What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[TSTR]

Yo darsparx, hang in there. Here's hoping everything turns out a-ok.

+1, good vibes your way dood

[darsparx]

Yeah trying to find a positive in all this but with how confusing and overwhelming it's all been I'm having a hard time doing so....though according to my mom they got to a certain point with the inspection of the damage and stopped(some weird cap I guess) and now it's in the insurance's hands to decide(I almost wish it would be totaled just because as much as i loved that car I really really really want something newer....).

Though with the whole urination thing I'm a little confused to how two samples, and what I think was 4 blood samples turned up nothing. So I guess I'm drinking a crapload of cranberry juice and water until I see the urologist(though I need to find my access code for novant and set up my account for future concerns like this if I know the day it happens I can't get to a doctor...)

Heck though once this holiday season is over I'm taking a week and a half vacation somehow just to get over this stress...

[marurun]

If you're taking over the counter decongestants for sinus problems, stop. Those can also cause issues with urination. I'm assuming if you're seeing a urologist they did a prostate check and that came back fine. If there's no pain, maybe you're drinking too much in the way of fluids.

Also, I don't have a medical license, so be VERY careful if you give anything I say even a moments thought.

[MrPopo]

Smile: On the Steam Mushi forums there's a thread from someone complaining that the game slows down when there's a lot of bullets on the screen, and wanting a way to fix it.

[darsparx]

If you're taking over the counter decongestants for sinus problems, stop. Those can also cause issues with urination. I'm assuming if you're seeing a urologist they did a prostate check and that came back fine. If there's no pain, maybe you're drinking too much in the way of fluids.

Also, I don't have a medical license, so be VERY careful if you give anything I say even a moments thought.

Problem is I don't take any medicine except for the occasional sleeping pill to help me fall asleep when the bathroom urges are the worst and I've gone 10x before taking it. I honestly haven't been drinking more than I usually do either(though I have been attempting to drink more water since this started) besides the extra water I should be drinking anyways but it's not really more than I was before this started.

- car deal is back in the insurance's court now and waiting to see what they say...a little more worried at this point and hope a result is reached soon on it

[REPO Man]

Ever since switching to being a night owl (due to the fact that our internet's got a 10GB monthly cap, but that any activity between 12-5am doesn't count towards that damn cap), I've discovered that I may not be the only person taking advantage of the fact that all internet activity between midnight and 5am counts towards the data cap.

I use this period to do all my heavy data usage stuff (YouTube, Hulu, Netflix, downloading stuff on Steam, etc), but it's always slow as fucking hell until about 3-3:30am!

At first I thought that it was because my brother's new ISP is satellite-based and around the time we had tons of bad storms, particularly at night. But then when the weather stops going to hell, the problem persisted. So I figured that I'm not the only person with the same idea to circumvent draconian data caps (seriously WTF? Downloading Mafia 2 onto my Xbox 360 was about 6GB, which thankfully I polished off just before 5am. And God knows how much of those 10GBs would be sunk after just one Netflix binge!).

[Flake]

Frown: Found out that there is a 3rd SKU for Fire Emblem Fates. It is a special edition that contains all 3 game versions on one card. And it is sold out online everywhere.

Smile: Somehow managed an in-store pre-order at the local Gamestop. First time I've stepped into a Gamestop in years and not only were they able to order what I wanted, they had a great amiibo selection, and the staff was nice. Did something happen to that company to make them change their ways?

[Ziggy]

The last time I went into a Gamestop is the day DKC Tropical Freeze came out. I asked for a copy and the manager told me they had 2 pre-orders for it so corporate sent them 3 copies. That was the last straw for me, a store that sells video games should have more than 1 copy on launch day of a major release. It feels like they're trying to force you to pre-order games (that's how they answer the phone and finish a sale transaction - by asking you if you wanna pre-order something). I went to Wal Mart and bought it (they had plenty of copies) and haven't been back to GameStop since. My recent new game purchases have all been from Amazon.

I'd love to hear that this has changed. I wouldn't mind going into GameStop and buying a game on launch day.

[darsparx]

Frown: Found out that there is a 3rd SKU for Fire Emblem Fates. It is a special edition that contains all 3 game versions on one card. And it is sold out online everywhere.

Smile: Somehow managed an in-store pre-order at the local Gamestop. First time I've stepped into a Gamestop in years and not only were they able to order what I wanted, they had a great amiibo selection, and the staff was nice. Did something happen to that company to make them change their ways?

Noticed the same today too at the location i went too(though this lady was multi-tasking between me, 3 other people and a lady trying to trade in a 360 for the One). Nice how it lucked out that way. I meant to do it the morning of but didn't finalize so i missed out that way. They seem to just have a LOT more of the figures for these games and even those other ones that are just for decoration. It's like they've changed in the past few months and I think it may be for the better....

[REPO Man]

Our internet got cut off!

Turns out that when they said that all activity between 12-5am didn't count towards the data cap, the were off by three hours! The period of time in question is actually between 3am and 8am!

Also my unemployment had some hiccups. Last week was my waiting week and I thought I'd be getting my first unemployment check (I actually get it direct deposited) this week. But when I filed my weekly certification it told me the same thing it told me last time.

I think I know why this happened.

The copy of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie" is coming in the mail today! Only $5 new!