This day sucked a$$... :(

[MPI]

Sorry if I'll sound like a pathetic whiner/loser, but I just have to get this shit off my chest...

First, I bought a car that I'll use for commuting('94 Audi 80 2.0E), getting a ride 300km to get to it. On my drive home I see that the snow tyres that he put in the 'bargain', don't fit at all. The rims were 13" as opposed to 15". A complete blunder, but then again you *suppose* that the supplied tyres actually were once on the car if they're worn, don't you? Also, there was lots of wheel-shudder at motorway speeds, could just be a bad case of unbalanced wheels ...but then again not. Then the dashboard lights died half-way home to top it off. Of course, when trying to contact the fucker(norwegian fucker, no less) that sold me the possible lemon, he had "forgotten to charge his phone" and were supposed to go over the border to Norway to visit relatives at the same time we left. Was I gypped? Frankly, my dear, I don't give a shit after the following...

Trying to use my Visa to fill the car up for my return trip, I find out it is blocked. When I got home I checked my account and some fuckers had skimmed my card and withdrawn ~$1500 on two separate occasions! According to the account statements, they even waited for my salary to arrive(i.e. 00.00 today) to get the maximum allowed weekly withdrawal(or some shit) the second time...

On a more *truly* pathetic loser note, to add to the general country-bumpkin-naive-sucker, I was, while all these events took place harrowed by drunken memories of my blabbering mouth and spilling my guts out about a female co-worker, which I have a crush on, to her best friend on the company christmas party a couple of days ago ...and later getting drunk off of my ass making a general drunken-ass fool of my self. I can't even begin to imagine the possible fallout waiting for me coming to work on Monday(yes, Christmas Day).

I'd like add; big ups to the awesome dudes and dudettes at Pfizer and your excellent product Zoloft. You guys rock.

 

[epicstruggle]

sorry to hear about the bad streak. Hope you get some good news next week.

epic

 

[Tim Murray]

I had my wisdom teeth taken out. Big props to oxycodone for keeping my jaw from exploding and my doctor for doing it so even now without any painkillers I feel mostly okay.

 

[poopypoo]

Wow... normally I give these sorts of posts a pass (ignore them), but this is different! Poor MPI -- you're not just some jackass whining, you're a pretty smart guy and that's a lot of terrible shit! But yeah... I'm sure this seems obvious now, but never, ever, ever get acutally drunk at an office Christmas Party! ^^;;; It's funny how life is though -- as financially painful as your everyday mistakes can be, nothing hurts quite as much as fear of what will happen to your heart!

Anyway, good to see you're keeping your head up about this. And although you're probably just kidding, and I'm the last person to tell you to shy away from drugs in general , I will say that since you know what the problem is here (just an everyday case of common-sense errors) -- Zoloft (or anything else) can only really hurt things, not help. The best remedy for me, would be the funniest movies you (or your friends) have ever seen, and a bit of effort at art -- writing, singing, dancing, hobbies; everything personally produtive makes the bad shit better...

 

[trinibwoy]

Wow, no kidding man. That's messed up. Any chance of getting your money back?

 

[MPI]

It's funny how life is though -- as financially painful as your everyday mistakes can be, nothing hurts quite as much as fear of what will happen to your heart!

True that, true that.

Anyway, good to see you're keeping your head up about this. And although you're probably just kidding, and I'm the last person to tell you to shy away from drugs in general , I will say that since you know what the problem is here (just an everyday case of common-sense errors) -- Zoloft (or anything else) can only really hurt things, not help.

Yeah, well now I'm gonna get a little somber on your ass ...sorry about that. I wasn't really kidding ...at all, to be honest. I'm kinda recovering from a clinical depression(the works), and those little suckers are what keeps me going, and I fear to think about what it'd be like if I wasn't on them now. I think 'tailspin-crash'n'burn' is somewhat near the mark.

Even if I felt like all I could do was to laugh about the mayhem when I wrote the OP, I can already feel that it's going to be a rough(er) ride the next couple of weeks. Guilt and Shame are my perpetual neighbours, and it looks like they're coming over for a visit. :-/

Thanks for the kind words, anyway.

 

[Rainbow Man]

Hey man, that was a seriously mean streak of bad luck. I feel for ya. Sometimes you wonder just what the hell's wrong with humanity when you get lied to and cheated again and agan.

Still.. tomorrow's christmas so please, allow yourself to put off your worries for at least one day and enjoy the holiday. After all it's jsut once a year, would be a shame to miss it wouldn't it!

Here's to hoping things get better for you soon. Merry xmas!


Peace.

 

[poopypoo]

Even if I felt like all I could do was to laugh about the mayhem when I wrote the OP, I can already feel that it's going to be a rough(er) ride the next couple of weeks. Guilt and Shame are my perpetual neighbours, and it looks like they're coming over for a visit. :-/

Well, you're unusually candid about it, for a man in your position, so I ill trust that you know what's best for you. I just have some friends who dipped into depression -- and so have I -- but they relied on antidepressants perhaps a bit too much; and were never able to resolve certain issues. As long as the drugs just warm you physically (by blocking some bad hormones or helping overcome a hormone deficiency), it seems great; just be as honest as you can be, and don't shy away from solving your life's inevitable problems (not just dwelling on them, but solving!), then you'll be ok. Again, sorry if I'm overly serious -- just a, you know, been there, might be back there again, it's what keeps me sane, hope it helps, sort of thing.

 

[MPI]

Well, was at work yesterday. It wasn't too bad... apparently I wasn't the only one stone drunk at the party, at least I was just happy and went around hugging people. Almost like someone slipped me some x or something. Could've been worse, heh.

Feel better about the car also... I found out that the shudder was b/c of a couple of the tyres weren't unbalanced, but the carcass had split! One of the fronts was seriously 'un-round', as it were... Lucky that they didn't rupture on the drive home! Got some new ones, and it's a whole lot better.

The money seems like it's down the drain though, trini. I found out this weekend that my card wasn't actually skimmed, but that it was stolen. When I actually looked in my wallet this weekend, I spotted something odd about it, and took a closer look. It took a while to really fathom that it was another guys name on it!

So... I've been conned but good, it seems. Looking around the net it doesn't bode too well to expect some refund or anything as, apparently, getting your card stolen goes under the gross negligence clause in the contract.

Even so, I don't really feel all that bad about it, at least not as much as I thought I would. Although I could've used that money, unforseen expenses with the new car and all, it seems I've already moved on. Much to my own surprise, I might add. But then again, money has never meant all that much to me, beyond strict utilitarian purposes. Now, I realise this may make me the most ripe target of all time, but I guess that's just how I am. I guess I *could* stick to my story to the bank about the skimming part, and try to get reimbursed, but it doesn't seem worth it. Firstly, my story would easily become suspect under a bit of scrutiny as I don't actually have my own card anymore, and secondly, if it did show up somewhere else I could conceivably be seen as fraudulently making a false claim. No, I think I'll just file a police report and return the other guy's card to the bank.

The worst thing about it is the violated integrity, but I actually feel relieved more than anything, that it wasn't something worse that happened. I mean, I much prefer being robbed this way than at knife-point at the ATM or something... But I can't say I'm proud getting suckered this way, and I'd be embarassed if this came out. I think I'll just file it under 'Tuition: School of Hard knocks = $1500' ...and keep it under lock and key.

 

[Moloch]

yesterday/last night sucked for me..
I drank a wee bit too much and puked a few times
Worst of all I didn't make it to the toilet for one of them so I gotta clean up the mess in my room tomorrow