So Spring Break is coming to an end and other than a few minor irritations, the past week has been pretty relaxing. By minor, I mean stuff like what I have today. A storm front moved in and it's been raining a bit. Changes like that tend to get my allergies so I currently have a nasty headache, making me feel a little off today.
The mood was further spoiled by Pandora deciding to be stupid. They now have pop up ads for soap and all sorts of crap that come on between songs. They didn't used to do that so if it's a trend that continues, I'll probably end up ditching their service. I just don't have the patience for that kind of thing anymore. I'll go and purchase an iPod and upload my music library on that before I'll ever pay for some online service, especially one where you can't control the content. Seriously.
Advertising is so invasive in our daily lives that if you did nothing, you'd be bombarded with hours and hours of ads that you have no interest in every damn day, literally. I understand that people need advertisers to fund things, but it gets so damn annoying to constantly have everyone shoving it in your face. I swear, if they thought they could run them in the background while you sleep, they would.
It doesn't help that ads are always louder than the regular program, so if you have any volume at all, you get slammed unexpectedly. Anyway, enough rambling about that and on to other things. Though it will probably include a little more whining, you've been warned. =P
The other thing I've been thinking about is how chat was kind of annoying this week. I think it was because I had free time and I can always find something to do. So when you get kid after kid coming in to declare that they are 'bored' it gets old. How hard is it to find some online game, read a book or just go outside and take a damn walk?
Or it's the kid saying they hate their life and that they are cutting themselves or going to end their lives. Not that I don't have sympathy for people with depression, but talking to other kids who probably don't have a clue what to say to help, won't make it better. All it does is make everyone clam up and totally kills the mood in chat.
Sure I know how to deal with that kind of thing, but anyone who knows anything about dealing with issues like that, also know that you can only do so much. I simply do not have the interest to do more than what I already do in real life. I do not have the time, nor should I, to empty myself in an attempt to be there for these kids. There are resources you can turn to in the area where you live. That’s what they are for.
Anyone who things you are rude and insensitive for not trying to make them feel better, honestly don’t have a clue what they are talking about. It's a hell of a lot harder than you think, to try and help someone battle crippling low self esteem or severe depression. It's draining, and further exhausting yourself by trying to do more than you honestly can, is really, really stupid. If you wear yourself out, you destroy your own life as well.
You have to know when to call quits. For me, online is my quit. I won't do it. I'll be useless to those I do work with if I'm dumb enough to try and do more than I have the time, interest and energy for. I know they don’t understand what they are saying but sometimes it doesn’t make the jabs tossed my way about being rude and insensitive any less annoying.
And to be clear, this isn't a serious complaint, just me rambling on about something that has come up from time to time. Kind of like dealing with the trolls that are in there just to create a fuss. They're annoying, but the feelings of irritation don't really linger. It's hard to stay annoyed with stupidity after all.
There's other stuff that I find stupid, but I'm not going to get into that here. It's not something that happens a lot so there there's no need. So where am I at the end of this post? I'm still graced with a headache it seems. My medicine needs to hurry up and work already. Before I really do get grouchy. lol
