stupid first world problems you're dealing with

gay rights. black people. these are the two groups with some serious politically correct clout in america. Sweatshop labourers, migrant workers don't really have their people out there fighting the fight i guess

Having to unrar three archives to get to the .sub subs.

  On 8/2/2012 at 8:32 PM, baph said:

Cute cat.

The good thing about cats is they usually try to be clean with the shits 'n piss, and to locate their bidness in an appropriate location. I mean, they try. Fail frequently, but I can respect the effort.

Yeah, cats are weirdly self-conscious like that. They embarrass easy.

And somehow mine has managed to make my entire apartment smell like cheese, but I have found no evidence of poo anywhere... OMG what if he ate it???

Eating clementines after I cut my finger earlier, the acid burns so bad

  On 8/3/2012 at 7:52 AM, usagi said:

...I hate to say this - but I punished him by pushing him away from me when he tried to cuddle.

 

I felt so bad about it afterwards. made it up to him like a hundred times.

That's what they call "tough love"! I just tried an intervention. He went in the bathtub and started making the "I'm trying to dig up litter with my paws" pantomime. So I picked him up and put him in the litter box, but of course he wouldn't have any of it. Then he goes behind the toilet and begins the same ritual, to which I voice my disapproval and then move him back into the tub, since that's a lot more ideal. But at this point he's just not liking being forced to go anywhere. The rest is a blur, but at some point my girlfriend joins us in the bathroom, sees him going behind the toilet and is like "oh he's doing it, there's no stopping it now" as he proceeds to leave a goddamned dipping sauce of shit for us to enjoy. This time I wrapped it up in tissue and made him watch me bury it in the litter box. I don't think he got the hint, but it was worth a shot anyway. Maybe if he smells it buried there he'll take the bait.

i left my coffee out, someone used it and i couldn't find it. so i made espresso with some organic stuff. it was seriously awful and then i found my coffee, in the fridge.

i'm going to a friends' wedding tomorrow and i'm a little stressed but coming around to the idea.

Cat's on lap, wanna get up, don't wanna disturb cat. Life is hard.

i want a haircut but also don't want a haircut

went to the beer store and bought what i thought was a marzen, but when i got home realized it was actually a marzen rauchbier. i generally despise rauchbiers but i drank it anyway and it tasted like a campfire took a shit in my mouth.

More than 1 rauchbier is like eating wurst til you're sick.

  On 8/3/2012 at 10:10 PM, disparaissant said:

i want a haircut but also don't want a haircut

I get this all the time. Also, my hair has been the same style for almost 10 years but I can't think of anything else to do with it.

Oh, and another first world problem of mine: I've been putting more effort into dressing well lately, and I've realised that women can get away with a LOT more, in terms of crazy clothing. I went to work yesterday in a black and white houndstooth suit jacket, red knitted tie and red/white/navy boots and got all kinds of weird looks on public transport. Meanwhile, I see women dressed in far more ridiculous outfits and nobody bats an eyelid. ZOLE

  On 8/3/2012 at 8:58 AM, Zephyr_Nova said:

  On 8/3/2012 at 7:52 AM, usagi said:

...I hate to say this - but I punished him by pushing him away from me when he tried to cuddle.

 

I felt so bad about it afterwards. made it up to him like a hundred times.

 

That's what they call "tough love"! I just tried an intervention. He went in the bathtub and started making the "I'm trying to dig up litter with my paws" pantomime. So I picked him up and put him in the litter box, but of course he wouldn't have any of it. Then he goes behind the toilet and begins the same ritual, to which I voice my disapproval and then move him back into the tub, since that's a lot more ideal. But at this point he's just not liking being forced to go anywhere. The rest is a blur, but at some point my girlfriend joins us in the bathroom, sees him going behind the toilet and is like "oh he's doing it, there's no stopping it now" as he proceeds to leave a goddamned dipping sauce of shit for us to enjoy. This time I wrapped it up in tissue and made him watch me bury it in the litter box. I don't think he got the hint, but it was worth a shot anyway. Maybe if he smells it buried there he'll take the bait.

You might want to try temporarily moving the litter box into the bathtub (when tub not in use lol), and then slowly move the box in stages, over a week or more, to where you actually want it (letting him properly locate his shit in the box before moving it to the next stage).

I'm basing this on a variation of the Charles Mingus CAT-alog for Toilet Training Your Cat

  On 8/4/2012 at 1:25 AM, modey said:

Oh, and another first world problem of mine: I've been putting more effort into dressing well lately, and I've realised that women can get away with a LOT more, in terms of crazy clothing. I went to work yesterday in a black and white houndstooth suit jacket, red knitted tie and red/white/navy boots and got all kinds of weird looks on public transport. Meanwhile, I see women dressed in far more ridiculous outfits and nobody bats an eyelid. ZOLE

You have to stick to subtle variations on a kind of trad/preppy style if you want to pull it off the dress shirt/tie/jacket thing and you don't want to look ridiculously flamboyant (not that you did... but it's easy to go too far). I don't mean you actually have to look preppy, I'm just saying start with the basic traditional elements and figure out what works for you.

IMO: Don't get all matchy. Red tie and red shoes might be a bit much. Traditional guy style eschews the matchy. The only thing that's supposed to match is the suit jacket and suit pants. If you're not wearing a two-piece suit, you should wear a blazer or sports coat--not a suit jacket-- and pair it with different colored ("odd") pants. In that case, the pants shouldn't exactly match the jacket, but you should try to go for a bit of contrast without loudly juxtaposing patterns or materials.

The red tie and red in the boots might have been a bit much.

Shit's complicated, yo, but the first rule is kinda just... tone it down.

I mean, you might have looked fine, but that getup sounds a little busy from the description. But I ain't no expert, anyway.

That houndstooth jacket sounds like a bitch to balance with anything, tbqh. Black 'n' white is pretty fucking flashy.

And make sure you don't look like you just raided a charity shop.

Sorry I've had truth serum.

Aye the red white and blue boots sound like they don't belong with the rest.

Post a pic!

And what are you trying to project? Just stand out/get noticed?

Haha, i'm not trying to project anything really. It's just that my 'style' was band tshirts and business trousers for 10 years and I want to try something different. I mean, I don't really give a fuck what people on public transport think, it was just an observation.. I'll post a pic when I get home!

  On 8/4/2012 at 1:48 AM, baph said:

You might want to try temporarily moving the litter box into the bathtub (when tub not in use lol), and then slowly move the box in stages, over a week or more, to where you actually want it (letting him properly locate his shit in the box before moving it to the next stage).

 

I'm basing this on a variation of the Charles Mingus CAT-alog for Toilet Training Your Cat

Funny enough, Charles Mingus was one of the brainstorm cat names I had before getting this guy. I mentioned moving the litter box to the tub since that's where he was going, but my girlfriend didn't want him to keep associating the tub with business. I think now that we're a few more mishaps in she may change her tune though, so I will suggest it again. I swear this kitten is getting bonus shit teleported into it somehow so that it will keep producing a ton of it regardless of how little it's been fed.

And here's the photo. Yes, I'm aware that they look like clown shoes or bowling shoes. Don't care. I bought them off a guy at work who sold me four pairs of boots for $120, pretty good deal imo.

+1 weird look

+1 don't give a fuck, gives you weird look back

+1 fear of heights

Those are some wierd shaped dog paws.

  On 8/4/2012 at 8:22 AM, modey said:

And here's the photo. Yes, I'm aware that they look like clown shoes or bowling shoes. Don't care. I bought them off a guy at work who sold me four pairs of boots for $120, pretty good deal imo.

I admire that you're working on developing your style and don't get discouraged but... Damn, Gina.

That ain't houndstooth, that's chicken wire.

Black and white and red are kind of the most statementy of color choices, and those are very ostentatious patterns.

Black shirts and black pants alone are actually so forceful that either alone is sort of discouraged in a lot of conservative professional attire (eg no black except in shoes and belt prior to 6pm, have to go with grey or charcoal or navy suits when doing respectful business to show you ain't trying to overshadow anyone). That kind of conservative standard isn't necessarily what you should adhere to, but it's something you might want to keep in mind whilst deciding how far you want to push the envelope (if indeed you want to push it).

So but wearing a lot of black alone is a little showy, but that isn't a sin or anything. And but so if you're wearing black and white... Uh, that kind of contrast is what you build a formal evening thing out of with a tux, or a kind of flashy white shirt and black (not charcoal!) suit deal at a fancy non-business shindig or a date nite or something. Black and white is definitely statementy, so like really make it count.

Basically I'm trying to say as nicely as possible that that jacket is over the top in a I'm a pimp kind of way, because that pattern is exaggerated and not at all traditional and that's a lot of contrast. Which might be cool if you're playing a gig or out having fun but I'd honestly get fired by my boss if I wore that to work. It's a novelty jacket. I could never pull it off in a million years.

And then I'm just... The boots are sort of. Like I just. Um. Again it's kind of novelty and "fun" and you maybe can rock them but when you pair them with the jacket you better be willing to back up the statement that you're making which is basically I've got the biggest swinging dick on this commuter rail and my swag is such that if you were to light up the world with a uv lamp you would see a thousand slugtrails heading away from kanye west and towards my aforementioned genitalia.

This is just my opinion and you didn't ask for it and I'm nobody to say what you should do and I apologize if I offend because I like you, modey. I think you probably look great most of the time but that outfit is flashy as fuck and my dick isn't big enough to pull it off.

I mean, you go with what works for you, but... Damn, Gina.

I've got no idea what 'damn, gina' means. But the fact is, I did wear that to work yesterday and didn't get fired. That said, my workplace is lenient as fuck when it comes to dress code (ie. there isn't a dress code).

I don't intend to be traditional either, by any means. Maybe a little, but more in terms of shape rather than colour.