Originally posted by: ricarleite
This is a stupid steriotype, I know two cases of mid 30s living with their parents and both are not sci fi fans or geeks or otakus or anything of the sort. All the geeks and nerds and otakus and sci fi fans I know live alone, or married, or in college somewhere, or still in high school.
Things I hate: this past week. Everything went wrong, just everything. I lost my driving license due to a speed limit radar in a place I was not awareof the speed limit and cannot appeal to the decision and will face up to $1000 in fines; at work everything that could possibly have gone wrong did; there was a energy problem where I live exactly the moment I needed to get an email - and it didnt go back until the following morning; every SINGLE time I steped out of work, my apartment, or the car, it started to rain over me, all week... Not to mention some other f**ed up personal problems I'd rather not speak here. Sometimes I wish I lived on an island like Gilligan or Tom Hanks in Cast Away and didn't have to face all those problems anymore, nor face anyone else anymore...
This is a stupid steriotype, I know two cases of mid 30s living with their parents and both are not sci fi fans or geeks or otakus or anything of the sort. All the geeks and nerds and otakus and sci fi fans I know live alone, or married, or in college somewhere, or still in high school.
Things I hate: this past week. Everything went wrong, just everything. I lost my driving license due to a speed limit radar in a place I was not awareof the speed limit and cannot appeal to the decision and will face up to $1000 in fines; at work everything that could possibly have gone wrong did; there was a energy problem where I live exactly the moment I needed to get an email - and it didnt go back until the following morning; every SINGLE time I steped out of work, my apartment, or the car, it started to rain over me, all week... Not to mention some other f**ed up personal problems I'd rather not speak here. Sometimes I wish I lived on an island like Gilligan or Tom Hanks in Cast Away and didn't have to face all those problems anymore, nor face anyone else anymore...
Ric:
I feel your pain, more than you will know. The death vigil in my family is over, and the funeral was today. We got about 14" of rain here in one week about 8 days ago, and we probably got another 3 today. My wife is terribly sad over this death.
My job is a dead end, I currently have no other prospects. Parts of my family have been at war for about a decade now, and my health problems continue to worsen with no explanation in site. I try to be thankful for the things that ARE right in my life. I have two great kids, my wife is the best thing to ever happen to me, my parents are both still in good health and live only a few miles away, and I have some good friends in my life. I'm also thankful for this board. A lot of people would take it for granted, but it's a place where we can all just vent, or rage, or joke, or drool over pictures of Natalie Portman, Morgan Webb, Evangeline Lilly, etc, etc, etc. Try not to be too upset...as the saying goes "This too, shall pass". Although if I could be anywhere on the planet, it'd be with the castaways of Gilligan's Island!