The Not Happy Thread

@cosmic lights you might try a network reset.

 

And also check out the number lock key function.

 

Thanks guys it's working now. Hehe was pressing the wrong caps lock key.

 

So, I messed up big time. Got into a fight with a person online over what I now realize was a big misunderstanding in which I was in the wrong because I ended up escalating it.

Kicking myself over it. I apologized to the person, but not sure what else to do. Dammit. I really made myself come off as an ass.

EDIT:
I apologized, they seem to accept it as they gave my comment a like reaction. They started the discussion over and this time I agreed with them (understanding now what they were trying to say) and got a love reaction.

The admins did ban me from the group for 12 hours, which is fair.

Well, lesson learned. Perhaps this is an opportunity for emotional growth -- recognizing that yes, yes I can indeed be an ass even unintentionally.

 

On November 26, some time after 3pm when we closed the store, our whole building lost power. We were closed Thursday for Thanksgiving, so we didn’t find out about it till Friday morning. That Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday we had no power and no heat. We still opened after figuring out a way to do everything on phones. It got down to the low 40s in the store at times, but we toughed it out for as long as we could. Once it started getting dark outside, the light inside went with.

Eventually that all got straightened out.

Yesterday we lost power again. The crew working on a unit a few doors down (making ready for a pharmacy to move in) was cutting or drilling into something and blew the power to the whole building. We still have some power issues, but for the most part it was taken care of much quicker this time, not being a holiday weekend. Thanks to this episode we also had some electronics die, that we’re going to be on the hook for replacing.

I’ve done my karma for this year. Get off my back.

 

OMFG that f%#&ing gardener with that f@#$&ing leaf blower... I WANT TO HURT HIM SO BADLY!!!!! yEAH, gooDMOrniG!

 

My furnace crapped out yesterday. I got home from work, walked in the back door, and said why is it so cold in here? The thermostat said it was 58°, so I checked on the furnace. The trouble light was flashing a code for a pressure sensor error. It didn’t say if it was a high pressure sensor or a low pressure sensor. It just said there was a sensor, it sensed pressure, and it was experiencing an error.

$130 just to get someone out to look at it.

As it turns out the pressure sensor was only the beginning. A control board fried out too. The part had to be found and ordered, so it wasn’t fixed yesterday. We had to get through the night with a kerosene heater. Have you ever tried to find kerosene at 10pm during a pandemic?

I went out this morning an bought 5 gallons of kerosene, thinking that should get us through at least a couple days.

Now I’m waiting on someone with my parts to show up and fix my furnace, so we can have some real heat. The kerosene heater has been better than freezing, at one point we were up to 69°, but at $4.29 a gallon for about ten hours or so of heat... this is getting expensive enough to make the repair charge look good.

 

So two days ago it was snowing and I got so excited that I stayed outside to play in it like a little kid (I mean I'm young, but no one else my age plays in the snow anymore) and regretted it because well I was freezing my ass off. Yesterday all the luscious snow melted and turned into ice and a slushy mess. I went to Starbuck's to get my usual wake up cappuccino, and guess what? I slipped on some damn black ice and ended up spilling my scorching hot drink on myself. I don't know what's worse, getting burned or ruining my favorite white t-shirt.

 

I starting to wonder if I'll ever sleep again. I'm starting to wonder when the last time I slept was that was more than just a nap. I've been so stressed out lately. I can't seem to calm down. It's like this ongoing panic attack or something. It's all situational, just tough times. And someone I deeply love is having an even tougher time. I could probably say that's true for everyone I love. I worry a lot. I just wish I could catch my breath, you know?

 

I'm not experiencing what you are, but I don't ever remember a time when solutions were so out of reach, or when I've felt more vulnerable. If things haven't fallen apart yet, we're just waiting for them to. And it's not paranoia. It's being realistic.

My husband has a 'so far' effective solution to the panic mode. He said, "Do what you can to make things better. Then back off and stop stewing about what you can't do." I think he's right, in a way. As long as you've done everything you can—you've done everything you can. We can't do much more than just wait for the Wheel.

 

I was watching an... independent short film the other day. The kind where the director is also one of the two performers and the camera is on a tripod.



However, midway through Mr. (or Ms?) Blattidae strolled through the foreground of the set. I don't believe their presence in the film was in the original screenplay and the cameo really, really didn't improve the film.

 

Ts, ts, ts, ts... Amateurs. Got my reasons for laughing after reading this, although I never performed an important role in any of my films for school. I only cameoed 2 roles in one thriller I filmed: 1) My hand can be seen patting the protag at the shoulder for a split second and 2) in only two takes of a scene I'm part of the masked killers to fill in more extras, since most of them left me high and dry on the last moment. So, you can't tell it's me. Of course I used a tripod in some scenes, I mean it's useful if you want to be precise in a shot and steady, but in most of the film I was moving with the actors. A lot of running. Coordination is key and a motherfucker... especially when you don't have a stabilizer... and someone to guide you as you are framing the actor, looking at your side and running on blind faith alone forward. (Run of faith)? Have you seen Prodigy's mv for the "Voodoo People"? It felt like this, only I was also holding a rented camera... running at a crowded, night-entertainment street. Oh, the fun we had... I miss it...

A harsh lesson to be met: No crew, no film. Not a good one anyways.

 

I think you missed the sort of independent film I was referring to. The one that is, on occasion, not intended for an audience beyond that of the performers (although this couple seemed to be ham and sausaging it up for the camera, which makes me think it was of the "leaked" or stolen variety).

 

Check if capslock and numlock are correctly on/off? And have you changed the password since you got the router?

 

Thank you, but it's fixed now. It was nothing complicated I was just pressing the wrong caps, I left like such a idiot! lol

 

Wife is driving me crazy today.

Wife: tomorrow, ask the pediatrician if it’s normal that he sucks on a pacifier.

Me: no

Wife: why not?

Me: you have 15 things on the list. And that’s what pacifiers are for

Wife: but he didn’t use to

Me: we never gave him one before

Wife: yeah, but he likes it so much suddenly. Also ask about sucking his hand.

Me: you told me that’s normal.

Wife: it is, but he’s doing it very suddenly.

Me: it’s binary. Either he sucks on his hand or he doesn’t. What are you expecting for a transition?

Wife: you’re an asshole.

 

The plus side is... I wasnt going crazy.

The downside is.... The noises ive been hearing and the movement from the corner of me eye..... Is a mouse.

Finally decided to put some kibble out and sit watching in the dark. Yep. Mouse came right on over and snatched it.


HOW THE FLIP DO YOU GET RID OF MICE????

 

For one, don't feed them! I had a mouse a while back (after the lizard) but I haven't seen either in a while now. I smelled small death briefly but couldn't identify the source. Probably find little skeletons one day in deep cleaning. Bright side, lizards (and maybe mice?) eat things like spiders and insects. And chunks of food under the sofa.

 

Crank this one at full volume:

A nice blast from the past. If Dennis Leary was trying to start his career today I don't think it would have gone over at all.

 

And you're already a librarian, so it wouldn't even be off-brand