Good Morning, 2010! The Princess' Diary Intarwebs Edition

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

bought a bunch of Pixar films to watch

You are so gay.

And?

[Lady Door]

bought a bunch of Pixar films to watch

You are so gay.

And?

I love how he left off the part about the boyfriend. Ha ha! <_<

Work is boring today. Both bosses are "out," but one of them is demanding "omgwtf do it right now!!!" type things via email, but then not telling me what they are and disappearing from contact for half-hours at a time. Thank $deity it's a three-day weekend.

[Idun]

Cancelled, due to snow. GJ GA.

What am I going to do with my day now? Mmm. . .  game.. watch a Netflix movie . . . . research papers. That sounds fine as long as it includes research >_>

[Lady Door]

Hahah! Did I say today would be boring? Feh!

Three projects just got put on the pipeline in "why weren't they sent out on Tuesday?" status. With both my bosses missing, only one available by email, today has been O HILARITY with all the cross-checking, multiple-department running (see, I don't have AUTHORIZATION to do the crap I'm doing), and email-sending. I swear I've sent over 100 emails already.

This company is so crazy and disorganized. I'd laugh more if I wasn't being seriously underpaid and always under threat of being laid off.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

bought a bunch of Pixar films to watch

You are so gay.

And?

I love how he left off the part about the boyfriend. Ha ha! <_<

It's a scientifically proven fact (as noted by several pHD Malaysian Cabana Boys) that noting the presence of a boyfriend in a joke about me somehow makes me less gay.

[Cotigo]

asddagdsgdsfgsgdffg.

Have been kinda ill lately. Just a cough, headache, cold, etc - generic sorta flu symptoms, really - but one of my friends has apparently recently had swine flu. Great. >.>

Swine Flu casualties, according to Wikipedia:  8000 to 15000 depending on WHO or ECDC you ask.  That's for last year. 
Seasonal Flu casualties, same source:  250,000 - 500,000.  Annually.  (A year, for those in the class who are a bit slow and still think Swine Flu is even a thing).

"Oh it's just typical of the flu but it could be SWINE FLU" you better damn well hope it is.

Jesus I wish everyone would stop treating Swine Flu like it was a real problem.

[Yoshiken]

Oh, I know it's nothing special, outside of the spread of it. The point is, it spreads quickly and people are trying to stop that, so my friend going into college with it and me having to go into college with it is retarded.

[metroid composite]

http://www.gamepro.com/article/news/213996/activision-confirms-studio-layoffs-luxoflux-closed/

And the important line: "In another statement issued today, Activision says Underground Studios is also closing up shop."

-_-.  Just -_-.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

While reading an article about social security in a commented Constitution textbook proofreading, the following thought sprouted in my head:

"Huh, so zombies are constitutionally barred from getting a job."

I really shouldn't have stayed up all night in front of the computer.

[Cotigo]

How I started my morning:

<gmail> Hey pay attention to this
<F!Djinn> Wah centipedes
<F!Dhyer> Every animal in Japan trying to rape him MIGHT be Karma.
<mind> Djinn getting railed by a raccoon while he gets facefucked by a fox while a circle of animals around him wait their turn and yell, "YOU DESERVE THIS! YOU DESERVE THIS."

That's one way to start the morning I guess.

[Lady Door]

I got second place in a WoW TCG tournament of 33 people, losing to a teammate. I am annoyed I got 2nd (AGAIN! I swear I get 2nd or scrub out more than anything else), but at least my team won the tournament.

Whee.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

I got second place in a WoW TCG tournament of 33 people, losing to a teammate. I am annoyed I got 2nd (AGAIN! I swear I get 2nd or scrub out more than anything else), but at least my team won the tournament.

Whee.

So apparently UDE lost the license. If you get a spectral tiger loot card, hang on to it for six months and it will be worth as much as a car.

[OblivionKnight]

Fuck Valentine's Day ;_;

I drive out on Friday to my girlfriend in Philadelphia.  5 minutes after I get there, her mother calls her to tell her her grandmother died.  So we drive to Pittsburgh for the funeral on Saturday.

During the funeral, her grandfather dies.  

20 minutes after that, my mother calls me to tell me that my uncle with the tongue/throat cancer I mentioned earlier...died in a car crash.  He apparently also had CNS involvement, had a seizure while DRIVING TO THE CANCER CENTER, and crashed into a truck.  

Fuck this day...do I go to my uncle's funeral or my girlfriend's grandfather's?

[Ultradude]

...man. I don't even know what to say. Good luck? Sorry for your loss? I just don't have anything that sounds or feels right.

[Taishyr]

...

shit. Really sorry to hear that, OK - what Ultradude said overall.

my only other comment is... if the two funerals are mutually exclusive, my own feeling would be to go to your uncle's, but... that's something you'll probably want to talk over with your gf. :/

[DomaDragoon]

My condolences to MC, OK, and everyone else whose life has taken a downward turn. We need more happy.

[Taishyr]

... and somehow I missed MC's post. :/ Maaaang. Really sorry to hear that, too.

[Yoshiken]

My condolences to MC, OK, and everyone else whose life has taken a downward turn. We need more happy.

This. There really is nothing to say other than that, to be honest, and I just seriously hope things pick up for both of you in the near future.

As far as happy goes... Talking to old friends is good? I met up with a load of friends for Chinese New Year (because fuck Valentine's Day when you're single) and I hadn't spoken to most of them in about a year before this. It was amazing seeing people again, and we've all promised to stay in touch this time - praying now that it actually happens.

[Cotigo]

My condolences to MC, OK, and everyone else whose life has taken a downward turn. We need more happy.

This. There really is nothing to say other than that, to be honest, and I just seriously hope things pick up for both of you in the near future.

[NotMiki]

Yeah.  I'm sorry for the both of you, and I hope things turn out better in the future.  Good luck, and hang in there.

[DjinnAndTonic]

How I started my morning:

<gmail> Hey pay attention to this
<F!Djinn> Wah centipedes
<F!Dhyer> Every animal in Japan trying to rape him MIGHT be Karma.
<mind> Djinn getting railed by a raccoon while he gets facefucked by a fox while a circle of animals around him wait their turn and yell, "YOU DESERVE THIS! YOU DESERVE THIS."

That's one way to start the morning I guess.

Your mind works in strange ways. I blame South Park.

But yeah, the poisonous centipedes here -will- send you to the hospital, so it's always an... experience everytime I have to deal with them. I'm hoping I can torch their nest if I ever find it. That's gotta be somewhere around 80 points. I may go up a level or something.

Everyone else's Valentine's Day weekend sucked.

Wow. That's... just wow.  I'm really sorry to hear about OK's and his girlfriend's losses. Both of her grandparents in so short a time? That's rough. From my detached position as an observer though, I have to say that it's almost romantic.

For MC... Well, it sucks that you were settled in and now you've got to find a new job, but at least there were a lot of people who were interested in your skills!


...
On a happier note! Chiaki made me Pikachu-shaped chocolates for Valentine's Day! Well, they only had the faintest passing resemblence to a Pikachu, but you could tell it was supposed to be some type of cute mammal-thing. Anyway, they were delicious and I appreciated the attempt to pander to my RPG-loving,-Smash-Bros-loving,-Otaku-ness. <3

[Anthony Edward Stark]

It was an okay day, for once in fourteen years. I headed to my folks' to take down their Christmas lights because apparently, since I had to put them up it also makes it my job to take them down. Anyway, nobody was home so I helped myself to some rotgut.

[NotMiki]

Chiaki made me Pikachu-shaped chocolates for Valentine's Day! Well, they only had the faintest passing resemblence to a Pikachu, but you could tell it was supposed to be some type of cute mammal-thing.

So sweet.

[Cotigo]

It was an okay day, for once in fourteen years. I headed to my folks' to take down their Christmas lights because apparently, since I had to put them up it also makes it my job to take them down. Anyway, nobody was home so I helped myself to some rotgut.

So sweet.

[Lady Door]

Why does insurance even pretend to offer more than catastrophic coverage? I swear I'd have my finances worked out better if I just anticipated spending 2x the quoted cost of care instead of being blindsided by $500+ every time I go for "routine" things.

Went to the dentist today. Free exam, free cleaning. Got told to floss. The usual. I don't know how many of you know this, but I'm congenitally missing my upper lateral incisors. I've had a retainer for them made of the Invisalign material with some fake acrylic teeth, and it's LONG overdue to be replaced. My dental insurance, it appears, has a 2 year waiting period for anything that is not cleaning and exam, meaning I'll have to pay the $571 for the basic replacement out of pocket.

I love you too, MetLife.