The Venting Thread

[Mitera Nikkou]

There's this fuzzy, pink ball that my mother got, that was filled with a very fine glitter. She claims that she only walked through my room with it (because my "room" is a thru-way to and from the master bedroom), and yet somehow I have glitter covering every surface of my room, from the furthest place from the walkway to the tallest place. It even found its way through the small spaces on my bookshelf to cover my manga and such. It's going to be a very long time before I see the last glitter around my room.

[Lanzerus]

>.< today sucked, as posted at 11:15

Well, first, my Microsoft word processor quit on me asking for "Validation of purchase." After the freaking program came BUILT INTO MY F***ING computer! Then an A**hat from school fired at me with an airsoft gun while i was walking to my local video/bookstore. (I live in a small town) then on the way back home i was ready to throw a nice large "pebble" through his living room window, but My humanitarian feelings got the better of me. Then i got home and my dVd player quit working. Then my mother drug me around town for the last 5 hours.

[Selena Aninikkou]

Well, first, my Microsoft word processor quit on me asking for "Validation of purchase." After the freaking program came BUILT INTO MY F***ING computer!

You're not the first, nor likely to be the last. Unfortunately, this seems to be something the computer manufacturers are trying to save money; installing the demo version of Microsoft Office instead of the full version...

P.S. Try OpenOffice.org or Lotus Symphony for this sort of thing. They won't expire

[Lanzerus]

well thank you selena, part of today was turned around.

[Mendi-chan]

On Friday I spent two and a half hours waiting for my number to be called at the DMV. -_-"
I suppose it wasn't a total loss, since I got my drivers license (at the age of 17... better late than never I suppose). But what annoyed me was the fact that half of the time it seemed as if the workers weren't doing anything. From where I was sitting it seemed as if they were just dawdling around, doing nothing in particular. I mean... I'm sure that they were doing the best they could and that they were probably working very hard, it's just frustrating for me to have to wait such a long time just because the DMV doesn't seem to have enough workers.

[Mitera Nikkou]

It's like that with DMVs everywhere. They should call it DLW, for "Damn Long Wait."

Oh, and I have a rant. I think. Well, recently I found out that a perfectly-working computer, although not being used, was set outside in the elements. It's an old computer, sure, but it was my first one, and it's how I got started writing. I was hoping to get some files from it, but now I don't know if it even works, since it has been sitting outside for who knows how long. And beyond that, there's no sign of its monitor and the other peripherals. *Sighs*

[Selena Aninikkou]

You're lucky; I was 22 and I wasn't able to get my license because the DMV guys decided to hassle me for some bizarre reason. Flunked the test multiple times, for various offenses (including speeding up to change lanes without cutting people off and choosing not to make a turn because I judged I didn't have the room to squeeze in the section the tester wanted me to).

[Haylie]

What I really hated during my driving test is when you're finished, they don't tell you if you passed or not. All my tester said was "Good" and walked off. But I passed first time, thank God.

Anywho, my bosses are still trying to kill me with 4 consecutive days of work OVER SPRING BREAK. WHAT THE HELL. So I'm gonna have a little chat with the schedule-er and get that cleared up pronto before I collapse from exhaustion.

[SweetSophia]

Right now, I kinda feel like a failure. Every time I try anything it ends miserably and I get chewed out about it. The main problem I'm having is a difficulty going to my parents for help and screwing things up when it comes to college and whatnot. Then again, I've always had the feeling that my folks were kinda detached from me, expecting me to just be alright. Also, I think they may have just been tired from raising my older brothers, which I totally understand. My oldest brother was a frikkin' prodigy, but kind of a troublemaker. My little older brother was/is just trouble all around with no consideration for other people and he had trouble in the school system. But, I get the distinct feeling that my parents were more removed from my upbringing since I wasn't anything special on either end of the spectrum. And, nobody ever bothered to teach me how to swim or ride a bike or talk to me about the "Facts of Life" which I'm still kinda screwed up on and when I made choir and scouts I couldn't go because nobody wanted to take me, I just barely managed to eek out some extra curricular activities in high school and then my mom made it out like it was taxing her soul all the way back to Jesus to drive me to a newspaper meeting and I couldn't drive myself because of my crippling fear of being in a car accident that nobody seems to want to help me with when "teaching" me to drive. And, now when I try to do something on my own and don't really know how to take care of myself because I've spent my whole life trying to please other people, and I screw up, my parents are wondering why I didn't go to them for help earlier. But, ever since I graduated high school if feels like I can't get anything right. I've tried to go to college, it took me a couple years just to get registration down, and when I did register nobody had saved anything up for me to go to college so I had to get a job before going and while I was going and that still wasn't enough. The government doesn't want to help me with anything but a loan unless my family is poor, I'm married or paying child support. Every scholarship and grant I've applied to hasn't even bothered to contact me, much less tell me I've gotten anything. I only lasted at college for half a year because funds ran out despite getting good grades. And, now I'm stuck. Every move I make ends up being a bad one and my mom is putting increasing pressure on me to try and market my art skill, the one thing I'm actually feeling semi-successful at, and I just can't take the concept of having that one shred of confidence I've got left broken.

[Mitera Nikkou]

All the reason and more for why I'm still a dependent. ^_^;

I can't recall seeing your artwork before, but if you don't think you'll be able to make something on-demand and in a timely fashion, then I probably wouldn't try it. Aside from that, it may drain your enthusiasm for artistic creativity if put through the grind of depending on it for an income.

I can't think of much more to say. Except, if possible, to live with your parents again, find a job, and save up so you can attend college without having to hold a job at the same time.

[SweetSophia]

Precicely what I am doing. Just needed to get that all out.

[Mitera Nikkou]

Awesome. I guess it's never too late to wish you the luck of the Irish. *Does so*

[Selena Aninikkou]

*hugs SweetSophia*

[Lanzerus]

Okay, my day has gone like this,

at 7:10 i woke up, i was supposed to wake up at 6:30 to take a shower and get ready for school, and my bus comes at 7:15, After running around for 4 minutes i start looking for my pants i wore yesterday to find my wallet. at 7:25 i still couldn't find my wallet which means, No breakfast, No lunch, No afterschool activities. when I finally get to school and head to my first hour which is gym, i hand the gym teacher a note from my doctor stating i need to sit out due to anemia from going vegan and not having enough protein, he flips out and makes me go to the prinicples office, After heading to the principles office for the entire gym period, i head to my science class where my teacher PROCEEDS to yell at me like she has for the past 3 days over an assignment that I put on her desk and she lost it saying "You need to own up for your mistakes, your boss in the future will want resposibility." WHEN SHE LOST IT!!! I get to lunch where I sit with my ordinary group of friends, anime nerds, and goths. and this big hulk of an idiot who NO ONE in the entire school likes because he acts like he could beat the crap out of anyone but really he couldn't beat a baby in an arm's wrestling contest, and proceeds to make my I.Q. drop everytime he decides to speak out of the food-hole he calls a mouth. After i get through the rest of the day with little trouble, i get home to learn that my mother has decided to install cabinets in the kitchen and a weird person was installing them, he looked like the male teacher from azumanga daioh. And after he leaves we learn that our two $200 bichion frise are missing, and that they got out of the backyard when they had dug a hole under the fence, and now, i am crying on my keyboard as i type the last of this message and after i learned the dogs had gotten out i was called by grandmother telling me my great grandfather Gail had passed away from medical complications during a heart surgery.

[AshK]

I'm sorry everything went bad for you today. My day wasn't much better. I've been up since 4:30 in the morning. Anyway I hope everything gets better for you. I'm sorry about your Great Grandfather. I will keep you in my prayers Taylor. I hope everything works out for you. I didn't mean to call you Taylor-Chan. Anyway hope everything gets better for you soon. I will keep you in my prayers.