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Sneaky bastards
They intentionally make the site slow so that 56K users upgrade to broadband.
I’m trying to pay a bill, and each page is taking up to a minute to load, even if there’s not much on the page.
Grrr

And in other news….
Got a call from the scholarships office today… they will be reviewing my scholarship in front of the Dean, and with the letter I sent to them, there is a good chance that I will be re-approved! Not certain yet.. I find out next week, but I could really use that money. It could at least buy textbooks!

Woke up this morning to find 900 extra dollars in my account. My mind boggled, until I realised that it was rent day. *cries*

All in all, things going ok so far… Just keep swimming, just keep swimming..

  • Written by spaced_in about 6 years ago. Reply

    good luck. We all need money.

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Ok. I really really just want this all to end. I’m sick of me having to be stressed. I’m sick of having to do all-nighters in the first few weeks of uni because i’ve got so much on my plate. I’m doing so much better than last year, but it just keeps getting worse. At least, I think it’s better than last year. I can’t be sure anymore.

This is what is troubling me at the moment.

  • I’m already behind in uni. It’s been just shy of two weeks. Not because I’m slacking off. I simply have not had time to even do any homework assignments.
  • The rifle club is in legal trouble. The cops are threatening to shut the club down. The rest of the committee talk a lot, have all these grand plans to resurrect the club. Who’s the only one with the power to pull the club out? Who is actually running the club and having to liase with the police, the MDRA, the NSWRA, the Sports Union, the club members? Yes, that’s me
  • I have two entire websites to write in a short amount of time. I still haven’t had time to write the entire website for Dad’s mate that I’m getting paid for.
  • Am in serious financial trouble. Youth Allowance is just not cutting it anymore. I can’t afford textbooks, and am having trouble paying the bills. Can I get a job? Well, you’d think so. But then I lose youth allowance if I earn anything above the ridiculous.
  • I have a post-menopausal bigoted mother ringing me 4 times a day demanding things be done immediately and abusing me, telling me that I have to get my act in gear and that unless I shape up she’s going to stop helping me with rent.
  • I have to still go to see the university and beg for my scholarship back. They are witholding payment until I go in and see them. Even though I paid my own good money to make up the subjects in summer school, they won’t keep me on.
  • I’m so stresssed i’m not eating properly again. Missing breakfast. Slapped-together lunch.
  • The gliding club is demanding more money because of some clerical error that they didn’t charge a flight. I have not any money to pay them.

    I just don’t need all of this. I really don’t. I’m trying to knock everything over one by one, but more just keeps getting added onto the pile.
    Please, someone just make it go away.

    • Written by xsim about 6 years ago. Reply

      I have an idea.. lets move to canada!!

    • Written by poloktim about 6 years ago. Reply

      It’s week 5 and I’ve just bought my last textbook. Keep with your priorities. Decide which are more important and finish them first.

    • Written by adakuk about 6 years ago. Reply

      I agree with Tim – prioritise. Look at it this way. What is most important to you out of all of the above? A roof over your head is a good start. From there, only you can decide what’s most important out of the other issues.

      What’s the best way to do the above I hear you ask? Simply stop for just 5 minutes, clear your mind, go outside for a walk or something, and think it through logically. You can’t do that when you’re so stressed that you’re just worried sick about the consequences of what will happen if you can’t get this, or that, done, in a timely manner.

      As for your mother…well…i can only say that I know how that feels :(

    • Written by __outofmymind about 6 years ago. Reply

      *hug*

    • Written by cosime about 6 years ago. Reply

      Yes, with this one Tim is on the money (sorry, probably not a good time to mention money!). As males we often have trouble with multi tasking because apparently the link between the two sides of our brain is narrower. Well that’s what I’ve been told. Anyway, this is supposed to mean we can do one thing at a time with precision (like reverse parking) but crumble and get overwhelmed when several things need to be done at once (like reverse parking AND arguing with boy/girlfriend AND changing the radio station AND abusing the person trying to steal our carspace). So we just have to chip away at things one at a time in the knowledge that, as capable human beings, we can do a good job of whatever needs our attention.

      And something that I have only realised recently is that task lists like yours above are not discrete entities but something that should be thought of as having a continuously updated set of entries – like a print server in a busy office. Complete something and that gets crossed off, but probably something else has cropped up in the meantime; so the fucker is never actually empty.

      As for your websites, can’t you just knock ‘em up in Frontpage? (Just joking.)

      /*Hug for Gussy*/

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    Wow. For the first time in my life, I have decided to pick up a copy of DNA (no I didn’t buy it… I maintain my pride there… Wade left it on my desk and naturally it’s distracting me from my work *coughs*)

    Interesting… Page 24 of issue #48 has tips on what not to do whilst dating. Some are so true.
    1. Never use the “L” word. Know that one.
    2. No Ex talk - Been caught out with that one before
    3. Never introduce him to your fag hags – My fag hags love me… I can understand why it’s a danger, but I seem to always benefit from it…
    4. Never introduce him to your homosexual posse - Oh this is a dangerous one… has happened to me before. Gay guys are bitchy. NEVER do this!
    5. Never frequent gay bars together – Funnily enough hardly anyone i’ve been out with has been to stonewall more than once.
    6. Avoid the lovey-dovey text message - Ok… I am horrible at this. I always put in “xxoo” at the end of my messages. I LOVE recieving these… maybe that’s why I do it. Hmm. Explains a lot!
    7. Never get more trashed than he does - Not a problem
    8. Hold off on the sex - Ok. That’s something I have trouble doing.. but if it’s a nice guy it’s worth it.
    9. Never over commit – I hate this about gay guys. The minute you mention the word “boyfriend”, they’re off.
    10 Play the Game – Treat ‘em Mean, Keep ‘em Keen – Yeah, except I’m the one being treated mean. I don’t know how this works. If I’m treated mean, I look elsewhere. Like holy shit… if they do that they’re not worth it. I have no idea why “treating ‘em mean” is a method to keep them interested.


    So as you can see.. there’s no wonder I keep fucking up! I’ve had to learn nearly each one of those the hard way. Sometimes I wish that was a mandatory part of school… dating techniques! Holy shit it would be more useful!

    • Written by pikaporn about 6 years ago. Reply

      My god, a potentially interesting article in DNA for once … as opposed to the “50 beautiful guys” issue, the “sex techniques” issue, etc…

      OK so I’m guilty of most of them, and been on the receiving end of most of them too, and that’s just last semester.

      Also I don’t know if it was intentional, but ridiculous overuse of double negatives. The title claims it’s things NOT to do, then each item is expressed in the negative, and the final item could be interpreted either way.

      I totally disagree with #5 … how else are you mean to figure out if they can dance if you don’t go clubbing at least once together. Dodgy pickup nights like Malebox I can understand, but shirtless dancing till dawn is a must for any dating programme.

      • Written by volacious_gus about 6 years ago. Reply

        Not only that, but there was also ten tips about how to manage your fuckbuddy (curiously right after the “how to manage your boyfriend” section). Is it suggestion a natural progression?

        Lol… I too am guilty of nearly every sin in that list. As I said… wouldn’t it be nice if we were told this BEFORE??? hahaha

        As for the double negatives… don’t forget that your average reader isn’t thinking with the cranial control centre, but rather another well-known control center.

    • Written by chargin_monkey about 6 years ago. Reply

      Highly cynical…

      I guess it’s just what people want/need/expect out of relationships and what type of relationship it actually is.

      I fail with flying colours.

      • Written by volacious_gus about 6 years ago. Reply

        It’s more true than you think!
        I’ve fucked up on nearly every one in there (apart from the “Treat ‘em mean” tactic)… it’s so true of gay guys.
        I think the best one is “never mention the word “bf” ” … it’s so true it’s not funny. The minute one says that BAM they’re off!

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