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

Posted at 3:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

Men tell me I'm "lookin' good" without bein' sleazy or rude.

Heeeya… looking geeeewd! *leer* *leer* *leer* *leer* *leer* *wink* *wink* *obscene hand gestures* *rhythmic hip thrusting*

so i was biking downtown wearing some pants that i haven't worn in a while.
i forgot that the leg doesn't like to be rolled up, so when i was gunning it downtown, the pants got caught on the front cog and i pulled some things and dislocated my knee.

You know I really wonder why the F**k bikes don't have things like chain guards on them any longer… They're not expensive, complicated, advanced or anything. They're just simple old fashioned, sensible bits of metal that stop you having to worry about the chain, the gears and your legs- in any combination.

As far as I can work out it's a combination of bike makers being f*ckwitted morons and the public just not being aware of what they should and so not demanding this sort of stuff that should be standard almost always.
The worst part is frames designed badly in that the forks aren't wide enough to fit proper mudguards etc.

I see bad design EVERYWHERE these days.

You know the best stuff about Apple products? It's not that they have really good design, they don't, it's that they at least make the effort.
All too rare these days. -_-

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Anyway, woot! I bought a new floor rug today! :)
It's fantastic. Hand woven too. The colours should perfectly match the space I want it for, really bring the room together.

And shiz… The place where I was had MASSIVE ones… and expensive. The cheap ones were like $8,000! Shiz man…
I was down in the basement looking at the smaller ones and they're all antique, handwoven blah blah, Fully made of silk etc.
The one I picked must have been a freak that got lost in there. The cheapest one in the entire building, literally- much less than all the other smaller ones in the basement (and a teeny fraction of one of those big 8 grand ones), but still a beautiful rug. Fortunately it was perfect for me. Can't wait to pick it up tomorrow.

Funny how that happens- a couple of years ago I needed a new home phone. I wanted a portable but without the ugly extra buttons silly functions people don't use, glowing screens etc, and having a nice looking design all over. I eventually found one that was so perfect, simple and beautiful and only ended paying $20 for it. -because it was the last one they had in stock of a discontinued model after a sale. It was just a very lucky score.

Posted at 3:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

Right now I'm annoyed because someone gave me 2 stars on a book reselling site. >:[ I still have a 5-star overall rating, but each star is associated with a certain yes/no question, and 3 of those questions were surefire yes's ('was it shipped within the week' type things)… so I know the guy was just being spiteful. And his complaint was that he's never been charged extra for shipping before- well, sorry, but when you buy a 500 page book it costs more to ship than a pocket paperback. If he didn't agree to it he shouldn't have bought it, not bought it and complained about it. And none of the stars have to do with pricing, because the book prices on the site are pre-set. So he just marked me down on random items to give me 2 stars. Ugh. I wouldn't have mided if it was a fair criticism.

This is why I really hate using sites like ebay, it's hard to just sell stuff without getting caught up in a bunch of rating crap.

Also, when I came home from work yesterday, my weird neighbor gave me a pharmacy packet that had been delivered. I was like 'buh?' and looked at the label on the bag, it was for a house across the way. I said 'this goes to number 5' and his response was 'I didn't look at it, he just gave it to me.' Well…. why did he give it to ME then? How hard would it have been to look at the clear label and take it to the right house himself? Anyway I can't give it to the lady because she hasn't been home… I'll try again a few more times today but then I'll just leave a note saying 'come get it.' What kind of pharmacy delivery place just leaves your prescriptions with a random neighbor? You'd think prescriptions should be a little more secure than that.

Posted at 3:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

Try them and see what they're like ^__^
Free pills!

…but with the NHS I suppose cost really isn't that much of an issue anyway…?

Anyway, Woo! Chance at liver and kidney damage. Russian pill roulette :)
Not something I'd do, but I can imagine Custard Trout trying it.

Posted at 5:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

i had the most trippiest dream about an evil worm, and im trying to remember it to write it down, but i cant. only thing left is a feeling of dread and horror.

Posted at 5:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

God dammit, I love my mom!

Since I'm always working in the evenings, I never get to taste mom's cooking but she had especially made for me, when I would be done in my day/morning time job, a chicken breast, stuffed with some parsley and sliced tomatos and cheese on top.. mmmm tasted like heaven…

Posted at 6:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

"mom"? Lovely sentiments, but the ubiquity of American English, especially in non English speaking places is a little depressing…

I know that makes me sound like a dickhead; that's because I am one.
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Anyway, Hooray for your mother. What a lovely, thoughtful, generous thing to do :)

Posted at 6:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

If yer not on craigslist at 6 in the morning, you miss any chance ya got at gettin' a job. Right now I'm gunnin' for a gig at the weirdo coffee shop in my old 'hood. Say a couple "Hail Satans" (or "Hail Marys", whatever) for me. :nervous:

Got to work on the comic for the first time in weeks yesterday. Goin' back home after the afore-mentioned unsuccessful craigslist perusal to do that once more. Then chase after a probablt already filled bartendin' gig.

Gah. Why can't I just trade my art for food? I mean, really. It's printed ink on paper either way, right?

Posted at 8:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

If i could be granted one wish (that wasn't infinite wishes) it would be to have my life be as easy as persona 3 ;-; That guy always has friends chasing after him for stuff to do and so many hot girls around ;–;

Yes…yes this would be my life as p3:
http://nipasa.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/ab11.png

P4's the same. I'm only 15 hours in and I've already got 4 guy friends and 3 girls chasing after me.

Posted at 10:07AM, Jul. 10, 2009

A more glorious greeting from across the Atlantic? There is none.

I'm currently working on a bunch of different stuff for fees like this, and I'm starting to wish I'd just asked for money.

Posted at 12:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

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Posted at 2:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

It just drives me bonkers when i lurk collab forums and threads like this show up. Seriously, asking for not a decent artist but a 'good' artist and yet admitting to having no redeemable qualities author wise and people have to 'bear with you'?
I see this in collab forums a lot, if you want an artist you can't phrase it like you're some flaccid penis :/ Arists seeking writers are looking for someone with most of the loops ironed out and a solid story- something they haven't been able to do themselves. …I'd post this in that thread but i don't want to be dickhead (yay penis euphemisms)

On another note i haven't been on 4chan in three weeks straight, i haven't even thought about going it just seems to be the same spam and poo-poo as ever, maybe i just grew out of it.

I'm going to colorado tomorrow morning, sigh i should be more excited, i'm just kinda >80 lately.

Posted at 2:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

It just drives me bonkers when i lurk collab forums and threads like this show up. Seriously, asking for not a decent artist but a 'good' artist and yet admitting to having no redeemable qualities author wise and people have to 'bear with you'?
I see this in collab forums a lot, if you want an artist you can't phrase it like you're some flaccid penis :/ Arists seeking writers are looking for someone with most of the loops ironed out and a solid story- something they haven't been able to do themselves. …I'd post this in that thread but i don't want to be dickhead (yay penis euphemisms)

That bugs me too…I think the biggest problem with that is that most artists are very self-critical, so saying that you want a "good" artist probably would get you a lot less replies than just asking for an artist.

Posted at 2:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

the ol' forum has been pretty active lately. and that makes me happy. it's almost like a group of friends just hanging around and shooting the bull. i wouldnt mind some more company, but it's fun.

Posted at 2:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

Right now I'm annoyed because someone gave me 2 stars on a book reselling site. >:[ I still have a 5-star overall rating, but each star is associated with a certain yes/no question, and 3 of those questions were surefire yes's ('was it shipped within the week' type things)… so I know the guy was just being spiteful. And his complaint was that he's never been charged extra for shipping before- well, sorry, but when you buy a 500 page book it costs more to ship than a pocket paperback. If he didn't agree to it he shouldn't have bought it, not bought it and complained about it. And none of the stars have to do with pricing, because the book prices on the site are pre-set. So he just marked me down on random items to give me 2 stars. Ugh. I wouldn't have mided if it was a fair criticism.

Sorry, I's fallen asleep from your borin' bullshit. But lemme tell ya a story I think you's enjoy.

Me an' me Julie was goin' to da store an' I noticed I gotta take a crap. So I stop by da gas station but dey says da bafroom is for customaz only. So's I shat in me pants and pretended da smell was comin' from her. Da End

Posted at 3:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

Last night, I had my friend come over. We pretty much just chilled, and didn't really do anything, like always. Pretty boring.

And now I'm kinda mad, because I woke up at 1:30 PM. D:<
So I might try to get some sleep tonight. So hopefully I can wake up early tomorrow, and do stuff. Like, running, and drawing.

I'm about to start scripting for Chapter 1. And I'm hoping it doesn't turn out to be a bajillion pages long.

Posted at 3:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

it's almost like a group of friends just hanging around and shooting the bull.

*loads his shotgun and gets ready to do as quoted, but finds himself being charged at by
people wielding PETA signs…*

half asleep… can't go to sleep… even though it's raining cats, dogs, snakes, and carabaos outside…

I suppose I could knock myself out with a wooden mallet, but my sister somehow took all the ones I had to
knock her husband over the head with. Oh, well… maybe I should try sleeping with my hand in a bucket of
cold water after drinking some warm milk…

Posted at 3:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

Life takes are rather sombre turn when you realise that you're playing multi-player and party games by yourself.

Posted at 4:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

During the past week I had this unexplainable intense shifts in emotions.

Most of it was about being horny though. No provocation. No looking at porn or seeing a pretty girl and I still got horny.

On some instances I just had to hide in the bathroom cuz it looked embarrassing and all. lol! (I don't think you'd like to see me walking around with a big stick between my legs)

And then the shifts turned into slight sadness then extreme happiness.

Happiness that on some levels, exceed the happiness I had when I was with this ex-girlfriend of mine who I totally loved and wanted to marry and spend the rest of my life with her. When she broke up with me, it was that high level happy feeling that I missed. Of love. Of compassion. Of affection.

Now, I am absolutely capable of generating that emotion on my own. No need for an external source. As everything is made of energy (see quantum physics) and that includes emotion. Yes you can. Yes it is possible to create happiness out of thin air using your own mind. That's how powerful our minds are. That's the reason why prayer works.

I feel like I don't need a woman anymore to make my life complete. It feels like I'm already past that level… where one needs to seek out an external source of love to fill in a gap in their life to make themselves complete. It is that need to fill in a gap with love… that drives people to insanity and can lead them to commit horrendous things like murder.

I am who I am. I am a being of infinite consciousness. I am complete. Just by being. I don't care anymore that I'm not tall… I don't care anymore that I got some flab in my gut… I don't care anymore that my muscles aren't big enough and that I don't look like some football player or some Brad Pitt or something. I can look at the mirror and be in-love with myself – that it sometimes almost borders on homosexual attraction.

Now I just feel like I wanna be alone. I don't wanna talk to friends or family. I just wanna sit there and be by myself.

But I'm not sad and depressed.

Its just this unusual feeling of calmness in my head I'm having now.

Calm. Collected. Unemotional.

As if nothing can make me go emotional and all.

When a coworker talked about cops harrassing her over parking, for some reason I just couldn't snap anymore and go into a 5-10 minute angry rant about how corrupt and evil the police are (even if I know they are). I was just there. Calm. And collected. And unemotional. I wasn't even getting upset. I was just there. Listening to her talk about the minions of darkness.

When I tried looking at porn or girls in bikinis… nothing seems to affect me.

I'm just calm, collected, and unemotional.

The flickering of lights in my head is getting stronger and stronger. That one day… even in a dark room, the white flickering light in my head is almost visible as compared to a mere sensation.

The rush of energy through my entire body is getting more and more intense.

And it feels good.

And so yes. One doesn't need to die in order to go to heaven.

Posted at 4:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

Yes yes you have schizophrenia and are mistaking poison for enlightenment kyupol, what else is new.

My mood is so terrible right now, i blame this damn heat, or maybe it's just a repercussion from all the energy i had last weak? Man..

Posted at 4:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

Oops - my wife and kids are exhibiting severe flu-like symptoms, all are exhausted and none can sleep. It's going to be a long night but hey, by morning I'll be sick too! >:(

Posted at 5:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

You know I really wonder why the F**k bikes don't have things like chain guards on them any longer… They're not expensive, complicated, advanced or anything. They're just simple old fashioned, sensible bits of metal that stop you having to worry about the chain, the gears and your legs- in any combination.

As far as I can work out it's a combination of bike makers being f*ckwitted morons and the public just not being aware of what they should and so not demanding this sort of stuff that should be standard almost always.
The worst part is frames designed badly in that the forks aren't wide enough to fit proper mudguards etc.

I see bad design EVERYWHERE these days.

man… you're just going to HATE my bike.

mudguards are for wusses. :)

Posted at 5:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

So if we go far enough, everything is comprised of particles. And there is a proportionally huge distance between particles, as in, if a particle was the size of a baseball, two of them would be something like a mile away from eachother. Wouldn't this mean that when we look around, most of what we see is empty space?

I've started considering tons of questions like this in the past several months. My faith tried to reason with them. It lost.

Posted at 6:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

It took me forever, and with a copious amount of explaining, to get that Kyu is a gigantic troll. Normally I wouldnt be mistaken but this is Drunkduck we're talking about here, and lets face it, he blends in well.

But now that I know, his posts are like little bursts of awesome. I wish they would give him his own section of the site where he can just post whatever he wants. I would read it constantly.

Posted at 6:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

My faith

You almost got me for a minute there!

Posted at 7:07PM, Jul. 10, 2009

It took me forever, and with a copious amount of explaining, to get that Kyu is a gigantic troll. Normally I wouldnt be mistaken but this is Drunkduck we're talking about here, and lets face it, he blends in well.

But now that I know, his posts are like little bursts of awesome. I wish they would give him his own section of the site where he can just post whatever he wants. I would read it constantly.

Actually, in order to gain popularity over at TDg, we, the mods, actually discussed in all seriousness, this very thing. we never invited him over tho, so i dont know why we didnt pursue this plan of action. i think it's now time to reopen this cold case.
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i am slowly learning that i go to one of the crappiest systems of TKD in the world. i'm coping with it, by saying that my school is different. but i'm not too sure. maybe slightly. but everyone is still saying that you can get the most out of it, if you put your time and work into it, which i have.

at least i'm taking other martial arts and blending them together….