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Real-life Rants; Vent here.
Topic Started: Jan 9 2008, 03:44 PM (22,187 Views)
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I've come to the point where I've realized that I don't actually want to go with the extended family on vacation this year, as opposed to spending the last proper week of my time off school at home, around a couple of friends I could actually hang out with.

And I have no idea how I'm gonna argue my way out of going.
Once, there was a maiden...
...whose tears of grief nearly drowned the world.
So she tore out her heart, and made war against it.
In victory, she sealed it in a locket,
and trapped in a casting of bronze.
"Such is the price of unguarded emotion," she said.
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Ahhh, I hate that. Granted, I don't have a whole lot of friends to hang out with, but I'm generally thankful I don't have to go on a 3 hour trip to see my grandparents. I'm at least lucky on that part.
"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
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Time for me to start looking for another job. I haven't been fired or quit my current job, but I'm tired of all this playing around when it comes to people not doing what they're supposed to do so I can get moved off of the lot and into the building.
Since my liver is larger than my heart, does that mean I'm designed to drink more and care less?
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So I graduate university in December and I'm really not feeling as enthused about it as everyone is telling me I should be. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy to be done and finally getting my degree, but I'd rather do it with minimal fuss. I'm continuing my current job after graduation as I'm quite content with it, so my daily routine isn't going to be changing much.

And of course there are a lot of people out of state so I'm expected to invite, though I have no idea how hotels are going to work out since the graduation isn't going to be in its typical location. Thanks, construction projects, for closing down the normal building and making us have it 40 minutes away from the university. That's going to be so great.
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After years of so much neglect, it would appear my Nintendo DS video game cards are capoot. Granted, I probably wouldn't have them for less than a day...but still *Sad face*

I had five cards in total. The only reason I know they're gone is because there's a sole survivor: Nanostray 2. Good game. Must have stayed alive because it was plugged in my DS since its inactivity. Everything else, from Super Mario, Metroid Prime: Hunters, Nanostray, to Metroid Prime Pinball. Gone.

The irony is that my GBA games are still alive after all this time. Even my first one, Metroid Fusion. God that cartridge is old.
"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
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*Grumbles* I think Chatango MIGHT hate my internet connection.
"I believe that the human spirit is indomitable. If you endeavor to achieve, it will happen given enough resolve. It may not be immediate, and often your greater dreams is something you will not achieve within your own lifetime. The effort you put forth to anything transcends yourself, for there is no futility even in death."
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My uncle is dying. Not of anything specific, mind you. He's 73 years old, his body is breaking down, and his heart is giving out (though to be fair, it's been giving out for more than twenty years). In fact, given our family history, particularly that of his five brothers - all dead - it's actually kind of a miracle that he's actually lived this long, especially considering he's been in such poor health for almost as long as I've been alive. But that's not what I'm ranting about.

No, what I'm ranting about is the fact that he's being such a prick about it.

He does nothing but complain. He's grumpy, short tempered, pessimistic, and constantly stressing himself out - which, of course, is exactly what you want to do when you have a bad heart. He's stubborn as hell, will not listen to my mom or her sisters when they tell him to slow down, relax, and take better care of himself. They can't leave him alone because there might be a medical emergency, but they're also sick of all the bitching and moaning. They love their brother and don't wanna see him go, especially since he's the last of their brothers that's still alive, but it's obvious how frustrated they all are. They'd never say so, but I know in their heart of hearts, they wish he'd just get it over with already and stop putting them all through this.

Also, I can't help but wonder if the fact that he's probably gay and has never said so has anything to do with this. The signs are all there, they've always been there. Even when me and my cousins were too young to properly interpret them, we knew something was up (never married, never dated, lived at home his whole life, snazzy dresser, fancy old man car, always going to the movies with his "friend," bathroom full of Men's Health magazines...). He's got a whole 1950s confirmed bachelor thing going on. If that's truly the case - and it might not be, though I'm pretty sure it is - then I wish he could just come out and get that weight off his shoulders, and maybe then he'd be more at peace with himself and less angry at everyone and everything. Of course, old Mexicans aren't exactly comfortable talking about those things, as evidenced by my aunt's total freakout when my cousin came out recently (and yet despite her profound discomfort, she let his much younger boyfriend move in with her and still loves and accepts him no matter what). So even if he is gay, I'd bet every penny I have that he takes it to his grave.

Regardless, his passing is inevitable. It's only a matter of time. And while everyone will mourn, I suspect a lot of people will also be very relieved.
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I am 33 years old. I have managed to go all this time on this Earth without having broken a single bone. I've pulled, sprained, strained, and torn, all sorts of things, but I've never suffered a broken bone.

Until today.

So it was about mid-afternoon. I was just chillin' at home, watching college football, walking around barefoot, cause I don't wear shoes around the house. I actually don't wear shoes whenever possible. Mostly, I wear flip-flops. Often in public. Basically, I don't put on shoes unless I absolutely have to.

Anyway, I'd gone to the kitchen, and then came back to sit down, and smashed my foot against the side of the couch. It was painful, I had to grab onto the table to steady myself, but I figured no big deal, I stubbed my toe. Well, I check it out, and my fourth toe on my right foot looks a little crooked. Not hugely, just slightly off, like there's more space between it and my middle toe than there should be. Still, I write it off, figuring it'll feel better after a while. Given my Hobbit-like attitude towards footwear, I smash my toes all the time. Eventually, it feels better.

It didn't start to feel better.

I couldn't put pressure on my foot at all without a lot of pain. Even just putting my heel down was a no-go. But even then, I thought just wait it out, it'll feel better in the morning. Well, as the evening and then the night drags on, it just feels worse and worse. So finally, I've had enough. And besides, I've got tickets to the baseball game the next day, which means I've got at least a long slog through the parking lot ahead of me, so I start to think I need to get it taken care of. So I head on over to the hospital so the ER doc can take a look at it (it's about 11 at night by this time.). At this point, I'm still thinking it's no big deal, probably just a sprain, but every step I take it hurts like hell. I tell them I'm just playing it safe, it's probably nothing. I'm expecting they just tape me up and that'll be the end of it.

So they take me in for an X-ray, and lo and behold, it's broken. Fourth phalange on my right foot, closed fracture. 33 years old, first broken bone of my life.

They taped up my toes and gave me a walking boot, but I wish they'd given me something a little stronger than Tramadol. It still hurts, and I'm not loopy at all.

Oh, and here's the kicker (no pun intended): as I was in the ER lobby giving them my info, the lady at the desk asks if I used to live on Roosevelt Drive. Yeah, I said... like back in the 80s. Paging Edward Snowden....
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Ooh, ouch. Jefe, I hope you start to feel better; given the foot surgery I endured in 2006, I can absolutely relate to your pain. Hopefully, you'll start to feel the relieving effects of the medication soon!
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Clear coated my four-string yesterday, reassembled and restrung it, and when I went to tune it... no signal. Which means that I have to shell out a bit of money to replace the pickup, controls, and wiring. And I was hoping to save up some money in case I get called to go to Cleveland for that audition I mentioned in another thread. (By the way, I'm terrified)
Since my liver is larger than my heart, does that mean I'm designed to drink more and care less?
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