So, here is a fun little moral question I thought I'd pose to the clan.
You are at a (female) friend's house. While there, you find yourself alone for a few minutes in either her bedroom or bathroom and notice that on the floor there is a pair of her panties. Is it morally wrong to inspect them? What if these are the panties of her roommate instead?
I'm quite curious as to what others have to say about this.
On another note, get me your profies for the site damnit! Don't make me go all super mega Physics man on you all.
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Growth and decay its very nature
Things spring to being and again they cease
Happy the marvel of them and the peace.
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So, here is a fun little moral question I thought I'd pose to the clan.
You are at a (female) friend's house. While there, you find yourself alone for a few minutes in either her bedroom or bathroom and notice that on the floor there is a pair of her panties. Is it morally wrong to inspect them? What if these are the panties of her roommate instead?
Doesn't matter who they belong to, as long as you keep it to just sniffing/tasting, you're not overstepping any boundaries.
Depends on the panties. If they are sexy red (or black) lace, the sort of tiny little things that barely cover a woman's dirty bits, then obviously you have a moral obligation to examine them. If the woman didn't want you stealing them and doing dirty things later that night, she'd have never left them out where you could find them.
On the other hand, if they're an ugly pair of granny panties that don't belong on anyone under the age of 60, you owe it to yourself to flee the house screaming.
Makes no difference who the owner of the panties actually is, the *logic* works either way.
[Ninja Stealth Edit] mtghkkid: "I'm sorry your honor. I thought she was a she" RancoredElf: lol RancoredElf: I assumed that the girl was.... not a man. mtghkkid: exactly. RancoredElf: When the man took his dress off, and the girl's ***** showed up, I smacked that ***** upside the nuts. mtghkkid: ohhhh boy
I was told today that this kid on my team called 911 twice this morning and hung up both times. They called back and his dad answered. The reason the kid called 911? He got an erection and didn't know what to do. I wish I was making this up.
I've never had a facination with panties. I mean tasting them just seems odd to me. But then I have no sense of smell so whatever sexual/sensual pleasure you get out of sniffing and tasting panties I doubt I would get.
I also remember the movie "white chicks" where the guy does that....and it turns out the panties belonged to one of the black guys. O_o
Really buisy day at work today. Tomorrow I have more classes. Kinda tired....in a good way. I felt motivated in the morning to work on my japanese, same as yesterday, first time in 4 months since I looked at them. I forgot alot.
I'm about to sign my contract finaly after I sort a few last technical stuff with the bosses. Then I will be making a six figure income...monthly!
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Depends on the panties. If they are sexy red (or black) lace, the sort of tiny little things that barely cover a woman's dirty bits, then obviously you have a moral obligation to examine them. If the woman didn't want you stealing them and doing dirty things later that night, she'd have never left them out where you could find them.
On the other hand, if they're an ugly pair of granny panties that don't belong on anyone under the age of 60, you owe it to yourself to flee the house screaming.
LMAO. Couldn't have said it better.
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Hey, as long as you return the panties to the exact place you found them... I don't think it matters what you do to them, within reason. Just make sure you're not caught... unless the owner of said panties is into that kind of thing. If so, perhaps you could inquire to smell/taste where they came from...
Wow, A few things seem to have changed in this mighty fine clan. What happened to Alex? And Laika? Did anyone else leave?
So, I've been designing my own Magic set since May (or sometime around then) and I'm at 222 cards. Hooray for a one man set! Of course, I'd never be able to do it without some help on wordings and power level issues from some of you. Thanks! I'll be boozing it up tonight and working on it a bit more... so If I IM anyone, don't say you weren't warned in advance.
ohh nice clip daggs. Sadly I didn't get to watch the game, as I was working. Tried to tape it, but I seem to have gotten Frasier re-runs instead.
Ziggs, getting caught can be the best part. Espescially if she's willing to lend you a helping hand... mouth... whatever...
Ok, quick question for the clan. I've got a friend whom I haven't seen in two or three years. She shows up in town, so I send her an email asking if we can go for coffee. I wanted to hear about her missionary trip to Bolivia, her sister's baby, her new job, etc. Basically to catch up on everything that's happened since we last talked. For arguably the first time in my life, I'm trying to talk to a girl for entirely innocent reasons.
She emails me back, and paraphrased slighty it reads, "I've got a boyfriend now."
Here's my question, was I somehow asking for a date without realizing it? Regardless, I've vowed that from now on, the only reason I'll talk to girls is if I want to get in her pants.
I was told today that this kid on my team called 911 twice this morning and hung up both times. They called back and his dad answered. The reason the kid called 911? He got an erection and didn't know what to do. I wish I was making this up.
Well, you have to remember your own personality when it comes to those things, Travis. Put yourself in her perspective, what would you think that you would want?
Robynne has a boyfriend now too Why do you think she's barely ever around anymore, heh.
You are at a (female) friend's house. While there, you find yourself alone for a few minutes in either her bedroom or bathroom and notice that on the floor there is a pair of her panties. Is it morally wrong to inspect them?
For me, that'd be wrong, because I'm married. I don't even go to female friends' houses. In fact, I don't have female friends. I barely have friends!
For someone without that probl... errr... situation, I don't think it would be morally wrong. I think you'd be a bit of a pervert, and probably hard up for sex and affection, but you're not evil or anything. But I doubt you'd be checking out her panties if you weren't attracted to her. So that begs the question, if you and her have a relationship, and you're attracted to her, why aren't you going for it? Forget sniffing panties! Get your game on!
And hey, trust a question about panties to bring out Laika and HKKID from hiding, eh?
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What happened to Alex? And Laika? Did anyone else leave?
Well, you could, uh, READ a little, if you wanted to find out these things... I guess you missed a thread or so. The clan member list is in post #1 of this thread.
It fascinates me that people ask questions like 'what happened to Alex'. It's not the most difficult thing to figure out, honestly. The only thing different now than in the past is that, this time when he 'quit', we shut the door behind him.
Well, you have to remember your own personality when it comes to those things, Travis. Put yourself in her perspective, what would you think that you would want?
*shrugs*. Somehow whenever I try to see the world from a woman's perspective, the only thing I notice is how incredibly fun it is to play with my nipples. That said, obviously if I'm asking her for coffee and a talk then I want coffee and a talk. If I had wanted to shag her brains out I'd have asked if she'd come over to my place so I could do nasty things till the sun comes up. It's a low percentage shot, but at least it's completely honest :p.
Robynne has a boyfriend now too
Not to point out the obvious, but I hit on married woman all the time. If a husband isn't gonna stop me, do you really think a boyfriend will?
Why do you think she's barely ever around anymore, heh.
I thought it was because I quit posting. Without my stunning personality, an attractive female would have no reason to hang around this particular band of vulgar miscreants. duh :halo:.
I was told today that this kid on my team called 911 twice this morning and hung up both times. They called back and his dad answered. The reason the kid called 911? He got an erection and didn't know what to do. I wish I was making this up.
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Growth and decay its very nature
Things spring to being and again they cease
Happy the marvel of them and the peace.
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Well Travis, You could always invite the boyfriend for coffie too. True she can still think that all you want is sex....I mean some people are into that kind of thing...
So I had a rather bad day today. The classes were great, but at the end of one of them I ran out of time with the lesson plan. I'm acting it up, pretending to be frusterated, I mean in a loud obvious voice I fall to my knees going "Noooo" and in mock frusteration I throw my marker at the wall clock. Instantly my boss Swings open the door and points out me Saying loudly, "I saw that!". There are one way windows on the door. "You need to control your anger" he says infront of all the kids.
Well I'm frusterated. I mean he chastized me infront of the students. These were younger kids but they're smart enough to pick up his vibe. And this is not the first time he did this.
So I'm thinking about this and thinking I should bring it up. But am worried as I just started full time and this guy is a bit excentric. He's prone to bursts of anger and has a pet peve of people trying to defend themselves. I've been working for him for two months, I should have known better.
Well I go shopping for food and when I come back I'm instantly greeted by the three main bosses, the husband and wife I live with, and led into an emergency meeting. Obviously about my errupting infront of the kids. I am nervous as all hell as I don't think I can say anything. The boss also told me over and over that the company has had a financial nose dive in the past four months, that the great teacher I replaced is coming back in a month and would like to work again, I know he is always looking at resume's, and I haven't signed the contract yet.
Well they shuffle me into the meeting and ask if I know why. I say no, but I could have guessed. I then say that I was acting even demonstrating kneeling on the ground. I told them that maybe it was over the top. Obviously they didn't believe me as they instantly went into how they have never seen any teacher blow up infront of the students and that the kids were scared. I could have disputed that, but that would have been a bad move. I insisted that I was not angry.
Then I made my mistake. I said that I would prefer that he not chastize me infront of the students. The boss looked angry and said, "what, its my fault now." He's complained about this type of thing before, aparently its a pattern. He also likes to complain about everyone and everything infront of everyone and has no scrouples about talking behind anyones back. Anyway I'm instantly raising my hand and insisting thats not the case. I ask if I'm out of line. The wife says I am and how they run their buisness is their call. I then get the same routine that I've heard before, that what happens is ultimately their responsibility as they are the money holders. Aparently not used to teachers caring about the students.
Well at that point what can I do? I totaly messed up by being intimidated and timid, they didn't believe that I was acting and thought that I actualy blew up in anger infront of the students, they thought I was trying to turn the blame on the boss, and they accused me of being defensive....even citing another employee who always says "yes sir." So too late I turned 180, I said that I was over the top, that was my fault, I wont do it again, and tried to leave it at that. I mean I do live with these people.
So now I'm sitting here kind of pissed and a bit humiliated, more at my own poor performance than anything the bosses did. I mean I've played this game before, I should have played my hand much better and not let the bosses walk all over me. My boss also never forgets about anything and will probably rant about my "defiance" or whatever bs to every employee here.
It's got me thinking. I am really worried about my Job security here. I mean now that they think they hired a violent phycho....again (has happened before)...and the fact that the reason they saught me out was because he had a problem with another employee he was thinking about replacing. Well...it is certainly possible that he's fishing the web for someone to replace me. He wouldn't tell me untill the day of...and I doubt a contract would save my ass.
I need to protect myself, now more than ever. I have no money, huge debts, and for all intents and purposes I have no family to fall back on. Funny how I've always thought my family would be there if things went sour.
I am currently in a very dangerous situation in life. Which is odd considering I have nothing to lose. In fact the only reason my situation is dangerous is because I care....about my debt and about paying them off. I mean if I am stripped of everything I own lose what?
lol, infact that very thought is causing me to roll on the floor with laughter. I'm ranting about being worried about losing everything I've worked for. I have nothing! Oooh, my precious camera...I-pod....flashlight? Ultimately their loss, though pissing me off, wouldn't be the end of the world. If I stop caring about those debts then in addition to having nothing I would have nothing to worry about. :-p
Am I depressed...seeing with clearity...or just delusional from lack of sleep?
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Brings to mind what he had said about the previous employee, when he came to you and said this guy had been irresponsible, angry, defiant, rude, and aggressive. He said that's why he got rid of him, and you were going to take his place. Well, now you know what's likely the case - the other guy was removed for some small infraction and the boss badmouthed him to everyone, including you, the new guy.
Good luck, man. Sounds like a very toxic situation which I would definitely lose my edge in. I'd probably take the wall clock and throw it on the floor, use a pointer to whack the boss across the ass, and scream "THIS is angry, moron!"
Yeah, some folks enjoy the power that comes with positions like that more than the responsibility. My advice would be to tough it out as best you can and try not to argue. So, last night I went to the bar downstairs and played poker... not very fun at all. Without an investment, people just throw their chips around willy-nilly. Its rediculous to have to call $200+ just to see the flop. Not to mention, that if you don't sign up in time, you end up coming in after someone is eliminated and you're stuck fending of two or more people with most of the table's chips. Oh well, tonight is free pizza and beer night at another bar... that ought to make up for it. Later Called.
I advise not living with your boss. Since it's clearly too late for that, you pretty much just have to suck it up and take whatever they throw at you..since, if you lose your job, you also have no place to live.
There's a story that JD Salinger wrote, in 9 Stories, called "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period." I think of your situation, + I keep hearing that short story in my brain. . .
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I saw in a Quebec newspaper (one of sixteen French-language newspapers and periodicals I had blown myself a subscription to) a quarter-column advertisement that had been placed by the direction of a Montreal correspondence art school. It advised all qualified instructors--it as much as said, in fact, that it couldn't advise them fortenwnt enough--to apply immediately for employment at the newest, most progressive, correspondence art school in Canada. Candidate instructors, it stipulated, were to have a fluent knowledge of both the French and English languages, and only those of temperate habits and unquestionable character need apply. The summer session at Les Amis Des Vieux Maitres was officially to open on 10 June. Samples of work, it said, should represent both the academic and commercial fields of art, and were to be submitted to Monsieur I. Yoshoto, directeur, formerly of the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, Tokyo.
Here is the text online (there are a few typos) if you can stand to read block text. 9 Stories is worth having, though, + doesn't flag the library FBI alarm thingy like Catcher in the Rye does. . . anyway, check it, Dt!
eds - oh yeh, r_e, there's a funny bit involving you in the latest MT article. I giggled. . . *beats dead horse*
Heh... maybe it's just me, but you sound like you're royally ****ed.
That emergency meeting was obviously misplayed (to be fair, those are always tricky to get right, even with good bosses), and now the boss thinks you're an angry, incompotent american with no spine. As noted, your job isn't very secure, and if you lose that you're homless too. Just to make things worse, you sound depressed as hell and you're definately not thinking with your brain.
Let's go through the problems one at a time.
1: Your boss is an ***hole
Solution: heh... I wish I knew. Mine is too.
2: Your boss thinks you can't control your anger
Solution: Stay calm. No more clowning around like that in front of the class, and don't even think of being violent around him. You're probably skating on thin ice if you raise your voice, although you may need to do that with him (but never to the class).
3: Your boss walked all over you at the meeting and so he thinks you're gutless.
Solution: Nothing just yet. But next time he makes a mistake don't let him intimidate you into letting him off the hook. Sure it's not his fault that you were acting dumb, but it IS his fault he chewed you out in front of the class. His actions WILL cause the class to start losing respect for you, and make it much harder for you to maintain discipline in the future. It would've been ok to let that slide, but if you wanna call the boss on his mistakes, don't let him intimidate you into backing down next time.
4: Your boss will probably start badmouthing you behind your back
Solution: Likely this isn't actually a problem. I get the impression he does this all the time. Any employee who'se been with the company for a while will recognize it as BS, and the ones who haven't will soon learn. Just don't go return the favor and badmouth him. He'll probably hear about it, and I doubt he'll take it gracefully.
5: Your boss thinks your incompotent.
Solution: Prove him wrong. No seriously, it's hard to think someone's incompotent when the repeatedly show everyone how compotent they are. You're a damn good teacher, as long as you stick to the teaching this one will sort itself out.
6: You feel your job is at risk.
Solution: DISCREETLY start looking for other jobs. Maybe you end up staying with this job, but mabye you get fired. If you do get fired, it'll be good to have something already lined up to fall back on. Hell, you could get a better job, at which point you'll be resigning rather than getting fired.
7: If you get fired you're in deep slit.
Solution: We've covered the important stuff here. Try not to get fired, and at the same time work on a saftey net incase it happens. Worst place scenario, I'd be happy to let you crash it my place. I don't have any money to help with your loans (or even to get you from Japan to Seattle), but it's a free place to stay, and I can probably get you a job.
8: You're depressed as hell and not thinking very well.
Solution: Might I reccomend Viagra? It's tough to be depressed when you've horny as hell. That's why i'm always so damn happy :halo:. As for the thinking thing, I've got a feeling once you get the depression thing out of the way you'll start using your brain again.
wow... I think that's the most serious spoiler I've ever posted in the clan thread before. It didn't even come with a punch line. I must be losing my touch, I'm not funny anymore. Guess I'd better go back to watching porn while I'm still good at that. (I can even type with my left hand now).
I was told today that this kid on my team called 911 twice this morning and hung up both times. They called back and his dad answered. The reason the kid called 911? He got an erection and didn't know what to do. I wish I was making this up.
Thanks all, You don't know how much your advice and comments really mean to me. I thought I was getting better with my depression, I really did, I guess maybe not? I couldn't sleep last night, the thought process of everything which dominoed into anything from debts to my failing eyesight and escalating joint issues. I'll go to sleep soon.
Here are the bare facts of it all. I'm the most recent employee and have yet to sign the contract. The company has been taking a nose dive financialy for the past four months and we've lost students to the point that we each have 4 classes a day next week, an hour a class, but are suppose to work 8 hours a day for the minimum pay. Also, the very experienced teacher I replaced will be coming back from her vacation in a month and may wish to return to her job, which she will no doubt get at the expense of someone. Add in the fact that I'm possibly viewed as a spineless angry psycho then without any emotional, depressed, or sleep deprived add ons it is still safe to say that my possition here may not be very permanent. We did hand out hundreds of flyers and will soon see how effective that is.
I considered my priorities again. Why am I working here? Not for entertainment or education, not for students or for anyone else, for the money. In fact after three months of accrewed debt, hundreds spent on train tickets to interviews, and dozens of angsty rants here I was pretty much willing to work the sewers. I can tough it out here....though you can probably guess where my self motivation and caring about the schools ultimate wellfare and students went. Worst case scenario I am fired soon, best case scenario I leave after a year. Whoopie....big difference?
I considered my true current state. If I were to lose my job and housing instantly I do have a little cash but not enough to get by without my credit card. My parents may still be willing to carry on filling my monthly mooching bag, I may have to let them. I bet my grandmother would be willing to let me back, but they would be afraid that I would fall back into a mental recession (I fear that this is a legit consern. I did them a grave diservice losing myself while in their care.). My uncle is the best candidate to help me out. There I can look around for a job for a month. I currently have a plane ticket that will allow me to fly to america untill september, with it and my car I can go anywhere in the USA if need be. I may have to take up peoples offer to assit me in getting a job, at least untill I dust off my batchelor degree in biology off and get something more in line with my carreer path. Even Arby's is a possibility for a temp job.
Worst case scenario I'm living out of a tent from my car and bathing in the river. Would remind me of my trip in the kelabit highlands, except there I was fed and had to walk everywhere...and had no real way to wash three pairs of underware that had to share 7 days of pure 8hrs a day tropical rainforest hiking. Hopefully my one pair of jeans, covered in leechbite blood smears, covered up the smell.
Best case scenario is that this was a one time incident and nothing reoccured and that my new sence of not caring and mentaly wishing I could tell the bosses off wont get in may way.
In the mean time I will play the middle ground. Save a bit for three months of independantly paying for an appartment, my bills, and my food. I haven't calculated exactly how much I would need for that yet. I have also written a cover letter and revised my resume. It doesn't say anything about conflict. Just that I am working for a school that may be falling on hard times and I am looking to see if anyone is hiring or will be interested in the next few months. I may send it out in the next few days. I'm also confident enough in my abilities to teach one on one that It might be good just to make a bunch of cheap fliers and buisness cards and go into buisness for myself. It's all temp anyway.
I must admit to being taken aback last night. Totaly railroaded and basicaly humiliated. Their quick snapping and agressive questions really gave me little time to think. An element I am not the best with without the stress. It is quite akin to interogations where people admit they are guilty of murder when they were never near the place. I thouht I was above that...hopefully I am now. I feel a bit of tension in the house, probably my own mind as I have been simmering in anger for the past day. Lesson learned methinks.
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And I guess that I'm a lucky one for the truth of what I know. For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go. I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone. If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
@ other Chris-- I really wish I had sound advice to give you man. However, I recently quit my job for my boss acting roughly the same way. So I probably am not the best person to give advice on that one.
Went to a VERY good lil league Baseball game today. It was tied 6-6 so they went into an extra inning. We lost 13-6. Sadly, that is how we are at most sports.
Not much to report here. My life has been pretty blah. The most exciting thing I've done lately is do a couple Fantasy Football drafts. Yay for a boring life, right? So anyways, my nephew's baseball team is having a pool party, and families are going. Here's hoping they have some hot older sisters.:unibrow:
Got a wierd card in a trade the other day. I was wondering if anyone can think of a decent deck to put it in? It's kind of an odd card. Anyways, here it is.
I dunno. I haven't seen this card named Robynne's boyfriend. I wonder if he has a similar drawback?:p
What is "I haven't signed the contract yet"? What's stopping you, and what changes once you sign it? Seems like that's a detail you're glossing over, yet you keep mentioning it. Other than that, not sure what to say. I wouldn't work for the guy after that. In fact, I really don't like working for anyone at all, except myself. Working for oneself is definitely the way to go, if you can do it.
Oooooh, Gavin just brought me a bowl of... strawberry shortcake, I think. It's got custard, strawberry halves, vanilla cake, some strawberry glaze. *munch* Pretty tasty. Man, I'm gonna get so fat like this!
Up to the cabin tomorrow morning. Nathan and I are going in the miata, followed by Curtis and Rob in the protege, and lastly Adam in his integra later on. We'll be drunk by the time he gets there. Luckily, he's a cheap drunk, and he'll catch up fast. It has been hot and dry for the past month here in BC, except for a few days of cooler weather and some sprinkles the past few days. Thusly (Mike's word of the year 2005) the forest is pretty dry, but not so dry they've banned campfires. So we're gonna have a big one going each night, as usual! Also going to play some frisbee golf up in the clearcut again, hopefully take the boat out either to do some fishing or swimming, perhaps hike and take photos. Will share, as always, when I get back. If only I knew how to take decent pictures. I should be back Sunday night, but Nathan took Monday off so who knows... could stay an extra night if the food beer holds out.
Brian - Do those guys ever quit? I'm glad I'm such a great source of entertainment for people. Merci pour la linke.
Chris - I tried casting Robynne's Boyfriend the other day but apparently it's a Sorcery, not an Instant. My opponent called a judge and I was kicked out of the building. I think he was just mad because he was playing with 4 Robynne's Little Sister, and my Robynne's Boyfriend would have simply wrecked him.
Very funny guys. My boyfriend's been too busy to spend much time with me recently anyways. He spent almost all of the week either at school or working. I meanwhile have finished moving stuff around in my bedroom, gotten another shelf up, applied for my math course, received it and finished Unit 1 AND have had a million birthdays to celebrate. B-days: My grandmother's, my grandfather's, 2 of my cousin's, my mom's, my best friend's and my sister's. Mike also had his birthday but that didn't affect me this year... I've been spending SOOO much time at family's and shopping it's crazy. And now this weekend I'm going away to Mart's cottage with the group (my D&D group and extended friends).
With Katie fighting over the computer got so bad my mom made up a computer schedule. Most of my time is during work hours wednesday-saturday. So that sucks for my posting/chatting time.
Right now I'm exhausted and head-spinning from finishing my course. So off the bed, after a bit of aim to see how people are doing. Night All!
P.S. I will finish catching up reading later and reply to peeps.
I've seen like a million pictures of Robynne that all looked great..that one looks uhh...not so great. Where in the world did you find it. Still, 'twas funny except that it's an awful card that would never see play, and we all know Robynne has been slammed down onto plenty of our kitchen tables.
Sounds like you got the bad end of the computer deal, Robs.
and we all know Robynne has been slammed down onto plenty of our kitchen tables.
*applauds*.
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Guys My boyfriend's been ... busy ... in my bedroom... gotten ...up ... a million. ... Mike also had his ... but that didn't affect me this year...
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P.S. ... finish ... up ... peeps.
I'm just mad you even left me with an easy "sucks" but nothing to support it.
Bah. I'll be working this weekend, back around mondayish.
I was told today that this kid on my team called 911 twice this morning and hung up both times. They called back and his dad answered. The reason the kid called 911? He got an erection and didn't know what to do. I wish I was making this up.
Well I had to initialy bring up the contract and I had some questions so didn't sign it right away. Probably wont be brought up unless I do. The thing is I want to hold off and watch the boss carefully for a while. When he thought I was angry he genuinly thought I was acting out in anger and had a right to say something, setting me up like that was uncalled for and I still feel humiliated at my performance. However, it was over an assumption he made over something I doubt would occure often.
So I am holding off on signing the contract to protect myself. If this is a common charisteristic of the boss I want to be able to quit without losing faith. Thanks to the current situation and assumptions he made I don't trust him to uphold his part of the contract, not because of some decietfullness on his part, but with the way he makes assumptions into solid conclusions I wouldn't be suprised if he 'thought' there was a legit complaint. I mean come one, an obviously fake voice with me on my knees holding my head because my class is out of time...and I'm out of controll with rage? O_o
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You are at a (female) friend's house. While there, you find yourself alone for a few minutes in either her bedroom or bathroom and notice that on the floor there is a pair of her panties. Is it morally wrong to inspect them? What if these are the panties of her roommate instead?
I'm quite curious as to what others have to say about this.
On another note, get me your profies for the site damnit! Don't make me go all super mega Physics man on you all.
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Growth and decay its very nature
Things spring to being and again they cease
Happy the marvel of them and the peace.
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Doesn't matter who they belong to, as long as you keep it to just sniffing/tasting, you're not overstepping any boundaries.
When you cross my mind you'd best look both ways.
On the other hand, if they're an ugly pair of granny panties that don't belong on anyone under the age of 60, you owe it to yourself to flee the house screaming.
Makes no difference who the owner of the panties actually is, the *logic* works either way.
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mtghkkid: "I'm sorry your honor. I thought she was a she"
RancoredElf: lol
RancoredElf: I assumed that the girl was.... not a man.
mtghkkid: exactly.
RancoredElf: When the man took his dress off, and the girl's ***** showed up, I smacked that ***** upside the nuts.
mtghkkid: ohhhh boy
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I've never had a facination with panties. I mean tasting them just seems odd to me. But then I have no sense of smell so whatever sexual/sensual pleasure you get out of sniffing and tasting panties I doubt I would get.
I also remember the movie "white chicks" where the guy does that....and it turns out the panties belonged to one of the black guys. O_o
Really buisy day at work today. Tomorrow I have more classes. Kinda tired....in a good way. I felt motivated in the morning to work on my japanese, same as yesterday, first time in 4 months since I looked at them. I forgot alot.
I'm about to sign my contract finaly after I sort a few last technical stuff with the bosses. Then I will be making a six figure income...monthly!
Yatta!
Also...take a look at Zidane...... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6o2UDltZ4vk
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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LMAO. Couldn't have said it better.
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Homebrew is creating Magic.
Are you a pilot or a creator??
Wow, A few things seem to have changed in this mighty fine clan. What happened to Alex? And Laika? Did anyone else leave?
So, I've been designing my own Magic set since May (or sometime around then) and I'm at 222 cards. Hooray for a one man set! Of course, I'd never be able to do it without some help on wordings and power level issues from some of you. Thanks! I'll be boozing it up tonight and working on it a bit more... so If I IM anyone, don't say you weren't warned in advance.
Later Called.
Ziggs, getting caught can be the best part. Espescially if she's willing to lend you a helping hand... mouth... whatever...
Ok, quick question for the clan. I've got a friend whom I haven't seen in two or three years. She shows up in town, so I send her an email asking if we can go for coffee. I wanted to hear about her missionary trip to Bolivia, her sister's baby, her new job, etc. Basically to catch up on everything that's happened since we last talked. For arguably the first time in my life, I'm trying to talk to a girl for entirely innocent reasons.
She emails me back, and paraphrased slighty it reads, "I've got a boyfriend now."
Here's my question, was I somehow asking for a date without realizing it? Regardless, I've vowed that from now on, the only reason I'll talk to girls is if I want to get in her pants.
Say Robynne, how'd you like to go for coffee?
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Robynne has a boyfriend now too Why do you think she's barely ever around anymore, heh.
For me, that'd be wrong, because I'm married. I don't even go to female friends' houses. In fact, I don't have female friends. I barely have friends!
For someone without that probl... errr... situation, I don't think it would be morally wrong. I think you'd be a bit of a pervert, and probably hard up for sex and affection, but you're not evil or anything. But I doubt you'd be checking out her panties if you weren't attracted to her. So that begs the question, if you and her have a relationship, and you're attracted to her, why aren't you going for it? Forget sniffing panties! Get your game on!
And hey, trust a question about panties to bring out Laika and HKKID from hiding, eh?
Well, you could, uh, READ a little, if you wanted to find out these things... I guess you missed a thread or so. The clan member list is in post #1 of this thread.
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*shrugs*. Somehow whenever I try to see the world from a woman's perspective, the only thing I notice is how incredibly fun it is to play with my nipples. That said, obviously if I'm asking her for coffee and a talk then I want coffee and a talk. If I had wanted to shag her brains out I'd have asked if she'd come over to my place so I could do nasty things till the sun comes up. It's a low percentage shot, but at least it's completely honest :p.
Not to point out the obvious, but I hit on married woman all the time. If a husband isn't gonna stop me, do you really think a boyfriend will?
I thought it was because I quit posting. Without my stunning personality, an attractive female would have no reason to hang around this particular band of vulgar miscreants. duh :halo:.
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And speaking of bad people, last night I described something as "more horrible than a 12 year old Taiwanese girl."
I'm going to hell.
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-Fred Menger
Fleeting is this world
Growth and decay its very nature
Things spring to being and again they cease
Happy the marvel of them and the peace.
-Nidana Vagga
So I had a rather bad day today. The classes were great, but at the end of one of them I ran out of time with the lesson plan. I'm acting it up, pretending to be frusterated, I mean in a loud obvious voice I fall to my knees going "Noooo" and in mock frusteration I throw my marker at the wall clock. Instantly my boss Swings open the door and points out me Saying loudly, "I saw that!". There are one way windows on the door. "You need to control your anger" he says infront of all the kids.
Well I'm frusterated. I mean he chastized me infront of the students. These were younger kids but they're smart enough to pick up his vibe. And this is not the first time he did this.
So I'm thinking about this and thinking I should bring it up. But am worried as I just started full time and this guy is a bit excentric. He's prone to bursts of anger and has a pet peve of people trying to defend themselves. I've been working for him for two months, I should have known better.
Well I go shopping for food and when I come back I'm instantly greeted by the three main bosses, the husband and wife I live with, and led into an emergency meeting. Obviously about my errupting infront of the kids. I am nervous as all hell as I don't think I can say anything. The boss also told me over and over that the company has had a financial nose dive in the past four months, that the great teacher I replaced is coming back in a month and would like to work again, I know he is always looking at resume's, and I haven't signed the contract yet.
Well they shuffle me into the meeting and ask if I know why. I say no, but I could have guessed. I then say that I was acting even demonstrating kneeling on the ground. I told them that maybe it was over the top. Obviously they didn't believe me as they instantly went into how they have never seen any teacher blow up infront of the students and that the kids were scared. I could have disputed that, but that would have been a bad move. I insisted that I was not angry.
Then I made my mistake. I said that I would prefer that he not chastize me infront of the students. The boss looked angry and said, "what, its my fault now." He's complained about this type of thing before, aparently its a pattern. He also likes to complain about everyone and everything infront of everyone and has no scrouples about talking behind anyones back. Anyway I'm instantly raising my hand and insisting thats not the case. I ask if I'm out of line. The wife says I am and how they run their buisness is their call. I then get the same routine that I've heard before, that what happens is ultimately their responsibility as they are the money holders. Aparently not used to teachers caring about the students.
Well at that point what can I do? I totaly messed up by being intimidated and timid, they didn't believe that I was acting and thought that I actualy blew up in anger infront of the students, they thought I was trying to turn the blame on the boss, and they accused me of being defensive....even citing another employee who always says "yes sir." So too late I turned 180, I said that I was over the top, that was my fault, I wont do it again, and tried to leave it at that. I mean I do live with these people.
So now I'm sitting here kind of pissed and a bit humiliated, more at my own poor performance than anything the bosses did. I mean I've played this game before, I should have played my hand much better and not let the bosses walk all over me. My boss also never forgets about anything and will probably rant about my "defiance" or whatever bs to every employee here.
It's got me thinking. I am really worried about my Job security here. I mean now that they think they hired a violent phycho....again (has happened before)...and the fact that the reason they saught me out was because he had a problem with another employee he was thinking about replacing. Well...it is certainly possible that he's fishing the web for someone to replace me. He wouldn't tell me untill the day of...and I doubt a contract would save my ass.
I need to protect myself, now more than ever. I have no money, huge debts, and for all intents and purposes I have no family to fall back on. Funny how I've always thought my family would be there if things went sour.
I am currently in a very dangerous situation in life. Which is odd considering I have nothing to lose. In fact the only reason my situation is dangerous is because I care....about my debt and about paying them off. I mean if I am stripped of everything I own lose what?
lol, infact that very thought is causing me to roll on the floor with laughter. I'm ranting about being worried about losing everything I've worked for. I have nothing! Oooh, my precious camera...I-pod....flashlight? Ultimately their loss, though pissing me off, wouldn't be the end of the world. If I stop caring about those debts then in addition to having nothing I would have nothing to worry about. :-p
Am I depressed...seeing with clearity...or just delusional from lack of sleep?
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For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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Good luck, man. Sounds like a very toxic situation which I would definitely lose my edge in. I'd probably take the wall clock and throw it on the floor, use a pointer to whack the boss across the ass, and scream "THIS is angry, moron!"
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So, last night I went to the bar downstairs and played poker... not very fun at all. Without an investment, people just throw their chips around willy-nilly. Its rediculous to have to call $200+ just to see the flop. Not to mention, that if you don't sign up in time, you end up coming in after someone is eliminated and you're stuck fending of two or more people with most of the table's chips.
Oh well, tonight is free pizza and beer night at another bar... that ought to make up for it.
Later Called.
There's a story that JD Salinger wrote, in 9 Stories, called "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period." I think of your situation, + I keep hearing that short story in my brain. . .
Here is the text online (there are a few typos) if you can stand to read block text. 9 Stories is worth having, though, + doesn't flag the library FBI alarm thingy like Catcher in the Rye does. . . anyway, check it, Dt!
eds - oh yeh, r_e, there's a funny bit involving you in the latest MT article. I giggled. . . *beats dead horse*
Heh... maybe it's just me, but you sound like you're royally ****ed.
That emergency meeting was obviously misplayed (to be fair, those are always tricky to get right, even with good bosses), and now the boss thinks you're an angry, incompotent american with no spine. As noted, your job isn't very secure, and if you lose that you're homless too. Just to make things worse, you sound depressed as hell and you're definately not thinking with your brain.
Let's go through the problems one at a time.
1: Your boss is an ***hole
Solution: heh... I wish I knew. Mine is too.
2: Your boss thinks you can't control your anger
Solution: Stay calm. No more clowning around like that in front of the class, and don't even think of being violent around him. You're probably skating on thin ice if you raise your voice, although you may need to do that with him (but never to the class).
3: Your boss walked all over you at the meeting and so he thinks you're gutless.
Solution: Nothing just yet. But next time he makes a mistake don't let him intimidate you into letting him off the hook. Sure it's not his fault that you were acting dumb, but it IS his fault he chewed you out in front of the class. His actions WILL cause the class to start losing respect for you, and make it much harder for you to maintain discipline in the future. It would've been ok to let that slide, but if you wanna call the boss on his mistakes, don't let him intimidate you into backing down next time.
4: Your boss will probably start badmouthing you behind your back
Solution: Likely this isn't actually a problem. I get the impression he does this all the time. Any employee who'se been with the company for a while will recognize it as BS, and the ones who haven't will soon learn. Just don't go return the favor and badmouth him. He'll probably hear about it, and I doubt he'll take it gracefully.
5: Your boss thinks your incompotent.
Solution: Prove him wrong. No seriously, it's hard to think someone's incompotent when the repeatedly show everyone how compotent they are. You're a damn good teacher, as long as you stick to the teaching this one will sort itself out.
6: You feel your job is at risk.
Solution: DISCREETLY start looking for other jobs. Maybe you end up staying with this job, but mabye you get fired. If you do get fired, it'll be good to have something already lined up to fall back on. Hell, you could get a better job, at which point you'll be resigning rather than getting fired.
7: If you get fired you're in deep slit.
Solution: We've covered the important stuff here. Try not to get fired, and at the same time work on a saftey net incase it happens. Worst place scenario, I'd be happy to let you crash it my place. I don't have any money to help with your loans (or even to get you from Japan to Seattle), but it's a free place to stay, and I can probably get you a job.
8: You're depressed as hell and not thinking very well.
Solution: Might I reccomend Viagra? It's tough to be depressed when you've horny as hell. That's why i'm always so damn happy :halo:. As for the thinking thing, I've got a feeling once you get the depression thing out of the way you'll start using your brain again.
wow... I think that's the most serious spoiler I've ever posted in the clan thread before. It didn't even come with a punch line. I must be losing my touch, I'm not funny anymore. Guess I'd better go back to watching porn while I'm still good at that. (I can even type with my left hand now).
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Here are the bare facts of it all. I'm the most recent employee and have yet to sign the contract. The company has been taking a nose dive financialy for the past four months and we've lost students to the point that we each have 4 classes a day next week, an hour a class, but are suppose to work 8 hours a day for the minimum pay. Also, the very experienced teacher I replaced will be coming back from her vacation in a month and may wish to return to her job, which she will no doubt get at the expense of someone. Add in the fact that I'm possibly viewed as a spineless angry psycho then without any emotional, depressed, or sleep deprived add ons it is still safe to say that my possition here may not be very permanent. We did hand out hundreds of flyers and will soon see how effective that is.
I considered my priorities again. Why am I working here? Not for entertainment or education, not for students or for anyone else, for the money. In fact after three months of accrewed debt, hundreds spent on train tickets to interviews, and dozens of angsty rants here I was pretty much willing to work the sewers. I can tough it out here....though you can probably guess where my self motivation and caring about the schools ultimate wellfare and students went. Worst case scenario I am fired soon, best case scenario I leave after a year. Whoopie....big difference?
I considered my true current state. If I were to lose my job and housing instantly I do have a little cash but not enough to get by without my credit card. My parents may still be willing to carry on filling my monthly mooching bag, I may have to let them. I bet my grandmother would be willing to let me back, but they would be afraid that I would fall back into a mental recession (I fear that this is a legit consern. I did them a grave diservice losing myself while in their care.). My uncle is the best candidate to help me out. There I can look around for a job for a month. I currently have a plane ticket that will allow me to fly to america untill september, with it and my car I can go anywhere in the USA if need be. I may have to take up peoples offer to assit me in getting a job, at least untill I dust off my batchelor degree in biology off and get something more in line with my carreer path. Even Arby's is a possibility for a temp job.
Worst case scenario I'm living out of a tent from my car and bathing in the river. Would remind me of my trip in the kelabit highlands, except there I was fed and had to walk everywhere...and had no real way to wash three pairs of underware that had to share 7 days of pure 8hrs a day tropical rainforest hiking. Hopefully my one pair of jeans, covered in leechbite blood smears, covered up the smell.
Best case scenario is that this was a one time incident and nothing reoccured and that my new sence of not caring and mentaly wishing I could tell the bosses off wont get in may way.
In the mean time I will play the middle ground. Save a bit for three months of independantly paying for an appartment, my bills, and my food. I haven't calculated exactly how much I would need for that yet. I have also written a cover letter and revised my resume. It doesn't say anything about conflict. Just that I am working for a school that may be falling on hard times and I am looking to see if anyone is hiring or will be interested in the next few months. I may send it out in the next few days. I'm also confident enough in my abilities to teach one on one that It might be good just to make a bunch of cheap fliers and buisness cards and go into buisness for myself. It's all temp anyway.
I must admit to being taken aback last night. Totaly railroaded and basicaly humiliated. Their quick snapping and agressive questions really gave me little time to think. An element I am not the best with without the stress. It is quite akin to interogations where people admit they are guilty of murder when they were never near the place. I thouht I was above that...hopefully I am now. I feel a bit of tension in the house, probably my own mind as I have been simmering in anger for the past day. Lesson learned methinks.
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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Went to a VERY good lil league Baseball game today. It was tied 6-6 so they went into an extra inning. We lost 13-6. Sadly, that is how we are at most sports.
Not much to report here. My life has been pretty blah. The most exciting thing I've done lately is do a couple Fantasy Football drafts. Yay for a boring life, right? So anyways, my nephew's baseball team is having a pool party, and families are going. Here's hoping they have some hot older sisters.:unibrow:
Got a wierd card in a trade the other day. I was wondering if anyone can think of a decent deck to put it in? It's kind of an odd card. Anyways, here it is.
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Oooooh, Gavin just brought me a bowl of... strawberry shortcake, I think. It's got custard, strawberry halves, vanilla cake, some strawberry glaze. *munch* Pretty tasty. Man, I'm gonna get so fat like this!
Up to the cabin tomorrow morning. Nathan and I are going in the miata, followed by Curtis and Rob in the protege, and lastly Adam in his integra later on. We'll be drunk by the time he gets there. Luckily, he's a cheap drunk, and he'll catch up fast. It has been hot and dry for the past month here in BC, except for a few days of cooler weather and some sprinkles the past few days. Thusly (Mike's word of the year 2005) the forest is pretty dry, but not so dry they've banned campfires. So we're gonna have a big one going each night, as usual! Also going to play some frisbee golf up in the clearcut again, hopefully take the boat out either to do some fishing or swimming, perhaps hike and take photos. Will share, as always, when I get back. If only I knew how to take decent pictures. I should be back Sunday night, but Nathan took Monday off so who knows... could stay an extra night if the
foodbeer holds out.Brian - Do those guys ever quit? I'm glad I'm such a great source of entertainment for people. Merci pour la linke.
Chris - I tried casting Robynne's Boyfriend the other day but apparently it's a Sorcery, not an Instant. My opponent called a judge and I was kicked out of the building. I think he was just mad because he was playing with 4 Robynne's Little Sister, and my Robynne's Boyfriend would have simply wrecked him.
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With Katie fighting over the computer got so bad my mom made up a computer schedule. Most of my time is during work hours wednesday-saturday. So that sucks for my posting/chatting time.
Right now I'm exhausted and head-spinning from finishing my course. So off the bed, after a bit of aim to see how people are doing. Night All!
P.S. I will finish catching up reading later and reply to peeps.
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Sounds like you got the bad end of the computer deal, Robs.
*applauds*.
I'm just mad you even left me with an easy "sucks" but nothing to support it.
Bah. I'll be working this weekend, back around mondayish.
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So I am holding off on signing the contract to protect myself. If this is a common charisteristic of the boss I want to be able to quit without losing faith. Thanks to the current situation and assumptions he made I don't trust him to uphold his part of the contract, not because of some decietfullness on his part, but with the way he makes assumptions into solid conclusions I wouldn't be suprised if he 'thought' there was a legit complaint. I mean come one, an obviously fake voice with me on my knees holding my head because my class is out of time...and I'm out of controll with rage? O_o
Daggertooth
For my heart had not denied me and I have somewhere to go.
I shall never be a prisoner of steel and glass and stone.
If I leave, I will return again to my Rocky Mountain home.
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