Bad Things

[Teal]

This is similar to FML but is intended to be less tragic. In contrast to the "Good Things" thread this is where you talk about bad things that happened today to someone you know or to yourself. It can also be things that were just annoying or accidental. You can even mention things that were a close call. Just don't bring up something very tragic like a death. If you want, you can try to cheer someone up by helping them see the bright side of it.

For example, "At the park I saw someone playing with a r/c plane. That thing was fast but suddenly it crashed into someone's stomach.

"At Disneyland I waited in line for Space Mountain for an hour and a half but when I was next the ride closed due to technical difficulties."

"On the freeway someone threw a fast food soda cup out their window and it landed on my windshield. I flipped them off and they rolled their eyes. They HAD to litter and they had to throw it on my car."

Note: I know this thread is a little iffy but let's give it a try. I don't want people competing trying to say their situation was worse than someone else's. Remember only share things that you are comfortable sharing and that it doesn't break any forum rules. Don't talk about the situation if it involves another member of this forum doing something bad to you or someone else. Don't include names either. I also don't want this thread closed because of some argument.

(I figured this thread is different from the "Annoying things" thread because here you talk about things that happened recently like PinkFloydYoshi's phone conversation. The other thread I assume is for listing things that annoy you.)

[yoshark777]

Well this year has been pretty messed up for me.

In early December last year my Mum and I found my Father having what looked like a stroke or a seizure where his arm was convulsing violently after he was working on the garden. After about a month it was confirmed he has pretty much the most deadly kind of terminal brain cancer you can have.

Essentially he has an estimated 6 months left to live as I type. It has all hit us pretty hard and the effects are felt every single day. He is at constant risk of seizures at any time, so we have to be alert for that. He's had a lot of treatment lately but it only will prolong his time.

He is pretty weak and can barely exercise now. He is unable to do the things he once could, and we can't leave him alone in the house for longer than about 20 minutes.

I've been suffering from depression for several months, made worse by the fact I'm in my final year of schooling with the "Higher School Certificate" being done in October. At least he's still here and we can enjoy the time he has left and prepare for the future.

In some ways this has been a learning experience, which is good. There is never a good time for something like this can happen, and I really want to make sure we make the most of the time we have, even if it is sometimes slightly hellish.

[Teal]

This morning I went to the park and flew my r/c plane around. Unfortunately the wind blew it into someone's backyard and they have a barbed wire fence around it. I went to the front of that house and knocked but no one was home. I waited a while until I had to do some other plans. Later I came back and they were home but they said someone else already came and claimed the r/c plane. "......ok?...who the heck took my plane?"

[Shoe]

While at work, I found a tree frog in the middle of the road. I picked it up, and I studied it as it perched on my finger. It had cheerful green skin and little golden eyes that followed mine wherever they turned. I lowered my hand to the grass and waited for it to hop off, but, instead, it hopped up my arm and leaped from my shoulder to my head. I took it again and decided to bring it to the pool, where there were lots of others looking for mates. "I'll just walk over there, it's not very far," I at first said to myself. "No, let's see how he likes the golf kart." I drove slowly, in case he hopped out, but I came upon a hill, where there may as well not have been any brakes. Half way down, he suddenly hopped onto the hood. I scrambled to stop, but it was too late. There was a nasty pop. The little frog had enjoyed a June bug for dinner.

Needless to say, I was tremendously upset. I absolutely hate it when you experience that rare occasion when an animal does something cute. Then, you realized you've been used--an instrument in their suicide. Whatever the case, he's hopping with the angels, now.

[starrgrl24]

It was back during my 12th grade year...I'm now a high school graduate...I took AP English Literature. I worked my *%$ off that class! I got so much reading assignments on top of essays. I had to balance that with my AP Physics and rehearsals which I had practically everyday. I was definitely under a lot of stress, but seniorites also took over me. -_-; I actually received an E in AP English, ruining my chances of graduating from high school!!

What frustrated me was that I tried so hard to balance my time, but the seniorites of course made me lazier than usual. I actually had the same problem in 11th grade, but I was ACTUALLY able to manage my time. This year...not so great. The good news is that, after I got that E, I decided to work harder and I got a C! =D I could have gotten a B if I turned in the other part of the final exam. ^^; There are two parts...both were projects! xD I DID graduated from high school!

I learned my lessons...don't let seniorites get to you. >.> I KNOW how to manage my time, but this year just proved how lazy I became. That was really a close call...

[Rainbow Yoshi]

Hey, I had really bad senioritis last year too! Haha... it was bad. It seemed like I was hardly ever in school. I missed close to 30 days. However, I still managed to pull of straight A's and graduate with high honors. =P

A bad thing that happened today... I got a blister on my thumb. From playing frisbee. I didn't even know you could get blisters from playing frisbee.

Also, today my family had our family reunion. I love our family reunions, but this year we had reserved some place to go swimming at. But it was too cold, so the pool was closed. It was very disappointing. However, I still had a very good time at our family reunion. =) It was just lame that the pool was closed, since I want to go swimming very badly. >_>

[g!rl_k.s.a.]

I woke up today and had to go pick up my prescriptions, only to realize that I didn't call them in and I ended up getting out of bed for nothing. So when I got home, I tried to dial my cellphone, but the battery was dead and I had to wait over 10 minutes for my mother to get off the house phone to call it in, then despite being tired, I couldn't fall back asleep. >_<

[Teal]

This summer break sucked for me. I went on a road trip with my dad and stepmom and I pretty much had to babysit the kids the entire time. One kid is a spoiled brat 7 year old and the other is an energetic terrible 2 year old...bad combination but they're my half siblings. All I really did the entire time was chase after the 2 year old who likes to climb on everything, open shampoo bottles and dump them, and play with the stove and the 7 year old never cooperates, likes to wake up the baby when he's asleep, and throws a tantrum when she doesn't get what she wants. The list goes on...and while I put up with the kids in the RV the parents went out. I didn't agree to do this before the trip, I went with them to see family. I wasn't allowed to take the kids outside to a beach or lake or anything because the parents didn't want them sunburned. Sure I saw some of my family but I didn't get to do anything with them other than go out to dinner. Every time I complained my stepmom would compare her hardships with mine making me sound pathetic and my dad was no help at all saying "It's just a phase the kids are going through. Just deal with it until the vacation is over." ...This is the first time in at least 5 years that I spent my vacation with them. Now I'm NEVER going to talk to them again. You'd think they get the message that they are raising monsters when no one in the family ever wants to babysit their kids.

This past weekend I hoped I could have some fun going down to the beaches in Rosarito, Mexico. I went with my uncle down there and hoped that his nephews would bring their dirt bikes and quads. I find out that none of them came and I was hanging around with a bunch of old farts at least 20 years older than me and all they liked to do is drink. Okay...how about buying my own fireworks? Nope no one sold any fireworks only one store with only a few things and they charged way too much for them. $8 for one bottle rocket, $3 for a pack of 3 small smoke balls, $5 for a box of 20 small firecrackers that just go pop, and they even charged $3 for a box of 5 sparklers!

Here's the grand finale: On 4th of July uncle's friend kept picking on me for not drinking. He threw a chair at my truck and spit in my face. I just snapped at the time from this whole nightmare of a summer! I got in a fist fight with the drunkard and beat him up badly. Yesterday I went to work to find out the guy I fought is my boss's friend. He saw that I worked there and squealed on me. I got fired for beating up my boss's friend who was being a big jerk to me.

...I feel like I was taken advantage of and I was robbed of my summer break. I don't feel like I had a summer break. Winter break isn't really a break for me because I'm frantically shopping for Christmas for my huge extended family. That's why I'm sooo bummed I felt like I deserved a good break from school I worked hard to get an A on each and every class for the past year, it's not easy for me to do that. I hoped I would have some fun or at least relax a little but instead I was put into a nightmare. that lasted a good 2 and a half weeks. My classes have already started and my scholarship doesn't allow me to skip a semester. I guess I should make the best of this unemployment time to relax for a couple days. I could file a lawsuit but the fact that I beat up the guy for throwing a chair at my truck would be used against me. Guess I need to find a new job after being fired on a bad note. I'm just hating life right now...

[Misphinxterator]

On a bus en route to Pittsburgh, I sat next to this guy who I find out attends the same school my friend attends. So I ask him, do you know Molly?

He knows Molly, he says. They're good friends.

"No way," I say, "Really?" Reaching into my backpack, I fish out my cellphone, but I realize I don't have Molly's number. So I ask the guy, can I see your cellphone?

He says sure and he hands it to me and I call Molly. It rings some four times and then she picks up and says hello. She doesn't sound too happy until it turns out it's just me. I tell her I've been sitting next to some guy she knows from school and she says cool. Then she says she's going to bed.

Back home, I see Molly and she tells me when she got the phone call, she was hoping it was a mis-dial. A wrong number. She was thinking, what does that jerk want? She was totally relieved to hear it was just me because she didn't want to talk to him. Because, one night, the guy whose phone I used to call her, the guy who sat next to me, the guy who says he's good friends with Molly, that guy tried to rape her in college.

True story.

And this is totally weird and totally serious. This could have been a story about how small the world is but I guess not only is the world small, it's pretty dark too.

It's a pretty bizarre coincidence.

[Fluory]

I can't tell if this Korean guy likes me or if he's just being really friendly. It's driving me crazy. He wants to meet me in the library, and he better not be trying to get an English paper out of me. ..it wouldn't be the first time I've been used for English papers.

[starrgrl24]

I was denied for private loans because of my terrible cosigner. ;.; I have no way to pay for college so far.