Complain about all!

Ugh... I hated taking exams. Even in college, and I went back a second time and still hated it. I get overly anxious and do get mini panic attacks even during them... who knows how I would be now with all my anxiety. I don't like that I can't take it in another room, by myself. It's distracting to even be near another person, plus they never give you enough time, even for easy ones. *sigh* I did well in college, though not when I started out. I wanted to be an English major, but because I did poorly in Math I had to leave the school. I guess Math is important, but sheesh. I wasn't even studying it! *sigh* All I can say is best of luck to all of you and keep at it.

I got back from my trip, I had fun but I still had times where I broke down because of my pain. I am tired of it, I used to be able to go on trips with hardly any pain. And the place where we wanted to shop was only about 6 blocks from our hotel but because we both had bad feet, we had drivers to and from. It was convenient, but still. I am not sure how to even clear up the pain in my feet, unless I do surgery. And I don't want to do that unless I have to. But these headaches are the worst. I would be online more if I did not have them. *sigh*

Plus it smells like a skunk went off near our house. We don't get them often around us, so it might just be my dad's fish tank. Still, it's smelly right now.
 
Double post, but Christina Grimmie, a songwirter/singer/all around awesome artist was shot and killed the other day on the way to a concert. Her last tweet was about the concert. This is so sad. She was so young. Such a powerful voice. The shooter also shot himself after the manager tackled him apparently. This world is so messed up. What would drive someone to that point? I have no idea. Here's a video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQHX5xhyzA0
 
^I agree. Though I have not heard Christina Grimmie sing, it is definitely a shame to see someone with so much youth and potential die so quickly. I saw a story about it on the news this morning, and according to that, the shooter was most likely planning to shoot more people since they had multiple guns (if i remember correctly). I also don't know why they felt the need to kill other people if they were going to kill themself anyway. May Christina Grimmie rest in peace.
 
Didn't get much sleep last night (an hour of partial sleep) so I dozed off a bit on the plane today.

Hopefully I can sleep well tonight.
 
^Sleep well! I wonder if I get any sleep at all. Though I did feel pretty good today, since I got some sleep. I was so tired. I am so tired during the day... but that's because of my meds. (Also, I want to see pics Kuga!)

Had Botox done yesterday, but the back of my head keeps hurting. It's the weirdest sensation too. Almost like a spasm. I hope I can practice.
 
Slept well so far in Japan, waking up with the sun at 5 am then sleeping until my alarm at 7 or 8 am.

At least the breeze has picked up here at Pacifico Yokohama as it's sunny and humid.
 
More confirmation I'm bad at math.
We have some kind of a practical investigation and I can't get the last part. I even did it with the teacher where we got the right answer but alas I seem to not be able to re-create it. I have no idea if it's my formula or a different part. There are two formulas; c and d. The formula for c is correct, I copied it down when I worked with the teacher. I also had a second formula copped, presumably formula d. But I've tried it and it's not working. The formula is 4x -6 but when I use that formula in conjunction with the rest of the questions my answers are all wrong. All of them. I've even tried different formulas but their all wrong.

I've been doing this question for two hours. My only option if I don't want to bawl like crazy is just do it wrong and say the formula for c and d is the same when they're not. I honestly don't care at this point. Tomorrow is my last day and I give absolutely not shits right now.
 
I can't figure out why so many Japanese music companies are geo-blocking official clips on Youtube and stonewalling any attempt at contact about the issue.

Won't that mean that they'll either get no recognition from other countries or that fans in other countries will use alternate (and less legal) sources?
 
This is an issue that's been worldwide (not just from Japanese companies) for quite some time, and it seems the companies don't really care if foreigners can't see their material. Worst thing is, a lot of them seem to get pissy about it when people decide to torrent their stuff or upload it on YouTube or other sources themselves. They don't seem to get that they're encouraging their own piracy issues.

I'd actually be interested to see a chart with ratios comparing purchase/piracy for releases between local and foreign groups. I'd expect the piracy rates to be higher for non-local markets but it'd be interesting to see by how much.
 
Kugayama said:
I can't figure out why so many Japanese music companies are geo-blocking official clips on Youtube and stonewalling any attempt at contact about the issue.

Won't that mean that they'll either get no recognition from other countries or that fans in other countries will use alternate (and less legal) sources?
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It certainly is a huge disadvantage for the companies to block off access to their songs to Non-Japanese users. Like you and Seasonreaper say, it will only increase Piracy and getting that music through not as legitimate sources. It's a move that is hurting everyone.

It does seem like while it has been an issue for awhile, it has really become bad in the past 8-10 months with the introduction of Youtube RED which seemed to introduce the Companies blocking off access to their videos if you aren't from Japan. It also reminds me of why people get upset with Nintendo for their Region Locking Policies as well. If they aren't going to port every game to every country, they shouldn't lock games from other countries out if people want to play them knowing there's no hope for a localization (Or the localization is very bad compared to the original)

Aside from that I've just been super angry at youtube and these companies for blocking off their videos considering Japanese music consists of a lot of what I listen to, and for a person like me who listens to a lot of "Underground music" from Video Games/Anime and barely listens to anything "Mainstream", it really makes me want to see a different video streaming site surpass and replace youtube. I simply can't trust Youtube or Google with all they've done throughout the years with their draconian copyright policies.
 
@Aurora3500
Me too. Honestly a lot of companies and things like YouTube are just lacking in non-mainstream content and because of how hard it is to start something like YouTube our society will just be more and more monocultural, nothing new will ever happen. And when new innovative Internet things happen. They die. Fast. I've already seen it happen twice.
 
I want my fotw Blu-ray like, now!!!! (But it didn't come today. *sigh* I hope it comes before Wed since I am going to be gone that day and don't want it to sit on our front porch) :wai::cry::faint:
 
My grandmother accuses me of being a thief since yesterday, cause she supposedly can't find an old watch of her. An heirloom. We can't even say for sure that this watch exists as no one has ever seen it, just her. But according to her I took it and sold it. Later that day she also accused me of stealing her sterling cutlery (which used to be gold. Maybe in her dreams!) and selling that too, just because I am unemployed!!! How can one of your own blood do that to you? I am a complete mess.

She accuses me of so stupid stuff. I have an inflammation of a muscle in my back and went to the doctor and got a cortisone shot, now she says I am doing beauty surgery to make my butt bigger just because of that shot! Yeah I know it sounds funny when you read this, but I am a wreck because of all these accusations. I just want her to leave this house and move to her god damn son (her angel, although he is the biggest piece of sh*** on this planet!). I don't want to see her again...
 
When you really want to go to bed because you are sooooo tired but there is a catch in your throat and don't want to choke while you are sleeping. Yeah, that.
 
Passive aggressiveness and the need to put people on blast for whatever reason on social media. It reeks of immaturity, low self-esteem, and narcissism.
 
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