chabib, I need an intervention

truncated · 03.22.2006, 09:10 PM

I've become detrimentally addicted to coming on here during work.

I need to be stopped.

I'm avoiding things I find unpleasant and coming onto this forum, and reading/writing what are for the most part bullshit posts about absolutely nothing pertinent.

I am whittling away my existence online. My professional reputation is suffering over such dire matters as The Arctic Monkeys.

I hate Chicago artists (tangent).

I need my work IP address blocked, because I am a pathetic soul of no conviction or willpower. I am slowly submerging myself into a virtual reality, and soon I will be housebound, eating porkrinds at my computer and getting engaged online to a man named Melvin from Mississippi.

Please help me.

HaydenAsche · 03.22.2006, 09:12 PM

No! Come on during work! PEER PRESSURE!

Sheriff Rhys Chatham · 03.22.2006, 09:13 PM

where do you work?

chabib · 03.22.2006, 09:30 PM

there's no hope if pork rinds are even hazily visible in the crystal ball.

truncated · 03.22.2006, 09:41 PM

I've never actually seen a pork rind. But it seems like an apt universal talisman of absolute, all-encompassing doom. Don't write me off so easily though chabib, I still wash my hair, and get out of my pajamas (most days).

I work for the guv'ment. My title is "cultural events coordinator," which is a snooty way of saying that I throw parties 'n stuff in my city. I am responsible for coming up with events that would be beneficial and edifying to my community as a whole. Then I have to organize and run them.

My job is SUPER FUN because I get to be a nazi.

I can throw art fairs, dance exhibitions, battle(s?) of the bands, lecture series, theater productions. I can host interactive art workshops, let people paint streetlights (which I'm doing over the summer, fun stuff), construct a visual history of rock and roll (also on the bill) in the industrial park, throw outdoor concerts, demolish vacant buildings in throes of destructiveness and a need for catharsis...

I can do ANYTHING

which makes it difficult to focus, because no one is monitoring me, so I have trouble sometimes with incentive to produce. I'm in the middle of an especially frustrating project right now, which is why I keep coming on this goddamn forum and avoiding my occupational obligations.

I confess. I am an addict. I simply am not capable of curbing this on my own. chabib, I implore you.

HaydenAsche · 03.22.2006, 09:52 PM

I don't really download that much anymore. Only YSI/Badongo stuff.

I deleted my Torrent junk and P2P programs.

HaydenAsche · 03.22.2006, 09:52 PM

Shit! Double Post.

!@#$%! · 03.22.2006, 09:57 PM

hey truncated don't be such a wuss by putting the control in someone else's hands. you have willpower. use it. or maybe i'm selfish, but most of your posts seem smart & funny so i demand more. but don't avoid the issue. maybe you need a new job.

btw we drove by mississipi, melvin says hi

truncated · 03.22.2006, 09:59 PM

Downloading music is one thing, Peaches. Hanging around this place all goddamn day, trying to explain to people that no, Led Zeppelin is not more overrated than The Fall *twitch* - now that is unhealthy.

HaydenAsche · 03.22.2006, 10:03 PM

Haha. I'm on here all day as well.

truncated · 03.22.2006, 10:03 PM

Well thanks !@#$%

I might need a new job. I'd like to be a clothing inspector so I can have my own stickers.

I'm upset with Melvin at the moment. He's gone on webcam strike, I swore he was chatting up some bitch named xxxStaceyxxx on Yahoo, and he PROMISED he was going to sell his WWII stamp collection to fix the Corvair and come up to Chicago.

Can't trust anyone on here.

Toilet & Bowels · 03.22.2006, 10:04 PM

your job sounds like fun.

so who is overrated the fall and led zeppelin, or just one?

HaydenAsche · 03.22.2006, 10:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by truncated

Well thanks !@#$%

I might need a new job. I'd like to be a clothing inspector so I can have my own stickers.

I'm upset with Melvin at the moment. He's gone on webcam strike, I swore he was chatting up some bitch named xxxStaceyxxx on Yahoo, and he PROMISED he was going to sell his WWII stamp collection to fix the Corvair and come up to Chicago.

Can't trust anyone on here.

Fuck that Stacey bitch up!

truncated · 03.22.2006, 10:13 PM

As I said, I have never seen a pork rind. Maybe I psychologically block them out.

To the toilet man:
I don't really know that the Fall gets all that much hype - at least not in my experience. So no, I wouldn't say they're overrated. However, nearly EVERYONE in that thread agreed that Zeppelin was overrated. ZEPPELIN!

I can't bear to rehash it. If you're in for some masochism, go check it out under Non-Sonic Sonics.

I would give Stacey a good ass-kicking, but from what I see of her profile picture, she's got tits the size of beach balls. She could crush my skull with one strategically orchestrated squeeze.

"gimme job"
Diesel, I'm afraid that if you want my job (or most jobs for that matter), you'll have to stop scratching your balls and formulate coherent sentences.

truncated · 03.22.2006, 10:25 PM

See ya Peaches. Don't break a sweat.

truncated · 03.22.2006, 10:36 PM

By the way, I was serious about that intervention.

jon boy · 03.23.2006, 05:09 AM

pork rind is what i am gonna call a song one day.

coming on here at work is about the only thing that keeps me sane. i have very little to do anyway, but even when i do i am on here far too much. the only thing is though that it somehow seeped into my life and now i am on here all the godamn time, home, work etc.

my advice is to just go with the flow.

sonicl · 03.23.2006, 06:09 AM

Yeah, this board is way more addictive than the old one. I try to limit myself to just coming on a couple of times a day while I'm at work, but I..... just.... can't.... do.....

truncated · 03.23.2006, 06:24 AM

It had begun to happen with the old one too. Actually, this new board could deter me from logging on as much, because now that there are avatars, it's much more visibly obvious to someone who happens to stroll into my office that I'm not doing real work. So I have to be much stealthier about being on here.

*Edit: I realized that probably didn't make much sense. It's damn early here. What I mean is, with being mostly text, the old forum was less obtrusive, didn't jump out at you as a forum, so I could disguise my evil doings better.

Hip Priest · 03.23.2006, 06:26 AM

truncated...
... I have the same work/board problem. Just leave the mouse hovering over a relevant tab, ready to click.

03.22.2006, 09:10 PM	#1
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	I've become detrimentally addicted to coming on here during work. I need to be stopped. I'm avoiding things I find unpleasant and coming onto this forum, and reading/writing what are for the most part bullshit posts about absolutely nothing pertinent. I am whittling away my existence online. My professional reputation is suffering over such dire matters as The Arctic Monkeys. I hate Chicago artists (tangent). I need my work IP address blocked, because I am a pathetic soul of no conviction or willpower. I am slowly submerging myself into a virtual reality, and soon I will be housebound, eating porkrinds at my computer and getting engaged online to a man named Melvin from Mississippi. Please help me.
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03.22.2006, 09:12 PM	#2
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	No! Come on during work! PEER PRESSURE! __________________ rip
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03.22.2006, 09:13 PM	#3
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03.22.2006, 09:30 PM	#4
chabib Administrator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: NYC Posts: 521	there's no hope if pork rinds are even hazily visible in the crystal ball. __________________ http://www.visitordesign.com \| shelflife \| twitter
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03.22.2006, 09:41 PM	#5
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	I've never actually seen a pork rind. But it seems like an apt universal talisman of absolute, all-encompassing doom. Don't write me off so easily though chabib, I still wash my hair, and get out of my pajamas (most days). I work for the guv'ment. My title is "cultural events coordinator," which is a snooty way of saying that I throw parties 'n stuff in my city. I am responsible for coming up with events that would be beneficial and edifying to my community as a whole. Then I have to organize and run them. My job is SUPER FUN because I get to be a nazi. I can throw art fairs, dance exhibitions, battle(s?) of the bands, lecture series, theater productions. I can host interactive art workshops, let people paint streetlights (which I'm doing over the summer, fun stuff), construct a visual history of rock and roll (also on the bill) in the industrial park, throw outdoor concerts, demolish vacant buildings in throes of destructiveness and a need for catharsis... I can do ANYTHING which makes it difficult to focus, because no one is monitoring me, so I have trouble sometimes with incentive to produce. I'm in the middle of an especially frustrating project right now, which is why I keep coming on this goddamn forum and avoiding my occupational obligations. I confess. I am an addict. I simply am not capable of curbing this on my own. chabib, I implore you.
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03.22.2006, 09:52 PM	#6
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	I don't really download that much anymore. Only YSI/Badongo stuff. I deleted my Torrent junk and P2P programs. __________________ rip
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03.22.2006, 09:52 PM	#7
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Shit! Double Post. __________________ rip
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03.22.2006, 09:57 PM	#8
!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,560	hey truncated don't be such a wuss by putting the control in someone else's hands. you have willpower. use it. or maybe i'm selfish, but most of your posts seem smart & funny so i demand more. but don't avoid the issue. maybe you need a new job. btw we drove by mississipi, melvin says hi
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03.22.2006, 09:59 PM	#9
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	Downloading music is one thing, Peaches. Hanging around this place all goddamn day, trying to explain to people that no, Led Zeppelin is not more overrated than The Fall twitch - now that is unhealthy.
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03.22.2006, 10:03 PM	#10
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	Haha. I'm on here all day as well. __________________ rip
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03.22.2006, 10:04 PM	#12
Toilet & Bowels invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Europe Posts: 12,265	your job sounds like fun. so who is overrated the fall and led zeppelin, or just one?
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03.22.2006, 10:13 PM	#14
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	As I said, I have never seen a pork rind. Maybe I psychologically block them out. To the toilet man: I don't really know that the Fall gets all that much hype - at least not in my experience. So no, I wouldn't say they're overrated. However, nearly EVERYONE in that thread agreed that Zeppelin was overrated. ZEPPELIN! I can't bear to rehash it. If you're in for some masochism, go check it out under Non-Sonic Sonics. I would give Stacey a good ass-kicking, but from what I see of her profile picture, she's got tits the size of beach balls. She could crush my skull with one strategically orchestrated squeeze. "gimme job" Diesel, I'm afraid that if you want my job (or most jobs for that matter), you'll have to stop scratching your balls and formulate coherent sentences.
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03.22.2006, 10:25 PM	#15
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	See ya Peaches. Don't break a sweat.
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03.22.2006, 10:36 PM	#16
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	By the way, I was serious about that intervention.
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03.23.2006, 05:09 AM	#17
jon boy invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: psycho battery Posts: 12,161	pork rind is what i am gonna call a song one day. coming on here at work is about the only thing that keeps me sane. i have very little to do anyway, but even when i do i am on here far too much. the only thing is though that it somehow seeped into my life and now i am on here all the godamn time, home, work etc. my advice is to just go with the flow.
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03.23.2006, 06:09 AM	#18
sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	Yeah, this board is way more addictive than the old one. I try to limit myself to just coming on a couple of times a day while I'm at work, but I..... just.... can't.... do..... __________________
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03.23.2006, 06:24 AM	#19
truncated invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3,607	It had begun to happen with the old one too. Actually, this new board could deter me from logging on as much, because now that there are avatars, it's much more visibly obvious to someone who happens to stroll into my office that I'm not doing real work. So I have to be much stealthier about being on here. *Edit: I realized that probably didn't make much sense. It's damn early here. What I mean is, with being mostly text, the old forum was less obtrusive, didn't jump out at you as a forum, so I could disguise my evil doings better.
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03.23.2006, 06:26 AM	#20
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	truncated... ... I have the same work/board problem. Just leave the mouse hovering over a relevant tab, ready to click. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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