The + and - Thread

[The Freshmaker]

This is the thread where you disect your day. Count up the pluses and the minuses. Was it a plus day, or a minus day, or did you balance out? Put in as many points as you can think of.

Go!

+ Went job hunting today, and already got a call back
+ Three words: Creamcheese Swirl Brownies.
- Spent too much money on a Halloween wig.
+ The wig looks freakin awesome on me.
+ I'm not as behind in my Humanities class as I thought I was.

Yay, I'm +3 today.

[Felony]

-not doing so well in school
-have no job still
+I'm still alive
-still single
+at least I got some friends here

[The Freshmaker]

- Sick as a dog.
+ I got out of work early today.
- I should be doing homework.
- Have to open in the morning.

Meh. -2 today.

[IndianaJoan]

+1 Met my half sister today..been 20 years since i saw...shes really cool, :)

+1 shopped until I dropped

+1 talked about my next book plot and character building with my girlfriend

-1 worried about my youngest daughter

all in all..not a bad day..though the worry is keeping me awake sitting here :/

[The Freshmaker]

I was really hoping this thread would take off. :(

+ Going to a party after class!
+ My costume turned out great.
- My boyfriend is out of town.

+1 today.

[Spherical Time]

- Another day in bed.
- Dad came over which can be annoying.
+ FF12 came out today!
- I can't go get it.

So, down two.

[Daniel]

+ am about to go to sleep.
- failed my AP chemistry test
- my back's sore
- I'm tired
- I have to get my wisdom teeth out thursday
+ my neighbor's poodle got ran over the over day. :p

[Felony]

Mean poodle spider? The one's that piss on lawns? I hate them too grrrr dogs are messy.

- bored stiff
- still single
- feel crappy
+ still alive
- still no job

Bah.... bad day # 132

[Spherical Time]

- same as yesterday
- FF12 hasn't shipped yet
- tired

Sounds about right.

[Peter]

- sacked from work yesterday
+ sacked from work yesterday
+ spent whole day lazing about
- could spend weeks or months lazing about, if I don't find another job
+ little sister has decided to get married in Spain
- I suffer from vertigo (don't mention aeroplanes!)
+ I love cigarettes (puff puff)

good day.

[Felony]

+ i dont do drugs
+ i hate cigarettes (cough cough)
- teacher a b*tch
+ still alive
- Still feelin crappy
- no job yet
+ Played WoW
- hate school
- Still single
- tired
+ Still got my friends on this forum
+ workin on more poetry

First OK day in a while

[Daniel]

+ no school tomorrow
- wisdom teeth out tomorrow
- it's late and I'm tired

[Spherical Time]

- doctor appointment an hour away
+ met my doctor for the first time
+ new pain pill prescription
- severe pain all evening from the car ride
- nothing on TV
+ the book I'm reading is okay

Severe pain is sort of unbalancing though. I think I'm going to go to bed early tonight.

[The Freshmaker]

- Still sick
+ Pretty much have the job at Express
+ Had a humanities test, and did pretty well
- Got my boyfriend sick

[Felony]

+ I GOT A JOB!!!!!
- not really feelin to good
- still single
- Very tired
+ still alive

[Raven]

- Kids off school for weekend.
- bored
+ My little Sister has gone to germany to live with her Hubby who's in the army.
- My Brother Inlaw has gone to live in Germany for a year with the army. (Drinking partner and Best mate.)
- I miss been in the army.
- argued with the wife.
- still can't sleep.
- I'm begining to feel my age.


All in all a bad a morbid day.





~Raven.

[Felony]

- haven't been on very much
-work is tiring
- haven't finnished my Sonnet
-I'm really tired
-still single
-feel depressed
-college isn' goin well
+got on this forum today

An ok day

[radarcassy]

(that day is okay? O.o)

+Reading a good book
-Haven't worked on what I meant to
-Didn't vacum
+Remembered that his place existed
+got plenty of reading and lazing about time in
-haven't written a decent poem in weeks
+I started entering a story in the computer (yay me)

so +1. ^.^

[Raven]

+ Took kids to school
+ Went on a Long Walk with the Dog and played stick.
- Picked Kids up from school
+ Had a big dinner
+ Had the day to myself and the dog doing nothing important
+ Played Halo with My Daughter.


All In All an Empty day but a good day. :)




~Raven.

[Wreybies]

...I felt like doing some thread archaeology.... :D

- Only cereal for breakfast.
+ Drank protein shake instead
- Super hot today.
+ Had an awesome workout this morning.
- Currently on a really, really, really, long call.
+ I'm not really doing anything on this call, so I'm getting paid to play on wf.org! :D

[yfc54]

-Had to drag myself out of bed at 4.45am
-Had to drive to Edinburgh for an 0830 appointment
+Got a big order
+then another two
+Grabbed some sleep when I got home
++++++ Finally found some time to get back on this forum
+The "Old Timers" are still here

[NaCl]

+ woke up!

[Nilfiry]

+ The Day
- Having to read a romance.

[tarnished]

-Not doing to well in school
+ Me and my girlfriend are still going steady
+I'm pretty sure Im going to get tickets to go see The Who
+I got my hair cut

[Acglaphotis]

-School (I'm not failing it, it's just boring :/)
+Halo
-I'm not understanding physics this year.
+I didn't die.
+I bought some diet pepsi, mmmm.

+1 today, cool.

[Still Life]

- I've been film binging and the lack of sleep (2 hours last night, 3 the other) is starting to affect my brain.
- lent a friend 300 bucks that I couldn't afford to because she was in tears.
+ this friend hugged me for it afterwards
+ my bf phoned me from Michigan...
- ... but we only got to say " Hi, stranger, bye stranger."
+ got a payday advance
- but from (of all places) UCL
- totally forgot to check up on them (because of the lack of sleep)
+ I am perfectly capable of paying them back in full...
- ... but I hear it's difficult to get a hold of them
- killer back pains

In other words: SHOOT. ME. NOW.

-

[the norse atlantic saga]

+ learning more than I ever imagined
+ cool fall air when I walk between old ivy covered buildings everyday
+ excited about doing mathematics and physics for the rest of my life
+ have new, interesting feelings about someone
( - four years older than I am)
( - a close friend of my brother)
+ busy and productive
- no time to think, no time for anything but problem sets.
- best friend's life is breaking down, and I'm farther away from her than I'd like to be
+ Leonard Cohen CDs spinning
+ I have found something I believe in.

[destinationless]

+ Guess who got good grades for the first report card of her junior year? ;)
- I didnt get to speak to my favorite person in the whole world today; bummer.
+ I got a lot of writing done
- Said writing was inspired by some particularly difficult thought processes and thus I am drained and a bit emotional.
+ I put myself through a particularly difficult workout with my kickboxing instructor
- I went home and ate waffles, negating all of that hard work! :rolleyes:
+ I got my iPod fixed; turns out, it only needed to be restarted. Who knew? I didnt even realize you could restart it by pressing the menu and selection buttons...
- Mother's in a mood with me, and I havent a clue why.
+ I dont care.
- The college mail is flowing in at a steady pace, and it depresses me; I would much prefer to shrink back into a three year old, thankyouverymuch.
- It's nearing 12AM and I have yet to begin my homework! :eek:

Unfortunately, I'm going to say this day was a bit more negative than positive, or perhaps that's just my mood at the current. Here's to hoping tomorrow is miles better.

-D

[AnonyMouse]

- four hours of sleep
- showing up late for class on account of trying to get that fourth hour of sleep
+ turning in a project (one less thing ahead of me in a busy week)
+ coffee-flavored energy drinks
- 1500-word essay on Shakespeare due Fri and haven't read a thing yet
+ reading and reviewing some good stories (irony?)
- the AC being cranked up in the Management Building (it's freezing!!)
- having to walk to the train station
+ actually having a seat for the train ride home
+ eating my first morsel of solid food all day @ 7:30 PM
- misunderstandings
+ writing apologies
- not getting a bit of actual writing done all day
- insomnia

A lot of minuses, but this was actually a good day. Coulda been better, but can't they all?

[Speedy]

+ Day off work
+ Sunny and 33c
+ Spend day at Beach
++++ Braught and ate 4 yummy mango`s
- Going to be hot and humid tonight, and AC is down
+ Wont be able to sleep and will have to write

+7 of sweetness

[Eoz Eanj]

+finished and handed in uni assignment early
- worked
- earnt some lovely blisters from ill-fitting workshoes
+ Amy brought me a V ^_^
+ no hayfever today

[Gladiatus]

++++++++ Got my signed CD in the post :D
+++ Went to College and had 3 hours break, in between Classics and History
++ Had Classics and History :p
+Watching "The Bill"

- Got MORE homework
- Run out of hot water for a bath.

So thats about 14+ and 2-

A great day!

[Still Life]

- sugar low
- car less in LA (never a good thing, especially with the concrete hills)
+ finished translations for two chapters of Ikuemi Ryo's Kano Hito Ya Tsuki (Whether the People or the Moon)
+ got that PDL company off my back
+ my sister called me from san diego


Good day so far.

[emily...]

+ not failing math.
+ almost done with economics class
- back is killing me. horrid, throbbing pain.
- mom forced me into working a booth at a fundraiser for a spec. ed daycare tom.
- all my friends are going out tonight, except me.
+ got away with cheating on a spanish test. (we left the answers on the board.)
+ picked a college i like.
- can't go into my kitchen for the next hour and a half.

well. at least i broke even.

[tarnished]

+ Went to mall with Sabrina (girlfriend)
- I think I bombed a test...
+ Found a new band I like, 3OH!3
+ Bought really cool new headphones
- Met Sabrinas parents....awkward....
+ I'm generally happy....

Good Day.....

[destinationless]

+ I gave a stellar report today; no public speaking errors for me! (A serious accomplishment; public speaking is -hard- for me!)
+ My 6 weeks' grades were higher than I thought they'd be! (And they were originally pretty high! <3 )
+ I talked to my favorite person in the whole world today, for 2 hours
+ Said person said he loves me. :D
+ I didnt eat too much (I'm really picky about my weight and my food... :redface:)
+ I'm going to get a full 8 hours' sleep tonight! (I rarely sleep more than 3 straight hours...)
- I wasnt able to get out tonight, because I was stuck in writing an essay due Monday.
- I bit my nails so hard today that they bled. :eek:
- Some people at school have made me very uncomfortable
- I was too lazy and too busy to get in my run today.

A good day!

-D

[Heather Louise]

- I'm tired
+ I got £20 of my granddad
+ I've got some great music on now
+ I've got two amazing people talking to me on MSN :)

[ChimmyBear]

- I am sick with the flu
- Can't socialize with friends
+ + Had an unexpected online chat with the one who fills the world with words and poetry. Very nice!!
+ Listening to a favorite song.
+ Going to see my family on Monday.

So glad I ended up on the plus side. :D

[Speedy]

+Football Grand Final
+Plenty of mates
+Plenty of Beer
+DOnt have to drive (at my place this year)
+Pizza
+Overcast day (nothing else to do)
- 6 hours away
- Actually dont feel social today!

[DownUnder]

+ Pizza for dinner
+ Got some English study done
- Not enough English study done
- Pessimism had a field day, just worried about things a little too much...

A neutral day.

[soujiroseta]

- Didn't go to school today even though i was awake at the time
- I have a backlog of assignments
- Still single
+ Got FIFA09 yesterday and Far Cry and Dead Space later this month
+ Am about to eat some fries :p
+ Am still alive:D

average day:)

[DownUnder]

----- Realised I always have to worry about something, no matter what, when as before, I would just shrug them off...
+ Went and had dinner at a bowling club which was nice.

[FantasyWitch]

+got off school today!
-gotta spend it doing homework...
+going to london on friday!
+Cinamin and raisin bagels in the kitchen!

[Banzai]

- Spent £40 on a book, coz the only place it's available is the campus bookshop.
+ I have leftover fishcakes and paella for lunch :D

[Heather Louise]

- It was cold this morning
- one of my mates blaggs head
+ I had a laugh with some other mates
- I've been thinking about injections ....
+ my science teacher made us all a cuppa XD

[DownUnder]

+ Had a banana smoothie
+ Had chocolate
- Didn't do any study

[Gone Wishing]

+ I currently have the house to myself (:eek: no teenagers to ask me to turn my music down! + + +)
+ I got to spend a fair bit of time with one of my most favourite people
+ I have a promising prospect for a new house
+ all of the -'s I can think of don't bother me enough to spend any effort typing them up :p

[Frost]

+ saw girlfriend
-bored
+great tea
+has yo-yo biscuits
-house smells like paint
-spider in the beat labratory

so it would be neg but because i saw gf, + day

[Speedy]

+ Took day off from eiditing (Not writing edit, work edit)
- Toothache
- MASSSIVE tooth/head ache
- Had to take painkiller
- Had to take a second pain killer
- Slept all day
+ Slept all day, taking the pain away
- Woke up drowsy
+ Woke up nice and drowsy ;)

[Heather Louise]

+ Billy Ocean is making my dance XD
+ I am writing a musical about school with a mate .... it entertained us during Science
+ Talked about something earlier that I haven't really talked about before and it was nice to be listened to.
+ Today has just been good :)

[Wreybies]

- It's only Thursday. I so want it to be Friday.
+ Had a massively good workout today. Endorphins were running in near illegal amounts.
+ I made a friend today at the gym.. I always see her when I am jugging, and today she came and said hello! :D
- Mom has been acting really weird lately. Don't know what's up with her.
- My boyfriend is sick. He requires a lot of attention when he is feeling sickie. I'll be making chicken noodle soup tonight.
+ I have next Wednesday off! Yay! I have to have some blood drawn, which will only take a few minutes and I get the whole day off!! :D

[DownUnder]

+++ Lowndes and Whincup won the Bathurst 1000 endurance race for the 3rd straight year :)
+ Had a Fanta

[Torana]

+ my loaf got a story of his accepted for publication and it is a print. YAY!
+ I got the help I needed with my poem YAY!
+ I got off more submissions today like I wanted to and got my editting done I needed to

- one of my moms fish died and i got in trouble
- my coffee is cold ><
- I don't want hotdogs for tea tonight... (yick!)

[Daniel I Russell]

This looks like fun...

+Sold a story
+Got to see my loaf for aaaaaages again
+Drank like a crazy man last night and dont have a hangover
+Roast dinner!

-Fell out with a friend last night
-Need to get one of my lawyers for another friend
-Torana's fish/imminent bollocking

[DownUnder]

+ Got some study done
+ Had a Coke
+ Had a meat pie
- Too much junk food...

[Frost]

+ Finished critical essay.
+ Scored an interview with Jetty Surf.

- Dog has arthritis
- Not with gf.
- Didn't do CPT
- Only Tuesday
- Got nothing to read.
- Miss home.

Neg day.

[Little Miss Edi]

+ Made great progress with bonfires article
+ Finished the Sea Fishing article
+ Planned halloween party and almost finished invites
+ Get to go home and have an evening to myself and OH for once

- Am very uncomfortable in this chair

Not a bad day by the looks of things! It's been a while since that happened!!

[Emerald]

+ Bored
- Bored
+ Bored
- Bored
+ Bored
- Bored

So it all evens out.
What's a loaf? I always thought that meant 'head'...

[Heather Louise]

- arguing with people about things that I don't want to be invloved in
- stupid ICT stressed me out
- upset for some reason
+ someone saiid my hair looks nice :p

[Eoz Eanj]

- my life

rofl

[Heather Louise]

- Science teacher was being a tit
+ make a cake which turned out rather nice
+ talked to Jordan and its made me all smiley
+ Listening to some toons

[Still Life]

- Killer neck pain from crouching over the laptop trying to wrap up this week's translations.
- too finger lazy to debate
+ tuna sandwich from La dee da was muy bien
+ am totally rocking this outfit
+ realized I have 22 days of vacation, and will be forced to take those days off. (Who wouldn't love to be forced to take days off of work? :D)

[Raven]

-Toothache
+ payday

[Milady]

-Dishes are piling up in sink
-My job to do them
+ No homework!

[Ashleigh]

+ Have a lovely supportive boyfriend
- Getting irritated with friends
+ Got myself organised with choosing Uni's and make personal statement
- Missing loads of school from being ill
+ Finished notes for english exam tomorrow
-Stayed up too late
+ Doing good in english, doing okay in sociology
- Doing crap all in media studies.
+ Had a lovely night out
- Always boyfriend paying - feel bad :(
+Weekend to look forward to
- No part time job

For every positive thing there's a negative :(

[Eoz Eanj]

+ had an epic debate in philosophy
+ had a V

[Torana]

- got smacked in the head with a pipe and have a graze and lump over my eyebrow now ><
- passed out in doctors surgery today when he went to give me an injection (shameful)
- my son got hold of my mobile, rang his father and got a broken heart (grrrrr!)

+ it is one days closer to Dan coming over
+ I have finished and subbed another horror poem today
+ I got my new votives today and they smell soooooo pretty. (But they taste really disgusting. lol! At least me and Chelle know they don't taste as well as the smell now... shakes head)
+ my son drew a picture for me today of our 'new' family and it is really sweet. :) (was the best part of the day when he showed me and explained it all to me)

[tarnished]

-Grandfather died
- Relationship ended with my girlfriend
-got in trouble for fighting (which I didn't.....)

Yup....pretty sucky day

[Jade]

+ It's a friday
- Can't write my stupid personal statement and the deadline is soon
+ Just watched QI
+ Managed to write a chapter
- had an arguement with my mum
+ spoke to a long lost buddy

Ooh, good outweighs the bad, just barely :P

And aww, tarnished, you really have had a sucky day :(

[Frost]

+found out Carpathian are playing wednesday and amity affliction friday. for cheap.
- cant find anyone in to hardcore that wants to go.
- school tomorrow. neg.
+ had a good day at the beach.
+ wrote a song.
+ wrote a letter
+ did a work out
- miss girlfriend.

++

[Speedy]

+ Going camping for a full week with the misses
- Not being online for a week
+ Not being online for a week!
+ Will still be able to write, if not more than i have for ages!

[Ashleigh]

+ Woke up
+ Wrote some ideas for Stories and found inspirational pictures
+ Got on with a large bulk of a short story
- Saw a massive spider crawl out of sight :(
+ Started reading Bram stoker's "Dracula"
- Not looking forward to media tomorrow.