|
Post by Job on Jun 21, 2007 12:59:13 GMT -5
My condolences to you, sirrah. I know well the pain of losing a pet, nay, a family member.
|
|
|
Post by motosada on Jun 21, 2007 13:15:38 GMT -5
Damn, man. That sucks.
|
|
|
Post by Job on Jun 22, 2007 13:02:11 GMT -5
So young, too.
|
|
|
Post by Smacked Ass on Jun 24, 2007 18:42:38 GMT -5
Sorry to hear about your puppy, dude.
|
|
|
Post by Spunk on Jun 30, 2007 11:38:17 GMT -5
Paid a copious sum to send my girlfriend to Belize for a month, as well as Florida for a week to be with her sister. The Belize Field School itself was about 2500 dollars, so we took out a 3k loan (under her name, thank god) for it. Well, needless to say this didn't involve a non-refundable 500 dollar deposit, 200 dollars for a fucking US Passport because she kept holding off and waited until 3 weeks before and had to get it super rush expedited. She needed a ticket from ABQ to Florida -- 900 dollars. Then a ticket from Florida to Belize -- 1000+ dollars. Then, she needed a new Canon Rebel XTi camera, which runs around 800 dollars new. Then with supplies and so on, I probably ended up spending about the same as her loan was.
She comes back, "I want to be alone.. I'm sorry, I have changed, this trip has changed me and I need to be alone."
She didn't change, its the same old her, just that she was alone, 'free' for a month and a half and decided that being in a relationship, having responsibility and a future was really scary. 2 years down the drain, I moved out to the ends of the desert for her, have no friends outside of people I've hung out with from work a few times and not much else.
I'm gettin' too old for this shit.
|
|
|
Post by Smacked Ass on Jun 30, 2007 12:10:53 GMT -5
Sorry dude, that really fucking blows. I know this will sound cliche, and you probably don't want to hear it right now (let alone from a faceless, intraweb entity), but this shit happening now, before marriage and kids became part of the equation, you've received a get out of jail free card. It might now feel like it now, because shit is probably still pretty raw, but you'll be thankful for this down the road. Sometimes shit just not working out is really for the best (speaks from similar experience...). Again, sorry to hear about this shit.
|
|
|
Post by jddelphin on Jun 30, 2007 12:24:25 GMT -5
damn.
so, out of curiosity- -does she have delusions of fame and grandeur? That her life HAS to MEAN something? Was she MEANT to do something (she knows for sure she was. Just MEANT) but just has the little trouble of not knowing what? -Or if she knows (whether true or not) what it is she says she wants, is she not willing to work for it? Does the world owe her somehow? Does she feel entitled to anything? Has she been warped by the American culture (or even the counter culture, it amounts to the same) to not be able to see why things just aren't EASY?
You don't have to answer, or anything-I'm just been thinking about things and really getting down on the way people 'change' and 'move on' -I HAVE to do this for me bullshit that just seemingly makes the country a nation with no families, no communities, and nobody out for anyone other than themselves. the: - Can you help me? - I can but it will make things hard for awhile. - OK - Now things are hard - Yes, and now that you helped me, I'm beyond you.
I hate people
|
|
|
Post by Spunk on Jun 30, 2007 13:30:27 GMT -5
damn. so, out of curiosity- -does she have delusions of fame and grandeur? That her life HAS to MEAN something? Was she MEANT to do something (she knows for sure she was. Just MEANT) but just has the little trouble of not knowing what? -Or if she knows (whether true or not) what it is she says she wants, is she not willing to work for it? Does the world owe her somehow? Does she feel entitled to anything? Has she been warped by the American culture (or even the counter culture, it amounts to the same) to not be able to see why things just aren't EASY? You don't have to answer, or anything-I'm just been thinking about things and really getting down on the way people 'change' and 'move on' -I HAVE to do this for me bullshit that just seemingly makes the country a nation with no families, no communities, and nobody out for anyone other than themselves. the: - Can you help me? - I can but it will make things hard for awhile. - OK - Now things are hard - Yes, and now that you helped me, I'm beyond you. I hate people You pretty much hit the nail on the head. She went to CSF out here for a while when she first moved out here, and she has these delusions that all of them live such awesome lives because they move to New York or LA to 'make it big' in the film/television industry, whatever. The reality is that most of them did intern work or were PAs and live in shitty apartments in the ghettos making next to nothing, but the whole romantic idea of moving to a big city and starving to death is really cool, I guess. One of her friends out there gets by fine doing PA work and extra editing work on the side, but works like 14 hours a day, and his mummy and daddy fill up his trust fund rather nicely. Most of her 'amazing friends' are trust fund babies, and she is not, at all. Other ones who aren't as lucky are living in 4 bedroom apartments with 7 other people screen printing t-shirts for 9 dollars an hour. The new dream (well, a few months ago it was law school, lol.. I couldn't get her to go to fucking class to save my life, the past 7 months she sat on my computer using photoshop) is to TRAVEL THE WORLD AND SEE MANY AWESOME PLACES. It is so fucking childish it isn't even funny. I'd love to see the world, as would EVERYBODY ELSE.. But guess what? REALITY. REALITY states that you need a source of income to do this. Fucking shit. GUESS WHAT?! She just fucking walked right into my apartment. God, fuck you.
|
|
|
Post by motosada on Jun 30, 2007 13:40:59 GMT -5
Is Spunk gonna hafta choke a bitch? Oy.
|
|
|
Post by Spunk on Jun 30, 2007 13:46:40 GMT -5
CRIPPLER CROSSFACE.
Edit: Jon is right, as we came really close to having kids a few months back, she was all 'My internal clock tells me I want BABIES' and shit, and we've been waiting till we had more $$ to get married.
|
|
|
Post by motosada on Jun 30, 2007 14:15:42 GMT -5
So, basically, I can return that set of china from the registery, right?
|
|
|
Post by Steve on Jun 30, 2007 16:56:31 GMT -5
I'm a bad person for having laughed at that.
|
|
|
Post by motosada on Jun 30, 2007 17:18:41 GMT -5
I'm a bad person for having laughed at that. Naaah; we all did, I'm sure.
|
|
|
Post by orochigeese on Jun 30, 2007 18:19:18 GMT -5
Shit... I'm sorry Spunk, I really am. You just invested SO much into this girl and THIS is what she does!? Totally flaked out on you...totally flaked out on REALITY. The fact that you two were considering children in the past year and she pulls this is really vile. Jon's right..you basically just got saved before things got even deeper. This girl sounds extremely impulsive right now and while that can be fun and even attractive at times...it can also be dangerous when you get more involved. F'n pisses me off just to hear about this. You go ALL the way out of your way to New Medico for her...you help pay for her trip and she immediately pulls the "I NEED SPACE TO BE ME!" schtick when she probably has less idea of who she is then you do. And wtf with the $800 camera?! For a girl that can barely afford to take a trip without loans and borrowing money, an $800 camera just seems so unnecessary. I'm guessing she's some "artiste" based on the constant photoshop usage and her desire to starve in an urban area, but damn...$800 for a camera!? So do you think you're gonna stay in NM? Do you like your current job enough to stay? P.S. I laughed at the crossface joke too
|
|
|
Post by Spunk on Jun 30, 2007 18:42:01 GMT -5
I make enough money right now to be comfortable out here, and its a decent enough job to where I could keep it for a while and hopefully land something a lot better. But yeah, I do kinda wanna get out of here.
I also blame photoshop for a LOT. It sucked when I'd come home from a 10 hour day and she'd just sit there going 'look at what i did today,' and then continue to sit there all night.
|
|