Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Is it legal to murder Androids, Mine may be the next victim of US 219 getting run over by a Peterbilt

Originally Posted by woblybil

Is it legal to murder Androids, Mine may be the next victim of US 219 getting run over by a Peterbilt

It's not illegal to destroy a cell phone but you'd be littering if you did it in that way.

"Rant" (or whatever it might be called): I'm not angry nor do I feel as if I should be but the tailgating I've seen on Interstate 80 today was ridiculous. There's been over 70 years of people dying from people driving too close to other cars at high speeds and ever since I got my driver's license in 2011 I've seen tailgating frequently though I've not always been looking for it and I often go under the speed limit so people pass me and I don't get tailgated in the first place. Today I got tailgated by a cement mixer at about 63 MPH. I realize cement mixers have to get to their destinations within a set amount of time when loaded yet the distance he was to me was just plain hazardous.

ROFL, Wobly. But what did the poor phone ever do to you to justify such a horrid death?

Volts, if you're being tailgated by a large vehicle and there's another lane, move yourself to the passing lane then fall in behind him. That's what I do, anyhow. I figure it's easier for me to lane hop than the big beasts.
But I agree. Tailgating gets on my last nerve. That and people who don't use their blinker and those who improperly use them.

Rant: I didn't fall asleep until about 7 this morning. I had an insane headache that only a hot shower ended up helping.
Rant: So, I didn't wake up until 4:30PM. Hubby wanted me up by noon so we could have lunch. Now he's cranky. I did wake up at 11:30AM and I tried calling him from Facetime from my bed. He never answered so I fell back to sleep until 1 and then I tried calling him again. I can't help it if his facetime always glitches out and he can't hear it ring.

Rave-ish: But he's okay now. Dragging me to the movies and then getting something to eat afterwards. The movies would be fine if it wasn't Startrek lol

After that, I'll get back on my server and hope people leave me in peace long enough to finish a small hotel I'm building. the base is on a large "island". Where the base is, there is an inner wall surrounding it. It's fully upgraded and protected by spikes. Then there's an outer wall against the water (that's only been built on the base side. It's a huge project). Again, protected by spikes. THe hotel is off the island on a hilltop. My one consistent member is always "AHHH! There's a Screamer!!" A Screamer is a zombie that calls in a horde IF SHE SEES YOU. I always tell him to let the spikes take her out but he's a silly bird and gets scared so easily (too easily for a zombie game ) I constantly have to run down then back up that huge hill to help him out.
And then I have to work a miracle and be asleep by 3AM so I can be awake for hubby tomorrow.

I was in the right lane (there were only two lanes too) at the time, Zhaylin. I'll keep the suggestion in mind though, thanks.

Today Father and I went on another trike ride; 9.8 miles. That was good. I also checked out what may have been an entrance point for the lower 16 miles of that trail I was talking about; not good. Although it appears on Google Maps there's a road going almost all the way to the tunnel it's a private road and I'd need permission to go there.

In other news some weeks ago I saw a nearby Walmart started carrying organic ice cream. I got 1.25 qt. of Vanilla and mixed in 3-4 tsp of organic lemon juice with a few scoops' worth of Vanilla and mashed it up then let it sit in the freezer a bit. That worked nicely.

I always wondered why people go apeshit whenever their favorite artist gets trolled, or criticized with no constructiveness going on. Saw a person that I would said would be one of my favorite artist for a particular style, and someone just went crazy on them. Apparently, they were "testing" them, but that's just an excuse created when they realize more people start questioning their reasoning for that. I felt bad for the artist in particular because they were really trying to be cool and collected, but I sent them a note saying that the person in question is just envious that they can't have their craft in art. The other person even acknowledged this, but still used their shittiness to scale how good/bad the person's art would be, which was a contradiction to their initial statement.

I never knew I would make an artist feel appreciated for the support I gave them through the note, but I know that a lot of these amazing artists have some kind of backstory that just shows they're as human as anyone else. I think realizing that just makes you want to respect them more because you never really know the suffering they have to deal with like anyone else would. But through their art, it's an escape from that, and maybe therapeutic for them. I wondered why I was frustrated lately in wanting to do anything as a hobby, but now, I guess through another person, it came back, I guess.

Our Walmart has some organic icecream. You'll have to let me know if it's any good. It's silly but they also carry some Ben and Jerry's dairy free icecream which is more expensive than they're usual stuff lol

Trolls are a part of internet life unfortunately. Thankfully, though, the only time I have to deal with them is in my game. And then I just change the password so they can't get back in
When I see other people getting trolled, I offer support like you did.

Rave: I actually pulled off that miracle and fell asleep by 1AM. I woke on my own at 11. I "tried" waking a couple times before then, took tokes off my ecig but fell right back to sleep lol.

I had some bizarre dreams between 8-11. Dreamed I was in bed with my therapist, just snuggling. Then I was outside, naked, trying to get back in my therapists house before my husband saw me (we lived across the street). I got inside and there my husband was, dusting for fingerprints. I asked what he was doing and he was trying to prove areas I had been in to catch me in an affair (nevermind I was NAKED ). Then he said he got mad at my therapist and pushed him down the stairs and that he was dead. I ran to him. There was a pool of blood and he was very pale, but he opened his eyes and asked for help. I held his hand and yelled at my hubby to call 911. Instead, he leaned over, calling him "Bob" or "Billy" and jabbed his elbow into his side. My Dr. looked at me with pleading little boy eyes and asked me to make him stop.

My hubby then called my Dr.'s entire family and they showed up wondering what was going on. I was still naked and holding Docs hand and yelling for people to call for help.
Then I was outside the house trying to be buzzed in but I couldn't remember Doc's name. I kept wanting to call him by the name of my first real boyfriend.
It was such a strange, strange dream. I understand where the various elements came from (stuff I watched before sleeping). How my brain always connects those elements never ceases to amuse and bewilder me though

Rant: My kitten bites seem to be getting WORSE. And it started when I took an actual shower. Previously, I had just been sanitizing the area with my alcohol wipes. I only take about 2 showers a week so I hadn't showered until last night. How could hot water and soap/shampoo make things WORSE. Unless Coal Tar (shampoo) and Oatmeal (soap) irritated it. Which would make no sense
OR it was just a coincidence and was getting worse regardless and just manifested then.

The kitten's still hanging in there but she wont live much longer. She's snuggling up, sleeping with Miley right now. I keep hearing a cat crying though. I went out to try to find the source. I don't know if she's crying in her sleep or if it's cat in the AC vents.

Rave-ish: Hubby and I are going out to lunch in 45 minutes. It's a rave because I'm starving. It's rant worthy because we're going to a place that rarely ever agrees with me so we'll be stopping on the way home so my tummy can explode (and that's AFTER I blow up the restaurants restroom 1-2 times before even leaving).

Hubby and I saw Star Trek last night, and yes it was terrible We had nachos and those didn't even agree with me. I missed half of the movie for being on the toilet
Ah well, such is my lot in life

**EDIT**
My bloody back is "broken" again. What the friggin heck? It ONLY hurts like this when I'm on my period. My period finally went away 2 days ago so this pain should not be here any more

I think it's worth it, however at the same time I'm not sure how much different the Organic ice cream is from the non-organic type. Is it good at least in my mind? Sure. I tried mixing Coffee in this time and the ice cream's still in the freezer; the more frozen it is, the more I taste it (in this batch at least; the coffee could have been stronger.)

Rave: While yard sailing today (he he) I met someone going by the name of "Fuzzy" or "Fluffy" who resembled my recently passed grandfather in a lot of ways. He was even close to the same age and spoke similarly and everything. Maybe that's not too surprising since Pap was from a town not far off from where this man is now living. I now wonder if Fuzzy's a distant relative but he's not one of Pap's brothers.

I'll try some just to say I have Gotta try that dairy free stuff too because that just sounds weird.

Rant: I regret ever having complained about my knee. My knee was about a 6 on the pain scale (0-10). My back, however... EGAD! It jumps from everywhere between 4-11. When it hits 11 I seriously wonder if it would be better to die. Thankfully, it's only 11 for moments at a time. When I'm sitting or laying down, it's around a 4. It's very tolerable then.
It feels a lot like labor. I always had back labor (cramps in my back instead of my stomach). I'm restless, even when it's at a 4. I can't quite get comfy. It's also a very hard to define sort of pain. I think it's more of a dull ache most of the time. SOmetimes it throbs, sometimes it stabs. THe spasms are the worse.

I got some Valium from hubby. I just took 1/4. Ibuprofen, Diclifenac, Alieve, Tylenol- none of those have made a dent in the pain.
The only way I'm going to go to the Dr, though, is if the pain starts hitting high numbers all the time OR if the Valium actually helps. Hubby doesn't write scripts for himself any more so he's running low.
I have serious doubts about it being a pulled muscle. Earlier, I pulled my knees to my chest then rolled backward and I could pull myself upright (same position) with just my back and stomach muscles. My back didn't hurt any worse for it
I get a lot of "referred" pain connected to menstruation, so maybe I have ovarian cysts or something.

I broke down and bought my first heating pad last night. It seems to work initially, but after 10-15 minutes, it doesn't I've never really used one before so I don't know if I'm supposed to be using it constantly or occasionally.

And why is it that when one pain goes away, another shows up? Or are both pains present but one is so severe it overrides the other? Is this going to be my life from here on out? Getting old sucks. It sucks even more when you consider I'm only 43

Reminding me of my Suburban. One thing fixed; WHERE'S THE NEXT REPAIR?

Rant: Yesterday (and I didn't mention this as I felt it would be overloading the thread) I found a Rainbow DMC3 vacuum cleaner on the curb for trash pickup with its accessories and the water pan. I used it yesterday and it worked good, however I used it for so long that the water in the pan turned to mud. Today, I used it again. Great - until POP went the water agitator which also took out the top of the pan! "Easy come, easy go. Will you let me go?" sayeth the DMC3. "NO! We will not LET YOU GO! (let him go!)"

I have another DMC3 which I'm missing the pan for, that's why I got this one because it HAD the pan. So much for that; two uses. Still, I got to see how they work.

Well, color me corrected. My back pain must be muscle related. 1/4 of Valium didn't work, so I took another 1/4 and the pain actually subsided greatly.
It only lasted for about 10 hours though, so I took another 1/2.
During that first 10 hours, I laid in bed the entire time. I actually did not fall asleep which is a first in the history of forever. When I took that 1/2 I also took 1/2 a Cyproheptadine (which also causes drowsiness) I slept like a baby from 6AM-4PM

I guess I'll be spending money this week on an annoying Dr's visit so I can get some drugs. I'm going to see if they can prescribe a muscle relaxer that doesn't cause drowsiness though. I googled some and have a couple of names.
Now, I'd just like to figure out how in the world I keep pulling muscles. I can't get any LESS active.

So, those are my raves of the day I'm relatively pain-free for the first time in months.

Volts, make up your mind One minute, I get Bruno Mars stuck in my head "Easy come, easy go... take, take, take it all but you never give."
THEN, i have Queens Bohemian Rhapsody.
Sorry the cleaner didn't live longer.

The cleaner's fine, all that broke is replaceable.

Also to add to the topic I sometimes wonder if we've been visited by immensely friendly aliens from another planet who look human.

omg I've been so busy. Still got a good two months of this, if not longer.... don't wanna think about it or know how long this will continue lol
Also got my "must pass" practical test coming up which is stressful to say the least.

I was trying to have a float in my tank tonight but one of the heaters broke and it wasn't up to the correct temperature.
Was ready to get totally chill and couldn't. Bah!

I've made the decision to get a new job asap after my next placement is finished.

Rave: My next placement is only like 5 minutes away from my house, so not *too* early mornings.

And I can't believe Erii is still here! Have you posted a pic yet?

Also I've almost been here 10 years! total of maybe 20-30 LD's lol I hate myself

Welcome back Tommo! You've been missed.
hehe, I've only had a few LD's myself so don't feel too bad

I went to the Dr today. As did Paula and Destinee. Paula has hydro something or another having to do with constantly infected sweat glands. Destinee's been having some vag probs.
Doc didn't really look at my back. Just got my symptoms and whatnot. He wants me to have some x-rays and circulation tests done and to go to physical therapy. He's setting up the appointments and I return to see him in 2 weeks.
Paula and I were finished first, so we went out the the car. A nurse came out and said they wanted Destinee's family with her. Great.
We go back to her room and she's bawling her eyes out. Her vag problems were caused by the fact she peeing almost pure sugar. Her blood sugar was 497. She was upset because she is now a diabetic and felt her life was over (having only gotten 3 hours sleep did not help).

All of my relatives are diabetic- aunts, uncles, grandma, mom. I told her it wasn't the end of the world etc etc and she eventually calmed down. Within 30 minutes, she was okay, looking at the diagnosis as a motivator to lose weight, exercise and eat better. We all live on carbs- pasta everything, bread everything. She loves fruit and not so much chocolate and candy. It's going to take a lot to adjust, but she can do it. It's not the end of the world. But sheesh. 497? I'm surprised she wasn't hospitalized! Her gave her a glucose machine and wants her back every day this week to monitor her and then she's getting insulin.

For now, I am going to bed.
Have a great day, DV!

Oooooooookay! Meditation going strong, two times lucid dreams induced by it! Anyway they didn't last, stabilization practice is lost, too many months without doing this...

I have to go to the doctor to ask for a blood test, this fatigue can't be normal. I can't stop sleeping! Thyroid already has given problems in the past so maybe it has something to do with it. Speaking of health, I don't know what else to do to relieve back and neck pain, I'm doing pilates, back exercises, stretches and I don't remember when was the last night I woke up without pain. Ugh. And I don't have money to pay for a physiotherapist.

I have an absurd list of books I want to read but again don't have money, I'll start buying two of them. Only one month till biology and maths exams to increase general grades, so much left and so little time...

Have a good time people!

"Hello what can I do for you" "Ask me anything"

Ok Cortana, Ill ask you something quite urgent, can you go die in a fire please? And give me a simple normal search? You know like the one you gave everyone who hated windwos 8? Remember? You know the one you just bait and switched away from everyone?

If cortana gave honest answers "You must download every update forever even tho I gave everyone the option to manually update when they want last year"

"remember how they gave everyone a regular search because windows 8 was hated? You fell for that?! you are a Microsoft user."

Apparently Cortana can do so much more give me a *beep*

To anyone who hasn't been given the anniversary update that's slowly rolling out, be warned that Cortana is no longer able to be turned off, meaning when you search anything it no longer just gives simple files but all that Cortana crap too. No, I don't want a free mp3 player when a file im looking for has .mp3 in the file name You now have to go into file explorer it's self to search. Just like windows 8 And it's just that crappy "search quick access" half assed search. Looks like I got to reinstall start menu 8 again XD good job Windows not even as good of a search engine as some freeware available on the internet. Oh god start menu 8 went up like 6 million users since I ditched it thinking foolishly they actually made a good version of windows. 11,204,006 users. That is a lot of people who don't like Cortana.

Zhaylin, so will this new diet for Destinee be largely of proteins?

In other news, our Caravan stalled on the highway and we tried starting it but it didn't go. I pulled over with the four-ways on while there was still time and we had it towed. Towing driver said the motor's junk. I had a nice conversation with him while we were driving home for about 12 miles.

1. I got stuck in an elevator for four hours on Monday evening with someone who was pregnant and who was having a panic attack. It was a crazy thing that happened.

2. Then before that, I went all the way to the corner store after an appointment I had, only to find out that they didn't have the stuff that I wanted or needed.

3. It's hazy, hot and humid here.

4. I may be leaving the forum for a bit. It's not like I'm doing horrible in the lucid dreaming department or even in the recall department but, might be time to take a little break with dream stuff.
*sighs* 

Oh noes, don't go Beauty! But if you REALLY need to, I understand. You'll just be missed.
Our heat has been insane here too. My room is the only one air conditioned. My kids are sweltering.

Volts, sorry about your vehicle.
She's eating a lot of fish, chicken and veggies.

PointOfBeing, I've never had a problem with Cortana. I use google for everything. I have no problem typing everything out. My daughter, Miley, loves Cortana though. Miley has severe dyslexia and can't spell worth crap.

Astaroth. Feel better soon!

Rant: It took me 2 days to log in. I kept getting errors that it was taking too long and FB/DV kept rerouting me (or somesuch). I cleared my cookies and still had the problem. I rebooted. Still couldn't get in. Cleared my cookies again and didn't check "remember me" and FINALLY got in. But now I'll probably be logged out before I finish this post

We lost internet for 2 days. The modem/router went bad so we had to wait for tech support. BUT, when all was said and done, hubby upgraded our service to unlimited data and faster bandwidth.

Rant: I wont be going to physical therapy. It costs $1,000. and our insurance pays 80% of it AFTER we pay the remainder. what the heck? I guess they've gotten stiffed too many times.

Rant-ish: I don't need therapy for my back anyhow. I was going to the store these last few days and every time I leave the house my mouth area goes numb, my face tingles and I have constant adrenaline surges. Which now tells me that my Celexa is no longer working. I've had debilitating back pain in connection with my period since 2001-ish. I then started seeing someone about my anxiety and was given Prozac. I noticed my back pain vanished When I was switched to Celexa, the back pain didn't return. BUT, whenever I miss doses it does return, which told me the meds somehow or another fixed my back. I don't understand it and I've stopped trying to figure it out. All I know is it worked and now it doesn't and that's not acceptable. I rescheduled with my pdoc to see him sooner. I'm going to see about getting on Prozac again or something else in that family.
All of this also explains why I kept falling asleep while driving during our auction trip. But how the heck can a med just STOP working?

Now, let me copy this before submitting

**EDIT**
I'm glad I copied. I had, indeed, been logged out

Zhaylin: Perhaps polish cuisine as well.

Re: The Caravan: Its inspection period is up next month and it won't pass another one without much repair. It's super rusted and the motor was rattling for over 20k miles before this happened. Maybe the reason why it isn't running is just the distributor; it sounds like it's either not getting fuel or a spark or maybe even the computer died. We have other cars so it's not a big issue.

"That's nice" moments from today:

While driving the station wagon (1990 Mercury Grand Marquis) I met someone who also was driving a Wagon;

Bought "The Tao of Pooh" and "The Te of Piglet" from a yard sale. Enjoying thoroughly the first one.

Glad you found such nice things at the yard sale
I feel all special when I'm driving the RV and see another woman driving one. It's such a silly kinship but I understand

Rave: I figured out a way to use both FB and DV. I have to use IE for DV. Once I log in to FB on another of my other browers (Chrome, Opera, Firefox) DV doesn't work. Even if I use different browsers between them. Nope. Have to clear my cookies. I tried IE as an afterthought (my PC updated and reinstalled it to my task bar lol). It works perfectly. I can even use the remember be box

Rave: I love my p-doc. I saw him today to talk about how Celexa isn't working anymore and we talked about other meds to try. He shot of a few and I asked if I could just try Prozac again seeing how it worked fine the last time (I think I switched to Celexa only because he was getting a lot of free samples for it). He's starting me off slowly and we'll go from there. It just occurred to me that he's not weaning me from Celexa first. This might get a little interesting.

Rant: My server is sucking. The world ate my mini-bike and now has fatal indigestion. I was getting 150-200 FPS and now my FPS bottoms out at THREE. It's worse in the area my bike disappeared, but it's not much better at my base. The guy who plays with me can't anymore because his FPS is worse than mine at the base. I'd like to just restart the server and start fresh BUT, Alpha15 is coming out soon *knock on wood*. People are hoping at the end of the month, but there's truly no telling with these guys. Alpha15 will require a fresh start. I don't want to get invested in another game that may only be around for a couple weeks.... but I don't want to play that lag-crap... yet I don't want to waste my money not playing something I'm paying for.
I guess I'm just sort of mid-rage-quitting. I have a book of house blueprints (I got it for SIMS eons ago lol) and I duplicated a fairly impressive home. That's where my mini-bike was. All that was left was adding the roof and furniture. Now I can't get near the place.

Rant: I've been sleeping like crap again because of my stupid knee problems. Maybe I should tape the pillow under my leg so I'll stop kicking it away. Using it helps a good deal.

Now to copy this just in case

Got accepted to be a tester for this mocap software that can apparently use multiple Kinect v2 sensors. I already bought another laptop, and should have the Kinect and adapter arriving today, or sometime by the end of Saturday. Just need to print out some markers for calibration, and a sturdy board so it won't bend and such. I hope the program gets finalized for use in the near future, as this would definitely curb stomp the dilemma of 360 rotations and movements. It would be like having your own mocap animation software without the need of companies charging insane prices just so you can get a few seconds, or minutes of animations. And with the clean-up software I have that also syncs any bones to any mesh that's rigged with similar structure, it'll cut a lot of trial-and-error in making animation. This way, over time, I can learn how to do traditional animation, and manual keying progressively.


I can't wait!


Rant: I've been sleeping a lot lately, and I usually won't see it as a bad thing, but it's preventing me from taking care of things. Probably that's why I needed sleep, because I'm over-working myself. I just didn't know when it was going to hit me.

Have fun testing the new tool/toy

Rant: Friggin family friggin drama. Paula bought Ray a controller in exchange for foodstamps. He had been running short and couldn't afford to pay her back right away. Destinee went the store and bought some stuff but only recalled buying a soda (.88). Which means Ray still owed them $12. (He gave them $10. in cash initially).
Paula went to Ray, showing on her calculator her figures. He thought she was being condescending and told me such. I told that to Destinee. All bloody hell broke lose. It ended with Paula slamming the door, Ray threatening to punch her if she broke our house, her calling him a Pedo and daring him. Me standing in the doorway to physically separate them.

Once again, *I* (!!I!!) caused the bloody war by opening my big mouth. I told them to stop coming to me for mediation because I apparently suck at it. I also told them we live in a nice sized place and they don't even need to friggin interact. I added to that a ban on passive-aggressively speaking about each other so as to be heard through the thin walls. Ray told me Paula is dead to him.

Ray in ungrateful and a has a father complex, Destinee is manipulative and Paula takes everything too friggin personally and overreacts (which Destinee also does). I fear this will not be the end of the drama. I let them know that such behavior wont be tolerated anymore and that they need to find a way to live together while there are no other options.

In other news, I slept like crap last night and I woke up to my back hurting ever so slightly. My face isn't tingling yet so that's a great sign the Prozac is working.

In amazing-ish news, my daughter Zee is pregnant. She's in a polyamorous relationship, though, so things are going to go to hell quickly for her. She has polycystic something or another and never thought she would get pregnant, plus she was on birth control at the time, so it's amazing and exciting none-the-less

Okay... let me add to the drama of the day. Ray needed food, so gave me his card. Destinee needed to pick up a script for Paula. Hubby wanted dinner from Sheetz (right beside Walmart). Destinee and I go to the store and I realize: crap, I forgot Ray's card. So I get hubby's food, drop that off, go to the house, grab the card and start heading back to the car. When WHAM! I slipped on the bottom step of the porch and came down was such force that I broke the bottom step as well as the one I landed on.
Then I spent 1 1/2 hours at the bloody store, egging Destinee to hurry the heck up. She had t obuy tood too, but has to relearn how to eat because of her diabetes.
I just wanted to lay down in the aisle and go to sleep.
My butt is going to hurt tomorrow!!! Chances are, by back will too, as will the heels (?) of my hands because I braced myself on them as I fell.

My question for y'all. Whenever I hit my head hard, I taste water. But not in my mouth. I taste it at the base of my head and behind my eyes.
First of all, that's just weird and is makes no sense at all. Anyone else get that?
second, I didn't hit my head when I fell, but I still tasted water. Could it be like shaken baby where my head just jolted so hard I might as well have hit it?

Gah!
I let out such a belly laugh as/after I fell my throat is now sore. that laugh was much needed though

[Shrugs] Personally, I don't believe in karma; only bad luck.

People say mine arrogance bites me in the arse, but quite frankly, mine silence and respect tends to bite me in the arse MUCH harder.

(Theeere we go. Posted it in the right thread this time. Heh.)