Random Rants 92 - Not Enough Snerk

[Synobun]

New lightbulbs I got make my apartment look like it's the set for a new horror slasher.

 

[The_J]

You don't have any obnoxious housemates anymore, right?
(because in that case it might be a hint...)

 

[Takhisis]

New lightbulbs I got make my apartment look like it's the set for a new horror slasher.

You don't have any obnoxious housemates anymore, right?
(because in that case it might be a hint...)

Maybe it's the kind of horror film where the main character finds out that he has been the killer all along.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I didn't realize until I was almost at work that today is a holiday. Oh well. I suppose nobody will notice if I leave early.

 

[tjs282]

I didn't realize until I was almost at work that today is a holiday.

Despite living here for >15 years, nearly every year I forget about Pfingstmontag (Whit Monday), which is (still*) a public holiday in Germany. The Saturday just before the last one (two weeks ago), I mentioned something about taking some leftovers to work on Monday, and my wife rolled her eyes and remarked that next year, if I needed reminding again, she'll just let me go off to work without saying anything...

*In my defence, (1) Whit Monday hasn't been a public holiday in the UK since 1970, according to Wikipedia, so it never affected me while I was going through school, (2) for the following 10 years, I worked customer-service jobs 6-10 days on, 1 day off, so public holidays never applied — and (3) most public holidays here are on fixed dates, and if that date happens to fall on a weekend this year, well that's just tough: no day off!

 

[The_J]

At the beginning of each year I have a look how the movable holidays fall (and in which country...), and then see if I can incorporate it in my holiday planning. Maybe you should too .

 

[Birdjaguar]

*In my defence, (1) Whit Monday hasn't been a public holiday in the UK since 1970, according to Wikipedia, so it never affected me while I was going through school, (2) for the following 10 years, I worked customer-service jobs 6-10 days on, 1 day off, so public holidays never applied — and (3) most public holidays here are on fixed dates, and if that date happens to fall on a weekend this year, well that's just tough: no day off!

Lame.....

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

I thought I had a photo taken with my Uncle and Father when I visited them recently.. now I can't seem to find it :/

 

[The_J]

Jealousy and desparation are right now eating me up from the inside.
Luckily today is the World Music Day https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fête_de_la_Musique, we'll be going out tonight, so I can reasonably drink.
None of our current smilies fit in here :/.

 

[Arakhor]

Crushing on someone who's not interested in you is never good for your self-esteem, so stop feeding it!

 

[The_J]

I guess you're very well aware that this is easier said than done .

It's not the only point though, but also that a possibly new guy might be 50% older than her, and that on Tinder I can't on average get 1 date/year. I'm so going to die alone.

 

[Arakhor]

Then don't just restrict yourself to Tinder, given that that platform is almost designed to keep you single. There are plenty of apps out there!

 

[The_J]

I've been registered on more dating platforms than I had online dates... more than twice as many... so.... I've had that idea myself already .

 

[Aiken_Drumn]

I know this isn't the lonely hearts club, but if you want pointers on your profile and photos happy to help.. Used to be a serious Tinder addict.

 

[The_J]

Thanks , but I want my ex back, so that is not the main problem .
I also have some female friends who'd look over it, but I'll be leaving the country in 2 months, and then another female friend has offered to set me up with one of her friends, so I'm in theory good on that part...

Different rant:
A collaboration partner has asked for some old data. With that data, I have a) a messed up data set and b) a corrected data set. I by accident sent him some details from the messed up data set, and after he questioned it I thought that my corrected data set is messed up. I nearly puked, also because that has recently been submitted for publication, and I'd not want to have to confess again that I did stuff wrong.
Luckily wasn't the case, but I was...agitated...

 

[Takhisis]

a possibly new guy might be 50% older than her

You are spying on her?!

 

[Synobun]

You are spying on her?!

I believe he is still friends with her and she tells him about these things, either unknowing or uncaring about The J's true intentions/feelings.

 

[Takhisis]

So yes.

 

[Farm Boy]

Old guys have a charm to them.

 

[choxorn]

Thanks , but I want my ex back, so that is not the main problem .

My brother in christ, I know you miss her and it sucks that things didn't work out between you two, but based on what you've told us about how things are with you two, it's not happening, and she just doesn't want to be with you in that way anymore. At some point you really need to find a way to move on, because you're not going to have any future relationship success if you still haven't gotten over your last one.