Bookeaters discussion

Come on in. Leave your shoes in the mud room. This is a palace, but not any old palace. This is the Ranting Palace. Now, I'm not a super huge fan of old architecture so this is a modern ranting palace, meaning lots of stainless steel, aesthetically pleasing curves, and floor to ceiling windows (made, of course, of bullet proof glass). The wall space that isn't windows is soft and shock-absorbing, because this is a ranting palace and I wouldn't blame you if you want to throw yourself at the wall on occasion.

So, anyway. Rules.

1. Rant away. Caps lock works well for venting anger, and it is encouraged.

2. Language is not restricted. (Is that allowed?) Okay, if you have a rant that's, like, half R-rated expletives, then put it in a spoiler. But some rants really don't work unless you cuss your heart out in them.

3. Sympathize but don't go overboard. Sometimes you just need to let it out, and you don't really want everyone rushing to you to offer their condolences. Of course, I only speak for myself. Make your own rules on your rants.

4. Rant about anything and everything. Book endings? Your life? Anything goes.

5. Please do not try to physically harm yourself or others.

6. Everything is related to the topic in some way. Therefore there is no such thing as spam.

RAWR!

Hey, Sev, stay on for a little bit longer. I need to PM you. ^_^

RAWR back! Okay.

Is it a bad thing or a good thing?

THIS IS THE GREATEST IDEA EVER.

WELL IM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY.

Oh, and also, I don't just mean angry rants. You can post happy rants too. Such as,

MY NEW COMPUTER IS COMIGN NEXT MONDAY AND I AM SO EXCITED AWASDASDFASFDASVSFA!

Rant about Marie Lu's books:

I AM SO DONE WITH LIFE BECAUSE I HAVE TO WAIT TILL NOVEMBER FOR THE LAST BOOK IN THE LEGEND TRILOGY AND MARIE LU KEEPS GIVING THESE GODDAMNED CRYPTIC INTERVIEWS AND SHE'S LIKE "I HOPE THERE'S CLOSURE", "THERE WILL BE POTENTIAL FOR DEVESTATION", AND OH DEAR SHE'S KILLING CHARACTER WHAT THE HELL I'M SO SCARED WHAT IF WHAT IF WHAT IF SHE DOESN'T (view spoiler)[SOLVE THE LOVE SQUARE (hide spoiler)] OR SHE DOESN'T SOLVE ANYTHING OR KILLS OFF EVERYONE I LOVE AND WHAT I DON'T EVEN (view spoiler)[ WHAT IF THE LOVE SQUARE DOESN'T SOLVE TO MY LIKING? (hide spoiler)] MY LIFE HAS NO MEANING I AM SCREAMING AND DYING AND NOT LIVING AND YEAH.

I STILL HAVE MORE PENT UP EMOTIONS BUT THAT'S ALL FOR NOW.

Sev–I tried being normal once. It was horrible. wrote: "WELL IM NOT SURE ABOUT THAT BUT IT WILL DEFINITELY COME IN HANDY.

Oh, and also, I don't just mean angry rants. You can post happy rants too. Such as,

MY NEW COMPUTER IS COMIGN NEXT MONDAY AND I A..."

THAT'S AWESOME YAY.

@Sev

It's good stuff. :)

I think I might have to read the Legend Trilogy.

Allow me to rant in a narrative fashion:

Taylor: *stocks shelves*

Manager: How many aisles have you done in the last hour?

Taylor: Four.

Manager: You need to move faster. *walks off*

~Later~

Manager: What's that stuff on that box?

Taylor: *holds up bloodied fingers from ripping open boxes with bare hands* I moved faster.

Manager: …

Sev–I tried being normal once. It was horrible. wrote: "I think I might have to read the Legend Trilogy."

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO?!? MIGHT?!? YOU NEED TO SO I CAN SEND YOU SPOILERFUL PMS (NOT PREMENSTRUAL SYNDROME) AND WE CAN CRY TOGETHER.

Taylor [Pardon me while I fanboy over you] wrote: "Allow me to rant in a narrative fashion:

Taylor: *stocks shelves*

Manager: How many aisles have you done in the last hour?

Taylor: Four.

Manager: You need to move faster. *walks off*

~Later~..."

OH MAN TAYLOR THAT SUCKS. STUPID MANAGER.

Yup. He's a loser. I'm really freaking excited because it'll be just him and I working on Friday evening.

Like, I'll get there at 11 PM, and he'll get there at 4 AM.

Taylor: >:) Welcome to my domain. You're mine now.

Taylor [Pardon me while I fanboy over you] wrote: "Yup. He's a loser. I'm really freaking excited because it'll be just him and I working on Friday evening.

Like, I'll get there at 11 PM, and he'll get there at 4 AM.

Taylor: >:) Welcome to my d..."

Haha, have fun. XD

Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Sev–I tried being normal once. It was horrible. wrote: "I think I might have to read the Legend Trilogy."

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO?!? MIGHT?!? YOU NEED TO SO I CAN SEND YOU SPOILERFUL PMS (NOT PREMENSTRU..."

*puts on to-read list*

Taylor [Pardon me while I fanboy over you] wrote: "Yup. He's a loser. I'm really freaking excited because it'll be just him and I working on Friday evening.

Like, I'll get there at 11 PM, and he'll get there at 4 AM.

Taylor: >:) Welcome to my d..."

What Saru said :p

Sev–I tried being normal once. It was horrible. wrote: "Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Sev–I tried being normal once. It was horrible. wrote: "I think I might have to read the Legend Trilogy."

YOU MIGHT HAVE TO?!? MIGHT?!? YOU NEED TO SO I CAN SEND Y..."

*THIS IS WHY SHE LOVES SEV*.

Just finished the chapter sampler of Champion. HOLY SHIT. WHAT THE F-. THIS IS NOT OKAY. WHY DID THAT JUST HAPPEN. WHAT IS LIFE.

OH, AND SEV, WATCH THIS CLIP FROM THE CITY OF BONES MOVIE. I AM GOING TO GO CRY NOW.

http://themortalinstitute.blogspot.co...

Yes. I'm back for another rant. About being Indian. Please only read this if you are Jude, Taylor, Sev, or Sam.

(view spoiler)[So, you might here all this stereotypical stuff about how Indians only raise their kids to be engineers, doctors, accountants, or lawyers.

Guess what.

They aren't lying.

My parents want me to be one of those four things, and nothing else. This pisses me off very much.

1. Accountant:

I hate math.

2. Doctor:

I can't stand the sight of blood.

3. Engineer:

My dad is one, and it confuses me so much.

4. Lawyer:

This is probably the most desirable option for me, but I'm just not interested in becoming one. I told my dad that I want to become a lawyer to please him, but really, I don't want to be a lawyer. I want to be an author.

But my dad doesn't care. He keeps yelling at me to start studying law RIGHT NOW so I can get like, an internship at a law firm as a high school job. BUT I DON'T WANNA. GRRRRRRRR (hide spoiler)]

PM to me? On the app.

Taylor [Pardon me while I fanboy over you] wrote: "PM to me? On the app."

Sure.

Jude wrote: "thats terrible!! D:"

I know.D:

Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Yes. I'm back for another rant. About being Indian. Please only read this if you are Jude, Taylor, Sev, or Sam.

So, you might here all this stereotypical stuff about how Indians only raise their k..."

aww:( can you talk to them about wanting to do something different?

Sam~ on sleepless roads the sleepless go~ wrote: "Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Yes. I'm back for another rant. About being Indian. Please only read this if you are Jude, Taylor, Sev, or Sam.

So, you might here all this stereotypical stuff abo..."

That would just make them angry. D:

Permit me to add my rant on top of the current conversation.

Savannah and her big mouth.

She texted me about a half-hour ago to inform me that her mother was now aware of my work schedule and wants to--no, sorry, is changing my plans without my input in order to--have my writing group at her house for the first part of Friday for our writing retreat because she wants me to sleep.

Screw sleep. This is my baby project we are talking about.

I just…it's infuriating to me. I'm not sure how exactly to put it into words. I think it's because I'll be losing out on part of the experience with this kids, and actually missing out on seeing Savannah that day because they'll be over at her house until she has to leave for a piano camp.

Also, I really hate it when people try to "help" by changing my plans. Sorry, doesn't help. I already have structured my schedule to deal with the crazy day I'll be having.

>.<

AHHHHH That sucks Taylor! Have you talked to Savannah about it?

Totally missed this comment. Sorry. :D

Yeah, I texted her about it an hour ago. Still no response, which is annoying.

That sucks. Hope everything works out!

Got everything to work out. Hallelujah. Savannah is very easy to convince. :D

Though she is being a little difficult right now. She says she wants to write essays for "something she can't tell me about." She says I'll probably figure it out in a few months, which is annoying. Like, if you can't tell me, don't bring it up. >.>

Taylor [Pardon me while I fanboy over you] wrote: "Got everything to work out. Hallelujah. Savannah is very easy to convince. :D

Though she is being a little difficult right now. She says she wants to write essays for "something she can't tell me..."

YAY! :D

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD EW EW EW EW EW WHY IS SEBASTIAN SO (view spoiler)[FUCKING (hide spoiler)] MESSED UP OH GOD SARU WHY WHY WHY THIS IS DISGUSTING

PM ME IM ON THE APP BUT I HAVE A FAIRLY GOOD IDEA WHAT PART YOU'RE ON. XD

Nice idea Sev! I have a few things to get off my chest to, but I am going to start with only one for now.

Firstly, I am infuriating so much about my limitations to anything that requires Internet, that it is ridiculous! We literally live in the middle of no where, so we have Satellite Internet. So very strict usage, very little usage, and obnoxious connection.

To add on top of it, my dad decided to take some college math classes, so our internet that we share is really his. We also just left our previous school, to one where we have to spend at LEAST 6-8 hours on the laptops, not counting any other homework and textbook reading.

But back to the point, I REALLY CAN'T DO ANYTHING ON GOODREADS AT ALL!!!! I got so upset about this, that I wrote a paper on it, and my teacher was both very glade and mad at the same time. She was glade that I did such a great job on writing it, but mad that we have to go through this. My mom is going to send it in to the Internet providers, thinking it will help convince them to give us broadband. Because it is from a student who does cyber school perspective.

That's really cool Alina! And I know what it feels like to have an evil Internet connection :( It's like the Wifi is out to make your life miserable. And it's worse to have a really, really sketchy one than none at all sometimes, because it gets your hopes up and then doesn't work!

Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Yes. I'm back for another rant. About being Indian. Please only read this if you are Jude, Taylor, Sev, or Sam.

So, you might here all this stereotypical stuff about how Indians only raise their k..."

SARU. Why didn't I see this rant before? Being Indian as well (and half Pakistani but we tend to forget that part), I TOTALLY KNOW HOW YOU FEEL. My parents really want me or one of my sisters to be a doctor. But it is impossible for me due to the hard work and studying that it needs. (I'm terrible with schoolwork)

*Hugs Maya because she understands and Maya understands her*. One of the joys of being Indian, hm?

Life without Wi-Fi? Wait. Is that possible?

Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "*Hugs Maya because she understands and Maya understands her*. One of the joys of being Indian, hm?"

*Hugs back* I know, it's a pain. But I'd still stick with it for desi clothes.

Yes! I love Indian clothes! :)

Saru (Queen of Bookland) wrote: "Life without Wi-Fi? Wait. Is that possible?"

No. You fall into this pitiful, empty semblance of living.

I know. How do people in 3rd world countries survive?

I don't know!

That's so sad. XD

I guess they *gasp* actually do PRODUCTIVE THINGS!

OH MY GOSH, Actually do productive things. What about laziness and talking to people, and pointless Internet surfing!?!

What are productive things? What does productive mean?

I don't know, I can't seem to remember!

Maybe if we were more PRODUCTIVE we would know the definition of that word.

I want so badly to just cuss my little heart out right now, but I shouldn't, so I won't.

Just…work. You guys pretty much know what I'm ranting about now.

I just woke up 7 minutes ago to go to my next shift, and this is the worst I've felt since starting. It's like my 5 AM shift from before -- everyone said how it would get easier, but it never did. Ever.

So I just feel like crap right now. And I don't know how I'm going to make it through this shift today, and then write tomorrow, and then go back to work.

And my dad just came in to see if I was awake and I said "Good morning" to him. What the heck.

*whimpers* It does not help that I still have 17 more of these shifts. I cannot do it. I can't. Why are they doing this to me? This is not the dichotomous issue they think it is. You can give me 40 hours of work during the day too. It's not like you're paying me more during the day, which you should actually be doing for this night shift. (It is standard to increase pay by $1/hour if you switch to the graveyard shift).

Oh, and don't even get me started on how I should've gotten a raise eight months ago, but the store getting bought by another company ruined any chance of that.

Oh, and music. Friggin' music. I don't have the money to actually pay for my own stuff, so I rely on Spotify a lot for that. And since I don't have an Internet connection at work, I needed to try to take advantage of the 30-day membership trial. But because I don't have a debit card, it wouldn't let me sign up for the free trial. That's just messed up.

So I started listening to white noise, which helps me not get synesthetic migraines, which I'm more prone to with how little sleep I've been getting.

But now my headphones are lost.

Oh, and my evil manager will be in at four today, I believe. I don't know if I can handle more of his verbal abuse. I want to report him so badly, but there is no point in getting in a legal s***storm when I'm leaving in three weeks from Saturday.

Well…I have to go to work in five minutes, and I still haven't gotten dressed. See you guys later…maybe. You might be seeing me on the morning news because I'm a fugitive wanted for murder. XD