Things You Are *Not* Looking Forward To In 2015?

[w23eer]

The amount of damn work I'm gonna have, and how pointless it will probably end up being. I want to go into research for a PhD, and actually I've already been accepted, but I'm not going to be able to afford to do it unless I get FULL funding. That kind of funding is something I honestly don't think I'm able to attain. The results I got for the last examination period, while not bad by any margin, are certainly not good enough to qualify for large scholarships. And they were worth a quarter of my final grade. The worst part is is that I was already studying pretty damn hard. Even if I did my *absolute* best, I fear I'm just not smart enough to get it regardless.

The entirety of 2015 is going to be harsh. I wouldn't be surprised if it turns out to be the most stressful year in my life thus far. But whatever. I'm not nervous or depressed, I'm actually kind of excited in a morbid kind of way.

 

[FPLOON]

The Evangellion and Back to the Future references.

But, who doesn't want to see the Angels while riding on one's hoverboard? (At least it's not 2016... *cough*)

You just described Eureka 7

So, what you're saying is that Evangelion plus Back to the Future Part 2 equals Eureka 7?

Seems legit...

I'm saying hoverboards and robots equals Evangellion

Then, that would mean that Eureka 7 is like Evangelion only with a more cohesive plot... Right?

 

[bfgmetalhead]

Islamic Violence..Well any kind of religious stupidity really.

Also..dissertation is harrrrd

p.s Russian Economic collapse.

 

[Fox12]

Okay, I thought about it. You know what I really don't look forward to?

My best friend not talking to me. My best friend's silence being caused by her depression, meaning I can't be mad at her for it either. So I just have to be by myself at home and have nobody at all. And that's what I don't look forward to this year. Now excuse me, I'm going to cry myself to sleep.

My best friend tried to commit suicide last year, so I understand, believe me : (

I hope things work out for the better for you, though, you're probably a lot more help then you realize.

 

[Hectix777]

The Evangellion and Back to the Future references.

But, who doesn't want to see the Angels while riding on one's hoverboard? (At least it's not 2016... *cough*)

You just described Eureka 7

So, what you're saying is that Evangelion plus Back to the Future Part 2 equals Eureka 7?

Seems legit...

I'm saying hoverboards and robots equals Evangellion

Then, that would mean that Eureka 7 is like Evangelion only with a more cohesive plot... Right?

And likable characters, good romance, nice story, great visuals, and -- the most important feature to get me to watch any anime-- a great OP.

 

[The Choke]

(I mean, can somebody tell me what was so good about Guardians of the Galaxy?)

Not I. Though that might be because I'm in shock to find another person who didn't think that movie came straight from Jesus's testicles.

Back to the topic at hand: As for me, they done screwed up my taxes at work. So I am not looking forward to ANOTHER year of complicated, stressful, expensive tax-season stuff. Oh well.

 

[CommanderZx2]

More micro transactions being sneaked into full priced AAA games.

 

[JohnnyDelRay]

Without going into detail, got some very heavy bureaucratic shit going down at work that could affect my life in a very dramatic way. It's a family-owned business which I run and is my future so it's sitting on my shoulders day in and out.

Also, news about terrorist attacks. I have a feeling these are not going away any time soon, and it worries me a lot more than people going on shooting rampages, because the people involved are not just mentally unstable, but they spread it.

Witcher 3 - or should I say, upgrading a system to be able to play it. For the first time, I don't think I have room in the budget for this one, but it's a small issue in the whole scheme of things. Mainly because my processor is running to the end of it's reign, and that means a new motherboard, GPU, etc.

 

[FPLOON]

The Evangellion and Back to the Future references.

But, who doesn't want to see the Angels while riding on one's hoverboard? (At least it's not 2016... *cough*)

You just described Eureka 7

So, what you're saying is that Evangelion plus Back to the Future Part 2 equals Eureka 7?

Seems legit...

I'm saying hoverboards and robots equals Evangellion

Then, that would mean that Eureka 7 is like Evangelion only with a more cohesive plot... Right?

And likable characters, good romance, nice story, great visuals, and -- the most important feature to get me to watch any anime-- a great OP.

EXACTLY! (Now, I'm wondering why I haven't bought the complete series and movie of Eureka 7 yet...)

 

[RavingSturm]

Whedonites - they'll be out in full force after Avengers 2 hits the theaters!
AAA games - more bloated system requirements for PC users because of industry collusion
Aging - because life cant be a neverending succession of pub crawls

 

[Armadox]

Things I'm not looking forward to in 2015? *sigh* Allow me to get my time aborted book of facts from 2055.

Internet Identity Registration Act.. death of Oprah Winfrey.. no.. no.. remake of Groundhog Day.. One sec.. chocolate triples in price... mmmmph, hackers crash Google.. new parasite something something Mars..

AH! Here it is..

Diane Nelson steps down as president of DC comics after Time Warner sells DC to Comcast in an equity swap deal. That one kinda bums me out.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

So in this month I have:

[ul]
[li]5 PhD application deadlines (one of which has already passed)[/li]
[li]4 exams[/li]
[li]3 coursework deadlines[/li]
[li]Plus I need to submit the final specification for my dissertation[/li]
[li]Plus I need to start my dissertation[/li]
[/ul]

So January in general I'm not looking forward to. No idea about the rest of the year because I'm too busy not looking forward to January.

 

[Barbas]

(Snip).

That's...the spirit?

OT: Moving house across the country. It's got to be done, but that doesn't mean I have to look forward to dragging a decade of crap out of storage and realizing "this is crap, this is crap...oh, this is garbage...why didn't I burn half of this along with the previous house and file a fraudulent claim?" Some of it's really nice, but boy is it heavy.

Oh, and dropping a heavy item of furniture on my foot, then falling down a staircase. Calling it.

 

[BoogieManFL]

It's a lot easier to say, but it's true. Rejection is for suckers, just do it and you'll be happier that you did regardless of how it turns out. At least you'll know.

 

[Frezzato]

Starting my new job.
It's night shift (12 am to 7 am) and I have trouble with sleep. I just got used to waking up in the morning and now I have to change it back.
Afraid I won't sleep enough, which is causing me anxiety which is preventing me from sleeping. Coupled with the fact I'm trying to cut back on my "medicine", it's going to be hard until I get used to it.
I just thank God I'm not an insomniac and I feel for those that are.

I feel your pain. I just got off a 2-month stint working from 23:30 to 08:00. I, too, just got used to waking up in the morning right before I was hired for this new job. That was for holiday "Peak" hours though; my schedule only recently changed from midnight to 04:00.

On my days off I would find myself waking up at 9 PM and staying up until 8 AM anyway. I was off sync from the rest of the world, and I felt physically exhausted on my two days off, so badly that I might as well have gone into work. Everything else in my life fell by the wayside. I found myself taking 2-3 hour "naps" at random. Other times I could sense in my brain that I was about to pass out, just as one could sense when you're about to sneeze.

Other ill effects included waking up at 6-7 PM and having a mild panic attack because I didn't know if it was morning or evening. And my eyesight started to fail because I didn't see sunlight for so long. It's gotten better though.

Since my schedule just changed, I tried this trick I learned a few months ago to reset my sleeping patterns. It didn't work so well this time as I find myself sleeping only for 6 hours or so a night.

 

[Zombie_Fish]

That's...the spirit?

I'm making it sound more dire than it really is. Out of the three courseworks, two are pretty much done and the third is almost there. For the PhD applications, one is done, one is due at the end of the month, one is willing to accept late submissions and if I only get one of the other two in then I'm not that fussed. And the dissertation stuff doesn't even need to be looked at until after the exams have finished. The only thing that is a major concern is the exams.

So yeah, still not good, but it could be a lot worse.

OT: Moving house across the country. It's got to be done, but that doesn't mean I have to look forward to dragging a decade of crap out of storage and realizing "this is crap, this is crap...oh, this is garbage...why didn't I burn half of this along with the previous house and file a fraudulent claim?" Some of it's really nice, but boy is it heavy.

Oh, and dropping a heavy item of furniture on my foot, then falling down a staircase. Calling it.

Oh, I'll need to do all of that too. Though thankfully it'll only be three years' worth of crap on a one hour journey to my mum's and then taking a portion of that to wherever I end up after graduation.

 

[laggyteabag]

Admittedly, I still need to watch The Incredible Hulk, Thor 1 and 2.

Meh, I really wouldn't bother. They're pretty boring films and very easy films to summarise.

<spoiler=The Incredible Hulk> The Incredible Hulk

Bruce Banner gets exposed to large amounts of Gamma Radiation and then turns into The Hulk for the first time. He then travels to Brazil to make fizzy drinks, gets tracked down by some army guy (Tim Roth), they fight for a bit, and then the both run away to America. Army guy drinks the hulk juice to get stronger but turns into the Abomination, and then The Hulk and the Abomination battle it out in Harlem with the Hulk winning.

Spoiler: Thor

Thor

Thor and Loki are best buds. Thor gets banished to earth and has his powers stripped, but meets a girl (Natalie Portman) and they fall in love. Loki finds out that he isn't Odin's son but he becomes king whilst Odin sleeps for a bit, Thor gets his powers back, Loki wants to destroy a planet, but Thor destroys the massive space cannon/teleporter to stop him, and then Loki "dies".

Spoiler: Thor 2

Thor 2

Loki is returned to Asgard and put in prison after The Avengers. There are also space portals that link the planets together, and then Natalie Portman gets sucked into one and teleported to another planet and gets infected with space goo. Thor finds her and takes her back to Asgard, but Christopher Eccleston attacks Asgard to find NP (and her space goo), and kills Thor's mother in the process. Thor and Loki find CE, who then "kills" Loki, takes the goo out of NP, and then uses it to destroy Greenwich, but is defeated by Thor. Thor then refuses the throne of Asgard, and goes to live on earth with NP, and it is revealed that Odin is actually Loki in disguise. The Space Goo is then shown to actually be an Infinity stone.

 

[Evonisia]

Admittedly, I still need to watch The Incredible Hulk, Thor 1 and 2.

Meh, I really wouldn't bother. They're pretty boring films and very easy films to summarise.

<spoiler=The Incredible Hulk> Bruce Banner gets exposed to large amounts of Gamma Radiation and then turns into The Hulk for the first time. He then travels to Brazil to make fizzy drinks, gets tracked down by some army guy (Tim Roth), they fight for a bit, and then the both run away to America. Army guy drinks the hulk juice to get stronger but turns into the Abomination, and then The Hulk and the Abomination battle it out in Harlem with the Hulk winning.

Spoiler: Thor

Thor and Loki are best buds. Thor gets banished to earth and has his powers stripped, but meets a girl (Natalie Portman) and they fall in love. Loki finds out that he isn't Odin's son but he becomes king whilst Odin sleeps for a bit, Thor gets his powers back, Loki wants to destroy a planet, but Thor destroys the massive space cannon/teleporter to stop him, and then Loki "dies".

Spoiler: Thor 2

Loki is returned to Asgard and put in prison after The Avengers. There are also space portals that link the planets together, and then Natalie Portman gets sucked into one and teleported to another planet and gets infected with space goo. Thor finds her and takes her back to Asgard, but Christopher Eccleston attacks Asgard to find NP (and her space goo), and kills Thor's mother in the process. Thor and Loki find CE, who then "kills" Loki, takes the goo out of NP, and then uses it to destroy Greenwich, but is defeated by Thor. Thor then refuses the throne of Asgard, and goes to live on earth with NP, and it is revealed that Odin is actually Loki in disguise. The Space Goo is then shown to actually be an Infinity stone.

I watched The Incredible Hulk and Thor 2 yesterday. I actually quite liked Thor 2, but TCH really only got the odd memorable scene and a decent final boss segment. I watched Iron Man 2 today as well, which was meh-tastic but then again I still liked it more than Iron Man 1 (le gasp!) and thought Iron Man 3 kicked moderate but not serious arse.

I'm watching Thor 1 on Saturday, then I'll have watched all these damn things. I doubt that film will overtake the firm grasp Captain America has on my favourites though (Cap 2, Cap 1, The Avengers, Thor 2). A thanks for an opinion on Thor 1 though, I've not seen many compared to the others like Guardians (I frown greatly).

 

[Cowabungaa]

Failing the current exam season, and thus again not having a summer vacation thanks to the resit period being shittily planned. Uni's getting might stressful and not having a real cool-down period ain't making it better.

I'm also probably going back into therapy again, which is sort of a mix between "looking forward to" and "dreading it". Because obviously, feeling like you need therapy again sucks ass.

The current global state of affairs is also very sigh-worthy. I'm so done with all the insanity.