DIE SUPER!!! - G'morning, 2009!

[Lady Door]

Ouch, Djinn. Sorry to hear you've had such a rough beginning.

But... you have access to *things* now!

By the way, I used to think about that Quota of Happiness thing too. It was darkly hilarious -- I'd get paranoid about feeling happy because it meant something would go horribly wrong shortly afterward. I've been living in a total grey zone lately, so I'm not sure what's up with it lately. I always anticipate insta-karma, though.

[Bardiche]

I used to believe that, any day I would have a Particularly Good Day, it would end catastrophically. As a result, I often found my assertion to be truthful, as things nearly always went wrong. Have a good day at school, get a bad day at home with the old man.

I don't think I've had as major an offset as you've had, Djinn. By comparison, I think you just got shafted more in a single moment than I've been over the past year.

//EDIT:
I... uh... somehow meant this to be comforting. Sympathising with you and all, and uh... s-something. I'm sorry, I'm really worthless. ;_;

[Cmdr_King]

I have an occasional belief in Preemptive Karma, myself.

[superaielman]

Pfft. If you aren't daring the universe to do it's worst you're doing something wrong.

[Ultradude]

I have an occasional belief in whatever.

That's pretty much my stance on gauging my happiness in general.

Of course, pretty pleased right now, since I got my new hard drive in my laptop. Now to fiddle around with my Windows settings and get all the important stuff (AIM, emulators) redownloaded. Then get some videos and pics back off of my friend's computer, and browse 4chan for a wallpaper to welcome my reborn computer.

Next objective: screen repairs! Fortunately, it's behaving for now, so no big deal.

[Bardiche]

Pfft. If you aren't daring the universe to do it's worst you're doing something wrong.

Some of us have a healthy relationship with the universe, thanks much. Don't try to drag us down to your level!

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Pfft. If you aren't daring the universe to do it's worst you're doing something wrong.

Some of us have a healthy relationship with the universe, thanks much. Don't try to drag us down to your level!

My condolences about your associative schizophrenia.

[DjinnAndTonic]

I used to believe that, any day I would have a Particularly Good Day, it would end catastrophically. As a result, I often found my assertion to be truthful, as things nearly always went wrong. Have a good day at school, get a bad day at home with the old man.

I don't think I've had as major an offset as you've had, Djinn. By comparison, I think you just got shafted more in a single moment than I've been over the past year.

//EDIT:
I... uh... somehow meant this to be comforting. Sympathising with you and all, and uh... s-something. I'm sorry, I'm really worthless. ;_;

I appreciate the condolences.

Though I was hoping people would find the story more amusing that pitiable. I mean, it was embarassing and little expensive, but it's nothing I'll really have to deal with in a month from now.

Also, I hadn't realized how many people actually held some variant of the view of The Conservation of Happiness... I had actually typed that in jest... >.>;;

[Taishyr]

I don't believe in the Conservation of Happiness so much as I do in the Black Hole of Happiness.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I used to believe that, any day I would have a Particularly Good Day, it would end catastrophically. As a result, I often found my assertion to be truthful, as things nearly always went wrong. Have a good day at school, get a bad day at home with the old man.

I don't think I've had as major an offset as you've had, Djinn. By comparison, I think you just got shafted more in a single moment than I've been over the past year.

//EDIT:
I... uh... somehow meant this to be comforting. Sympathising with you and all, and uh... s-something. I'm sorry, I'm really worthless. ;_;

I appreciate the condolences.

Though I was hoping people would find the story more amusing that pitiable. I mean, it was embarassing and little expensive, but it's nothing I'll really have to deal with in a month from now.

Also, I hadn't realized how many people actually held some variant of the view of The Conservation of Happiness... I had actually typed that in jest... >.>;;

Life is a rollercoaster, Djinn. Well, no, most of the time it's just a placid, dull stroll. But when it rollercoasts, you better hang onto your shorts when the loops approach. Karma is nice that way.

[Shale]

Another wedding of an old school friend this weekend. This time, the groom wore a kilt.

[NotMiki]

Got a dresser today.  It was curbside about a quarter mile from my place.  Quarter mile is a lot longer distance when you're carrying a dresser, as it turns out.  Pretty high quality.  Probably retail new for $250 or so.  I'm surprised anyone would throw it out.

[Ultradude]

Got a dresser today.  It was curbside about a quarter mile from my place.  Quarter mile is a lot longer distance when you're carrying a dresser, as it turns out.  Pretty high quality.  Probably retail new for $250 or so.  I'm surprised anyone would throw it out.

I once helped a friend and his brother carry a metal swingset a little less than that, so I can kind of understand. You'd think that going downhill would make it easier, but when you're trying not to break the thing...

[NotMiki]

Yeah, the fact that the wooden slats didn't break on me when I had to put weight on them speaks very well of its material.  I was fortunate that the up and downhills were very moderate (though they didn't seem it at the time).

[Grefter]

Score Jim.

Bad things happen to bad people, it makes me smile.  Bad things happen to good people and it makes me smile more.

[Idun]

I'm sick. The first day there was a bug at GSU, guess who got it!? Even with my incessant washing of hands/antibacterial soaps/gels multiple times a day. FUCK you, antibacterial soaps. I should expect this anyway as I have a low immune system. I'm just glad it's not H1N1 that GSU decided to put up on their page.

[AndrewRogue]

Feeling kinda ill myself. Also, I've officially had my job for over 90 days. Perfect time for them to fire me. Yaaay.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Feeling kinda ill myself. Also, I've officially had my job for over 90 days. Perfect time for them to fire me. Yaaay.

If they kept you this long, at this point they'll only fire you if they're firing the whole department or if you screw up big time.

[Luther Lansfeld]

Antibacterial soap is pretty damn ineffective. >_>;; Taking a nursing class teaches you how much fail they are.

[Ultradude]

Antibacterial soap is pretty damn ineffective. >_>;; Taking a nursing class teaches you how much fail they are.

So much this. Save yourself the money and buy cheap ass soap, and avoid turning bacteria resistant to boot >_>

Taking a Microbiology class teaches you so many things about how to kill or not kill microorganisms.

[metroid composite]

Conservation of happiness actually has some scientific basis in the human brain.  For example, if you make $30k a year and your friends all make $20k a year, you'll probably be quite happy.  On the other hand, if you make $90k a year and all your friends make $100k a year, you'll probably be somewhat unhappy.  Happiness is a relative measure.  Seeking improvement is the natural state of the human brain.  As such, the average human happiness in the world probably hasn't changed much in thousands of years (which is to say conservation of happiness probably holds).

Now, I don't know about "if good stuff happens to you, you're probably due in for some bad" kind of logic.  That's more a statement about the universe as a functioning system, which is much less well-understood than the human brain.

I don't believe in the Conservation of Happiness so much as I do in the Black Hole of Happiness.

I uh, wow, are you okay Tai?  Or am I just reading that comment much darker than it was intended?

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I think the grimness was intended.

[VySaika]

Djinn: Hah, yeah I've had karmic kicks in the pants along those lines before. All you can do is roll with it and keep moving, right?

Anywho, it's time for me to play my own brand of Good News/Bad News.

Good News: Kier's school year started today. Yay!

Bad News: ...the fuck do you mean the school has no busses and Middle Schoolers are expected to take the standard public transportation to school? High Schoolers I can see that for, but Middle? Though on that note, both the Elementary and High schools around here have busses. Just not the Middle school. W. T. F.

Good News: So, instead of public transportation, Jenna is driving him in every morning and picking him up every afternoon. However, this means he has to wait at the nearby public library until she gets there. How is this good news, you ask? Well, we have issues keeping the kid in books he hasn't already read. This neatly solves THAT problem. Secondly, it means Jenna HAS to leave work at 5, no ifs ands or buts. Which is good since she has a bad habit of staying late to get extra work done at least once a week. So she actually gets more time at home, though she also has to leave the house a bit earlier in the morning.

Bad News: She has to leave the house earlier in the morning. Now begins my struggle to convince her to try going to bed earlier so she doesn't sacrifice desperately needed sleep for this.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

I figure that, by the end of the first week she's undersleeping to do that, her body will bite her in the ass by making her feel sleepy at like 9PM and force her to sleep earlier. Our organisms are harsh bitches.

[Cmdr_King]

Highly unlikely.  She'd get tired at 2 pm, then either stay tired and pass out at first inconvenience (for example, while driving) or push through until she gets bored, depending on the day.