The Not Happy Thread

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  1. edamame

    edamame Contributor Contributor

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    Um. Yes, I have a learner's permit. You need one in order to practice behind the wheel. I drive during the lessons, but my instructor sits by me and has access to a second set of breaks in case something happens. A learner must always be accompanied when driving. I'd ask a friend or family member to help me if that was an option.
     
  2. Lewdog

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    I'm about ready to blow up. (Not a joke carry over from another thread.) I can't get comfortable and I feel as tense as you can possibly get. I'm also shaking like I've drank 20 cups of coffee. I don't know what is wrong with me. :rant:
     
  3. jannert

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    Will you be okay? Maybe you should see a doctor. I can understand feeling ready to blow, etc, but the shaking sounds pretty horrible. Are you on your own just now?
     
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  5. jannert

    jannert Retired Mod Supporter Contributor

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    @Lewdog? Are you there????
     
  6. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    @Lewdog , are you all right? C'mon, let us know how we can help! D:
     
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  7. Lewdog

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    Thanks for the kind words. I think it was a bit of an anxiety attack. I get a little over nervous these days about things. I've been waiting to do some paperwork over the phone for disability again and it was today. After I wrote this message I went and turned out the lights in my bedroom and got it as dark as I could. I laid on my bed and did kind of a meditation where I repeated soothing words to myself. Words such as relax... relax... Louisville... Louisville... David Dukakis... David Dukakis... Slovenia... Slovenia...

    I seriously did that, but I think I should make an album of me just saying those kind of words and sell it to idiots like me. What do you think? :agreed:
     
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  8. edamame

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    I'm glad you're feeling better! We all get overwhelmed sometimes and need to walk away at times. *hugs*
     
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  9. PensiveQuill

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    hypoglycemia. eat something not sugar.
     
  10. Lewdog

    Lewdog Come ova here and give me kisses! Supporter Contributor

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    I've had my sugar checked a few times recently and it shouldn't have been that, besides I'm not really a big sugar eater anymore. I'm bi-polar so I think it had to be somehow related.
     
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  11. GingerCoffee

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    I am absolutely paranoid walking my dogs now. I used to enjoy our walks, every night I would brainstorm my book as we walked in the woods behind my house. Then after one was attacked by an off leash dog and almost killed I became afraid to walk them in the woods and started walking them in the neighborhood instead. And now that one was attacked in the neighborhood by a negligent couple that let their dog out accidentally, I'm afraid to walk anywhere.

    I've been trying. I tried the busy street because no one has a dog off leash there, but it was very unpleasant. Tonight we went on our usual route but had to turn around when I saw a dog off leash in the street a half a block up from where we were walking. And coming back I went past the house but there was a couple walking their dogs toward us and it was too dark to see if the dogs were on a leash so I just turned around and came home.

    :cry:
     
  12. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    That sucks. :mad: Are people legally allowed to keep their dogs off leash? 'Cause over here you can't (capital city region and all that). People do it, but if I felt unsafe, I'd take it on video and go to the cops to get the neighborhood dogs back on the leash. Sometimes even just the possibility of someone doing it could cause people to leash their pets.
     
  13. GingerCoffee

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    No, it's not legal. It's just not enforced more than a token effort.

    The police know. I made police reports both times my dogs were injured. I went to a city council meeting with a picture of my injured dog after her surgery. So far the neighbors who still walk their dogs off leash every day were caught not having dog licenses, and the animal control is coming once a week, making a very quick walk in the park and that's it. Even the neighbors who were warned aren't afraid of getting a ticket. They just wait and go in the evening when they figure the control officer is off duty.

    I'm going to try walking them one dog at a time today. It's really unfair but if I only have one dog I can pick him/her up whereas with two, when I tried to pick them both up, the attacking dog still managed to get one dog's hindquarters in it's mouth.
     
  14. KaTrian

    KaTrian A foolish little beast. Contributor

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    @GingerCoffee I'm sorry to hear that. I don't know if this'd work, but another tool some people use against dogs here is "dog pepper spray". But I guess it might get into your dogs' faces too if you sprayed it at a potentially attacking, unleashed animal. Plus I don't know how well those work.
     
  15. GingerCoffee

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    My other neighbor said I should get a taser. I'm seriously considering that.

    I also have a can of bear spray from hiking in Yellowstone. That's another option I'm considering. I didn't want to have to hurt the dog, I'd prefer to pepper spray the owners. :mad:

    With the last attack I had citronella spray but the dog was stalking us in a crouch and closing fast and I had to get my dogs out of the line of fire or pull out the spray, I went with trying to lift my dogs up. You just don't have time and if the spray fails and the dog circles around, which he did as I picked them up (my dogs were behind me) he'd have gotten more than a hind quarter.
     
  16. Lewdog

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    You should get a dog to guard your dogs.
     
  17. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    I've learned yet another lesson today:

    Apparently I can't play Destiny (single player like I wanted to, or otherwise) without an online PSN account. Just...great. Great. Is this the future of gaming now? Can't play a game without an online account? What if I didn't want to have an online account just to play a single-player campaign mode? Guess players like me are shit out of luck if they want to play a game, but can't because they don't have an online account and don't want one. What were they thinking!? Not everyone wants to have an online account!! :rant: GAH! AND I WAS LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS GAME!!!

    <sighs> I'm gonna have to return the game and get another one. I'd get Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, but I was so turned off by the third one (that I'm convinced they were just too lazy to even try to make it a good game) that I don't think I want to get it. >:[
     
  18. Lewdog

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    Why don't you want an online account?
     
  19. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    Because I don't want to pay the monthly subscription fee to have an online PSN account if I'm not going to be doing multiplayer anyway.
     
  20. Swiveltaffy

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    I thought PSN was free.
     
  21. Swiveltaffy

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    ETR
     
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  22. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    From what I've read, the PSN account is free, but you have to pay a subscription fee to play any games online.
     
  23. Swiveltaffy

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    Wait, is Destiny an MMO? Regarding PSN, unless they changed something in the last two years, it should be free. Since it's likely that they changed something in the last two years, it probably isn't, and I'm sorry for your lot.
     
  24. Lemex

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    I have never, never wanted to bash a character around the ears more than Conner. He was a complete plank.
     
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  25. Link the Writer

    Link the Writer Flipping Out For A Good Story. Contributor

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    I know, right? It was as if they were trying to make him a stoic badass, but wound up making him a bore. His entire character revolved around "WHERE IS CHARLES LEE!?!" That's it. His desires (besides vengeance and CHARLES LEE)? His hopes? Fears? His hobbies? His interests? Nope, nada, we don't learn a damned thing. He treats all the side-activities like he would rather be anywhere else than there at that point.

    Don't even get me started on the illogic in how you can play a board game with Washington at the end of the game. For context, Washington basically ordered Connor's village burnt when Connor was just five, thus was indirectly responsible for the death of Connor's mother. Connor is also not a forgiving person.

    I could go on a long rant about why this video game sucked on a story and character level (hey, I could totally make that a theme for future blogs! :D) but I'll resist the urge in this thread. That'll be a blog entry for later.
     
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