The cranky thread

[Cancer]

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That's right! From an economic perspective' date=' I am well pleased. From an artistic and accuracy perspective, not so much. It is basically a cheesy mainland cop show that happens to be set here. I like it for what it is, but episode 2 alone had more gunplay than occurred in the entire state over the past decade. I assure you life is much more boring here, canine bounty hunters notwithstanding.[/quote']

The original Hawaii Five-0 was the last regular TV series show I made it a point to watch, and I expect it was sort of the same.

 

I always wanted Wo Fat's little submarine.

[Ragnarok]

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Why is it that I always get sick right before a crucial event? Is it too much to ask to be able to *sometimes* function at somewhat optimal capacity for when it really matters?

 

Ugh.

[Old Man]

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Up at 5am for an east coast con call, only to find that the presenter is going to be 30 minutes late.

[tkdguy]

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Do something else. I'd suggest watching Pinky and The Brain.

 

I'll try that, thanks.

 

Why is it that I always get sick right before a crucial event? Is it too much to ask to be able to *sometimes* function at somewhat optimal capacity for when it really matters?

 

Ugh.

 

Sorry to hear that.

[Narf the Mouse]

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Why is it that I always get sick right before a crucial event? Is it too much to ask to be able to *sometimes* function at somewhat optimal capacity for when it really matters?

 

Ugh.

Here's hoping that stops for you.

[SatinKitty]

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Why is it that I always get sick right before a crucial event? Is it too much to ask to be able to *sometimes* function at somewhat optimal capacity for when it really matters?

 

Ugh.

 

If you always get sick right before a crucial event, then it's not coincidence. Your subconscious really does not want to deal with these events. I'd suggest, if you want to get to the bottom of it, you get counseling and find out what's really going on.

[L. Marcus]

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Yeah, I'm with Kitty on that.

[CrosshairCollie]

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So, my wife locked her keys in the car while going to pay the mobile phone bill.

I do not have a vehicle of my own.

Everybody we know is at work or otherwise unavailable.

I have no cash to get a cab, and they're stupidly expensive in this town anyway.

So, I start walking. This is about a 3 mile hike, sayeth Google Maps.

I have one of the most sedentary lifestyles imaginable without being in a vegetative state, so I am now, officially, hot, tired, sweaty (it's in the mid-80s with no cloud cover and little shade between here and there), and tired.

I am going to have a tall glass of ice water, and if the nurses want to bitch about my fluid intake tomorrow, they can kiss my ass.

 

Edit: On the upside, I've figured out how to win every argument with my wife. Considering the state of my health, a 3 mile hike (though I managed to get a ride for the last mile or so) was rather ... unwise. When my wife asked me why I did that, I responded simply: "Because I'm stupid."

She couldn't argue.

 

Edit2: Holy s**t my legs hurt now.

[lemming]

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Yeah' date=' I'm with Kitty on that.[/quote']

 

Or someone got him sick on purpose!

[tkdguy]

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I've been feeling sick all day, and that's making me cranky. Every little thing is setting me off right now, especially the slow internet connection.

[Narf the Mouse]

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I've been feeling sick all day' date=' and that's making me cranky. Every little thing is setting me off right now, especially the slow internet connection.[/quote']

Being sick is no fun. Waiting for this cold to finally decide it's over.

[tkdguy]

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Right now, I'm fighting off the urge to wake up the entire neighborhood by smashing my computer with a hammer. The TV too for good measure. Neither of them seems to be working properly lately anyway.

[Narf the Mouse]

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Apparently, I have to explain myself three or four times before people listen. And no-one seems to understand one person asking is a question; six people asking is hostile.

[L. Marcus]

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Just sliced my thumb open on a can of Heinz white beans.

 

Oh, and I'm still coughing after three weeks.

[SatinKitty]

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I've been in Denial Isle about my latest two month long bout of depression, but OddHat just may hit me with a brick. (Joke. OddHat never has and never will hurt me physically in any way.)

[Old Man]

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Wouldn't expect a character sheet to hurt too much. Now if it were a mystic with a cosmic VPP, and you have pages and pages of previously worked out powers, then that might leave a mark.

[tkdguy]

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Tonight I found myself remembering when I was a kid. While I don't want to be a kid again, I wish a lot of things were like they were then. So many of my loved ones are getting old and sick. I've lost a lot of them, some of them way too soon.

 

Nostalgia can really suck sometimes.

[Cancer]

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I'd say this is a moral dilemma, but it isn't; it's a social one.

 

Saturday evening my daughter got a phone call from a friend of hers, a classmate. Nothing unusual there. But ... said classmate was drunk. 8th grade, 13 years old, and drunk, early on a Saturday evening.

 

She was home, with her dad, while mom and little sister are out of town on a trip. Dad didn't know (we think and hope); he's pretty disengaged, probably not in substance abuse but in on-line games or other legal pastimes. We also don't know if this has happened before. She has utterly no respect for her mother, who (I must admit) is pretty ineffective.

 

Mom and sister will be back in a week, or so we understand.

 

Seems pretty clear the girl -- hell, probably the whole family -- needs help. But saying so is a delicate thing, of course. And it's not clear that taking it up with the mother will be enough to trigger the counseling they all need.

 

Sigh.

[Narf the Mouse]

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I'd say this is a moral dilemma, but it isn't; it's a social one.

 

Saturday evening my daughter got a phone call from a friend of hers, a classmate. Nothing unusual there. But ... said classmate was drunk. 8th grade, 13 years old, and drunk, early on a Saturday evening.

 

She was home, with her dad, while mom and little sister are out of town on a trip. Dad didn't know (we think and hope); he's pretty disengaged, probably not in substance abuse but in on-line games or other legal pastimes. We also don't know if this has happened before. She has utterly no respect for her mother, who (I must admit) is pretty ineffective.

 

Mom and sister will be back in a week, or so we understand.

 

Seems pretty clear the girl -- hell, probably the whole family -- needs help. But saying so is a delicate thing, of course. And it's not clear that taking it up with the mother will be enough to trigger the counseling they all need.

 

Sigh.

That she's drinking at that age indicates to me more problems underlying it. Such as feeling abandoned by her family.

[Cancer]

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I tend to agree with you, but I am certainly no expert and there are other possibilities. AFAIK this was the first time (I sure hope so), but it's clear there's serious trouble.

[lemming]

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That she's drinking at that age indicates to me more problems underlying it. Such as feeling abandoned by her family.

 

Could be. Most of the teen alcohol/drug problems I saw were from families that didn't actively parent. Or set up contradictory or arbitrary rules. Sadly, the ones that I saw pull out of the self destructive cycles were usually because some other kid went further and completely self destructed.

 

edit: If it was the first time, maybe the hangover helped. And other friends that don't drink may help the cause as well.

[Cancer]

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I simply don't know enough about the family to know what's gone wrong, but something clearly has.

[lemming]

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I simply don't know enough about the family to know what's gone wrong' date=' but something clearly has.[/quote']

 

It's hard to know. I know I grew up better adjusted because a few of my friend's parents offered safe havens. They knew something was wrong, just not the full story. And my situation wasn't that bad in comparison to others, just in the well below average area.

[tkdguy]

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This is more depressing than cranky, but I have a few ghosts I need to dispel.

 

I was taking a walk just before going to the office. Since I was early, I decided to take the scenic route. After all, a leisurely walk in a nice neighborhood is very relaxing. That was indeed the case until I saw a notice on a lamp post. It was an ad about adopting older dogs. The featured dog was a 12 year-old poodle whose owner recently passed away. The contact information was in strips that interested people could tear off and keep; so far there were no takers.

 

I would have looked at the website, but there are a couple of complications. One is the cats now living in my house. I've grown attached to these cats, and I don't want to lose them by bringing a dog in here. Second, while I don't have a problem with adopting an older dog, I wouldn't want to go through the pain of losing another dog so soon. I lost both my dogs within 13 months of each other and I'm still grieving for them.

 

I don't know why all this makes me feel so depressed, but it does.

[CrosshairCollie]

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I know I should be more understanding here, but ...

 

There's this kid about two houses down the block who spends all afternoon outside screaming ... something. It has a long A in it, but halfway through the A turns into a shrill, high-pitched long E. Think Minnie Pearl's classic 'How-DEEEEEEEE'.

Over and over.

For HOURS.

EVERY. AFTERNOON.

 

Now, I can tell by even a cursory glance from this distance that the kid is, shall we say, 'special'. He looks to be in his early teens and is riding a tricycle with a helmet on. But it is growing harder and harder for me to resist the urge to stick my head out the door and tell him to stuff a f**king sock in it.