Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Originally Posted by Wishfulthinker

Welp. My Lit teacher made me cry today. Thank you very much for being the shittest part of my week so far you ridiculous person. Urgh. Put a big downer on the mood. *sigh*

Oh well. Life is slowly sorting itself out.

What they do? Sorry to hear that?

Originally Posted by sefalik

I really enjoyed the Eckhart Tolle book I read. At that point in my life, it had a pretty big impact for me. But a well-written book on psychology may have had to same affect. I didn't look at the book in any sort of spiritual or religious way, but rather as a sort of guide towards a healthy "mental" life.

On the other hand, my ex became a self-proclaimed Buddhist after reading it, even though the book--A New Earth, I believe it was--seldom mentioned anything about Buddhism beyond simple references. So I see what you mean...

Yeah it depends on the person of course. I'll admit I haven't read his books, just listened to some talks/interviews. But I've seen a lot of nutters talking about him. They get the wrong idea, I think, because he is too vague. Alan Watts is a much more grounded person to listen to, and he's got some great speeches (haven't read his books either, but he's got a fair few).

Originally Posted by ColdCrisis

Studying japanese is a totally aggressive beast.It mauls me at any chance possible...

Right now I'm making some mighty fine progress but it's a matter of days until I forget most of it again.
It worries me most of the time how I construct sentences.Either I sound like a 5 year old or a mentally handicapped person."Me not happy,me want food!

I have started writing a journal/diary in japanese but most of the time I don't know what to write down.Maybe because nothing really happens.

If anyone here wants to learn with me or consult my rudimentary japanese,feel free to just go ahead!

Haha, studying Chinese now, I have realised why the native speakers use such weird grammar when they speak or write in English.
For example in Chinese you say "Ni jiao shenme mingzi" which if you directly translate it is "you called what name?"
And I've had a lot of Chinese people say things like "what is your name called?" or "what call your name?"

So anyway, point is, don't worry. I assume it's completely normal to have retarded grammar unless you live in the other country for years and interact with native speakers of that language regularly.

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

A rave is that hubby paid for everything to be done with my car
But now they say I need $70. for (I think it's called) differential fluid and $650. for new tires

You can get these eco tyres now, they cost $90 or so per tyre, it's all recycled or something. Got them on my last car and they lasted years until it died, still had a lot of life left in them.

Related rant: Tried to get my motorbike roadworthy certificate and they said it needs all these repairs which will cost $860....
Front tyre, chain and sprockets, brake fluid and brake pads + labour.

Think I'm going to have to just pay it. I *can* fix it myself, but I don't have any time anymore, and could only do an hour or so on it maybe every few days.

I really thought it would pass the road worthy, but I guess riding 8000 kms without oiling the chain fucks things up (woops :S)

Originally Posted by Dianeva

In one of my 3rd year computer science classes, a graphics class, we have these huge assignments. Huge as in there are only 4 of them the whole semester, each worth 10% of our final grade (for 40% total). We have to learn this programming language called glsl, and the class doesn't even teach it so we have to figure it out, and it's hard to find online resources on this topic. The lectures are terrible too, so the whole thing is frustrating. Definitely the kind of thing you'd want to start early. Well I got 75% of the third one done in like 2 days, a couple days ago. I was so stressed in class a couple days ago because it was due at midnight and I'd have to work on the remaining part. Well the teacher polled the class with a clicker question (our school uses iclickers which let people anonymously answer polls and then the stats are displayed on the screen). The question was "how far are you along on the assignment (that was due today). Of the 45 people who voted, 4 claimed to have not started, 20% had only just looked at it, 20% had only gotten parts 1 or 1-2 done. I didn't memorize the other numbers but I think it was almost even between people who'd completed the assignment and still had the last part. That was extremely surprising because I always assumed I was the only one who procrastinated this badly.

Yeah there's definitely merit to always thinking you're not doing well enough. It forces you to try and do better, if you care of course.
But you also have to try and balance it. If you worry too much, and think about it too much, you get overwhelmed.

The only method I have found is to focus on one day at a time, and for anything further away than tomorrow, write it down and forget about it until the end of the day or in the morning. Then you look at the timetable or calendar or list or whatever and see what you have to do for the next day.
If you think "I have to do all this shit this week" or this month or semester or year, you're gonna get overwhelmed and just start playing games or watching movies and tv shows.

I think that is the exact reason a lot of us procrastinate (I don't consider people who don't even care to be procrastinating).

We think way too far ahead, get overwhelmed and shut off/use escape mechanisms to avoid the stress that comes with thinking too far in the future.

Originally Posted by tommo

Haha, studying Chinese now, I have realised why the native speakers use such weird grammar when they speak or write in English.
For example in Chinese you say "Ni jiao shenme mingzi" which if you directly translate it is "you called what name?"
And I've had a lot of Chinese people say things like "what is your name called?" or "what call your name?"

So anyway, point is, don't worry. I assume it's completely normal to have retarded grammar unless you live in the other country for years and interact with native speakers of that language regularly.

I know what you mean in japanese you say "(name)と申します" - meaning I am called (name).But usually you say "(name) desu" because it's not too formal and not too casual.
The syntax isn't too hard once you get a very basic grip on it.In western languages you usually use subject -> verb -> object
But in japanese (and maybe chinese aswell) you use subject (which is usually omited) -> object -> verb
F.e. "I go to the toilet" becomes トイレに行きます - Toire ni ikimasu - Toilet to (I) go

I'm having a really really hard time with particles and grammar.I'm trying to build up a understanding for casual everyday conversations but it's quite tough.
The basic stuff is more than easy enough at this point but it's hard to string longer sentences together with relative clauses and so on.

I couldn't even wrap my head around Spanish because of the way they change the subject, object, verb. It confused the royal heck out of me. And Spanish is supposed to be one of the easiest foreign languages to learn.

Wishful. What a creep (unless he/she made you sad in an indirect sort of way- like a sad story lol)

Tommo. Sucks about your bike! I'll have to look those tires up. Hubby says we'll rotate the tires on my car once it warms up to get a little more life out of them and as a teaching lesson for me A couple weeks ago his daughter called him with a flat so he's wanting to make sure I know how what to do (even though we have Triple A hehe) He's shown me how in the past. I'm sure I could do it, so it would be neat to actually try.

My rants are that I slept terribly last night and that it's SO FRIGGIN freezing today. I want to eat my morning oatmeal but there's no way I'm leaving my room. It's absolutely miserable today.
A rave is that it's supposed to be in the high 50's again tomorrow *WOOT!*

Beh.. I guess I'll have SLim Jims and Applesauce for breakfast/lunch

Originally Posted by Crashyy

GUYS I THINK MY HOUSE IS HAUNTED IM FREAKING OUT SO MUCH RIGHT NOW.

When I was at my mum's house today, everytime when I walked into a room, the lights started to flicker.
And the same thing is happening at my dad's house right now. D;
I keep feeling these cold spots. Like seriously, the heating is on. And my hands are absolutely freezing.
It was quite hot today outside and according to my brother it's quite warm in our room.
And I keep hearing this knocking sound in the distance.
So I have no idea what's going on omg D:

Yup! Haunted for sure...

Doctor today. Hooray. I guess I gotta suck it up and get it over with. But probably gonna scare the doctor by having a panic attack, haha.

In other news, Cyclone Lusi - a category three storm - is headed our way. Woohoo, 120km winds. Just what we needed. The rain will be great, though!

Originally Posted by Tiresias

What they do? Sorry to hear that?

She decided to blame my failings on me not putting in enough effort and not trying hard enough because I'm the only one failing so it can't be a teaching thing. For those who know me they know that I am extremely hard working, having put so much effort into these mocks I have been physically ill from overworking. I mean, yeah I'm shit at Lit but I've been coming to ask for my teacher's help since the start of the year it's not my fault they haven't bothered to listen to me.

I'm just so angry and frustrated and then she used her sarcastic 'wit' to put me down, following up that statement with 'don't get down and let your confidence take a knock, I know you can be like that sometimes' well then why the fuck would you insult me you stupid person?! Does that really sound sensible? Honestly? Urgh. Some people just confuse me I'm going to live in a hole under a rock for the rest of my life.

Originally Posted by tommo

The only method I have found is to focus on one day at a time, and for anything further away than tomorrow, write it down and forget about it until the end of the day or in the morning. Then you look at the timetable or calendar or list or whatever and see what you have to do for the next day.
If you think "I have to do all this shit this week" or this month or semester or year, you're gonna get overwhelmed and just start playing games or watching movies and tv shows.

I think that is the exact reason a lot of us procrastinate (I don't consider people who don't even care to be procrastinating).

We think way too far ahead, get overwhelmed and shut off/use escape mechanisms to avoid the stress that comes with thinking too far in the future.

Definitely agree with this strategy. Of all the strategies that fail for me, this one occasionally succeeds far more often than the others. In fact I'd go even farther sometimes than only considering the current day. Just keeping in mind the next little task I have to do can help. For example rather than having to get this huge assignment done today I try to only concentrate on question 1, ignoring the other questions for now. Or if I'm procrastinating with even that, I'll focus on just opening the assignment and reading it. One little step at a time and eventually you've climbed a staircase.

(This is happening right now. Somehow it's 3:34pm. It was just 12. I was just on reddit for what felt like a bit.... how the hell could that have taken up 3 1/2 hours!?)

Spoiler for Stuff that's going on:

I've kind of been making a point of not talking about anything too personal on here. A public forum is not how I want to vent. And it hasn't been, and it's working out great. But in case anyone's curious, I have been going through a lot of stress. School is worse than it's ever been, though I have a break right now because one of my assignments was pushed back from tomorrow to Sunday. I've been keeping up and doing generally well, but just barely. There are a number of life stresses but the main one right now is the stress of finding a job. My lack of ability to be social seems to be worsening, not improving, with age. My social awkwardness and feeling of self-consciousness, lack of a social mask or personality that I feel comfortable with, seems more and more worrisome lately.

It's no longer just a quirk to my character. I actually used to take pride in being different, as I viewed social ability to be sort of synonymous with stupidity. It's the quiet, awkward people who are better at thinking, who are the kinds of people I want to associate with. But lately I've rendered consciously that it isn't that simple. Everybody needs to be able to talk, even introverted people. Even people in my field. Being a relatable person who other people enjoy being around is pretty much required to get any job, and I feel I'm the opposite. I'm someone who makes people especially uncomfortable because they can sense my awkwardness.

Even if a job were something you simply sign up for, and no interview was involved at all, I'd still be terrified to sign up for one. I'm afraid of regular social interaction and feel people are judging me negatively even when in reality they almost certainly don't even notice me. The thought of an actual interview in which people are actively judging me and I'm pressured to make a good impression... that thought is nightmare-ish. I honestly don't think I can do it. So I don't know what's going to happen to me. I need to get a job in the summer. I've told my parents that I'll get done, and I need money as I'm pretty much just using my parents' money right now (something else I feel bad about). Plus, I need some sort of computer science related work experience for my resume.

I hear people talking about their summer jobs at school, interviews they've attended, etc. I don't know how I'm going to do that. I also want to work on my appearance. I want to get a haircut, to start wearing a bit of makeup, get new clothes, go to some school events maybe that I'm always being invited to, perhaps just force myself to attend a job fair and see what happens. But there's no time for that. Too much school. There's always an assignment due within the next 2-3 days, and if I dare to relax for a day, the next day I'm rushing and berating my yesterday-self for relaxing.

Ah so that's how it works, I can imagine it must be tough at first but I'm sure you've learned to live with it. Doctors can say what they want but there's only one person who can express your feelings and that is you. That's not how I get tired, I think it's actually pretty great that people can differ so much.

No it's just an old habit now, I just smoked one and cleaned the house a bit and made a drawing so I'm fine with it now. Yes I like my life but I want to spend less time on the computer and do the stuff that is actually at hand, I'm too lazy in my own eyes. There's always room for improvement. I've been striving to be a better person.

Originally Posted by Wishfulthinker

She decided to blame my failings on me not putting in enough effort and not trying hard enough because I'm the only one failing so it can't be a teaching thing. For those who know me they know that I am extremely hard working, having put so much effort into these mocks I have been physically ill from overworking. I mean, yeah I'm shit at Lit but I've been coming to ask for my teacher's help since the start of the year it's not my fault they haven't bothered to listen to me.

I'm just so angry and frustrated and then she used her sarcastic 'wit' to put me down, following up that statement with 'don't get down and let your confidence take a knock, I know you can be like that sometimes' well then why the fuck would you insult me you stupid person?! Does that really sound sensible? Honestly? Urgh. Some people just confuse me I'm going to live in a hole under a rock for the rest of my life.

If you need help, I have a degree in English. I, and I am sure others, can gladly help where we can.

Wishful. Yeah, she's an idiot. I've known people like that my whole life and I just want to strangle or slap them. They think they're being witty or helpful but they're actually the complete opposite.

Dianeva Try to make yourself get out of your comfort zone "X" number of time/s a day or a week. Don't overwhelm yourself but take little steps.

Astral. Hope you survived the shots and got some positive news?

Athylus. Grats on getting stuff done Differences are cool. Like hubby has an ulcer and I have inflamation (duodenitis). He lives on Reeses Peanut Butter cups and they kill my stomach in no time flat. To me it's basically the same problem but our diet is sometimes completely opposite each others.

No real rants here. A rave is that I bought some nylon thread for crocheting and I made myself a new lanyard pouch for my e-cig. I also bought a small silver owl jewelry piece and put that on it. I LOVE the finished product (except where I ended the work, I burned the last of the thread to try to keep it from unraveling- but it's only noticeable if you're looking for it). I love the look of the black nylon very much. I REALLY hope it doesn't fall apart. I've never crocheted with this stuff before. I might make a myself a purse now
But it is a lot more expensive than yarn. i definitely wont be using it very often!

Originally Posted by Dianeva

Definitely agree with this strategy. Of all the strategies that fail for me, this one occasionally succeeds far more often than the others. In fact I'd go even farther sometimes than only considering the current day. Just keeping in mind the next little task I have to do can help. For example rather than having to get this huge assignment done today I try to only concentrate on question 1, ignoring the other questions for now. Or if I'm procrastinating with even that, I'll focus on just opening the assignment and reading it. One little step at a time and eventually you've climbed a staircase.

(This is happening right now. Somehow it's 3:34pm. It was just 12. I was just on reddit for what felt like a bit.... how the hell could that have taken up 3 1/2 hours!?)

Spoiler for Stuff that's going on:

I've kind of been making a point of not talking about anything too personal on here. A public forum is not how I want to vent. And it hasn't been, and it's working out great. But in case anyone's curious, I have been going through a lot of stress. School is worse than it's ever been, though I have a break right now because one of my assignments was pushed back from tomorrow to Sunday. I've been keeping up and doing generally well, but just barely. There are a number of life stresses but the main one right now is the stress of finding a job. My lack of ability to be social seems to be worsening, not improving, with age. My social awkwardness and feeling of self-consciousness, lack of a social mask or personality that I feel comfortable with, seems more and more worrisome lately.

It's no longer just a quirk to my character. I actually used to take pride in being different, as I viewed social ability to be sort of synonymous with stupidity. It's the quiet, awkward people who are better at thinking, who are the kinds of people I want to associate with. But lately I've rendered consciously that it isn't that simple. Everybody needs to be able to talk, even introverted people. Even people in my field. Being a relatable person who other people enjoy being around is pretty much required to get any job, and I feel I'm the opposite. I'm someone who makes people especially uncomfortable because they can sense my awkwardness.

Even if a job were something you simply sign up for, and no interview was involved at all, I'd still be terrified to sign up for one. I'm afraid of regular social interaction and feel people are judging me negatively even when in reality they almost certainly don't even notice me. The thought of an actual interview in which people are actively judging me and I'm pressured to make a good impression... that thought is nightmare-ish. I honestly don't think I can do it. So I don't know what's going to happen to me. I need to get a job in the summer. I've told my parents that I'll get done, and I need money as I'm pretty much just using my parents' money right now (something else I feel bad about). Plus, I need some sort of computer science related work experience for my resume.

I hear people talking about their summer jobs at school, interviews they've attended, etc. I don't know how I'm going to do that. I also want to work on my appearance. I want to get a haircut, to start wearing a bit of makeup, get new clothes, go to some school events maybe that I'm always being invited to, perhaps just force myself to attend a job fair and see what happens. But there's no time for that. Too much school. There's always an assignment due within the next 2-3 days, and if I dare to relax for a day, the next day I'm rushing and berating my yesterday-self for relaxing.

Yeah as Zhaylin said, you need to apply the exact same logic to schoolwork, to social interaction.

I mean, you literally said "The thought of an actual interview in which people are actively judging me and I'm pressured to make a good impression... that thought is nightmare-ish." right after talking about taking things one at a time.

You haven't even applied to a job yet (I assume) and you're thinking about the interview process.

First, talk to someone. Ask the time to a random stranger. Do this until you are comfortable with it and it doesn't phase you at all.

I failed. Miserably. The other day, I made a post a realized I successfully reached a post count of 420. I told myself that I would bask in it's glory and refrain from posting for a while.

Well, I don't even remember what my 421st post was. I just made a post in another thread and saw my post count hit 422, then I realized: "Oh, right. I was supposed to bask in the glory of 420 posts for a while, or something. Oh well, I'll go rant about it now."


On a more serious note... actually, no, I don't have a more serious rant/rave. My morning thoughts while driving down the highway and looking at the horizon: "Look at this beautiful sunrise. And look at these sorry bastards driving like madmen in and out of traffic not even realizing it. I'll go home and drink a beer to them." Which actually does bring me to a serious rant, because I don't have any beer.

Selfalik. Sorry to hear you're out of beer. Grats on your post count though

My rant is with my new lanyard pouch. I have to pay close attention when using it. I went to absetmindedly vape last night, but my hand stopped just before the drip tip hit my lips. The thing was radiating heat. And then I heard a soft hissing noise.
Because this new e-cig's button is on the bottom, it was stuck in the on position by the sturdier nylon. It's a very snug fit. I imagine I wont have to worry about it so much after I've used it for a while because it will stretch out some. for now though.... yikes! Even the button was burning hot. It took over 5 minutes for the thing to cool down!

A rave is that the plumbing has thawed again. It was only out for 2 days. May this cold, miserable weather be done for the season!!

A rant is that my kids are about to try to send me out for pizza. I just woke up. Leave me alone lol I'll leave in 2 hours.
I also woke up with a headache. But I got 8 1/2 hours of sleep. So long as I remember to take ranitidine before bed, I seem to do okay.

Originally Posted by Tiresias

If you need help, I have a degree in English. I, and I am sure others, can gladly help where we can.

That'd be great. I've got a few pointers from a teacher and I'm going to do some work over the weekend but my head of sixth form said if the teacher's help doesn't work I can drop the subject. HELL TO THE FUCK YES I'M THE ONLY ONE SHE'S ALLOWING YEEEAAAAH!!!

I mean. Well, this is a rather good perspective to have on the situation.

Not gonna lie, life kinda sucks sometimes. [/obvious]

Just got home from my first day of the 3 day martial arts seminar. 2 hours of perfectly non-stop fighting...I want to puke out my soul and a few gallons of blood...

Worst thing...There is more to come tomorrow.Someone help me!

You can dooooo eeeeeet CC!! I believe in you. Plus, when all this training pays off and you can kick all form of butt, I can hire you as my personal bodyguard <3

Originally Posted by OpheliaBlue

You can dooooo eeeeeet CC!! I believe in you. Plus, when all this training pays off and you can kick all form of butt, I can hire you as my personal bodyguard <3

Hopefully gettin paid in food,but with Ophelias skills,I would be the worlds fattest bodyguard....

Originally Posted by Wishfulthinker

That'd be great. I've got a few pointers from a teacher and I'm going to do some work over the weekend but my head of sixth form said if the teacher's help doesn't work I can drop the subject. HELL TO THE FUCK YES I'M THE ONLY ONE SHE'S ALLOWING YEEEAAAAH!!!

I mean. Well, this is a rather good perspective to have on the situation.

Post a thread for it, and we'll help where we can. I'm surprised I haven't seen a school help thread now that I say it. Do we have that?

Today's rant/rave includes a picture!

Rave: I resolved the beer crisis yesterday (and yes, I'm a wimp and didn't even finish that one bottle--there's a tad over 750ml per bottle, so I normally drink half at a time).
Rant: I don't really have much food... and the restaurant/diner I planned to go to this morning is STILL closed. They've been closed like all winter. Ah wel... guess I'm going to the grocery store.



Also rant-worthy is the fact that I left my amplifier on all night again. I have a bad habit of forgetting to turn it off when I have it switched to my PC. Being as it's an 80lb sexy hunk of 1980s electronic goodness, it's not exactly energy efficient.

Not enough time to study everything. Got my first test on Wednesday for Chinese, and a Chemistry lab next week too. Still haven't caught up on Biology lectures from last week.... uhghvnsen

I really wanted to go to this protest tomorrow, giving a vote of no confidence in the current government. I'm so glad people are standing up to the bullshit they are pulling and I want to as well. But.... I don't think I'm going to be able to go.... really disappointing. Especially since they effectively just banned protesting in my state, I wanted to stand up for my rights as well.

Fuck!

I probably could still go, at risk of being behind in Uni for a little bit. Difficult to choose.
I'm sure there will be more protests though, at least.

Tomorrow? That's Sunday. You have classed on Sunday?!

That was my initial thought. Then I looked at your "location," and I remembered that Australia is in the future.

Rave: My last paycheck was nearly double a normal 40-hour week because of the overtime.
Rave: I filled out my tax return today. My return more than doubled after adding my college expenses. Actually, I paid about $1,000 out-of-pocket for college this year. After adding this info to my tax info, I in turn received MORE than what I actually paid for classes on top of my work-related tax return. So I essentially got paid to go to college this year. I'm not sure why, but I also don't care.

Edit: Just for reference, I probably belong in the drunk thread right now. But I'm coherent enough to at least edit my post to a legible state, so I that's worth something I suppose.

There are three type of people when it comes to Homestuck:
1- Those who have never heard of it before.
2- Those who hate it/hate the people who like it.
3- Those who swoon any time it's mentioned.

I fit into none of those :c I just like it but I'm not totally crazy about it :c

I really hate it when people try to make you feel bad or ashamed about something that you like---especially when it's so harmless!