What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

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brunoafh wrote:Hang in there Xeogred. You seem very persistent in trying to get a job lined up, it'll all work out in the end.

Agreed. But always feel free to vent. PM me if you'd like to chat, and Ack might have some helpful insight for you as well.
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Got my friend sick last week.

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She got better yesterday because she pumped herself full of antibiotics. (Man I miss medical insurance.)

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Thanks again guys. Just vented a lot to one of my close buddies about more shit today though. :|

Just got into another lame discussion with my parents about the job searching and things like that. It's just very frustrating. I know I'm older, I'm not the most mature 24 year old and should be out of the house, but I'm just tired of being talked down too like I'm 12. My dad always think he knows how it all works. When I brought up the Pharmacy Tech thing last month that I had in 2009, he basically said I wouldn't get shit with renewing that. What happened? Well almost got a great job with CVS and hey maybe it can still work out, or I've opened up the door to more possible opportunities right now. Same shit happened in 2009 when I got that warehouse job, my parents kept doubting I'd get it and bam, I did and worked full time for a full year and things were great.

I understand they're frustrated about my situation completely, as am I, but their "encouragement" is usually just belittling, I'm just so sick of it. Can't wait to hopefully find a job sometime soon, save up some cash, and finally jump ship and get out of here. Me typing this up is just proof I can't handle stress at all anymore and I just feel like I'm about to snap, I wish my parents understood that.

I guess I still owe the hospital $9000 or so too, so the "Physician bill" was totally separate, which was written off. I sent out papers of assistance for the hospital 3 months ago and they still haven't done anything with it or sent me a reply back, even when I spoke to someone today it sounded like they haven't even gotten it. So I might have to request more paperwork to fill out again. Some collectors called me again yesterday out of nowhere. Also pisses me off that when we cleared up the huge situation I had with the hospital sending me bills to a 15 year old address for a year, I cleared that all up and made it very clear I want monthly bills sent to my house now, so I got one in August... but that's the only one I got. So I had to make that clear again today with the guy I spoke with, to continue sending me the damn bills. Stop leaving me hanging here. They made this mess and it pisses me off it's just more crap for me to worry about and have to fix.

Replaced the alternator on my car yesterday and it's still dead. Had to jump it to get it rolling and drove around for awhile, but had to jump it again to get it back home so it's not holding the charge. So probably need a new battery now too.

Called around a few pharmacies around today and got nothing. So maybe I can take up something seasonal and hope to hear back from CVS or keep an eye out then.

My sleeping is really degrading again this week too. So I guess it's now extra obvious that stress is really taking it's toll on my off and on battles with insomnia.

See, it's a simple talk with my parents and a bad phone call with a hospital and my day is practically ruined. I really had to control my language here... phew. Luckily I'm going out tonight hanging with some buds for our usual Thursdays and that'll help me get my mind off things, but sheesh. Seriously one more step and I'm about to go berserk.
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It's pretty annoying how no one outside of Japan has any idea how to correctly pronounce BlazBlue. I watched an IGN video review and even they didn't pronounce it right.

Here is how you pronounce it correctly. Take the English word "blaze", pronounce it like normal, but don't pronounce the "z" part at the end. Just say the "bla" part, but say it exactly like the "bla" in "blaze". "Blah" is wrong. "Bley" is correct.

In other words, it's a silent "z".
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Inazuma wrote:It's pretty annoying how no one outside of Japan has any idea how to correctly pronounce BlazBlue. I watched an IGN video review and even they didn't pronounce it right.
Wait, you actually expected them to?
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Inazuma wrote:It's pretty annoying how no one outside of Japan has any idea how to correctly pronounce BlazBlue. I watched an IGN video review and even they didn't pronounce it right.

Here is how you pronounce it correctly. Take the English word "blaze", pronounce it like normal, but don't pronounce the "z" part at the end. Just say the "bla" part, but say it exactly like the "bla" in "blaze". "Blah" is wrong. "Bley" is correct.

In other words, it's a silent "z".
Blay-Blue, then?

I don't really care about the correct pronunciation of Japanese games too much when everyone says it wrong. Take Pokemon, for example. Everyone I know IRL (and me) says it "poke-ee-mon." I believe it's supposed to be "poke-uh-mon," but that's lame.
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BoringSupreez wrote:
Inazuma wrote:It's pretty annoying how no one outside of Japan has any idea how to correctly pronounce BlazBlue. I watched an IGN video review and even they didn't pronounce it right.

Here is how you pronounce it correctly. Take the English word "blaze", pronounce it like normal, but don't pronounce the "z" part at the end. Just say the "bla" part, but say it exactly like the "bla" in "blaze". "Blah" is wrong. "Bley" is correct.

In other words, it's a silent "z".
Blay-Blue, then?

I don't really care about the correct pronunciation of Japanese games too much when everyone says it wrong. Take Pokemon, for example. Everyone I know IRL (and me) says it "poke-ee-mon." I believe it's supposed to be "poke-uh-mon," but that's lame.
I believe it's actually "poh-keh-mahn". I'm not 100% on that though.
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'Rye-U' instead of 'Ree-yoo', 'Gray-dee-us', not 'Grah-dee-us', blah blah.. I'm pretty sure there's already a thread somewhere on here for mispronounced game names.

Also, how can you fault anyone pronouncing the 'z' in BlazBlue - When in the history of the English vocabulary has anybody ever used a "silent z" ???
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Inazuma wrote:It's pretty annoying how no one outside of Japan has any idea how to correctly pronounce BlazBlue. I watched an IGN video review and even they didn't pronounce it right.

Here is how you pronounce it correctly. Take the English word "blaze", pronounce it like normal, but don't pronounce the "z" part at the end. Just say the "bla" part, but say it exactly like the "bla" in "blaze". "Blah" is wrong. "Bley" is correct.

In other words, it's a silent "z".
Ys.

Stew over that one for a while, guys. :twisted:
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Opa Opa wrote: Ys.

Stew over that one for a while, guys. :twisted:

'ees'. Next. :lol:
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