SuaveStar Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 This is why I will never live in a student flat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 See, we're not to that point just yet. It's just the assholes at both ends of the hall getting drunk on an almost nightly basis at this point. Though, last week they threw up in the sinks. And it's still there from last night, which means either that the janitor hasn't come, or that they're refusing to take care of it (which I wouldn't blame them for at all). Yeah, I hear horror stories from being in halls. I was in myself for 6 months but never really had these issues. Or maybe the drinking blocked it out of my memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ava Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I hate physics. I want to take chemistry again! D= Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 RE Idiots in the halls: Three years of Residence Life experience taught me one thing: fuck those guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 RE Idiots in the halls: Three years of Residence Life experience taught me one thing: fuck those guys. O_o Care to rephrase that sentence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Hey, you gotta keep em quiet somehow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 I told Hannah that she ought to use her feminine wiles on them. She didn't think it was a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venneh Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 Cause I don't want to end up disease-ridden. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted October 21, 2009 Report Share Posted October 21, 2009 You know what drives me nuts? When people are on the phone to you, and they hang up without warning. When I call someone and that happens, I usually text them to say sorry if I did it. It's called courtesy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm really tired of the generation above me not embracing technology. If your job calls for you to know how to use something as simple as Internet Explorer, an e-mail client, and a printer, but you're flustered by the computer doing more than word processing, I have one word for you: retire! Furthermore, the "lend" feature on the forthcoming Nook will not hurt authors. A teacher / author in the department just tried to convince me of this. In her words, "If you can lend a digital copy, that's one less person who'll buy it." To which I said, "Maybe, but I can just as easily give you a copy of a paper book right now." To this she became flustered: "But, yeah, okay... sure, but then you'll have all these copies floating around." Never mind that books lent via the Nook have a 14-day lifespan. After that, they're erased from the borrower's device -- which she only admitted under her breath as she turned away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stavros Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm really tired of the generation above me not embracing technology. If your job calls for you to know how to use something as simple as Internet Explorer, an e-mail client, and a printer, but you're flustered by the computer doing more than word processing, I have one word for you: retire! Furthermore, the "lend" feature on the forthcoming Nook will not hurt authors. A teacher / author in the department just tried to convince me of this. In her words, "If you can lend a digital copy, that's one less person who'll buy it." To which I said, "Maybe, but I can just as easily give you a copy of a paper book right now." To this she became flustered: "But, yeah, okay... sure, but then you'll have all these copies floating around." Never mind that books lent via the Nook have a 14-day lifespan. After that, they're erased from the borrower's device -- which she only admitted under her breath as she turned away. Yeah, its like "Digital copies will ruin music!" when really everyone's been making tapes since the 80's. These reaction always preceed a big boom in an industry that is benefiting from a new technology. There has been no technology added to an entertainment industry that has negatively effected it in the long run, they just made the producer more creative and they would up making even more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Molly Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Funny story, in all my years of college, the professor I've had that's gotten on board with technology the most was like, eighty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 I'm not meaning to imply that all people of older generations scoff at new technologies. (As noted before, my mom and her husband love the Wii, and they're 51 and 65 respectively. My mom also as an iPod and cannot wait to create Christmas-themed playlists for her parties later this year.) But it bothers me when people can't properly do their jobs because they refuse to move forward, and when people in creative fields moan over new ways to get their work out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dc20willsave Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 My lower back has been killing me since Tuesday night, especially when I shift my weight to my left foot or step on it. I have today off so I'm hoping it gets better as the day goes on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 My dad is pretty good with technology. He likes his toys. He likes wireless speaker access to his iTunes. He bought songs off of iTunes way before I did. He owns a Blu Ray player and a kickass TV. My mom cannot turn on a computer. Let alone use email. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Also, I work with a guy who constantly throws his hands in the air and says stuff like "I hate technology" and "it just complicates things" and I've had about enough of his luddite bullshit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Sitting in a smoky Virginia bar at 3am singing Radiohead while suffering from Bronchitis may sound like a good idea on paper. It's not. My voice is completely shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 22, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 What were you doing in a bar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dread Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 Give ya two guesses, and playin' hopscotch don't count! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted October 22, 2009 Report Share Posted October 22, 2009 I drive up there once a month to meet with a friend of mine. We used to be in a band together and he does acoustic sets there all the time. Lately I've gotten into the habit of joining in, and this time I should have just told him I was sick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuaveStar Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 While trying to work on a project for college, I realised I didn't know what the fuck I was doing, and with this one class, stressing me out, when I have plenty of other classes to worry about, so, I e-mailed my lecturer and told her the truth that I didn't really know what I was doing. Wished I had done that earlier, it would be less of a problem to admit failure a few weeks ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamvidger Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 My LCS is having a sale of everything 25% off, like I said in the Good news thread. I have tons of issues on hold at the store. If was able to get to the store today I would be able to clear my holds and buy all those comics for 25% percent off, plus I would be able to get those an extra 10% off for being a member at my LCS. All these comics that I have on hold for 35% off, each with a bag an board, but no. By the end of the month the guy there will have to shelve all of them. My bad news is that I was too busy this weekend to go to my LCS and clear my holds for a very good deal, and maybe get other stuff for 25% off, like trades or something. This sale is ending tomorrow, and I know I am too busy to go to the store, it just sucks. I am usually not this busy, Why did they have to have this sale this weekend?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightWing Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 Apparently my power is out. I'm typing from my iPhone. This kinda sucks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missy Posted October 26, 2009 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I am fucking sick of Facebook! All damn week I've hardly been able to access my account. But oddly enough, I can use the Rape Whistle Ronald account. Huh...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James D. Posted October 26, 2009 Report Share Posted October 26, 2009 I am fucking sick of Facebook! All damn week I've hardly been able to access my account. But oddly enough, I can use the Rape Whistle Ronald account. Huh...? My guess is Dahl is engaging in an act of subterfuge. He has to be the one who has constantly been fucking Facebook up for the last week or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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