Whine, whine, snivel, snivel...

[alosha]

Its just not fair. I have not the time nor the finances to take the classes I need to be the dancer I want to be. I don't have the time or the finances to make the costume of my dreams. I have stretch marks and pimples. And an unfinished tattoo. Poor me.

Ok. Time to put my big-girl panties on and get on with it.

Thanks for listening.

 

[adiemus]

Me too. And it's just not fair that I discovered bellydance so late in life. And I don't have time to do everything especially dance as much as I want to every day! Oh and my job sucks even though I love my work, I don't get paid what I'm worth, my manager hates me but my team likes me, my chances of promotion are zilch, and my mother dressed me funny when I was a kid. pout.
Oh and it's Christmas and I haven't done my Christmas shopping!!

But it's great to know I can whine and moan in good company! Bless you Alosha, and thank you for putting up this thread!

ps I can't give you rep but I would if I could. Another reason to cry!

 

[Ranya]

I've got three 15-pages papers to finish for next week (mind, I did not start two out of three of them yet!!! aaaaaaaah!), I am barely sleeping, absolutely NO time for dance, I gained weight - I am the heaviest I've ever been in my life (my favourite pants won't fit). I have no dance job even though I try hard.
I see my boyfriend once every 10 days after we spent a year apart and although we live in the same city now!
I would like to have smaller boobs - man always look and women always make very mean remarks that I only seek attention with them (as if I chose to have them like that!).

And now I am already late for today's class because I can't get off this forum I love it so much! (ok this is not a bad thing )

Big HUGS to you Alosha and Adiemus!!!!!!

 

[Amulya]

Alosha you're not alone : I'm on holiday at my parents and there's no space to dance, well there is a tiny space but I'm afraid to knock things over LOL and they are always home, I can only practice when totally alone.

 

[maria_harlequin]

I get to see my boyfriend one month out of a year because he lives on the other side of the world and he wants me to move over there even though I'm no where near ready to go. AND there's going to be an awesome dance workshop at my studio but it's two days before he leaves for the States again so I most likely will not be taking it. My future is uncertain and complicated and there's a lot of scary things going on...sigh...

But then I take a step back and count my blessings and try to trust in a greater power But it's so nice to whine and moan sometimes. Gosh...actually I can fill about ten pages of stuff I'd like to whine and moan about...

 

[~Diana~]

Your telling me. I wanted to go to tribalO in october but it is going to cost me over $2000 just to register and get there and back. So guess who's not going to tribalO this year.

 

[Creaky Old Dancer]

whine whine snivel snivel

First off...A big hug to all of you....and a nice cup of cyber hot chocolate and cookies (if necessary a shot of bourbon in the hot chocolate) since it's cyber all the comfort none of the calories. Finances here about classes... that a lot of the belly dancing stuff is clicking in that it hadn't when I was younger and now that my knees along with other parts decided they weren't going to go with the Peter Pan concept and they are grown up and old. Hugs oh yeah the weather too isn't helping. okay that is my Whinnnnnnnnnneeeeeee Creaks (sorry for giving anyone Mommycringes

 

[Ariadne]

I don't have the time or the finances to make the costume of my dreams. I have stretch marks..

Me too. And it's just not fair that I discovered bellydance so late in life.

... and right now I don't even have finances for for regular classes let along all those stupendous workshops I just missed. My health has sucked enough I am restricted to drilling floorwork and in the push to be more physically fit I have discovered I HATE doing coredrilling!... *sniff*

Oh well.

:lol: Thanks Alosha.

 

[adiemus]

Cyber-chocolate isn't cutting it, I need the bourbon first...

then I think I need the chocolate

...then maybe what I also need is a big girlie massage....

and finally, a wonderful pedicure

....feel better ladies?

 

[alosha]

I do. If you can add "kids are at granma and grampa's house so I get to sleep in" then all will be A-OK!

 

[Farasha Hanem]

Oh, heeeey, I'm goooooooood at whining! XD I love my work, but hate my job, I'm gonna miss my next two classes because of my schedule (grrrrrrrr!!!!); not only have I not done my Christmas shopping, I don't have my tree up! *cries* I don't know if I'll have enough on my paycheck tomorrow to get Christmas gifts (and only one more check---right before Christmas Eve). Everyone in my department is in a horrible, grinchy mood and ready to quit, I've gained back up to 104 pounds (ten pounds since Thanksgiving!), and my son and I are having stupid computer problems. Two of my friends got in a fight and are never speaking to each other, I'm getting over a cold, and tomorrow, I'm going to the doctor to find out what this lump in my abdomen is. I hope I don't have to have surgery.

On the bright side, I'm getting even with my managers tomorrow on my lunch hour. I'm bringing my zills, and am gonna practice right outside their office... XD

yay for evil bellydancers! XD

Also, I'm grateful to have all you wonderful friends to love...and to whine to. XD *hugs and more hot chocolate for everyone! With marshmallows!*

 

[adiemus]

'On the bright side, I'm getting even with my managers tomorrow on my lunch hour. I'm bringing my zills, and am gonna practice right outside their office... XD

yay for evil bellydancers! XD'
Here's your evil smiley

 

[Ranya]

eeeeeeeeeeeevil mwahahahahaha (mental support to you)

 

[Kharis]

Its just not fair. I have not the time nor the finances to take the classes I need to be the dancer I want to be. I don't have the time or the finances to make the costume of my dreams. I have stretch marks and pimples. And an unfinished tattoo. Poor me.

Ok. Time to put my big-girl panties on and get on with it.

Thanks for listening.

Goddamn it, I have don't have a tattoo but I have the stretch marks and big knickers for those comfy days. I also have a haflah to run on Friday, with two lots of dance troupes both dancing to UnMED music (Transgressor!!) and still have to dye the ballet pointe shoes (transgressor!!) and attach the winking lights to them, along with sewing thousands of paillettes along skirt hems and brolly hems (transgressor!!) and then there's the venue to decorate and the musicians to pay and the dogsitter to organise alongside running a job and trying to find funding to complete a Bowen Technique course with the added burden of being constantly pestered to read the Tarot cards and perform Reflex on people's feet. Oh, life's just one big social whirl....Well, at least it ain't boring.:lol:

Age? What's that? I don't have time for age. Age is something that I refuse to give in to... it can wait it's turn like everything else...

 

[gisela]

Oh Alosha and Farasha and everyone, I feel for you all. I am afraid to open my whining-gates. What if I can't stop...?
I still have no job and the recession means that there are hundreds of thousands of people more competent than me out there. My education has left me with a big debt that I can't pay off on my low unemployment insurance, and the education is very specialized so I have no competence other than that and there is NOOOO chance to get employed in that area ever. The bad economy means that the first thing people cut out of their lives is the stuff I do so I can't make a living of that alone. The jobs I CAN get (if I am lucky) are without education, so lowpaid, and is not a lot more than I get as unemployed. This means I have to work so much to get enough money that I won't have time or energy to spend on my actual call in life (the area I was educated in).
On top of that I have no fighting spirit and no energy and I think I am on the border of a new depression, thus not being able to make contact with friends or answering the phone and sometimes not going outside =gaining weigth and feeling miserable.
The worst thing is I can't see how it will ever get better...

Sorry for being such a bore, maybe it helps to let the sorrows out.
Hey, I DID find my true love! A few years ago I was miserable because I thought I would spend my life alone. And then suddenly he was just there, being wonderful...
So maybe it will turn out ok...

 

[Ranya]

Gisela, what is it that you studied (if it is not too personal)? Ever considered finding work abroad? Maybe someone here would know about a free position in your field of expertise!

 

[gisela]

Thank's for your concern Ranya.
Ceramic and glass art and design. There are maybe two places you can be employed at in this country and those are cutting down because of the recession, and even before that they began to employ already famous industrial designers instead.
The way to go seems to be selfemployed which I am partly but not getting a lot of business. But my education didn't have ONE single day during five years that dealt with the business side of life :shok: so I am really unprepared for real life.

 

[maria_harlequin]

Thank's for your concern Ranya.
Ceramic and glass art and design. There are maybe two places you can be employed at in this country and those are cutting down because of the recession, and even before that they began to employ already famous industrial designers instead.
The way to go seems to be selfemployed which I am partly but not getting a lot of business. But my education didn't have ONE single day during five years that dealt with the business side of life :shok: so I am really unprepared for real life.

Have you tried showcasing and selling your products on Etsy.com? The market for handmade, personalized and unique items is growing and Etsy can get you exposure.

 

[Ranya]

I second Maria's idea.
Also, do NOT be shy and try to send photos of your work to various companies and stuff, even abroad - you could get custom orders!
My flatmate is studying fashion design and she has the same concerns as what you have described and what she does is self marketing - she just grabs her "book", goes and tries and tries and tries and guess what? Last summer she got an intership at Hermes and helped to prepare fashionshows.

GOOD LUCK!!!!

 

[Kharis]

I still have no job and the recession means that there are hundreds of thousands of people more competent than me out there.

Everybody has something to offer at some level. I don't ever believe that there is not some field we can each excel at. It's about finding that area.

Sorry for being such a bore, maybe it helps to let the sorrows out.
Hey, I DID find my true love! A few years ago I was miserable because I thought I would spend my life alone. And then suddenly he was just there, being wonderful...
So maybe it will turn out ok...

If this can drop into your life so unexpectedly and wonderfully, why not other things?