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| Flark |  Despair is...? |
    Member Since: April 2005  RK: 10 MP: 3,041     | Friday October 5, 2007 7:53 AM Not the big things, the major things in your life that bring you despair, but the little things.What are the little things making you miserable today, or at this moment? A most hated song on the radio? Terrible weather? A surprisingly foul tasting meal? An incredible, iridescent beetle being crushed under foot? The smell of exhaust fumes? Share the misery! At this moment I'm despairing for a family of wood mice whos burrow inside of my compost bin I've just destroyed. A day off work was going swell until my attempt to tidy up the garden lead me to empty out the compost bin. It had become rather solid so I was pounding into it with a gardening fork to loosen up the soil when a rather upset looking wood mouse jumped out and scorned at me before scuttling off. I'd pretty much raked out 70% of the contents by that time, so thought it was quite amazing that the poor thing hadn't been speared. Things got worse several minutes later though when I heard the distinct squeaking sound of it's young who were still trapped inside the bin. Not really sure what to do for the best I figured I should stop right there. Hopefully if the poor things haven't been speared already and don't suffocate, then maybe their mother will come back and tunnel her way in to find them...???  I know you said you wouldn't tolerate excuses... but I have a really good one! |
| nanuk | RE: Despair is...? |
 Member Since: February 2007  RK: 8 MP: 2,373  | Tuesday October 9, 2007 2:10 AM Why am I unsurprised it was you who started this thread?  Right now i'm despairing for those mice, too. You tossing them out/spearing them this close to winter... Right now I'm despairing at the ineptitude of the class I have to teach. Setting up a tablwe in MS Access isn't really that difficult... "Just imagine the headlines 'Howard Moon, Colon, Explorer'. Got a ring to that don't it?" "Colon Explorer?" "You know what I'm saying." |
| Flark | RE: Despair is...? |
| Member Since: April 2005 RK: 10 MP: 3,041 | Tuesday October 9, 2007 9:13 AM Well I wasn't having much joy with your 'Happiness' thread, so I thought I'd put a slightly different spin on things. Not everyone's glass can always be half full. In fact I've only got about a quarter of my glass of orange juice left right now. I know you said you wouldn't tolerate excuses... but I have a really good one! |
| Unbeliever | RE: Despair is...? |
  Member Since: September 2005  RK: 9 MP: 2,514 | Tuesday October 9, 2007 9:49 AM Hell, my canteen's empty, and I'm only halfway across the desert. Which is to say, no good. But let's find something small to whine about... Well, I've got the most worthless new roommate now. A guy that claimed he wanted to move out here with us so he could really start something for himself. Apparently his idea of starting a life is sitting on the couch 24/7, playing video games and eating our food. A real charmer, that guy. 2011 was way more apocalypsey than 2012. |
| SisqAlpha | RE: Despair is...? |
 Member Since: April 2007  RK: 5 MP: 953 | Tuesday October 9, 2007 5:57 PM despair is... Flark not spearing ALL the mice  "Tuna and bread. Tuna and bread."----- "Fuck tuna and bread. Star Trek is on." ------------------------------------------------- "If everyone is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking." ~George S. Patton |
| Unbeliever | RE: Despair is...? |
Member Since: September 2005 RK: 9 MP: 2,514 | Tuesday October 9, 2007 6:56 PM Despair is Sisq making me a saaaad Oobie in one fell swoop...  Hehe. 2011 was way more apocalypsey than 2012. |
| Flark | RE: Despair is...? |
| Member Since: April 2005 RK: 10 MP: 3,041 | Thursday October 18, 2007 3:51 PM Come on you happy bastards! There must be more misery in your lives than this!I know you said you wouldn't tolerate excuses... but I have a really good one! |
| nanuk | RE: Despair is...? |
Member Since: February 2007 RK: 8 MP: 2,373 | Thursday October 18, 2007 4:47 PM Okay- despair is being Flarkless (Flarkless, hah! Awesome) for a week.Actually, at the moment mini-despair is trying to figure out which of the following is true- a. That my water smells more strongly of chlorine than usual b. That I only think it smells more strongly because of my tiddliness c. That it doesn't smell more strongly but my alcohol-enhanced state has given me preternatural senses that make it seem that my water smells more chloriney. All equally possible, I reckon. Despair is also knowing I have to get up in 7ish hours and teach loud teenagers all day...sigh "Just imagine the headlines 'Howard Moon, Colon, Explorer'. Got a ring to that don't it?" "Colon Explorer?" "You know what I'm saying." |
| Kitiara | RE: Despair is...? |
 Member Since: May 2000  RK: 6 MP: 1,452 | Thursday October 18, 2007 5:52 PM Aren't points B and C essentially the same thing?Anyone you can describe as chipper is to be avoided. You never know when they'll crack. Eventually, they're gonna start gnawing on the nearest thing they can, whether it's a hood ornament or wristwatch, wrist still attached; a moment when that uniform they've made for themselves breaks down and they fall to pieces, right out of it. Give me the life-haters any day. They'll play you straight. -Oobie |
| Avenging_Angel | RE: Despair is...? |
 Member Since: July 2003  RK: 13 MP: 6,289 | Friday October 19, 2007 8:59 AM My minor despair of the nows - seeing that unloved Impala in the used car lot across from the grocery store continue to be neglected despite being dirt cheap. It's one of the old, stylish ones too - it's only problem is that it's lime green, a little battered, and being sold in a town where everyone wants a pickup truck. If I had a job, man... I know what I'd be saving up for. [[Edited by Avenging_Angel on Friday October 19, 2007 9:01 AM]] Everywhere I go I repeat: I do not belong here. Who will bring me hemlock in their own hands? - Renee Vivien Reality is an illusion that occurs with a lack of alcohol. |
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