Having a Bad Day?: Get 'yer Hugs here!!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

I had a chemistry teacher who either couldn't explain the best way to calculate moles or didn't want to, because every time a student said "I don't understand how to calculate moles" (which was often) he would say "Well, it's just like making chocolate chip cookies, but the recipe calls for three eggs and you only have two, so you have to reduce the rest of the ingredients accordingly." It didn't help anyone understand moles, and all it did was make us daydream about cookies for the rest of the class. 

Sorry you're having teacher troubles, Mistrunner. A bad teacher can make a good subject daunting.  

[Orlion Blight he/him]

16 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I had a chemistry teacher who either couldn't explain the best way to calculate moles or didn't want to, because every time a student said "I don't understand how to calculate moles" (which was often) he would say "Well, it's just like making chocolate chip cookies, but the recipe calls for three eggs and you only have two, so you have to reduce the rest of the ingredients accordingly." It didn't help anyone understand moles, and all it did was make us daydream about cookies for the rest of the class. 

Sorry you're having teacher troubles, Mistrunner. A bad teacher can make a good subject daunting.  

That seems fairly clear to me 

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, Orlion Determined said:

That seems fairly clear to me 

I'm still a freshman in high school, and I plan on going into music, so when I learn about moles, it won't be for long.

But I feel for you, Mistrunner.

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

19 minutes ago, Orlion Determined said:

That seems fairly clear to me 

It would've been much clearer if he'd made chocolate chip cookies to demonstrate. And then shared them all with the class. For science.  

[Briar King]

Starting to hit panic mode trying to get into a new Dr for my bad leg before my current one closes the door on 21st.

[Darkness Ascendant he/him]

I live in Sydney, Australia @Magestar, and @Orlion Determined, glad to know ur fine ti

[Delightful]

9 hours ago, Mistrunner said:

So. Teachers.

My history teacher is definitely not the best on any day, as he can't pronounce anything correctly and he steals all his (low-quality) powerpoints and assignments from other teachers, but today was especially bad. For one, he kept pronouncing "Canaan" as "cannon". It went downhill from there. We started talking about Judaism. I may not be Jewish, but my best friend is, and I've read the Bible. I'm at least vaguely familiar with the concepts. I know at least enough to realize that the name for God they used in both his powerpoints and the textbook is considered extremely sacred and not to be pronounced outside of prayer. I kept wincing every time he said it. Not... good...

My English teacher is possibly worse than my history teacher, which is fun. Her classroom occasionally smells suspiciously like cigarette smoke, and once last week she just left in the middle of the day. The office didn't even know she was gone. We had to stand outside awkwardly until they sent down one of the office ladies to awkwardly attempt to tell us what to do. It was weird. She resigned yesterday, so now we have no English teacher and an AP test at the end of the year.

Yaaaay.

Well.....cannon is ships and it is one the coast....

yeah. Ouch. If you're teaching a religion like Judaism you should know enough to not say G-D's name :l. We usually say 'Hashem' in casual conversation (which literally means 'the name') not...other holier names. I don't suppose you could correct the teacher, could you?

 

my bad day starts so wonderfully. Couple days really. I was being super creative and making awesomeness and being really happy, and now I have some form of RSI or something and my hands hurt to scroll on my phone and I can't do anything much and I'm very sad. I have all these ideas I can't do anything about!!

[marsoupial they/them]

20 minutes ago, Delightful said:

Well.....cannon is ships and it is one the coast....

yeah. Ouch. If you're teaching a religion like Judaism you should know enough to not say G-D's name :l. We usually say 'Hashem' in casual conversation (which literally means 'the name') not...other holier names. I don't suppose you could correct the teacher, could you?

 

my bad day starts so wonderfully. Couple days really. I was being super creative and making awesomeness and being really happy, and now I have some form of RSI or something and my hands hurt to scroll on my phone and I can't do anything much and I'm very sad. I have all these ideas I can't do anything about!!

Just use a voice recorder of some kind until you feel better, which hopefully will be soon. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Remember how I sent in my paperwork to have my plates and title transferred from Arizona to Louisiana? And remember how I said the payment—a not-insignificant amount—had been processed back in July and I hadn't heard a single word from the DMV, despite having listed my phone number in addition to my mailing address? 

As my Arizona registration is about to expire, I contacted them online two weeks ago, heard nothing, and called back today. After giving them my VIN number, I was told that the plates were sent back. Why? 

I wrote down my apartment number on my paperwork. I know I did. I always do. 

But no one bothered to enter it into their system. 

"Thank you for calling the Office of Motor Vehicles, located in beautiful Incompetence Valley, Louisiana. How may we not help you today?" 

[Briar King]

Ugh Dr in LC denied me and my old man friend today. Now having to try to get in Lafayette. That sucks so much!

[Mestiv he/him]

I didn't get the job at Google  me sad  

Edited September 14, 2016 by Mestiv

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

44 minutes ago, Mestiv said:

I didn't get the job at Google  me sad  

Hugs?

[Jondesu he/him]

Dropped off one car at the mechanic to address the engine stalling, and the other car's window rolled down on the way there...and won't roll back up. Couldn't leave them both, so we have a trash bag taped over the back window of that car while we wait to hear about the other car. We can't afford to fix either, and fortunately the one in the shop is my brother's and he's going to pay for the repair, but I don't know for sure what we'll do about the window on the other one (or the broken side view mirror that's taped in place).

jW

[marsoupial they/them]

6 hours ago, Mestiv said:

I didn't get the job at Google  me sad  

*Hugs*

[Orlion Blight he/him]

6 hours ago, Mestiv said:

I didn't get the job at Google  me sad  

Really, Google should be in this thread posting "Darn, we didn't hire Mestiv! How are we suppose to carry out the Gamma Plan, now?"

[Mestiv he/him]

Thanks guys, you're the best I will find some other nice job, after all it shouldn't be that hard for a programmer. And I'll try again in a year or so maybe I'll have better luck next time

[Claincy he/him]

K. So, I partly think I should be posting in the good news thread and not here but this thread fits how I'm feeling.

First the good:

I've been offered additional work at my current workplace. (Which is interesting, professional, well payed casual work.) So really, this is a very good thing I'm now at a point where I need to turn down some of the work offered cos I can't handle more cos of my health issues, which is where the bad part comes in. I've got an appointment with another specialist on Tuesday so hopefully they'll be able to help. But frankly I have difficulty feeling any optimism about that. Over 3 years and nothing we've tried has worked :/ It's not always that bad, sometimes it's less debilitating and more just annoying. Past couple of months have been fairly bad though.

Anyway, what bothers me more at the moment is that it's hard for me to really remember how it felt to not be sick/in pain and stupid as it may be that's kinda snuck into my identity. On top of that part of me is afraid of being well, partly because then I won't have an excuse for when I fail etc and partly cos I know that it's had a major impact on me as a person. Truth be told there were some negative aspects of my personality that changed for the better because of my sickness and part of me is a little afraid that if I were to get fully better some of that might sneak back in. I'd be on guard for it of course and I'd never let myself go too far that way, still, scares me a little.

Anyway, just been a couple of those days, I'll probably feel better tomorrow

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Guess who had their car insurance cost raised without warning?  

[marsoupial they/them]

2 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Guess who had their car insurance cost raised without warning?  

Oof.

*hugs*

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

22 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Oof.

*hugs*

I sent them an email, but I'm sure I'll just wind up waiting two weeks before receiving a form reply with some stupid excuse. I'm kind of expecting it to be something like "You live in Louisiana, and the flooding in Baton Rouge reminded us that we can charge you more for insurance, even though you live in New Orleans and you haven't made a single claim in the past six months you've had this policy." 

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I sent them an email, but I'm sure I'll just wind up waiting two weeks before receiving a form reply with some stupid excuse. I'm kind of expecting it to be something like "You live in Louisiana, and the flooding in Baton Rouge reminded us that we can charge you more for insurance, even though you live in New Orleans and you haven't made a single claim in the past six months you've had this policy." 

That's terrible, Twi. I'm sorry.

 

Hey, how's Bruce doing?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Just now, bleeder said:

That's terrible, Twi. I'm sorry.

 

Hey, how's Bruce doing?

Such is the way of business: invent a reason to price gouge during a crisis, then pass it off like you're doing the customer a favor by charging them more.  

He's doing fine. The vet said his yeast infection is nothing to worry about, if I continue the treatment, and he seems to be a happy little guy most of the time. So I'm not going to worry about him. 

[marsoupial they/them]

Just now, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Such is the way of business: invent a reason to price gouge during a crisis, then pass it off like you're doing the customer a favor by charging them more.  

He's doing fine. The vet said his yeast infection is nothing to worry about, if I continue the treatment, and he seems to be a happy little guy most of the time. So I'm not going to worry about him. 

Great! I'm glad he's OK. 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

6 minutes ago, bleeder said:

Great! I'm glad he's OK. 

Me too.  

[Oversleep]

I think I know how Diesirae, the Shardholder of Wrath, feels all the time he's resisting his Intent.

Spoiler

A Shard I made up to convey my mood. Stay tuned.