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In which we get updates from the lives of tropers. Kinda like Twitter with more than 140 characters, but less than a blog or LJ.

Please refrain from excess venting in this thread. Talking about negative emotions is fine but it's best not to dwell on them for too long. TV Tropes is not suited to deal with mental health situations.

Edited by GastonRabbit on Nov 11th 2022 at 8:59:38 AM

SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#383076: Jun 24th 2014 at 4:14:23 PM

At the top of the coming hour, as indicated by the timestamp on this post, The Synchtube Troper Coven will be checking out the made-for-TV thriller Mayday at 40,000 Feet! (yes, the title includes the exclamation point) with veteran TV actors of the 60's and 70's David Janssen, Ray Milland, and Lynda Day George... and MARJOE GORTNER.

The closest approximation to a trailer is just a short clip of stock footage of a plane in takeoff from the movie plus a spot of Japanese dubbing, so I'll leave IM Db's plot synopsis here to give a better idea of what we got to look forward to.

The co-pilot and engineer of a passenger jet struggle to keep the plane airborne until it can reach an open airfield after a killer aboard the plane fires a gun at an engine and pilot of the plane.

But, first, swing by for a more needless Pac Man and Dungeons & Dragons cartoons from the 1980's, Everything is Terrible finally getting their hands on A Talking Cat!?!, an impromptu, greatly deserved tribute to Luis Suarez, and some other stupid stuff.

Find the rest of the group here: http://cytu.be/r/TroperCoven#

KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#383077: Jun 24th 2014 at 5:59:28 PM

Here's what happened after all their dreams came true...

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...
strawberryflavored Since: Sep, 2010
#383078: Jun 24th 2014 at 6:07:36 PM

I really like his Elsa one. It's pretty funny.

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383079: Jun 24th 2014 at 6:49:35 PM

@Zed Were they upset because it meant that they would have to do your work then?

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#383080: Jun 24th 2014 at 6:53:23 PM

Well, things are not looking up for my SSI (Social Security Supplemental Income) claim. Meaning I need to apply for Medicaid starting tomorrow so I can be accepted before my parent's insurance runs out and my meds go through the roof. It's been a very humbling day for me.

Blog link
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383081: Jun 25th 2014 at 9:38:32 AM

Best wishes, TO.

So it turns out that a volunteer application is a lot easier to fill out than an employment application. I can choose what I'd like to do and when I can help...but, the lack of money is a deterrent...

>_> Now I start wondering about my priorities.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
ZedOmega from an undisclosed location Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#383082: Jun 25th 2014 at 11:17:38 AM

[up][up][up] Actually, no. They've been firing a lot of the better agents for the past month or so. Somehow after-call survey feedback became a weighted stat, and when that happened, the reps who'd had low handle times and/or high first-call success rates were screwed over by one or two people who just rated them low for reasons we still can't figure out. Oddly enough, I was part of the top 10% for survey feedback results. I'd laugh if I wasn't throwing resumes around like shuriken at the moment. It was more 'they're firing you?! what the hell?!' than anything.

"...glad I keep a bottle of aspirin near the keyboard."
Fluid Since: Jan, 2001
#383083: Jun 25th 2014 at 11:23:56 AM

Ugh. This is the kind of thing that happens when you blindly trust in metrics. Managers love it, though, because numbers.

ZedOmega from an undisclosed location Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Consider his love an honor
#383084: Jun 25th 2014 at 11:43:55 AM

And it's not just agents getting chased out of the building, either. Before they fired me, they'd termed two supervisors for reasons I still haven't been able to figure out. And both of their teams were either one of the top five or a couple of points away from that.

"...glad I keep a bottle of aspirin near the keyboard."
wuggles (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#383086: Jun 25th 2014 at 2:17:45 PM

I haven't posted on this thread in a while. My new summer adventure is trying (and failing) to make money on eBay.

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#383087: Jun 25th 2014 at 2:19:10 PM

That's really more of a 'project' than an 'adventure'. An 'endeavour' at most.

Unless, of course, you're trying to make money by selling priceless antiquities you've recovered from booby-trapped tombs?

edited 25th Jun '14 2:19:55 PM by InverurieJones

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
wuggles (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
'80s TV Action Hero
#383089: Jun 25th 2014 at 2:29:47 PM

Fair enough. That qualifies as adventurey.

'All he needs is for somebody to throw handgrenades at him for the rest of his life...'
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383090: Jun 25th 2014 at 2:36:29 PM

I should never eat so much. It inhibits my ability to get anything done.

I still have a book to read, pictures to draw, and an application to fill out...somebody who isn't myself, please motivate me...

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
NotSoBadassLongcoat The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24 from People's Democratic Republic of Badassia (Old as dirt) Relationship Status: Puppy love
The Showrunner of Dzwiedz 24
#383091: Jun 25th 2014 at 3:00:18 PM

So I started listening to African metal after reading an article about metalheads from Botswana on Cracked. As widgety as they are, I gotta admit that some of that stuff is really good.

"what the complete, unabridged, 4k ultra HD fuck with bonus features" - Mark Von Lewis
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#383092: Jun 25th 2014 at 4:15:34 PM

At the top of the coming hour, as indicated by the timestamp on this post, The Synchtube Troper Coven will be checking out the codifier of the "creepy telephone call coming from inside the house" trope, When a Stranger Calls (1979).

Come for the classic introduction, stay for the pile of crap it turns into after the first twenty minutes.

But, first, swing by the chat now for more needless Pac Man and Rambo cartoons from the 1980's, continuing coverage from the World Pup, and some other stupid stuff.

Find the rest of the group here: http://synchtube.6irc.net/r/TroperCoven

edited 26th Jun '14 3:49:38 PM by SeanMurrayI

Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383093: Jun 25th 2014 at 7:20:51 PM

Family wants the Wii U in the living room.

:| ...well I guess it's fine for now. Until I get those new games...and it's definitely gone when I move out.

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
TolkienOtaku Having a good time! from Utah Since: Nov, 2013 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
Having a good time!
#383094: Jun 26th 2014 at 10:41:38 AM

My brother got me Civilization V to cheer me up. It worked. Thank you, Steam sale!

Blog link
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383095: Jun 26th 2014 at 11:15:18 AM

^Yay for happiness.

Self is back from delivering that volunteer application to the library halfway across town during lunch time. I can't remember driving so slow.

This is a rather disappointing situation. They wouldn't hire me so I had to practically beg them to let me work there for free. All while I'm still at that other job I hate.

So I'll have to drive more and work more for the exact same pay, in the hope that they'll eventually want to pay me to shelf the books and I can quit that other place...

edited 26th Jun '14 11:15:32 AM by Keybreak

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
SeanMurrayI Since: Jan, 2010
#383096: Jun 26th 2014 at 4:15:25 PM

At the top of the coming hour, as indicated by the timestamp on this post, The Synchtube Troper Coven got another mishmashed East Asian animation, botched dubbing, and assorted science-fiction strangeness to appreciate from the unparalleled Joseph Lai, Defenders of Space.

But, first, swing by our chat now for more needless Pac Man and Dungeons & Dragons cartoons from the 1980's, cats, motivational words from Hulk Hogan, and some other stupid stuff.

Find the rest of the group here: http://synchtube.6irc.net/r/TroperCoven

TheMike Bo "Jangles" Wyatt Since: Jan, 2011 Relationship Status: Non-Canon
Bo "Jangles" Wyatt
#383097: Jun 27th 2014 at 8:26:24 AM

A Touhou Facebook page took notice of a dumb thing I did on Tumblr earlier today.

Yay!

In the backyard, buried deep underneath the tree There's a monster, takin' root in the property...
Keybreak (Long Runner)
#383098: Jun 27th 2014 at 10:44:51 AM

Made another thread for another app game.

I never know how popular these will be, but I always like to spread the word of things I like. ;p

You gotta believe me when I scare you away, all that I wish for is that you would stay
KylerThatch literary masochist Since: Jan, 2001
literary masochist
#383100: Jun 27th 2014 at 3:17:55 PM

Come to think of it, Cirno's pose does look like "Yo, 'sup homie?"

I'm not saying it wrong, am I?

This "faculty lot" you speak of sounds like a place of great power...

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