goddamn first world problems (annoyed)

[Anne the Man]

It's not about whether or not I agree with her (which I do), it's about that unbearable radical 70s activist attitude of "these young people know nothing so we must LECTURE them about how they're doing it wrong". I mean we're all willing to learn and educate ourselves about that stuff, but haranguing us is unpleasant. Others I spoke to said they wanted to create a safe space where people would be able to ask stupid questions or be wrong without getting completely shot down.

[Ignatius]

I miss my mom terribly... Everyone treated me so nice today, but I can't get over that she's not here. I don't know why she's gone, I can't handle this.

[Ignatius]

jesus christ I just wish she was here, I'm sorry... I don't know.

[alex]

 , Iggy. I can't think of anything else to say that doesn't reek of horrible platitudes, so it might be best to leave it at that.

[peacocks]

 

I cannot imagine what a loss like that would be like. Just thinking about it makes me freak a little so, hugs to you Iggy Iglesby.

[fishjim]

Gah. A woman who is very vocal at Occupy Wellington started in on the rest of us for not talking about indigenous people enough. I pointed out to her that while that's a problem there are dozens of similar issues we could bring up there--women, LGBT etc--and she was like "I don't care about women and LGBT"...as if it's her fucking protest or something. I felt quite upset by the confrontation, and I fucking hate people haranguing specific members about one issue and dominating us into agreeing with her. I think we should adopt the "zero tolerance for verbal abuse" guideline that Occupy Wall Street have on the site.

There's a good reason why the Occupy movement should be more vocal about indigenous people though, and it's right in the name of the movement. You don't think "occupation" is an offensive term to a whole lot of people?

I disagree. Yes, the term "occupation" is offensive to a lot of people, but its use in the movement is about occupying one's own public space - and NOT occupying another's. Once that clicks, it's everyone's movement.

EDIT: Anne, here's a possible slogan to share with this woman: "So long as money rules the world, we are all indigenous people." That may piss her off more, but maybe not.

[Ignatius]

Thanks, guys, and sorry. I certainly get a little maudlin from time to time, but I can't remember losing it so completely as I did last night in a long while.

[elpollodiablo]

I think we've talked about this before, Iggy. My mom died ten years ago last May. I was only 16 when it happened, and we always had a kind of fraught relationship, but I still think about her pretty much every day and find my emotions welling up and spilling over when I least expect it. It evens out some, eventually, but it never goes away entirely.

[nonotyet]

cosigned

[hannah]

Thinking about you, Igsters. Hope you can have a happy birthday in spite of it all. This may sound stupid, but it helps just a little when I get down about my dad—maybe donate some money to some charity or organization in her name, as a birthday gift from her to you to someone else.

[Ignatius]

That's an excellent idea, thanks!

[jm]

Dude, Iggy, many hugs.

[Nick Ink]

Dude, Iggy, many hugs.

Feeling you on that post up there Iggy. I think it's cool that you had the honesty to post it. Take car,e man.

[Anne the Man]

Hugnatius

[hannah]

Am I annoyed? Uncertain? Should this go in the school thread? The jobs thread? Whatever. Feeling really down about school right now, not sure why. Or, not "down," just... annoyed. I hate having to go to class. I hate what passes for scholarship in one of my major fields of interest. I hate that my library doesn't seem to have online access to The Nation prior to 1975. I hate that I submitted a paper over a month ago and have yet to hear a peep from my professor about. Just sick of it.

Forgive me, I'll get over this moment of existential angst soon enough. Oy.

[davy]

Am I annoyed? Uncertain? Should this go in the school thread? The jobs thread? Whatever. Feeling really down about school right now, not sure why. Or, not "down," just... annoyed. I hate having to go to class. I hate what passes for scholarship in one of my major fields of interest. I hate that my library doesn't seem to have online access to The Nation prior to 1975. I hate that I submitted a paper over a month ago and have yet to hear a peep from my professor about. Just sick of it.

Forgive me, I'll get over this moment of existential angst soon enough. Oy.

I was going to try and come to your rescue at least as far as The Nation is concerned, but our online resources look the same, 1975 onward. Have you tried print holdings?

[elpollodiablo]

Bloody fucking christ, I discovered today that my school mail hasn't forwarded to my Gmail account since Oct. 5. You can imagine what kind of afternoon I've had.

[Babar]

Hmm, the date of Steve Jobs death... Did you blaspheme The One, by any chance?

[Bernard]

Am I annoyed? Uncertain? Should this go in the school thread? The jobs thread? Whatever. Feeling really down about school right now, not sure why. Or, not "down," just... annoyed. I hate having to go to class. I hate what passes for scholarship in one of my major fields of interest. I hate that my library doesn't seem to have online access to The Nation prior to 1975. I hate that I submitted a paper over a month ago and have yet to hear a peep from my professor about. Just sick of it.

Forgive me, I'll get over this moment of existential angst soon enough. Oy.

Very many hugs to you, awesome person.

[Bernard]

Hugnatius

Chiming in on the hugnatius action 

[Ashley]

my mother called me today very angry because i told her we booked my flights for christmas wrong (going the wrong way).  it cost $700 to change them.   I couldn't understand why she was angry and not ... sad, it's not like it was anyone's fault.  It's just a shitty mistake.  And if you can't afford the $700, that's fine too.  Spending Christmas with friends doesn't make you a hopeless orphan or anything.  Letting people support you in times like this is rad for bonding and shit.

now my cousin drunk and leaving messages on my phone telling me she hates me because i won't come out to a party. at 1 AM on a wednesday.

man, i'm just trying to get through my day, what is up with my family.

[auto-da-fey]

oh I so desperately, desperately do not want to spend the next few days in Baltimore...

sigh.

[Thermofusion]

I love Baltimore, I'd be happy to to a little Trading Places-style identity switch if it's gonna be that torturous for ya

[auto-da-fey]

shoulda targeted my self-pity more precisely; baltimore is swell enough and mile-long walk south toward the inner harbor at 8am was actually a nice way to surface slowly toward consciousness.

how about:
oh I so desperately, desperately do not want to spend the next few days at a stupid fucking conference I was coerced into attending ...

[elpollodiablo]

I am hunkered down with the cats in a lightly cheap motel room while our apartment is sprayed for the bugs who shall not be named. This whole experience has been horrific, but at least I'm getting a lot of work done over here.