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[Arraenae]

I wish that my grandma would stop vomiting out emotional abuse at my mom. She's not even in the room, but I am, and it's loud. I'd move, but I'm doing something with my laptop and don't want to move. Not many places for me to move, anyways. So I suppose I'll just keep up a loud inner monologue to drown it out. 

 

Harmony, it's annoying.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I wish that my grandma would stop vomiting out emotional abuse at my mom. She's not even in the room, but I am, and it's loud. I'd move, but I'm doing something with my laptop and don't want to move. Not many places for me to move, anyways. So I suppose I'll just keep up a loud inner monologue to drown it out. 

 

Harmony, it's annoying.

 

Do you have some headphones you could use to drown it out? 

[Arraenae]

No, but my mom is going to buy some.

[Kaymyth she/her]

So, while I was out of town this weekend, my father-in-law had a mishap while mowing his lawn.  He stepped in a gopher hole, tripped, and rolled down the rather steep hillside in their front yard.

 

He broke 3 ribs.

 

He's also 70 years old, has a pacemaker, and is on blood thinners.

 

I think it may be time my in-laws start hiring someone local to mow their lawn from now on.

 

 

ETA:  Oh, yeah, he has rheumatoid arthritis, too!  SERIOUSLY STOP DOING THIS.

Edited May 10, 2016 by Kaymyth

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

So, while I was out of town this weekend, my father-in-law had a mishap while mowing his lawn.  He stepped in a gopher hole, tripped, and rolled down the rather steep hillside in their front yard.

 

He broke 3 ribs.

 

He's also 70 years old, has a pacemaker, and is on blood thinners.

 

I think it may be time my in-laws start hiring someone local to mow their lawn from now on.

 

 

ETA:  Oh, yeah, he has rheumatoid arthritis, too!  SERIOUSLY STOP DOING THIS.

 

Is he okay?

[Kaymyth she/her]

Is he okay?

 

As okay as one gets when one has broken ribs. 

[Oversleep]

This is gonna be one of the most hellish few days in my life. I'm already sleep deprived, I got a project due on Monday, my and my friend barely started today, I thought he knew what we're doing only to turn out that between us two I'm the more knowledgeable... and I have no idea what's that all about. But I think we can pull this off.

The thing is, the student carnival is starting on Thursday... I don't care, I didn't plan to go anyway but it's because there is a Con on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. I really wanted to go (and I have the ticket bought already, but it was cheap)... maybe if we rush enough I could make it?

Oh, and I realized that I'm failing most of the courses this semester. I'm not sure about lectures, I think I could still pass some of them, but I'll fail the majority of the courses anyway.
My plan is to take year off, retake all the failed courses (in winter semester I could even work somewhere as I will have 4 hours of courses weekly)... I can even pay for them, the money I made this summer is sufficient and I'll still be on plus. No problem here. (My parents would surely help me... but I think I should insist on paying for all of it. These are my mistakes. I have to feel the consequences, if that doesn't shake me up, I don't know what would.)

But my parents know nothing about that. The suspense is growing as the end of the semester approaches. They probably think I'm doing fine. I am not. I can already see the dung and the fan waiting.
Also, I failed the course I'm retaking because I was too focused on the rest. This one should've been easy now, but I failed too many deadlines. Curses.
 

Why all those people can just concentrate and study and do their work and I'm always postponing things until too late? I'm well aware of that and I still do it. Even when I try to force myself to do things earlier, I can't. It's like I don't have motivation until some deadline is close, but by the time it is close it is usually too late. What is wrong with me :|

Edited May 10, 2016 by Oversleep

[Jondesu he/him]

I'm so exhausted I fell asleep for an hour or two when putting my daughter to bed. I then got up to get ready for bed...and it's now 3:33AM, and I can't sleep. Still exhausted, but insomnia is kicking my backside.

jW

[Mestiv he/him]

Why all those people can just concentrate and study and do their work and I'm always postponing things until too late? I'm well aware of that and I still do it. Even when I try to force myself to do things earlier, I can't. It's like I don't have motivation until some deadline is close, but by the time it is close it is usually too late. What is wrong with me :|

 

You probably didn't learn to work hard consistently in high school. I had the same problem. Back in high school, I could do almost all the homework on the school corridor just before the class, I could learn enough material to pass any test in one day or I didn't even had to revise anything. Went through high school with average of >4.0 without even working for it IMO.

 

And then I went to University and it was like a collision with a train. Luckily it turned out I have some talent for the most important things (programming) but I struggled really hard with anything that was about mathematics. I had to retake courses twice but luckily I figured out how to force myself to study

 

I think retaking a year in your situation is the best course of action. Parents won't be happy about it, but well, what can they do? Find a positive side of this situation and focus on it when talking with them. Something like: "I will have more time and I'll be able to get a job and gain some experience" or something like that.

[Haelbarde he/him]

Why all those people can just concentrate and study and do their work and I'm always postponing things until too late? I'm well aware of that and I still do it. Even when I try to force myself to do things earlier, I can't. It's like I don't have motivation until some deadline is close, but by the time it is close it is usually too late. What is wrong with me :|

You probably didn't learn to work hard consistently in high school. I had the same problem. Back in high school, I could do almost all the homework on the school corridor just before the class, I could learn enough material to pass any test in one day or I didn't even had to revise anything. Went through high school with average of >4.0 without even working for it IMO.

 

And then I went to University and it was like a collision with a train. Luckily it turned out I have some talent for the most important things (programming) but I struggled really hard with anything that was about mathematics. I had to retake courses twice but luckily I figured out how to force myself to study

I have had a similar experience to Mestiv, other the fact that I've not got the "study" thing worked out yet. What are you studying? I've been able to mitigate some of my problems by the type of courses I've taken (programming-centric courses when possible, or general courses that cover a number of different topics, which maximizes the amount of prior knowledge to new content)

[Claincy he/him]

Oddly, I actually found Uni significantly easier than high school. I guess I just found that the Comp Sci stuff clicked way easier for me than a lot of the units at High School. :/

 

Anyway, as others are saying. Take a break or lower your load if you need to to make it work. I dropped from a full 4 unit load to 3 units a little over halfway through.

[Oversleep]

You probably didn't learn to work hard consistently in high school. I had the same problem. Back in high school, I could do almost all the homework on the school corridor just before the class, I could learn enough material to pass any test in one day or I didn't even had to revise anything. Went through high school with average of >4.0 without even working for it IMO.

 

And then I went to University and it was like a collision with a train. Luckily it turned out I have some talent for the most important things (programming) but I struggled really hard with anything that was about mathematics. I had to retake courses twice but luckily I figured out how to force myself to study

 

I think retaking a year in your situation is the best course of action. Parents won't be happy about it, but well, what can they do? Find a positive side of this situation and focus on it when talking with them. Something like: "I will have more time and I'll be able to get a job and gain some experience" or something like that.

Yeah, I always managed to get everything done on the last possible moment in highschool. But I also went like that through the first semester at uni, cause everything was quite simple for me, the train collision took place at the second semester.

I'm quite the opposite - I always liked math and mathematical courses were almost a pleasure for me. Programming I'm failing.

 

I don't think my parents will be angry, it's just... how to put it... I feel that they will be disappointed. But not in the bad way like "you disappointed us"; more like they honestly believe I could do better but I still failed.

 

I have had a similar experience to Mestiv, other the fact that I've not got the "study" thing worked out yet. What are you studying? I've been able to mitigate some of my problems by the type of courses I've taken (programming-centric courses when possible, or general courses that cover a number of different topics, which maximizes the amount of prior knowledge to new content)

Anyway, as others are saying. Take a break or lower your load if you need to to make it work. I dropped from a full 4 unit load to 3 units a little over halfway through.

Here, there is no such thing as "choosing the courses". Everyone who is studying IT (at my university at my department) has the same courses as I do, we don't get to choose what we want (until specialization kicks in at 5th semester or something around that). I can't lower my load, cause I have no choice.

[Mestiv he/him]

Here, there is no such thing as "choosing the courses". Everyone who is studying IT (at my university at my department) has the same courses as I do, we don't get to choose what we want (until specialization kicks in at 5th semester or something around that). I can't lower my load, cause I have no choice.

 

And may I ask where do you study?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

How I felt about my writing skills yesterday: 

 

 

How I feel about my writing skills today: 

 

 

What I know I should do: 

 

 

What I want to do and feel would be best in the long run: 

 

 

Because if I keep going, there's a better-than-average chance this will happen: 

 

[Orlion Blight he/him]

How I felt about my writing skills yesterday:

How I feel about my writing skills today:

What I know I should do:

What I want to do and feel would be best in the long run:

Because if I keep going, there's a better-than-average chance this will happen:

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus

There's a learning curve that always needs to be overcome, but once you do so the same Zoidbergs booing you now will be bragging about how they knew you before you were cool

[Delightful]

How I felt about my writing skills yesterday:

How I feel about my writing skills today:

What I know I should do:

What I want to do and feel would be best in the long run:

Because if I keep going, there's a better-than-average chance this will happen:

What you should do is be like the Weasleys and throw those brain weasels as far over the fence as you can. Or stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

Edited May 14, 2016 by Delightful

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

"If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid." - Epictetus

There's a learning curve that always needs to be overcome, but once you do so the same Zoidbergs booing you now will be bragging about how they knew you before you were cool

 

I hope so. 

 

I just need to keep reminding myself that even Tolkien had (and still has) critics.  

 

What you should do is be like the Weasleys and throw those brain weasels as far over the fence as you can. Or stomp! Stomp! Stomp!

 

Thanks.

[Mistrunner]

I hope so. 

 

I just need to keep reminding myself that even Tolkien had (and still has) critics.

 

I drew a brain weasel.

 

 

Do not listen to the brain weasel. It is untrustworthy. Listen to your friends. You have serious writing skills.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I drew a brain weasel.

 

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Do not listen to the brain weasel. It is untrustworthy. Listen to your friends. You have serious writing skills.

 

Wow. That thing looks at once both sinister and obnoxious. Well done.  

[Pinnacle-Ferring he/him]

You know that feeling when you wake up and feel as if you've been snoozing the whole night instead of actually sleeping? And then you have to get up anyway despite the fact that you can barely function?

Sigh. Maybe some coffee will help.

[Delightful]

That's the worst. :/

And here lunchtime naps become usefu :eyeroll:

Edited May 16, 2016 by Delightful

[Master Elodin]

I drew a brain weasel.

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Do not listen to the brain weasel. It is untrustworthy. Listen to your friends. You have serious writing skills.

I'm not supposed to want one as a pet, right? *hangs head in shame* Edited May 17, 2016 by Master Elodin

[ThirdGen]

I'm not supposed to want one as a pet, right? *hangs head in shame*

 

They're usually easier to have than to want.

[Silverblade5 he/him]

I may have just caused my entire group to fail our APUSH final

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I may have just caused my entire group to fail our APUSH final

What happened?