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im so freaking depressed i hate it. i care too much about what other people think. I am tired of people spreading misconceptions. and i feel invalidated and just ugh.
Monika wrote: "Oh wow, I give you my heart taken very literally..."It was a centerfold poster in a Commodore 64 magazine for Valentine's Day, titled "Have A Heart…"
Wren wrote: "im so freaking depressed i hate it. i care too much about what other people think. I am tired of people spreading misconceptions. and i feel invalidated and just ugh."Honey, people are stupid. You can explain things to some but others don't want to see they might be wrong and you can do nothing about it. Just embrace the fact that with some you have to 'agree to disagree'...
Find yourself a cat or a dog. They are mood improvers and don't talk bs ;)
How is the house thing going?
I HATE GIVING TUESDAY! There. I said it. I mean seriously! I've gotten over 100 emails from organizations and websites soliciting funds from me on the pretense that it's "Giving Tuesday"! It's only 10:30 in the morning! This is going to go on ALL FRACKING DAY! ARGH!
Rick wrote: "I HATE GIVING TUESDAY! There. I said it. I mean seriously! I've gotten over 100 emails from organizations and websites soliciting funds from me on the pretense that it's "Giving Tuesday"! It's on..."
At least it's one day. We still have 23 shopping days left with the sales pitches not even reaching a crescendo yet! Those are worse I think.
Lori S. wrote: "...Those are worse I think."Yes, they are.
I hate the fact that our pets die. I had a terrible dream last night about my last companion, Squash. He died about 8 years ago and now I wake up screaming for him and thinking he's run off somewhere when I know he's been dead for years. I can't stop crying because I miss him so much. He was with me for over 12 years
Gotta go, can't stop crying
*hug*I hate it too.
My dog died in July. We had her from puppy and she was 15 years with my family. I cried all day and realized that all my dogs and cats are quite old and will probably die in not very distant future and it was very depressing. Damn, now I'm crying too :/
(((hugs))) my daughter's companion died in July and she isn't even close to being over it. Cletus was more than a pet to her. I'm sorry for your loss as well Rick. We know they are short lived but losing them hurts as much as if they are a human companion :(
Monika wrote: "*hug*I hate it too.
My dog died in July. ..."
Sorry Monika, I didn't mean to bring all this up. It was just so sudden and unexpected just ripped me apart.
*hugs*
Tj wrote: "(((hugs))) ..."Thanks, (((hugs)))
Lori S. wrote: "(((Hugs))) ..."(((Hugs))) back
Thanks Lori. ;)
Today I felt down and glum. I'm afraid, stressed, anxious and uptight. I hate crying. And I feel like my face looks like the pillbury doughboy.
(((hugs))) I hope you getting feeling more even keeled soon. So awful when your mental health is all over the board!
Another shooting!!!! I have lots of family there. Scary stuff. I just don't understand all of this:(
Tj wrote: "Another shooting!!!! I have lots of family there. Scary stuff. I just don't understand all of this:("Horrible… it seems to go on and on… :(
And the culture that breeds it, one that not only glorifies violence but also actively encourages the idea that violence and killing is an effective method for solving problems, just goes on and on
The Washington Post stated yesterday that there have been 355 mass shootings this year. Today is the 337th day of the year. Why doesn't that math wake up the Second Amendment people?
And now for something completely different... So, where do they get off telling me that I can't have the famous Kean Family Recipe for Double Fudge Coconut Brownies? I mean surely it's not like I'll give it out to anyone who asks for it. I can keep a secret. Don't the-powers-that-be understand that I'm addicted to chocolate & coconuts? I'm fracking coo-coo for chocolate & coconuts. Where some inexplicably love the flavors of peanut butter & chocolate I am completely unable to resist the deliciously decadent tasty combination of coconut & chocolate. And still, I am denied... Yes denied flavor satisfaction of the holy grail of coconut and chocolate taste combination: the Famous Kean Family Recipe for Double Fudge Coconut Brownies! Surely you can see how unfair this is! Surely you can join me in being outraged at the sheer injustice of this genocidal horror! Even the elder god Cthulhu quakes and trembles at unadulterated exclusion that this travesty of omission reveals! I... I... I... Am beside myself with self-righteous fury and idignation! Surely, there must be a call to arms... A call for equality and an end to this unmitigated attempt to cover-up the realization of my dream for coconutty-chocolate goodness! Where's the humanity! Where's the empathy! Where's the brownies! Show me the brownies!
Averin wrote: "The Washington Post stated yesterday that there have been 355 mass shootings this year. Today is the 337th day of the year. Why doesn't that math wake up the Second Amendment people?"Because they can't see the forest for all the trees in the way. Their solution? Shoot down all the trees, then we can all enjoy the forest.
And now for something ... Oh whatever ...I'm a big Whovian right? Right. So I've been getting the comic book adventures of the various Doctors & companions for several years now. Yeah, I'm an addict. So, my local comic shop just solicited Doctor Who the 12th Doctor #16 for next week when I'd just picked up Doctor Who the 12th Doctor #14 this week. If you're finding yourself wondering what happened to Doctor Who the 12th Doctor #15 just like I was, here's the response I got from Ed, the wonderfully talented and courageous fellow who procures these episodic pamphlets of sequential art for my perusal, when I asked about this apparent aberration:
"I'm so sorry to have to be the one to tell you this, but you have indeed lost your mind...
Just kidding! :)
Apparently, Doctor Who 12th #15 has been indefinitely delayed. I looked it up and for the release date it says "TBD" A.K.A. the dreaded "to be determined".It is solicited as being the climax to year one. #16, which is indeed shipping in next week, is the "holiday special". I guess they wanted to make sure that one got out before Christmas despite the lateness of issue #15.
I hope that I have answered your question, Crazy Boy...:P
Eddie"
Clearly Titan Publishing in merry old England thinks Whovians are a bunch of slack-jawed drooling morons who can't count past 14 (in other words they must think we're all supporters of Donald Trump). I mean now I have to wait Zeus knows how long until after the bloody holiday to get the end of this five-part story begin in Doctor Who the 12th Doctor #11 just so the Christian Whovians can get their stupid Xmas special read in time for their arbitrary and pagan appropriated holiday!
Just for this I'm going to spend Xmas watching Doctor Who Xmas themed episodes and eating nothing but ... Pumpkin Pudding! That'll show them who's boss!
Roger wrote: "That would be like Silent Running"I LOVED movie as a little kid. I mean I thought it was one of the best movies ever made. Then I watched again after 30+ years.
Well, I enjoyed it. Then I reminded myself that as a kid I thought Adam West & Burt Ward were the absolute epitome of superhero performances on the screen.
I was such an adorable child. How could anyone stand to be in same room with me. Oh, that's right, they couldn't.
But, you're right Roger. That would be Silent Running. ;)
Sooooo....today is Headache day...I'm sick of those days. Stupid health and stupid drugs, so sick of all of it.Silent Running was good. I haven't watched it in ages. Wonder if I would react the same.
Rick wrote "Clearly Titan Publishing in merry old England thinks Whovians are a bunch of slack-jawed drooling morons who can't count past 14"Surely not (there, I've gone and called you Shirley as well), but if you like I could pop down to London and bop Titan Books on the head. I know where they live…
Tj wrote: "Sooooo....today is Headache day...I'm sick of those days. Stupid health and stupid drugs, so sick of all of it.Silent Running was good. I haven't watched it in ages. Wonder if I would react the s..."
Oh, I'm just bring particularly asinine today. ;)
Don't mind me, I just got up on the wrong side of the bed this morning and discovered that I'd ordered the wrong thing from Republic of Teas on my last order (just delivered this morning) and saw not one, but two FedEx delivery truck delivering packages to the same address at the same time. Yep, that's American Business Efficency at work for you! It's just one of those days. Ganymede protect me from Zeus's dripping... Well, his drippings.
No, it's still an enjoyable film. Just remember when it was made. ;)
And the three Robots are still adorable. Good old Huey, Duey & Luey. I still tear up when (view spoiler)
Roger wrote: "Surely not (there, I've gone and called you Shirley as well), but if you like I could pop down to London and bop Titan Books on the head. I know where they live..." But I can't condone violence as a method of resolving frustration. Then I'd feel like Elmer Fudd, or at least his intellectual inferior: Donald Trump.
And don't call me Shirley. I get surly. and you surely wouldn't like me when I get Shirley. Wait.. That didn't come out right.
Rick wrote: "And now for something ... Oh whatever ...I'm a big Whovian right? Right. So I've been getting the comic book adventures of the various Doctors & companions for several years now. Yeah, I'm an add..."
Well, that stinks! Argh.
Roger wrote: "Surely not (there, I've gone and called you Shirley as well), but if you like I could pop down to London and bop Titan Books on the head. I know where they live…"
Go Roger!
So the government decided to take 2000 dollars out of my bursary and loan.Im screwed. I still have some money but not nearly enough
Wren wrote: "So the government decided to take 2000 dollars out of my bursary and loan.Im screwed. I still have some money but not nearly enough"
I feel for you Wren, I really do. The bureaucracy is awful. I'm sorry you're getting caught in it. :(
I'm really depressed. I'm tired of everything screwing up. I keep thinking that a bottle of pills will cost much less than a room and food
Wren wrote: "I'm really depressed. I'm tired of everything screwing up. I keep thinking that a bottle of pills will cost much less than a room and food"Well, you are right. But then the bullies and oppressors win. That's what I keep telling myself. And that pisses me off. As long I'm struggling. I'm a thorn in the paw of every racist, homophobic, misogynist, conservative capitalist in the world. Every breath I take is a thunderous roar of defiance that they'll win. Sometimes it doesn't feel like it's worth doing. It feels futile because it's a never ending struggle and it's an struggle that never gets easier. But then I hear the evil hatred being spewed by people like Donald Trump and I know I can hang in there for another round, because I never know when I'm going to meet someone who is going to be inspired by the fact that I just keep on persevering. I know it's exhausting but the world needs people like you who are sane and see the world for the ugly place it is and know it could be better.
Its not just that though. The government screwing up my money, the stress is too much, I can't find a job, bad thing after bad thing keeps happening to me and it feels like life is telling me to screw off
Dont give up Wren. You have friends here who want you to keep trying because eventually things will turn a corner. It can be so difficult to see the end of the tunnel when bad things keep piling up but they will change eventually. Hugs from me.
ThanksHugs
I don't know if things actually will get better though. Everyone says they do. But whenever something good happens to me it turns around and becomes rotten.
6000 dollars to last me until september, no luck with a job....I'm terrified
Life is not a person that tells us things. As humans we are incredibly good at pattern recognition. We even see patterns in stuff that doesn't have patterns. We see animals in the clouds in the sky. We see faces in the bark of trees. Those things aren't really there, but our brains ability to see and recognize patterns are always looking for patterns and tricks us into thinking patterns are present when they really aren't. I don't know what you're religious beliefs are. I myself am an atheist and I take great comfort in the realization that there is no psychopathic deity up there gleefully messing up my life just to make me struggle. It's just random shitty things.
I've had two cars that always kept getting the front passenger side tire going flat. I'd even bought new tires for both cars (at separate times) and still the same front passenger side tire would be go flat. I'd rotate the tires. Still that same tire. I drove myself crazy looking for the reason that this kept happening on two different cars and with different tires. There was no reason. One out of any four tires is going to wear down and go flat first. It was just chance that it kept happening to the tire in that same position. Highly improbably, but life is stranger than fiction. I drive myself crazy all the time because I see shitty things happening and I think how can this happen? How can people kill other people because they flicked their headlights at them? How can people be so insensitive to say that certain people don't deserve to marry or have children based on a set of archaic and outdated laws they don't even live by themselves?
I've had two serious accidents this year. Totaled two cars. I've walked away from both. Although the second one left me with a broken thumb and my friend who was in the passenger seat suffered two cracked vertebra. She's doing well, her spine wasn't damaged. But had the guy who'd hit us had been traveling just a little faster, or a little slower, or hit my car at the passenger door instead of the tire (yeah, that passenger side front tire again) my friend would have probably been a quadriplegic or even killed.
Ah, I don't know what I'm saying. Realizing some of this stuff helps me. But I don't know you and I have no idea if I'm helping or just making it worse.
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Wren wrote: "Its not just that though. The government screwing up my money, the stress is too much, I can't find a job, bad thing after bad thing keeps happening to me and it feels like life is telling me to sc..."Honey, government screws up our money all the time, no matter the country. Here we say that it takes easily and a lot but you have to work your backside off to even think about getting something from it. I'm sorry you had to find out about it so soon.
When I was looking for my first job after HS, which I desperately needed to pay for my uni it was also a nightmare. Keep looking, even if there is no info about help needed - ask. Fast food places, supermarkets, restaurants etc, at least here these are the places that usually hire most frequently and don't mind young people without much experience.
Rick wrote: "Life is not a person that tells us things. As humans we are incredibly good at pattern recognition. We even see patterns in stuff that doesn't have patterns. We see animals in the clouds in the sky..."I get what you mean. I guess I'm just using it metaphorically? Or, idk the way to phrase it, I guess personifying how I feel right now, I know life isn't actually a person, or a deity or whatever.
But whoa thats quite the coincidence with the tires
And I'm glad you and your friend were ok
Monika wrote: "Wren wrote: "Its not just that though. The government screwing up my money, the stress is too much, I can't find a job, bad thing after bad thing keeps happening to me and it feels like life is tel..."I've sent out so many resumes its ridiculous. And it sucks that I have to work in the next town over because I don't speak enough french to work in quebec.
I've been looking online and at all sorts of different places for help wanted signs. Trying my best. Thanks for the tips
Wren wrote: "I've sent out so many resumes its ridiculous. And it sucks that I have to work in the next town over because I don't speak enough french to work in quebec. Been there, done that, run out of ink... Seriously.
Ok, so maybe I'll ask a stupid question but aren't lots of people in Quebec like bilingual or sth?
I've been looking online and at all sorts of different places for help wanted signs. Trying my best. Thanks for the tips "
Ugh... You need to be really lucky to find something solid among internet adds, at least here. Lots of rubbish... I always preferred to go and ask because many do not advertise online.
Wren wrote: "... But whoa thats quite the coincidence with the tiresAnd I'm glad you and your friend were ok"
Yeah, it was weird. And I'm glad she's recovering too. ;)
I sent you a PM. I hope it helps.
Monika wrote: "Wren wrote: "I've sent out so many resumes its ridiculous. And it sucks that I have to work in the next town over because I don't speak enough french to work in quebec. Been there, done that, run..."
in quebec if you dont speak french youre screwed. there are actually a surprising number of people who dont speak english here, or who barely speak it
Wren wrote: "in quebec if you dont speak french youre screwed. there are actually a surprising number of people who dont speak english here, or who barely speak it "Huh, then it does suck. Sorry. But hey, I had to get up at 3 am to work that was in next town some years ago, so I know how nice it is sometimes.
When life kicks me in the ... backside ;) I always try to remember that there are plenty of those who are in a worse situation. It often somehow helps me to find another perspective. But that's me, I'm weird ;)
How's the house thing going?
Monika wrote: "Wren wrote: "in quebec if you dont speak french youre screwed. there are actually a surprising number of people who dont speak english here, or who barely speak it "Huh, then it does suck. Sorry...."
thinking about worse situations is useless to me., it doesn't change my situation, doesn't give me "perspective" or any of that. if it works for you, cool. for me, i hate it when people tell me that. (not directed at you, just general)
i found a place, 400 a month, it looks really nice. i just gotta get the money now
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LOL, that could end badly for you ;p