Thread: Rant and Rave, Cry and Complain

Originally Posted by Zhaylin

What does FML stand for?

From my understanding a cyst, is about the same thing as a skin tag, as long as there's no cancer involved. Also, FML="fuck my life". And if you need someone to tuck you in tonight I'm sure darkmatters will do it, and if he needs a stunt double, I wouldn't hesitate.

Originally Posted by Auron

Lost my wallet.....which means I can't go out this weekend. Which means I can't go out to this birthday party that these girls wanted me to go to. FML? Nah, maybe I wasn't supposed to see them.

That sucks, dude

Oh man - not that I wouldn't be glad to tuck her in, but I don't really know Erii well enough to try to comfort her over a real personal crisis like this. Scraped knees and insect bites sure, but existential relationship crises, that's for a real friend, you know? We're more on the level of saying hay when we pass in the hall. But you do have my sympathy, and I hope things get better for you soon Erii.

Here's an internet hug, but in a situation like this I'm afraid it might just be stupid and maybe insulting. But have one anyway, in case it helps:

Don't worry Erii, I'll tuck you in since Darkmatters is too big of a pussy.
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I bought some creatine supplement thingamajig to give my workout routine a bit of a boost but I didn't read the warning label until I got home. It says you shouldn't use the product if you've suffered from a heart attack or if you've been diagnosed with blah blah and blah. I haven't been diagnosed with heart problems but I do have chest pains every once in a while.

Sometimes it's just a dull sensation that isn't quite an ache but it's... something. It's kind of hard to explain, I'll feel my heart in my chest and it's like having the slightest bit of pressure applied it. Sometimes I'll feel a tight squeeze. Sometimes these chest pains will go away for a while but they eventually come back and it's always on the left side of my chest. Most of the time it's a dull ache but, like I said, one in a while I'll feel a tightness in my chest and occasionally in my left arm as well. It's been like this for like two or three years now but it wasn't until recently that I started experiencing a squeezing sensation in my arm. In the past, I just wrote it off as heartburn or whatever and went on with my day but I think it's time I visited my doctor.

I briefly mentioned this to my doctor a year or so ago but I kind of downplayed it. He asked me how long these aches usually last and I told him that it's usually just a couple of seconds. I don't know what I was I thinking but that was totally untrue; most of the time these last a good 15 or so seconds, die down for a couple more, then hit me again for another 15. Most of the time they come in short clusterfucks but sometimes they last a while, like 30 seconds or upwards to a minute. Anyway, when I told my doctor, he made me piss in a cup and then that was that. I'm assuming he made me tinkle (lol, "tinkle") in the cup because he thought it might somehow be related to what they were treating my Dad for at the time.

I guess all those years of stuffing myself with toast drowned in butter, bacon, McDonalds, etc are finally catching up with me. I've always been slim so I never really gave much of a fuck when it came to fatty foods, I didn't even consider the possible effects my poor eating habits could have on my arteries, heart, etc. My lack of regular exercise probably didn't help matters either. D: How do they even run tests when it comes to things like this? Do they just put you on a training regiment and suggest a healthy diet or is it something like exploratory surgery? :[


Also, I need a job because I need money for X, Y, and Z. But I don't want to, or rather can't, start giving out resumes until I take care of A, B, and C.

Double also, I felt like three dull aches in my chest while typing this out. =/

Dude, throw that creatine away!!!

I used that when I was working out in the 90's, and it gave me weird heart palpitations. Always at night when I was just about to fall asleep, suddenly my heart would just clench up and stop beating - for like 30 seconds to 45 sometimes. Scary as fuck!!! I thought I was gonna die a few times for real!! Usually when it started I'd sort of slap myself in the chest pretty hard a few times - I don't know if that helped, but my heart always kicked in again each time after a frightening amount of time. I thought it was going to be a full blown heart attack each time.

I looked into it and finally learned some people had the exact same problems n creatine, a fact that wasn't mentioned on the label at the time or by any of the TV workout programs recommending it like it was candy!

Oh guess I should mention - I don't remember how long it took, but after I stopped using creatine my heart problems eventually cleared up completely. Thank god. And I mean that in the completely atheistic way.

And I liked your post so you'd come back in and see my warning - not because you called me a pussy...

Well I haven't broken the seal yet so I guess I'll just return it and grab some why protein shakes instead. If creatine did that to you when you had no heart problems, I don't suppose it would be very wise for me to give it a try.

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

And I liked your post so you'd come back in and see my warning - not because you called me a pussy...

xD

I'm glad to hear you haven't used it yet. It does make you stronger and your muscles get bigger, bit it's so weird - it feels like it's not really your muscles at all, but like the chemicals themselves are doing it all, and then when you quit taking it all the strength and size goes away pretty fast. Very strange stuff - very artificial.

Heh... my ploy to keep you all skinny seems to be working... (JK)

I'm pretty sure if you rupture a cyst it can kill you.

Darkmatters: "working out in the 90s?" How old are you??

But does it give you energy?
*foolishly thinks about getting some*

Have you ever had a weird chest tightness event where whenever you inhale it feels like your chest is going to stab a pop? That's the only way I know to describe it. It's incredibly painful. It also hurts to expel the last bit of air from your lungs but not as much. I usually breathe out until it pops and everything goes back to normal. It used to happen to me all the freagin time when I was younger. Now I get it only a few times a year if that.

Do you have problems with gas, Gavin? I do, to the point where my chest hurts and I get sharp pains down my left arm. Gas-X usually takes care of it. A trip to the Dr. is still a good idea though.

Oh yeah... belated , Erii and Auron.
Hope you find your wallet soon!

**EDIT**
I had a Dr. look at the cyst. It was just fatty tissue that became inflamed and irritated during times of stress, caffeine use, and me constantly poking it It wasn't dangerous.

I have tried pen twirling for 2 hours now, still can't get it

Originally Posted by AustralianFire

I have tried pen twirling for 2 hours know, still can't get it

same D:

i saw the thread yesterday night and i practiced for 2 hours

The war is on. I must have missed a stink bug in my welder before I brought it inside the house because one landed on my nose last night while I was asleep. My natural reaction was to swat it... ...now the end of my nose stinks. Thankfully, I discovered that ear plugs work great in the nose...

Originally Posted by Darkmatters

Dude, throw that creatine away!!!

Agreed! That stuff will make you crazy, and mess you all up. ...not in a good way...

my mom's dancing

Originally Posted by AustralianFire

I have tried pen twirling for 2 hours know, still can't get it

I can only do it with 2 fingers hahaha, just mess around with it and you'll get the hand of it xD

Originally Posted by Solarflare

my mom's dancing

this is bad......why?

Originally Posted by Solarflare

my mom's dancing

My mom's dancing and singing...during commercials in the movie theater.

Yes, but is she still raging at your red hair?

Originally Posted by Squishdiboo

Darkmatters: "working out in the 90s?" How old are you??

Old. Like, old enough to be your grandpa probably. Well, if you were 9. Yeah, I'm staring 50 in the face here.. but I think I saw it flinch...

Originally Posted by mooseantlers

Yes, but is she still raging at your red hair?

A little.

Originally Posted by Mancon

My mom's dancing and singing...during commercials in the movie theater.

Originally Posted by Erii

I can only do it with 2 fingers hahaha, just mess around with it and you'll get the hand of it xD

i c what u did thar

this is bad......why?

how she was dancing

Originally Posted by Mancon

A little.

Lol, what did your dad think about all of this?

Originally Posted by mooseantlers

Lol, what did your dad think about all of this?

I don't think he is really mad, he is just pretending to be because of my mom

I have no experience of side effects of creatine, since my heart has been, as far as I know, in good condition while using it.

The problem here is that there are zillion of different products, which varying quality. Also, not all of them are good for specifically you. I eat frequently couple different supplements and I am fine with them. But I did had problems once with one recuperating product so I switched it. At the moment I am not taking creatine, but I see if I start it again. I am taking some vitamine and especially l-argine. I can say that it really makes difference. But I train so much that those supplements really give me the edge and help my body to rest and recuperate.

I have a job interview tomorrow, I do hope I get it. Been too low on money recently and it has been a bit stressing. I am a bit anxious about how tired I will be depending if it is three shift work. When I add all the heavy physical training with heavy physical work, it may take its toll.

I hope the interview goes very well, Unelias

I was having a rant free afternoon until my hubby teased me by sending a link to a video about something VERY close to my heart- which shall forever remain out of my reach it seems:
Dance-battle between pole-dancing champs – Boing Boing

I hope it's PG enough. I'm pretty sure it is.

I am in awe at their upper body strength. I can do a lot of their leg moves, the spinning and hanging upside down, but I SEVERELY lacked their grace . And I've NEVER been able to do the splits lol.
Now I have to renew my efforts to nag hubby into getting me the freagin pole he's been promising me for almost 13 (?!) years now.