"Temporary" Venting Thread - Page 12

***Rían*** · 11-03-2005, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Bombadillo

No idea; never saw it.

I wish I had time for movies.

I have to vent for my friend. He's been home all day working on a "group" project that's due tomorrow. His teacher picked the groups and he wound up with some girl and this asshole guy, who I've met before, and trust me he's an ass. That was two weeks ago, and since then they've met to work on it together twice but the other two people haven't done a thing but talk to each other. I wouldn't be so angry, because that happens all the time, but yesterday that guy said to the girl, behind my friend's back, "Whatch, now Joe's gonna try to go and steal all the credit for this project even though he hasn't done ****. He's so lazy."

Idiot! He just took off from work on short notice today to start and finish this project, and damn right he'll tell the teacher that you guys didn't pitch in. Gah! I hate that! That's why I prefer working on my own; if I'm unreliable, it's my fault alone since I don't care, and chances are I'd do the best work anyway.

And now I have this thing in my eye. I can't even see it in the mirror. I wouldn't be suprized if a mosquito bit my eyeball; it's never annoyed me so persistently before. ...just a bad day.

Group projects are just the worst, unless you get that rare but wonderful good group. I finally figured out that you don't really learn much about the actual project in a group project; what you learn is how to work with difficult people.

I hope your eye gets better!

***Rían*** · 11-03-2005, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BeardofPants

Gnrrrr! I submitted my lab to my prof 2 months ago, and only now has he sent me an email saying that I never submitted it, THE DAY BEFORE THE FREAKIN' EXAM.

I spent 2 hours panicking and trying to trace back the trail of proof to prove that I submitted it, and then I remembered that I'd had the presence of mind to email the lab to the other lecturer as well, so I emailed him, and all is well in the world again. *whew*

WHAT?!?!?! Why in the WORLD didn't he contact you 2 months ago about it?!?!?!

That's just terrible on his part - really unconscionable. I"m SO glad you were able to fix it up - remember that the next time you have to submit a paper!! Get a receipt or something!!! Sheesh!

(how are you liking your coursework in your new area of study, btw?)

Vent - woke up with a sore throat this morning

The last sane person · 11-03-2005, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Oh you friggin' crybabies you don't know what venting IS till you have to start arguing with a bunch of well-educated, super-power endowed NAZGUL as if you were right there being one of them, amongst them. BAH!! I laugh at your paltry vents. Try being a Nazgul. Life ain't all the days of wine and roses, my friends. Feckin' murderous backstabbin' loyalty deficient discriminatory power- lustin bleeps. Meh.

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHA! *holds sides* Oh, Lotesse, you just killed whatever vent I had, thank you! That was great, the first thing I read here. You always find a way (inadvertantly) to cheer me up!

Vent: No longer there because Lotesse made me slay it with laughter.

Spock · 11-03-2005, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercutio

I have to write an essay on the film "The African Queen" (Bogart, Hepburn...going down the river...).
Ideas?

I can't believe you didn't Google it. There must be tons of sites for that movie. It's an all time favorite on so many lists; we have two copies and watch it as time passes.

Mercutio · 11-03-2005, 09:30 PM

Yes I googled it. All I could find were summaries, cast lists, reviews, etc. No sample essay topics or prompts. Nothing to spark my essay writing. My dad gave me some thesis ideas though...and I ended up writing two pages on stereotypes and character transformations.

Spock · 11-03-2005, 10:16 PM

I know you looked but also know you didn't go far enough. No problem. Stereotypes is a good one to compare and contrast.

Bombadillo · 11-03-2005, 11:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Mercutio

Yes I googled it. All I could find were summaries, cast lists, reviews, etc. No sample essay topics or prompts. Nothing to spark my essay writing. My dad gave me some thesis ideas though...and I ended up writing two pages on stereotypes and character transformations.

Oooh!

I wish I thought of this sooner for you: The International Movie DataBase. Ah, I couldn't think of anything to tell you, but that place should definately have some helpful stuff. My film analysis teacher showed it to me.

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Originally Posted by Lotesse

Bombadillo quit going undercover, scaredy-cat. Why must you always feel the need to cloak? And what's this about eyeballs; I saw some retarded freaks on this reality show tonight popping COW EYEBALLS and draining the eye-cow contents into shotglasses then drinking the contents. Eye cow juice. Try THAT on for size. And uncloak thyself, you friggin' scaredy cat. I'm sicka wondering whether or not you're online.

Puh-LEESE. get over yourself. I for one would like to see when you're online. I like interacting with you, dammit. Take the stupid cloak off already.

Ha! Thanks, somehow.

Elk eyeballs are an Inuit delicacy.

***Tessar*** · 11-03-2005, 11:56 PM

Argh. Why do I get sick so much?! WHY?! I wasn't a sickly child, it's just for the last year or two I've been getting sick about once every two months, then it'll last for two weeks and then slowly go away. Always a sore throat that I can feel coming on for 24 hours in advance, and then I just wake up one morning and BAM--sore throat/fever/cold.

The sore throat clears out during the day, but then by evening I'm struggling to speak in a clear voice. And it always seems to happen on -choir- nights. Like tonight--I've just finished screwing my voice over.

And in new developments, my hands are shaking and feel weak, but I can't make them stop shaking unless I lay them completely flat.

What the heck is up with me?

Bombadillo · 11-04-2005, 12:09 AM

Are you asthmatic? My asthma/allergy drugs do that to me... something about thinning the blood, weakening the immune system, even affecting the nervous system to make you shake like you've got Parkinson's, or actually make some people jumpy. Sore throat might be because of the weakened immune system or because some drugs affect the protective layer of mucus in your windpipe. That's all a big pain, 'cause there's nothing you can really do about it except take vitamins.

I'm thinking about seeing an herbalist, too.

***Tessar*** · 11-04-2005, 12:30 AM

No, I'm not asthmatic, and I never have been, although I guess you could say that I've always been a bit 'frail' in the sense that I've never had much endurance.

***Rían*** · 11-04-2005, 12:44 AM

sorry to hear that, Tessar

I hope they can figure something out. It might be allergy-related ... if my kids start to get a runny nose from allergies, I hit 'em with allergy medicine right away and then it seems to stop the sore throad/getting worse cycle most of the time.

Bombadillo · 11-04-2005, 02:45 AM

Hmm... hopefully it's just the seasons changing or this new weather. Maybe you'll feel normal in a few weeks. I hope so!

Spock · 11-04-2005, 10:23 AM

Hey, "T", you need a good diagnostician. Und, asthma can cause those symptoms and the season is right; hope you get it checked out soon.

Mercutio · 11-04-2005, 02:05 PM

Bombadillo, I'm aware of IMDB, but that didn't give any literary (Well actually film) analysis, themes, etc, on The African Queen.

Spock · 11-04-2005, 03:23 PM

Well for weeks I've been meaning to search for the decision for government to take land ...now I find it and can't remember where-which topic- the subject came up...and I promised to post there when I found it.....RATZ

Lotesse · 11-04-2005, 07:01 PM

In ref. to what Bombadillo was saying about that the Inuit eat elk eyeballs, I decided to do a little research into this practise do NOT ask me why, and came up with this information, which ought to effectively dissuade people from making it a habit to eat the eyeballs of elk or deer. It causes this dreadful ailment. Read, if you dare...

http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/cwdinformation.asp

***Tessar*** · 11-04-2005, 10:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Spock

Hey, "T", you need a good diagnostician. Und, asthma can cause those symptoms and the season is right; hope you get it checked out soon.

I really don't think it's Asthma... It's just something strange. Maybe allergies...

If I don't eat every few hours I start to feel really bad, I've got stuff running down my throat, I can only speak near the bottom of my voice range, and if I try to speak or sing above that or even put any volume/emotion into my speaking voice I can't make a sound.

That and I just generally feel kind of crappy right now

.

*falls over*

Lady Marion Magdalena · 11-05-2005, 01:36 PM

I have no change, and no change means no getting my laundry done, and that means no clean socks... yuck. Must find an atm get some cash, and hope that the post office with the converting bills into quarters machine thingy is open... which it probably won't be till monday.

trolls' bane · 11-05-2005, 02:30 PM

Good luck.

Vent: The damn planet is falling apart! Just listening to NPR is hilarious how stupid some people are. I'm listening to a reporter online in the middle of a battle in Iraq.

Lief Erikson · 11-06-2005, 03:07 AM

This report may cheer you up some.
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html
We can be comforted to know that the news from Iraq is not all bad.

Vent: My annoyance at BBC News is increasing. In their description of our recent joint Iraqi and US military operations, they mentioned nothing about the good that is being done. They did not mention the growing insurgent casualties, but rather just describe how dangerous Al'Qaeda is and how "no US troops have died yet". BBC's left-wing bias in reporting is certainly annoying me. This is just added to my already existing annoyance at BBC for picking on the Republican and Christian leaders, without presenting both sides of the story. BBC also likes a good scrap, a good contraversy, even if one doesn't exist. Like that silly story it posted about Bush having said God told him to go into Iraq and Afghanistan. The only source of this story that BBC has is one Palestinian official, and that official claims that in context, he didn't think it should be taken literally. BBC likes to make a lot out of nothing solid, if it blackens Pres. Bush's name. And the story about Pat Robertson. Very one sided.

Oh well.

Anti-Vent: I am very pleased with BBC for having the courage to speak the truth in Uzbekistan, even if it caused their bureau there to be dismantled by the government. In some ways, the article on BBC about the matter was badly put, but I still think the evidence was solid and the courage to act on it was laudable. So about that, I'm pleased with BBC.

11-03-2005, 10:16 PM	#226
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	I know you looked but also know you didn't go far enough. No problem. Stereotypes is a good one to compare and contrast. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

11-04-2005, 12:09 AM	#229
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Are you asthmatic? My asthma/allergy drugs do that to me... something about thinning the blood, weakening the immune system, even affecting the nervous system to make you shake like you've got Parkinson's, or actually make some people jumpy. Sore throat might be because of the weakened immune system or because some drugs affect the protective layer of mucus in your windpipe. That's all a big pain, 'cause there's nothing you can really do about it except take vitamins. I'm thinking about seeing an herbalist, too. __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

11-04-2005, 12:44 AM	#231
*Rían* Half-Elven Princess of Rabbit Trails and Harp-Wielding Administrator (beware the Rubber Chicken of Doom!) Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Not where I want to be ... Posts: 15,254	sorry to hear that, Tessar I hope they can figure something out. It might be allergy-related ... if my kids start to get a runny nose from allergies, I hit 'em with allergy medicine right away and then it seems to stop the sore throad/getting worse cycle most of the time. __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ñá ë?* óú éä ïöü Öñ É Þ ð ß ® ç å ™ æ ♪ ?* "How lovely are Thy dwelling places, O Lord of hosts! ... For a day in Thy courts is better than a thousand outside." (from Psalm 84) * * * God rocks! Entmoot : Veni, vidi, velcro - I came, I saw, I got hooked! Ego numquam pronunciare mendacium, sed ego sum homo indomitus! Run the earth and watch the sky ... Auta i lómë! Aurë entuluva!

11-04-2005, 02:45 AM	#232
Bombadillo "The Bomb" Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: all over the place Posts: 1,601	Hmm... hopefully it's just the seasons changing or this new weather. Maybe you'll feel normal in a few weeks. I hope so! __________________ Could it be that one path to enlightenment leads through insanity?

11-04-2005, 10:23 AM	#233
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Hey, "T", you need a good diagnostician. Und, asthma can cause those symptoms and the season is right; hope you get it checked out soon. __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

11-03-2005, 09:30 PM	#225
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Yes I googled it. All I could find were summaries, cast lists, reviews, etc. No sample essay topics or prompts. Nothing to spark my essay writing. My dad gave me some thesis ideas though...and I ended up writing two pages on stereotypes and character transformations.

11-03-2005, 11:56 PM	#228
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	Argh. Why do I get sick so much?! WHY?! I wasn't a sickly child, it's just for the last year or two I've been getting sick about once every two months, then it'll last for two weeks and then slowly go away. Always a sore throat that I can feel coming on for 24 hours in advance, and then I just wake up one morning and BAM--sore throat/fever/cold. The sore throat clears out during the day, but then by evening I'm struggling to speak in a clear voice. And it always seems to happen on -choir- nights. Like tonight--I've just finished screwing my voice over. And in new developments, my hands are shaking and feel weak, but I can't make them stop shaking unless I lay them completely flat. What the heck is up with me?

11-04-2005, 12:30 AM	#230
*Tessar* Master and Wielder of the Cardboard Harp of Gondor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: IM IN UR POSTZ, EDITIN' UR WURDZ Posts: 6,433	No, I'm not asthmatic, and I never have been, although I guess you could say that I've always been a bit 'frail' in the sense that I've never had much endurance.

11-04-2005, 02:05 PM	#234
Mercutio Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Narnia Posts: 1,656	Bombadillo, I'm aware of IMDB, but that didn't give any literary (Well actually film) analysis, themes, etc, on The African Queen. __________________ Mike nodded. A sombre nod. The nod Napoleon might have given if somebody had met him in 1812 and said, "So, you're back from Moscow, eh?". Interested in C.S. Lewis? Visit the forum dedicated to one of Tolkien's greatest contemporaries.

11-04-2005, 03:23 PM	#235
Spock An enigma in a conundrum Join Date: Oct 1999 Posts: 6,476	Well for weeks I've been meaning to search for the decision for government to take land ...now I find it and can't remember where-which topic- the subject came up...and I promised to post there when I found it.....RATZ __________________ Vizzini: "HE DIDN'T FALL?! INCONCEIVABLE!!" Inigo: "You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."

11-04-2005, 07:01 PM	#236
Lotesse of the House of Fëanor Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 6,150	Eating Elk Eyeballs In ref. to what Bombadillo was saying about that the Inuit eat elk eyeballs, I decided to do a little research into this practise do NOT ask me why, and came up with this information, which ought to effectively dissuade people from making it a habit to eat the eyeballs of elk or deer. It causes this dreadful ailment. Read, if you dare... http://www.dnr.state.md.us/wildlife/cwdinformation.asp __________________ Few people have the imagination for reality. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

11-05-2005, 01:36 PM	#238
Lady Marion Magdalena Elf Lord Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In a Field of Giant Daisies. Posts: 821	I have no change, and no change means no getting my laundry done, and that means no clean socks... yuck. Must find an atm get some cash, and hope that the post office with the converting bills into quarters machine thingy is open... which it probably won't be till monday. __________________ "Because it is my name! Because I cannot have another in my life! Because I lie and sign myself to lies! Because I am not worth the dust on the feet them that hang! How may I live without my name? I have given you my soul; Leave me my name!" - The Crucible "nolite hippopotamum vexare!"

11-05-2005, 02:30 PM	#239
trolls' bane Entmoot Secretary of the Treasury Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Campsite-by-Giraffe Posts: 5,408	Good luck. Vent: The damn planet is falling apart! Just listening to NPR is hilarious how stupid some people are. I'm listening to a reporter online in the middle of a battle in Iraq. __________________ KI6PFA Amateur Radio Operator

11-06-2005, 03:07 AM	#240
Lief Erikson Elf Lord Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Fountain Valley, CA Posts: 6,343	This report may cheer you up some. http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/...ain/index.html We can be comforted to know that the news from Iraq is not all bad. Vent: My annoyance at BBC News is increasing. In their description of our recent joint Iraqi and US military operations, they mentioned nothing about the good that is being done. They did not mention the growing insurgent casualties, but rather just describe how dangerous Al'Qaeda is and how "no US troops have died yet". BBC's left-wing bias in reporting is certainly annoying me. This is just added to my already existing annoyance at BBC for picking on the Republican and Christian leaders, without presenting both sides of the story. BBC also likes a good scrap, a good contraversy, even if one doesn't exist. Like that silly story it posted about Bush having said God told him to go into Iraq and Afghanistan. The only source of this story that BBC has is one Palestinian official, and that official claims that in context, he didn't think it should be taken literally. BBC likes to make a lot out of nothing solid, if it blackens Pres. Bush's name. And the story about Pat Robertson. Very one sided. Oh well. Anti-Vent: I am very pleased with BBC for having the courage to speak the truth in Uzbekistan, even if it caused their bureau there to be dismantled by the government. In some ways, the article on BBC about the matter was badly put, but I still think the evidence was solid and the courage to act on it was laudable. So about that, I'm pleased with BBC. __________________ If the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. ~Oscar Wilde, written from prison Oscar Wilde's last words: "Either the wallpaper goes, or I do."