stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Someone just left the following comment on one of my metal song snippets on soundcloud:

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Instruments sound delicious but good lord this is way too loud

Isn't "way too loud" a compliment for a metal song?

House/ dogsitting for my parents for a week and a half. Incredibly bored already and it's only been one day.

  On 7/16/2013 at 1:22 AM, modey said:

Someone just left the following comment on one of my metal song snippets on soundcloud:

 

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Instruments sound delicious but good lord this is way too loud

Isn't "way too loud" a compliment for a metal song?

why does volume make music any more valid? metal music is just as good quiet, but i'd rather the assault on my ears.

  On 7/13/2013 at 9:13 AM, baph said:

There's a new Thomas Pynchon book coming out in a coupla months, but I have a huge book backlog and I've been too tired to read much lately.

I'll ask him to shorten it for you.

  On 7/16/2013 at 1:45 AM, Sprigg said:

House/ dogsitting for my parents for a week and a half. Incredibly bored already and it's only been one day.

Are you allowed outside?

  On 7/16/2013 at 1:48 AM, essines said:

 

  On 7/16/2013 at 1:22 AM, modey said:

Someone just left the following comment on one of my metal song snippets on soundcloud:

 

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Instruments sound delicious but good lord this is way too loud

Isn't "way too loud" a compliment for a metal song?

why does volume make music any more valid? metal music is just as good quiet, but i'd rather the assault on my ears.

 

Well, I was just confused as to why it was an issue.. Maybe something to do with my mastering/compression choices? I dunno, I like the complete wall of noise that I've managed to achieve with it.

My landlord is trying to evict the crazy coocoo lady who's been living rent-free in my duplex for the past 1.5 months, and called the cops over last night. They visited for about ten minutes and left, taking no action.

10 more days in that nuthouse and I can finally move 20 miles away from the city. Can't wait.

My luck fucking sucks.

my dad's bought a camera online from a dodgy company in hong kong. there's terrible reviews all over the internet about ripping people off, sending used, reconditioned, faulty or fake goods, zero support, non-existent warranty, the list goes on and on... no matter how much i warn him about this stuff, he still thinks he's got a bargain. a £260 camera for £190 is too good to be true!

:siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh:

final of the apprentice isn't HD :(

I need help with my alcoholism.

But it's a career limiting move to take short term disability to go to rehab lol,.

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:01 AM, StephenG said:

I need help with my alcoholism.

 

But it's a career limiting move to take short term disability to go to rehab lol,.

Maybe you could get someone to help you 1 on 1 for a month or so to ween yourself off instead of having to go to a hospital and get the dt's or whatever?

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:10 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:01 AM, StephenG said:

I need help with my alcoholism.

 

But it's a career limiting move to take short term disability to go to rehab lol,.

 

Maybe you could get someone to help you 1 on 1 for a month or so to ween yourself off instead of having to go to a hospital and get the dt's or whatever?

 

I have the dts that's the scary part.... I have seizures, fever, and i'm tachyrdiatic if I don't have alcohol...... I've been struggling for years. I don't know what to do.... =(

I've been fighting it with on/off success for years.......

help..

Get help man . . short-term it might be hard with work but it sounds like you're in for a rough landing if you don't take care of it. Wish abusivegeorge was here to share his stories. If you're not sure you can do it on your own - like have even little doubts - get help. Go to rehab or meetings or whatever.

Much love & good luck dude.

edit: nice avatar

I got a promotion at work and for the first time ever I'll have people reporting to me. The first world problem part being that most of my colleagues need to reapply for their jobs, and there aren't nearly enough jobs for everyone.. so most of my friends here will be leaving. I feel guilty about celebrating as a result!

^celebrate with friends you don't have to fire

zole, I don't have to fire anyone, thank fuck. We already got super drunk on tuesday night after the announcement, so I guess that's kinda celebration..?

I wanna get a Death Grips Money Store shirt but don't want my friends knowing I'm into s&m :(

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:38 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:10 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:01 AM, StephenG said:

I need help with my alcoholism.

 

But it's a career limiting move to take short term disability to go to rehab lol,.

 

Maybe you could get someone to help you 1 on 1 for a month or so to ween yourself off instead of having to go to a hospital and get the dt's or whatever?

 

 

I have the dts that's the scary part.... I have seizures, fever, and i'm tachyrdiatic if I don't have alcohol...... I've been struggling for years. I don't know what to do.... =(

 

I've been fighting it with on/off success for years.......

 

help..

 

this is what i think, take it or leave it.

do some research on treatment facilities, outpatient has been proven to be just as effective as inpatient, so you don't necessarily need to go away for a while. don't get railroaded into a treatment center or plan that's not right for you, find the one that you think is going to work for you, that fits your belief system. don't listen to anyone that says that a certain type of treatment (12 step, etc.) is the ONLY way you're going to get and stay sober because it's simply not true.

i've been to inpatient treatment twice, and outpatient several times (all 12-step, all for opium and/or opiates), and treatment can be a mixed bag. i wish i hadn't rushed into it, wish i had done some research first, but me and my wife were desperate, i was in rough shape. most of the people i was in with had been in inpatient rehab 4, 5, 6+ times. 12-step was not the way for me, and i don't believe in it, and don't practice it. but some people are alive because of it.

the most important thing i think , is to BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. if you're not, you're only hurting you. that for me has been the key this time, i had enough of my own bullshit and was sick of feeling and living a shitty life. i've been sober for almost 4 years now, no alcohol or drugs of any kind, and my i love my life. actually i lied, i had gall bladder surgery, and took 1 vicodin later that day. but i'm in control of my life now.

in my opinion, stephen, you've been full of shit about this in the past. you're in one thread talking about how you're no longer an alcoholic and haven't drank for a while, and meanwhile you're in the "what are you consuming" (or drinking? whatever.) talking up your latest expensive alcohol purchase, or in another talking about what psychedelics you've taken to listen to an album. if you really want out, do it. even if you have to sacrifice your job, so be it. a job is pointless if your dead.

i really didn't want to post all this, but i hate to see someone throw their life away, especially someone so young.

btw, alocoholism/drug addiction isn't a first world problem, it's an all world problem.

this is a rambling mess i know, but hopefully you can take something from it. btw, that's my attitude with respect to treatment as well, take whatever you can from it that you can use or that helps you, and fuck the rest.

this book takes a good, fair look at the state of addiction treatment, at least in the u.s., i don't know what canada is like. she gives some good suggestions:

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Rehab-Surprising-Addiction-Treatment/dp/0670025224

someone else might come along and say that everything i've written here is bullshit, and i think that would demonstrate how personal addiction is, how everyone reacts to it and treatment differently.

i hate posting on message boards, that's my first world problem.

last post.

spot on patto!

I want to go outside and soak in some sunshine and go biking or rollerblading, but instead I have to wait around inside for a phone meeting...

  On 7/18/2013 at 9:16 AM, pattern recognition said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:38 AM, StephenG said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:10 AM, AdieuErsatzEnnui said:

 

  On 7/18/2013 at 3:01 AM, StephenG said:

I need help with my alcoholism.

 

But it's a career limiting move to take short term disability to go to rehab lol,.

 

Maybe you could get someone to help you 1 on 1 for a month or so to ween yourself off instead of having to go to a hospital and get the dt's or whatever?

 

 

I have the dts that's the scary part.... I have seizures, fever, and i'm tachyrdiatic if I don't have alcohol...... I've been struggling for years. I don't know what to do.... =(

 

I've been fighting it with on/off success for years.......

 

help..

 

this is what i think, take it or leave it.

 

do some research on treatment facilities, outpatient has been proven to be just as effective as inpatient, so you don't necessarily need to go away for a while. don't get railroaded into a treatment center or plan that's not right for you, find the one that you think is going to work for you, that fits your belief system. don't listen to anyone that says that a certain type of treatment (12 step, etc.) is the ONLY way you're going to get and stay sober because it's simply not true.

 

i've been to inpatient treatment twice, and outpatient several times (all 12-step, all for opium and/or opiates), and treatment can be a mixed bag. i wish i hadn't rushed into it, wish i had done some research first, but me and my wife were desperate, i was in rough shape. most of the people i was in with had been in inpatient rehab 4, 5, 6+ times. 12-step was not the way for me, and i don't believe in it, and don't practice it. but some people are alive because of it.

 

the most important thing i think , is to BE HONEST WITH YOURSELF. if you're not, you're only hurting you. that for me has been the key this time, i had enough of my own bullshit and was sick of feeling and living a shitty life. i've been sober for almost 4 years now, no alcohol or drugs of any kind, and my i love my life. actually i lied, i had gall bladder surgery, and took 1 vicodin later that day. but i'm in control of my life now.

 

in my opinion, stephen, you've been full of shit about this in the past. you're in one thread talking about how you're no longer an alcoholic and haven't drank for a while, and meanwhile you're in the "what are you consuming" (or drinking? whatever.) talking up your latest expensive alcohol purchase, or in another talking about what psychedelics you've taken to listen to an album. if you really want out, do it. even if you have to sacrifice your job, so be it. a job is pointless if your dead.

 

i really didn't want to post all this, but i hate to see someone throw their life away, especially someone so young.

 

btw, alocoholism/drug addiction isn't a first world problem, it's an all world problem.

 

this is a rambling mess i know, but hopefully you can take something from it. btw, that's my attitude with respect to treatment as well, take whatever you can from it that you can use or that helps you, and fuck the rest.

 

this book takes a good, fair look at the state of addiction treatment, at least in the u.s., i don't know what canada is like. she gives some good suggestions:

 

http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Rehab-Surprising-Addiction-Treatment/dp/0670025224

 

someone else might come along and say that everything i've written here is bullshit, and i think that would demonstrate how personal addiction is, how everyone reacts to it and treatment differently.

 

thanks guys for the support

RE the bolded statement. It has been on and off.

For a while there I was in full control and was doing great. I was choosing when or if I wanted to have a few social drinks. It's just begun to be a habit again and I've kind of come off the rails. You've got a lot of good advice here and I definitely appreciate it. Trying to get back on track now! I'm committed to fixing this and getting back in control at whatever costs. Like you said I'm worthless if I'm dead and that's not a path I want to go down, not just for me but obviously it affects other people too if I'm dead or sick etc... no more fucking around for this guy. No more!

I'm not addicted to psychadelics though lol that's a completely different ballgame. =)

  On 7/18/2013 at 7:08 AM, vletrmx said:

I wanna get a Death Grips Money Store shirt but don't want my friends knowing I'm into s&m :(

hahaha, when i saw them last decemeber they were selling NO LOVE DEEP WEB shirts with the penis on it. There were a handful of people who bought it

Edit: I'm not even sure if you can legally wear a shirt with a penis on it in America. Wouldn't cops consider it public indecency?

I would not recommend wearing that if there's even a chance of a minor glancing your way, basically.

Yeah, you probably wouldn't get away with it walking down the street. But if you're at a bar/concert/any other adult-only situation it wouldn't be an issue.