The Bitching Thread

[Sapphire]

Damn that sucks. I've been getting people to drive me around for years.

It's an art, man. It's an art.

[Junior]

God, I hate school. I got busted on Thursday for wearing make-up and apparently having my hair wrong. Fucking neo nazis. That's it. On Monday, I'm tying my hair in 2 Ox Horns, and going Chun Li on their asses.

Yus. Plan.

[TheBladeChild]

Fucking damn it man! Fuck! I just got home from seeing Cloverfield, got on my comp and saw a cool picture. Rendered it and started making a sig. It had to have been the best Horo one i've made so far and I got a RANDOM Blue effing screen o Death without saving a copy! I didn't even save the render, I have to do it all over again. FUCK!:mad:

I think its C.C. way of getting back at you for cheating :P

[Animeniax]

God, I hate school. I got busted on Thursday for wearing make-up and apparently having my hair wrong. Fucking neo nazis. That's it. On Monday, I'm tying my hair in 2 Ox Horns, and going Chun Li on their asses.

Yus. Plan.
Do you go to Catholic school or what? I've seen your picture, you do not need makeup. You also shouldn't swear, it makes you sound like an online trannie.

[Junior]

But but...being an online trannie is cool. =) As long as you're not a trannie offline, it's all good.

And nah...an all girls school. Strict. I just wear eyeliner. And they have bitch fits over it. D:

[Animeniax]

It might be cool until people start thinking you're a guy posing as a girl and then it's all downhill from there, or it gets really really weird.

I never understood eyeliner. Base coat on the face I can understand, and lipstick. Maybe even eyelash thickener. But not eyeliner. My mom had her eye lines surgically made permanent, which was huge among Asian women in the 80s and 90s. I can't see the point.

[Junior]

But then it's even cooler! Sometimes, being a guy online is way better. Hence why I chose the name 'Junior'. <3

It's just to outline your eyes a bit and make them...eye-catching. It draws attention to them. My eyes are quite boring without eyeliner.

Permanent? That must've hurt. D: My mom told me about it but I think it's a bit...extreme.

[Animeniax]

I seriously doubt that you need eyeliner to make your eyes more attention-getting. Of course, I've only seen pictures of you where you're probably wearing eyeliner, so what do I know.

My bitch: I just washed a new $70 cashmere scarf in the regular laundry, so I think it's ruined, plus it smells real bad. Like a wet sheep (or dog).

edit: I just read that cashmere is goat hair, so it in fact smells like a wet goat.

[Junior]

haha thanks anyway. xD

Cashmere is GOAT hair...? *shudder* How do you normally wash a scarf like that anyway?

[Animeniax]

I just read online that you're supposed to hand wash it, and dry clean it only if necessary. I didn't even know the stupid thing was cashmere, though the price should have tipped me off. The content list was in squiggly lines (Katakana) and says kashimiya, which turns out is Japanese for cashmere. And yes, it is goat hair.

[Board of Command]

Have you ever smelled fresh goat hair? As in, you rub a goat and then smell your hand?

You don't want to smell that.

[Sapphire]

I've had goat before. It tastes like socks.

[Kraco]

I have eaten goat as well. But my share was properly prepared and it didn't taste like socks.

(I don't like the taste of socks, btw. Not that I'd have tasted but I can imagine.)

[Board of Command]

Eating the meat is not the same thing as petting the hair.

[Sapphire]

I beg to differ!

[KitKat]

Yeah, ever since I started knitting, I've had to read up on all sorts of different fibres, cause when you go to the yarn store to buy yarn there are a million options, and it's hard to know what to buy. Pretty much anything made with animal fibres (i.e. cashmere, alpaca, wool, etc) can only be hand-washed unless it's been chemically treated to be immune to the washing machine and dryer. And yeah, they do usually smell like wet sheep/goats when the fibre is wet, but once they're dry, the smell should go away. If it doesn't then there's a special kind of soap you can use to wash it, that should help.

These days, when I knit stuff for people, I'm pretty much only using acrylic, because it's virtually indestructible, and can be pretty soft too. My super expensive alpaca-silk yarn I'm saving for myself, cause I know that after putting in so many hours to knit myself a sweater I won't accidentally put it in the wash......I hope......

[The Heretic Azazel]

I finally got one of them iPhone knock-offs and apparently it won't work here unless it has the 850 band :(

[Animeniax]

Yeah, ever since I started knitting, I've had to read up on all sorts of different fibres, cause when you go to the yarn store to buy yarn there are a million options, and it's hard to know what to buy. Pretty much anything made with animal fibres (i.e. cashmere, alpaca, wool, etc) can only be hand-washed unless it's been chemically treated to be immune to the washing machine and dryer. And yeah, they do usually smell like wet sheep/goats when the fibre is wet, but once they're dry, the smell should go away. If it doesn't then there's a special kind of soap you can use to wash it, that should help.

I pretty much only buy low maintenance clothing, so it's all cotton for me. I got the scarf because everyone else is wearing one and it's cold here. Typically I don't even like stuff around my neck, makes me itch. You are right, the scarf stopped smelling funny once it dried. Unfortunately it's raining, so it will get wet and smelly again if I'm not careful. Thanks for the advice!

[itadakimasu]

got my first electric bill tonight.... it is $221.23... which is about $130 more than i was anticipating. grrrrrrr. They had a promotion w\ a $50 target gift card which we used earlier to buy some groceries w\ so that could technically bring the bill down to $161 but it is still too high.

its easier living w\ your parents for free, that is for sure.

[complich8]

after serving me well for like 6 years now, my desk chair is very nearly dead.

My roommate freaked out because he missed a couple times playing lead guitar on Green Grass and High Tides and we only 5-starred (didn't quite make gold stars) it at the end of a 10-song setlist on rockband. That's a song that your threshold for being pissed off about missing on any given part should be "damn, I didn't pass" ... not "damn, I didn't get 100%"

This an hour after telling me that I've been playing the game too much :p

Also, what started out as a minor personality disagreement at my job has turned into a major daily issue. I'm ... evaluating my options.

[itadakimasu]

I'm not a very confrontational person so when my job becomes going into the computer lab to try to keep people quiet or what not... i'm not very happy.

so anyhow, there are like 5-6 obnoxious people in here, which begs the question...

why do black people talk so loud? i mean, not all of them do. but alot of them its as if they think they need to yell when they talk to be heard.

I don't want to be too much of an asshole and just restart or shutdown their computers, and i dont see who is complaining since nobody in here is doing anything aside from myspace and watching videos.

i think i'm just going to disable the sound driver on all of the computers next time i get a chance.

[XanBcoo]

I'm out of clean clothes today and my only clean shirt is one I was given for Christmas with Che Guevara on it.

I mean I know Austin is a Liberal city, but I really don't wanna be "that guy".

Jeez...

[bagandscalpel]

I'm out of clean clothes today and my only clean shirt is one I was given for Christmas with Che Guevara on it.

I mean I know Austin is a Liberal city, but I really don't wanna be "that guy".

Jeez...
Wear it proudly knowing that you'll at least appeal to a particular crowd.

[Board of Command]

Flip the shirt inside out so it's just solid black.

[Chiodos]

Here is my whining for the upcomming week.

I have this random lung problem and some random virus so I'm staying IN BED for the week. Wich sucks becuse that means I will post totally random on Gotwoot Forums and play Flash games on a nothing-capable-of-doing-anything-laptop.

I finally get the time to organize my iPod. Indi music to Deathmetal. Maahhahaha// High Fever Ranting!

[Death BOO Z]

well, at least your Ipod still lives, mine (Iaudio 30BG) died during a black out in the base, and it's out of warrenty.
but still, get better soon.

I feel so dumb.. i was supposed to be a vaction this week, but it's been canceled so I would go to some stupid convention as a representative for my unit. I thought it would be a nine to five thing, So I left my stuff locked back in the base. in short, now all the things I need to sleep out are in the army base (shaving machine, cloths, blanket, ete ect) and I have to search all around home for another set of everything. it's like my startegy of travelling light (using the army laundary service, keeping a spare set of sandels in my locker) is backfiring at me...

still, I hope it'll be intersting.

on the better side of Life, It's possible that I've done the last guard post duty last week, no more watching the gate!

[Psyke]

I'm still using a 20gb 4th Gen Ipod. :(

But the good thing is that it stays in my car most of the time.

[Chiodos]

I find my iPod ingcredible but I still hate-love it.

It has been stomped, fallen from a high place, driven over a car and hammered with a hammer. It has also taken a bath with me.

It's amazing that it's still alive. Maybe we were meant together, my pink iPod and I <3..

[Ryllharu]

Roads were quite icy.
Even slow, it seems I was
traveling too fast.

Now, my car is broke.
plastic scattered on the roads
Injury? My pride.

[complich8]

so, a couple weeks ago, the department of energy cut back the budget of the project a bit. As part of the process of adjusting to the new, smaller budget, my managers decided not to transition my contract to a full-time position.

So for the last week I've been jobless, and considering my options and my future.

Today I'm going to an interview that's about 10 minutes further away than my old job. Just based on that fact alone, I don't think I really want the position. Seems like being where I am, it's hard to find people who want the sort of sysadmin that I want to be.

I'm a bit ... troubled, because I'm 27 and I don't yet know what I want to do with my life.

Update: I'm not going to that interview today, because the nearly a mile I have to walk up and down various hills is covered in a fine layer of ice with a layer of water on top of it. I'm usually pretty surefooted, but I fell twice between my front door and the end of the sidewalk (which is about 10 feet). Landed well both times, but .... not good at all...

[itadakimasu]

complic... sucks. if you are the database pimp, you can surely get plenty of interview ops, most of the job listings i go through want sql + vb, and i'm finding it a little weird that job postings for positions like 'entry level junior administrator' then go on to say they want a bachelors degree and what not...



anyhow... its tax time, and again i'm getting nothing back. i dont know the dynamics of it but only a little more than half of my income shows up as taxable and then the amount of taxes i should have paid this year is about twice as much as the amount i did pay, so i have to round up some book receipts and what not today to get tax credit to cover the gap.

[Assertn]

Getting nothing back is better than getting something back.....

[TheBladeChild]

Roads were quite icy.
Even slow, it seems I was
traveling too fast.

Now, my car is broke.
plastic scattered on the roads
Injury? My pride.

Nice Haiku

[XanBcoo]

http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2568/picture611az9.jpg

I'm considering posting this on my upstairs neighbor's door. 3 times last week and then this morning at 10 a.m. What the heck?

Also Ryllharu:

Two ice-injuries
the same day, coincidence?
You hit complich8

[Board of Command]

How do you know they're having sex? This guy told me a really similar story a while back about how the people above him kept making "noises" all too often. It turned out the girl was just doing jumping jacks.

True story.

[XanBcoo]

How do you know they're having sex? This guy told me a really similar story a while back about how the people above him kept making "noises" all too often. It turned out the girl was just doing jumping jacks.

True story.
I didn't want to jump to conclusions but it's happened enough times for me to figure it out. My walls (and ceiling) are paper thin and it's more than obvious what's going on.

[Abdula]

Well I had the same problem but I knew they were having sex because their place was right across from me with adjacent windows no less and the bastards didn't even bother to close the blinds. Anyway they got kicked out after about two weeks.

[Board of Command]

Too much sexy time?

Maybe they're doing jumping jacks while watching porn with the sound turned all the way up. It helps to get the blood flowing.

[Animeniax]

I didn't want to jump to conclusions but it's happened enough times for me to figure it out. My walls (and ceiling) are paper thin and it's more than obvious what's going on.
They had this test online where you had to identify if the sounds were of sex or a weight-lifting workout. It really was difficult to tell the difference in most of the sound clips.

What dorm or apartment are you living at?

[XanBcoo]

Well now, despite my own observations, I think you guys have made it clear enough that the guy's up there lifting weights while his girlfriend does jumping jacks with porn turned up way too loud. They also apparently do all of these things on their bed.

Also Animeniax, I live off of East Riverside, on Crossing Place. It's a really good place otherwise.

[Assertn]

Well I had the same problem but I knew they were having sex because their place was right across from me with adjacent windows no less and the bastards didn't even bother to close the blinds. Anyway they got kicked out after about two weeks.
admit you enjoyed it

[complich8]

why does this call to mind a seinfeld episode?

[Abdula]

admit you enjoyed it

Well there isn't really anything to enjoy from watching people have sex. At first it was kinda interesting more as a topic of conversation than anything else but that didn't last and after being woken up in the middle of the night or not being able to go to sleep it got very annoying. I have an aunt who was into that kinda stuff though, she had some white neighbors across the street who used to have sex in the middle of the day, literally 12pm, and she would break out the popcorn and everything and spend the evening watching them.

[Yukimura]

Lol what is it with white people and not utilizing curtains. People really don't need to be able to see into your house and at night that's all leaving your blinds open does. And if you're going to have sex It should be common courtesy to try and minimize the impact of it on your surroundings, I say give the fuckers the note. You never know, embarrassment and guilt have worked wonders in the past.

[XanBcoo]

Well there isn't really anything to enjoy from watching people have sex. At first it was kinda interesting more as a topic of conversation than anything else but that didn't last and after being woken up in the middle of the night or not being able to go to sleep it got very annoying.
See yeah, that's my problem. It wouldn't be so much of a deal if I could just ignore them, but it happens either really late or really early, when I'm trying to sleep. Also the guy/girl's bed is situated just above mine.

I say give the fuckers the note. You never know, embarrassment and guilt have worked wonders in the past.
Will do. The next time I hear it happening, I'll go up and tape it to their door. I'll even take pictures. Fun fun.

[Chiodos]

My brother who used to live in the next room, had a very.....loud......night and it was only a wall between us. I didn't know what to do and throwing stuff at the wall only seemed to turned them on so I went and slept downstairs.
Though, the next day I told them that she was loud so I had to move downstairs and sleep.

She never, ever did look into my eyes the day after.....
...and thought stuff that I was a freak.

Damn her.

[Animeniax]

See yeah, that's my problem. It wouldn't be so much of a deal if I could just ignore them, but it happens either really late or really early, when I'm trying to sleep. Also the guy/girl's bed is situated just above mine.

Will do. The next time I hear it happening, I'll go up and tape it to their door. I'll even take pictures. Fun fun.
You should try rearranging your living space, like moving your bed into the living room and make the bedroom your living room. Then you wouldn't hear them, I'd imagine.

East Riverside? I don't think I know the area. I used to live on South Riverside I think, next to the movie theatre. I actually worked at that theatre too.

[KitKat]

When I was in highschool, I swore I would never babysit again. I can handle it fine, but I don't enjoy it at all. Seriously, I never want to have kids. Ever.

Anyways, I was convinced to babysit twice a month for this semester, for these two couples, so I have to look after two 3 year olds, and two boys in grade 6 and 7 respectively. If it was just the little kids, I don't think I'd have a problem. Heck, I put them to bed an hour before their bedtime, and when they're playing by themselves, I don't worry about them because I know they're fine. The boys on the other hand.... ugh, I can't leave the two of them alone together or else they try to kill each other. And every other line is "You're fat" "You're gay" "You're a nerd" and they're obsessed with making jokes about bodily functions, and female anatomy if they think I'm not listening... well, most of you were young boys at one point, so you might have gone through this particular stage. The house where I babysit them isn't even their house, and last time I left them alone for 10 minutes, and came up and there was popcorn all over, on the floor, the carpet, the couches..... Tonight I almost gave the older one permission to beat on the younger one because he was being so annoying. The older one at least thinks I'm really cool, and will at least try to make sure he looks like he wasn't the one being immature, when I'm there. *sigh* After this semester....NEVER AGAIN.

[XanBcoo]

I can't leave the two of them alone together or else they try to kill each other. And every other line is "You're fat" "You're gay" "You're a nerd" and they're obsessed with making jokes about bodily functions, and female anatomy if they think I'm not listening... well, most of you were young boys at one point, so you might have gone through this particular stage.
Before you added that last part, I was gonna chime in and say "hey, that sounds a lot like me and my brother..."

Especially the name calling.

I hope you're getting paid well for your troubles.

[Kraco]

Grade 6 and 7? Why do they even need a babysitter? That fact alone tells there's something wrong with them. Damn modern parents who don't even parent their kids.

Well, I'm not really one to judge with any sense of realism because I and my brother were always pretty much the perfect gentlemen. (Maybe there was something wrong with us...)

[Abdula]

well, most of you were young boys at one point, so you might have gone through this particular stage.

Well I skipped that particular stage. Its funny imagining Kitkat baby sitting kids that fight and call her names. You honestly don't seem capable of being mean you should atleast try putting on a strong front. Kids are easy for me to deal with either they love me or I scare the shit out of them, so they are easy to control. My advice would be to just let them fight until they get tired, I did that and when they realized no one was paying attention to them or would stop them, they stopped.

[XanBcoo]

Lunar eclipse tonight!!

Oh wait...it's completely clouded over...

After a week of clear skies.

[saman]

i watched it! crystal clear skies after days of cloudiness! it was cool

[Assassin]

damn you saman! you sent all your coulds this way. i couldn't see it. now i have to waitl like 3 years. i hope you're happy >.>

[Board of Command]

I saw the eclipse. In some places it looked blood red. For me, it was a hazy brown color.

[RyougaZell]

Indeed... Red Moon Eclipse was cool...

[fahoumh]

I missed the eclipse because customers came into the store....apparently mid-eclipse was at 10:26PM EST. The next total eclipse won't be until December 21, 2010.

Source: Nasa (http://sunearth.gsfc.nasa.gov/eclipse/LEmono/TLE2008Feb21/TLE2008Feb21.html)

EDIT: this is pretty much what I saw at around 9:50PM

http://myli.mycapture.com/PHOTOS/NDY2/1UserPhotos/208863E.jpg

[Chiodos]

I didn't get a clear shot atm.
Damn, Sweden sucks xD!
Oh well, night late walking cheers you up when you can't sleep. Just annoying climbing out and down the window and stuff.
Oh, and the coldness. Atleast clear skies, lol ^^!

[saman]

damn you saman! you sent all your coulds this way. i couldn't see it. now i have to waitl like 3 years. i hope you're happy >.>

i did? but i don't even know what coulds are :P

i am pretty happy, though :D. i can show you my craptacular eclipse pictures if it'll make you feel better!

[Junior]

D: I'm so damn angry. They still haven't fixed my hair straightner yet! I paid over 2000 for that damn thing. Jeez. What the hell could take so long? Only the cord was broken.

Damnit.

[Abdula]

2000 what? Dollars, Francs, Pounds, Pesos, Euros, Rubles, Cents?

[Chiodos]

It's really a pain in the ass when you lost your hairstraighter. It's really tough (atleast it was for me) but hang in there!

[Board of Command]

What are you? A woman?

[Animeniax]

More importantly, are you hot?

My bitch: I've returned to the desert (mid east) from the promised land (Japan) and nothing here has that sparkle and magical aura that everything in Japan has. This part of the world sucks. Really though, any part of the world that isn't Japan kind of sucks to various degrees.

[XanBcoo]

2000 what? Dollars, Francs, Pounds, Pesos, Euros, Rubles, Cents?
Hair straighteners should only cost about 20 dollars, maybe a little more.

Perhaps it's Yen??

Or just a realllly expensive straightener.

[Junior]

it converts to about...$285.

Yes. Expensive. But very much worth it.

Jeez...and I had my hair cut in a style THAT SERIOUSLY REQUIRES HAIR STRAIGHTNER. WHY GOD WHY

D:


My bitch: I've returned to the desert (mid east) from the promised land (Japan) and nothing here has that sparkle and magical aura that everything in Japan has. This part of the world sucks. Really though, any part of the world that isn't Japan kind of sucks to various degrees.

*kicks* Stop that weeabooness. D: Is it THAT much superior?

And...


More importantly, are you hot?

This is Animeniax's most famous quote. XD


It's really a pain in the ass when you lost your hairstraighter. It's really tough (atleast it was for me) but hang in there!

Thanks. ^^ It's seriously tough. We do have 2 other ones, but they're just not as good...

[saman]

i've been looking for a good straightner for a while now. i have two conair ones, and they're both spectacular pieces of crap. my friend has a "magic" CHI straightner that's amazing, but she paid $200 for it, and i don't think i care that much. hope you get yours back soon!

[XanBcoo]

it converts to about...$285
So...2,000 RMB?


What are you? A woman?
Hey, scenester kids and emos use hair straighteners too.

[Junior]

i've been looking for a good straightner for a while now. i have two conair ones, and they're both spectacular pieces of crap. my friend has a "magic" CHI straightner that's amazing, but she paid $200 for it, and i don't think i care that much. hope you get yours back soon!

XD But hair is so important! Our one was called a GHD...o.o;


So...2,000 RMB?

...what is that?

[XanBcoo]

RMB is Yuan, China's currency.

I'm intensely curious on where you bought such an expensive straightener now, if only because of my obsession with exchange rates.

[Junior]

XDD wow. China has a similar exchange rate. Who knew.

2000 rands.

[saman]

XD But hair is so important! Our one was called a GHD...o.o;


hahaha i guess nice hair is always good. being in the absence of one for so long, though, i think i've figured out how to get my hair looking decent enough that i can't justify spending a whole lot of money to buy one now.

[KitKat]

I've been tempted to buy a hair straightener, but hair is really thin and gets split ends so easily that I dislike subjecting it to anything really harsh like that. So, no dye, hairdryers, or straighteners for me. Plus, my 5 years in engineering didn't give me much time to spend styling my hair each day, so I got used to just tossing it back in a ponytail or braiding it. Or creative uses of bandanas XD

[Junior]

I've been tempted to buy a hair straightener, but hair is really thin and gets split ends so easily that I dislike subjecting it to anything really harsh like that. So, no dye, hairdryers, or straighteners for me. Plus, my 5 years in engineering didn't give me much time to spend styling my hair each day, so I got used to just tossing it back in a ponytail or braiding it. Or creative uses of bandanas XD

Some of them are specifically designed not to kill your hair. =) Apparently anyway.


hahaha i guess nice hair is always good. being in the absence of one for so long, though, i think i've figured out how to get my hair looking decent enough that i can't justify spending a whole lot of money to buy one now.

I envy you. D:

[Assertn]

If anything, I'd have to say my hair is too straight.

[Board of Command]

If anything, I'd have to say my hair is too straight.
http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c345/arthemis_7/emo.jpg

[Junior]

...emo? *shudder*

o-O Jeez.

[XanBcoo]

Not that I'm not enjoying this discussion about hair, but I have an unrelated bitch:

I've been sending out lots of replies to people/bands looking for bass players and I'm having trouble answering the questions in their responses. I need a good way of saying "I have absolutely no experience jamming and creating music with other people" that doesn't also imply "I'm a newbie and I suck".

Not that I actually do suck, but that's essentially what the message boils down to. Like telling a possible employer "Yeah, sometimes I surf the internet at work when I'm bored". Very frustrating.

[Animeniax]

You say, "Dudes, I'm new to the scene, but I'm ready to rock!!!" If this were Japan, you'd explain it all with "yoroshiku onegaishimasu", which basically is asking them to take it easy on you.

[Assertn]

You say, "Dudes, I'm new to the scene, but I'm ready to rock!!!" If this were Japan, you'd explain it all with "yoroshiku onegaishimasu", which basically is asking them to take it easy on you.
http://img261.imageshack.us/img261/9496/weeaboopbffy0.jpg

[Death BOO Z]

paint a "V" on your forehead, that does the trick at "rocky's horror show" screenings.

[sangai]

unrelated bitch..

being that its tax season i can't help but come and bitch somewhat, it has come to my attention that i am either to dumb or to undeducated along with a majority of america to do there taxes. i pull out the 1040ez BTW not so ez...not sure if that was a joke or a just a coincidence that they did that but whatever. im goin through this damn paper work claiming myself this year and what not and i come to find out that god damn i give the goverment to much money. i typically give 28% every year on my taxes what do i get back is 1100 bucks give or take. what pisses me off is not that i have to pay taxes but that i payed almost 7k in taxes, i for one would like to know what my goverment is doin that money every time i give it to them, other then the generic "police,fire department and roads" i want to see what % or what amount of my money goes were; maybe then i wouldn't feel so god damn cheated.

my next bitch is about my public speaking teacher @ SCC honest to god the bitch is 100 years old and loves to hear herself talk, never have i met a teacher that could get so pulled off topic that for a hour and a half she just rambles on about how her god damn grandson is so F'n cute until finally the end of the class period. but before the class period ends she adds on the assignment that is do the following day. now it'd be nice if i had known what the fuckin subject that im writing for this speech is supposed to be informative or persuasive.

sorry if this shit is unreadable.

[Chiodos]

It's not just unreadible it's....so out of place...

Seriously, take this shit to the bitching thread.

[masamuneehs]

my bitch:

cheap servers are crappy... site slow downs make me want to punch someone in the face

[Chiodos]

I actually gonna recommend a punch bag and then put someones face on it. It feels better and IS better for your hand.

And you wont get sued. You can also do it all day long.

[Animeniax]

My bitch: dealing with the bottom half of the gene pool. I work with a bunch of underachievers who think they are doing well in their lives. They're older guys with little real technical expertise and no work ethic, which explains why at 40 years of age they still make $50k a year tops and they're only low level techs. So when a young whipper-snapper like me comes around (oh btw I'm Asian and most of these guys are white or black) and tells them what's what, they get upset and accuse me of being rude and condescending. One guy got mad at me for telling him it's "library", not "libary".

I know it's their own insecurities and lack of mental aptitude, but they somehow find a way of making it my fault for making them feel bad and they make it seem like I'm the bad egg, when really I'm the only good egg in a carton of bad ones. I really need to get out of this line of work (IT support) and move up in the world, so there's a more clearly defined separation between the ones in charge and the mutts doing the grunt work.

[Abdula]

I could swear you already posted this because I'm sure I read this before.

[Animeniax]

Well it happened again, with a different coworker with the same poor credentials.

[XanBcoo]

they get upset and accuse me of being rude and condescending.
Imagine that, someone calling you condescending!

One guy got mad at me for telling him it's "library", not "libary".

...Oh...wait...never mind.

That sounds like a pretty bad situation, but it's not totally surprising that 40 year-old guys working tech support aren't the brightest guys in the world. Good luck dealing with that.

[Animeniax]

Really it's my own fault for being sort of an underachiever myself. If I was in management or an engineer, I (hopefully) wouldn't have this problem with dealing with these lower life forms, and if I did, it wouldn't matter since I would clearly outrank them.

Thanks for the words of understanding though. Well, except for the condescending part. But answer me this: when speaking to lower life forms, don't you have to speak down to them to be understood?

[Abdula]

Lol


it's not totally surprising that 40 year-old guys working tech support aren't the brightest guys in the world.
Hey whats wrong with that I happen to know someone exactly like that. He is brilliant just completely unmotivated. I swear its like he was born without a single iota of ambition.

[Board of Command]

Thanks for the words of understanding though. Well, except for the condescending part. But answer me this: when speaking to lower life forms, don't you have to speak down to them to be understood?
Definitely. They need to know their place in the world. Lower life forms don't deserve the same social treatment.

[Animeniax]

Hey whats wrong with that I happen to know someone exactly like that. He is brilliant just completely unmotivated. I swear its like he was born without a single iota of ambition.
If you're happy with what you have, be happy. Remember though, a retarded kid loves life because he doesn't know it could be better.

The biggest problem I have with these people is that they think they're doing well and they think they know what's what. Neither is the truth. This one guy raves about his 1992 Lexus like it's a Ferrari. It's a 16 year old car. It's almost as worn out and ancient as he is. It wouldn't be so bad dealing with him if he wasn't so proud of his meager accomplishments in life, which are the basis for him questioning my authority and superiority.

edit: corrected grammar error.

[Abdula]

Definitely. They need to know their place in the world. Lower life forms don't deserve the same social treatment.

Thats just if you're blinded by your own pride if you indeed want to get them to do anything then its better to speak up to them despite how you feel. Just gotta do whatever works.

[Animeniax]

Definitely. They need to know their place in the world. Lower life forms don't deserve the same social treatment.Exactly. We talk to children and animals at a lower level. You have to or you won't be understood. Why shouldn't we talk to mentally deficient people the same way? They get so testy when you do that though, it makes no sense. And when you do talk to them at your level, they get mad because they can't keep up. It's a bad situation all around with these mutts.

[Abdula]

This is becoming way too judgmental. Talking like that I would say that you are no better than they are.

[Animeniax]

Of course I'm better than them. Even if I'm an underachiever like them, at least I realize it and want to change for the better. Also, if someone higher in standing or learning than me gives me some direction, I don't get upset and pissy about it. I realize my own limitations and deficiencies, so what excuses the mutts from having to do the same? To be completely forthright, they should recognize my authority and bow down. But I'd settle for them just taking it nicely when being corrected or getting some direction, instead of getting their underwear in a bunch.

[Board of Command]

We're better. They would never actually have this kind of insight.

[Animeniax]

Another great point. While they're busy reveling in their supposed success and standing, we're thinking and talking about it and trying to hash it out to gain a better understanding of the situation.

[Abdula]

BoC shut the hell up. Ani I understand completely what you're saying I just don't see how you calling other people mutts makes you superior. Really this is saddening, I thought you were better than this.

[Animeniax]

It's no less than they deserve for making my life harder with their poor attitudes. I'm in a bad mood right now, so you'll have to excuse the name calling. And like I said, it's whites and blacks, so it's not like it's racial from my standpoint. I wouldn't be surprised at all if they had issues with taking direction from a yellow guy. In fact, in a few cases I know that was the root cause of their problems.

[Board of Command]

BoC shut the hell up. Ani I understand completely what you're saying I just don't see how you calling other people mutts makes you superior. Really this is saddening, I thought you were better than this.
It's not the insults that separate higher and lower lifeforms. This is simply the superior beings acknowledging the truth.

[Abdula]

No what I meant is that you have no place in a conversation about superior beings.

-Well its isn't whether I hurt your feelings or not its just not something I think I should say.

[Board of Command]

Yes that's just unreasonable.

[darkshadow]

ugh...... thats all i have to say for today.

[complich8]

wow .... descended into the depths, huh?

My bitch for the day: yesterday and today I couldn't get enough sleep because recruiters started calling me at like 7:45 am.

Sure, it's my own fault for going to bed at 5 am, knowing that I'm in demand and all. But still! Effing recruiters... couldn't wait till like 11 at least?

[Animeniax]

Were they Mormons recruiting you for their religion?

Like most days, I'm happy to report no bitches today. Unfortunately a lot of people think I'm bitching when I'm just bringing up topics for discussion.

[Assertn]

wow .... descended into the depths, huh?

My bitch for the day: yesterday and today I couldn't get enough sleep because recruiters started calling me at like 7:45 am.

Sure, it's my own fault for going to bed at 5 am, knowing that I'm in demand and all. But still! Effing recruiters... couldn't wait till like 11 at least?
That's why I don't even give them my #...I make them email me instead.
Another option is to get up a grandcentral account and just instantly send people to voicemail if you're not available.

[fahoumh]

Today I sliced my fingertip on the blade of the deli slicer and it hurt like a bitch. That thing is so damned sharp my finger wouldn't stop bleeding. At least I was smart enough to apply pressure to the cut right away and it's closed now but I'm wearing a fresh bandage just in case it re-opens. Hooray for fingertip cuts.

[Animeniax]

You work at a deli? Pretty cool man. I'd like to work at a deli.

I lost a pair of $60 sunglasses today. Add that to the $80 flashlight I lost a year ago out here, and it kind of sux.

[Board of Command]

Add that to the $80 flashlight I lost a year ago out here, and it kind of sux.
Every time I see that word I think of "fleshlight."

[complich8]

Were they Mormons recruiting you for their religion?

Nope, job recruiters. Apparently someone with exactly my skillset is in an absurd level of demand around here.

However, the first interview I went to this month, I ran into some Mormons at the station while I was on my way home. I was dressed in a suit and tie carrying a backpack, they were dressed in suits and ties carrying a backpack.



Them: "Hi!"
Me: "Hey, what up?"
Them: "Have you ever talked to missionaries before?"
Me: "Haha! Oh man .... yeah, I have."
Them: "What'd you talk about with them."
Me: "Judging by the suits, nametags, and the fact that you're wandering around in a pair, I suspect the same thing as you want to talk about now."
Them: "Oh... so I guess you're not really interested then?"
Me: "That's right"
Them: "Ok. Thanks!"

They were the most understanding missionaries I've ever talked to. I didn't even have to break out my dabblings in Bible scholarship or my extensive repertoire of Zen parables to get them to go away.


Anyway, Tuesday was the only day this week that I didn't have some sort of interview. Wednesday of next week is the first weekday that I don't have an interview scheduled yet. It's ... seriously getting a little out of hand. I think the interview I went to day is very likely going to result in a favorable sounding offer....

[fahoumh]

You work at a deli? Pretty cool man. I'd like to work at a deli.

Nah, we just have a small deli at my parent's corner store...nothing crazy. I was bandage-free for a little while but then it started opening up again. I think I've gone through 5 bandages today.

[Animeniax]

Nah, we just have a small deli at my parent's corner store...nothing crazy. I was bandage-free for a little while but then it started opening up again. I think I've gone through 5 bandages today.
I hope you wear gloves when preparing food with that gash. Small business ownership is even better. I worked at a Subway, which sort of counts as a deli. That sucked.

[Chiodos]

Subway sandwiches are the best.

[Animeniax]

Depends which one and who makes them. I worked with this girl who didn't wear gloves when mixing the fake crab with mayo (by hand, not with a mixing spoon) or when making sandwiches, until it became mandatory. She still mixed the fake crab without gloves. Freaking gross.

[complich8]

Depends which one and who makes them. I worked with this girl who didn't wear gloves when mixing the fake crab with mayo (by hand, not with a mixing spoon) or when making sandwiches, until it became mandatory. She still mixed the fake crab without gloves. Freaking gross.

Eww!

... I have an interview at 3 pm today in a place that's 20 minutes away by car, 35 minutes by bus and almost 2 hours by metro. I'm really wishing I had a car about now, but at least there is a bus that's a good option. Not like yesterday...

[Animeniax]

Eww!

... I have an interview at 3 pm today in a place that's 20 minutes away by car, 35 minutes by bus and almost 2 hours by metro. I'm really wishing I had a car about now, but at least there is a bus that's a good option. Not like yesterday...
You don't own a car? Wow, what's that like?

Maybe it's a good sign that the company isn't right for you, since it's so far away. Or is it just that the interview is far away, like at a nice restaurant?

[complich8]

not having a car has been pretty standard for me for a while. I had one for about 6 months in college until it broke down.

I've got roommates and friends that have taken care of transportation needs in the past, and both where I went to college and where I'm living now there's fairly extensive transit systems, so ... it works out ok either way.

But yeah, soon as I've got an offer, I'm going car shopping... there's a lot of lack of freedom when you've gotta pester your friends or roommates to go anywhere. Especially with the current roomies, who're both paranoid about their (relatively cheap, relatively shitty) cars and won't let other people drive them.

The interview today is actually at the site I'd be working. The interview yesterday was 2 and a half hours by train/bus, but is only 25-30 minutes by highway, in traffic.

[RyougaZell]

Interviews... I should probably re-start sending curriculums...
current job pays well... better than what I earned on IT Testing... but Process Implementation kinda gets tedious...
I work in the same company, I just 'switched sides'. I became the 'user' who asks IT to do something...

God... I swear some people here are so damn useless... they use the damn system daily (telephone company) and never fully understand it...

But that is somewhat passable... what I hate the most is working alongside Marketing and Facturation (I am not sure about the word... but I am currently lazy and have a headache to check its the correct one)

I actually miss IT... but not working 4 extra hours daily is a bonus though...

Some guy from IT asked me if I wasn't interested on working with them, on Release Management (they manage what gets installed, and what gets installed on the -real life- server, not the testing ones. But they work almost everyday until 11pm or more... It seems interesting... and a way to learn more of Databases... but heck... they should give me at least 33% raise for me to accept that work... (usually work ends at 7pm)

Whatever...

[fahoumh]

I hope you wear gloves when preparing food with that gash. Small business ownership is even better. I worked at a Subway, which sort of counts as a deli. That sucked.
I always wear a clean set of those disposable deli gloves when I'm slicing meat. Unless if it's for a sandwich for myself then I just wash my hands, well normally.

[Abdula]

So Favre finally retired not really a bitch or a shocker, knew it was going to happen someday but still.

[itadakimasu]

I interviewed for a what would have been a really good job last week. Pay wise i was thinking around 30-35,000 / year. So, today i came across this company advertising the position as $50,000 : ( *kicks self*

yesterday I had a big meeting w\ the owner, co-owner, and my 'boss' who hired me about making me full time. Basically I told them I need around $30,000 / year... so now i guess i'm waiting for them to either A.let me go, B.Hire me and pay me what I asked or C. Make an offer to pay me less than what I asked.

[complich8]

So now I have a handle on the job situation. I've got two offers on the table. One's a very competitive salary that I could probably get about $5k/yr more. The other's a grand less than the first's preliminary offer, and that's as high as I could get them to go, but it's a better job with better hours and benefits. Commutes are comparable.

So now I am faced with a dilemma: do I take the slightly lower-paying job with kickass benefits that'll guarantee me an 8 hour day and lower pressure, or do I take the higher-paying job with not quite as kickass benefits, which will not guarantee me 8 hour workdays?

To put it more directly: how much is 6 grand really worth to me?

[Assertn]

That's up to you, complich8. Also depends on how much total we're talking here. $6k within the $50k range is more significant than $6k within the $100k range. For me, $6k pays about 3 months of bills....which...isn't that amazing. Over time, the cons of a job will carry much more weight than the pros, so don't accept terms that you might not be content with six months from now.

Or, if you're going to job hop like I did, which one will help you move up faster?

[complich8]

Well, the lower paying job is still a 12k raise over my last position, and has a stellar benefits package. As far as hopping goes, I think both are positioned as long-term, and either way I'll be doing better than average for the field, area and my experience level. Both have a lot of options and a lot of opportunity to explore, so I'm not going to stagnate like I was at my last job ...

I think I'm going to take the lower-paid one though. My gut feeling is that the pros outmatch the takehome pay difference (which would be ~$350/mo after taxes and whatnot). I mean ... the benefits package is absurdly good...

[itadakimasu]

I took my car to get scheduled maintenance done today, and the $350 job turned into a $625 job when they found that one of my motor mounts was broken, and then when they replaced it and it didn't fit right they informed me that my 'sub-frame' is bent....

this means that the body shop i had my car in last year completely failed. they didn't even see this damage when they had my car, and this will be yet another thing on the long list i have of their failures. This is such a hassle, grrrrrrr.

[fahoumh]

Yeah, cars are damned expensive. Sucks to hear about yours. Hopefully things will eventually get straightened out for you.

[Chiodos]

My girlfriend is pregnant...

[Sapphire]

Congrats?!

....right?

[Chiodos]

No.

I'm 18 years old, just beginning to grow up from crazy angst emo makeup wierd haircute clothe dude into an ordinary pretty thai boy.
And she's not really into abort(?)..

[darkshadow]

well then how the hell did you get yourself in that position?

[Chiodos]

I have no idea.
Shit happens and it happens now. Shit shit scared that she can't do abortion (?).
if this were in another situation, like I had an apartment, sure, I would actually want to keep the baby but not while I still live with my parents.

- bad grammar and spelling

[Assertn]

A lot of GW members seem to be pretty bad at this...

[Deadfire]

It appears that alot of anime and manga fans have this issue as well... must be the hentai as no condoms are ever used in it.

[Abdula]

I think he was talking about the grammar and spelling.:confused:

[Animeniax]

I think he was referring to the number of people here who are from countries that don't practice contraception and population control.

My bitch: I owe $1038 in taxes for 2007. With the rebate check of $600 coming in a few months, it'll be only $438, but it still hurts. Well, not really.

[KitKat]

Assertn's comment makes more sense if you've spent time on irc within the past few years.

Chiodos, why not just give the baby up for adoption then?

[Spiegel]

Assertn's comment makes more sense if you've spent time on irc within the past few years.

Yeah, if you had been there it would make a Whole lot more sense. Chiodos, hope things work out for you and best of wishes in whatever happens.

[XanBcoo]

well then how the hell did you get yourself in that position?
Someone's parents never had the Birds & the Bees talk with them...

[darkshadow]

Yeah, if you had been there it would make a Whole lot more sense. Chiodos, hope things work out for you and best of wishes in whatever happens.


[ 18:29:07 ] *[ @Spiegel ] HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAAAAAAAA
[ 18:29:12 ] *[ @Spiegel ] I mean, poor Chiodos
[ 18:30:14 ] *[ Joker-kun ] lol, nice Spiegel

you are so mean Spiegs ;o

[Board of Command]

Such malice.....

[Spiegel]

I have experience in his pain, it gives me right to laugh.

[Archangel]

Questions:

How the hell is everyone getting laid but me?

How the hell isn't this thread in the pit?

Where do babies come from?

So what's the plan now Chiodos ?

[RyougaZell]

Today bitch...

Last tuesday an 'unexpected' hurricane, without rain, assaulted the city.
We had car crashes, evacuated buildings because windows were falling, fallen trees, fallen... err... how do you call them... the big advertisements on the streets? the ones with coca cola and all that shit... well those...

One of these fell over a passenger bus, while it was moving. The crash was... spectacular... anyways...

We also had the power cut... from tuesday night until friday night... then again on sunday... and yet again today...

Almost 90% of the city didn't had light...

I really do not care about the city though... but it left me... incommunicated... I took vacations, but decided to spend them at home... no phone, no tv, no computer, no battery for laptop... no friends because they were working... bleh!

[complich8]

Questions:
How the hell is everyone getting laid but me?
You probably know the answer to that.

How the hell isn't this thread in the pit?
This thread is civil. The pit is not. Clearly you don't understand the difference between the pit and the rest of the boards. I suggest you re-read the description of the pit as found on the front page of the forums, and the "welcome" sticky in the pit itself.


And, to stay topical...

My bitch of the day: the recruiter who was trying to get me to take a worse job than the job I took totally fucking lied to me, because he was pissed about losing the commission for finding me. He told me I should expect 2 or 3 hours a day to go the 16 miles south to get to work if I took the job I took (as opposed to the pretty much guaranteed 20 minute northbound ride it'd be to take the job he was recruiting me for). But today I drove it between 8:30 and 9:00 am (pretty much peak rush hour), and it took like exactly half an hour. And that was with an accident causing slowdowns about halfway there.

Seriously, he was offering a pretty comical amount of money while I was on contract, but that'd just make the pay cut of going permanent sting more. And a 9-10+ hour workday + 40 minute round trip commute is WAY worse than an 8 hour workday + 60 minute commute.

Also, the salary they wanted to hire me (promising me 50+ hour workweeks) was, given the amount of work I'd be doing, NOT comparable to the salary I got. In retrospect, them trying to sell it like it was a great position was just ... shitty, really. If you need 60 hours a week of sysadmin work fighting fires, you don't hire one good sysadmin and expect him to put in crap hours, you hire two good sysadmins and expect them to keep up with the fires and improve the setup to the point where they're not constantly firefighting, and hope that either your business grows to support the need for them as they get on top of things.

[Abdula]

I really do not care about the city though... but it left me... incommunicated... I took vacations, but decided to spend them at home... no phone, no tv, no computer, no battery for laptop... no friends because they were working... bleh!
Wow nice. Its been so long, I actually miss the hurricane season. I much prefer my NYC weather though cold, dark and wet.

Break out the candles and the flashlights and invite anyone over who is willing and able. Good times, good times.


I have experience in his pain, it gives me right to laugh.
Ah, I see.

[RyougaZell]

Sad thing is it came un-announced (sp?). It took everyone by surprise. And the media classify it as a hurricane... but it did not even get a name or anything.
Heck... it did not even rain... it just... had wind... at 120km per hour...

Im trying to find a better video... but here you can see the bus crashing, plus the sound and strenght of the wind

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5GYhvHQhEL8

EDIT:
Another of the bus:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=jBe4cHPrN6o
Wind:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=BQWw7DbmcvM&feature=related
A good summary:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=_6XacsgnBIQ&feature=related

[Chiodos]

Questions:

How the hell is everyone getting laid but me?

How the hell isn't this thread in the pit?

Where do babies come from?

So what's the plan now Chiodos ?


The plan? All I can do is give her support, show that I care and i actually want, how painfull it is for her, share all the shit with me.
I told her that we're in this together, whatever difficulties that she will face.

Today, soon, she try a pregnancy (?) test but the signs that's been showing, I am 69.83% that she is positive.

The thing is, in the current situation, I, we, can hardly keep the child. I don't really have that big fucking great future the way I've been raised but she has. I know I am labelling her but she has a big fucking talent and I don't want to ruin that for her. Atleast not yet.

I want to actually show the kid that there is a way fucking better world than the world that I live in. How naive and childish that seems to be.

[darkshadow]

ugh... yeah another one, actually, make that a very big fucking UGH.... ;(..

[Chiodos]

The bitching for the day?
Yes.

I will miss In Flames 3 times this year.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I was thinking of catching In Flames at the Village in 3 weeks or so, but I dunno. Their new stuff is really underwhelming. Children of Bodom and Job for a Cowboy are kind of alternately opening for them. Of course it would be JFAC opening at my show. Ugh.

[Chiodos]

Come Clarity was way better than their newest but meh, I still wanna see them even if their not the greatest band live. But still... : )

[complich8]

I was looking at the top 10 rated musical venues in DC.

Apparently, there's like two concerts that I think might be worth seeing in the next two months. One of them is already sold out, and the other is like $45 per ticket for a group of 6 or so bands playing, which means the one band in the group I'd be interested in seeing is going to have like a 3 song setlist.

[rockmanj]

Hmm...A minor complaint, but the other day I went out with a couple of friends to this event called "Club Day", where you are able to go to a bunch of clubs in an area of Seoul for a flat rate...long story short, one of my friends says "Let's get fucked up", which I thought he meant that we should just have a couple of shots; but he literally got so drunk that we had to chase him down (much to the chagrin of a few lusty ladies) and force him into a taxi. Nothing against getting drunk, but I wanted to get that off my chest, so to speak.

[The Heretic Azazel]

I was looking at the top 10 rated musical venues in DC.

Apparently, there's like two concerts that I think might be worth seeing in the next two months. One of them is already sold out, and the other is like $45 per ticket for a group of 6 or so bands playing, which means the one band in the group I'd be interested in seeing is going to have like a 3 song setlist.

There's no need to sound so vague. Who's playing? Abba?

[complich8]

actually it's worse now ...

Ensiferum is in the group of six, and they're sold out. Symphony X is a little more expensive and will sell out before I have a chance to convince my cohorts to check it out. I don't even remember who the more expensive performances at other venues were, because I wasn't really even into seeing them.

That's the big problem: the groups I'd want to see perform aren't coming here any time soon. I'm stuck debating whether it's worth the cash to go see hit-or-miss local shows at $15-$20 a pop to try to broaden my pool a little... but my roommates are kind of lame as far as willingness to go out and do stuff goes, so I'll probably be on my own if I do start doing that stuff.

[Archangel]

K im down for some bitching:

I went to the barbed today and got maimed. Seriously i'm never going back to that place again. It's gonna be a long couple of weeks...

[itadakimasu]

so....2 spider sightings in the apartment, one being a brown recluse prompted the over-reaction of bombing the apartment...

we were at home depot. i found a nice huge bottle of some sort of spray, labelled as scentless... the wife was eyeing the bombs and said something about it would take less time... and what not.

so, i get home at 9:30 after a very long day and its a disaster... everything needs to be whiped down and cleaned. omfg, this is seriously a nightmare. And im taking a break because apparently i wasn't doing things right after vacuuming the bedroom thoroughly, i un-bagged alot of our laundry so it can be folded and put away. i cant do that right so i'm just going to whine on here, and go play some counterstrike in a minute.

[darkshadow]

why didnt you just smash the damn thing, its freaking tiny.

[Animeniax]

why didnt you just smash the damn thing, its freaking tiny.
Which would make it hard to find, which would make it hard to kill, which is why he used the fogger.

@itadakimasu: at least it gave you a good excuse to clean the place for the first time in months.

By bitch: blowhards. People who talk like they know what they're talking about, when you know they don't know sh*t. Frustrating as f*ck to listen to one of these people go on and on, using key and buzz words the other guy provides, in order to make him sound like he knows something. People need some f*cking integrity. If you don't know what you're talking about, shut the f*ck up.

[RyougaZell]

I don't mind April's Fools... in fact I love to see all the jokes posted... but what I hate is when the April's Fools jokes start 3 days prior to the damn day.
Downloaded the srt/ass file for hack TRILOGY, which I've waited forever, just to find it was a stupid joke. Bah!

[Junior]

I feel like bitching.

Those retards at that damn store didn't keep my jacket for me. So when my mom went to pick it up, NOTHING. So she figured she'd get me a new one from the shelf, but they didn't have my size anymore.

SEE. That's what happens when you procrastinate. I was supposed to pick up the jacket on Saturday...so she probably sold it. Or something. (but they normally keep stuff for 2 weeks. it was kepy for like, 5 days.)

Whore.

...That was MY jacket! :(


By bitch: blowhards. People who talk like they know what they're talking about, when you know they don't know sh*t. Frustrating as f*ck to listen to one of these people go on and on, using key and buzz words the other guy provides, in order to make him sound like he knows something. People need some f*cking integrity. If you don't know what you're talking about, shut the f*ck up.

Yes, this irritates me on a daily basis.

[KitKat]

I've only slept 7 hours in the past 60. I almost couldn't stay awake last night, but luckily I never drink caffeinated beverages so pepsi is like a wonder drug for keeping me awake. I ended up handing in a 35% paper today that I wasn't happy with at all. I have another 30% paper due on Friday, as well as 4 job applications and a scholarship application due tomorrow. I thought that in linguistics I'd be free from this kind of stress. And I'm at the stage of sleep deprivation where I can't even be angry about it. Instead, I really just want to sit down in the middle of the computer lab and cry. Seriously, missing this much sleep messes with your emotions. I almost spent the entire night here last night, and I haven't eaten today because I've been feverishly working on my paper and then had 5 hours straight of class. I just keep reminding myself that it'll be over in two weeks. I want to go home.

[Chiodos]

I'll slow down the fire in this bitching thread and sayyy....


Today, I missed the buss from my girlfriend (late night) and had to WALK all the way home. You know what? It was super cold and I wore not so much clothing becuse the morning was summer hot AND the lights where all out...
Soo.....walking VERY long in the dark on the streets?
Hell no, never again!

Also, the Doc just said that if I take much more headache pills, I will die becuse the pills make some protective bakteria in your stumache go away wich will end up inside burnings... Ouch.

[Assertn]

Also, the Doc just said that if I take much more headache pills, I will die becuse the pills make some protective bakteria in your stumache go away wich will end up inside burnings... Ouch.
Erm....what type of headache pills do that?

[Chiodos]

It's called.......
Alvedon in Sweden, the most common anti-headacke pill and it actually has this thing if you overuse it it may kill or lower the restistant bakteria prodiction inside your liver(sp?) and it may cause inside burning.
Wich will pretty much kill you, depends on the how much you take, whatever you've blend it with or if you take....
for instance a pill per day, it'll make your liver...not ROT but...

[Kraco]

This was an interesting day in a very shitty manner.

It all started when I turned on my trusty (or so I thought) computer. I was greeted by a disk error instead of XP launching. Whilst still wondering what the heck happened, I noticed a bright flash from inside the case, and then the undulating toxic smell of components burning. After venting out the smoke I realised my main anime HD had indeed caught fire and was ruined beyond redemption. And my system drive was corrupted enough that even XP repair install wouldn't help it.

It turned out the IDE channel (yeah, I'm still using those instead of SATA), was rendered nonfunctional. Maybe it was caused by the HD that caught fire, maybe not, but it was enough to cause the XP on the system drive to go bad when I was trying to figure out why it didn't boot.

Ready to either take my katana and disembowel myself or do something about the whole mess I took the burnt drive to the shop, for, surprise surprise, it still had exactly one month of warranty left. Then I got myself a new HD because I wanted to save what I could from the corrupted system drive. And after installing XP on the new drive I was able to do that, using an external HD case to host the old system drive.

So, now I'm left with only one working IDE channel, and a fresh XP installation with nothing but virus scanner+firewall, Firefox and mIRC running. And some 100 gigas of downloaded anime poorer.

The only bright side of this all is that I lost the Rosario+Vampire anime episodes in the fire.

[Buffalobiian]

It's called.......
Alvedon in Sweden, the most common anti-headacke pill and it actually has this thing if you overuse it it may kill or lower the restistant bakteria prodiction inside your liver(sp?) and it may cause inside burning.
Wich will pretty much kill you, depends on the how much you take, whatever you've blend it with or if you take....
for instance a pill per day, it'll make your liver...not ROT but...

Ah, I was wondering what that was. Alvedon's active ingredient = Paracetamol. Basically, when it's metabolised in your liver, it breaks down to an intermediate, which is toxic. It's probably the safest pain killer in terms of side FX, compared to NSAIDS like ibuprofen, but is easy to overdose on. I think >4g a day = die of liver failure.

/off topic.

edit: How do hard drives catch on fire? I only have one, so I'm stuffed if that happened too. It's under warranty, but prevention is better than cure.

[XanBcoo]

I just keep reminding myself that it'll be over in two weeks. I want to go home.
This part broke my heart, KitKat. I really hope your job applications go well and you get some much-needed sleep and good, hot food. Sleep deprivation is awful.

I have a strange complaint today: My roommate ate some of my peanut butter. I'm not too angry about that part, since I couldn't care less if he ate my food. I'm glad to share.

But did he have to mess it up? I had originally cut a line in the middle of the jar and only took peanut butter from one side. I was really looking forward to seeing a peanut butter jar half-full only on one side (for the lulz, as usual), but I just opened it up to find two clumsy scoops missing from the untouched half of the jar. I'm not usually anal about peanut butter, but Goddamn. I was working really carefully at that :mad:.

[Kraco]

edit: How do hard drives catch on fire? I only have one, so I'm stuffed if that happened too. It's under warranty, but prevention is better than cure.

Don't ask me. Based on all the descriptions of hard drive failures I've read (like clicks of death, ball bearing failures and such) a spontaneous self-combustion was the last thing I expected.

I should have taken a photo of it. But you never come to think of that when it matters the most (or when it's your own precious stuff that gets destroyed, and so you can't heartily laugh at it).

[NM]

I have a strange complaint today: My roommate ate some of my peanut butter. I'm not too angry about that part, since I couldn't care less if he ate my food. I'm glad to share.

But did he have to mess it up? I had originally cut a line in the middle of the jar and only took peanut butter from one side. I was really looking forward to seeing a peanut butter jar half-full only on one side (for the lulz, as usual), but I just opened it up to find two clumsy scoops missing from the untouched half of the jar. I'm not usually anal about peanut butter, but Goddamn. I was working really carefully at that :mad:.

2 of my other roommates and I had a similar problem like this too...food was being stolen from the 3 of us and we all knew who it was. But the fact that pissed us off was that he lied about it. I'm happy to share my food anytime with someone who needs it...none of us understand why he never asked either. We confronted him about it too and he gave us his word that he'd stop AND he'd finally pay for the utilities I had been covering him for so I'm seriously like praying I get my money from him before I move out and the semester is over.

Although I looked at my bag of rice and it was in a different position today and the rice cooker wasn't washed too...I kind of hope I'm just being paranoid. I don't want to go through this crap again. -___-

[Assertn]

Not paying the utilities and not cleaning the rice cooker? I wish that was the extent of my problem with my previous roommate.

[saman]

I have a strange complaint today: My roommate ate some of my peanut butter. I'm not too angry about that part, since I couldn't care less if he ate my food. I'm glad to share.

But did he have to mess it up? I had originally cut a line in the middle of the jar and only took peanut butter from one side. I was really looking forward to seeing a peanut butter jar half-full only on one side (for the lulz, as usual), but I just opened it up to find two clumsy scoops missing from the untouched half of the jar. I'm not usually anal about peanut butter, but Goddamn. I was working really carefully at that :mad:.

lol i'm sorry, but that actually is a really strange complaint. kinda funny, really. although a half-full jar of peanut butter would be pretty neat.

my bitch: i can't find my pen stylus for my tablet. i've got a drawing that i've been working on for the last forever, and i really wanted to get some more of it done tonight, but my pen's apparently vanished into thin air, and i have no spares. i also have no idea how to go about acquiring another one, short of paying twice as much and waiting a week to get one off ebay.

[python862]

lol i'm sorry, but that actually is a really strange complaint. kinda funny, really. although a half-full jar of peanut butter would be pretty neat.

my bitch: i can't find my pen stylus for my tablet. i've got a drawing that i've been working on for the last forever, and i really wanted to get some more of it done tonight, but my pen's apparently vanished into thin air, and i have no spares. i also have no idea how to go about acquiring another one, short of paying twice as much and waiting a week to get one off ebay.
I've got a similar problem with my tab, but since it's fried anyway, what use is the stylus?

Bitch for today: Library fines

Yesterday I had returned some books to the library that were both overdue. Now, I don't mind paying the fine on mine, but then my parents had me return DVDs that they took out, and are asking me to pay the fine on them. This is supreme bullshit. So, instead of paying only forty cents, I'm stuck paying $20.40, just because my parents can't return their own damn stuff.

[NM]

Not paying the utilities and not cleaning the rice cooker? I wish that was the extent of my problem with my previous roommate.

Point of our stories: Roommates suck.

Another bitch: Not that the topic of economics is particularly hard but originally ALL our exams were done online. Exams include 2 quizzes, a midterm, and the final. But dammit...that's been taken away from us now. Apparently the Dean of Students sat in on one of my professors lectures (she's not a very good professor imo) and there were a couple of students talking about how easy it was cheat in class and how the class was a joke.

The Dean overheard them and naturally, got pissed off. So now my quiz tomorrow and the final exam will be in class and closed book. This class would've been a free ride but now I have to put some work into it now because of these idiots. I have my other pharmacy classes to worry about than this. -__- Seriously, you don't talk about how easy it is to CHEAT in class, especially if its THAT class you're talking about. That day the professor told us what happened I felt really bad for her though. She didn't even want to teach that day. I don't think she teaches very well but she just basically got hit in the face with a topic she really cares about.

Why are there idiots in this world? :(

[Buffalobiian]

Point of our stories: Roommates suck.

Another bitch: Not that the topic of economics is particularly hard but originally ALL our exams were done online. Exams include 2 quizzes, a midterm, and the final. But dammit...that's been taken away from us now. Apparently the Dean of Students sat in on one of my professors lectures (she's not a very good professor imo) and there were a couple of students talking about how easy it was cheat in class and how the class was a joke.

The Dean overheard them and naturally, got pissed off. So now my quiz tomorrow and the final exam will be in class and closed book. This class would've been a free ride but now I have to put some work into it now because of these idiots. I have my other pharmacy classes to worry about than this. -__- Seriously, you don't talk about how easy it is to CHEAT in class, especially if its THAT class you're talking about. That day the professor told us what happened I felt really bad for her though. She didn't even want to teach that day. I don't think she teaches very well but she just basically got hit in the face with a topic she really cares about.

Why are there idiots in this world? :(

WOOT! Another pharmacy student. :) We have some online quizes as well, but they're different. These ones are formative, but you have to get 100%. Unlimited tries. Thing is, it's the same questions exactly again and again, so you pretty much fail if you can't get it right second time round.

NM, are you doing a ECO/PHRM dual degree or something? Got confused.:confused:

[Board of Command]

Finals coming up. 6 finals in 10 days. WOOT!

[NM]

WOOT! Another pharmacy student. :) We have some online quizes as well, but they're different. These ones are formative, but you have to get 100%. Unlimited tries. Thing is, it's the same questions exactly again and again, so you pretty much fail if you can't get it right second time round.

NM, are you doing a ECO/PHRM dual degree or something? Got confused.:confused:

Pharmacy students FTW!! But Economics is just a required class for us, I'm not doing it for an Economics degree or anything. I may consider getting my MBA though after I get my Pharm D. But I think I want to stick with practicing pharmacy instead. Now I know who to go after if I have questions here on the forum. :p

[python862]

Today's bitch: Sunday Depression.

Every frickin' Sunday I feel it, and I curse it, but I just can't get around it. I just can't wait for summertime. :P

[Board of Command]

Summer time? I never have summer time. It's still school/work for the next two and a half years with no break.

[Animeniax]

It will be a good trial run for the rest of your life where you don't get any extended breaks except a yearly 2 week vacation and an occasional 3 or 4 day weekend. It's all downhill after college until retirement, at which time you're too old and tired to really enjoy it.

[Buffalobiian]

Summer time? I never have summer time. It's still school/work for the next two and a half years with no break.

What do you do BoC? Sounds like you're doing some accelerated summer semester courses or something..

[Board of Command]

I'm in a co-op program. It means I have alternating 4-month school/work terms. Work terms are mandatory and are generally real jobs, hence why I'm at ATI.

[python862]

Dude, forget I said anything. I wouldn't want to be in your shoes...

[Board of Command]

Now for my real bitch:

I hate group projects. People have proved time and time again that they are always able to find some way to let me down. I just don't understand their mindsets behind this. It's okay if it's an individual mark and if you don't care enough to do a decent job then so be it. However, if you're in a group then you drag everyone down. Are they not aware of this? Do they not care about what the other group members think of them? Do they not feel guilty when someone else (ie. me) puts in a lot of effort and tries to pull the group together, while they exert a half-assed effort and let others down?

I never drag the group down because I never put myself in a position to do so. I'm always the unofficial, unelected group leader who organizes everything and assigns work to others. Of course, I also assign work to myself, and usually a large chunk at that. I do this because I no longer trust other people. I no longer believe that the other members can do as good a job as me no matter what kind of work they take on. So far throughout my life, there hasn't been a single exception to this trend. I've always been the "best" group member.

My most recent group project was no different. I pretty much organized everything and the others didn't seem to mind. It's always good for one person to stand up and rally the troops.

Problem with Member #1
This person said he'll write a majority of the report in return for not having to do any of the hands on part (building a bridge). Nobody opposed this idea, so he went ahead and did his thing. Originally, I told the group that I'll do the final editing of the report after everyone's done writing. Nobody opposed that idea either. Two nights before the due date, the guys were still quite behind on the report, so this person said he'll do the final editing instead. I okay'd it since I still had quite a bit to write, and I figured it can't be that hard. On the night before the project was due, the other two guys still haven't finished their parts (very small parts, actually), and it was already past midnight. This person told me he'll definitely have everything done and ready to go by the next morning, when the project is due. He also said he'll email out a copy of the finished report the following morning for everyone to check before he prints it.

The next morning, I get to class early and check my email. There it is - the final report. However, it was missing stuff on the title page, it was missing a list of references, it was badly formatted. I immediately sent out an email for him to fix some stuff. A few minutes later, I logged onto MSN in hopes that he would still be online, and he was indeed. I told him I skimmed through the report and mailed out a list of small changes that must be incorporated before he prints it. He then replied as if he read my email and is making those changes as we spoke. Great. 20 minutes later, he comes to class with the report printed out and none of the changes were made. I asked him what happened, and he said I never told him about any changes.

WTF...?

And we got a shitty mark on the report.

Problem with Members #2 and #3
These two never show up on time. One of these guys had our finished project (the bridge) and all he had to do was bring it from his dorm to class at 10 AM. He couldn't do that. It was 9:55 and he still didn't show up, so I was pretty worried. I called him and he doesn't pick up his phone. He eventually arrived at 10:20 and I didn't even bother asking him where he was. I no longer cared.

The other guy is horrible with communication. It felt like he never reads any emails, but he does.

Throughout this entire project, I did all I could to divide the work fairly among the four members. Why can't everyone just do their share? If I could write the entire report by myself, trust me I would. However, I couldn't because I also need to be there for the hands-on work because the other guys might not know how to build it for whatever reason. Even though I pretty much designed the whole thing myself, the other two guys appeared to be on the same page as me. It was a millboard bridge that held 460 lb., which put us near the top of the class. So yeah...I believe I did my part in terms of the design work.

The worst part about all of this is that I feel like all of this was beyond my control. I gave an honest effort and the rest was up to them, and they utterly and completely let me down. I just don't understand these other guys. They have less work than me, yet they do a poorer job and drag the entire group down with them.

[python862]

That's pretty much the same reason I never like to work in groups. In fact, only recently, I was placed in a group with two other guys to create a report and presentation about the slang of the twenties. I said I would do the whole essay, while they only had to worry about the presentation. My report pretty much saved the grades. I got an 88 while the other two got 70s.

[Sandldan]

i really really need to stop going to US sites checking prices whenever im going to buy some electronics... Currently in the market for a camera and stumbled over the fact that cameras such as this HV10 (http://www.willoughbys.com/shop/product.aspx?ref=cnet&sku=4000CANHV10BK) is 320€ in usa and around 1100€ here. I know it's more expensive here due to higher salaries, currencies, taxes etc, but still irritates me as much every time.
Someone send it to me >_>

[Animeniax]

Sure, send $500US cash to me, and your new camera should show up in the next couple weeks.

It's been a bitch-free kind of day today. Besides having to put up with some truckers hanging out in my office, it was slow and a buddy showed me a cool manga scan website so I got to read some manga. I'm also one step closer to setting up an Xbox360 in my office to help pass the time. Not a bad day at all. Oh, and there's shrimp creole for dinner at the cafeteria. Here's hoping I don't jinx it and it tastes as excellent as usual.

edit: the shrimp creole was as awesome as usual.

[python862]

Today's Bitch: Writer's Block

Ugh. Over the past six months, I've been working on a fanfiction series (laugh all you want). Only recently, I've gotten the case of writer's block where you can write something coherently, but you friggin' hate what you write. Nothing seems to be working. I've chalked it up to not writing my work down in longhand, but I'm kind of doubting that's the whole thing. I don't want to take any breaks, 'cause then I'm worried about not remembering half of my plot and screwing something up. Also, I can't stop because I've already started the latest installment in the series. So, I'm stuck, screwed.

Another possibility I've come up with is that I'm spending too much time on GotWoot, but that can't be the case, can it? XD

Anyway, that's all I got. Ani, glad to hear your shrimp was satisfying.

[Ryllharu]

python862, too much time on Gotwoot? Then don't go to the AnimeNewsNetwork forums. But I'm not here to only bitch about those. Rather, the force inside compels me to keep posting there.

Full of elitists more often than not, idiots, and the occasional staff member with a very clear opinion who are more often than not completely closed to other viewpoints not on, or contrary to, their agenda. The pervasive holier-than-thou attitude through the forums against the Nazi-esque evil that are "fansubs."

Yet for some ungodly reason...I post there from time to time. Each time my posts (in response to someone else's) are utterly ignored. If you want a response, you have no choice but to Troll. Or I see willful ignorance rather than even the slimmest shred of research or unbiased opinion...and then I swear I will never post there again.

Definitely a better idea to just stay on Gotwoot.

[Chiodos]

Troll ? What's that : )?

[Abdula]

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/hh280/XVR_01/pming.jpg
I've been looking at this for the last three days and it never changes and this James person doesn't even have a single post. I only noticed it a few days ago so I don't know how long its been happening but its just plain weird.

[Buffalobiian]

I noticed that too. I was thinking "he knows someone here, and he's PMing, but no posts.....Okay......

Have spambots learnt how to PM yet? (btw, Abdula, why's your post in the bitching thread?)

[complich8]

Clearly, spambots have learned to PM. That guy dropped off about 2000 private message in two days or so.

I've since banned him, banned his ip, and banned his email provider. Let me know if it happens again.

[rockmanj]

Geez, I go visit Chicago for a few days, and now im expected to be my mother's private chauffeur just because she used her debit card to get my rental car (I actually paid for it in full). I have no free time to myself on my vacation. I'm kinda looking forward to going back to Korea (almost).

[Uchiha Barles]

Now for my real bitch:

I hate group projects. People have proved time and time again that they are always able to find some way to let me down. I just don't understand their mindsets behind this. It's okay if it's an individual mark and if you don't care enough to do a decent job then so be it. However, if you're in a group then you drag everyone down. Are they not aware of this? Do they not care about what the other group members think of them? Do they not feel guilty when someone else (ie. me) puts in a lot of effort and tries to pull the group together, while they exert a half-assed effort and let others down?

I never drag the group down because I never put myself in a position to do so. I'm always the unofficial, unelected group leader who organizes everything and assigns work to others. Of course, I also assign work to myself, and usually a large chunk at that. I do this because I no longer trust other people. I no longer believe that the other members can do as good a job as me no matter what kind of work they take on. So far throughout my life, there hasn't been a single exception to this trend. I've always been the "best" group member.

My most recent group project was no different. I pretty much organized everything and the others didn't seem to mind. It's always good for one person to stand up and rally the troops.

Problem with Member #1
This person said he'll write a majority of the report in return for not having to do any of the hands on part (building a bridge). Nobody opposed this idea, so he went ahead and did his thing. Originally, I told the group that I'll do the final editing of the report after everyone's done writing. Nobody opposed that idea either. Two nights before the due date, the guys were still quite behind on the report, so this person said he'll do the final editing instead. I okay'd it since I still had quite a bit to write, and I figured it can't be that hard. On the night before the project was due, the other two guys still haven't finished their parts (very small parts, actually), and it was already past midnight. This person told me he'll definitely have everything done and ready to go by the next morning, when the project is due. He also said he'll email out a copy of the finished report the following morning for everyone to check before he prints it.

The next morning, I get to class early and check my email. There it is - the final report. However, it was missing stuff on the title page, it was missing a list of references, it was badly formatted. I immediately sent out an email for him to fix some stuff. A few minutes later, I logged onto MSN in hopes that he would still be online, and he was indeed. I told him I skimmed through the report and mailed out a list of small changes that must be incorporated before he prints it. He then replied as if he read my email and is making those changes as we spoke. Great. 20 minutes later, he comes to class with the report printed out and none of the changes were made. I asked him what happened, and he said I never told him about any changes.

WTF...?

And we got a shitty mark on the report.

Problem with Members #2 and #3
These two never show up on time. One of these guys had our finished project (the bridge) and all he had to do was bring it from his dorm to class at 10 AM. He couldn't do that. It was 9:55 and he still didn't show up, so I was pretty worried. I called him and he doesn't pick up his phone. He eventually arrived at 10:20 and I didn't even bother asking him where he was. I no longer cared.

The other guy is horrible with communication. It felt like he never reads any emails, but he does.

Throughout this entire project, I did all I could to divide the work fairly among the four members. Why can't everyone just do their share? If I could write the entire report by myself, trust me I would. However, I couldn't because I also need to be there for the hands-on work because the other guys might not know how to build it for whatever reason. Even though I pretty much designed the whole thing myself, the other two guys appeared to be on the same page as me. It was a millboard bridge that held 460 lb., which put us near the top of the class. So yeah...I believe I did my part in terms of the design work.

The worst part about all of this is that I feel like all of this was beyond my control. I gave an honest effort and the rest was up to them, and they utterly and completely let me down. I just don't understand these other guys. They have less work than me, yet they do a poorer job and drag the entire group down with them.

This, really, truly does suck. That's why whenever I'm in a group, I step my game up, even taking on the responsibilities of others if necessary. Sounds to me like you were the lead in this project. In future projects, you might want to consider the following: These projects are usually long-term. If you're playing "team lead", you might want to consider overviewing the entire project, and dividing the work as fairly as you can (which doesn't necessarily mean equally). Both of these you've done. But the problem in how you handled it was you took their word that they would do what they said they would.

There's a way around having to deal with this. Take a look at each person's responsibilities, and come up with what you feel are mini-milestones, for each person. Then, come up with set deadlines for each of them to reach those mini milestones. You may want to involve the group in coming up with this (or at least make it look like you involved them). Once the group agrees, whether or not they do what they should have, or perform as they should have, you have several points at which to evaluate where this project is heading, and try to take measures to improve the situation. Some other points are, if you do this, you might be able to go to whomever is going to evaluate your work, let that person or those persons know you did this, and then let them know that one or more of the the group members are jacking off when they should be working. You'll have very specific points that make that professor or boss sympathize with you and possibly aid you. Otherwise, you get what you got, assed out, and at the last minute, without a damned thing you can do. Again, I'm sorry man, that sucks.

[Abdula]

I noticed that too. I was thinking "he knows someone here, and he's PMing, but no posts.....Okay......

Have spambots learnt how to PM yet? (btw, Abdula, why's your post in the bitching thread?)
Because it was beginning to seriously annoy me and I couldn't think of anywhere else to post it.

Clearly, spambots have learned to PM. That guy dropped off about 2000 private message in two days or so.

I've since banned him, banned his ip, and banned his email provider. Let me know if it happens again.
Thanks and I will.

[saman]

i've been fairly sick these last few days and i'm getting better, but at the moment, i have no sense of taste left. i tried to have some fruit salad today, and it tasted like someone had poured chlorine over it. blech. it made me sad, because i love fruit salad :(

[Eurasian]

i've been fairly sick these last few days and i'm getting better, but at the moment, i have no sense of taste left. i tried to have some fruit salad today, and it tasted like someone had poured chlorine over it. blech. it made me sad, because i love fruit salad :(
I'm sorry to hear that. I hate it when that happens! Every morning, I would anticipate getting my senses back. =D
I hope you get better soon!!! Then you can enjoy all the fruit salads you want!!!

[Animeniax]

Fruit salads are bad for you anyway, too many sugars. Try a nice veggie salad or a big juicy cut of steak.

Eurasian, are you Indian or Pakistani or Turkish or what?

[Eurasian]

Eurasian, are you Indian or Pakistani or Turkish or what?
I'm anything you want me to be............
.......just kidding
No, no, and no

[rockmanj]

My friends are starting to piss me off about this girl I plan on "seeing", just because she's a bit light. I know you GWers will have a field day with this, but they assume that she looks like and adolescent just because she's like 43 kilograms or something (she doesn't, and was born in 1985 to boot). I'm actually a very light person myself (only about 70 kg).

[Animeniax]

You're only 70kg? I've seen your pictures man, you look bigger than that. At 70kg, I outweigh you (I'm 75kg). How tall are you?

At 43kg, she is very petite, but being a young Asian female that's not that big a deal, especially if she's short. I think the Twins Charlene and Gillian each weigh about 43kg (95lbs) at around 5'3".

My bitch: people who overstay their welcome. We have a lot of transient workers pass through the office for special projects, and as soon as their work is done, they should move on. Unfortunately they get comfortable and stay as long as they can, and in the meantime, start helping themselves to whatever materials or conveniences you have available to make themselves at home. I appreciate the help, but they're getting paid to do the job, not as a favor to me. But since they're "helping", they feel it's ok to impose on me and my resources. It wouldn't be so bad if they weren't mental midgets and didn't smell so bad.

[saman]

I hope you get better soon!!! Then you can enjoy all the fruit salads you want!!!

thanks :) i'm getting there slowly!


Fruit salads are bad for you anyway, too many sugars. Try a nice veggie salad or a big juicy cut of steak.


lol this kind doesn't have any added sugars or anything in it. it's just pieces of cut up fruit, so it only has the regular kind of sugar that's in fruit. not really bad for you unless you have diabetes or IBS, or are a dentist

and yes, smelly people are not fun. maybe, since they're helping themselves to your stuff already, you can leave a bottle of cologne on a table and hope they help themselves to that too?

[Animeniax]

Cologne wouldn't help, since the smell comes from passing gas. Yes, these grown men have contests at annoy each other by farting. So you can imagine conversations with these guys are really stimulating. They don't fart in front of me, but the smell lingers.

[rockmanj]

You're only 70kg? I've seen your pictures man, you look bigger than that. At 70kg, I outweigh you (I'm 75kg). How tall are you?

At 43kg, she is very petite, but being a young Asian female that's not that big a deal, especially if she's short. I think the Twins Charlene and Gillian each weigh about 43kg (95lbs) at around 5'3".



I'm very light, as I'm 189cm. I had a bad flu and lost about 4-5 kg in a week.

[Animeniax]

So you're 6' 2" 154lbs? Wow, damn skinny man.

My other bitch for the week: weak, soft teams are doing well in the NHL playoffs. After the rough and tumble Ducks won the cup last year, a lot of teams changed philosophy to include more toughness and grit. If a soft team wins this year, a lot of teams will give up their toughness and go with weaker lineups next year. It will suck.

[Eurasian]

I'm very light, as I'm 189cm. I had a bad flu and lost about 4-5 kg in a week.
Can you please give me that flu?! I wouldn't mind losing that much weight! =P

[XanBcoo]

Ughhh, I've been trying to record videos and upload them to youtube but things keep going wrong with recording (bad lighting, making too many mistakes, camera running out of memory). If it's not one thing it's another. The whole process is so frustrating.

Take 7...

[Animeniax]

Maybe that's karma telling you it's a bad idea to post this particular video on youtube, like it might come back to bite you or something. It's weird, but sometimes when I'm doing something and it just won't go right after a few tries, I stop and think about it for a second, and realize I was doing it wrong in the first place, and it was like my subconscious was telling me I was doing it wrong, so I was subconsciously messing up on purpose.

My bitch: it's sandfly season again. Already got bit three times, probably by the same bastard. So I set up two fans around my bed to create a wind shield against the bugs. They blow over me all night, so it'll probably give me a runny nose one of these mornings.

[Chiodos]

Low rant bitching post:

Haha...they just DID add two more bands that I adore in the Metaltown band playlist. Sooo fucking sad that I have NOONE to go with : <!

[Archangel]

Bitch today:

I have an exam in 2 days, i don't know shit and i can't study to save my life. I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do...

[KrayZ33]

just cheat...

I didn't do it on my important exams (Abitur), but most of my friends did, even though they could be excluded from the exams for ~3 years if they get caught.
Yet it seemed like noone of the teachers cares about what you do... i could have gone to the toilet 3 times and hide a sheet of paper in my socks and read it there.
Man there were people who threw papers at each other when the teacher wasn't looking and those papers had the answers written on it, of course.

[Uchiha Barles]

lol! Or, or, make your presence on these forums scarce for the next two days except during the breaks the torture I'm about to recommend is going to merit, put your drawing projects on hold, skip every class you have with the exception of the one you have the exam in, give 2 trusted and responsible friends the right to contact you at specific time intervals to confirm that you're in fact, alive, and STUDY!

[Archangel]

Easier said than done my friend. I have now only one day left to study for a whole exam since i'll be going to sleep anytime soon and, still, i don't know shit.

Looks like i'm gonna fail for the first time. I guess ill scan it and post it on my art thread so the shame will stop me from doing this shit again.

[XanBcoo]

Maybe that's karma telling you it's a bad idea to post this particular video on youtube, like it might come back to bite you or something.
Yeah, I had thought of that. It's done now though, mistakes and all. I'm thinking I'll just post another one someday later and chalk this trial up to not-enough-experience.

Sucks about the bugs. Especially if they're flying ones.

[fahoumh]

My bitch is one I'm sure everyone hears on a daily basis: the price of gasoline is re-goddamn-diculous. I've paid $70+ to fill up my car before but this is insanity. I was telling my cousin the so-called experts' predictions of $1.50 per litre by the summer is becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy.

[Chiodos]

Bitch today:

I have an exam in 2 days, i don't know shit and i can't study to save my life. I don't know what the fuck I'm gonna do...

Wich reminds me I have to do essays and such this week. You know what acutally help? Writing hints in your iPod, if your actually allowed in your school to wear one during class.
It has saved my life more than you know...

I had this English National Test and the day before I wrote many hints, search the net for tips, grammar and such and put it in my iPod as "lyrics". The teachers in my school is VERY sloppy and all they told you was to "Turn off your cellpohones!".
I did though get to cocky and showed my iPod at the end but all she thought was that I just listened to music becuse you could hear what I was listening to thiugh my earplugs.

[Animeniax]

Yeah, I had thought of that. It's done now though, mistakes and all. I'm thinking I'll just post another one someday later and chalk this trial up to not-enough-experience.

Sucks about the bugs. Especially if they're flying ones.How about a link so we can watch? Doesn't matter for me, youtube is banned here, but others might enjoy it.

And yes they fly. But there are creepy crawlers too.

[Mr Squiggles]

You guys do realize that if you spend all that time you use figuring out new ways to cheat and actually study during that time instead your grades would probably be alright with no chance of getting in shit right?
Not to sound like your mother or anything....

[python862]

Writing hints in your iPod, if your actually allowed in your school to wear one during class.
There's also a program that allows you to take text files and convert them into PSP-screen-sized JPEGs. Although, I've never actually used it to cheat.

As for Archangel, you'll be fine. I never study for anything, and somehow I end up well-and-good with everything. Just relax. As long as you don't get what those so-called "experts" call "Test Anxiety" (Which is really a load of bull in my opinion), I'm sure you can figure it all out. The best thing to do is remember what the question is asking you as you're answering it. Think back to the first or second time you heard the information, and if there's any important facts, they'll stick out like a black spot on white carpet.

Now, for my bitch: Classmates.

So I was sitting in my US History class today, minding my own business while somewhat half-heartedly listening to the teacher. She goes over what we'll need for the quiz tomorrow, and when she finishes that, she says something-or-other about homework. This springs up a discussion. Okay, fine. But then people begin suggesting that the homework be worth more. They explore the idea, and I hear numbers floating. 25, 30, 35, 40, 80%. Now, see, I'm not the guy you'd look to to do his homework. I pass all my classes by classwork and tests/quizzes. So, and in no small way, this would screw me over. Well, the discussion starts winding down and the teacher's beginning to come around and agree with the class. Unfortunately, the majority decides, "Hey, this'll be great!" and the deal is made. Now our fourth quarter grades will have 35% of them based solely on homework. I didn't want to speak up, for one since I had just moved here not two months ago, and I don't think my opinion would cound in the first place; and two, like I said, this was a majority, so my say definitely wasn't going to count. So, I'm stuck needing to do at least some small amount of homework in order to keep my passing grade (which, surprisingly or no, is a B - surprising for not doing HW...). Add to this the fact that I'm always going to forget my book at my locker everyday, because I don't go to it that often, and I'm stuck walking home, which means I don't want a thirty-pound book to compound my already-eighty-pound load. And it's beginning to get hotter here, which is even worse. So, back to the matter at hand. I hate classmates... now let's see how many of them fail because of their stupidity.

[Eurasian]

Damn, I wish my grades were based on homework....mine is more like 25% Midterm 1, 25% Midterm 2, 50% Final. Basically, I'm screwed. So carrying your textbook should be the least of your worries!!! That's the easy part!!!

[Animeniax]

@python: dude, you're talking about high school. None of what you're learning there matters, as far as book learning.

Why don't you just leave that book at home where you'll need it? Or photocopy it and leave the copy at home? Or make a friend with someone who lives nearby so you can borrow their book for homework and they can borrow your book for class. Preferably a hot friend of the opposite gender.

[python862]

I know it doesn't matter, I'm just bitching on principal; and if I left the book home, I'd forget to bring it back in before exams. Besides, I have to bitch once weekly or else I just feel empty.

[Animeniax]

Really you need to worry more about planning for prom and who's going to be the homecoming king and queen this year. Or how about that giant zit on your cheek? That's what high school is about, not US history exams. They gloss over the real history anyway. The victorious write the history books, as you know.

[Mr Squiggles]

God damn procrastination...
As usual I put the majority of my work off until the last moment and now I'm probably going to have to spend all day and night tomorrow finishing my assignment :/
fuck....

Also, I laugh at high school kids when they think they get a lot of homework. Once you go into secondary education, you spend more time studying/doing homework than you spend time in class. That is, of course, assuming you're going to a good school and not a useless "diploma vendor".

[sangai]

so basically it being the school season and all or end of spring semester, i got this teacher and she teaches public speaking. When it comes to public speaking its not my strong points mainly because i do get nervous and i can be shy at times i.e voice chokes up and find it hard to spit my god damn words, although i have gotten better. Well then there in lies the problem have you guys ever had that teacher that doesn't really teach, just likes to go off into tangents and talk for the whole hour fifty fuckin minutes your stuck with the old bag. Sometimes when you expect her to shut up somehow she manages to turn the 3 minute conversation into an additional 25 minutes, I about lost it last wensday when until I finally stood up and just walked outta her class. The sad part about most of it is she doesn't really teach shit and just rambles even though I guess im paying for a easy A.

[Buffalobiian]

The higher-ups for out degree just suddenly had a great idea. They'll increase the amounts of spots for students each year, but to maintain quality, they'll make the exams harder. Weighs out doesn't it?

They pretty much made our 2nd year oral exam a whole lot harder, and I feel sorry for the 1st years. We've got a counseling exam at the end of the semester, and it's like the most pressuring test we've yet to come by. Depending on the situation, there are certain critical questions that we have to ask/address, and some minor ones that we can score if we want to. Pretty much if you miss a critical question in your counseling the patient, you fail that part of the test. Fail the test, you fail the course, since you have to pass every component. Do that, and you can either leave the degree or come back next year and do it (and it ONLY, plus anything else you failed.) again.

Well, if they put it in the exam then it can be done, you might say. The lecturers thought that too probably, and just decided to prove it to us by doing a demonstration right in front of the cohort and have others mark them.

Funnily enough, he failed. He missed a critical, and also went over the time limit. His communication skills got pounded on. And this guy's our course co-ordinator.

Basically, it was one big "freak you out" session. I'm a high-aimer and my grades are quite good, but honestly, if I pass, I'll be laughing.

[darkshadow]

Today was a fairly shitty day.

First off i got kicked out of a school project cause of some totally fking unfair reasons, so now i have to redo all that shit again next year, this is mostly due one dude in my group and even though i spoke to the projectleader, he still believes otherwise, so messed up.

Second, I lost my freaking gloves at school, fuck, yeah i grew quite attached to them not only cause they cost me 90 euro's when i bought them, they also fit really nice.
I'm sad and angry at the same time now ;(

[python862]

Well, if they put it in the exam then it can be done, you might say. The lecturers thought that too probably, and just decided to prove it to us by doing a demonstration right in front of the cohort and have others mark them. Funnily enough, he failed. He missed a critical, and also went over the time limit. His communication skills got pounded on. And this guy's our course co-ordinator.

Wow, so this person who worked on the course can't pass it himself? That's screwed up. That had to have told the person something. What are you studying? It seems to me like you're in a sort of public speaking class or maybe a medical school...

[Buffalobiian]

Wow, so this person who worked on the course can't pass it himself? That's screwed up. That had to have told the person something. What are you studying? It seems to me like you're in a sort of public speaking class or maybe a medical school...

Yeah, I'm doing a pharmacy degree. I'm sure that it's not impossible, despite my last post, but just the fact that he failed, and he's been in the profession for how long tells you how likely it is for us to screw up.

[Animeniax]

Well I'd hope a degree in pharmacy requires some rigorous training and examination. All we need in the world is more untrained pharmacists issuing out the wrong drugs or a bad combination of drugs that end up making things worse for the customer. I hope you do pass, Buffalobiian, as at that point it will pretty much guarantee you know what you are doing.

[itadakimasu]

ok. It's 7:42. The directv people were supposed to be coming between 4 and 8pm... they even called me around 3:30-4 to assure me they would be here around 5-530...

9:55pm... The ''tech'' came at around 8:45... looked around for 5 minutes and said we didn't have line of sight because of all the trees out back and now we're wondering if he just didn't want to climb on the roof...omfg.

Comcast is also way too expensive... 45-50 for basic cable, 13$ for hd DVR, and then 13 for one set of movie channels or 22 for two sets... i might settle tomorrow idk.

[Abdula]

My bitch, sleep deprivation. I'm sure I haven't slept for more than a total of about 10hrs in the last 3 days.

[rockmanj]

Can you please give me that flu?! I wouldn't mind losing that much weight! =P

Trust me, you don't want what I had. I'm like a stickman now:(. Luckily I have access to all this fatty American food for a couple of days before I go back to Asia. But i managed to get sick again. Don't know whats up with my immune system lately.

[python862]

Umm... U HAV AIDS!?

No, but seriously, that sucks for you. Enjoy the fattiness of our local cuisine.

Well, it's raining again here in good ol' Connecticut. And it's probably not gonna stop till Wednesday. I don't think that needs an explanation as to why it's something to bitch about, but I'll say anyway. Not having gym class sucks, I can't go outside without a thorough drenching, and it's beginning to get cold again. What's really surprising about the first reason is that I used to absolutely HATE going to gym class, and now it's one of my favorite classes. Must be the New England weather. LOL.

[itadakimasu]

I withdrew all my paypal money to my bank and then tried printing a shipping label that it said was $27.... it wouldn't print it so i had to take it to the UPS store.... they charged me $51 for the same package even though i'd overestimated the weight by 8 pounds online.... bastards....

[complich8]

Trees and the war on Sudafed. That's my bitching for the day.

The short version is: I've got nasty tree pollen allergies. It sucks, and it sucks a lot more now that I'm two USDA hardiness zones further south than I was last year at this time.

And what's worse, with the whole "pseudoephedrine is a precursor for methamphetamine" thing... the Safeway by my job doesn't carry real sudafed at all anymore. So I had to leave work early to go home and buy some real, effective sudafed, because I couldn't keep focus long enough to accomplish anything.

[itadakimasu]

its kinda rediculous to have to provide id and sign off on a single package of cold medicine in case you wanted to cook it into whatever minute amount of meth you could make from it...

[The Heretic Azazel]

Likely because people like me cook it. Well I don't anymore, but I have, back when you could buy like 3 boxes a week and one store didnt keep track of another. And everytime there would be a big ass line, and I know that many people don't just all of a sudden have allergies.

However now they've figured out how to make meth out of Claritin. I swear junkies are fucking geniuses, if they'd only apply themselves to something positive..

[Animeniax]

I think junkies are like hackers. They aren't happy unless they go against the grain, like rebels without causes. They think the establishment is so bad that they have to fight it. Pretty pathetic really.

[docdan63]

This is going to hit a nerve with people but I really don't care. Its the fucking internet. If you don't like it leave the web page or, whatever you kids are calling these things days.

Anyway. My bitch is a girls privacy bubble. I hate that fucking thing. It scares the crap out of me to even talk to a girl I like. I guess it comes from being raised by 4 older girl cousins and an older sister. I was raised to knock on every door in my house because of her. Don't get me wrong, respecting girls is fine but man am I right or just paranoid? I think they implanted some kind of respect chip in me. Because every time I want to talk to a girl, everyone one of them makes me feel like I have no right to be talking to them at all because of that damn privacy bubble.

[Sapphire]

I'm tired of hearing this girl's snide fucking comments all the time! I can't handle it anymore, if she complains one more time I'm going to blow a gasket and tell her off. And I don't tell people off. Especially people I hate. (I have a tendency to avoid conversing with/looking at people I hate, because my pure hatred usually shows in my face. I think I began doing this in 8th grade, when someone told me I was turning my seat around 180 degrees to stare at a girl who basically ruined my social life in that town.. but that's another story)
Yesterday I was in Calculus, and we had rotating groups to teach each other problems on a test. She explained two problems to me like I was stupid. She pointed everything out and talked very slowly and made sure she nodded her head a lot, pointing to underlined crap. And I don't mind that. Then it came to my problem.
"You take this function and you integrate it.." She interrupts me to take her calculator and punch in the numbers, "Okay now you integrate from 1 to 2" She does this. "Okay so you have that function. Now you add C, and your C is the 2 because we're in integration and the initial velocity is two" She gives me a disgusted confused look, "Waiiiiiit! How do you do this by hand?"
Uhh, what the fuck? I don't remember know how to integrate the natural log of a sine function by hand. There is a reason why it's a calculator portion. "I don't know how to do that," I say. "I only know how to do it on a calculator." "Did you not do this problem?!" she yells at me. "Is it not the calculator portion of the test?!" I respond. "Well why do you add two?" She changes the subject. I pause for a few seconds. "Because your initial velocity is 2, and your 2 is the C."
"Whatever, you didn't tell me that, you didn't even read the problem before hand!" (Oops, I assumed you read it while you were taking the test like the eleven people who came before you)
.......... Now I have to put up with her bitching about it in English. Among other things, like other people's bad grades, other people's personalities, and other people's families. And she calls herself a Christian.

[itadakimasu]

sapphire, you reminded me about last night when I was having class and this WOW conversation broke out between the instructor and my lab partner... nobody else knew what they were saying

[Chiodos]

.......... Now I have to put up with her bitching about it in English. Among other things, like other people's bad grades, other people's personalities, and other people's families. And she calls herself a Christian.

Does she use it as a way to protect her "position", a place higher than any other else or is it you, who clearly wrote that post in angst, just a way of trying to "lower her position" in your fury by connecting the "Christian" statement into her personality?
The point is, if you manage to read between my lines, becuse I'm having an obvious bad habit writing non understandible sentence, it might help you overlook things more clearly.

Anyway, peace.

[Sapphire]

I don't think she does it to higher herself up, I think she is just like that because she thinks she is right all the time and the things other people do are pitiful and disgusting.
I included that part because she constantly bitches about other people's lives and families all the time. Like they are living life soooo wrong because of this and that. Example: Someone got a B in English and she was like "OMG I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW YOU COULD GET A B, I MEAN ALL YOU DO IS HAVE TO TURN IN WORK." (No one told her this, she looked at the grades on teh wall and announced her dissapointment)
She critisizes people's entire families, calling them liars and naive and what not. And then she turns around and bitches about how she loves God and needs to spread God's love around the world, etc. She pretty much alternates between testimonying about God, and bitching about how other people live their lives in possibly the most snide way possible. I was pointing out about how she's a hypocrite in many ways.

[Munsu]

I say you tat your forehead with the number of the beast. That should keep her away, unless she looks for a priest to you know, get the demon out of you.

[Abdula]

I agree with Munsu. Only three ways to deal with those kinda people one tell them you're a satanist kinda dramatic but solves the problem quickly. Other option is to actually discuss it with her which I'm sure despite all her talking she will be unwilling to do, if she is then if you're particularly well informed on the subject it should be easy enough to make her look like a fool. The other option would be to smack her upside the head and say "God doesn't like ugly!"



am I right or just paranoid? I think they implanted some kind of respect chip in me.
Yeah they did and the chip seems to be working perfectly too.

[Sapphire]

Actually I feel a lot better. Apparently she was yelling at all the other groups too, because this morning everyone in my Chem class was pissed at her. Now I take it less personally. I yelled at her today for another reason though. We had a paper due today, and a kid who uses Win '98 could only access a printer at school (saved on a floppy disk). The floppy disk was all messed up and bent so he couldn't print it. The English teacher (that bitch) wouldn't accept the paper 'because he didn't come to class prepared'. The girl who I was angry with earlier was all helping the teacher and telling the kid off, so I told her to stop helping the kid fail and she shut up, haha. I also brought up that she also had brought a paper to class late before and she didn't seem to have a problem with -that-. She defended herself by saying "Sometimes I just say what I think, woops"