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Hardly a grrr because at least it waited until after I got back from Shaky Knees, but as it always seems to do after three weeks of not sleeping because of being crazy busy with school and then a festival, i'm getting sick
Right there with you. I should rest, but I have stuff to do.
Hardly a grrr because at least it waited until after I got back from Shaky Knees, but as it always seems to do after three weeks of not sleeping because of being crazy busy with school and then a festival, i'm getting sick
Right there with you. I should rest, but I have stuff to do.
Yep, of course I have a million things I should be doing for work
Guys, I'm freaking out. So the position I start at the end of the month REQUIRES working Reunion Weekend. Which is the first weekend of June. During the final stages (before accepting), I confirmed that Bonnaroo will work. It was confirmed (it still is). What I juuuuuuuuuuust learned is that Reunion isn't set as the first weekend of June, but rather set as "three weeks after graduation." I looked at the approved calendars for the next two years... REUNION WILL BE BONNAROO. Although there's not an approved calendar for the academic years after that, it seems like Reunion will be Bonnaroo weekend more often than not.
Seriously, I'd rather them tell me I have to work Christmas.
Tonight I'm going out with my friends to celebrate Paige getting a new job...... in Nashville. She is moving in 2 weeks. We knew this was going to happen, but we thought we had like another month. I don't like this. First Paige moves, then I move, the everything is going to be weird and different and scary.
I'm probably going to get very sad drunk tonight. I'm sorry guys, but it's going to be all the feels.
Guys, I'm freaking out. So the position I start at the end of the month REQUIRES working Reunion Weekend. Which is the first weekend of June. During the final stages (before accepting), I confirmed that Bonnaroo will work. It was confirmed (it still is). What I juuuuuuuuuuust learned is that Reunion isn't set as the first weekend of June, but rather set as "three weeks after graduation." I looked at the approved calendars for the next two years... REUNION WILL BE BONNAROO. Although there's not an approved calendar for the academic years after that, it seems like Reunion will be Bonnaroo weekend more often than not.
Seriously, I'd rather them tell me I have to work Christmas.
That is so shitty I'm sorry love. Blehhhh. So this year you're out for sure? Join the [sad] club.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
You guys ever had a bad struck of luck? I've been feeling like that lately and it fucking blows. It's 28 days till bonnaroo, my first bonnaroo, and I've lost weight and eating healthy and yet I still feel like a huge pile of crap. It's like i'm not even enjoying my countdown for bonnaroo. When I think of bonnaroo I just think meh, the experience really can't be THAT life changing. The lineup is ok and sub par but really the reason why I bought the ticket was because of this experience that people have and I need that experience.But maybe I'm setting high expectations or I just think people hype it up. I feel like a piece of crap/shit because of stupid shit I do. It feels like everything I do, no matter of my intentions, always seems to shoot me right back in the face ( I don't know if that's a saying, it is in spanish. I hope you get the gist of it).
It's like all this work and effort for nothing.
Todo me sale mal carajo! (everything goes wrong)
UGH.
End rant
It is going to be so worth it. I promise. The next few weeks may get better, or they may suck. But regardless Bonnaroo is like a light at the end of the tunnel. Once you're there you're going to forget all about the shitty stuff. It's like 4 (or 5, depending on when you're showing up) days where you quite literally escape reality. Congrats on your weight loss and healthier lifestyle. That's a positive no matter how you spin it. Things will turn around for you, they always do. Just hang in there. <3
That is so shitty I'm sorry love. Blehhhh. So this year you're out for sure? Join the [sad] club.
No, I do have Bonnaroo this year (luuuukkiillyyy). It's the first weekend of June this year, but the way dates fall, the next two years it will (most likely) be the second weekend.
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.
That is so shitty I'm sorry love. Blehhhh. So this year you're out for sure? Join the [sad] club.
No, I do have Bonnaroo this year (luuuukkiillyyy). It's the first weekend of June this year, but the way dates fall, the next two years it will (most likely) be the second weekend.
Ah well at least you have this year!! And next year is so far away, don't even worry bout it yet.
Considering you've found the need to respond to my threads as if you are threatened by me I offer you some peace my confused counterpart. May you find peace in your restless soul.
That is so shitty I'm sorry love. Blehhhh. So this year you're out for sure? Join the [sad] club.
No, I do have Bonnaroo this year (luuuukkiillyyy). It's the first weekend of June this year, but the way dates fall, the next two years it will (most likely) be the second weekend.
So priority #1 of the new job is come up with a really, really good reason why they should have it the first weekend of June.
No, I do have Bonnaroo this year (luuuukkiillyyy). It's the first weekend of June this year, but the way dates fall, the next two years it will (most likely) be the second weekend.
So priority #1 of the new job is come up with a really, really good reason why they should have it the first weekend of June.
ON IT! But really, in addition to losing Bonnaroo, the weeks leading up to it are really crazy too (alumni office... reunion... they go hand in hand). So it will likely nix the festivals leading up to it. Meaning I'll probably never do a Mountain Jam again unless I do a day pass or two over the weekend. Shaky Knees seems improbable....
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.
So priority #1 of the new job is come up with a really, really good reason why they should have it the first weekend of June.
ON IT! But really, in addition to losing Bonnaroo, the weeks leading up to it are really crazy too (alumni office... reunion... they go hand in hand). So it will likely nix the festivals leading up to it. Meaning I'll probably never do a Mountain Jam again unless I do a day pass or two over the weekend. Shaky Knees seems improbable....
Okay priority #1 is actually find a really, really good reason the reunion should be in the Fall
ON IT! But really, in addition to losing Bonnaroo, the weeks leading up to it are really crazy too (alumni office... reunion... they go hand in hand). So it will likely nix the festivals leading up to it. Meaning I'll probably never do a Mountain Jam again unless I do a day pass or two over the weekend. Shaky Knees seems improbable....
Okay priority #1 is actually find a really, really good reason the reunion should be in the Fall
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.
I just took out my old calendars. In years that I have worked here, including this year, Bonnaroo and Reunion Weekend have fallen on the same weekend 4 out of 8 times. FIFTY MOTHER F'IN PERCENT.
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.
I just took out my old calendars. In years that I have worked here, including this year, Bonnaroo and Reunion Weekend have fallen on the same weekend 4 out of 8 times. FIFTY MOTHER F'IN PERCENT.
I've missed the last two Bonnaroos, this year makes three. It's not fun, but it's not the end of the world. At some point you come to acceptance that you can't do it every year.
I just took out my old calendars. In years that I have worked here, including this year, Bonnaroo and Reunion Weekend have fallen on the same weekend 4 out of 8 times. FIFTY MOTHER F'IN PERCENT.
I've missed the last two Bonnaroos, this year makes three. It's not fun, but it's not the end of the world. At some point you come to acceptance that you can't do it every year.
I've missed the last two Bonnaroos, this year makes three. It's not fun, but it's not the end of the world. At some point you come to acceptance that you can't do it every year.
I'm in the acceptance phase for this year.
I'm not. I refuse to accept. And I am not kidding.
I'm not. I refuse to accept. And I am not kidding.
I feel like Shaky Knees kind of prepared me for the FOMO feels. I'm going to miss you all so much, but I've accepted it's for real not happening this year.
I'm not. I refuse to accept. And I am not kidding.
I feel like Shaky Knees kind of prepared me for the FOMO feels. I'm going to miss you all so much, but I've accepted it's for real not happening this year.
So at Shaky Knees last weekend I saw this singer called Halsey. She sang a song about "growing up on Biggie and Nirvana" but this chick is only 20 years old. Does this bother anyone who was born in the 90s? I was born at the beginning of the 90s, but I would say that by the time I became conscience of mainstream music, both artist were no longer heard on the radio. I just hate this fake nostalgia that modern artist use to validate namedropping past artist. Just say you grew up on NSYNC, Spears, and Smash Month and get over it.
So at Shaky Knees last weekend I saw this singer called Halsey. She sang a song about "growing up on Biggie and Nirvana" but this chick is only 20 years old. Does this bother anyone who was born in the 90s? I was born at the beginning of the 90s, but I would say that by the time I became conscience of mainstream music, both artist were no longer heard on the radio. I just hate this fake nostalgia that modern artist use to validate namedropping past artist. Just say you grew up on NSYNC, Spears, and Smash Month and get over it.
While I listened to whatever was on the radio at the time, I "grew up" on acts like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin because that's what my uncles listened to constantly.
That and a bunch of old ass country (step dad) and gospel (grandparents)
So at Shaky Knees last weekend I saw this singer called Halsey. She sang a song about "growing up on Biggie and Nirvana" but this chick is only 20 years old. Does this bother anyone who was born in the 90s? I was born at the beginning of the 90s, but I would say that by the time I became conscience of mainstream music, both artist were no longer heard on the radio. I just hate this fake nostalgia that modern artist use to validate namedropping past artist. Just say you grew up on NSYNC, Spears, and Smash Month and get over it.
While I listened to whatever was on the radio at the time, I "grew up" on acts like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin because that's what my uncles listened to constantly.
That and a bunch of old ass country (step dad) and gospel (grandparents)
I was a huge classic rock kid and was more influenced by that than anything on the radio. I just think she is trying to encapsulate the experience of that age group and I think that line is more relatable to someone born in the early 80s. She is just trying appeal to the "Buzzfeeds 20 Musicians that defined your 90s childhood" kids.
So this sucks. Why did everything get stacked on tomorrow?
Popsicle Sarah and her husband were in the Boston area for an unrelated matter, and wanted to meet up before heading back to Maine. Then there was a free beer tasting about 45 minutes away in the afternoon. Was hoping to go there with a couple friends, after I missed the Great Int'l Beer Festival a few weeks back. And then I got a phone call from my best friend, saying an old college friend was moving to Washington state and stopping in the area tomorrow on his way out west. Can't do any of them, because I got sucked into some family obligation bullshit that I don't want to do in the first place.
That's really shitty, sorry to hear it. Seems like it all stacked up on you last night. That's gotta be rough losing two friends to OD's, my heart goes out to you. Hope things get better soon.
Thank you. Unfortunately, Nathan now makes the 6th person I've lost to an OD. All from herion or other opiate. You'd think by now people would have learned that, i don't know, herion is a like a totally bad drug or something.... But no, people keep doing it and selling it and dying. It's hard to believe that herion has gotten this bad now. Like, it's fucking everywhere here. In fact, Columbus' episode of Drugs Inc. was about heroin.
Also, I thought I posted this in the grr thread. Evidently I was more intoxicated than I thought.. Sorry to hijack the fun thread with this stupid shit.
Damn, that's pretty crazy. I don't know if I'm hanging with the wrong people (read, the right people), but heroin doesn't have that strong of a grasp down here.
Edit: Monie I ninja moved the convo to the grrrr thread, so by all means discuss if wanted/needed.
Thank you. Unfortunately, Nathan now makes the 6th person I've lost to an OD. All from herion or other opiate. You'd think by now people would have learned that, i don't know, herion is a like a totally bad drug or something.... But no, people keep doing it and selling it and dying. It's hard to believe that herion has gotten this bad now. Like, it's fucking everywhere here. In fact, Columbus' episode of Drugs Inc. was about heroin.
Also, I thought I posted this in the grr thread. Evidently I was more intoxicated than I thought.. Sorry to hijack the fun thread with this stupid shit.
Damn, that's pretty crazy. I don't know if I'm hanging with the wrong people (read, the right people), but heroin doesn't have that strong of a grasp down here.
Columbus has 2 major interstates that run through it (70 & 71, and then st rt 33 that goes into WV too but isn't a "freeway") that either directly or indirectly connect multiple big cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville. Because of this we've become a hub for national trafficking. It's really, really bad here. The suburb I grew up in, Pickerington, sits right along 33. A highway that has been officially dubbed the Herion Highway. Because of this the various smaller cities along 33 (Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens) have all been hit hard because they're mostly low to middle class areas on the way to Columbus. I'm sure the prevalence here is much higher than most other places because of this.
Idk if this link will work, but this is my friend Marin. She was like a little sister to me. She was definitely my biggest loss in all of this. Her parents have started speaking statewide about the herion epidemic here.
Ok. This is a fun thread. I'll stop now. [jk, didn't realize @rothric moved this from he drunken ramble thread.]
Damn, that's pretty crazy. I don't know if I'm hanging with the wrong people (read, the right people), but heroin doesn't have that strong of a grasp down here.
Columbus has 2 major interstates that run through it (70 & 71, and then st rt 33 that goes into WV too but isn't a "freeway") that either directly or indirectly connect multiple big cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville. Because of this we've become a hub for national trafficking. It's really, really bad here. The suburb I grew up in, Pickerington, sits right along 33. A highway that has been officially dubbed the Herion Highway. Because of this the various smaller cities along 33 (Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens) have all been hit hard because they're mostly low to middle class areas on the way to Columbus. I'm sure the prevalence here is much higher than most other places because of this.
Idk if this link will work, but this is my friend Marin. She was like a little sister to me. She was definitely my biggest loss in all of this. Her parents have started speaking statewide about the herion epidemic here.
I feel your pain. As someone who grew up in WV (a very poor part of WV) and now resides in Pittsburgh, Ive seen/experienced my fair share of how bad the state of affairs is around here. I dont even like going "home" anymore because its so bad Im disgusted to even be in that area. Ive actually had to start using my second hand to count the number of close friends Ive lost to ODs. Not acquaintances, but close friends including my best friend. If you need to talk about anything, you can always message me
Columbus has 2 major interstates that run through it (70 & 71, and then st rt 33 that goes into WV too but isn't a "freeway") that either directly or indirectly connect multiple big cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville. Because of this we've become a hub for national trafficking. It's really, really bad here. The suburb I grew up in, Pickerington, sits right along 33. A highway that has been officially dubbed the Herion Highway. Because of this the various smaller cities along 33 (Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens) have all been hit hard because they're mostly low to middle class areas on the way to Columbus. I'm sure the prevalence here is much higher than most other places because of this.
Idk if this link will work, but this is my friend Marin. She was like a little sister to me. She was definitely my biggest loss in all of this. Her parents have started speaking statewide about the herion epidemic here.
I feel your pain. As someone who grew up in WV (a very poor part of WV) and now resides in Pittsburgh, Ive seen/experienced my fair share of how bad the state of affairs is around here. I dont even like going "home" anymore because its so bad Im disgusted to even be in that area. Ive actually had to start using my second hand to count the number of close friends Ive lost to ODs. Not acquaintances, but close friends including my best friend. If you need to talk about anything, you can always message me
It's is ridiculous to me that it's this bad. Out of the 6 Marin was by far the closest to me. If you've ever heard me mention my friend Grumpy, Marin and her went to pre school together, so I've known Marin as long as I've known Grumpy. That was a huge loss and there are still days it gets to me. The other 4 were people I'd call friends, we hung out and would see each other around, but we weren't close close. Nathan was a good friend of mine from high school. Loss touch with him after his twin brother and my friend broke up, but once upon a time we were close. So to hear that he was messing around with that shit, and that it took his life all in the same sentence was a blow. Unfortunately, I didn't/couldn't go to his showing today. So many people have died around me in the past 11 years (I'm talking around 15 people) that I just can't do the funeral thing anymore unless it's someone extremely close to me. I just can't do it. It makes me feel shitty, but it's too hard to continuously be attending people's funerals. The ODs & suicides are the worst ones too, because in the back of your mind you feel like you could've done something about it.
Damn, that's pretty crazy. I don't know if I'm hanging with the wrong people (read, the right people), but heroin doesn't have that strong of a grasp down here.
Columbus has 2 major interstates that run through it (70 & 71, and then st rt 33 that goes into WV too but isn't a "freeway") that either directly or indirectly connect multiple big cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville. Because of this we've become a hub for national trafficking. It's really, really bad here. The suburb I grew up in, Pickerington, sits right along 33. A highway that has been officially dubbed the Herion Highway. Because of this the various smaller cities along 33 (Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens) have all been hit hard because they're mostly low to middle class areas on the way to Columbus. I'm sure the prevalence here is much higher than most other places because of this.
Idk if this link will work, but this is my friend Marin. She was like a little sister to me. She was definitely my biggest loss in all of this. Her parents have started speaking statewide about the herion epidemic here.
Ok. This is a fun thread. I'll stop now. [jk, didn't realize @rothric moved this from he drunken ramble thread.]
I moved out of Columbus (the Powell/Dublin area) when I was a Freshman in high school. I moved back here to finish college and I was shocked by the heroin presence. Spending my high school years in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, heroin was more of a myth than something childhood friends OD on.
Columbus has 2 major interstates that run through it (70 & 71, and then st rt 33 that goes into WV too but isn't a "freeway") that either directly or indirectly connect multiple big cities like Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Chicago and Louisville. Because of this we've become a hub for national trafficking. It's really, really bad here. The suburb I grew up in, Pickerington, sits right along 33. A highway that has been officially dubbed the Herion Highway. Because of this the various smaller cities along 33 (Pickerington, Canal Winchester, Lancaster, Logan, Nelsonville, Athens) have all been hit hard because they're mostly low to middle class areas on the way to Columbus. I'm sure the prevalence here is much higher than most other places because of this.
Idk if this link will work, but this is my friend Marin. She was like a little sister to me. She was definitely my biggest loss in all of this. Her parents have started speaking statewide about the herion epidemic here.
Ok. This is a fun thread. I'll stop now. [jk, didn't realize @rothric moved this from he drunken ramble thread.]
I moved out of Columbus (the Powell/Dublin area) when I was a Freshman in high school. I moved back here to finish college and I was shocked by the heroin presence. Spending my high school years in San Antonio and Austin, Texas, heroin was more of a myth than something childhood friends OD on.
Yea, Dublin & Powell I hear are bad too with it. Which is ironic since those are the really nice suburbs, along with Hilliard and New Albany. Olentangey is Powell, right? I know their high schools had a big problem with it.
Herion should be a myth. It should be something that you know exists, but is never actually see. It shouldn't be something that 15 year old kids are doing in the bathrooms in high school. Because they are here. At Pickerington North, the "nicer, ritzier" high school in Pickerington, they continuously find needles and bags with light brown powder residue in the bathrooms. When I was in high school I knew a few certain kids would occasionally do coke in the bathrooms. But that was like a solitary group of 5 people and the thought of them doing it was outrageous. I can't imagine knowing people are shooting up during classes in a fucking high school.
It's funny how we make these lines in our heads as to what drugs are good and bad. For example, I have experimented with pot, various hallucinogens and "designer" drugs like X, MDMA, MDA, or some pills here and there. In my head when done responsibly those aren't terrible, terrible drugs to do on occasion (save for the pills, don't fuck with pills people). But I would never go near herion, meth, crack, PCP, bath salts, or whatever the fuck else people do. So somehow MDMA is ok, but herion isn't. I honestly just find it interesting how someone, like Marin or Nathan, who grew up very similarly to me, went to the same high school and even was more well-off than me could cross that line.