Four years ago to the day, IHaveAFatDog and myself first conversed after meeting on these very forums. Isn't that insane?

Has it been that long? I feel like the years are going by faster now. Must be a side effect of the alcohol.

Well lurker's, my laptop decided it was too cool for me and killed it's graphics card. Now it has lovely bars all over the screen whenever I start it up, the colors are all messed up, and the resolution svcks. So i'm back to using the family desktop until I decide to fix it or get my own computer.... which I don't have the money for either. :laugh: I haven't been on Minecraft since it died either and I miss working on my crazy projects.

Classes are going to start back up on Tuesday and i'm taking it a bit easier this semester with 12 credits. Lucky for me, all my classes are on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I have lots of free time that will hopefully help me to get a job.

Well, my graphics card is working amazing in my laptop still and that is about the only difference we have at the moment. I have classes starting back up as well and I am also having a more mild semester. I only have classes Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. I need to pull off a 3.5 gpa this semester which is completely possible, then I can apply to the School of Education and I'm only three semesters from graduation.

Belated congrats on the engagement there....

:celebration: :celebration:

I don't want to be a philosopher, I want to be an Engineer.

Thanks. I'm sure it means a lot to him coming from a person with a Blues Brothers avatar. That's his favorite movie of all time in the world ever.

And to contribute: After ten months at Best Buy, I have moved from the computer department to Geek Squad. I begin training this coming week. I'm pretty excited. The guys back there have certifications and knowledge up the wazoo, so I know I'll be learning a lot. I'm just really happy I will have experience in PC repair.

Heh, nice. :thumbsup: If I keep my grades up and take a full load for the rest of my semesters I should be able to graduate by Fall of 2012.

Rough night, like always :/

My ex and my current girl are best friends. While I was hanging out with my girl tonight she got a text from my ex saying that she's now going out with one of my friends... Not gonna lie, it hurts like a [censored]. I mean I thought I had moved on and I love my girlfriend, but it feels like I'm getting punched in the gut when I think about my ex being with someone else.I guess there isn't much discussion value in this post, I just feel like I need to blow off steam. It's tough bottling this up.

I scheduled an appointment with a psych next weekend to have a mental health test done. I have a lot of family members who are bipolar and I feel like I have it too. Sometimes I love everyone and everything, but other times (most of the time) its like all I want to do is explode. All around me I see people doing drugs and drinking, and it's hard not to just give up on life and just say "to hell with everything". I dot know how to describe it really. You know how you kinda have two layers of thoughts? One that's like what you are actively thinking about, and then the little lurking thoughts inthe background? It's like the background thoughts are always reminding me of my mistakes and how Im worthless. Sometimes I'll just kinda mentally dissapear into a nightmare world of 'what ifs' and all my past mistakes, like most of my waking time is spent in these [censored] up daydreams.

Blaaaaaaaahhhhh enough whining for tonight, maybe some sleep will do me some good. Goodnight everyone.

No matter how well you think you've gotten over someone, the thought of them being with someone else is probably always gonna be a bit of a kick in the nads.
Good luck with the appointment, here's hoping you aren't bipolar. And I hope you can find a way past the dark thoughts. I know they can be tough.

Been in constant fights with my girlfriend and just syaed up all night to prove a point, what it is I forget but the night is almost over (530am EST), so no sense quitting now. Don't want her to leave or me leave her but she makes it difficult.

I did a pretest for the Windows 7 certification and I got a 76% without opening the book at all. Hopefully the certification isn't too much more difficult but I need to finish out the semester regardless.

Never posted in here before. Finally I have something worth while though. Last few days been working in the Unity Engine, been making some models, with animations getting them imported, now I am working on a 2d side scroller when I get the scripting down, which is good, because I just took a school course using Java. Last night was in the ER for intense abdominal pain, I have been "chronically constipated", so the doctor did his " Thing " , could'a done without to be honest, got an X-ray, came home around 6 in the morning, got there at 12 . Slept in all day, missed school, now I am on a full "good" diet, had 3 salads today, a veggie dish, and a bowl of broccoli, now I am sipping a Coffee Crisp hot chocolate, and I have a Costco sized bottle of laxatives, hoping it all clears up soon.

EDIT: To G-ranger, and I Have A Fat Dog, congratulations ! :celebration:

Thanks. Did they do the... mineral oil? I was backed up for the first time ever last year and refused to go to the doctor 'cause I was scared of the mineral oil treatment. I waited it out for nearly a week and just ate broccoli.

Nope, said there was nothing they could do, I was hoping to go the enema route, and just flush it all. They just set me up with some prescription laxatives, and sent me on my way. Waiting for tomorrow to see how good the laxatives are.. :whistling:

That's not very healthy at all

Yeah, I did end up dying.

In all seriousness, when looking up symptoms, mine weren't that severe and it all worked out well. Doesn't work for everyone, and for every case. Didn't have money to go to the doctor. If I were hemorrhaging, I would risk it ruining my credit, but I just couldn't "go" for four days.

I imagine most of you heard about the big snowstorm that crippled the southeast recently. I was out all week last week, and to make matters worse, last week was supposed to be semester exams. Now its this week, and the schedules all messed up. Been watching "Supersize Me" in health class, and have to admit that it's put me off McDonalds. At least for a while anyway.

Aha, yah, in grade 7 we had to watch that in our health class too, pretty vile movie. :mellow:

Just got my dissertation project... Collapse wave propagation in avalanche release. Y'know my unhappy happy face? Yeah, that just wont cut it just now. As I said in my email last month picking preferences, it was only on the list because I had to pick 6 options. Having just come out of a bioengineering project, that is the two main parts of my degree, the parts which are most significant in any job applications, ending up completely irrelevant to any jobs I may wish to apply for. [censored] Edinburgh Uni.


Not interested. Not wanted. Not happy.

Our vet is so great, the are going to do surgery for Muffin tomorrow, because her health has really declined in the last few days. She was getting better with treatment last week, but by Friday and over the weekend, things started to get worse. There's a risk she won't survive the surgery, but there's no other choice, we can't just leave the abscess as it is (the antibiotics aren't working). I wish I didn't have to go to classes tomorrow, I want to spend the day with her. I'm going to try to play with her tonight if she feels up for it. Give her lots of love. I need to say my goodbyes, just in case this is my last full day with her. :sobs:

Sorry to hear that Alaisiagae, I hope Muffin gets through surgery alright. I know what it's like to have a dental abscess, but mine never progressed that far.

Well, Big Day Out today. I'm going to be making other people's beds and cleaning up their messes while half the country gets to spend a day in the sun listening to live music (including Tool and Rammstein, why did I have to work Fridays ), I'm not looking forward to the lunch break cause there's never food I can eat and there's a nasty lady who likes to get in other people's business. One of those sort of 50-ish mean, snide women who can't just shut up and leave people alone. And it's scorching hot, and my uniform involves heavy black long pants and a heavy, thick, almost canvas-like shirt. Bleargh.

I will get through it by thinking of the swim I am going to have as soon as I get home.

That movie made me hungry, oddly enough haha.

My mom got a netbook for christmas. First computer she's ever had (or used, really) so she's constantly calling me to help her out. I've been over there twice already (once to set up the wireless, the second time to fix her email and Facebook that her friend screwed up somehow) and I'm going back over again on Sunday to just show her how to do some things. But, I get a home cooked meal out of it, so it's all good.

For this being my winter break (until Feb 9th or so) I'm surprisingly busy. Haven't turned my computer on since January 5th and that was just to play music while I packed things up for a trip. Really getting a L4D2 craving...

She got through the surgery okay. :phew: They had to take out two teeth. No tumors. But, she's got an ulcer in her eye (I noticed something strange about it last night, we called the ophthalmologist and from my description he thought it might be a subluxated lens. But it isn't, the vet who saw her today looked at it and says it looks like it is an ulcer). It is a huge relief that she got through the surgery okay - she's 14 years old. She's a good girl, we get to pick her up later today, and she'll need time to recover. She'll also need to wear the Cone of Shame (Elizabethan collar) to keep her from rubbing at the eye. We're hoping to get to the ophthalmologist tomorrow (he's not at the same place as the vet) so that we can treat the ulcer and help her be in less pain and discomfort. I really hope she starts feeling better. That's our goal, to make sure she isn't suffering, we don't want her to be suffering.

That's great to hear. Here's hoping you guys get the ulcer sorted out.

Not much has been going on with me recently. Turned 16, and finally figured out what is up with my shoulder. It wasn't tendonitis as originally thought, but a bone marrow edema, caused by repeated stress and trauma to my shoulder. Still waiting for the doc to call back and tell us how to treat it. Had a snow day today, and had my dad pull me around the yard with the sled tied to the ATV. I should be picking up the first Phoenix Wright when I'm up in Indianapolis tomorrow.

That's all I got to say 'bout that.

Yeah, she's doing better. The ophthalmologist put in some special contact lens type things in her eye, they are hydrated with antibiotics. She seems to be getting some relief from that, though it is a little to early to tell. But, boy, did they have a hard time getting the lenses in. Despite their best efforts (and four people holding her, and an injected sedative), they had to gas her and knock her out for a minute. Those anesthetics sure are potent, she was dopey/sleepy for the hour-long ride back (I held her in my lap, she rested her head on my arm - and my arm fell asleep...). It was difficult for me to see her in such a state.

Let's see... yeah, she's got a lot of fight in her. And on our ride to the eye-vet, I saw a person walking a fluffy corgi! My first fluffy in real-life! Just as outrageously fluffy http://corgiaddict.com/post/2574228919/i-bet-you-fluffy-corgi-doesnt-know-he-has-feet.

And my car is fixed! And it passed inspection! :celebrate: I have my wheels back!

And now I must go plan out my uni assignments. *sigh* I don't mind going to class, I just hate homework.