Replying to A moment of weakness and a theory of convergence

a lot of doods express their frustration with women in this forum, well I'd like to vent for a minute about life and how it throws shit at you all at once. I'm sure most of you have noticed that.

2 weeks ago a friend of mine that i've known for 10 years jumped off of a building and ultimately killed himself. Then, last week my stepfather lost his job, had a panic attack and was in the hospital for a few days.He's on crazy pills now and doesnt leave bed and seems to be suicidal...this dood is a rugby player, he's a huge kid and tough, it's sooo strange. My mother, was told last thursday she will be taking a huge salary drop. Then my cousin had a random seizure and I took her to the hospital and they removed her thyroid on friday. then yesterday (sunday) an old friend, someone I grew up with in the old neighbourhood, was murdered in Toronto.
A lot of people around me are also having some issues, some much much bigger than my own..for example my friend's Dad dropped dead in her house a little over a week ago.

all of this is going on and I have a 15 page paper due tomorrow by midnight, i've written 5 pages, and once that's done i have a final to study for the day after.And my friend is losing her mind and I have no idea how to help her whatsoever, she too has finals to worry about.

anyone else notice how funny life is in that sense? I mean i'm not sitting at home sulking about it. I'm gonna get my work done and I'll probably get a good grade. But it's still rough I tell ya. The way I see it..people have two choices: let everything take u down and fail at life...or keep your head up and work through it until the times are good again.