It's Personal...

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 1:25 am

You said you took 'em? They're really nice.

erik · Post by **erik** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:11 am

Thanks =-)
The meat of them are iphone pictures. I like having a camera that's almost always on hand. It's also my only camera remaining since the previous ones have all broken one way or another. The trick to my good photos is to take lots and then weed out the crap.

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Tue Jul 14, 2015 10:21 pm

Did anyone else here use a website called crazymeds.us? It's gone now, with no explanation. I'm pretty worried that Jerod Poore either got rumbled for unlicensed medical practice or had a psychotic break.

Count Arioch the 28th · Wed Jul 15, 2015 6:58 am

The hardest thing for me is getting rid of people who are bad for me. I'm getting better at it, but it's hard to fight that stupid part of my brain that wants to win everyone over regardless if they've proven themselves to be a cock mongrel or not.

Incidentally, I know have someone who is dating someone I used to plow who now wants to kick my ass. That's been a while...

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:15 pm

https://www.blackgate.com/2015/07/21/di ... arbarians/

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 2:57 pm

There is both bad news and good news in the land of me.

Bad news: My computer is once more unfunctional... again. After being repaired. Again. Also, the family computer is also borked, because it was infected with ransomeware! Yay! That means that my house is officially computerless. Apparently, technology hates me.

Good news: I lied. There isn't any.

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:09 pm

Ransom Ware Problem can be fixed
Just say good bye to most of your data.
Or if you can find out what kind of ransom ware it is, there may or may not be a solution for it. But you probably need access to another computer to do it.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 4:11 pm

I believe the data has already bid a bittersweet adieu. And we don't have another computer to access it with, so... yeah. I'm pretty screwed.

Seriously, though, why do all of my electronics die? Why must the ones I love suffer so?

Stahlseele · Post by **Stahlseele** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 9:40 pm

i had 2 smartphones die on me this year already.
just no warning, no prior problems just:"lolno fuck off!"

also:
when they had built that old people home on the other side of the road, i had expected to hear more sirens.
[23:35:27] Stahlseele: i had also expected the sirens to belong to mostly whaambulances, not police or firetrucks . .
i wonder about the elderly . . .

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:28 pm

I am so fucking glad this week is done.

See, Monday, I got off work, got picked up by my mom. She starts crying and tells me one of my small cousins--a kid who I've played with, given piggyback rides to, all that (I don't mind playing with kids)--found a handgun in his house and accidentally shot his little brother in the head. A kid I've also played with, watched after, and generally took joy in being part of his life.

Their ages are 6 and 3. The three-year-old is probably going to survive. The bullet didn't hit him straight-on and they're seeing a lot less brain swelling than they thought they would.

Once I got home, I was asked to handle the phones and relay information hold the house down while they went to the hospital. I agreed. Halfway through the time, the 6-year-old knocked on my back door. Turns out his grandmother had gone with him when the police questioned him. She rents her lot from my parents, so she brought him home with her. Then he wanted to come see me.

He played, sure. But when he thought I wasn't looking, I'd see his face go into that I'm-About-to-Cry mode and then he'd pull it together.

Anyway, this event has set up some family drama (not about the shooting, actually, about the custody).

And then to top it off, this has been the most annoying, pain-in-the-ass week at work. That's insignificant compared to, you know, having a child almost die outright by an accid--

--You know what, let's talk about that.

The gun did not belong to someone who lived in the house. It belonged to a semi-boyfriend who stayed there SOMETIMES.

And that is what makes this unforgiveably careless to me.

If your life is in such constant danger that you need a loaded weapon around at all times, 1) You should fucking HAVE IT WITH YOU and 2) You should not be staying AT ALL with small children and 3) You probably ought to call the police or something. So that's irresponsible multiple ways.

OR. You're so fucking insecure you are not mature enough to deserve to own a gun.

Either irresponsible or insecure. There is no excuse I'll accept from this guy (he's been arrested, but for a different thing. The police actually really wanted to arrest him).

The extended family really has rallied together here to give support to the family and the boys, which is great. It really is. It's just a couple of people are letting their essential asshole-ness show through, so I'm sure by the end of this someone will be Not Speaking to someone else.

The one who found the gun is in the clear. He thought it was a toy because it was, really, toy sized and he'd picked it up. It was a horrible accident, and he's now heard all he wants about Not Messing With Things That Aren't His and Don't Ever Touch Something That Looks Like a Gun, Ever, Unless Supervised. Which is a shame, because he's going to hear those speeches for a long time.

If there's an upside to this, I get to hang with the 6-year-old and, apparently, some of my good qualities--helpfulness and politeness--are rubbing off on him.

What a fucking week.

If you've got kids, hug 'em. If you have guns or something, do a double check to make sure they're unloaded and safely secure.

Shady314 · Post by **Shady314** » Fri Jul 24, 2015 11:08 pm

I hope they do find some way to arrest that idiot or otherwise fuck him. People should be legally liable for irresponsible handling of dangerous shit they own. Leaving a loaded gun lying around pretty much anywhere in the world is grossly negligent. Even if it was his own house and he lived alone that'd still be stupid. I'm assuming the 6 year old didn't remove it from a locked gun cabinet/safe, load the bullets/magazine and switch the safety on.

This hits pretty close to home for me. I have a nephew around that age and my sister (his mother) lives with her long term boyfriend who is a cop so obviously he has a gun on him but my sister hates guns so you better believe that shit is locked up tight at home. But man if he was stupid enough to let something like that happen I would lose it. I'd probably take a bat to him but my sister would most likely beat me to it.

Red_Rob · Post by **Red_Rob** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:02 am

Jesus Maxus, that's horrible. Hope everything is okay. Not gonna turn this into the Politics thread by giving my views about gun control.

Sounds like it could have been much worse, so there's that to be thankful for.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:23 am

If it's any comfort, I've since gotten an update: The injured one is doing "amazingly well" according to the hospital. The bullet hit three inches above the left brow and at an angle so while it's by no means survivable on its own, it could have been so much worse and it seems very much like he'll be okay with time.

The mother and grandmother have lost custody of the older one (my aunt is their great-grandmother. She's 61. This is what happens when everyone in a family has kids before they're 20), and he's going to his uncle's, which will have significantly less sketchy people and idiots leaving guns out.

The injured one is going to his grandmother on the other side. She's an RN, her husband is an ER doctor, they live between two hospitals, and their social circle is made up of medical types. So basically THE place for a kid who might have complications because of this. Or as good a place as we can figure.

Both new guardians are amicable and so I don't anticipate them playing any bullshit denial-of-visitation stuff with other people.

So it's turning out...sort of the best-case scenario.

I do wish the cops here had arrested the jackass for negligence, though I can't say they didn't try. Turns out this sort of carelessness with firearms is not exactly against the law here. Yaaaay Red State gun laws.

But that's neither here nor there. Things are improving.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 10:25 am

I'm sorry to hear that things are as bad as they were but glad to hear that they're getting better.

Maj · Post by **Maj** » Sat Jul 25, 2015 6:38 pm

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Sun Jul 26, 2015 4:37 pm

The doctors are saying he's past the dangerous stage, for anyone who was wondering.

So looks like he'll make it. No brain damage that they can detect, so hopefully he'll have a speedy recovery from this kind of thing.

Occluded Sun · Post by **Occluded Sun** » Mon Jul 27, 2015 5:43 pm

That's wonderful. That's pretty much the best-case scenario for this sort of situation.

What sort of moron leaves loaded guns where a three-year-old might find them?

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:23 am

It was a six-year-old who found the gun and accidentally shot his three-year-old brother.

But the kind of idiot who...Well, it's a good thing he's been arrested. About everyone has something they're saving up for him.

Shady314 · Post by **Shady314** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 12:41 am

Maxus wrote:Well, it's a good thing he's been arrested.

So three year old should be ok AND jackass was arrested? These are the best possible updates. Do please elaborate on the arrest if possible.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 2:16 am

Shady314 wrote:
Maxus wrote:Well, it's a good thing he's been arrested.
So three year old should be ok AND jackass was arrested? These are the best possible updates. Do please elaborate on the arrest if possible.

The Jackass, as he shall henceforth be known, was not arrested because of the carelessness with firearms or negligence or something on those lines. Turns out the specific situation was not actually illegal in Alabama or the locality, somehow.

This does NOT mean the police condoned his actions or gave him a free pass. Since they didn't get him on the firearms or negligence, they went digging and found he had expired plates on his car.

It's not what SHOULD have happened, by rights--I woulda thought leaving a gun out in someone else's house would be negligent--and I don't entirely agree with going over someone with a finetooth comb to find something to arrest them for (not even a little bit, really).

But it is a good thing that he isn't able to come face-to-face with most of my family members for the immediate future. Most of them still want to reach up his ass and snatch out his balls.

Ancient History · Post by **Ancient History** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 3:14 pm

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Occluded Sun · Post by **Occluded Sun** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:55 pm

Maxus wrote:It was a six-year-old who found the gun and accidentally shot his three-year-old brother.

I know. But as bad as permitting a six-year-old to possibly find a gun is, it's even worse to leave a gun around where a three-year-old could get it.

A six-year-old might, might, have been taught better than to touch it and in the heat of the moment, remember the lesson. A three-year-old? Nuh-uh.

Here's hoping the guy is released from custody and is never seen again, mysteriously.

RobbyPants · Post by **RobbyPants** » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:55 pm

Maxus wrote: If you've got kids, hug 'em. If you have guns or something, do a double check to make sure they're unloaded and safely secure.

The guy my mom is living with leaves at least three loaded guns out in plain view (on the floor, propped up against a wall) in his house. Any time I go to visit her and take my girls (also 6 and 3), I have to escort them to the bathroom because they will walk right next to two of those guns.

Maxus wrote:If it's any comfort, I've since gotten an update: The injured one is doing "amazingly well" according to the hospital. The bullet hit three inches above the left brow and at an angle so while it's by no means survivable on its own, it could have been so much worse and it seems very much like he'll be okay with time.

Glad things are going (relatively) well for him!

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:29 am

I've just come home from work at DD's... and I've got fucking Taylor Swift stuck in my fucking head*. It's torture. Literal and real torture. Oh, and I can't get the scent of coffee out of my hands. And I can't smell anything other than French Vanilla Swirl. My feet feel like they're going to literally snap off, my back hurts like a bitch, and I burned my hand like three times with scalding hot coffee, and once on my thigh.

And one customer called me a mean word. *sniffle*

On the plus side, I got paid today ($88.10!). And ten dollars in tips, which ain't nothing to sneeze at. So overall it balances out. (Except for the Taylor Swift thing, 'cause that just sucks).

*Because they blast a radio station that constantly plays the same four songs over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over... and over.

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Sun Aug 02, 2015 12:37 am

Shrapnel wrote:and I've got fucking Taylor Swift stuck in my fucking head*. It's torture.

It sounds like now you've got problems, but I don't think you can solve them.