i'm paying for my own school too. not out of pocket. well i mean yes out of pocket but right now i have loans. so i guess it is coming out of my pocket eventually? just not all at once.

anyway i've just been depressed and unmotivated but i finally hit rock bottom and now i'm trying to change but its so hard when things keep effing up.

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"^^ yes that definitely does. my HOA is being a POS and trying to say they don't handle certain pipes. after their maintenance group comes tomorrow i'm going to call a plumber and get a second opinion. "

WHAT THE FUCK? that is messed up. i'm going to be mad if mine says something similar. i mean it has to be the roof i'm on the top. but we'll see i suppose.

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 9:11 PM. Reason : .]

3/29/2010 9:11:11 PM

Do you have a routine to your life? Even if you are going through the motions, it helps you not to stagnate.


(going to class could be a good start!)

3/29/2010 9:12:49 PM

you just have to think about crappy things in a more positive light.

for me? yeah it sucks i'm dealing with this pipe issue but it could have been a lot worse. i'm fortunate that i was at my house, the tenant upstairs was home, and the owner of the condo above me was able to get over to the condo ASAP when it happened. if i wasn't home and we weren't aware of what was going on, a lot more damage could have been done.

plus, with me renting out my place in the next couple of months.....i'm glad it happened now while i still live there and not a tenant. i wouldn't want to put a tenant through this.

3/29/2010 9:12:52 PM

these bad things keep happening to you because you're a mean person...

since I've "known" you, you've:

-called me names
-made fun of me
-wished that my relationship would end so that you would have entertainment
-and even tonight, threatened me with bodily harm




it's called karma, you jerk

3/29/2010 9:13:24 PM

^^^ no. i'm trying to get into a routineeeee. which is why i broke down all of the days this week into teenie tiny tasks that i can check off (even like "shower" is a task) so that i feel like i'm accomplishing things and so the day doesn't seem so overwhelming. it worked today!

^^ i know. i'm totally trying. i think with my vitamin d booster i'll have more energy and just like mentally making the choice to be more positive should help. i'm also glad that i'm still in my condo instead of having a tenant in it (esp cause my toilet broke AND fridge broke this year haha). i'm going to try to rent mine out starting this summer. do you already have a tenant for yours? is yours in raleigh?

^ hahahaha. i forgot about the relationship thing.

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 9:15 PM. Reason : .]

3/29/2010 9:14:41 PM

yeah, well you got your wish.

thanks, jerk.

3/29/2010 9:15:45 PM

mine is in downtown raleigh. i was supposed to start posting for a tenant this week but i need to get this issue resolved first before i start showing my place.

3/29/2010 9:15:45 PM

LOL, actually, the more I've studied eastern religions, especially buddhism, I've been more and more at peace, and in a better state of mind.

Quote :

"^^^ no. i'm trying to get into a routineeeee. which is why i broke down all of the days this week into teenie tiny tasks that i can check off (even like "shower" is a task) so that i feel like i'm accomplishing things and so the day doesn't seem so overwhelming. it worked today!"

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 9:16 PM. Reason : ]

3/29/2010 9:15:48 PM

^^^ well i'm not entertained unless you dish

^^ when are you looking to start renting it out?

^ i know! after i got back from china i was really into eastern stuff for awhile. i want to start doing qi gong. i wonder if they have dvds for that lol. and it seems pathetic but for the last month i've stayed in bed for days at a time without a shower. i mean it doesn't seem pathetic it IS pathetic. i have never felt that bad in my life but i just started thinking that my mom would NOT want to see me like this so even if that is my only motivation for right now, at least it is motivation. and hopefully before too long i will actually be SELF motivated again

[Edited on March 29, 2010 at 9:18 PM. Reason : .]

3/29/2010 9:17:45 PM

I was going to send you a PM, but I'm sure you'll just make fun of me, and threaten me again. F U, B. F U.

3/29/2010 9:18:08 PM

qi gong

3/29/2010 9:18:32 PM

I know in charlotte, there are meditation centers, and many yoga places also do meditation. I'm sure there are places you could go in Raleigh.

3/29/2010 9:19:07 PM

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"^^ when are you looking to start renting it out?"

June 1 is the goal but if i find someone awesome i'm willing to be flexible. if you're interested, PM me and i can give you details and email you pictures.

3/29/2010 9:19:33 PM

^^ yea i belong to the ymca. i've done yoga there before but i sucked. the old hippie women were way better than me. i need like, beginner haha. maybe i'll see if they have like a basic class for retards

^PM is about to be sent

3/29/2010 9:20:35 PM

I don't know if meditation or yoga at the Y is the way to go. Actually, most Y's do very basic yoga, so you might want to give that a try again, but w/ a different instructor.

Y meditation, though..... hahah

3/29/2010 9:22:45 PM

yea the instructor sucked

and kept talking about "moon time" aka periods

i was weirded out

3/29/2010 9:28:47 PM

my student loan information may have been stolen

http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=10215559

4/13/2010 9:42:36 PM

so... like... have you accidentally choked on a dick and died yet?!

4/13/2010 9:43:30 PM

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE MY QUESTION THREAD?!?!

4/13/2010 9:44:05 PM

4/13/2010 9:44:45 PM

i came to raleigh and only brought one pair of shoes

which were destroyed by my dog in the middle of the night

so now i have to wear eric's rainbows to old navy or target so i can get some cheap shoes!

4/16/2010 4:46:58 PM

my check engine light came on

*SIGH*

and my front bumper is totally falling off again.

and my car needs to be inspected but obvi won't pass cause of the check engine light and maintenance required light. and now i'm going to have to tell my dad. because i'm poor and can't afford to fix it. so my graduation money (which already mostly went to pay my kaplan class) will probably have to go to fix my car.



maybe it will be a minor problem?!

4/19/2010 12:25:36 AM

You could take it down to Autozone and have them reset the error code on the onboard diagnostics, then drive it to be inspected. It's what my dad did for a number of years for his 96 Ford Taurus.

As for the front bumper:

Quote :

"GOOD AS NEW"

4/19/2010 12:29:57 AM

yea i did that last year. but you have to drive like 200 miles or something before they'll inspect it and what if the shit comes back on? i guess i'll do it again. but it won't turn the check engine light off right? so that would still be a problem yes? or will it reset everything?

and my bumper like is just loose cause like a few months ago this summer someone hit my car in the parking lot and like pulled away and like tore off part of my bumper but my dad fixed it it just needed to be screwed back in but NOW the hole where you put the screw is like rusted/corroded (? is that a word?) so like its not a hole anymore its a semi circle so it just falls down again when i try to screw it back up.

[Edited on April 19, 2010 at 12:32 AM. Reason : .]

4/19/2010 12:31:54 AM

You should be able to go to a car store (Auto Zone, Napa, ect), and they'll read the onboard diagnostics for free, as well as reset it for you as well. Then get in the car, drive down to have it inspected. The check engine light just means that the onboard diagnostics is flagging an error from one of the sensors. Hell, one of the sensors could be bad (like an O2 sensor).

You may need to drive the car around a bit. I'm just telling you what my father did. His Taurus had an O2 sensor problem, that even after replacing the O2 sensors, it would still throw an error. So the only way to get it to pass was to have someone reset the error.

Perhaps newer cars store when the OBD was reset, that I don't know.

And if it doesn't pass, then it doesn't pass. It's not like it's college where you're fucked for a semester.

[Edited on April 19, 2010 at 12:48 AM. Reason : .]

4/19/2010 12:48:19 AM

Not gonna lie, this thread makes me wanna marry you... or a girl like you. all your problems are ultra easy to fix. it would make me get to be like a knight in shining armor, fixing all your problems every day! it would make me seem like i was actually worth a shit!

4/19/2010 1:18:13 AM

LOL

4/19/2010 1:22:13 AM

haha. well i need a problem fixer

4/19/2010 1:31:17 AM

i can fix your problems... as long as you fix me sandwiches

4/19/2010 1:44:32 AM

i clicked this looking for a wardrobe malfunction

4/19/2010 8:18:15 AM

Quote :

"You should be able to go to a car store (Auto Zone, Napa, ect), and they'll read the onboard diagnostics for free, as well as reset it for you as well. Then get in the car, drive down to have it inspected. The check engine light just means that the onboard diagnostics is flagging an error from one of the sensors. Hell, one of the sensors could be bad (like an O2 sensor). You may need to drive the car around a bit. I'm just telling you what my father did. His Taurus had an O2 sensor problem, that even after replacing the O2 sensors, it would still throw an error. So the only way to get it to pass was to have someone reset the error. "

as kadwackle already knows, you have to drive the car a while after a reset before it will pass inspection. if you drive it enough and the code doesn't come back, then it will pass, but chances are it will come back on.

4/19/2010 8:23:41 AM

Quote :

"maybe it will be a minor problem?!"

Totally kacwackle! It could be extremely minor actually. More than likely it's something simple like a sensor of some kind. It could even be that the gas cap isn't on very tight or that it needs to be replaced, lol. You can have the code checked for free at advance auto, although sometimes the error code will say one thing but is actually being caused by something else. Regardless, I'd have the code checked at autozone or advance auto parts or a similar store first. That way when you go in to have it looked at you wont have to worry as much about the shop saying something insane is wrong if it actually isn't.

Quote :

"You may need to drive the car around a bit. I'm just telling you what my father did. His Taurus had an O2 sensor problem, that even after replacing the O2 sensors, it would still throw an error."

Well, then either the code was being triggered by something else or the wrong O2 sensor was replaced (This happens quite often honestly). It is also possible to only throw one error code and yet have more than one issue. This can happen when one problem is "hidden" from the computer by the other problem. You'll want to have the codes read again if something like that happens, because the problem is not actually fixed.

4/19/2010 8:23:44 AM

would it come on if i was way overdue on an oil change?! i don't know if that even could possibly happen

but i do need my oil changed

i was just going to do that with the inspection (i would like to eventually learn how to change my own oil) but if my stupid thing won't pass inspection then...blahhhh. i guess i just have to get an oil change sans inspection.

4/19/2010 4:39:30 PM

but i read somewhere you were gonna die in your sleep or something?

4/19/2010 4:40:13 PM

Don't try to change your own oil

That will soon lead to a follow up post asking how to get Quaker State out of suede

4/19/2010 4:41:08 PM

well i've changed my own headlights and turn signals before i THINK i could do oil change if i knew how. plus, i don't wear suede.

^^ yea i just had a nosebleed from my nose being raw and my throat hurts like really bad and i have swollen glands. hopefully it goes away by tomorrow or the next day

[Edited on April 19, 2010 at 4:46 PM. Reason : .]

4/19/2010 4:45:23 PM

doesnt tell me anything about how you were gonna die? sounds like you can be huge drama-rama
get well soon

4/19/2010 4:49:04 PM

well i thought i was going to die because i misbehaved this weekend

but i'm alive so i think i'm going to live now

4/19/2010 4:50:09 PM

you mean being dramatic!

4/19/2010 4:50:43 PM

noooo

i misbehaved and i thought my body was going to rebel and be like "fuck you" and then i'd die

but it is ok now

4/19/2010 4:52:05 PM

whatever dude!

4/19/2010 4:52:49 PM

in the words of SaabTurbo: WELL IT HAS BEEN AWHILE SINCE I'VE HAD A MISHAP MY SONS.

but while i was cleaning tonight i stepped on a thumbtack like this:



and it went 150% into the center of the heel of my foot. 150% because it went ALL the way in but i stepped all the way down on it so it went all the way in and was TIGHT in there. it took me 5 minutes to work up the guts to pull it out cause it hurt more to pull out (getting a grip was hard) than it did going in.

then lots of blood drip dripping on my floor.

5/6/2010 8:53:12 PM

uugghhhh
I never want to hang out with you. I'm pretty sure you would do something silly that would kill me.

5/6/2010 8:54:37 PM

5/6/2010 9:01:36 PM

^^ NO!!!!! everyone else is clumsy they just don't post it

5/6/2010 9:03:23 PM

no one is so funny at it as you are...and you post about it!

sucks to be you!

5/6/2010 9:04:20 PM

it really does i have some horrible luck!!!!!

5/6/2010 9:04:52 PM

I squirmed reading that
I don't like the thought of impaling my foot on anything

5/6/2010 9:05:57 PM

i know it hurt so bad and it wasn't like i put my foot down lightly and it only went part of the way in cause i caught it. i just stepped down like normal to pick something up. ouchiessssss. it still kinda hurts cause it was on my heel where there's pressure when i walk. i've been walking on my tiptoe haha.

5/6/2010 9:39:18 PM

Quote :

"it hurt more to pull out (getting a grip was hard) than it did going in"

5/6/2010 9:43:03 PM