Random @#%& rants 5: Life is a female dog.

[The Yankee]

So I mailed the form to tell the management company that, no, I don't want to stay in this craptastic building and pay $925/month for the privilege. Yesterday, I had it come back to me for insufficient postage (apparently the spam cornucopia of forms in two languages made it cost more). Except, whoever was handling this decided to write all over the stamp AND took a black permanent marker to block out part of the address I was mailing it to!

If you want to steal the stamp, whatever, but for God's sake, what is the point in taking a marker and covering up half of the address!? It might be useful in case I decide that, yeah, maybe it's worth paying the USPS extra (three stamps on the new envelope just in case) to ensure that I can get my freedom.

Christ, I can't stand the local postal workers!

I'm just glad that the job they did on the package surrounding the book I got in the mail today didn't damage the book. They just decided to tear half of the packaging, instead.

 

[Brighteye]

I have to endure endless whining from Americans who think that getting petrol at half price is going to bankrupt them.
30mpg is not high. I get 35-40 in my sister's old Renault.

 

[Sidhe]

I have to endure endless whining from Americans who think that getting petrol at half price is going to bankrupt them.
30mpg is not high. I get 35-40 in my sister's old Renault.

High would be 40 or more, highest, Probably around 60 or so. Americans obviously don't have a clue about good MPG?

 

[Peck of Arabia]

The headphones I bought at the weekend are broken ALREADY and require blu-tac ap-lenty... Once, just once, I'd like to have a piece of hardware that works without being held together with string, sellotape, blu-tak or whatever else makes it look tacky

Also, everyone around me has become really nerdy about exams, it's all "Can't drink this weekend, I'm revising" "Don't visit anytime in the next 3 months" "if you call me during the day at any point from the end of May, I'll take it as a deliberate attempt to sabotage my exam"...

oh well, at least the lack of human contact ha meant I've had plenty of time to watch DVDs, and the Audio commmentaries that come with the DVDs, as well as the special features, deleted scenes, and even hidden Easter Eggs

 

[bhsup]

Europeans who expect us to drive around in POS cars the size of a breadbox. This is America, dammit, and our CULTURE has a love affair with the automobile. We're always being told to respect other cultures, well big autos are a part of ours.

 

[Nylan]

Environmentalists, get the ehf off my land. I'm going to build a refinery whether you like it or not. This country's economy revolves around oil, and until we have an alternate energy source that doesn't suck and can support the entire economy, we're going to use some freakin' oil. I'd rather kill a few animals than kill the families of a hundred truckers. You can't push progress along by stalling the economy, let it flow and then the increased productivity will help find us a better energy source.

 

[Sidhe]

Europeans who expect us to drive around in POS cars the size of a breadbox. This is America, dammit, and our CULTURE has a love affair with the automobile. We're always being told to respect other cultures, well big autos are a part of ours.

Is that a love affair as in marriage, kids and a small house. Or as in Romeo and Juliet, Samson and Delilah, or that stalker that followed Madonna around?

 

[nc-1701]

Nobody wants to hear about the fight at your school where one guy was spitting up blood.

That's what CFC is for, in fact I even made a entire thread for describing you had been in/seen.

My rant:

I just went to get ice cream. I was gazing at the signboard when someone behind the counter said hi. I'm busy distracted by the signboard and seeing what ice cream they have. I can't hear her. Then, my dad says this: "SAY HI!"

I say hi, and then I turn to my dad and tell him to never do that again. I see out of the corner of my eye...

One of the popular kids at school. Yes, my dad babied me and made an ass out of me IN FRONT OF ONE OF MY FRIENDS. I'M NOT ONE. I AM THIRTEEN AND GOING TO TURN FOURTEEN IN TWO WEEKS. NOT 1. I AM ALMOST IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND HE'S TREATING ME LIKE I'M LEARNING TO TALK. IS THERE SOMETHING WRONG HERE?

Soon, he's going to tell it to one friend, which will make him tell it to a few more friends, then, the whole school will think I'm ********. This will lead to me being made fun of at school, which leads to coming home from school nearly brought to tears from being called a ****** all day, which leads to MY DAD.

My dad is the biggest assclown I have ever seen.

Well, I can't fix you Dad from being an assclown Sorry, but I can give you advice on what I know about being made fun of and bullied. When I was 12-14, I was a steroeotypical nerd who got ade fun of quite a bit and that's among homeschoolers! I would have probably been killed if I was in a public school, I still get all kinds of crap from kids I interact with, but I've learned how to dea with it. Here's my advice.
If they make fun of you at first just take it, say something like "yeah whatever...", it's important to be able to laugh at yourself or at least accept others laughing at you.
However if they don't let up after a minute or two of laughing at your expense it's gone to far and you need to be confrontational. Don't be mean or belligerent just firm and confident, the best choice of words is something simple like "stfu!" (Say each word though), or "WTH is your problem?", do this while smiling or cracking a grin (it makes them ucomfortable, I d martial arts and believe me when somebody smiles while they inflict pain on you it is freaky and scary), and make eye contact. Don't stare them down, but mae eye contact and don't flinch away from it, your confident and your telling them to screw off, but you are not being mean.
If they respond angrily just respond with something along the lines of "Lol effers" and walk off with a grin and your head held high.
Warning: Don't turn your back on them when you leave, I don't anything about these kids but your probably best off not letting them attack you from behind if they decide to be . .. .. .. .. .. .. .s and try to beat you up.

My rant is about my new retainer, it hurts my teeth

 

[downtown]

I've been doing a lot of running lately, doing a little over 20 miles a week, and taking a day off ever other day. Yesterday, a buddy invited me to go play Frisbee with him and some of his co-workers (who turned out to be very cute!) on my "off" day. I stupidly said yes, and sprinted up and down the national mall for 2 and a half hours.

Now, I am more stiff than I think I've ever been. Muscles in my leg that I was unaware were even there ache, and my knees make this weird snap clackle and pop sound when I bend them. I hope I loosen up before tonight, when I make my drumming debut in DC, or its going to be a baaaad show.

Darnit, I need a massage or something

 

[Swedishguy]

I really sucked at my National Test in Mathematics today.

 

[Gabryel Karolin]

I'm supposed to be working, instead a couple of friends made me drunk. Now I have to do all that work some other time.

 

[Angst]

w00t? WHY do i fukken lose to bots in civ?? xD

 

[D'Artagnan59]

Good news: I aced a math test.

Even better news: That was not my friend, as I thought. That was his brother, who is in 7th grade.

The best news: 1 day until vacation.

Even worse news: I have a doctor's appointment. THE FIRST THING I'M FORCED TO DO WHEN I GET OUT OF SCHOOL TO START VACATION IS SIT AROUND IN A FREAKIN' DOCTOR'S OFFICE, WHICH IS FULL OF SICK KIDS PICKING THEIR NOSES AND NICK JR. MAGAZINE! ALL THE MAGAZINES ARE KIDDY OR ABOUT PARENTING, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! I JUST WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY MY FIRST WAKING MOMENTS OF VACATION, BUT NO! MY MOM MAKES ME SIT ON MY BUTT AND HAVE TO DO NOTHING A DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHEN I COULD BE WITH MY FRIENDS OR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES! WHAT ABOUT THE TEENAGERS? WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE BORED OUT OF THEIR SKULLS? WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH KIDDY MAGAZINES? WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO UNTIL THEY'RE CALLED INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE? NOTHING! ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY NOTHING!

Excuse me, I must go check myself into an insane asylum before I kill someone.

 

[Ekolite]

GAAAAAAaaaaahh! I'm so ANGRY! I have my GCSE's in 25 days time. I have just had the easter holidays and have been back at school two days. TWO!!! And already I am crushed under mountains of homework! How do they expect me to revise for me stupid exams when they set me so much work to do! I mean, if the h/w was at least relevant to my exams it would be ok because then it'd be h/.w and revision, but its NOT! Especially my female dog of drama teacher. Why did i even take GCSE drama? WHY? God damn Blue remembered Hills and god damn the Crucible are driving me INSANE! I Hate them! Why can't we at least do some vaguely interesting plays for the exam? Like Blood brothers, maybe?

Also, a few weeks ago I lost my copies of the drama plays, so I told my drama teacher when I got to school in the morning. Then later on she set an essay on them, just out of spite. So I had to buy another copy of both plays for £15!! of of Amazon. But they delivered it late and so I didn't have the damn play to do the essay and she gave me detention! Me. How DARE she! Of course, it wasn't the detention that bothered me, it was that it was her, and I had to sit in the studio in silence for 45 minutes while she sat there and glared at me! What the hell's her problem! God she annoys me so much, and she has the face of a rat and she constantly looks down her nose at you even though she's only about 5 foot tall!

Oh yeah, and today she set me another essay to hand in tomorrow and I've spent all evening doing it when I need to be learning 2 years worth of business studies in ~2 weeks because my BS teacher is a complete moron! In the drama exam I have less then 2 hours to write 2 MASSIVE essays with each about 15 paragraphs on plays that I absolutely HATE! Why didn't they tell me there'd be so many essays BEFORE I chose to do GCSE drama! [/rant]

 

[Sidhe]

w00t? WHY do i fukken lose to bots in civ?? xD

Because you're not reading the strategy guides on CFC perhaps?

 

[LucyDuke]

Capslock has a place. It's great in its place. It is awful in body text.

Yes, D'Art, it's about you this time. But not exclusively.

 

[Ekolite]

Good news: I aced a math test.

Even better news: That was not my friend, as I thought. That was his brother, who is in 7th grade.

The best news: 1 day until vacation.

Even worse news: I have a doctor's appointment. THE FIRST THING I'M FORCED TO DO WHEN I GET OUT OF SCHOOL TO START VACATION IS SIT AROUND IN A FREAKIN' DOCTOR'S OFFICE, WHICH IS FULL OF SICK KIDS PICKING THEIR NOSES AND NICK JR. MAGAZINE! ALL THE MAGAZINES ARE KIDDY OR ABOUT PARENTING, FOR CHRIST'S SAKE! I JUST WANT TO GO OUTSIDE AND ENJOY MY FIRST WAKING MOMENTS OF VACATION, BUT NO! MY MOM MAKES ME SIT ON MY BUTT AND HAVE TO DO NOTHING A DOCTOR'S OFFICE WHEN I COULD BE WITH MY FRIENDS OR PLAYING VIDEO GAMES! WHAT ABOUT THE TEENAGERS? WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY'RE BORED OUT OF THEIR SKULLS? WHAT WILL THEY DO WITH KIDDY MAGAZINES? WHAT WILL THEY DO WHEN THEY DON'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO UNTIL THEY'RE CALLED INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE? NOTHING! ABSO-FRICKIN-LUTELY NOTHING!

Excuse me, I must go check myself into an insane asylum before I kill someone.

D'art, over easter I had to get my balls examined because I found a lump and the doctor was a complete paedophile! It turned out to be just a varacas vein luckilly.

 

[salty mud]

GAAAAAAaaaaahh! I'm so ANGRY! I have my GCSE's in 25 days time. I have just had the easter holidays and have been back at school two days. TWO!!! And already I am crushed under mountains of homework! How do they expect me to revise for me stupid exams when they set me so much work to do! I mean, if the h/w was at least relevant to my exams it would be ok because then it'd be h/.w and revision, but its NOT! Especially my female dog of drama teacher. Why did i even take GCSE drama? WHY? God damn Blue remembered Hills and god damn the Crucible are driving me INSANE! I Hate them! Why can't we at least do some vaguely interesting plays for the exam? Like Blood brothers, maybe?

Also, a few weeks ago I lost my copies of the drama plays, so I told my drama teacher when I got to school in the morning. Then later on she set an essay on them, just out of spite. So I had to buy another copy of both plays for £15!! of of Amazon. But they delivered it late and so I didn't have the damn play to do the essay and she gave me detention! Me. How DARE she! Of course, it wasn't the detention that bothered me, it was that it was her, and I had to sit in the studio in silence for 45 minutes while she sat there and glared at me! What the hell's her problem! God she annoys me so much, and she has the face of a rat and she constantly looks down her nose at you even though she's only about 5 foot tall!

Oh yeah, and today she set me another essay to hand in tomorrow and I've spent all evening doing it when I need to be learning 2 years worth of business studies in ~2 weeks because my BS teacher is a complete moron! In the drama exam I have less then 2 hours to write 2 MASSIVE essays with each about 15 paragraphs on plays that I absolutely HATE! Why didn't they tell me there'd be so many essays BEFORE I chose to do GCSE drama! [/rant]

Why take drama for GCSE then?

But seriously, I know what you mean. Teachers think that they know everything just because they are in a position of power, when they don't. They seem to disregard other subjects and think that theirs is the superier one and therefore their homework takes priority! My biology teacher is especially like that. Stupid fool.

 

[Jokeslayer]

God she annoys me so much, and she has the face of a rat and she constantly looks down her nose at you even though she's only about 5 foot tall! [/rant]

That sounds like the woman that taught me GCSE drama. Well, she left at the end of year ten, so they made us redo that year's work, changed the plays we were studying. Doing the whole thing in one year was not fun.

 

[demokratickid]

I stubbed my toe and now its stating to swell up. It HURTZ!!!