The Not Happy Thread

I've found it genuinely frightening. Not just the fact that she still has video of us together in very personal situations, but she also filmed me without my knowledge (maybe while I was asleep). It's not just made me or my immediate family upset either, most if not all of my friends say have found it utterly disturbing when they are not asking 'What the hell does her new boyfriend think?' which is a very valid question itself.

EDIT: It seems my ex expected that I would have called her about it. My sister has just told that my ex suggested it in a text message.

No. Hell no. I'm not doing that. I don't want to speak to her for what I think is understandable reasons.

 

That is what I was thinking - that she may still be carrying a torch for you. I know it is an odd way to get your attention, but people are complexed and desperate needs -take desperate measures.

 

I think that is exactly her intent in posting the videos. It's a form of stalking.

 

Stressed out about work. My coworker states that I am taking my job too seriously and I am pressuring myself. My other coworkers do not give me direct responses to my questions and I rather get confused and then frustration kicks in.

It does not help either the stress I have at home with my boyfriend having troubles with work. I guess this is life.

 

The only times I have heard of coworkers complaining that someone is "taking their job too seriously" is when the coworkers are slacking off and don't want someone making them look bad. It can make for an uncomfortable work environment, but I don't think slacking off to fit in is the best answer. Doing that will eat you up from the inside, when you know you aren't putting forth your best effort.

But definitely keep an eye out for another job where effort is appreciated.

 

I'm so ready to be done with this week...and its only Tuesday morning
...

 

I'm sitting here praying that some one will accept these swap hours so I can curl in bed before this headache becomes a migraine. It is slightly annoyi8ng that on any other day, hours go with in seconds of being released and swapped, but today, nope, not a chance.



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And now the radio is now randomly turning on in my car. Life hates me and I hate it.

 

I know this might seem a lot more insignificant and woeful from some of the things I've seen here but;

I'm at school and I'm really tired and stressed at the moment.
I saw my dad for the first time in like, 5 years a couple of months ago. I don't really want to see him but I'm worried that he'll die and then I'll never get a chance to see him again.
My sister is dating a terrible person and he's manipulitive and ruining her life.
My step dad is an alcoholic and we think its causing an early onset of dementia.
The current state of affairs in the world is awful.
I don't have many friends and my best friend moved away.
I'm worried that people will see this and think badly of me or be really sympathetic.
I might be depressed because of all of this but I can't get an appointment at the doctors because there are never any appointment slots free. I guess this is life.

...I'm also hungry.

I'm glad I got it off of my chest, so thanks for this thread. I'm quite happy/contented at the same time which is confusing, but I've got some good stuff in my life to balance out the bad stuff. And now I will attempt to stop using personal pronouns and let someone else have their say

 

Teaching... while I love it, I don't love having a bunch of stuff to prepare while I'm having a bad cold and feeling miserable. Sigh.

 

^ Yeah, preparation for teaching sucks. I had to teach a couple of workshops at uni (god knows why I chose the Teaching Writing module) and I didn't like the planning/preparation part. So it's double sucky that you're ill too. Feel better soon!

@aimeekath: I'm just going to say take care of yourself and hope things get better for you and your family. Regarding your possible depression, I'd persist on getting a doctor's appointment and/or try some self help (books, forums etc.).

 

I just finished reading Angels and Demons and I'm really annoyed by the whole "Science vs. Religion" thing. Why can't people understand that science and religion are anything but enemies? They complement each other--science answers the How of the universe and religion answers the Why.

It also bothers me that a lot of people who believe in science rather than religion often dismiss the concept of God as an irrational, foolish and an utter impossibility. What's truly irrational and foolish is subscribing to the idea that people in their current state could even begin to understand the mysteries of the universe enough to be able to definitively say that something can be proven impossible.

 

It's been a while since I've read that, if it's the same book I'm thinking about. But for the religion side of things, it's the way some churches teach it. I've only been to a couple of churches that stated there was no reason they could not go hand in hand together and then most are 'bible only.' Mind you, that's down here at least.

On your second, point, that is the point of God in any religion, it cannot be proved or disproved.

So, in short, I agree with your aggravation





Completely different, I cannot find my writing journal anywhere and I'm very close to getting to the frantic state. I have found the new one I bought to use after I filled the current one (thankfully) but the wone that has about a hundred pages of untyped work is MIA. The family finds my distress amusing. But this is freaking me out. I have the two filled ones, and the new one but not the current one.

 

Finals tomorrow, and I have a headache. 8[ I reeeally wish it were this time Friday.

 

I'm not happy that I can't seem to complete revising chapter one of my novel. I seem to just...stare at it. Willing the words to write themselves. Blargh.

 

^ I see what you mean. I'm stuck in a perpetual loop of a 'do-over' myself. Also, I have constructed a stupid rule in my head that I can't have two on-going stories at once, and can't seem to break free from it.

As for more sucky from moi?

WELL, I have forgotten to mention that we're (my group from my Modern Irish History class at uni) supposed to do a group presentation for the Irish History Finals this Thursday (We're doing ours about U2 and their song called 'Bloody Sunday' about the event of January 1972 that left 14 people dead in the hands of British paratroopers.) I'm the Powerpoint guy, and so far, no one has yet to give me anything to work on to set up the powerpoint! They have not told me anything else except 'You'll be powerpoint guy, and we'll give you the stuff to work on.'

Did they give me anything yet? Nope. I even emailed them, saying 'What can I do? I feel like I'm not doing anything here!' They only repeated what they told me.

Now, it could just be because I'm the guy who loathes waiting until the last minute and am a worrier by nature, but come on! The thing is due in, like two days now! I NEED TO WORK ON IT!

 

Do you have specific objectives for this revision pass?

Try printing a copy of the chapter and making edit notes. That way you will have a plan for your revision.

Don't expect the revision pass to fix everything. Do the best you can with it in one pass, then set it asic=de while you work on the next chapter. By the time you reach the end of the first draft, you'll have a new plan for the next pass.

 

The thing that I'm momentarily stuck on is character description. I'm now introducing one of the characters, and I've never really been fond of flat out writing about them in one large paragraph, explaining their looks and whatnot, even though it's the main character that's looking at this person and seeing them.

I've also had to kick out another character because me nor the protagonist liked her. Poor Tiffany. So now I have to rework everything around her absence, but that's easy for me at this point.

 

My room is disastrous, and I've got to have it clean by Mother's Day when family comes over. Arrrggg...

Would any of you nice people like to offer your services?

 

Well, as a teenager, I had a rake and a broom to shove stuff under the bed and into the closet... I don't think you want my services

 

My room was somewhat decent when I was a teen. 8D You should've seen it when I was a child!

At any rate, I feel extremely tired, sore, and I think I have a sore throat. 8[ Worst, I still have Finals to do!

 

I'm pretty messy too. But right now my place is decent cause I moved into a new apartment last week and it hasn't had time to get messy yet. My cat likes it in the closet. I got wifi set up today.

 

Urg. Just... I realize taking escalated calls is not fun. I realize this. But guess what, I don't like them either and when they ask for a sup.... that's not me, that means you can't just completely ignore my requests. Considering it's one of your job descriptions, really now.

 

My last paper has to have something original in it and I can't think of a syntactic puzzle to solve. It's due on Monday. Frick.

 

My ex has reached a whole new level of creepy.
In a way, I hate being best friends with one of her best friends, but then again... It's a good thing.
Apparently she's STILL. TALKING ABOUT ME. We've been broken up for 3 years, and the abusive... Thing that I wouldn't call human is still obsessed with me.

Apparently, she got a Kindle Fire...
Named it after me...
Put a profile for it on a fetish dating site
and put "Owner of [insert name here]" on her profile.
Um. Excuse me? What the Fuddruckers? What? Just WHAT?
I can happily provide screenshots that our mutual friend gave her....
She's to the point to where she's about to break the friendship off with this crazy... Person. Thing.
I don't blame her.

*gets the goosebumps*

 

Rufus passed. He was a Welsh Corgi that we had adopted from the pound with signs of abuse. Eight years he stood by my mom, and protected her. The rest of us were only important if we had treats in our hand or his water bowl was empty, but he was always by her side no matter where she was.