stupid first world problems you're dealing with

Yeah, I have a ticket for sunday's show in melb so I might as well go.. Maybe they'll put someone good on in his place, here's hoping. I still haven't heard any Andy Stott stuff, but I borrowed a couple of his records off pigster so I should give them a listen!

fake edit: I'm also unfamiliar with Shed..

  On 11/14/2013 at 10:21 AM, usagi said:

Andy Stott's cancelled his Aus tour.

 

cos sean thinks he's simple.

I went to see Andy Stott recently, wasn't really impressed with his "live" performance.

Edited November 14, 2013 by MadameChaos

  On 11/13/2013 at 2:00 AM, ambermonk said:

Also Baph, I'm sorry to hear about your cat's health issues.

 

Thanks, man. He went in on Monday and got most of his teeth pulled. Might have to take out the canines too if the disease keeps progressing, but for now he still has a mean set of fangs on him. He's a tough little feller, though, and is in mostly good/playful spirits except for a constant tail swishing which I figure might be due to discomfort, or maybe the drugs haven't worn off enough for him to realize he's smashing the tail into the wall loud enough to hear across the house. Or maybe he's just not in pain for the first time. I dunno. He remains fairly ridiculous.

Edited November 14, 2013 by baph

aw i hope he gets better soon Baph

  On 11/10/2013 at 10:17 PM, Gocab said:

Vaporware is the least interesting subgenre in the world to me. I don't understand why people take it so seriously. Whenever I start listening to it I zone out and start doing something else, I think I have a 15 second attention span when it comes to that stuff.

 

In terms of artistic merit, vaporwave is about as FWP as it gets.

 

(I still don't quite get what it is, and what it isn't TBH: it's just that a few slivers of it perk my interest a lot for some reason)

 

  On 11/14/2013 at 6:06 PM, baph said:

Or maybe he's just not in pain for the first time. I dunno. He remains fairly ridiculous.

 

I think it's safe to assume that's a good sign for a cat.

I had "Make a Livin' Liver" stuck in my head when I woke up this morning. Second day in a row.

 

edit fixed

Edited November 14, 2013 by joshuatx

they started playing christmas music at my work today. they play like 12 songs total, but have about 5 different versions of each song they play. and man, each of those versions seems to be competing to be the most depressing funeral dirge version of a christmas song ever. it's awful. how many fucking versions of "i saw mommy kissing santa claus" do we really need as a society? really now!

 

not to mention they played that godawful proto-"blurred lines" garbage "baby it's cold outside" 3 times in an 8 hour shift. i cannot even begin to describe how much i loathe that creepy fucking song. IT'S A CHRISTMAS SONG ABOUT DATE RAPE FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

Something about Christmas music all day long at work drove me mad when I was employed at Fred Meyer a decade ago. It wasn't even the lyrics, it was just the same old generic shit being repeated day after day that tested my sanity.

My current FWP is that I'm just too damn tired to do anything, but it's a bit early for bed. Screw it, I'll just go to bed early.

Edited November 15, 2013 by ambermonk

  On 11/15/2013 at 7:10 AM, disparaissant said:

they started playing christmas music at my work today. they play like 12 songs total, but have about 5 different versions of each song they play. and man, each of those versions seems to be competing to be the most depressing funeral dirge version of a christmas song ever. it's awful. how many fucking versions of "i saw mommy kissing santa claus" do we really need as a society? really now!

 

not to mention they played that godawful proto-"blurred lines" garbage "baby it's cold outside" 3 times in an 8 hour shift. i cannot even begin to describe how much i loathe that creepy fucking song. IT'S A CHRISTMAS SONG ABOUT DATE RAPE FOR FUCK'S SAKE.

Santa Baby. Santa Baby pisses me off so much. I had almost forgotten that tis the season to be subjected to Santa fucking Baby. Which, admittedly, isn't as bad as a song about roofied nog.

Edited November 15, 2013 by baph

I have to leave Saigon tomorrow night but want to stay here forever. Something to see wherever I look. So much chaos, weird people and beautiful women.

the trans-pacific partnership. i fucking hate secret trade agreements in my democracy.

  On 11/15/2013 at 6:47 PM, luke viia said:

the trans-pacific partnership. i fucking hate secret trade agreements in my democracy.

your democracy? that would lead one to believe that you had a voice in the first place.

  On 11/15/2013 at 6:47 PM, luke viia said:

the trans-pacific partnership. i fucking hate secret trade agreements in my democracy.

 

How is it secret?

not sure if serious...

 

http://www.democracynow.org/2013/11/14/tpp_exposed_wikileaks_publishes_secret_trade

 

http://www.citizen.org/TPP

Knowledge of the TPP has been available for years. The exact details might not have been known, but the process has been pretty public since the beginning of negotiations.

As I stated, the exact details were not known until now, but did you really think that governments negotiating huge trade deals would go backward on "Intellectual Property"? In April of this year the US government trade website explicitly stated they would strengthen IP protection and enforcement: http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/fact-sheets/2013/april/non-tariff-measures-consultations-japan

This is still a draft resolution and is hardly concluded. Besides - if China doesn't hop on board, the TPP is useless, as they are the ones who are being targeted with various provisions.

Additionally, the rules on "IP" shouldn't be the ones to worry you - it should be the removal of nation's ability to restrict capital flows.

 

So it's hardly what I would call secret. The NSA wire-tapping program, that was secret. Just because the general public can't be bothered to read about it, doesn't mean it's a secret.

yeah, I didn't mean secret as in "why didn't they tell me, luke viia, about this?" -- but do you really think this has been "pretty public since the beginning"? maybe i'm just reading the wrong news sites (public citizen, democracy now, techdirt, eff/access now...) but i think you might be somewhat alone in that claim from what i've read. the level of secrecy around the drafting of the tpp has been called "unprecendented" by more than one outlet.

 

  Quote

The only publicly available information on the terms of the deal has come from leaks, some of which have alarmed public health experts, environmentalist groups and consumer advocates. According to a document leaked in the summer of 2012, the deal would allow corporations to directly challenge government laws and regulations in international courts.

 

Members of Congress have been provided with only limited access to the negotiation documents. Rep. Alan Grayson (D-Fla.) told HuffPost on Monday that he viewed an edited version of the negotiation texts last week, but that secrecy policies at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative created scheduling difficulties that delayed his access for nearly six weeks. The Obama administration has barred any Congressional staffers from reviewing the full negotiation text and prohibited members of Congress from discussing the specific terms of the text with trade experts and reporters. Staffers on some committees are granted access to portions of the text under their committee's jurisdiction.

 

"This, more than anything, shows the abuse of the classified information system," Grayson told HuffPost. "They maintain that the text is classified information. And I get clearance because I'm a member of Congress, but now they tell me that they don't want me to talk to anybody about it because if I did, I'd be releasing classified information."

 

[...]

 

Unelected corporate officials are given access to negotiation documents by virtue of their positions on U.S. Trade Representative advisory panels. Corporate representatives account for about 500 of the "cleared advisors" on those panels, while representatives of organized labor, environmental and other groups account for about 100 others. These cleared advisers are not permitted to discuss provisions with the press or the public.

sorry if i'm giving off the impression that i just "couldn't be bothered" to read about this; admitttedly the only reason this hit my news feed was because I subscribe to a lot of IP law sites, and that's what leaked 2 days ago.

 

*wishes he had started a TPP thread*

 

edit: quote source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/18/alan-grayson-trans-pacific-partnership_n_3456167.html

Edited November 15, 2013 by luke viia

Apologies for coming off as condescending - I know you're an intelligent dude. And I don't think the TPP will do much to help the economy - I'm not arguing in favour of it. I'm just saying that a) the TPP is not a secret negotiation, and b) it will have little effect on your actual life.

 

Now I'm off to my own FWP - grad school

lol, no offense taken, though i do respectfully disagree with both a and b, and maybe i'll make a thread about it later. though my mccutcheon vs FEC thread attracted so little attention that i'm fearful another viia political thread might go the same way :P

 

and yeah, back to my actual stupid fwp: trying to look busy at work for four more hours. *aggresively shuffles papers, sighs, furrows brow constanza style*

Edited November 15, 2013 by luke viia

It's Saturday and the temperature is beautiful, but it's too damned windy to bother doing anything outdoors.

Missed my plane to Europe. Trying to find a way to stay a week longer in Vietnam. Lost my hotel... :s

i have to work 12 pm to 9 pm on thanksgiving, which sucks so bad because walmart doesn't even DO black friday, they do fucking black thanksgiving. the black friday sales start at 6 pm on fucking thanksgiving. they've moved it up two hours every year now. fuck capitalism.

 

otoh, as a consolation prize for having to work thanksgiving, they're giving me 25% off one purchase. gonna get either a 3DS or a PS4. yay capitalism!

thats good they give you that deal i guess

 

my fwp: my friends have all turned into lazy bozos living in the suburbs with their parents and they have absolutely no idea how to have fun anymore, like their sense of fun and creativity has just been sucked out of their assholes... in other words i need to find new people to hang out

 

thankfully i'm still in school, the day I have to face the possibility of working on Thanksgiving is the day my "creativity and sense of fun" get sucked out of my asshole

Lost my god damn Chapstick. It's one of those small things that you don't realize how much you depend on it until it's gone.

Very inexpensive to replace, but still.

Edit: Also consuming too much unhealthy food and beverage as of late and will possibly shorten my life span as a result, on top of lack of physical activity outside of work. There's no one jumping on my ass about it, so self-motivation is the only option. Funny how much healthier most WATMMers seem to be than myself.

Edited November 17, 2013 by ambermonk

  On 11/17/2013 at 1:40 AM, Ego said:

Missed my plane to Europe. Trying to find a way to stay a week longer in Vietnam. Lost my hotel... :s

 

cray