Migraines...lots of them, several times a week

8/15/2009 1:16:26 PM

I got hit by a car and now I'm held up in my apartment for at least a week.

8/15/2009 1:17:37 PM

this thread

8/15/2009 1:18:34 PM

my life sucks right now

im single
my phantom pain has come back since my surgery and is worse than ever. i haven't had a left wrist for nearly 10 years and it hurts like it was smashed with a sledgehammer
can't exercise due to ^
can't sleep due to ^^
didn't get an awesome job i interviewed for at stanford
found out my ex-fiancee got married last month

8/15/2009 1:19:08 PM

^^^on the plus side you can start reading a new book or finish an old one you have put off!

may i suggest A Salty Piece of Land, by Jimmy Buffett or any of Lillian Jackson Braun's Cat Who mystery books. ooh! or Rainy by Clyde Edgerton.

^atleast you aren't marrying her just to end up having to divorce her

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:20 PM. Reason : ...]

8/15/2009 1:20:15 PM

hmm I might read that Jimmy Buffet one, is it fantastically tropical feeling?

8/15/2009 1:21:07 PM

very much so, I love it!

8/15/2009 1:21:37 PM

I will be working on my tan today and tomorrow

Pool right next to my apartment FTW

8/15/2009 1:21:54 PM

excellent!

we should use this thread to help people feel better about their problems!

but this is chit chat, so we will probably just make fun of people because of their problems

8/15/2009 1:22:54 PM

Is it new or older? So I know where to buy it, like would Target have it or a bigger bookstore maybe? I need a beachy book to bring with me this weekend.

8/15/2009 1:24:02 PM

i have four projects i need to finish by thursday

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : by]

8/15/2009 1:24:39 PM

You could always pull a Jimmy Stewart in Rear Window and thing a neighbor is a murderer

8/15/2009 1:24:51 PM

^^^ I've had it for about a year, and I bought it in paperback at Wally World

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM. Reason : http://www.amazon.com/Salty-Piece-Land-Jimmy-Buffett/dp/0316908452]

8/15/2009 1:25:10 PM

Ok, thanks!

8/15/2009 1:25:35 PM

other than the fact I am making well over half what I am worth based on my resume, everything is gravy

8/15/2009 1:26:18 PM

how much is well over half? like two or three times what you're worth?

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:27 PM. Reason : 2 >> .5]

8/15/2009 1:27:21 PM

i'm worth 55k and i'm making 30k

that's well over half...right/

8/15/2009 1:28:11 PM

My last job I was making around $75k factoring in commissions

Now, even if I blew it out every month, I'd be lucky to hit $40k

And my base salary at my current job is about $10k less.

8/15/2009 1:30:48 PM

I'm making half what I made a year ago. fucking bullshit.

8/15/2009 1:31:01 PM

but shit, I'm just happy to have a job. I know I will make what I am worth once people start hiring again, so I am just making do at this point.

8/15/2009 1:32:45 PM

They laid us off for the week of july 4th just so they didn't have to pay us.. we got unemployment and my check was for more than i usually get paid. so, i'd be better off on unemployment apparently.

8/15/2009 1:34:20 PM

what sucks - law school starts back in two weeks

what does not suck - just got tickets to see Jimmy Buffet in Paris in September

8/15/2009 1:36:57 PM

super cool!

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:38 PM. Reason : need a date? we won't tell my fiance!]

8/15/2009 1:38:28 PM

I am paid well and am ridiculously good at my job.

But it's not challenging.

8/15/2009 1:43:26 PM

^Dude, that is SO me. Story of my life.

But that's OK, I like nice paychecks.

8/15/2009 1:44:00 PM

^^that's how I felt as kennel manager at the vet...great benefits, decent schedule, easy...too easy.

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:44 PM. Reason : thumper interrupted me!]

8/15/2009 1:44:24 PM

It's weird to have a talent or special skill and have little desire to utilize it.

if I had gobs of cash, I'd open a gym and a bar. Seems more challenging than writing ads for a living.

8/15/2009 1:47:28 PM

nvm

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 1:58 PM. Reason : work on sat]

8/15/2009 1:50:40 PM

-survived two rounds of layoffs at work, but the tension around the office is at an all time high and morale at an all time low.
-paycuts just took effect at the first of this month.
-trying to pretend all is well with the job situation and buy a house in the middle of the worst mortgage crisis ever. I'm totally emotionally detached from the whole process, nothing like the "OMG! THIS IS AN AWESOME PLACE!!" feeling that other people seem to get. I'm just meh about the whole thing.
-need to do some work to my car or buy another one but putting it off until the house stuff is squared away
-single for too long (think 10+ years) and lonely as hell.
-social life in general is in the shitter. i'd rather just stay home than hang out with married couples on date night.

all in all, nothing major, but just not enjoying life, that's for sure.

8/15/2009 2:18:54 PM

at this very moment: hangover, have to work, didn't shower

generally: too much to list

8/15/2009 2:34:45 PM

Not really anything, just got a new job. Always could use more money in the bank and to lose a couple lbs., but everything is pretty good.

8/15/2009 2:38:50 PM

School starts back on Wednesday.
Need to find a work study job ASAP.
Have sixty pounds to lose.

8/15/2009 2:39:03 PM

I met a girl who I have fallen for, head over heels. We hang out at least 3 times a week alone, even cuddle and smooch sometimes. Have been doing this for about 3 months now, and we were friends for a while before that. We met randomly at the mall and she gave me her number when I asked her out. The chemistry is definitely there.

But, she has a bf that doesn't treat her right. It sucks.

Tdub halp!

8/15/2009 2:42:52 PM

i could go to greenville to see dan deacon

i could go see titties with a bunch of girls

but no, i have to work

that sucks

8/15/2009 2:42:56 PM

Banjoman, she will keep you as a side dish unless you find a main dish. Don't make things so easy for her. She won't leave her boy unless you give her a real reason to do so. Right now she's having her cake and eating it too.

8/15/2009 2:46:25 PM

But it's a catch 22. How could a good, honest girl be fine with having a "friend" on the side?

8/15/2009 2:54:35 PM

hung over as fuck and have to work soon but other than that errythang's pretty good

8/15/2009 3:02:56 PM

shift work

other than that, I'm good

so I really can't complain

8/15/2009 3:04:07 PM

^^^ you right, son. as long as you see it for what it is, have fun i guess. but if you or her are going to expect anything more out of this, it's destined to fail

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 3:04 PM. Reason : .]

8/15/2009 3:04:31 PM

Me.

8/15/2009 3:05:08 PM

^^^^

She's obviously not with the person she wants to be with but her relationship is probably convenient as it is, so that's why she's with you on the side. Find out for sure if she wants to be with you or not.

8/15/2009 3:05:58 PM

Exactly. It's easier for her to stay where she is now and get a side dish than it is for her to correct the situation. Breakups are hard. And you're not giving her a real reason to change the situation.

8/15/2009 3:08:55 PM

I've got the essentials to keep my apartment habitable, but I'm still missing half my clothes, my living room, my dining room, and all my stuff in my kitchen with the exception of a couple of things I kept separate and packed myself (that were supposed to last me for all of 2 weeks, not the 8 weeks I'm having to wait to get my damn shit delivered to my apartment).

I've got some random bills lurking out there, and some companies are being incompetent and slow in getting me my account information so I can have insurance, etc so that I can legally live where I'm at right now.

Living here is retardedly expensive and I lack extra money to build myself a cushion right now.

But other than that it's actually going pretty well for me, so I'm not sure I'd put my life in the "suck" category.

8/15/2009 3:20:32 PM

^good point, me neither a guess.

^^ They live together. That makes it a lot harder to break up and change things.

[Edited on August 15, 2009 at 3:24 PM. Reason : bad news]

8/15/2009 3:22:16 PM

Mucho student loan debt, and one of my few credit cards is close to maxxing out, even though the other ones are paid down to almost nothing now. I survived the only round of layoffs my company has had in it's 65+ years, but that's tempered by the fact all bonuses and raises have been cancelled til improvement in the sales section comes.

Hopefully 25% cheaper rent for the next year along with no major required car fixes for the foreseeable future (got two dd beaters now, one as a backup) will let me clear up the credit card no problema and start saving.

8/15/2009 3:24:25 PM

my life's pretty good right now but i do wish i had somebody (a girl) to share it with....maybe someday

8/15/2009 3:31:24 PM

Quote :

"Not really anything, just got a new job. Always could use more money in the bank and to lose a couple lbs., but everything is pretty good."

8/15/2009 3:41:44 PM

I know what I want from life and I know what's preventing me from getting it and there's not much I can do about it, except whine on an Internet forum.

8/15/2009 3:43:45 PM

knowing the problem and having no way to fix it...that does suck big time!

8/15/2009 3:45:35 PM

Yes. It does.

8/15/2009 3:48:41 PM