The Not Happy Thread

Ha.

I had my petty revenge, by demonstrating politely that the IT issue is on THEIR end and not mine. My ego is soothed.

 

Poor Chumlee, what an idiot, his 15 minutes of fame are now over.

 

I'm not happy because I get one hour less sleep tonight.

 

Ha. You get to eat all day. Now fast ends an hour later for me.

 

Not happy because I'm rereading some old journals and a lot of the stuff that happened back then still makes me mad. 21 blinking years ago, and I'm still mad.

Oh well, I can always work it into a story.

 

Is there a thread for people who are undecided? Who don't know how they are supposed to feel? Or feel? Well, I am in this grey place right now and I figure it would be more fitting to post in the Not-Happy.

Now I will jump up and down, hollering all the while. Cackling and crying big trollops of tears. When is this going to end? Some truths cut way too deep.

 

Just had my first nightmare about Trump.

I was in a classroom and we had this blind Syrian kid whose parents took him to America for treatment (apparently the blindness was caused by some sort of virus and they were hoping America would fix it), and to give the kid a better life. Suddenly Trump barges in and screams, “He's an illegal immigrant, therefore he's not allowed to be here! Get him out!!” And we ended up having a panel deciding whether or not the kid should even be allowed to live here.

It was horrifying, I wanted to hug the kid and tell him, ‘You're gonna stay here, OK? Stay here, and have a wonderful life.’

 

Was the kid on a temporary visa?

 

The dream didn't get into that much detail. I just got the vague sense that he was supposed to be in the US, his parents wanted him there.

 

Met a cool person at a social event, then discovered she was sort of racist. *backs away*

 

I've decided it's best to compassionately engage with these people. Everybody who "backs away" forces us into this extreme polarization of us vs them. Not like it's your job, but something to consider. If we want perception to change, disengagement clearly won't work.

 

I'm reading The Water Knife, and thinking back on these aspirations of mine to write climate fiction. I entered a short story contest which apparently had 700 submissions. I know definitely I won't win. I'm going to look at the novel I had been writing, which I haven't worked on in a few months (working 60+ hours a week is a good excuse, right? and having medical issues? and and)... but feeling really bummed.

Even reading other peoples' posts on this forum are making me feel discouraged. I'm beginning to think that I don't have the mind or the chops for a writer. A part of me thinks that my mind is too disorganized. When I read my own posts compared to those who I consider to be excellent writers on the forums, I see a huge difference. Maybe I could try to break down what exactly that is... maybe there's hope there. Maybe I'm just trippin'. But really, I don't think any great writer would write a post like what I'm writing now.

Appropriate post for the unhappy thread. Yay for big threads. And cats. The one to my left. Bye.

 

I will take this into consideration for a second attempt. We did have a pretty good discussion, but it's hard to change the mind of someone who insists a race perpetuates their own stereotypes. I was never accusing or derogatory with her.

 

I often feel this way also, but you never know unless you get your work out there. You also never know how long other people have been working on the craft or if they might have an edge on you in terms of free time, education, or marketability. Plus, I see that little medal by your profile picture, so people do like your writing.

 

Hmm. Yeah. Well.

 

Water Knife is great. I loved the ending.

Don't look at like you have to live up to a genius author, look at people you write better than and be happy.

 

I write better than ten year olds, mostly. That doesn't exactly satisfy my grandiose dreams to become The. The, damnit.

PS. Only about 70% into it DON'T TALK ABOUT THE ENDING!1

 

I have a cough, and I feel tired because of whatever infection caused it, and previously I had a headache because of my hacking. So; fun times.

 

Never.

 

I don't think you're a horrible writer.

 

LEARN TO READ BUDDY.

Thanks.

 

Well get over it, bro, 'cause @123456789 was trying to encourage you. If you want to up and quit writing because you think you're a shitty writer and your story can't amount to anything, be my guess. Forgive him for trying to tell you otherwise. Oh the horror! The horror!!

Sorry for being harsh, but I don't think snapping at people who are only trying to help you is conductive to winning friends and support. You wanna be a writer? You'd better get used to feeling like you're writing total shit on paper, you'd better get used to feeling like your novel makes 50 Shades of Gray the most well-written novel of the 21st Century. You'd better get used to all that because guess what? We've all been there before. What you're feeling is no different. Slog on through and all of that. Stop whining, sit your ass down and keep writing. Your only other option is to, of course, completely quit, which you can totally do, but we here would like to see you keep on because imagine how we'd sound like if we went around telling people, "Please quit what you're doing! Yes, by all means quit this story you don't like! Yes, you'll never be like Stephen King, stop writing! You'll never be good! You'll just be a footnote! You suck!" Know what we would sound like? Here's your answer: assholes.

So yeah, he's gonna try to encourage you because that's what we do. Sorry if you think otherwise!

EDIT: In the likely event you're just kidding around with him, please feel free to forget the above. I don't read sarcasms or dry jokes very well, especially if they're on the internet with no cues that they're supposed to be jokes. But seriously, write your story goddamn it!!!

As for my Not-Happy: When people act aggressive towards others who were just trying to help them.

And that I'm prone to rants.

 

Uh, yeah, I was joking. Self-deprecating, tongue-in-cheek. Pity pot comment: if I were a better writer, that'd been obvious.

 

I wasn't trying to be nice. I actually don't think he's a horrible writer (I didn't say he blew me away, either). If someone sucks at writing I would never say they don't ';..;'