Random Rants 76: Argh! Augh! Ahhh!

[Zkribbler]

I fell on my butt really hard. For awhile I thought I'd chipped or cracked the back of that big hip bone, but now 12 hours later, it's just really tender. I'll bet tomorrow, I'll have a purple butt.

 

[Arakhor]

I did that nearly a year ago and it was a job to walk (or sit!) properly for a few days afterwards.

 

[Cutlass]

She'll want to know who's there.

At some point you'll have to accept that you can't deal with your problems without standing up to her. You're an adult. You need to stand up for yourself, or things will never get better for you.

 

[Synobun]

Advice we should follow, and it's advice that nearly none of us do follow. Including the ones offering it.

 

[Phrossack]

Advice we should follow, and it's advice that nearly none of us do follow. Including the ones offering it.

"...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."

 

[Synobun]

"...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."

I knew I could smell an elf.

 

[peter grimes]

Rant about our recent car problems:
Current car (1994 Subaru Legacy) needs a new fuel pump. $500. We bought he car for $1000 in November because our 2002 Outback needed a new catalytic converter ($2000 we don't have), just like it did 2 years earlier (because it's got leaky head gaskets), so we dumped the car for $200 out near Shea Stadium (or whatever they call it these days), taking a loss on the ~$600 in new tires we had just installed from Costco. Tires which, against my better judgement, my wife insisted on, when we could have just done a single new tire from TireRack for $200.

And so we are hoping to scrape by in this beater for a few more months until we can do a down payment and a car loan for something with around 80k miles on it, like a real adult.

So it really is annoying to put 500 into this. But we sort of have to.

/rant

 

[Zkribbler]

I fell on my butt really hard.

20 hours later, I can walk okay, just a little pain. My only difficulty is in standing up. (I got stuck on the toilet for an embarrassing long about of time.)

 

[Valka D'Ur]

She'll want to know who's there.

I'm sure the officer who comes will tell her.

This isn't an "arrest-your-mom" thing. It's a "get away from her and get help" thing. Honestly, if I were close enough instead of a couple of thousand miles away, I'd try more than just give advice here.

We're genuinely worried about you. Please get out of the house somehow or find a way to call someone who can help you there.

 

[Synobun]

It was inevitable but I thought it'd take longer than two weeks of trying to focus on fiction editing. I received my first fiction novel that I needed to turn down due to racist content.

 

[MaryKB]

I just looked at my credit card to see what I've spent on jewelry, clothes, and shoes these past two weeks ... $874

 

[Ajidica]

"...for advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill."

Go not to the elves for council, for they will say both no and yes.

Anyhow, I'm transferring apartments and moving out of my two bedroom (where I'm the only person)* to a single in the same building. Decided I'm fine living without a roommate and wanted to lower my rent. Still had to pay a $400 "transfer fee" though. Now I need to make sure I keep my apartment clean because it will be shown to prospective tenants. Really don't need people to see how much junk mail I have piled up or my laundry piles in my room.

*Originally had a roommate lined up after my previous one left to live with her boyfriend, but the new one ended up getting a dream job outside of the Twin Cities. Never really got around to finding a new roommate.

 

[Cutlass]

When I pause a disk on my bluray player, it goes from pause to off way too soon.

 

[Takhisis]

I have a sort of rant: my glorious #74 thread is not mentioned in the OP.

and a real rant: I might have gotten the satisfaction of beating them plus an interesting amount of exercise solving my fake-debt problems, but I am PISSED that there is presumption of guilt against the alleged debtor.

Thanks. It's a frustrating experience. They're so focused on the one issue that they ignore everything else I mention that's a current problem (like the fact that I'm missing the treatments I need prior to seeing an eye specialist later this month; they don't even care, like it's some trivial thing), or act like stuff that happened when I was 16 is part of what's happening now (nope, it isn't) or stuff that happened 20 years ago (nope, different issue)... and I am trying not to get angry at anyone because of course that's a "go to Unit 23, do not pass Go, etc." (Unit 23 is the psych ward).

And of course Maddy is home alone (being cared for by one of the outreach workers from the seniors' centre where I get some services). I have no idea what to expect when I get home. This is the longest we've been apart since I adopted her 11 years ago.

Thank goodness they have wi-fi here, or I'd have gone bonkers from boredom.

(btw; check the latest couple of dozen "Circle of Support" posts at IALS, about writing [conversation drift happens... ]; I dropped in a brief Kingmaker scene I'd appreciate your opinion on, and yes, it's about Duke William )

Here's hoping to a post on the same subject in the Raves thread soon.
(and the same for aimee)

 

[hobbsyoyo]

(I got stuck on the toilet for an embarrassing long about of time.)

Dude I feel you. That was me on Christmas when I threw my back.

It was inevitable but I thought it'd take longer than two weeks of trying to focus on fiction editing. I received my first fiction novel that I needed to turn down due to racist content.

Impressive integrity dude. Impressive.

 

[Gori the Grey]

It was inevitable but I thought it'd take longer than two weeks of trying to focus on fiction editing. I received my first fiction novel that I needed to turn down due to racist content.

You couldn't really do this to a paying client, but what would be fun would be to edit out all the racism, but deadpan it as though you were just making proofreading changes!

 

[Takhisis]

You couldn't really do this to a paying client, but what would be fun would be to edit out all the racism, but deadpan it as though you were just making proofreading changes!

You could recommend it to your South American pal Takisio (no relation, honest!) who is a bit of a troll.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

My mother just paid off all the arrears in rent. This was after telling me we had no money at all. (My first thought was she sold something, but I can't find anything missing.) I guess we aren't being evicted anymore, but WTH?

 

[MaryKB]

I'm so sorry @aimeeandbeatles, your mother reminds me a lot of my father. He's always behind on all his bills, but he never has anything cut off, because as much as he says he has no money he always manages to have what he absolutely needs. When I was growing up, my family's home phone was always ringing, and he'd make me and my sister answer and say he wasn't home. When I was older and I was working, he'd come crying to me saying he needs money, how if he doesn't have something like $500 by tomorrow we're going to have our power cut off or something. So I'd give him money, and then shortly after he'd come to the family and offer to take us out to a steak house or some such, and I remember thinking "What???" He still only calls me when he wants to ask me for money, if I see him message me asking if he can call, I know exactly what he wants (even though he tries silly small talk)

Getting away from him was one of the best things I've ever done (probably right after getting rid of my last boyfriend), I wish so much there was some way you could be free of your mother, she sounds incredibly abusive towards you. I have to imagine your area must have some sort of social services nearby who would help you get established, you'd be able to get a social worker who can take care of things for you. I know it sound so hard and terrifying, but once your done you won't believe how free and wonderful you feel. Like @Valka D'Ur I wish so badly I could be there to help you, but you know we're all here for whatever emotional support you need.

 

[Takhisis]

My mother just paid off all the arrears in rent. This was after telling me we had no money at all. (My first thought was she sold something, but I can't find anything missing.) I guess we aren't being evicted anymore, but WTH?

She didn't happen to steal any (more) money from you in the process, now, did she?