The "What's on your mind?" thread

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by Batman1980

These lists of course suggestions and requirements are confusing so I'm going to have the academic advisor give me something more...comprehensible. She's probably going to be sorry she ever talked to me after our next talk.

I been there, my first university moved advisors on me three times before I finally got settled on one who could get inside my mind and figure out what I was trying to do.

[Samus Aran]

Do you form an opinion or change your opinion about someone on this board if you see that the majority of their posts are from trying to win free stuff in free threads?

[Scarriere]

I'm several minutes into MTV's MVA's and am gonna bail very shortly.
I'm either too old for todays music, too out of touch with popular culture or have better taste. Maybe a bit of all three.

[Lt. Brannigan]

Some of the best houses are located in the worst locations... way too much traffic, no parking, very little yard....

[llj]

Lots of things and nothing specific on my mind. I've felt suddenly very anxious this summer in various situations, more than usual. Dry mouth, nausea, stuff like that. This is not new, as I've generally always been a bit of an anxious person, notably with new experiences and specifically "new" social situations. I won't try to diagnose myself here, but I'd likely fit the description of someone with mild general anxiety or mild social anxiety, in that I can go out and generally do the things I need to be self sufficient (shopping, dealing with the bank, working etc,.) , but sometimes I'll avoid going the extra mile to do anything more (going out with friends or dates). I've talked to doctors about it but I've always been just on the milder side to not be recommended drugs, only various forms of CBT-ish techniques (and I would only want them as a complete last resort anyway, definitely not to treat mild anxiety).

Funny thing is I've used the anxiety as part-adrenaline too. I've done a bunch of short 2-3 day bursts of travelling around my part of the country this summer by myself. Hell yeah that probably even makes me more anxious at times. But I gotta admit, it's been fun too. I'd never actually gone and tried to do some solo travelling seriously before. Went to a bunch of different places and tourist attractions I'd never explored before.

Anxiety is a weird thing. I guess it's partly a disorder in that it has a more debilitating day to day effect on some people than others, but I'd always wondered if it's not also a part of you that's trying to tell you something you've ignored too. I feel like I'm pretty honest with myself internally, but at the same time I'm usually not really emotionally demonstrative either.

I wonder if the sudden desire to go travel out of my comfort zone is partly my anxiety telling me something I've unconsciously ignored.

Anyway, I recommend solo travelling sometimes. You don't always need someone with you to travel. Though from a practical standpoint it's better to go with someone if you're going to some really foreign country with a completely different language and culture. But if you're travelling within more familiar cultures, absolutely solo travelling can have its perks too.

[VictoryAtNight]

I just got done watching Holy Hell on CNN.
I can't believe how gullible some people are.

[dgoswald]

Having watched the first two seasons of the Netflix Daredevil show, I find myself going over the issues it raised pertaining to morality and justice. When man and his institutions fail to - or can never - deliver justice through legal means, should it be - from a purely moral perspective - acceptable to pursue justice outside of conventional means. It'll result in some inevitable legal repercussions, but does an individual have the moral right to go to those lengths, or should a person just take it on the chin and move on?

No, don't worry, I'm not planning on anything dodgy.

[DarkEco910]

In trying to procure an iTunes collection of Disney films by the cheapest means possible, I took a gamble on eBay last night with the Diamond Edition of Lady & the Tramp with mint slip in the hopes the code is still intact. The code sheet was briefly seen and the user said in the listing that unless his adult son yanked the code a few years ago, it should be valid. It was $18 Buy it Now, which is considerably less than some folks ask for in the DMR trading thread on this site. I guess I'll see if this paid off. If not, I'll just resell the set.

[segagamer12]

Originally Posted by mertz523

In trying to procure an iTunes collection of Disney films by the cheapest means possible, I took a gamble on eBay last night with the Diamond Edition of Lady & the Tramp with mint slip in the hopes the code is still intact. The code sheet was briefly seen and the user said in the listing that unless his adult son yanked the code a few years ago, it should be valid. It was $18 Buy it Now, which is considerably less than some folks ask for in the DMR trading thread on this site. I guess I'll see if this paid off. If not, I'll just resell the set.

wouldn't the cheapest method be buy the dirt cheap DVD and take it to Walmart and get the Disc 2 Digital and then use the Disney Anywhere or whatever its called app to pick iTunes codes? I am not 100 percent if that is doable but it might be worth investigating.

[Captain Flint]

There's a Best Buy down the road from my college and I'm extremely tempted to go. But I also have zero self control and I know I'll probably end up buying a bunch of movies. There are no Best Buy's anywhere near my hometown so I've always wanted to go to one.

I have all my books and just went to the grocery last night.....maybe one or two or ten won't hurt....

[Scarriere]

While cleaning near The Movie Room, I see that someone had placed their glass, beercan, whatever, on my R/F speaker.
Who the eff does that?
The Studio Series isn't made any more and if something had happened, I'd be SOL.

Speaking of anger, I wonder how pissed my wife will be when she know's I've tied into her wine?
Hopefully she understands that I've been cleaning and didn't wanna bolt to the beerstore while in cleaning-mode.

[Show spoiler]Holy frick I sound whipped eh?
lol

[Samus Aran]

My car key shell broke so I went to a nearby dealership to get a new one. He wanted to charge me full price to cut a new key, claiming such and such was broken. He was trying to gouge me, right? I see a bunch of third party key shells online for cheap where all you do is put in the key and the remote and close it.

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by Samus Aran

My car key shell broke so I went to a nearby dealership to get a new one. He wanted to charge me full price to cut a new key, claiming such and such was broken. He was trying to gouge me, right? I see a bunch of third party key shells online for cheap where all you do is put in the key and the remote and close it.

Nowadays, it all depends on the car.
There may me a chip in the housing. If it breaks, then yes, you need to pay the outrageous price to get an alternate and have it set to the code to allow the engine to start.

[Samus Aran]

When clicking on trending news stories on Facebook, I've noticed that on many occasions unrelated people will have posted the exact same comment about it. Not just a sentence, but entire paragraphs. Is this something they're being told to do? Or are they just lazy plagiarists?

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Wondering what's up with my PayPal today.

I sold two Digital Copies on here. I didn't get no emails saying I got money. But on the PayPal site it says I received money and the transaction was complete. But yet it wasn't added to my total on my PayPal though.

So should I wait a day or so and see what happens Or contract them right away?

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Wondering what's up with my PayPal today.

I sold two Digital Copies on here. I didn't get no emails saying I got money. But on the PayPal site it says I received money and the transaction was complete. But yet it wasn't added to my total on my PayPal though.

So should I wait a day or so and see what happens Or contract them right away?

They've been having an issue/glitch all day

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

Originally Posted by Mighty Max

They've been having an issue/glitch all day

Ah, okay. That makes sense. I thought it had to be something like that. Thanks for informing me.

[Mighty Max]

Originally Posted by Jennifer Lawrence Fan

Ah, okay. That makes sense. I thought it had to be something like that. Thanks for informing me.

No problem

[master gandhi]

I've been living in Southern California for ten years now, and I'm tired of living here. It's too crowded and too expensive. I've been thinking about moving for a while now. Like maybe a couple years now. But whenever I think about a place to move to, I talk myself out of that city/state.

I know that no place is perfect, but I want someplace that suits me better than here, and I'd like a house for my dogs to play in the backyard. California's way too expensive, so I want to find a place to move to soon.

I've considered Oregon, Arizona and Texas mostly. I have family in Arizona (in fact, a cousin just moved there this week), so I'm leaning towards there. Texas has Austin, though, and that seems like a great place for a movie lover (it's gotten pretty expensive, though). I like that Oregon has no sales tax. Heh

Lots for me to keep thinking about...

[Xtempo]

Customs are looking at my VHD player and I have yet to receive any notice about it. I only know it from the tracking info. I hope it passes. I'm worried about this as this never happen before.