Gripe thread

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:18 pm

heheheh, no that's a help, it all is.

I dont want to be rich, nor famous, nor infamous hehe, but I just feel like there's MORE and I dont know if its here in this relatively small pond. Melbourne is the best city in Australia, for me and in general, and my friends are the main reason that makes it so, but I just cant help the nagging feeling that I could be acting out some even more crazy adventure living somewhere else.

Plus, im nearly 32, which in some worlds is young, in others older, and my time for adventures feels as if it is NOW, though perhaps it will always be so. In fact, perhaps I will always be this way, existential woes seem to plague me a few times each day, the roller coaster, uppy downy, uppy downy, happiness there but that something elusive always just outside my reality.

see, makes me want a spliff, thought I know now that isn't going to help, only put this crap off for another day.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:32 pm

ghetto kitty wrote:see, makes me want a spliff, thought I know now that isn't going to help, only put this crap off for another day.

and we have a winner

bo- 1 life- 0

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:47 pm

Well that's decided it: No way I'm giving up the spliffage!

Post by **huge** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:02 pm

lol once you haven't smoked weed in like a year you will be fine. i stopped cold turkey after smoking about 20 bongs a day at least for years. now i have weed if there is any around and i want to sleep or something which is once every few months if that. only need about half a toke and i'm utterly wankered.

i have no doubt that giving up weed was one of the best things i have done. sure you can function but you will never function as well as you could, you don't need it.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:10 pm

maybe you need to look at others aspects of your past as well GK. Like - have you moved lots in life? Towns, countries, states, suburbs. Have you changed jobs fairly regularly i.e. every few years? Stuff like that.

I moved like 12 times by the age of 8 years old, we then managed to stay in one spot for 10 years (miracle i must say), and then i moved every few years since then. No kidding when it hits about the 3 year mark i feel like i have to move, its an all consuming feeling inside like i have to escape to a new location, even if its just over to the next suburb.

maybe something like that to take into account?

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:22 pm

I'm sure you're right huge, but I'll be happy with simply smoking less. I just don't see the need to give up totally.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:50 pm

Different strokes for different folks

Those with addictive personalities sometimes need to just give something the total boot to be able to move on effectively

Like Huge, for many years I smoked an absolute fuckload of dope. Practically led a stoned existence. Went cold turkey for ages and now on the odd occasion I have some, all I need is about two tokes of a spliff and I turn into a completely paranoid social retard. Always regret it massively afterwards too

TBH I highly doubt I'll ever get back to the stage where I can enjoy a social toke and a laugh. More power to those that can though

almax · Post by **almax** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 5:54 pm

GK - All this reminds me of a quote i once heard

"One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure its worth watching."

I cant wait, cause there is a period of about 7 years where i have no idea what happened

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:39 am

I feel the same Bo.... no weed involved, only binge drinking...

DBoy · Post by **DBoy** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 9:23 am

aroes wrote: I turn into a completely paranoid social retard.

sooooo true.

almax · Post by **almax** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:26 am

DBoy wrote:
aroes wrote: I turn into a completely paranoid social retard.
sooooo true.

Well im with QR on this one, i only smoke maybe once a month on average now, maybe not even. I was given a quarter on my birthday in April and ive stil got maybe 1-2 grams left of it!

I don't get paranoid, never did, but i DO talk a lot of dribble (even more so than usual) and come up with crazy/stupid ideas, especially movie scripts, thats my specialty.
They are all so good in my head, but then the next day they seem so lame or too hard to bother with.

Weed is awesome. fuck all y'all haters.
tis also REALLY good to work out with believe it or not (weight lifting), gets you focused on using the right muscle groups and you dont get as bored.

aroes · Post by **aroes** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:39 am

haha i'm not a hater, each to their own is all

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:22 pm

lizkins - yes babe, thats partly, it, im a very changeable individual and feel if im not being challenged, then what is the point. and you are right, i went to 10 school, lived in three countries and have had a myriad of jobs, lives in over 30 share houses, and while life has settled down as ive gotten older, I miss the unknown of being more on the 'edge' quite often.

almax wrote: "One day your life will flash before your eyes, make sure its worth watching."

exactly Al. Which makes me think i need to go live somewhere crazy, fly by the seat of my pants, cos I wonder if what im doing now is worth watching when I compare it to others out there in the world, even if i am relatively happy.

i mean, in the last year, ive changed a lot of things, im a fit person now and never have been, i work in a job where i love my bosses, ive lived in the same house with varying different people who on the whole, are good peoples. I just cant help wanting more, from every day, every moment, I want constant flux and adventure and its hard to balance that need with an urge to also live comfortably enjoying the company of your friends/puppy etc.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:14 pm

at home with a nasty chest infection. little fun to be had. when I dont take panadol my fever gets so high i get a bit delusional. when i do take panadol i get the sweats so bad its like i just stepped out of a bath.

haven't been sick like this in ages. =0(

cmon penicillin damn you, work faster.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:33 pm

I'm assuming you've been to the doctor?
Since you've just travelled to China (yes?) it might be worth getting a blood test for malaria. It can lay dormant for a while before you actually get sick. If you went to any of the areas below, it might not be such a bad idea to investigate further.

or it could just be a chest infection.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:35 pm

do. not. get. malaria.

go get checked out j!!!

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 4:37 pm

i've had so many bites i'm pretty sure i've got it. it'll get me one day when i least expect it. been lots of cases of dengue about too which is a worry. so hard to avoid getting bitten in this humidity!

at least my mosquito net makes me feel like a princess.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:06 pm

Yeh I've been to my GP, its definitely just a chest infection.

plus we didn't go to any of those areas, we did HK, Macau, Beijing, Chengdu, Tibet, Shanghai which are all in those green areas.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:09 pm

gripe - foot still hurts after telstra tech dropped my bed on my foot. we had to move the bed to get to the phone line connection. there is a small bruise, but man it hurts

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:13 pm

ah ok....good to here j. sorry to be dramatic.

hope you enjoyed the trip!

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:40 pm

can't believe how hard i failed finding people to drink beer with just now.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 5:51 pm

who says no to thursday afternoon beers on a 25 degree day? lame!

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:01 pm

fucking boot campers that's who!

ollie and I are going to ride over and watch them, im going to drink beer and ollie will probably smoke ciggies.

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:06 pm

Post by **huge** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:08 pm

you're laughing at ollie riding a bike arent you?

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 6:10 pm

i'm also surprised at the fact that he actually picked it up from the house.

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 9:37 pm

you can both get fucked.

nic · Post by **nic** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:26 pm

9 degrees and no beer

but i can ride a bike
can mecka not ride a biek>?
:shockL:

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Thu Oct 21, 2010 10:49 pm

no, i can ride just fine. just dun do it very often.

quick · Post by **quick** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 1:19 am

nic wrote:9 degrees and no beer

but i can ride a bike
can mecka not ride a biek>?
:shockL:

check pms and you bloody email nic... plsk?

deviant · Post by **deviant** » Fri Oct 22, 2010 8:15 am

huge wrote:can't believe how hard i failed finding people to drink beer with just now.

I also failed... I ended up buying a slab and going home.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 11:30 am

gripe to the new dude i sit near at work who whinges about everything. i try to help and he goes nah nah i'll work it out, then whinges some more, and then finally takes my advice...hopefully this is just new job whingeyness or something

youthful_implants · Post by **youthful_implants** » Mon Oct 25, 2010 12:13 pm

huge wrote: only need about half a toke and i'm utterly wankered.

this. I'm a cheap date.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 3:09 pm

mental day argh! been distracted, making mistakes, people at me left right and centre and about to kill an excel document. stupid document.

okay better now

witty_pseudonym · Post by **witty_pseudonym** » Tue Oct 26, 2010 4:48 pm

only two months left.

mrj · Post by **mrj** » Wed Oct 27, 2010 4:55 pm

2nd round of antibiotics. stupid annoying sickness thingy.

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Oct 28, 2010 3:57 am

chest infections are shithouse... i was sick of work for 3 weeks with one...

mecka · Post by **mecka** » Fri Oct 29, 2010 12:13 pm

I an sofucking bored and cbf today

retzie · Post by **retzie** » Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:46 pm

Saturday night/Sunday morning and I'm sitting at home writing a grant application

. Wtf is a 'synergistic activity'? Why do you care who my co-editors of a conference proceedings are? Can I write next to them 'useless prick, never done anything, would probably nix my application out of spite'??

More importantly, 6 pages to go on the detailed project outline (ie. the hard bit). At least I have tomorrow, but that makes it no weekend for the second week in a row

. More more importantly, why am I even doing this when they ain't going to give me the cash?? I mean, I is only asking for $100k...

Then, even when I've finished this, I've got a giant pile of midterms to mark

elysium · Post by **elysium** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:52 am

lonely

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 9:56 am

elysium wrote:lonely

oh no... poor kitteh, i know the feeling and it sux, worst imo... try watching something nice, warm and funny, works for me x

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:00 am

Quick aren't you in London at the mo? cos so is Elly. You two should catch up

Elly - i sent you an email the other week. Can has chats on email sweetness *hugs*

quick · Post by **quick** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:06 am

Elly in London?!?!?!? Call me 0754-155-4308, lots of fun to be had!

Post by **huge** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:26 am

head about to explode. i need at least 6 clones including 1 miniature one.

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 10:57 am

i hear you hugh.

i also hate liars. they suck.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 11:36 am

hey GK maybe you would know the answer to my question in the photo thread. asking flickr people as well

ghetto kitty · Post by **ghetto kitty** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 12:28 pm

will go look!

quiet roar · Post by **quiet roar** » Thu Nov 04, 2010 5:21 pm

huge wrote:head about to explode. i need at least 6 cones

Me too! Although joints would do just as well.

Lizkins · Post by **Lizkins** » Fri Nov 05, 2010 4:35 pm

just printed off 6 reams of paper for training materials

do this every week, so stupid, such a waste of paper, want to hug a tree and say i am sorry, sheesh

gnat · Post by **gnat** » Mon Nov 08, 2010 1:42 pm

i'm so grrrrumpy at the moment about the shit state of social manners i've observed of late. and total lack of community respect

is it too much to ask to say please and thank you to shop assistants or if you're late for a booking or not turning up CALL and let them know- restaurant, hairdresser, vet etc.

organised for this dude to come and pick up some furniture he wanted to buy last week. raced home and he didn't turn up. no call, no text, nothing

FUKCING RUDE

don't even start me on people dumping their shit tv's and old fridges on nature strips all around brunny and stealing plants from people's gardens. buy your own fucking plants and take your SHIT to the dump.

if people are rude tell them so. i started with telling someone at work this morning and was met with a face of dumb shock like no whaaa?

YES YOU FUCKER. you need to learn some manners!

/end rant