Confessional Shed - I'll keep a look-out

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[awesome blue!]

I finally looked at my sat scores. I did great in everything except for math, just like I thought. (A 250. ouch.) I'm going to take it again, and I think I'll do better. I hope so.

[Little Richie]

I'm actually feeling really good in these last few weeks, better than I have felt in a long time. I'm happy, and it's strange, I like it.

[icanus]

So there's this phrase my family have recited at me all my life: He who hesitates is lost.

I recently hesitated - no, in fact froze like a rabbit in headlights - at a really fucking important moment, and now I just want to scream, but am afraid that if I do I won't be able to stop.

[functionally_stupid]

I should really take a shower.

[charliepanayi]

I like my work, I got a promotion and a pay rise today, and I can't seem to feel any pleasure about it.

[Goldstein]

Will this promotion bring any actual changes to your day? I used to prefix my current title with 'Trainee'. Later, I used 'Junior'. One day soon, I'm hoping to be a 'Senior'. There's a difference in the competence expected of me, but the work is basically the same at all levels so the promotion is a bit meaningless. I can understand not being too bothered about that.

[charliepanayi]

Will this promotion bring any actual changes to your day? I used to prefix my current title with 'Trainee'. Later, I used 'Junior'. One day soon, I'm hoping to be a 'Senior'. There's a difference in the competence expected of me, but the work is basically the same at all levels so the promotion is a bit meaningless. I can understand not being too bothered about that.

There's no real change in duties, though I guess they want to help me grow more into the role of being an editor, rather than solely an assistant. Maybe it's just the suddenness of it, I didn't realise anyone was considering it for me.

[SecondTalon]

I should really take a shower.

Huh. f_s came a'wandering back. Harbinger for other ... I guess people would say old-timers but beats me... to come?

[Menacing Spike]

I should really take a shower.

Huh. f_s came a'wandering back. Harbinger for other ... I guess people would say old-timers but beats me... to come?

Did you forget to log into The Cat?

[Torvaun]

I should really take a shower.

Huh. f_s came a'wandering back. Harbinger for other ... I guess people would say old-timers but beats me... to come?

Did you forget to log into The Cat?

I understood it perfectly.

[dragon]

Seeing your avatar again is pleasing, functionally_stupid. Positive associations.

[Jessica]

Seeing your avatar again is pleasing, functionally_stupid. Positive associations.

I totally agree. Just seeing your avatar put a smile on my face.

[pollywog]

And now I'm nostalgiaing.

[Armadillo Al]

Me too, although I apparently haven't been here for quite a while myself.

[bbctol]

Me three, which probably explains why I'm back here after a five-year gap. I remember f_s, though.

[suffer-cait]

it can not have been 5 years, because i recognise you.

[Kewangji]

it can not have been 5 years, because i recognise you.

Also there is not 5 years between the join date and today. I suspect … hyperbole ò_ó

[KestrelLowing]

Sometimes I feel like I am the absolute smartest person in the world, and that other people are such idiots who can't even see the most basic connections between things.

And then I think that I'm the absolutely stupidest person ever who has only made it this far due to very positive circumstances in my life. It kind of sucks when your locus of control seems to be entirely external.

And then sometimes I seem to have a flash of my 'actual' abilities, but they're less than I have supposed all these years so I run away and hide. I wonder if anyone can actually truly know their own abilities.

[Ptolom]

Sometimes I feel like I am the absolute smartest person in the world, and that other people are such idiots who can't even see the most basic connections between things.

And then I think that I'm the absolutely stupidest person ever who has only made it this far due to very positive circumstances in my life. It kind of sucks when your locus of control seems to be entirely external.

And then sometimes I seem to have a flash of my 'actual' abilities, but they're less than I have supposed all these years so I run away and hide. I wonder if anyone can actually truly know their own abilities.

Probably not, because very often your abilities are effectively dependant on your self-esteem at the time. Nobody does well on a test if they're wracked with self doubt and anxiety while they're taking it.

[raike]

Now that the first half or so of my winter break's over, I realized that I spent most of it asleep with the times awake occurring almost universally after sunset and before sunrise. I also realized that I spent most of those hours doing work for the research projects I'm on and learning/reading math. This trend will probably continue until the day before my dentist appointment, after which I should probably go food shopping, since classes will begin four days after that point. Last year, I did almost no work over break, maintained a normal sleep cycle, and had plenty of human interaction. I think I might be enjoying this year almost as much as I did last year; I wonder what that says about me...

[Upsilon]

Oh hey, look at all those other people who I remember from like two years ago. Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

[smw543]

I should really take a shower.

Huh. f_s came a'wandering back. Harbinger for other ... I guess people would say old-timers but beats me... to come?

Yo (is my response to both of these quotes).

[ArchaicHipster]

Well, I'm a hopeless noob, so I don't know no-one.

One of my friends had a fit once, and I've never told anyone.

[Ptolom]

I had a fit once. I couldn't really tell you anything about it because there's about 32 hours I have no memory of.

[nehpest]

A fit, like a tantrum?

[SecondTalon]

A fit, like a tantrum?

Fit, like epileptic seizure.

[nehpest]

Oh! I'll stop using "fit" that way, then. I was unaware it had a more severe meaning.

[SecondTalon]

It's a Britishism/Americanism divide. A fit over here is a temper tantrum. O're there, a fit is a seizure. I think it may be marginally offensive too, but I'm unsure of the level of offense.

Same kinda difference with spastic. Over here, it's someone who's hyperactive. Over there, it's an offensive term for someone who has palsy.

[Ptolom]

Actually we use "have a fit" both ways pretty much equally here. Which probably leads to much misunderstanding and confusion now that I think about it. I don't think it's particularly offensive, but then I don't actually know any epileptics.

[SecondTalon]

Yeah, I based that comment on this page which states

Fit: although the term ‘seizure' or ‘epileptic seizure' is preferred by many people, some people with epilepsy choose to use the word ‘fit’.

I'm interpreting that to mean some people will find it offensive, but it's not generally seen as such.

[Nexan]

Confession: I feel a bit creepy for being excited that f_s is back (and apparently some of the other "old-timers") since none of you know who I am. Still, as dragon said, positive associations.

[bigglesworth]

I'm interpreting that to mean some people will find it offensive, but it's not generally seen as such.

Indeed. Some think that it's offensive to refer to an epileptic seizure as such, some to refer to a tantrum as such.

[icanus]

I fell off the wagon and started smoking again after 9 months clean. Back to square one.

Oh, and I'm totally in love with my boss, despite her being a) my boss, b) so far out of my league as to effectively be a different species, and c) seeing someone.

[pollywog]

I fell off the wagon and started smoking again after 9 months clean. Back to square one.

Oh, and I'm totally in love with my boss, despite her being a) my boss, b) so far out of my league as to effectively be a different species, and c) seeing someone.

I've gone one week without a cigarette, using patches, and getting very tempted a lot. It's the longest I've been without one probably in over a year. This is the hardest thing I've ever quit.

Everyone screws up sometimes. When I fall off wagons, I find the best thing is to do is forget quitting for a few days and not feel guilty about it. Then every time I imbibe, I remind myself of why I don't need or want to do this any more. Then I make the quit attempt again.

Did you use any help the last time you quit? Nicotine replacement therapy or anything?

[icanus]

Did you use any help the last time you quit? Nicotine replacement therapy or anything?

I took some sort of tablets that was supposed to block the nicotine and make me feel sick if I smoked, which worked really well, but the side-effects included the worst insomnia I've ever had, and major depression, so I think I might have to try something else this time round. I just threw out all my smoking parephenalia, so as long as I can avoid going to the shops mid-craving, I should be set to start over.

[Amie]

Fess: When my post-count was 666 I didn't want to make any further posts outside of Forum Games for a very long time

[roband]

Fess: When my post-count was 666 I didn't want to make any further posts outside of Forum Games for a very long time

I had the same feeling. But then something important came up that I HAD to comment on.

[dhokarena56]

I want a stuffed Pen². Luckily there's a foot-tall $10 on Amazon.

[Hyphe]

I've spent far far too long away from this place.

Fess: It's half one in the morning and I am deliberatly putting off going to bed and sleeping, even though I have work in the morning.