Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

I just slept for pretty much 12 hours straight. A little too long, but I kind of feel like the last week has been one long day. I'm still stressed, but at least it feels bearable now.

I have not even had the desire to drink in over a week.

Spoiler for ...:

I'm worried that I won't get my textbooks on time for my classes. Classes start on Tuesday because of the Holiday on Monday. I'm worried that I'll have to go into the long ass lines and stand behind some smelly slut talking about how she and her boyfriend broke up, or bragging about some girl being a bitch.

And then they look at me awkwardly, like seriously, what's wrong with these girls.

And also, a question to females, it's been irritating me for a while now.

When a guy uses the analogy that if a guy can't appreciate a lady in her sweatpants, he doesn't deserve to see her in her wedding dress, how does that verify that they are a "man?" So wait, you're telling me that if you think you can see a female in her sweatpants, you're automatically a man? That is so bullshit, and I'm a fucking guy. What goes on in people's brains? Do they have shit for brains? Is this the reason why they fuck up relationships because they're too much of wimps to accept that everyone has darkness underneath their light????

Isn't that comparison just making things more materialistic, I always thought it was being able to love her for the good and the bad, ugly, etc. because you develop a greater respect and bond because you realize that they're just as human as you...

What the fuck is wrong with this generation? People have the right intentions, but a horrible ideology in trying to induce these moments of ego-boosting that will only become passing reprieves. And by that, I mean trying way to hard to have this title of "man." Big deal broski, so what if you have the qualities of a "man," just because you can see a woman without makeup doesn't fucking make you some guy with "swag."

And the word "swagger" relates to "bravado," which is a false type of courage, so why do these wanna-be "gangsters" keep bragging about it? You can get all of these women at once?? OOOOOOOOOOH WE GOT A BADASS OVER HERE; good luck taking care of all those women you claim to have in control. -___-

Cliffs version:

It's time to buy textbooks, which means waiting in line for a long ass time only to find that when it's your turn, they don't have your order even though you have the order form and evidence RIGHT in front of you.

I hate the word "swagger"

Originally Posted by Linkzelda41

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if a guy can't appreciate a lady in her sweatpants, he doesn't deserve to see her in her wedding dress

Wait... you weren't awestruck by this gem of wisdom?

Buy your textbooks online, I guarantee they're way cheaper.

Originally Posted by Linkzelda41

It's time to buy textbooks, which means waiting in line for a long ass time only to find that when it's your turn, they don't have your order even though you have the order form and evidence RIGHT in front of you.

You can't get any books online? I saved a couple hundred bucks this semester for that. (Not so much "saved" though since it was already my money...)

I got a 150 dollar Sociology book for 15 dollars as a rental... Chegg.com

Textbook prices are fucking ridiculous, here at least, and I swear they're increasing every year. I bought two this semester (and a third, $30 student solutions manual) and the total came to:

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$395

Lol, my physics text book was around $250 at the school store when I could have got it from amazon for $150.

Originally Posted by Wayfaerer

Wait... you weren't awestruck by this gem of wisdom?

Buy your textbooks online, I guarantee they're way cheaper.

Lmao. There aren't e-books for the ones I need.

Originally Posted by ThePreserver

You can't get any books online? I saved a couple hundred bucks this semester for that. (Not so much "saved" though since it was already my money...)

I know I can get an online text for at least two of them (I have to find some way to buy the online package without the hard copy because I already have it; and that's going to be a bitch since I have to go up to the ditzy customer service in the college bookstore)

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Textbook prices are fucking ridiculous, here at least. I bought two this semester (and a third, $30 student solutions manual) and the total came to:

Spoiler for Price:

]$395

LOL. One solutions manual was $60+

Total came out to be like 300+ bucks (and that's for "used only" for most of them, which most likely isn't going to happen, just for like 4-6 books and manuals in total. Last semester it cost me $500+ and I wasted like $73 for other books I thought I needed as a supplement to help me in Biochemistry.

AND LOL 2? lmfao I thought it was horrible here.

The thing is with this university, they force you to buy the books, and make it complicated to buy the online versions, fucking scumbags.

And when you go to the class, the professor says you only need the online version despite in the syllabus "TEXTBOOK REQUIRED" .___.

Spoiler for Sad truth about college seniors..but not college freshmens.:

Well good night everyone, drink your alcohol/smell the chloroform and enjoy the illusion it gives you as we all cry ourselves to sleep.

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I have not even had the desire to drink in over a week.

I'll trade you.

Originally Posted by Linkzelda41

Lmao. There aren't e-books for the ones I need.

No. You buy the books, online. Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more https://www.chegg.com/

They ship them to you and you use them, and in most cases they are half-price or cheaper! (Example, 15 dollar rented book that is normally 150 dollars.) I just have to send it back at the end of the semester... but I did buy one to KEEP and it was still half-price.

No. You buy the books, online. Amazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more https://www.chegg.com/

They ship them to you and you use them, and in most cases they are half-price or cheaper! (Example, 15 dollar rented book that is normally 150 dollars.) I just have to send it back at the end of the semester.

Trust me, Amazon was the first thing I went to, they don't have them. (Especially lab manuals) (They don't have books to rent either).

If they are school-published, probably not That's unfortunate.

If you find any textbooks you need on amazon you can sign up for amazon student for free and get free 2-day shipping for a year.

We get free shipping here without having to sign up

I bought two AP biology textbooks last year for AP bio, which I ended up having to drop because the school's stupidly-arranged schedule put the class up against art, which I had to take instead. I then bought more textbooks for AP chemistry this year, which I also ended up dropping, down to regular chemistry. I figured I could still use them in regular, so I kept them instead of returning them... A couple days later I dropped chem entirely and took art again. x_x Hundred and fifty-something dollars down the drain.

Originally Posted by Linkzelda41

I have to find some way to buy the online package without the hard copy because I already have it; and that's going to be a bitch since I have to go up to the ditzy customer service in the college bookstore

When I lived on campus everyone who worked at our college bookstore was an acid dealer. Urgh, you've reminded me though, I need to get textbooks. :T Sigh, there's more money spent....

Originally Posted by OldSparta

I'll trade you.

No thanks. I was trying to get rid of the addiction all break.
It might be because I've been sleeping from 7pm-11pm, and it's hard to feel like drinking when I wake up. I'm stopping that sleep schedule now though, so maybe it will come back.

Originally Posted by Alyzarin

When I lived on campus everyone who worked at our college bookstore was an acid dealer.

That's... surreal.

Eh, nevermind. I'm taking out my bitchiness in IRC!

/me is occupying #DV

Originally Posted by Dianeva

That's... surreal.

It was a fun campus. It made getting distracted way too easy though.

Oh textbooks.... memories. The worst thing is when you don't use them even once and the teacher photocopies shit from the book for some reason.
Or it's like a 500 page book and you use like 20 or 30 pages max.

Yeah, that happens too often. Not this time though.

I don't know why but I've always been happy with Math textbooks. I reference them a lot even when we aren't told to. But others tend to be cluttered with mostly useless information that takes a long time to read.

Thank you, Dianeva for saying "Math" instead of "Maths" Also, why do you Canadians (?) say '... I'm going to University' instead of 'I'm going to A University (or THE etc). Then again, we say we're going to College (not A or The). Why is that? Now I'm confused lol

My rant is that the pipes are frozen again. Which means the work I did yesterday didn't accomplish crap.
So now I need to carry buckets of water from hubby's house here until a thaw.

I'm also annoyed because my blood pressure machine finally needs batteries. I have no idea where it's cord is... probably still at the Farm. My reaction to Minipress was NOT in my head. I took my stats before taking the med: 143/91, pulse 90 (resting). I took the med, stood, my heart was POUNDING, I felt nauseous and dizzy. I took my pressure: 78/45, pulse 100. I laid in bed, took it again: 115/76, pulse 91

I tried taking my pressure before getting out of bed, but the batteries are dead. I'll try to get more from hubby later because I want a working baseline.
But a pulse of 100 is nothing to me- I don't know why I felt like my heart was going to explode.

Time to google the med again...

Tommo. Is that normal for you? Are you having an allergic reaction? Is it due to the weather?
everyone else. I'm SO glad I don't have to worry about school!

Erii. Do you have bipolar disorder? It sounds like you're "rapid cycling". How's your lifestyle (sleep/activity and such). Maybe you just need to slow down or get on a good routine?

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

I'm also annoyed because my blood pressure machine finally needs batteries. I have no idea where it's cord is... probably still at the Farm. My reaction to Minipress was NOT in my head. I took my stats before taking the med: 143/91, pulse 90 (resting). I took the med, stood, my heart was POUNDING, I felt nauseous and dizzy. I took my pressure: 78/45, pulse 100. I laid in bed, took it again: 115/76, pulse 91

I tried taking my pressure before getting out of bed, but the batteries are dead. I'll try to get more from hubby later because I want a working baseline.
But a pulse of 100 is nothing to me- I don't know why I felt like my heart was going to explode.

My guess would be because your blood pressure was so low. That's definitely why you were nauseous and dizzy, and having it that low can cause anxiety that can make you feel like your heart is beating that fast. Lowering blood pressure is actually one of the ways that smoking too much weed (mostly for beginners or people who've overdone it) can cause panic attacks and short fainting spells, and weed anxiety is like 99% of the time about how your heart is beating way too hard and too fast when it's really going just slightly above normal, like yours was.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

Thank you, Dianeva for saying "Math" instead of "Maths" Also, why do you Canadians (?) say '... I'm going to University' instead of 'I'm going to A University (or THE etc). Then again, we say we're going to College (not A or The). Why is that? Now I'm confused lol

I don't know about the University thing. This is the first I've heard that non-Canadians don't say "going to University." It's the same as "going to college," "going to church," etc. It's just how it's said.

We don't say "maths" where I live. That sounds wrong to me. I've only recently been getting used to a lot of people (on DV) using "maths."

Originally Posted by Dianeva

I don't know about the University thing. This is the first I've heard that non-Canadians don't say "going to University." It's the same as "going to college," "going to church," etc. It's just how it's said.

This is the first I've heard that non-Americans don't say "going to a University". I can't really come up with any good reason why we say it that way when everything else is the same, but it definitely sounds weird not to.