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I've been trying to get a summer job for a while now, and I applied somewhere two weeks ago and the manager said he would talk to me later. I took that as a good thing, cause two of my friends work there and said they can help me get the job. Anyway, I called last week to see how the application was coming along and the guy who answered said the manager wasn't in. No big deal, probably just out or something. I called again today, same guy answers and says the manager isn't there again. I mean I know it's just a small job at a pizza joint, but I could really use the money
If it's been a couple weeks you could always swing by the place and ask in person. Maybe order a pizza for pickup? Get your friends to text you a time when the manager is there. Perferable during the slow hours when he's got more time.
My granny is really sick. My mom went down to Savannah last week to pick her up to bring her back to TN to visit for awhile. While I was at Roo I got a call from my mom saying that my granny was at the hospital with really congested lungs. She had a long battle with TB and was finally declared in remission about a year ago. They did a procedure Monday to flush her lungs out and then yesterday she was rushed to the hospital. She is hospitalized now with pneumonia. They said her heart, lungs, and kidneys are weak and the prognosis isn't good. Please send any spare good vibes you have left over from Bonnaroo. My granny is a true matriarch in every sense of the word and my family will be broken when we lose her.
Very sorry to hear that Sarah. I loved my great grandmother more than anyone and it really took a toll on me to see her pass.
Post by chicojuarz on Jun 18, 2012 10:09:55 GMT -5
My cousin is such an a$$. He's decided to leave his wife and doesnt even want to see his kids. I think the official status right now is no more than one day a week. Actually, I think it's her and the boys that have to move.
And he's decided that his mom will buy him a car, new furniture and whatever else he wants. He never even goes to visit them! I see his parents more than he does. His dad is sick and still this is what he wants to do. Just keep adding on to the stress and financial burden. When I was there his mom couldnt even answer his calls because of it.
Post by EthnicallyCrimean98476 on Jun 20, 2012 0:02:04 GMT -5
To the girls who kept yelling "woooooo" and the guy that yelled "You guys quacking rock!" interrupting Mogwai's beautiful build up in "Fear Satan" tonight, I hope someone spits in your food tomorrow.
So much angst, anxiety, anger, rage, and that feeling kicked-in-the-stomach feeling right now. The sale of our house fell through at the 11th hour because of our agent. We knew the guy and wanted to help him and his family - didn't realize what a huge moron he was. There goes my plan for financial rescue up in smoke. Looks like another few months of scraping by. Deep cleansing breaths and soothing thoughts be damned. I just want to destroy something inanimate and then hide in a corner and cry.
Very sorry to hear everyone's hardships and i know that mine do not compare currently but upset currently due to inability to attend shows i bought tickets for....
None of my friends will go to Governor's ball sat due to money/do not know music/don't want to go to a fest right after roo Girl i was talking to, hasn't responded about free Alabama Shakes show Can't go to Tenacious D because of bbq/family visiting that i did not know about Can't accept volunteer position at Firefly fest because of work issues Can't go to Hot Chip/Sleigh Bells/James Murphy also due to work issues.
Again none of this compares with your hardships and i hope you all begin to get positiveness back in your lives. Just frustrating since i had a pretty dope End of June/July ahead of me.
My oldest dog has been limping since Monday. We are taking her to the vet this afternoon.
So, she tore her cruciate ligament, and there's no way that we can afford the surgery to fix it, but even if we could, she's on the older side (11 1/2), and the vet said that with or without the surgery, there's a 50% chance she'll tear the one on the other side too, and I've read a couple of websites that say that the surgeries they do for this aren't necessarily all that effective. We got her some anti-inflammatories and fish oil, and we are going to restrict her movement and try to help her lose some more weight (we had already been watching her food, and she's lost a little more than ten pounds in the last couple of years, but the vet said she could still stand to lose some more). And I feel like a really terrible person for not being able to get her the surgery.
So, she tore her cruciate ligament, and there's no way that we can afford the surgery to fix it, but even if we could, she's on the older side (11 1/2), and the vet said that with or without the surgery, there's a 50% chance she'll tear the one on the other side too, and I've read a couple of websites that say that the surgeries they do for this aren't necessarily all that effective. We got her some anti-inflammatories and fish oil, and we are going to restrict her movement and try to help her lose some more weight (we had already been watching her food, and she's lost a little more than ten pounds in the last couple of years, but the vet said she could still stand to lose some more). And I feel like a really terrible person for not being able to get her the surgery.
NBF: DO NOT feel like a terrible person. You have given her a fantastic life. You obviously love her. Just continue to give her as much love as you can.
Post by NothingButFlowers on Jun 28, 2012 13:06:42 GMT -5
Thanks, Julie. I have a friend at work whose dog has had the same thing for three years now, and she says that hers has done okay without surgery. They just have to make sure and keep her from overexerting herself sometimes. It just sucks to see her hurting and not be able to do everything possible to help her.
Post by monkybunney on Jun 29, 2012 2:41:24 GMT -5
I think we need a separate thread. Something Like "The This Is Fucking Depressing Thread" (believe me I could contribute to that) separate from the GRRRRRRRRR Thread. There should be a difference between and . That being said everyone who's shared a personal tragedy in this thread I have nothing but a helpless feeling of "I pray things get better for you" you have all the empathy and compassion that I can give to you in your circumstances. I can't tell you they will, but I really do pray things get better for you.
I'm going to bitch about my first world problems for a moment now.
I played a show tonight. I'm the drummer.
Dear Sound Guy,
The thing about playing drums is that they take a few, not many, but a few, less than 10, more like 7 or 8, minutes to set up. A drum kit is not like a guitar rig where you haul it on stage and plug in some chords between the head and the speaker cabinet. For every drum on my current 5 piece configuration (standard configuration for a 5 piece) there is a stand it's attached to. Same with the cymbals.
The thing about those stands and drums/cymbals attached to them is that they all fit into a configuration that the drummer is used to playing in order to pull off their bands songs. PLEASE DON'T START MICING MY SHIT UNTIL I'M FINISHED SETTING IT UP.
Thanks!
Tonight the sound guy as soon as I put a drum on a stand would attach a mic to it. Totally oblivious to the rest of the kit's setup. For fucks sake he actually asked me to sound check the bass drum while I was still positioning the cymbals where they wouldn't feel weird as shit to play on. Because I rushed everything we started the show with all my drums way closer and compact than I'm used to. This affected the performance, at least in my mind. And that sucks because playing a great sounding live show is what I live for.
I'm not a diva, I'm not Les Claypoo'ls character in Electric Apricot, but I like things to FEEL right. If anyone saw us for the first time tonight they would probably think it was a good show, but if they had seen us before they would have probably noticed the drummer seemed off.
Sound guys please, please mic the drummer after they finish setting up the kit.
I'd like to expand on this with the word: Negative (feelings).
I had my Unemployment appeal hearing today. Not sure it will work out in my favor, but at least I know that for the 3 years I worked for that company, I walked in there everyday and did the BEST damn job I could do! The job put a strain on every aspect of my life, and I was on call 24/7, 365! Despite even that, I still gave 110% and they decided to fire me and deny me everything.
Whatever happens, Happens. At least regardless of the out come, everything will be over soon and I will be able to get on with my life.
I think we need a separate thread. Something Like "The This Is quacking Depressing Thread" (believe me I could contribute to that) separate from the GRRRRRRRRR Thread. There should be a difference between and . That being said everyone who's shared a personal tragedy in this thread I have nothing but a helpless feeling of "I pray things get better for you" you have all the empathy and compassion that I can give to you in your circumstances. I can't tell you they will, but I really do pray things get better for you.
I'm going to biznatch about my first world problems for a moment now.
I played a show tonight. I'm the drummer.
Dear Sound Guy,
The thing about playing drums is that they take a few, not many, but a few, less than 10, more like 7 or 8, minutes to set up. A drum kit is not like a guitar rig where you haul it on stage and plug in some chords between the head and the speaker cabinet. For every drum on my current 5 piece configuration (standard configuration for a 5 piece) there is a stand it's attached to. Same with the cymbals.
The thing about those stands and drums/cymbals attached to them is that they all fit into a configuration that the drummer is used to playing in order to pull off their bands songs. PLEASE DON'T START MICING MY shiz UNTIL I'M FINISHED SETTING IT UP.
Thanks!
Tonight the sound guy as soon as I put a drum on a stand would attach a mic to it. Totally oblivious to the rest of the kit's setup. For quacks sake he actually asked me to sound check the bass drum while I was still positioning the cymbals where they wouldn't feel weird as shiz to play on. Because I rushed everything we started the show with all my drums way closer and compact than I'm used to. This affected the performance, at least in my mind. And that sucks because playing a great sounding live show is what I live for.
I'm not a diva, I'm not Les Claypoo'ls character in Electric Apricot, but I like things to FEEL right. If anyone saw us for the first time tonight they would probably think it was a good show, but if they had seen us before they would have probably noticed the drummer seemed off.
Sound guys please, please mic the drummer after they finish setting up the kit.
Having gone to school for audio production, and living near Atlanta, I'd like to know where this place was... I ran live sound at a club for 2 years, and the sound guy should be more patient with everyone. He probably just wanted to get you guys started so he could go troll for some poon by the bar. Also, next time you play near/in ATL, if you'd like me to stop by and be "Your" sound guy, just let me know. I'll do it for a beer or two...
I can usually handle work stress. And sickness. And insomnia. And the roller-coaster emotions caused by relationships. And financial woes with no immediate reprieve in sight (thanks to not getting the raise my boss had approved). And negligent landlords who never fix anything. And employees who don't show up to work when expected.
But add to that mix the godawful heat (really? 108 for the high?) and the fact that I went to put flowers on my father's grave for what would have been his b'day yesterday, and the cemetery was locked. WTF? Why are cemetery gates locked when the sun's still up?
Yeah, I can normally handle all of those things...just not all at once, FFS!
::: takes deep, cleansing breaths :::
Sorry for the whinefest. Had to get some of that off my chest before I have a meltdown. Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
I don't have much calming thoughts beause I am too excited to see Magic Mike this afternoon. I promise you that if you think of Channing Tatum shirtless and dancing, your mood will immediately improve. Smooches.
Welcome back Bonz, but I do not find it strange that your presence being requested in the Orgy thread and then you showing up, like it was the quacking Bonzai Bat Signal.
Sorry for the whinefest. Had to get some of that off my chest before I have a meltdown. Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
I can usually handle work stress. And sickness. And insomnia. And the roller-coaster emotions caused by relationships. And financial woes with no immediate reprieve in sight (thanks to not getting the raise my boss had approved). And negligent landlords who never fix anything. And employees who don't show up to work when expected.
But add to that mix the godawful heat (really? 108 for the high?) and the fact that I went to put flowers on my father's grave for what would have been his b'day yesterday, and the cemetery was locked. WTF? Why are cemetery gates locked when the sun's still up?
Yeah, I can normally handle all of those things...just not all at once, FFS!
::: takes deep, cleansing breaths :::
Sorry for the whinefest. Had to get some of that off my chest before I have a meltdown. Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
Love you! I hope all these issues dissolve away soon.
I'd like to expand on this with the word: Negative (feelings).
I had my Unemployment appeal hearing today. Not sure it will work out in my favor, but at least I know that for the 3 years I worked for that company, I walked in there everyday and did the BEST damn job I could do! The job put a strain on every aspect of my life, and I was on call 24/7, 365! Despite even that, I still gave 110% and they decided to fire me and deny me everything.
Whatever happens, Happens. At least regardless of the out come, everything will be over soon and I will be able to get on with my life.
I can usually handle work stress. And sickness. And insomnia. And the roller-coaster emotions caused by relationships. And financial woes with no immediate reprieve in sight (thanks to not getting the raise my boss had approved). And negligent landlords who never fix anything. And employees who don't show up to work when expected.
But add to that mix the godawful heat (really? 108 for the high?) and the fact that I went to put flowers on my father's grave for what would have been his b'day yesterday, and the cemetery was locked. WTF? Why are cemetery gates locked when the sun's still up?
Yeah, I can normally handle all of those things...just not all at once, FFS!
::: takes deep, cleansing breaths :::
Sorry for the whinefest. Had to get some of that off my chest before I have a meltdown. Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
Sorry things are crappy right now Everyone has good times and bad times.
I'm also going through a little rough patch. As a friend said, it will pass.
^ I'm so sorry to hear about this... It sucks being in that position and feeling undervalued and/or rejected when you clearly gave your best. Their loss, I say. Hope things improve quickly & permanently for you!
I have been drug through the mud raked over the coals and verbally assaulted for exactly 7 hours and 50 minutes. All do to a customer who kept their server in an 80 degree room for almost two years before putting in a cooling unit. Their abused and long out of warranty hardware is starting to fail. SURPRISE!!!!!!! Really? And now they want to yell and scream about being billed for tomorrow to replace the failed hardware? ARE YOU KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!
But add to that mix the godawful heat (really? 108 for the high?) and the fact that I went to put flowers on my father's grave for what would have been his b'day yesterday, and the cemetery was locked. WTF? Why are cemetery gates locked when the sun's still up? Please send calming thoughts my way if you can. Not sure how much more of this I can take...
Holls:
It's just one guy's opinion, but I believe your dad absolutely knows and appreciates that you were there with flowers for him. A locked gate was not of your own or your dad's making, and a locked gate didn't block your expression of love for him. Actually, the fact that it took place in blistering heat makes it all the more meaningful.
Calming thoughts, already sent from here. Better days, miss!
(EDIT - Also holding good thoughts for you, your granny, and the rest of your family, Sarah....)