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Journal CleverNickName's Journal: Baleeted. 27

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I had this entry about being upset. Well, it was just a bunch of stupid whining, that I probably should have just kept to myself.

So I deleted it.

I wrote about being upset because of some ACs. Well, that's bullshit, and I need to own up to it. This feeling of being upset . . . it has nothing to do with ACs. And focusing on that crap just takes away from the positive comments and joy of being published. That's stupid on my part.

My being upset has everything to do with being dragged back into a very frustrating, expensive, never-ending nightmare that won't go away, and continues to derail my life. This morning, we thought it would be over, but some very upsetting things happened to me that I can't go into. What I could go into was this stupid AC trolling, which would normally roll right off of me. So I took some useless crap way too seriously.

When I got home, and saw that this review of my book was on Slashdot, I got excited. I wanted to hear what my fellow geeks thought . . . and because I was already beaten down and on the verge of tears, all I could see was the negative.

Yeah, I know that people are going to slag me (or their impression of me, at least.) I can get over it, usually.

Just not today. This bullshit that I can't describe as fully as I'd like to has smothered me and my wife since 3 weeks to the day after our wedding. Today, we thought it would finally be over. Instead, we found out that it will drag on indefinately.

You ever get pissed, or overreact, and then later on apologize to your buddy who happened to be there when you snapped?

Well . . . I'm sorry about that.

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  • It's cool, dude. (Score:3, Insightful)

    by rjh ( 40933 ) <rjh@sixdemonbag.org> on Tuesday May 13, 2003 @01:29AM (#5942588)
    You've got friends here, and your friends here will just say the same thing your real-life friends would say if you snapped and lost it around them.

    Don't worry about it.

    You'll wind up listening to us rant sooner or later, so all's fair.

    You can make it up by buying the beer next time.

    It's all cool.
  • Whoa, do we need to have Tony Soprano take care of some of the trash for you? I mean, he is in the waste disposal business.

    Anyhow, hope it works out. Keep a positive attitude. A lot of people would give a lot to have done what you have done.

  • Haha, I was just about to ask you if when you deleted the JE you screamed "DEELEAATED!"

    ie: http://www.homestarrunner.com/sbemail50.html [homestarrunner.com]

    But then I noticed the title. heh. Rock on

    ~GoRK
  • Life has its ups and downs, definitely. I hope this down will lead to a corresponding up for you and your family.

    Hang in there.
  • I thought I'd gone back in time when my last 2 posts dissapeared off the face of the Earth!

    Sorry, totally unrealated, but do I get to keep the 2 karma points I gained in your journal earlier :P
    • Hopefully 2 karma points don't make much of a difference to your over all karma.

      I have no idea what mine is. I assume it is reasonably positive since I don't have any freaks(yet).

      robi
  • Man it's ok. You seen that commercial where these guys are hitting on this chick at a party and she turns the TV on to Star Trek to get rid of 'em? These are the kinds of people who are over there posting stupid shit about running off with the traveler (whatever the f--- that means). Seriously, your wife knows who you are. She knows your soul. Screw the AC's and next time browse at a +1 or +2. ;-)
  • I read your earlier, now deleted, entry. I didn't think anything of it. I don't see why you bothered to delete it -- really! You ragged on the ACs, then you said it shouldn't bother you, then you beat yourself up a bit for letting it bother you. That all seemed quite rational and normal (whatever that means) to me. I can understand how, after posting it, you felt that you'd gone too far and needed to delete it. But don't beat yourself up over a Slashdot journal entry.

    Sorry your personal problems aren't goin

  • dont worry about it...happens to the best of us.

  • Hey Wil (Score:2)

    by ces ( 119879 )
    Congradulations on the book(s), its always nice to get your stuff published. Feel free to Gloat. ;-)

    As for the idiots on Slashdot, don't take them personally. I've been on the net since 1989 and have managed to get flamed by just about every kind of idiot imaginable. Just let it roll off.

    As for the other problem, well I hope it gets better, whatever it is.
    • Yeah, but the great thing about idiots is, just when you think you've seen every kind of idiot there is, you meet a new one. :-)

      I agree with ces, just let it roll off. And the other problem seems to be something major, and we probably couldn't help even if we knew what it was. Just know that we're here if you need to vent or rant or talk about your problems or not talk about your problems. We'll listen (err... read) and offer what support and advice we can. The only thing I can offer now is don't give

  • That's all it takes. It is kinda annoying and strange that people always focus on the negative comments, while the positive comments get less attention. We all do it. And forums like Slashdot are obvious example of that. It's so easy for AC's (and others for that matter) to flame and whine about something. And those comments can get stuck to their target (like in this case).

    But, like others have said, don't worry about it :). The whiners are usually the ones that make the most noise. But just because they

  • Well... (Score:2)

    by Eil ( 82413 )

    On any public forum, there are always going to be those people looking to cause trouble and unrest. They specifically look for reactions like the journal post yesterday. But this isn't just a public forum, this is Slashdot. Slashdot is practically known for its trolls more than anything else. Over the years, I've learned that when it comes to Slashdot, you have to make your point or say what you have to say and then leave it alone except in the rare instance someone happens to challenge you with actual logi
    • I disagree with him. I am usually not on anyone's shit list, and I think I do some worthwhile things sometimes. That you are more famous than the average Joe makes you a target for lameness certainly, but losing your cool or even replying to such is as you said a worthless investment of energy. AFAIK, Mother Teresa was not trolled. But even if she had been, she wouldn't have done anything differently, which is the way you should look at life as well.

      I think that most people are really just mostly lame
  • The people worth associating with will be a lot more forgiving than you'd imagine. Those who aren't, well, you'll find that out quickly.

    Everything else I could think of to say just sounds like a rehash of someone else's comment...

  • We're behind you, dude.

    BTW, I have the book on the way. I was very pleased that it looks like you get all the money (minus what you spent having it published, of course).

    Illegitimi Non Carborundum, Wil.
  • And you get the same reply I'd give RL friends: "Don't worry about it man, shit happens".

    Roommate in college. Once a month or so, we'd get sick of each other. Simultaneously. We'd each hang with other friends for a weekend or so. Everything back to normal by Sunday night.

    Just hope you kept the links I gave you to some blind resources;)

  • I hear that... (Score:3, Insightful)

    by bluephone ( 200451 ) <grey.burntelectrons@org> on Tuesday May 13, 2003 @06:16PM (#5949580) Homepage Journal
    Yes, I think we've all been at the point where we're on the edge, and somethign pushes us over. Ignore the ACs. They post as AC's because they're just that, cowards. Being able to rag on someone doesn't make them cool, or smart, or well liked. And taking cheap chots at someone jsut shows what trash they are.

    As for life, there are, sadly, things that will haunt you even after you feel you should be free of it. I live it daily. You have to find a way to deal with it. Find an outlet, and a way to not take it too deeply. When you find you've finally found a way to deal with it like that, it feels wonderful. You go through the conflict, and feel maybe only 10% as bad as you would have in the past. And later it hurts less than that, and you get over it faster and faster.

    The way I found a way out was starting with that one simple, crude phrase, "Fuck it." Turn your back on those that keep hurting you. It's the only way to survive.

  • I can understand the need for posting as an AC in several situations (not having an account yet, or posting subrrepti... er, subripteeti... sureepti... dammit it, posting sneakily from work).

    But posting as an AC just to annoy someone else, that's just too low. It's even worse when it happens to someone smart and geekily cool like you, Wil.

    I say, screw them. If they have something they want to debate about your book, they should get an account like the rest of us mere mortals.
  • Just little cowards who feel the need to make themselves feel better by putting someone else down. Just so happens that your celebrity status makes you an easy target for their insecurities.

    Heck with 'em, Wil. You accomplished more by the time you were 20 than they probably will in their entire lifetimes. That's something to be proud of.

    I just had a recent journal entry [slashdot.org] That caught a little AC flack. But you know? It's my personal space, and just because a few ACs decided it'd be fun to ridicule me for
  • I have no idea what the troubles you're referring to are, nor, I suspect, does it really matter. I can sympathise, having gone through a whole raft of crap the last couple of years, that's just now beginning to be put behind me.

    I know this seems trite, and about 22 other people have said the same or similar in this thread, but hang in there- it does get better. You're a good man, and that more than anything else is what matters.

    Hang in there and don't pet the sweaty stuff. ;-)
  • Some things in life are bad,
    They can really make you mad.
    Other things just make you swear and curse.
    When you're chewing on life's gristle,
    Don't grumble, give a whistle!
    And this'll help things turn out for the best...
    And... ...always look on the bright side of life!

    Always look on the bright side of life...
    If life seems jolly rotten,
    There's something you've forgotten!
    And that's to laugh and smile and dance and sing,

    When you're feeling in the dumps,
    Don't be silly chumps,
    Just purse your lips and whistle -- th
    • - Eric Idle
      Monty Python's The Life of Brian.

      Life's a piece of sh*t,
      When you look at it.
      Life's a laugh and death's a joke, it's true...

  • Inviting you to Penguicon 2.0. (Score:3, Interesting)

    by landley ( 9786 ) on Tuesday May 20, 2003 @05:12AM (#5997294) Homepage
    I tried emailing you, but that didn't work last year for Penguicon 1.0 either, so...

    Penguicon is a combination Linux Expo and Science Fiction convention. Filk, installfest, masquerade, lan party, con suite, 802.11b wireless access, dealer's room, panels, the works.

    We'd like you to be a Guest of Honor at Penguicon 2.0 in April, 2004. Our first _confirmed_ GOH for 2004 is Steve Jackson. It's near Detroit, Michigan, which is like a 1 hour drive from where CmdrTaco and Hemos live by the way. I can't say who else we've invited because they haven't accepted yet (although I put it in the email). But all of last year's GOH's (Terry Pratchett, Illiad, Pete Abrams, Eric Raymond, and Rob Malda) had fun, and there are write-ups from three of them linked on the con reports page of last year's website.

    Go read your email and reply to it, would you? Last year's website (on sourceforge) is http://penguicon.sf.net. (This year we've got a new domain, www.penguicon.org, which may not be online for a couple weeks yet). I personally think the most successful event from last year was the celebrity frag-fest. (Unreal Tournament capture the flag, Pete and Illiad's team beat Pratchett and Taco 5-4 in a VERY close game...)

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