Random Rants XLVII: I don't like food anymore!

[Leonel]

Ouch. How much will that cost?
(I suppose a lot, due to the unknown time...)

About $475 US but that could go down if the radiator is a quick fix. I'm just concerned they'll find something more and it'll go up. At least it isn't like the $2000 I shelled out to get a head gasket replaced in the dead of the Christmas holiday.

 

[Borachio]

this situation is incredibly ridiculous.
If I get the implications right, then I'm currently trying to fend off a girl (via SMS) who wants me to invite her for dinner (at least I cannot see any other possible intentions, and it gives me this obvious chance).
I like her, she's attractive, but the chemistry doesn't really fit. I can't tell her that, she works in our department.
And this is in so far ridiculous, that I'm the last person who should try to fend off anyone, I have it more than necessary, in every regard.
Never thought I'd ever be in such a situation.

Lie back and think of England Germany.

It's a hard job, I know. But someone's got to do it.

edit: Oh she's given up. Shame.

 

[Phrossack]

this situation is incredibly ridiculous.
If I get the implications right, then I'm currently trying to fend off a girl (via SMS) who wants me to invite her for dinner (at least I cannot see any other possible intentions, and it gives me this obvious chance).
I like her, she's attractive, but the chemistry doesn't really fit. I can't tell her that, she works in our department.
And this is in so far ridiculous, that I'm the last person who should try to fend off anyone, I have it more than necessary, in every regard.
Never thought I'd ever be in such a situation.


Edit: Seems she has given up, phew :/.

What?! A pretty girl came to you, and you turned her down? There's still a chance; go for it. If it doesn't work out, what have you lost?

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Rant 1: Mixed up the dates of two of my finals. I thought I had one final today at 10:30 and another tomorrow at 1:30. I show up today at 10:30 to find an empty room, naturally I begin to panic. It turns out the one at 10:30 is tomorrow and the one at 1:30 is today. I didn't miss a final (thank god) but now I have an hour left to cram for one of them. I hate when I do that - I even wrote down the days/times, emailed my professors and double checked what I wrote down. I wrote it down correctly, but in my head the days got mixed up and so even when I triple checked, I mentally switched the dates.

Rant 2: Just found out that last year there was a bit of a raccoon problem in our neighborhood. A neighbor called the realtor/management company and they set traps. Then they forgot to check the traps and the poor raccoons died in the summer heat. The neighbors didn't know where the traps were, so didn't know what had happened until they rotted and stunk really bad. The worst part of this tragedy is this kind of asinine behavior isn't surprising in the least from this company, see rant #3 for proof.

Rant 3: Came home to get to studying and found a water heater tank sitting in our driveway. I checked people's roofs to see if there was a hole where it had exploded like a rocket and found none. Conclusion: the management company came today to replace someone's faulty heater and threw the old one in the back of their truck without securing it. As our apartments are on a very steep (at least 30 degree incline) hill, the old heater fell out of the back of there truck and they left it there.

It's been a bad day.

Edit: @The-J: you need to call that girl and find a date that works for both of you. Don't give me the 'chemistry doesn't work'. I can tell you that you don't really know that and the only way to find out for certain is to at least try and go on a date. Really, given your past rants on this kind of subject I'm a bit let down by you for not even trying.

 

[The_J]

Now, that sounds like a bad day.
Did you also smell the raccoon carcas?

About $475 US but that could go down if the radiator is a quick fix. I'm just concerned they'll find something more and it'll go up. At least it isn't like the $2000 I shelled out to get a head gasket replaced in the dead of the Christmas holiday.

Did you by any chance by my car ^^?
Yeah, it's always the same problem.
Something begins to behave weird, and at the end it will cost you a ton of money :/.

What?! A pretty girl came to you, and you turned her down? There's still a chance; go for it. If it doesn't work out, what have you lost?

Edit: @The-J: you need to call that girl and find a date that works for both of you. Don't give me the 'chemistry doesn't work'. I can tell you that you don't really know that and the only way to find out for certain is to at least try and go on a date. Really, given your past rants on this kind of subject I'm a bit let down by you for not even trying.

Hell, yeah, I know that I'm a moron.
At least it was not *that* totally obvious (The SMS was more: "I'm bored, hungry, and have time now...", and that after she already invited me once for dinner).
I'm sure that doesn't work. I'd like to rub on other people and tease them, but that doesn't work for her. An obviously ambigious joke would not be countered by her. That kills a bit the interest, and the flirt itself too.

To have more excuses:
- I feel pretty screwed after this day. I got 2 students to supervise on Monday, and that has caused quite a load of work, because we're bad at organizing
- I'd have to cycle at least a half hour to that damn city
- She's only here til the end of August
- She's master student in my department, and that...well...after looking it up...I at least cannot lose my job due to that, but still...don't know...


But I'm feeling bad about the SMS .
(did not say anything bad, was just stubborn with not recognizing anything)

 

[Leonel]

Did you by any chance by my car ^^?
Yeah, it's always the same problem.
Something begins to behave weird, and at the end it will cost you a ton of money :/.

Yeah that's the way it is it seems. Too bad I don't live in a place like Copenhagen where I could just cycling everywhere plus get some good exercise while I'm at it.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

Now, that sounds like a bad day.
Did you also smell the raccoon carcas?

No, I wasn't here in this apartment last year, but it was apparently awful. The raccoons came up because this year we have a neighbor who feeds feral cats and that means we have a veritable flood of possums and muskrat that come around eating the food every night. We informed her of the problem and she doesn't care, she's still putting food out even though we told her the cats don't touch the food because of the possums and muskrats. I was asking another neighbor what to do about the possums and muskrats and she told me not to call the management company because of what happened with the raccoons.

Hell, yeah, I know that I'm a moron.
At least it was not *that* totally obvious (The SMS was more: "I'm bored, hungry, and have time now...", and that after she already invited me once for dinner).
I'm sure that doesn't work. I'd like to rub on other people and tease them, but that doesn't work for her. An obviously ambigious joke would not be countered by her. That kills a bit the interest, and the flirt itself too.

To have more excuses:
- I feel pretty screwed after this day. I got 2 students to supervise on Monday, and that has caused quite a load of work, because we're bad at organizing
- I'd have to cycle at least a half hour to that damn city
- She's only here til the end of August
- She's master student in my department, and that...well...after looking it up...I at least cannot lose my job due to that, but still...don't know...


But I'm feeling bad about the SMS .
(did not say anything bad, was just stubborn with not recognizing anything)

Fair enough, sorry I was so hard on you.

Yeah that's the way it is it seems. Too bad I don't live in a place like Copenhagen where I could just cycling everywhere plus get some good exercise while I'm at it.

And the sad part is Washington state is the 'most bike friendly' state in the US (with Oregon a close second) which says something about how unfriendly to bike riders the US is.

 

[The_J]

Yeah that's the way it is it seems. Too bad I don't live in a place like Copenhagen where I could just cycling everywhere plus get some good exercise while I'm at it.

That's not really always fun (especially when it's raining, dammit ), and bikes also break (at least that's cheaper).
But yeah, right.

No, I wasn't here in this apartment last year, but it was apparently awful. The raccoons came up because this year we have a neighbor who feeds feral cats and that means we have a veritable flood of possums and muskrat that come around eating the food every night. We informed her of the problem and she doesn't care, she's still putting food out even though we told her the cats don't touch the food because of the possums and muskrats. I was asking another neighbor what to do about the possums and muskrats and she told me not to call the management company because of what happened with the raccoons.

So, you have now the choice between living vermin, or dead vermin, right ?
I'd go with the latter.

Fair enough, sorry I was so hard on you.

Na, was absolutely right. Actually, last year I promised myself that I don't want to get anymore in a situation, which will at some point give me the thought "What if...", but yeah, failed at this again, as it seems .

 

[Leonel]

That's not really always fun (especially when it's raining, dammit ), and bikes also break (at least that's cheaper).
But yeah, right.

Oh right, I forgot about rain.

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

Any sort of self-confidence I had just sort of went down the gutter.

 

[JohannaK]

What happened?

 

[aimeeandbeatles]

I'd rather not talk about it.

 

[The_J]

If you didn't want to, then you wouldn't have posted about it .




I fear the girl might get back to me tomorrow . Don't want to .

 

[Borachio]

You do.

YOU. DO!

Do it. You'll love it. Look on it as practice. If nothing else.

How hard is it just to be nice and pleasant with someone?

 

[The_J]

I don't really want to practice/play with her feelings .

 

[Borachio]

Well you aren't are you? (perhaps practice is the wrong word for you here). Any more than she is playing with yours.

I really don't get this. You're surely a genuine kind person. And there's no reason to think this woman isn't either.

So what's the problem?

Two people enjoying each other's company. Why does there have to be any expectation on either side about anything?

 

[Joecoolyo]

Re-Rant from last semester: Turning in papers is the worst thing in the world. They never feel finished.

 

[hobbsyoyo]

I have so many points I could use to show you how The_J is anything but genuinely kind but they are all expired.

 

[Takhisis]

We are discussing the actions of a moderator. Shouldn't that be infractable?

Rant: yyesterday, it was summer. Today, it's winter. Over 10 degrees of difference between one day and the next. Brrrr.

 

[Gucumatz]

Hobbs, hows the puppy ?