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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #300 on: November 07, 2005, 02:11:22 AM »
Ah, but the fact that you're doing them at all is a happy thing!
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #301 on: November 07, 2005, 02:22:32 AM »
Yes, the fact that I'm doing them at all is happy.  The fact that there are 129731283761283761 pieces to them is not.  

And for some reason BYU's won't submit.  I've filled out all the necessary information.  I typed in the payment info.  (Highway robbery if you ask me, having to pay $50 to probably get rejected for the third year running.) And yet, I hit send, and nothing happens.  Well, the page refreshes.  And that's it.  

I just want to send the stupid application and get it over with!

*And* then I have to deal with letters of recommendation.  This is not something that makes me happy.  I hate asking people to do things for me.  Plus, it doesn't help that last year one of the professors who *said* she'd give me a letter of recommendation and who I *gave* all the forms to, failed to actually do it.  This may or may not have contributed to me getting rejected last year.  

I hate this.  
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #302 on: November 07, 2005, 09:19:19 AM »
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Jeffe might be on to something...if people have websites devoted to pictures of cats in sinks, those same people may pay $ to keep Mogget from becoming some sort of Vietnamese cuisine.  ;)

(I use Vietnam because my dad always told us as kids that they eat cats there. He flew helicoptors over there in the war, so I'm sure he is an authority.  ::))

My brother served his mission in Korea, and his wife is Korean. They eat dog sometimes in Korea. He didn't comment about cats.

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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #303 on: November 07, 2005, 03:07:54 PM »
Having served a mission in Korea, they don't eat cats in Korea. In fact, most of the cats that I saw in Korea were small and where eaten by the rats.  I also recall that Korean generally had something against cats but I don't remember the explanation.
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #304 on: November 07, 2005, 03:29:00 PM »
They give you the evil eye, or they have evil eyes. That's what my Korean roommate said. Koreans don't like cats' eyes.
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #305 on: November 07, 2005, 11:21:24 PM »
I prefer aggies to cats' eyes.
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #306 on: November 09, 2005, 07:38:42 PM »
Okay, here's a scenario for you folks. (Warning: some material may not be suitable for the squeemish.)

Your roomie has two miniature dauchshunds, one of whom is named Flash. He is a delightful little animal most days. A strange one, too, because you've never known a dog who bites its nails.  Anyway, one quiet evening, upon looking in Flash's ear, you happen to discover what looks like a plump, brown tick.

[Ewww! Get it awaaay! :o Yes, that was my response also.]

But, further, after alert your roomie, she suggests that you put vaseline on the icky invader.

"Are you okay with that?" she asks, nervously holding the dog's little head and looking at you with pleading eyes.  

"Ummm, well, okay," you say.  So you coat the gross thing with vaseline. After all, poor Flash shouldn't suffer because his owner is faint of heart. Of course, you aren't even sure if it's good to put vaseline on ticks.

The epic scenario doesn't end here, however, because the tick seems quite happy where it is, despite being slathered with the finest vaseline that Johnson & Johnson produces.

Then your roomie gazes at you as if you're supposed to know what to do.  Thus, you hesitantly suggest to do something that you've always heard will work: put something hot on or near the disgusting tick so it'll back its head out. She agrees, though she kept worrying that you'll burn poor Flash's "sensitive hairs" around his ear.

You fire up a burner on the gas stove and plunge the tip of a pairing knife into the blue flames while she keeps reassuring the trembling doggie. Wouldn't you feel like you were in a bizzare episode of some show called Ways to Gross Out Your Roommate?? Wouldn't you want to walk off the set?  

Yet, no--you're committed.  The danger is clear and present. The dog is distressed, your roomie is even more so.  You must act.  

She insists that she can't bear to hold the knife. And, while I'll spare you some of the details, I will say that you won't want to hear anything sizzling for a long, long time....

But it gets better! She bestows upon you the great privilege of wielding the tweasers to remove the disengaged tick. Isn't that just swell of her??

So here's my question:  don't you think, after performing such a great service, you should receive some sort of glorious recompense. Say... no dishwashing for two whole weeks? No taking out the garbage for a month maybe? Well, I suppose I'd settle for a Best Roomie Ever Award. Seriously, I'm way too nice sometimes, I think...  ICK!! GAG!!
« Last Edit: November 09, 2005, 07:41:31 PM by shrain78 »
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #307 on: November 09, 2005, 09:05:03 PM »
Are you sure your roommate can repay you in the manner you desire?

When I do something considerate for my roommates I generally find that they are not capable of giving me the kind of reward I would want. So I find it is better to be a little patient and I often get rewarded in one way or another.
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #308 on: November 10, 2005, 12:28:23 AM »
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Are you sure your roommate can repay you in the manner you desire?

When I do something considerate for my roommates I generally find that they are not capable of giving me the kind of reward I would want. So I find it is better to be a little patient and I often get rewarded in one way or another.


lol. It's not like I was actually going to march up to her with a list of demands for my services. Nah, I'm just happy that the crisis is averted. Yep, my work here is never done. It's good to be needed.  ;)
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #309 on: November 10, 2005, 12:32:04 AM »
I am fortunate in that when I do things like that, it's usually for Ari.

It also helps that I wouldn't room with someone with pets.
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #310 on: November 10, 2005, 12:44:13 AM »
True. I have only myself to blame in a way, I suppose. I knew she had two little dogs before I came out here to Boston. I was actually sort of excited because I miss my dog. Unfortunately, they aren't all that well-trained. *sigh* Still, it can be very nice to come home from a cruddy day to have doggies to great you.  
« Last Edit: November 10, 2005, 12:46:51 AM by shrain78 »
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #311 on: November 10, 2005, 12:35:19 PM »
I'm grumpy because Daylight savings stole my evenings.

Two weeks ago (or whenever it kicked in) I went from having a good hour and a half to two hours of daylight left  when I got home to having half an hour to none.  And all this at the stroke of a bureaucrat's pen, decades ago.

Stupid friggin jerks.

>:(
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #312 on: November 10, 2005, 12:51:32 PM »
What time do you get home from work? If I remember right, it gets dark there about 5, right? Here it's pitch black by 4:30. Stupid northern latitudes. I always drive home in the dark, especially because I've been staying till 7-7:30 lately (pressing project).
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #313 on: November 10, 2005, 01:40:07 PM »
about 5:30
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Re: More Grumpiness
« Reply #314 on: November 10, 2005, 04:21:28 PM »
My insurance costs just went up--what was a pretty good plan has become a mediocre plan, "due to rising health care costs"--i.e., I get to foot the difference. My costs for chronic things, like needing to go to the doctor for asthma and allergies, has gone up, as has prescriptions, and they dropped coverage of the only allergy medicine that has been working for me, which I was already paying $35 a month for.

Now I will have to pay $75 a month for it, or get rid of my cat. Heck, I might as well quit my job and move somewhere else, because I can't live in Seattle without being able to get past my allergies, and I'm pretty much allergic to everything here. I don't have $75 a month extra. I don't even have the money to cover the expenses I already have.
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