What Made you Smile/What Ticked you off Today?

[marurun]

I don't get to take Counseling and Dynamics of grief until after January. I am very curious about the different ways people deal with loss. It's one of the classes that I am looking forward to.

You know, whenever they have a story on 20/20 or whatever where someone MIGHT have killed their spouse or kids or whatever, there's always that moment where the investigator and the family of the victim claim that the suspected individual was suspected in part because he/she was "cold". They didn't cry, they didn't break down, they didn't sob hysterically, and somehow that's a sign of guilt. I don't break down. If my wife was killed I'd be crushed, but I'd be crushed inside. I'd probably be cold on the outside, just because that's the way I am. The only way I'd be able to cry is after 2 weeks of lost sleep when I just didn't have the energy to be anything other than emotional. Some people just are that way.

Also, counseling and psyc classes are awesome. I enjoyed the crap out of mine as an undergrad.

[Fragems]

: One of my GTX570 graphics cards just lost its fans . They no longer spin up properly for whatever reason and I have tried everything I can possibly do without taking the cooling system off :X. Luckily they are still under warranty and I had a spare which I was about to sell sitting around. I will hopefully be able to get it fixed without to much hassle. If not I will probably just grab an aftermarket fan. At least I noticed the issue before my card fried .

[mjmjr25]

Yeah, Maru, just snip it all out, make a new thread if needed for it. These things never go well. More smiley / ticky things...

[KitKatCara]

I don't get to take Counseling and Dynamics of grief until after January. I am very curious about the different ways people deal with loss. It's one of the classes that I am looking forward to.

You know, whenever they have a story on 20/20 or whatever where someone MIGHT have killed their spouse or kids or whatever, there's always that moment where the investigator and the family of the victim claim that the suspected individual was suspected in part because he/she was "cold". They didn't cry, they didn't break down, they didn't sob hysterically, and somehow that's a sign of guilt. I don't break down. If my wife was killed I'd be crushed, but I'd be crushed inside. I'd probably be cold on the outside, just because that's the way I am. The only way I'd be able to cry is after 2 weeks of lost sleep when I just didn't have the energy to be anything other than emotional. Some people just are that way.

Also, counseling and psyc classes are awesome. I enjoyed the crap out of mine as an undergrad.

I don't break down at first either. When my Grandfather and Step Grandmother passed, their deaths actually weren't even the first things on my mind. Dealing with and tending to the needs of my mourning family was, and I tried to do all I could to make it easier on my dad and his siblings. Later on when I was alone and nobody else needed anything, that's when I broke down. It was the same when my Grandmother almost killed herself and I had to break into her house to get her out. My mom said I didn't show any emotion, I just knew that she had to get out and to a hospital ASAP. I did what needed to be done until she was in professional care, then later the emotions came back.

I'm enjoying the psyc classes very much so far. We just went through Freud's psychosexual theory of development. I did a little extra and tried to research his personal life to understand how he came to those conclusions, and never have I thought 'WTF?' so many times in one sitting. The dude was nuts.

Lastly, Off Topic Debate thread might be interesting/entertaining.

[mjmjr25]

Lastly, Off Topic Debate thread might be interesting/entertaining.

At first, but they generally go bad. How about video game talk...on a video game forum?

[dunpeal2064]

Finally got my first paycheck from my first full time job, and the the lady and I can finally set a budget. We should be able to catch up on everything we fell behind on in just a month!

Which means I can start rebuilding my collection again. I had to sell off pretty much everything, and currently own less video games than I have since I was 7 (I literally own 2 video games), so I am looking forward to tracking and building it from the ground up!

[Jmustang1968]

Lastly, Off Topic Debate thread might be interesting/entertaining.

At first, but they generally go bad. How about video game talk...on a video game forum?

Yeah, I am fine with them if they stay respectful and thoughtful. But often someone becomes patronizing or insulting and it spirals away from there.

My annoyance of the day:

So I fell asleep early last night and the power went out at about 5:30 this morning and woke me up. With nothing to do around the house, I recalled a garage sale ad I stumbled across yesterday. It was about a 20 min drive away, but listed genesis, Dreamcast, Master System, and Atari consoles plus games, so I figured I had nothing better to do. I got there right as the ad said it started, 7 AM, but the games were all gone already. They said someone got there at 6 and bought them all.
I dont like to be that person who comes early. I remember when my parents and grandparents ran garage sales when I was a kid, and there would be people crawling under a cracked garage door and knocking at 5 am trying to get in the sale and it always bothered me. But it seems if you don't, you will miss out on the good deals to the flea market sellers.

On my way back home I did stumble across a neighborhood-wide yard sale event. Most just had junk and clothes, but one family had a bunch of atari games. I got about 30+ 2600 carts for $15, and said he will call me back and I can pick up the system for $5 more when he finds it. So that wasnt too bad.

[BoneSnapDeez]

Yeah... that's why I don't even bother with advertised garage sales. The resellers show up an hour early and grab everything. I find the best stuff at backwoods unadvertised sales.

[marurun]

Apologies, all. I have snipped out a political chunk of posts and moved them to Whatever/Off-Topic, including my contributions to the discussion, of course. Please feel free to continue the discussion there.

Also, it's quite a bit of work to select and move a ton of posts interspersed with other stuff. That's how much I love you guys. To preserve our discussion I went to that great effort. You may thank me in the best way you know how ; )

So, today nothing much has made me smile or ticked me off. I guess I'm happy I can finally do some laundry. Laundry, yay!

[Bikeage]

For those who don't keep up with sports, Adrian "All Day" Peterson had a two year old son pass away this week. Peterson is arguably the best running back in the NFL and is marketed as an all around good guy.

My wife and I watched an interview with "All Day" yesterday and he looked and sounded like nothing had happened. He was asked "How has this affected you?" and his response was "I'm focusing on our game against the Panthers".

Everyone deals with death differently, but his lack of any emotion whatsoever was odd. It was like he lost his phone charger, not one of his kids.

Just read online that Adrian Peterson only very recently, as in a few weeks, learned he was the child's father. The mother thought another man was, but in seeking child support a paternity test proved otherwise. AP reportedly offered assistance to the woman instead of disputing her claim, and sadly only met the child after the assault while he was in critical condition. So that explains his seemingly emotional disconnection.