Thread "The 2009 Rant, Vent, and Share thread" in forum "Comic Talk and General Discussion *"

Posted at 5:06AM, Jun. 11, 2009

Personally, I don't think people are getting more silly about claiming problems they don't really have, I don't necessarily think that it's doctors over-prescribing either (that IS part of it of course). I suspect that the true cause is major pharmaceutical companies on a major marketing Jihad.
They tend to work by funding hundreds of various studies and academics to research their pet "conditions" and fringe issues of various sorts, particularly in relation to their lovely medicines specially designed to treat those conditions. But not just that, they get the definition and diagnoses of existing conditions widened to include people who shouldn't BE included.

Then you influence doctors, pharmacists, government health programs, company health programs, health insurance companies, and hospitals all around the world to actively recommended their treatments for those "conditions".

Oh God, seconded on the evil greed of the drug companies, there. That pretty much sums up my attitude towards it. Hopefully they'll be some regulation of those bastards soon… *fingers crossed*

And an aside: Heh. I feel like the frickin' mental health advocate/expert on the boards. lol!

Posted at 8:06AM, Jun. 11, 2009

I suspect that the true cause is major pharmaceutical companies on a major marketing Jihad.

ah, yes.
"Do you have trouble sleeping?"
"Do you sleep all the time?"
"Do you have sad thoughts?"
"Do you lack energy?"
"Do you have TOO much energy?"
*insert name of antidepressant*
or here's one…
"who does depression hurt? Everyone."

re adderall: unfortunately I've tried it a few times, and as a testament to my predisposition to being some sort of drug addict, I can't get it off of my mind, in a loving, admiring sort of way. It makes me feel amazing. (Generally I have incredible powers of concentration when it comes to drawing or writing… I've been known to pull five-hour painting stints without realizing it… so on adderall it's like :D!!)

there's definitely such thing as people who are really depressed/unstable etc. if you guys haven't heard of it, there's this book called Against Happiness that covers this sort of discussion– and it's fun because it really expounds on the benefits of 'melancholy,' especially in artistic terms.

Posted at 9:06AM, Jun. 11, 2009

re adderall: unfortunately I've tried it a few times, and as a testament to my predisposition to being some sort of drug addict, I can't get it off of my mind, in a loving, admiring sort of way. It makes me feel amazing. (Generally I have incredible powers of concentration when it comes to drawing or writing… I've been known to pull five-hour painting stints without realizing it… so on adderall it's like :D!!)

Ha. That's what my manic episodes are like. So I guess I want a controlled version of what the meds I'm on take away- minus the negative side effects of mania, that is. ;)

there's definitely such thing as people who are really depressed/unstable etc. if you guys haven't heard of it, there's this book called Against Happiness that covers this sort of discussion– and it's fun because it really expounds on the benefits of 'melancholy,' especially in artistic terms.

I think my Ma sent me a Newsweek article about that book a whiles back. Meant to check it out, but forgot. Nice reminder! :)

Posted at 10:06AM, Jun. 11, 2009

Ever since Big Pharma started advertising. Hey here's the latest one, give out some samples…

My body chemistry changed about 10 years ago and I couldn't cope anymore with just therapy. Uncontrollable bouts of melancholia where I'd just sit and cry. So in came the meds. There was so much I had to learn about coping and realize that I was the one who was keeping me from being happy. I love Cognitive behavioral therapy. Dialectical behavioral therapy is watered down Taoism. :) You study Tao and there it is. I couldn't do it, I'd just go home and read the Tao Te Ching. lol!

As for those who claim to be OCD or ADHD, most have never seen those with the true disorders and have just read some online information. You see those with the illness and you're like: wow, I don't have any of that! Maybe some OCB (Obsessive compulsive behavior; everybody has that. Most people are mildly hypo-manic but don't have true Bi-polar. What people believe it is and what it really is are two different things.

As for medicating children, it's buckshot. Put out enough and hope to get a real diagnosis. Reading the diagnoses in those patient files; lump on everything, medicate everything because something just might work! lol!

Hypochondria is cured with a dose of being around a real sufferer of the disease the person imagines they have.

Posted at 11:06AM, Jun. 11, 2009

It has been storming in my neck of the woods lately, so my little brother and I decided that today would be a perfect day to read. We had barely been reading for thirty minutes when my mom storms in and yells at us for not doing our chores. She tells us to make our beds and then we can return to reading.

-break- First of all, I'm 21 and have tried unsuccessfully already to get my parents to let me rent an apartment. They refuse to even cosign so I could keep my insurance. I would actually be financially better off if I wasn't living in the dorms. Needless to say, I don't respond well to her treating me like a child.

Nick (Not really his name but go with it) and I hurriedly made our beds and went back to reading…for 5 seconds. Mom then comes in again and tells us that our rooms are a mess and she wouldn't stand for it.

-break- I just got back from college and it is hard to keep everything straight in my room cause my mom turned it into a store room when I was away. There was a rocking chair blocking half my dresser and a dog kennel taking up half my closet (the other half taken up by more stuff, but I can live with that, I just needed space to cram my stuff in it.) There isn't even room under neath my own bed.

So, I pull the junk out of my room and toss it in the entry hall for mom to deal with. Then Nick wants to find the jungle gym that he bought for the cats and insists that I should look in my closet. Because, there is no more dog kennel in my closet, the search is quick and nothing is found.

I finally put the stuff that I needed into my closet and tell Nick that there is no use searching my closet, it wasn't there. He told me to search again, and I said no cause my closet isn't big enough for that thing to hide in.

By now I'm hungry and I go to the kitchen to make a sandwich, a feat in itself cause I had to see if we had the proper ingredients. I'm just about to bite into my sandwich and my mom tells me that I'm not done with my room yet. I told her that I was aware of that, but my stomach came first. I would attend to it later.

Half way through my sandwich (this isn't a big sandwich either) my mom wants to talk to me about my closet. I asked her why she was my closet and she said that she and Nick were in there looking for that damn jungle gym that I told both of them wasn't there. I told her that my closet was my business and she decided that she would keep on telling me about it. Even dad told her to shut up and let me eat my sandwich in peace.

I really want to move out, but if I loose my insurance, it will be a lot tougher for me. I just want a few minutes of peace, but I know as soon as my mom remembers, she will jump down my throat again. Every time I talk to my parents, I'm tempted to pull out the application for that apartment again. (I keep it in my car just in case.)

Just so frustrating…

Of course, they can't kick me out cause that would mean that I would move into the apartment without another thought. As long as they pay for such things, they have control, but if they ever cut me off, I would be doing what I want to do.

Posted at 1:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

Some buddies of mine just finished their final project for a programing class, and I am so impressed!
He doesn't want me to distribute it out yet, but it's so cool!

It's a bullet hell game but their little twist is that if you hold shift you home in on enemies, but you slow your ship down a lot!

Posted at 2:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

I had a dream last night in where there was a bio-weapons attack in Manhattan. I remember seing yellow smoke everywhere.

Scary shit.

In that dream I had a hard time telling when I was awake in the real world. It was one of those dream-within-dream phenomenas.

I hope something that horrible will NOT happen.

But if it does, its obvious who to blame.

Its not gonna be:
- guys in a cave in Afghanistan with beards and AK-47s.
- secret agents from Russia or China or North Korea.
- white supremacist militia.
- disgruntled, drugged out mentally unstable lone wolves.

Though those types of guys will be the scapegoats in the media for sure.

Posted at 3:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

Well. Today was quite an interesting day.

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow are all exam days. Which means it's all half days (tomorrow being the last day of school) and all my hard exams are over. I only have 5th hour (which I already took the exam in there) and 6th hour (which hopefully, will be relatively easy).

I've been working out pretty hardcore lately, and I've been feeling the effects (being sore), but it's been paying off. Because I found my body has started to get into shape, which I'm ecstatic about.

But the one girl I was going for, pretty much slapped me in the face. Not literally, mind you. But I was being nice, and she wasn't at school one day, so I messaged her asking what was wrong. And she didn't even bother to respond. Now, this wouldn't have upset me so much, but this shit happens all the time. I'm sorry for the language, I'm just so sick of everything.

It doesn't help that I pretty much already gave up on the thing. But this pretty much marks it. I'm done with wasting my time chasing after girls that I know I have no chance with. Also, everybody was like, "Oh, you have a chance." "She's not out of your league."
Ha.

Posted at 4:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

But the one girl I was going for, pretty much slapped me in the face. Not literally, mind you. But I was being nice, and she wasn't at school one day, so I messaged her asking what was wrong. And she didn't even bother to respond. Now, this wouldn't have upset me so much, but this shit happens all the time. I'm sorry for the language, I'm just so sick of everything.

It doesn't help that I pretty much already gave up on the thing. But this pretty much marks it. I'm done with wasting my time chasing after girls that I know I have no chance with. Also, everybody was like, "Oh, you have a chance." "She's not out of your league."
Ha.

I'm sorry about that. I went through a break up recently and all I can say is try to keep positive.
Also, you're obviously too much of a sexy beast for her. Am-I-right??? *Highfives*
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So itunes is the bane of my existence.
The story is too long to go into right now, and I don't wanna bore anyone who is reading, but essentially:
I have one or two copies of every song in my itunes and each one works. All of my music was put on itunes on the same day (because I recently transferred it all to my external hard drive).
How can I delete all my duplicates without going through each one )Yes, I know you can view duplicates, but it doesn't really help! It's not like you can do a ctrl a there and only get the duplicates) or buying a $20 program???
(If anyone can help, it may help to know, I use windows).

Posted at 4:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

In itunes under tools go to 'find duplicates', and delete them :) (it might be under 'options', i don't recall, but it's there)

Man i really like how pretty Memphis monroe is but got her scenes are soooo boring -_- it's the exact same vanilla boring over and over, mix it up for once sheesh!

Posted at 4:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

Feels good to be updating again! :] I never understand why I get so lazy about it.

In related news, it's wayyyyy past my bedtime.

Posted at 5:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

I'm pretty nervous right now.

Tomorrow I'm starting to work on the book. And I'm not ready.
Oh, I have the script, some character designs, bunch of notes etc. But that's it. No page layouts figured out at this point, some of the crucial characters are half-designed, I haven't practiced drawing animals at all… Tomorrow is going to be pretty nervous, haha.

But, on the bright side… I have enough paper and I won't run out of it while drawing, so that's a plus :D
I'm hoping that after struggling on the first few pages I can fall into working mode again (as it always happened with Din Krakatau) and then it'll go smoother… but who knows.

After all, DK was only 128 pages of art… this thing will be 452 + 22 pages of additional art, that's roughly 3.5 times longer than the previous thing. Moments like that I really wish I could just throw some serious cash at a good artist, heh.
Then I could just throw the script into someone's lap (and crush their legs with the weight of it… which would be good as it'd ensure they'll stay around drawing) and focus on writing the next book. But then I wouldn't have enough control over the visual aspects of the story. Bah, whatever. I am going to draw this damned thing and I am going to draw it in FOUR MONTHS OR LESS!

Posted at 5:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

I can't sleep. I'm knackered when I sit up, but I actually lie down to sleep, I'm suddenly wide awake. I thought I could at least put this not sleeping time to good use by getting some work done, but I'm too tired to concentrate.

Then again, even if I wasn't I'd probably just end up staring at a blank page for ten seconds, then getting distracted by something else. I just can't stay focused.

Posted at 6:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

I just saw a news segment from GMA-7 News (Philippines)

And man… the schools there are out in the open behaving like a police state.

Everyone entering the school have to line up to pass through a checkpoint. In where a doctor checks your temperature and checks your ears and eyes. And then you're made to clean your hands with soap and rubbing alcohol.

And also there's two security guards with shotguns wearing masks. I guess they're there to forcibly quarantine you when the doctor says so.

All because of the hype generated by H1N1. People need to be treated like they're a herd of cattle.

This H1N1 hysteria is THE global plague.

More people are killed by cars, cancer, diabetes, smoking, etc. And yet the H1N1 is treated like its the end of the world.

This is stupid.

And this is worrisome.

The police state is spreading its tentacles on a planetary scale.

There's nowhere to run. And nowhere to hide.

But in good news though, the H1N1 scare isn't enough to stop people from getting out to protest the corrupt Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (another New World Order puppet) regime and her plan to change the Philippine constitution so she can prolong her term. Prolonging one's term as president is the step before becoming president for life. >:

Posted at 6:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

In itunes under tools go to 'find duplicates', and delete them :) (it might be under 'options', i don't recall, but it's there)

Man i really like how pretty Memphis monroe is but got her scenes are soooo boring -_- it's the exact same vanilla boring over and over, mix it up for once sheesh!

I do know about that, but it just shows you the original tracks as well as the duplicates. As I said in my small text:

Yes, I know you can view duplicates, but it doesn't really help! It's not like you can do a ctrl a there and only get the duplicates)

Luckily, I found two *free* programs that if I use together should do the trick~!

Edit: They didn't do what I want -_-

Posted at 7:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

Skullbie, i thought you were talking about a Mary sue character. so i googled the name. thanks. thanks alot. [/sarcasm]
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when i see how worse off other people are from me, i get snooty, and be like "well it's because they made a bad decision". but then i stop and think and be like "i made bad decisions too"
i then feel bad that i'm all snooty, when not too long ago, i was in the same situation. and then i feel bad for having luck. I made a bad decision a couple years ago, about buying a car. i paid more than i could afford for it. or even would be able to for a year. and then i bought a dog that i couldnt afford. so we had to move to a bad part of town, to keep up with payments. eventually we learned to live with them. then other things happened that allowed me to nearly double what i was able to save my wife seperated, but asked for no money that's a story for a different time.
then just as we're moving back up, my wife crashed the car, and insurance refused to pay. we got in a pinch. and spent all our savings trying to pay it off and sell it. insurance came thru, and the car was worth more than we bought it for. still….2 years after it was purchased.

there's so much like that, that happens in my life. as i get into a pinch, something happens, and i dont have to worry. and i know it's not right to feel bad about it, but i do. i'm sorry i'm complaining about being well off. even this rant feels snooty.

Posted at 9:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

TDK should have won best movie during the MTV Movie Awards instead of Twilight. Twilight sucks. Any self-respecting reader/science fiction/fantasy fan should know that.

Posted at 9:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

TDK should have won best movie during the MTV Movie Awards instead of Twilight. Twilight sucks. Any self-respecting reader/science fiction/fantasy fan should know that.

Have you seen Twilight?

If not, don't you DARE badmouth it.

Some people have no respect for good art.

Posted at 10:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

TDK should have won best movie during the MTV Movie Awards instead of Twilight. Twilight sucks. Any self-respecting reader/science fiction/fantasy fan should know that.

Have you seen Twilight?

If not, don't you DARE badmouth it.

Some people have no respect for good art.

Some people do not, in fact, have respect for the Mona Lisa. But that has nothing to do with Twilight.

Posted at 10:06PM, Jun. 11, 2009

He's trolling, stupid. Don't feed him like everyone else does.

. . .

I might as well be talking a wall.