[QuickTidal]

Abyss, on 13 March 2012 - 04:56 AM, said:

Ain, on 13 March 2012 - 03:57 AM, said:

One of the theatre casting calls replied, but they require me to perform an audition in 2 days. I'm really not sure I could prepare anything in that amount of time...but I don't want to miss out on this chance. Guess I'll try and stall for time.

Extra points if you bring your own horse

That's what she said.

Heyo!

This post has been edited by QuickTidal: 13 March 2012 - 01:35 PM

[Macros]

ants
everywhere

hows does one lure ants out of his laptop?

for serious

[Gothos]

On the weekend I was doing shopping with parents, and I've made a terrible discovery.
When passing the meat section I noticed stuff that would be awesome for grilling, all prepared and shit... I realized I was more excited about the food at a hypothetical future grill party than the booze.

I am getting old.

[QuickTidal]

Macros, on 13 March 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

ants
everywhere

hows does one lure ants out of his laptop?

for serious

Have a picnic?

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Pouring rain, can't find my raincoat, don't own an umbrella. Guess I'm not going to class.

[Abyss]

Macros, on 13 March 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

ants
everywhere

hows does one lure ants out of his laptop?

for serious

Gothos, on 13 March 2012 - 02:38 PM, said:

On the weekend I was doing shopping with parents, and I've made a terrible discovery.
When passing the meat section I noticed stuff that would be awesome for grilling, all prepared and shit... I realized I was more excited about the food at a hypothetical future grill party than the booze.

I am getting old.

QuickTidal, on 13 March 2012 - 03:32 PM, said:

Macros, on 13 March 2012 - 02:32 PM, said:

ants
everywhere

hows does one lure ants out of his laptop?

for serious

Have a picnic?

There's some commonality of interest here.
Just infuse the steaks with booze and EVERYONE's happy.
Even the ants.

Adjutant Stormy, on 13 March 2012 - 03:51 PM, said:

Pouring rain, can't find my raincoat, don't own an umbrella. Guess I'm not going to class.

Wuss.
Get a bathing suit on and get out there!

[Mezla PigDog]

It was my birthday on Saturday and we went on holiday to Florence. It was lovely and all that but Mr PigDog seemed to lose all common sense on the day before. We were wandering about being tourists on the eve of my 32nd birthday, naturally I'm struggling to come to terms with the number and he said "I'm not sure if it's just because it's windy, but you have a lot more grey hairs than last time I noticed". Mother fucker!

[RodeoRanch]

House hunting is stressful.

[rhulad]

My wife just sent me a picture of some clothes that came out of our dryer... Apparently we need a new one as it seems that the drum has separated from it's seat, and now shirts are getting into the gap causing some awful grey metal shaving marks. This of course had to come during a month that she is doing a practicum and therefore not working. Both our dryer and washer are fairly old, so I suppose we will be replacing them both with a laundry pair.

Edit: @Rodeo: if you don't already have one, get a realty agent. They don't cost the buyer anything and they (if they're any good) make the experience much less stressful since they do most of the work (finding places in your price range, writing up offers etc.) for you.

This post has been edited by rhulad: 13 March 2012 - 05:59 PM

[QuickTidal]

It's 2PM and 57 people are already in line for the GRRM signing tonight at 7:30PM.

I'm so fucking boned. By the time I get down there the lineup will be ridiculous.

Contemplating not going, and annoyed by the fact that a number of these fucking keeners (who apparently don't have fucking jobs to go to) will be fans only since the HBO show...and for some (altogether selfish) reason, a long-time fan of the book series like me is pissed off by that.

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[Adjutant Stormy~]

Hipster GRRM Fan.

But I feel your pain - I usually blow off events like that if it's going to necessitate either a 4 hour wait or sneaking in. Too much time and effort, I have shit to do.

I did go to the opening night of the Watchmen movie, where there were hundreds of people in line when I showed up. But that's because I saw my friend Jacob standing first in line (he'd been there since 9AM) and I cut everybody.

This post has been edited by Adjutant Stormy: 13 March 2012 - 09:57 PM

[Gust Hubb]

You know, in high school, years ago, I was an overachiever. A "B+" killed me, and I only hear the criticisms over the more numerous compliments. Advanced Placement classes, determination to know everything, etc, etc.

I hate overachievers. The problem with being the best or scaling the mountain to get there is that you only have your eyes in front of you and don't see the rubble you kick down on other people's heads or the hand holds you snatch from those climbing alongside. Hell, you'd grab the leg of the guy above you and pull yourself up his body before kicking him in the face once he is bypassed if you weren't afraid of the repercussions from those even higher.

I could have gone home at a normal hour. MY work was done. But teamwork dictates you ask others if they need help, especially when they are the only people who will let you go home. So I ask. Mistake (not that I had a choice). Scut work. Copying pages and delivering them to an ill described location, a room number starting with a number in a building that labels all its rooms first with a letter. Yeah. Fun times.

So scut work done. Copies delivered to someone who was not even there. Return, hoping that it was the last task of the day. And it was! The "teammate" didn't need any more help. So I can go? Hope, hope, hope. Why don't find the other teammate and ask if he has anything he needs (no matter that he was about to let me go earlier when I was assigned your scut work)? And we wait for him, I sit trying to look busy with nothing. We wait. Why don't you go to this room, he's probably there. Sure, start heading off. Oh, wait for me I'll walk with you.

So GH, have you been reading up on things at home, trying to learn a little on the side.

Um, no not really.... [mistake. DOH! >.< should have lied]

Really? But you know this is a great learning opportunity, and yes it's busy here and hard to read up, but you have time to learn when you get home. Well, I guess you have to give some time to your family, but you should still be able to look up at least one topic a night and explore it.

... [thinking about the exam tomorrow that I need to study for with the time we are using to find that other teammate]

Well, you should definitely look up this, I mean its a great topic, and it will be relevant for what you want to do after school, right?

Sure, definitely...

We arrive, hey excuse me have you seen our teammate? Well, no not really, wait except for what was it 30-60 minutes ago. Oh, well no worries we'll just keep looking.

On our way back up to the central station. Hey GH, you know, he's probably in that meeting we forgot he was attending and probably left for when I had you run off to do my scut work. Haha, silly me. Well, let's just wait for him to come back.

... run into him... oh hey guys. Hey! so do you have anything else for GH to do? Nope, he can head home. Ah, good right, well have a good night GH. Uh, yeah thanks.

And with a rictus that is barely hidden behind a grimace, I grab my gear and head off. Time lost, studying to do, family waiting. And perhaps this wouldn't be so bad if.... I DIDN'T HAVE TO GET UP AT 3:30 AM TWO MORNINGS IN A ROW TO GET EVERYTHING READY TO GO BY 6:30!!!!! Yeah, mmhhhmmm. np. it's all cool.

I really do want to be an overachiever like you. I really want to be the best there ever was and will be, even if that's all I ever do, ever think about, what I'm an expert at. I want to go home exhausted, sleep deprived (just started hearing voices this morning, haha ) and read something dry and educational, up to the point I crash and get ready for another day. Excellent. I definitely learn the best when I'm stress, on edge, angry, tired, and misused. Can I have another sir? Puhlease!!!

And yeah, I love overachievers. I love how no one else is working hard enough, how they can't understand why all these people loaf around while they go the extra mile for the good of the team. Because in the end, really at heart, it isn't the service, the served, the fellow servers, the ones above or the ones below. It isn't even the satisfaction of knowledge or continuous praise. It's the self-righteous personal satisfaction of being better than the rest, being the one who is doing it right, who knows their shit and metes it out generously. It's the power, the power of being the best, of being excellent, amazing. It's the rush of working too hard, of toughing it out and being praised for bending the rules, spending overtime to get the job done, to do everything any one asks or is about to ask.

It's being the Shit.

And the ones who have figured out that life is balance? Losers! The ones who don't anticipate everyone's requests? Slackers!! The one who don't read learning material, who doesn't want to go to conferences because he can't stay awake for more than 15 minutes anymore, the one who isn't 3 years ahead of where he should be... INADEQUATE FAIL TAKE A HIKE THOUGHT OF DOING SOMETHING EASIER HOW DID YOU EVER GET IN HERE?

As a jaded fellow student told me today, it's hard to shine bright in a room full of stars.

[Jade-Green Pig-Hog Swine-Beast]

Holy....

[worry]

Gust Hubb, I think some of us had a discussion on that very subject a while back. Not an argument necessarily, though it could have been an aside in a bigger debate, but I do remember specifically talking about how just because med school typically works one boot campy way, and that way certainly has value for some prospective doctors (specifically the Type A overachievers you talk about), it doesn't necessarily mean that way is ideal for everyone, or that the people it weeds out all would have been bad doctors. Point being the one-way model shouldn't necessarily be the only path to that particular goal.

[Ain't_It_Just_]

Lecture theatre? More like a sauna.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

Still raining. Going to be raining for the next 3 days. Hooray!

[Obdigore]

Server? Broken.

In a remote site. Can I manage it remotely? No. Because its broken. But it acts like its going to work. And then it is broken. SDAGHFKSgfjkl;hdkljsdgh asj;dadHGAs:SLijfgh

[Mezla PigDog]

Gust Hubb, on 13 March 2012 - 10:42 PM, said:

And yeah, I love overachievers. I love how no one else is working hard enough, how they can't understand why all these people loaf around while they go the extra mile for the good of the team. Because in the end, really at heart, it isn't the service, the served, the fellow servers, the ones above or the ones below. It isn't even the satisfaction of knowledge or continuous praise. It's the self-righteous personal satisfaction of being better than the rest, being the one who is doing it right, who knows their shit and metes it out generously. It's the power, the power of being the best, of being excellent, amazing. It's the rush of working too hard, of toughing it out and being praised for bending the rules, spending overtime to get the job done, to do everything any one asks or is about to ask.

It's being the Shit.

And the ones who have figured out that life is balance? Losers! The ones who don't anticipate everyone's requests? Slackers!! The one who don't read learning material, who doesn't want to go to conferences because he can't stay awake for more than 15 minutes anymore, the one who isn't 3 years ahead of where he should be... INADEQUATE FAIL TAKE A HIKE THOUGHT OF DOING SOMETHING EASIER HOW DID YOU EVER GET IN HERE?

As a jaded fellow student told me today, it's hard to shine bright in a room full of stars.

I work in a field with similar types of people. I have always had colleagues or bosses who seem to work 24/7 and I do not understand where they get the energy from or how any of them have intact families. I decided a few years ago to quit worrying about it. Don't compete. A career is a long haul, not a sprint. Consistency, competence and diligence will serve you in the long run and if they don't allow you to climb as high as the people who are the being the Shit, then so what? To be at the top you DO have to work 24/7 and who in their right mind really wants that? You will have a life outside of work, they won't. Nobody really regrets not working harder when they die!

It's not easy though, especially at the stage you are at with med school where you at least have to give the impression of keeping up. You have to remember that it is just a career stage though and recognise there will be an end to that stage. The privilage that you are working so hard for compared to other jobs is higher earning potential and therefore more control over yours and your families future. If it's worth it, then stick at it!

Messing with my groove? Stupid lab building project. I'm approaching my nineteenth nervous breakdown!

[tiam]

Yeh GH mate pretty much this ^

Those other people can afford all that in time and maybe money. You have the barbossa to worry about and other priorities. Strive to do your best but as Mez says those people who do work 24/7 maybe havnt got the extra responsibilities you have.

[Satan]

Work is messing with my groove, just like with everyone else on this forum. I've said yes to head a project of which I'm ridiculously unqualified for, and now people are letting me know. Not in a mean way; people here are terribly nice and all. But they also let you know if the work you've done is not up to par. I've only worked here since January, so I suppose this is all to be expected. But I do hate that feeling of incompetence.