Okay, maybe those boys aren't so bad after all. I'm starting to hate myself though.
My best friend and I decided to brave Pokemon league today, even though we've had horrible experiences with it in the past. Surprisingly, it was really fun.
The people I hated most weren't there, and the remaining boys seem to have matured a bit since I last played. The only one who insulted me was my best friend but that doesn't count because that's normal for her.
No one snapped at me or rolled their eyes when I asked to read a card, no one tried to scam me out of cards during a trade... It was nice. It's not like I did well in the weekly tournament either, so their good behavior was definitely not some weird sign of respect. My real deck wasn't tournament legal because I didn't have all the cards for it, so my friend gave me one of her crappy decks to play with. I lost every single round.
The best news is that I got to test my real deck out between rounds, and I was able to trade for most of the cards I needed to make it tournament legal. Now I only need 3 Pokemon Collectors before all my proxies are gone. With any luck I should be able to get them before Cities.
The one black cloud in the otherwise wonderful experience was when an old man walked up to me and started asking me about my degree. He said "I've been thinking about going back to school for a similar degree, but I heard that your degree was useless because you weren't able to find a job out of college". And he kept saying it even after I explained that yes, I was able to get a job (well, an internship) after I graduated, and no, I don't have a job right now because I have not started searching for one yet. (I deliberately took a few months off after the internship was over because I haven't had anything resembling a break since summer 2009. Maybe not the smartest idea, but it greatly helped my stress levels.) This guy kept insinuating that I had wasted my time and money on a useless degree, but phrased it in a way so it would sound like he was asking for advice. Is it just me, or is that a bit insulting when said to a random stranger? It's not like I'm friends with him or anything. This man looks vaguely familiar but I don't know him, none of my friends know him, and I have no idea who the "sources" for his information were.
The rest of the day was one big mountain of failure on my part, but I guess that's to be expected. I reached new levels of idiocy today when the power went out. I decided to deliver a package to the neighbors since my previous plan of cooking lunch was no longer an option. I walked across the street, rang my neighbor's doorbell... and stood there for ten seconds, trying to figure out why I hadn't heard the doorbell make a noise. Hint: when the power is off, doorbells don't work!
Sometimes I am not sure how I've survived this long if I can't grasp basic cause and effect scenarios. It's probably a good thing that I don't plan to have children. Passing on this level of stupidity to a future generation would just be cruel.
PS - I somehow managed to hurt the muscles in my back and neck while I was sleeping last night. For the first half of the day, I could not move my right shoulder, turn my head, lean against my right side, or bend over without pain. It's better now, though it's still up in the air whether I can find a pain-free position to sleep in tonight. More importantly, HOW DID I MANAGE TO INJURE MYSELF WHILE SLEEPING? Seriously, what kind of idiot does that? Well, me, apparently...
The people I hated most weren't there, and the remaining boys seem to have matured a bit since I last played. The only one who insulted me was my best friend but that doesn't count because that's normal for her.
No one snapped at me or rolled their eyes when I asked to read a card, no one tried to scam me out of cards during a trade... It was nice. It's not like I did well in the weekly tournament either, so their good behavior was definitely not some weird sign of respect. My real deck wasn't tournament legal because I didn't have all the cards for it, so my friend gave me one of her crappy decks to play with. I lost every single round.
The best news is that I got to test my real deck out between rounds, and I was able to trade for most of the cards I needed to make it tournament legal. Now I only need 3 Pokemon Collectors before all my proxies are gone. With any luck I should be able to get them before Cities.
The one black cloud in the otherwise wonderful experience was when an old man walked up to me and started asking me about my degree. He said "I've been thinking about going back to school for a similar degree, but I heard that your degree was useless because you weren't able to find a job out of college". And he kept saying it even after I explained that yes, I was able to get a job (well, an internship) after I graduated, and no, I don't have a job right now because I have not started searching for one yet. (I deliberately took a few months off after the internship was over because I haven't had anything resembling a break since summer 2009. Maybe not the smartest idea, but it greatly helped my stress levels.) This guy kept insinuating that I had wasted my time and money on a useless degree, but phrased it in a way so it would sound like he was asking for advice. Is it just me, or is that a bit insulting when said to a random stranger? It's not like I'm friends with him or anything. This man looks vaguely familiar but I don't know him, none of my friends know him, and I have no idea who the "sources" for his information were.
The rest of the day was one big mountain of failure on my part, but I guess that's to be expected. I reached new levels of idiocy today when the power went out. I decided to deliver a package to the neighbors since my previous plan of cooking lunch was no longer an option. I walked across the street, rang my neighbor's doorbell... and stood there for ten seconds, trying to figure out why I hadn't heard the doorbell make a noise. Hint: when the power is off, doorbells don't work!
Sometimes I am not sure how I've survived this long if I can't grasp basic cause and effect scenarios. It's probably a good thing that I don't plan to have children. Passing on this level of stupidity to a future generation would just be cruel.
PS - I somehow managed to hurt the muscles in my back and neck while I was sleeping last night. For the first half of the day, I could not move my right shoulder, turn my head, lean against my right side, or bend over without pain. It's better now, though it's still up in the air whether I can find a pain-free position to sleep in tonight. More importantly, HOW DID I MANAGE TO INJURE MYSELF WHILE SLEEPING? Seriously, what kind of idiot does that? Well, me, apparently...