayin'.
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So, our neighbour - let's call him "Crazy" turns out to be a bit more crazy than I first thought.
We live in the second floor of a four apartment house, with two apartments on each floor. We just took down our Christmas decorations last day, and threw the tree into the garden, as we usually do, so we can chop it up for firewood later.
This morning Crazy starts shouting quite agitated at my mom, about the tree, another man's property, taking stuff to court, all sorts of things, but my mother can't really make any sense out of it, but it seems like the other neighbours living downstairs is somehow involved. My mom, figuring that maybe the tree has gotten to the wrong garden (we and Crazy share one, the two other apartments share the other), and she knows that crazy and the owners of the other garden has been quarrelling pretty hard the last years, so she goes to visit them, to see what's really happened.
So, it turns out that when Crazy saw the tree in the garden, he figured that it was the other neighbours that had placed it there to mock them, since Crazy and his wife is Jehova's witnesses, and doesn't celebrate Christmas. So he grabbed the tree, went over to the neighbours, rang their bell and screamed at them in fury when they opened the door. When he eventually figures out that he's made a total ass of himself, he goes back to his own house, and probably just snaps, and starts throwing accusations around the hallway when my mom walks in. He's had some insane moments before, and he's epileptic, if that can explain parts of it - though I've only really heard that epileptics just has seizures, not madness. Quite freaky, really; it turns out that other people who've lived here before us have never stayed long, probably because of Crazy's antics.
In other news, me and 6 others entertained no less than 100 kids aged 2-12 today, probably more than that, making balloon animals, painting their faces, reading them stories, that sort of stuff. Exhausting work, but it's for the school trip to London, and more money means more going to pubs and drink beer and watch Godot and stuff like that.
Yes, London apparently has pubs with theatre. I want to live there forever.
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Gaaaah! My hard drive just crashed!
This means all my music and movies gone!
in one fell swoop. disappeared.
Maybe if I go to sleep this will all go away.
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FUCK OFF VAMPIRE WEEKEND
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Guys, I'm gonna be super sad if you don't tune into my radio broadcast tomorrow... >.>
http://thehitstrip.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=63 now, but I'm not on yet.
Just sayin'.
Ok, I'm like on in the next two mins or so...
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Man, screw you guys I'm outta here :x
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HATE FUCK HATEFUCKERS
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The new family computer finally came in and I am once again able to browse the internet with a keyboard and mouse instead of a wiimote. So many videos to watch.
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I have done a lot of painting today (today being 10pm on the 8th of Jan to present (currently 3:40am on the 10th)) . I have some more to do still and I have to base and magnetize like 45 minis. I don't know if I have enough basing stuff to finish it.
Oh also my ex-flatmate, who I thought we left on okay terms because we talked it out, completely ignored me in the store today and then when he left gave hugs to the two other people still there and not me and I feel pretty bad because I thought everything was okay and I don't know if I'll see him again before I leave. I talked with another friend, who is pretty smart, about it after he left and he gave me some good advice but inside I feel that maybe it is his girlfriend who is telling him to not talk to me or something even though that might not be true. I guess I'll call him tomorrow and see if I can say goodbye because I won't be seeing him for most of a year.
Oh also in the past month or so I have taken to smoking even though it is bad for me, but it is calming even though I hide it from almost everyone I know.
fuck I have to paint.
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Guys, I'm gonna be super sad if you don't tune into my radio broadcast tomorrow... >.>
http://thehitstrip.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=64&Itemid=63 now, but I'm not on yet.
Just sayin'.
Ok, I'm like on in the next two mins or so...
Hey, is this on listen again anywhere? I went to the site but it confused me and also threatened me with legal action.
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Hey I finished it all and now I feel a bit paranoid, imagine sleep deprivation with being really close to an open superglue bottle for about 3 hours. That is me.
Also I have a date tomorrow.
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my hard drive is still dead. booo.
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Man I keep multiple copies of everything because that sucks. As it is I'm a little nervous because I only have one backup harddrive for my laptop; I keep additional backups of my most important files on DVDs and USB sticks, but I only have one complete clone of my computer. If/when I have an office at work I'm going to keep a backup harddrive there too, so that I can backup my laptop both at home and at work.
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guys i got a haircut today and the barber started cutting before she asked how i wanted my hair cut.
so i have lost much of my hair.
:c
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gah im a dick. this girl passed out on my couch, I got her a pillow and blanket, then I went to bed. I woke up with her in my bed. She is very affectionate but I dont want to date this girl. letting her down is going to suck. :|
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Sean, oh noes! That's no good!
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gah im a dick. this girl passed out on my couch, I got her a pillow and blanket, then I went to bed. I woke up with her in my bed. She is very affectionate but I dont want to date this girl. letting her down is going to suck. :|
Hang on - she got into your bed while you were asleep, after you did something nice for her? Am I understanding this correctly? How does that make you a dick? Getting someone a pillow and a blanket is not leading them on, unless that person is already infatuated with you and is seeing what they want to see.
Wait a minute this isn't the relationship advice thread.
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How about I give him bad advice instead.
Hey LeeC, you've led this girl on so much with your gentlemanly conduct that the only honourable thing you can do now is marry her. Failure to do so will see you shunned by the community and will condemn you to a life of cold comfort in the arms of strumpets.
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He means you'll get AIDS if you don't!
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Hannah had the mopes. She needs to distract herself so that her resolution of "Be Happy" doesn't get broken. She thinks that maybe that will be an average kind of deal; at the end of the year she will think back and if most of what she remembers is her being happy, then that is alright. She needs to go into the city and go to a crafty store and get some sort of sewing project to keep her occupied on her days off.
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Also she could go out and take photos! Newtown is awesome for photoing and the weather is nice for wandering. Go down a street you haven't been down before! When I get the mopes I go for a walk and it cheers me up endlessly.
Other things Hannah could do with her free time that Ally would do if she had free time:
- Download some music you don't think you'd normally like, (Mfire thread is awesome for this!) pop it on your ipod, and go for a walk/lay down/do the dishes.
- Buy cheap canvases from discount shops, get some paints, and do stuff like this (http://www.etsy.com/shop_sold.php?user_id=5079159&order=&page=1). (Then give them to Ally.)
- Go to Officeworks and print up a bunch of pictures of your friends, and random pretty things you find on flickr, and blu-tac them everywhere or find cheap frames and make collages.
- Try all the flavoured iced chocolates at Gloria Jean's.
- Read this blog (http://neverhomemaker.blogspot.com/) and follow every single link from it.
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Wait a minute this isn't the relationship advice thread.
haha wasnt asking for advice, I know what I will have to do, im a dick becuase I have to be the bad guy. Thats why im blogging :wink:
unless that person is already infatuated with you
yup, which is why I am going to feel like a dick being the bad guy. :|
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wait, but if she climbed into your bed while you were asleep, how could you have done something about it? You were asleep! How does you sleeping and not expecting her to climb into your bed make you the bad guy?
also, now I want to paint, but I don't know what and I don't really want to spend much money at all, even though I could spend a bit, and blblblbl. I think I just want to do something with my hands that is not what I have been doing recently (I can't think of a way to phrase that which doesn't sound dirty, so i guess that will hae to do).
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Jumped into a pool with my phone in my pocket :(
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im a dick becuase I have to be the bad guy.
Okay, I get you. I thought you were beating yourself up because of something somebody else did while you were unconscious.
For the record, telling this girl you're not interested is something you have to do and you'll feel like a dick but you won't be a dick. That's an important distinction.
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blag blag
I am living in PEI now, this is interesting. My mom is here so I am just living with her until I figure something out. I'm going to get some resumes printed off Monday and run around town with them, to the bike shops and a used book store and maybe the comic & games shop. I might be here a couple of months, making money is good (when you have loan interest to pay!), and I need to get up to something.
I've just been hanging around the house the past couple weeks doing nothing. My mom seems to want me to get out but I do not want to, I wanted some time to do nothing and come back to myself and just not worry. I have had that time, though, now, so I ought to get up to something.
There was a pie-off in breadalbane yesterday, which is 40 minutes from charlottetown as the chevy flies, but tragically my license has lapsed, my mom was working, and my two friends here were busy and couldn't drive. If only I'd of found out earlier, a pie-off plus lady folk music is probably the ideal place for me to meet people.
In other news, I'll actually be back in Ontario wednesday. I'm still an Ontario resident, and my health insurance lapsed, and since OHIP has photos on their insurance cards, I need to go back in person to get my insurance renewed. On the bright side, there were $75 seat sales on so round-trip from the maritimes for $240, taxes, tariffs, and tribulations included isn't bad at all. $90 in extra fees sounds a little silly, looking at a $150 ticket, though. So, I have to go to the health insurance office, get a new card, and spend five days kicking around Waterloo. Life could be worse.
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- Buy cheap canvases from discount shops, get some paints, and do stuff like this (http://www.etsy.com/shop_sold.php?user_id=5079159&order=&page=1). (Then give them to Ally.)
Ally, these are awesome.
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Jumped into a pool with my phone in my pocket :(
Take your phone apart as much as possible (cover off, battery out etc...), place it in the oven at about 40C for an hour, put it back together and charge it over night. Should be fine in the morning.
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Rinse it with completely pure water first.
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Baking is great for electronics. I had a graphics card that died. Pulled all the plastic and the heatsinks and so on off it, preheat your oven to something that I forget but it's just over the temperature that solder melts at, bake until the solder is shiny and then let it cool and reassemble. Chances are if the problem was little microfissures in the solder it'll be working fine.
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Or don't turn it on or attempt to or do anything with it, take it apart, let it dry for a day or two, then charge it and see how it works.
With a lot of things like that, if you just let them dry completely before trying to use them, they work like normal.
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Yeah, but the oven is great if you're in a hurry. I have a habit of leaving things in my pockets and then washing my clothes without checking so I've washed my phone and iPod so many times it's not funny (it is pretty funny).
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My old phone went into a pool twice and it was fine after letting it dry out both times.
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I just went ice skating with a very pretty lady. This is the first time I've ever ice skated. I did not die.
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Not even in her eyes or in her arms?
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Unfortunately I'm an idiot so I plugged it in without letting it dry out so that might've damaged it further. I read around and it seemed most people said to put it in a ziplock with either some dry rice or those little silica packets you get with new clothes sometimes and that will draw the moisture out. So that is what I'm doing, fingers crossed.
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- Buy cheap canvases from discount shops, get some paints, and do stuff like this (http://www.etsy.com/shop_sold.php?user_id=5079159&order=&page=1). (Then give them to Ally.)
I bought some cheap canvases and paints from Newtown Variety store, so we'll see how that goes tomorrow. I have to go to the gym tomorrow and visit work at some point, so at least I will have things to do.
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Harry, where is your post about the heat?
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Not even in her eyes or in her arms?
Musta been somethin you said.
Guys I went to the Wal-Mart after having a very fun game of 40k with my friend Jason. I have bought 3 hats (I guess they were called beanies years ago but I don't know if that is still the term), 2 thermal shirts (one white/cream, one navy blue), thermal leggings (cream, as they were the only ones that were medium), 2 pairs of thick socks, 2 pairs of $1 gloves that aren't that thick but are comfy and they were only $1 so if they die I don't really care. I also bought 6 pairs of boxers so now I don't have to wash my underoos every week, now I can wait 2 weeks!
I had a $20 gift card from xmas so the total was only $35!
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Harry, where is your post about the heat?
Pfft, that is so last summer. It's going to be low-to-high-twenties for the rest of the week so one day of hell is tolerable.
That said I'm just about to go see Avatar, a film whose appeal to me is pretty much limited to the fact that it guarantees two-and-a-half hours in a dark, air-conditioned room.
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Not that I'm complaining, I'd love to know why the college have given me £620.
I mean, £450 of that is a bursary I remember applying for but the remaining £170? A mystery. It's part "room bursary" and part "rent rebate" but I don't know why I'd get either of those (unless it's because the heating is broken AGAIN).
Either way, woo. It almost halved my bill for the term, and I didn't get any housekeeping fines which is good because I was getting ready to go Hulk if they tried to fine me.
Now to do three hours of revision on constitutional, then make a curry, then do three hours of tort, then eat the curry, then do three hours of constitutional and go to bed. If you see me on here again in the next three hours, feel free to yell at me.
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dear blog thread,
i wake up, my shoulder's cold. i've got to leave here... before I go i pull my shirt on & walk out the door. drag my feet along the floor.
then i see you... you're walking cross the campus - cruel professor, studying romances. how am i supposed to pretend i never want to see you again?? :(
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I freaking hate tort law.
Goddamit.
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GET BACK TO WORK MAY
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I have decided that I hate everyone everywhere and everything. Also men.
(This doesn't include you guys, <3.)
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It's cool. I'm in a perpetual loathe of all girls.
Or maybe malaise is a better word.
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I HATE TORT LAW I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT
It should not be this difficult to understand. I'm not having any trouble with constitutional law, which is all abstract concepts and conflicting viewpoints and conjecture. GAH.
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Tort law, die.
I have given up.
Abandoned hope.
Thrown in the towel.
And so on.
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You dare trespass on hopelessness and defame tort law by calling it a nuisance? We need to work on a method of conversion of your negligence in studying the books to a battery of good intentions.
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I have e-mailed rock stars again to ask personal favours. This time it is a somewhat lesser star but I am asking for a lift to her gig instead of trying to get on the guest list this time.
So she replied, not in time to get me to the gig (which was a pie-off/musical extravaganza, hence my desire to be there), but she did offer to show me around town which is pretty cool.
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So I was having a dream this morning that I went shopping to buy myself something. I think it was like a black handbag? Anyway, I decided after a bit that I didn't like it and went back to the shop and pretended it had been an unwanted gift for my mum. The sales assistant explained I could only exchange and not refund, which was really frustrating because I wanted my $50 back.
Around this point I started waking up but forced myself to keep dreaming until I found something in the store that I actually wanted to exchange. I considered some tacky jewellery and boring clothes before I noticed another part of the store and found a perfect mint green crockpot (I really want a crockpot) discounted to $34.95. As soon as I picked it up my alarm went off. Phew!
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Planning for my grandmother's 70th birthday herp derp
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Man, screw you guys I'm outta here :x
That wasn't anything to do with your post, I was just reiterating what Ben said.
I know.
Hell, I need a hobby.
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I am listening to the soundtrack of Beyond Good and Evil
For clarification, are you referring to the game?
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Yes he is
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Yesterday was exciting! I got in a car accident for the first time — the first time I myself was a driver involved, that is. The driver in front of me first slowed slightly, then slammed her brakes when she suddenly noticed a sizable recess in the ground ahead of her. I, reacting first to her slight slowing did not expect her to stop so suddenly as she did, and just as she passed over the recess, i skidded over the gravel at its bottom and rear-ended her. The driver behind me did something much the same. Nobody got hurt, but weirdly enough though my car was hit both from the front and back, it appears undamaged, while the other two cars did not fare so well.
The reason I was out was to pick up a friend so we could go with my parents to dim sum! We went to Chinatown and had lots of super tasty food: shu mai, chicken feet, pot stickers, etc. and several kinds of dumpling with indeterminate nomenclature, described to us by their contents in thickly accented English. Thennnn, we went to a movie theatre and saw the new Pedro Almodovar film, Broken Embraces (Los Brazo Rotos). Some reviews I'd read before seeing it seemed to think Almodovar's slipping, but I saw no evidence of that. Tons of beautiful shots, a story excellently told, and thoroughly engrossing. A lot of Almodovar's ensemble make appearances, and the film-within-a-film riffs on Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown. See it see it!
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so for the last couple of weeks my sleep pattern has been shittier than usual, and shitty sleep patterns are not a particularly new thing to me except this new thing has been happening where every morning, when my alarm wakes me up, i go through a brief few minutes where i seriously honest to god am on the verge of panic because i have no idea who the fuck i am or where i live or where i work or what day of the week or month of the year it is and i have to think really fucking hard for a short while before all that stuff slowly starts coming back to me. then i go to sleep that night and the same thing happens again the next morning.
does this happen to anyone else? it's really scary! it is probably sleep deprivation or stress or both, either way i don't like it and i guess this is my body telling me i need to do something to correct it already.
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Since last Wednesday my left forearm has been asleep from the elbow down. I can sort of work some feeling back into the ring and pinky fingers but my index and middle and thumb no luck. What's surprising is that while the hand is sore and I can't feel half of it, I can still type moderately well with it. It makes everything else using finger dexterity a lot harder though, so I'm going to schedule my 2nd doctor's appt of the month tomorrow morning, just before I have to go to the dentist.
Also I trimmed my mohawk today. I think I'm going to do this weekly to keep it in excellent rocking condition.
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man
my old room mate dropped out of school so this semester i was hoping to have a single.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOPE
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Guys, I don't want to get up and go to work. I feel like if I do, a piano is going to be dropped on my head and I don't think that would be good at all.
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I can only imagine someone close to you plotting a piano drop for years. Their entire life has been dedicated to this morning. Are you going to let them down?
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Honestly, if I had to choose a way to die, piano drop would be pretty cool.
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It would be very noisy, though.
I spent an hour today pretending to be in a jury deciding an inheritance case, and earned fifteen pounds (incidentally and irrelevantly, my keyboard is being stupid and when I try to do a pound sign it does # and when I do a hash sign it does \. The at sign does " and the quotations does @. What is going on?) Not bad! Although I was disheartened because two members of our six-man jury talked the rest of us into not given the plaintiff anything, when most of us started out wanting to give her three hundred thousand or up. It wasn't a real case, but these are the people who will be serving on real juries with real outcomes. Not a good sign.
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Your keyboard has decided to run as English (US). If you go into control panel and open the keyboard settings you should be able to change it to English (UK).
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Standing in the line at security in Phoenix. Some dude is holding everything up by maybe being a terrorist, possibly.
My flight leaves in one hour.
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Or he has a tube of toothpaste or something.
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Turns out things are okay! Plane is supposed to start boarding in 1 minute. Don't think that is happening thanks to security holdup
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Hey, thanks you two! Fixed :)
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Once I was "randomly selected to go through extra security". I was crappy. I got asked about the various jewelry I had with me, and they made my mom go through a lot of the same crap because she was with me. Airports suck.
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Yeah, apparently my beard makes me suspicious or something. It seems like about half of the flights I've been on since I grew it out years ago have required me to go through extra screening.
It gets pretty annoying after a while!
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The anti-terrorism laws in Britain give police officers the power to search your hair for items that may be used for terrorism. What are they expecting to find, explosive head lice?
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Update: there was no terrorists on my plane and I am sitting in Cleveland Ohio looking at my next flight. It is 24F and there is snow on the ground! SNOW!
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Second day in a row I've felt vaguely nauseous and lightheaded. Maybe a facehugger got me in my sleep.
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I've still got time:
Over the course of 1–24 hours, indeterminable in some cases, and sometimes up to a week, in the case of some queens, the embryo develops into a chestburster, at which point it emerges, violently ripping open the chest of the host, killing it.
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Yeah, apparently my beard makes me suspicious or something. It seems like about half of the flights I've been on since I grew it out years ago have required me to go through extra screening.
It gets pretty annoying after a while!
Everyone knows terrorists have beards. It's like their primary trait.
Also blog - I sprained my goddamn ankle yesterday. The upside of this is I get to work from home today, which is always fun. Also the girl came round last night to be sympathetic and cook me curry. Mmm sympathy curry.
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When I was going to and from america I got pulled out of line for extra pat downs. This was hardly surprising if you consider that I was wearing giant black boots, military issue trousers and a black trench coat. I don't look like a conventional terrorist but I'm sure in about 40 years I will. They're just getting ready.
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So I said I would read Twilight in a day for a bet.
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my dad kept getting extra security too every time he flew last summer. we're part native american, so he's got a little darker skin and black hair, and at the time it was my hometown's 125th so he'd grown a terrible terrible beard (better than chris' but not better than nodaisho's) and he is paraplegic so he's got a wheelchair too. i called him terrorist basically all the time after that
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So I said I would read Twilight in a day for a bet.
I said I would drink half a pint of tequila with a shot of baileys dropped in it for a bet.
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I know which one I'd prefer.
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The Twilight one, right?
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It's essentially choosing Twilight or death, and in this instance I'd rather have the cake.
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I said I would drink half a pint of tequila with a shot of baileys dropped in it for a bet.
Over a specified period of time? Or could you take a sip of it every now and then over the course of a few days?
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In one. Was this a bad idea?
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Half a pint of tequila in an entire day? That sounds doable. Just space it out right, eat food and drink water. Depends on one's constitution, I suppose.
Or did you mean all in one go?
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In one go.
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I guess if you puke it all up immediately it won't have time to damage you?
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unlike twilight.
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You could always read Twilight and then drink half a pint of tequila with a shot of baileys dropped in. I'm pretty sure one would cancel out the other. Or fuck you up for life.
You know, whatever.
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Bella was a shy and awkward Irish lass, Edward was a mysterious and brooding tequila worm . . .
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Hey guys guys GUYS I am so excited (yes this will be derby related so tune out now if you are sick of my derby blabbing - THIS MEANS YOU OLD MAN HOCKING <3)
So we had speed and endurance training on Tuesday night. Turns out I am the best skater on the team, and they paired me with the coach for a few drills and sprints and I would have WON dammit if my wheels were better and didn't just slide out from under me when I got really fast so I slipped over on the corner but then he fell down right in front of me so i count that as a victory! Anyway he was like, I think we have a Jammer! And told me I am going to be an awesome jammer and that makes me REALLY HAPPY because for the past year I have wanted to be a jammer in derby so badly! So after I get to level 2 they are going to start me on lots of speed skating practice but I have to buy better wheels or I will just axe myself on the corners all the time.
I have finally found something I love and am GOOD AT. Also I am getting hella fit. I am going to have the most amazing ass after the next few months.
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So you're going to be the girl that all the other girls on the other team are trying to keep from lapping them on the track?
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That post screamed to me: pics or it didn't happen.
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Yay Jodie! I'm gonna go check out the edinburgh roller derby squad on sunday to see what it's all about!
Okay, so I am going to go buy future of the left tickets and bear in heaven tickets (so excited because the venue that they'll be playing in is tiny and always has super awesome bands on and I really like the manager and etc.) However, the future of the left gig apparently friends of the girl I broke up with last week and who now hates me are also going. I am not going to let their glares get between me and a good rocking out though damn it. Also, in total, those tickets are going to cost me like 14 pounds which is awesome.
Edit: Thwarted! tickets-scotland doesn't sell fotl tickets here in edinburgh. this means I have to wait till monday to see if I can even go. Damn.
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Hah, so my brother finally killed the toilet. Never mind that he regularly clogs it because of his penchant for eating dairy products when he's got the munchies despite lactose intolerance. It overflowed once and he flushed it THIRTY times and then flipped out and cursed god for giving us a shitty toilet. I'm having a good day already.
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Beat him about the head and neck with a plunger. Even if he doesn't get the message, I can virtually guarantee it will make you feel better.
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I am going to have the most amazing ass after the next few months.
What happened to it since August? Also you are like 3x more hardcore than me now ):
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Actually, I feel great, because so far my day is way better than his. I'm gonna go get a haircut and chase some tail at a couple big box stores or something.
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So they cut off the steam to the building I work in today. This means that we get no heat and a couple of the things I need to use today don't work (autoclave, I'm looking in your direction).
This kinda sucks!
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I went to a fancy dinner party at a fancy hotel restaurant (http://www.moonrisehotel.com/dining-and-entertainment/eclipse?6a9967593e8d0b57cfaf033c0ddd7b5b=618ab7b9e06d00bfa848141663fb1b6a) last night! It was quite fancy. We had to dress all properly, so I was in high heels all night and barely ever got a chance to sit, so by the end of the night my feet were killing me. And for some reason drinking one delicious beer(Lambic!) and a screwdriver, sort of got me a bit tipsy. Which didn't hit me until we were driving, so I'm thankful for that, because it was my boyfriend's company party. His coworker's/friend's "girlfriend" got really really drunk, and was then making people do shots with her/talking really loudly/hugging everyone, and that was sort of awkward. But everybody had fun! And we ate fancy foods! And got to enjoy a really fancy bar because the previously mentioned friend/coworker has *connections*!
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Also, an older group of older ladies who wish they were still young and hip(one was wearing a run dmc shirt and they were all super overly made up) got all annoyed with us, and stole chairs from the one table people from our group were sitting at, to put their coats in. And then got pissed off when one of the guys in our group accidentally bumped into one of them while laughing, and then apologized! She said "You better be sorry!" and I just feel like that isn't a very appropriate response. Sorry we are younger than you, and more successful than you were at this age.(well, I am not successful, but my boyfriend and his coworkers are, so I guess the median of the group is young and successful and those ladies need to chill) But they kept shooting us dirty looks all night, but it wasn't like we were being obnoxious or anything. Plus our friend/coworker kept talking with the chef all night, and the bartenders really liked us, and sorry that we were being happy and celebratory.
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But overall, it was a good time. I felt a bit like a 50's housewife though because I wore a sort of pin-up-y dress(this dress! (http://www.pinupgirlclothing.com/pinup-couture-sailor-swing-dress.html) but I took the white belt off and wore a little sort of smallish cardigan sweater) and was on my boyfriend's arm all night and chatting up his boss and coworkers, and telling everybody about baking and everybody wants me to bake them some bread and I felt very domestic.
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There is snow outside and I am in buffalo and no I won't go build a snowman because I don't want to do it alone.
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I just left the courthouse from jury duty. Their video said I was performing a vital civic duty, but there were no trials needing jurors today so I just sat in a room for 6 hours.
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View from my room:
(http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs217.snc3/22447_283730962316_590257316_5001108_708260_n.jpg)
Door to nowhere:
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Looking out from the door to nowhere:
(http://hphotos-snc3.fbcdn.net/hs237.snc3/22447_283730907316_590257316_5001106_423967_n.jpg)
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That sucks! Did you literally just sit or did they let you read a book, or something, or what? I don't know how these things work.
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They told me to bring a book.
It was vaguely disappointing, since I expected to have a lawyer going all Perry Mason on me, but at least I don't have to worry about missing work because the trial is dragging on.
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So, I want to do something to help out Haiti. I feel stupid just donating $10 via text, when I know that I can raise $10,000+ if I did some sort of event. Except that my normal means of doing this is though a club my mother is with and I don't know if they'd be too interested. St. Louis is the Zombie Squad headquarters, and if you go to their page right now, under featured product is a picture of my boyfriend's good friend, and basically we sort of have connections there that I am tempted to try to go through. But I'm afraid that if I go up to some place that I've never worked through and say "hey! Let me organize/run/host a charity event in your name to raise money for Haiti!" they'll say no, since they don't know how fucking awesome I am at them.
I don't know what to do!
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Exactly!
I've checked all the local online places and so far nobody has said anything about any sort of fundraiser, or food drive, or blood drive or anything. I want to do something, but I don't know what I can do, and hfasdklfjsdl;jfa; I feel stupid and helpless. I want to fucking help.
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ask yr boyfriends friend to help you out with asking?
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That is basically my plan. When he gets home, we might walk up to where she works(a place owned by one of the owner's of ZS), and see what we can do.
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On top of the shit that happened to me Monday, I think I'm getting sick. My stomach hates me (constant nausea, sometimes pain, and I can't eat w/o wanting to puke) and now my back hurts and I'm getting a nasty headache and god 2010 why do you hate me so much.
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Dang, I feel really good, I just donated $15 to help the Red Cross help Haiti.
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My exam is gone, and I have absolutely no idea how I did. I mean, I did badly but the degree of badness is yet to be established - maybe I just held on by the skin of my teeth, maybe I waffled irrelevantly for eight pages. We'll find out soon enough.
On the upside I ordered a cow-shaped draught excluder a few days ago and it arrived today! Also I had a really nice evening with my college mum, because I just went back to her room after the exam finished and ended up having dinner with her then hanging out til she and her friend went clubbing. It meant I was wandering back to my own room at 10.30 with a jar of pesto, three cloves of garlic, two batteries and a cow-shaped draught excluder but hey, people do weird things here.
ETA: I can't believe I forgot about this because it's a pretty big deal, but my ice hockey coach has angina :( It seems really unfair because he's fit, he exercises regularly and eats healthily, his cholesterol was always fine - there wasn't anything to indicate he was at risk, but I guess it often goes like that. So basically he can't coach us any more, which is bad for several reasons including the fact that we've now got league matches and it really kind of matters...
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Well, I know how that sucks :~) from personal experience. But none of us is a statistic, and bad things can happen - or not - to any of us. That's not a reason to let up on looking after ourselves, though.
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Woo just got my Burning man ticket woooooo
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My house got selected to be a T.V. ratings house! But then we were disqualified because my housemate works for a media outlet.
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Kill the housemate.
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Kill the drummer, he can't play.
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(http://www.dreamingant.com/covers/0005011.jpg)
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Shit be seriously, seriously fucked up in Haiti.
Feeling helpless.
Exactly!
I've checked all the local online places and so far nobody has said anything about any sort of fundraiser, or food drive, or blood drive or anything. I want to do something, but I don't know what I can do, and hfasdklfjsdl;jfa; I feel stupid and helpless. I want to fucking help.
MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (http://www.msf.ca/) is a safe bet. So is the Red Cross (http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003).
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So today at work when they turned the heat back on steam flooded into all of the labs! Not sure how clear it is, but this is what my lab looked like after it had been clearing out for about 10 minutes.
(http://i422.photobucket.com/albums/pp309/direbacterium/Random/31cd41a7.jpg)
We were forced out of the building for a while and eventually my roommate and I just decided to hit the bar for a few drinks and go home.
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Dear blog thread,
I agree, 2010 is totally shit so far. Not so bad: my back window had a giant hole in it this morning and it's gonna be over $625 to fix
Very bad: another fucking young person was struck by a car and left for dead. in january in north dakota! if the car didn't kill him, the cold certainly would have. this time the guy is in serious condition, with a fractured skull, fractured arm, fractured vertebrae... they hit him and then proceeded to continue to run him over. this guy is a local fixture at all the good shows, a very punk fucking rock dude who seemed pretty rad. i've been to a few parties with him, not many, but whatever. what the hell? this is the second time someone i know has gotten hit by a fucking car and the car took off. ridiculous. fucking ridiculous.
also i agree with his dad (http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/265784/). fuck victim blaming
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That is awful, Britt. I read the article, and a dude who works for a floral company cannot be bad. I hope he wakes up okay.
In other news my 2010 is turning out pretty okay, I had my 6 months staff review and got a promotiony type thing today as well as the pay rise I got last week.
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MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES (http://www.msf.ca/) is a safe bet. So is the Red Cross (http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=000005&tid=003).
I already checked our local Red Cross charter, and so far they aren't doing anything other than telling people to donate. But I will check out this site too, thanks!
I don't want to just donate money. The thing is I could either donate $10, $100, everything in my bank account and it wouldn't even come close to what I could do.
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a punk rocker who works at a floral company! there are a lot of pissed off hardcore kids around here who keep saying things like the police better find out who did it before we do... i'm imagining a warriors type thing with all the heavily tattooed black haired twenty-somethings toting around smashed whiskey bottles. he is the boy i have never seen wearing sleeves... all ripped off, with a denim vest with all kinds of patches on it. his band covered the dicks.
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I've started planning this crazy and reckless travel-adventure where I spend almost a year travelling from somewhere near the top of Alaska all the way south through Canada and the main bits of the U.S. then into Mexico and through Central & South America right down to Patagonia. Without catching any aeroplanes apart from the ones to and from Australia. I've had just such a ridiculously ambitious notion in my mind for a while but I've actually started buying guidebooks and figuring out itineraries and calculating how many thousands of Australian dollars I can save up over the next 18 months. So I guess maybe if you're in the Americas I might be coming to your neighbourhood in 2011 or 2012? Crazy.
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Talking about travelling, any Swedish forumites should probably dive for cover over Easter. I'm going to be staying with some family I have in Vasteras. So if you see a bewildered, bearded dude wondering around Vasteras or Stockholm, it could be me :lol:
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I just ordered my foundation uniform for the ballet show! Leotard, shoes and tights, we get a more complicated costume depending on what dances we're involved in. I'm so excited!
Less exciting is the fact that today I absolutely have to finish unpacking, writing letters, writing cheques, booking doctors appointments and all the other boring stuff that will just get pushed aside once term gets going properly. Meh. And it's raining.
Edit: I'm off to meet the director and producer of another play this evening! I'm probably going to be stage-managing it, pending massive personality clash disaster when we meet. The girl who was my ASM on the last play is the ASM on this one too so that'll be awesome! Still massive mystery as to why they asked me, though; I don't know anyone who is involved except the ASM and I don't think she was involved when they asked me. :?
EtaEta: This will be the last edit, I swear. Just wanted to tell all the haters that I just booked an NHS appointment and there was one forty five minutes later. Nationalised health care does not result in long wait times! At least not if all that's wrong with you is a creepy skin lurgy that's spread from your collarbone all the way down both arms and onto your hips (ohgodwhatiswrongwithmeohgod).
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I want to go travelling hurr.
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last night i dropped my friend off at her home after PaRtYiNg at a club. at the stop sign leading out of her neighborhood there was a herd of like, 7 deer! so i stopped and watched them for about a minute because they were right next to my car & deer are so fucking cool! once i saw a car coming up behind me i drove off so they wouldn't have to sit there and wait for me while i dorked out over animals.
then suddenly the car behind me turned out to have flashing lights and it was a cop car! pulling me over! because sitting at a stop sign for a full minute at 2AM is super suspicious or something?
seriously why does that kind of shit always happen when i drive my drunk friends home??
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Fucking fuckers, I fucking better not have fucking meningitis.
Stupid nurse making me worry about something that is NOT TRUE.
Goddamn emergency doctors appointment in an hour and a half.
Bloody stupid rash that doesn't go away when pressed with a glass.
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Magic! The rash has gone!
(OK it hasn't really but thanks for the voodoo hehe.)
I know it isn't anything serious really, but she made me sufficiently worried that I need to hear a qualified doctor tell me that. She made it very clear at the start of the appointment that she couldn't diagnose me, and then proceeded to attempt to do just that, which just made me more worried :(
Anyway. In about an hour I'll turn out to have eczema or something.
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Lexicon of Love is the revision album.
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Horrible lurgy update: they're not sure what it is, but I'm not going to die of it. I'm going to try a stronger cream and if it doesn't work then it's probably what Katie suggested it was, and therefore there's nothing I can do but wait til it goes away.
The play I'm now definitely stage managing is already awesome, and I'm really excited. It's going to be hard work though.
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Guess who's got two thumbs and underestimated how much work shovelling snow is.
This guy, this guy right here.
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Welcome to my life, Jace. How do you like it?
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It was actually not so bad, I hope it snows after I've made some friends so we can make a snowman or snowcave.
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You're in Buffalo. I wouldn't worry about it snowing. Or maybe you should worry about it...
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so that girl I didnt want to date, I think were dating now. When she sat/strattling me and leaned in for a hug then we made out, then heavy petting and yeah...
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Well, make outs/heavy petting/sex doesn't really mean you are dating someone. However, its gonna break her heart to hear that.
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Hey weren't you saying that you were afraid of being a dick by shooting this girl down? I'm pretty sure it's even more of a dick move to be leading her on like this. And starting to "date her" whatever that means when you aren't into it is leading her on.
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well i've decided to give it a chance.
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It's currently 5:30 AM. I want to sleep more but I can't because of unbearable pain in my right arm. It fucking sucks.
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Doctor=>arm fixed=>back to sleep?
My boring job has been made more boring. Get this: IT department has run out of diskspace so we can't actually save any data anywhere. Which means that, as an information control and distribution outfit, we're pretty much sitting on our asses.
I'm reading Wapsi Square.
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Delete all files greater than a certain size or a certain age - problem solved.
Of course, there will be a few unimaginative whingers out there, but hey! (Refer them to their local backups...)
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Unfortunately the law says we can't.
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Heh, I know! I look after clinical trials data for my living.
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Stupid laws!
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Speaking of backups, the 4GB memory card I ordered just arrived! Now I can back up all my uni work and stop panicking that my laptop will die with all my lecture notes and essays and basically everything on it.
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Doctor=>arm fixed=>back to sleep?
Depending on where he's from (sorry man I do not remember):
Doctor=>insurance provider=>your arm is a pre-existing condition DENIED
or possibly
Doctor=>oops no monies DENIED
U S A! U S A! U S A!
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Or my favorite, option C:
Emergency Room->no insurance->treatment anyway->DEBT FOREVER!
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I'm particularly fond of that one.
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But since I'm in Canada, it is:
Docotr -> Waiting Room -> Waiting Room -> Finally seeing the Doctor -> ??? -> Profit.
But seriously guys, I strained a muscle and it hurts like a motherfucker. I took some pills and went to school anyways. Wasn't that bad, but damn.
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SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM!
P.S; HOLY SHIT BLOG THREAD I AM LIKE THIS CLOSE TO BUYING AIRLINE TICKETS TO NEW YORK FOR THE 15TH OF JULY 2010 HOLY SHIT THIS IS TOTALLY HAPPENING
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gah i got a call from my doctor's office about the x-rays that were taken last week and apparently there's some sort of suspicious thingy near my spine.
:-(
sorry for the lack of grammar but i am alarmed.
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Blog thread!
Went to Big Day Out yesterday, it was pretty fun. Mostly danced a whole bunch and had a goooood time. Highlight would have to be when Girl Talk was crowd surfing, somehow collapsed on me and then ended up in my arms so I was holding him ever so tenderly.
It was weird, but awesome!
Also I touched his butt pretty hard.
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I am in editing mode.
My huge ass super VHS video camera doesn't record video that looks that good but it's still kind of neat looking.
I got a ton of footage from the coffee shop that I am going through. I am trying to get a few good jokes from each comedian who preformed there.
I also got footage of guy in an 8 foot talll snowman costume dancing in from of the local video store. Random.
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do not want to stay at work until 2:30am calculating inventory ever again please
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Wow guys, I am on a bus and on the Internet. o/ for living in the future am I right?
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Man, that thread was started in the future from when I posted that response! Don't be hatin'.
Of course, from the length of that first post fatty probably started writing it before I started writing mine, but that just leads to the question: when does a post come into existence? When it is being made or when that 'Post' button is clicked? (note parallels to abortion).
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GOD HATES THIS BUTTON
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/jhocking/evil_button.png)
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today my friend turned up the (new?) Chris Brown song and proclaimed that "hip hop was back".
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Is there a way to make extra hours in the day? Because I think I might need them. I just spend half an hour planning my schedule for the next three weeks and if I do all my work, there actually is negative time to sleep.
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You'll manage somehow. Improvise, adapt, overcome and all that good stuff.
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My problem with that system would be that my bursts of sleep would probably occur while riding home on the subway, with my alarm clock being the conductor telling me the train's at the last stop.
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So, I think I may need glasses or something. Basically, I've always had a slight problem with my eyes. I had glasses for a very short period of time as a kid, but I haven't worn any since elementary school. Lately, I've been having terrible headaches. Like for the past week, all week long. They are horrible, on par with hangover headaches. And my eyes have been hurting. I have a hard time focusing, their are a few things that I can't actually see, like tiny words are blurry, and impossible to read. Small text kills my eyes.
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sounds like astigmatism. i have it too, i found out last year and now i need some sort of special toric contact lens in my left eye. it isn't too pricey but it's the biggest fucking contact lens ever. like, the size of my entire eye. i'm not even sure what astigmatism is to be honest, only that it apparently means you end up with the most stupidly mismatched contact lenses ever.
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This break from school has been so much fun. We've had rehearsal every day from 10 to about 1:30 or 2 and then we all go get lunch and then I go back to the school and work on set and light design and stuff until about 5 or 6. Sometimes even 7!
Last night, we had a surprise birthday for a fellow student. He is now 18 and supplies us with porn, cigarettes and lotto tickets. What happened was we all went to his house and sat around until he came home and then hopped from behind things and were like, "Surprise!" We then ate some pizza and cake and then walked from his house to the school football stadium and jumped the fence and played hide and seek for almost 2 hours in the dark. I had loads of fun!
Then all the girls left and the males all took their pants off and played 8 player Halo 3 in our boxers until 4am and then got up at 9:30 for rehearsal.
I am going to miss Urinetown.
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Oh freaking hell. They give me the 6:00 slot for the radio... I opened to 10 people. -_- Whatever, I get the 10:00 slot next week WHOO!
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dang when i was on college radio i'd purposely put on stuff to make people not tune in..... like a thirteen minute drone track. i guess to some people that'd be awesome, but probably not the listeners of that station. some dude kept calling in requesting three six mafia, the drone is what i gave him. he kind of asked for it really. (it was like wwwwwwwwwooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWW)
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Hehe, the worst I've done so far, is play "Kick Out The Jams"- Bad Brains and Henry Rollins to a crowd that thinks that Owl City is the most original band ever.
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HEY
HEY GUYS
I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA NOW
Seriously, I just flew down today and I am living with my dad in Livermore once again, which is as far east as you can go and still call it the Bay Area. I'm pretty excited 'cause there's a decent music scene here and there's a hell of a lot more work opportunity than in Bumfuck, Alaska. I pretty much can't go wrong. Also, it's pedestrian friendly, so I can longboard or bike everywhere.
Downside: I now owe the bank $300, what the flying fuck.
More downside: Becca and I aren't friends yet again (long, boring story), and my first girlfriend Tara doesn't want to be friends either. Not my fault her boyfriend's cheating on her in opium-fueled moments of passion though, and not my fault she's so hopelessly fried from snorting various hard fucking drugs that she doesn't trust anything I say. Whatever. I broke her heart a long time ago but this string of stupidity is 100% hers.
More more downside: I didn't get to say a proper goodbye to a lot of my friends who are still my friends.
More more more downside: My shit doesn't even get here for another 2 weeks or so.
Love,
Me!
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Dude, no offense, but have you ever considered just not talking to any of your exs? Like actively avoiding them?
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Yeah, it sounds like your exes are fucking insane anyway, maybe just let them be insane on their own. I saw you should get to work on meeting some new soon-to-be exes.
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Ones who aren't crazy.
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On Friday night I went to see Neko Case perform in the city. It was a pretty good gig, not great but good enough. On the tram back home I sat next to a girl because I thought she was pretty, and soon enough she started humming "Star Witness", which gave me an in: "You were at the Neko Case gig?" I said. We chatted about the gig for a while, then lapsed into silence. Then she took out a book and started reading it; when she took a break I asked her what she was reading. "Biography" she said, and showed me: it was a biography of the writer Rose Macaulay. We got chatting about literature: she recommended Macaulay and Ivy Compton-Burnett to me, I recommended Elizabeth Taylor to her. We had a nice chat for ten minutes or so until it came time for me to get off the tram, and we said goodbye.
Now, you can kind of tell when you're chatting to someone when you've reached the point of introducing yourself, and when you haven't, there's just a natural point in the conversation when it seems like it's about right to exchange names, and I never reached that point with this girl. So I got off the tram not knowing what her name was. But now it's two days later and I find myself really keen to find her! I've been doing some sleuthing this weekend and based on the book she was reading I'm 99% sure I've managed to figure out which university she's at, and the fact that she had an accent (Northern European, it sounded like to me) narrows down her identity further, but now I seem to have hit a brickwall. I'm going to keep catching the tram whenever I can for the next few days, maybe cruise around the suburbs where she probably lives to see if I can spot her, hope I get lucky. Otherwise I'll just take comfort in the fact that I had a nice chat to a pretty girl I'd never met before, which is not a bad way to spend a tram ride.
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"...you'll realize it's actually a wonderful thing
that all around the world
there may be folks singin' tunes
for the love of other folks
they barely knew
and it puts a smile on my face
yes, it do
and let me tell you
you ought to be smillin' too
cuz the next time you're feelin'
kinda lonesome and blue
just think that someone somewhere
might be singin' about you
who knows if i'll ever see her again
maybe we'll see this whole time
she could have been singing about me
probably not
but it could be"
those kinds of interactions make me very happy.
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I've been doing some sleuthing ... I seem to have hit a brickwall.
A few months ago I had a similar thing happen: I met a girl, really enjoyed chatting to her, picked up a few details which let me find out who she was but then couldn't find any way to contact her. Six months later she just added me on Facebook, so was clearly doing the same sleuthing herself! I guess what I am saying is that even if it looks hopeless, there's a chance she'll just turn up again in a few months' time.
Blog thread, I just had a Eureka moment with my constitutional law reading, where everything we've studied so far this year just clicked into place and I can finally see the bigger picture. It feels like I've finally made some progress! Still got lots of reading to do for tomorrow but I think it will be easier from now on.
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dang when i was on college radio i'd purposely put on stuff to make people not tune in..... like a thirteen minute drone track. i guess to some people that'd be awesome, but probably not the listeners of that station. some dude kept calling in requesting three six mafia, the drone is what i gave him. he kind of asked for it really. (it was like wwwwwwwwwooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrsssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhoooooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwWWWWWWWWW)
last semester for our last show of the broadcast we played this song (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopesmoker)
apparently two years ago someone played just 'Song Two' by Blur. "And that was 'Song Two', by Blur. A really good tune, next up we have another Blur song. Here's 'Song Two'". student radio yeah! sticking it to the man since 1990 (in the uk)!
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"Meticulously composed in the style of Gregorian chants as interpreted through the ears of Black Sabbath, 'Dopesmoker' esoterically describes -- get this -- the 'Weedian' people's pilgrimage to the 'riff-filled land.'" from allmusic. yeah, based on that i think i would love it. 60 minutes though, i really could have made that three six mafia fan annoyed. i don't even know what band it was that i played.... just that they were from norway, this was about 2005 or maybe 2006 and the album was black. which, really, could be a lot of things. i think it was metally drone too. hmm.
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Typing with a sock on my hand is pretty hard, although maybe not as hard as I expected.
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So my last month: Wrecked car, went on vacation and learned to snowboard, broke arm snowboarding, dropped out of culinary school because i can't do it with a broken arm, on leave from work, and hooked up with ex last night followed by falling over and cracking the splint on my arm.
I've also downloaded a lot of music and talked to friends. I'm in quite good spirits considering luck isn't on my side. In the words of big d and the kids table "But I can't stop from just smiling when that damn sun is shining on"
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Typing with a sock on my hand is pretty hard, although maybe not as hard as I expected.
...Oh!
...Sock.
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So I'm going to dinner and a movie tonight with a friend, her fiancee and their neighbor. I have a sneaking suspicion that this is a setup and I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that.
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Why are you typing with a sock in your hand?
Tonight is the belated office party of all three of our stores. We're going bowling. They are paying for us to go bowling and booze will also be paid for. Oooohhhhh this will be interesting, hehe.
Also: Reed, hopefully it's fun and not awkward. Who knows, maybe this neighbor is pretty rad and you may make a new friend?
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oh man guys, I took the bus to St. Andrews last night and hung out with a high school friend and her boyfriend and her flatmate and it was such a good time and I kinda wish I could hang out with them all the time (also, cause the flatmate is kinda really cute). Now I'm back in the flat and even though my flatmates are here it's really not the same type of atmosphere cause we're all like 'oh man we have work to do and shit ... life' and I'm a little bit sad on the inside.
What I'm saying is I wish my daily lifestyle could consist of waking up at 2 in the afternoon and going to sleep at 6 in the morning and spending half of that time hanging out in pubs and in houses and laughing and smoking and the other half walking around outside in a beautiful area and cooking and everyone just being happy.
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Thanks Linds. I guess I should point out that the reason that I'm unsure about the whole thing is that she is 37 while I'm 25.
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Typing with a sock on my hand is pretty hard, although maybe not as hard as I expected.
sock goes on cock not hand
...OR DOES IT
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in days of old when men were bold and condoms weren't invented,
they put their socks on over their cocks and babies were prevented!
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HEY
HEY GUYS
I LIVE IN CALIFORNIA NOW
Seriously, I just flew down today and I am living with my dad in Livermore once again, which is as far east as you can go and still call it the Bay Area. I'm pretty excited 'cause there's a decent music scene here and there's a hell of a lot more work opportunity than in Bumfuck, Alaska. I pretty much can't go wrong. Also, it's pedestrian friendly, so I can longboard or bike everywhere.
Downside: I now owe the bank $300, what the flying fuck.
More downside: Becca and I aren't friends yet again (long, boring story), and my first girlfriend Tara doesn't want to be friends either. Not my fault her boyfriend's cheating on her in opium-fueled moments of passion though, and not my fault she's so hopelessly fried from snorting various hard fucking drugs that she doesn't trust anything I say. Whatever. I broke her heart a long time ago but this string of stupidity is 100% hers.
More more downside: I didn't get to say a proper goodbye to a lot of my friends who are still my friends.
More more more downside: My shit doesn't even get here for another 2 weeks or so.
Love,
Me!
Uhh yay...?
At least you're happy, dude!... I think!
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"Meticulously composed in the style of Gregorian chants as interpreted through the ears of Black Sabbath, 'Dopesmoker' esoterically describes -- get this -- the 'Weedian' people's pilgrimage to the 'riff-filled land.'"
Oh shit Brittany you haven't heard Dopesmoker? Get on that nowwww
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she is 37 while I'm 25.
http://abc.go.com/shows/cougar-town
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Yeah, it sounds like your exes are fucking insane anyway, maybe just let them be insane on their own. I [say] you should get to work on meeting some new soon-to-be exes.
The sad thing is that the one ex who really was clinically insane is actually the one who I had the best relationship with, and who I have the best friendship with now. And it's kinda funny 'cause she asked for my phone number here in the States so that she could call me from Tronno, where she's going to film school.
As for the other stuff you said, Jimmy, I'm working on it. Today I was working on the heating ducts under my house with my dad (whoo HVAC work experience!), and that involved a trip to Home Depot for parts. At the Home Depot, we got all of our stuff, but hadn't checked out yet. We asked one dude if he could point us in the direction of a job application, and he pointed us toward a purpose-made Job Application Computer by the garden section (which actually worried me, is their turnover rate REALLY that high to make such a thing necessary?). While I was filling out the app, a really really really really cute girl (like, REALLY cute!) came over and was like "Hey uh sup do you need a chair?" and I was trying to say "No thanks" but it came out all "Uhhhhhhhhhh chair what uh nah I don't need a chair." Which is odd 'cause I am never nervous around girls, no matter how damned cute they are.
I really hope I get hired there 'cause there is a really really cute girl there. I would woo her with my intensive knowledge of the tonal properties of Home Depot's lumber selection, which I will be selling to people who don't give a fuck.
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booked my flight to new orleans
3/29 - 4/7
WOO
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Patrick, telling a girl you don't know all about your wood probably ain't the best way to go about it
Also: why won't you return my calls
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So, I'm thinking of talking to my boyfriend about moving. Our lease isn't up until the summer, I think, but I think it'd be good to start thinking about places now. I had this typed out as a big paragraph but it's a bit easier to read if I do points.
Bad things:
-Our fridge has broken twice in the past few months, and is currently making a lot of noise, so I'm pretty sure it's going to die again. Our landlord is supposed to provide us with a fridge, according to our lease, so when it died, and took $300 worth of groceries with it, and then the fact that we didn't get a new one for weeks(Plus my boyfriend had to take days off, and leave work earlier, because the guy who does all that stuff for our apartment[anyone remember the blinds story?] refused to try to work with our schedule as well, and then, he'd set a time to be here, and then not show up!), we tired to get reimbursed for at least some of the groceries(We were asking for $200 off rent the next month), and the guy refused.
-Then this new neighbor moved in upstairs and he is very very very loud. I can stand in the street outside our house, and hear exactly what he is listening to, as if I am listening to it on the radio. He stomps around all the time, and runs back and forth in his apartment, stomping, at 1am. The apartment has this constant pulsing beat because of him listening to music too loudly nonstop. I think it may have something to do with my headaches.
-In late November, the light in the front entrance, and the one in the back entrance, died. They were not replaced until just a few weeks ago. This is seriously hazardous. It's been snowy/rainy out, and when you come home at night, and have to walk up some stairs to get in your apartment, with wet feet and no light, you could seriously get hurt!
-The whole blinds ordeal.read here (http://forums.questionablecontent.net/index.php/topic,22300.msg873755.html#msg873755)
-This is kinda bitchy and pedant-y and not horrible, but they didn't salt or shovel the snow from the walk up to the building. I know some places do this, and some don't, but we were the only building on the street like this.
-The neighbors on this street are kind of douchebags. On Christmas day, at around 10pm, we finally got home. There was no where to park in front of our building, so we parked further up and across the street. The next day, we stayed inside until roughly the same time(10pm), at which point we decide to get a few groceries. When we arrive to our car there is a note on it saying how rude we were to park in front of someone's house for three days, and that were are such jerks and all this other bullshit. wtf. We were barely parked there for one day, and maybe, just maybe, if they didn't have all these people over, we'd be able to park our car in front of our building.
Good stuff:
-uh....Our next door neighbors are nice.
-He still hasn't said anything about collecting a pet deposit for Cerberus. Which I am not really sure if this is something I can count as a positive. If he can't even be assed enough to do something that will purely benefit himself, than what is he going to do to help us?
-I like living in the Tower Grove area. I like living near my old art school, and the Botanical Gardens, and south Grand. I like this area.
Ugh. What to do. This is frustrating.
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Will it be that hard to find another place in the same area?
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In the summer, when our lease is up, yes. Plus it's going to be hard to find one for the same price. And one that will allow us to have a dog and two cats.
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Thanks Linds. I guess I should point out that the reason that I'm unsure about the whole thing is that she is 37 while I'm 25.
Hrm. Well. That's quite a leap and I would probably be grossed out if one of my friends tried to hook me up with someone 12 years older than me.
So bowling with everyone was actually quite fun! I was really terrible, but still. Also there were some little kids in the lane next to mine and at one point this little girl kind of drifted over into my lane as I was waiting for my ball to come back and she pushed her ball down the lane. It was HILARIOUS. Also she hit something! Which was awesome, because I'd done three gutter balls in a row. Later on my manager let her bowl in her lane (she'd brought her son's Sponge Bob ball and this girl wanted it sooo bad) and she pushed it and knocked down 8 pins. Definitely one of the coolest kids ever.
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I went bowling with my boyfriend on the weekend too!
I spent the whole shoe-putting-on-time reassuring him that I was a hopeless bowler and then proceeded to immediately get two strikes in a row!
After that it was pretty much all gutterballs though. He beat me. Just.
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aw yeah i bought cigs for a kid today and they paid for mine!
SCORE!
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Baby Jesus is crying. He is crying because of you.
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Gold, frankincense, and a twenty-pack of B'n'H. What more does an infant need?
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Hey blog, long time (almost) no see!
Here's what's going on in my life at the moment:
-My portfolio for art school is coming along nicely, and it's looking a lot better than I'd expected, thanks to my dear brother who managed to take ace photos of my art and put my sketches together so that they looks professional. Now I just need to write my statement to the Glasgow School of Art and I'll be ready to send it in!
- I just got back from spending a couple of weeks with my boyfriend and his family in the UAE and Jordan, which was pretty much amazing overall. If you're ever in Jordan, go visit Petra by night, and climb up to the monastery on top of the mountain in Petra during the day. It's a long walk/climb, but it's absolutely breathtaking and completely worth it.
- In less than a month I fly to NYC to attend an art history course with two good friends, so excited!
- Oh and I just found out that I have way more money on my account than I thought I had.
Life is good guys!
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Glasgow School of Art
Yay!
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Your new avatar is terrifying.
Two lectures this morning, both very funny and very interesting. I like this term so far! And for a change I have plenty of time to get my work done for this evening's supervision, because I no longer have two in one day. Busy? Me? (OK still busy but the days are less stressful than I'd expected.)
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Web design coursework DONE
First Exam DONE
One more coursework today, an exam friday and another exam next thursday. I'm getting rat arsed tonight.
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Hey guys remember a while ago when we were talking about people who kept a certain base amount in their account and someone made the point about just how fast things can stack up and it all gets frittered away before you even realise what's happened?
I learnt that the hard way today. I checked my account on Saturday night, and was like "hey, I've totally got more money than I thought I did, sweet!", the reason for that I now know is because various electronic payments I had sent had not yet gone through like I assumed they had, and all of a sudden $500 disappears from my account and I am officially on the skin of my teeth until the end of the month. Shiiiiit.
I don't think I've been this broke since I left uni. Shiiiiit.
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- Oh and I just found out that I have way more money on my account than I thought I had.
Funny you should mention that, Dovey! Yeah... All of those money was basically a delayed transaction and now I really hope my student loans will come through very soon so I'll be able to pay rent.
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Hey Kris send me money
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I'll be yr best friiiieeeennndddd
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She hasn't got any either.
I have some though! I'm offering a very reasonable rate of 48% and I'll require at least three items of valuable and/or shiny property as collateral.
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All I have to give, is my love
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Is it shiny?
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No, but it is pulsating
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Whore
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No, but it is pulsating
Death throes.
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Sorry, I don't want your love (no retail value I'm afraid).
Guys, something odd has happened. My captain just sent me a text saying that a parcel had arrived for me at her house, but hadn't been delivered and did I want it to be picked up from the post office.
I have definitely not used her address for any of the multiple things I have ordered lately, so I can't begin to think what it is. My only idea was that I had maybe left something in Finland and they had her address because she booked the trip, but they had mine too because I had to fill out a details card. Now I'm a) intrigued as to what it is and how it has happened, b) worried that in my sleep or madness I have been masquerading as other people and c) concerned that she might think I was rude enough to order a parcel to her address without asking her or telling her.
Very bizarre. What is up with our postal system?
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Snow.
I was offered a CD set for €80, so I thought I'd check the price of the same new on Amazon in Euroland. These were the results:
Amazon France (http://www.amazon.fr/Bach-Organ-Works-Box-Set/dp/B00004SAAX/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1263825761&sr=8-3)
Amazon Germany (http://www.amazon.de/Orgelwerk-Gesamtaufnahme-Helmut-Walcha/dp/B00004SAAX/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1263825801&sr=8-1)
Um, wtf, Amazon? (Guess where I bought it!)
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Whut, is the German economy in a downward spiral or something? How odd. Maybe France just likes classical music more?
I don't think the snow can possibly have resulted in an utterly incorrect address being transplanted onto my post. But I have thought of another possibility - my dad has my address and her address in his SatNav because we had planned to drive via her house to pick up my kit (but didn't - long story). I can't see how he could have got them mixed up and I don't think he was posting me anything anyway, but I've emailed him to ask anyway.
ETA: mystery solved. It was indeed my dad being foolish! I had left the cheese Jens gave me for Christmas in the fridge at his house, so they posted it to me except it wasn't my address they used... Hm.
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That must be some good cheese.
Also hey remember when I said I would read twilight? Well I haven't finished it yet. I did, however, get the person who challenged me to it to read Kavalier and Clay. She's read 2 pages in 2 days.
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I thought about giving her The Children's Hospital but that would have been a real dick move.
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Future of the Left in 5 hours!
Yay!
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Yay! I saw them last night, they were very entertaining. I'm not a big fan of them normally so that's saying something.
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Guys, there's still half an hour til my supervision and I've done all the required reading, all the questions and the essay (which may be the best essay I've written this year). I even have time to do some of the suggested reading! I can't believe how much difference it's made having the supervision a week earlier. I just hope I can keep this up for the rest of the week and be prepared for all of my supervisions!
Also tonight's rehearsal has been cancelled so I can make a start on Thursday's work. I'm actually in shock, this is the first time since I began my degree that I haven't felt like I'm drowning under work.
Seriously. Wow. This is a great feeling.
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Hmmm, first real big inspection of a Polymer plant tomorrow... Time to prove that im worth the money they pay me :s
*crosses fingers and hopes everything goes well*
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The supervision is next week.
I have done all the work a week early.
On the downside, the trainwreck of supervisions situation is back.
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[whine]
Today is one of those days where I don't really even feel like getting out of bed. It's like everything is a reminder of how much stuff sucks. For awhile now, I've been down to one bra fitting properly, and it finally broke. Today I'm supposed to get another one, but I don't have any clue what size I wear(the one that fits doesn't have a size), and even if I did, I can't really afford buying a bra. And I promised I'd take my kids to the movies today, but I'm stressing out about money, and I just don't feel like leaving my bedroom much less traveling all the way to IL and entertaining a bunch of kids. And I hate when I feel like this because my boyfriend acts all cautious around me and that just adds to the stress. And basically I feel like a dickwad no matter what, and he keeps trying to get me to eat and I don't feel like it, and I know he is getting angry because I won't eat, and siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh. Sometimes, I just want to run away to the mountains or something. All by myself. I don't know what to do to make everybody happy and leave me alone.
ETA: ...and I am missing $100 from my bank account. Which may not seem like that much but when you only have $158 in your bank account that really fucking sucked.
[/whine]
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Oooh blog thread...
For some reason the past two months I feel like I've hardly done any work yet seem to have managed to get everything that I wanted to done. Whilst good I'm also beginning to realise I could get twice as much done. This is now my aim. I'm invigilating my first ever exams tomorrow so I hope that goes well. Unfortunately this invigilation means I miss not one, but two awesome games of football that would have been happening at the same time but the pub on campus would show them both. So instead of drinking beer and watching my team play I have to sit in a room for two hours to watch one student sweat their way through an exam. Joy of joys, but I did volunteer so I'll desist from my whinging. I plan on having a super-productive day tomorrow.
Reading this back, it's a bit dull but I just wanted to post something in here. I'll try and have something exciting. A couple months ago I got to read at the Edinburgh Book Festival so if anything that awesome happens again I'll come back.
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Today is one of those days (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpUYjpKg9KY)
Also I'm trying to save a stray cat that hangs around in my neighborhood. It has apperantly been lost for a long time, so it's all fuzzy and dirty looking. I've fed it a few times, and made contact with people who might be the owners. Now I just have to find it again and catch it.
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Today we were ending our soccer game in the standard "next goal wins" format. And guess who scored the game winning goal? This guy! Into my own net. Own goal to end the game. Fuck. :-(
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Should have just ripped your shirt off, screaming madly, and sprinted toward your sideline for the post-game high five line
o/o/o/o/o/o/o/o/ \O
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I can't really afford buying a bra
i had one black bra that fit me pretty well up until my sister stole it and moved up north for the year. i went shopping around for a new black bra a couple of days ago so i can have something to wear with my tank tops during summer because i only have two bras left which are both a sort of peachy skin tone colour and bras are really dang expensive! the cheapest decent quality ones i could find that fit me well were all at least $50. i ended up not buying anything because i was so frustrated and tired and really couldn't bring myself to spend that much, but eventually i'll probably have to because anything cheaper than that i could find was just awful and overly padded and didn't work at all. bra shopping fucking sucks.
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Patrick, telling a girl you don't know all about your wood probably ain't the best way to go about it
Also: why won't you return my calls
Hey you know what sometimes they are interested.
Also, if I recall, you don't have a phone for me to call. Thanks for checking up on me the other day though! I am indeed alive, and relatively well.
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Recently I told a girl she looked better without makeup and I got slapped.
She was wearing makeup at the time so I suppose it was a bit of a backhanded compliment, but still.
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If everything goes according to plan (it has never happened) in about 68 days i should be getting on a plane and moving to The Orient for a year
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I thought you had done so already.
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No last time i posted about this was to say i had been accepted
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don't get disoriented
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Tonight I was watching Bran Nue Dae (lovely, entertaining little film - go see it if you get a chance) and I made an important realisation, so simple in its profundity that I wondered why on earth I hadn't realised it before:
Any ordinary every-day sadness or trevail can be almost instantly cured by a shuffle beat.
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Especially when it is a "Pretty" Purdie shuffle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FX_84iWPLU)
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Why is it so fucking hard to find a doctor? I've been put on hold for 40 minutes, twice now. Only to be told that they aren't accepting any new patients. My head is going to explode.
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Do you have health insurance?
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Yes. Really good health insurance, too.
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Everyone from Illinois is flocking to Missouri doctors since Illinois doctors are fleeing from Illinois like it is actively raping them. Raping them constantly and continuously.
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I gave up on finding a doctor. I am stubborn and have not had one in forever, and now that I am finally attempting to find one, I'm getting pushed around, so I'm done with it. I've got more phone calls to make today, and I can't sit on hold with them forever.
I did call the bank and get some of my bank stuff figured out though! Which is nice. I'm now waiting on Amazon to call me to find out why they charged me $100. Then I have to call Xbox and find out why they charged me xbox live when it is not due until next November.
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And now I'm on the phone with Amazon talking to someone I cannot understand who keeps calling me ma'am and putting me on hold.
My hopes were not high for this call, but.... I TOTALLY GOT MY $100 BACK!!! I am super excited now!
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Whisky* :-)
Needed that.
Today, When the man came from the garage to collect the car for a service (two hours late), he refused to take it because he saw that the car tax was 7 months out of date!!! So I called the car tax people, who told me that according to their records we didn't own the car (hence no reminders...); they also told me that it could be sorted out in no more than 20 working days, during which time we could not drive the car. In the end, it got sorted in three hours, during which I worked on nothing else.
Then I tried sorting out a computer that wasn't updating (continuation of work I was doing yesterday). It wouldn't complete the installation of XP SP3; eventually, after several hours work, I managed to force it to, but then it said there were no more updates (there should be 60-odd). So, after a full image backup, I did a repair install of Windows (using a disk with SP3 integrated), which hung on the last reboot; but it recovered from that, and when I tried to check updates again, IE gave a weird error message. It turns out that if you do a repair install of Windows after installing IE7 or IE8, you end up with a mix of IE6 and IE7/8 DLLs which doesn't work. A manual uninstall of IE8 restored IE7 (thus updating and downgrading simultaneously to get a working system!), and at 11pm, it decided that updates are a good idea, and everything is sort-of hunkey-dorey.
Tomorrow is another day...
* Jura "Superstition"
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Daer blag thread,
Things are looking up oh holy fuck are they ever looking up. My buddy Logan and I went up waaaaaay the hell north of here (all the way up to Petaluma) today to run an errand involving Logan's BMW obsession. While we were there, I noticed a gorgeous 528i, the E12 body series. Fucker runs beautifully, and is for sale at a whopping $132 (that's what Pick And Pull Wreckers were going to pay the guy for the car). Logan and his brother were already planning on buying it just to dink around and make it run well, then flip it. Now the plan is for Logan to buy it, dink around with it, and flip it to ME. I'll gradually pay back what they spent on parts, and make their labor worth their while for the whole shebang.
tl;dr I will probably have myself an early '80s BMW about 3 paychecks after I get a job.
Also, I'm feeling much more confident about finding a job. Had a talk with Logan while we were driving, and from what he's been seeing here in town, job search prospects are significantly better than they seemed to me at first. I mean, guy's got three jobs, so why the hell should it be possible to not find one, AMIRITE?
Love,
Me!
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I hope you made all the Logan's Run jokes you could while you were running errands with Logan.
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I did not, but a quick Google search revealed a film that I would not mind seeing.
Paul, good lord, you DID need whisky. Getting red taped to the ceiling when red tape shouldn't even be there in the first place is basically the Dumbest Thing.
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Uni offers get released in a half-hour. I am so bloody nervous.
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oh right they do too
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Good luck kids!
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Thx Lunchy!
Waiting sucks, I'm seriously freaking out.
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The offers are already up (though the website appears to have been beaten into submission by thousands upon thousands of eager students).
Try this (http://www3.uac.edu.au/offers/ug_offers.tcl) link.
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I've been offered a position as a full time student for a Bachelor of Medical Science at UNSW. More offers to come, I'm really hoping to get into the same course at USYD.
This is a little exciting.
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Congratulations!
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The soup I made on Saturday has gone sour :(
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Is that some kind of code?
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The soup has shit the bed.
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The Dress is Rumpled
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I've been offered a position as a full time student for a Bachelor of Medical Science at UNSW. More offers to come, I'm really hoping to get into the same course at USYD.
This is a little exciting.
Yeah! congrats!
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No, it was actual soup. And now it is actual sour soup (so it is going in the bin).
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I have two more days this week to sort out my enrollment before all the school leavers start trying to do the same. With the state that the uni's enrollments system is in (no more paperwork, do everything online; online thing is broken and shits the bed completely at anything nonstandard. My enrollment right now is roughly the definition of nonstandard) this is going to be a Fun few weeks for student services.
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Yay! Incidentally, Jens, your sig quote makes no sense out of context.
Guys, we have nine hockey games between now and the end of term (that's nine in seven weeks), and I can't go to two of them. We're playing the same four teams twice and then we have Varsity. It's going to be a tiring term!
Speaking of tiring I went for a twenty minute nap at half past one and woke up at four.
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Huh.
For the record, I am a great advocate of public scruffiness. I feel no pain whatsoever at untucked shirts and uncombed hair, and my boots are always scuffed.
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The truth is out May, you can't slum with us lowlifes anymore. We won't listen to the lies.
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Patrick. I do not always see eye-to-eye with you on things, but a cheap, used, early-eighties BMW is exactly what I would like to be driving.
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Stephen, your scraggy locks appall me. Get a haircut.
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Apparently, I am an asshole, and a horrible girlfriend, and making people cry because I won't go to the doctor for my headaches.
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Do your headaches make you moody and mean? By not going to the doctor are you depriving your loved one a chance for some time away from the moodiness and meanness?
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i think it's chlamydia
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^ Excellent avatar/post synergy
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So I walked down the street and got some applications, the owner of a soup place said that there is a high turnover rate so I might end up working there. I am also applying to work at a gas station so I can get robbed at some point.
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Jace, I am totally robbing you when I drive through Buffalo, no matter where you end up working.
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I only get bitchy when I get told how I'm so mean, and how I need to go to the doctor for him because my headaches and making me miserable, and seeing me hurt is making him upset, and how can I be so mean as to not want to stay on hold for 40 minutes with an excruciating headache.
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If it's the making the appointment part of the process that you don't want to do, why doesn't he make it? I've made doctor's appointments for other people before.
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robjacecon '10
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that may be read two different ways
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It's definitely a team activity, he knows dark and sacred things.
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robjacecon '10
This made me laugh for at least 5 minutes.
At first I read it like Unicron, but with Jace instead. Then I imagined myself as a transformer.
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Oh heya blog thread, I am here blogging from a hospital bed, just chilling, me and my roommate and some excellent, excellent hospital pudding. Turns out I got into a minor car kerfuffle (minor because there are no broken bones or things of a serious nature, car because there was a car and I was a person on a bike so like I was never gonna win that battle), but I do not remember and now I am a person who looks like a stomped-on tomato. Anyways, I will probably take pictures and share, but mostly I am blogging because I think this is a turning-point in my life! I am thinking about transferring universities because I haven't made a single real friendship here and I spent every night of the last week crying in bed and unhappy, and if things went differently today then I could've been substantially less alive, possibly dead or paralyzed or de-limbed or something.
Anyways, that isn't the case, I so gotta try living a little better and doing myself justice! No more daydreaming, gotta do shit for real.
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Hey ho on with life we go!
Just read some stuff from a friend dying with cancer and man going to sleep unhappy ain't no good idea at all. Live life, try not to get hit by cars.
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Where do you think you'll try to transfer, Clara?
I wish you a speedy recovery and success with wherever you want to go next!
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Cutting Moments is a very disturbing movie to watch.
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today was a good day. Became CPR and AED certified, and spent some "quality" time with the lady.
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At the same time
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Man, I don't know what to do or say or how to act right about now. I guess my former stepfather is fairly likely to die soon due to cirrhosis. On the one hand, he raised me since I was 3 and I guess his family is more or less my family whether I like that fact or not. On the other hand, he was always a financially successful and high functioning drug addict, so when he turned out to be a fairly terrible person otherwise blanket denial was more or less the order of the day on that side. So, basically, what I'm saying here is that I really want to gloat, but doing so would make the family Christmas party pretty awkward. I'm guessing Miss Manners would probably say to be nice, but I kind of feel like I should get a pass here. I mean, I have a 1 inch scar on my forehead that covers the mild groove left on my skull from the time he hit me with an ash tray, so I rather feel like dancing on his grave should be considered no worse than a minor party foul.
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Aww, fuck, that post was probably a bitter enough as it is without having to be a page break. Apologies I guess.
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On the bright side, if he dies fast enough, my half sister will have a quick out on the "Do I have to invite him to my wedding?" issue.
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stuffffff
Holy crap Clarita, I'm glad you're comparatively ok.
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Man, pay phones. I had to get some change from the porters so that I had 40p in the correct coins in order to make a call just to be told to ring back in half an hour, and then I had no change left so I had to go buy some junk food from a vending machine in two separate transactions to get another bunch of change in order to make another call.
The irritating thing is that last year, there were landline phones in all the student rooms and the cost just went onto the college bill. Since I rarely if ever make phone calls it would have been cheap, and immensely useful now that I have to make a call to people who won't communicate by email.
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I sprained my elbow at derby training! Now I have a lameo sling and my perscription painkillers are making me ill and I'm goin to not be able to skate on Saturday but I should be fine to train on Monday again! Doing everything with my left hand is weird!
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Jodie I'd say that sucks but all those exclamations make me think you're excited about it. I sprained my ankle last week, it was pretty average.
Oh exclamation! Tonight was the first time in a long time (~10 years) I have had a real problem with a sound dude at a gig. It was like he was retarded or on drugs, and this isn't an exaggeration. He genuinely seemed confused when I brought up things that we'd agreed on ten minutes before and couldn't grasp simple concepts. I had to play without my effects pedals as a consequence and this made me really shitty.
On the plus side the pastizzi cafe was open after and I bought a crapload of pastizzis and devoured them.
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Hey Blog Thread,
Sorry for all the bad stuff that is happening. I hope everything turns out OK in the end. Get healthy soon Yunior.
As for me I have been editing my show.
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/th_NamePending.jpg) (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/?action=view¤t=NamePending.jpg)
My current title for the opening of the first episode of The Name Pending Show:
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/hula.gif)
She is Hulu-Hooping to "I Can't Wait!" by These Estates.
I also filmed a skit with a talking Sandwich.
(http://i516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/th_Sandwhich.gif) (http://s516.photobucket.com/albums/u330/Dreamcastguy/?action=view¤t=Sandwhich.gif)
I have got footage of some local comedians, musicians and other stuff. I did an interview with a comic who was on Last Comic Standing and I am going to get some footage of a guy who was on American Idol.
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Things I have done today:
Successfully made it through a supervision I thought was going to go horribly
Ordered a large quantity of weapons
Run for an hour
Arranged all kinds of exciting stuff like lunch with a friend I haven't seen in ages
Things I have not done today:
Attended any lectures (I had one, and it was cancelled anyway)
Written the essay which was due yesterday
Done the reading for said essay
Things I am still going to do today:
Eat out with the ice hockey team
Locate a garden centre
Write afore-mentioned essay
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spent some "quality" time with the lady.
what does "quality" time entail? Do you mean, like, sex, or are you being sarcastic? I don't understand :(
yeah sort of but I wont go into details. lets just say she really enjoyed the time. :wink:
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Man, I don't know what to do or say or how to act right about now. I guess my former stepfather is fairly likely to die soon due to cirrhosis. On the one hand, he raised me since I was 3 and I guess his family is more or less my family whether I like that fact or not. On the other hand, he was always a financially successful and high functioning drug addict, so when he turned out to be a fairly terrible person otherwise blanket denial was more or less the order of the day on that side. So, basically, what I'm saying here is that I really want to gloat, but doing so would make the family Christmas party pretty awkward. I'm guessing Miss Manners would probably say to be nice, but I kind of feel like I should get a pass here. I mean, I have a 1 inch scar on my forehead that covers the mild groove left on my skull from the time he hit me with an ash tray, so I rather feel like dancing on his grave should be considered no worse than a minor party foul.
The guy was an asshole and you hate him?
Best thing to do is nothing.
Dance on the man's grave, you're the asshole. But you're not an asshole. Not attending his funeral would send a pretty clear message and upset people on it's own. Anything on top of that is just assholish. The man's going to be dead. You'll no longer have any relation to him. He'll be nothing more than a sack of meat. There's no 'him' left. Nothing you could do could do could possibly get at him. It'd get at your family though. Much as you might dislike the guy, you don't want to punish other people once he's gone by being angry at a corpse.
If you have anything to say, say it to him now while he's still alive to hear it.
If it's worth it, I mean.
It probably isn't.
Get on with your life! The asshole is not a part of it!
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So, the boyfriend who was previously upset with me about the whole calling a doctor thing tried to schedule me an appointment with a doctor on his own today. I gave him a list of doctors that I approved of from the website where we are supposed to look for doctors, and he went through the same crap I did when I called various doctors. Someone told him to call back in April, another was disconnected, two of them were hospital only doctors, and another an oncology doctor!(Then why are they listed under general practice!!! Grr) He was very frustrated by it and could see why I was so anti doing it now, and things are all better!
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You're discouraging me. I was planning on finding a doctor this month. Maybe I will have better luck.
In this post, I display copious amounts of optimism.
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Maybe. I was just going off of a list of doctors, provided by United Health care. So maybe you'll have better luck with your insurance. We ended up finding one by going through the Wash U helpline, so maybe try something like that?
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lets just say she really enjoyed the time. :wink:
So no sex huh?
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I will absolutely try that. I just need to find a general practitioner. It shouldn't be so hard, I hope.
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So no sex huh?
Zing!
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I will absolutely try that. I just need to find a general practitioner. It shouldn't be so hard, I hope.
Ha! I was looking for "just a general practitioner" as well. My appointment is early next week, if all goes well I could give you that doctor's information if you'd like. I think he is located near South Grand.
ETA: The doctor is close to the zoo apparently.
Blog Thread:
I was playing with my dog, and he bounced up and bopped me in the face. Now the area around my eye is all red, and I've got a cut near my nose. I look like I got beat up. What's funny is it might last until my doctor's appointment, and when my boyfriend called to schedule it, the lady kept telling him how he is such a great boyfriend and how she wishes she had a boyfriend like him, and now we're gonna walk in and I'm gonna be all beat up.
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I spent the day on a sort of trial run with a new client, meeting all the people there and participating in a planning meeting. I really like this group; when you actually enjoy a meeting (and it even went long) that's a good sign. On the other hand, I'd feel kinda bad just ditching my existing mediocre client, so now I need to kinda phase them out gently.
(actually this almost sounds like a question for the relationship thread; working relationships are still relationships.)
ADDITION: Come to think of it, slightly reworded I think it is a post from the relationship thread...
I spent the day hanging out with a new girl, meeting all her friends and participating in the stuff she likes to do. I really like this girl; when you enjoy the long conversations (and we even closed out the bar) that's a good sign. On the other hand, I'd feel kinda bad just ditching the so-so girl I've been seeing, so now I need to kinda let her down gently.
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Patrick. I do not always see eye-to-eye with you on things, but a cheap, used, early-eighties BMW is exactly what I would like to be driving.
James, AGREED. Logan's got 740i from that era in white, and it is clean and gorgeous and looks like what an '80s coke dealer would drive. He really likes wearing Ray Ban aviators when he drives it, and he has a rad beard. Guy has got all of his ducks in a perfectly straight row.
Dear cry thread,
Today I got my permit! I am 21 years old and I no longer live in a pathetically small town. I didn't study jack shit for the test either. Missed 4 questions, pass/fail margin was 6 since it was my first time ever taking the written test. Tomorrow Logan is taking me driving. I should probably mention that Logan's been my best mate since I was in middle school, hence the frequent hangouts.
Also, my rad ex Donika gave me her new phone number. Gonna call her tomorrow. Tempted to tell her what I should've told her before I ever left Albania.
Love,
Me!
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My true love is a 5'1" filipino boy.
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Tried packing all my stuff in boxes, ready to move on saturday.
Ended up reading The Filth for a couple of hours.
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I spent the day hanging out with a new girl, meeting all her friends and participating in the stuff she likes to do. I really like this girl; when you enjoy the long conversations (and we even closed out the bar) that's a good sign. On the other hand, I'd feel kinda bad just ditching the so-so girl I've been seeing, so now I need to kinda let her down gently.
Read this part first, got very confused
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Me too. I was about to say "I thought you were engaged," but I re-read it around 20 more times and then finally read the rest of the post, and got it.
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joe did you forget that you have a fiancée?
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Dude, it's not cheating until you're married. Why do you think he's waiting so long?
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Duh, we know the reason why. She became a ninja and now he can't find her.
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He's asian though. He has ninja-finding powers.
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The tax office has discovered that in "a previous year" I underpaid my tax by £0.79. To deal with this they have written to me and my employer, changing my tax code by the amount that will correct this over the coming year. I bet this cost them more than £0.79, but of course they must do the right thing.
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I had to take today off work because my painkillers for my elbow were making me so ill and I just slept all day. I have been stretching my arm out and such like the doctor told me to and I m so close to being better. But then I tried to cook dinner tonight one handed (which mostly worked) but I tried too use my arm to open things and now it hurts like it did the first night which means more painkillers and sleep and another day in a sling and no skating tomorrow. booo. It better be fixed for training Monday or I will be cross!
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The tax office has discovered that in "a previous year" I underpaid my tax by £0.79. To deal with this they have written to me and my employer, changing my tax code by the amount that will correct this over the coming year. I bet this cost them more than £0.79, but of course they must do the right thing.
Haha, wow. I had a little incident with the Australian tax office a while ago and their attitude couldn't have been more different. It started when I got a letter from them claiming that I owed them A$489 for monthly GST. I knew I'd paid actually them, and when I rang them it turned out that I'd simply used the wrong code when paying the amount online so it'd been filed as an income tax payment instead of aGST payment. But it turns out I'd actually underpaid them a little - by $18.53. In the words of the tax office lady on the phone ((and I paraphrase from memory): "We weren't too concerned about that [$18.53] so we decided to ignore it. But when the $489 came up we thought we'd better do something about it."
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A couple years ago I received a letter from the IRS that I felt compelled to scan to keep for posterity:
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y120/jhocking/irs-wtf.jpg)
When I called them to ask "what" the lady laughed and agreed that it's a pretty bizarre letter.
Read this part first, got very confused
(for confused persons, my fiancee is awesome. I think I was quoting patrick or something.)
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The Canada Revenue Agency doesn't do anything about refunds or balances owing under $2. I assume Australia will ask you to pay back that eighteen dollars next year or something but it's not worth hunting you down for?
P.S. and by 'doesn't do anything' I mean they process your return and let you know nothing is due. That is a pretty silly letter.
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Well seeing as how I had the Tax Office on the phone and internet banking open (so I could prove to them with dates and receipt numbers that I had paid the $489) I just went ahead and paid the $18.53 when she mentioned it. But then I'm a big fan of taxation.
Well I would be if our government spent it on anything useful.
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When I called them to ask "what" the lady laughed and agreed that it's a pretty bizarre letter.
You don't owe us anything. We promise. Don't worry about it.
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Dear blag,
Today I am slated to learn how to drive a car with a manual transmission. I mean I've already driven an automatic (in traffic, lols), and it was easier than your mom, so the wheel bit should be no sweat. That pesky shifter, gas, and clutch business is probably gonna take a few guesses though.
Bet I nail it after two stalled engines though. But maybe I shouldn't be so penisy.
Love,
Me!
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Ok, so I am sending out emails to potential employers. I was just about to send out this email:
"Hello,
I was wondering if the sale associate position you had posted on craigslist on the sixth was still available. I love to bake and would be very interested in this job. I've attached my resume if the position is still open, or if you have anything else available.
Thanks,
Emaline Ernst-Denson"
But my boyfriend says I should say:
""To whom it may concern, My name is Emaline Ernst-Denson and I read about your job opening at so and so. I'm highly interested in the job because of <reasons>. I feel I will be a good fit <because>. I am looking forward to hearing back from you. Here is my contact information. Please find my enclosed resume"
It's for a tiny little local bakery. Who is more right?
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I prefer your letter to his, but I've never applied to work in a bakery so what do I know. For job inquiries I send out, I would write something a touch more formal than you did (eg. "Thank you" instead of "Thanks") but definitely not as dry and stodgy as the obvious form letter. Although his letter is better in that it's generally a good idea to phrase things in terms of their needs rather than yours ("I would be a good fit because..." instead of "I love to bake so...")
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Go with the first one, Emaline. I used to write my resumes all professional like but the past year I changed my resume cover letter to a slightly more informal style with a few jokey bits sprinkled in.
I got an interview at one place purely because they liked my cover letter so much!
Also yeah it is a bakery so.
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Mix and match, Emaline!
You can be professional and formal, and still remain friendly and um...more real? I guess? I dunno actually I've only ever had one real job (that I didn't need to apply for) and I'm still working here so maybe I don't know shit.
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i feel like bakeries are chill enough that you don't need to send a really formal resume type thing.
i mean have you scoped the place out though? find out what they are all about!
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Like: do they bake in suits and ties?
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Never, ever, write: "To whom it may concern", for any purpose whatever. If you want to be formal, either make the effort to find out who to address it to (if there's an advert, it may well be in there anyway), or simply write "Dear Sir".
But even informal must stay reasonably grammatical. So replace: "I've attached my resume if the position is still open" with: "I've attached my resume in case the position is still open".
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Like: do they bake in suits and ties?
itt harry imagines his dream bakery
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A little bit more detail on why you think you'll be good for the job won't hurt. Keep the informal tone and the enthusiasm because nobody wants to read stock stuff, but if it's a sales position and you won't actually be baking then you don't want them thinking you've got the wrong idea about the job.
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Thanks for the well-wishes! I am already significantly less pulpy than I was before, so I think it is working, keep it up.
Where do you think you'll try to transfer, Clara?
It's a tricky thing. I love the classes at my school, and the overall academic experience is what I want, but I can't imagine spending another two years here, friend-less and unhappy. But so far it's been difficult to assess, in researching schools to transfer to, if I'll fit in, make friends, and be happy, while keeping in mind all the other stuff I should be considering (cost, transferring credits, etc). I am sort of considering moving back home and attending a local college, but it's a last resort.
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Oh wait you are clara? I did not realize that!
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Feels like "Oh wait you are clara?" has been my tagline for like 5 years now. Really, I gotta post more on these forums or gtfo.
(Gtfo? Is that a thing people abbreviate these days?)
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Tomorrow I am going on a mission to find the more obscure props for our play, such as a chest-high, untopiaried shrub (which I will have to store in my bedroom for the next week or so), a seventeenth-century dressing screen, some fancy chairs (and maybe a matching footstool) and, may God help me, some exploding flowers.
Wish me luck! One would imagine that it would be the 17th century blunderbuss that would cause me the most trouble, but in fact that was probably the easiest prop so far.
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my new girl friend never really heard of daft punk so we just watched interstella 5555 and she loved it!
:mrgreen:
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Like: do they bake in suits and ties?
itt harry imagines his dream bakery
You mean the baking process for every batch of bread includes a song-and-dance number with Busby Berkeley-esque coreography? Holy shit!
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Interstella 5555 was a surprisingly good merging of artists. Neither Daft Punk or Matsumoto's work is really the sort of stuff I'm into, (I have a hard time processing all the sheer earnestness,) but overall I can't imagine many other people attempting that movie without injecting some misplaced irony into the proceedings. I guess you just have to give props when someone totally commits to making a story about self-sacrificing space aliens and disco beats without it turning into a complete disaster.
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My rich aunt from London came down for my grandmother's B-day. Which is actually tomorrow. Apparently she flew with the Swedish Olympic team.
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I'm on my 4th bowl of soup tonight and I might have another two bowls before I go to sleep.
Also I applied for jobs today hopefully I get a call back soon.
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Spending Friday night looking up Holocaust documentaries was not a good idea in terms of improving my mood. :-(
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(Gtfo? Is that a thing people abbreviate these days?)
Yeah, I've seen it used a bit. Of course it's taken from the latin "tits or gtfo"
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It's live crab boiling time.
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You can tell it's dead when bubbles start coming up.
Before any Maryland-ers ask we are putting old bay on them.
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Man I am tired.
Today was the first day since I started uni that I didn't have anything specific to do, as my ballet class was cancelled.
So I went prop hunting. I'm not sure exactly how far I went but it's got to be at least fifteen miles all told, and I bought a five foot shrub which had to come back on the bus with me. Finding eight seventeeth-century chairs was a bit harder; I'm going to have to try again on Monday.
Exhausting but great to get out of the town and see people who aren't students doing things that aren't studenty. Everything makes me smile when I'm out on my own on a little mission.
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I just set up the "Friends" image as the background on my work computer's dual monitors.
Awesome.
Going to tape a singer who was on American Idol and a DIY event hosted by the Crafty Geek Brigade tonight. Hopefully I will get some good footage for my show. Busy Busy.
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(Gtfo? Is that a thing people abbreviate these days?)
Yeah, I've seen it used a bit. Of course it's taken from the latin "tits or gtfo"
well, that made me smile for real despite everything that i'm going to blog about now. thanks est for possibly providing me with a new sig quote.
hello blog thread, remember me?
i'm that girl who doesn't usually mean to be a downer on the internet, so she avoids talking about her real and painful problems for the most part. but i kind of need to right now. so bear with me.
now, i may have mentioned having "some mild test anxiety" in the past...yeah i was lying about that. my performance anxiety is quite severe. severe enough to seriously fuck with my life. i had to withdraw from university because of it for a year, and i have only told one person i know about that in meat life (my boyfriend) because i felt so dumb and embarrassed. :oops: i told people i know less well i'm just taking some time off so they'd think i'm just a slacker, but not a complete fuck up at every single thing ever. i still kinda feel bad for having done it. lying to people to make myself look better is kind of awful and i wish i were strong enough not do these sorts of things to anyone if i can help it. but hey, most of these people don't care that much about me and what i'm up to nowadays, so maybe lying to them is slightly less awful?
also there is a possibility i might just have general anxiety disorder. i would like to start seeing a shrink or something but i live with my parents and am not working because i'm back in school and on academic probation so that is my number one priority. there is no way i can afford to pay for it myself right now. they won't pay for it because my mom seems violently opposed to the idea because she is convinced it will cause dependence or whatever. medication is not an option cause i am a bit hesitant about taking any sort of drug because i worry too much about side effects. also it's a little awkward to ask THEM cause my mom is the main reason i need therapy in the first place. she is emotionally abusive for real guys. once she told me that she can't remember the last time she felt any genuine warmth towards me (!!). i think that was just so unbelievably fucked up and uncalled for, despite any mistakes i may or may not have made. i get depressed everytime i remember it, and well i don't think i'm going to be able to just brush it off like i usually attempt to. :cry: she made me have an actual nervous breakdown yesterday. i was panicking a little because i was trying to make arrangements to receive extra test time at university and it was the deadline for booking midterms and i had this overwhelming scary feeling that something would go wrong during the booking process even though all i had to do was fill out some forms and i am not too dumb to do that properly, but this was my first time actually using that booking system and i was just getting anxious that i might fuck something up somehow. it's happened before. it's one of the reasons i got kicked out of university. because of a series of silly insignificant mistakes on my part, not because i are no good at learnings in general. i'm actually pretty smart if i do say so myself, but i have mixed feelings about being at university. when i was younger, i used to think it would be like this super cool place where i'm surrounded by intellectual equals, but uh nope, hasn't been the case so far. i feel so lonely sometimes because i feel like there are only two people i know who are on my exact level intellectually: my dad, and a certain fairly new friend of mine, neither of whom are anywhere near me at the moment :|. fuck, that sounded awfully snobby. i don't mean i'm the absolute smartest ever, there are some people i know who seem almost TOO smart and i feel like i wouldn't be able to keep up with them in a debate or whatever, and that would make me feel bad about myself and i know they wouldn't enjoy my company that much. based om personal experience, i know that i don't particularly enjoy talking to people who are less intelligent than i am because i just feel like i have to oversimplify everything i say, and also restrict myself to a very narrow range of topics. then i feel guilty for judging people, because i try to be tolerant for the most part and ahhhhh it all makes my head hurt.
anyway, i'm kind of getting off on a tangent to avoid talking about the breakdown itself. that's kind of a bad habit of mine. i'm very private sometimes, and i feel like maybe i go overboard with it, and that's unhealthy. then i met someone who made it easier for me to open up about all sorts of stuff, and i'm grateful to him for that. kinda love this boy. it's mostly platonic but maybe could turn romantic if we weren't involved with other people. his views on sex and relationships are so similar to mine that i feel like we could be quite compatible even though i'm a silly naive girl who still believes in soulmates. what does this have to do with the anxiety, you may ask? it doesn't , i just wanted to think about something positive for a sec. he's the reason i can be a bit more open with y'all now and i am so genuinely grateful to even know him. maybe dating would just screw it up. i can be a pretty lousy girlfriend who doesn't even want to go on more than one date a week for stupid selfish reasons. how am i ever going to be able to settle down with anyone if i need this much space from them? it's like i'm barely a real partner at all. why would anyone actually WANT to live with me? i'd probably tell them to gtfo my apartment after a couple of days. ugh stupid mean selfish me. also, fuck i'm rambling again. i really feel vulnerable right now. okay uh. so the story is that i was trying to finish everything with my midterm booking stuff. and my mom just kept bugging me about it. not in a nice concerned parental way (ie my dad sometimes. he tries not to stress me out if he can help it. i love him so much for it), just in an angry let's-put-more-pressure-on-anna way. i broke down from that and cried. :oops: while i was crying, she kept telling me that i wouldn't be freaking out so much about all this if i tried to get everything done earlier. and you know what's fucked? i didn't even get angry at her about it, i just tried to explain as politely as i could despite the fact that i was sobbing hysterically that I KNOW MY PROCRASTINATION IS A HUGE PROBLEM BUT I DON'T NEED THE REMINDER RIGHT NOW and also i begged her to just back off a little and let me try to calm down. and fuck, she just did not back off, and i kept getting more hysterical and she kept criticizing me for CRYING and BEING IMMATURE and basically mockingly telling me to chill out (hate that even when i'm not upset), and i just kept APOLOGIZING because she just made me feel so very broken that i couldn't fight back. i wished my dad was there to protect me and i felt weaker than i ever have in my life and i felt frustrated that i am not able to calm her down like he can, and i was sad that he left me alone with her for a week for a silly non-business-related reason. then i blurted that out to her accidentally, and immediately regretted it because she mocked THAT too and said he wouldn't be able to help me become less fucked up and childish or something else equally awful. and she's kind of right, he wouldn't. he might just keep her from pushing me this far. if he were here, he would have because he loves me the way a parent actually should. but i shouldn't always rely on him for that. i guess i truly am weak and needy and immature. even though i like to pretend i'm not. i can't even stick up for myself, what's so strong about that. i have no real strength. i am not good at getting angry and fighting back. i'm naive and way too hopeful and believe everything will get better even though over the past 2 or 3 years my relationship with my mom has deteriorated even further. why would things get better if i make no real effort to fix them? i never make any effort to do anything ever, according to her. but i do try harder than she'll ever know. :| hence the pressure. pressure from her + self imposed pressure + that one rare bit of slight dad pressure which is more meaningful than her crazy attempts to control me cause i have actual respect for him = breakdowns.
okay, that last paragraph was probably way too long. sorry. i didn't even mention the most fucked up part. sorry for the incoherent babble, internet. i will wrap this up. it may be a bit shocking, but don't freak out too much. really, just don't. um so...uh fuck this is awkward, how do i say this without sounding overly dramatic and corny? there was a brief split second where i thought "if she keeps this up any longer, i may actually end up killing myself" this freaked me the fuck out. i've never felt suicidal before, not even for a second. i try to stay pretty positive. even if things are fucked up. it works most of the time. but it's never been this bad before. also i wouldn't be ABLE to kill myself because i am at least strong enough not to do THAT. um okay. so what happened next? well sometimes she apologizes for making me cry, but in a half-assed and mean way that basically tells me everything ever is my fault. still it's better than getting the silent treatment for being pathetic and crying. what the fuck, like seriously what the fuck. who does that. what is WRONG with her. argh. but also i can't even be mad at her since she's going through a pretty rough time in her life cuz her brother has cancer. i'd feel guilty calling her names or something. she doesn't deserve that. maybe if we were closer, i'd know how to help her deal with that. instead i am just someone for her to lash out at lately. i feel helpless and incredibly sad. :cry: i wish i could be a better daughter sometimes. i think i'm pretty okay usually but now maybe i'm not sure. i'm not sure of anything. ahhhhh.
mostly just wanted to vent. done lots of that here so yay. thanks for listening if you actually did, internet buddies!
if you though it was tldr; just realize that i am more fucked up than i normally seem, bawwwwww. and if there are typos or grammar mistakes or generally incoherent sentences in this post, it's because i'm actually crying right now and having an identity crisis. so don't be dicks about it kthx. :x
xoxo,
anna
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that was a pretty embarrassing confession, you can ignore it if you wish. :oops: :oops:
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or give me an award for the most sad/whiny/inarticulate post in the history of bloggy threads, that works too.
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right on, my brooooo.
also speaking of which, is it black flag time y/n?
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It is always Black Flag time.
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Er, wow? I don't know if I can respond usefully straight off; but to make you smile briefly, and to make you feel a mite less alone, have a poem by Larkin (http://www.artofeurope.com/larkin/lar2.htm).
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For me, I have been living in non-stop Black Flag time since 1984 when they played the very first show I ever went to. I highly recommend it.
I have Black Flag ink
I named one of my children after one of the band members
I have even met Henry's mom*
It is always Black Flag time. Also, it is simultaneously always Bad Brains time.
*this was a total fluke, but it happened. I wasn't stalking or anything I swear
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(Go listen to Rapeman)
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guys sorry i'm still a downer but i just feel like even the power of henry rollins won't be able to help. i don't even want to listen to any music at all for once in my life. please please talk to me and keep me distracted. just maybe here or twitter i dunno. maybe add me on facebook if you care enough. show me pretty things (written or visual), make some corny jokes, etc etc. not really up for discussing my problems per se. it feels too soon for that but it's theoretically nice and oh fuck something else awful might be happening :| :|
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oh and sorry for monopolizing this thread a little.
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guys sorry i'm still a downer but i just feel like even the power of henry rollins won't be able to help. i don't even want to listen to any music at all for once in my life. please please talk to me and keep me distracted. just maybe here or twitter i dunno. maybe add me on facebook if you care enough. show me pretty things (written or visual), make some corny jokes, etc etc. not really up for discussing my problems per se. it feels too soon for that but it's theoretically nice and oh fuck something else awful might be happening :| :|
It's not a pretty thing or a joke, but I have noticed recently that I've been enjoying* silence at times recently. When I was a few years younger I thought I'd always want to listen to some sort of music at all times, but more recently I've found that silence helps you think a little more and study the world around you especially when combined with walking. Also there is that sort of silence that you only get in the countryside that is total and complete and actually scares me a little.
Anyway nobody can be sad when looking at puppies so maybe this will help:
(http://www.big-dog-clothing.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/german-shepard-puppy.jpg)
*enjoying is completely the wrong word but I can't think of the right one
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thanks for the puppy picture, nufan. i do love them.
your advice isn't too relevant at the moment though. hope i don't sound like a bitch but i don't wanna think about things any more than i already have. i actually just want to do something that will turn my mind off for a bit. like, the first solution that popped into my head was getting high. wtf, since i don't normally partake in that but i feel like it might help me just this one time. but it's irresponsible and i don't want to turn into a stoner just cause things are a bit rough for me. blah.
also, guys leslie wrote to me. i feel a bit more special now. <3
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Yeah sorry relevance wasn't necessarily the point, was just a thought that occurred to me lately. I've also been going through a bit of a shit patch myself and all I can really say is that being cooped up in my house is when it gets worse, I feel a lot better having gone out and done something, even something completely useless like shopping.
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@20 jazz funk greats (Anna)
Heya hun. I'm normally not a huge poster on these forums, but I figured I'd try to do something to brighten your day. I know we already talked on the phone, and I do hope it helped. But I also have something here that might REALLY put a smile on that beautiful face of yours XD
(http://retrieverman.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/landseer-as-a-modern-newfoundland.jpg)
I love you sweetie. You know I'm always here for you no matter what.
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oh hi ray.
uh kinda strange to see you here. but you bring me pictures of dogs, so i won't complain about you posting here too much.
d'awwwww i really am smiling. d'awwww i kinda want one. but bah, remembered can't have nice things like that while living at home :/ :/ okay no more dogs guys. it might make me cry again. just stick with supportive pm's and amusing tweets instead.
keep up the good work <3 <3 every single kind gesture from a stranger restores my faith in humanity in general.
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oh hi ray.
uh kinda strange to see you here. but you bring me pictures of dogs, so i won't complain about you posting here too much.
d'awwwww i really am smiling. d'awwww i kinda want one. but bah, remembered can't have nice things like that while living at home :/ :/ okay no more dogs guys. it might make me cry again. just stick with supportive pm's and amusing tweets instead.
keep up the good work <3 <3 every single kind gesture from a stranger restores my faith in humanity in general.
But it is your favorite dog evar! Newfie dog ftw? (Well it's a landseer, a variant of the newfoundland dog as far as I know, but I'm no expert)
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thanks for the puppy picture, nufan. i do love them.
your advice isn't too relevant at the moment though. hope i don't sound like a bitch but i don't wanna think about things any more than i already have. i actually just want to do something that will turn my mind off for a bit. like, the first solution that popped into my head was getting high. wtf, since i don't normally partake in that but i feel like it might help me just this one time. but it's irresponsible and i don't want to turn into a stoner just cause things are a bit rough for me. blah.
also, guys leslie wrote to me. i feel a bit more special now. <3
TV. I find TV brilliant for when I have really bad anxiety. It's passive so you don't have to do anything to keep it going unlike a book and it's much more immersive than music, so if your mind does start running it's easier to slip back into it washing over you. Box sets of things on DVD are good. This is why I've managed to get through a series and a half of The Wire in one sitting, and every episode of Full Metal Alchemist in a few days because they were all streamed online and I had a deadline looming.
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I also recommend this. Watch or re-watch any of your favorite shows or movies if possible. I've found lately that TV shows help. Especially today. It's been helping me keep my mind off the fact that not only is my Mom in the hospital for the night, but I also haven't heard a thing as to whether or not she's getting better. Hopefully it can help you too. I recommend Glee. That show is incredibly cheerful :)
EDIT: Sorry. Bad habit of mine from other forums.
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You don't need to quote the post above yours dude. It's cool, we can tell what you're replying to.
Also, Anna (can I call you Anna? Imma do it anyway) my brother has pretty bad test anxiety as well. When he was finishing uni last year he had a conversation with one of his lecturers about it and after he did really badly in the exam (after having aced everything else in the course) his lecturer let him retake the exam as a one-on-one interview type thing and he did really well. Maybe talk to some of your professors and see if they would be willing to make those kind of allowances for you?
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Hey Anna, I can't read your post for reasons that I'm gonna blog about, but I skimmed, and read Jimmy's post, and I have this to say: I agree with what Jimmy says about talking to your professors, I think that is an awesome idea. Also, you should see somebody about your anxiety, if you aren't already. Just talking about it helps a great deal, or it did for me, anyway. If it's a cost issue, there are a number of places to go for these sort of things for cheap/free. I know it sounds a bit extreme, but once I was having horrible anxiety, and I called the suicide hotline place, and just talking to them helped. Then they set me up with a place to go for free to just talk to someone a let it out. Also, they had a kitten room, but I'm not sure what was in it, but the door was covered in pictures of kittens! I'm certain that that means they had sooooo many kittens in that room. Kittens for someone to just go play with and round around with and snuggle whenever they felt sad, because that's what kittens are for anyway! So yeah....feel better! Feeling bad is crappy! Try to think of happy things!
I almost had a panic attack today and my brain like shut off and started just forcing happy thoughts on me. Like animals that are very colorful in a white room! And Dark backgrounds mixed with birght shapes. My brain thinks happy thoughts are obscure art, and I guess that is ok. It took my focus off the fact that I could not breathe.
Also, so the reason that I could not read Anna's post is because my head has been killing me today. I am having a hard time reading short articles, my head hurts so bad. I shouldn't be on the computer for this reason(because I'm pretty sure its my eyes, because they are being all shakey and I can't focus on anything and man they hurt), but I also am trying to distract the headache away. I originally thought that I/my boyfriend was crazy thinking it was my eyes, and thought that I was probably just dehydrated because I haven't been drinking as much water lately, but today I've drank a lot, and they are still bothering me a great deal. Thankfully, I see the doctor on Tuesday. But seriously, right now my head hurts so bad that I feel like I might puke.
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Man I wish everywhere had a kitten room. That seriously sounds like an amazing thing. (Not just because it's kittens, but because it seems like it would actually help.)
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i agree with that linds. like, having my cat sitting beside me right now is surprisingly helpful. even though she's not normally uber affectionate towards me.
(also i will respond to all the advice i've received to so far when i'm feeling slightly more coherent. i still don't feel capable of doing much other than internetting more though)
also thanks again for being there for me, internet friends/acquaintances.
<3 <3 <3
feeling a bit better,
anna
(also emaline, get offline and get some rest please. i worry about you sometimes even though i don't know you well)
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Pets are amazing for your mental health. I really think anyone with the capacity to take care of a pet responsibly should adopt one, god knows there are enough in need of a home.
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(also emaline, get offline and get some rest please. i worry about you sometimes even though i don't know you well)
Aww, thank you! I am getting off the computer for now. I thought things were getting better, but I just took my dog outside, and he insisted that we run around in circles(sometimes having a herding dog is no good), and I got super dizzy super quickly, and now feel super ill. So it is time to go soak in the tub, and maybe cover my eyes with a cloth.
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Blog thread, I made a new friend who is sometimes in Buffalo and she likes Andrew WK and we are going to be PARTY FRIENDS
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did she touch yr penis?
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Not yet but she might. Fingers crossed.
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you get that job at the mighty taco yet?
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Dear blag,
Last night I picked up an application to be a mall cop at the mall in Pleasanton. There is a bus that goes there, there's a place on 4th St. here in town where I can get my guard card + training for the job (fee of $250 or some shit, but worth it since I'd be making $10/hour, and I would only have to do it if I for sure had a job offer with these people).
I'd get a uniform and a baton and a taser and I'd get to ride a Segway around the mall all day and make sure people weren't starting shit or stealing shit. And I'd get to check out cute girl-type people from behind a mirrored pair of aviator sunglasses.
I'd do a great fuckin' job but I'd look like Reno 911. That'd be my advantage, people underestimating me. FUCK YEAHHHHH.
Should I seriously do this, guys?
Love,
Me!
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HEY! When I have a Panic Attack (TM) the thing I do is listen to the shittiest shit shit music ever. The music that is so bad that it is totally awesome. The music you quote lyrics of to your friends in every day conversations. SONGS LIKE THIS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldoa8QSXe4A
In fact, that is now your theme song even though you're a girl.
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if you do im gonna take bets on how long it takes you to pick up some crazy psycho chick who was shoplifting something and you get into some prolonged relationship with her where the sex is great and you dont post for 3 months then you come back here telling everyone how crazy she and if its worth it to try calling that chick in canada again.
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Dear blag,
Last night I picked up an application to be a mall cop at the mall in Pleasanton. There is a bus that goes there, there's a place on 4th St. here in town where I can get my guard card + training for the job (fee of $250 or some shit, but worth it since I'd be making $10/hour, and I would only have to do it if I for sure had a job offer with these people).
I'd get a uniform and a baton and a taser and I'd get to ride a Segway around the mall all day and make sure people weren't starting shit or stealing shit. And I'd get to check out cute girl-type people from behind a mirrored pair of aviator sunglasses.
I'd do a great fuckin' job but I'd look like Reno 911. That'd be my advantage, people underestimating me. FUCK YEAHHHHH.
Should I seriously do this, guys?
Love,
Me!
Segways are awesome. Just look at how much fun this guy is having.
(http://static.reelmovienews.com/images/gallery/paul-blart-photo.png)
Doooo it
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brittany marie, did you just give ME a theme song called sexy boy? i kinda love that.
here is one for you that is equally cheesy even though you are not a doctor as far i know but you still made me FEEL GOOD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHP6U5vQ3mU
sorry about the corny compliments. i'm really being sincere in giving them though! i am trying to make myself feel better by trying to show more love in general. it is kind of working. that's really what my main problem was for the longest time. if i had more friends, i probably wouldn't have gotten this overwhelmed by my anxiety in the first place. maybe a shrink isn't really the right thing to be trying to acquire then, huh?
sup positive late night realizations!
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Should I seriously do this, guys?
Only if you promise to grow an appropriate moustache.
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I would but I cannot grow a moustache for the life of me.
Anna this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAKInjg66fY) is for you.
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thanks patrick! that song is sweet and kinda maybe describes our new friendship, so i'm dedicating it to you also. maybe that doesn't make sense but it does not HAVE to this is not the MUSIC forum.
do we need a random song dedication thread now or am i just being too sappy? also do i need sleep? i don't want it that much yet. but it might be a practical thing to do.
(and oh hey page break, i got lucky)
edit-why yes, i do need sleep because i just realized songs for forumites has been done before. okay. goodnight, friends!
edit #2- so i managed to survive the most two difficult days of my life to date without binge drinking. or weed. high fives all around.
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o/
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(too tired to physically return a high five but i can pretend because this is the internet after all /o)
insomnia can fuck off too blahhhh
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low five!
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Speaking of insomnia, what is a good way to get to sleep quicker? It always takes me at least an hour and sometimes two, but if I go for an afternoon nap I can fall asleep in ten minutes. What is going on here?
I wish my college had a kitten room. I wish my room was the college's kitten room.
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Perhaps your circadian rhythm is out of whack?
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It's always hard to tell through the screen, but I think you're doing the right things to get through this, Anna, and you'll be ok in the long run.
I can definitely relate to your situation because there are a lot of parallels to what happened to me years ago. I downplay it to myself and most people around me don't even know all that happened, but there are effects even years later -- the biggest being that I freeze up whenever I have to go do something "official" cold, because putting it off means I don't have to deal with negative results. Which most of the time is silly because most of the time it's simply picking up some paperwork or asking a simple question, but I'll like hover outside the office for half an hour building up the steam to just go in. Once I'm used to an environment or procedure, I'm fine, and of course 99% of the time there was nothing to worry about in the first place. :roll:
On the other hand, I've generally kept an upbeat outlook on things, and when it comes down to it, I can go do the things I need to do. It also had a weirdly positive effect on my retail career because I became so expert at avoiding conflict by not triggering reactions in other people, that with many years experience, I have almost none of the confrontational horror stories that everybody else seems to have happen on a weekly basis.
Anyway, before I start rambling for pages (which I can easily do), I guess the only "advice" I can give is that eventually you'll be in a place in your life where you are in control of it all, and I think one of the important things to start doing now and continue doing later is gather a circle of positive people in your life.
It's only in the last year or so that I've really had that, and it's the kind of thing I never noticed until it was different like this. Earlier in the month, a shoot for my cable access show completely fell apart when I found out the day before that the studio had accidentally double-booked and I was the one who had to change. As the shock set in and I felt completely alone, I braced myself to call everybody to tell them the news, and the overwhelming support I received as I put together an alternative shot date nearly brought me to tears.
I think you have a good start on that kind of thing with the people around here. While we all use this blog thread to post some of our woes, there's also a good balance of people reporting happy news, and enough of the pick-me-up support and silliness that really does help. I've had so many "friends" descend into the blogosphere morass of "my tragic life is worse than yours!" where collecting a large count of sympathy posts seems to be some kind of contact sport.
And because I've used up my quota of seriousness, I'll close with the silly non-sequitur of reporting that there's apparently a sci-fi book called "Doppelgangster". I wonder if it's by the same author as "Vampirates", and what the potential is for other kinds of titles like this. 8-)
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Dear blog thread,
My dad is teaching me how to do oxy-acetylene welding.
Bye.
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Speaking of insomnia, what is a good way to get to sleep quicker?
As a life long insomniac, my best legal answer is melatonin.
Dirt cheap, get it at the vitamin store, there is no "Ambien-hangover". Honestly, it's the Best. Stuff. Ever.
Take it about 90 minutes before you think you want to go lay down. Other hints, lay down even if you aren't tired at a specific time. In the dark, no t.v., etc.
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I agree completely! I love melatonin.
So, tonight, I am baking Jame's tourtiere (http://ratherbebaking.blogspot.com/2010/01/tourtiere.html). I'm pretty excited! And while I'm cooking, I thought I'd fill out some job applications. One asks "When did you fall in love with music?" I really really reaaalllly want to say "Well, when I was a little girl, I was convinced I was going to marry Freddie Mercury." But I doubt that'll get me the job. What should I say?
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yussss tourtierre let me know how it goes!
like if it is bad at all or the directions aren't clear let me know I need to be good at those things.
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Emaline, I personally think that would be the perfect answer, something to get a nice conversation going during the interview. Of course, when I applied to a bookstore and there was a line for additional qualifications, I put "alphabet", but didn't get the job... Really depends on the kind of place.
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James, the tourtiere is going really well to far. Everything smells delicious. I was reading over the recipe and I realized I didn't have enough butter for the crust, and just then my butter in the kitchenaid started splashing around, meaning it was done. So woo! good timing butter!
Jimor, I will probably end up putting that. And maybe about how I started going to concerts in first grade(woo! Rush!). I'd really like this job, but it seems a bit impossible. It's a tiny local record store, where they are constantly having amazing in-stores, and is in a really neat part of town. So basically, it'd be awesome and great. But I think my chances of getting hired are next to nothing.
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anyone know a good (and free) program for macs that will let me rotate an image in increments other than 90 and 180 degrees? like 25 degrees... or... 26 degrees... or... 27. etc. gimp seems to have failed me again.
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Gimp should be able to do it! Hopefully this (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-software-2/gimp-rotate-image-arbitrarily-111695/) will answer your question. Basically, you want to "transform" (Shift+T) rather than "rotate."
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...photoshop?
emphasis on free program, unfortunately i have very limited time to work on this thing and trying to pirate this is way too much of a hassle for me.
i will try the transform thing, thanks elizzybeth.
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PhotoFiltre you can do it by freely rotating http://photofiltre.en.softonic.com/
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I didn't know until today that New Jersey was a state. I thought you all should know.
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My dad is teaching me how to do oxy-acetylene welding.
THIS WAS AWESOME. We welded some parts up, and we used them to fix the gate that had broken off of the fence during the Vicious Winds that have been fuckin' shit up all over California. I learned that galvanized steel is annoying to weld because the zinc coating will transform chemically and vaporize into something that not only smells fucking vile, but also has effects that are really unpleasant in your body. The good thing is that I did not learn this the hard way.
Also, a friend of my friend Logan has started helping me out with my resumé. He used to review incoming resumés for Apple, and so he knows a thing or two. The more time I am spending with good people, the happier and more optimistic I feel about, well, everything.
Love,
Me!
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Just got back from seeing the Decemberists. Holy shit they put on a great show. Colin Meloy really knows how to work a crowd. They played only two songs, maybe even only one, from the Hazards of Love, which suited me just fine (I can't be sure of the exact number because I'm not really familiar with that album, intensely disliking it as I do). They also played a cover of "Bye Bye Pride" by the Go-Betweens!! Which goes some tiny way to easing my endless regret at not going and seeing Grant McLennan & Robert Forster performing together when I had the chance (which was more than once).
I've been to great gigs four out of the past five nights: Charlie Parr on Thursday, Slow Club at my local pub/live music venue on Friday, a free gig by Oliver Mann on Saturday afternoon followed by Camera Obscura being supported by Slow Club (again) in the evening, and the Decemberists tonight. British Sea Power and also the Pixies (!) playing Doolittle (!!) are still to come.
Good gig year.
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After reading through most of the night and then a good bit of today, I finished The Gathering Storm. It was amazing. I knew the plot would pick up now, towards the end, and I knew that Sanderson is an excellent author (I read Elantris), but I didn't expect me to get so involved. When things was looking bad, I hoped that they would get better. I don't think I've read anything as good since I finished The dark Tower. The conclusion in particular was pretty damn deep, and explained a good bit about the universe. I can't wait for the next one.
I spent the weekend on a camping site, playing bloodbowl. That was a lot of fun, there's quite a few things that makes playing the thing live, face to face, more exiting than playing it online. Of course, it was what we call a "sausage fiest" (try to figure out what that means!), and the nerdyness hung thick, thick in the air. But it was really fun, and I did much better than the older people there had expected - "sure you can play. We'll just have to check your head first. You're playing dwarves" I'll show them. One day, I'll show them.
YOU'LL SEE!
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gah im a dick. this girl passed out on my couch, I got her a pillow and blanket, then I went to bed. I woke up with her in my bed. She is very affectionate but I dont want to date this girl. letting her down is going to suck. :|
so that girl I didnt want to date, I think were dating now. When she sat/strattling me and leaned in for a hug then we made out, then heavy petting and yeah...
my new girl friend never really heard of daft punk so we just watched interstella 5555 and she loved it!
:mrgreen:
GOD DAMN. if i had straddled the guy i like who was 'sort of but not really' into me, and then pretended not to know who daft punk was, he would be my boyfriend now?!?? i really regret my whole 'if he liked me he would call me' stance now. lesson learned :(
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I've been to great gigs four out of the past five nights: Charlie Parr on Thursday, Slow Club at my local pub/live music venue on Friday, a free gig by Oliver Mann on Saturday afternoon followed by Camera Obscura being supported by Slow Club (again) in the evening, and the Decemberists tonight. British Sea Power and also the Pixies (!) playing Doolittle (!!) are still to come.
Good gig year.
hate you :(!
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Hey! That's really cool... Charlie Parr is local. I've seen him five or six times and every time is good. Cheap Wine especially <3
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I have decided that maths is too hard and to stand me in better stead of getting a first I am going to do three years of physiotherapy in this last semester rather than finishing maths.
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I didn't know until today that New Jersey was a state.
Lets not get ahread of ourselves here.
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So I just found out last night that my mum has diabetes. Which is shit I guess. I'm not sure how I'm meant to feel about this because I don't like my mother as a person that much so I kind of don't feel anything? Other than being not very surprised that something horrible would happen to her health-wise given the conditions she lives in.
I suppose I should probably take better care of myself?
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Yeah, you should
Bog thread, that exam was so easy, I don't know why I was worried.
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I'm not sure how I'm meant to feel about this because I don't like my mother as a person that much so I kind of don't feel anything?
when i found out my dad had hepatitis and that my mom possibly had breast cancer (two separate occasions), i pretty much felt nothing as well because i really don't like my parents at all and my relationship with them is so poor. this is actually the first time i ever told anyone that because it comes off as a very juvenile and spiteful thing to say but in reality it really frightened me quite a bit and made me feel like a pretty terrible person. it is sort of nice to know there is at least one other person who can relate to that.
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I felt the same way when my grandmother told me she had lupus. And when a few grandparents died. I think it's ok to feel that way. I mean, if you don't have a good relationship with them, then it is no different than hearing that a stranger died, or a hated enemy.
I also think that if it is something that interests you, then maybe it is time to try to work things out with them. Maybe try to learn more about them.
I have a grandmother that everyone in my family sort of hates. They all actively ignore her. Supposedly she is crazy, and I guess that makes sense. She sometimes sends me clothes with holes and bleach stains and are all kinds of wrecked up, and they are supposed to be her care packages. Recently, she forced a visit on everyone(she called my dad and said she was at the airport and was waiting for him to come pick her up). Everyone talked about how horrible it was that she was there, and nobody wanted to spend time with her. Based on everything everyone said about her, I was weary of meeting her. But we met and she was totally great and awesome and I loved just spending time with her and talking about things.
I know it's not really the same thing, but maybe give them a chance? When people find out they are dying, they try to right the things they have wronged, sometimes.
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I just flunked a test and that is exactly what I do not need right now. I'm freaking out, and I don't know if there's any way I can salvage my mark in this class.
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Reading what some of you are saying, I guess I feel a bit privileged that all my children, including the one living in another country, came to see me within 24 hours of my being in hospital...
Seriously, though, it is worth a little effort trying to see the world from other people's point of view. Even if you can't agree, you may find that it is possible to understand somewhat.
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I am probably going to see Boredoms a couple days before leaving to japan.
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oh man this rules i just found an old messenger bag in my dorm room, must of been my old room mates. this rules cause the old bag i was using is kind of worn out and ready to be retired (it doesn't have a working strap)
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Dear blag,
I'm polishing the shitfuck out of my resumé right now. There's a few experiences I just remembered about that are pretty extraordinary. I'm writing this as a "fuck YOU" to my fellow poor bastards who are also in the job market in the Bay Area.
Also, I've decided 12/8 (or basically anything in triple meter) is an amazing time signature to write music in. Worked for Elliott Smith.
Love,
Me!
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You should write in 5/4. 5/4 is great if you can pull it off.
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Woo! I moved and unpacked everything in two days! First time living on my own, I guess I'll notice the difference when the fridges and cupboards don't restock themselves.
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Blog thread, today I spent my time rewriting Poker Face to be about baking. One day (when I get a new computer) I will record it and it will be a silly silly song.
This is what happens when your job is really really boring.
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Guys. GUYS. I just turned down the Footlights Revue and I want to cry.
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That really sucks. Not enough free time?
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It's the first week in March, and the last week in February is the ballet show and Varsity. I know I can't commit enough time to the Revue rehearsals and it's such a big deal that I don't want to let them down. I was absolutely gutted though (for anyone who doesn't know, the Footlights Revue launches a ludicruous number of comedians' careers).
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Not to mention writers, actors, directors etc.
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:'( oh my godddddddddd
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I was so gutted, they had been given my name and asked me personally. Why is everything at the same time?! I'm going to go and watch it though and make sure I introduce myself to the producer and director - maybe next year. The good thing is that there are very few committed stage managers here, since you do all the work and get none of the glory, so I've got a good chance another time.
Gah.
In better news, I just gave blood and now I'm off to sprint training. They told me not to do anything strenuous but... I'm sure it's fine. Then I'm going on a swap - that's where two societies or groups go out to dinner together. The ballet club are going to formal hall with the ultimate frisbee team (you couldn't make it up).
Just to further evidence how busy I am, there are five things happening tonight which I should be at, all of them starting at 7pm: two dinners, two dance classes and a rehearsal. On reflection I chose the wrong one.
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Finished my resume and cover letter and sent them off to Apple in hopes that they will start paying me to sell their things. Wonder if I'd get an employee discount for Apple stuff if I buy direct from them. Whatever, I'd be happy just to have a goddamn job.
Also I am looking for my dad's headphones so that I can monitor myself while I record myself singing, and it's not working so hot. Kinda annoying, that.
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My rich aunt just got me this huuuuuge sketchbook. I could kill my cat with this thing.
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The old dog, Lucy, ran off (possibly chasing the scent of a deer) as soon as I let her off the lead on our usual evening walk. She vanished into the grounds of a local school, through a newly appeared hole in the fence, and hasn't been seen since - even though she has two flashing light things on her collar. She has been lost now for over three hours, and as she is old (13 years) and the temperature out is below freezing, she might not survive the night...
[edit] My wife drove out to where I have spent three hours looking for her, and she appeared almost immediately, hardly able to walk because she had got brambles stuck in her fur which locked her back legs together... But she's fine (though STOOOPID!).
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hello my internet buddies.
you have been a positive influence overall but maybe not for the right reasons. i did not have a nervous breakdown. i just forgot about something more obvious during my attempts to care about stuff that was never important to me at all.
maybe let me know if you share my interest in science at all, and to what extent, please. i am not doing a thing for school, i'm doing an independent research study and it involves the internet but nor in a superficial or easy way.
lots of platonic love for you,
anna
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@Paul
:cry: aw jeez
Dogs are pretty resourceful though, I wouldn't count her out just yet! You'd be amazed what they can do; have you ever seen Homeward Bound? That shit's based on a true story, perhaps!
anyway, I hope she finds her way home soon, Paul!
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(See above - she's back)
She has been lost for longer than that, and in the countryside rather than walking from home. None the less, the older she gets the more worry it is - and the temperature was our main concern this time.
Anyway, she's kept me up late enough, and I'm going to bed now.
Picture for the page break - Lucy eating her Christmas Card made of hide:
(http://cassland.org/images/LucyXmasCard.jpg)
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I've been listening to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot way too much. Especially Jesus, etc.
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You bought your dog an invisible christmas card? I bet she didn't even bother to read it!
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...I meant "edible" but that's such a great typo that I'm leaving it in there.
Glad she made it home safely.
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so i just confirmed me doing an ambient set (guitar + pedalboard style) at my old high school the weekend after presidents day. this is gonna be pretty boss.
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I'm sure the highschoolers will appreciate it. Perhaps they will heckle you and tell you to play Freebird.
Oh, how I hate the majority of my peers.
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I wish I had a way of converting VHS to a digital file that I could put up on youtube. I have a video of an early incarnation of my band playing balls to the wall death metal at a highschool assembly with me in full corpse paint. My Catholic Highschool was surprisingly supportive of us actually.
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You can convert it to dvd. Then port it to youtube.
edit: no it's possible to port it direct to your pc
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Ok, maybe I should have clarified that I want it to be able to be done with my just like, thinking about it. I'm not prepared to put any effort into it.
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its a benefit thing thats done twice a year that only the weird artsy musician too. my old post rock band played last year when we went there and kids were surprisingly receptive.
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god that is weird i have a band i am an ex member of. that is an odd thought.
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I'm glad your doggie is okay Paul! The same thing happened to my Suzie. Dad took her out deer hunting with him, with her in the car just riding along and she saw a deer and jump out the window after it. She was as old as your dog, and had bad hearing and bad sight and apparently got lost somewhere. So dad's driving around until ridiculous o'clock when he finally has to go home. For three days every single day my mom and my dad and my uncle and his kids went out looking for her in the area she jumped. We found her after my aunt went to the Gossip Mill and found out "some guy with a dark truck and a topper" had talked about finding a dog in the country and he didn't know what to do about it. Turns out the first night she went to a farmstead and slept in the barn (we think, the person who owned it was gone but that's where the guy found her) and he'd just put his dogs in the back and was about to put the tailgate up when he looks over and there's Suzie with her front paws on it looking all sad, obviously begging him to put her in there too. [edit: this was during deer hunting season, which is in late fall so cold too!]
I cried when they found her again :)
(also right now I'm listen to Langhorne Slim on vinyl and it is SO GOOD and I am SO EXCITED that I get to see him again tomorrow YEAH)
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...I meant "edible" but that's such a great typo that I'm leaving it in there.
Glad she made it home safely.
If you hadn't said anything, I would have continued assuming you were playing word games with "invisible" and "hide" as in hide and seek.
Paul, glad to see the happy ending, that's always such a worrying thing to happen.
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Today was spent screaming my lungs out to "Overcome" by RX Bandits and writing another cover letter. This cover letter was for the music shop on 1st Street. Good holy god I hope I get hired there. That would be a fucking dream job for somebody like me.
I also learned about Frank Turner. That guy is the fucking man.
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My computer stopped working but I fixed it!
I can't remember if I mentioned that I sprained my elbow at derby but I have missed two sessions and it still hurtssss :( So much hurt. I can use it now, and I am out of my sling, but I can't put weight on it,or open jars etc, or use a stapler with it. Regardless I am skating on Saturday because if I miss another fresh meat session I have to do it all over again. And I don't want to do that!
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My boyfriend accidentally headbutted me in the thigh yesterday when we were swimming. I was standing up and he was underwater and ran into it hard!
It has not bruised up but instead the whole area feels sort of swollen and more solid than a thigh usually should. I have a limp! My leg has not stopped hurting for the 30 hours or so since it happened! WHAT IS WRONG
Also I got a really cheap haircut this afternoon and I don't think I like it, I am going to straighten it out and see if it is ok but then hairdressers normally make your hair look a bit crap because they don't know how to do it right
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Also I got a really cheap haircut this afternoon and I don't think I like it, I am going to straighten it out and see if it is ok but then hairdressers normally make your hair look a bit crap because they don't know how to do it right
Ahem.
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Yes but Lise is a GOOD hairdresser and I am sure her haircuts cost a bit more than $20
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Very likely yes. 'Course you could always come over here and have her do it.
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You could bake her
That's not very nice Tommy you're not very nice
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Oh my god have you guys seen these? They are so incredibly expensive but I am seriously considering saving up for the Squirtle pair, and Aaron badly wants the Batman pair. ARRGH I want so many of them!
http://brassmonki.bigcartel.com/products
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I keep dreaming that my cat came home. He's been gone for about three years so it's unlikely but I think it's some subconcious longing for cats.
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Oh my god have you guys seen these? They are so incredibly expensive but I am seriously considering saving up for the Squirtle pair, and Aaron badly wants the Batman pair. ARRGH I want so many of them!
http://brassmonki.bigcartel.com/products
Man, they are probably the most horrible $320+ AUD shoes I've seen. Holy crap.
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Conversely:
holy fucking shit jodie why would you link to something like that when I am trying to save
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Jens they contacted you because you are pretty OK but they don't mind too much if you get lynched in case you accidently slip in an image of mohammed or something.
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those are really sick shoes. i am not nearly nerdy or rich enough to ever buy them but if i saw those on another person i would pretty much just gush uncontrollably over how awesome their shoes were until they got too uncomfortable and weirded out and finally told me to fuck off. dang those are fantastic shoes.
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the words that popped into my head when i saw the squirtle ones were "oh shiiiiit those are fucking baller!"
i don't even use the word baller! not even ironically! those kicks are just that rad!
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Yoshi, Squirtle, Bowser, Princess Peach, Halo, Zelda, Pikachu, Mario, Luigi, Sonic and fucking Solid Snake but no Street Fighter at all.
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Street Fighter shoes would unironically be referred to as "Street Fighter Kicks," which is confusing and redundant.
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Man they have Captain America shoes. CAPTAIN AMERICA.
Dear blag,
I found out that there's open mic nights every Thursday night at this newish wine/beer bar here in town. I want to apply for work there, and it's possible now that I am 21, but I also want to do the open mic stuff each week. DILEMMA.
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All of those shoes are okay except for the fucking drawings on them. The majority is also way too bright.
Hey guys, this Friday, I'm getting paid to play music in a club. I hesitate to say DJ because they're expecting me to play 'indie' music. I put indie music in quotes because what that means is music like the killers and the strokes and shit. But whatever, I am getting paid so I am not going to complain.
It's also possibly the shittest club in Edinburgh, but like I said: I am getting paid.
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Play The Seal Cub Clubbing Club
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no, you gotta play them Hella's acoustic cd!
deedly dee deedly dee doodly deep derdilly dooooP
scrishscrishscrish PSHHH
so fresh
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violins are so fuckin small blog thread what the hell how are you supposed to play those things
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With practice?
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violins are so fuckin small blog thread what the hell how are you supposed to play those things
I discovered the same thing yesterday picking up my dad's. Didn't stop me trying to play Neil Gow's Lament.
Operative word being "trying".
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It's also possibly the shittest club in Edinburgh, but like I said: I am getting paid.
There's some competition for that title. Where are you playing? Espionage?
Haven't really gone clubbing at all since I was a fresher, but I'm pretty sure that was the worst at the time.
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So it appears that when I agreed to collaborate with another professor it meant that on top of the research I'm doing with her I also get to train a bunch of engineers in microbiology/asceptic technique! On top of that it also meant that I had to figure out how to do some basic molecular biology in Staph aureus, which I don't know anything about! Wooooooo.
(Hey, Nick, is there any chance that you know anything about expression vectors for S. aureus?)
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Also, it only took a week and a half to start smoking again.
Go me!
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I also learned about Frank Turner. That guy is the fucking man.
This is completely true. I had such a good experience at his show last night that I am going to see him play at a different bar tonight. Dude has amazing stage presence and he's just a nice fella. Signed my CD, chatted with my friend and me for a while. It was lovely. I am, however, pretty hung over. Not fun at all.
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There's some competition for that title. Where are you playing? Espionage?
Haven't really gone clubbing at all since I was a fresher, but I'm pretty sure that was the worst at the time.
Okay, fine. Espionage is the shittest club in Edinburgh. I'm playing at City though, which gives it a thorough run for its money (to be completely honest, I haven't been there since being a fresher either, mainly cause the bouncers wouldn't let me in because I only had a Belgian ID card and then my friend threw stuff and shouted at them).
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So it appears that when I agreed to collaborate with another professor
>Implying you are a professor
Are you a professor? Are you Dr. Reed? (can I call you Reed Richards?)
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Enrolling in my courses for BMedSC Semester 1 has been so dramatic because UNSW opened a new Medicinal Chemistry degree. There are like a 100+ students doing this course so a lot of places in Perspectives in Medical Science (SCIF) and Higher Chemistry, the former is compulsory for most sciences and the latter is compulsory for MedChem. Luckily I got one of the few remaining place in Higher Chemistry so I don't have to sit Essentials of Chemistry (Yr11/12 chem again).
In addition to this, the tutorial for SCIF clashed with the Stats for Life and Social Sciences so I had to go into Uni today to the Science Students office and get it sorted out. Misunderstandings were had and lengthy phone calls were made. Now I'm in a tutorial that was already full.
Oh well, at least I'm getting the SCIF course out of the way now so I can do NeuroPsych or maths or electricity and photonics next semester.
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Violins are not that small! Actually they are a lot easier on your hand than larger stringed instruments, you guys are just used to larger necks. (Or maybe you just have giant hands, who knows.) Also playing the violin and cello made me hate frets. Seriously, fuck frets. They get in the way.
Blog thread, how are you doing? I'm doing ok. I'm not homicidal nor feel like hiding in my bed anymore, but I do feel like I'm missing something. It could be an organ, but you can't really look and see if you're missing an organ, but there aren't any scars, so I'm sure no one has run off with a kidney. Also I got a haircut Saturday and the lady who did my hair took forever and I ended up with far less hair than I intended. My head gets really cold when I walk outside now, so I can't do fun things with it because I have to mush it under a hat.
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I think I'm gonna start playing hockey when I get around $700 to buy the stuff I need and sign up for a league.
I haven't been able to look for a job the past few days because there has been some snow but mostly a ton of wind and walking more than a mile is pretty dang stupid with this much wind.
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linds i am actually used to long necks (guitar/bass/cello) and i have pretty fuckin big hands. violins are a nightmare for me.
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I am inclined to believe I may be having a slightly-premature midlife crisis. I am, among other things, starting to get very annoyed at the rate at which new grey hair seems to be appearing.
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I have been finding lots of white hair in my eyebrows.
It is more funny than annoying at the moment but if it continues I am going to be very worried
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It's in my beard. Enough of it has popped up in the last year or so that it's no longer "Huh, I have a couple of mutant hairs" but rather I have two small white patches. One on each side of my chin. My head is still just random ones here and there, however, the frequency at which they are popping up means that density will inevitably increase soon. I figure I have about two-three more years before I'm full blown grey at the temples.
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You will then turn into a distinguished, sometimes disgruntled old man.
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obvioulsy its time to start playing hardcore punk again if you have white hair.
i mean uhhh
(http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c65/tarantula____/chug%20life/3887162007_115be35313-1.jpg)
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It's in my beard. Enough of it has popped up in the last year or so that it's no longer "Huh, I have a couple of mutant hairs" but rather I have two small white patches. One on each side of my chin. My head is still just random ones here and there, however, the frequency at which they are popping up means that density will inevitably increase soon. I figure I have about two-three more years before I'm full blown grey at the temples.
(http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/03/tcoyne.jpg)
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Man PEI is nice but it is lacking in a) people who want to make out with me after a night out and b) smoked meat (or any sort of meat ready-to-eat-on-a-sandwich) in my refrigerator.
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So remember how I talked about Langhorne Slim and how pumped I was? And also remember how I was talking about this punk rock dude who got ran over and left for dead in the middle of the road in the dead of winter?
I went to the show and it was awesome. Partway through, who do I see but goddamn Bohmer all up in a back brace, a neck brace, an arm cast and a super serious cut to the head! Here is a picture of the top of his head, mostly to see how bad it is (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v116/BrittanyMarie/noggin.jpg). For some reason the VA didn't buzz the back of his head so he's got a totally rad mullet. Saturday there will be a benefit for him, and a shit ton of awesome bands donated a shit ton of crap for it.
All ages portion at the VFW 5-9 with silent auction and raffle..prizes donated by local businesses and friends including gift certificates for Tattoos,Haircuts and salon services, A bottle of Crystal Head Vodka, a new skateboard valued at over $200..autographed merch. and gifts donated by Chuck Ragan of Hot Water Music, Against Me!, No Idea Records, Whiskey and co.,Jawbreaker, and This bike is a Pipe Bomb..free food will be provided by local restaurants and bakeries...There will also be an awesome show bake sale going on throughout the entire evening
I can't remember which, but one of those bands is offering the a first run autographed copy of their first album, and the sleeve is hand silkscreened.
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I have been finding lots of white hair in my eyebrows.
It is more funny than annoying at the moment but if it continues I am going to be very worried
I have about 5 white eyebrow hairs that keep growing back and 2 white eyelashes. I think it adds character.
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its time to start playing hardcore punk again
Again? I never stopped.
It may even be a little sad that that is a true statement.
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I have seriously lost my girlfriend. I have no idea where she is!
I mean she is tiny but this is kind of ridiculous guys.
(yes I looked in the couch cushions)
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maybe she got stole by leprechauns!
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If so it's for your own good. She might be making you into a pedophile.
ed- While I'm here, I'd forgotten how difficult it is to watch things like the 7:30 report with my dad in the room. Without fail when Kerry O'Brien asks a guest a question my dad goes off on a rant.
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BLOG BLOG BLOG ALL MY EXAMS ARE DONE YAAAAAAAAY
I'm gonna finish this coursework, go play Borderlands for an hour, eat some lunch, go to my gf's and then we're going out for dinner for our 6 months :)
Fucking YES.
Then I've totally got to do more coursework tomorrow and then work on Saturday, but Saturday night marks the return of my bestie, KYLOS FANDANGO! I'm very excited, she's coming down for her birthday and we're gonna spend a week getting fucked up and eating home made fudge and yaaaaaaaaaaay! :D
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So it turns out I didn't do as painfully badly in my tort mock as I thought! I got 62% and 61% on the two questions, which is just a 2:1, meaning that I did better on tort than on Constitutional (low 2:2). I missed out a load of stuff and wrote some rubbish but I'm so relieved that I didn't fail or get a low 3.
Now to start on some work! I've had two days off and it's time to get going again.
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Again? I never stopped.
It may even be pretty fuckin' awesome that that is a true statement.
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I have seriously lost my girlfriend. I have no idea where she is!
I mean she is tiny but this is kind of ridiculous guys.
(yes I looked in the couch cushions)
This as of right now is probably my favorite post on these here forums.
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I would have waited more than two days dude. Also maybe this is not the best place for this, considering she's been a sadster lately, and she's gonna read that, and I doubt it'd make her happy at all. Mostly I'm worried about Board Drama. People who have been dating here have broken up, and I'm sure it sometimes wasn't amicable, but they kept the drama away from the board. Sorry dude.
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Sucka you a bitch.
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Could we have a character limit on requests for relationship advice? Sort of like relationship twitter?
We could call it "Twitationship Advice"!
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This is a truth I mean you could be complaining about someone I legitimately despise and I would be like "Man, no, sorry, that is the worst post of the month, you gotta get some sack and think about your decisions before you make them."
Unfortunately, Anna is fairly rad so you a bitch.
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Hello bloggy thread. I'm new here, but I need to get this out somewhere and someone who used to be very dear to me said this was a good place.
Dude you sound like a big gay baby. Maybe she was so afraid of the shit you're pulling right now she just cut you out of her life. Sorry your relationship didn't turn out the way you hoped but you gotta pull yourself together and cut this shit out.
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Troll, start making t-shirts that say "Big Gay Baby" right now. I will buy 5. In a medium.
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WELL THIS IS AWKWARD
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Yeah, seriously. Can someone delete his shit? I had a boyfriend do this once to me on a board I used to post on, except he made a whole thread. Luckily, I was friends with one of the mods and got the to delete it asap.
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Guys, let the dude talk about how sad he is. Saying shit like "You a bitch, dude" is a seriously dick move.
Yeah he is probably making a bad decision, and he's probably WAY jumping the gun on making assumptions. And yeah, I'm of that opinion right now. But why are we calling him stuff like "big fat baby" or "bitch" when the guy just wants to get it off his chest and feel better? That's why I revived the fucking thread in the first place, so people have a place to go to talk about shit that bothers them.
Way to be dicks.
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Did you read what he said? I was fine with his whining until he started directly outing Anna. He is like "blah blah blah this girl is a terrible horrible person" and then he is like "so anna, if you are reading this...." That is bullshit, and a bitch move.
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This is now a moderator approved Hate on Douchebag thread
Let all your hate pour in droves, like the Sword of Damocles 'pon the head of that dude!
DOUBLE HATE ON YOU FOR DELETING YOUR POSTS, LITTLE MAN.
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Did you read what he said? I was fine with his whining until he started directly outing Anna. He is like "blah blah blah this girl is a terrible horrible person" and then he is like "so anna, if you are reading this...." That is bullshit, and a bitch move.
Yeah, I read what he said. Let him figure it out the hard way if you really want to insult him.
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Welcome to the forums, Dicknose, enjoy your stay.
For those of you who do not know how a hate thread works, it is now against the rules of the thread NOT to hate on that guy.
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Dear hate thread,
Since my mom is moving out of NYC today I can no longer consider myself from there. This makes me a little bit sad on the inside.
Also, HATE
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I HOPE THERE ARE NO LIBERTARIANS IN THIS THREAD
I HATE LIBERTARIANS
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Just dropping by to deliver some
(http://img192.imageshack.us/img192/2267/haterade.gif)
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No you guys we have to hate on the sucka not just in general
God.
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I HATE YOU, OZY
HGALUBHGALUBHGALUBHGALUB
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That, um...that's fine...I guess. You are entitled to your opinion.
It just hurts a little.
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I HATE that Katie hates you, Ozy.
I think you're swell.
AND I FUCKING HATE THAT ABOUT MYSELF. also that one dude sucks, fuck him
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Dear Becca,
You are an ugly, stupid, pizzaface cuntasaurous. You are the only person I have truly hated. I still want you to die. I hope that one day someone sues your bitch ass for all the comments you make about people being retarded. The reason you are forever single is because a)you are ugly as fuck, and b)you can't even make up for being so fucking ugly by being charming or having otherwise good skills. Your call to fame, and the only reason you were hired and then promoted is because you babysat the boss's kids. You did this while trying to get some "big black" dude that you hate and think is disgusting to come over and fuck you, and while smoking pot. You regularly wore shirts glorifying pot and smoking pot around his kids. I would never let you watch my kids. Or even my fucking plants. You couldn't take care of shit. You are ugly and disgusting, and I hope that one day you get in a fucking car accident and die because I hate you so fucking much. Please continue to dress like a 12 year old and wonder why no one wants to date you. Fuck you. I fucking HATE you.
Take care,
Emaline
That has been boiling around for awhile. It is nice to finally have a thread in which to let that all go.
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How the fuck is it that I spend so much damn time on this board but still never have any idea what the hell is going on? I hate all of you.
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It's because there's not enough HATE in you, jerkface.
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Dear Becca,
You are an ugly, stupid, pizzaface cuntasaurous. You are the only person I have truly hated.
Hey that is my ex's name. Can I tell her that you wrote this about her instead of who you actually wrote it for? Because it fits!
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Patrick: Sure! Maybe it has something to do with the name.
Tommy: I think she hated that he was the only person how she could get to sleep with her. I'm fairly certain she was racist.
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GUYS we have a vitriolic letters thread so fuck you, stop shitting up my fucking thread
also fuck you Troll this is your fault
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dude posted this once upon a time
I have watched ALOT of rape porn. ever since I discovered that this was a fetish for me, I have become more interested in the way porn does it.
Hatin' on you, guy
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Patrick, why did you change the name of the thread? IT IS FOR THIS THAT I HATE YOU PATRICK
Trollstormur:
Lol, NO, that was tomm--
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I mean, YEAH!
What's up with THAT, man?
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I have watched ALOT of rape porn. ever since I discovered that this was a fetish for me, I have become more interested in the way porn does it.
Hatin' on you, guy
Man, let's gather up everybody here who is hating on him, and let's burn him at the stake for posting this. But nobody who advocated rape humor in that old ghost of a discussion (I'm sure a few of you remember that one) is allowed to come.
Troll, sorry dogg, I guess that means you're out.
Somebody let me know when the forums stop being so fucking hypocritical. I'll be off trying to find work and, you know, dealing with my OWN life, instead of being a dick to somebody who is feeling lost and helpless. I'm not defending what he did, I'm just saying, we shouldn't be dicks to him just because he made a dick move out of desperation.
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Also, in b4 lock
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Also also, in b4 I get the b&hammer
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I FUCKIN HATE EVERYTHING GRAAHHHHHHHH!
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CAN WE PLEASE CHANGE THE SUBJECT AND MAYBE EVEN THE THREAD TITLE
GODDAMN
I AM HATING HOW THIS IS GETTING DRAGGED OUT LONGER THAN NEEDED
I FUCKING HATE MY LAST RELATIONSHIP
I FUCKING HATE MY LLLLLIIIIIIIIFFFFFFEEE
I FUCKING HATE
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Yeah, but my point is, HE didn't realize that Graham was dicking around. I've been talking to the guy, trying to help him. Yeah, I love Anna to pieces too! She's awesome, she's a great contributor to the forums and everybody already knows why everybody loves her. But I've been in the guy's situation before. And I can tell you, in case you've been there but forgotten what it's like. When you think you've lost somebody you deeply care about, and when that person seems to be leaving you out of the loop, it drives you crazy. I know I'm not the only person here who has been in this situation before. I am certain Anna's not off being sketchy, but the "no news" situation is the same for him now as it was for me.
And I would like everybody who was actually involved in today's shitstorm to know that there's better ways of letting somebody know they've made a mistake. Guy doesn't want to come back because some of you guys decided to go too far, when the poor crazy-driven bastard is already in distress. "You're a fucking baby" and "You're just a little bitch" are incredibly destructive methods of conveying disapproval, but they're apparently perfectly acceptible when it's not somebody who's one of the Cool Kids.
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The reason I posted about her HERE is exactly because you guys know her. I wasn't trying to smudge her name, just say how I felt and maybe get some feedback from people that know her well, maybe even better than I do. I'm sorry if you all took it the wrong way. It probably could have been worded a whole hell of a lot better. I'm not here to smudge Anna's name. I still care about her. And I know you guys would take her side over mine anyway. I realize it's probably too soon to be worrying this much, but given my history with trust and relationships it's sometimes hard not to draw conclusions immediately.
Anna's a good person normally. I'm not thrilled with how things are playing out but I in no way want people to hate her. If anything I was just hoping some of her closer friends would help me understand her and thus the situation a bit better. She's always been so guarded with me and others that it's hard for me to really know what she's thinking. But she clicks well with you guys, and I was hoping someone would have been able to decipher my terrible post and maybe help me figure things out.
I'm going to be the bigger man here and not respond to trolling and acknowledge my error. Perhaps there could have been a better way of dealing with this, I was just upset at the time.
Again I'm sorry if I upset anyone with my post. After reading it over today I realized it was pretty fucking terrible and deleted it now that I'm calmed down.
Anna told me you're all a great bunch, and when I look at how much you all helped her through that difficult time, I can honestly agree with that. I guess maybe I was in the wrong with what I posted, all I ask is that next time people respond a little more constructively so that I don't feel so defensive and hostile when reading replies.
I'm sorry to everyone for the post, and I am very sorry to Patrick for instigating the derailment of your thread.
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Man I fucking miss everything. And I didn't even sleep late. Fuck you guys and your different time zones. FUCK YOOOOOOUUUUU
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Does no one else see this as batshit fucking insane? Hey guys, put yourself in Anna's shoes for a moment! I bet you'd be creeped the fuck out. It's seriously fucked up when some dude who "cares about you" e-stalks you, and posts shit on a board that you post on.
Patrick, I know you say we should put ourselves in his place for a moment, but I've been in Anna's place and let me tell you, it is creepy as fuck. This is the scary crap that you tell the police about when filling out your restraining order.
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Blog Thread,
Today was really weird. See there is this somewhat creepy guy who used to date someone who hangs out at the coffee shop I go to. She broke up with him but today he stopped in and started talking to everyone about how she lied to him about being happy and on and on and on. It was really strange.
I mean I know he stopped by ever once in awhile when he was seeing her but it's not like he was a regular at the shop or anything. He has only been in the place like 15 times since 2008. Why the hell did he do that?
I mean it's a bit unfair to her. She was a regular at this place first and now he comes in and starts ranting to everyone. It really seems like he is stalking the places where she likes to go rather than wanting a cup of coffee.
Anyways I thought it was bad idea for him to do that.
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(http://media.deadgod.net/albums/blog/forums/DeathCharms/fry-see-what-you-did-there-scaled.jpg)
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I've been in Anna's place and let me tell you, it is creepy as fuck.
Yeah pretty much. This is all giving me horrible chills. Stay Away From Our Forums, Creepy Ex Boyfriends.
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I saw that episode Tommy.
Jeans is right.
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Also also, in b4 I get the b&hammer
Why do you always assume that you're going to get banned? You seemed kinda paranoid about that, and the fact that you have made a whole thread about this place being hypocritical and didn't get banned for it may be an indication that est doesn't really care about you saying shit like that enough to ban you for it.
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Does no one else see this as batshit fucking insane? Hey guys, put yourself in Anna's shoes for a moment! I bet you'd be creeped the fuck out. It's seriously fucked up when some dude who "cares about you" e-stalks you, and posts shit on a board that you post on.
Patrick, I know you say we should put ourselves in his place for a moment, but I've been in Anna's place and let me tell you, it is creepy as fuck. This is the scary crap that you tell the police about when filling out your restraining order.
So I'm not defending anyone, but there are some holes in this here logic. Maybe not! But it bothers me because it seems grossly exaggerative. For one, when "some dude who cares about you" = boyfriend who can't get through via any means of communication, it doesn't sound so scary. Also, given that the guy has posted here before and the fact that Anna posts here is no secret to him, I dunno how you can construe what he's done as "e-stalking". Awkward, definitely, but "creepy as fuck" and "scary crap that you tell the police about when filling out your restraining order" sound more like your own history and experience than anything like what's happened here.
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THERE IS NOT ENOUGH HATE IN THIS THREAD
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HATE :-D
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HATE
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(http://ui20.gamespot.com/1203/1172187285673_2.gif)
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now you're hatin'!
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Somebody let me know when the forums stop being so fucking hypocritical.
Man.. you sure cry a lot.
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i hear that thing is great for doing coke off of.
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KATE
(http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs141.snc3/16878_393614745047_532260047_10281177_2473568_n.jpg)
(http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a300/calenlass/hate1.jpg)
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God, the hate in your eyes almost melt the computer screen.
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Normal blog service will be resumed as some as possible.
I had a good day at work today, and taught my 32-bit Windows 2003 server how to hand out 64-bit Windows 7 drivers for printers when required. This is less well documented than you might expect, so I had some fun on the way.
for the haters:
Did I say I hate Windows? No... because I don't really. I hate computers, in general, but that's another matter; love/hate and all that.
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The bf and I got Windows 7 because we got it for hella cheap since he works for a school. And we used it to dual boot his mac, and I then pirated a copy of a really old game, and basically, windows 7 made it super easy to get it to work and I really like it because of that. So I like Windows 7.
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Windows 7 is Vista with less wrinkles, just as XP was 2000 with less wrinkles.
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"It's not going to have any of the problems my last operating system had. Trust me." (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nHOWWDdpLo)
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The problem I have with Apple ads is the simple fact that the last (brief) time I owned a Mac it turned out that I ended up spending all my time in the Windows partition because there's virtually no apple programs I really want or use.
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Windows 7 (http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2009/10/30/)
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Everyone who has a mac installs windows on it as well. But do you ever see anyone using windows who also has a mac os installed? I haven't.
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Everyone who has a mac installs windows on it as well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McAeQiLmEYU
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So uh when do we get our blog thread back and stop all this hatin' man 'cause the hate is makin' me all angry like.
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You're not allowed to have Mac OS on a non-Mac system.
That is because Apple is the most evil company in the computer industry.
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Dear blog thread,
Yo, I hate my boss
Dude think he know it all
And I know I know it all
But I follow protocol
Hope sit in the casket
Got me sittin' in traffic (word)
It's seven AM (yeah, yeah, yeah)
And I woke up late, didn't even have a shower
Lunch break? Give me a break, a damn half an hour
All this bullshit for twelve bucks an hour (I'm ready to quit)
Plug me to Chuck D, wanna Fight the Power
Instead I light the sour before I go in the office
Being here eight hours sure will get you nauseous
Lady across from me, telling me her problems (what the fuck?)
I'm look at her like yo (yeah, yeah, yeah)
How the fuck I'm gonna solve 'em?
You know our ethnicity
Car note, rent, don't forget electricity (that's all due)
Internet, cable, and the phone all connected
Food, gas, tolls oh now it's getting hectic
Brand new clothes? Naw you'd rather see me naked
Yo check it, I got my check, now I'm feel disrespected (what the fuck)
Why am I working here? It ain't working here
It ain't worth it here, never gonna persevere
Ain't no money for new shoes or purses here
Should've done my first career (huh) nursing yeah
Now I'm sitting here thinking 'bout the work I put in
This verse from the everyday working woman
I put on my pants, put on my shoes
I pray to God, paid all my dues
I'm trying to win, seems like I was born to lose
All I can say (yeah, yeah, yeah)
I say let me through, but they don't let me through
You want to quit, God damn I'm ready to
Lifestyle I'm living, ain't steady boo (Not at all)
All I can say (yeah, yeah, yeah)
Sincere regards,
Cam'ron
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So uh, blog thread? (What the hell just happened?)
So, like, we had a pretty awesome rehersal tonight... actually this feels weird and I doubt anyone really cares, so I shall not.
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I thought I would HATE shovelling snow, but it wasn't so bad. Standing out in the wind and snow is really fun.
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no barmymoo please I would be interested in hearing how your night went
edit: yes jace shoveling snow or raking leaves always sort of puts me in a meditative state and is cool
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dear blog thread that was,
my sister likes Dave Matthews. I sent her this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXr1nTsWKYk) video to try to fix her but it might have just made it worse.
wut do eye do???!?!!11 :?
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Make her play http://emogame.com/
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Okay so I just want to sat, that if you pay attention, while I don't post often, there are a few boards here that I do really appreciate and make an effort to post in if I feel I have a valid point (The WoW thread being my favorite spot right now. It is devoid of immature children and filled with mostly constructive comments. I like this) and a few others. Again, I joined ages ago, posted for a while, then lost the URL in a format and I somehow overlooked Google for an entire fucking year. Kinda dumb. I apologize again for bothering people, just looking for some insight to my problem, which Patrick has provided. It's helped a lot and I thank him for his kind words.
I'm not really E-stalking. Anna has suggested more than once that I should post here, as it's a pretty cool place to spend some e-time for the most part. So you can't exactly call me a stalker for going somewhere I was invited to by the person in question. I am making an effort to be more active on select boards, and I would like if people could overlook this harsh lapse in judgment on my part and just put it behind you. I'm getting some idea of how to handle things now which is why I posted what I did.
On the topic of Windows 7, the superbar is the greatest thing ever. Seriously. I don't think I could ever use a task bar again.
Also... I... Hate... something that I don't like... Whatever it is...
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oh my god emaline that is actually pretty funny.
"WE HAD TO BREAK UP AFTER ENDSERENADING CAUSE WE KNEW THE THIRD ALBUM WOULD SUCK"
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The only thing we have to hate is hate itself.
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Don't hate the playa, hate the game ?
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Don't hate the playa, hate the game ?
Looking at your avatar, I HATE KATAMARI!
Seriously, I never found any fun in pushing balls around...
Oh wait...
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Cue the xkcd comic.
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GUYS we have a vitriolic letters thread so fuck you, stop shitting up my fucking thread
also fuck you Troll this is your fault
I always hated you the most. (http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=96)
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Dear Blog Thread,
I am pissed and a bit bummed. Pissed because my sister lent my N64 two years ago to her boyfriend. He lent it to some friends who, I learned today, sold it to people because they needed the money. I don't want to sound like a brat, but fuck, I want my N64 back.
Bummed because I didn't win anything during a scentific exposition at school. Apparently, my presentation of the Theremin was very intersting and well-explained, but since I didn't finish building it, I couldn' be chosen as one of the top 10.
With love,
Anthony
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wait why would that make you sound like a brat? did you tell yr sister it was okay to lend out the n64? even if you did that still sucks. if you didn't now would probably be a good time to start contemplating murder.
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oh my god emaline that is actually pretty funny.
"WE HAD TO BREAK UP AFTER ENDSERENADING CAUSE WE KNEW THE THIRD ALBUM WOULD SUCK"
That game(and game series) is pretty fucking great. It's especially funny/pathetic if you know a lot about the bands and their history. Basically, there is one part in the game where you have to play emo band Jeopardy, and I feel terrible because I can get 100% every time.
Also,
you can't exactly call me a stalker
Does anyone else think this is a funny quote? Like even if someone else was saying it, completely out of context.
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I said it was okay for a month or so. I kept asking her when will I get it back and she always said:"next time I'm at his place". I recently got an "urge" to play it. I borrowed my neighbour's one for a week, learned today what I wrote in my earlier post, and now to make up for it, she told me she would buy me another one next week. I am not trusting her on that one though. I bet she'll get a cheap one on the flea market (ie. I bet she'll buy me the first on she finds) just so she can say "hey, I did what I said I would do".
I am really, really pissed and it usually takes a lot for me to be pissed. I am extremely patient, but now, damnit, I know I am repeating myself, but I am pissed.
I think she lost my trust. Rather sad, I must say.
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Why don't you go search ebay for one right now, and send the link to her? Tell her "I want that one"
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Looking at your avatar, I HATE KATAMARI!
Seriously, I never found any fun in pushing balls around...
Oh wait...
Where'd the internet hate machine go? Is there a block function on this forum?
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Ebay is an option that I didn't think of. Thanks Emaline.
I am checking out local game stores now. Gonna go take a look tomorrow after school. If I don't find anything, I'll turn to eBay.
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I hate all those fuckers in meebo who don't like the same music I do.
ALL OF THOSE FUCKERS
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jace wouldn't you say it's kind of your fault because you automatically dislike things that people say they like
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I am taking over the RPM department of the radio station next semester.
That breeze you just felt is from when I pumped my fist in the air bro.
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I hate all those fuckers in meebo who don't like the same music I do.
ALL OF THOSE FUCKERS
Also it has been scientifically proven that you have the worst taste in music ever
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Also it has been scientifically proven that you have the worst taste in everything ever
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The uni's changed their student email provider and as such my emails have stopped forwarding themselves to an account that I actually check. They never told us this was going to happen. As such I've spent the whole week waiting for an email that I got on monday.
I guess I hate the uni's habit of not telling us when they're changing systems we've been using for years?
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I hate red on gray.
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I think it looks quite dashing.
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Its like ad libs with numbers and a cash prize at the end
**edit** realized i was responding to an old post. I'm talking about turbo tax fyi
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i am a terrible human being
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also sean just lettin' you know dogg you are the very best.
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Sometimes I have difficulty expressing what I truly mean, but Sean just cuts right through that.
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Ain't no Windows on my Macbook.
Fuck you, man!
(okay, hate over)
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I hate red on gray.
Fight, fight, fight for Washington State! Win the victory!
Come on and win the day for Crimson and Gray! Best in the West, we know you'll all do your best, so
On, on, on, on! Fight on to the end! Honor and Glory you must win! So
Fight, fight, fight for Washington State and victory!
W-A-S-H-I-N-G-T-O-N-S-T-A-T-E-C-O-U-G-S! GO COUGS!!
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You know who went to WSU?
Drew Bledsoe.
And I was going to say "FUCK DREW BLEDSOE SO HARD" but then I remembered if he hadn't get the skull knocked out of his head, the Patriots would not have won three Super Bowls in the past decade.
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Dear Blog Thread,
I am pissed and a bit bummed. Pissed because my sister lent my N64 two years ago to her boyfriend. He lent it to some friends who, I learned today, sold it to people because they needed the money. I don't want to sound like a brat, but fuck, I want my N64 back.
Bummed because I didn't win anything during a scentific exposition at school. Apparently, my presentation of the Theremin was very intersting and well-explained, but since I didn't finish building it, I couldn' be chosen as one of the top 10.
With love,
Anthony
When she gets a replacement, remember to tell her that she forgot the expansion pak. And also, that copy of Banjo-Tooie, Perfect Dark, Majora's Mask, Paper Mario etc...
I picked up my Pikachu N64 from a buddy's the other day, I only have Pokemon Stadium and Pokemon snap...
But I'm going to re-establish my n64 game library at some point, guaranteed.
After that, Dreamcast!
Then Gamecube!
It's sorta messed up that her dick boyfriend loaned something that wasn't his to lend out. Really, it should be his responsibility to replace everything.
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Hating on your sister's boyfriend.
Don't know who you are, dude, but you have all the contempt I can muster!
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I hate you all and you can all get violated by Yelling Bird.
Am I doing it right?
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I hate the fact that you had to ask if you were doing it right and, by extension, you.
I hate you.
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Oh it's okay. I secretly hate him too. I don't want to get into too much details because I know some people are uncomfortable hearing/reading things about family, but man, he's a total prick.
Also, I never, ever played Perfect Dark. Is that normal? Am I missing on something?
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Perfect Dark was the sequel to Goldeneye, dude.
Perfect Dark was to Goldeneye what Super Mario Galaxy was to Super Mario 64.
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Perfect Dark was the sequel to Goldeneye, dude.
You are so terribly wrong, and for this I HATE you.
Goldeneye and Perfect Dark were in no way related. They both ran on the same engine, and PD plugged a few Goldeneye maps for nostalgia.
Perfect Dark, it's characters, story, and world are in no way connected to those of Goldeneye respectively.
Perfect Dark WAS in a way a successor to the Goldeneye fame simply because it took a great game engine and expanded on it, making it even more awesome. But it wasn't a sequel. Nope.
Okay I'm done with my snobby elitist gamer rage now :P
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They are also related in how fuckin' boss they were.
all crossbow deathmatches :mrgreen:
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I have the Perfect Dark game for the Xbox 360. My friend's dad bought the collector's edition (special metal case) at a yard sale because he thought it was an old sci-fi movie. He was sorely wrong. Then my friend gave me the game and I was sorely wronged.
HATE THAT GAME. If I wanted to spend 30 seconds being shot at by people I couldn't see and then die pathetically, I would join the army.
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perfect dark con '10
right after we rob jace at his job.
who is down?
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...those games had plots?
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This thread obviously needs a capybara with a clarinet.
(http://cassland.org/images/CapybaraClarinet.png)
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You are so terribly wrong, and for this I HATE you.
System Shock 2 and Bioshock were in no way related. They both ran on the same gameplay mechanics, and Bioshock plugged a few System Shock moments for nostalgia.
Bioshock, it's characters, story, and world are in no way connected to those of System Shock 2 respectively.
Bioshock WAS in a way a successor to the System Shock fame simply because it took a great gameplay mechanic and expanded on it, making it even more awesome. But it wasn't a sequel. Nope.
Okay I'm done with my snobby elitist gamer rage now :P
I'm pretty sure torontoguy2008 was just kidding, in the spirit of the new thread direction.
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Okay, to put an end to my rant ---> I will order one from Ebay, her boyfriend will pay for it, and she'll pay for about 4 games.
With love and friendship,
Anthony.
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Hey, you should get the four I named!
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And Mario Kart, obviously.
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perfect dark
A flaw in the AI is that they cannot set off the remote mines. 8 Meat Sims+all remote mines=Able to freeze the game with explosions.
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They are also related in how fuckin' boss they were.
all crossbow deathmatches :mrgreen:
No. Here's the WORST THING EVER!
4 of the hardest sims, with rocket launchers, grenade launchers, and concussive grenades
2 Peace sims.
All 6 of them on the same team.
That setup will make you HATE video games forever.
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A flaw in the AI is that they cannot set off the remote mines. 8 Meat Sims+all remote mines=Able to freeze the game with explosions.
One time my roomie and I nearly froze his 360 because we were playing Modern Warfare 2 and we decided to set a guy up with the Scavenger perk. We put non-playing controllers in the other 3 slots, so there were 3 immobile targets to kill. We'd kill them, plant claymores, kill them at their new spawn place, plant claymores on top of claymores...
Eventually we got TONS of the fucking things. We had placed them right next to the bigass fuel tanks on Highrise. We n00bt00bed the tanks, and BOOM, system laaaaaaaaaaaaaag
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Majora's Mask: No. I am incredibly scared of that game and I finished it once which is enough for me.
Paper Mario: I have the Virtual Console version.
Banjo-Tooie: I supposedly still have it. Gonna check out.
Perfect Dark: Yeah, sure, I'll get it.
I also still have Donkey Kong 64.
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pamela123 I HATE YOU
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I hate this thread.