wow, life sure does suck lately!

[nicolas.b]

my new jersey nets just got destroyed in their game seven playoff basketball game tonight. (that means the season is done)

having med problems lately which means i can barely put two coherant thoughts together. plus a lot of bodily discomfort.

got a week-and-a-half to go and still don't have a new place lined up yet. (must move out by june first)

this new winter weight seems to be turning into old summer weight, meaning permanent i suppose.

smoked so many cigarillos the last week that it's sonn going to be cheaper just to start smoking cigarettes.

the DSL is gone at the end of this month.

lost a new friend recently, i think because i didn't move quickly enough for her. (RL, not online)

still kind of pained about how a recent disastrous chatroom situation worked out. (owner went berserk on me when i tried to leave)

my best friend in the online scene is still AWOL.

*sigh*

hmm, i wonder what's around the next corner? i haven't been hit on the head by any bricks yet...

[locutus]

doesnt sound so bad, things for me have been on a steady downward spiral for almost two years with no real hope in sight...I blame it all on the government and bad timing

[subby]

cheer up nico, have a read of this:

http://211.28.60.106:8080/phpBB2-new/viewtopic.php?t=8

[Tank Program]

still kind of pained about how a recent disastrous chatroom situation worked out. (owner went berserk on me when i tried to leave)

Don't worry about that, the guy was an asshole anyway from what I read about that... Cheer up man .

[nicolas.b]

eheh, thanks guys. and subby, thanks for the funny read. altho i still can't believe you got a team of dunnarts to design a forums for you.

doesnt sound so bad, things for me have been on a steady downward spiral for almost two years with no real hope in sight...I blame it all on the government and bad timing

lol... don't patronise me, loc. you're still not even close, trust me. of course, there's always someone worse off, so does that mean...?

still, i'm kind of surprised to hear you talk like that. i see a lot of neat-looking web sites you've designed for people. is the design work not really panning out? i must admit that's kind of happened to some friends, as talented as they are. i guess the problems are "oversaturation" and clients who don't really understand what they are asking for and then change their minds when you present them with what they 'wanted'. or fail to pay their bill thinking somehow internet services should be free. sounds familiar...?

[locutus]

is the design work not really panning out?

I work at a liqour store...think about it, hehe

[n54]

look out for that brick!


image taken from http://www.iath.virginia.edu/crocker/

[frizza]

having med problems lately which means i can barely put two coherant thoughts together. plus a lot of bodily discomfort.

can i ask what's wrong nic?

we feel for you with the moving.... if you were in australia, we would put you up until you were able to find somewhere to live. Moving is stressful enough at the best of times!! The offer still stands, but we don't know how useful that could be, considering how fit you would have to be to swim over here, and whether you would be able to avoid the sharks and jellyfish, let alone the massive humongous uber squid. Even if you survived all of that, you would still have to get past the guard-dunnarts, unless they were busy developing web pages

if all else fails, subby has offered to send you some quality cardboard boxes to live in he's even offered to send you a high-rise refrigerator box j/k
(subby told me to say all that)

of course we are just trying to make you laugh, and we hope that everything works out for you. As us aussie's say, "she'll be right, mate"

[nicolas.b]

node, thanks for the cool KK pic, and frizza, thanks for the superb reply. it seemed like a sincere offer even while i was LMAO about having to swim through such perilous waters to get there. or thinking about the cardboard box options available. maybe if connect a few of them the right way they would be not-so-bad to live in. it seems to work in my mind, anyway...

anyway, thanks very much for actually asking a Q about what's wrong. i really appreciate that. to answer: i am on an SSRI (zoloft) which is useful for mood problems, anxiety, sleep problems and CNS function in general. i have some permanent conditions which means i have to be on meds like this always, all the time. but they often stop working for periods and need to be adjusted or replaced. that's the scariest part. listening to doctor's advice has mainly just made the situation more confusing- they have some of the worst advice of all, lol.

anyway, i slammed on the brakes two days ago with the meds and it seems to be paying a little dividend today. my head is clearing up a bit. hopefully i'll be once again grinding the biketrails of life soon... sort of.

[RUDEBOY!]

i suggest you give up on the ouside world and move to a self sufficient plantation in rhodesia

[anthias]

Yeah, I'm a slackass and only just read this thread, but the same offer as Frizza gave, applies here as well - you've still gotta do the swim, but I don't have guard dunnarts and I try to live away from the viscious wombats. Worst I got is the chemist (drugstore) downstairs and a psycho cat. But I got a decent pad, so if you were here and wanted to stay somewhere it doesn't rain all the time... (sorry melbournites )

And in Newcastle we got good surfing beaches so provided you don't get dumped, the last 50 metres or so of your swim you can relex and let the weaves bring you in, and then the lifesavers will scoop your exhausted carcass up off the sand and you can say "ring Anthias" before you collapse in an exhausted heap..


And then the lifesavers will say "who the F&*^ is Anthias?" and you'll wake up in some strange hostel or backpackers near the beach with a headache and tired limbs and no idea where you actually are, but really, that sounds like a normal day to me anyway, so may as well live with some adventure thrown in huh?

Anyway, hope things are on the up and up. Life is securely located in the bitch quadrant, but if you work it right you can get some fun out of even the worst of it.

My thoughts are with you. Look after yourself.

[Majination]

I thought that given the generous offers of a place to stay this would be a good time to introduce everyone to http://www.couchsurfing.com. I believe this to be an extremely worthwhile venture and hope to see many more members soon. Check it out.

I would invite you to come stay at my California bachelor pad, but my sister and her family are currently hoarding all of the spare sleeping quarters. It is very much non-bacheloresque at the moment!

Take it easy,
Majination

[Speedracer]

Sorry to hear that things aren't everything you want them to be, nicolas.b. It is good to be able to come here and get some things off your chest and actually get an educated answer or just a witty joke to lift your spirits. As many times as I try to deny it, all of you are becoming close friends in a small world filled with demise, danger, and dunnarts.
After reading that nice story about Australia, I would consider definitely moving to the outback. It seems like you need to have a little common sense in order to survive there so I would fit in perfectly. Common sense is an oxymoron from where I live.