The Vent Thread

[[madaraxD]]

I'm.So.Tired. DX

This.

[Castor Troy]

Had a really good lunch, but ended up with the worst food coma I've ever had in my life.

It's so bad that I was literally gonna collapse at my desk and now I have throbbing headache. I can't leave early since I gotta get something done here at work before 5pm which is urgent..

[Qyot27]

Anxiety attack while trying to get to sleep. Mostly due to circumstances, like it tends to be anymore.

[Otohiko]

Fuck my paycheck No, really, fuck it.

Every time that I put in extra effort for my students and try to get more engaged in my work, my miserly pay comes in and reminds me that, at the end of the day, my "overlords" do not give a fuck about how well I do. I'm again hovering somewhere above the "I can't eat" and slightly below "I can pay all my bills this month" line.

Ah well. Gonna celebrate not giving a fuck by getting a large bottle of cheap wine to get crunk on tonight

[Pwolf]

Is there nothing you can do about it? Can you ask for a raise?

[Otohiko]

Not really. The thing is that my paycheck is miserly because about half of it goes to covering my tuition. But a large chunk of my pay is considered "financial aid" and I would not have a paycheck at all if I weren't paying tuition in the first place. It's a bit of a vicious cycle. What makes it worse is that being registered as a full-time, funded PhD candidate limits the amount of time I am allowed to work for the university, and prevents me from getting another job.

One option I am considering in the next few months is actually dropping down to part-time status as a student, refusing this "financial aid" (which I have to work my ass off for), and simply getting a more regular, better-paid instructor job. That would both increase my income (in theory) and reduce my tuition fees, although it'd also really reduce my chances of actually finishing the PhD anytime in the next couple of years (or ever)...

All of this is sort of silly of course, because I'm simply over-qualified as an instructor and I have high standards for myself when it comes to teaching. I refuse to cut corners, limit my work by hours (rather than by results) or not care about my students. And I literally pay for that.

[guy07]

WHY WOULD A STRIPPER NAMED YUKI BE FROM THAILAND??~?~!!!

[Radical_Yue]

To: Lady that sits across from me....

I want to punch you in the throat and I would if I could find it. If I'm busy working (roto'ing, chatting with people online, etc..) on stuff, I don't want to hear about your facebook games and stupid shit. Tell it to someone who cares.
Also, don't say "He likes me. OH BUT I DON'T MEAN THAT WAY! But I've had dreams... never mind!" You are disgusting and I don't even want to get a vague mental image of that kind of thing.
When I'm trying to leave, stop trying to tell me stories. I want to go home. I don't want to hear about how you used to ride horses or how you make chili or anything else.

Please go away and never talk to me again.

Sincerely,

Younique E. Bales

[kikai_saigono]

I'm getting really, really tired of The Hunger Games. And I even liked the books, too.

[Emong]

Two of my close friends broke up and they're both going to move to another town. I'm so worried, first, that the girl will get extremely depressed as she's quite fragile and, second, that our friendship is going to die a slow death because of the distance