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10-27-2011, 01:40 PM
Mara

You know, I worry about having enough money to get by, and replace my broken water heater, and things like that, but I don't have an intense desire to be rich. I don't think about things like fancy-pants cars and private planes and I don't have any expensive hobbies. (Crochet yarn is cheap.)

But some day, at some point, I wish I had enough money to have a house with secret passageways. I've always wanted one.
10-27-2011, 01:56 PM
Glass Co.

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Originally Posted by Mara

You know, I worry about having enough money to get by, and replace my broken water heater, and things like that, but I don't have an intense desire to be rich. I don't think about things like fancy-pants cars and private planes and I don't have any expensive hobbies. (Crochet yarn is cheap.)

But some day, at some point, I wish I had enough money to have a house with secret passageways. I've always wanted one.

:lol: The potential of this is almost too much. You could confuse your guests by suddenly jumping from one room to another, play the longest, most tedious game of hide and go seek imaginable, and feel like you're in the Dark Ages but without the horrible plague and violence.

And of course, feel like there's a space where only you can get to, which would probably be a huge part of the appeal.
10-27-2011, 03:31 PM
Sven

Foggy as a mofo here in Seattle.
10-27-2011, 03:58 PM
D_Davis

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Originally Posted by Sven

Foggy as a mofo here in Seattle.

Here is an early morning view of the fog coming in. That's looking west, from downtown Seattle out to Bellevue.

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net...99077341_n.jpg
10-27-2011, 05:43 PM
Dukefrukem

Awesome shot.
10-27-2011, 06:00 PM
Philosophe_rouge

My job is driving me crazy. All summer I agreed to open on sunday's, it's probably the worst shift there is. Who wants to start a low-paying, unrewarding job at 6:45am on a Sunday? Well, i finally got out of it. Now they've decided to be "fair", everyone should open twice a month. They ask me my preference, I tell them, if I am opening, I want to open Saturday. They send me three emails afterwards, saying "What do you mean, you want to be opening saturday?" "Okay, I understand, you mean SATURDAY", "Wait, you work friday, we think you should work Sunday, because that seems fair". :/ Those three emails were sent concurrently without me responding, I don't get it.
10-27-2011, 06:39 PM
Dead & Messed Up

Do any of you guys ever have that day where someone minor bugs you, then something else minor happens and you're irritated now, and then a few more things happen, and then you're really upset, and then you start to get upset generally, and then you start thinking about what's happening in your life that's making these problems, and then the big questions suddenly kick in, and then you feel like everything's just completely fucked and things aren't going to get better and what's the goddamn point.
10-27-2011, 06:41 PM
number8

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Originally Posted by Dead & Messed Up

Do any of you guys ever have that day where someone minor bugs you

All the time. I'm always, like, "Hey! Quit it. You are a child. I can't hit you."

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10-27-2011, 06:42 PM
Mara

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Originally Posted by Dead & Messed Up

Do any of you guys ever have that day where someone minor bugs you, then something else minor happens and you're irritated now, and then a few more things happen, and then you're really upset, and then you start to get upset generally, and then you start thinking about what's happening in your life that's making these problems, and then the big questions suddenly kick in, and then you feel like everything's just completely fucked and things aren't going to get better and what's the goddamn point.

Here ya go.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co...te-spiral.html
10-27-2011, 06:52 PM
Dead & Messed Up

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Originally Posted by Mara

Here ya go.

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.co...te-spiral.html

Scarily accurate.
10-27-2011, 11:38 PM
Dead & Messed Up

Boss sent me home early. Guess my efforts to cheer up didn't work. He said I didn't do anything wrong and should just enjoy the time off. Which, of course, has me worried.
10-28-2011, 03:18 AM
Ezee E

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Originally Posted by Dead & Messed Up

Boss sent me home early. Guess my efforts to cheer up didn't work. He said I didn't do anything wrong and should just enjoy the time off. Which, of course, has me worried.

What did you do to get sent home?
10-28-2011, 05:45 AM
Dead & Messed Up

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Originally Posted by Ezee E

What did you do to get sent home?

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I don't want to list everything that happened, but about four or five really irritating situations were stressing me out throughout the first part of the day, but then things boiled over to me when (a) my direct boss (not the one who sent me home) started joking loudly two feet from me while I was trying to make phone calls he'd just told me to make...and (b) one of my co-workers kept asking me to guess what song he was humming, and after I couldn't guess and started asking him to stop humming, he waited a little bit and then got behind me and hummed loudly and directly into my ear.

Thing was, he took me by such surprise that I turned around with my arm raised.

I didn't hit anybody, but my real boss saw what happened, and I quickly walked away from my desk, really flustered, and tried to calm myself down outside the building.

When I got back in, he told me that I should go home for the day.
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10-28-2011, 06:11 AM
EyesWideOpen

That sounds like a horrible work environment.
10-28-2011, 12:17 PM
Skitch

Trip to the ER last night. Intense abdominal pain. I thought my appendix had burst. It had not. A shot of something they said was stronger than morphine. Full set of blood/urine tests. Clean all around. Getting older sucks. Thanks for the vicodin!
10-28-2011, 12:56 PM
Dukefrukem

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Originally Posted by EyesWideOpen

That sounds like a horrible work environment.

Yes, yes it does.
10-28-2011, 01:01 PM
Kurosawa Fan

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Originally Posted by EyesWideOpen

That sounds like a horrible work environment.

Yeah, this. Any possibility of finding new employment before you snap, DaMU? I commend you for not having snapped yet. I would have.
10-28-2011, 01:03 PM
Dukefrukem

DaMU, what's your occupation?

In fact, what's everyone's occupation? Not sure I know what the majority of people do around here.
10-28-2011, 01:04 PM
Mara

That humming thing would have totally made me snap. I hate behavior like that. Sorry, Damu.

In other news... snow? For quite a few of us, this weekend. Looks like those a little North might get pounded... Benny, NickGlass, #8, etc.
10-28-2011, 01:07 PM
Dukefrukem

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Originally Posted by Mara

That humming thing would have totally made me snap. I hate behavior like that. Sorry, Duke.

In other news... snow? For quite a few of us, this weekend. Looks like those a little North might get pounded... Benny, NickGlass, #8, etc.

Did I do something? :confused:

Yes, 6-12 inches of snow for Boston. I have class Sat, 8am to 5pm and was planning to go out after. Not sure if that will happen anymore.
10-28-2011, 01:08 PM
Mara

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Originally Posted by Dukefrukem

Did I do something? :confused:

I meant Damu, sorry! I typed "D" and went on autopilot.
10-28-2011, 01:09 PM
Mara

As I get older, I find myself driving on autopilot way more often, too. I suddenly start paying attention only to notice I'm halfway to work, or church, when I should be at the dentist.
10-28-2011, 01:33 PM
number8

Doesn't he work on Parks & Rec?
10-28-2011, 03:28 PM
Qrazy

What the fucking fuck?
10-28-2011, 03:43 PM
Mara

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Originally Posted by Qrazy

What the fucking fuck?

I'm confused by your confusion. This has been a musical since the 80's and is produced all the time. A few of the songs are pretty famous, especially "One Night in Bangkok."

Mind you, I've heard the musical is ridiculous.