Joys And Sorrows

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Sun Mar 08, 2015 10:28 pm

My condolences, Amazee.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:01 am

I'm really sorry to hear that Dayzee. Hope it won't be too sad. Remember the good and add it to the happiness of a small human entering the world.

Joy: I went shopping for groceries. First time I had to do this alone. I'm pretty sure I looked stupid staring at noodles. Bought a bunch of stuff though and I'm not in a constant state of "so hungry I'm not hungry." So that's good.

Saturn381 · Post by **Saturn381** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 1:41 am

I'm sorry to hear that Amazee.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 2:23 am

Hooray for a new baby, Amazee! Try to focus on that and make this a time of happiness instead of focusing on your grandfather and making it a time of sadness. I think he'd want you to be happy for your cousins rather than moping after him. I am sorry for your loss though. I lost my own grandfather recently so I know how hard it is.

Sorrow: had to swerve to miss a guy driving over the centreline as I was pulling into the carpark today and that meant I clipped the corner of a welded steel ute tray (er... pickup truck, I guess you guys call it) and a bolt tore up the side of my car cross three panels and part of the frame between the doors.

Joy: At least no one was hurt.

I hope insurance covers this. I can't afford this right now.

Bucky-Roo · Post by **Bucky-Roo** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 9:47 am

Sorry to hear that Amazee

Babies are awesome so you can at least look forward to that

Joy: I have freetime today
Sorrow: Still a little sick. My throat can't take anymore coughing.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:08 am

Sorry to hear that, Hlaoroo. I hope your insurance covers it too.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 3:26 pm

If you want I'll start a fund for you to get your truck repaired. We'll need a lot of money since the exchange rate is lower.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 7:18 pm

Sorrow: The makers of my favorite game on my iPad are shutting the game down.

I didn't even get that werewolf character I've been trying to get since I started playing months ago.

Meh, I'll get over it.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 8:48 pm

Amazee Dayzee wrote:If you want I'll start a fund for you to get your truck repaired. We'll need a lot of money since the exchange rate is lower.

I appreciate the sentiment but I can't accept. Fortunately though I have family to help me out.

Douglas Collier wrote:Sorrow: The makers of my favorite game on my iPad are shutting the game down. I didn't even get that werewolf character I've been trying to get since I started playing months ago.

Meh, I'll get over it.

Aw. That's a pain. Oh well. Now you get to find a new favourite game!

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:04 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:
Amazee Dayzee wrote:If you want I'll start a fund for you to get your truck repaired. We'll need a lot of money since the exchange rate is lower.
I appreciate the sentiment but I can't accept. Fortunately though I have family to help me out.

You sure? We could always raffle away a full week with Rick. I'm sure he won't mind when some random guy shows up at his door claiming he gets to spend a week with him.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 10:23 pm

Hehe, I think I'd drive him insane within the first two days! XD

"I think that line is off... No, now it's worse!"

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:04 pm

If you I'd that I'd be tempted to buy a ticket myself.

It's fun watching artists work.

Joy: Discovered through looking on Google maps that if I take some bike trails instead of sticking to the road, my ride to/from university can be fully 800m/0.5miles shorter than by taking the road alone.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Mon Mar 09, 2015 11:13 pm

Just don't run down any cyclists along the trail. XD

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 12:37 am

Joy: Finally went through backlog of pony music, a few more GBs in the laptop.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Mar 10, 2015 2:10 am

Douglas Collier wrote:Just don't run down any cyclists along the trail. XD

*giggles* Perhaps I should clarify that I am also a cyclist in that scenario.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:53 am

Sorrow: I decided to take my laptop back (it didn't have enough processing power to run Photoshop smoothly) and the pawn shop bought it back for $10 less than the $90 (half of what we paid for it) they had just previously agreed with my dad over the phone they would pay. I probably should have stuck up for the full agreed price, but I'm just way too compliant and forgiving. >.<

Platinum lining: The reason I decided to return it was because my grandma is giving me an unused 2014 touchscreen laptop as a scholarship for college. I figure that the $100 loss (only $50 for me, since we split the cost buying the other laptop), even if it could have been avoided, is still a pretty great bargain for a $700 laptop. ^^

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:25 pm

Joy: Made it to the airport and terminal okay.
Sorrow: Standby because free tickets and it's spring break. I will probably not be getting on this flight.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 5:34 pm

Here's hoping you get on there, Deske.
Where are you heading to? Anywhere fun?

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 6:58 pm

Texas, not really that fun. It's usually just sitting and watching tv or going out to a movie. But I'm going to see family so I suppose that's important. Turns out I'll be getting on a flight later than this. They actually asked people who paid to forfeit their seats since they had sold too many tickets.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:04 pm

Well, at least you're on A flight. And family is always nice.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:05 pm

Woo updates
Sorrow: This flight too is overbooked and there are 2 paying customers ahead of me. I will probably be heading home. Right now it would probably be beneficial to just drive down to Texas. All 8.5 hours of it.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:30 pm

Joy: I now have a brand new HP (which is obviously short for Housepets

) Pavilion TouchSmart 15 Notebook PC, compliments of my grandma!

I'll need to get used to Windows 8 (at least until Windows 10 is released), but other than that, I am very pleased with its performance so far.

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:34 pm

Sorrow: I am going home. Another guy couldn't get on but he's being routed through Chicago. I live here so I can just go home and try again tomorrow.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:40 pm

Sorry to hear that Deske - hope you get a spot on a flight tomorrow.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:44 pm

I'm sorry, Deske. I hope you get on tomorrow. I really can't understand why an airlien would sell more seats than they have.

Doug: Win8 isn't too bad once you get the hang of it. I have it on a touchscreen Dell laptop.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 8:55 pm

Joy: I didn't do as bad as I thought on my test!
Sorrow: I got a 68.

JeffCvt · Post by **JeffCvt** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 9:37 pm

Hlaoroo wrote:I really can't understand why an airlien would sell more seats than they have.

It's a common thing actually. Not everyone who buys a ticket uses them, so to try and keep the plane as full as possible, they sometimes overbook it.

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 10:58 pm

Strange, I've never had that problem. Though I think it helps to never book on the busy days.

Joy: Finished test on optimization, so confusing. Now to put that behind me till I panic at exam time!

Post by **Obbl** » Wed Mar 11, 2015 11:35 pm

JeffCvt wrote:
Hlaoroo wrote:I really can't understand why an airlien would sell more seats than they have.
It's a common thing actually. Not everyone who buys a ticket uses them, so to try and keep the plane as full as possible, they sometimes overbook it.

One of my dad's friends used to actually make some decent money by always taking the offer to be bumped to a later flight (he flew a lot). The better airlines will usually offer a nice hotel room for overnight waiting or even cash to make up for the inconvenience (keep up the good public image and all)

Deske · Post by **Deske** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:01 am

Sorrow: Me and my mom collectively agreed to just say No. The flights look like trash and it'd be a massive hassle to try and get me on a flight. I'll probably go down sometime in April.

D3ath_0ps · Post by **D3ath_0ps** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:21 am

Joy: I'm actually starting to feel better from a absolutely HORRID week. (I don't wanna go into details, but it put me in a REALLY bad place. Really depressing stuff.)
Joy: I fell in love with a new song called Bottom of the River by Delta Rae. So cool, the intensity make the song absolutely great.
Joy: I auditioned for a solo today in my Men's Choir and I'm confident that I might get it. There was another strong singer that auditioned for the same solo, but who knows. Either of us could get it.
Joy: Thinking about auditioning for another solo after Spring Break. (The one song listed above.)
ULTRA FREAKIN JOY: SPRING BREAK BABY! WOOO!

(*Passes out from a long day* =~=)

Post by **Sleet** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 4:22 pm

Joy: FUN WEEKEND!

Sorrow: Muse released a song from their upcoming album and it's pretty awful. They're one of my favorite bands so I'll be upset if they screw this up...

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Thu Mar 12, 2015 5:16 pm

Joy: SPRING BREAK YES!

Sorrow: Uptown Funk is still number 1 in America. Seriously I HATE that song.

Douglas Collier · Post by **Douglas Collier** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:08 am

Sorrow: My boss seems to have forgotten my availability time is after 12 o'clock. Yesterday she had me scheduled at 10:30 and today I'm scheduled for 11. My dad has had to get rides to work so that I can have a way to get to my job. This morning she even called and asked me to come in to work at 9:30. Although I have access to my dad's truck today, I turned her down by stating that my mom has the car until 11 (actually she has it until 12, but I didn't want to be a jerk by not coming in at the scheduled time). I hope she got the hint.

Jacey · Post by **Jacey** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 9:29 am

Joy; the pharmacy tech job I want at work is moving along nicely, tough I will be going to a new store. It should still be fine in the end.
(edited in) Joy; My sister is pregnant, and I am an uncle now.
Sorrow; I will be needing to study soon, which means I need to prioritize my time and might have to cut out a few forum activities. Also I am not the best at studying.
Joyish sorrow; I still have a few months at my current position.

Amazee Dayzee · Post by **Amazee Dayzee** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 12:14 pm

Sorrow: Remember the cousin (second cousin actually) who is having the baby? I just learned his father died.

Aarden · Post by **Aarden** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:31 pm

Sorrow: On the last day of uni before Easter break someone broke my car window and drove off.
Sorrow: Cost £75 to have the windscreen replaced through my insurance company.
Joy: Could be worse.

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 7:04 pm

I'm so sorry fro your loss, Amazee. I know what it's like to lose a loved one so if there's anything I can do to help you cope then please don't hesitate to ask.

Joy: Through riding my bike to uni each day I discovered that I get to see this every day:

Whozjama · Post by **Whozjama** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 11:03 pm

That looks beautiful after a particularly cold windy day for me. It must be pretty nice.

Sorrow/Joy: Getting glasses updated to be more in line with my special eyes, having to leave my glasses at the optical place though, makes me heavily appreciate my glasses. Everything's so hard to see. >.<

Post by **Hlaoroo** » Wed Mar 18, 2015 3:03 am

It was 26C/79F as I rode along there this morning so it was very pleasant.

Whozjama wrote:Sorrow/Joy: Getting glasses updated to be more in line with my special eyes, having to leave my glasses at the optical place though, makes me heavily appreciate my glasses. Everything's so hard to see. >.<

Oh, I know your pain! Just wait until the new glasses arrive and you get a headache for few days while your eyes adjust.