The Not Happy Thread

So who disagreed? I can understand the explosion of support.

 

Well, when I went to bed last night it was some guy going on about how Scotland is getting more than its share of UK funds, and we scroungers should just shut up and behave ourselves. Then somebody else chimed in with statistics to disprove his stance, and they were away. Last I looked last night, they were all calling each other ignorant and stupid and spouting statistics. I haven't been following the argument at all, but the latest one I dumped in my trash this morning was talking about how he didn't live with his mummy, but had a wife and child—to wit: "June I've just got up ,,,,lol and my mummy doesn't live with me I have my own house my own wife my own children I don't have to go to bed when mummy says,,,,"


I just want off this bus.

 

For some odd reason my insurance got dropped at the beginning of this month and I had to reapply. This means I will miss my rehab for couple of weeks and can't get my meds filled until it becomes active again. What a load of crap.

 

with school starting back up i'm already up to my eye sockets in homework. i'll probably have to duck out of the short story contests for a few weeks. this is the pattern: 10 weeks of school, 3 weeks of writing. mehr.

 

For those who think the United States Congress moves slowly, try applying for a job with the government and see how long it takes until they call people in for interviews and fill it.

I'm going to build my own government, with blackjack and hookers. In fact, forget the government.

 

You'd only be adding blackjack in that scenario. We've already got the hookers.

 

depends on what you mean by government. i was hired by the public library (government) in a couple weeks. more paperwork than a usual job, but it wasn't that bad.

 

The public library must do it differently then, or maybe you were lucky. The counties and state government agencies take forever.

 

oooh, gaaawd, thought frying no-name chicken dogs would make them taste better. taste somewhat better, stomach not so much.

 

Sick of people prodding me when I want to be alone. Sick of people who turn down my invitations only to show up uninvited and expect me to want to be social and happy in front of them when I'm actually not. I give you the courtesy to say no when you're having a bad day. At least do the same for me.

 

Well, just found out Satoru Iwata, one of the big legends of Nintendo had died. This is a tragic day for all Nintendo fans. From what little I've heard, he always brought personality and soul to every E3 show he attended. Whole most devs would just walk around talking about how awesome their game's features were, Iwata would make a freaking muppet show full of song and dance just to get everyone excited.

 

The lease on our apartment is up on November 1. My husband and I have been discussing whether or not to stay in this place with our roommate, stay here without our roommate, or if the two of us should get a new place altogether.

The smartest decision is to stay here with our roommate. It's just a matter of whether I can handle it or not. After thinking about it, I realized it could work for another year. Despite the fact that our roommate still isn't helping with groceries, he IS helping with household chores more, has been generally less annoying, and his cat and our cats weren't fighting anymore. So it seemed like it could work.

But then our cats started fighting again out of nowhere, worse than before. And our roommate is mad at US, like we tell our cat to attack his. I've been the only person in this house trying to get them to get them to get along and got no credit when it worked. But now that it isn't working, it's suddenly my fault.

Looks like sticking with the roommate won't work after all.

 

So once again my sink is clogged due to squirrels chucking acorns and God knows what else into the drainage pipe. The repairmen couldn't come today so I'm stuck with a broken sink for the next few days. A sink that keeps flooding and that I have to bail out.

@minstrel , can you please tell your kin to quit doing that? >:[

 

Everyone expects something from me, and I'm unable to focus all of my time on each person's individual needs. Then - hey - I have needs of my own! Like my own fucking time away from people! Of which, I've had very little.

All work and no play make Slob a dull girl.

UGH. I'm so flustered and annoyed with everyone right now.

 

Apparently I'm a magician with a computer, and if my mother calls me over for help I'm expected to magically fix it without her telling me what the hell I'm supposed to be fixing.

Either that or I'm supposed to sit there and watch her screw around clicking on random things while saying, "Help me I don't know how to do this!" 'Cause lord knows she won't let me touch it, answer any of my questions, or listen to any of my suggestions.

Oh and don't forget yelling at me because it's not working.

And she wonders why I don't like "helping" her.

 

Dear Everyone,

Not to sound like a whiney brat, but I was wondering if this has happened to everyone or if I'm just a lousy writer.

I have applied to 20 things in the past year or so and have only gotten accepted into 3.

The last three or four things I applied to have literally been rejected. It's always the " don't be discouraged to apply again" or " it's not for me."

I'm not sure if it's normal to get rejection after rejection, but I live in reality and I'm feeling discouraged.

You know those people that audition for talent shows and absolutely cannot sing? Then when they get rejected they blame the judges ? Well, I don't want to be that person, and I certainly don't blame the editors.

Sincerely,

Slightly Whiney Newbie Who Totally Means Well

 

It seems like she wants you to help her in the way she wants help, and not in the way reality calls for. That's frustrating.

 

That is annoying to deal with. Your needs matter too. Are you a people pleasure? It's an impossible feat to please everyone.

 

There are a lot of writers out there. Rejection is just part of life. Don't be discouraged and just keep on writing. Remember that even some of the best writers today received many rejections before they struck it big.

On a side note, I've only gotten one poem published so far so you are doing better than me.

 

Not happy after reading an op-ed 'faceoff' on GMO labelling in the Wall Street Journal. The pro-labeling person:

"No currently commercialized genetically engineered crop substantially increases yield or nutrition."

Andrew Kimbrell

The anti-labeling advocate:

"Genetically modified crops have increased yields by an average of more than 20% globally."

Nina Fedoroff

Regardless of the merits of GMO labelling (it's moot, IMO - Monsanto will out), one of these people is lying or has formed his/her sentence craftily enough that it doesn't say what it seems to. How exactly are the rest of us supposed to arrive at an informed opinion on these important subjects if the advocates on both sides can't be trusted and we don't have the time to engage in heavy research ourselves (which itself may be tainted)?

 

I support labeling, but it's usually the pro-labelling advocate being less than truthful and I think that's the case here @Stacy C . Thus the qualifiers and vague language.

Bt corn has been shown to increase yields formerly lost to pests, for example. There is a USDA study on that. Whether there is a 20% average across crops is another story - that may well be an overstatement.

 

thanks [: I would love to read your poem.

 

Here you go, I hope you enjoy it!

https://www.writingforums.org/threads/broken-hearts-with-cement-shoes.134451/#post-1268418

 

I'm pissed because for the last two days I've called the Federal Education Department trying to get the letter to release my Financial Aid reward to my colleges and they have said their system is down and they can't do anything. What kind of shit is it that a Federal agency would have their system down for TWO days? It's the fucking federal government for fucks sake.

 

I think just getting accepted into 3 is a big accomplishment. I haven't managed it yet. And as for the rejections, they obviously like your writing enough to ask you to apply again, it may just be that the piece is not quite their taste (i.e. it's not for me).