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General => Rants and Stuff => Topic started by: Chimera on August 16, 2005, 01:32:37 AM
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As far as I can see, no one has started a new grumpy thread since the last one got locked, so here I go.
I'm grumpy because I had grumpy things to grump about and no grumpy thread to post on.
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I'm grumpy because my neck hurts.
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I'm angry because Apple made it so amazingly hard to locate a specific song on your iPod and pull it off onto your computer. I finally got the song I wanted, but it took about a half hour.
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Try the iPod winamp plugin, it makes it easy to get stuff off the pod.
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I'm grumpy because Adobe is useless.
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I'm grumpy because I'm over-heated, tired, and I just lost my popsicle. I lost my popsicle to my ferret who decided she wanted it, thus climbed on my shoulders and got her tongue stuck.
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Hahaha! I realize that it's a grumpy thing for you, but the picture of that ferret stealing your popsicle is hilarious to me.
I'm grumpy because I should have been reimbursed for my expenses at ALA back about a month ago (ALA was TWO months ago), and I need the money, and all they are doing is griping that I didn't fill out the form right and that a supervisor didn't sign the second page of two pages. It's absolutely ridiculous to me that since the conference was over a weekend, you have to submit TWO reports, because of the week-ending date. Which throws off the receipts, because the hotel only gives you one receipt for the whole thing. What am I supposed to do, tell them to check me out and in again on the Sunday so that my company can have two receipts?
I could really use that money, dang it, and they just expect you to smile and pay off your corporate credit card with your own money and wait three months for a reimbursement, not to mention the $100 I paid out of my own pocket.
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I'm unhappy because Ari's going back to school in a week.
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I'm grumpy because JadeKnight just reminded me that I am going back to school in a week.
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What! You said it yourself!
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I'm grumpy because EUOL stole my name for a pirate queen consort to an evil-I'm-going-to-rule-the-empire strategic genius.
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I'm grumpy because I have to be at work in six hours, and I still haven't started my cleaning checks. Stupid freaking BYU approved housing. I haven't had cleaning checks in the last two years that I've lived here. Why does the management have to start doing them now?
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I'm grumpy because the collection agency for the hospital just called and claims I owe them money for a bill I payed off months ago. They claim they don't have any records of any of my payments. Just when I thought I was done dealing with the hospital, now I have to drudge up my old records to try and prove my side to them. Incidentally, they always refute my side of the events no matter how much evidence I have against them and no matter how many times I point out that their records are wrong or outdated. Utah medical billers are completely incompetent and/or dishonest.
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there has to be something illegal about them just harasing you about that........but that does suck
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I had a dream that someone on TWG IMed me and said, "You deserve the Newbie Slapdown!" Internet people are really intimidating...
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Well masters of Newbie Slapdown, how does it feel to be the stuff of nightmares?
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Absolutely terrific.
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You DO deserve the newbie slapdown, but Ent kinda quit and I'm far too lazy, so you get a free ride home.
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I'm grumpy because my host's server is down again (while he switches colleges again), which means no icons for Ari and me.
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I'm grumpy because "yummy" is a disgusting word. It sounds like a pile of puke.
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I am about to explode because Northwest Airlines considers flights to Canada "domestic." This means that I only get 50lbs per checked luggage rather than the 70lbs allowed to "international" flight passengers. Since I am going to bring the 2x70lbs anyway, they will charge me $50 for something they should already be giving me.
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Canada is Domestic, where were you when the US won it in a poker game last week?
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Canada is really pretty much domestic. I mean, it may be a different country, or say that it is, but since the distance is really far I can see how they can deem it domestic. The idea is they are using the same plane models to get you to Canada as they would use to get me to California, which means that it should only have so much luggage in it, and if they gave you 70lbs for Canada, they may as well give you the 70lbs anywhere that plane could fly you to.
And if you don't buy that, airlines suck.
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And yet Its an international flight from here to Eire, despite the fact that by american standards it's hardly half a states width :)
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Yeah, well, you're British.
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I understand, but I'm not entirely convinced. United Airlines gives you the 70 even though they also consider Canada to be domestic.
Airlines do suck, though. And security sucks even more. Every time I go from school to home, a series of terrible things happen regarding security.
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I'm grumpy becuase I'm in a class with two other people. Two of us want to change the meeting time to something more convenient, but the third is refusing to agree because, oh boo hoo, she's already arranged her car pool. Well tough! If we don't change the meeting time, I might have to quit my job (and its a good one, an excellent first move in my City Planning career).
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I'm grumpy because I seem to be having an identity crisis.
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My grandma died. We're going to her viewing soon.
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Hugs, JadeKnight.
I'm quite unhappy because I've walked around campus for 4 hours today and have to do it all again tomorrow. And I'm acidic and sleeeeeepy even though it's only 7pm where I used to be. And my family isn't home even though they said they'd call right about now, and my phone card is running out of juice so it's now for emergencies only.
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Ari is gone = grumpiness.
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I'm grumpy because the hydronic radiator board in my bedroom is leaking. Now I have a wet mildewy carpet and need to clean my room and have the leak fixed.
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If you think that is bad, during the spring time I had mushrooms growing through my carpet........yeah thats right mushrooms... I had to remove have my carpet to find mold growing all over the floor and I saw it go up the wall. This is an old place so it has wood paneling covering the concret foundation. So I had to cut the wooden paneling to find mold growing all the way up wall.....It took a long time before that every went away, but finally its all gone.
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I actually now think that the water damage is comeing from my window, which isn't sealed well and gets hit rather heavily by the sprinklers. At any rate, the room really smells so I'm thinking of sleeping on one of the couches for a while.
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Ew, usually when you find mold, you have to rip it all out and redo if you want to really get rid of it. I could never have survived in such a house. I'm really allergic to mold.
Speaking of allergies, turns out that the only allergy med that my doctor says will work for me is the one that my insurance company doesn't "prefer." So I could get Allegra for $10 a month (why do that? I could probably get it cheaper over the counter), which is pretty much useless because it doesn't work, or I could get Zyrtec for $35 a month. Add to that all the other things I take for stupid chronic minor things (things I must have meds to cope for, but alone they'd be minor annoyances), and my copays per month add up to almost $150. I'm grateful I have insurance, or it'd be more, yes, but still--I'm just plain grumpy because I wish my body worked right.
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Ew, usually when you find mold, you have to rip it all out and redo if you want to really get rid of it. I could never have survived in such a house. I'm really allergic to mold.
Speaking of allergies, turns out that the only allergy med that my doctor says will work for me is the one that my insurance company doesn't "prefer." So I could get Allegra for $10 a month (why do that? I could probably get it cheaper over the counter), which is pretty much useless because it doesn't work, or I could get Zyrtec for $35 a month. Add to that all the other things I take for stupid chronic minor things (things I must have meds to cope for, but alone they'd be minor annoyances), and my copays per month add up to almost $150. I'm grateful I have insurance, or it'd be more, yes, but still--I'm just plain grumpy because I wish my body worked right.
Makes me glad that my Dad is a pharmaceutical rep., who just happens to sell Zyrtec so I can get it for free.
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I'm jealous.
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Makes me glad I have no allergies or other problems I would have to take meds for.
I hate medications.
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I can't swallow pills. Just never got the knack.
Thus, no meds needed = good.
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I didn't have allergies in Utah, but now that I'm back in Ohio my body remembers all the things it was allergic to here.
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:(
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Okay, that's it.
I thought we weren't allowed to make posts that consist of just smileys or "lol," or post twice in a row on the same thread for that matter. It seems like other people are above those rules, because you guys do it all the time.
*whine*
*rant*
*complain*
Whatever. From now on, I'm doing it too.
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After one day of sleeping on the sofa, I want my room back. But my room is completely dissarrayed. I also have to move everything out of the room by Tuesday so it can undergo some minor repairs. Minor repairs consisting of having the floor, ceiling, and two walls completely restored.
I guess I'm glad I rent right now.
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Whatever. From now on, I'm doing it too.
I wouldn't advise it. Very rarely do the members of the board do that, and the ones that do have been here a lot longer than you have. They are above the possibility of a newbie slapdown. You, on the other hand, are not.
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Nobody is above the possibility of a newbie slapdown!
/me slaps everyone down.
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/me backhands JP summarily.
And we only do it when the smiley says everything we want to say. In that instance above, using :( did the job of half a paragraph of text.
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Indeed it did my fine scottish friend.
Indeed it did. As a longtime suffer of allergies and a world traveller to boot, I am often afflicted by horrible, sneezy achey and itching symptoms. It was never worse than when I moved back to VA from Washington State, where the pollen are completely differently. It was so bad at points that summer that I literally couldnt open my eyes because they itched so bad. I have however gotten better since then.
However I felt the addition of a :( would say much the same thing and express concern and dismay to boot.
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I didn't have allergies in Utah, but now that I'm back in Ohio my body remembers all the things it was allergic to here.
Same thing happened to me in Illinois, but I found they weren't as bad. Probably because I was living in Chicago rather than at home--they're usually just the same at home, what with all the cornfields and greenery. I think I'm more allergic to the kinds of plants you'd find wild at home, like the roadside weeds, than the trees and cultivated flowers in a big city.
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Okay, that's it.
I thought we weren't allowed to make posts that consist of just smileys or "lol," or post twice in a row on the same thread for that matter. It seems like other people are above those rules, because you guys do it all the time.
*whine*
*rant*
*complain*
Whatever. From now on, I'm doing it too.
Just do it in the place provided. This thread.
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What an excellent suggestion.
I'm grumpy because school is starting in three days and I have to acquire and move furniture into an apartment that is not ready, call Hydro to volunteer myself to the responsibility of paying the bills, find an internet service, discard this cel phone and get two others, buy random other accessories, buy textbooks, move all my existing boxes, and unpack and organize everything.
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I'm grumpy because thinking about my grumpiness makes me grumpy.
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Two people at my work were laid off because their positions were eliminated. This makes me grumpy because they are good people and it's sad to see these things happen. It also makes me grumpy because it makes me worried that my position could be eliminated, too. I hate trying to find work and I like my job just fine.
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I'm grumpy because I'm on a diet, and it's been going ok, and I actually have no desire to cheat on my diet while I'm awake but I've dreamed about cheating for the last few nights.
This does not bode well.
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Keep up the good work Fuzzy, that's all the encouragement I can offer.
I'm in crisis mode right now. My anonymity has been blown. I went to my normal weekly volunteer job at the mental health center today. When I got there I discovered that I've been singuled out by the United Way as their volunteer of the week or month or something like that. So a couple of news reporters arrived to interview me and write an article for the Daily Herald.
So now I need Ninja Monkeys to go a take down the United Way, thus protecting my identity.
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(42, I just noticed the Mandela quote. I love that one)
I'm grumpy because the Canadian dollar is doing extraordinarily well, and it's putting Ari into debt. (Her funds are in US$, her expenses in CA$)
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I'm amused that this makes you grumpy, Jade Knight. I'm not in debt just YET though. Apparently my dad's long lost friend who happens to work at the neurological institute has both furniture and a volunteer act/job for me. How much more can my life be a poorly-written novel? I'm loving it.
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I'm grumpy that gas went up to $3.09 a gallon today.
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Ditto...and even though I know that gas prices are leaping up because of major natural disaster that has costs the lives of hundreds of people...actually that just makes it suck even more.
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We're lucky out here, you can still get gas for around $2.6/gallon though I'm sure by Friday that will be much higher due to the hurricane and Labor Day weekend.
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just remember, re: gas prices. In georgia, there are stations charging over $6/gallon. that's... incredibly crappy.
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Just remember, I did the maths once and you guys get petrol at a third or half the prices we do. And that was at the vermont prices that SE gave me.
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I hope they were Virginia prices, because I don't know Vermont prices.
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You been living a double life SE?
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it was probably my evil twin. UnholyEhlers.
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Man I hate that Jerk, he borrowed $10 from me last year and hasn't paid me back yet.
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uh... yeah. Him. THat was definitely him. Not me.
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I'm grumpy because I tried to comfort a friend who obviously wanted comfort, and he decided that the most appropriate response was to say the most insulting things possible to me. It's quite possible I may never speak to this friend again.
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Maybe he thought you were UnholyEhlers, instead of your true holyEhlers. But if he was seriously that in need of comfort you might want to be more patient with him. BUT I know nothing of the situation so I could be talking out my back side right now.
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Perhaps you are right, though, and I should show more patience. However, I made it clear right away that he had crossed a line, and he deliberately kept going. So... maybe I'll calm down eventually, but for now, no. He was being a wank and I'm not going to deal with it.
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I merely said there wasn't a god. Which there isn't.
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That is *not* all you said. Get some class.
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Ok, I said a BAD WORD as well. GASP!
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seriously dude, get a life.
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Ok I think we all found out who the friend is just there. Hey guys it is not brightest idea to do an argument over a public forum. But that’s just my opinion. Ok and remember so far you guys are just using words to display your own opinion. Every one is entitled to there own so just relax and forget about it. Unless you guys want to duke it out then let me know I will set up a ring and sell some tickets ;D.
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this time you are definitely right, Legion. I'll shut up about it in public.
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This makes me grumpy
from my chief
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Folks, we cannot volunteer to be part of the Hurricane Relief efforts due to the fact that by getting orders under the volunteer solicitation we (the NRC) have no control over when we get you back. With that in mind though, the LT has asked me to solicit to see if anyone would be interested in going TAD there at some point to assist in whatever the unit may need once they get a handle on what they are going to do. We would have to work through Sector New Orleans and they would have to agree that our people could depart at our discretion and not when they were ready to let us go.
If you are interested, let me know. I am not guaranteeing anyone that this will ever come about, but want to throw it out there for consideration. I also have no time frame as of right now to when that would be either.
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Obviously I want to go TAD.
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this time you are definitely right, Legion. I'll shut up about it in public.
WOW I was right and some one openly said it....I feel better now. But am still grumpy because I have no job, and no one ever gets back to you about jobs when they say they are >:(
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It's interesting how this issue is one that is making some people assert there is no God, and is, for some of us, strengthening our belief in a God much more.
Recommended reading: C.S. Lewis' The Problem of Pain and A Grief Observed. Both are works of Theodicy. The first being largely intellectual/theoretical, and the second being much more emotional, after Lewis lost his wife to cancer.
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Nothing exciting ever happens online anymore. I'm grumpy.
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Thats becasue all the cool kids are on Ham Radio, the internet is so last year.
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Ham Radio???
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Obviously you're not one of the cool people.
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breaker breaker little shepherd, this is big dog with ya.
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I'm grumpy because I have no internet (currently bumming off Old One) when just a few short weeks ago I had dialup.
This means I am in serious, serious Timewasters withdrawl.
On the other hand I live in a really nice apartment now. Go me.
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I thought you had broadband in your nice new apartment.
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I'm grumpy because my whole office just got the news that we don't have jobs after October 31st. We're all being laid off and they're moving our product lines to the corporate headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Now the baby will *definitely* be born in October, because my health insurance leaves when my job does...
Grumble.
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I heard, Brenna. I'm so sorry. What are your options?
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That's lamer than lame, Brenna. Wish I could help, but even though the radio speaks of a "labor shortage" i'm not seeing much in the way of extra employment around here.
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Yeah, it's pretty frustrating.
The good news is that my insurance will cover the delivery of the baby (as long as she's born in October. The due date's the 23rd, so if she decides to come late, I'll just have to be induced, or something...) still, and I still get my maternity leave. We're also getting severance packages, though we don't know how much yet. Also hopefully, I'll have the chance to do some contract work for the company still. It's not a steady paycheck, but it is something. *shrug* I know things will work out, it's just frustrating getting there...
Thanks for the sympathy!
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That just stinks, Brenna.
But it is really good that the baby is due in October. If it had been after that...well, it is just really good that the birth will be covered. And there's nothing wrong with being induced after the due date--I think they have to do it at some point, so the baby doesn't get too big.
Sorry for the crappy news. Here's a big hug! :-*
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most doctors wait 2 weeks usually. But one week isn't hard to get most doctors to agree to, I think. and one week would be just perfect, it sounds like.
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Brenna, be sure to explain to the doctor that your health insurance ends. Doctors usually don't have any medical concerns about inducing within a week of the due date. However, be carefull about having the baby on October 31 as you don't know if there might be medical complications after the birth (as both my children have had).
If your insurance does run out, then you can always try for medicaid or maybe its worth paying for COBRA insurance. I'm sure you'll figure it out.
Good luck.
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I'm not really grump but I've been sent to this string from the "ya for the employed" string because I am unemployed. I hate not having a paying job (perferrable high paying job). In addition, I just had to pay for my oldest son to have surgery on his ears (as my wife and I recently found out that he was deaf and not just ignoring us). In addition, I'm finding all sorts of other things that are sucking away at the saving accounts faster than I can account for them. I think that a soon as I because unemployed, the world conspires to drain any finacial saving that I had.
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That's the way of the world.
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So the restoration company finally came to restore my room yesterday. They told me that it was going to take a day and a half to finish. Now I've been told that the room is a bio-hazard, it's been completely sealed off with plastic and it will be two weeks before anything gets done.
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wow. YOu must be proud. I've never had a room declared a biohazard on me.
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I guess they found the aliens being cloned in the walls. Which would explain the guys in the suits with the FBI badges.
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We at the FBI do not have a sense of humor that we're aware of.
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Way to go 42 on creating another superfund site in Utah. But I'm pretty sure that your mother taught you to keep things a little neater/hidden.
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A superfund site hunh,... no report was made to us at the National Response Center, and without our specific report number you are in violation of 40 CFR 110.
MMMM
50,000 fine.
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I'm grumpy because Winamp, Wordperfect, and Eudora all lack unicode support.
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My phone died. Charger is in the mail. No way to call or be called. Grrr.
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That totally sucks. Ari is in a similar position - no local phone, just a cell.
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I managed to get a very long, painful splinter at karate yesterday. The walls are unsanded wood, and I used my hands to push myself off the wall after doing wall-sitting. The splinter was immediately dubbed "The Thorn of Doom" by the sensei, and that wall is now the "Wall of Doom."
Don't you wish your dojo had a wall of doom, too?
It took me the better part of an hour to get it out--it broke into pieces in my finger. The stupid thing still hurts today, too.
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so let me get this straight....
You study martial arts, and a splinter beat you up?
I just think you should be happy the splinter was in your finger and not your butt, since you were doing wall sitting.
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Hey hey, Splinter may be an elderly rat but he's still one tough cookie when it comes to the martial arts.
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she said A splinter. like, a clone, not the real Splinter. The Turtles coulda taken out a cloe easily.
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Don't you wish your dojo had a wall of doom, too?
I don't think my dojo has a full wall on any side. Windows on two sides, mirrors on one, and doors on another. Hm.
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Life sucks so badly right now that it makes me want to curl up in a ball and die. Somehow I got it into my head that it would be a good idea to move, so now I have no internet, no phone and no friends nearby. Add that to the 98723892387 things that have gone wrong this week, and I just plain want to disappear.
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Sounds lovely.
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If you ever need a reason to live, just remember "got to get back to TWG"
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My week sucked too, MsFish. Wanna come over and drown your sorrows?
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Life sucks so badly right now that it makes me want to curl up in a ball and die. Somehow I got it into my head that it would be a good idea to move, so now I have no internet, no phone and no friends nearby. Add that to the 98723892387 things that have gone wrong this week, and I just plain want to disappear.
*hug*
This is all I can offer.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v655/fuzzyoctopus/kittenbox.jpg
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cute kitten....when does he become chinese food? ;D
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Actually that one's getting turned into Diesel.
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shiver me timbers....we be looking forward to a good meal. Arr.
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Okay, this isn't so much grumpy as funny, but when I walked into BYU's Tanner Building this morning (where all the Business majors are), I was overpowered by the smell of men's cologne and aftershave. I'd never noticed it before, but it makes sense--all those dressed-up business men drowning in "I-smell-good-and-can-easily-accomplish-a-corporate-takeover" type products makes for an interesting olefactory experience. :P
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Now you know how a corporate merger is really done. The businessmen try to intoxicate and asphyxiate each other with various colognes and perfumes, while the corporate lawyers move in for the kill. Although sometimes intoxication is more direct when alcohol is used but I’m sure BYU students don’t learn or use this tactic. Thus the moral is, never get caught in a room with a bunch of businessmen trying to do a merger/take-over (unless you are the lawyer or are represented by a lawyer who is not intoxicated).
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ok, well, I'm just grumpy because I spent the entire day fixing the new guy's computer. swapping it out twice.
Still no idea why it didn't work, but one of the swaps made it work.
Anyway, I don't mind this work, it's just that I haven't been able to do anything on the Internet for most of my shift.
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You think that is bad. I am the asst. System admin here and I had to guard the front door (that means do nothing but watch the door, because we have a secretary in the reception room) for about 4 hours.
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I'm also grumpy because
a) I keep not seeing Sprig on IM
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b) I couldn't sleep last night. Couldn't even stop moving. I guess it's cool that I watched like, 3 hours of Smallville and played with my kids' legos, but I'd rather not have the headache and disorientation that I get from not getting anywhere near enough sleep.
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I could be considered grumpy because we may or may not be able to get our first issuse of the Vanishing Point out in color like we were hoping for since Kinkos is an expensive piece of poo. Hopefully some campus will have a color copier/printer that we'll be able to use for this. Scheme!
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Never. Use. Kinkos.
Of course, color printing is expensive no matter how you cut it, but we can do a b/w 340 page, spiral bound manual with a full color cover and a stiff front and back cover in very small runs for about $20/ea. using a local place. Ends up being around 200 bones a job. The big chains want to charge twice that.
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I just had to toss 3 perfectly good bagels because they were moldy!
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How can they be perfectly good if they are moldy? :P
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Though there are many things disturbing me right now, I am very bothered that I forgot to take home a picture that one of my students gave me. I feel really bad because this woman gave it to me because she is going into surgery and is really scared, so she gave me the picture so that I would remember her if things didn't work out.
The surgery really isn't that serious and I'm sure she will come through, but I'm mad that I put down the picture so I could help clean then forgot about it. The picture got thrown out when the next class started. So now I'm really hoping that this woman's surgery goes well.
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I'm also grumpy because
a) I keep not seeing Sprig on IM
Sorry about that, a storm knocked out internet at work around 3-4am MT.
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I'm actually depressed because I feel that I've been mostly bungling all my attempts to "help and serve" others this week. It just bites.
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We have a stake activity tonight before the Relief Society broadcast, so we planned the ward campout so we'd be back this morning. (That part was fun.) Well, I got home, was getting ready to prepare my Sunday School lesson, and was completely knocked over by some weird sickness that I get periodically. It's the same thing that sent me in that ambulance ride to the emergency room back in March. The doctor has an idea what it might be, but basically doesn't know and has no way of knowing, so he said back before I left Boston that whenever it hits again, take a lot of ibuprofen and rest. While it does eventually work, that leaves me in high acute pain until it kicks in--the kind of pain that woke me up when this happened in the middle of the night in March.
So I slept all afternoon, and I still feel bad. I want to make myself go to the activity (free food! :)), but I just feel so bad that maybe I should stay home. Yet maybe if I get up and moving it'll wear off--I didn't need to sleep four hours this afternoon other than because of this, so I might just be grumpy from too much sleep.
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Don't you dare be sick this weekend, stacer. I hope you're feeling better.
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Yeah, I made myself go to the broadcast, and I'm glad I did. It was really what I needed to hear. I'm doing my best to remain well for this weekend, don't worry! :)
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I am grumpy becuase today is my last day of work......My current employer has desided to let me go due to lack of contract work. So as of 5:00 estern time I will be unemployeed.
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Enjoy some free time, Legion. Then find another job. ;D
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Bah. After a few days of my trial period, my new job decided I was not what they were looking for. I am now jobless again.
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So quickly? That doesn't seem fair--everyone experiences some sort of learning curve when they start a new job, no matter how qualified.
That stinks. :P
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Yeah, it seems to me that if they gave you a three-week trial period, they should at least give you a week or two to learn what they want you to do. I'm sorry to hear it. I hope the next opportunity is better for you. :(
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Sorry to hear that Fuzzy, but it could be for the best. It is possible that they thought you wouldn't fit in with the people already there. Quite possibly because they are all a bunch of jerks.
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Sorry to hear that Fuzzy, but it could be for the best. It is possible that they thought you wouldn't fit in with the people already there.
Yeah, that's kind of the vibe I was getting... :-/
Oh well, at least I get to sleep in tomorrow so I can be fresh for Serenity.
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that goes in the happy thread catagory. :) oh and kill your boss....
;)
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Wait, didn't Fuzzy say SHE decided she didn't fit in? Or am I the one misunderstanding that.
Either way, it sucks when a job doesn't work out, but at least you don't have to deal with the anguish of being fired. What REALLY sucks is job searching... again. Man.
Good luck!
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I'm grumpy because Fall came very suddenly and with a vengeance. I had to wear a jacket to work today. *whine*
ALso, the AC in the building hasn't matched. So it's what we in the business refer to as frickin' cold in this here building.
I"m gonna go get lunch.
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I'm grumpy because life is confusing. On so many levels. How can I feel so many emotions at once? There should be a limit...
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There is. The limit on number of emotions at once is somewhere around 33 million.
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But i've only got 2 emotions total?
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that's to keep you safe. YOu can't exceed the limit.
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Actually, Ari can tell you all about the limit of functional emotional categories. I think, even when you break it down pretty small, there are still less than 100.
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I'm telling you, 33 million.
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I really think it's under a 100. I'll have Ari check in and give her professional opinion tomorrow.
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We as SE has posted before, if it's on an internet forum then it's true.
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And after letting you all fry in suspense for countless toiling hours, Ari comes to the rescue with... a link!
http://www.emotioneric.com/
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And his name is even Eric.
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We should ask his permission to use the following picture for when SE misses an update.
http://www.emotioneric.com/wherearetheupdates.jpg
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lol. Yeah, I've been there. linked from Qwantz. It's funny if you're looking for something specific, but I can't just browse it.
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Earlier this week I was given knowledge that my last remaining grandfather wasn't doing too well and had been put into an extensive care unit in PA. The next day my mom calls me and tells me that he passed away that morning.
Today I'm heading down to PA for the wake and funeral. This is the first death in my family where I'm actually old enough to understand completely whats happening, as well as trying to deal with everything else that's going on in my life (which currently isn't all that great and isn't all that bad).
I'm sure I have all your regards, what with mormons never getting angry or whatever that saying is. Take care.
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Sorry to hear it man.
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It's never easy to lose someone you love. My condolences.
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Both my grandpas died when I was either not alive yet or when I was very young, but I've got 2 grandmas that are getting close to 90 so while I don't know what's it like to loose someone like that I can understand how upsetting it could be.
Safe travels and hopefully this won't be too hard on your family.
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My condolences. My only remaining grandfather died last year.
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Sorry to hear it, Gemm. Hope your family is able to comfort each other at this time.
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My condolences I lost my favourite grandmother about a month ago.
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This is so much grumpiness as a little ironic.
The boiler went out in my apartment a day or two ago. A day after the mechanic came to fix it. So now the mechanic is comeing back today. Of course, he says he coming right after I take my sleeping pill. So hopefully, I don't pass out before he shows up, though I'm going to sleep asap after he arrives.
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42, have you considered that your apartment may not be in satisfactory condition?
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I'd like a new body. Does anybody know of any Olympic Champions in peak physical condition that want to trade?
My body looks all right, but it doesn't function well. Kind of like the lemon you'd buy at a used car lot. Yep. I'm a lemon.
I want a refund! :P
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If I said you had a great body, would you hold it against me?
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Chimera, maybe the problem is in your diet. Try eating produce that comes from the grocery store or market, instead of a car lot.
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If I said you had a great body, would you hold it against me?
No, I'd give you a kiss. :-* ;)
But appearances can be deceiving...
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Chimera, maybe the problem is in your diet. Try eating produce that comes from the grocery store or market, instead of a car lot.
Thanks Archon...
*Chimera thinks this may be an insult, but due to current dehabilitated state and drug-induced fuzziness cannot figure out exactly what Archon meant
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Kind of like the lemon you'd buy at a used car lot. Yep. I'm a lemon.
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Ah. Now I see.
Yes. I'll have to stop hanging out in used car lots. Those lemons don't do a body good. :D
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42, have you considered that your apartment may not be in satisfactory condition?
It's not a bad place, just have had a few problems over the past few weeks, heck this is the first time there's really been things like this here. Also this apartment is dirt cheap for the area considering what we got.
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And a lot of this is because our landlords decided to do a lot of maintenance before winter hits. Which is actually really nice having landlords who do something. and actually budget for repairs and upgrades.
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No, I'd give you a kiss. :-* ;)
Just do it before Emily gets there. :)
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Yeah, I felt bad that she showed up and you weren't able to sit by her. Seating arrangements, when you are trying to end up sitting by your crush, can be so complicated.
I actually may not be coming over to watch Lost anymore. I have so much on my plate. And it's complicated. So I'll have to borrow the DVDs some other time, if that's okay. Because I totally want to finish the series.
And you'll be free to flirt with Emily without me teasing you. ;)
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Well that's what she gets for coming late.
I think you should still come over on Tuesdays to watch Lost. Think of it as a character building experience.
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I don't think I want more character building experiences. I have plenty of character. :)
What I really need to build is my Spanish skills. It's amazing to me that I can be so smart in some subjects and then language classes totally kick my butt. There's so much annoying busy work and so much to remember. When I don't even care about the subject, it makes it that much harder.
We'll see about Lost on Tuesday nights. I may stop by, depending on how much homework I have. But I'm not making any promises.
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My freaking internet stopped working again--one hour after it started. I have had internet access on my computer for exactly ONE HOUR in the last month and a half--and none of the computer people I know will look at my computer, leaving me completely stranded.
I'm moving into a cave.
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Bad wireless reception in caves.
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I'm grumpy because when I had the dogs out for a walk they found kittens and Jack almost killed one of them before I could make him drop it. The kitten ran off and up a tree but when I finally got the dogs in I found I had blood all over my pants.
He's the sweetest most gentle dog when it comes to humans, but put him within scent range of a cat and he wants to mutilate and kill.
Also, he barks at my pincushion. I don't get dogs. I want a cat, dang it.
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Bad wireless reception in caves.
That's the general idea. At least then I wouldn't *expect* to have access. Besides, Oldie Locks is going to come live in a cave with me, so at least I'll be in good company.
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We should watch Lost in Spanish on Tuesday. Anybody up for it?
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What's lost? I know it's some TV show, half of the people I know around here are addicted to it, but beyond that I'm blank.
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We should watch Lost in Spanish on Tuesday. Anybody up for it?
Cute, CtrlZed. It's nice of you to try and find a compromise. :)
To answer Entropy's question, Lost is a really cool TV show with sci-fi elements. It's also a mystery. A plane has crash landed on an uncharted island. No one should have survived. In the first episode, a monster in the forest that you never see yanks the pilot out of the wreck and eats his skin off, then leaves him high up in a tree. Then you don't really see the monster again for a while as the plot follows the back-story of like 10 main characters, letting you know about their lives before in flashbacks. But I know the monster is going to come back. He's just hiding to get their guard down. I think he's happy they've moved into the forest now--into his territory.
That's really why Tage wants me to come. Because he likes to laugh at me when the creepy music comes on and I freak out, crying, "It's the monster! Watch out!"
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That's really why Tage wants me to come. Because he likes to laugh at me when the creepy music comes on and I freak out, crying, "It's the monster! Watch out!"
I hate it when people do that :P
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That's really why Tage wants me to come. Because he likes to laugh at me when the creepy music comes on and I freak out, crying, "It's the monster! Watch out!"
Well, it IS pretty entertaining, you have to admit.
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One thing Chimera didn't mention is that Lost is like the Ring. Once you start watching it, you disappear. (If only the rescuers had searched in the TV room! Of all places.)
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I'm grumpy/sad because Chris got laid off today, so in a week and a half, neither one of us will have a job (both due to being laid off). Oh, and the baby's due in a week and a half, too.
This is very frustrating!
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That's awful! That makes me grumpy/sad. :P
Can I do anything to help? Like make you dinner when the baby comes? I could even make something that will last, like a big casserole or pot of soup that can be frozen and used later.
The top choices are Corn Chowder, Curry Chicken Casserole, or Taco Soup. All three are relatively healthy and thus good for both you and the baby. I'd be happy to make one for you.
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Chimera: see PMs.
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Replied and waiting for a response.
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I read chimeras PMs as well. Iiiiinteresting... *rubs hands together*
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Thanks for the offer, Chimera. That's very kind of you.
Curry Chicken Casserole sounds really yummy... :)
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I would be happy to make it for you. Give me a date and I'll plan on it. Or you might want to wait until the baby actually comes.
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I am a 3.7GPA Honors student technically in the third year of my honors degree, and I am on the edge of failing CHEM110, the first 100-level class I've ever taken.
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Chemistry is evil.
How have you never taken a 100 level class before?
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I got around my entire first year of university by taking 12 AP classes/tests. ;D
Chemistry is indeed evil. It was my only B in high school, and the reason I graduated at #5 instead of #2 or 3 in my class. I got a 2 on that AP test (and my average AP score was about 4.5). My teacher took great pride in telling me that I set a record level for incompetence in his lab. He even made a question about me on his final exam--"Who is most likely to be late or absent?" He predicted all year that if I became a singer I was going to fail his class, and I did just that.
The most humiliating thing is, I don't even find the material remotely difficult. It's more of a psychotic aversion thing.
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The idea of sophomore year biochemistry is what finally decided me against becoming a veterinarian, actually. After spending two semesters in which I could have aced Chem 101-102, if I just cared enough, I decided any major that required chemistry of me wasn't worth my time.
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That's kind of like me and Math, and why I decided against Computer Science.
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That's kind of like me and Math, and why I decided against Computer Science.
Same with me, well that and I didn't care for BYU's CS major. But anything without Calculus, matrices and liner equations is a good major in my books.
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The most humiliating thing is, I don't even find the material remotely difficult. It's more of a psychotic aversion thing.
I think we all have that one subject. That's kind of like me and Spanish. The complete lack of desire is what makes it hard, not necessarily the subject. Although I do have another theory. I've decided that the speaking of foreign language releases a sedative in the air that affects the brain. Many people are immune to this. I am not.
On another note, every major I considered was a major where I would never have to take a Math class again. Which is how I ended up in Spanish, so perhaps it wasn't such a smart move. :)
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So wait, you're a Spanish major now? Holy Crap woman you've had more majors then me.
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Nooooo. I have to take Spanish to equal the same GE credit that a Math class would be at BYU. And the English major requires that you get up to 202 level in a language class.
And I have had only one major, thank you. Just many emphases/minors. ;)
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I'm not too grumpy today but the neighbor's cows are apparently very grumpy because they've been mooing loudly all night. All I can think is that werewolves are loose, but the moon isn't full.
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It's reverse Were-cows! Run for your lives!
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The idea of sophomore year biochemistry is what finally decided me against becoming a veterinarian, actually. After spending two semesters in which I could have aced Chem 101-102, if I just cared enough, I decided any major that required chemistry of me wasn't worth my time.
What a brilliant philosophy! By this reasoning, I could disprove my whole existence.
I don't want to do math, chemistry, anatomy, physics, biology, or even computers. (This shows I am in the wrong faculty up here. I must have thought that Science was more... not depressing.) I don't consider any of the arts to be major/career-worthy because I don't want my family to starve, much as I love ranting poetry and collecting violin hickies. Any other type of degree that I can imagine is either a joke or immoral or both.
Geh, life is suicide. Why didn't someone talk me out of going to college before I got myself hair-deep in this mess?
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Same with me, well that and I didn't care for BYU's CS major. But anything without Calculus, matrices and liner equations is a good major in my books.
See, I didn't get that far. I figured out it had math and stopped there.
So now I'm doing History, English, and Linguistics.
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And that is why, without me, your children would starve. :P
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And that is why, without me, your children would starve. :P
That is simply not true! Though, without you, I might not be able to feed my vicious geeky addictions.
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Of course it's true! Without me, your nonexistent children wouldn't even begin to think about the luxury of feeding themselves!
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And I have had only one major, thank you. Just many emphases/minors. ;)
I believe I'm the girl here who's had more majors than you, Sprig. If you count a few of the unofficial ones. :) Animal science pre-vet, human development and family studies, photography, back to human development and family studies... then add in the classes in agricultural economics (for the possible ag communications major), family history, and English. Okay, you've still probably had more than me.
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Nope I'm only at 4. CS, Japanese, Poly Sci, Multimedia.
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My difficult subject was French, actually.
Yeah, weird, since I was pretty handy at Spanish for a while. For some reason, I couldn't figure out rhyme from written French, for example. Meh.
I'm grumpy because Marvel is a bunch of Rat Bastards. Marvel Legends series 9 figures each came with a piece of a giant Galactus figure. There were 7 parts, and 7 figures. Each figure always came with the same part. Its the only reason I have a second Prof. X. However, series 10 figures each come with a piece of a Sentinel, supposedly following the same pattern. But no. There are only 6 pieces of the Sentinel, and 7 figures. Each figure comes with a random part, apparently. Which is why I have two lower torsos and two left arms, and a completely gay Cyclops and no right arm for my Sentinel.
I am quite cheesed.
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Though, without you, I might not be able to feed my vicious geeky addictions.
I really think that TWG feeds itself.
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and a completely gay Cyclops
http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=167
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I actually may not be coming over to watch Lost anymore. I have so much on my plate. And it's complicated. So I'll have to borrow the DVDs some other time, if that's okay. Because I totally want to finish the series.
Watching Lost by myself is totally not fun. :P I don't have anyone to discuss things with, or to get excited about plot developments with, or to laugh at me when I start freaking out. ;) It just isn't the same. I think I'm going to have to come back.
So I'm going to try to plan it in my schedule so I don't feel so guilty about it, because it just isn't as fun by myself.
Although I admit I was sorely tempted to keep going after I finished the episode with Sahid and the French woman. It took some major self-control to put the DVD away.
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Haha, well I'm glad you practiced self-restraint. :) And we'll be glad to have you on Tuesday nights.
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Yet another reason I have no desire to ever own a dog.
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Also a reason never to own an iPod!
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I think the dog was just trying to protect her since earbuds can cause hearing loss much faster the normal headphones.
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Can it, at equal volume levels (in terms of dB output)?
I did not know that. It will make me more wary of wearing my earbuds (though I always turn down the music when I'm wearing them - they're louder).
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Ya they've been several articles on MSNBC about doctors worried about hearing loss from earbuds since they're right up in the ear canals and people play them loud and now that MP3 players have hours worth of music on them people are listening to them longer then before.
It's not something that's going to happen over night, but the key is prolonged exposure. So if you're listing with them for 4 hours a day 5-6 hours a week that adds up.
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I have hives. All over. Well, at the moment they're not so bad, but yesterday morning they were on at least 50% of my skin...well, that may be exaggerating some, but they were definitely all over. And I didn't sleep a wink last night (well, maybe a few winks) because of itching and maybe the prednisone the doctor put me on (if that's a possible side effect). And there's no way I can limit the hydocortisone cream applications to only 3-4 times per day.
New bleaching laundry additive = bad.
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Ookla, I feel for you. I know how it feels to be hyper-allergic. I'm going to the allergist myself on Wednesday, and I can't take any antihistamines for 72 hours before my appointment. Which means I am a thickheaded slug today, with huge sinus pain and allergy sneezing and even a sore throat. At least I can still take my asthma medicine.
You think perhaps I should have waited to get the kitten till after the allergist appointment? Yeah, probably. Poor guy is going to be lonely tonight and tomorrow night, because I'm not hanging out at home when I already feel like this with barely any allergens in my environment. I'd probably end up in the hospital.
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I have hives. All over. Well, at the moment they're not so bad, but yesterday morning they were on at least 50% of my skin...well, that may be exaggerating some, but they were definitely all over. And I didn't sleep a wink last night (well, maybe a few winks) because of itching and maybe the prednisone the doctor put me on (if that's a possible side effect). And there's no way I can limit the hydocortisone cream applications to only 3-4 times per day.
New bleaching laundry additive = bad.
I got hives before from All detergent. It wasn't even my clothes that were washed in it, it was my boyfriend's. I got Allegra and it worked great. All the hives were gone, but I wasn't drowsy. And I promptly made my boyfriend change detergents. Well, unless he didn't want me near him. You can be sure that he changed right away :).
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See, i'm not allergic to anything. I love it.
I do, however, despise my fear of heights. But it doesn't come up that often in britain.
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I got Allegra and it worked great. All the hives were gone, but I wasn't drowsy.
Allegra and Claritin are the weakest of all antihistamines, for me. Benadryl works much better--if it wasn't for the way it knocks me out. I'm now on Zyrtec, which is apparently the strongest prescription antihistamine, but it isn't strong enough for me. I have to combine it with nasal sprays and asthma meds to feel halfway normal. Which is why I'm going to the allergist in a couple days. Personally, I think I'm allergic to Seattle. I didn't feel half so bad most of the time in Boston or Utah. I'm most allergic of all to mold, you see. And Seattle is a damp, moldy place.
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I tried Benadryl before I got the Allegra and all the Benadryl did was make me sleep, but it didn't get rid of the itching or make the hives go away. I guess the Allegra works better for me. It completely made the hives go away, so no itching. I'm not sure how it'd work on my seasonal allergies, though. For those I usually just take Sudafed during the day and Claritin-D at night (Claritin makes me too drowsy to take in the day).
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If your allergic to damp, stacer, don't move to britain D:
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If her allergic to damp what?
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If your allergic to damp, stacer, don't move to britain D:
No doubt. Seattle actually reminds me a lot of Scotland, though with better heating. And the sun comes out in the afternoon, though it rains most mornings now. Funny, though, people out here seem to have something against central heating as much as the places I stayed at in Scotland.
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I'm taking the max dose of benadryl pills, and they don't make me drowsy at all. My hives are coming and going completely randomly in different places. It's like an ebb and flow over the surface of my skin...sometimes it's big blotches that are dark around the edges, sometimes it's little spots that look kinda like chicken pox...changing from hour to hour.
Great. Now I have all these little spots on the palm and fingers of my left hand, and a few less on my right. This sucks.
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Here's what I mean when I say I'm the mother of demon spawn:
http://www.kenningtons.com/christenson/cartermarker.htm
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As much as I love proofreading, it really aggrivates me. While none of us are perfectly typo-immune, people can be such morons when it comes to usage, sometimes.
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me grumpy because too much to read!! i skim over stuff but i don't know what people are talking about for the most part. guess i should ask on saturday what people are talking about during our D&D session, hehe. UNDEAD RULE!!
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It might be easiest to just pick up on new threads and only read through the most interesting old threads. Certain threads, mostly in the rant section, that don't require you to have read the whole thread.
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I'm grumpy because girls suck.
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I can empathize with you, Tage.
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Wow, from my impressions Saturday night I figured things were pretty good with girls for you, Tage.
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I'm grumpy because girls suck.
Am I allowed to make a dirty joke here?
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Am I allowed to make a dirty joke here?
No, but we can all laugh at the unstated joke.
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Something go suddenly sour, Tage? I agree with Stacer--I thought things were going good with you and your friend.
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I'm grumpy because girls suck.
Tage is cool, even though he thinks that girls suck.
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Tage is cool, even though he thinks that girls suck.
That's nice and all, but this is the *grumpy* thread. Take your positive attitude somewhere else, missy.
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I'm grumpy because people are being happy in the grumpy thread.
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I caught someone's cold, who shall remain nameless. Which had a little of the flu, I think, because I'm home today all achy and sleeping all day. I need medicine, but that would require leaving the house and changing from PJs, which isn't going to happen. So I'm eating some chicken soup and calling it good.
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i have had a sore throat for a couple of days now too:( i feel your pain.
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I'm still healthy, but I'm living in a house with three people, two are sick and one is getting sick. I have faith in my immune system, but I get to take care of everyone.
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I'm grumpy because people are attacking me.
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I'm grumpy because, in my endless job searching, I got a nasty rejection email. I usually have very think skin when it comes to getting rejected letter and emails (it comes from my many years of doing telephone surveys). But this rejection email was attempting to be well meaning but had to list multiple reasons why I'm not to sort of person that their "excellent" firm would hire. Just tell me that you don't have an opening and wish me good luck. There is no need to go into detail as to why you're not giving me a chance or why I am otherwise unworthy.
Maybe I'm cracking but when you're an unemployed lawyer trying to support a family of four by being a plasma donor ($200 a month, yea), I think I'm entitled to get a little irrate at a poorly thought out rejections letter.
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I'm grumpy because people are attacking me.
I had that problem with Zombies and Dark God Chuthulu the other night.
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man cthulu is bugging you too? he asked me today for some money.
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Im working on his presidential campaign... after all why choose the lesser evil?
Not that I'm happy about it.
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There is a guy in my karate class who is obsessed with martial arts movies. Now, ordinarily this would not have been a bad thing, but he gets a little carried away when he spars. For his rank, he should not be making any kind of physical contact at all, but in class he doesn't have any control.
Today, sensei had us sparring with at least two-to-one groups. This guy was knocked down, and in his rage, he kicked my knee sideways. He apologized profusely, and the class continued. He punched another guy in the nose, and was kicking and punching everyone below the belt.
This guy was the last one for the gang-up sparring today. Sensei announced that everyone was to attack him. He decided to run straight for me, so I went for a side thrust kick to his solar plexus. Well, the kick landed because he ran into it, and he grabbed my foot. I'm not sure what he did next, but my foot is very bruised, and when I came down, I landed right smack on my wrist.
Amazingly, it isn't broken. I'm not sure why it isn't, considering. It is, however, very badly sprained. There's swelling the size of a robin's egg over the inside wrist bone. I have it wrapped in a bandage, but I can't move it or put any weight on it. And doctor's orderd are that I keep it wrapped and don't use it for at least two weeks. It also hurts like heck.
I'm now half a typist--I wonder how they'll like this at work. This also seriously hampers my ability to compete in the tournament in three weeks.
So I'm grumpy because sensei needs to chew that guy out for his lack of etiquette and control.
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That stinks, Oldie. It sounds like this guy is ruining the class for everyone.
I'm grumpy because I can't stop coughing and thus I can't sleep. Cough medicine no helpy. Me grumpy. >:(
I'm also grumpy because I'm tired of limping. I'd like to fly every once in awhile (see my quote below if you are confused).
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Sounds like we're all sick this week or last, Chimera. Mine turned into another bad sinus infection, thankfully without a cough (though a little bit of chest congestion). Which means that all the cold meds out there conflict with the antihistamines I already take for my allergies. And I really shouldn't take sudafed at night. So, hopefully, I'll still get to sleep soon. Sleeeep.
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It sounds like he just swept the other ankle out from under you. My suggestion, next time you are doing a bo kata, just happen to be near him, and just happen to get a decent rib shot in.
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Excellent suggestion, Archon! In fact, the next time I'm practicing my kempos, I'll be a little less careful about stopping before I actually make contact. :P
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Although I've already complained about my cough, I have one more illness incident to complain about. It's kind of funny, actually.
Medication does weird things to me, sometimes. Over a year ago I had a bad incident with NyQuil where my friend insisted I had to take it and so he brought over a bottle. I took the normal dose, expecting to get rest and relaxation, and spent the whole night shaking and in a strange half-asleep, half-awake state where all my dreams seemed like hallucinations. I was stressed the entire time, not conscious enough to do anything about it because of the drug-induced haze, and even sicker in the morning. So I don't do NyQuil.
Well, my visiting teacher brought me TheraFlu today because I was miserably sick from being up all night coughing. I didn't think anything of it and thanked her and brewed it up and drank it down. An hour later I could barely walk and I stumbled to bed, where I proceeded to have a similar experience as I had with the NyQuil--I was super drowsy and in a semi-comotose state, but my body refused to sleep and kept getting more and more keyed up so I had all sorts of strange stressful hallucinations/dreams--so real I wasn't sure what had or had not happened when I finally became conscious again.
I don't need drugs to get high. All I need is a little NyQuil or TheraFlu. ;) Although the experience isn't exactly fun, so I think I'll pass. :P
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You realize that both NyQuil and TheraFlu contain sedatives and other sleep agents. They are suppose to cause you to force you to sleep to combat the fever/cold that's preventing you from sleeping.
Hence, people sometimes have wierd experiences. It's why you should always read the labels and not go out driving.
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NyQuil contains both alcohol and codeine. It SURPRISES you that it screws up your head?
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I read the labels for both. They say that they will make you sleep. Most people have that experience. I did not. ;)
I find that my body doesn't always react to medication as it should. Which is why trial and error is really my only option, if I deign to take any form of medication. Needless to say, I won't be taking either drug again. :P
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50 mg of Prednisone over 2.5 days (for the hives) kept me up 4 days straight. I'm glad the pharmacist messed up and only gave me 10 pills instead of 20. It was weird, though...I totally didn't get tired.
And I also discovered that benadryl has absolutely no effect on my state of wakefulness. However, when I had a cold the week before, the nasal decongestant in daytime robitussin made me a bit dizzy and weirded out.
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i got arthritis from taking prednisone. it went away after i stopped taking it though.
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Prednisone is evil, evil, Evil, EVIL. It may be a fantastic inflammatory, but unless my life is in danger, I will never take it again. The benefits are far outweighed by the side effects.
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So I'm grumpy because sensei needs to chew that guy out for his lack of etiquette and control.
Forgive me but it sounds to me like the sensei needs to put his balls on and give this guy a serious beating and tell him, in front of everyone, that if he steps out of line again he'll be tossed bodily through the front door and ordered never to come back.
A serious martial arts class is no place for 3rd grade bullies. I HATE guys like that.
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I was so excited about Halloween that I even dressed in a costume (even though it was kind of a lame one) and made the bowl of candy all pretty ready for the trick-or-treaters, and then only three total showed up. I was kind of sad about this. Last year (in the same place) I got about 20. I'm glad I wasn't overrun, although that was unlikely, but I was hoping for more. Felt like I dressed up for nothing. Now I have a bowl full of candy that's just going to be eaten by my husband, like he needs more candy :).
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Forgive me but it sounds to me like the sensei needs to put his balls on and give this guy a serious beating and tell him, in front of everyone, that if he steps out of line again he'll be tossed bodily through the front door and ordered never to come back.
A serious martial arts class is no place for 3rd grade bullies. I HATE guys like that.
Wow, Skar. You can be so very eloquent sometimes.
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My mom has been on and off of prednisone for years. She hates it, but she feels terrible when she stops. Anyway we figured that being on it for 5 days probably wouldn't be long enough to hurt me. And it didn't, but it sure was a weird experience, not one I have any plans to repeat.
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I'm grump because my 3 year old son and I walked into a pet store (one that is a national chain) to look at the tropical fish. I was shocked to see that almost all of the tropical fish were infested with a parasitic desease called "ICH." I informed the store associate in the aquatic department that the fish were really sick and that they needed to be treated immediately. She told me that it was against the store's policy to treat the fish. This would explain why such a bad infestation had occurred.
I was so irrate that I later spoke with the manager. He told me that they would take care of it.
However, I'm still irrate that a pet store would neglect their animals like this.
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This is the third night in a row that I'm being kept up by coughing fits. I can't lie down--it makes me cough more. I can feel the congestion going deeper and deeper down my throat and into my chest. I need to go to a doctor tomorrow, especially since I have a history of bronchitus, and if you don't treat bronchitis it can turn into pneumonia (I know that's probably not spelled right and I don't care). It's difficult to even go to the doctor or the store to get medicine because I am so fatigued and apathetic during the day from lack of sleep.
I'm really grumpy, having a hard time being positive. Hopefully venting will make me feel better.
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I'm going dark on my connection at home till further notice. >:( >:( >:( >:(
My cord just shorted out (it included FLAME), and I have about 15 minutes of battery time before this dies. Which means no NaNo till I can replace the cord, and who knows how much that costs?
I'm going to look till my battery dies, but I doubt I'll find anything for the price I can pay. This makes me very, very grumpy.
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The cost for a new cord depends on your laptop and where it sorted out. Mine, for example, has two parts to it, the A/C adapter and then the plug which can be separated from the A/C adapter. If the plug shorts out I can just remove it and go to any store and by a new one since it's a standardized size for about $7. The A/C adapter is much more expensive and harder to find.
I'd check CompUSA, if anyone has a replacement (generic or name brand) it would be them. If not you'd have to buy a new one on-line. That would cost probably $30-$40.
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actually, a number of the replacements for adapters can run up to $80. If that's the case, you can go to ebay pretty quick.
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Oo, really? I can just replace the cord? Oh, that would be a heavensend. Because that's where the short is, the cord part, not the big box of the AC adaptor.
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is it a two parter? If so, then you certainly can. Just run to radio shack. Cost you $5.
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I was wrong. It's the AC adaptor part. $80 at CompUSA for a Toshiba Satellite S-161 model. $80 that I don't have. Does it *have* to be the manufacturer's model, or can it be any cord rated for the power the computer needs?
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I recommend the manufacturer one, but you can get new ones pretty cheap on ebay, usually. That's where I replaced my adapter. $30 as opposed to $80.
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This comes at such a bad time. I'm trying to pick up extra work and pay off some bills and get EVEN for goodness' sake, and things just keep piling up. I'll try ebay and hope for the best. Meanwhile, no NaNo, and no freelancing (which was something I'm trying to get back into for the extra money).
I'm considering what of my stuff I can sell, really. Like, do I really need my TV? How much can I get for my guitar? I have a good job, I shouldn't be scrounging and having to choose between paying the rent and eating.
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I'm grumpy because life got really busy for me at the end of October, and now I'm going to have to play catch-up with NaNoWriMo if I want to participate, and I haven't even hardly done any prewriting yet.
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Okay, really, I just want to cry. Going home now, to no computer. Having no computer is far more frustrating than my problem of the last few months, having an unreliable internet connection. I could still work on my computer.
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Stream of conciousness counts, incidentally.
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I know you guys were all holding your breath to hear about whether or not I died of bronchitus turned pneumonia turned tuberculosis, but you can all breathe easier now. I know I am.
I found a homeopathic doctor who gave me some remedies that *actually worked* without any strange side-effects. I know it's not for everyone, but I am definitely a fan of natural medicine.
So I am on the way to recovery and decidedly less grumpy. :D
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didn't even know you had all that happen to you. good thing that worked out for you. stay healthy.
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Actually, I only thought I had bronchitis. It turned out the prediction was correct. And it is true that bronchitis, if not properly treated, can move further into your lungs and turn into pneumonia.
It is not true, however, that bronchitis can turn into tuberculosis. MsFish and EUOL could tell you a funny story about that--they were in my writing class last Fall. I told my writing class I had tuberculosis and they freaked out--acted like I was dying. I felt very confused and went home and looked it up only to realize I had gotten tuberculosis mixed up with bronchitis. Whoops. Much to my chagrin, I had to return to the class and make the off-hand remark that I did not have tuberculosis--I had bronchitis.
EUOL used to tease me about that. I think that was the first time he realized I was . . . uh . . . special. ::)
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hehe, funny story.
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I told my writing class I had tuberculosis and they freaked out--acted like I was dying. I felt very confused and went home and looked it up only to realize I had gotten tuberculosis mixed up with bronchitis.
EUOL used to tease me about that. I think that was the first time he realized I was . . . uh . . . special. ::)
Bwaaahahaha! Yeah, I'll bet they freaked out. TB is a force to be reckoned with--and avoided. Sounds like you're well on your way to being good friends with Mrs. Malaprop! ;D
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I'm grumpy because apparently, all my hardware is total crap.
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Still no icon.
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I'm grumpy because I can't find the "These Stupid Titles" thread. And because I've been a bored politician for like 6 months. I'm bored of being bored! Bring on the new title!
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That's what you get when your internet access goes away.
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today is very boring. actually looking forward to going to work tonight.
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So there's good news and there's bad news, but in general overall grumpiness. I've replaced my power cord, so I can at least write, but that short in my power cord also shorted out my DVD/CD drive, which will cost $200 to replace. I already spent almost $100 to replace the power cord, so it seems dumb to not go ahead and fix it all, but the guy at the repair shop said that there's a chance the whole channel is fried, not just the drive.
Which means: I'm backing everything up tonight, the entire hard drive, not just the documents (thankfully the external hard drive still works). And I'm worried I may need an entirely new computer. If so, I'm screwed, because I don't have a dime. Which means no working from home, no freelancing, and no writing for me.
For now, the writing thing at least is working, as long as I don't have to access any CDs or burn anything.
I'm seriously considering doing one of those "please give me money!" websites. But I don't have anything interesting, like a bunny to have people make me not eat, to get people to give me money. :)
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you do have a kitten...
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I just signed in to Dark Throne to bank my gold! Moreover, I found that someone had taken most of it! What bugs me about all this is that Dark Throne is the most boring game ever invented, and the only life after Dark Throne is that of a crippled accountant. WHY AM I PLAYING THAT GAME??!?!?!??!?!
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you do have a kitten...
Ew...
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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. ::))
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Bwaaahahaha! Yeah, I'll bet they freaked out. TB is a force to be reckoned with--and avoided. Sounds like you're well on your way to being good friends with Mrs. Malaprop! ;D
It was really funny, because after I explained it was bronchitis everyone had a good laugh and a couple of people admitted they wondered why I had come to class at all with highly contagious TB, especially since one of the girls in the class was pregnant.
That really would have been idiotic. But in my head it was bronchitis--symptoms and all (and I was already on the mend and no longer contagious)--I just said tuberculosis instead. Definitely an entertaining malapropism. :)
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never heard of dark throne. have you tried world of warcraft? it is fun.
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Dark Throne is a freebie. If someone wanted to write a review of it (www.darkthrone.com), it could go in Tower of Cheapness.
I'd write one, but I fear my ambivalence about the game would destroy me in attempting to rate it.
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If only you could find a way to turn your ambivalence into a force for good rather than evil.
Or maybe you have, but just don't care enough to do it.
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I'm grumpy because graduate applications suck.
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Ah, but the fact that you're doing them at all is a happy thing!
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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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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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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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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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I prefer aggies to cats' eyes.
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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!!
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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.
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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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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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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.
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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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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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about 5:30
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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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Poor Stacer.
I really feel bad for you guys whose bodies don't work like they should. I guess you'll never feed your children anything sweet?
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What does feeding my children sweet things have to do with allergies? ???
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I think he is referring to the fact that many nutritionists believe that processed foods, refined flour, and sugar lead to the development of allergies. But I could be off--he might mean something else.
I wonder about that, myself. Because I wouldn't want my children to have the health problems I have. However, I believe in everything in moderation. I want my kids to eat healthy, but no one can go through life without eating a Twinkie. ;)
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I'm pretty much not going to let my children have anything remotely sweet before they're 1 year old - they'll hardly miss it - and I think I'm going to refrain from giving them any "real" sweets (candy, cookies, etc.) until they're 5 or so. I figure they ought to be safe by then.
My understanding is that it's only when they're very young that it's an issue, though. Eating lots of chocolate when you're 20 wont give you allergies - in fact, some German scientists think that dark chocolate is good for your heart.
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Actually, I grew up on a farm and most of what we ate as I was growing up was whole foods from our garden. I'm just really, really allergic to everything--but not foods.
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Ah. I'm sorry.
I have no clue how it is that I have no allergies. I know that most of my siblings have allergies. I just want to do what I can to keep my own children from suffering.
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I suppose that's as good a method as any, just as unproven as most. I haven't read anything that really proves that works, any more than growth hormone given to cows affects children's earlier development (which I think is more a product of better nutrition than previous generations, more than growth hormone). It's best to avoid giving kids a sweet tooth anyway--I was born with one, and I don't need to encourage it! :-)
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i hate posts that i can't respond or comment on:(
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I'm miserable because I already hate my NaNo book and I'm way behind.
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What I've heard is that breast-feeding infants longer results in fewer allergies. For the infants. Man, that just wasn't a good sentence. What I've heard is that when infants are breast-fed more as opposed to less they tend to have fewer allergies. And yes, I know I could have just deleted everything and started over, but I like the whole stream of consciousness thing.
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i hate stream of consciousness. what is the point?
also on a sidenote, skar has the most disturbing and gross icon ever. i usually try to scroll past his icon so i don't have to look at it.
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That's what I said when I first saw it. Now, for better and worse, I have become desensitized. :P
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Sorry, Skar's icon Rocks the Casbah, my friends
ANyway, I'm EXTREMELY grumpy, to the point of irrational fury, because I've not only apparently lost my flash drive, but it had the only copy of my NaNo on it.
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Oh, that's awful!!!! :o :( >:( :P :'( :-/
There are no words to describe how terrible that is. Are you positive it is lost? Is like your entire life's work on it, or do you have most of it backed up somewhere else?
But all your nanowrimo--that's tragic.
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It had a copy of most all of my writing, but certainly not the only copy of anything but my current NaNo.
I'm pretty sure it's lost. It *may* be at the Church, but if I don't find it by monday, I'm out of NaNo. Two weeks in is way too late to start over.
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what is a nano thing anyway? online novel?
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Check out the thread in Writing Group. It's discussed there.
Basically, every November is Novel Writing month. Writers commit to write 50,000 words--aka a novel--in the month of November. If you do it, I think you can get an awards certificate from the online site that sponsers it. It's mass motivation.
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i see now. not a big writer myself, but interesting non the less. how do you get those grey boxes from another person's post also? i am not sure how you guys do that.
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Use the quote button located in the top left corner of the post you want to quote. Then you can edit the text to focus on the part you want to quote, if you wish.
I don't know if that is in the FAQs or if I just learned by trial and error. One of my favorite posts was when I wrote a ransom note to MsFish using every YABBC tag available. It was fun! ;D
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One of my favorite posts was when I wrote a ransom note to MsFish using every YABBC tag available. It was fun! ;D
that should do it. <don't roll a natural one for a critical failure!>
it worked.
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I try to be nice to newbies. I was one not so long ago.
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My grump: Somedays this site is like crack. I keep hanging out here reading and posting when I am supposed to be writing. And preparing a healthy lunch.
A plague upon the TWG houses!
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serious, i seem to post the most on almost all the topics. I get time to groove to my music while i wait though. always waiting on people to post the next thread.
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I remember my days of waiting for people to post...back before Superfly kicked the bucket.
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My grump: Somedays this site is like crack. I keep hanging out here reading and posting when I am supposed to be writing. And preparing a healthy lunch.
Agreed.
ANyway, I'm EXTREMELY grumpy, to the point of irrational fury, because I've not only apparently lost my flash drive, but it had the only copy of my NaNo on it.
That SUCKS! I'm very, very sorry. ::huggles::
If you need, I could take over your blog, though, for the record, I'm WAYYYYY behind schedule. I don't know if I'll make deadline, though I'm trying.
Aside: Do you know the Solar Twins' song, "Rock the Casbah"? Good song.
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I posting for my ferret.
Poor Nefer is having body image issues. First she's grown her winter coat, which take her longer to clean. But her big problem is that she's gotten chubbier. So now she's having trouble climbing things--she keeps falling down cause her bottom is bigger than she remembers it being. It tragically happens to so many of us. :'(
On the plus side, the added chubbieness and fluffier fur makes her really cuddly...or would if she weren't a ferret.
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its sad, but also belongs in the happy thread for being funny... so when do we get video.
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I hate my coworker
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I was accused of having an eating disorder tonight.
So I went to Final Cut with a group of friends and we happened to be in line behind a girl I went to London with who I just love. We were chatting, catching up, and then at the end of the conversation she said, "Are you eating? You look thin." I laughed and said of course I was eating. I said it was just the form-fitting shirt I had on--even my roomie had said earlier that night that it made my waist look tiny. My London friend said, "But your face looks thinner, too." Then she turned to the guy I was talking to (who happens to be my crush) and said, "Make sure she's eating!"
Great. Now my crush thinks I'm anorexic. Just what I wanted. :P
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Few girls I know are as thin as Ari - but her mother, who has had 3 children, is just as thin.
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Just as a side note, I could never be anorexic. I like the experience of eating yummy things too much.
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So do I, but if your self-esteem gets low enough you'd be surprised what you can do...
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I tend to go the other way, myself. Eating can be rather comforting.
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I was accused of having an eating disorder tonight. . . . she said, "Are you eating? You look thin." . . . .My London friend said, "But your face looks thinner, too." Then she turned to the guy I was talking to (who happens to be my crush) and said, "Make sure she's eating!"
Great. Now my crush thinks I'm anorexic. Just what I wanted. :P
Oh, dear. That's no fun at all. I've never personally had that problem, yet my good friend/ex-coworker/ex-fellow grad student, Korri, has the same problem. She's very thin, and so people are constantly trying to get her to confess to being anorexic. It's definitely frustrating for her.
Anyway, we had the opposite experience growing up. She'd be teased for being so waif-like and I'd be teased for being whale-like. :-/ Ah, kids can be such jerks to each other.
The thing is, her rail-thin physique runs in the family. Most of her siblings and a bunch of relatives are tall and thin, too. Besides, Korri has such a sweet tooth that even Willie Wonka himself would be in awe! ;) Also, she has a normal diet and doesn't exercise all that much. Yet there she is, extremely petite, no matter what she eats. Ah, if only I had such a metabolism.
But, nope, I had to work dang hard to lose the weight I've lost in the past year. (90 pounds!! ;D). Still, I sympathize with anyone who has the opposite problem. Food and the act of eating are such complex signifiers of so many different aspects of our culture--both positive and negative. I actually wrote my master's thesis about food. Okay, it's a little more complex than that, of course. I guess I might as well give my title: Along a Postmodern "Food Trajectory": Cornucopia and Corporeal Corporia in Roth's American Pastoral and Rosen's Eve's Apple").
Shameless plug: This fascinating, lively master's thesis is available now at the HBLL! Don't delay, check it out today! Then when I come home to UT for the holidays, I'll get the blessed thrill of seeing that my thesis was actually checked out by someone!
Anyway... here's hoping that the guy you're interested in won't take that girl's comments seriously!
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I just found out that my friend from Boston--who is 5 years younger than me--has Hodgkin's lymphoma. The doctors say it should be treatable, and her dad went through it about ten years ago and is fine today, but it still makes me sad. She's going to have to go through chemo and all that entails, and so on. I wish I were in Boston right now. Her mom has come out to help her through it all, though.
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My buddy Mike went through Hodgkins, it was hard, but the success rate is high....
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Just as a side note, I could never be anorexic. I like the experience of eating yummy things too much.
Me too! Which is what made it frustrating.
It doesn't matter, though. I know I don't have a problem. It was just kind of funny that she kept insisting that I did. But, then again, if I did have a problem, I suppose I would have acted the same way--deny it because I don't want anyone to know. So it really is a no win situation.
Of course, I wouldn't have posted on here about it if I had a problem and was trying to keep it secret. Unless this is all a ploy to throw all of you off--joke about being accused of having a problem which I maintain I don't have, when in reality I am hiding the problem. Layers and layers of deception!
I'm just confusing myself now. I don't know what is true anymore!!! ;)
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EUOL is big brother of course.
Wait, does that make your relationship incestious? :x
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No, since our relationship is entirely platonic now.
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I'm grumpy because I'd like to say "Only a guy could miss something like that based on her talking about her crush" but I'll be jumped upon for my gross generalizations. I'm probably just grumpy with men in general right now. You can never win.
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My buddy Mike went through Hodgkins, it was hard, but the success rate is high....
I should just google it, but can you give me a brief rundown of what Hodgkins is? Is it bad? I mean, every cancer/lymphoma is bad, of course, but some are worse than others. Is this considered a minor cancer, or just one that's more treatable?
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So tired...yet can't sleep...I hate everything... :P
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Aside: Do you know the Solar Twins' song, "Rock the Casbah"? Good song.
No, but I know the one with the same name by The Clash. It roxxors. By order of the prophet.
as for eating disorders:
"Honey, are you having trouble with that eating disorder again?"
"No, Mom. And if I was, I wouldn't know. THat's how it works."
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I'm grumpy because I'd like to say "Only a guy could miss something like that based on her talking about her crush" but I'll be jumped upon for my gross generalizations. ...
Right on, fuzzy. That's exactly what I thought. lol. ;)
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I just want to say that not letting a guy know what's happened recently and then expecting him to catch linguistic nuance is like throwing dough, pepperoni, tomatoes, and cheese on a trampoline, singing in a kid to jump on it, and hoping you get pizza when you're done.
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What, so little faith in your own kind, e?
Okay, okay, I admit that your delightful simile gave me a hearty laugh. It's so... true, sad to say, which is why I couldn't help laugh out loud. (Ah, now maybe I'm in a good enough mood to make myself read those book marketing chapters for class tonight...)
However, to be fair, perhaps the whole anorexia issue kind of overshadowed the mention of a "crush" in that post, eh?
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/me waits with a pizza box
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/me uses pants money for a tip
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Pants money!? :(
And I totally blanked on the 'crush' thing. Though admittedly i'd probably have to change personality a couple degrees to the left to pay over much attention to that word :P
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Yeah, e, what is this "pants money" of which you speak?
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[15:02] evocablerapier: buy me a mac mini too
[15:03] SaintEhlersWork: yeah, I'll just use all that money I've been stashing in my pants
[15:03] evocablerapier: yay pants money
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Good deal. I figured that you probably had loose pocket change in mind. However, I also amused myself by postulating that you have some bizarre obsession with pants, like if you'd established a Pants Purchasing Fund, which can be used in case of pizza emergencies.
Yeah, I'm pretty bored right now. I've still got about 150 pages of book pub marketing crap to wade through. *sigh*
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However, I also amused myself by postulating that you have some bizarre obsession with pants, like if you'd established a Pants Purchasing Fund, which can be used in case of pizza emergencies.
Believe me, you're not far off. He does have a bizarre obsession with pants. Pants and ninja monkeys.
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And Ninja Monkeys wearing pants.
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You know, Ari amazes me. She's the only girl I think I've ever dined with that can keep up with me gastronomically - My family are some big eaters, and they joke about how I have a hollow leg.
So I don't know how she keeps a 15" waist. (Yes, that IS light hyperbole. Don't freak out)
I'll be grumpy for sucking at NaNoWriMo, though.
And I think a good friend of mine might have had Hodgkins while he was in high school. He's pretty much fully recovered now, and going to BYU.
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haven't heard the word crush since high school. thanks for the memories chimera.
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My husband is depressed to the point of breakdown, (doctor? why would he do that?) and his mom and brother are downstairs yelling at each other. I'm upstairs with the dog with my door closed.
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man, that sucks. It's so hard to live with family for that reason.
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::huggles::
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I'm grumpy because I just googled "Elantris fanfic" and there were no matches. I was really really hoping for some bad fanfic to post on this board and annoy EUOL with.
And no, I don't want to write a bad Elantris fanfic.
Now on the other hand if he ever publishes Dragonsteel I may have to write some bad Dragonsteel fanfic.... under a carefully anonymous psuedonymn of course.
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I feel totally jipped because Helaman dies three chapters into the Book of Helaman.
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I'm grumpy because I just googled "Elantris fanfic" and there were no matches. I was really really hoping for some bad fanfic to post on this board and annoy EUOL with.
Was there a catalyst for this, or just something that randomly occurred to you?
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I feel a Raoden/MarySue coming on.
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Was there a catalyst for this, or just something that randomly occurred to you?
Just a random thought; I figure you know your book is good if people are writing fanfic.
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I'm annoyed because there are freshmen in my apartment using our kitchen for a dinner date (the cousin of my roommates, his roommate, and too overly giggly blondes). So I feel reduced to a guest in my own home--I'm hiding out in my room trying to get stuff accomplished. I guess I could be really snarky and go tell them to turn their absurdly loud music down, cook my own dinner in the middle of their date, and listen in and make obnoxious comments on their conversations. But then I would be probably labeled as an old shrew.
This is only one night. They'll be gone in an hour or so. I can handle this. But I am annoyed.
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I'm grumpy because the grumpy thread is far longer than the happy thread.
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I think people often post in sympathy or consolation on the grumpy thread, hence longer?
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And random things like definitions of clothing items. My bad.
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I'm grumpy because I needed to write like 3000 words today, and I didn't even make 2000.
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I'm grumpy because I just googled "Elantris fanfic" and there were no matches. I was really really hoping for some bad fanfic to post on this board and annoy EUOL with.
And no, I don't want to write a bad Elantris fanfic.
Now on the other hand if he ever publishes Dragonsteel I may have to write some bad Dragonsteel fanfic.... under a carefully anonymous psuedonymn of course.
Something like, oh, Stet Cannister?
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lol. I started reading Dragonsteel. Note the "started." I didn't dislike it, per se. But I didn't get past the scene where the protagonist's "Tonto" figure dressed up as a woman... It struck me as odd that this huge dude would dress as the woman while the skinny jester fella dressed as the man. Huh. Anyway, by then I'd gotten a hold of an old hardcopy of ELANTRIS from EUOL, so Dragonsteel went back to the HBLL. ;)
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I feel totally jipped because Helaman dies three chapters into the Book of Helaman.
Man, you ruined it for me. I was just getting to that part! ;)
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So sore...
The downside of rock climbing--underdeveloped muscles complain the next day. :P
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I'm grumpy because it's warmer in Anchorage, Alaska than it is in Arlington, VA at the moment.
48 hours ago it was too warm to wear a jacket. This morning it's below freezing. and with the wind chill it's around 15.
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I'm in Montréal. I put on thermals as a course of habit in the morning.
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but it's YOUR fault you live there.
It's supposed to be in the mid-50s in these parts this time of year.
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Actually, it's Ari's fault. So there.
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*Note: the following characters and dialogue are fictional and are not intended to represent any real TWG members or actual/future events.
Mr. Lower Casey: Is not.
Green Paladin: Is too.
LC: Is not!
GP: Is too!
LC: Oh, so you're sayin' that your wife made you live there, then?
GP: Um, no, I--
LC: So she pretty much has you whipped, eh?
GP: That's not what I--
LC: No? Then I suppose you just volunteered to live in an icy, heatforsaken land of thermal underwear and perpetually chapped lips?
GP: Pfft. Whatever. I think thermal underwear is nifty. In fact, it's gonna be the next big fashion statement just as soon as Hilfiger comes out with his Winter 2007 HotterThanU line of thermals. Just you wait and see! So there.
LC: Right, and the next thing you're gonna tell me is that Hilfiger's shipping you a year's supply of thermals for participating in his ad campaign.
GP: Hey! Are you saying that I'm not Hilfiger material?? Ohhh, that's it, punk! I challenge you to a duel. Click on the button, if you dare!
LC: Ex-cellent! I excel at duels, you fool.
To be continued (never).....
Hurray for entertaining squabbling that lets me try out my as-yet-untested screenwriting talent when I should be reading my cruddy book marketing text book! ;D Oh, I guess this screenplay foray should go on a different thread, then, because now I'm kinda happy. ;)
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Hey, I will be the first to admit that Ari is exactly the sort of woman worth living in an "icy, heatforsaken land of thermal underwear and perpetually chapped lips" for.
Except my lips don't chap much, and certainly not perpetually.
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Mine do! And lipchap is so fun to peel.
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It makes me grumpy when Ari peels her lips.
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Hehehe. There's always something I can do to make Jade Knight grumpy. Hehehehehehehe...
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I'm having serious lack of funds issues.
How much do they pay you to give plasma?
And will they take it from sick people? :P
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If you go twice a week, you can get about $150 a month, I think. It's how I kept up my comics habit for a while.
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No they don't take plasma from sick people, in fact I think you have to have a blood test before they'll let you do it.
Also I think you get about $15 a visit now a days, so it's not a whole lot of money.
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That comes to $120 a month, if you do it twice a week.
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