At my school, Marching Band counted as P.E. I was in the pit. The most physical activity I did for the band was to "help" load my instrument (a marimba) into the trailer. Helping means I was the 7th person lifted (didn't do squat).
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The 2009 Rant, Vent, and Share thread
I'm trying to get back into exercising now, i don't have anyone to impress, but i guess doing it makes me feel better. I kinda miss not having someone to impress, sad as it sounds at least i got shit done -.-
Speaking of feeling better I've felt pretty low today.I felt great yesterday but now i'm in 'why me'ville. Whatever stupid body.
I'm trying to get back into exercising now, i don't have anyone to impress, but i guess doing it makes me feel better. I kinda miss not having someone to impress, sad as it sounds at least i got shit done -.-
What a coincidence!
I had to quit working out a few months ago, because it was getting too cold outside. I have a treadmill in my back garage that I ran on, but it was too cold to even walk back out there. The garage seems like it's colder than outside!
This was like, early December. Then, last week, I went back out there. Sadly, I could only get half of what I could run, which isn't really much, but it's just the point. Same thing on Monday too, couldn't run much. I felt dead after those first runs. But yesterday, something happened. I was having such a bad day, and then I started running, I got my old time back…
By that, I mean I could run what I used to. I could have ran more as well. But now that I'm running everyday except weekends, I'm positive I'll be able to run more than ever when summer starts back up.
I'm a member of Gaiaonline. I will be the first to admit that the age dynamic of the site is a lot younger than it is here. It is very odd to see people in adulthood in the site (other than the adults that created the site apparently). I'm a member of a roleplaying group there. And I have just received a 500 word or less essay basically summarizing that someone that wasn't in the group thought I wasn't participating fully (aka not roleplaying an essay of actions. They would say that so and so gracefully sat on the ivory throne and waited for something to come. I would say, So and so went to the bathroom for a long time.) WTF? Then I was told that I would have a "trial" to discuss my being banned from the group. Course you don't want to say this to the person who is giving you a chance I was thinking, "Screw you. I'll be on Drunk Duck."
@Ryu
Have you thought about moving the treadmill into your room? I'm thinking about getting a treadmill too, or maybe just taking a p.e. class at college(if they have 'em :$)
@niccea
I'd diagnose your friends have a severe case of retardteenitus, prevalent on gaiaonline.
Brings me to another thing (I'm feeling venty right now):
In this said group, I posted a group picture of everyone's characters a year ago. Granted it was no Van Gogh, but it wasn't something that anyone could just pick up and do because there were about 15 characters to cram into the picture. It took me a long time to line everything up and get it just right so I wouldn't be ashamed to show it. But then just now someone started critiquing me one it.
I told her that is was too late to critique, because a year ago, I still had an editable file of the picture and could have made improvements on any of the things that she had suggested. Also my style has arguably improved over a year. (One look at my comics confirms that.)
"The only change is a softer brush behind a hard brush. There is nothing detectably different in either Paint file."
Now that is an insult right there. Because I use photoshop. She also said that I ignored her list of things wrong with the picture and I never fessed to my mistakes. I actually did make a list of things I didn't like about the picture, and her stuff merely restated them in more precise terms.
"Niccea, I don't type a whole paragraph's worth of text just to be ignored. I'm not a computer. I actually am a person, and posting is just like holding a conversation." (I did not ignore her. I responded to some of her points that I didn't point out myself.) and then "Do not respond to this statement. It will not be read." (Thanks for returning the favor.)
But yeah that is the rant….
Oh…
Here are the pictures…
Jan. 16, 2008
Feb. 24, 2009
Niccea,
I'm sorry to hear that.. I think the pictures are great… too funny. People can be so weird about their "characters". I know this guy that gets other artists to draw his characters (because he really sucks as an artist) and then complains if the belt is slightly too wide or the hair is an inch too long or whatever. I have artists draw my characters and I love the different interpretations, personally. Anyway, I share your annoyance and think it was very cool of you to create the images.
AG
Brings me to another thing (I'm feeling venty right now):
In this said group, I posted a group picture of everyone's characters a year ago. Granted it was no Van Gogh, but it wasn't something that anyone could just pick up and do because there were about 15 characters to cram into the picture. It took me a long time to line everything up and get it just right so I wouldn't be ashamed to show it. But then just now someone started critiquing me one it.
I told her that is was too late to critique, because a year ago, I still had an editable file of the picture and could have made improvements on any of the things that she had suggested. Also my style has arguably improved over a year. (One look at my comics confirms that.)
"The only change is a softer brush behind a hard brush. There is nothing detectably different in either Paint file."
Now that is an insult right there. Because I use photoshop. She also said that I ignored her list of things wrong with the picture and I never fessed to my mistakes. I actually did make a list of things I didn't like about the picture, and her stuff merely restated them in more precise terms.
She also finished off by saying that she was person not a computer. She expected me to read everything she said (I did) and then stated that she would ignore anything below her post. (Thanks for returning the favor.)
Man, I just got the most timely Paypal transfer ever! My best friend owed me $100 for a research paper I wrote for her way back in October, and just sent me the money. Unfortunately, Paypal is apparently now charging for credit card money transfers- I swear they didn't do that before. I sell my comic using Paypal, and this has never happened. I mean, it's only four bucks, but WTF? Eh, whatever. I'm-a go buy myself a birthday present. >:)
I went bathing suit shopping. I'm not sure I could describe my fear of bathing suit shopping aside from telling you I have not worn a bathing suit in ten years (yes, it's that traumatic). Since then, I have gained about 80 pounds. However, oddly, I found this experience rather non-traumatic for a few reasons. One is, I have a better self image than I did ten years ago, despite my girth. Another is, I am far more realistic. I picked out suits that I knew were both my size (actually, a size smaller than a wore last month, so yippee!) and my style. The final piece of swimsuit shopping stress relief was the carnival mirror they have in the dressing rooms. Now, I don't own a full size mirror. I avoid mirrors as much as possible. However, I know for a fact that I am considerably wider than that dressing room mirror made me appear.
I need to buy me one of those.
@Ryu
Have you thought about moving the treadmill into your room? I'm thinking about getting a treadmill too, or maybe just taking a p.e. class at college(if they have 'em :$)
As much as I would love to, Skullbie.
There's already 5 pieces of furniture in my room, and my room is small as it is :\
I'm trying to get rid of this big dresser I have, because it takes up like, a whole wall.
And my parents are like, basically always sleeping, so it's probably best that it's back there.
I really wish I had a bigger room, or this dresser out of here x_x
I am not having a good day.
First I managed to fall asleep at around ten in the morning while I was working, which is weird because I woke up only two hours before that, so now I'll be knackered tomorrow when I actually have to be awake.
My computer is nearly full and I can't find my external hard drive thingy so I can clear up some space. Which is stupid.
I don't know how to do the work I have, and I can't ask the lecturer who gave it us because he's fucked off to America and the others don't know. Which is both weird and stupid.
My internet still sucks. Which is pain in the arse.
At least it's nearly Monday. Monday's are now my favourite day because we have a new model for our life drawing classes.
I have a friend.
He's 20.
He still lives with his parents. I won't blame him though because the economy is shit and wages are low by design. Society is set up in such a way that you need to have two incomes to survive.
But anyway, he has this religious fanatic family (Catholic). They're forcing Catholicism down his throat and he's sick of it. I agree with him when he whines and bitches about being forced to go to church and fast and abstain. Now I understand why he's an atheist.
It musta suck. Pretending to appease your parents by pretending to be Catholic but in fact being an atheist at heart. lol! Thats what I call living in a lie. And isn't lying a sin? If lying is a sin and his parents are creating conditions that lead him to commit a sin, does that mean that his parents are committing a sin?
Its really sad how religions are turned into tools of oppression, and how some crazies make a religion look bad.
Thats why I don't trust in ANY religion (including religions that have money as god and men in lab coats as the priests). As they like to limit themselves and restrict the human consciousness.
one of my superiors says one thing. another says the opposite.
i made the one saying oppossite, feel like i told him how things were going down, when in reality, i thought he was aware of the situation, so i was making a statement to the best of my knowledge. apparently he wasnt aware, so when i made the statement, it seemed like i was saying "Sgt, this is how i do shit, and this is how it's gonna be"
so yeah. i'm in some doo doo.
also today, the doctor counceled me about my weight.
last year at my physical, i weighed 158, this year i was 174….after losing 6 pounds. (technically i've gained 8 pounds since october, but lost 6 since august)
he gave me the doctor speil about eating right, and exercising more.
he said i gotta start eating less red meat, more vegetables and such.
also, he gave me a brief about checking for man cancer. i dont know how he did it with such a straight face, it was pretty hillarious.
My sister and brother-in-law are coming to visit tomorrow. That means my nephew is coming too. I love that kid, but I have no idea how we're going to control him in a building full of 20 year old students. Guaranteed within 10 minutes I'll be chasing him through one of the studios. I can live with it though, because it also means they'll be bringing me a box of art supplies which is pretty much my form of crack at this point.
I'm so frustrated.
I got my school registration for next year today…it has to be in by Friday. Not giving us much time to think about our course choices, is it?
And this thing is ridiculously confusing. They insist on using those stupid "30GIBFI" stuff that you need a course on its own to understand.
I also realized while trying to fill out my courses that next year will be pretty much exactly the same as this year. That's so depressing. I am miserable right now, and I'm setting myself up for another year of this.
Even worse, schoolwork in the evenings is keeping me from art, the one thing that makes me feel good these days.
Oh, and worst rant yet: it appears that they've changed the system so no matter whether you're taking IB or not you have to take Canadian History. I mean Jesus, that was the reason I took IB to begin with! Canada HAS no history, and yet they've been managing to keep teaching it to me since elementary school! I mean really…we haven't even learned about World War I and World War II, but we need to learn more Canadian History? F*** Canada, I want to learn the history of some other countries for once! Are we really that egocentric that we won't teach our kids any history but our own?
Or it could just be that my particular school district's system is really shitty.
Edit: My kitty-cat came and curled up in my lap and rubbed his nose in my face and made me feel better. :)
we haven't even learned about World War I and World War II, but we need to learn more Canadian History? F*** Canada, I want to learn the history of some other countries for once! Are we really that egocentric that we won't teach our kids any history but our own?
Read it on your spare time. :)
Back in the Philippines, history was 80% Philippine History and how the Philippines related to world events. The other 20% was more like a summary. For instance, when we discussed WW2, it was mostly about the Japanese occupation and only 2 pages for the European front.
I get the chance to read alot of stuff because its related to my job and alot of times my job is boring as hell and I get to read lots of articles and books.
Speaking of my job, I sometimes pray that I get laid off so I can collect severance pay and employment insurance. I wanna start a new career. I'm tired of my job and just doing it mostly for the money.
I dunno. Maybe I shouldnt be whining about my job as too many people DONT EVEN HAVE A JOB for crying out loud. :(
F*** Canada, I want to learn the history of some other countries for once! Are we really that egocentric that we won't teach our kids any history but our own?
All countries do this. The only piece of American history I ever learned was JFK (over and over and fucking over again). Nowhere else was even mentioned, unless it was about how we kicked their arses, stole their land, then burnt them as heretics and/or sold them into slavery.
I'm trying to get back into exercising nowExercise is good. :)
I've always been pretty scrawny, but now I've god a nice athletic shape. Feels good. ^___^
It's all about personal vanity though… -_-
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Oh dear, I am so tired of my work… I need a change.
…The sneaky postman left a note on the front door this morning sating that he tried to deliver a parcel but I wasn't there… Those BASTARDS don't even have it with them in the first place, I know that for a fact. All they do is write up the card before they go on their run so they can drop it off and force you to pick it up yourself. And there's nothing you can do about it.
-_-
I wonder what it is this time?
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History is good, but you do have to look it up for yourself. When learning about the history of somewhere else it's important to research how THEY see themselves AS WELL as how others see them, that way you get a more rounded view and you understand them better.
F*** Canada, I want to learn the history of some other countries for once! Are we really that egocentric that we won't teach our kids any history but our own?
All countries do this. The only piece of American history I ever learned was JFK (over and over and fucking over again). Nowhere else was even mentioned, unless it was about how we kicked their arses, stole their land, then burnt them as heretics and/or sold them into slavery.
Which is rather funny considering we usually don't even talk about JFK. The only references to the British kicking anyone's ass on the North American continent are related to them beating the crap out of Native Americans or Canadians, and even then they usually act like it was Americans who did that and that those particular Brits were just American Patriot Beta Version.
The US in my experience tends to focus heavily on it's Civil War and the two world wars. Mostly because the Civil war was kind of a major turning point for us, and a lot of people like to think about how the US "saved" Europe's ass twice. We learn a bit on ancient cultures like the Mesopotamians and Egyptians, but rarely ever even seem to touch on the eastern cultures. Apparently, nothing of import has happened in the last 60 or so years since world war 2 though.
F*** Canada, I want to learn the history of some other countries for once! Are we really that egocentric that we won't teach our kids any history but our own?
All countries do this. The only piece of American history I ever learned was JFK (over and over and fucking over again). Nowhere else was even mentioned, unless it was about how we kicked their arses, stole their land, then burnt them as heretics and/or sold them into slavery.
Ha, we have to learn about the voyageurs, vith their vine vomen and song.
Seriously though, I'm writing an email of complaint to the school board. We should at the very least be learning about the two world wars. That stuff is kind of important, geez.
and a lot of people like to think about how the US "saved" Europe's ass twice.Yeah, that's why you have to see other versions of histoory, or you get an amazingly skewed view of it lol!
-not saying you do, but that idea of history is… limited.
Trade ya. 8DHahaha, going to school again? Noooooooo…
On second thoughts, my work doesn't sound so bad afterall :)
I just (or, more accurately, it arrived hours ago and I only just read it because of my wonky sleeping habits) got an e mail saying that life drawing has been cancelled for Nick Roberson to come and talk at us.
Unless he has suddenly become sexy and will be taking of his clothes, I will remain furious at this development.
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