GRUMP!

[Deviate]

all the ZeFrankenfurters on this board seem to be chipper most of the time. i've just recently gotten some bad news and am in one hell of a grump. i didn't want to depress the rest of the board, so i thought i'd start a new thread.

anyone else got some sob stories to share?

-st.

[dickieC]

Oxford University Press have just rejected my thesis as a book manuscript. I've been working on it for over six years. How crap is that?

Bastards Bastards bastards bastards

<Sympathy to all failed authors out there>

[Deviate]

super-blow, Dickie. need me to whoop up on someone?

damn Oxford, so snooty.

-st.

[dickieC]

Nah, thanks for the offer (not entirely sure what you mean)

I'm off to a Seventies party tonight, so I will drown my sorrows in Cinzano and Lemonade and vodka jelly (er, I mean Jello).

What's gone wrong your end Deviate?

[masterofNone]

My father ran a business for nearly twenty years with his patner. My father was the creative genius, his partner the number cruncher. Toward the end, as they neared their 70s they entered a downward turn. To pad his salary, unbeknownst to my father, the partner started embezzeling from the employees' 401(k) accounts. When the crime came to light my father cooperated with the Department of Justice to the fullest extent possible. The partner clammed up. The DoJ charged both the partner and my father with the crime. Because he knew he was guilty, the partner plea bargained. Because he knew he was innocent, my father did not. The partner recieved 18 months. My father recieved 2 years. So, at the age of 73, he reported to a Federal Prison Camp and served 22 months. He's out now. Turned 75 last summer. Off parole in a month or so. Danced at his grand daughter's wedding this fall.

Merrily, merrily, merrily... life is but a dream.

[dickieC]

That's not good. It's that sort of thing that gives plea-bargaining a bad press. Any chance of revenge?

[masterofNone]

believe me, the fact that that guy has to wake up and be who he is everyday is revenge enough.

and the fact that my father gets to wake up and be who he is is his reward.

[Deviate]

Dickie,
i was asking if you wanted me to kick someone's ass for you, s'all.

sheite, MoN, mondo suck. great attitude about it, though.

for me (long-long story made short):
just found out that this girl with whom i was in major love but didn't love me moved to Montana, is living in a trailer behind a gas station with some old gas station attendant, and is pregnant. and all this was happening when she was supposed to be in a home helping her get over her severe depression and self-abusive behaviour.

she is one of the most intelligent, loving, and tortured person of anyone i know.

sigh.

-st.

[masterofNone]

<---- now completely confused about Deev but learning to accept it

Yeah, nyc... it kind of makes me think of the Department of Justice in very Orwellian terms... the whole federal government for that matter.

[masterofNone]

yeah...but he who lives by the sword dies by the sword. Besides, when he was going through the trial, my mother didn't even tell her closest friends. Old midwestern shame... nothing like it

<----- shameless

[masterofNone]

we really did think about the press as it was going on. And, yeah, it's a story that alot of folks would like to know about our tax dollars at work. Oddly, the judge in his case is the judge in the Zacharias Massoui case. And his judge in the civil case was the judge in the John Walker Lindh case. But that's just because of the locale. Just a weird connection.

Anyway, I'm sorry to hear about your situation Deev. It is sad that intelligent, loving, and tortured are a common combo in this world.

[Deviate]

i just got an email from her a few minutes ago. holy shit - it wrenched my stomach.

things she said:

she says she loves the baby but hates the father. he's made threats about her leaving him.

she wants to name her baby after me.

that she still loves me and misses me, but that i deserve better.

it just kills me.

-st.

p.s. MoN, sorry i confuse you. it's something i'm quite used to. glad you're dealing with it so well, though ;)

[dickieC]

Sorry to hear the bad stuff Deviate.

Sometimes screwed up people need to be left alone to sort out their own problems. I've done the thing of "I'll be the one to make the difference and spread light and happiness" but it doesn't work in the long run.

Cheer up, there's lots of ladies flirting 'round here.

[Deviate]

i guess i don't share your view on that. if i hadn't stepped when i did, this girl would have been dead long ago.

maybe i have too many super-hero misconceptions. i promised her she could count on me to look after her and once she learns that then maybe she'll start counting on herself.

and trust me, if you met her you'd bend time to make her happy.

-hopeless romantic.

[zenbabe]

When I was 16, this college boy had a huge crush on me, I had no interest. I liked his best friend. One night, while I was working at Round Table, he asked if he could give me a ride home. I asked my mom and she said sure. On the way home, he told me that he was moving away, and that he wanted me to know how he felt about me. I told him that I only felt friendship towards him. We got in a huge screaming fight on my front lawn because I didn't ask him to stay and because I didnt feel the same way he did. I told him to give me his address of where he was going and we would write and stay in touch. After he left, he went to where he worked and robbed the safe, then he went home and kidnapped his next door neighbor, a 25 year old girl. He took her to an orchard and shot her in the head with a 357. I guess the gun was in the car the whole time. It turns out that I was the only one that new where he was going. I gave the address to the police and he was arrested, he has been in jail since. Anyway, I just found out he is getting out.....

:eek:

[masterofNone]

wow.


wow.

[zenbabe]

yeah, that was only the first stalker too, im like some kind of magnet...I'm gonna bring a case baby!! And maybe some lovely slipcovers for the box!

[zenbabe]

I think it would be kind of cute, might be hard to get on the train though, people would look at you funny. I have had 3 as well, is that like a magic number or something?

[amanda]

I had a stalker when I was in middle school- he followed me to school several times, stole my mail, left threatening notes at my house. Nothing ever came of it, thankfully. Except the police coming to talk to me while class was in session. (Which was pretty funny, considering I was a quiet one- everyone thought I did something illegal.)

Ever since then, I've always try to be aware of my environment, especially when walking. Which is how I ended up punching two punks on the street in China.

[zenbabe]

next time im bored, I think I am going to go stalk someone....just for kicks...

[zenbabe]

Ha hahahahahhaa! Where do I apply?

[masterofNone]

the girls are running the board tonight...

be afraid.

[zenbabe]

Don't mess with the women's master...Hell hath no fury and all of that...

[NekoPunk]

damn straight. ^_^

[beckstra]

Geeze...I feel like I have it so easy, and yet I feel so downhearted. I think my deal is more the superficial stuff. My little sister is married, has a baby, lives out of the house...I'm still stuck here with the folks cause I can't find a good job to support me and still let me do church work, I don't have health insurance, I'm 22 and still have yet to even get a guy interested, yadda yadda yadda I have it so easy.

I'm sorry. That's nothing compared to y'all. Know y'all are in my prayers...

[NekoPunk]

hmmm... lesse... stalkers, huh? well, i dated this one guy for a year and a half. we ended up breaking up under less than normal or happy circumstances. it hurt like hell, but i had to do what was best for my life, right? right. so, we broke up, or better put, i broke up with him. he started to go where he knew my friends and i would be, like certain restaraunts, the mall, etc. places i ~knew~ he wouldn't go alone. (i dated him for a year and a half, remember?? ^_^;; ) the worst it got was when he started showing up at my work. he called a few times and asked for my schedule. he even called my friend's dad to find out where i was once. it was kinda really creepy. finally, he realized i wasn't coming back and gave it up. eeck.

[Deviate]

the hem came out of my pants. grump.

my new assistant is annoying as all hell. grump grump.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i just failed my french test. and i've gotta do laundry

[zenbabe]

My roomate just told me he is moving out at the end of the month
*grump*...so much for a 30 day notice....

*growl*

[Red Princess]

I am sitting here at my office on a friday afternoon waiting for soemone to come pick up their film that they needed YESTERDAY, but they didn't need it yesterday bad enough to come get it. As soon as they do I get to go out and sit in traffic on the way to fix an abused Mac and then i get to sit in traffic some more But on the bright side maybe i will get lucky this weekend, oops wrong thread

[Deviate]

it's Monday, i hate my job, my boss is incompetant, my assistant is a crack addict, i'm tired. GRUMP GRUMP GRUMP GRUMP GRUMP.

good news, though. the original girl i grumped about left the abusive relationship and is now living with her parents for awhile. she's thinking about moving back here. woo.

-st.

[amanda]

I had an awful day.

My first class is a couple of 4yo boys for an hour. One of the boys' fathers decided to take a little nap in his car (parked, not while it was moving). As a rule, I don't let my younger students out of class by themselves, as the school is on a fairly busy street- all my parents know that someone is supposed to retrieve students from class. And I had no idea that this boy's father was parked outside the school.

After class, we waited for his father to show up. And waited. Played a few games. Waited. Played a few more games. Waited. Luckily, I had an hour break between my first and second class. But I'm basically composing another lesson for free while his father (who shows up late about 99% of the time) is doing who-knows-what...

My second class started to come. Now Takumi (the left behind 4yo boy) is really scared. He starts crying. I try to calm him down, but nothing's working. My Japanese is shit. Meanwhile, my students are THROWING their homework at me (which they know is a HUGE no-no) trying to get my attention to correct it. It is obvious that I'm trying to get this little boy settled down which is more important, and these kids are being selfish twats about their lousy homework!! grrrrr!!!

I tell them to get to work on their homework as I try to remedy the situation, but I'm the only person in the building. So Takumi crawls under a table, holding my left-hand and sobbing his little heart out while I'm trying to deal with correcting everyone's homework with my right hand. What really got me was the older boys laughing at little Takumi- I got really angry and let them know under no certain terms were they to continue with that or I would throw them out of the class permanently.

All during the second class, Takumi holds onto my left hand under the table and sobs. Because of this, I have to do the lesson on my knees. I feel completely helpless and so angry- why don't I know more Japanese? Where is his father? Did something happen? Where is anyone who can help us with this?

So the second class ends, and it's going on two hours after the first class. My third class comes in- I just ignore them, pick up Takumi and hold him outside the classroom- he's shaking, still sobbing as hard as ever. Finally, a manager returns and I come in with sobbing Takumi. She says "Oh! I wondered why his father was still here- I think he's sleeping in his car outside."

I am so going to have it out with that man.

[Deviate]

that blows, Amanda. hope you had a better evening.

it's difficult for people who care so much watch parents who are irresponsible. how sad.

and we wonder why the world's f***ed up.

-st.

[dickieC]

Hi Deviate

Glad to hear the grump originale is getting better. Don't rush in where angels fear and all that.

Your loving uncle

dC

[amanda]

Yeah, fortunately my evening was nice and light- we played the board game "Life" in my adult class. It's a great way to cover a lot of language bases- career, family, money, homes, events, stock options, painting masterpieces, explaining what BS means... then remembering it was for "Bachelor of Science" and not the OTHER kind... :eek:

It was intentional.

First rule in class- have fun. Second rule- learn something. They did both.

[amanda]

Thanks nyc. And deviate.

Sorry to hear about the roomie situation- it's never fun having to deal with those sort of trials. Calamity in the home can wear you out. :Raises orange-juice glass: Here's hoping you can find a worthy replacement soon.

[Deviate]

First -

DC, thanks sir. appreciate the support.

Amanda, gotta love the Game of Life. so stereotypically white-bread American that it just makes you laugh. i swear i grew up with every single pink and blue peg in that game. it's also fun to play by oneself or while drinking. what a hoot.

NYC, end of the month, right? any hopes to find a replacement?

good. the grumps seem somewhat mild today. no one's died. of course it's still early and we still haven't heard from Beale...

-st.

[amanda]

Yeah, Life is great. I couldn't stop giggling when I got married. I slipped in a few blue AND pink pegs to see if anyone would notice- what a reaction!! I never heard a Japanese person howl, until now. heehee!
I used to play Trival Pursuit by myself when I was a kid. (yeah, I know...don't say it). I figured out that I could remember all the answers. Whenever my parents would play, always when company was over, I would walk by and drop the answer.

Pretty soon I was either roped into the game or locked away in my room, based on if they were playing in teams or individually. :D

[Deviate]

only child and too weird to play with anyone else. i'm very accostomed to modifying games to one person. i developed a way to play backgammon by myself. tried to play chess one-person, but i would secretly sabotage one side.

thank god for computers.

-st.

[amanda]

I'd play chess solo also- but I never got any better. And I loved putting myself in infinte checkmate...

I'm just thankful for this board- I can be social at...3:17am.

[zenbabe]

well, at least the pics are finally up! :D

[Deviate]

aww NYC, so sorry. i should send you to Jumo and have them toss a couple down you on my ticket. i'm sure someone there will be more than willing to hug you by proxy for me ;)

-st.

[zenbabe]

Speaking of joint........*cough*

[amanda]

Originally posted by zenbabe
well, at least the pics are finally up! :D

ahem! Well, I...uh....been busy....with...themed projects. Yeah, that's it.... ;)

[amanda]

Arrrgh!!!!

This time, I had THREE kids under the table and sobbing during lessons today- only this time it was because they were scared of the thunder and lightning from the typhoon passing over.

How does that happen? What are the odds? I think this might be "National Crawling Under the Table and Crying Week" in Japan. Anyone else want to celebrate?

[Deviate]

i busted my favourite pair of cufflinks today. grump.

-st.

[zenbabe]

my downstairs toilet overflowed this morning...grummp!

[NekoPunk]

i've got a book to read and paper to write by midnight. and i'm here. oh well. *sigh*

[Deviate]

we lost 3 techs this week. i'm going to have no way to get all these jobs scheduled in December. my job sucks and people keep finding ways to make it even worse.

and i've got square hair.

blow.

-st.

[zenbabe]

At least you arn't trying to move while all the great sales are going on!! :(

[Deviate]

i'm sick. grrr.

-st.

[bealeblues]

i have court in two different cities today, one in the a.m., one in the p.m.... and i just got through driving about 1500 miles over the past week

[zenbabe]

man, I didn't win the camera....:mad:

[Deviate]

me either.

-st.

[NekoPunk]

i was so set to go get my orbital today, and i can't find a ride.... and it's raining. grump!

[dickieC]

I have to write reports on my tutees, it's late and they were due in yesterday. I hate report days!

[AllegroNg]

tutees.. like.. your boobs?

[dickieC]

er, haha I think.


I could get into trouble for looking at my tutees' boobies - I'm the tutor, they're the tutees.

[Red Princess]

look anyway don't you....

[dickieC]

A gentleman and a professional at all times.

Though I couldn't help noticing that one of them once wore a t-shirt saying "No Silicone" to a class.

Who was I to argue?

[Red Princess]

no silicone? say Prove It sweetie!

[zenbabe]

I like the t-shirt that says "I would rather have brains"

[NekoPunk]

hmm.. but i've got brains. and no silicone. so what tshirt do i wear? *lol*

[masterofNone]

I'm contemplating silicone brain implants

[NekoPunk]

hmm... they have the technology!

to make you better!
faster!
stronger!

[beckstra]

I've just gotten four overdraft notices from the bank. When I went to go find out what was wrong, I discovered it was from my own stupidity. So now I owe a butt hugeriffic amount to the bank in fees and whatnot, and *if* I'm lucky, this weekend I'll get one half that in pay. I also got in two bills that have to be paid this month. So I'll be survivng the next three weeks on all the change in my change bucket. I think I have, like, seven bucks in there. It's times like this where I wish I drank, cause nothing I seem to do gets rid of this dark cloud. The only thing getting me through is some verses in Isaiah.

Is. 43:18-21
"Forget the former things;
do not dwell on the past.
See, I am doing a new thing!
Now it springs up; do you not perceive it?
I am making a way in the desert
and streams in the wasteland.
The wild animals honor me,
the jackals and the owls,
because I provide water in the desert
and streams in the wasteland,
to give drink to my people, my chosen,
the people I formed for myself
that they may proclaim my praise."

[bealeblues]

hang in there beck

[Deviate]

been there, Beck. actually last year about this time, but it was the bank's error, not mine. same bank as you, too. they're rat bastards, USBank. time to fumigate and run somewhere else. i hear First National is good....

i'm still with the bastards right now... i think now, after Beck's plight i'm going to dump them like the money-mongering greenbacked devils they are.

-st.

[AllegroNg]

Originally posted by masterofNone
I'm contemplating silicone brain implants

:Stares at MoN's forehead:

Beckstra, listen to NYC (you should be listening to her anyway;)) These things do happen. And hopefully you have a compassionate bank (but wear a tight shirt, just in case! J/k! Sorry!)

:Stares at MoN's forehead:
Are those... Real.. ???

[masterofNone]

as real as you want them to be baby... in the dark.

[bealeblues]

ok, this is the "grump" thread, not the "SFS" thread.... let's keep it clean-- this is a family show

oh wait, that's just my green eyed friend talking

[AllegroNg]

Beale, I know YOURS are real:)

[bealeblues]

ha ha-- yes, yes you do ;)

and you also uncovered what LSU really stands for

[zenbabe]

Ok, so my roomate moved out and while I was at work he gutted my computer. I had let him put in another drive and some extra memory so I had no problem with him taking it back out when he left, BUT HE GUTTED THE WHOLE THING!!! *sobs* I found the video card and sound card in seperate parts of the house and the mother board as well, after putting it all back together, I can't even get the power to come on, its like it is shorted out or just plain fried, I wonder if he unplugged it when he was taking it apart. Anyway, I am not ignoring you wonderful people, I just am at a loss at the moment. Of course I am still paying for the cable modem that I can barely use since I hooked it up to the new roomies piece o' crap 5 year old computer. I am getting the shakes..at work now...

GRUMP!

[Deviate]

aww, sorry Zen. sad, sad thing. i hope you get something up and running; we miss you around here!

-st.

[zenbabe]

thanks devi baby, im gonna try...i was trying to get my manager to hook me up with some new parts from work today, but alas, it was a no go..something about money and budgets...pffft..whatever...:rolleyes:

[zenbabe]

Thanks babe! *smiles* :D

[amanda]

A friend of mine just sent me an internet personal ad she found....it's of my ex-boyfriend of a pendulous three years.

I know I left him. I had to. But why is it still such a kick in the gut?

[Arif-ul Haq]

d

[Deviate]

indirectly made my best friend cry last night. i'm such a bully.

-st.

[zenbabe]

where is the ad amanda, we can all respond to it and get his hopes up, then crush him like a bug..will that make you feel better?

[ro2byn]

Hi! Sorry to interrupt. I just registered, and wanted to say hello. My only grump is that I have to finish a paper tonight, so I'm gonna be up forever! But that seems silly compared to some, so I guess I really can't complain.

[amanda]

I have to admit, the thought already crossed my mind...

But then I decided to leave him be. He doesn't bother me on here.(yes, HE was the one who found Ze's page, not me). I'll leave alone in his trolling on the other side of the net.

I DID however send the link to some mutual friends of ours who are rentless in their humour...

[AllegroNg]

Ro2byn, hi there! Is you a college student? If so, wow, you must be stressin right about now. Either way, what are you wearing?:)

[ro2byn]

Yep. I'm a college student! 6 pages to go on my last term paper of the semester - it's gonna be a long night. :(

Hmmm, what am I wearing? Well, in the true spirit of finals I am wearing the same thing I've been wearing for the past 2 days. Hehe! At least I showered today!:D

[AllegroNg]

I knew I smelled something ;)

Wow, I hope you're almost done with this college *@#@! What school do you attend? What's your major? And what are you wearing now? (j/k!)

[Frieda]

yeah right angie.. you're just kidding.. ;)

what are *YOU* wearing? :p

[dickieC]

Pyjamas probably...

[AllegroNg]

Originally posted by dickieC
Pyjamas probably...

Bitch you better SHUT UP.
;) Just kidding. As it turns out, I am wearing penguin pajama pants. I was wearing uncomfy work clothes, and slipped into something more comfy. :p

[zenbabe]

hey, this is the grump thread, you are supposed to bitch about stuff in here!!!

I WANT TO GO HOME!!!!!

[Frieda]

well i have to go to sleep, cause i have to get up at 7 am and it's already 0.45 am, but I AM WIDE AWAKE :mad:

[dickieC]

Wake up and drink more coffee

Caffeine lullaby

Works every time

[Frieda]

i've had too much coffee the past few days.. and too much alcohol, marihuana and junk food. and it's really showing on my face.. AARRRRGGGGGGHHHHHH!

[dickieC]

Or yoghurt then

Inner cleansing

mmmmm

ommmmmm

Peace

[Frieda]

okay. i'm gonna try. i'll meditate. with yoghurt. mmm.. strawberry or vanilla?

[dickieC]

Every pot you got baby

Feel it ease the tummy

Nice

[Frieda]

going for strawberry. seeeeeya!

[chuckie egg]

I just learnt this weekend that my brother is splitting up with his wife of 8 years, they've got a 6 year old daughter.

How crap is this Christmas going to be? :(

Someone hug me.

[RuneT]

Been there, done that. It can be awfull, but it is also a new future for all three, and that can lead to something positive.

Big hug from, RuneT!

[chuckie egg]

Thankyou!! :)

[dickieC]

Lots of hugs all round from all the Zemonkeys I'm sure

That's not nice.

[amanda]

Yeah, I went through the same motions three years ago with my folks around christmas time.

Never fun. Hang in there, kiddo.

[Frieda]

hugs for you, chuckie egg!

[bealeblues]

i know where you're at chuckie egg, i know where you're at


(and yes, i know you aren't supposed to end a sentence with an adverb, english majors)

[AllegroNg]

Originally posted by bealeblues
i know where you're at chuckie egg, i know where you're at


(and yes, i know you aren't supposed to end a sentence with an adverb, english majors)

It's a preposition, a-hole!;)

Just kidding! But you should say, "I know at where you are."

Right.. maybe you should name the dancing turd after me :rolleyes:

[bealeblues]

dammit dammit dammit--- you're right NG-- but in my defense, i posted that early early this morning....

**sulks away in shame**

[AllegroNg]

:gives beale a big ol' kiss:

[amanda]

awww

[bealeblues]

**i'm not washing this cheek ever!**