Random Rants ΠΕ': You're standing on my neck.

[H4run]

Being in charge with maintaining relation with biz partner, also try to goal projects, really put me in a situation that I never been before. So many partner like talking about women also a kind of entertainment that is forbidden for me. I try to laugh along on a subject that not interest me is so tiring and consuming, sometime just listening about it and laughing along makes me feel dirty about myself. Trying my best to do my job without destroying myself, my family and my belief.

Yesterday we have a huge feast in a traditional restaurant, I paid a street musician to enhanced the atmosphere where we can request songs and sing a long. After that in the car he told me it will be better if there is blabla, I'm just shrug it off and laughing, I don't want to be appear fanatic and not fun, he again purpose me where can we go next time, a kind of place that I detest, I told him no I cannot do that while still laughing just to make it less awkward and tension, but gladly he understand and move back.

I tell everything to my wife, I need to be reminded and guide, I really afraid I'll destroy myself in the end, I'm a straight man and of course I like those stuff, but the pain of hating myself and destroying what I have and those who love me outweigh that short pleasure, this is the only reason I'm not doing it, people say that hypocrite and fanatic, but maybe being a fanatic not bad at all.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Received a debt collection letter in the mail to the tune of $700 from a company I haven't interacted with in over six years... and that I don't owe any money to.

Statute of limitations in BC is six years. But just in case, I checked my credit report. No collections. Get outta here.

They just called me and it was automatically blocked by my provider. Seconds later, another call, this time from a bank (that I don't have an account with), also automatically blocked.

They're committed to the scam, I guess.

I haven't heard this one going around for awhile. Normally the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre only wants to hear from people who have actually lost money, but it might be worth warning the local RCMP that it's going around, and suggest they might want to issue a public announcement to warn others.

I got a robocall from "Allison" where they tell me my "Microsoft license" is about to be canceled because some sort of illegal activity is associated with my IP address. This happened while my housekeeping helper was here, and she could guess by the expression on my face when I answered the phone that it was a scam call. She guessed the wrong one, though (thought it was the CRA scam).

I just hung up. At least when it's the windows and doors thing or the security system telemarketers, I can exercise my repertoire of four-letter words (yeah, I know it's a job for them, but how many dozens of times will it take to tell them to remove me from the calling list before they do it?

Answer: infinite. The law says they have to, but they never do. The Do Not Call legislation isn't enforceable outside of Canada, and these calls are coming from India.

 

[cardgame]

I'm awake at 4am and my eyes hurt

 

[JohannaK]

I'm awake at 4am and my eyes hurt

Me 8 hours ago.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I'm awake at 4am and my eyes hurt

I've been converted to the benefits of eyedrops (had to get used to taking them multiple times/day for a month after my surgeries last year). They might sting a little at first, but it really does help.

Of course if it's anything more than just dry eyes, proper medical advice is recommended.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My antibiotics are enormous pills. Even when I cut them in half they're still really big.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Being in charge with maintaining relation with biz partner, also try to goal projects, really put me in a situation that I never been before. So many partner like talking about women also a kind of entertainment that is forbidden for me. I try to laugh along on a subject that not interest me is so tiring and consuming, sometime just listening about it and laughing along makes me feel dirty about myself. Trying my best to do my job without destroying myself, my family and my belief.

Yesterday we have a huge feast in a traditional restaurant, I paid a street musician to enhanced the atmosphere where we can request songs and sing a long. After that in the car he told me it will be better if there is blabla, I'm just shrug it off and laughing, I don't want to be appear fanatic and not fun, he again purpose me where can we go next time, a kind of place that I detest, I told him no I cannot do that while still laughing just to make it less awkward and tension, but gladly he understand and move back.

I tell everything to my wife, I need to be reminded and guide, I really afraid I'll destroy myself in the end, I'm a straight man and of course I like those stuff, but the pain of hating myself and destroying what I have and those who love me outweigh that short pleasure, this is the only reason I'm not doing it, people say that hypocrite and fanatic, but maybe being a fanatic not bad at all.

You stay true to yourself dude. You don't have to justify your aversion to vice. It is tricky because you need to maintain a relationship with this guy, but honestly if this guy is so into vice that it causes issues with his business partners, then he's not good at business. Therefore you shouldn't feel guilty about being averse to his....hobbies.

I guess don't go out of your way to attack this guy, but be firm and tell him what is off limits for you. Tell him you don't judge him but you don't want any part of it.

If the problem gets worse, I'd look for other business partners to cultivate a business relationship with if that is possible for you.

 

[Takhisis]

+1 to hobbs' advice

I'm awake at 4am and my eyes hurt

eyedrops

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Just before I was hospitalized, I decided to go through my vast stash of fanfics (all 952 of them!) and tag all of them as In-Progress, Complete, or Abandoned.

Now I'm wondering why I thought that was such a good idea.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Just before I was hospitalized, I decided to go through my vast stash of fanfics (all 952 of them!) and tag all of them as In-Progress, Complete, or Abandoned.

Now I'm wondering why I thought that was such a good idea.

Because it might help you to decide which ones to work on next?

Only 33 days to go before Camp NaNoWriMo. I need to figure out a proper outline this time, and actually stick to it. Last time I had an outline and ended up ignoring it and just winging it (not recommended).

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

....I'm not writing 952 fanfics.

 

[Timsup2nothin]

....I'm not writing 952 fanfics.

I figured that was your reading list...

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I only keep ~25 fics on the list at a time, because my reader isn't that big in storage.

EDIT: In fact according to advanced search, I've already read close to 700 of those fics.

 

[The_J]

My antibiotics are enormous pills. Even when I cut them in half they're still really big.

Please only cut them if the instructions say you can. Otherwise they might not work (e.g. might not survive the stomach acid).
If you can't cut them, go back to the doctor and ask him if he can prescribe you a different antibiotic, or go to the pharmacy to ask if they have smaller ones (both should be possible). Or maybe a cream is an option, depending on what you have.

 

[Arakhor]

I believe that I was advised to douse large pills in milk to make them easier to swallow, but as with all pills, read the instructions carefully!

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Some antibiotics you can't take with dairy products. Just FYI.

 

[The_J]

OMG lol, new to me . Embarrassing . But at least I know that you shouldn't drink grapefruit juice with most medications, but I think that's not relevant for most people anyways .

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Please only cut them if the instructions say you can. Otherwise they might not work (e.g. might not survive the stomach acid).
If you can't cut them, go back to the doctor and ask him if he can prescribe you a different antibiotic, or go to the pharmacy to ask if they have smaller ones (both should be possible). Or maybe a cream is an option, depending on what you have.

I thought that was only if they were in the capsules with the powder? These are big tablet pills. I'll read over the instructions again just to be okay though.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

....I'm not writing 952 fanfics.

Some people are very prolific writers, so it was an honest misunderstanding.

I decided to use my Library Thing account to keep track of my fanzines. I'd really love it if that site would finally develop a template so users can list short stories in anthologies.

 

[Synobun]

I thought that was only if they were in the capsules with the powder? These are big tablet pills. I'll read over the instructions again just to be okay though.

Mileage will really vary on this. Every pharmacist I've talked to here in the past few years has said it doesn't matter, and they even have pill cutters sold at the counter that they recommend. If a specific medication can't be taken via chewing or splitting, they explicitly tell you now when giving the medication. But that's the situation here, and it could very well not be the situation elsewhere.

Mind, I understand the theory behind a blanket policy of just taking the medication fully intact. But that's often not viable for many, and then you run into the medications that are too high of a dose so your doctor tells you to cut them.