"Temporary" Venting Thread IV - Page 34

**Mari** · 02-04-2009, 07:24 AM

Oh my goodness. I am reading through (and correcting >_<) the parts of my groupmates for the project I have to write a conclusion on.
IF you deem it sensible/necessary to copy and paste parts from the Internet, AT LEAST be smart enough to rephrase things and edit it so the lay-out is the same!
And what do they teach these kids in secondary school anyway? Their Dutch is terrible!
*goes back to correcting while muttering darkly*

Nerdanel · 02-04-2009, 08:18 AM

hmm. feeling a bit disappointed now.

to be able to sometime graduate from my wildlife guide school, i need to specialise in two fields. i've been hoping for survival technique, hiking and the archipelago specialisation (skating in the winter, kayaking in the summer) - any combination of two of those three. it's a really small school, so they organize at most two specialisations a year, and this year they were planning on having a "summer hiking" specialisation, which would involve climbing and hiking around europe. i was really, really looking forward to it, and i've saved money for it.. and now only 5 people had signed up, so they can't organise it. :/ i was already dreaming of seeing the alps and climbing in norway.. those were my summer plans, apart from work.

i guess this just means i'll have to organise some hikes for myself.

it's just so hard to find people who you can plan this sort of thing with, since everyone is working and not all like walking around in difficult terrain with 25 kg of stuff on their backs.. going alone is an option, but not a wise one - at least not in areas where i've never been before, and not for a long time. hmm.

i'll be in a more optimistic mood soon.

**Mari** · 02-04-2009, 08:19 AM

How about finding out who those other 4 people who signed up are? Maybe you can organize something together?

***Tessar*** · 02-06-2009, 06:06 PM

We sang eleven performances over the course of five days, three of those performances being today, but now the choir tour is over. It was GREAT. I love it.

I'm just venting because I wont have a day of vocal rest till Monday, and then I have to get right back into the swing of things for my voice lesson on Tuesday. Five days of being on tour through the Rio Grande valley, then a wedding service tomorrow, then three mass services on Sunday. If I can still sing with any control at all by the end of the last service on Sunday, I will go worship my voice teacher for the techniques he's taught me. :P

I am so exhausted (physically and mentally) but I know if I lie down right now, I'm going to throw my whole sleeping pattern off and I wont do that because then that's going to make this weekend a regular pain in the rear with trying to get things back together. And I'm so tired that I know I wont be able to just nap. The next time I lie down, I'm not getting up for another eight or nine hours :P.

***Tessar*** · 02-06-2009, 11:09 PM

I just spent $115 on a GPS because I went out to get my hair cut at a place I'd never been before... and the directions on the website landed me in the middle of a neighborhood and then I got turned around and it was 45 minutes before I got back to the right road.

I am so freaking angry with myself because I get lost ALL THE TIME because I can't seem to follow directions in reverse, or I'll see a street that I'm absolutely sure that I know, and it turns out I either head in the wrong direction, or I'm thinking of another street I know of.

So I'm throwing money at my stupidity and hoping it fixes it. Yay. I am so freaking exhausted.

***Earniel*** · 02-07-2009, 06:51 PM

Gah, I'm such a total idiot, thinking the kitten will know better than to bite me. If I know I have to be careful about handling the psychopuss when the introduce-cats-to-one-another-session isn't going smoothely, why didn't I do the same with the newcomer who's clearly loaded with hormones? Well, I got the cuts and bandages I deserved. Idiot!

BeardofPants · 02-07-2009, 08:18 PM

What kind of GPS, tess?

***Tessar*** · 02-08-2009, 11:54 PM

It's a tom-tom, since those are supposed to be the best on the market ATM for the price range/features. I got the slightly more expensive one because it will say, "turn left after 30 feet at Oak Street," or what have you rather than just, "turn left after 30 feet."

hectorberlioz · 02-09-2009, 12:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tessar

It's a tom-tom, since those are supposed to be the best on the market ATM for the price range/features. I got the slightly more expensive one because it will say, "turn left after 30 feet at Oak Street," or what have you rather than just, "turn left after 30 feet."

And then, as you are driving along this lake on your right side, it will tell you "TURN HERE RIGHT HERE! TURN HERE RIGHT HERE!"

I don't trust those things

***Tessar*** · 02-09-2009, 12:14 AM

I've already decided it's going to be named Clarence

.

**Mari** · 02-09-2009, 03:16 AM

We don't need it, because we've got Mom-Mom and because my dad gets a nervous wrecking trying not to scream at the GPS when there's a roadblock or something.

My dad doesn't like being told what to do

Come to think of it, neither do I.

***Tessar*** · 02-09-2009, 05:04 PM

1. woke up exhausted because I still haven't had a day of rest since going on choir tour.
2. got a flat tire on the way home from school
3. had to wrangle the school/students I'm supposed to be teaching TODAY from my boss
4. found out that I got passed over for a small ensemble piece in favor of a freshman... and yes, his voice probably is better than mine.
5. now I have to actually go teach, and I'm thisclose to dropping dead.

So tomorrow I have to hit the bank, sign up for TMEA, get my tire fixed/changed, voice lesson, attend a three hour orientation for my student observations for my IDS class, and I still need to figure out where I'm supposed to be teaching tomorrow because my boss is so freaking not on top of things that I literally believe a 15 year-old could do a better job than he is.

What part of, "E-mail me a list of the schools I'll be doing, and the students who have already signed up," is impossible to understand? So impossible that he only sent me ONE of the schools.

I'm going to cry when this is all over.

On the other hand, I would rather be doing this than anything else in the world. So go figure. A little rest every once in a while would be nice, though.

***RÃan*** · 02-09-2009, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EÃ¤rniel

Gah, I'm such a total idiot, thinking the kitten will know better than to bite me. If I know I have to be careful about handling the psychopuss when the introduce-cats-to-one-another-session isn't going smoothely, why didn't I do the same with the newcomer who's clearly loaded with hormones? Well, I got the cuts and bandages I deserved. Idiot!

Did it bite your bacterial area and get infected?

***Tessar*** · 02-09-2009, 09:04 PM

I may quit this job if it doesn't get fixed in short order.

He promised me at least three schools, and I basically had to wrangle out of him tonight that he actually only has ONE school for me at the moment. Well we're how many weeks into the school year now? You couldn't get it figured out a little faster?

Plus whatever happened to giving me established schools? This is a start-up school, which I was assured I wouldn't have to do. I don't mind the fact that it's a start up except for the fact that I was told I wouldn't be given start-ups.

At least that explains why he only sent me the information for one school.

I think I'm going to give him two weeks to fix this, and if he doesn't, I'm out. I can't handle this man's disorganization. Better to work 15 hours a week at an HEB than get continually screwed over by this guy. I am so frustrated right now.

sisterandcousinandaunt · 02-09-2009, 09:13 PM

I'm not 100% following this, Tess, but I got "Boss is idiot, hate him."

I hate him for you, too.

***Earniel*** · 02-10-2009, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RÃ*an

Did it bite your bacterial area and get infected?

No, the last thing I'd need is a kitten with a bacterial infection. Just imagine, a small, fast and sharp-nailed biohazard!

But I'm currently sporting about five band-aids on my right hand.

***RÃan*** · 02-10-2009, 04:36 PM

FIVE?!?!

*prepares for a global bandaid shortage*

***Earniel*** · 02-10-2009, 05:19 PM

Oh, it's not too bad, there's still a couple of fingers he didn't maul.

And I managed not to bleed on anything.

The last sane person · 02-10-2009, 05:22 PM

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Buckets and buckets of snow falling and I only just noticed it!!! NOOOOOOO!

**Mari** · 02-10-2009, 05:28 PM

Vicious kitteh. >_<

EDIT: I meant Earn's kitty, not kitty Sane... though I'm sure Sane can also be very vicious. Though I think she's kawaii...

02-04-2009, 07:24 AM	#661
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Oh my goodness. I am reading through (and correcting >_<) the parts of my groupmates for the project I have to write a conclusion on. IF you deem it sensible/necessary to copy and paste parts from the Internet, AT LEAST be smart enough to rephrase things and edit it so the lay-out is the same! And what do they teach these kids in secondary school anyway? Their Dutch is terrible! goes back to correcting while muttering darkly __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-04-2009, 08:18 AM	#662
Nerdanel Spammer of the Happy Thread Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 3,512	hmm. feeling a bit disappointed now. to be able to sometime graduate from my wildlife guide school, i need to specialise in two fields. i've been hoping for survival technique, hiking and the archipelago specialisation (skating in the winter, kayaking in the summer) - any combination of two of those three. it's a really small school, so they organize at most two specialisations a year, and this year they were planning on having a "summer hiking" specialisation, which would involve climbing and hiking around europe. i was really, really looking forward to it, and i've saved money for it.. and now only 5 people had signed up, so they can't organise it. :/ i was already dreaming of seeing the alps and climbing in norway.. those were my summer plans, apart from work. i guess this just means i'll have to organise some hikes for myself. it's just so hard to find people who you can plan this sort of thing with, since everyone is working and not all like walking around in difficult terrain with 25 kg of stuff on their backs.. going alone is an option, but not a wise one - at least not in areas where i've never been before, and not for a long time. hmm. i'll be in a more optimistic mood soon. __________________ "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. " - C. Sagan My (photography) website My Flickr page

02-04-2009, 08:19 AM	#663
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	How about finding out who those other 4 people who signed up are? Maybe you can organize something together? __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-06-2009, 06:06 PM	#664
*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	We sang eleven performances over the course of five days, three of those performances being today, but now the choir tour is over. It was GREAT. I love it. I'm just venting because I wont have a day of vocal rest till Monday, and then I have to get right back into the swing of things for my voice lesson on Tuesday. Five days of being on tour through the Rio Grande valley, then a wedding service tomorrow, then three mass services on Sunday. If I can still sing with any control at all by the end of the last service on Sunday, I will go worship my voice teacher for the techniques he's taught me. :P I am so exhausted (physically and mentally) but I know if I lie down right now, I'm going to throw my whole sleeping pattern off and I wont do that because then that's going to make this weekend a regular pain in the rear with trying to get things back together. And I'm so tired that I know I wont be able to just nap. The next time I lie down, I'm not getting up for another eight or nine hours :P. Last edited by Tessar : 02-06-2009 at 06:08 PM.

02-07-2009, 06:51 PM	#666
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Gah, I'm such a total idiot, thinking the kitten will know better than to bite me. If I know I have to be careful about handling the psychopuss when the introduce-cats-to-one-another-session isn't going smoothely, why didn't I do the same with the newcomer who's clearly loaded with hormones? Well, I got the cuts and bandages I deserved. Idiot! __________________ We are not things.

02-06-2009, 11:09 PM	#665
*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	I just spent $115 on a GPS because I went out to get my hair cut at a place I'd never been before... and the directions on the website landed me in the middle of a neighborhood and then I got turned around and it was 45 minutes before I got back to the right road. I am so freaking angry with myself because I get lost ALL THE TIME because I can't seem to follow directions in reverse, or I'll see a street that I'm absolutely sure that I know, and it turns out I either head in the wrong direction, or I'm thinking of another street I know of. So I'm throwing money at my stupidity and hoping it fixes it. Yay. I am so freaking exhausted.

02-07-2009, 08:18 PM	#667
BeardofPants the Shrike Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: San Francisco, CA <3 Posts: 10,647	What kind of GPS, tess? __________________ "Binary solo! 0000001! 00000011! 0000001! 00000011!" ~ The Humans are Dead, Flight of the Conchords

02-08-2009, 11:54 PM	#668
*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	It's a tom-tom, since those are supposed to be the best on the market ATM for the price range/features. I got the slightly more expensive one because it will say, "turn left after 30 feet at Oak Street," or what have you rather than just, "turn left after 30 feet."

02-09-2009, 12:14 AM	#670
*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	I've already decided it's going to be named Clarence .

02-09-2009, 03:16 AM	#671
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	We don't need it, because we've got Mom-Mom and because my dad gets a nervous wrecking trying not to scream at the GPS when there's a roadblock or something. My dad doesn't like being told what to do Come to think of it, neither do I. __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"...

02-09-2009, 05:04 PM	#672
*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	1. woke up exhausted because I still haven't had a day of rest since going on choir tour. 2. got a flat tire on the way home from school 3. had to wrangle the school/students I'm supposed to be teaching TODAY from my boss 4. found out that I got passed over for a small ensemble piece in favor of a freshman... and yes, his voice probably is better than mine. 5. now I have to actually go teach, and I'm thisclose to dropping dead. So tomorrow I have to hit the bank, sign up for TMEA, get my tire fixed/changed, voice lesson, attend a three hour orientation for my student observations for my IDS class, and I still need to figure out where I'm supposed to be teaching tomorrow because my boss is so freaking not on top of things that I literally believe a 15 year-old could do a better job than he is. What part of, "E-mail me a list of the schools I'll be doing, and the students who have already signed up," is impossible to understand? So impossible that he only sent me ONE of the schools. I'm going to cry when this is all over. On the other hand, I would rather be doing this than anything else in the world. So go figure. A little rest every once in a while would be nice, though. Last edited by Tessar : 02-09-2009 at 05:05 PM.

02-09-2009, 09:04 PM	#674
*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	I may quit this job if it doesn't get fixed in short order. He promised me at least three schools, and I basically had to wrangle out of him tonight that he actually only has ONE school for me at the moment. Well we're how many weeks into the school year now? You couldn't get it figured out a little faster? Plus whatever happened to giving me established schools? This is a start-up school, which I was assured I wouldn't have to do. I don't mind the fact that it's a start up except for the fact that I was told I wouldn't be given start-ups. At least that explains why he only sent me the information for one school. I think I'm going to give him two weeks to fix this, and if he doesn't, I'm out. I can't handle this man's disorganization. Better to work 15 hours a week at an HEB than get continually screwed over by this guy. I am so frustrated right now.

02-09-2009, 09:13 PM	#675
sisterandcousinandaunt Elf Lord Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 4,535	I'm not 100% following this, Tess, but I got "Boss is idiot, hate him." I hate him for you, too. __________________ That would be the swirling vortex to another world. Cool. I want one. TMNT No, I'm not emo. I just have a really poor sense of direction. (Thanks to katya for this quote) This is the best news story EVER! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26087293/ â€œOften my haste is a mistake, but I live with the consequences without complaint.â€...John McCain "I shall go back. And I shall find that therapist. And I shall whack her upside her head with my blanket full of rocks." ...Louisa May

02-10-2009, 04:36 PM	#677
*RÃan* 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	FIVE?!?! prepares for a global bandaid shortage __________________ . I should be doing the laundry, but this is MUCH more fun! Ã‘Ã¡ Ã«?* Ã³Ãº Ã©Ã¤ Ã¯Ã¶Ã¼ Ã–Ã± Ã‰ Ãž Ã° ÃŸ Â® Ã§ Ã¥ â„¢ Ã¦ ♪ ?* "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 lÃ³mÃ«! AurÃ« entuluva!

02-10-2009, 05:19 PM	#678
*Earniel* The Chocoholic Sea Elf Administrator Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: N?n in Eilph (Belgium) Posts: 14,363	Oh, it's not too bad, there's still a couple of fingers he didn't maul. And I managed not to bleed on anything. __________________ We are not things.

02-10-2009, 05:22 PM	#679
The last sane person The Black NÃºmenÃ³rean Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 6,773	AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH! Buckets and buckets of snow falling and I only just noticed it!!! NOOOOOOO! __________________ Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they have their own thoughts. You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

02-10-2009, 05:28 PM	#680
Mari Elf Lady Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In the lands where mountains are but a fairytale Posts: 8,588	Vicious kitteh. >_< EDIT: I meant Earn's kitty, not kitty Sane... though I'm sure Sane can also be very vicious. Though I think she's kawaii... __________________ Love always, deeply and true ★ Friends are those rare people who ask how we are and then wait to hear the answer. ★ Friendship is sharing openly, laughing often, trusting always, caring deeply. ...The Earth laughs in flowers ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Hamatreya"... Last edited by Mari : 02-10-2009 at 05:29 PM. Reason: Cross post

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