[Mezla PigDog]

An evil Transport for London lady made me break my record of having never had a row with a shop assistant/transport worker/service provider the other day. First of all I had to disturb her from a chat she was having so that she could come to a window and look at my £3500 seasonal ticket. Then because my ticket was worn down, she had to come out of her booth to look at it more closely. She instantly starts yelling at me and accuses me of fare dodging! I pointed out that if she looked carefully, she would see that the ticket I pay through the nose for was perfectly valid. Then she yells "I am not allowed to squint at tickets, you must get another ticket, I am not allowed to squint". WTF?!?! Not allowed to squint?! I think she meant that "I'd rather not to be helpful to customers who disturb me from a chat"!! She finally relented and yelled at me that I should get it replaced and not expect her to have to help me out. Nice to see what £3500 a year can buy. It's going up to £3700 next year too! Fucking bitch. I shall write a strongly worded letter of complaint!

[wade]

I've always known my girlfriend was easily influenced by her friends' poor decisions, and she tried smoking tonight. Despite her obvious regret etc, she did admit she likes it. Now I'm afraid she'll get addicted. And I can't break up her friendships just to get her away from the bad influences.... I'm really lost for ideas right now. It's not often I don't know what to do... But here I am, completely helpless before someone else's decison.
What have I gotten myself into...

[QuickTidal]

I fear that reviewing books is slowly thieving my LOVE of books and reading from me.

Like any stalwart movie critic who began their career with a critic's eye, but still knew how to have fun and enjoy the thing they love...who then slowly over time degrades into a cynical, can't-enjoy-anything, grumpy asshole (Read: Most long time movie critics).

I'm wondering if a step back is needed.

[Mentalist]

Can`t get out of a vicious procrastination cycle, following coming home from exams.

I need to find a job. More importantly, I need to be busting my ass trying to secure an articling position for next summer.

At the same time, motivation to do anything approaches zero.

[Tapper]

the more interesting wade-newb, on 30 April 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

I've always known my girlfriend was easily influenced by her friends' poor decisions, and she tried smoking tonight. Despite her obvious regret etc, she did admit she likes it. Now I'm afraid she'll get addicted. And I can't break up her friendships just to get her away from the bad influences.... I'm really lost for ideas right now. It's not often I don't know what to do... But here I am, completely helpless before someone else's decison.
What have I gotten myself into...

You can't do much about it.

There's the deterrents you can mention: cancer, it is fricking hard to get rid of the habit once addicted (and yes, it is an addiction, also for those who think they're immune to those), expensive (probably less so in the States), her teeth will grow stained over time, the house will smell, and while freshly burnt tabacco smells kind of nice, your house won't acquire that smell. However, perhaps the best argument you can use without sounding like a patronizing dad instead of her BF: she tastes like an ashtray when making out.


Messing with my groove: one of my eau de toilette bottles dropped from the shelf last night. I examined it without my contact lenses in and didn't see the glass was broken through and through, so I put in on the edge of the sink. Wrong way around: the broken corner was over the edge instead of hovering over the sink. It leaked into the pile of clothes beneath it and now I have a couple of highly fashionable and quite expensive shirts that reek of Essenza di Zegna. Which is a bloody marvellous eau de toilette, but not in the quantities applied here, and repeated washing doesn't seem to get it out. I may have to soak them for a few days .

[QuickTidal]

Tapper, on 30 April 2012 - 06:24 PM, said:

the more interesting wade-newb, on 30 April 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

I've always known my girlfriend was easily influenced by her friends' poor decisions, and she tried smoking tonight. Despite her obvious regret etc, she did admit she likes it. Now I'm afraid she'll get addicted. And I can't break up her friendships just to get her away from the bad influences.... I'm really lost for ideas right now. It's not often I don't know what to do... But here I am, completely helpless before someone else's decison.
What have I gotten myself into...

You can't do much about it.

There's the deterrents you can mention: cancer, it is fricking hard to get rid of the habit once addicted (and yes, it is an addiction, also for those who think they're immune to those), expensive (probably less so in the States), her teeth will grow stained over time, the house will smell, and while freshly burnt tabacco smells kind of nice, your house won't acquire that smell. However, perhaps the best argument you can use without sounding like a patronizing dad instead of her BF: she tastes like an ashtray when making out.

^^This.

There truly isn't much you can do about it aside from telling her how it's pretty bad as a habit (I'm an ex-smoker, so I know), and how it makes her smell to you ect...stuff she already knows probably.

Other than that you kind of have to leave her to it.

That said, you are not beyond your rights to say to her down the line, "If you don't stop smoking, I may have to move on." Which seems pretty harsh...but trust me that when you are a non-smoker dating a smoker, the smell and taste of them will be detrimental to the relationship in the long run.

I now can't STAND the smell of someone who smokes. My brother-in-law's mom smokes and she always reeks so bad I have to move away from her. When I am walking down the street behind someone who smokes I always attempt to get ahead of them otherwise I get it in the face when they exhale.

It's nasty, and no one should expect you to live with it.

Aside: I find it hilarious when people say "I'm trying to quit". No you aren't. If you were trying to quit, then you'd quit. People aren't TRULY able to quit smoking until they really WANT to. Because if you really WANT to...you won't need to try. I smoked for 10 years, and one day I decided I'd had enough, threw out half a pack and never smoked another cigarette ever.

[Tiste Simeon]

Ahhh crap... :-(

[worry]

You could always break up with her. Move on to a different lumpy moist meat tube to press your soggy flesh against when the sun goes down. How different can they be, really?

[Mentalist]

Checked my grades from last exams. I may have failed a class. FML.

I mean it was my third final in three days, and I didn't think I did stellar on it, but fuck me if I actually failed. shit, fuck, damn.

[Shiara]

the more interesting wade-newb, on 30 April 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

I've always known my girlfriend was easily influenced by her friends' poor decisions, and she tried smoking tonight. Despite her obvious regret etc, she did admit she likes it. Now I'm afraid she'll get addicted. And I can't break up her friendships just to get her away from the bad influences.... I'm really lost for ideas right now. It's not often I don't know what to do... But here I am, completely helpless before someone else's decison.
What have I gotten myself into...

Are her friends pressuring her into smoking? That's pretty lame. It's possible to be friends with smokers without sharing their habit. What is it about smoking that she "likes"? Does she think it looks cool, or does she buy into the whole "It's relaxing" or "Totally the best way to lose weight" stuff?

Best discouragement is, as others have said, "It makes you smell bad, and taste worse. I refuse to kiss you until you brush your teeth."

[King Lear]

Shiara, on 01 May 2012 - 12:24 AM, said:

the more interesting wade-newb, on 30 April 2012 - 05:10 PM, said:

I've always known my girlfriend was easily influenced by her friends' poor decisions, and she tried smoking tonight. Despite her obvious regret etc, she did admit she likes it. Now I'm afraid she'll get addicted. And I can't break up her friendships just to get her away from the bad influences.... I'm really lost for ideas right now. It's not often I don't know what to do... But here I am, completely helpless before someone else's decison.
What have I gotten myself into...

Are her friends pressuring her into smoking? That's pretty lame. It's possible to be friends with smokers without sharing their habit. What is it about smoking that she "likes"? Does she think it looks cool, or does she buy into the whole "It's relaxing" or "Totally the best way to lose weight" stuff?

Best discouragement is, as others have said, "It makes you smell bad, and taste worse. I refuse to kiss you until you brush your teeth."

And have a shower. The smell of that shit sticks to you hair like nothing else, the more so if it's long.

[Studious Lock]

Well done City.

Unless you somehow fuck it up the league is yours.

[Tapper]

Jean-Claude Van tiam, on 30 April 2012 - 03:00 PM, said:

Your fear pleases me. I shall ofc be cheering for dirty City as they are the lesser of two evils, despite buying the league.

It is rather unfortunate that our own attempt to do this since january 2011 (35m on carroll, 20m on Suarez, 20m on Henderson, 20m on Downing, 15m or so on Adams + Enrique, small change for various Portugese and American talents) has been utterly unsuccessful and resulted in a lower position in the league than last year.

I do hope that whoever is in charge of the purchasing of players looks towards various Euro 2012 benches (starting players will be out of our reach, but the benches are filled with exciting talent like Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Marvin Martin and various German players with great technique and passing) and finds his way to Belgium and Portugal. Alex Witsel and Ricky van Wolfswinkel would be very good acquisitions for half the price of say, Henderson.
Unfortunately, I do fear Kenny will rather buy overpriced and less than stellar players from mid-table teams (Shawcross, Cattermole, Scott Dann) again.

[Macros]

He has to stop buying british. The market there is ridiculously over priced.

[Adjutant Stormy~]

I don't think I will be able to speak with my mother until after exams are over. She just doesn't seem to understand that the more time she spends telling me how to study the less time I have to do just that. And, yes, she does spend THAT much time telling me what to do.

[Dr Trouble]

I am extremely drunk and have to go to work in 7 hours. I know tomorrow is going to be the worst.

Groove officially messed up

[Tapper]

iTunes doesn't want to import my Soulwax cds. Every other disc goes in and comes out copied, but with Soulwax and 2 Many DJs (aka, Soulwax), the discs are refused. Decidedly odd, that.

[GaesReturns]

I've just had an email from someone I *thought* was a friend telling me how shite I am.
And they couldn;t have just used the two words "you're shit", oh no, full on A4 email......fuck sake, talk about spitting the dummy out

[Loki]

GaesReturns, on 01 May 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:

I've just had an email from someone I *thought* was a friend telling me how shite I am.
And they couldn;t have just used the two words "you're shit", oh no, full on A4 email......fuck sake, talk about spitting the dummy out

Firstly, they're obviously a moron because we all know you're bloody brilliant and secondly, send them my way so I can inform them just how pathetic and insignificant they are before throwing them off a cliff! Pay them no mind Gaes, you don't need a false friend like that and they don't deserve a real friend like you!

[Princess]

GaesReturns, on 01 May 2012 - 06:06 PM, said:

I've just had an email from someone I *thought* was a friend telling me how shite I am.
And they couldn;t have just used the two words "you're shit", oh no, full on A4 email......fuck sake, talk about spitting the dummy out

Gaes, i have the perfect plan.

Return the very same email. But change your name to theirs.