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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2560 on: November 21, 2011, 02:10:00 PM »

What's the point of posting if you will not share your awful luck? Out with it.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2561 on: November 24, 2011, 08:33:01 PM »

ok... you're right...

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2562 on: December 02, 2011, 07:55:14 PM »

I finally have something to contribute!

I was on my way home from picking up my girlfriend from work, when I noticed an alert on the dash that said "Service Theft System." Weird, I thought. The owner's manual said that this alert usually goes away, but that there is a chance the car will not turn on after being shut off.

Pulled into the garage, turned off the car, tried the ignition again... Nope.

Please please please let the shady mechanic man be able to circumvent this without me having to go to the dealer.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2563 on: December 03, 2011, 12:43:54 PM »

Do you feel safer?
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2564 on: December 03, 2011, 12:54:43 PM »

What kind of car do you have? If it's just an issue like the battery is going bad(Happens in a lot of Caddies when the battery is going bad) you can fix it easy. Also, using the automatic unlock to lock your car, leave it locked for a half hour then unlock it with the same automatic thing can reset some problems in the computer.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2565 on: December 04, 2011, 07:00:28 AM »

That's heartening; it's a Cadillac DeVille, 2000.

My uncle seemed to think it might be a battery issue, too; the gauges on the dash (all digital) are acting odd as well. If it's just a bad battery, I'd be SO HAPPY.  Mechanic opens at 8 on Monday, so hopefully this will all be resolved swiftly and cheaply.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2566 on: December 08, 2011, 04:51:49 PM »

Mom just called me about half an hour ago.

My grandmother is on full-time hospice care.  The doctors say that she's got a few days left.

I've got some complex feelings about this...stuff I don't want to get in to on here...but she's my grandmother.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2567 on: December 08, 2011, 05:20:43 PM »

Christ. Sorry to hear that, man.

In the past two months I've had a couple my family's known since I was born, my "aunt" and "uncle" in every respect but blood, put on hospice and pass away. Both were struggling with cancer, and I'm just glad we had the time and warning to see them a few times and have dinner with them before they passed.

It's staggering how quickly it happened for each when they were put on hospice. Just try to be ready for that.

All I'll say is that they were both in a state near the end that it came almost as a relief that they wouldn't have to deal with being so exhausted and frustrated every day. I don't know how I'll feel when I'm in their shoes in however many years, but they weren't able to live their lives any more, they were just surviving, and with no way to get better, it felt like this was the only way it should go.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2568 on: December 08, 2011, 05:29:09 PM »

Oh, she's been on hospice for a while, and I'm no stranger to family members being on hospice to the point my grandmother is at right now.

My great aunt and mother's cousin both were on hospice near the end.

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2569 on: December 08, 2011, 05:34:36 PM »

You have my sympathies, McDohl.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2570 on: December 08, 2011, 07:42:43 PM »

Man, sorry McDohl.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2571 on: December 09, 2011, 03:46:49 AM »

Yeah, my phone is a useless brick in my pocket, so I gave my mom the work e-mail address in case there's any change to the situation.  Texted my manager last night to expect the request for bereavement leave.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2572 on: December 12, 2011, 09:24:06 AM »

Feeling pissed to the point of incoherence by everything. Pissed at indie stuff because I missed the bundle deal. Pissed at work because my coworkers are idiots. Pissed at tf2 because I keep missing good trades.

Basically, I feel like I'm unable to make good decisions and that I'm getting no space for myself.

Which is a pretty bad thing to feel a month before one's wedding.

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2573 on: December 12, 2011, 09:45:50 AM »

So you're gainfully employed and getting ready to marry the woman of your choice but right now you're upset about virtual hats and games that sell for a penny.

Sounds to me like you've very successfully operated under a set of adult priorities and have just temporarily forgotten about them.  Maybe take a break, grab a coffee, sit down and write out what's important to you and what you actually have.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2574 on: December 12, 2011, 09:59:02 AM »

I am in almost literally the exact same position and I don't pretend to have all the answers, but when I am having a day where I feel like all I want to do is sit around and play video games, I remind myself that there have and will continue to be a great number of days when I don't, and those are the ones that end up hurting.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2575 on: December 12, 2011, 10:19:32 AM »

So you're gainfully employed and getting ready to marry the woman of your choice but right now you're upset about virtual hats and games that sell for a penny.

Sounds to me like you've very successfully operated under a set of adult priorities and have just temporarily forgotten about them.  Maybe take a break, grab a coffee, sit down and write out what's important to you and what you actually have.

Yeah, which is why I don't post here often.

The thing is, it turns out there's a step between "unsuccessful" and "successful" and I'm stuck in that. It feels like I've got here by mostly luck, and that I have to do it all over again and I have no idea how long it'll take, if I ever manage.

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2576 on: December 12, 2011, 10:50:33 AM »

But you are successful.  The only way to define success without going Patrick Bateman in the process is by what you've done, not who you are.  The fact that you haven't completely abandoned/discredited the identity you held while you made it this far isn't a sign of weakness.

Your success might feel like luck and it probably doesn't feel like you deserve it, not the least of which reasons being that you are a smart dude who is aware of the privileges you've been afforded.  Unfortunately, a lot of it IS luck and I certainly don't feel like I've earned my modest success.  But to use that as a reason to write off everything you've accomplished through merit is just as silly as thinking you are some kind of living, breathing bootstrap, because I know this might blow your mind, but there are a ton of people born with totally insane privileges you and I could never dream of that still manage to ceaselessly fuck up their own lives and those of everyone around them by virtue of being morons, and the only thing privilege does for them is to keep them alive and out of prison long enough to fuck up again tomorrow.

The hard part is accepting your life has changed because you have changed, and figuring out how to wed the parts of you that haven't changed with this new reality.  Granted, most people never achieve that, but if you do, Ghost Carl Jung will enter your dreams and give you a high-five.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2577 on: December 12, 2011, 11:37:54 AM »

You do have a point. Thanks.

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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2578 on: December 12, 2011, 12:25:47 PM »

PACOBIRD'S SECRET TO HAPPINESS:

Your Id, Ego, and Superego are on the same team.  It is an awesome team.
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Re: Shit Days
« Reply #2579 on: December 12, 2011, 01:09:59 PM »

If you say so.  Personally I think my superego is the 1% here.
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