The Not Happy Thread

owls are cool, though. Clever. Smart.

And also ninjas.

 

Exactly!
(There was an old lady who swallowed a horse;
...She's dead, of course!)

 

^ Is that the way it actually goes, or is that just the Jeff Goldblum version from
The Fly? I need to look that one up, I only vaguely remember it.

Personally for these ever-growing situations i always revert back to The Cat in the Hat and The Pink Ink. When I was a kid my mom bought a book where he hung out with a couple of kids in the house while they're parents were gone, and they had all kinds of fun but spilled pink ink on a table or something. The parents were on their way home and it was time to clean up, and the wily cat helped, but each idea he had only moved the stain and spread it our further. At one point he somehow blew it all out the window but it stained the snow in the yard pink. I don't remember how far it went, I almost want to say at some point the entire world was covered in pink ink but that's probably not right, Somehow though they got it cleaned up in the nick of time.

 

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly.
I dunno why she swallowed that fly,
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider,
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a bird;
How absurd, to swallow a bird!
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly -
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a cat.
Imagine that, she swallowed a cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die

There was an old lady who swallowed a dog.
What a hog! To swallow a dog!
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a goat.
Just opened her throat and swallowed a goat!
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog ...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat.
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a cow.
I don't know how she swallowed a cow!
She swallowed the cow to catch the goat...
She swallowed the goat to catch the dog...
She swallowed the dog to catch the cat...
She swallowed the cat to catch the bird ...
She swallowed the bird to catch the spider
That wiggled and wiggled and tickled inside her.
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly.
But I dunno why she swallowed that fly
Perhaps she'll die.

There was an old lady who swallowed a horse -
She's dead, of course.

I'm also reminded of For want of a nail the kingdom was lost.

Edit—Ok, now that I've read it, I see this is indeed the definitive nursery rhyme for my situation. Should I swallow the bird?

 

It takes me back to the second grade.

 

I have a beautiful scene in my mind, but I can't put it down on paper.

 

My red headphones are broken.

They served a good 9 months, but after relentless chewing on the cord, yanking them by the wires, and spilling food on them, they have been laid to rest.
Fortunately I can get a new pair tomorrow.

 

@Xoic I could loan you my bird-killing cat, Apollo. I've legit seen him leap into the air and take down a low-flying bird. He likes to leave the remains on the doormat for us to enjoy. Here he is looking particularly distinguished with his mustache he most likely gained from under the car.

Spoiler: big pic

 

So your cat gets birds and is a mechanic? Nice.

 

He is very talented.

 

I haven't heard a peep from my fine feathered friend for over 2 days now. I also don't think he ever touched the food or water I put out for him. Last time I heard him I'm pretty sure he was in the closet of my bedroom (another door with a huge gap under it). I searched in there and in general but haven't found hide nor hair of him. Could be in the basement, or maybe he went back out however he got in. I haven't smelled that tiny little taint of small death either, that I noticed briefly after the lizard disappeared.

You know it's weird. There's been a lizard, then a mouse, and then a bird. A strange kind of evolutionary spectrum. I mean, didn't Jurassic Park teach us that birds are evolved reptiles? I'm afraid to think of what's nextk. God please don't let me hear a crying baby in the basement tomorrow...

 

My check engine light came on this morning. I hate when my car acts all needy and deprived.

 

Started smoking again. Probably will only last a few days. Pretty much sums up the rest of my week in quality.

 

This is a writing forum so I'll complain about writing.

I hate my writing. I think it's crap, and I love it so much, but everything I write I think is just the worst. I'm not confident in what I write. But I have to write because I want to so bad, and I want to be good, but it's just flippin' not good, and I don't know if it will really get better.

Also I'm fat and bald.

 

My mind today: Now you see me - now you don't. This is mutiny! I get to wander inside my story in intervals, like I'm entering my setting after much effort and it keeps spitting me out after a short while. What's bugging me? EVERYTHING! Irritated by being irritated... and my back hurts. Ts! Vicious cycle and most exhausting. Too much procrastination and the stupid kind. Somedays I feel like beating myself up. Focus, damn you!

 

I got my wire replaced in my gaming PC, but the PC itself still refuses to boot up. Of course it wasn't going to be that easy...! I'm gonna leave it alone now and maybe my mom will take it into work for her friend to see what's wrong, but other than that, I'm stumped. I think I damaged it further trying to take out and put back one of the drives.

Edit: I'm using an old laptop of mine right now.

 

So...I have GERD and stomach acid has been coming up my esophagus at night for the past several months. A couple of days ago it has started coming up even during the day. It's three in the morning and I'm too tense to sleep. Just got the email notifying me of a quarterly inspection, and the hospital sent me a past due email, despite the fact I mailed them a check.

I'm so tired of this....

 

Is there a switch on your power supply? If there is, and it's in the off position, the PC will not turn on.

 

Once upon a time that one took me a week. I'd moved and accidentally flipped the switch somewhere in the handling.

 

The switch is on, and the PC turns on, but nothing comes on screen. I even used my two TV's to see if the monitor had gone bad, even switched HDMI cables, but still a no-go. My brother told me to reset the BIOS by taking out and reinserting the battery, but I don't think CyberPower PC's have that. I opened up all the paneling and couldn't find it anywhere. I even tried to use something called FixMeStick, and that didn't work either.

Edit: I'm not that bright when it comes to PC troubleshooting.

 

Though there might be some merit to this BIOS issue thingie.
https://www.lifewire.com/fix-computer-that-turns-on-but-displays-nothing-2624443

However, it says check the monitor power cables, and such like that too, just to be sure
that everything is getting power and turning on. If all else fails, light some incense and
call in a Tech Priest, they would know how to appease the Machine Spirit.

 

It's possible somebody put the whammy on it using the dreaded F*ckMeStick.

 

Like I said, I'm not that bright when it comes to PC issues, and none of the solutions I looked up had worked so far. My PC is a CyberPower Model C Series, but their website didn't help, especially since the model C is outdated, I think, even though the PC is only two years old (bought it in 2019). Didn't even get the warranty on the site I bought it from because they wanted too much for it, but I think if I did, it'd be expired by now.

The USB stick that kills PC's? What do they call it again? No, that's not what it was, because I bought it from Best Buy's store, so it was legit. Again though, it doesn't work with the problem I have. I don't even believe it works at all, now that I think about it.

 

Sorry, I wasn't talking about anything real, just a dumb joke about a magical stick.

 

If nothing at all comes on, it could mean that you need to reinstall your operating system. However, I would try to get into bios and find out your boot device order first, your computer may be trying to boot from something other than your hard drive.