[otome_no_policy]

Fuck two-piece sleeves. Fuck them so hard.

[Ion]

I have the biggest, well not really biggest but very bothersome rant, or semi rant ever. It bother's myself and my boyfriend greatly.

We live with his grandparent's, along with his two sister: one older and one younger. The Younger one has friend's that live here also(one got out of jail the other was the younger's sister's fault for her getting kicked out of the apartment) and they're fucking mooches. (urg)

I pay for everything myself, they use all my stuff and boyfriend's and seems like they don't give a shit. AND tonight they're having friend's spend the night a couple. In my head I think. -great- And the boy, call's her grandma, and she barely knows him I mean barely. (I still call her Nan even if I dated my boyfriend for five year's and I know his family very well.) then he asked her if she could buy him cigarette's online.

You know those clove cigarette's that ruined your lung's that "apparently we don't sell anymore where I live" Which I remembered we did. I had a friend that would buy them all the time and smoke them. But my boyfriend's grandma say's sure why not. Because the boy is going to give her money. And she barely knows this kid and only heard stories. And I don't want her credit card information taken from this boy. Because the place I found online requires an email address, username and password. alert signal's are going through my head and I rage.

And apparently this money he's going to give her is rare. This is what my boyfriend just told me because he decided to ask this boy question's. Instantly I think prove it, And this kid we're talking about seems very shady.

I really don't trust this situation. I hope she doesn't do it. I love her to death and dot want to risk her account information taken. And this boy erk's me I want him out.

(Sorry about the spelling and grammar I know it's terrible please bear with me. I need to rant.)

This post has been edited by Ion: 24 January 2010 - 02:24 AM

[Polaris]

This is pretty minor but:

I placed my order to cosworx in the beginning of January, because I needed 2 wigs by Katsucon and I knew from anywhere else they wouldn't get here. However even now I still have not gotten them, or my boots for Poison Ivy. This is frustrating me because we just had a huge snowstorm and I am hoping that I get everything before Katsu, otherwise that's 3 costumes out the window.

[Ametatsu]

Polaris, on 07 February 2010 - 11:05 PM, said:

mail bitch

I feel ya. My bitch is similar.

I ordered my contacts a while ago, and when I paid for them, I used my mom's paypal since mine isn't connected to a credit card, and it would take too long. This put my mom's name on the shipping address for some reason, but the address was still mine (my school address but with her name).

I went down to the dorms front office and let them know of this at least twice before it got here, again when tracking said my package was here, and at least two more times since then. They have NO excuse for sending it back because the name didn't match, or anything of the like. They said the office manager will be in tomorrow, I'm going to go down there and raise hell. They have no excuse for not getting it to me D<

And Katsucon is this week. FFFFFFFFF

On a positive note, this cravat isn't kicking my ass as badly as I thought it would be.

This post has been edited by Ametatsu: 07 February 2010 - 11:14 PM

[livengood]

Minor bitching.

But my dad decided to put fabric softener in the washer. Not so bad right? Except the problem is we don't USE fabric softener in our washer, it's never been used, so the port for the FS is clogged up from the years of washing. Which means FS spewed all over the inside of the washer. I had to rewash my clothing three times to get the machine to stop spewing FS all over my clothes.

[Lizard]

I'm back to bitch again. Boyfriend-related, and he's private enough that he doesn't like me talking about his personal affairs to friends too much, so I turn to lovely anonymity to vent instead (thanks for giving me an outlet).

He's been job-hunting for several months, since he graduated with his Masters degree last May. At the end of last year he had a promising prospect lined up, pending a security clearance.

He found out today that his clearance was rejected. It was rejected several weeks ago. Nobody in their security department bothered to call him, answer his multiple emails and phone calls, or otherwise notify him that he apparently isn't trustworthy enough in the eyes of the US government.

They couldn't say why, but he suspects it's because of recent international travel and the fact that he associates with a number of foreign nationals. I didn't realize a vacation, a school-related trip, and international classmates (legal, but not necessarily American citizens, which is EXTREMELY common in the Capitol area and in the IT field as a whole) constituted "suspicious" behavior.

I'm pissed off at the company for failing to notify him and wasting WEEKS of his time waiting to hear about this job, and pissed off at the government for being so paranoid and rejecting his interim clearance. There's still a chance that his full clearance will be processed, since when they get past just the basic checks for an interim and actually investigate him, they'll find that those scary "international trips" and "foreign nationals" are completely legal, documented, school-related events and not evidence of terrorism... but that can take upwards of a year or more, and it's not as though you can just sit unemployed for a year.

It's really hard seeing him as crestfallen as he is right now, his motivation and self-worth are basically null. He'll pull himself back up, he'd never forgive wallowing in self-pity, but he's understandably heartbroken. Sure, I'm biased, but it's frustrating that someone so capable is being passed over time and time again...

I'm not sure what to do, if I can help at all. He's very much a loner when he's upset, so I'm left doing my own thing and deliberately giving him plenty of space. I don't understand his job credentials well enough to help job-search, and I don't know what to encourage him to do. He's considering a part-time job in the meantime, if he can find one that he's not rejected from for being over-qualified. So I'm left to feel horrible out of empathy and some strange kind of "survivor's guilt" for being gainfully employed...

[Sheol]

Lizard, on 08 February 2010 - 11:31 AM, said:

job crap

I have a friend whos going through the exact same thing. Though he was told that all clearance applications are being denied seeming out of hand right at first and that a "denied" doesn't necessarily mean a REAL denied. They soft sell a deny because they're expected to give an answer within an specific allotment of time at the request of employers. That sort of a background check takes a long time to do, so tell your boyfriend to keep on them or they'll "forget" he applied in the first place. Email once every two weeks, not to just one guy but he needs to make sure he cc's them to another person either in HR or in management and also to himself so hes got a record. The more email addresses in a job inquiries email, the harder and more serious it gets looked at, sadly. Good luck to him.

[l33t_lyk_wh0a]

This is such an immature rant, but if I don't type out the rage I won't be able to get over it.

I HATE when you start working on a costume and have such high expectations of pushing yourself and whatever, then while you're looking up reference photos you see progress of the same costume from some amazing cosplayer, and your self-esteem just goes FUCKIT. It's not even about "oh boo hoo, I won't get as much attention", but I wanted to feel proud about the project since I've been planning and planning, and now all I can do is think about how anything I make isn't going to look half as good.

Meeeeeh, I'll just stop now. I sound like those little coscom bitches I hate. Hypocrite, over here!


Edit: Just looked at your post, Lizard. I really hope things work out for him. I've had similar problems, but with the Social Security Department, which is sometimes just as nitpicky and well, stupid. Definitely tell him to keep on their asses about that full check; just because they say it may take a year doesn't mean that it will if he makes sure they keep it on priority.

This post has been edited by l33t_lyk_wh0a: 09 February 2010 - 06:24 PM

[itachi-chan]

Relatively minor bitch, but why the hell is there always a blizzard on days when I have exams? I almost wound up in the ditch by the side of the interstate yesterday because of the fucking snow. If I die because I shouldn't have gone to an exam, I will haunting my professor's ass so hard.

This post has been edited by itachi-chan: 09 February 2010 - 07:00 PM

[Ametatsu]

l33t_lyk_wh0a, on 09 February 2010 - 06:09 PM, said:

I HATE when you start working on a costume and have such high expectations of pushing yourself and whatever, then while you're looking up reference photos you see progress of the same costume from some amazing cosplayer, and your self-esteem just goes FUCKIT. It's not even about "oh boo hoo, I won't get as much attention", but I wanted to feel proud about the project since I've been planning and planning, and now all I can do is think about how anything I make isn't going to look half as good.

I have those exact same feelings. (having them right now about a wig) But I guess all you can do is try your best? It just sucks when I'm disappointed in something I make for someone else 'cause then all I can think about is how disappointed they'll be in me.

[Lizard]

Thanks, folks. He'll keep on top of them to make sure they're still on the clearance, and evidently HR is looking to see if there's a temporary position he can fill without a clearance while it processes. In the meantime he's keeping his spirits up by getting a lot of renovations done on the house - the past few days he's rewired and installed lights in the attic, and built most of a custom desk for the study. Long as he has a project, he's happy.

I, on the other hand, have been "off" all day. Tried installing a shelf, failed miserably because I missed the stud, shelf fell out of the wall, can't find my stud-finder to re-try it, and can't seem to bring myself to want to try again. Complete lack of motivation to do anything productive, even though I've been going pretty strong the past few days (been homebound thanks to a blizzard). Just a minor bitch, but I feel like a lazy bastard and I hate it, blah.

EDIT: The beau took a look at my failed shelf project while I was going to get a hammer and spackle to take out the drywall anchors that I thought had failed. Turns out I just installed the rail backwards, and when I went back upstairs he'd already correctly installed the shelf. I love and hate him so much right now.

This post has been edited by Lizard: 10 February 2010 - 09:12 PM

[otome_no_policy]

To my English professor: Fuck you. My essay "seems competently written" but you can't accept it? Where the fuck do you get off? You specifically told us to illustrate our points with clear examples, and that's exactly what I fucking did. I'm so fucking sorry if I had to explain them a little to give them some fucking context. When a writer isn't sure if their reader is familiar with a particular subject, it's only right to explain it a little to be sure they're getting the point you're trying to make. So where the fuck do you get off telling me that I "explained too much"? Go fuck yourself, you stupid bitch.

[MaliciousLibel]

Professor, your failure to know big words does not mean my English is wrong. On a related note, my correct APA citations don't become incorrect if they're inconvenient for you. That's what you get for using APA format.

Sure, I can come in and explain my paper to you in order to get the grade I deserve, but I shouldn't have to.

[Ametatsu]

This isn't really a bitch, but more of an annoyance. I kinda didn't know how to feel at first, but...

"LOL XD I would want both of those shirts so badly xDDD
And I didn't coment on every photo but you make a really good Edgey, congrats! Your Von Karma was really nice too :3 Despise how tan you both are you are better then some pale cosplayers I have seen out there~!"

I'm hoping that maybe English is the their second language or something, so they didn't mean that to be quite as odd as it sounded, but I guess it just bothers me that they'd even mention it at all. It's not like a get a spraytan then cosplay or something, I'm just half black =/

Hmmm. What do you guys think?

This post has been edited by Ametatsu: 17 February 2010 - 10:51 PM

[Lizard]

Ametatsu, on 17 February 2010 - 10:50 PM, said:

Hmmm. What do you guys think?

Remember that there are tons of threads on cos.com about "black cosplayers," which have a ton of comments about people supposedly criticizing dark-skinned renditions of light-skinned characters.

So they might be a nit-picker trying to gently criticize something you have no control over ("It's awesome the only defect I can see is your skin color but that's okay 'cuz everything else is awesome!"), or they might have good intentions and they're trying to pay you a compliment that's the "opposite" of someone criticizing you for your skin tone ("skin color doesn't matter 'cuz you're better than pale cosplayers I've seen!").

Either way, it's a stupid thing to say. I'd just assume the best and let it slide, though. Best option for your karma. ;)

[otome_no_policy]

Okay, so remember my essay? I rewrote it and my prof gave me a 180 out of 200. But she still felt the need to pepper snide comments throughout my essay. Stuff like "I'm still not sure your focus is evaluative but we'll see..." and "I'm not sure what you're doing with all these short paragraphs". She grudgingly threw me a bone at the end, saying that I "really pulled it together in the last paragraphs. Before that you were dangerously close to description in most paragraphs." But my absolute favorite was the final comment: "I'm impressed by the lack of grammatical errors!"

THIS IS WAR, BITCH.

[Cos I said so]

So....been having tooth/jaw pain for about a month...was brushing my teeth tonight...and my wisdom tooth broke...I now have to get it pulled like on an emergency timeline because I'm pretty sure the nerve is exposed...and it's hurts like a motherfucker.

[Lizard]

Repetition of my previous three or four bitches.

Boyfriend is still unemployed. Three quarters of a year since he graduated. Sending out resumes constantly and attending every job and hiring fair we catch wind of within a two-hour drive of here, dropped every restriction he started with (willing to travel, willing to relocate, willing to work for the government) and still, nothing. Not even from part-time jobs he's applied for to try to make SOME money in the meantime, even with a dumbed-down version of his resume that doesn't obviously over-qualify him. The big jobs want a security clearance before they'll even read your resume, the small jobs want students and housewives who won't be trying to leave in less than a year.

Supposedly the clearance is still being processed by the company that finally agreed to sponsor it, and he's riding their ass to make sure it doesn't slip through the cracks. Once he gets it, maybe THEN employers will recognize him as a worthwhile human being?

In the meantime, constant home improvement projects in an attempt to stay busy and fight off depression.

Every time I hear someone say unemployed adults should just "stop being lazy and get a job," I want to hit them in the mouth with a brick.

[Hat Trick]

Lizard, on 08 April 2010 - 05:01 PM, said:

Every time I hear someone say unemployed adults should just "stop being lazy and get a job," I want to hit them in the mouth with a brick.

You are so not alone.

On a related note, apparently LaRosa's listens to their ~magical employee personality test~ more than they actually look at applicants' qualifications. I applied for a job I did just fine in during highschool - and the ~test~ "didn't recommend that [I] be given an interview".

And the bitch what told me this looked vaguely scared. What, did it say I was a dangerous psychopath?

[evaunit01berserk]

Lizard, on 08 April 2010 - 04:01 PM, said:

Every time I hear someone say unemployed adults should just "stop being lazy and get a job," I want to hit them in the mouth with a brick.

theres a point between can't get a job and you just won't get a job because you don't like the pay. i had to suck a 10.35 to 8.50 paycut to get work. Yeah it sucks, but it also gave me motivation to think up better moneymaking ideas. Such as because of my job at the alarm monitoring station, instead of being an operator, I may become a dealer and be THEIR boss while making 100x the money. Would not have had that kind of ideas or know how stuck at home punching resumes all day

[Lizard]

evaunit01berserk, on 12 April 2010 - 02:31 PM, said:

theres a point between can't get a job and you just won't get a job because you don't like the pay.

Truth. Trust me, I'm usually among the first to tear into someone for being too lazy, too picky, or too squeamish to get what they want. That's one of the big reasons I left my ex. He expected a job to miraculously drop into his lap. He refused to clean bathrooms or kitchens because he was too squeamish. He refused to learn how to cook because he was too nervous. He refused to do any heavy lifting because it made him tired and sweaty. He refused to do any home repairs because he didn't know how. He evidently expected to marry me and let me pay all of our bills on my paycheck, cook my own meals, clean and maintain my own house, and let him live there and play video games while he went to school and worked part time. Then he called me selfish for breaking up with him...

The current beau has even applied for minimum-wage retail jobs, so I don't think he's just being too picky.

[Sheol]

Lizard, on 12 April 2010 - 12:05 PM, said:

Truth. Trust me, I'm usually among the first to tear into someone for being too lazy, too picky, or too squeamish to get what they want. That's one of the big reasons I left my ex. He expected a job to miraculously drop into his lap. He refused to clean bathrooms or kitchens because he was too squeamish. He refused to learn how to cook because he was too nervous. He refused to do any heavy lifting because it made him tired and sweaty. He refused to do any home repairs because he didn't know how. He evidently expected to marry me and let me pay all of our bills on my paycheck, cook my own meals, clean and maintain my own house, and let him live there and play video games while he went to school and worked part time. Then he called me selfish for breaking up with him...

The current beau has even applied for minimum-wage retail jobs, so I don't think he's just being too picky.

Blegh I feel sorry for your boyfriend, he may have to seriously dumb down his resumes. Or go construction if you live anywhere but CA. I do concrete and let me tell you I had to get two other jobs just to be able to do the adult things like pay bills and child support. I'm actually making more money bartending than I am doing concrete now though,which I'm sure if you think about it you'd understand why *L*

[evaunit01berserk]

Sheol makes a point i forgot to add, yes he may have to "dumb" down his resume, if a employer thinks someone is too smart for a job, they will disqualify them because they will think they have to give him a raise faster then usual

[Elena Potato]

I was out the Friday before Spring Break. When I returned the Monday afterwards, I ask my English teacher what work I need to make up or receive. She says to not worry about anything. Now today, I discover I should have got a book the day I was out. It's a good thing I had something after school, because otherwise I would have missed the bus while waiting for her to get the book and have me sign that I checked it out...

[evaunit01berserk]

Dear friends on facebook

Just because i post a message does not mean it is about you, so please don't flatter yourselves into to thinking it is about you. if it is about you, i will directly say "jackass, (Ie: jackass who seems to think my message is all about them) go fuck yourself"

Also, if you have an issue about with me, be a fucking man and say it, instead of hiding in fucking doorways like im going to eat your face off and holding a grudge over shit you have no idea what the fuck your talking about and then accusing me of shit on 4chan IE: inkylink and eliot. I refer you both to my earlier paragraph saying if i have an an issue with you, i will target you directly and take credit for it.

[Ametatsu]

Necroed for great justice!

Remember this?:

Ametatsu, on 02 December 2009 - 10:47 PM, said:

I woke up yesterday with bad back pain. I thought nothing of it, because I get muscle cramps all the time. Today, however, it hurts to walk, it hurts to sit up, it hurts to breathe, and I'm cringing every 5 seconds. I felt my back, under my shoulderblade, and it feels like it's swollen or something back there. WTF??

Before you ask what I'm doing online, I'm writing a paper and can't focus, of course. I'm just trying to stay verrry still, and only move my wrists and fingers. Still hurts, though.

Took over half a year to figure out it's a tumor.

[Akushou]

Ametatsu, on 29 June 2010 - 12:22 AM, said:

Necroed for great justice!

Remember this?

Took over half a year to figure out it's a tumor.

Jesus Christ. It can be removed, right?

[Ametatsu]

Akushou, on 29 June 2010 - 11:31 AM, said:

Jesus Christ. It can be removed, right?

Thankfully, yes. I'm going in for surgery the middle of July. It just irks me that I spent months with doctors telling me it was just a muscle spasm and giving me pills. I guess they'd find out eventually since they just wanted to stick me in physical therapy, and that obviously wouldn't do anything.

[Sheol]

Ametatsu, on 29 June 2010 - 02:14 PM, said:

Thankfully, yes. I'm going in for surgery the middle of July. It just irks me that I spent months with doctors telling me it was just a muscle spasm and giving me pills. I guess they'd find out eventually since they just wanted to stick me in physical therapy, and that obviously wouldn't do anything.

well fuck. Good luck and have a speedy recovery.

[Ametatsu]

Sheol, on 03 July 2010 - 09:14 PM, said:

well fuck. Good luck and have a speedy recovery.

Thanks. I'm sure I will, at my age.. Though I still don't know what caused it in the first place. I just hope it doesn't come back since they're taking out the whole nerve it's attached to along with the blood vessel. But at least my age prevented me from getting an arterial blood gas. I think I surprised the nurse XD