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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #340 on: May 28, 2009, 10:19:17 AM »

The broad schism between the workings of the professional and educational worlds probably has something to do with it.

In third grade, bullies get a time out.  In corporate America, they get a promotion.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #341 on: May 28, 2009, 10:21:32 AM »

AND RAISES!
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #342 on: May 28, 2009, 10:25:28 AM »

Supposedly there's a thing now called a quarter-life crisis. It happens when you're twenty-five, hit college-leaving age and realise that outside of school there's no overarching point to life.

That's sort of how I've started feeling, only I know I want to go back to grad school in a year.  I hope.  :sadpanda:

Just delaying the inevitable, really.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #343 on: May 28, 2009, 02:22:40 PM »

My theory is that it's derived from family and work not being seen as fulfilling achievements anymore, being replaced by a vague morass of fame/money/luck that is largely unachievable by personal effort.


This is probably as true as anything.

Growing up to be a MAN (or woman), sure ain't what it used to be.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #344 on: May 28, 2009, 02:27:13 PM »

Our generation also violently rejects the notion of adulthood.  Thus the early onset of panic.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #345 on: May 28, 2009, 06:36:08 PM »

Our generation also violently rejects the notion of adulthood. 

Jesus christ, tell me about it.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #346 on: May 28, 2009, 06:38:45 PM »

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #347 on: May 29, 2009, 09:21:57 PM »

So I opened up my laptop today and saw an ant. I quickly brushed it off and smashed it for defiling my precious. I turned it on and walked away. When I came back, there were TWO ants. I smashed them both and typed in my password. A SWARM OF TINY ANTS flooded from the space between my keys. I flipped out.

I spent over an hour manually pulling ants from my laptop. I had a bad childhood experience with them so I am still shaking from this. My poor laptop.  :sadpanda:
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #348 on: May 29, 2009, 09:25:55 PM »

Found ants in my cereal once. I took it surprisingly well... I guess since I only took a bite or two.


Always check your cereal.

 :doit: ALWAYS.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #349 on: May 29, 2009, 10:14:57 PM »

When I was younger I was playing outside on the grass (this is texas mind you) and I felt a tingling on my leg.

From the knee down, fire ants were just crawling all over it like a swarm.

I was sore for weeks, and to this day will freak the hell out if I see one ant.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #350 on: May 29, 2009, 10:18:53 PM »

I fell (off of a bike and hurting my leg) onto a fire ant's nest when I was six.  Ended up in the hospital.

What kills me is that I don't react that badly to them even still, but I almost got thrown out of an apartment anyway for thinking it was important that we don't have fucking ants in it.

(I eventually did get thrown out of that apartment due to an argument that never actually happened outside of my roommate's head, so I guess what I'm saying is I fucking hate ants and women.)
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #351 on: May 30, 2009, 03:05:26 AM »

ooh ooh ant stories

When I was like eight or something I went to get a drink of water while I was watching my mom play softball with her team

And after I got the drink I stood there for a while watching

And then all the sudden it felt like I was on fire from the stomach down

See I had been unknowingly standing on a fire ant mound and they all crawled up my legs under my pants and clothes and then because they have that crazy pheromone signal to attack thing they all bit me at once over and over

I started screaming and a few of my moms friends came over from the dugout and saw what was happening and stripped me down and beat the ants off of me

But yeah, I don't mind ants. I fucking can't stand bloodsuckers, though. Be they fleas, or mosquitoes, or lice, or whatever.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #352 on: May 30, 2009, 07:08:44 AM »

softball is fucking awesome
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #353 on: May 30, 2009, 08:14:16 AM »

Only if I get to be Player 1.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #354 on: June 01, 2009, 07:02:34 AM »

So..

I have five dogs. Four doxies and a beagle. The four doxies are adorable and I love them. We got them all from reputable dog breeders. The beagle is regal looking and very pretty. We got him from a pet store in a local mall near me. He's almost 5 years old now and has had two surgeries on both his back knees on separate occasions. He's cost a fortune but we love him. His name is Toby.

Yesterday morning, he started whining and walking around the house, plopping down randomly and spreading himself out. We watched him for a bit and noticed a subtle limp on his back legs. We decided we'd take him to the vet that morning and took him outside to go potty before the trip. Once outside, he began walking normally and stopped whining, but began eating grass.

Well, emboldened with him at least feeling better, we held off on the vet. I went to work and my Step-Mom stayed with him. I come back home from work and they're both gone. His limp had gotten worse and he had been whining louder, so she had decided to take him in herself.

Now he's a big beagle, for a beagle. About 30ish pounds. We both had to work at getting him out from the car, but even then, he made one of those long moaning "Oh god the pain" noises that only animals can make. The vet had said ambiguous things and that it could be any number of ailments. They gave us a muscle relaxant and two two types of pain pills for him. He wasn't walking well at all. At one point he went out his doggy door, which leads to a deck with steps. He fell down the steps and rolled across the deck to fall another half-foot into the grass. We got him up and back inside since he didn't seem inclined to move.

Which brings me to today. At 3:30 am this morning, the house alarm system blares off because my Step-Mother got up at that time to give the beagle some more medicine, and accidentally set it off when she rushed to a phone. (There are motion sensors inside the house that were tripped). Toby's back legs are paralyzed and he couldn't move. We called our emergency animal clinic and they said "He's fine, don't do anything now, wait to take him to the regular vet in the morning."

Ok. Well, we do one better. We get a mobile pet vet neurologist to come out to the house, who gives his opinion. The poor dog is going in for surgery in less than two hours.  :sadpanda:
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #355 on: June 01, 2009, 07:09:55 AM »

D: Surgeries on pets are the worst.  I'm sorry to hear it.

My dog Rosie (rest her soul) had cancer when she was 8 or 9, so she had to have a tumor removed and then we actually had to have her tail amputated because of worry for the cancer spreading (which was probably going to happen).  And she had pretty crippling arthritis but pills dealt with that so that she managed okay.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #356 on: June 01, 2009, 07:17:24 AM »

Damn, sorry Wiseman.

I would switch emergency clinics after getting blown off like that. Geez WTF.

Our cats aren't super old (they both just turned 11), but they aren't in the best of health. We worry about their little raggedy hides every single day.  ;__;
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #357 on: June 01, 2009, 07:38:03 AM »

Every sentence I read in Wiseman's post made me think that the next would be worse.  Making me think of horrifying tragic scenarios in my head. :sadpanda:

And now I can't help but think of my past cats.  Especially Puff who died just a little over a month ago.  She was 18 or 19, we never were quite sure on her age, and had gone blind and def and would just sit in one spot motionless for hours if you didn't do anything.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #358 on: June 01, 2009, 02:54:40 PM »

My uncle is coming home this week.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #359 on: June 01, 2009, 05:28:47 PM »

Good luck, Wiseman.  As noted elsewhere, it's been a rough year for my family and dogs; I hope your story has a happier ending.
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