"Temporary" Venting Thread V - Page 4

Gwaimir Windgem · 11-23-2009, 01:43 AM

Ye gods!

Get well soon!

*sends flowers*

**Mari** · 11-23-2009, 12:53 PM

Being sick and tired sucks

Hope it goes away soon!

***Jonathan*** · 11-23-2009, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nautipus

SO. I've been in the hospital for the past three days (and am here still) because I have mono...and pneumonia...caused by h1n1. Happy days.

Gee, what a combo. Hope you've got some throat lozenges ready.

To the rest of you mooters, get vaccinated

Midge · 11-26-2009, 01:47 AM

*sigh* This evening is just a bad one. Nothing ever turns out like anyone thinks it will. Staying the same for too long sucks.

***Tessar*** · 12-02-2009, 02:09 AM

Two of my best friends just broke up, and the girl in particular is devastated... the guy (who is the one that did the breaking up) is also feeling really bad... he almost started crying when I was talking to him this afternoon.

Just now the girl called me sobbing hysterically and telling me about some stupid, heartless and brainless things some of her 'friends' said that really made her angry and I had no idea what to say to her except to remind her what a strong, wonderful person she was... and I think she calmed down a little, but I feel like I didn't do enough.

I've never really had to deal with crying people before over the phone... What are you supposed to do?! When I'm in person I just sit next to them or hug them, but I mean... over the phone? I just sat there with the phone and said 'mmhm, yeah, yeah mmhm,' and I think I said, 'I'm so sorry,' a few times whenever she paused like she was waiting for me to say something.

I don't know what to do, because I don't know what it's like to have a really bad breakup. My first ex I was totally emotionally detached from because of the whole 'giving me mono' thing, and my second ex I ended up being emotionally detached from because of some stupid things that were said. I have no idea what it feels like to break up with someone you actually love, or to be broken up with by someone you're in love with... and for that matter I've never been in a relationship longer than two months. Geeze. I want so much to help my friends but I don't know what, if anything, I can do.

What are you supposed to do? I mean... what should I do, or be trying to do for my friends? Am I supposed to ask them every once in a while 'how are you doing?'? or should I pretend like nothing happened unless they bring it up again?

EDIT: Can I also mention that this has been a SUPER stressful day? I failed my entire aural skills class because I got so anxious that I mentally flipped out on my sight singing final today, and because I got a D on that I've failed the entire semester (you have to get at least a C on the final, or even if you had an A average they fail you), I was seriously considering changing majors because I've been having what feels like so many endless vocal problems lately, my dad is changing to a job that pays $13,000 LESS a year (and I know that within 6 months TOPS he'll hate this job too, because this is how the cycle ALWAYS goes!) and it's worth mentioning that the job he has NOW paid less than his previous job, which ALSO paid less than the job before that (and of course within literally weeks of working at each place he started hating the people there), and... just... argh.

Things took a sudden, horrible turn right here at the end of Thanksgiving break. WTF HAPPENED? Argh.

**Mari** · 12-02-2009, 06:24 AM

I'm sorry about all that, Tess!

*hugs*
About the talking on the phone thing... maybe if it happens again do what you already did (It may feel incompetent, but it's usually the only thing you can safely say really) or ask her if you should come over.

So what will happen for you at school now?

***Tessar*** · 12-10-2009, 05:29 PM

WHOA! O_o My iPod thing is shipping from CHINA!!! If I had known that, I would've paid the extra $10 to get it shipped express. Last time I ordered something it just took a few days, because it shipped from the States, not from China. Right now my iPod is apparently on an island. ..... in Hong Kong.

***Jonathan*** · 12-10-2009, 05:39 PM

"Between the wish and the thing, life lies waiting"

***Tessar*** · 12-10-2009, 05:45 PM

Don't toss your fancy, insightful metaphors at me. I wants meh iPod, and I wants it nooooow! >.<

Midge · 12-10-2009, 06:13 PM

You know, I don't even remember what on earth was going on when I made my last post here, but looking at it, I would guess I was feeling icky about being stuck in a dating routine which felt like it would never end. Little did I know (oh, how little!) that a mere THREE DAYS LATER, I would be wearing a ring home!

Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good!

***Earniel*** · 12-10-2009, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

Don't toss your fancy, insightful metaphors at me. I wants meh iPod, and I wants it nooooow! >.<

You hear that far-away blipping noise, kinda like Sputnik? That's your ipod calling to you, half a world away.

And now the really important question: how will you name it?

***Tessar*** · 12-11-2009, 12:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eärniel

You hear that far-away blipping noise, kinda like Sputnik? That's your ipod calling to you, half a world away.

And now the really important question: how will you name it?

*cries*

. I don't know... I might call it Maestro.

UPDATE: It got shipped to Anchorage Alaska (O_o), and now it's in transit again. Those $%)# penguins better not be messing with my iPod. >.<

***Jonathan*** · 12-11-2009, 03:55 AM

Lol! I certainly hope the penguins keep their paws off - otherwise it's an indication of a pretty big detour after Alaska

katya · 12-11-2009, 08:22 AM

When my iPod mini broke, I really wanted to get one of the newer Nanos, but I didn't have the money at the time, so I got a Sansa 2gb mp3 player on sale for $15 shipped, and I couldn't be happier with it. I like it better, especially it is good for running. iPod Nanos certainly are blingy though.

What kind of iPod are you getting, Tessar?

***Varnafindë*** · 12-11-2009, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jonathan

Lol! I certainly hope the penguins keep their paws off - otherwise it's an indication of a pretty big detour after Alaska

That's what I was thinking!

***Tessar*** · 12-11-2009, 01:45 PM

I know, penguins live at the south pole, but the image in my head was funnier with penguins than polar bears

.

IT'S IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.

O_o

Katya, it's an iPod touch.

***Varnafindë*** · 12-11-2009, 06:36 PM

Then there are these penguins that go everywhere.

Even to where you can find Gnus.

***Tessar*** · 12-11-2009, 06:40 PM

You know, I think I actually need a good chinese name for my iPod, considering its unexpected point of origin

.

Maybe penguin? In Chinese? To symbolize the coming together of nations in order to provide me with my iPod

.

***Jonathan*** · 12-11-2009, 07:32 PM

I looked it up - penguin in Mandarin is qǐ é (pronounced something like "chee er") and looks like this in Chinese writing.

Are you ready to call your iPod by this name?

***Tessar*** · 12-11-2009, 11:45 PM

IT'S SO CLOSE I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT!!! O_o It tastes..... it tastes like...... awesome.

It's here. In meh city. Meh iPod is in meh city! It made some huge sort of state-boundary leap that brought it from the upper edge of the USA to the lower edge of the USA.

I hope it gets delivered tomorrow. >.> That would be sooooooooo friggin' sweet, considering that the thing estimated not till the 15th. I can hear its sweet siren call even as I type this.

11-23-2009, 01:43 AM	#61
Gwaimir Windgem Dread Mothy Lord and Halfwitted Apprentice Loremaster Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Thomas Aquinas College, Santa Paula, CA Posts: 10,820	Ye gods! Get well soon! sends flowers __________________ Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis. Nulla talem silva profert, fronde, flore, germine. Dulce lignum, dulce clavo, dulce pondus sustinens. 'With a melon?' - Eric Idle

11-23-2009, 12:53 PM	#62
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Being sick and tired sucks Hope it goes away soon! __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

11-26-2009, 01:47 AM	#64
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	sigh This evening is just a bad one. Nothing ever turns out like anyone thinks it will. Staying the same for too long sucks. __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-02-2009, 02:09 AM	#65
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Two of my best friends just broke up, and the girl in particular is devastated... the guy (who is the one that did the breaking up) is also feeling really bad... he almost started crying when I was talking to him this afternoon. Just now the girl called me sobbing hysterically and telling me about some stupid, heartless and brainless things some of her 'friends' said that really made her angry and I had no idea what to say to her except to remind her what a strong, wonderful person she was... and I think she calmed down a little, but I feel like I didn't do enough. I've never really had to deal with crying people before over the phone... What are you supposed to do?! When I'm in person I just sit next to them or hug them, but I mean... over the phone? I just sat there with the phone and said 'mmhm, yeah, yeah mmhm,' and I think I said, 'I'm so sorry,' a few times whenever she paused like she was waiting for me to say something. I don't know what to do, because I don't know what it's like to have a really bad breakup. My first ex I was totally emotionally detached from because of the whole 'giving me mono' thing, and my second ex I ended up being emotionally detached from because of some stupid things that were said. I have no idea what it feels like to break up with someone you actually love, or to be broken up with by someone you're in love with... and for that matter I've never been in a relationship longer than two months. Geeze. I want so much to help my friends but I don't know what, if anything, I can do. What are you supposed to do? I mean... what should I do, or be trying to do for my friends? Am I supposed to ask them every once in a while 'how are you doing?'? or should I pretend like nothing happened unless they bring it up again? EDIT: Can I also mention that this has been a SUPER stressful day? I failed my entire aural skills class because I got so anxious that I mentally flipped out on my sight singing final today, and because I got a D on that I've failed the entire semester (you have to get at least a C on the final, or even if you had an A average they fail you), I was seriously considering changing majors because I've been having what feels like so many endless vocal problems lately, my dad is changing to a job that pays $13,000 LESS a year (and I know that within 6 months TOPS he'll hate this job too, because this is how the cycle ALWAYS goes!) and it's worth mentioning that the job he has NOW paid less than his previous job, which ALSO paid less than the job before that (and of course within literally weeks of working at each place he started hating the people there), and... just... argh. Things took a sudden, horrible turn right here at the end of Thanksgiving break. WTF HAPPENED? Argh. Last edited by Tessar : 12-02-2009 at 02:39 AM.

12-02-2009, 06:24 AM	#66
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	I'm sorry about all that, Tess! hugs About the talking on the phone thing... maybe if it happens again do what you already did (It may feel incompetent, but it's usually the only thing you can safely say really) or ask her if you should come over. So what will happen for you at school now? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

12-10-2009, 05:29 PM	#67
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	WHOA! O_o My iPod thing is shipping from CHINA!!! If I had known that, I would've paid the extra $10 to get it shipped express. Last time I ordered something it just took a few days, because it shipped from the States, not from China. Right now my iPod is apparently on an island. ..... in Hong Kong.

12-10-2009, 05:39 PM	#68
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	"Between the wish and the thing, life lies waiting" __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-10-2009, 05:45 PM	#69
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Don't toss your fancy, insightful metaphors at me. I wants meh iPod, and I wants it nooooow! >.<

12-10-2009, 06:13 PM	#70
Midge Faithful Gardener Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: I walk here and there, they say... Posts: 3,603	You know, I don't even remember what on earth was going on when I made my last post here, but looking at it, I would guess I was feeling icky about being stuck in a dating routine which felt like it would never end. Little did I know (oh, how little!) that a mere THREE DAYS LATER, I would be wearing a ring home! Oh, taste and see that the Lord is good! __________________ In God I trust, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me? Psalm 56:11 "Starbuck, what do you hear?" "Nothin' but the rain, sir!" "Then grab your gun and bring in the cat." Make sure to check out the C.S. Lewis forum. Game threads, movie and book discussions and more!

12-11-2009, 03:55 AM	#73
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	Lol! I certainly hope the penguins keep their paws off - otherwise it's an indication of a pretty big detour after Alaska __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻

12-11-2009, 08:22 AM	#74
katya Elven Maiden Join Date: Aug 2002 Posts: 3,309	When my iPod mini broke, I really wanted to get one of the newer Nanos, but I didn't have the money at the time, so I got a Sansa 2gb mp3 player on sale for $15 shipped, and I couldn't be happier with it. I like it better, especially it is good for running. iPod Nanos certainly are blingy though. What kind of iPod are you getting, Tessar?

12-11-2009, 01:45 PM	#76
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	I know, penguins live at the south pole, but the image in my head was funnier with penguins than polar bears . IT'S IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE. O_o Katya, it's an iPod touch.

12-11-2009, 06:36 PM	#77
*Varnafindë* Princess of the Noldor (and Administrative Empress of the Lone Islands) Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Imladris (and sometimes Norway) Posts: 3,304	Then there are these penguins that go everywhere. Even to where you can find Gnus. __________________ Signature picture art - Bard the Bowman - by vigshane Avatar art - Footsteps of Spring (a young Luthien) - by Henning Janssen

12-11-2009, 06:40 PM	#78
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	You know, I think I actually need a good chinese name for my iPod, considering its unexpected point of origin . Maybe penguin? In Chinese? To symbolize the coming together of nations in order to provide me with my iPod .

12-11-2009, 07:32 PM	#79
*Jonathan* Entmoot Attorney-General, Equilibrating the Scales of Justice, Administrator ♎ Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 3,891	I looked it up - penguin in Mandarin is qǐ é (pronounced something like "chee er") and looks like this in Chinese writing. Are you ready to call your iPod by this name? __________________ An unwritten post is a delightful universe of infinite possibilities. Set down one word, however, and it immediately becomes earthbound. Set down one sentence and it’s halfway to being just like every other bloody entry that’s ever been written. ☻ Last edited by Jonathan : 12-11-2009 at 07:33 PM.

12-11-2009, 11:45 PM	#80
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	IT'S SO CLOSE I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT!!! O_o It tastes..... it tastes like...... awesome. It's here. In meh city. Meh iPod is in meh city! It made some huge sort of state-boundary leap that brought it from the upper edge of the USA to the lower edge of the USA. I hope it gets delivered tomorrow. >.> That would be sooooooooo friggin' sweet, considering that the thing estimated not till the 15th. I can hear its sweet siren call even as I type this.

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