Complaining @ MindSay

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Summer Accomplishments:
- Completed band career 100% - (GH: Greatest Hits)

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Today's actually been better than I expected. :)
I couldn't get to Ashleigh's because of dad's dodgy shifts, so she came here instead.

Before she came though, mam was in my room on my computer writing AN ANGRY COMPLAINT LETTER.
She bought these red towels from Next - and they're a nice colour and quite soft, they just have a tendancy to cover everywhere in a layer of red fluff. You can't even dry yourself with them without getting covered in random moutled bits.

So she went onto the Next website and started writing out this e-mail to them.
I read it over so I could correct her spelling and grammar errors.
(She just doesn't know how to get a CAPITAL I....)

It was so bloody funny though - she even slagged off Primark by saying summat along the lines of: "OH MURR, IF I'D GOT THEM FROM PRIMARK I'D EXPECT SHODDY QUALITY."

Then she twisted the truth. I AM asthmatic - but when she said: "AND MY ASTHMATIC DAUGHTER CANNOT EVEN USE THE TOWELS" - that's bending it a bit too far. :)

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Ashleigh brought her slider-panel Metallica guitar with her today.
Nice one - we were both using guitars we were comfortable with.

I didn't feel at my strongest, so I played on Hard instead of Expert.
I still did lead though - Ash went on bass.

We managed to complete the entire career - from the end of level 2 (as Shelly and I had done the first few songs on Wednesday) right up to the TTFAF finale on level 8.

And we didn't get a single three star!
It's five stars all the way with the odd four star on the dodgy songs.

Christ, Beast & The Harlot - I almost got 100% on it.
And I only didn't because of a few silly errors.
AND IT'S ON LEVEL SEVEN.

I KNOW I can FC that - I'm gonna give it a go soon. :)

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It's weird - when I'm playing GH WITH someone - I can talk to them.
When someone's watching me - I can't. It puts me off something chronic.

So as we spent these few glorious hours sitting together on my bed, drinking Pepsi, eating Pom-Bears and playing GH: Greatest Hits - we held many-a random conversation. :)

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Ash is so cute. :)

When I was downstairs, making our food - she shouts: "Dixie....!"
I go: "...What Ash?"
She goes: "...Come heeeeeeere...!"
I go up, get to the bathroom and say: "What is it, Ash?"
She mumbles: "I need one of your paaaads..."

I actually didn't laugh at her - I could see she was embarrassed - so I went and got her one. Graciously. :)

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I made us both hot-dogs for our tea.
We sat outside in the back garden on the pub bench.
It was sunny, but we get a lot of shade in our garden because of Wendy's beasty tree in the garden next door.

It was quite soothing - especially since we were sat by the lavender bushes.
Lavender makes me super-relaxed and calm. :)

I had three hot-dogs - two with cheese, one without.
Ash had three hot-dogs, one with cheese, two without, all with ketchup.

Then I offered her one of the RANDOM CHOCOLATE BALLS.

Mam came in the other day and said: "Oh, there's some chocolate cake things in the fridge."
They're like little cups of chocolate sponge cake with chocolate icing, chocolate sauce in the middle and chocolate chips on the top. They're fucking nectar - and Ash agreed. :)

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When we'd eaten, we went back to Guitar Hero.
We went on to Quickplay - as I'd got the urge to go on vocals.

I wanted to prove to Ash how hard it was for me to get 5 stars on Them Bones playing Expert vocals.
Simply because my voice is too high and there's a few lines that I can't sing.

I only went and fucking got FIVE.
Seriously, you try and prove you CAN'T do something, and you CAN...

I also sang Cult Of Personality (on request by Ash, because she likes it) and Play With Me.
Shelly told me to see if Ash could pass it on Hard lead guitar. She did - she didn't fail that epically. She got about 89%.

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The most amusing moment of today was definatley TTFAF. :)

Ash was complaing about how easy it was on bass when we played it during the career.
So I suggested she play it on guitar while I sing it.

I was singing the chorus with varying voices and octaves - I went from Princess Peach to a random cave ogre, to a bloke with a snotty nose to a lopsided dwarf - then I'd SQUEAL.
Ash was in absolute fits. :)

Not only that - but Ash seemed to be scraping her way through it - so when I had no lyrics to sing, I was making up my own to the tune of the song, regarding Ash's current performances.

And it was SO exact! It was super-spontaneous, but it fitted to the lyrics so well.
Just imagine this to the tune of TTFAF:

I fail at hammer-ons,
I fail at slider notes,
I fail at open strums,
I fail at GENERAL strums,
I fail at orange,
I fail at blu-uuu-ue!
I fail at green-red-YELLOOOOOOOOW!!!

I fail at whammy bar,
I fail at star power,
I fail all the tiiiiiiii-iiime!!

No wonder Ash was failing - she was doubled up laughing half the time. :)

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I got Ash laughing again after this - we went on YouTube and watched some videos in my favourites.

Just like Lewis did, she was pissing herself at Brookers' Harry Potter parody video.
Along with the "Hello DAVE!" video, random CassetteBoy videos and YouTube poops.

I even showed her Give Me Back My Spleen - the video that Ashley Robson and the knobhead boys made in year 11.
I have nothing against Ashley, Garrie, Lamby or Foxon - but the rest of them were absolute dickheads.

Ash was just amused at how bad it was. :)

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And before Ash left - we spent a while discussing DATWBSVOH. :)
She gave me some more ideas, and inspired me of a way to unstick myself.

I'm currently stuck at a section where the two main rivals are arguing and insulting each other - and I wasn't sure on how to end it.
I've decided that Andrew Eagle is going to twist Ashleigh Sparrow's wrist back over on itself, making her cry, almost.

I tested this move on the real Ashleigh - so I could document her reaction to it.
Her voice went proper high. :D

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I've spent a lot of time tonight on MSN, talking to Kyle and Adam.

I really need to talk to Kyle more often.
He's matured a lot - he's not once said something stupid in the past few days.
I've got him interested in the Backloggery, and he's made an account on it.

We spend a lot of time discussing games, mainly.

We were both shocked and amused when Kyle asked me who the most annoying character in video game history was.
We both typed our answer simultaneously - Ashley Graham from Resident Evil 4. :)

With Adam - he's just being Adam.
Getting drunk on Peach schnapps while we both sent each other YouTube links to Countdown bloopers. :D

Okay so i read a blog by 'nyourfacegrace' about people who "whine and complain" and it really got me thinking. Okay so she has already contradicted herself by saying that she can't stand people who complain and whine. And then goes and does the same thing by writing about how much these people annoy her. But anyways that's not the point. The point is that she says these people are too lazy to do anything about their problems. Not necessarily true! I agree that many people who have a problem will just go on and on about it so that people say something to make them feel better, or these people may not even have a problem, they just pretend to so they can hear, for example; how 'hot' and 'beautiful' and 'smart they are. But to me, the whole point of this mindsay thing is to write about whatever is on your mind, or whatever is bothering you. Some people have nobody to talk to about their problems, or find it difficult confiding in people so they come on here and get everything off their chest. I don't see what's so wrong with that. Everybody complains about something lol! i don't care what anyone says.

 

And this 'nyourfacegrace' also made a comment about if you get dumped by your boyfriend to just get over it. If only it was that easy! When you make someone your everything and then they're just gone, it's hard to get over it. And they need people to help them get through it, not people who tell them to 'shut up and stop whining' It's people like that who have made me who i am today which is simply a better person.

Dear eBay asshole

I am sorry that your machine you won from me on ebay for a value 1/10 it’s retail value did not arrive within three days of your paying. Although I charged you $20 for shipping I learned that parcel post cost 28. and absorbed the cost myself and shipped it the first day the post  office was open after you had paid.

 

I am also that the machine is not what you expected. I was not aware that it had a small chip of plastic missing from the back which in no way whatsoever affects the workings of the machine and I resent slightly your accusation that I knowingly sold you defective goods. I wish you were willing to photograph the area but I understand  that you “just can’t be bothered anymore”. And I understand that you just want me to refund your money immediately via paypal despite my knowing if maybe you even broke the machine yourself while unpacking it.

 

So I guess if you are going to file a formal complaint because the item is not as described (the guidelines state SIGNIFICANTLY different than described) you are just going to have to file because I do not intend to magically make this situation better for you without your active and polite cooperation.

 

Yours truly, the ebay seller

            I’ve read a lot of rants in this newspaper about the amount of noise, clutter, and general inconvenience from all the construction going on around campus.  I too have muttered under my breath about having to walk out of my way to get around a construction barrier...but I wonder how many of us, when we’re sitting in our nice, air-conditioned classrooms and complaining about all the noise the guys working on the roof are making, even give a thought to how those guys feels up there in 90-plus degree heat, just working hard, trying to keep that roof from crashing in on our heads someday.  Probably not that many.

            From changing light bulbs, emptying trashcans, and unstopping toilets to digging ditches and laying pipe, and putting new roofs on buildings, the men and women of Facilities Services keep this school running, and we just take them for granted.

            There isn’t a fellow on this campus, myself included, who hasn’t experienced poor aim in the bathroom from time to time.  (I hope this isn’t an issue for the ladies).  We don’t have the wherewithal to wrap a wad of toilet paper around our hand and wipe it up, and, other than those too lazy to even consider that to begin with, it’s probably because there’s evidence another lousy shot was there before us.  We just correctly assume someone is going to come along behind us and clean up our filth.

            In the wintertime, after a freezing rain, it’s not the salt fairies who come along to clean off the sidewalks and steps so we don’t bruise our buns...or worse.  A human being was out there in the freezing cold, breaking his back to keep us from breaking ours.

            We need to think about these things the next time we’re griping.

            The men and women of Facilities Services provide a clean environment for us around our campus and in our buildings; they keep us cool when it’s hot out and warm when it’s cold; they keep us safe from faulty wiring, busted pipes, and falling plaster.

            Is it too much to ask to say thanks?  I’m sure they don’t expect it, but I bet they’d appreciate hearing it once in a while instead of a lot of complaining.

 

© 2007 by J.D. Lewis

Due to time constraints, I will have to post my post-vacation memoirs tomorrow. For now, I would just like to propose a bill to eradicate the most pointless holiday in the history of man — Easter. Why do we need it? We don't. Sans personal religious beliefs, Easter is the worst because it always falls on a Sunday and there is no national reprieve from work-related duties so after spending your last miserable weekend day with family members you find yourself enjoying less and less, you have to go back to work. Uh....boo.

It's not that I despise my entire family. Far from it. I just hate Easter. It's dumb. And now I'm back at The Tomb. Grrrrr.........

At least Grindhouse rocked the house. Rose McGowan, Rosario Dawson, Zoe Bell......beautiful women carrying guns and machetes. I can never get enough of that......ever.