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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:25 PM
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Lately, I've been on a losing streak and I'm starting to take it personal.
Didn't get the job I wanted--took the reject call as I sat on the hopper in the ladies room at my present job, which I tolerate. "You really impressed us, but we went with another applicant." WTF? Why even tell me that?

My cat hates me.

I'm not buying winning lottery tickets.

My boss thinks I'm weird and too quiet. (I have nothing to say--I just show up)

And multiple other things that I won't discuss because it has to do with my photography and writing abilities which apparently suck right now.

So....who's on a winning streak here? Anyone?
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:27 PM
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1. Oh gray
You won me, didn't you?

Okay, I know...

:hug:

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:hug:

:loveya:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:39 PM
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7. True.
That is a good thing.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:29 PM
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2. It could be worse
I am unemployed and looking for a job. I've gotten a few rejections.

To add insult to injury, I have guy drama. x(
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:55 PM
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16. ....
:hug:
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mainegreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:36 PM
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3. Not me. I got stuck with a crap project till we get a new hire.
It's a mess load of unmanageable code written by crap .NET programmers.

The client calls every day with bugs from this thing. Working late just so I can keep my primary customers happy.

That and the tyke has taken to waking at 5am. x(
5 AM DAMMIT!!!
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:37 PM
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4. me me me me me
oh wait, you said winner

thought you said whiner :rofl:

I'm on a whining streak lately

:spray:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:38 PM
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6. Let's start a whining band
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:58 PM
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17. Okay, deal
:hug:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:01 PM
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19. Think of a name other than the DU Whiners
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:56 PM
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20. Cheap Whines?
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:14 PM
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25. OMFG, that is perfect.
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SPKrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:17 PM
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29. good one!!
:rofl:
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:38 PM
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5. You are a winnah to me.
:hug: :loveya:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:45 PM
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11. Love you!
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:42 PM
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8. Things have been going quite well for me. Life is Fun. Maybe it's like a scale...
...in the sense of My life is good, Your life is not so good.

I'll fix that for you though....ummm...I know... I'll eat a large Cockroach tonight and you'll
get the job of your dreams tomorrow. :)
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:46 PM
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12. Pray that I finish my book and get published
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:06 PM
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24. Can you tell us something about it. Fiction or non-fiction??
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:44 PM
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9. i feel your pain
Me too on a losing streak.................beverage for you and me? :hug: :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:45 PM
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10. Lye?
Kidding.


Beer. Except I quit. So...rootbeer.
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Parche Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:51 PM
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13. I always tell the truth
I never lye..........:hug: :hi:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:53 PM
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14. I've noticed.
:headbang:
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lost-in-nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 05:55 PM
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15. Oh gray
I didn't know you were writing a book...

I hope it gets published!!!!
and I expect a signed copy...
maybe they will make it into a movie and have




play the lead.... and you have to be on the set EVERYDAY!!!!



lost


:hi: :hug:
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 06:00 PM
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18. I need to meet him before I croak.
He could play a character in my book.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 07:58 PM
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21. Didn't know you were a writer. What genre?
P.S. And, when everything else looks like turd, just remember -
you have that gorgeous hair most women would die for!
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:15 PM
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26. Too back my locks didn't earn me a paycheck.
And thank you for the loverly compliment.
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hisownpetard Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 11:27 PM
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35. I'm just getting started!
You're witty and funny and make people feel good.
You're beautiful (ask anyone who's seen your picture).
You're smart.
You ride a bike.
You have a favorite shirt.
People love you.

AND, come spring, you will be able to leave FLORIDA.

Now, tell me - are you smiling yet?
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 10:19 PM
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30. That's my problem...I'm incorporating reality into fantasy.
Having POV issues.
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MichiganVote Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:37 PM
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22. What you need is a dose of good old fashioned they're wrong and you're right
Those prospective employers? They're worthless. Lets face it, if they didn't hire you, they probably stink. And they'll hate their new hire in a month.

The lottery tickets? The lottery addicts and the counter help steal all the good numbers. Can you help it if you're honest?

A cat? Feed him/her small portions once a day for 3 days and they'll honey up in no time. Worthless beggers.

Bosses don't think. They're not paid to think.

You need some major ass kissing to make you feel better. Call a charity and say you're trying to decide where to leave your millions and you'd like to talk to the Director.

Good luck!
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zabet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 08:53 PM
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23. First off..
you should have come back with,
"I didn't really want the job anyway,
the pay is not enough for a person of
my caliber to even grace you with my
prescence daily."
Your cat doesn't hate you, he IS the
eyespy, be careful what he hears you
say. He may be responsible for the job
thingie going bad.
Winning lottery tickets are a myth.
If your boss thinks you are weird and
too quiet, every time you have to go
anywhere (like the restroom), grab a
pair of scissors and run while hollering
'whoopee'. He will appreciate your quiet
weirdness after a week or two of that.

:D
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:16 PM
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28. ...
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Fox Mulder Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 09:16 PM
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27. I've been on a losing streak since birth.
Edited on Thu Jan-17-08 09:18 PM by Fox Mulder
I'm so far back right now that I'll have to reincarnate and live two more human lifetimes just to break even.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 10:21 PM
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31. Bwahahahahahah, oh man that is so right on.
How did we get cheated out of winning?
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crim son Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 10:21 PM
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32. Jeebus, walk a mile in my shoes.
Wait... are you wearing my shoes?
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ThomCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 10:24 PM
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33. I hope you hit that winning streak.
You're due. I think we'd all love to hear about a great new job and a sustained burst of inspired creativity. :hug:
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ornotna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-17-08 10:28 PM
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34. Are you still with us here in Florida? n/t
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Withywindle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 12:25 AM
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36. I hear you, I'm kinda there too.
:hug:

For what it's worth, I love your posts. I can tell just from the Lounge you have a lot of talent, and it'll be appreciated someday.

I am visualizing you having a hot tango with Alan Rickman.
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Adsos Letter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 12:46 AM
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37. Your avatar is a solid touchstone for determining my current mental stability...
and for that, at the very least, you have my warmest regards... :D

I'm a 52 yr. old guy trying to get through grad school and realizing the brain cells seem to be operating at diminished capacity...

I am constantly shadowed by an 18 yr. old cat who makes unreasonable demands, often in english...

After 35 years of work which kept me active and outdoors for extended periods I am now engaged in a path which keeps me anchored in front of this life-energy-sucking computer screen for hours and hours and days and days and the days slip into weeks and the weeks slip into years...

Cheap Whines...I could be lead singer...

:hi:
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southlandshari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 03:18 AM
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38. It is impossible for me to think of you in losing terms

You've got too much spirit to be down for long. I'll be thinking of you in the coming days!

:hug:
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RFKHumphreyObama Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 04:49 AM
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39. I've been on a losing streak over the past six years
In almost every area of my life.

I've been unable to find permanent employment and that seems unlikely to change soon
I got screwed over by the person who was supposed to help me finding employment, who eroded all of my self-confidence by her consistent bullying and demeaning ways
I've never been in a relationship
My mother passed away last year at an age too young from an illness she defied the statistical odds to get

And I won't even go into what else



I know the feeling exactly :hug:
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 08:09 AM
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40. You need some downtime in Lynn baby ...
after just a few days of mojo rejuvenation:

  • You'll tell that person with the rejection phone call to fuck off.
  • You'll make your cat drop the hate shit or it's "the ride".
  • The lottery will fear you and let you win (once in a while).
  • Tell your boss "I can be in your face 24/7 if that's what you want", and he'll leave you alone AND give you a raise.
  • Your photographic and writing skills will be running on all cylinders.


Nuff sed.
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-18-08 08:11 AM
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41. Exactly. I need some 'tude.
And I'll be back there in April or May.
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