I'm not sure if this has been touched on at Deadspin, but the Electoral Map that ESPN uses for polls could only be more useless if they tallied up the votes as if "SportsNation" was voting for President. Who's looking at that thing and thinking, "WOW! A majority of Maine-iacs (don't know what to call people from Maine) think Roger Clemens hurt his cause by the interview! How interesting!"
Better yet, who's coming up with these ideas? Some clown was sitting at his/her desk watching election coverage and saying, "That's it! People are interested in the election because of the voting structure and the blue and red map. Forget that it's important and directly affects our lives, the public wouldn't care unless those graphics were there."
Even with working 3 jobs and having tuition covered, I'm paying off loans. So, yeah.
Fuck. I'm working 2 jobs now, because my full time job which I got from the education I'm still paying for covers the basic bills, and not any of the fun stuff.
Hi DUAN. Y'know, I apologize in advance for the "Waaaah, I'm 21 and life so haaaaaaaaard~" whining that's about to take place, but here's as good a place as any to vent.
So I got a Macbook for my birthday, which was sweet. Then I had to pay my parents 1200 dollars to cover the costs of it, since money is tight. And now the power cord broke, and being the student/drunkard that I am, I have only 5 dollars left in checking. So I log in to my online banking dealie in order to transfer money to checking, and find out that my parents have locked me out of my bank account. The reason, of course, is fiscal responsibility. Which was valid until I had to nuke 1200 dollars paying for a fucking birthday gift and then give another 150 to an ex of mine which is half of what I owe her. So I'm in the dorm computer lab, trying to make these fuckers work long enough to type out a couple of final assignments done.
/I'm done- I'll just go post Hinder lyrics as my status on my Facebook page.
@OnBiasPercentage: go to an apple store and talk shit. I seem to recall the connectors on the power cords were defective for a while and you might have one of them. Also, if you are within the warranty period, they might just give you one anyway.
@OnBiasPercentage: That sucks, dude. Perhaps a quick email ("Sent from the Macbook I half-bought that you locked me out of my bank account for.") would at least get you enjoy money to make your computer work?
@Athletic Supporter v0.42beta: I had one on an old borrowed Macbook nearly ignite on me. And when I talked to IT people I knew, they said they were having problems with that.
@OnBiasPercentage: I think the Apple warranty is a year. My keyboard cracked, and they replaced it without blinking an eye. Then I befriended my Mac Genius and ended up living with him for a week and a half in LA. So, try it.
@Rock You Like An Iracane: I mean enough, not enjoy. I'm a fan of telling parents when they need to be put in line for pulling shit like this on their kids, and helping pay for college with a present (because, yes, a Macbook would be useful for college) then taking that present back is messed up.
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Oh, no. But I think there's an age floor on being a Wooo girl that you're still short of. The Wooo girl thing wasn't just the partying, I think, it was what it represented. Can't be a Wooo girl if you're not at least in your late twenties. Younger that that, and you're just being a twentysomething. But that is my particular spin on the phenomenon - Wooo girl as proto-cougar.
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Yeah, I'll take a look at that. It'd be good to have for these last couple classes before finals, since I use them to take notes in class due to a handwriting disorder.
@Rock You Like An Iracane: Yeah, at the same time, they're definitely the type that'll cut off paying for college (most of the money for which is coming from a savings account set up for me when I was 10 by my grandparents. Funny story, really, when I was 13 I had to pick a stock to put in there for college. I picked Google.)
@OnBiasPercentage: I had plugged the one I borrowed in at a campus cafe, and after about 3 minutes I noticed wisps of smoke curling around from the back. Not good, not good at all.
Meanwhile, I reckon I'm about 3 sips away from starting to home-karaoke along with Youtube videos here. Like every other night.
@Colin White Devil: Those are always good nights. I found a wonderful chaser drink for anything that's too stiff for me- Squirt. So I've gone through about 9 cans of Squirt tonight.
@OnBiasPercentage: In college I told anyoone who would listen, obviously I was trashed usually, that Squirt should just rebrand themselves as "Chaser".
I don't take shots anymore, but if I did that would be my chaser
@OnBiasPercentage: My parents pay for my cell phone (so they have something to hold over my head so that they know they can always get a hold of me) and my car insurance (because the deal for getting a full ride to college was a car, and they made me buy my own).* Besides that, I've paid for my clothes/rent/food/all that jazz since I got my first job at 16. Sometimes it sucks, but it's awesome knowing you can do it.
*I'm still spoiled. When I do visit, and on holidays, they shower me with way more presents than they should, but it's because they love me and miss me.
@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: It really is. I did 10 months with AmeriCorps and built houses in the South on 9 dollars a day, and it was the most rewarding thing I could have done at that point in my life.
@HockeyMountain: Please, PLEAASE tell that to anyone dumb enough to chase with Red Bull. Unless you're of a Darwinian mindset that evening, and want the herd to thin itself.
@OnBiasPercentage: I can't say much. I had my entire college paid for. Part of that was my decision to go to the in-state instead of the private school that wanted me to play soccer.
But still I got out of college debt-free, and that's pretty f'ing awesome
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Better yet, who's coming up with these ideas? Some clown was sitting at his/her desk watching election coverage and saying, "That's it! People are interested in the election because of the voting structure and the blue and red map. Forget that it's important and directly affects our lives, the public wouldn't care unless those graphics were there."
Die.
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Do you like black people?
Yellow: Yes
Green: No
Red: People are black?
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Tomorrow's going to suck, but if I make it through tomorrow, it'll be Free Lunch Friday!
Night everyone! And to do DUAN Secret Santa, EMAIL ME.
12/11/08
Fuck. I'm working 2 jobs now, because my full time job which I got from the education I'm still paying for covers the basic bills, and not any of the fun stuff.
12/11/08
Blaqstarr and M.I.A cover Way Down in the Hole
12/11/08
So I got a Macbook for my birthday, which was sweet. Then I had to pay my parents 1200 dollars to cover the costs of it, since money is tight. And now the power cord broke, and being the student/drunkard that I am, I have only 5 dollars left in checking. So I log in to my online banking dealie in order to transfer money to checking, and find out that my parents have locked me out of my bank account. The reason, of course, is fiscal responsibility. Which was valid until I had to nuke 1200 dollars paying for a fucking birthday gift and then give another 150 to an ex of mine which is half of what I owe her. So I'm in the dorm computer lab, trying to make these fuckers work long enough to type out a couple of final assignments done.
/I'm done- I'll just go post Hinder lyrics as my status on my Facebook page.
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And as a backup, you can always sell your body.
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@Craig Eshericks Mustache: Is there an age limit on wooing?
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@Le Kangourou de Kataroo: Yeah, I'll take a look at that. It'd be good to have for these last couple classes before finals, since I use them to take notes in class due to a handwriting disorder.
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Meanwhile, I reckon I'm about 3 sips away from starting to home-karaoke along with Youtube videos here. Like every other night.
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I don't take shots anymore, but if I did that would be my chaser
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*I'm still spoiled. When I do visit, and on holidays, they shower me with way more presents than they should, but it's because they love me and miss me.
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@Colin White Devil: It's a sweet gig if you can get it.
@HockeyMountain: Please, PLEAASE tell that to anyone dumb enough to chase with Red Bull. Unless you're of a Darwinian mindset that evening, and want the herd to thin itself.
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But still I got out of college debt-free, and that's pretty f'ing awesome
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Sigh, my browser crashed and now I'm back to my old avatar. This avatar issue is driving me crazy
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This really happened. Joe Budden on the mic.
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Here's an oldschool fav of mine:
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[blogs.suntimes.com]
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Also, because that's a tremendous piece of writing and Ebert's fantastic.
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