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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: fuzzyoctopus on March 31, 2005, 09:52:50 PM
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Seems to be a lot of grumpiness on the board. If you're feeling grumpy, bitter, angry, whatever, post about it here. Be specific. Be vauge. Whatever you like.
I'm bitter because I have no spare time whatsoever now, I get home after work to find that you guys have all been online apparently all day posting novels that I don't even have time to read because I've got too much to do.
And I freaking hate people who can barely speak and understand ENGLISH, but expect me to give them useful tech support. Sorry, I don't speak Ukranian, why don't you hire someone who actualy speaks English?
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Well I am grumpy because I have too much work and too many exams, and a whole lot of relationship crap that I feel like is all my fault, and yet I am pretty much powerless to resolve. Which sucks. A lot. Don't let me start...
We should all just go off to some island somewhere and not do anything. Doing nothing is goriously efficient.
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I'm grumpy because my girlfriend plays violin but told me tonight that she dislikes Celtic music.
And that's my favourite type of music in the whole world, and there's so much violin in it, and she's good, and it would be wonderful to have her playing something Celtic... *sigh* but she doesn't even really want to try.
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I'm grumpy because my mother spends half the day in bed, I've been doing both uni and cleaning, and then she has the nerve to tell me that I haven't done anything.
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I'm grumpy right now because of some inconsiderate dork who naively thinks that I care about keeping his business.
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I'm grumpy because I came back from Kempo and I'm on an Endorphin Crash. Plus I feel lonely, but that's nothing new.
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I'm grumpy because I don't want to go back to uni.
I'm of no use to anybody and can't seem to stop annoying people...what's up with that? Having a neurological disorder sucks pretty bad too.
/me hugs everyone
There you go
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Mercury Yume, change your avatar. I'm getting popups saying you are hotlinking and asking for a name/pass to deal with it. I checked around and your the only one with a placeholder image and the address is the same :(
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I'm grumpy because mercury is using an image from some other website that pops messages up on my screen. Please change it mercury.
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Im grumpy because saint has a squished steve martin as his avatar.
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it's not steve martin!
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Yes yes yes...sorry sorry sorry.....
Actually, I was advised to ask SE to host my image for me because I'm too stupid to able to do it myself and so copied an image location.
SaintEhlers: I tried to email you, but to no avail...so, if you could host my image for me, that would be super :)
Sorry for being a moron :(
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email it to me at eehlers AT bestroutes DOT com and I'll upload it in a bit.
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Yay....avatar changed....sorry for being a moron again....XP
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I am Grumpy because I had to tell my friend/boss that I disliked my job and was looking for a new one. I expected him to get mad and possibly fire me
Instead he was sympathetic and understanding, letting me keep working for him until I find something and offering to help me look, making me feel lower than low for leaving his employ
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Is this the NEW job?
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Yes, the one I started on in February and am already Burnt out on.
He actualy aplogised to me for putting me on THE most stressful contract he had
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wow. well, good luck. Maybe Wizards has a post open. (sorry, couldn't resist)
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My day went completely fergouse!
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Almost broke down into a fit of depression or something. I think I'm getting better now. Don't have to really worry about much of anything here inside my fort. Just me and myself. Pcitzo!
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I'm grumpy because I hate school, my life, myself generally, and I can't sleep normally.
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I'm grumpy because I don't seem to be able to stop causing others pain and because I am constantly faced with the potential of my own ineptitude....why am I so bad?
/me mass hugs everyone who has commented again
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I'm grumpy becasue people use these forums to whine about things I don't care about.
They should, instead, only whine about things involveing me in a negative way.
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I am grumpy because Sprig just confused me by making a horribly sel-centred post, but also has the world's most awesome avatar and therefore conflicting my interests entirely.
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The awesomeness of Spriggan's avatar confuses me also.....my small mind cannot comprehend it..... :-/
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Y'see, I try to keep angst like this sort of thing inside. Unless JP is online in which case I throw it at him, out of interest to see if he'll go crazy.
And spriggan, I deem thee a chocolate fudgepacker.
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Mmmm....chocolate...no wait...ugh...aaah...AAAAHH...WRONG!!!!
*shudder*........o_O......*faint*
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So I reformatted, right? It should have solved all the stupid problems I've been having. Well, actually, they've returned, and I haven't even reinstalled all my programs and documents yet. I don't think it is my computer, I think it's the stinking internet router. So I'm going to go back to my old system and just hope that the problems go away when I move away. (I backed up the whole hard drive on an external hard drive, so I can just do the whole restore thing to get back to where I was before the laptop mind-wipe.)
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send it to me and I'll look at it. or else I'll just sympathize.
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If I remember when I have time, I'll send it to you sometime. But honestly, between working and trying to make sure I get everything done within the month (no extensions when you're graduating), I really don't even have the five hours I spent on it last night.
Or did you mean the router? Because I don't think my roommates would be very happy with me sending the router away. It seems to be working just fine for them, which is the annoying thing. If it were my computer, the reformat should have taken care of that problem, shouldn't it?
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I'm grumpy right now because all the good, kind people I know keep dying and all the self-absorbed jerks I know keep living.
This guy, Jason, who was a student in my drawing class at Wasatch Mental Health died in his sleep last night. He was 31 years old. They aren't sure what caused it, though they think it could have been caused by sleep apnea.
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That's sad, 42. So young.
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Okay, I've narrowed it down. I've reset the DSL modem, and it's fine. I've even reformatted my hard drive--and then realized that the full system backup my backup system made only had empty folders in it. Thankfully, I had also just copied everything over to the external hard drive because I didn't trust that the backup had worked, so I still have all my programs and documents (I think). Well, I still have all the documents--I'm not sure about the programs. That remains to be seen.
At any rate, the problem is the stupid wireless hub. Stinking Netgear. I'm debating whether I should just go get a new one, a better one, and whenever I move I'd just take it with me. I had thought I'd just wait till I moved, but this is getting to be annoying.
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I'm grumpy because the first half of my last round of boards is monday and tuesday and I've been cooped up studying during the first weekend of spring weather here.
Grrrrr...
Studying has gotten to be sooooooo hard....
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I'm grumpy because my mother was going to pay for Marie and I to go see Corteo, but it's all already sold out. =/
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I'm grumpy because my Saturday is almost over.
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My Saturday is more almost over than yours.
That makes me grumpy.
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I'm grumpy because Sprig's new avatar is very disturbing.
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I'm grumpy cos I dont' want to have to study for my maths exam tomorrow and also cos there is a distinct chance that I'll sleep in and not get there in time.
The ironic thing is, I love maths T_T
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I'm grumpy because even though I don't say mean things about people on the board, people treat me like I'm some kind of psycho out to make them all feel bad.
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I'm grumpy cause it's April in Utah--a time that usually has pretty nice weather overall--and I've had frost on my windshield 7 out of the last ten days of work! Also, it's been rainy (which is good cause we need it--we live in a desert) but I was really looking forward to sun and being able to wear shorts and not have frost and the heater in my car doesn't work and I have been avoiding having it fixed cause it was suppose to be warm soon and I am just really bummed. I mean it's April 11 and the high is suppose to be like 57 degrees!
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heh, I *have* been wearing shorts. But then, I live in the South. But yeah, I totally sympathize about Utah weather. Something's wrong when you have to put on long pants to be warm in the morning and then change to shorts because those pants are too hot by afternoon.
I'm grumpy also because I haven't been getting things done. On the other hand, I may turn happy because I move this week and hopefully I'll be better able to get things done next week.
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Husband is either too lazy or too stupid to check the bank account balance and keeps overdrawing it - meaning big bill on credit card at the end of the month.
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that sucks.
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no cable and hijacked wireless...
other folks know of my ire for comcast.
Well today they really screwed up and now I have no cable...
so Im "borrowing" a neighbors wireless signal.
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What did they do to you?
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Loud vibrating hum from the fan up on the roof is going to give me a seizure. Argh!
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they "fixed" it.
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I have to get a root canal next week. I cannot think of anything good about getting a root canal. I had one before and it was miserable.
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well your mouth wont get infected and your teeth wont rot.
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actually, my last root canal got infected.
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Touche.
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I have a sore throat. I do NOT want to get sick, especially when I'm home by myself for two weeks and there's no one to take care of me.
:'(
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Throat feels even worse today.
I realized I was all hot, too so I checked and yep- I'm running a fever.
*swears*
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Someone tore a ligament at karate. They need surgery. Thats fine (incidentally, i'm one of the teachrs). I was investigating the best ways for them to get the insurance money, etc. Now I find out the girl's parents are writing letters left right and centre, whole heap of shirt. And they would "appreciate any assistance, but they'll make independent decisions".
No ****! As far as I'm concerned, if they're gonna do all this they can damn well get their own assistance. Stuff it.
Idiots.
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...what the hell do you expect? It's their kid, xaio.
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That they could've waited one or two days until I got them the info...
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Again, why? I'd be more concerned about parents who were content to just lean on some outsider instead of doing the work themselves.
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The grumpy things thread is for ranting and getting things off your chest.
It is not for arguing about if someone has any right to be grumpy.
Both of you cut it out now, or I'll be forced to lock.
I'm grumpy because people are abusing the grumpy things thread.
I'm also grumpy because I don't want to go into class today but I kinda have to.
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I'm grumpy because of Jam.
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Jam, this is a forum. The purpose of a forum is discussion. Not allowing discussion is, therefore, counter-purpose to it's existance.
Stop being a tage fanboy :(
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I never said no discussion, I'm just trying to stop a fight before it happens.
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Throat feels even worse today.
I realized I was all hot, too so I checked and yep- I'm running a fever.
*swears*
I got a sore throat, cough, fever, runny nose, etc. on saturday. I thought it was just a cold, but then last night I had to go to the emergency room because I couldn't breathe. I just got back, but I'm kind of afraid to go to sleep, because every time I start coughing, then it takes about a half-minute before I can start breathing again. So I'll pray you don't get too sick like me.
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So I had an appointment with my dentist to have a root canal this morning.
Well, apparently on this tooth, there are suppose to be three canals to be removed. The dentist removed the first two quickly then hit a snag on the third. After about a half-hour of digging and drilling, he could find the last root canal. So he took some x-rays, then drilled some more. Still couldn't find it, so he had another dentist look for it. More drilling. Then another dentist. None of them could find it, or they think they found it but couldn't get to it.
So now I have to go see an Endodontist to get the root canal finished.
Oh...and now that the novicane has worn off...OW!
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So now not only has my computer stopped recognizing my iPod--this, after wiping it clean, so I have no music at all on my iPod--now, it won't recognize my external hard drive. I've reinstalled Itunes and the iPod software about 20 times in the last 3 days, no change. I've followed all the instructions from here (http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93716) for when you get such a message. Nothing. I reinstalled the software for the hard drive. Nothing. It's got to be something to do with my Firewire card. Except that I plugged the hard drive in via USB to see if the computer would recognize that, and it wouldn't.
This, on top of all the internet problems I've been having. I've had MORE problems with my computer since reformatting the hard drive, not fewer. This is really just ridiculous. And I can't describe it to someone well enough in this medium for them to suggest things to try, because nothing anyone's suggested has worked.
And believe me, I've done the obvious. I've run McAfee about once a day. I've run SpyBot. I've run AdAware. Nothing changes. I'm at the point where I'm considering getting a new computer. But then, how would I transfer the data? It'd require the external hard drive! Perhaps it's the wireless card, which has caused nothing but trouble since day 1. Perhaps it's because I bought a piece of crap Celeron that burns my lap when it's been on too long.
So, if anyone has any suggestions, I'd love to hear them. As long as they're not of the "maybe you have a virus" variety, because I've been there. And don't you dare even suggest a reformat. I have a week left of school and I don't have TIME for that. But I'd like to move with my iPod intact. I can't even listen to it because there's no longer any music on it. >:(
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You didn't say you'd reinstalled/updated the drivers for the frewire/USB card. Did you try that? Sounds to me that's where the problem lies at a guess. Worth a shot, anyway.
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Buy a mac mini? :)
or check your drivers...
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I'd love to come up to Boston and troubleshoot. Heck, I'd love just to go to Boston again.
But yeah, unless you want a long call to Arlington, I don't know that I have many new ideas, esp without specific errors.
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The problem with checking the drivers for the firewire card is that I can't figure out what it is in the add/remove programs to remove it. Plus, now the external hard drive *is* being recognized. *grumble, grumble*
The good news is that I'm moving to Seattle in a week and a half, so I intend to make friends with someone who works at Microsoft. ;) The bad news is that I won't be able to use my iPod till I figure this out.
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drivers won't be in add/remove programs. They'd be in the device manager.
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Ah....
See, this is why I need a computer friend here. I'll check it out.
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Stacer, if it makes you feel any better, I had the same problem a little while ago, and after a couple of days, it was back to normal.
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Nope, doesn't make me feel better. Because it's not going away. Well, at least I can back everything up on the external. I went to the Apple forums to see if anyone there might help with the Ipod problem, and one person thought that installing SP2 would solve the problem. It hasn't. And now I have no sound, because SP2 blocks my Yamaha sound card, because Yamaha is too stupid to update the driver. I was able to get around that previously, but I can't remember how.
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Finally resolved the grumpiness, because I found the right audio driver, and then uninstalled and reinstalled Itunes and Ipod software yet again, and it all finally works. Ipod is currently synching for the first time in almost a week. I will be able to use it again. Yay!
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I am ridiculously tired for absolutely no good reason. We're talking brain-fuzzy tired, and I got nine hours of sleep and have only been up for...I can't even count the number of hours I've been up, because I'm that tired. Ten. Ten hours. That's the number of fingers I have and that's a good thing because I had to use my fingers to count because of how tired I am.
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I feel stoned and all I did is make my morning 2 hour walk up from Rosslyn. I'm not sure which direction is which. I hate this. This is why I don't do drugs.
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That futher reiterates my hypothesis that exercise is bad for you. Cos you see, I DO do drugs (the legal kind)...my gosh...it makes me grumpy that I can't survive in society without them...and even with them...it's a joke.
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I concur. Everytime I hear someone talk about how good exercise makes them feel I think to how I feel after a workout, or after seeing someone running. Complete and utter exhaustion, inability to communicate, sometimes even to stand.
This feels "good?" Some new definition of the work "good" I've not heard before then.
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I also agree, exercise is exhausting.
I'm also grumpy that my little mini-mouse has stopped working, forcing me to use my computer's touch pad.
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Boards were tough and I'll not know how I did for two months :(
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I'm grumpy because banks hold stupid hours and I don't understand why.
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Yeah, I don't understand that either.
Mouse boards...I don't know how I survived without a mouse...I really don't. I used to be fine with the board...then I got a little tiny mouse (it's pretty and blue), only it's hard to do anything that requires precision because it's got a weird sensitivity and it will jump to the opposite side of the screen for no reason...and it's so small! Even for me! And that's saying a lot.
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you can adjust the mouse speed in windows, maybe that will un-grump you.
This is also why I love my wacom with all of my body. Much easier to be precise.
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wow, I didn't know you had a wacom!
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Yeah, you'll need to upload the pictures that are produced from you loving your wacom with all your body. You could call it a kind of post-structulist art.
I'm grumpy because my neurons aren't firing and because Melonade said she's be on again later last night and wasn't.
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If i ever meet someone who codes spyware, adware, or malware, I'm seriously going to knife them in the face before I kick them in the crotch repeatedly with spike-toed boots.
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I Hate road constrution and how stupied it makes people drive. If you known that a two lane road is going to be one lane and are given plenty of warrning don't drive like a bat out of hell down the lane that is going to be closed expecting me to get over and let you in my lane cause I like the rest of the people behind me had the idea to get over and wait my turn and not cut infront of me. And if you try to nug your way into my lane fine go ahead but if you hit my car I will sue you and take you all for what you are worth.
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I hate those guys.
i'm really grumpy because:
my computer sucks. We've been over that. Everything about my computer is insufficient except maybe a couple of the software packages
my ISP sucks. Ok, yeah, you get what you pay for. But how come if I can't use my email client to read Juno mail, I can't use ANY SMTP server on the planet at all? You don't want me to send mail? Ok, officially, juno bites. It may be free, but pay for something. ANYTHING, rather than use it.
ANd now the M-Machine is dying. About a year and a half ago we thought the M-Machine was going the way of the ghost when the left speaker inexplicably started popping and I couldn't fix it. I still kept it, because, frankly, the M-Machine is so cool you can store a side of beef in it. I used it as a platform to make the bottom of my CD tower more accessible. Anyway, on a whim, I tried it again about 6-8 months ago, and it worked! Hooray!
The other day the pops started again. Now the left speaker is very, very dim. If you put the balance all to the left and turn the volume to 100 (normally 7-11 is a very comfortable listening range, and often too loud if the kids are asleep) you can faintly hear it behind a bunch of white noise -- white noise not audible till the volume gets to 50 or so. This is only if you're using the "Aux" mode, y'know, so I can run my mp3s through it or my CD player. In tape mode, there is a plethora of EMI and tons of pops. Annoying. In radio mode, it appears to work fine. No fricking clue.
Seriously, Jeffe will attest, as will anyone else who has seen it. The M-Machine rocks the casbah. i'm seriously, seriously asking for donations, a buck here or there, to my paypal (benreilly AT myrealbox DOT com) so I can fund the service. I've ruled out the power supply and the wiring. But I want this fixed. The world needs the M-Machine to go on living. (I'll post pictures of the M-Machine as soon as se.com starts workign again).
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I'm grumpy because I have hit busy-body mode when I really should be sleeping. I've only slept a couple hours in the past 48 hours so I really should be sleeping, but no I just keep working on stupid stuff.
This is one of those times when I wish the world would just blink out of existance for a couple of hours so that I can sleep.
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I'm grumpy because I haven't seen Ep III yet and I don't know when I'll have the time to do so.
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My bus driver skipped my stop even though I pulled the cord today. This in and of itself would not make me grumpy, except that this has happened to me every day for the last three days. With three different bus drivers. Am I invisible? Am I not a person? This also would not be a big deal if I wasn't coming off eight hour shifts on my feet staring at many many beads. This doesn't put me in a mood to walk up a hill for three blocks.
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Well, I wasn't going to tell you this, but considering the circumstances... Okay, I am just going to come right out and say it. You aren't a person so much as... a really big fish. ;)
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Ahh. That explains the gills.
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Did you yell "Stop! I pulled the cord, so you have to let me off here!"?
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This isn't so much grumpy as sad and distressed. But anyway. I wanted somewhere to rant a little.
My boyfriend has probably got a heart condition that will need surgery.
Apart from that being scary,
Our local hospital really sucks. Three times, he went in with a heart rate of around 150, feverish, headache, etc. Each time he told them that he could possibly have a heart problem, according to tests he's had before. He was politely ignored. The third time he was there he stayed a week. They still didn't know what was wrong. Because they didn't know, they decided it was probably "psychological". He got his dad to sign him out, and went home.
After 1/2 hour with his GP, he had been told about ten things which it could be one of, and made 3 appointments to have further tests etc. I'll say it again, that hospital sucks.
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I have a heart condition that'll probably require surgery too, and it already has.
Hasn't killed me yet.
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Thanks JP, that was mega helpful! ! ! ...not........
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When my mother had her brain haemorrhage, and she was taken there, you wouldn't believe the utter >rubbish< they' out with. Like, almost the opposite to what needs to be done / is wrong / has to happen etc.
Same re: my many times spent in there with my allergy.
Most Doctors and Hospitals arel ike that, they don'thave a clue.
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I agree, Hospitals are horrible.
I lost my trust in the medical community years ago.
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I'm gumpy because some idiot who has a hard time in English has written a novel in ENglish (for heaven only knows what reason) and has asked for my opinion on a section of it, and then when I gave my opinion continues to waste a chunk of my life arguing with me about it.
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I'm not really grumpy, but I'm posting this on behalf of my husband, who had his wisdom tooth taken out today and is groggy and in pain.
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I'm grumpy because EUOL is in Idaho and I miss him. :(
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me too, with every bullet so far :D
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Jeffe, don't be ridiculous. You can't kill the undead with bullets! ::)
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you can if you use a lot of bullets.
Bullets filled with holy water and etched with the true cross.
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*Chimera makes a mental note
Okay, now I know what to do if EUOL gets out of line.
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Life.
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"dont talk to me about life."
-Marvin the Paranoid Android
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"Here I am with a brain the size of a planet . . ."
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I'm grumpy because I'm ready for bed and my roommate is in the room blaring her music, singing along to it, and playing solitaire. Of course, the logical thing to do is to ask her to leave--she can watch TV if she insists on staying up. But I hate confrontation. I figure I'll hang out here for a little while, and when I can't stand it anymore, I'll ask her to turn it off.
I hate being such a light sleeper. I need absolute silence and darkness. It is very inconvenient.
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Especially if you share a room. I haven't had to share a room for about five or six years, and all I can say is I hope my husband has a close sleeping schedule and isn't a light sleeper. I've become more of a light sleeper in the last couple years, though, not having a roommate, which is funny. It goes back and forth, though--I lived on a busy intersection in Boston and slept through that, but when the sun came up through my east-facing windows, bam! I was up. It was too warm and too direct.
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Yea, when I move out from my place in August I'm definitely going to get my own room. I won't have to live close to BYU campus so I should be able to find a private room at an affordable price.
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I hate waiting for the cable guy. I've been sitting here for two and a half hours and still have an hour and a half to go in the window I had to allow him. If he gets here soon, I can go jetskiing, but if he doesn't, I'm stuck in town, probably by myself. All is not lost, though. There is the Folklife festival still, and there's always a movie. It's looking pretty cloudy today anyway. But still! I hate waiting for the cable guy.
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there's always computer games!
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I hate research papers with a passion that is difficult to comprehend. Especially papers in which we have to, for our grade, follow a writing process that in no way helps me to write my paper. And especially since I have three more papers to write in the next week or so. It is times like these that make my hatred of school so deep.
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I hate my life.
Also, I have a migraine. Everything sucks right now. I need hugs.
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***Hug***
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Thankyou, kindly people who have hugged me (two so far. Go Xaio!)
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Here is an orc hug, they count double.
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Score. You guys are cool :)
I feel better already (Well, it's been like an hour, and I've been reading comics, and getting drugged on panadol, so...:P)
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comics always help me.
so do drugs.
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I'm grumpy because something in my office smells like old cheese stuffed in a sweat sock, and i can't find it.
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No hot water for shower this morning.
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Well, at least you weren't short on towels, being one and all.
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My front tire blew out on the way to work today. So not only was I stressed and late, I had to pay money for a new tire. Wah.
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The dentist pulled my tooth. I suppose it's sort of a happy thing, too, in a twisted way, because it means I'll hopefully feel better eventually. But it makes me sad, and not to mention I waited an hour before even getting into the office. Then I waited some more, listening to him drill the next patient over. He was juggling something like 4 patients at once. What? He charged me (or rather, my insurance) the same amount my dentist in Boston, who only ever had me in the office at once, or maybe a five-ten minute overlap when he ran late. And my Boston dentist had a nicer office (read: cleaner!) and was nicer himself. I really don't think I'll be returning to this dentist. Well, except to get my x-ray to take to the dentist who won't make me wait an hour.
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Living alone can be quite boring. I almost adopted a cat yesterday, because I really need a "roommate." But I realized my lease doesn't say pets are allowed yet--I have to do the whole pet deposit thing first.
So, I'm here all alone this afternoon and bored silly. I should go for a walk, but then I'm not really up for that , what with the stupid tooth thing. So I invited a few people over for dinner. Most of them I couldn't get a hold of. One guy in my neighborhood is definitely coming. One guy said yes, but then just called and said he's on the way to the hospital--someone in the ward just got taken to the emergency room.
I should just be concerned for the girl going to the emergency room--and I am, I hope she's okay--but I'm also just feeling sorry for myself. And it's not just that--I just feel dumb. Instead of saying sure, no problem, I totally understand (which I do, really, though I wish he would have said he'd come over after he's done if he can, instead of saying he won't come at all)--instead of saying I totally understand, etc., I was like, "well, do you have my address so you can come if you can?" :P (It didn't help that the way he told me kind of invited my response, which I feel dumb about.)
Plus, it leaves me alone with the one other guy who said he'd come. He's a nice guy and all, but I don't want to be giving him messages I'm not trying to send. I didn't arrange it this way!
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Living situations can be tricky. I agree with you that, when you live alone (it's happened to me a couple of times during Spring/Summer terms, when roommates were sparse or all on vacation), you can get lonely. But having roommates can be annoying as well. Mine are always noisy when they are home. And they are all three really good friends, so they pretty much ignore me. I haven't been feeling well, so perhaps I come off as grumpy, but I try to be nice to them. Oh well. Not everyone can be your friend, I guess.
But they are so messy, too! We had cleaning checks yesterday, which are severe in BYU housing. We all spent at least four hours each doing our cleaning assignments. After, though, I felt so good. Especially about the kitchen--it was finally clean (they always leave messes in there). I was excited about it, and assumed that they would want the place to stay clean for awhile.
Then I went to hang out with MsFish. I knew they were having a bunch of people over, and I didn't want to intrude. When I got home, though, the kitchen and living room were a complete mess. Dirty pots and pans everywhere, cutting boards covered with pineapple rinds and raw chicken. Yes, that's right, RAW CHICKEN. Then I saw the packages that the chicken was in strewn all over the place. I mean, they didn't even bother to properly dispose of that, and it is potentially spreading salmonella all over my kitchen!
I wanted to yell, "Are you trying to KILL me?" Maybe they don't care, but I tend to be sensitive to viruses and infections and things. However, I didn't say anything. I'll probably have to end up cleaning it up and desanitizing the kitchen for human use, since they went to their mommies homes for dinner and left everything in a horrible mess. And it was all clean, just YESTERDAY!!!
Wow. I'm really ranting now. It feels good to get it out. I probably need to discuss it with them, though, rather than just letting it build up inside.
I think I'll go eat some ice cream. And anti-bacterialate the kitchen. :P
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Yeah, it's a balancing act. I love having roommates when you're all really close and have similar living habits. But that happens so rarely.
It's the first time I've ever lived alone, actually, so I can get quite lonely. I was talking to my dad this afternoon, and he said all ya gotta do is turn on the TV, turn down the sound, and turn up the stereo. There ya go. I love my dad.
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I lived alone in Santa Cruz and I LOVED it. But I was severely anti-social when I lived in Santa Cruz, so while I loved it it wasn't exactly what I would call healthy. I don't think I would want to do it again now, mostly because I need people around to talk to. Me by myself all the time would be bad news for my depression.
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MsFish,
Do you remember how clean the kitchen was yesterday when you came over to my apartment? Remember, and weep with me for the loss of cleanliness. :'(
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I'm only mildly grumpy today, but I am really posting for my ferret. My ferret seems grumpy today, probably because I keep seperating her from her one true love -- the trash can.
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Kids are ridiculously expensive to raise. :o
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Why do you think 42 has a Ferrit instead? It's like a kid in that it ignores everything he says, only wants to play, eat and Sleep while only costing a tenth as much.
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And given the chance, a ferret would just as soon eat you as snuggle with you.
At least my kids will snuggle without thinking "Hmm. I wonder what that finger tastes like?"
"Here Buckbeak! Come and get the nice, dead ferret!"
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Speaking of kids, there were an inordinate number in my singles' ward today. One of the counselors had a baby bless, and their family came for it--they made up half the congregation (my ward's pretty small).
Not a grumpy thing (actually rather a happy thing, so many cute babies and toddlers), but it followed from the discussion of kids.
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I'm only mildly grumpy today, but I am really posting for my ferret. My ferret seems grumpy today, probably because I keep seperating her from her one true love -- the trash can.
What a cruel owner you are, separating your ferret from her true love!
I read something by Shakespeare about this. It can only end in pain.
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I read something by Shakespeare about this. It can only end in pain.
Thats pretty unspecific. According to shakespeare, everything either ends bad or makes for good comedy that ends bad.
He was right though :/
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I guess I should've been more specific. By talking about an authority with power and control (like a parent) keeping his charge from her "true love" and then mentioning it ending in pain, I was alluding to Romeo and Juliet.
You see, in the American school system, *every teenager* has read and discussed Romeo and Juliet, so I thought I could allude to it without name. But Shakespeare was quite prolific--I'll be more specific from now on. ;)
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MsFish,
Do you remember how clean the kitchen was yesterday when you came over to my apartment? Remember, and weep with me for the loss of cleanliness. :'(
I remember, and I weep with you. :'(
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I think I'm getting a cold. My throat is sore and I feel all achy all over. I would not be surprised if it's because of the tooth problem (long roots, infections, could have leaked into sinuses...). I'm going to an oral surgeon tomorrow to follow up on the horrible dentist. Let's hope he'll ensure that anything that went wrong is corrected.
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Sorry you're not feeling well, stacer. I'm sending a big sympathy hug your way, from Provo to Seattle. :D
I'm grumpy because I'm tired and should go to bed but I don't completely want to because I've been having bad dreams lately and I always wake up feeling anxious and unsettled. But I need sleep, get even the little my body allows me, so I'll have to face whatever weird emotional twists my psyche wants to force on me tonight.
I wonder why people have bad dreams. Is it because there are stressful things in their lives? Or deeper issues that they are suppressing? I don't know, but I'd like them to stop--even though they do sometimes give me story ideas.
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I wonder too, I've had a long series of disturbing dreams, at least every three nights, and every night of last week. Last night, for instance, I dreamed that someone hinted they were going to have to kill me, although they didn't want to (I guess they were some kind of government agent or something), so I choked them to death with my bare hands. The whole killing someone was the most disturbing part, not the being a target for assassination. I felt... damned.
The real creepy thing is that it was a third person dream right up to the point where the guy reached out to grab the lady's neck. He didn't even look like me. COmpletely bald, broad faced, wider in the shoulders, blockier. But as soon as the choking started, suddenly I'm looking at my own hands doing it.
What exactly is WRONG with me?
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I have bad dreams all the time, hence I have given up on such things as sleeing-in, napping, or getting a full-nights rest. I've been using a number of over-the-counter sleep aids lately and they seem to help for the most part. I just can't take so much that I'm left groggy the next day.
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maybe I'll consider that. last week I had a dream where my wife was lecturing me about having spent too much money and, for some reason, I woke with a screach.
Yeah, it sounds funny, don't it.
Except that never in my life have I ever woken with a scream before. And I can't even remember what in the dream would have propted such a noise. it's not like it was a full on fight.
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Speaking of dreadful dreams and sleep aids, I took Tylenol PM last night, woke up 25 min. before I had to be at work, and then remembered I'd had a dream where I tried out for American Idol and I had to sing in front of everybody. Horrors!!
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Strangely enough, I haven't had a bad dream since I installed two dreamcatchers above my bed [years and years and years ago]. I've since given one away, but the other hasn't failed me yet. =þ
It might just be a coincidence. It sure is a fun one, though.
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Yet I've been having them since i moved to this house... and we hung the dream catcher near our bed instead of by the computer...
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I don't sleep enough to have developed enough bad dreams to be able to talk about - sometimes Ijust wake up scared ****less for no particular reason. Is that separate from having nightmares? I hear it can be stress-related...Well, I guess many sleeping problems are.
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It's nearly two in the morning, and my building has a policy against loud parties. The people below me have had their stereo going all night. The walls here are so thin that the people next door complained to me the other day when my dryer was going after 10pm (which I promptly stopped running after hours). So you can imagine how loud a LOUD stereo is in my building at 2am. It's "entertaining" the whole block. The family above me knocked on my door (which I didn't hear, because I was trying to sleep back in my bedroom), and then knocked on my window, scaring me half to death and making me think that someone was trying to break in. The husband even called the landlord and the cops to complain about me! My lights are off.
It's an understandable mistake, because the party was actually in 205, below me. I'd thought it was coming above me, from the way the reverberations were coming. At any rate, now it's 2am, I'm completely awake from being woken up by the neighbor above me, and their stereo is softer but still going. It may be soft enough for the 4th floor neighbor, but I have a feeling going back to sleep on my air mattress is going to be a bad experience for my sleep.
When I moved in, this was a quiet building--I have no idea what's up tonight. I just want to sleep.
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Called the actual driver of the truck with my stuff. It won't be leaving Chicago until WEDNESDAY. That means I won't get my stuff for at least ANOTHER WEEK. This after the guy said on Monday that it would be six more days. So that adds another week on top of the two weeks I've already waited when they said it was on its way. This is ridiculous!
To top it off, in their contract, they're supposed to deliver it within 21 business days of being notified of an address to deliver it to. I notified them on Monday, May 16. That makes next Tuesday--the day before it leaves Chicago--the last day by contract that they should be delivering. That means they BETTER be giving me a nice hefty discount. I'm really ticked about this. And especially if I end up going to ALA at the end of the month, that means that I'll have to arrange for someone to be there if I'm out of town the day they finally get there. Dang, I'm so tired of eating with plastic silverware. I want my bike. I want my books. I want my blankets and other clothes. Grrrr! >:(
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To top it off, in their contract, they're supposed to deliver it within 21 business days of being notified of an address to deliver it to. I notified them on Monday, May 16. That makes next Tuesday--the day before it leaves Chicago--the last day by contract that they should be delivering. That means they BETTER be giving me a nice hefty discount.
If it is in the contract, you should definitely get some money back. This is the sort of thing that my mom would be all over--she'd call and complain and pester until she got a full refund, no doubt.
I don't know how much effort it would take, but it sounds like they are really failing in their service, and you should get some sort of consolation for your inconvenience.
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What I'm going to argue for is the payment I've already given them should be enough, and I shouldn't have to give them the balance due (which is about a third of the overall bill).
(Psst... check your PMs, Chimera.)
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Pupil dilation is the bane of my existence. One's recreational possibilities are rather limited when one can not see. Oh, and I just discovered that to get to the A.C.T. test tomorrow, I have to get up earlier than I had to during the school year. Man, summer vacation is just peachy.
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I'm grumpy because I feel terrible and I'm bored. :P
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I hate being sick, because even with all sorts of things that would keep you from being bored, you get bored anyway because you can't concentrate on any of them. :P That's what January was like for me--I had this horrible sinus infection/flu thing that lasted about a month, and couldn't do anything. And it was on my Christmas break, so it was good and bad--good because I didn't miss class, but bad because it totally ruined half my trip to Utah and the rest of my vacation in which I'd planned to write, but didn't have enough energy to do anything but watch bad TV.
I'm so tired today, myself. I should be reading right now, but instead I'm watching Persuasion yet again (you should watch it if you haven't; it's a great movie). But I did get my suitcases finally unpacked--my clothes are in a dresser again for the first time in a month!
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My husband's father died today, so I'll be heading out to Ohio presently and won't be around much for a bit.
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Sorry to hear that, Fuzzy. Give JT my condolences.
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Was it a long illness or unexpected? How is J.T. doing? My condolences.
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I'm so sorry, Fuzzy. You, your husband, and his family will be in my prayers.
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My condolences to J.T.
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Condolences. :(
Was it sudden?
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Yes, it was sudden. :(
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So sad. :( At least with a long illness you feel some sort of preparation.
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The ninja monkeys also send condolances. I, as well, am sorry.
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My condolences, also.
I'm currently grumpy because DJ Tiësto has a beautiful orchestral piece in the first three minutes of "Forever Today" that he really should have made its own piece. It's so beautiful... instead he turns it into a Trance piece which just isn't as strong (especially at the intro) as the original orchestral piece.
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I'm grumpy because I just remembered that the BYU Writers for Young Readers Conference is going on this week, and I'm not attending this year. I went last year and it was awesome and I desperately wanted to go this year, at least to the afternoon sessions at half-price, but when I was "let go" from work it became apparent that I wouldn't even be able to go to half the conference.
I'm sad. :'(
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There were going to be some amazing people at that conference this year, too, if I remember right. I haven't ever been able to go to it. I graduated and moved away the year I found out it existed, and have never been able to make it back for it. What authors were going to be there? Wasn't Garth Nix one of them? I'm really, really sad about not remembering and planning for that (well, like I'd be able to make it down to Utah this week anyway). You should try and sneak into Garth Nix's main address or something.
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Actually, the one you're thinking of hasn't happened yet. It is July 15-16, so there is still a chance you can come. And *yes* Garth Nix is coming. But I'll be out of town! I might have been able to sneak in, because I'm a BYU student (Chris Crowe said if you go the day of and show your student ID and there is space they sometimes let you in), but I'll be at Newport Beach. Here is the link if you want info (http://ce.byu.edu/cw/bfyr/). This is the Reading Conference, the one I missed is the week long writing conference where you can workshop with a published author in the morning and then go to really great panels and lectures in the afternoon. I was hoping at least to go to the afternoon general meetings, but it was still $200 (instead of $400 for the whole conference)--both prices which are really cheap considering what you get, but still too much for me. If you want to plan to go next year, here is the link for the current writing conference (http://ce.byu.edu/cw/writing/).
I think EUOL was going to be at the booksigning of the Reading Conference. Maybe he will get a book signed by Garth Nix for me--I love Sabriel, it's an awesome darker YA fantasy. The sequels are okay, but Sabriel is fabulous.
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I'm gonna have to see about going to that. I'm going to Chicago next weekend, so traveling down to Utah in a couple more weeks may be too much. Is it just a Friday-Saturday thing?
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I'm grumpy because I sweat very easily and just spent the last 90 minutes playing around in the plenum. I feel gross.
Also, Warmachine hasn't arrived yet.
edit: also, ArMs doesn't like to let me use apostrophes. That means no contractions. Grrr...
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I'm gonna have to see about going to that. I'm going to Chicago next weekend, so traveling down to Utah in a couple more weeks may be too much. Is it just a Friday-Saturday thing?
Yes, the Reading Conference is just two days--Friday and Saturday.
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I'm grumpy because I just remembered that the BYU Writers for Young Readers Conference is going on this week, and I'm not attending this year. I went last year and it was awesome and I desperately wanted to go this year, at least to the afternoon sessions at half-price, but when I was "let go" from work it became apparent that I wouldn't even be able to go to half the conference.
I'm sad. :'(
This is the first year I've been in town for the conference, and I'm broke and couldn't afford to go either. Hmph.
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I'm grumpy because I bought a bunch of Father's Day cards to send out, and the conveyor belt at the checkout ate them.
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I'm grumpy because I haven't talked to Oldie Locks in forever and I feel like a terrible friend.
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That's right! It's Father's Day on Sunday. I have to go get a card or something for my dad and mail it tomorrow.
I would have forgot without Oldie Locks reminder. I think I'll go post that on the Happy Thread. :)
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Now I'm grumpy because my Neil Young has a gouge in it. Every time I clean it I get *more* jitter.
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That's right! It's Father's Day on Sunday. I have to go get a card or something for my dad and mail it tomorrow.
Oh, me too. It's bad this year, too, because I usually forget my parents in equal amounts and just call on Mother's Day and Father's Day respectively. This year, I sent my mom and stepmom flowers. Which means Dad will be disappointed if I don't remember him with more than a phone call. Augh! The responsibilities of being responsible!
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I'm also grumpy because my car, while not technically broken yet, is going to cost thousands of dollars to fix.
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Yea, I forgot my dad's BIRTHDAY. How terrible is that? I can remember everyone elses in the family, but I always seem to forget my dad's--I know it is near the beginning of April, but I can't recall the date. Sometimes it's like my memory is being selective on purpose. I need to practice an association with it. Like I remember my mother's because it is one day after my best friend's, and it is easier to remember one date (or two dates close together, I guess) than to remember two. (Coincidently, this friend's birthday is one of only two friends birthdays I can remember. I just don't have a memory for dates. I need a calendar--but then I know that I would forget where I put the calendar!)
So anyways, to make it up I *must* send my dad something.
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See, I have a calendar. Two, actually. I just haven't been able to look at it since May 4th, because the MOVERS HAVE HAD MY STUFF ALL THAT TIME!
Can you tell I'm getting really ANGRY about that? Talk about GRUMPY THINGS!
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Hey Stacer,
Rats, that sucks. Who'd you hire to move your stuff, anyway? I'll know never to ring them up, that's for sure
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Yeah, never use Eagle Van Lines or Viking Van Lines (they're apparently in partnership).
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Yeah, never use Eagle Van Lines or Viking Van Lines (they're apparently in partnership).
Hmm. Vikings should not try to be movers, it's just against their nature, don't you agree? Customer/New Pillaging Target, what average Viking can tell the difference?
"Hey, boss, we were suppos'd to hang onto this here stuff and put it with our stash or is it supposed to go somewheres else??"
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Wooden toilet seats.
Use your imagination.
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Are we talking splinters? Aren't those things supposed to be sanded and finished?
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Sometimes they split. You have to be very careful sitting on them if they have a crack.
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Yeeeeouch!
That beats my grumpy thing for today: 3 1/2 hours of meetings. Ugh
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Another late night party at the neighbors. As little as I liked it before, I've developed an even deeper loathing of rap music.
Doesn't anyone sleep anymore?
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Listen to Nerdrap - an appreication of how good rap CAN be serves to allow you to feel quite how crap the crap rap that is so frequently played is.
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I'm back from Ohio. I'm tired, the house is a mess, and I don't know where my life is going or where I'll be living in two months. I need a nap.
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Me and 42 are in the same houseing perdiciment, I hate aparment hunting because I cannot afford 80% of the stuff out there.
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There was the most amazing sunset today, I believe that it was the prettiest that I have ever seen. Usually it is mostly orange, with only some dashes of red in it, but this was a really deep red, with dark orange around the edges. I saw it for all of 2 seconds, and then the sun was blocked by buildings and trees until it was over. (My family and I were in the car at this point.) Anger.
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I'm grumpy because I'm at home in California, and I have nothing to say to my parents. Why can I talk to some people for limitless hours in a row (glares pointedly at three or four people on the boards) but can't seem to find fifteen minutes worth of things to say to my parents?
The thing that makes me really grumpy is that there's not really anything I can do to fix it, so I just have to accept it. Accepting things like that sucks.
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I'm grumpy because I have two exams tomorrow which I'm going to fail, and I already screwed up one last week. And I'm trying to study and it isn't doing any good because I keep worrying about a friend who's in a dreadful mess, and my boyfriend wants to talk to me, and everything just sucks. I hate it because I can hardly be bothered studying anyway, becasue I know I'm going to do terribly anyway. It just hurts because I can never do anything the way I want to.
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REALLY do not want to go back to work today.
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Yet again, the moving company proves their unreliability. The driver said he'd be here about 6. It is now 8, and he hasn't even called to let me know he's crossed the mountains yet. Seriously, how long does it take to drive from Yakima to Seattle? And he won't answer his phone. So I missed FHE--a very good one--to sit around waiting for the phone to ring. >:(
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I'm grumpy because our AC is broken and it's quite warm.
This also means I won't be able to sleep with my feather comforter. Usually my roommates keep it so cold that I can use it with no problem. You know how you get into a sleep pattern? I like having my comforter because it makes me feel like I'm on a cloud. Soooooo nice. Instead of happy cloud-sleeping, I'll be suffering like in a sauna. No comfortable fluffiness for me.
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A big hug to all grumpy people, because I'm feeling a little better today.
No, I take it back, I feel worse.
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I'm grumpy because my head hurts. Again/still.
I may leave early.
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So...hot...
Must...go...to...swimming...pool...before...I...melt...
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I'm grumpy because of women and one of my follow co-workers he is a tool that needs better taste in music. How many under 21 listen to old folks musice. When I say old fart music I mean grand parents music
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So...hot...
Must...go...to...swimming...pool...before...I...melt...
I will sympathize with you and point out that I have gotten sick once again and have a fever and therefore keep switching back and forth between being freezing cold with chills and burning up. It rocks! Not.
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I'm grumpy, well actually just slightly miffed, that the New Mission President for my little brother's mission in Sweden stayed at the Marriot and not the Cottontree during MTC training. Thus I didn't get to meet him and politely and kindly tell him to "be nice to my little brother or his five big brothers will impoverize, demoralize, and impale you."
Oh well, I'll just have to be content with that call to my uncle, the director of new mission president training, about mission presidents engaging in late night disorderly conduct.
Got to keep those mission presidents inline lest they do something rebellious like wear flashy ties, or something.
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Can you find out if there is one near here, so I can go laugh at him sending religious deputations to yorkshire?
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My dad gave me a Mac Mini because my other computer sucked. I'm trying to get things set up, so I went out and bought a printer yesterday. An hp. I set it up, plugged it in, initialized it, and tried to install it. Nothing. The computer wasn't seeing it as a printer. So I tried a few things and couldn't get it to work.
So I went to bed.
Today, I decided on a more direct route: I called hp tech support. Yes, it's plugged in. Yes, it's on. Yes, it's plugged in the USB port. No, it's still not working. We tried a few other things and nothing worked. The problem turned out to be either the USB port on the printer or the cable. So I took it back to Sam's Club and exchanged it for a Lexmark. I set it up, put the paper in, put in the ink cartridges, printed out a test page, and went to install it. I put in the installation disk. The only problem (and one that's not printed on the box): there are no drivers for OS X for this particular model. Not only is this fact not printed on the box, but it's also not printed on any of the materials that come with the printer. I had to go online and look for the drivers, and only when I saw a list of Lexmark printers that are supported by OS X (and my new printer was missing from the list) did I realize that I'm at strike two. So tomorrow it's once again back to the store to get another printer.
Oh, and to make life even better, apparently my dad didn't have Word on this mini, and I need to spend $250 to buy Office for Mac. This creates all kinds of cross-platform problems, and defeats the main purpose of my computer--word processing. Ya know. 'Cause when you write, you kinda need some kind of word processing program.
Grr.
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Yo. I'm one hundred percent sure that there are free word pocessors out there for Macs and that they'll save to .rtf format, which can be read by pretty much any program. So, before you drop 250, look for one.
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I have to 60 hours a week this summer...
and not a single part of my job does not require constant walking...
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is it a Lexmark Z715 Color Printer thats the only one I could find on Sams Club's website? There are osx drivers for that... you have to go to the printer page to find them and not their list of compatible printers which is retarded the drive is here http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:441:0:0&emeaframe=&fileID=1197
Old One your mini comes with appleworks for mac which is a word processor that is compatible with word.
I used Appleworks for a long time before I got iLife and it works great.
iLife ?05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand), Mail, Dashboard, Spotlight, iChat, Safari, Sherlock, QuickTime, iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Address Book, AppleWorks, iWork (30-day trial), Classic environment, Quicken 2005 for Macintosh, 2005 World Book Multimedia Reference Suite, Nanosaur 2, Marble Blast Gold, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, Zinio Reader, XCode Developer Tools and Apple Hardware Test
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I'm grumpy because I just dislocated my knee about a minute ago. I managed to set the patella back in place, but now my knee really, really hurts and need to take a pain killer. Hopefully is won't swell up.
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is it a Lexmark Z715 Color Printer thats the only one I could find on Sams Club's website? There are osx drivers for that... you have to go to the printer page to find them and not their list of compatible printers which is retarded the drive is here http://downloads.lexmark.com/cgi-perl/downloads.cgi?ccs=229:1:0:441:0:0&emeaframe=&fileID=1197
Old One your mini comes with appleworks for mac which is a word processor that is compatible with word.
I used Appleworks for a long time before I got iLife and it works great.
iLife ?05 (includes iTunes, iPhoto, iMovie HD, iDVD, GarageBand), Mail, Dashboard, Spotlight, iChat, Safari, Sherlock, QuickTime, iSync, iCal, DVD Player, Address Book, AppleWorks, iWork (30-day trial), Classic environment, Quicken 2005 for Macintosh, 2005 World Book Multimedia Reference Suite, Nanosaur 2, Marble Blast Gold, Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac Test Drive, Zinio Reader, XCode Developer Tools and Apple Hardware Test
Actually, it's an X6150 (4-in-1 with a flatbed scanner). If you can find drivers, you'll be my hero.
I'll hunt around and see if I can find appleworks somewhere on this thing. I actually have two (three) PCs in various forms around the house. I've tried to boot up two of them this evening in an attempt to give up my Mac-hood, but neither of them booted. So I'm back to the mini. Without a printer. And without Word. I've heard a rumor that there's a Mac shop around here that'll sell Office Suite for Mac to everyone at the student price. Meh.
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It may not actually include Appleworks... but it does have Text Edit, which reads and writes rtf with good basic word processing abilities. But it's no Word, that's for sure.
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website says it has appleworks... its in the applications folder.
No joy on the driver.
I suggest the HP all in one scanner photo printer inkjet...
its like 80 bucks.
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I'm grumpy because I just dislocated my knee about a minute ago. I managed to set the patella back in place
I have only one thing to say to that: Ewwww. :P
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I'm grumpy because I'm supposed to be at work right now, but I forgot that the freaking busses don't run in Provo on the fourth of July. Because, you know, people shouldn't have to get to work, right? Arg. And no one at work is answering the phone. I'm really hoping that's not because I'm the only other person who's supposed to be there besides my manager, because you have to have two people to go in the store, and that would mean I'm screwed.
I hate this.
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I'm grumpy because of sweat
Also, there were no cars headed for Rosslyn between 7:15 and 8:20 this morning, which made for a long wait.
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This isn't grumpy. It's sad:
I miss Chimera!!!! :'(
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Oh, MsFish, that makes me sad. I miss you too! :'(
Now that I am back in civilization and my phone gets service I will call you. And I'll be back in town soon--this Friday! We will definitely have a girls night. ;D
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No joy on the driver.
I suggest the HP all in one scanner photo printer inkjet...
its like 80 bucks.
Heh. That's the one that I originally bought and didn't work, so I returned it for the Lexmark.
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I'm not grumpy but the wife and kids sure are. Thus I drugged the baby to sleep, sent the older child to bed, and sent the wife off with her friends to watch a moving. The grumpyness has been held off for the night and I'm ready to fight it in the morning, again.
For all those who are grumpy right now just think:
"There's no place to be grumpy, there's no place to be grumpy, there's no place to be grumpy,..."
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Heh. That's the one that I originally bought and didn't work, so I returned it for the Lexmark.
I know that one works because I have it...
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I'm grumpy because there is a part of me that doesn't want to go to California for an indefinite amount of time because I'll miss my boyfriend and friends and sometimes time with my family can be a little too much for me--it's good in small doses, but 2-4 weeks is pushing it. And that annoys me that I feel that way, because I should be excited about being with my family, not dreading it. But my life is here now, so I guess it makes sense. At least I'll get plenty of time with my neice and nephew.
And it's going to be a 14 hour drive all by myself. Maybe I'll buy a new book on tape to pass the time.
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Well, I'll argue that at this point in your life, probably being with your boyfriend (or potential ones, in a more generic sense) is more important than spending extended periods of time with your family.
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Sometimes it depends on the family. I'd rather spend time with my inlaws than with my family, usually.
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I prefer my outlaws to either.
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only because they wear feathered caps, green tights and tend to yell "Tally Ho!" while they rob the local sheriff, oh and since your poor they give their cash to you.
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I'm grumpy because my husband is angry about people who IM him at inconvenient times, but does not actuallly do anything about it, like LOG OFF.
Is this a male thing?
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no
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only because they wear feathered caps, green tights and tend to yell "Tally Ho!" while they rob the local sheriff, oh and since your poor they give their cash to you.
I wish I had outlaws like that--particularly the $ part.
And you got to love Men in Tights (with Wesley as Robin Hood): "We are men in tights--TIGHT tights!" :) I need to watch that movie again.
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That movie was nothing but a recycling of the more clever things he'd done in other films.
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And I loved it! (Probably because it was relatively cleaner than most of Mel Brooks's movies--I like his spoofs but I HATE how chock-filled with innuendos they are. I watched Spaceballs all the time when I was young. It was my favorite movie--until I grew up and understood what they were referring to with every other joke.)
Parts of Men in Tights were actually filmed in my hometown. The scene where they are pushing the castle away on a railroad track--yeah, I've been there. :D
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Young Frankenstein would kick Men In Tights' butt without even realizing they were in a fight.
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I actually haven't seen that one.
*Chimera adds it to the already REALLY LONG list of movies she and EUOL need to watch*
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No wonder you think Men in Tights is so great. The moving mole gag is handled much better in YF.
anyway, add to that Harold and Maude, if you haven't seen it. classic sleeper flick, with some very dry humor.
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Ok if we are talking about Mel Brooks movies.....What about Blazing Saddles? That is one of my favorite movies, now if you are talking about movies that have Cary Elwes in them then it is The Princess Bride....if your not talking about anything that has to do with this then never minded
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Of course Princess Bride is a better movie!!! :)--which is why I didn't even bother refering to him as Cary Elwes, but just as Wesley, because that is who he is and who he will always be to me.
I still maintain that I like Men in Tights. It is a very silly movie, and when I am in a silly mood it is a wonderful thing.
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Not that either one is exactly clean, but I am going to disagree with you and say that Spaceballs is much cleaner than Men in Tights.
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To continue the grumy things thread.
So it is 100 degrees outside and I'm taking a ten minute drive home. I stop at a light for a moment, when I feel the searing pain on my left arm. And sure enough, in ten minutes I had developed a sunburn.
I will forever curse my melanin deprived fair skin. Other than allowing me to feel pain and keeping my vital organs in, my skin is absolutely worthless.
Even being a freckled freak would be better.
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I'm grumpy beyond words because while I was tapping it to extend the cutting cord, the handle on my trimme snapped in half. Leaving my grass only half cut. My sister-in-law is going to think I'm a slob. (which I am, but that's beside the point). Also, Toro's assistance number is extremely unhelpful.
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Why does life have to be so complex. I had to deal with a police beating today. It should be a simple case. Police entered plaintiffs' residence without an invite and then beat up and arrested the plaintiff (and his family) when he was told to leave. Unfortantly, it look's like plaintiff's attorney is on the verge of losing everything because they aren't thinking about the case (or maybe the attorney is trying to hide some cards for negotiation, but that seems unlikely).
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One the imperfections of society is that judges don't always make decsions according to the law, but rather rely on intangibles. The intangible that gets me is when judges look at who the lawyers are in the case and then go with the one that has the best reputation (i.e. the best golfer) instead of considering the facts and law. The sad thing is that this particular intangible seems to be used by various judges rather frequently (regardless of the complexity of the case).
It's time for me to get out of litigation.
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I hate bar exams. They are so trival, test on meaningless mind games, and are no longer serve to weed out potentially bad lawyer/judges. They also take a lot of time to prepare for. As I have said, it is like preparing for a marathon, but with a lot more sitting.
I've already passed a bar exam. Why can't that be good enough?
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I think it's ridiculous that each state has its own bar (though rationally I can see why, given all the state laws that differ from state to state). Are you taking a new state exam? You guys just moved, right?
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Wow, Greg. Way to give me hope in the American Justice system. I think I'll go hide under a rock now.
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I just got back from the post office, where the woman at the counter actually refused to give me service. I asked her about whether media or first class would be cheaper for a local package, she said it depended on weight, so I asked if she'd weigh it. Before she weighed it, though, she started picking apart (literally--with her fingers) another package of mine and saying it needed to be taped. Well, it'd have been fine if she hadn't torn it apart, and I told her so. She got all huffy. I said, whatever, I still needed to mail my other packages because I wasn't going to buy tape from them, and pushed my other packages forward. She said, "Now, you are not to throw things at me." I said I didn't, I just needed to mail those packages. She then said, "You know what? I think you need to see someone else, because this isn't starting out right," and then refused to help me further. I didn't have time to wait in line again for someone else. So I'm back at work, really angry, and mad at myself for not being able to stand up for myself, and for losing my temper and storming out of the post office when she refused to help me. Argh! I just can't deal with even the little things right now.
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Stacer- Every state has it's own bar exam but all the bar exams are based off of uniform law such as the English common law and uniform codes. Parts of the bar exam (the dreaded "Multi-state Bar Exam" and tedious "Multi-state Performance Test") are given uniformly, nationwide, at the same time/day. Thus, specific state law is rarely tested.
I've also notice in my own practice of law and already being licensed in two states that most state law is the same with just some differences in some of the smaller details.
That is probably more than any self-respecting time waster should know, but I find that when I waste time, I can't help but learn useless trivia.
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I've got senior pictures today. I hate dressing up, so this is bound to make me rather grumpy. I also have to start working on my three books for my AP Literature class. I thought summer was supposed to be a time for rest...
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we didn't dress up for my senior pictures. They just had a fake tux thing that went on over our clothes
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I didn't have a tux or anything, but wearing two shirts, a tie, and pants in such warm weather was not fun. But, I think that they may have found a way to make me looks slightly less like a hobo in my pictures, which is always a good thing.
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They gave us the same thing for our senior pictures. Rather quite funny and such.
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I'm grumpy because...
- I got turned down for the second time for a job I interviewed for.
- When I showed up at work, the place was trashed.
- The server crashed at work.
- Spent about hour listening to various people complain about their personal problems.
- Couldn't sleep.
- Had to wait a half-hour in line at the bank.
- Went to KFC to get some food to cheer me up and they messed-up my order and were unable to fix it.
- The street lights had gone out causing traffic to back up.
- Order of the Stick didn't post today.
- And my apartment needs cleaning.
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- Order of the Stick didn't post today.
I'll second that. Grrr. >:(
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I'm also grumpy because EUOL is in New York and I am in California. We're on opposite sides of the US, for crying out loud! :P
I'm cutting this vacation as short as I possibly can.
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I'm grumpy because my girlfriend is in a whole different country right now! And she gets home late Sunday, and then Monday morning my family is leaving to go exactly where she just was.
*sigh*
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My parents have a HUGE big screen TV. Which should be cause for the Happy Thread, right? Well, it has like 3 or 4 controls, and you have to use one to turn the TV on, one to turn the screen on, one to get the satellite going, one to change the channels, and an entirely different one to watch movies! And right now I can't figure it out, and my little brother (the only one who knows how to operate it) isn't home. >:(
Sometimes I think technology is more work than it is worth. Isn't it supposed to simplify our lives? Yeah, right.
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it has simplified your life. It's removed the choice to watch TV. That's simpler.
And actually it would. the technology is lower in that you don't have a remote capable of comunicating with all the devices.
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Whoa, stacer, that sucks about the post office!! Incredible!
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So my girlfriend's family decided to not come back for another day. So I may not end up seeing her at all for another month.
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I'm grumpy because I just figured out that my bus isn't running tomorrow, because it's a state holiday. I appreciate that it's a holiday and all, but some people still have to be at work. I do NOT want to walk for an hour and a half to be at work at seven AM. Down with public transportation!
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That stinks, MsFish. Did you find a ride or something?
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Yeah, but I had to walk home. That's one long walk. Good excercise though.
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My milk went sour. :P Didn't realize it till I'd ruined a whole bowl of cereal. I don't have any other breakfast stuff in the house, so I'm going to have to get ready for work without eating, which I hate. Oh! Wait! I have bread. I can make toast, at least. But no orange juice and no milk to wash it down. Yuck.
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there is this AMAZING bagel sandwich place here. THat's what I do when I don't get breakfast.
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Eating out is strictly forbidden right now. I'm trying to reserve what little money I have for getting out of the hole that got me here.
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doh. I'll mail you a sandwich.
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Heh. I had toast. I even had peanut butter and jelly on it. And the bread was whole grain, so nicely filling.
Sometimes I'm tempted to set up one of those "take pity on me and give me money!" websites, just to see if people would do it. Pay my student loans! :)
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I'm grumpy because the friend that I was mooching off of for my server hosting quit the company, so they dropped the project and shipped all the computers to Israel. And he forgot to tell me this was happening.
My other friend that I was going to turn to decided to drive across three states today instead of being right where I needed him so I could make him do my bidding.
Oh, and I stayed up late to read Harry Potter, so I'm now tired too.
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Is that why half of everyone's avatar's don't work anymore?
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that is the probable explanation, yes
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Mine works!
Tee hee. I am avatar superior. ;D
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I'm losing my scottish accent. When asked, people now think I come from northern ireland, of all places. Sucks for me. :(
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I just bought a CD, because I really like a song from it.....the thing that makes me mad is that that song is the only song on the whole CD that I like....there is a waste of $15.
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Don't buy pop/punk/rap/rock - really, anything that they play on the radio.
I hope you've learned your lesson.
=þ
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Don't buy pop/punk/rap/rock - really, anything that they play on the radio.
I hope you've learned your lesson.
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that's pretty narrow minded. "Anything anybody likes is no good."
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So what do you listen to then Jade?
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He listens to DDR music!!! Ick! ::) :P
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I listen to DDR music, because J-Pop is good.
It's true that anything anybody likes is no good. You lose indie points if anyone else has heard of your favourite artist. Allow me to demonstrate:
"If you're slow on the uptake, I'll lay it out, Hipsterism is a religion to which you gotta be devout, you must be seen as inbetween, unpopular and hated, or else get excommunicated."
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uhm... no. I still think that's stupid. You're still defining your life according to what other people think. If you like Britney Spears, like her. T'heck with what other people like. If you don't like her but want to groove to J Macis and the Fog or the Ataris, then go with that. But not because anyone may or may not have heard of it.
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Good point. Those who make a point of never following trends are just as dependent on society as those who make a point of following every trend.
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And NO-ONE got the irony of my post.
Sigh.
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It's ok, Indie Rock Pete; we know you're way cool.
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In any case, I'm grumpy because it looks like instead of a free day tomorrow, I'll be working eight hours at my least favourite campus. Unless someone else takes the shift, which is possible but for some reason I feel is unlikely.
I have had six hours sleep in three days. If I take this, thanks to classes on Friday, I will end up having 10 hours sleep in five days.
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I mad because, I went to college thinking that it would help me get a job....here it is 3 months later and still no word on any jobs..... :'(
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I mad because, I went to college thinking that it would help me get a job....here it is 3 months later and still no word on any jobs..... :'(
Join the crowd.
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All the jobs I find require you to have experience, but you need a job in order to get experience.......anyone seeing a problem with this system?
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I graduate college with no intention of getting a real career job, yet everyone around me seems to think that if I don't, I'm a slacker. Grrr.
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But it's the American Dream! You know, with the patriotic music playing in the background and the sequence with the distinguished sounding guy doing the voiceover? It's what life is all about, spending millions of hours proleing until you get old and die!
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proleing?
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prole
n : a member of the working class (not necessarily employed); "workers of the world--unite!" [syn: proletarian, worker]
I use it (with bad suffixes) to mean 'menial work'. By which I mean, all work.
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I graduate college with no intention of getting a real career job, yet everyone around me seems to think that if I don't, I'm a slacker. Grrr.
Having same problem--but mostly just with parents. The really grumpy thing is that I haven't even graduated yet and already they're expecting me to have a 9-5 career-type job. >:(
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yeah, well, it's nto a bad idea, is it? Having graduated to no job, I know whereof I speak
I recommend getting a job, even if it's underpaid and not what you want to do. Just so you have some experience to put down. You don't get to start with your ideal.
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Getting a job is not a bad idea, no. Getting a job that measures up to my parents expectations (i.e. is far too stressful and business-y and professional for my liking) is not. I just want a job until I get into graduate school, that I can do while I am in graduate school, and that I can still have time to write and spend time with people. I don't want a job that sucks my soul, which was my last oh-so professional job that my parents thought was so great.
After I get my MA I want to teach part-time at a junior college and possibly do some freelance writing and editing. I do not, however, want to give my life to some business that I don't believe in and don't support but pays me good money as it sucks all my happiness away.
Sorry. I guess this is the rants section, though. I just wish that people would let you be happy in your way, rather than trying to force what makes them happy on you. I have to find my own path, you know? Suggestions are welcome, but shouldn't feel like commands.
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well, see, that's what I'm saying. That's your ideal. How many people get jobs where they have tons of time off and can write at work? (well, EUOL, but besides him?)
Most people have to do something relatively unpleasant, at least at first, before they get into a job they really like.
Also, be aware that plans like you have, even when they do work, are almost always living hand to mouth, especially once you don't share rent with a few other people like singles in Provo do.
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Right now I have been trying to get a job that would be very unpleasant, and underpaid just as long as it’s a job. But no one is hiring inexperienced people in my field.........ERRRRRRRRRR
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You should all go to Med school. :P
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Yes, well, I don't want a real job. And I don't need one. So I'm not going to get one. And anyone who thinks I should can bite me.
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Don't tempt us.
Anyway it's getting about that time to start a new thread.
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Another flat
two in a week
which wouldnt bother me if I had had time to fix the last one.
So....
I patched the first one and now am waiting for "the Colonel" aka my dad to stop by work to help me fill it.
Hope it holds....
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Your Dad is Colonel Sanders?
Hey, ask him if I can have the recipe for that chicken of his.
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not that Colonel.
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Well how many ARE there?
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Anyway it's getting about that time to start a new thread.
Let's see how long we can get this thread before it gets locked!!!
Um...I'm grumpy because I can't make a decision about which apartment to move into, and I have to move out on Thursday. >:( ???
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And I hate my writing. I give up! I'll never be a writer. :'(
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And I'm grumpy because MsFish is preventing me from smashing the BYU computer into a million pieces.
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I'm grumpy because we're moving across the country in two days and we have way, way, way too much stuff. and way too much stuff that is still unpacked.
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I'm grumpy because I'm not going to see Ari for a few more days, and if she doesn't come up with me to Ed Week, I wont see her much even then.
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My hair is getting so long (which is a happy thing). The grumpy part is that it's also really heavy, which gives me headaches. Which means I should cut my hair, which makes me very sad.
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how long does hair have to be to become "heavy"?
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Depends on how sensitive your muscles and sinuses are, I suppose. My hair is fine, but I have a lot of it, and it reaches past my waist.
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wow that is a lot of hair
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Lacklustre conversation of the day! :P
Stacer, can you use your hair to strangle assailants, like some sort of civilised amazon? :)
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I'm grumpy because even though I finally settled on an apartment (which alleviates stress and thus is happy), now I have to do all the packing and cleaning and moving out before Thursday at 2:40.
Ug. And I can't get a hold of my friend Dallin who has a truck. I don't know how I'll move my desk, cabinet, bookshelf, and mattress without one--they're not fitting into my Honda Civic!
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you have a boyfriend. Why isn't he there helping you pack?
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Oh, he'll get his chance. He already knows this; when I told Spriggan last night I had to move by Thursday at 2:40 EUOL said, "That means I have to move everything before that. Which means I'll have to get up early!" (I should note that early for EUOL is not early for the rest of us--anything before noon when you go to bed at four seems early).
And I'll probably get him over here tomorrow to help me pack and move small things. It's too disorganized right now--I need to do some of it myself first. Besides, he owes me--not only is he my boyfriend, but I drove him all over the place last week when he didn't have his car. :D
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You have your own furniture there? Odd. I never lived in an unfurnished BYU place. Or are you not in BYU approved housing anymore?
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Stacer, can you use your hair to strangle assailants, like some sort of civilised amazon? :)
Not quite long enough. Hence, my grumpiness that I should need to get it cut to prevent headaches. ;) Plus, I want princess hair, dangit! Who knew princesses had to go through so much for their beauty? :D
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Considering some of the things I hear about those corsets, I think many princesses could take torture in their stride.
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Yeah. If bras are any indication--corsets must be murder!
It is so uncomfortable to be a girl. Being reminded of this makes me grumpy. >:(
(But I'm happy we got another page, and still the thread is not locked. Go go go!)
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It is so uncomfortable to be a girl.
Haha. We win.
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Yeah, well maybe you'll all have to Flock to a new thread...