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Real-life Rants; Vent here.
Topic Started: Jan 9 2008, 03:44 PM (22,247 Views)
~RipTheJacker~
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Rip hates her nervous system, for it is painful.

That is all.
Edited by RipTheJacker, Mar 26 2008, 10:38 PM.
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~The Boss~
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So I decided to start working out today, and now I feel like I'm about to keel over and die.

What brought this about? Why does anyone decide to work out? To look more attractive to the ladies, of course. Actually, that's only one reason, and it's not even the most important. What I really want is to be healthier, to be in better shape. You know, to not succumb prematurely to cancer or a heart attack or stroke like so many of the men in my family have. And perhaps to get me motivated to do other things I have been putting off forever (and if I happen to look better with my shirt off, that's cool too).

With all that in mind, this morning I did ten minutes on the treadmill, and when I was done, my life was practically flashing before my eyes. Ten minutes! That's not even a full workout! I'm so out of shape it's not even funny. Maybe it's the fact that I've never made a true commitment to working out. Or maybe it's all that smoking, drinking, and chemically altered, cancer-causing, e-coli infested crap that masquerades as food in this country. But I am definitely not prepared for this kind of physical exertion. And to make matters worse, my choice of music was Rage Against the Machine, which only made me want to push myself even harder. So I kept upping the speed on the treadmill to match the tempo and the aggressiveness of the music. Bad idea.

I feel like I just got sacked by Brian Urlacher. I feel like I just ran 20 miles with a pack of rabid wolves chasing me. This even after I've been resting for two hours.

And you know what the worst part is? Tomorrow I plan on doing it all over again.
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When working out, you have to make sure you pace yourself, too. For example, on the treadmill, don't expect yourself to be able to do a fast jog on it right away (especially if it's one of those uphill ones). The best thing to do is start out light, like a brisk walk, then slowly work your way toward more strenuous speeds.

Also, pick active music, but don't feel obligated to match the tempo (especially if the song is by Dragonforce, I made that mistake once) while you listen to it. I've found that just listening to active music while working out works a lot better than doing it in silence or with something classical (sorry Beethoven, I'm sure you understand). Of course, this is all from my minuscule experience.

Hope this helps!

Also, Sorry about your nervous system Rip, hope it gets better! (That's about all I can say, since I have no idea what's really going on...)
Edited by Metamyth, Mar 27 2008, 02:16 PM.
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Yeah, I usually listened to stuff like Megadeth or something along those lines when I ran. I could actually match the tempo without killing myself.

Of course that was when I could run without my nervous system exploding. Which is actually what I was ranting about earlier, Arx.

And also, I managed to smash my thumb up in Sword lessons today. Kyle smashed my index and my thumb. It's not broken, I can still move it, but it's blue, purple, and swollen.
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Also, pick active music, but don't feel obligated to match the tempo


The problem with that is, as a veteran of marching band, my feet always try to match the tempo of whatever music happens to be playing, whether I want them to or not. It's hard wired into my system, and there's nothing I can do about it.
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Hm. Looks like we have another tale of utter woe from Qualanx.

Why am I such a fall guy? I swear, at least 3/4 of my entire time in school I've had to put up with assholes making me feel like I'm not worthy of existance. And that's exactly how I feel right now. For most of last period, people were kicking me. And then this one guy told a group of people something I didn't say, as I'd been nearly silent for most of the time (we did this big walk thing in gym). Then I got yelled at.

So after that, I got kicked some more, even after telling these people to stop kicking me. About 20 times. But do they stop? No. They don't stop until I threaten to punch them. And then the guy who misquoted me comes back and starts shoving me around because I was angry. In fact he shoved me onto the road. Or at least tried to.

So then there's an eventless 20 seconds. Suddenly I hear "But he was jut flapping his albatross wings!" like 50 times coming from behind me. Now, this may not sound like much, but when someone is kicking you, saying that, and poking you in the neck with a twig you can slowly go insane.

And then when you go insane the nearest emptyheaded jock gets the realisation that the person already being annoyed has been weakened. And then proceeds to attack them even further.

A few people eventually did start to care that I was so unhappy. That proves that there are people at my school who aren't ninety-nine percent scum and one percent human.

And its really too bad the people kicking me and pretty much yelling "albatross wings" in my ear for about 20 minutes were my "friends".

I honestly don't know why I'm still on this planet :| Given the chance, I'd leave.
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I'd mail you cookies, but from my reputation I doubt you'd want them.

People are just sucky, and I know what they say hurts, but keep in mind that when you get out of highschool none of it will matter. And more then likely, you'll end up being their boss...

>.>

One of life's wonderful perks is irony. Just hold on and keep going, what they say has no bearing on who you really are. They're not even worth your time if they're taking you at face value. All trials pass, just take it for what it's worth. It's a learning experience that can help both you, and someone else in the future. Every person is important and of value, they all have special talents and abilities. The face value is nothing but an empty shell, and no one should be judged for that.

You really are an important person, just as much as they are. Nothing you say will make them see that, but the important part is that you know that. They have as many flaws as you've got, some of them prolly have more. They're just so wrapped up in pointing out yours so they don't see their own.

I can't really give you any magical advice to solve your problems, but I'll pray for you.

Ok, now that I've typed a bunch of whimsical stuff... I'm going to crawl back into my hole. I hope I helped.
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Most people are shallow enough to believe that they can empower themselves by belittling others. Keep your head up and don't let them wear you down; as much as they hurt, just laugh off their absurd comments and don't show any signs of annoyance/anger/weakness. They'll tire of it when they realise it isn't getting through anymore.

The longer you allow the kicking and physical assaults to continue, the worse they'll get. You should have them stopped as soon as possible - if you're not in a position to intimidate or fight back, report them to a prefect/teacher and tell your parents about it.

You should also probably find new friends, people who turn on you in situations like this can't be trusted and keeping them around will likely only aggravate the problem.
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Not to mention, if they flip like that about your friendship, they weren't your friends to begin with.

Sorry for the one liner.
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With friends like that, who needs enemies?

Outrack is right, though, if you let it contine, they'll just keep doing it.

I don't know much about school, as I've never really experienced it before, but, seriously, high school is overrated. I know enough to be able to say that at least.

Don't let them get to you. Give 'em five years and they'll either be working in a no-go cubicle farm, or fast food. The people who act like that don't go anywhere in life.
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