Whine like a baby, now with 500% more drama!
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Ahh... you buy apple.
So, my doctor upped my dose of zoloft from 100mg to 150mg, and since I started at 50 and went up to 100 previously, I thought I should be able to go up to 150 without stopping at 125 first. Bad move. This morning I am basically a drooling, groggy, uncoordinated mess. It is actually physically difficult to type this post. Damnit.
I had the same issue when I got bumped up in dosage on Prozac. I'd get super light-headed and groggy for about an hour or two and it was nearly impossible to function until I got used to the dosage.
GasBandit
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I had 20 minutes of panic this morning when I pulled up in the work parking lot, and felt a distinct absence in my right pocket as I got out of the car.
No wallet.
I looked through the car, under the seats... nothing... Did it fall out on the curb when I took out the garbage this morning? DID I THROW IT OUT BY ACCIDENT?! Did it fall out in the car last night (sometimes it does fall out of my pocket when I'm in the car), and somebody take it before I came back this morning? Why didn't I notice it missing sooner? etc etc
Finally ended up retracing my steps all the way back home, where it was sitting on the table by the couch, right where I put it (and forgot about it).
It was a bigger scare than I've gotten from any horror movie in recent memory. Thing has everything in it, my driver's license, my keycards, my credit cards, my ATM card, my health insurance card, my HSA debit card, and most critical of all, my KROGER PLUS SHOPPER CARD! AAAGGH
Seriously, if I lost it, it'd have been inconvenient as hell, having to cancel and replace all those cards, and in the meantime only being able to buy things with checks (at places that don't check ID when you use a check >_< ).
No wallet.
I looked through the car, under the seats... nothing... Did it fall out on the curb when I took out the garbage this morning? DID I THROW IT OUT BY ACCIDENT?! Did it fall out in the car last night (sometimes it does fall out of my pocket when I'm in the car), and somebody take it before I came back this morning? Why didn't I notice it missing sooner? etc etc
Finally ended up retracing my steps all the way back home, where it was sitting on the table by the couch, right where I put it (and forgot about it).
It was a bigger scare than I've gotten from any horror movie in recent memory. Thing has everything in it, my driver's license, my keycards, my credit cards, my ATM card, my health insurance card, my HSA debit card, and most critical of all, my KROGER PLUS SHOPPER CARD! AAAGGH
Seriously, if I lost it, it'd have been inconvenient as hell, having to cancel and replace all those cards, and in the meantime only being able to buy things with checks (at places that don't check ID when you use a check >_< ).
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Giant Eagle Advantage Card > Kroger Plus Card. The Giant Eagle gas discount stacks, so if you spend enough you can conceivably get a free tank of gas on a fillup. Best I ever got was down to 15 cents per gallon.
But then I figured out I spend far less per grocery run at Walmart, and the gas savings wasn't worth the extra expense.
But then I figured out I spend far less per grocery run at Walmart, and the gas savings wasn't worth the extra expense.
Wasn't the "giant eagle advantage card" something you'd play on Gandalf in the LotR collectable card game?
DHL is useless all over. I wound up getting into a shouting match with one of their call center drones when they refused to deliver a parcel that arrived at the local station two days earlier than expected. It wound up delivered a day late. Nothing in DHL's hands ever arrived on time.
A DHL driver crammed a package into my mailbox with a scrawled message that said, "Put your number on your box!" on it in big letters (it's hard to see our number from the street). I drove the package over to the local DHL office and handed it to the desk personnel, explaining that they had delivered it to completely the wrong road, and that the correct address was actually on a road about 2mi farther North.
--Patrick
--Patrick
Welp, I'm single again. It was mutual. At first, we thought we were in a rut, but it turns out we both had just sort of fallen out of love with each other. Lots of crying, but it was probably the most mature, civil break-up I've had.
Still sucks.
But either way, I get to post this:
Still sucks.
But either way, I get to post this:
Now that you've handled the ending of a relationship in a mature, adult manner, it's time to be petty and make her jealous with an even younger girlfriend.
Wait... no, bad idea... sorry.
I wish I could handle being lied to better, but whenever I discover someone's been lying to me, I just go to outrage levels of pissed off, regardless of whether it's a major or minor thing. Today it's something in the middle.
It'd be one thing if I was like "something's fishy here" and go checking, then have suspicions confirmed. Look for trouble, you can find it. It's another when I'm innocently going about my morning and discover a thing. Now I'm just sitting here in a rage and I don't know what to do with myself.
It'd be one thing if I was like "something's fishy here" and go checking, then have suspicions confirmed. Look for trouble, you can find it. It's another when I'm innocently going about my morning and discover a thing. Now I'm just sitting here in a rage and I don't know what to do with myself.
Amen brother!
I know this is several days later, but damn. We were in Anaheim for the week and the warmest it got was about 71f. I had to buy a freaking jacket for the last two days because it never got out of the 60s, and even I got chilly.
We had a day or two of 80+, but it's been overcast and drizzly on and off for the last week or so and doesn't seem to be letting up. It's nearly June, so this is really strange weather (though I'm loving it and I hope it lasts forever).
figmentPez
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NoooooOOoOOOoooo! Console peasants are being allowed to take part in the majesty that is Humble Bundle!
Doesn't the cat handle that?
...we used to have a cat that would catch you asleep or otherwise lying on the couch and just suddenly invade your ear canal with an onslaught of licking and purring. I hear tell that this is not an isolated incident.
--Patrick
GasBandit
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So far, no. My cat seems to prefer elbows.
Our Lulu is a foot cat.
That moment when you realize you don't really have any friends. Plenty of people you know and would call acquaintances at best. But no one that you see or talk to on a regular basis and no one in your life you feel even remotely comfortable in confiding with.
And no, that's no an invitation for people to message me privately. It won't matter. It's not going to change things. I'm not going to just suddenly become comfortable confiding in someone. I'm just going to have to live with the fact that I'm lonely, have almost always been lonely, and will probably live the rest of my life lonely. I don't have anyone in my life and likely never will.
And no, that's no an invitation for people to message me privately. It won't matter. It's not going to change things. I'm not going to just suddenly become comfortable confiding in someone. I'm just going to have to live with the fact that I'm lonely, have almost always been lonely, and will probably live the rest of my life lonely. I don't have anyone in my life and likely never will.
Or ooh, how about that moment when you realize you have no prospects, hopes, or ambitions for your future? Fun times, eh? Every time I look at any job sites, all I see are endless jobs that I'm either not even remotely qualified for or have any skills for or it's the same minimum wage customer service bullshit that I'm sick of. Go back to school, you say? And take what? Because I've got no fucking clue. Because I don't know what to do with my life anymore. So I'm just stuck coming home every day to my endlessly arguing parents argue over petty things, try to escape into video games or the internet, go to sleep, go to work, rinse, lather, repeat. Because that's all my life is now. I don't have anything. I don't have anyone. Hell, I wouldn't even say I had anyone even when I was with the ex because it was always something with her so I always felt like I had to walk on eggshells around her.
Why am I even still around? What, for a book about a stupid armadillo in a stupid niche market where I'll be lucky if I make maybe - maybe - a couple hundred bucks? Can't fucking well make a living off of that, huh?
Why am I even still around? What, for a book about a stupid armadillo in a stupid niche market where I'll be lucky if I make maybe - maybe - a couple hundred bucks? Can't fucking well make a living off of that, huh?
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Nick, I just read your post and it makes my heart hurt for you. You're not alone! I'm not sure what to suggest but it's not a bad thing if you're not comfortable opening up to people right away. Taking your time and figuring out who is worthy of your time is the way to go. Trust me, I wish I took more time to do that.
I can help with the other part I think! Can you email me a resume? I do hiring with the government and I know of several departments that are going to be looking for people soon. Applying for government jobs is a world of its own and the resume and cover letter prep wil be painful but I would be happy to help. I think one of the best things for you would be a place of your own.
Send me a pm if you'd like and I will send you my email
I can help with the other part I think! Can you email me a resume? I do hiring with the government and I know of several departments that are going to be looking for people soon. Applying for government jobs is a world of its own and the resume and cover letter prep wil be painful but I would be happy to help. I think one of the best things for you would be a place of your own.
Send me a pm if you'd like and I will send you my email
Hardly much point. I wouldn't be qualified for anything, even if I didn't bomb the interview process.I can help with the other part I think! Can you email me a resume? I do hiring with the government and I know of several departments that are going to be looking for people soon. Applying for government jobs is a world of its own and the resume and cover letter prep wil be painful but I would be happy to help. I think one of the best things for you would be a place of your own.
Send me a pm if you'd like and I will send you my email
i dont say this much... shut your mouth and give it a try god damnit, she just offered you help, dont spit in her face just because you think you're a lowly sponge who cant do right.