HAPPY thread. Since we are always emo and have a vent thread but no happy thread.
My work shifts have gotten back to normal. Instead of being all over the place. Which is hella sweet. We are getting a bounce as well in June. So that is even better. It will go to my new tattoo. So even more betterer. (Its gona be the phi spiral around my tool logo tattoo, I want it to say "Spiral Out Keep Going" as well. WOOHOO!
Also I love to put ice in my drinks. Like when I drink soda pop or energy drinks I put in ice. I don't know why, but it makes me happy. I'm also lazy and just buy bags of ice. Cuz the trays suck. They are to big to eat... Yep.
I too put ice in all of my drinks, even in the winter. It's helpful for when I'm at work because one of the clients will drink any sort of beverage you try to keep in the fridge, so you have to hide any drinks you bring in and if you want a cold drink you need ice. I just keep a big bag of ice in the freezer there and now the other people at work are starting to use it too, which makes me feel less guilty about keeping it there and taking up so much space.
edit: although I am somewhat peeved that they didn't ask me. I mean, the answer would have been yes, but still. Kind of presumptuous.
I did undeservingly and unreasonably well in my greek exam. \m/
rapture!
spade is a malaka
I got to cover for a teacher on a field trip Friday. Four of them, in fact. ???
I had about 30 kids.
That's the total from all day, mind you.
And I got paid for it. 8-)
Well, Theo is a... Petite prince. I... don't really speak any french.
It was ancient greek, so we don't get much of a chance to use the word "malaka", but I guess that works.
YOU'RE AN ANCIENT MALAKAS
that better?
THEO EST UNE PETIT POMPLEMOUSSE!
I probably spelled (and conjugated) that 100% incorrectly. Sadly, I could not remember the word for pinecone :(
You are brave- field trips are my worst nightmare!
Oh, haha, no, I wasn't *on* the field trip, the many teachers for whom I was subbing were, Most of them were off to NY to do the museums, 7:30a to 10:30-11p. Fuck that shit, I don't get paid enough as a sub to do a trip like that, even if doing the NY museums would be a pretty awesome thing to get paid for. Doing the NY museums while herding a pack of high school students, not so awesome, I'd imagine. More awesome if they were my kids, but not awesome as a sub. That would be awful.
Rambling. Stopping now. :unsure:
I work with little kids, so most of the field trips lead to tears and whining.
Rave: cleaning the apartment and blasting music at a pretty deafening tone.
I totally thought you meant you were happy about going on a field trip...i figured I needed to be a teacher to understand :lol:
Elementary school field trips are CHAOS.
I blame it, mostly, on the fact that parents plop their kids in front of a TV/computer screen and don't actually *do* anything with them that requires leaving the house and engaging in socially acceptable public behavior.
That is precisely the problem I have with kids in general
I suppose I should post something happy...just spent $93 at sephora :)
My boss wants me to learn about industrial analyzers, which is cool. It's a fairly narrow field but people who are real experts are highly regarded and sought-after, because not a lot of instrumentation people use process analyzers correctly.
We're supposed to have thunderstorms for the next 2 days. w00t!!
It's 8° (Celsius) out. Fucking finally. \m/
It's still freezing and gloomy here in Boston. Supposed to change tomorrow. I'll believe it when I see it!
feckin hot and nice out... which is weird because i'm all hermit today
How about sending that to your lovely neighbors to the southeast, y'know, if you're not using it and all? I could use some nice weather, and I'm sure K could too!
All of which reminds me that I *still* haven't had the tires on my bike checked or brought it up to Providence from my parents' house. I WILL REMEMBER EVENTUALLY!
I'm totally in the market for a new bike. I'm not sure which kind to get. Was learning towards hybrid, but not sure. I'll prob. head to my local bike shop this week for a convo.
I'm off the next two days. Which is fucking sweet. We also got Lamb steaks in at work. I have never had lamb (unless I was really little and had it then...) I just hope I don't mess it up...
I bought some Cologne. It came in the mail today. (linky if your wondering http://www.westcoastshaving.com/Acca-Kappa-1869-Eau-de-Cologne_p_971.html) And I put some one just to see how it smells and what not. And I keep thinking damn what is that good smell. OH WAIT THATS ME! Then I smell my self some more. Oh ya. Great times.
Also I mailed off my roommates stuff that he needed/wanted. And since I woke up early to get to the laundry room first. I have everything done that I needed to do on my days off. So now its time to slack off and do absolutely nothing. Oh ya!
Well damn kiddo, if I'd known you actualy wanted to be smelly too I'd have given you the hookup (with the fragrance same as the candle you got). So I'll try to remember to include that in the new package I still owe you, okay?
Hahaha sweet! Thanks. But ya, smell goods are great things...
Is there a smell i can use to forget the last 10 years of my life, and get other people to think I actually have something that's worth their while?
There must be. I'm pretty sure Donald Trump is wearing it right now.
ZING!
Quote from: TPD on May 24, 2011, 03:14:36 PM
Is there a smell i can use to forget the last 10 years of my life, and get other people to think I actually have something that's worth their while?
Yes, the smell of sunshine. (It causes people to only remember sometimes.)
Quote from: Goose on May 24, 2011, 03:18:32 PM
There must be. I'm pretty sure Donald Trump is wearing it right now.
ZING!
Whaaaat? Nobody in their proper minds believes Trump's done anything worthwhile! (I almost said "right mind" but then realised that the "right" are the only ones who believe he's not a raging dildobrain)
Quote from: tim on May 24, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Yes, the smell of sunshine. (It causes people to only remember sometimes.)
TOLHURST'd
Quote from: tim on May 24, 2011, 03:19:46 PM
Yes, the smell of sunshine. (It causes people to only remember sometimes.)
:lol:
*gigglesnort*
You are the last person I would have expected to make a joke like that; well-played.
bwahahaha.
too much gold.
well played freak and tim.
(so I guess that's a no...)
Wait... What did I do?
oh, wait that was goose who said that...
Kk. I wasn't sure what I had done. Unless it was smelling good. Which I'm doing. Doing very well. Oh ya.
Also I'm white. Pasty pale in fact. (Hacker tan as one of the people I hung out with in HS would say.) But I love me some Brotha Lynch Hung... Yep. And since it isn't very political I don't feel odd listening to it. (As when I listen to Dead Prez, or Public Enemy...)
Things are going pretty well at work. Did not have to eviscerate period 1. They were quiet and productive today. The best part? My day went thusly:
Silent Reading (too hoarse to read aloud this morning from some sinus/throat disagreement)
Hitchcock's Rebecca
Free
The class I expected to have to eviscerate, who were nearly silent the entire period. Had to throw a kid out, but no big.
Coverage - spent roughly 1/3 of the class talking about social justice followed by videogames
Senior class, empty because tonight is their prom
The weather clearing up is a catch-22; I'm glad it's finally not raining, but it's hot as hell now :( Summer and I do not get along well. Not a bit.
And now? Long weekend. Yes please.
My awesome roommates and I are moving in to a new apartment tomorrow. Considering that I've been couch-surfing for the last eight months, a room of my own and an actual bed to sleep on is something I very much look forward to having. :)
Sweet on having a bed.
SO a long ass time ago I bought my new phone (which I still love.) And I got an 80USD rebate for buying it. Anyhoo, I had forgoten about it. Cuz that was months ago. Well I just got the rebate. Only its a prepaid debit card... And I have to say, its kinda shitty. Like instead of a check which I could just go deposit in my bank account... BUT its 80 bucks So I can't bitch about having more money then I did 20 minutes ago.
My job does that with bonuses. Every Christmas I get a $100 pre-paid debit card, and I also got a $100 pre-paid debit card when an applicant I referred was hired and successfully completed their 90 day probation. I'm okay with it.
I don't mind it either. Money is money.
What is really gona be fun thought is trying to get as close to 80bucks as I can with out going over... I think that if I can get 79.99 I will be the most BA person ever.
I got one of those cards down to $0.87 once. That's the closest I've ever been to zero.
So... we're finally moving into an ACTUAL HOUSE instead of a goddamn trailer. My dad got to retire at last. Both awesome news.
I'm thinking of getting a job at the bar that's like a five minute walk from my house.
WOOHOO for a house.
I'm getting better at solving the Rubik's Cube. I can get a few stages down with out looking at the algorithms. Then I have to look, but I'm getting better none the less... OH YA.
Congrats on both, man! My dad desperately wants to retire too but is having a hard time selling his business. We all hope he will soon.
Quote from: rokken like dokken on May 30, 2011, 06:30:47 PM
Congrats on both, man! My dad desperately wants to retire too but is having a hard time selling his business. We all hope he will soon.
Thanks! Best of luck to your dad!
Alex isn't as small as I (and Ric) were thinking. Checked the WHO charts and he's small, but not distressingly so. He's also got a huge cranium for his age. w00t! 8-)
Life has really been weighing down on me a lot recently, but today I went to a meeting in preparation for camp and I can feel happiness coming along. Camp starts on Sunday and I am so ready for it. For five weeks, life is going to be so good. 8-)
whoa, just noticed the new banner! whoooo!
Guess who'll be shooting the fall lookbook for a very hip and popular scene-culture fashion line?
Yup, MEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
Nice!
Sweet!! Good job Rae *hugs*
Thanks, guys! xo
I love your fashion-related stuff so YAY!
Finally hearing from my dear sweet acquaintance, who is still up to his eyeballs in work, the poor dear.
Quote from: threat on June 01, 2011, 04:02:35 AM
Guess who'll be shooting the fall lookbook for a very hip and popular scene-culture fashion line?
Yup, MEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
Good for you! I love that all of your hard work is finally paying off for you! :rock:
Quote from: threat on June 01, 2011, 04:02:35 AM
Guess who'll be shooting the fall lookbook for a very hip and popular scene-culture fashion line?
Yup, MEEEEEEEEEEEE! :D
Good job you answered the question; I was going to guess tpd.
Left work early, took a nap, went to an early evening yoga class and I'm finally feeling much better :)
Nap time really should be a required part of a work day...maybe I'll start sleeping in my car on my break :lol:
don't laugh! I read and nap in my car during my lunch break all the time. 8-p
Quote from: tim on June 02, 2011, 04:20:35 PM
Good job you answered the question; I was going to guess tpd.
Well, he did assist me on one shoot before...
edit: added pic.
*and he was a good assistant. cleaned up all the glitter and rhinestones for me, just like a good manslave. <3
*that's GLITTER residue, not dirt in the tub.
Quote from: r00 on June 02, 2011, 09:36:07 PM
don't laugh! I read and nap in my car during my lunch break all the time. 8-p
Hmm this is starting to sound like an actual possibility
I have actually been doing that for years and I highly recommend it for a couple of reasons:
- I am not as tired in the afternoons as I used to be
- I am out of the building and alone so nobody can bother me with work bullshit during my break time.
Also feeling kinda ripped off that Ted didn't clean my bathtub :lol:
One of my coworkers would take a nap each day on his lunch break. Dude was the shit. He was a lot older thought. But HELLA cool.
I'm getting better at my Rubik's Cube. You have no idea how happy this makes me!
Yea, so we got some foto requests from some mag I'm sure you've never heard of before: "Spin Magazine"? Really obscure, small print publication and stuff...
AHJGFOP;QUT[OQIWUTJAS;DLKFSAFAFYAPOTUAW;FUASDFJAS;LFJSDA;FJAS;JF
:D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D
*edited because my english is horrid!
grats on getting a photo gig for such a shitty, small-town rag. :P
threat = :rock:
Danke', danke'! :D
IT'S ALL ABOUT POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE!!!!! /hippie <3
Quote from: luna on June 03, 2011, 10:49:37 AM
Also feeling kinda ripped off that Ted didn't clean my bathtub :lol:
this summer! ;)
:D
"Theodore R: coming to a bathtub near you"
Threat: let me be the first to say "you've changed since you got famous"
Quote from: threatsicle on June 03, 2011, 01:17:16 PM
Yea, so we got some foto requests from some mag I'm sure you've never heard of before: "Spin Magazine"? Really obscure, small print publication and stuff..
*edited because my english is horrid!
Never heard of it before. :lol:
Grats :)
Thanks!!!!!!!! :)
Quote from: luna on June 03, 2011, 10:49:37 AM
Also feeling kinda ripped off that Ted didn't clean my bathtub :lol:
Dude. I told him he didn't have to -- because we paid for a room that comes with (omg) housecleaning. It wasn't shit or puke or anything, just GLITTER. But he felt THE NEED TO, so I let him.
:lol:
Got an audition with a local rock band tomorrow. Stoked-o-meter is reaching CRITICAL MASS!!!
Wish me luck -- they seem really nice (AND HARDCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEEE)
hahaha i don't even remember that...
Ooooh, was that because I didn't want the cleaning people to have the chore of cleaning up all that glitter?
Yeah, that sounds like me.
Threat - That is EPIC. I may have to pick up just because! You'll have to let us know what issue they're running your work in! (Or, I assume, the FIRST issue they'll be running your work in; I don't need an entire subscription :P)
Quote from: individualzero on June 04, 2011, 06:28:53 PM
Got an audition with a local rock band tomorrow. Stoked-o-meter is reaching CRITICAL MASS!!!
Wish me luck -- they seem really nice (AND HARDCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOREEEEEE)
Good luck! :rock:
WOOOHOOO threat! That is amazing.
Good luck IZ.
I'm about to make some steak samichies. Oh YA!
Thanks, guys. But I think you're misreading what I said --
They're requesting photos for publication from me, not hiring me. HUGE difference.
There's another magazine (one of my top reads, actually -- a creative professional publication) that might be doing a mention on me in the near future too. But that's only hearsay for now. Though, am definitely crossing my fingers that it does happen.
Huge art show next weekend that's taking place at a converted motel space. I'll be exhibiting with big name erotic photographers and also musicians, which include Mark Mothersbaugh from DEVO and Melissa Auf der Maur, and just so many other incredible artists. Bit thrilled and excited. This is definitely gonna be huge. I'm excited. :)
It's been a good couple of weeks. Balance has been good.
i could care less about auf der maur (it's a montreal thing), but holy shit, MARK MOTHERSBAUGH :O
Quote from: threatsicle on June 05, 2011, 07:39:32 AM
Thanks, guys. But I think you're misreading what I said --
They're requesting photos for publication from me, not hiring me. HUGE difference.
There's another magazine (one of my top reads, actually -- a creative professional publication) that might be doing a mention on me in the near future too. But that's only hearsay for now. Though, am definitely crossing my fingers that it does happen.
Huge art show next weekend that's taking place at a converted motel space. I'll be exhibiting with big name erotic photographers and also musicians, which include Mark Mothersbaugh from DEVO and Melissa Auf der Maur, and just so many other incredible artists. Bit thrilled and excited. This is definitely gonna be huge. I'm excited. :)
It's been a good couple of weeks. Balance has been good.
Well, even if it's a smaller victory than might have been assumed, that's still pretty cool.
I went to the zoo today. Yes, I'm an adult without children, and I went to the zoo. That's the happy part.
Unhappy part: seeing a monkey wang. Unfortunately, that's the first thing that I think about when I go through the details.
@ threat - congrats. :)
@ libster- sorry about the monkey wang. that's gross.
The zoo is the shit.
That sucks about the wang.
@threat: SWEET!
@libs: They're adorable until they flash you.
random rave: I have a date. Yeah, I'm probably more surprised than you guys.
Quote from: threat on June 05, 2011, 07:39:32 AM
which include Mark Mothersbaugh
Tell him I love the artwork he does for
Yo Gabba Gabba. ;-)
Quote from: libertine on June 05, 2011, 05:29:08 PM
I went to the zoo today. Yes, I'm an adult without children, and I went to the zoo. That's the happy part.
Unhappy part: seeing a monkey wang. Unfortunately, that's the first thing that I think about when I go through the details.
I remember when I interned at a zoo and the alpha male chimp would wank it every time he saw a certain female keeper. That image is burned in my brain. 8(
A rather large check is going in the mail for me today which is super awesome considering I currently have about $100 in my bank account
Will be paying off my student loan, car loan and credit card...then perhaps some shopping :)
Congrats! Nothing feels better than paying off debt. It is true freedom.
Ya not having dept is great!
I pulled a muscle in my arm on Saturday, and it has been sore ever since. I bought some of the Icyhot patches. The first patched I used sucked. But the second worked a lot better. They don't last 8 hours thought. More like 2-3. However, my arm is feeling better. So that is good.
I'm getting good at solving my rubik's cube. I have only timed my self once. But it was 3 and a half minutes. So I'm pretty cool with that... I'm never gona be a record holder or anything. But I'm happy about it. I want to get a 4X4X4...
I could never figure out Rubik's cubes. I guess my brain just doesn't work that way. Not all that hot on "rotational thinking," apparently. I have one that has been unsolved for 15 years.
B got one recently, got frustrated, watched a YouTube vid on how to solve it, and now it sits in a drawer somewhere :lol:
Quote from: sin on June 09, 2011, 08:06:26 AM
I could never figure out Rubik's cubes. I guess my brain just doesn't work that way. Not all that hot on "rotational thinking," apparently. I have one that has been unsolved for 15 years.
I guess it shows the way my mind works that I picked one up, couldn't solve it immediately, figures it wasn't going to make anyone's life anywhere in the world any better if I devoted the necessary time to solve it, and put it back down again. My messianic complex expresses itself at an evidently autistic level.
I love my cats. :)
Rae, I understood they just wanted pics. But to be asked for photos from a publication that large? That's outstanding. :rock:
Yay! Cisco invited my team to attend the Rockies/Dodgers game tonight in their box suite with booze and food supplied. 8-)
Sounds like a sweet night, and I'm not even a sports fan.
Finally got paid for my involvement in the Academic Decathlon team this year :rock: Half the reason I ended up as the assistant coach in the first place was that the coach is a friend of mine and he asked for my help, so it's not like I expected a huge holdup, but he hadn't heard and hadn't heard and hadn't heard until finally, the check was in his mailbox like two days ago. He cut me a check that afternoon. The check was bigger than either of us were expecting (though that's little surprise since my expectations were based on his), so I got a higher dollar amount than expected, and I ended up doing more of the work than we'd originally intended because of his father passing away, so he also upped my %. Win all around. Now granted, it's not exactly a huge sum to begin with, but an extra 600 bucks in the bank is still nice, particularly when you take into consideration the fact that I'd have done it for free both as his friend and out of my desire to see the team succeed. Getting paid for things you would do anyway totally rocks.
Holy shit, threat! That's way cool. Do you know every famous person ever or what? Haha.
Threat that is hella cool.
I JUST BOUGHT A MOTHERFUCKING SNOWCONE MACHINE! I AM SOOO HAPPY RIGHT NOW! I also bought a block of ice to sacrifice to the snow cone gods.
My two days off are gona fucking RULE!
Also obvious.
Might've landed a new job. The pay might not be on par with the last one, but the benefits completely outweigh it. THOROUGHLY excited and absolutely crossing fingers!
Quote from: threat on June 13, 2011, 02:21:38 AM
Yah, so that guy who redid Dawn of the Dead and did PG Porn and worked with Troma and all that crap --
Yea, he's like a fan of my work and stuff.
And yea, we got to party at his place tonight and shiz.
Yea. That was cool. ;)
Tromeo and Juliet is the bomb, he helped write that, right?
That'd be him. :)
told you people would know. :p
Samuel L. Jackson's audiobook of Go the Fuck to Sleep = so much win.
The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest
And the creatures who crawl, run and creep.
I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit, stop lying.
Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep.
That is so going in r00tle's stereo tonight for bedtime.
Quote from: rynne on June 16, 2011, 01:40:05 PM
Samuel L. Jackson's audiobook of Go the Fuck to Sleep = so much win.
Count those motherfucking sheep!
Fixed.
'Tis my little brother's 21st birthday tomorrow! (Edit - actually today, but he's celebrating it tomorrow.) He's all grown-up, he's got a job, is renting a house (with friends), getting a car, etc. Weird.
Quote from: rynne on June 16, 2011, 01:40:05 PM
Samuel L. Jackson's audiobook of Go the Fuck to Sleep = so much win.
The eagles who soar through the sky are at rest
And the creatures who crawl, run and creep.
I know you're not thirsty. That's bullshit, stop lying.
Lie the fuck down, my darling, and sleep.
Ahahahaha YES.
@Threat - WICKED awesome.
As for me, tomorrow's the last day of actual teaching. Nothing but exam proctoring and test-assessing from Monday to Thursday, then it's off to Ithaca, NY for my mostest favouritest cousin's vow renewals. It's a pretty okay time to be me!
Quote from: teeps on June 16, 2011, 12:23:11 PM
told you people would know. :p
Psst, the next art show I might be involved in (but not exhibiting with) will showcase these obscure names: Grant Morrison, Kevin Smith and Neil Gaiman. Are they famous??
Please tell me if Kevin Smith is as hilarious and cool in-person as I hear. Apparently an e-friend of mine met him at a bar somewhere in Cali and "everything the guy said was a laugh riot".
Quote from: threat on June 17, 2011, 05:44:31 AM
Psst, the next art show I might be involved in (but not exhibiting with) will showcase these obscure names: Grant Morrison, Kevin Smith and Neil Gaiman. Are they famous??
:(
want
:o
Quote from: teeps on June 17, 2011, 01:47:04 PM
:(
want
Burning Man in Sept and this show follows directly after. xo
Quote from: threat on June 17, 2011, 05:44:31 AM
Psst, the next art show I might be involved in (but not exhibiting with) will showcase these obscure names: Grant Morrison, Kevin Smith and Neil Gaiman. Are they famous??
Quote from: threat on June 17, 2011, 07:23:33 PM
Burning Man in Sept and this show follows directly after. xo
:o :o :o
*boggleswoondrool*
Fucking amazing. I don't have more coherent words. Congrats. That's fucking awesome, even if you aren't exhibiting, that's quite a list of names to "be involved with."
I get three days off during the week of the 4th of July. AND I didn't have to ask. At first I thought they were cutting my hours. But then I was like oh snap. 4th of July. Holiday pay. Other then Christmas I don't get holidays off, which is fine, I like the extra pay. But its cool to get a 3 day weekend. (I get the 5,6,7th off.) SO stoked!
Getting a text of a beautiful Santa Monica sunset with the words, "Wish you were here" turns me into a total effing girl. It's awful. :D
Thank God he's coming home at the end of the month.
drone
Going camera shopping tomorrow :D
Just solved my 4x4x4 Rubik's cube. OH YA! However the PARITY ALGORITHMS are nuts. They will be a huge pain in my ass to memorize. like 22 steps for one of them... Its some crazy shit. BUT I solved IT!
Now just to get my 5x5x5 solved. And I will be all sorts of happy!
very excited that i finally got a new camera :)
this is the one i got http://www.canon.ca/inetCA/products?m=gp&pid=8859
splurged and picked up the extra 55-250mm lens also
i was torn between the t3i and the 60d but the guy at the store was super helpful and i ended up with this one with the two lenses for about what i would have paid for just the base and one lens of the 60d
yay
Our plane gets into PDX at 6pm on July 11th. *does a happy dance*
WOOHOO!
I solved my 4x4 today with zero help. However, I also got lucky. VERY lucky... But I have had it since Saturday so I'm rocking pretty hard with it.
I am definitely impressed with your rubik's cube skills! (and you aren't even asian. 8-p) I give mine a shot every now and then with the walkthroughs and such online, but always end up frustrated and give up. haha
Is there a site you recommend?
Thanks
I just use Youtube. Pogobat (he has a ton of other videos thought, you have to search through them...) I learned from his 3x3 videos. Solving the 3x3 is mandatory for solving a 4x4 and on. (Or at lest I'm pretty sure about the 5x5 ect.) He has two different video sets on how to solve the 3x3. they are both the same just a bit of different wording... (He says "Prime" instead of "inverse" otherwise they are the same.) He has a 4x4 set of videos as well. Just don't skip parts. That is how I learned it... And the 4x4 isn't that bad, unless you get Parity, then shit hits the fan is mass amounts.)
Also I think I'm an honorary Asian now. :P
That should definitely go on your resume :lol:
HAHAH hells ya.
I was hanging out with my folks yesterday. (Free food, that I don't have to cook is always a good thing.) And my mom asked if my roommate (who is half Asian. He doesn't really look it thought...) like to Rubik's cube. I said naw, he isn't Asian enough. She laughed and said neither was I. I told her I was honorary.
Words can not even begin to express how excited I am that the school year is over. This year was the toughest year I've had teaching, and it had nothing to do with kids and everything to do with administration and red tape.
The past few years of teaching have totally motivated me to move on to bigger and better things. I'm not sure where I want to go- PhD? new job? Educational policy? But in any case, my days of hands-on teaching are going to be over soon.
YAY SUMMER VACATION!
<3 Ron Paul, and this is probably the first agenda item I have ever agreed with B-B-B-Barney Frank on. Leave it up to the states.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/06/ron-paul-barney-frank-to-jointly-introduce-a-bill-to-end-federal-war-on-marijuana.html
Or they could just make it legal and tax the shit out of it like tobacco. That would make a ton more money for the government.
And people could go to work 10 miles high. (I know I would if it was legal.)
I actually like this method better than flat out federal legalization. This method treats it more like alcohol and lets the state decide itself if it wants to legalize it and how to regulate it.
Too bad Ron Paul takes the typical republican stance that abortions are for whores and planned parenthood murders babies ::)
Sleeping in my car on my lunch break is even more awesome than imagined ^-^
Quote from: boom on June 23, 2011, 01:20:51 PM
Too bad Ron Paul takes the typical republican stance that abortions are for whores and planned parenthood murders babies ::)
Dare you stand against the ReLOVEution? :P
I'm with Aaron - legalize and tax the shit out of drugs and you won't know what to do with all that revenue.
So, I just bought a Guitar. OH FUCK YES.
I got this one. http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone-Les-Paul-Special-II-Electric-Guitar-100001870-i1149986.gc?source=4TEM8XOC The color is Heritage Cherry Sunburst. Its purty. I can't wait. WOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
It won't ship for a couple more days, they are out of stock. BUT its purty, and soon its gona be mine. OH YES.
Based on the reviews it looks like you're going to get REALLY good at tuning a guitar before long.
Quote from: boom on June 23, 2011, 01:20:51 PM
Too bad Ron Paul takes the typical republican stance that abortions are for whores and planned parenthood murders babies ::)
Yeah that part about him I definitely don't agree with, but then again, I can't think of a single politician that represents 100% of my view on things. It is surprising he says some of the things he does about abortion considering so much of the rest of his speech is right on the money when it comes to government GTFO of my personal life and my wallet.
Quote from: sin on June 24, 2011, 07:15:10 AM
Based on the reviews it looks like you're going to get REALLY good at tuning a guitar before long.
I bought a tuner to. So its all good.
5x5 Solved. MOTHERFUCKING CHECK.
Getting some new ink today :D
While I do appreciate the extra 1 1/2 hours for free 4 1/2 hours of tattooing is just BRUTAL
What did you get? Or how much longer till its done so we can see what you got?
Pics SOON
SWEET!
Today is gona ROCK. Mostly Cuz I get to play my tunes at work. And not get in trouble for it. (well I can, but I shouldn't... Cuz I will be in the freezer or the cooler... SO its gona be great.) I also have sleep so shit will be looking cooler (brighter) Ya. AND my coworker doesn't come in till noon thirty, so she isn't gona be doing anything other then clean all of her shift. Oh yes. today is a good day! AND my new CD rom drive will be here as well. (Burner and DVD burner and stuff. AND it should work WOOHOO)
Quote from: kristin on June 23, 2011, 10:10:38 AM
The past few years of teaching have totally motivated me to move on to bigger and better things. I'm not sure where I want to go- PhD? new job? Educational policy? But in any case, my days of hands-on teaching are going to be over soon.
It's sad how many good teachers are being driven away by red tape, administrative bullshit, lack of contract, using standardized test scores to assess teachers, etc.
I will SO VERY TOTALLY DRINK TO MOTHERFUCKING SUMMER VACATION THOUGH!
School went way too long this year, and I suspect the temps near you weren't any better (and might have been WORSE) than they were where I was subbing. BUT IT'S OVER! Now I can melt in the privacy of my third floor apartment where it's naked time if I goddamn well say it is! Also cold and/or stiff drinks as I see fit to temper the weather. Win/win.
No weeks under 30 hours this month, and 2 weeks (if you count this one) at or near 40. So that's awesome (certainly more awesome than averaging 25 hours like I did these past 2 months). Had to bite into my savings to make ends meet, and it's irritating that it's going to take probably about 6 months to recoup the damage I did to my bank account in 4 weeks, but at least I'm on the road to recovery.
Really can't complain about life right now. :)
... Well, I can. But I choose not to. Riding the positive vibes. ;)
That is slightly less than 14x the size of my current living space. And in LA? Good lord.
Waiting on a package, courtesy of Mr. G...I'm going to be one of the first to hear something which hasn't been released yet (no, r00, not Floyd). (Still there is no :smug: emoticon!)
But in the Boo-urns column (I'm too lazy to make a seperate post), am very worried about him and the missus having to go to Greece right now (worried about the whole damn country, really, but we tend to make these things personal after all).
OMG and then he totally surprised me with a copy of the collector's edition of Kate's Director's Cut featuring a very special addition:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v230/luna65/kateinscribedresize.jpg)
NICE!
I get a three day weekend this week. Granted its the middle of the week. But I don't give a shit (just like the honey badger). THREE days OFF! The only other holiday I get an extra day off is xmas, and that is just cuz the store is closed... So I'm super happy!!!!! And then I work 4 days and get some vacation time off to do nothing, and go to a family reunion.
Quote from: Aaron on July 04, 2011, 02:06:05 AM
But I don't give a shit (just like the honey badger).
:lol:
This almost made me snort my coffee. I love that the honey badger just doesn't give a shit, and find myself saying that often.
The wow guild I'm in had that video a long while ago. So my roommate and I watched and loved it. And I told a coworker to watch it as well. We say it a lot at work. It's amazing.
Work was good. I had to stay late, but I was busy the whole day, so went by very fast...
Plus holiday pay, too, right?
I'm celebrating being vertical right now. We had a pretty chill 4th. Being that our anniversary also happens to fall on that weekend and the Beloved works 6 days a week, staying in and relaxing is pretty awesome. Spent the majority of the day playing video games, and the evening drinking and playing video games. When we turned in, I was pretty convinced I was going to wake up with the first hangover I've had in ages, but I am not only out of bed considerably earlier than I usually am if I'm not working, but also neither sick nor nursing a migraine.
As for yesterday... That was a lot of goddamn Jager. I also learned that I don't get as drunk as I used to from Jager and Red Bull. So many people are all like, "Oh, it doesn't get you as drunk (or at least you don't feel it) because of the Red Bull," but that shit used to knock me silly after two. We did... 4? 6? I forget :lol: Long and short though, I was barely buzzing rather than completely smashed to oblivion.
Quote from: chimera on July 02, 2011, 09:41:01 AM
OMG and then he totally surprised me with a copy of the collector's edition of Kate's Director's Cut featuring a very special addition:
very nice!
In passing I told a friend that I wanted to play the game "The Oregon Trail" I'm not sure how many of you played it/remember it. However, it is a old game. For the old old school apple computers. Like Green screen graphics. And you used floppy disks that were HUGE.
ANYHOO I just played. And while as a young kid the only point was to hunt. I also completed it. OH YA.
However, TPD got dysentery. :( (One of my roommates broke his leg, the other broke his arm. However, I didn't loose an ox, and no one died.)
My cousin successfully defended his thesis on Tuesday, which makes 3 Ph.D.'s in the family (soon to be 4 and possibly 5 if my ne'er-do-well cousin at the University of South Carolina can keep his shit together long enough). This guy might be the smartest guy I know (bearing in mind that my brother received the FIRST Ph.D. in the family), triple majoring as an undergraduate in mathematics, physics and classical studies, getting his doctorate in High Energy Physics and spending several years working as a grad-student at the CERN laboratories in Switzerland.
I know I'll never be that smart, so I live vicariously through my relatives.
I buyed a shiny!!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73297924/steampunk-pirate-corset-brass-dark-tan
:rock: I am so fucking stoked for this thing.
That is soooo awesome!
RAWR!
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
congrats! :)
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
Oh wow Congrats!!
Congrats!
I got a raise at work. :)
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
CONGRATS!
Ah more PI parents...it warms the heart, I tell ya. :D
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
Congrats!!! ^-^
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on July 12, 2011, 05:37:16 AM
I buyed a shiny!!!
http://www.etsy.com/listing/73297924/steampunk-pirate-corset-brass-dark-tan
:rock: I am so fucking stoked for this thing.
That is pretty sweet. It's too bad the binoculars and keys aren't included; they look great with it.
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
*squee* I love that everyone is having babies. Congratulations! Have any ultra sound prints yet?
Home from camp and decided that I can have a new toy.
(https://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=e22e7b7542&view=att&th=1312241244704498&attid=0.1&disp=thd&zw)
I always see these at the army surplus store and want to get one. Now I finally have it and am happy.
Wait, what is it that you brought home? Cuz I see nothing. Or at lest I see a little little pic. But it looks more like an icon then anything...
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
WOAH! CONGRATS!! I would start charting out your lesson plan for educating him/her in metal now.
Congratulations. For my advice, check the vacation thread.
Duly noted - I think my wife will object, so I'll have to be stealthy.
Quote from: r00 on July 13, 2011, 08:31:17 AM
WOAH! CONGRATS!! I would start charting out your lesson plan for educating him/her in metal now.
Work it into things like teaching them the alphabet: "G is for Gene Hoglan!"
I really hope you have a boy so he can have long Axl Rose hair like you did! :D
First lesson is that Glenn Tipton was the real guitar heavyweight in Judas Priest.
I just got my 7x7 Vcube. Its amazing. Its hella cool. I really need to spin the hell out of it, to loosen it up a bit... Also gona get some Silicon spray to lube it...
I finally got a new phone. It's not even close to the one I wanted, but it's pretty decent and I have to admit it's rather nice having a phone that doesn't freeze and need to be restarted every single time I text somebody.
Quote from: Aaron on July 13, 2011, 02:56:17 AM
Wait, what is it that you brought home? Cuz I see nothing. Or at lest I see a little little pic. But it looks more like an icon then anything...
Oh, sorry. Well I don't know what happened to the picture but it's a machete. Three additional raves:
1) Today my roommate and I bought a little baby corn snake. She's the sweetest little thing. We're thinking of naming her Mercury.
2) I got a new job this week. My friend has been trying to apply as a dance instructor as at the YMCA and I was pretty reluctant, but I finally applied. Now that I am hired I am pretty excited about it. My classes will be 3&4 year olds and 5&6 year olds for creative movement and ballet.
3) I found fifteen dollars in my pocket.
hahahah nice.
Sweet on the job and the snake!
I'm getting better at my new cube. I'm still slow as all hell. BUT I'm getting better.
got my tattoo finished up today. he also added some new browns into my sleeve that he didn't have at the time (brown is one of the most difficult colors to get to take and some parts of my arm were a great example of that)
as expected he worked for almost 2 hours and didn't want to charge me anything, that in addition to the 1 1/2 hours at no charge a few weeks ago and i can't remember how much at no charge on my sleeve i came prepared with a $350 tip...he was really happy about it :)
Pictures please Luna! :)
There's some from after the first session in the pic thread, I'll post more once it's all healed :)
@Nadia: Fuck yeah, a job! Congrats to you on that and the snake. I love reptiles.
Food addicts in the Baltimore area, I need the help of your incredible taste buds! A friend and I are going out to dinner before she moves to Hawaii, right? Well, she loves Japanese food (since, well, she's Japanese), and I wanna take her to some place that's AWESOME. I figure Baltimore and the surrounding areas MUST have some place that's pretty rockin', so I was eyeing one of the Hibachi joints in the city.
So far the only Japanese steakhouses (which I think is Hibachi + sushi) that have caught my eye are the Sakura and Matsuri, but if any of you have been to/heard of a joint that's equally or more rockin' than either of these places, please let me know.
I've also never had Japanese food, and was thinking of trying one of their steaks, but if there's anything I MUST try then I'd like to hear about it! I can afford anything that isn't like, $100 per person. Reservations are acceptable as I have until this weekend (Friday / Saturday) to make up my mind as to where we're going.
Also, keep in mind this is probably the first actual date, all things considered; that said, things like a good atmosphere and friendly service are a huge plus.
Then again, so is not getting mugged and shot, so a safe part of the city might be nice too.
Quote from: rokken like dokken on July 12, 2011, 01:45:01 PM
My wife and I are having a baby at the end of January/early February!
Congrats!!
We're home and it's rained since we got here. I love Washington 8-)
i just complained about the west coast rain in the vent thread :lol:
Quote from: dee on July 18, 2011, 09:40:44 AM
Congrats!!
We're home and it's rained since we got here. I love Washington 8-)
Yeah, I suppose a lengthy and extended stay in KSA would make you miss west coast rains all right :lol:
Also, thank you!
I'm always a rainy day kinda girl. But after KSA, this is especially glorious. :D
*hugs Luna* My sis and nephew both are sick of the rain. On the bright side, we aren't facing the terrible droughts and temps like everyone else. (little consolation for a Canuck, I know, but I'm trying to be positive)
a shopping trip is always good to forget about the depressing weather :)
We've been having crazy heat every day and then about twice a week, intense rain storms during the night that flood everything and increase the humidity so the heat is less bearable during the day. My room mates and I have all been super lazy all week, laying around in tank tops and never exerting more energy than necessary. I never complain though because a hot summer in Ohio is a good thing, if you ask me. The last two summers seemed continuously drizzly, gray and cold, barely countering our death winters.
Quote from: individualzero on July 18, 2011, 07:58:51 AM
@Nadia: Fuck yeah, a job! Congrats to you on that and the snake. I love reptiles.
Thanks. :)
I love reptiles too. In addition to the snake, I have a painted turtle and my roommate has a chameleon. We're knocking out shelves on our entertainment center so we can have a place to put terrariums and aquariums. We'll have one empty space left awkwardly on one of the shelves with just the three pets we have, so we're thinking of getting a fourth just because. He wants a fish, but I say we get a gecko. Geckos are cute and low maintenance. Plus, I've always had this anxiety about handling fish and I always worry that any second they're going to die. We'll see I guess.
WOOHOO on pets!
I'm getting better at solving my 7x7. I no longer look like a dog that has been shown a card trick (Bill Hicks line). And so my 5x5 time has also improved. While I'm far from having the 7x7 mastered, I can't wait for Vcube to make an 11x11 (they have the plans, and what not. They are fans of old trank soon.) There is one on the market now, however, its 160USD, which is WAY to much for me to drop on a cube.
I love turtles too (and chameleons are pretty up there -- they're SO COOL), though I don't think I have the money to spend on a decent cage and food and what not, so I just kind of go "cool, reptiles!" for the time being. When we move, I'm probably going to look into a chameleon or turtle though. My parents would freak if I bought a snake.
woohoo!: I bought an Intuos4 Small tablet from Wacom. We're about to go see the new Harry Potter, but after that I'm getting home and artsing my ass off. I can't wait to try it...
I highly recommend the chameleon. Get a young one and get a male (females can be particular about bedding and if you don't get the kind she likes, you run the risk of her getting egg locked). Chameleons are a lot of fun and are really fun to watch eat. Turtles are also fun to watch eat if you feed them live crickets, fish etc but they are a little more maintenance. Changing bedding for a chameleon is easier than changing water for a turtle, and having to replace filter cartridges is added cost. Of course, if you don't get an aquatic turtle you don't have to worry about water and such, but I find that land turtle are boring. Chameleons are also more fun to handle. They climb and change colours and don't mind being held for long periods of time. Turtles are fun to handle for a little while, but become restless and want to go back into the water. Our chameleon, Charlie, doesn't mind leaving his terrarium for an hour or two. Sometimes he likes to just climb into my dreadlocks and take a nap. He's good company. Don't get me wrong, I adore my pet turtle and am glad to have him, but if you're choosing either or, I say go with the chameleon.
Quote from: Aaron on July 21, 2011, 11:40:05 AM
WOOHOO on pets!
I'm getting better at solving my 7x7. I no longer look like a dog that has been shown a card trick (Bill Hicks line). And so my 5x5 time has also improved. While I'm far from having the 7x7 mastered, I can't wait for Vcube to make an 11x11 (they have the plans, and what not. They are fans of old trank soon.) There is one on the market now, however, its 160USD, which is WAY to much for me to drop on a cube.
I admire people who can do Rubik's Cubes of any size. My roommate is super into them. He and a few of my friends have tried to teach me how, and insist that anyone can do it if they learn the algorithms but I get too frustrated.
What kind of chameleon is your roomates? Those things can be very hard to take care of depending on the species. Some won't even drink unless you setup a constant drip system for them to simulate water dropping off leaves I had a couple of senegal chameleons for a bit and ended up giving them to a serious breeder because I knew I couldn't take care of them properly. One had stopped eating and was always stressed out, so I knew I needed to get them to someone that had the time and knowledge to give them a better home.
We have a veiled chameleon. He's not very particular about his eating or drinking habits and hasn't shown any signs of stress so far, although we've only had him since March. We have a water drip system set up for him, but he does prefer to drink off of the leaves. We spray his terrarium every now and then. If his leaves aren't wet he drinks from the dripper. I don't know a lot about senegal chameleons, and only know of one other person who has a veiled chameleon, but he hasn't had any trouble with his either. Was yours a male or female?
Glad to hear the veiled is doing well. 8) I have heard that they are much easier to keep and breed in captivity and not as freaky about every little change to their environment. I had 1 male and 1 female senegal. You definitely dont want to have more than 1 male in the same habitat or one will eventually die from either being beaten up or just stressed out 24/7.
I haven't kept reptiles in a long time though. I am sure a lot of the science and practices have improved, as well as progress in captive breeding and creating more "pet friendly" phenotypes that weren't around before.
i'm happy that i found somewhere that sells cute yoga clothes and doesn't charge $30 to ship to canada :)
Nadia, you seem to really like the veiled chameleon! Based on feedback from you and r00, it sounds like one such chameleon would be a good 'starter' lizard?
Also, is there an easier way to feed them than to just pick dead crickets out of a bucket? My nephew owned an iguana, and apparently chameleons live off a similar deit; I'm mildly misophobic, so touching dead things makes me a little ill. lol, it's not even the fact that they're bugs, just that they're dead. I'm weird, I know.
We only feed our chameleon live crickets. Your local pet store will probably keep live crickets if it sells any reptiles at all. We buy them "gut loaded" meaning that they've been fed a special diet that will be beneficial to your chameleon. Additionally, we have a special dust that we shake around on the crickets that contains vitamins and whatnot. There is no need to touch the live crickets directly. They come in a sealed plastic bag with enough oxygen to last them an afternoon or so, then we dump them into our "cricket keeper" which is like a travel-sized, plastic terrarium with tubes in it. The crickets like to crawl into the tubes. Whenever we are ready to feed Charlie, we can just pull a tube from the cricket keeper and shake it into the terrarium. Charlie usually takes it from there. If he doesn't take notice to the crickets right away, we sometimes spray them with water so they'll hop around. When he sees the movement he goes for it (this is not important to do, but if you want to watch your chameleon eat, it pushes the process along faster and is fun to do).
Awesome advice! Thanks a lot for the info.
Quote from: individualzero on July 24, 2011, 03:44:05 PM
Also, is there an easier way to feed them than to just pick dead crickets out of a bucket? My nephew owned an iguana, and apparently chameleons live off a similar deit; I'm mildly misophobic, so touching dead things makes me a little ill. lol, it's not even the fact that they're bugs, just that they're dead. I'm weird, I know.
Iguanas are vegetarians. The only time they eat insects (usually) are when they are young. So if you don't like the thought of handling insects living or dead, iguana's arer the reptile pet for you. ;-)
Nadia, one thing we used to do at the zoo to stimulate the panther chameleons to eat was take a white plastic bowl and put the crickets in it. It made them more visible and kept them from running off and dieing somewhere else in the habitat. To keep them from jumping out of the bowl, you just pinch off their pair of jumping legs before putting them in there (seriously, just pinch them and they fall off on their own). They can't climb the slick plastic.
The bowl sounds like a good idea. But we haven't really had a lot of problems with the crickets dying in the terrarium; Charlie usually gets them all. I don't know about pinching the crickets' legs. I know they're about to be eaten, but having your legs pinched off sounds like a horrible experience. I suppose it hardly matters, but I don't know if I could do it. I guess I'll see what my roommate thinks. Hmms.
I understand the legs thing. I won't tell you how we used to gut-load the pinky mice then. haha
HOLY SHIT I <3 THE WAYBACK MACHINE SO GODDAMNED MUCH SOMETIMES!
:wub::wub::wub::wub::wub::wub:
Called my landlords today; apparently the repairs are nearly complete on my apartment and I can get back in there and start moving all my furniture back into place whenever I want. They also reduced my rent by about 1/4 this month, so that was nice. It's something of a windfall, and I needed to buy a new backpack anyway, which wasn't going to be cheap considering the quality I needed for an item I use every day.
That is awesome. If I could get 1/4 off of rent, I'd welcome a cave in catastrophe at my place.
Two of my roommates went on vacation to Florida last week. They came back last night and I'm not sure why, but they had a Nintendo and an Atari with them.
Grats on the 1/4 reduction, man -- that's not shabby!
I'm in an amazing mood right now. The date went REALLY well and I managed to not only avoid making a fool of myself, but interest her in doing this again soon (I think the amazing Japanese food helped). I felt like we really connected; we made eachother laugh a lot, there wasn't any awkward silence between bites of food, and she was a really engaging, interesting person.
Woo for successful wooing! ^-^
Ordered some patterns the other day, really stoked to finally get rolling on the last part of this project (for this year, anyway). Kind of concerned that I'm not going to have time to finish it though :unsure:
Congrats on the great date, I'm jealous. My dating luck is absolutely HORRIFIC, especially recently. :'(
Mine is non-existent.
#foreveralone
I know this guy named TPD that would love to date either of you. Let me know and I can hook you up!
I miss Teeps. He's been quiet over here lately. My crack about handsize, which Zim dutifully took and ran with to hilarious result, was honestly meant as bait, but even THAT didn't work.
same, this place just isn't the same without you teepers!
i miss me too :(
I found some running shoes that are cheap. I plan on walking (jogging after I get into better shape.) I don't have any real goal set in mind for it. Other then for there to be less me.
I received a Pottermore beta account. 8-)
I have been jogging, its nice. Uh... I'm horribly out of shape. BUT I'm doing something about it.
My roomate/coworker is going on a fishing trip to Alaska for a week. So I'm home alone for even longer (he hasn't been here this month. When his folks go out of town, he dog sits.) So I have the place to my self even longer. Which is nice...
I forgot how tasty Starbucks iced black tea is ^-^
Quote from: Aaron on August 04, 2011, 09:44:40 PM
I found some running shoes that are cheap. I plan on walking (jogging after I get into better shape.) I don't have any real goal set in mind for it. Other then for there to be less me.
Couch to 5KM is what you want to do.
finally got to ride atmosfear today http://www.pne.ca/playland/rides-games-food/new-ride.html
it was totally ^-^
also got to ride the coaster several times http://www.insidevancouver.ca/2010/09/01/best-ever-the-wooden-roller-coaster-at-the-pne/ and despite bruising my ribs the time B got me to ride it the very back it was also totally ^-^
(that article has a fantastic description of the second, and best, hill that did it too :lol:)
Crazy Fangirl has been totally shut down, w00t.
But also: nice people being nice.
Quote from: naut on August 15, 2011, 11:40:55 PM
Couch to 5KM is what you want to do.
Heart attack here I come!
I got my evaluation today. And I did good. The manager that did it said a lot of nice stuff about me. So that was cool. I got a raise... Not a big one by any means. But mo(re) money (mo problems.)
Life offers me a lot of lows, but then I get to say shit like... ohhh, Ztrip is about to make me breakfast right now. :)
Correction: D made us breakfast. Z just decided to keep us company instead, lol.
http://twitter.com/#!/ztrip/status/104662898240012288 (http://twitter.com/#!/ztrip/status/104662898240012288)
very nice. 8-) Ask him if he plans on working with Chuck D ever again. Just slip it in while the bacon cooks.
Mr. G giving me a piece of news that all the fanbois over at Hoffman's board would give their right nut to know (or maybe a piece of their stereo equipment) and saying, "I hope your Mum is feeling better too!" He's so adorable, heh.
Quote from: threat on August 19, 2011, 06:29:35 PM
Actually, didn't have to even ask -- he and D were discussing the projects they're working on and I think there's something in the talks, since everyone is so bro-bro with each other and such.
nice! let me know if you hear more!
Had a bit of colic with pretty severe abdominal pain due to my gallstones (scheduled for removal on 22/9). My GP prescribed Oxycodone HCl! Fark!!! That is some effective shit! ;)
I just got a custom order of 48"x72" prints of my work.
WOW.
Someone's actually gonna use my work as a mantel piece(s)!?
SWEET!!! That is awesome Rae!
Tonight I went over to see my mom's side of the family, as its my grandma's bday. Which was boring as fuck, however, I saw them, so I won't have to see them for a long while so that is nice! (I mean, I love them. However, after seeing them for even awhile I get pissed at them.) At lest Survivor isn't on for them to talk about who they want to win, who they would vote off and what not. But anyhoo, they live an hour away, and on the way back there was lighting, and we have to go over a mt. ride (the Blue Mt.) and we could see the lightning a long ways away, but it was amazing. SUPER bright, and pretty. It was great.
@star: I hope the process is quick and easy. Good luck and enjoy your oxies!
@threat: Uh, isn't that pretty damn large (like painting sized)?! That's awesome! 'grats on that!
@Aaron: Mountain rides are wicked cool, and that sounds like an interesting experience!
Yah, it's 4ft x 6ft. Pretty friggin' huge.
Getting some decent writing in lately. It's not a whole lot in the grand scheme of things, but it's more than I expected to write without a deadline on my ass. The last few months I've been doing more creative writing than I thought I would ever do again after I stopped going to school.
Really excited that for the first time ever what I voted for won :D
oh god... did BC finally officially legalize it?
Oh how we all wish...
They repealed their Harmonized Sales Tax (which sets the provincial sales tax alongside the federal sales tax into a single tax through an insanely complicated manner) by referendum (55% voted to screw that shit). The only thing that really makes this notable is that it was done via public referendum, which is extremely rare in Canada.
Does this mean less tax for BC'ers when purchasing something or is it just a shift in how it is applied?
I'll let someone else field that, as being that I'm not in BC, I paid absolutely no attention to the details.
so basically before the hst we had the 5% federal tax that was applied to goods and services and the 7% provincial tax that was only applied to goods. when they were combined into the hst the entire 12% tax was applied to all goods and services. despite the provincial government's claim that the increase in tax paid would result in lower prices and higher wages it simply meant people have to pay 7% more on lots of things.
for example my monthy yoga membership went up by about $8, veterinary care also now had to be taxed at 12% so i got to hear lots of bitching about that, not to mention restaurant meals, haircuts...all sorts of stuff.
anyway the victory was as much about being a giant fuck you to the bc liberal party as it was about tax. they directly lied about it during an election campaign then announced it right after they won. they also completely ignored the outcry from the general public and even prevented a debate about it in the provincial legislature that would have been the opportunity for elected officials to voice their people's concerns. it eventually led to the premier's resignation.
anyway really long story but yeah the end result will be less tax...apparently not for at least 18 months though ::)
That is good stuff. :rock:
One of my coworkers told us that until recently, he had no idea who Kim Kardashian was and that he thought people were really big fans of Star Trek.
Our initial reaction was, "What in the fuck are you talking about?!?"
Then it dawned on us what he'd been confused about, and we were like "Holy shit! Keeping Up with the Cardassians would be the best show ever!" :lol: :lol: :lol:
:))
Especially if it focused on Garek's secret lust for Dr. Bashir.
jesus christ I cannot express my love for you nerds enough! <3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3<3
hahahaha amazing.
and woo on the bc tax thing... looks like reasons for moving there are increasing.
I really am laughing out loud... That is fucking amazing!
Quote from: rynne on September 02, 2011, 07:22:12 PM
Then it dawned on us what he'd been confused about, and we were like "Holy shit! Keeping Up with the Cardassians would be the best show ever!" :lol: :lol: :lol:
SOMEBODY PITCH THIS SHOW TO EVERY NETWORK NOW!!!
It's finally getting cold(er) at night. I just use my window fan now. And my room is getting down to the high 60's (67F=19c) Which is sweet. And it makes me hella happy. I even have blankets to sleep with instead of a sheet!
Now it just needs to stay cool in the day as well, and I will be super happy...
Yeah, I went to work last night without checking the temperature and had to endure sub 60F temperatures in shorts and a T-shirt from 10p-8a every time I went out for a smoke, which was infrequent by necessity.
Oh hey summer, nice of you to finally show up ^-^
Your nuts!
I got a new best for my cube 55 seconds. While I'm WAY off from the world record I'm getting better. And my normal solve time is getting better as well. 1 minute and 10-20 seconds is starting to be the norm, and a minute and a half is becoming my new slow... I think I will take a video once I can get under a minute all the time. So in a month give or take a week! (I hope.)
Also this shit week is over! I'm off the next two days. And I have a lot to do!
We visited my parents over the weekend and it was already down to the 30's at night. <3 <3 <3
i think you boys would get along with B just fine...today he is in an unbelievably pissy mood because it's currently about 28c outside...kinda ruining my summer weather happy :(
Eh. Its 33C here which is 92F. Tomorrow its supposed to be 36C/96F. Which to me. Is bullshit.
Sorry he is being a poo head and ruining your heat... I try not to move. I just sit with my fan on me the whole day...
And I have ice and a snow cone machine. So I'm pretty well set.
Hmm maybe I should invest in a sno cone machine...
Come visit me Aaron. It's 60-ish and raining. And windy too. Love the weather here on the Cape. Love the house we're renting too. The cats are delirious now that they can finally run around. It's a bit on the humid side- coulda used a warning about that ladies!- but over all, I love South Yarmouth.
Next monday my furniture will be here so no more sleeping on the floor! Yay!
Quote from: luna on September 06, 2011, 07:18:16 PM
Hmm maybe I should invest in a sno cone machine...
It's the only way to show that you really love someone! :-P
Running Windows 7. OH YA. Its pretty snazy. I dig it. Gotta a lot of stuff I have to do. to make it how I had it, (like the programs I used and what not.) Chrome can export bookmarks which is really cool. However, while importing them, it put them in the wrong spots... SO that is gona be a huge time kill to fix... But its not that big of a deal...
Got new shoes since I ripped the side of my Cons out on the airplane. Got some of the ones that help tone your legs and ass when you wear them...wow! They work pretty well. Took Alex for a 45 min walk today and my glutes are sore. Can't wait to go out again tomorrow. :D
I thought I needed to share the most hilarious thing I'd ever heard. My cousin's son apparently got stung by a bee at school recently, and my cousin asked him "So you got stung by a bee at school today, huh?" and he said "Yep," and my cousin said "What are you going to do the next time you see a bee?" and his son said "Use Kung-Fu on it."
I'm going to repeat that in case you missed it.
"Use Kung-Fu on it."
This is the greatest answer to ANY question, all-time, bar-none.
LOL
One day, that kid will grow up to be Chuck Norris.
My almost 4 year old nephew is totally into kung fu too, aparently it's kung fu panda's fault
Yeah, kid's just started Kindergarten. I guess 4-6 is the "Kung-Fu" age.
My roommate is back from Iraq. So I'm super happy about that. Hung out drank some Scotch and Irish whiskey. I'm buzzed and about to go to bed. Either way. Its been a very good day.
Very glad to hear he's back safe and sound :)
Kate fans: did you hear about 50 Words For Snow?! Mr. G told me he and Doug Sax are mastering it as I type and it's a beaut! The thing which cracks me up is one of the songs is clearly a reference to him (or at least where he lives).
vacation is booked for the last half of november :D
was able to find direct flights too, just had to pay less and stay longer...weird
I just woke up from sleeping 15 hours. Granted I was up for 28... But still I feel fucking amazing right now.
OMG I might possibly explode tonight (but not because I ate too much, rather because I am so very happy).
Sonogram suggests it's going to be a girl!
Sweet! Congrats!
I work early today. However, there is gona be three people there (counting me that is) so I just hope there is a lot to do today. Cuz it sucks when there isn't much to do...
Also its day one of eight. But I may be feeling kinda sick :ninja: Either way. I just hope it goes fast and smooth...
whoa! congrats!
hope she ends up liking bad cure music, just to spite you in your older age. :p
Just ordered $1,560 worth of stuff from Thinkgeek. Can't wait to see what massive crate this stuff shows up in.
Holy Christ.
How much was shipping? I know on the book of faces you were talking about shipping being the main issue. And why the bigger the order the better.
Shipping was $89, which was actually really good because it divvied up to $0.99/item.
That's why the bigger order is better (at least when you're shipping to Canada). If I just ordered one $17 t-shirt, shipping would be $16.50. Totally outrageous. If I orders two shirts, shipping would be about $16.90, about half as outrageous. The more items you buy, the lower the shipping becomes on a per-item basis. Over 90 items, international shipping dropped below a buck per item. That's a pretty sweet deal.
Ya, I remember you saying that shipping was like 1.89 per item or something like that last time you did this. Either way, that is an impressive amount of stuff from Thinkgeek. I want pictures of the box it comes in. I also feel horrible for the UPS man that has to deliver that :P!
And ya international shipping can be crazy. There is a soap I want to get from France but the shipping double the price of it (and its not cheap to start with.) So I won't be getting any of it for a long while.
Quote from: teeps on September 20, 2011, 02:12:59 PM
whoa! congrats!
hope she ends up liking bad cure music, just to spite you in your older age. :p
Well probably, "bad cure music" describes everything but Foxy Lady.
Quote from: Goose on September 20, 2011, 02:36:19 PM
Just ordered $1,560 worth of stuff from Thinkgeek. Can't wait to see what massive crate this stuff shows up in.
What did you buy?
Got called into work for someone, who didn't tell me that there was an "outing" planned for the clients that day. I'm not sure if I've mentioned it here, but I've developed some fairly severe anxiety issues in the last couple of years, and I have a major problem going out into the community. The last time I hung out with my friends was Memorial Day, and that was the first time in months I'd seen them in the flesh. So I wasn't too happy to get a trip to another town dumped into my lap with no notice whatsoever.
the "WOOHOO" part is that the guy I was working with was totally awesome about it; I mentioned that I was kind of freaking out about going out, and he said that he had a friend with pretty much the same thing going on as me, and the whole car ride to the destination he kept pushing the conversation and engaging me so that I didn't have a chance to start obsessing over my anxiety and start panicking, and told me I could call him on his cell if things got too hairy and I couldn't handle it (me and one client were being dropped off, and he was taking the 2 other clients somewhere else) and we could just end the "outing" right then, which instantly made me feel a million times more relaxed once I knew I had an "out" like that. So, I got through the shift unscathed, and I owe that guy one. Nicest thing a co-worker has done for me in a long time.
I got my new socks today. I wear boots all the time. (Or at lest for work, and then all of winter if I leave my house) SO I need to have good socks. I got some new Under Armour socks. and the are the shit. However, at 10USD a pair they aren't cheap... But worth it... (I used to get Thorlos socks, and they are amazing, also super warm.)
I know its crazy to spend 10 bucks on a pair of socks (Thorlos are like 14ish.) Try them out. They are amazing. However, they put the cheap socks from the store to shame.
I have a $20 pair of knee socks...maybe we're both crazy :lol:
Ya, I'd be cool with being crazy. Crazy people have more fun!
My raise went into effect a few days ago! So I'm making more money! YAY!
congrats on the raise! 8)
Thanks. while its more money, its not that much more... BUT more is better... But I'm also kinda sad. More problems and all :P But ya more money is always a good thing.
Baby girls = OMG PRECIOUS!
My whooo for the day is being able to buy the Discovery editions of Meddle and Animals four days before official release! Thank you Rhino Records!
I got my Megaminx today. (12 sided puzzle.)
Also got the rest of the Preacher comic books. (I bought 1-3. Just got 4-9.)
And my tub of shave cream. Taylor Of Old Bond Street Sandalwood. Smells good. (Or at lest I like it.)
I got off at noon today. (I went in at 4am to make it happen thought)
Quote from: Aaron on September 26, 2011, 01:49:39 PM
I got my Megaminx today. (12 sided puzzle.)
Just got it solved. Its just like a 3x3. Only more sides. Once I read what to do, it was cake. The last layer is also pretty easy. SO all in all, I like it. Just takes a lot of time to solve it.
I feel awesome. I just sang The Proclaimers' "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" straight to a girl I like and she LOVED it.
Granted my knees felt like melted butter the entire time but hey, I made it out alive!
I have something on tonight and don't have time to fiddle with my hair. Training salon down the road had FIVE DOLLAR wash and blowdries.
FIVE DOLLAR.
work's looking awesome.
englishman's always awesome.
life's looking even more awesome.
nothing to whinge about at all :)
ummmmmm I have a date tonight!
*shits bricks*
nice! have fun!
Quote from: naut on October 06, 2011, 10:21:17 PM
ummmmmm I have a date tonight!
WOOHOOOO!! How'd it go??
YAR! Details!
I just bought a Vietnamese coffee maker. They are dirt cheap (however, the first one, I was going to get had stupid high shipping charges. 95 bucks for next day 35 for 2-3 days. These things are light weight. They rest on top your coffee mug/glass.) I can't wait to try it.
Yesterday my coworker/roommate (its the same guy) and I took break, we were sitting, and I gave him my phone, cuz he plays angry birds like its crack. So I give it to him, a few minutes later I see him start the game, I asked what he was doing. He told me texting who ever was the first person that it opened to. (IN this case Theo/TPD) He sent "Skinny puppy is a terrible band pass it on." TPD just sent back "What." I have to say, it made me lol. Even more so, cuz the last text I sent him was about the new album...
The last date I had was an awkward nightmare. I met the guy on OKC, we had a decent first date (though he did drink a lot- thought it was nerves.) Second date = nice dinner, but he housed an entire bottle and a half of wine and then a pitcher of beer. No, thanks.
Hope your date was better, naut! do tell!
Damn that is a lot of booze.
I mean yeah, I think that's a lot- especially for a date, where you're supposedly trying to make a good impression. That aside, though, he was drunk. So it wasn't like I raised an eyebrow because he threw back a lot- it's that he threw back a lot and was DRUNK.
Ya getting shit housed on a date isn't a good thing.
Or maybe he was looking for someone to match him drink for drink.
Omg what a loser!
Maybe he ordered all the booze hoping to ply you with alcohol, but when you didn't drink that much, he just couldn't stand to see it go to waste and drank it himself.
And no, this theory isn't based on experience (within the past 8 years anyway). 8-p
I bought a Vietnamese coffee filter thing. Its all steel and just sits on top the cup/mug what have you. It makes strong coffee. STRONG like espresso. I didn't buy any condensed milk to put into it (everything says to use it. I'm sure cream and sugar would work just as well thought...) I'm gona buy some tomorrow to try with it. All in all, I'm happy with it. Just need to get down how much coffee and whatnot to use in it...
Also its hella cheap. I paid less then 14 bucks for it and that is with shipping...
Had a wonderful girls night out with lots of booze, metal bands, laughs, and stumbling into Denny's trying to sober up. :)
drone
My date was excellent and so were all the subsequent ones.
:D
Sweet!
Quote from: naut on October 16, 2011, 09:18:47 PM
My date was excellent and so were all the subsequent ones.
:D
That's great news!
I'm glad it's working out for you, G. :)
Had a fabulous visit with r00 and turtle and Princess r00tle on Sunday (I was in Denver for the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest at Mr. G's invitation for the WYWH 5.1 SACD preview) but it was much too short!
Yay for you, naut!!! :D
it has recently come to my attention that a friend has never seen pulp fiction or reservoir dogs :o
we are remedying this tonight
You are a wonderful human being, Luna, and one day you may save the planet. 8-)
Quote from: chimera on October 17, 2011, 09:37:25 AM
Had a fabulous visit with r00 and turtle and Princess r00tle on Sunday (I was in Denver for the Rocky Mountain Audio Fest at Mr. G's invitation for the WYWH 5.1 SACD preview) but it was much too short!
I agree completely. Like I said, it felt like we had already met several times before. <3
<--------saving the world one tarantino movie at a time :lol:
NICE!
WYWH is my favorite Pink Floyd album hands down. I hope it was amazing! (in face, that is more then likely what my dad gets for xmas is all the new albums.)
Pulp Fiction is an amazing movie. some of the best lines ever come from that movie... (I love the coffee part.) And yes, Luna is awesome!
I think Pulp Fiction is the movie I have watched more times in my life than any other. It just never gets old for me and I would definitely call it my #1 film of all time. Tarantino has done plenty of other good movies since, but never at that level of total perfection. From the casting to the script to the soundtrack, I couldn't see any changes that would have improved it IMO.
I was thinking last night that it is definitely my #1 repeat movie, I can't remember the first time I saw it, I wasn't old enough to go to the theater so it must have been sometime in '95....wow
I remember the first time I saw it was when it was released in '94. (I had already been turned on to Reservoir Dogs when some film major at school brought it over one night). I was in college and myself and a couple of roommates went to see Star Trek: Generations at the movie theater. When it ended, we decided to hop to another movie that was starting in a few minutes. That move was Pulp Fiction and it blew my mind. I remember how difficult it was to switch gears from a friggin' Star Trek movie to Tarantino too. lol
A couple of weeks later, our local indie video rental place started carrying a Japanese import laserdisc of Pulp Fiction. It seemed that there was some Miramax purchase of the right in Japan and it didn't violate copyright as long as it wasn't imported (legitimately) to the states. We promptly rented the laserdisc and copied it to VHS. Needless to say, we were the most popular students on the block for a while because we had an actual studio copy of Pulp Fiction at home when it was still showing at the cinema. (I know it doesn't seem like a big deal in the age of bittorrent, but back then it was huge. haha) I must have watched it 50 times in a single month because every person that stopped by wanted to get high and watch Pulp Fiction. 8-p
(as a sidenote, PF really hit the mark with the heroin scene that was resurging during that time period. One of my roommates was into shooting H, and Tarantino nailed that whole scene and crowd.)
that's an awesome story
I'm gona watch it tomorrow or the next day. Hell maybe both days!
What has two thumbs and is off the next two days? *points to self* THIS GUY! And other then doing laundry, and watching movie and Rubik's cubing, and reading comic books. I ain't doing shit.
Quote from: Aaron on October 17, 2011, 08:52:54 PM
NICE!
WYWH is my favorite Pink Floyd album hands down. I hope it was amazing! (in face, that is more then likely what my dad gets for xmas is all the new albums.)
Yep it was. Primarily getting to hear the 5.1 mix on the very best equipment (and also getting to sit in the sweet spot and have it all around and above me); but also getting to spend the day with Mr. G and his friends/colleagues, just hanging out; and I appreciated him making sure I was included in everything.
And you would be a very good son if you got your dad the
Discovery box, kiddo. :)
I've never seen pulp fiction, or reservoir dogs. It's actually a drinking game in my house to sit around and discuss all the great and/or classic movies I haven't seen. :lol:
The new job is working out really well and they've managed to work with my availability enough to make me full time (35+ hours a week) which is pretty awesome considering I've had to quit my last 2 jobs due to be dicked on hours.
For shame.
So the guy that said the world was gona end/Jesus was coming back May 21st. also said that October 21st was the new date... Dude has been wrong twice in a year. SO I guess Jesus is reallllllly late...
Quote from: boom on October 19, 2011, 06:47:57 AM
I've never seen pulp fiction, or reservoir dogs. It's actually a drinking game in my house to sit around and discuss all the great and/or classic movies I haven't seen. :lol:
The new job is working out really well and they've managed to work with my availability enough to make me full time (35+ hours a week) which is pretty awesome considering I've had to quit my last 2 jobs due to be dicked on hours.
You and I might go toe-to-toe on that one - I've never been a movie watcher.
today was a good day, picked up the last bottle of ghost http://www.lush.ca/shop/products/bath-shower/shower-gels/ghost then topped it off with a super num belgian dark soy mocha ^-^
fucking FINALLY.
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2 more seasons and then the axe? Is that for sure? I can't find anything confirmed.
HAHAHAH they finally are gona stop.
One of my roommates is named Aaron (ya, two Aarons. Crazy I know.) So that is who I'm talking of when I say Aaron, I haven't lost it, and am talking about my self in 3rd person. Other roommate is still gona be known as retard...
My landlord/apartment manager stopped me on my way in (she was on her way out.) And we talked about retard smoking weed on the back porch. I said I did know. She asked if I knew about him smoking the weed on the porch, I said I did. I also commented that since it made all of us look bad, not just him look bad I wasn't happy with it. I also said I wanted him out, but Aaron wanted him to say, since he made rent 100bucks cheaper (600 a month 200 a person/300 a person.) I also said, I didn't want any bad blood between us since he is a coworker, and kinda a friend. She said, she could handle it, and just not put him on the lease. And then it would be up to Aaron and I to make him move out. Which makes it GREAT! SO now I have to tell him to pack his shit. (Only issue I have, is how much time do I let him have to move out. He doesn't have much stuff. But no place to go and what not. A couple weeks?) But ya, Either way, HUGE amount of stress lifted off my back.
Also she said that Aaron and I are great, cuz we keep to our self, and have lived here awhile, and no issues with us. SO I'm pretty sure when I do move to Seattle I will have a good reference. Since I have lived here 3 years, and she likes me.
aw i'll be sad to see the simpsons go
Quote from: Aaron on October 24, 2011, 06:13:42 PM
(Only issue I have, is how much time do I let him have to move out. He doesn't have much stuff. But no place to go and what not. A couple weeks?)
I would say 30 days unless shit is really bad. That at least gives him an entire month's rent cycle to find something else that is available.
Quote from: luna on October 24, 2011, 06:50:21 PM
aw i'll be sad to see the simpsons go
I can only vaguely recall a time in my life before The Simpsons, to be honest.
I remember I wasn't a big TV watcher when I was a kid; the first Simpsons episode I really paid attention to was the "Who Shot Montgomery Burns?" episode.
Quote from: r00 on October 24, 2011, 07:01:28 PM
I would say 30 days unless shit is really bad. That at least gives him an entire month's rent cycle to find something else that is available.
Ok cool. And it isn't that bad. It's more so that he fucked up in a huge kinda way. And has to go. (It's kinda sad that he will have more time to look for a new place, then he has lived here.)
Thanks r00
Quote from: rokken like dokken on October 24, 2011, 08:16:21 PM
I can only vaguely recall a time in my life before The Simpsons, to be honest.
Me too
I was a '90s kid (IMHO the era when the Simpsons were at their finest) and so it was a pretty staple show in my cartoon diet... even though it was an "adult" cartoon. lol, I remember being stoked to watch the holiday/hallmark episodes every year.
I think it's ran past its prime a while back (with the exception of a few gems of episodes and the movie wasn't bad, either), but it's still going to be a weird world with an absence of that show.
I wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons when it started. Even when I was older and had the opportunity to watch it all the time, I never did. Controversial, I know, but in my mind Futurama > Simpsons.
Quote from: kristin on October 25, 2011, 06:49:17 PM
I wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons when it started. Even when I was older and had the opportunity to watch it all the time, I never did. Controversial, I know, but in my mind Futurama > Simpsons.
I think for a long time I was the only kid whose parents actually encouraged us to watch it - it was one of my dad's favorite shows for a long time, but now he's into CYE.
Quote from: kristin on October 25, 2011, 06:49:17 PM
I wasn't allowed to watch the simpsons when it started. Even when I was older and had the opportunity to watch it all the time, I never did. Controversial, I know, but in my mind Futurama > Simpsons.
I found this to be true as well, IMHO. When Futurama came out, the Simpsons were already starting to run dry (if they hadn't already for some viewers).
Something about the humor in Futurama grabs me more than the Simpsons. *shrugs*
Quote from: individualzero on October 26, 2011, 04:33:42 AM
I found this to be true as well, IMHO. When Futurama came out, the Simpsons were already starting to run dry (if they hadn't already for some viewers).
Yeah, the Simpsons's classic run was about 1991-1997, I think, which definitely pre-dated Futurama's run. I do love Futurama too but it can never ever replace some of those old episodes of the Simpsons.
It will be odd to not have The Simpsons running commentary on current events though. No more "Simpsons did it." 8(
I bought Buckyballs from ThinkGeek. They are fucking amazing. AMAZING. Like for what they are, (Magnets high powered ones at that. They can lift a lot more then they weigh.) AND they are an amazing time killer. BUT ITS FUN!
Now, I'm off to bed. I have been up to long, and with no sleep.
I also got the Hubble Deep Field Poster. Its awesome to think that the picture is billions of years old. BILLIONS. I have been reading a lot about space in the past few weeks. And I think the scale of distance is mind blowing. And just the size of some of the stuff its self...
Quote from: kristin on October 26, 2011, 02:55:10 PM
Something about the humor in Futurama grabs me more than the Simpsons. *shrugs*
Couldn't agree more. Whilst Simpsons was great in its heyday, I always enjoyed Futurama a whole lot more.
Quote from: naut on October 16, 2011, 09:18:47 PM
My date was excellent and so were all the subsequent ones.
:D
I went on a most excellent date last night myself. :D
Six months apart and we finally got together. I haven't smiled this much in months. This could be the beginning of something wonderful. :)
drone
I'm off the next two day. that makes me super happy.
I bought BACON JERKY. I think you all know how I feel about bacon (I'd say we're BFFs.) But I'm not sure about this. Its bacon, so its good. But bacon shouldn't just be good, it should be amazing. (like beef jerky) This kinda meh as far as jerky goes, but its bacon so its still good.
Bought a new car today. 2011 honda cr-v se. wooo!
nice
buying a brand new car is so exciting!
It really is. And I took my dad with me- he really plays hardball and got my payments down to less than 300/month! woo! I've never had 4 wheel drive before- can't wait for the winter!
k: Fantastic buy, and congrats! I hear that it's an amazing vehicle. I'm impressed that your dad got the payments that low -- props!
We almost bought the 2003-ish edition of that (specifically the CR-V SE) and the only thing stopping us from doing so was that it had over 120,000 miles on it. Literally, that's all that stopped us.
grats kristin! That's a nice ride. The way you guys have been pummeled with snow the past few years, having a 4wd car like that will pay off! 8)
Currently at the hard rock hotel punta cana and it's just ^-^
Quote from: kristin on November 06, 2011, 06:52:02 PM
I went on a most excellent date last night myself. :D
DETAILS
Just got over $100 in cold, hard cash for my old 6th-gen 80GB iPod Classic...
Today is an excellent day to be an individual.
cult relics are worth more now that their high priest has ascended.
I've got a spare iPod; 160GB classic in good condition (I lost it and searched for it for a month before buying a new one, only to, of course, find it as soon as I bought the new one). I offered it to a friend for $50 but he turned it down. Maybe I should put it back on the market.
I don't work today, but I had a meeting scheduled for 7pm. I was going to have to go to bed RIGHT now, and even then I would STILL be insanely hung-over for that meeting.
BUT, I just got a text message from my Senior Councilor telling me that the meeting has been rescheduled to this Tuesday. That is the best news I've heard in so long, I feel like dancing.
Its getting cold/is kinda cold here. Which means I am wrapped up in a blanket. My room is 61F (16C) It is fucking great. Also being able to take stupidly hot showers is also a great thing. Either way, I like winter a lot more then summer...
Quote from: sin on November 17, 2011, 09:00:55 AM
I've got a spare iPod; 160GB classic in good condition (I lost it and searched for it for a month before buying a new one, only to, of course, find it as soon as I bought the new one). I offered it to a friend for $50 but he turned it down. Maybe I should put it back on the market.
It might be a good idea-- I know it'll probably go for a good bit on eBay if you're into that. The 80GB classic (depending on the generation, I guess) was going for $99.99...
That's good to know. Ever since I got my iPhone, I've been carrying around my old 80 gig Classic less and less. I'm still debating if I want to sell it or not (I still use it but not as often as I used to), but I think if I get desperate for cash that might be the first thing to go.
drone
It's certainly something to look into! Like r00 sorta-mentioned, it seems like the price of Apple products are only going UP... even used. I was astonished that I got more than fifty or sixty bucks on the spot.
I couldn't justify carrying around something I wasn't ever using when I could make that much money off it. It's gotten to the point that I'm just going to buy a cheap Walkman or something for Christmas.
Maybe I'll go Hardcore '90s Kid and carry around a CD player, stereo headphones and a mix CD. lol
OMG. HOW DID I MISS THAT THE r00s AND NINmom GOT TOGETHER??? That sounds like an amazing time! :)
It was absolutely wonderful, but much too short!
r00: indeed, and I wonder what a NeXTcube is going for now. :))
I mentioned QUITE awhile ago that I was meeting a lady for drinks, and the end result of that was that I got stood-up. however, thruogh phone conversations and drunken facebook IM's, the PLAN is that we are meeting for drinks on Thursday. Fingers crossed.
Good luck and have fun, sin. Maybe it was a bad luck or a bad day for her and this time it'll turn out awesome.
@audio: It's a good way to make a quick buck if you should want to; mine was essentially just an expensive brick laying around, and it sounds like you're in the same boat.
@chim and the r00's: Sounds like you all had fun! That's awesome!
WOOHOO: We finally have a solid-ish date to move into the house since my mother and brother have been delaying for so long. It'll be sometime in December since we want to have Christmas at the new place.
This is really exciting to me, because the last time we had Christmas in an actual HOUSE and not a tiny trailer was the year I was born. I don't remember it, for obvious reasons.
Whoa! I just picked up my first Android phone as an early Christmas present (V-Mobile/LG's "Optimus Slider"). SO COOOOOOL!
Update: the date went very, very, very, very well. :)
Nice!
not only did i start my xmas shopping, i started by getting my dad out of the way...he is definitely the most difficult person on my list to shop for :)
I finally have medical insurance through this dayjob!
It doesn't kick in until February though, due to the fact that I've consistently tried applying for insurance over the past few years and it's a six month wait to "qualify" with "pre-existing conditions" and whatnot, but...
I HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FUCKING FINALLY :D :D :D
I CANNOT WAIT TO SEE A PROPER DERMATOLOGIST
congrats! I know what a relief that can be.
I went out with one of my coworker friends last night and got Mexican food. It was hella good. (getting out of the house for anything other then work, is awesome) (he also returned the cds I let him take a while ago.)
The Corn Huskers Lotion is working really well for my hands, they aren't very dry anymore...
I'm gona call in sick tomorrow so I have three days off then work 8 days in a row :hmm: (best thing there is no reason for it, its not like other people are on vacation. Just cuz she can make me work it...) (I would have called in sick, but I need more food, I'm running low.)
well i got $1 an hour raise...not as much as i would have liked but apparently more than other people got. they said they haven't done year end and don't know how much money the clinic is making so couldn't give everyone the bigger raises they would like to. it kind of sucks but i get it.
in other news being done work at 4 is just great :)
Sort of sad to see 2011 go. It has, on average, been pretty good to me.
2011 has been a great year for me!
Other then the Subcon show, seeing TPmotherfuckingD and Luna in real life (and going to Canada, Eh. please note hearing Theo's friend say "Eh" was awesome.) And Rubik's cubes, not much has happened for me this year. So I guess that is a good thing that nothing horrible has happened...
And speaking of Cubes, I solved my 7x7 in 10:08. SO fucking close to breaking 10 minutes. If one of my coworkers didn't come talk to me, I would have had it.
This year can go fuck itself
No hangover. Just tired... So today shouldn't be to bad at all.
Successfully wrote the correct year on all of my paperwork headings this morning at work, so this year is already starting better than the last time I worked on New Years Eve.
there's that proverb that says how you bring in your new year is how the rest of the year will look like.
last year's nye, i hung out with a bunch of fetish photogs whom i was a total fangirl to for the longest time. they kind of made me one of their peers over the course of the year + i even curated my first art show + got shown in a vienna cultural center. was grateful for 2011. it was both humbling + showed me dedication can equate to fulfilled fantasies. :)
this year, i brought it in with a bang with some really well known EDM artists/djs and a renewed vow to someone incredibly special. anticipating what this might mean for 2012. i'm excited :)
So after three months of stress, sleeplessness, chronic heartburn, and too much booze, I finally have a job again! After the obligatory background check and piss test, I should be starting sometime in the next few weeks. Now I can call that bitch career counselor and tell her to eat a bag of dicks because I found a job all by myself. Huzzah! :rock:
drone
Congrats! Is it in the same line of work or something different?
I got my hair cut today, its short. But I dig it. (At lest now it won't look like shit 10 minutes after I get out of the shower...)
Thanks! It's the same line of work. And I'm only taking a $0.62/hr pay cut so that's even better.
drone
Fuck that is AWESOME! Congrats!
Now you can see tool! (assuming your not working that night!)
grats, drone! I'm glad you found something. 8)
so where i live there are two buildings and in the other building there has been this thing going on for YEARS involving a woman and her adult son that has autism and has been harassing and threatening residents. the owner is in complete denial about the entire situation but after several years and more than $20,000 in fines against her (the fines are $100 for each incident) the strata finally managed to take her to court and she has been ordered to sell her unit! :)
we even made the newspaper http://www.theprovince.com/news/Surrey+woman+ordered+sell+condo+over+strata+complaints/5993922/story.html
Huzzah A, you can tell that bad economy to suck it! :D
My YAY! is finding a cache of photos yesterday (entirely by dumb luck) that wasn't supposed to be publicly-accessible and after letting a certain someone know the gallery was deleted...but not before I got my own copies, hee hee hee (with acknowledgement from said person that it's my Thank You for letting him know). Seventy-five photos of Mr. Rabin...*dreamy sigh* Viewing them as a slideshow is almost like being at the photo shoot!
Received an awesome handwritten note from my boss yesterday, thanking me and letting me know how much he appreciates how I've turned the photo department completely around since I took charge (which is a very positive change, compared to it was run before, based on our old Yelp reviews, lol).
It feels good to have that sort of validation/affirmation for the hard work I put in. Feels QUITE fucking awesome, actually. :)
It always feels good to know you are appreciated. Grats!
That's great Threat! It's always nice to hear you do a great job!
Thanks, guys! It does feel great! YAY FOR VALIDATION! lol
I don't start work till late tomorrow. (11am) Which kinda sucks, cuz I leave late. HOWEVER, I get to sleep the fuck in. I woke up at 1:45am so I could be at work at 4am. It's gona be so fucking nice sleeping in. (Also getting way more then 3 and a half hours of sleep. Also nice.)
I love how some offhand joke comments on Facebook just turned into me shooting the spring lookbook for this clothing line.
And also how some random tweet just turned into me shooting 2 of the bigger pornstars in the industry for ANOTHER fashion line too.
Yea, I love social networking. Fuck the haters. :p
just dont shoot them in the eye. they dont like that.
Well, thing is, they actually do get paid to get shot in the eye... :p
LOL
pr0n trends. lulz.
My grandma sent me an email. She asked how everything was going, and asked about work as well. She also commented that it was good that I had a job as some people don't. For instance my brother. (This is what she said) I loled at her joking on my brother. More or less he stays at home playing xbox and mooching off my folks. (He does the National Guard thing, but that is the one weekend a month and two weeks a year.) Great times!
Woohoo! I ordered my new brush and it shipped out already, it's coming from Canada. But the email I got said 7-10 days... Either way I'm happy.
I think someone replaced my roommate with an alien. Only in a good way. He unloaded the dishwasher and reloaded it. (which happens about every other month.) AND he took out the trash. Which happened zero times last year... I'm fucking impressed.
Mr. G giving me an early bday present (not on purpose I'm sure, lol) in the form of an album which may never get released without a lawsuit, but of course I hope it doesn't come to that. Now I have already said too much! :-X
Post Waters Floyd album remaster?
I am -13 pounds since Christmas. Go me. :rock:
Nicely done!
the myfitnesspal app for the iPhone has been a lifesaver. That, and 1/2 marathon training. :)
That's awesome K! :rock:
Yeah grats! 8-)
I got a raise!
Congrats!
Quote from: r00 on February 20, 2012, 10:23:04 PM
Post Waters Floyd album remaster?
LOL no, even he has his limits in regards to sneaking me stuff. ;)
YAY! to all with good news things. :) This year the Corporate Monolith is giving us a 105% bonus, which makes us think there won't be anything next year because of a certain acquisition fiasco.
Once again, I've said too much!
starting weds, i have "3 weeks off" of work. woohoooooooooo! :)
Yay Kristin!!
Life is good and I love this board :wub:
Quote from: dee on February 29, 2012, 04:14:42 PM
Yay Kristin!!
Life is good and I love this board :wub:
:wub:
I got a longboard...
Also I'm going to be moving to Seattle this year... Super happy about that...
Omg you're moving to Seattle? That's awesome!
Ya unless really major horrible shit happens I will be moving up there.
I have to admit, I kinda want to buy a GPS so I can find my way back home if I get lost...
Quote from: Aaron on March 05, 2012, 11:43:18 PM
I got a longboard...
Also I'm going to be moving to Seattle this year... Super happy about that...
Congrats on both! I think you will love moving to Seattle. Very cool news.
Thanks r00.
On the longboard, I had to tighten the trucks up a lot as they were super loose. (Which was also giving me trouble standing on it.) However my friend/coworker person that told me what to get. Said that if I can master standing on one foot on it, then I'm fine. As that is really all that matters. I'm still wobbly but I'm going to keep at it.
The Move makes me nerves. Not gona lie. But at the same time I can't wait to get out of this town, and be some place else.
Right on dude!
Thanks!
I skated tonight. I can't say I went far, however, I skated. And I DID NOT eat shit. Which is a good thing. However, I kinda of want to crash, just to get it out of the way... And I'm using muscles I didn't know I had... (My legs were on FIRE) But I had a blast! And I can say I have a lot more skill then I did yesterday. I really can't wait to really ride around. (ALSO tonight's lesson was great. Easily one of the better times I have had in a long time...)
Gtats on the move Aaron. Welcome to Western Washington, the greatest place in the world. :D
Thomas just moved to San Diego yesterday. Still not really sure I like that, but what am I gonna do? :)
Thanks Dee! I can't wait for it, I need the change...
I work a six hour shift today, (well I'll be there for 7 with my hour lunch...) Either way, short day today. Super happy about that...
Somebody wants to say hello!
She is cute! Congrats!
Awwwww
She is exactly two months old today.
Who's crapping their pants more consistently, you or the kid? :-P
Seriously, congrats dude.
Congrats man! She's a cute kid.
Awww
ooOOoo...she's beautiful! Congrats again :)
CONGRATS, ROKKEN!!!!!! :)
She's adorable! Congrats!!
Quote from: rokken like dokken on March 12, 2012, 10:08:08 PM
She is exactly two months old today.
ZOMG y'all made a beautiful girl! *wants to cuddle*
I work three days, then I'm on vacation. Can't fucking wait.
Totally awesome thing happened today...but maybe the best part was knowing that being in the loop is truly the best revenge,
:-*
B finally bought a new car!
yay :)
Vacation is going well. I'm going to Seattle for a friends surprise party. He got a job at Microsoft, and we are having a shin dig for him. (It may be a hootanany) Either way, I get to leave this town, which is bad ass... While I was looking forward to having a nice staycation, going someplace should be great as well.
I bought a new fan for my pc, however I bought a smaller size then I needed (Damn you metric!) However, since it is on the side panel of my tower, I can zip tie it on... (hell I have another same sized fan I could zip tie both of them on the side and call it goodly.)
Got my taxes done today. I'm getting back money from both state and the fed. And its a good amount to. Really thought I just didn't want to owe... (most the money is going to go towards me moving. and that kinda shit.)
Heading to Seattle today. WOOHOO!
Back from Seattle. I had a fucking blast!!!! It was all for my friend that got a job at Microsoft (as a blue badge. Which means he works for them, he isn't a vendor or on a contract or anything. It comes with AMAZINGLY awesome things discounts on lots of stuff cars, food LOTS of stuff.) So there was a surprise party for him. And it did however get fucked cuz one of his friends texted him and said he was sorry for missing it. He came out and asked about it. So while we were pissed he found out. He was still REALLY surprised. So that was cool.
Some Highlights.
We has Sushi. (I'm going to buy a set of chop sticks and use them till I can eat with them and not look like a dumbass. I could get the food to my mouth, but it took some doing...) I fucking love Sushi.
We all went to Beth's Cafe. (It's kinda a hipster/dive place? It looks low rent, but it has AMAZING food) They have six and twelve egg omelets. Ya 12 eggs. I have only had the six egg. But someday I will eat the 12.
I sleep outside on his porch/balcony it was cool (temp wise and nice to see the stars.) However, some other people came up for a show (Mr. Gnome) and while I was sleeping outside with all the doors shut, they said they could hear me snoring. However I think they were looking right at me. So meh. But I slept really well.
I went to a used music store I spent a lot more then I should have. However I now own Lateralus on Vinyl. I bought some other dirt cheap cds as well. It was an amazing store.
We played a card game called "Cards against Humanity" more or less its kinda sorta ad libs for adults/horrible people. I will be buying it soon (I hope)
All in all I had a GREAT time!!!!
Seattle sounds amazing. Out of curiosity, I had to look up Beth's Cafe on Google and was immediately surprised at the picture they have of their omelette on the website. At first I was like, "Damn, that 12-egg omelette is massive!" before I realized from the picture's title that that was just their six-egg. LOL
I'm glad you had a great time, man!
Ya even this six egg one is big. And really their prices are really good to. I'd love to eat there all the time, but I think I'd have a heart attack in no time.
Come 5.30pm tonight I have 11 days in a row off work.
I'm moving house this weekend (in with boyfriend, woo).
And I'm going away interstate over Easter.
This year has been a bit rough so I am hopeful shit will start getting better.
Good to hear! I have missed seeing you around here. <3
indeed! was wondering where you were off to
Weren't you talking about horrid roomies one of the last times you dropped in? Sounds like doubly good news if I'm remembering that rightly. Congratulations!
I think it was more so roommate's 18/19? year old girlfriend... But ya. It's good to see you again Naut.
Woohoo, Native Instruments is upgrading everyone who recently purchased Traktor Scratch Duo to the Pro version for free! That just saved me $120 and now I have 24 more effects (plus chaining them) to play with among other things. muwahahaha
I bought a straight razor (and strop kit. the razor came prehoned/shave ready. And ya new razors aren't always shave ready.) It's a used razor, but the whole kit and razor was 55USD. So I can't complain. I'm not very good with it, but I've read that it takes 100 shaves to get good with it. But I'm learning... Also I think my level of badass went up using it.
have I ever mentioned how much i <3 online shopping?
today's purchase:
(http://www.shoes.com/productimages/shoes_iaec1269025.jpg)
cool clothing line's gonna use one of my photos for a shirt run.
i <3 twitter.
Got my taxes done; getting a lot more back than I thought I would. Also became aware that I need to be saving my hospital bills and pharmacy receipts, as I hadn't realized that my medical bills were now large enough to start writing them off. I don't have any documentation for this year, but definitely something for next tax season.
I would write off what you know anyway. You can probably still get receipts for the hospital work if you need them. My experience is nobody is going to audit you unless unless you are worth it. (i.e. you make a fuck ton of money and have it spread out through various sources of income). We had a ton of out-of-pocket medical expenses one year and deducting them made a huge difference in our return that year. *
*disclaimer: I am not a tax expert. any advice given is strictly my opinion. ;-)
FUCK. YES.
My old network team lead from the place I worked at for a decade just contacted me about a position they have opening up where he works. (It's the place that bought who I worked for before, so it would be a step back into the tech industry).
It's more of a network security position rather than a network engineering position, but it would do nothing but broaden my horizons and get me the fuck out of here. I am decent at security, but no guru. I just can't afford to jump in at a lower pay scale than I am at now.
I'm sending him my resume and praying to all gods. 8-)
Good luck r00!
btw, you reading Saga?
real good stuff. another winner from bkv
Quote from: Aaron on April 12, 2012, 01:53:35 PM
Good luck r00!
thanks man. I updated my resume and sent it over today. The mere thought of leaving this place literally brings me to tears of joy.
HAHAH I know the feeling. Thinking of quitting my job makes me hard.
I have even dreamed about it, and then woken up to the cold hard reality that I still work there.
Crossing all my appendages for you, bruddah, even though it hurts because I'm old. :P
Something potentially very awesome occurred last week but I don't want to jinx it. But also Mr. G shared something cool with me (even before his colleagues) and what's best about it, IMO, is that he was the one who created it (not just contributed to it).
Good luck r00!
We bought a new mattress set today :)
It will be delivered next Saturday but I got to take my sweet new memory foam body pillow today ^-^
Next big purchase - a new car...figured I should trade mine in while it's still worth a decent amount, plus I need something a bit bigger
Good luck, r00!
luna, what model of car are you looking into? New cars are always exciting!
I'm going to Outback Steakhouse later today for my birthday and I haven't been there in ten years. Going to order a mountain of cheese fries, the Bloomin' Onion, as big of a steak as I can find on the menu and scarf down on as much of that toasty pumpernickel (or whatever the hell that addicting bread is) as I can eat. I might bomb a tequila shot or two, also.
I remember them being fairly good... we'll see if the test of time -- and the fact that I was twelve, last I went -- impacts the taste and quality.
I'm thinking Mazda 3 sport (that's the hatchback model)
Outback tastes like sweaty asscrack, you should spend your birthday dinner getting an enjoyable meal. Or, just go to mcdonalds, the food sucks there as well but it will be cheaper! :D
thanks guys. I should know something more by the end of the week.
Quote from: luna on April 15, 2012, 09:39:09 AM
I'm thinking Mazda 3 sport (that's the hatchback model)
I love the look of those things. Never driven one, but I imagine the Speed 3 hatchback is quite awesome.
I'm sure it is but that's a little out of my price range :lol:
If I end up getting one it's base model for me (although the base model does come with way more stuff than my current car so it's still a step up)
looking back in these threads it seemed several posts were somehow transported to other threads thereby making myself seem more batshit than usual...
peculiar...
I distinctly remember posting a few times recently and then going back and not being able to find it at all. Perhaps the same thing happened to me?
We had some issues that resulted in a backup being restored. In total, about 2 hours of posts may have been lost. I can't explain the mess with posts ending up in the wrong threads though, but I'm keeping an eye on it. Hasn't happened again yet.
random blogger had a nice thing to say about me today on twitter.
"if you're not familiar with [her], get with it and stop jocking [Terry] Richardson and [Tyler] Shields. The lady is LEGIT"
it made me smile :)
The praise of strangers is a heartening thing to be sure. :)
so i went for coffee the other day with my aunt and 4 year old nephew Ryder. he spent the majority of the time talking about his penis, it was hilarious
shut up i'm his aunt, i'm allowed to encourage his questionable conversation subject matter
also Ryder says girls don't have a penis, they have a bum...apparently mom and dad haven't explained everything yet :lol:
I really have nothing to toot my own horn about right now.
I did get a new bicycle- it kicks maximum ass.
Luna that is awesome. And now I know. Girls have bums.
Nice on the bike.
Now that the weather is nicer (and I am not coughing so hard I get light headed and blurry vision) I'm gona start skating again. Or trying to skate at lest...
My little man has finally gained enough weight he's at the 5th percentile for his age (24 mo). YAY! He's up to a whopping 23lbs 8oz! He's also grown another 2 inches taller. *does happy dance*
Geez, and I thought my guy was tiny at about the 10th percentile. He finally topped 25 lbs at 19 months (which was a little over a month ago). I just attribute his puniness to Asian genetics. :-P
...wow, you 2 have tiny babies. My little one turned 1 this month and he's 25 pounds and in the 94th percentile haha
I remember the sad day when my little brother outgrew me and had the ability to beat me up. Tell jerk #1 to watch his back!
I have a hard time with his size at times. Thomas was off the charts huge so I tend to view Alex as really tiny. (Thomas was 28lbs/ 32in at 5 mo :lol: )
put the deposit down on my new car today :D
should be picking it up on saturday!
you getting the mazda 3 hatchback? 8-)
yup :)
Drove it on Sunday, it is indeed awesome
I am TEH JELLUS; I'd love to get one of those. My mom can't drive anymore so eventually I'll get her car so Tim can have mine when he's ready to drive. Hers is a Chevy something, one of those compact sedans (isn't that a oxymoron, lol).
I'm now a moderator at two different forums; what are these people thinking? :lol:
Quote from: luna on April 24, 2012, 10:13:32 PM
yup :)
Drove it on Sunday, it is indeed awesome
very nice. I am jealous too! Post a pic of it when you get it!
Here's my latest article:
http://www.pinkfloydz.com/missingpiano.htm
Some of you may enjoy the documentary in question, the YouTube and Vimeo links are live now.
My new car is super fancy! :D
(yes I'll stop talking about it now :lol: )
can it travel thru time?
YES
:o
Been getting quite a few fans in some very interesting and impressive places...
I have been solving my 7x7 cube a lot as of late. (I take it to work, and solve it on my breaks and lunch.) I have been improving on my times by a good amount. It's my favorite, I don't know why, but I like it the most. ANYHOO I got my first sub 10minute solve March 31st. (The app I have for my phone keeps track of my solve times.) And just a wee bit ago, I got my first sub 9 minute solve. 8:58.20. Which is stupid slow compared to the world record and a lot of other people. Either way, I'm getting faster.
My master plan is slowly coming to fruition, beginning with this official nod (a link to my review of Jacaranda at the top of this list):
http://trevorrabin.net/Trevor%20Rabin-Press.html
Quote from: Aaron on May 02, 2012, 10:37:01 PM
I have been solving my 7x7 cube a lot as of late. (I take it to work, and solve it on my breaks and lunch.) I have been improving on my times by a good amount. It's my favorite, I don't know why, but I like it the most. ANYHOO I got my first sub 10minute solve March 31st. (The app I have for my phone keeps track of my solve times.) And just a wee bit ago, I got my first sub 9 minute solve. 8:58.20. Which is stupid slow compared to the world record and a lot of other people. Either way, I'm getting faster.
Pfft, until you solve that 17x17 you showed me, the rest is just childsplay..... >.> *ahem* (I can't even finish a standard one!).
Quote from: Static on May 11, 2012, 02:41:44 AM
Pfft, until you solve that 17x17 you showed me, the rest is just childsplay..... >.> *ahem* (I can't even finish a standard one!).
See though, if you look at it all the edges are black so really you aren't solving anything other then the centers. And not to be a dick, but that is stupid easy. It would take some time, since it doesn't turn well/has to be a pain to turn. (You should be able to find the video on youtube.) Really though. Even cubes are harder (4x4, 6x6 ect.) Just cuz the parity errors you can get with them are WAY worse... I found a way around them on the 7x7 and 5x5...
And the main issue with the 7x7 is the edge pairing... That takes me a lot longer then the centers.
But if you want to send me a 17x17 I would be more then willing to solve it for you. :P
Haha, I'll take your word for it buddy, but what you said about solving only the centres does make sense how that would make it a lot easier. SO, in light of that, you shall not be getting one.... no, I'll have him make a 17x17 without the black edges! I'll get your padded cell ready! :D
Naw it would just take me a REALLY long time. Watching him turning that thing looked like work... And with that kind of price tag. I sure as shit wouldn't want to break it...
I should buy a car one of these days (still a bus taking motherfucker).
God I love wine.
I know someone who finally broke up with the douche-bag she was going out with. I just hope she has the strength to stick by her guns and not let him back in!
Another bit of good news... That job I was talking about finally became officially open and the company emailed me today saying I had been referred to them by one of my old coworkers and I had to fill out a profile and submit more info to them. I have this feeling that an interview is soon. *nervous but excited*
8-)
Yay!
Quote from: r00 on May 15, 2012, 02:05:30 PM
Another bit of good news... That job I was talking about finally became officially open and the company emailed me today saying I had been referred to them by one of my old coworkers and I had to fill out a profile and submit more info to them. I have this feeling that an interview is soon. *nervous but excited*
8-)
Nice one r00, finally the possibility of a bit of job satisfaction eh?
I hope so. I will cry myself to sleep if they make me an offer but can't get close enough to my current salary.
For those not on FB: our (former) PI resident blondechicky, Goldie, delivered a brand new baby girly last nite!!!!!! :)
I found it way too exciting that she was updating while in labour :lol:
Quote from: luna on May 16, 2012, 02:33:59 PM
I found it way too exciting that she was updating while in labour :lol:
Me too!
Glad that she and the baby are healthy!
Quote from: r00 on May 16, 2012, 08:01:29 AM
I hope so. I will cry myself to sleep if they make me an offer but can't get close enough to my current salary.
Keep optimistic mate! Good luck with it!
Thanks! 8)
Quote from: luna on May 16, 2012, 02:33:59 PM
I found it way too exciting that she was updating while in labour :lol:
haha, yeah. that was pretty cool.
she's gonna be an awesome mommy. she always loved babies and cute lil things. :)
Awww I need to email J-bean to congratulate her on her new bean!
So for the past month I've been working towards becoming a home owner. Today I signed with an agent and have my first showing of a house I'm ecstatic about seeing later on tonight. If things go well, I can be out of this shit hole city with its shit ass neighbors who own Pitbulls that attack innocent Corgis unprovoked and shit ass landlords who do nothing about it sooner rather than later. Needless to say, I'm jumping around my apartment like a four year old that's eaten loads of ice cream and candy. :)
drone
Aww, grats to the lady and her boyo on another PI-baby!
Quote from: videodrone on May 23, 2012, 02:51:34 PM
So for the past month I've been working towards becoming a home owner. Today I signed with an agent and have my first showing of a house I'm ecstatic about seeing later on tonight. If things go well, I can be out of this shit hole city with its shit ass neighbors who own Pitbulls that attack innocent Corgis unprovoked and shit ass landlords who do nothing about it sooner rather than later. Needless to say, I'm jumping around my apartment like a four year old that's eaten loads of ice cream and candy. :)
drone
The only thing that could make all this better is if you actually HAD eaten loads of ice cream and candy in celebration, mirite? That is awesome.... Owning your own house is definitely something to be ecstatic about. Congratulations in advance, and take a lot of pictures before and after the move!
I get inventory off. We do it once a month. And this will be the first time I've had it off in 3? years. Which is super bad ass. My boss made me count some of the freezer today, which wasn't bad. But all in all today was fucking great. And getting inventory off is an amazing thing. I was so happy I tinkled a little bit. (not really, I have better bladder control then that.)
Forgot to say, I also got three days off! Super happy about that.
anya + pin are both visiting + staying with me this summer! so fucking excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAHHHHHHHHHHHHH :D
crazy time!
Can't find the picture thread but for me this is a bit Woohoo! anyway. 8-)
Got a new macro lens a couple of months ago and boy does it make a difference! Feel like my shots are improving all the time.
Warning! Bugs! :))
http://s1101.photobucket.com/albums/g425/Dalesman54/Aussie%20garden%20fauna/
Please tell me that's how awesome your zoom is and you didn't actually get that close to those things... LOL
about 10 inches, perhaps a foot IZ ! :lol:
Still too close!
Uh. I'm moving at the end of July. I have never been this happy/nerves all at the same time, and about the same thing.
I'm rooting for you, kid. 8)
Thanks r00!
My main issue is that it's kinda to early to try to find a place up there. And while we have looked at some places (online) End of July move in is a long time off. (well kinda.) And so transferring up there for work is an issue. As there is a few stores up there, Either way it's going to be a little bit of a bus ride. It's just once I put in for the transfer that limits what area we can move into. Hopefully the place we looked at will have an opening with OUT the sky line view (It made the rent ~600 bucks more a month. For that much, I'd look at a very nice pretty brick wall. So ya, fuck the view.)
aaron you can totally find a way better job than wal mart in seattle, you could totally start checking job ads and applying now. You have the retail experience so it should be no problem getting into something like a bookstore, music store, cafe, etc.
Oh ya, that is the plan. I want to go up there with a job. THEN find a new job. I will have a lot of vacation time coming up in September (three weeks, which also shows how long I have worked there) that I will use to find a new job (assuming that I didn't already find a new job.)
I can also solve my 3x3 cube with one hand now. And while I'm not fast at it. 5ish minutes I think. I can solve it, and I have been using my left hand which is helping a lot (I'm right handed) since a lot of the algs are done on the right side of the cube and the top of the cube. So that is helping a lot. I find it's a lot funner then just solving it...
I bought three new 3x3 cubes. (Two are from the same brand, the other is a different brand.) All of them are cheaper (by about half) of my other speed cube. I'm really impressed with one so far. The other two are good. But not as nice. Like them all though. And the most expensive one is 7.25. The others were 7 and 6 bucks. So cheap. But a lot nicer then the real Rubik's cube...
I love the feeling of a fresh perspective. I'm usually really good at looking at situations from all angles, but there's one person in my life who has just been irritating the shit out of me, for many reasons. It almost makes me want to use a line that I never, ever, ever use- "It's not fair." Thankfully, I pulled my head out of my ass and really, really LOOKED at the situation and came to the conclusion that I wouldn't want to live a second in this person's life, let alone a day.
I have 24 more days of work till I'm on vacation and moving to Seattle. I have never been this happy or excited ever. (even all the pre show excitement before Tool SP and the Sub Con show.) And like 32 days till the 25 of July, which is move day.
I still have yet to get word about my transfer. BUT Still I have never had this big of a shit eating grin on my face...
speaking of vacation we have a week off starting July 6! going to visit B's aunt and uncle in Gibsons http://www.gibsonslandingbc.com/ for a few days then Tofino for 3 nights :) we're staying here http://www.crystalcove.ca/cabins/cabin-9! it's crazy expensive but we have our own hot tub :D
also happy because I just sent my resume out! we used to have the spca here but they lost the contract with the city recently and there is a new group operating the shelter. they're hiring just part time right now but will apparently be offering part time people full time as soon as it's available...someone i work with already got a job there 2 days a week. it would be so good for my sanity to only have to work at my current place 3 days a week as the owner is a fucking nutcase (seriously :( )
Wait, aren't you still working at the place where the doctors ex wife is a crazy lady?
Good luck getting a job there!
No this is yet another crazy person :(
Damn really? How have you had so many crazy bosses?
I've come to the conclusion that everyone in the vet industry is crazy :S
Wait are you including your self in that statement or not?:P
My crazy is the good kind :lol:
Ordered a new phone. I got it from Sprint, and it will work in Seattle. Its a HTC EVO LTE 4G
Just got a call from the apartment. They needed my SS number to run a check. And we should know tomorrow morning... So cross those fingers!!!!
woo vacation! and just in time too because I'm about to fucking murder my co-workers :S
Quote from: Aaron on July 05, 2012, 06:50:22 PM
Ordered a new phone. I got it from Sprint, and it will work in Seattle. Its a HTC EVO LTE 4G
Just got a call from the apartment. They needed my SS number to run a check. And we should know tomorrow morning... So cross those fingers!!!!
*crosses fingers*
Keep us updated!
WE GOT THE MOTHERFUCKING PLACE! WOOOOHOOO!!!!
Thanks K. That was the magic we needed. Granted the fact that both of us are squeaky clean when it comes to the LAW.
Now though the transfer is looking very iffy... I'm gona apply to different places and see if I can't get anything from them. I should know. I called the store again today, they told me to call again at the end of July (I want to start August first.) SO I think that the transfer is fucked. SO I'm gona look for a new job now... Woohoo! (mostly due to the Apartment wanting a Letter of Transfer or something like that. A walmart letter head with my transfer happening on it...) Also most the people I have talked to at the walmart up there are really rude...
I just finished my app to Costco. While still not a great job, it can't be worse then WM. And there are two stores. Both are closer to my apartment then the wm up there. I hope I get on there.
I have also been looking at fish processing jobs. And while the hourly pay is pretty shit (7.15), the amount of hours worked makes up for it. They said that 16 hour days were common. And in fact the norm. And 60 days of work... (You get overtime pay starting at the 8th hour of the shift. Not 40 hours worked. So that is hella cool.) It would pay really well. (like way more then I make now.) My only issue with it is I can't swim then again as far out as we would be I don't think it would matter. And There is no internet or cell phones out at sea either...
I think it really hit that I'm moving to Seattle. And I have a job and place all set ready to go. Either way, I'm fucking stupid ahppy and (drunk sorry... :() BUT I'm moving out of town. I'm so fucking happy...
AND you'll sort of be my neighbour!
And I would even make eye contact with you instead of looking down and saying "hi" as I walk by! WOOHOO!
Woo! :lol:
Aaron can wave to America's hat as Luna waves at Canada's boot.
Quote from: individualzero on July 23, 2012, 12:28:05 AM
Aaron can wave to America's hat as Luna waves at Canada's boot.
that just made me think of sarah palin saying she can see russia from alaska, hahaha
I can see Seattle from here!
So im in my new place its really nice. However the temp change has been killer. My room is about ten degrees cooler. Which is both awesome and odd. Going fromsuper hot to cool in a night. Tomorrow I go to work for real. We live next to an air field I like hearing them land and take off. They aren't that loud which makes it fine. I don't have internet yet other then on my phone. Which sucks but it isn't to bad I can look up bus times and other stuff. So I'm doing well.
*Waves at Luna*
Wish I could've been there to say hi Aaron. Hope you like it. :)
One and a half weeks left before we move. 8-) Got the cat papers to still work out, otherwise we're green for our move to Muscat, Oman. I really don't want to go overseas again, but as long as it gets me out of this gods-forsaken hellhole, it'll be worth it. (Sorry K, Lib and Ash, but MA fucking SUCKS!)
Thanks Dee!
So uh Pendleton had like 10 black people (not trying to be an ass) a hand full of azn people. And I have seen like three ladies in Islam garb. To lazy to look up what its really called. And I don't think I have ever seen Indian people (with dots not casinos) on the first day alone I saw more of all the above then ever be before. Also a lot of my coworkers are azn. And they speak uh their language their at work. It's so awesome to hear them. Like yesterday a mom was teaching her daughter uh Arabic? Potash I think maybe... It's a great thing seeing all these very different people... And yet they aren't different at all. Like I'd love to know what they are all saying but I know it would just be the same bullshit I say when I'm with my friends or folks. But it's still hella cool to me.
My boss and manager are both cool. My boss is a really tiny azn lady she calls me Aaron boy since there is a chick in grocery named Erin. Who is also really nice and helpfull. It makes me lol a little my manager is also cool really young guy like my age or a bit older... But a nice guy.
So the first day I missed my bus home. I walked. 7.4 miles or 12 km it sucked but it wasn't bad. Like I have blisters on both my feet in the same spot. And ny legs are chafed... Shit sucks. But the walking wasn't bad. I won't say I enjoyed it but I didn't hate it. I'm off the next two days so they should heal pretty well. But all in all I love it up here. I'm still nerves about the bus rides and Shit. But all in all its great.
Quote from: Aaron on July 31, 2012, 02:50:55 AM
my manager is also cool really young guy like my age or a bit older... But a nice guy.
(http://ct.fra.bz/ol/fz/sw/i59/5/7/1/frabz-Yeah-If-you-would-start-working-7-days-a-week-That-would-be-grea-b98e87.jpg)
Ha well really I wouldnt mind for a little while. More pay would be great...
Almost done packing. Then a few more days, move the last of the furniture into storage (we have 3 storages in 3 f-ing states!) and we're outta here!
I worked 7 days a week for awhile once. I actually asked for it. I was working at a Subway that had just started delivering, and we closed in-store at 10pm, but continued delivering until 3am, so I asked to work 7 days a week on the condition that I would ONLY work the delivery-only shifts, because I decided that I could tolerate it if I didn't have to look the customers in their ugly fucking faces. It worked out for awhile but eventually I got burnt out to shit.
edit: I worked a double every Sunday, because that was our busiest day of the week (we were offering 2 footlongs for $7.99 every Sunday), and that was horrific, but it got me up to 40 hours and I made damn good money.
i used to work 12-14 hours a day, 6 days a week. not anymore tho. so a bit happy about that!
Once I go about 10 days without a day off, I start going stir-crazy. I am just one of those people that needs to decompress every so often or I start feeling very overwhelmed.
Quote from: dee on July 29, 2012, 07:58:39 PM
(Sorry K, Lib and Ash, but MA fucking SUCKS!)
No apologies needed. If I thought for one minute that it would be better anywhere else, I'd get the hell out too. :)
drone
I don't care what everyone else thinks I fucking love hot summer weather ^-^
People in Seattle disagree with you. Hell I disagree. :P
So Seattle is awesome. The amount of different people and cultures here is amazing to me. The bus system is good however I live in a kinda out of the way area so there is two stops by me. However both are .7 miles from my apt. But the walk isn't bad. I like most all my coworkers. Or at lest no one has pissed me off enough to hate them yet. One of my bosses said that management has noticed that I'm a hard/good worker. Like they don't have to baby sit me. Which is cool also cuz my eval is coming up soon. And I seam well liked by people. There are still some fucking asshole customers and some are worse when they speak broken English... That really makes it hard to deal with or even just help people when we can't just talk but it also makes it funner. I also got paid today which is really nice. And since I had a ton of personal time that I used but was working during some of it I got more or less and extra week of pay. Sales tax is odd oregano doesn't have it. But Washington doesn't do income tax. So my checks should be fatter now. Which makes me happy.
All in all this is by far one of the best things I have done. Ever.
Also randomly today when I got on my bus I was facing a dude a bit older then me. Like 35 I had my SP hat on he said they are awesome and he would eat acid andthen listen to them. First person to know the band that I didn't know. So that was hella cool.
Good news all around, Aaron. I figured you would not regret that decision. 8-)
Yeah Seattle is great, I like to think of it as Vancouver's big brother but with guns :lol:
And less polar bears :D.
And ya r00 I'm really liking it here.
Also I'm on my phone so there is more typos...
Aaron, I'm so glad you like Renton. It's a lot bigger now than when my Grammy lived near there, but still better than a lot of places. :)
We're in Muscat, Oman now. Lovely place. Hot as hell, but I expected that. Strange being in a place that has greenery, is over 100 degrees most of the time, has 95%+ humidity...and still gets less than 4 inches of rain a year. :huh: But makes a nice change in scenery from the endless, dusty brown of KSA.
:)
one of my coworkers is from Bahrain and says Oman is beautiful.
Dee I work in Renton and live in south Seattle.
And fuck that. That hot and that humid I would die. Glad you like it though. And there is a lot of green here to. It's nice to see.
Hell it took me a few weeks just so I wouldnt be sweating and damn near die from just being... And the hottest its been here is 96. Ya.... Today its gona be 90 or there about... However now at work I'm not sweating buckets which is do nice.
dee it must be so amazing to have lived in so many interesting places! I'm definitely jealous :)
ok I know I mentioned I love the heat but it is currently 29c inside our apartment...so yeah it's a little hot. Also the fishtank water is above 30c now (should be no higher than 25), hope the fishies hang in there...
we went to the amusement park yesterday, rode the wooden roller coaster 7 times, it was just great ^-^ (despite the atmosfear being closed :hmm: )
:lol: @ Aaron Yeah, I hate the heat too. When you open the door, it's like getting hit with a hot, wet blanket. But Alex is still on east coast time for some reason so we sleep all day and are up all night.
Luna, it's certainly been interesting. Not recommended for anyone with children/animals though. :)
The fact that you have both is impressive that you can deal with it so well.
So last night I got Amazon prime (since I buy from them most the time, since I have had REALLY great luck with them.) SO I bought stuff shipped it to my old place. Cancelled my order, just bought the cd I bought last night again. I can get it today shipped to my place today for 4 bucks. BWAHAHAHAHAHAH (granted when I order cds and get next day/day of release shipping it comes from Seattle. So yay!) This is fucking awesome. I also get free two day shipping on all other things... Well if it says Prime next to the item.
My drains are finally fixed! YAY!! I was asleep when the repair guys were here (I have an inner ear infection, so the meds make me super tired) and Ric says they pulled rocks, sand and concrete out of all 4 pipes! :huh: I don't care what they pulled out, as long as I no longer have standing water in my washroom and kitchen. I can do my laundry and dishes like a normal person again. *does happy dance*
this may be the greatest idea ever http://zombiecombatzone.com/
anyone want to come up to my area and go zombie killing?
Recently, my childhood crush on Peter Gabriel has come back tenfold. Only difference is that now I'm a grown adult with a credit card. Hence why I just dropped $100 on this:
http://petergabriel.com/so25_deluxe/ (http://petergabriel.com/so25_deluxe/)
Squee! ^-^
drone
haven't bought tickets from ticketmaster in a while but I'm still the ticketmaster master! Scored some good, moderately prices seats to paul mccartney for B's mom on my first try (oh I'm also the master of awesome bday present ideas!)
also just got a part time job starting in october working for my favorite dr ever! :)
I love it when my bank gives me money :)
Here in the south we call that bank robbery! :P
Got an email from my grandma (dad's mom) and she said that they were doing better (mostly my grandpa, he has been feeling sick for a few weeks now.) They found what was wrong and he is doing a ton better. Still has to have another minor operation but all in all doing good. (which made me happy.)
She also said this. (quoting her cuz it is funny.)
QuoteIt sounds as if you are enjoying Seattle. I do read your comments on facebook so dear, watch your language!
Ya. Busted. BUT it made me laugh. So all in all its cool.
:lol:
AH SNAP. So yesterday was my anniversary at work (which is fucking depressing as all hell.) HOWEVER it means I'm making more money, so next check should be bigger!
YAY for both of you!
Ordered a French Press, a electric kettle and a grinder (its a hand crank kind so cheaperish.) Also bought some whole coffee beans today. The stuff should be here in about three days.
Quote from: videodrone on September 14, 2012, 01:15:51 AM
Recently, my childhood crush on Peter Gabriel has come back tenfold. Only difference is that now I'm a grown adult with a credit card. Hence why I just dropped $100 on this:
http://petergabriel.com/so25_deluxe/ (http://petergabriel.com/so25_deluxe/)
Squee! ^-^
drone
oh god, that looks awesome. especially the making of stuff.
he was just in town performing
so and i fucking missed it. so pissed. (no pun intended :| )
was too late when i found out about it. that's what happens when all the local free mags go tits up and i don't get concert listings months in advance.
guh.
Just relized vacation in five days. WOOOOHOOOOO! I will be seeing Mono live, sleeping (I want to sleep 18 hours.) And wondering around Seattle to see what I can see.
Best thing really easy to get to the show. One bus away...
Aaron I was just thinking you're very lucky the 6 months or so of rain hasn't set in yet...definitely get your wandering around done then get a good umbrella!
I bought a Rain coat. But ya, One of my coworkers said when he moved here it rained 67 days in a row. But ya, so far it's rained once.
One of the people I went to school with said she would be down to wonder around with me. So I won't be alone, should be great times.
Got my French Press coffee grinder and electric kettle today. I ground a few beans to see if they were coarse enough, and I think they are. I didn't make any coffee yet, cuz I have to sleep soon. And coffee makes me way more wired then energy drinks (well kinda...)
It's started to rain here. (give me another couple of months before this very post is in the vent thread and I sound like Luna :P ) However Pendleton would have rain well it didn't happen much. Ever, like an average maybe 2 times a month. (But for a lot of summers there was no rain.) Or we would have HUGE storms then it would be back to normal the next day.) But I love the way it smells after the rain. Or during since it hasn't really stopped...
Boo to rain!
give me a month and I will be with you. Or maybe three months...
Doug Stanhope show is this Thursday (8th) I put in for the time off but didn't get it. (REJECTED! oh snap!) So I basicly said if I don't get the day off I'm calling in sick. And that was and has been the plan since then. However, my manager asked me to stay late tonight since the other guy called in sick. So I stayed. (1 and a half hours) I also asked if I could cut all the time on Thursday aka leave early for the show I may take a shorter lunch as well. Just so I can get home change and get to the show on time as well...
In other news, it's been raining for like 3 weeks now. Ish. Which I'm also pretty sure is more rain then Pendleton has had in years. Or at lest days of rain. But I don't mind it still. I think I have come to know it rains. All the time. Meh.
Roommate found a job finally however its seasonal. SO he may be out of work in January (like there is the option that if they like him they will keep him on. BUT eh... Not gona hold my breath. Like I hope that happens, but you know.) He has also been getting cash from his mom... So... Ya...
Also since I worked late I got home later then normal. And I wasn't tired when I got home. Really I wasn't tired till like 10 minutes ago and now I'm having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I also would like to try the everyman sleep pattern thing. I think it's a lot easier to do then the Uberman, and a lot more practical... I have been amazed by it for a long time. Also come January, I want to start looking for a new job. Also in January my folks will be coming up to visit.
I hope Colorado is up for the record Taco Bell taxable earnings about to be seen here! 8-)
Same with Washington... Also are the shades to hide the pot eyes there r00? :p
I'm just wondering how its going to work out with the federal government. AND job's that test for pot. How will that work?
yay america we can still be friends :)
Maybe now that you're all legalizing weed Canada can stop being scared to do it too!
The federal government still has it as illegal, but by the state it's legal. So they can still bust people. I really want to know about drug tests and what not...
as soon as they see the income that wash and col are making they'll move ahead and make the laws tamer.
so confused as to why canada got so scared of it. one summer toronto decriminalized it then we got that horrid cdn conservative party and it's back to being scared of it.
at least mtl is so full of its own probs that we're pretty slack about it. never heard of anyone gettin busted for it... but we're crafty. :)
Quote from: Aaron on November 07, 2012, 10:15:36 AM
I'm just wondering how its going to work out with the federal government. AND job's that test for pot. How will that work?
Here's how I think it will all go down in CO:
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Decriminalization - That starts today. I think you will see possession and personal growing be completely legal to do without the fear of prosecution as long as it is within the limits defined by the amendment (1oz possession, 6 plants grow, 3 flowering). I don't see this being overstepped by the Feds from here on out. Just dont cross the state line with any. ;-)
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Retail - The "treat it like alcohol" part of the amendment is the sticky part. This will take about a year to hash out all the licenses and state guidelines for. My opinion is that the second the first retail pot establishment opens its doors to the public, the DEA and DOJ will roll in within 24 hours and shut it down. From there, it will be a battle just like state voter ID and state immigration laws.
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Employment drug testing - This will come down to the state courts. What will happen is over the next few months, someone will challenge being turned down for a job due to testing positive for marijuana in Colorado. My guess is the court will decide that if the business only operates in CO, then they cannot disqualify someone for a job due to a pre-employment positive drug screen for THC. However, I think the judgement will state that if the business exists in multiple states, they can continue to test for THC.
It will take other states giving the feds the finger before they decide to let states define their own cannabis laws just like they do alcohol. This is how it happened when the federal prohibition of alcohol amendment was removed from the U.S. constitution. Several states (including Colorado) told the federal government that they no longer were going to enforce their laws regarding prohibition of alcohol. As more states did the same, the 18th amendment was removed and therefore the law was repealed.
Here (http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=GovHickenlooper%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251633686228&pagename=CBONWrapper) is our governor's official statement on Amendment 64 passing (emphasis mine).
"The voters have spoken and we have to respect their will. This will be a complicated process, but we intend to follow through. That said, federal law still says marijuana is an illegal drug so
don't break out the Cheetos or gold fish too quickly."
LOL
Oh boy... photography has become my love... dropped about $1500 on photographic equipment in the last month! :))
all the better to take pictures of your crazy upside down creepy crawlies right Mike? ;)
r00 I agree 100% with that. I don't know if I can even say anything more then yep. But ya. Also I love being in WA. It's legal here now to, or at lest soon to be... (I may have to partake just cuz...)
I got a new best time on my 7x7 today. 7:36. Also my second solve under 8 minutes. And since I have been working on solving it a lot. (I do it twice on the way to work, sometimes, and then once on one of my breaks if not both, and twice or three times on my lunch, and sometimes on my bus rides home... Ya, reading that makes me feel like even more of a looser then before...) BUT in about 2 months time I have gone from an avg. of 10 minutes or so (sub 10 being a great solve) to anything over like 9:30 being a bad solve. So I have improved a lot. I read on a YT (from the guy solving) to do an average of 12 a day, and you will improve hella. And while I'm not solving it that often, I'm solving it a lot more. And I have improved pretty fast. Either way, I'm pretty damn proud of it. (However it creeps me the fuck out when people comment about it, and I don't mean like "that's really cool" or something like that and leave it alone. But go ape shit about me solving it, I feel weird, even more so if its a shit solve (for me.)
So, a Christmas gift to myself (and by proxy my girlfriend) is going to be visiting my girlfriend for our first anniversary, since I haven't been able to be around her since she moved and I moved and it's been long distance due to money constraints and real-life issues with her family. It's not 'til January this coming year, but I want to get her a really thoughtful gift that she'll remember so I'm thinking on what it is I'm going to give her.
Aside from gifting I'm:
1. taking her to brunch to her favorite coffee shop the instant I arrive in the morning/afternoon, then spending the next several hours going around the city to sight-see
2. taking her to dinner (even if I've never been to Knoxville and I don't know WTF is around her that's worthwhile)
3. going to do more sight-seeing and spending time with her as I'm pretty sure the place is gonna be pretty scenic, taking lots of pictures for memory
4. paying for the bus ride
5. paying for gas
so I'm taking the 'be a perfect gentleman even though you've been together a year by then' route. This should be a pretty sweet venture for both of us.
I'll have 48 hours to stay with her between arriving and leaving (I was smart and bought a roundtrip) so I really want to make this special. Any suggestions on things to do while I'm there?
P.S. The trip's going to be about 16 hours; an hour to the local city, a 15 hour Greyhound ride and a few minutes to get to her place so yeah. I'm gonna need shit to do or tips on how not to want to throw myself out a bus window from anxiety on the way there. I'm fucking terrified already but we'll see. (Especially if I for some reason miss the time for the bus going BACK... uh, they don't let you refund that shit.)
With regards to #2, UrbanSpoon is your friend. That app/site helped me out a ton when I first moved to a new city, and when I hit a shitty restaurant I ended up not regretting checking UrbanSpoon first because the warning signs were all there.
Just checked out UrbanSpoon. Holy shit, a. there's a lot more stuff than I thought there was both in my city and hers (not just restaurants), and b. it's really lovely to be able to see what if the place is worth our time. lol, I already found her favorite coffee/breakfast place on here. Apparently it's the #1 eatery even there.
Thanks a million!
I got a very interesting offer a week or two ago. The father of a very good friend of mine retired recently, and is moving to the Black Hills to live out his twilight years. The original plan was for one or both of his sons to move into his old home, but his youngest son lives in Minneapolis, and his oldest is moving to Ames (IA) in December. He doesn't really want to sell the house, so apparently he's extended an offer to me and another of his sons friends to move in at a VERY reasonable rent (about $200 less per month than what I'm paying now).
According to him, me and the other guy are "The two of (friend's name)'s friends who have caused the least amount of property damage to me over the years," and he'd like to keep two reasonably responsible people in charge of his house for the time being, as he still intends on visiting occasionally and staying in his old place. It's closer to my work than where I'm currently staying, and while living literally next door to a grocery store, a block away from my pharmacy and less than a block away from my bank (where I'm at now) is incredibly beneficial when you don't have a car, I REALLY can't turn down an extra $200 per month. I've warned my girlfriend in advance that she may receive an increase in requests for rides to the store :p.
Also, you know, this might prompt me to finally get a drivers license, being as I'm, you know, almost 30.
lol @ Aaron! Nothing smells as wonderful as Western Washington during the rain. And I hope you don't get the "rain blues" like so many other transplants. My entire family loves winters, even my scrawny-assed sister who freezes every winter!
Yay Sin! Sounds wonderful for you. Hope it all works out. And don't stress on the license. I'm what? 47? Yeah, 47...and have never had one. I drive well enough to do so in an emergency, but I don't like it. *shrugs* Yeah, I'm a weirdo. :lol:
More pictures Mike! I miss your spider pictures. I'd take one of the little guy who lives in my kitchen, but he's so scrawny I don't think I could get a decent one of him.
As for us, am hoping it's going to rain next week like the Weather Channel is predicting *crosses fingers*
I just had something very close to a religious epiphany...
Oh hello large check in the mail I had no idea was coming :D
My friend that works for Microsoft (he is an editor) has agreed to help me with my resume. He also offered to help me get a copy of MS word for cheap. (I bet he uses Torrent dollars to!) But either way, I will be getting help from him. So I'm really happy about that.
Hung out with a few friends christmas night. (I knew all of them but one was a new person.) I went to HS with all of them (other then new person...) Then the next night I hung out with just one of them for sushi. I have been at the place before. (It's belt sushi and while I can't say anything is AMAZING, there is some really good stuff. And it's pretty cheapish.) I was at work and she texted me right when I was getting off, so we made plans, I walked the like 4/5 blocks to the place. It was nice to have something other then Ramen for dinner (not saying there is anything wrong with cup of noodle or the higher end bowl of noodle. I fucking love ramen, no joke or lie.)
Also my skills with Chopsticks have improved a fucking ton. The first time I had sushi I had to keep my face really close to the food or else I wasn't sure I could get it to my mouth with out dropping it. Xmas night we ate at a Chinese place where there was only chopsticks. I made a joke about making sure everything was "stabby" food, only I was kinda joking, kinda not... But I made out ok. Same with the Sushi last night. That sushi place is hella close to work, I think I might try to go there more often. (Maybe get some mercury poisoning from it? Not really.)
Roommate did dishes (dishwasher at lest) fucking blown away... It might just be cuz we were out of clean anything till I ran it this morning... BUT he ran it. Yes I'm also saddened by how happy it makes me. We are getting CO2 detectors installed tomorrow so they are coming in for that. And they make a show of putting fliers out on each door with the legal notice to come into the apt. Which I don't really care that much about. It's just they are supposed to give 48 hour notice. Not like 18ish... But whatever... At lest i won't suffocate on the CO2.
New My Bloody Valentine album is apparently mastered and ready for release, albeit with no release date that I'm aware of yet
Quote from: luna on November 08, 2012, 05:51:54 PM
all the better to take pictures of your crazy upside down creepy crawlies right Mike? ;)
You bet! :) Though I'm branching out into other types of pics now Luna!
What has two thumbs and already paid his cell phone bill, but forgot doing so? THIS GUY! (I was kinda stressing that since it's due today and Sprint had their site down yesterday, and now it's up and running, but no. Paid in full!) AKA I have a bit more cash right now. Woot.
I think I may be buying a new hoodie, or a real coat. Some how it's way fucking colder up here then in Pendleton... Err Feels that way at lest... Like I would wear a hoodie and a beanie and be fine when it was 20F (-6.66) in Pendleton. Here when it's 40F (4.5c) I'm feezing my ass off... In the same hoodie... Shit sucks... I think it's the humidity but damn...
It's all the rain! And people thought I was crazy to complain about the cold!
BTW brr it's really freaking cold today
Naw you are crazy, but we still love you. :p Like my room is 58f/14c. And while I am still in my work cloths I'm not freezing... I was thinking about busting out my heater this morning. (I have a space heater instead of using the base board heaters. I might still though... )
I also think the clouds keep it a bit warmer. I could see the stars last night and I love when I can but the cloud cover keeps it a bit warmer. Also while ice is slick leaves on the ground are also slick... I damn near ate shit on my walk home tonight from them... Granted the soles of my boots are pretty smooth. (Hell I have spots were the traction is gone... AKA need new boots...) But ya. That sucked.
Omg 14 degrees! We keep the bedroom at 22, I'd love to have it a bit warmer but B says no :lol:
Eh I love keeping my room extra cold just cuz I love sleeping with a lot of blankets... But ya... (also 22 is about the hottest I would ever want it to be...)
I SEE NEUROSIS TOMORROW!!!!! SUPER HAPPY ABOUT THAT!
got a hold of a wii u yesterday...sweeeet
My Cubing Competition is this Saturday. I am really excited. While I don't want to have to get up that early on my day off. It's gona be awesome to see that many other nerds that are like me. I have been practicing a lot on all my cubes. I even got a new best on my 7x7 yesterday 7:09 10 seconds faster then my old best. My average is like 8:22 (I have an app on my phone that keeps track of all that stuff, I'm not just pulling these numbers from my arse.) I really hope I can pull some good solves for the comp. I won't win any of the events I'm in. But I will have a blast so that is really what matters.
that's awesome, man! Good luck and have fun!
Thanks r00! I really think I'm more excited about it then anything else. Also afterword we (group of friends and I) are going to get food and hang out for awhile. And I will be getting word to start my resume. WOO!
It's the coldest it's been here since I moved here. And this weekend it's supposed to be colder...
About to leave to go to the comp. WOOOHOOOOO Can't wait. This is gona be soooo awesome. Meeting other nerds like me, and not being the nerdyist one of the room. This is gona rule!
haha That's exactly how I felt when I would go and play in M:TG tournaments. I was never the nerdiest (nor the stinkiest) person in the place. It would reek of B.O. and Mountain Dew. 8-p
hahah. ya. The place the comp was held was a really cool game shop. Like board games, M:TG Warhammer errr Warmachine (Not really sure what game it is. But the one with miniatures and dice rolling and tape measures. Which looks cool as shit to me. Like I would really like to see people that know what they are doing play. But I looked at some of the prices for the miniatures and they aren't cheap. Like 20 bucks for one of them. And the people playing had 15-20ish on the table, never mind all the ones they left at home... Also lots of people playing M:TG which was cool. I have never played it, but thought the art work was/is amazing on most the cards.
This is kinda TL:DR so to sum it up. I had an amazing time. It was great seeing that many other people that can solve cubes and people not being blown away by it. While I didn't break any world records or even get a new personal best I did good for my self (since I went into it hoping for just that, to do good by my own times.) I'd say I did good. I did get 9th on 7x7 out of like 15 or so people. I do know that there was more then 10 people total. I did ok on 3x3 (I had some great solves and some shit solves.) 5x5 I did ok, a bit slower then normal, but not bad.
As far as the comp goes. There was a lot of people. I was one of the oldest people there, there was a dude in his 50's or there abouts solving them. Other wise there was a few dudes my age ish. and then a lot of younger kids. (Like pre puberty age...) That being said there was a lot of AZN people there. And a few teenagers. I did 7x7 3x3 and 5x5 (they did them in that order, well of the ones I did they did them in that order.) I did good for 7x7. Or at lest I was below my average, I didn't get a new best time or anything. I was really nerves at the start. But I kinda expected that to happen. (I was in fact nerves every time I started a new event.) ANYHOO there was like 15 or so people doing 7x7. I got 9th, I didn't know they had cash prizes for events but first got 100 then 50 then 20 then 10 and then a dollar. I didn't get anything, but I was impressed that they had prizes (and a lot of prize money at that...) My 3x3 times I had a few really good (for me) solves and a few shit solves... But eh. I have never been really consistent (which is something I want to work on.) when they started 5x5 they had to implement a 3 min cut off. Since they had a second heat of 3x3 with 30 people. (which I was in.) I have only started doing 5x5 again for like a month or two. And so my times were shit, my best time is 3:30. So the cut off was 2 solves if both were over 3 min no more solves. I got 4 minutes for both solves. I had a pop on one solve, but it didn't take a minute to fix. But all in all I had a fucking blast. I really can't wait for next years. I also hope to be a hell of a lot better by then as well. I know what I can work on and what to do to improve. Just need to do it.
hey finishing in the top 50% for your first tournament sounds good to me! 8-)
Thanks! And ya. I'm already looking into learning stuff to be faster... (mostly meth.) :P I am really happy with it though...
Quote from: Aaron on January 13, 2013, 03:07:13 AM
hahah. ya. The place the comp was held was a really cool game shop. Like board games, M:TG Warhammer errr Warmachine (Not really sure what game it is. But the one with miniatures and dice rolling and tape measures. Which looks cool as shit to me. Like I would really like to see people that know what they are doing play. But I looked at some of the prices for the miniatures and they aren't cheap. Like 20 bucks for one of them. And the people playing had 15-20ish on the table, never mind all the ones they left at home... Also lots of people playing M:TG which was cool. I have never played it, but thought the art work was/is amazing on most the cards.
Heh, I used to work for Games Workshop. I have no idea what the last couple of editions were like becuase I haven't played in years, but both Warhammer and Warhammer 40k used to be extremelly tactical games and could take several hours to play, I gave up because it started to become very watered down with more emphasis based on making games as fast as possible rather than deep and complex game mechanics (one main example is turning everything into D6 and simplifying all of the weapons involved to be more accessible to kids, the problem with this is that certain weapons were redundant and what were once good vehicle killers were just completely useless).
A few ex co-workers and I ended up buying a set of the original rulebooks for 40k (called Rogue Trader back then) because we enjoyed a lengthy complex game, not to mention how some of the older rules made certain troop types as monsterous as they should be - a troupe of Eldar Harlequins making a mockery out of Genestealers as they should be, rather than the melee cannon fodder that they are now (or were last time I played). Vehicles also came with blueprints to be able to target any area you could think possible rather than simply front back or side. Oh and Orks! Orks used to be absolutely hilarious with half of their shit blowing up during the course of the game (which is also why I liked old rules Skaven in Warhammer - your warp weapons could explode with hilarious consequences!).
in second edition 40k I think it was (or maybe third), Tyranids used to have a really nastry chart they would roll off at the start of the game for infestation effects on the opposing army, they would make a roll for every squad, unit and vehicle in the opposing force for the chance to have some adverse effect - for example, your unit of Devestator marines suddenly exploding from the inside from a barbed stranger, or some kind of creature tearing apart your Land Raider from the inside. I can understand why this (and Virus grenades) were removed, because you could potentially take out the bulk of your opposing force before the game even started.
We used to have some great games though and really got into our own armies, painting and converting everything we possibly could (I went overboard with my Space Wolves in that no two marines or vehicles looked the same, I loved heavily converting everything and sculpting with 'green stuff' just to make things a little more unique. Oh and Necrons, second edition Necrons used to be awesome, I actually won a tournament with them.
That sounds both amazing, and a huge pain in the ass. And it sounds like they did the same thing to it as they did to WOW nerf it hella and make it as noob friendly as possible. Which I can understand some of, but not to the extent they did. (for wow that is.) But that does sound awesome how much detail they put into the game. Even more so now with the fact that video games don't have that much put into some of them... All that said, it really does make me want to see a game played.
I'm going to be an uncle in a few months. My brother and his wife are thinking "Lincoln Albert" for a name. Albert is my grandfathers name; don't know where Lincoln comes from, but I'm sort of looking forward to being a crazy drunk uncle...
I bought a new TV today (it wont be here for a week though). 60" Samsung LED 3D TV. They just dramatically dropped the price on them. w00t!
sweet! Do you need stupid glasses to watch the 3D? Ours does and we barely use it because it gives me a headache :(
Nice. I also got a new TV for Xmas (had a bunch of family members agree to give me and the missus just cash so we could pool it all). Scored a 42" LG LED TV for $449 on a boxing week sale.
I still don't give a shit about 3D TV at home. Mostly because of the need for really expensive powered glasses. Get me one that works with cheap glasses I can keep a dozen pairs lying around easily enough, then I might start to consider it. Get it to me at 48fps and under a four-digit price and you might tempt me further.
yeah we weren't out to get a 3D, it was just an awesome boxing day deal a few years ago and the non 3Dness of the tv is excellent anyways :)
The active shutter glasses are actually down to $20 a pair now and the TV I got comes with 4 pairs, so it's a nice bonus. The 240Hz refresh is supposed to help a bit with it too. The demo was just as good as theater 3D and the price comparison wasn't too bad, so I went for it. My mindset is that this will be the last (primary) TV I buy for a long time, so I wanted to go bigger and better than I normally would. It has built in Netflix, browser, DLNA (will stream mkv!) and other apps too, so that means freeing up the PS3 to be in my office where I can actually play the damn thing. 8-p
Nice on the TV!
So roommate and I went to a pet store here (well technically a town away, but really close) and they had spiders. They had fish both fresh water and salt water fish. And some birds. Then on the way out I noticed more cages and they had bunnies and other things, mice rats, hamsters. And they had spiders. They even had the kind that I want. (well a few of the kinds that i want.) And while their price wasn't as cheap as online, there wouldn't be any shipping charge (next day) so it works out to being the same price give or take a few bucks... They also had food for cheap, and little cages. All in all really easy set ups...
7 days off. FUCK YES! 4 days till my folks come up. Which will be awesome to see them again.
You got a tarantula? OMG!! What kind? Male or female? How old? I looove tarantulas. If you need any help, lemme know. After having had spiders for 25+ yrs, I can help with a thing or two.
Gratz on the TV's guys.
Sadly not yet. BUT I do want to get one. Well I want a few, but I want to just get one to start with. And I figure I would get a B smithi or B boehmei first. The pet store had both. The smithi was like 2-3 inches, the boehmei was like 1 inch. Just a sling. Their prices were a bit more then online, however shipping would make them both about the same... I just need to figure out a way to keep them warm enough and not have to have my room hot as hell to... Well like 70-80 is their perfect temp...
I kinda want to see about getting a tote and cutting hella air holes in it and putting large heating mats on it... Then it's dark in there which they like, and warm which they need. Cuz I don't really want to have to spend that much more on power to keep my room that hot... Cuz well fuck that shit. I don't want it to be that hot...
can you get a heat lamp like for reptiles? also I think Goose will agree that we should establish a no spider pictures rule right now :lol:
I can, however they don't like the light. So it would freak them out and stress them out as well. Heating pads are also pretty much a no go as well since they cause the soil to heat up, and if the spider burrows into the ground it should be cooler not warmer. Which is why I'm thinking the tote idea might be a good idea. I saw a video of a guy with a out door lawn shed in his place (like the small plastic kinds) and he had a huge heater and a few air vents with fans. To keep them both warm and with good air flow.
Wait so Mike gets to post all his creepy crawlies but I don't :'( That's some bullshit right there. :P Look up this spider "gooty sapphire ornamental tree spider" that one is really pretty. All Blue, with some white colors as well. Really really pretty. The B smithi and B boehmei are also cool looking. Green bottle blue is another pretty one. Like I didn't know tarantulas could be that colorful or that pretty.
NO
my old hairdresser kept tarantulas and once I went to her house to get my hair cut, she asked it I wanted to see her new spider because it's so pretty, me: um no I freaking hate spiders, her: oh, don't look at that box on the table like 3 feet from where you're sitting then :lol:
seriously I know they can be pretty and I know they are not dangerous and they're more afraid of me than I am of them but I just plain don't like them at all
oh and I think we forbid Mike from posting any more creepy crawlie pictures
Sigh. Party pooper. But ya. I understand people don't like them... I think they are cool as shit. And some are pretty dangerous. Like they won't kill you if they bite you. but some have inch long fangs and just the fangs can mess you up. Never mind the venom... Like some will cause muscle spasms for hours on end... I'm not buying those kinds... Or at lest not for a long while... I don't really care if I can hold them or not. Just want to look at them. And watch them feed... And No worries I won't post pics. The last thing I need is for you to come down south just to kick my ass... :P
Oh shoot, I can help you out a lot. Tomasa was a Chilean Rosehair (aka Chilean Red) and loved to burrow. I've also had several arboreal ones which are far more demanding in terms of temp and humidity, but it's good to start with the easy care ones first.
Firstly, you need a decent sized tank so they can burrow, or at least something for them to crawl into. Lachesis had a box that she preferred to use, but Tomasa had a 10 inch long burrow that was maybe 4-5inches deep. I used regular potting soil with a little peat moss tossed in to help stay moist. Those little tiny totes are terrible for anything other than bringing them home. A 5 gal is big enough for a small spider, but you might want to think of getting a 10 gal for an adult.
Second, heat rocks are the way to go. That way they can snuggle if they are cold, or leave it when they are warm enough. I had 2 in Tomasa's 55gal tank (Yes, 55gal. After Lachesis passed away, I spoiled my little girl rotten :) ) One next to her burrow entrance and one at the other end. I never had my room warmer than 65f and that was just to keep the mold at bay during the winters. If you think they are getting too cold, like the night my heater broke, just put a towel or blanket over the top of the tank to keep the cold air out. (I borrowed my sisters hair dryer to warm the tank up, put a blanket over it and voila! Toasty warm tarantula.)
Keep a plant mister handy for misting the tank regularly. Spritzing the heat rock helps with the humidity. They need more humidity than the books tend to tell you, especially when they are moulting. And trust me, moulting is VERY hard on them so any little thing you can do to assist helps them tremendously.
Get the larger one. The red-leg. Spiderlings are really hard to care for when you're a novice. They get out easily and are very, very susceptible to toxins. Like cigarette smoke. Pot smoke. Air fresheners. Carpet cleaners. Pest sprays. Cologne. Never, ever use chemicals to clean their tanks or anything near them. Always use organic. Vinegar and water is safe. with baking soda. Tarantulas have very simple lungs that don't filter toxins well, so even grown spiders need to be protected from anything potentially harmful.
That's the basic stuff I can think of off the top of my head. I've had 8 different spiders of various ages/species over the past 25 years. Had my Tomasa for 20 years. Her last moult didn't go well and she passed a month afterwards or I'd still have her.
Yeah, don't post pics. I nearly gave the poor Goose a heart attack when I posted Tomasa hanging on her tank lid. I still feel bad for that.
Oh! Check out the Martinique Tree Spider. They are a gorgeous teal when they are spiderlings, then they turn amethyst and ruby when they mature.
Please feel free to post pics, but just do it by link with a warning for the squeemish/arachnophobic. Imgur is a pretty good image host if you need one.
Dee thanks. Never thought about heat rocks. (didn't really know about them I guess.) And ya, I have been watching a lot of youtube vids on how to care for T's. Like the humidity and what not. They said to get a plant mister. (I might when I get a lot of spiders or when they need a huge tank... Until then I will just use a little spray bottle...
Goose no worries. I will make sure to put warning on the pics. And I do in fact need a new host, I think I had photobucket. But I lost that shit ages ago. (like password and username. And I didn't care about it enough to get it back.)
My folks are here WOOO! Haven't seen them since last July.
Gona head up north to see my aunt and uncle (dad's sister and brother in law.) They live pretty far north of Seattle. A bit north of the half way point from Seattle to Canada land. Should be fun to see them...
Saw my Uncle and Aunts place. REALLY nice house. And their view of the bay was amazing. We could see one of the ferries land. And other random boats as well. We drove around the island they live on. (It's not really that islandy... Like it's just a bridge to get to it. Not boat/plane only...) They even have a really nice couch for me when I move out of this place. Which I plan on...
My dad gave me cab fair which kinda cracks me up a bit. (not so much cuz he doesn't want me walking, but cuz there is crazy people... ) My mom has allergies to cats (and dogs well long hair ones, short hair dogs don't bother her much.) But both noticed and complained (nicely) about the smell. But my mom was a lot more vocal about it to my roommate about cleaning and shit. It was awesome. My dad also commented about me getting a new place on my own/new roommate. (AKA one with out the cats) I talked to my other Seattle friend about helping me move and he said he was willing. And since everything I have will fit in to a Uhaul really easy I just asked him. My dad said he would be willing to help me move with his truck. So that is sahweet.
I had a great time with them. Gona be sad they are leaving tomorrow. BUT oh well.... I really did miss them though. (And not just all the free dinners they provided...)
Also one of my friends said she would resticker my 7x7 for me. (I really was planning on just buying a new one to break in and then change the stickers slowly) She will be done tomorrow night. Which is SUPER SAHWEEEEEEET!
Also my resume should be done tomorrow so I can get that back and change/fix what I need to on it. So I can start applying for better jobs. (REALLY hoping Amazon Warehouse hires me. Like that would make my fucking year. More pay and more work. Like right now my job is fucking cake walk easy, but boring, and while I make enough to live on... It's not that much more... And the work is boring... I really don't mind working hard and being busy all the time since it makes time go by soooo much faster...)
So got my resume back today. Not that big of a deal to me. I want to get a new job soon, BUT I don't mind waiting a bit for my friend...
I also bought new stickers for a lot of my cubes (2x2,3x3,5x5, and 7x7.) I did all the restickering my self but not the 7x7. My friend did that for me. (I could have, but she did it with out tweezers and she has tiny hands... SO way better at it then me.) And it looks great! The colors are way better (I got a different set of colors. Like the same but they are all brighter) So as payment I bought her dinner tonight. (not as a date or anything.) But I had a blast, I really can't wait to start solving it again. I want to be getting sub 6 by the end of the year...
wifey got me this shirt for the Hallmark holiday! 8-)
(http://t-shirtmagazineonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/BeardT-Shirtsm-290x290.jpg)
lol nice shirt.
p.s. you might like this, r00:
http://instagram.com/p/VxiFrwve8u/
:)
haha love it! Thanks!
What is it with pics of Aoki jumping? lulz. Is he as nice and genuine a guy as he comes across as to us punters?
he is. very nice person every time i see him. everyone in that group photo is actually. genuine nice people :)
the aoki jump is pretty much like diplo's "express yourself" or... planking. internet thing.
but he basically just takes shots of himself jumping in every city he visits.
cool. That guy has a dream job. I can't believe how much he tours!
My woo-hoo of the day is that my new PC parts arrive tomorrow. I decided it was upgrade time again. Inflation is definitely a bitch because in the past, I could get the same level of performance parts for less than a grand, but this time around it was $1300, and that's without any optical drives (I already got a blu-ray burner for xmas that I'm going to put in it).
The list:
CPU - Intel Core i5-3570K Ivy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core
mobo - ASUS P8Z77-V LX LGA 1155 Intel Z77
RAM - CORSAIR Vengeance 16GB (2 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
GPU - GIGABYTE GeForce GTX 660 Ti 2GB (overclocked)
PSU - CORSAIR Enthusiast Series TX750M 750W (semi-modular)
SSD - SAMSUNG 840 Pro Series 128GB
HDD - Seagate Barracuda 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s
case - Antec Nine Hundred Two V3
I even took off work tomorrow so I can spend all day building it. *rubs hands*
finally got some really good news we've been waiting a long time for! will elaborate SOON
Also I finally got a new phone today, woo!
So wait. The really good news is that old trank soon or new trank soon?
Hmm I guess new :lol:
SOON
Tax man called motherfucking woooooo got my return aka Newegg is about to get richer
I have a freiend that works for Amazon. A while ago when roommate was looking for a job friend commented that if he finds something on amazon to let him know so he can put in a referal. So I asked about amazon fresh and normal amazon warehouse he said he can and would put in a referal for me. Which he did today. I got an email from amazon a bit ago. About it being put in by my friend. And since I have all the for realzies reqs. And quite a few of the extra. (about the only one I don't have is a bachelor degree. But since I have worked with foods before at wm for 6 years. I'm hoping they look at that more then anything. Uh I'm trying to get into amazonfresh. I really hope I get an interview. (like I want this job super fucking bad. However I'm trying to not get my hopes up... ) cuz I know this job would pay a lot more and I would be able to have my own place ( and not live solely on bottom ramen. Top ramen being something to splurge on...)
Wish me luck on this. I really need it. And I really need the change.
Also got my tax return wooo. I haven't sent Newegg their money yet. But soon
Luna - Is it soon yet?!
Aaron - Good fucking luck, dude! And I mean that in an emphatic way, not a sarcastic one! Being able to have your own place would be pretty awesome. Granted, I have never actually rented ALONE, but there's definitely a large difference between having housemates and renting a place with a partner, and dear gods, was it nice NOT to have housemates. I had to rebuild some friendships after my first apartment. Fingers are crossed for you; keep us updated!
As for my own little bit of WOOHOO!, ye gods, so much to say because I've been gone so long again, but the short version is I'm in a healthy relationship this time and the big day is 31/10/13 :rock:
It's funny, too. I remember a guy once, new at the time I think--and I forget who, so hopefully if he's still around I won't embarrass him by referencing this--coming to the board and asking how you know it's real love, or time to get married, or something of a is-this-this-serious? kind of nature. As one would expect, the answers that flooded in were pretty much along the lines of, "You'll know when it happens, and if you have to ask, you're not there yet." That came bouncing back to me when we were talking about getting a place together after a few months, and I smiled, because for the first time, I really understood that.
I've been proposed to twice in my life now. The first one I accepted simply because I was afraid to say no; I didn't *want* to marry him, but I didn't want to break up right then, either, and at the time, it seemed like saying no was tantamount to saying I wanted to end the relationship. That's a terrible reason to say yes to a marriage proposal by the way, you know, in case anyone ELSE apparently needs to be told that. When Brian proposed late last August, I almost couldn't speak, but I definitely said yes because I so absolutely want to spend the rest of my life with him (also note that in my pocket at the time was a ring I'd bought for him while I was away at Pennsic). I am absolutely thrilled about this prospect and am not just bubbling about planning a wedding because of how easy it is to get carried away planning a wedding; I am actually excited that we are planning OUR wedding. It's so fucking different and it's amazing and I love it. And, for that matter, it's a real, concrete thing. We've set a date. This isn't just something to occupy my mind and try to convince myself I'm happy. I fucking am. SO fucking happy. :rock:
Halloween wedding!
Halloween rennie wedding!
WHAT IS YOUR NEWS, LUNAAAAAA?!
Thanks. And ya I either need my own place or a roommate that is way cleaner and cares for his cats a lot more. (i really don't get how he loves them soooo much but doesn't give a shit about their water dish or litter box ect.) I will be looking at studio apartments more but if I can make a bit more ( like for as long as I have been at wm I make shit wages. I really don't get how people support their family on it.) And its a very reasonable bit more. I should be able to have my own place.
And congrats on the wedding. Since its halloween. Will you be dressed as the groom and him the bride? :-P
Oh shit forgot to add. I got new headphones. Shure se 315 they are the same model as my old ones just new... They are shaped very different and are odd fitting for that. But they are flat on my head instead of sticking out a lot. Nice sleak and sexy. My old ones lasted my 4 years of constant abuse. So I'm hope these last as long...
Quote from: Aaron on March 19, 2013, 12:29:38 AM
Wish me luck on this. I really need it. And I really need the change.
The workmate of mine that sat right next to me just started his new job at Amazon Seattle (cloud network team) a few weeks ago and he loves it. Good luck dude! I hope you get it!
Ugh. I'm sure you remember my cat problems from my first apartment. I SO empathize. Some people should just not be allowed to have pets.
Quote from: Aaron on March 19, 2013, 11:35:58 PM
And congrats on the wedding. Since its halloween. Will you be dressed as the groom and him the bride? :-P
:lol: Good thing I learned long ago not to drink and browse here. I'm not entirely sure what I'm wearing yet; I'm leaning toward a lavender 14
th century gothic fitted dress (long story short: form fitting with cleavage to spare, and none of the inhibiting under things) or something like this (http://www.milanoo.com/Vintage-Ball-Gown-Strapless-Sweetheart-Applique-Beading-Satin-Organza-Prom-Dress-p22444.html) only, again, in lavender.
He's wearing a kilt. :wub:
4 years is a pretty good life for a headset... Wired or no?
:lol:
Good seeing you around the parts again Nayl! Uber-'grats on the wedding too!
My WOOHOO!:
I might have a job soon. The lumber store I applied to never called back, but the local bakery (under a ten minute drive) is hiring and things are looking hopeful. If worst comes to worse, a friend in-town offered me a position as a kitchen-bitch at Roy Rogers', so I've got that safety net if the bakery deal falls through.
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on March 19, 2013, 08:41:57 PM
WHAT IS YOUR NEWS, LUNAAAAAA?!
Ok but this must absolutely not be mentioned on fb as we haven't told anyone yet but the news originally was that there's a new little PIer on the way....but we just found out on Monday that it's actually two :o
Have we completely lost our minds? I think so (that's what happens when you get old :lol:)
Whoa, now that is awesome! Congratulations!
Quote from: luna on March 21, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Ok but this must absolutely not be mentioned on fb as we haven't told anyone yet but the news originally was that there's a new little PIer on the way....but we just found out on Monday that it's actually two :o
Have we completely lost our minds? I think so (that's what happens when you get old :lol:)
Congrats. Great news. :)
Quote from: luna on March 21, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Ok but this must absolutely not be mentioned on fb as we haven't told anyone yet but the news originally was that there's a new little PIer on the way....but we just found out on Monday that it's actually two :o
Have we completely lost our minds? I think so (that's what happens when you get old :lol:)
:-X Totally not saying anything on fb!
Holy crap! Congratulations! ^-^ If I may ask, had you guys been trying, or were they a surprise?
Thanks guys :)
We'd been trying for over a year, the twins are the results of fertility drugs. Be careful what you wish for! :lol:
Congrats! And good luck. Two will be a handful!
Even if they worked a little too well, I'm glad you guys found something that works! The upside to twins is that, as much as they may hate each other sometimes, they'll never be an only child. The first 5 years of my life I was, and I probably spent the next 5 adjusting to the change after my brother was born.
Quote from: luna on March 21, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Ok but this must absolutely not be mentioned on fb as we haven't told anyone yet but the news originally was that there's a new little PIer on the way....but we just found out on Monday that it's actually two :o
Have we completely lost our minds? I think so (that's what happens when you get old :lol:)
WOAH!!!! Congrats! PI's first twins!
Quote from: luna on March 21, 2013, 05:04:08 PM
Ok but this must absolutely not be mentioned on fb as we haven't told anyone yet but the news originally was that there's a new little PIer on the way....but we just found out on Monday that it's actually two :o
Have we completely lost our minds? I think so (that's what happens when you get old :lol:)
wow, congrats!!!!!!!!
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on March 22, 2013, 04:27:55 AM
Even if they worked a little too well, I'm glad you guys found something that works! The upside to twins is that, as much as they may hate each other sometimes, they'll never be an only child. The first 5 years of my life I was, and I probably spent the next 5 adjusting to the change after my brother was born.
I totally agree :) my brother is 6 years older than me so I felt like an only child most of the time
Hooray for babies!
A year is a long time, but I do know people that have had to try for much longer than that! I sincerely hope your pregnancy goes smoothly. Both of mine were horrendous and I wouldn't wish them on my worst enemy. They were so worth it though, my babies are the the two best things that have ever happened to me and I can't even remember my life before them.
/mushy mom
^-^
When they are old enough I will teach them how to solve a Rubiks cube. It will be awesome!
Next week I will be getting news. I really really really hope its good news.
Dude, you would not believe the number of cubes I am seeing at the junior high level right now. The resurgence is insane. It's nice to see them doing something somewhat productive with their time off task for once; they care about speed, so it does, as you know, take effort and brain power.
That's fucking awesome!
Made me think of you immediately 8-)
Whoa... late on this but congrats Luna and b!
I Definitely should check in here more often :p
You should ;)
I shall!
Suuuuuuure, you say that nooooooow...
:P
In a really good mood today. Had some shit happen that will probably make the vent thread, but in a really good mood overall anyway. ^-^ Trying my hand at the short end of short fiction to submit for a contest in May... Needs to be 800 words or less; that's the hard part.
I find out news this coming week that is either gona be really good or really badish. It needs to be next week now. But it isn't.
So today at work I saw an amazing sight. A lady 40s had on nice church cloths and a necklace with 11 crosses ( I swear I was counting and not just looking at her cleavage) one had 5 on each side and then a bit bigger one in the middle then she had another necklace with a bigger cross on that one. Her son right behind her had on some metal band shirt (i swear metal bands whole point is to be unreadable...) The name was on top a huge pentagram. Like it wad the front part of the shirt. And on the back in said "HAIL SATAN MOTHER FUCKERS". It made my day. The juxtaposition of mother with a ton of crosses and son with hail Satan on his shirt...
I have an interview with a local shop in 4 hours for a part-time retail clerk. Hoping it goes well because I really need SOME kind of job. Wish me luck?
Good luck! 8-)
edit: I never know what the damn date is when I'm not at work.
So, how did it go?
Good luck! Hope it went well!
Haha, thanks guys! I'm not sure how it went because our car done freaked out on the way there.
So I missed the interview. Yay.
Oh noes! :(
New Pc ordered MOTHERFUCKING CHECK!
WOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOO
Also I pay 11 bucks a month for "Total Equipment Protection" AKA I should have a new phone hella soon. I will call tomorrow before work (roommates phone) And ask about stoping into a sprint store and getting a new phone there...
:rock:
I got a lot of what roo got. Case is different cuz they were out of the one you recommended. BUT it doesn't have lights. which makes me happy... 3 day shipping. So hopefully next week sometime.
I also got 8gb of ram since I'm cheap. and I can just buy another 8 down the road and have 16 that way. Or hell maybe buy 12gb and have a total of 24. Also emailed my friend that works at Microsoft to buy me a cheaper copy of windows. woooooo! SO while I'm still kinda pissed about the lack of phone. I DO have some good news. I am gona miss texting people though... And just the amount of time killing it did... Guh. BUT NEW PC BITCHES!
My grandma had knee surgery at the start of March. She is in her 80's. And she has emailed me a few times about it... She is fucking awesome (she is also the one that told me not to swear on facebook/watch what I say.) It always makes me happy when I hear from her. I told her about my new pc and made the comment about sending me some of my xmas money early / and advance on xmas money. They would be happy to do that. It makes my day. (I should be fine though. Ramen noodles will be eaten in bulk but I will be ok.) But she also said she was up and walking a bit more now. which is great, and my grandpa is helping her out a lot.
I wish my tech-savvy grandma would randomly email me... She's not very small-talk oriented, so communications are always very purposeful; I get a card on my birthday, I call her on hers and there's a lot of awkward silences... other than that, it's dead air. It's very sad.
That's awesome that you guys have that close of a relationship, and that she's recovering well from the surgery. Knee surgery ain't no joke at 50 (my mom had hers replaced last year) so I can only imagine it at 80+. Rock on, GrandmaFreak (haha, please do not tell her, should you choose to relate that one of your internet friends told her to rock on, that I called her GrandmaFreak :P It sounds quite rude out of context, but GrandmaAaron or Aaron's Grandma just doesn't have the same ring to it, and you didn't specify which side, so Grandma Tucker might be outright wrong)
Forgive the ramble.. I'm in that post-illness haze where I'm borderline coherent and prone to spouting off on random things. Perhaps I should quarantine myself to the random thread for a few days.
new computer!!!!!!111111
now if only i can get the software i need...
Dad's mom. So Grandma Tucker is correct... My mom's mom doesn't really email me much. Or ever really. And when she does it's a short fb message. It bugs me cuz when I would see her she would always make me out to be the bad guy for not talking to her... And ya I don't. BUT she is on FB all day playing games. She could take 5 min and write out something. Hell she even uses net speak... But ya...
MY PHONE CAME TODAY. I didn't get off work early enough to get it. And neither did roommate (He should be able to tomorrow I hope.) Also PC should be here monday. Case and guts. WOOOO. I will be able to nerd the fuck out on my days off. Can't fucking wait. Gona play games till my fucking eyes bleed and my ass has bed sores. OH YA!
Busted out my Straight Razor and didn't cut my throat or drop it on anything really important (I mean my wang). SO I'm gona keep practicing with it. Cuz there isn't nothing more bad ass then shaving with a straight razor.
MY PC IS UP AND RUNNING WOOOOMOTHAFUCKINGHOOOOO!!!!!
Minecraft PINET go!
Also battletag? Twily#1625 here. Not that I've logged in for more than about 5 minutes at a time in the last week and a half, but still.
So it looks like work is buying me a MacBook Pro i7. This could be cool. 8-)
Just to follow up we ended up having a disappearing twin but other bean is doing great and will be rocking out in no time :rock:
glad to hear the bean is doing well! 8)
Heheheh Bean.
So I know I posted before, BUT I may have a new job at work in a very different area. It's way more cush and pays better. Which are both things that make it awesome. And I won't be dealing with people for the most part. (I'll be in the back) There are two people the "boss" and the person leaving, the boss told the store manager and my asst. that she wants me to get the job. She didn't say anyone else. JUST me. Which is hella cool. She was also super duper happy that I put in for it. SO hopefully I will know more today or tomorrow cuz person leaving's last day is this Saturday. (she starts new job Monday.) I really hope I get it.
The only downsides are 1 full day off and the work two short sifts (3 hours and a 4 and a half hour shift. I will work 6-9am and then have the rest the weekend off. AND busses don't run that early (person leaving starts at 5:30) So I will be biking it. AND they haven't talked to me about it at all. Like I want it. She wants me to have it. BUT no management has said shit to me about it. And that sucks ass. Cuz I want them to do the paper work for it so I know it's happening, not just being told it will...
I got the mothafucka! Yesterday Uh Thursday I went in and one of my coworkers told me that someone from New York put in for the job. And he said that it wasn't going to happen. (and while I was trying to not get my hopes up they were a bit saddened by that.) I then got interviewed for it. (On Thursday) Then today I was working the asst. manager who interviewed me (and I think will be over me) came up shook my hand and said I got the job. SUPER fucking happy. And being happy at work to. Now that is an odd feeling.
Woohoo!
Dude, did I just miss this on FB or did you not post it there? Either way, congrats! :rock: Hope it works out to be better than the current one!
Thanks ladies.
Naylzie I didn't post there. Other then my cube times and really random shit (music videos) I don't post on there much at all. And I try to keep it swear free and it demanded swear words. Cuz I'm that fucking happy.
I might be asking for a loan from my folks, but I think I can swing new boots and the bike (and then live on potatoes for a month...) (I found different boots for cheaper, but I will want to have a "summer" "winter" pair or in the case of C@ttle Raining/waiting for the rain boots. ( http://www.danner.com/boots/cqb-gtx-8-tan.html ) Also they are just shy of half the weight of my current boots. 45oz for those ones and 80oz for the other ones.
I have done the math enough to know. I can swing new boots and bike. I also got a 10 bucks off promo code (thanks google) and free shipping, and since it's Portland Oregon it should still be really fast in getting here. And potatoes... Hella fucking potatoes... PS any way you all make potatoes let me know! (I can hasbrown them and bake them. I'm to lazy to make mashed though...)
you need a credit card
and mashed potatoes are soooo easy! I also like to cut them up in cubes and toss in olive oil and whatever herbs/spices I'm in the mood for then bake at 400 until they look done, num! I leave the peels on for pretty much everything (including mashed) because I'm lazy like that :lol:
They may be easy but I'm lazy like that.
congrats on the job, Aaron!
Thanks. Now just to get switched to the new job. My asst is being kinda dickish about moving me over there. (He was on vacation when I found out I got the job on Friday, so he didn't know I got it, or even was interviewed for it.) Saturday he got told he congrats me and said he would let me go next week (jokingly he said in a year). Nope two weeks (Hopefully, he fired 2 people so we are really short handed again/still. Even though we have been getting new management like the plague.) So I'm really hoping my new boss and the asst managers complain to the store manager enough to make him move me sooner. Cuz I don't want to have to wait anymore.
BAM new job starts this Saturday for me. 6am-9am. Three hours. Which is sweet. Cuz then I will work Monday. Off Sunday. BUT I work till 11pm on Friday... Which means I have 7 hours between shifts. AKA I will get home and shower maybe take a nap then wake up to get to work.. YAY... BUT I won't be in foods any more. My new asst manager is a cool as shit guy. And my other Jr manager won't be over me anymore. (Both are nice guys for the most part. But window lickers when it comes to bossing... ya....)
Also day one of biking. WOO.
Today was day one. I biked to work 10 miles/16.09 KM I thought that with as much as I walk my legs would be in a bit better shape then they are... They were on fucking fire like half a mile into peddling. I have never felt like such a fatty in my life. BUT after a little ways (maybe 1.5 miles) they stopped burning. I fucked around with the gears till I found one that let me peddle and not die (the whole ride is almost all flat and level, there is a few spots where I go over an overpass, and few other spots, but basically it's all flat. (Other wise I would have fucking died.) The ride was nice it was cool out, and I saw a lot of bunny rabbits. The job is really easy. Like I'm still learning everything. BUT it's not as hard as I thought it would be. Like it's pretty easy, or at lest the vendor part, I haven't had to deal with UPS or FEDEX yet. BUT I see ZERO customers, which is both a really good thing, and kinda a bad thing. (I won't be seeing as many hot chicks now :( )
Also the person that makes sure I'm doing shit right (I'm really not sure what she does, so we will leave it at that. Or at lest as far what she does while "over" me. But everyone says she is a cunt. Like the reason the person leaving is leaving is due to her (she is getting more pay to for the switch, but mostly cunty is the reason.) But eh. I shouldn't be fucking up much. It's pretty easy, just have to learn the process. (It's tedious more so then anything.)
There is a little stereo back there as well. I need to get an AUX cord and then I could play my own tunes. (I wouldn't be playing much other then instrumental music. Which I have a good amount of...) And other then Jazz and RnB I have a good amount of other stuff. And stuff that I know doesn't swear...
Sorry for how long this is. But I'm happy I got a new job. And the better pay. The bike ride will be fun once I don't feel like I'm dying, (it wasn't that bad, just kinda a jumping into the deep end...)
So I got an official job offer from the company I'm temping at. May 29th is my first day and I get an extra $1.50/hr. Not that I would ever tell them this, but honestly the job I have is so ridiculously easy (not to mention mind-numbingly boring) I feel I'm already being overpaid for it.
The bike ride in has already made my legs look less fatty and I can see the muscles. And that's less then a week into it. (and feel the one muscle that burns also is starting to show. Woo.)
Work is going good, I like it. There is a SUPER busy period, and then a very lax period as well. I'm gettting it down pretty well. Somethings I'm still not 100% sure on. A few things I haven't learned yet... But I'm liking it.
Going to bed early is still killing me. Going to bed early is still killing me. However I helped a friend move last night and didn't get much sleep, so tonight I should be able to pass right the fuck out early.
My old gaming headset gave up the ghost over the weekend, so I picked this wireless headset (http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Logitech---G930-Wireless-Gaming-Headset/1388362.p?id=1218255234461&skuId=1388362) up yesterday and absolutely love them.
They wanted $159 for them, but in the art of thrift, I walked away only paying $36. I had various reward points, a $25 gift card, a rebate Amex card from Asus, and a price match for $105 from amazon. 8-)
(It is good to see Best Buy will pricematch amazon.com now. I will be using that discovery much more often!)
NICE, dude! That's the exact pair I own. I paid a lot more for mine ($89.99 during last year's Black Friday sale on NewEgg should memory serve), but I have no real complaints -- I think they were worth every penny. The sound quality is goddamn amazing.
http://www.factmag.com/2013/05/28/nine-inch-nails-to-release-new-album-this-year/
job interview on Monday. omg I desperately need a job, especially since EI decided to fuck me over and cut off my payments while they investigate my claim ::)
That probably means your former employer denied it. >8|
Good luck with the interview!
Thanks :)
it s because I quit a part time job because I had to do a 4 week full time practicum to finish the program I was doing. Apparently they would rather me keep working at the low paying part time job forever ::)
How went the interview?
I think I'm finally getting used to going to bed at around 8-9pm. YAY! Granted I'm sure the bike ride to work helps with the tired aspect as well. And waking up pre ass crack of dawn.
A couple of coworkers has said I am looking thinner. (Or at lest asked if I was loosing weight.) I don't really see it, but I know my legs are in far better shape, and have less fat on them...
They said I would hear back by Monday. Omg if I don't get it I will be so sad. No one has called back from all the applications I put in :( I broke down today and applied for a job I know i can get processing pet insurance claims even though it's only full time and way more driving than I want to do.
I was recently contacted via my old CIO at a previous employer about needing network engineers at the company he is CIO for now. They do satellite imaging for Google and the U.S. government. I turned it down because it needs Top Secret clearance and I don't feel like voluntarily handing our bullshit government a stack full of information on me, my past, and anything I have ever been associated with (including online).
(the reason this is on the WOOHOO thread is because at least it was a cool job opportunity. 8-p )
That's both hella cool and creepy... What would you be looking at that needs Top Secret clearance? (Wait, will you have to kill me if you tell me? :-[ *Gulp face*)
Work is going really well. I kinda want to go into work now... (I'm pretty sure hell has frozen over.) I've gotten used to going to bed early. And on my day off I wake up way before my alarm and panic a bit then remember day off and go right back to sleep. (I sleep in till 5:30am) I have a week's worth of Vacation time left I need to take I will more then likely just do one day off at a time for shows. I will need to clear it by my boss. Really I wouldn't mind them just paying me out for it...
The one day off a week thing is still shit. But I take a nap on the days I get off early. So I guess it balances out... But whatever.
Hung out with one of my fiends that lives up here. We went to a Turkish place. I haven't ever had Turkish food before. I had Lamb which I have had before but not cooked on a kebab. It was good food. My friend ordered a sample plate thing, and I tried some of the stuff on it. I also ordered a plate of Hummus. Which was amazing. It fucking shit on store bought tub Hummus. (Which saddened me cuz I liked it and thought it was good. But it's horrible in comparison.)
Also went to the Pet store that was close buy (the one that when I do buy my spider/snake (I want a snake now to) I will go there for it) They had a spider in a tank that wasn't labeled. It was big to like 5-6 inches. It bugged me that I didn't know what it was. Just googled my first thought of what it was was right. I'm the fucking man. (chaco golden knee you can google if you want. I think it's really cool. Kinda plan colored but pretty. No blues or anything, just golden strips at it's leg segments and strips running down some of the leg segments.) They also had some snakes to. One that was bigger, and pretty and some smaller snakes that had crazy cool colors. (those were way more money.)
And my knees don't hurt anymore. Or at lest as bad. like they are a bit sore. BUT after bitching about it on here. BAM they don't hurt much anymore. just sore after the ride which I expect so no big deal.
I get two days off two weeks in a row. WHICH IS GONA FUCKING RULE! my time off to see some shows (I took the day after off so I should stay up later and not die going into work early.) got approved.
And now that I have Sunday off to do stuff with my friend (he gets weekends off) I will do more stuff in general. Like trying new foods (I hate eating alone at places.) and he is willing to try new things to so it's all good.
Woo I got a job!
yay! <#
grats!!
Congrats! when do you start? are you still going to be an animal nurse?
First day is tomorrow :) I did a course to work at a human lab, mainly taking blood and doing ecgs but also I am certified to do specimen handling which is what this job is. Seriously all I have to do is receive and unpack/sort incoming samples at the main testing lab and it pays $20/hr! I wasn't a registered vet tech and it has become basically impossible to find work lately without my certification which I wasn't going to waste a ton of money doing just to get shitty pay and be treated like crap by various employers.
All in all, the new living arrangement is working out well. Still getting used to having a roommate, but basically he has the upstairs and I have the downstairs, so we only really have to share a kitchen, and we both cook enough that we exchange bomb-ass food all the time so it works out pretty evenly. Also, our girlfriends have become friends, which is a plus.
That's sweet! Cooking together/sharing food is one thing I really miss about my old roommate. (he was a better cook but we would go halfs in on food and make some food.)
I have a show to go to tonight. Should be a great time. Tomorrow I go to the clinic. I have been reading yelp reviews, and unless I travel way north. Like and hour or two by bus I won't be able to go to a better rated clinic... Which is one of the good/bad things about Yelp. It's both awesome and shit all at once... (I use it a lot.)
One of my friends is moving here from Pendleton he will be couch crashing for a week or three here. I trust him. He is also enough of an asshole to tell roommate about why he is failing at life. Like having his mom clean his toilet cuz it's so nasty... (I even took pics, just to show my coworkers so they don't think I'm insane...)
I got my bike tuned up and it's so smooth right now. Also got a new caliper on the front (the disk break) so it stops hella fast now. It's a fucking tank of a bike. If I replaced the front crank and both derailleurs it would be a pretty good bike. However I don't think its worth it...
Also while I'm making this even more tl;dr my hair is now so long I have to keep it in a ponytail. Only I don't pull it all the way through so it's a loop. Its hella long.
I'm feeling better. And today I made a new best time for commuting to work. 45 minutes. However, I have chaffing. And it fucking hurts. A lot. But, I'm back to riding to work again, which I have missed, it's my zen time. I turn my brain off and I don't think, I just peddle...
My friend is awesome. However fucker drank all my beer I bought yesterday. (I bought a six pack, drank one, gave him one, and now there is no beer. GRRR. There isn't even the cheap shit he buys in there. (OE800, or PBR)
I see The Melvins this Saturday. Woo.
Holy shit. The ancient-ass guitar, keyboard and amp I own purportedly go for $150, $200 and $100 respectively. I'm kind of tempted to sell them since I don't.. really... ever use them.
They're an Epiphone Les Paul Special II mint, a Casio WK-3300 keyboard and a Kustom KBA10X amplifier.
Well, if anyone has any interest in any of the above, I'll be glad to pass them off to friends.
I floated in an Isolation tank today. It was amazing.
It took me awhile to stop moving around in the water, I would bump the sides a bit, I felt like I was bending my torso a lot even though I wasn't. after I stopped moving and got still. I started to hear music like from inside my head. which was odd. I then would think about it and it would stop. So I keep returning to my breathing. (Buddhist meditation focuses on the breath. Like the feeling of it going in and out. I have been doing that off and on for a few years now.) BUT I found that doing that made my brain a bit to sharp? So I just tried to think about what I was seeing (Fucking nothing. Nothing at all. ZERO light.) So then I could hear the music again, and then I could start to see stuff at first very basic shapes and a few colors (I remember a square rolling around.) This lasted a long while or maybe a few minutes. (Time is fucking gone while in the tank. It could have been 3 minutes to stop moving around in the tank or 15 minutes. I really truly don't know.) Then I think I feel asleep for a little bit, I had a very very very vivid dream. woke up in kinda a panic, (they play music to let you know when your time is up.) I thought I had gone past it, but they hadn't my time wasn't up. I woke up sat up a bit and looked around and I saw a whole bunch of shit. I saw an orange light like a lazer beam, I saw aluminum foil that had been crumpled up and was emitting light SUPER bright light! Then I calmed back down, went back to my position (laying flat with my arms up and my hands by my face.) and then I started to hear my music again, and float for awhile more. Then their music started playing and I was kinda happy it was over, they have a switch in the tank to turn on a light and a heater in the tank. I turned the light on got out ringed my hair out (it's long now. Very long) and scraped as much of the water off as I could. Took a shower shampoo'd my hair and body washed my self to get rid of the salt (there is 800lbs 362kl of Epson Salt in the water, which is 93.5F aka skin temp. So you feel nothing while in the tank.)
It was pretty cheap (first float is cheaper then it is more for the next time.) and I had an amazing time. It was the most I have every felt while sober. (while on drugs might be a different story...) But it was an amazing time, I can't wait to go back... And I will be going back. It's easy to get there and get home and not really to much money.
Well, this definitely belongs in this thread.
I'm getting married!
Congrats! When is the day?
Also I guess that is where you have been...
congrats tim!
Thanks! May/June next year, Aaron. tbh, I think I haven't been good at posting here for a while so I'm not sure I can use it as an excuse, although I'm now one of those phantom lurkers who does check PI every so often without posting.
Tim that's AWESOME! Congratulations bro!
Quote from: tim on September 10, 2013, 03:54:50 PM
Well, this definitely belongs in this thread.
I'm getting married!
congrats Tim!
You realize, don't you Tim, that I'm going to have to chide you for being so bourgeois. :P
(Seriously, yay commitment!)
I'm getting a new bike. For realzies, I'm getting a new bike! I'm fucking ecstatic. I have it on layaway right now. I'm just waiting for my loan from Bank Of Dad (c) to come in. And then I will have my new bike.
It's a Trek Crossrip Comp 2014 model. I have a 58 on layaway right now. I even got to test ride one, a 56 model (it fit well enough, but I want a bit bigger so my seat isn't above my bars. Which is more of a race position. (56, and 58 being the size of it.) But it's nice, it's super light compared to my wm bike. I will have to get used to the drop bars, but mine shifted fine, and breaked well enough. I can't fucking wait.
http://www.trekbikes.com/us/en/bikes/road/cyclocross/crossrip/crossrip_comp/#/us/en/model/details?url=us/en/bikes/road/cyclocross/crossrip/crossrip_comp
And since I started this I have gone down a pant size. And in general lost weight from it. My legs look way better then they did, like I have muscles and tone now, not just slabs... My face is smaller, like my cheeks are smaller, and my chin less doubley. Also I'm in a lot better shape when I do have to walk, like I'm breathing normal, not hard when I'm walking up hills... My goal was just to be sub 300 pounds... And maybe not stop there...? I don't know yet. I want to be less... that's for sure. I'm not sure how much less I want/can be though.
I got my bike today. It's pure fucking sexyawesomeness. Yep. I said it. I road home on it. It is a lot faster then my other bike... Granted I'd say it weighs like half as much... Or at lest it's a hell of a lot lighter... It's so fucking awesome. I'm SUPER happy to have it. I'm going for a long ride tomorrow. The Green river trail which is what I ride to work on, goes a lot further. Like 20 miles. I might do that, I don't know that I will go the full way, but some of it. I might go into the Trek store and buy Fenders and new tubes (it has a different valve then the other tires I have. they are also smaller. 700x32 I bought 700x38 for my other bike, same with the tubes. So they are to big.)
Nice, Aaron! That's a pretty sweet ride! Great to hear you're feeling better & healthier too.
Thanks. I'm still walking out to the living room just to look at it. (I keep it in side, cuz it's my baby.) I got fenders on it yesterday (I had to ride through a down pour to get there though.) But ya, it's awesome. And I can go so much faster with the same effort. It makes me really want to go riding now. I hope next Sunday is less rainy just so I can be gone most the day, on the Trail.
Also it was pouring rain here and with out the fenders my feet got soaked, and my legs were super dirty. (socks to.) BUT I had a fucking blast. I need gloves my hands were painfully cold at times. But we have fishing gloves at work that I'm gona get a pair of. (water proof is what I need.) I also am falling in love with the drop bars. I'm still getting used to them just leaning out more. BUT I like them. And the fact that I have two break leavers is great (one on the straight part and then the shifting bars as well.) It's a smooth ride, thought my old bike had really shitty shocks (a good pair can be 1000+) but I find that I do sorta miss them at times. Today will be my first ride to work on the bike.
I'm also really glade I had the wm bike and didn't just start with that bike. I wouldn't know how good it is, and how much better it is in a lot of ways. (shifting is better, the ride, it's a lot lighter.)
So there is two people for my job, my boss (not on paper, but in every other way she is my boss) she is on vacation. Thus there is just me. A week or so ago I was told that I wouldn't need to get overtime and stuff. (Not cuz I would have to get it all done, just I would have that much help. Which was bs. I get my lunch covered, which is cool. and I have stayed an hour late every day. BUT today is my short day, 4 hours long, I asked yesterday, I get to stay a late and keep my overtime. AKA my check is gona be fat! WOO.
Also I just got a raise from being there another year, and it was retroactive so my whole pay period was paid at the new amount instead of like 1 day of it... (the 20th was the last day and that was my anniversary.) AKA extra fat check as well. Woohoo.
It sucks being by my self, but so far it hasn't been bad. I have had help with the apple shit and phones (I have to write down all the SN for all the apple shit, and any phone over 100 bucks.) And I haven't gotten that much freight in. However today is always a heavy day for us. (for whatever reason.) At lest vendor wise it will be smooth and fast.
Also I made it to work in 33 minutes yesterday, best time by 4 minutes.
My roommate is moving out. He leaves Sunday. I'm a little sad to see him go. (he is a really nice guy.) BUT at the same time, I can't fucking wait till he GTFOs Cuz I fucking hate living with him most of the time. He is just loading up his van with all the stuff he can take and then will come back up later to get all the big stuff. But ya, Soon this place will be all mine.
He is cleaning the hall before he goes so I can invite people over and my folks will come visit me again. WOOOO
And I can walk around neekked :ph34r:
He has left. I have spent pretty much the time that the door closed cleaning. His bathroom looks a ton better (it's still not great.) and the living room is now cleaner. There is still a lot more work to be done before I have cleaned him out of the place. BUT it's cleaner now. It will take me a few weeks to really get it all cleaned up. (I won't be doing to much on my work days.) But I will be cleaning it for a while to get it really clean. (He cleaned the hall, but there is a few stains in the living room I want to try to clean up... )
Either way I can now walk around neeked. WOOO
your entire roommate experience makes me so glad I never had to do the roommate thing!
Ha. The first person I moved in with (and other roommate were way way way way better.) However ya, it has made me want my own place. I'm hoping to get a new job soon (they should posting openings soon.) But ya, I want my own place from the start...
If I do get a roommate again it sure as fuck won't be him. And they will be cleaner then me. (and if they have pets, take really good care of them.)
I do believe that I forgot to mention in May that I became an uncle. My new nephew Lincoln appears to be a very serious baby; I've nicknamed him "President Baby" because he always looks like one of his baby advisers has just informed him that some baby-terrorist has just flown a plane into the baby-world trade center.
:lol:
A couple of pics of President Baby...
Serious baby :lol:
Our little man arrived very suddenly yesterday morning! I'll post a pic when I can get on my laptop :)
Congrats again Luna and B! Hope you all are doing well! What do your puppy and kitty think of him?
I got my fucking huge crock pot yesterday. (I almost think it might be to big, but I will just have more left overs.) I'm going to cook up a large amount of beans today when I get home from work. (black beans) I'm soaking them for just under 24 hours. Or pretty close to it at lest... I also will make a roast at some point when I buy the meat and veg... (the beans will be meat onion garlic, tomatoes... And I will wonder the food section at work and see what else to add to it.)
I also might be raping my brain today... (In a good way.)
We've been stuck at the hospital for three days! :( hopefully going home today, the pets are not going to be impressed :lol:
Damn, hope they unstuck you soon. And once he starts dropping food I'm sure they will be happy with him.
Whoa! Congrats Luna! :rock:
first time i ever used that emoticon in conjunction with a birth announcement
in other news... things are weird but a good weird i think... unless i'm just being weird.
also going to van in two days for two weeks... which i probably wouldn't have booked if my mindframe was where it is now where it was then...
interesting developments...
:lol:
Still here but had the best nurse ever today she actually helped us, what a concept! She said she might get us released today but it's already 7pm so we'll stay one more night just to get things sorted. He is a tiny guy and lost too much weight the first two days.
How big is he? and how much did he loose?
And at that point don't they just eat all the time? (no really, I have no idea how that shit works...)
He was 5 lbs 7 oz, it's normal for them to lose some weight in the first few days but he went down to 4lbs 13.5 oz which I guess is a lot of difference for such a little guy. He was a little earlier than expected so he likes to just sleep instead if eating but we're doing better, I think we're almost back over 5 lbs :)
Damn, that is a little guy. But good he is eating again. Almost back to his weight.
Woo! Awesome!
oh hi
Awwww! ???
In other news... weird things afoot. Might be good. Might not. Let's see how I deal with this....
Quote from: chimera on September 18, 2013, 04:17:10 PM
You realize, don't you Tim, that I'm going to have to chide you for being so bourgeois. :P
(Seriously, yay commitment!)
I was expecting a lot more people to chide me for that than actually have done...
When she announced the engagement to some of her friends that hadn't met me yet, one of them told her it was the most conventional thing she'd ever done. She told him he might revise his opinion after he met me.
Late reply due to being at my usual haunt, doing exciting things, with my fiancee!
Oh and thank you to everyone else for congrats!
Mrs Tim is not a NIN fan and refers to NIN as "Eleven Inch Nails" to annoy me. She is resisting re-education so far.
EIN doesn't shorten very well. But I think I like her more already. And Congrats on doing exciting things!
I have a waterproof jacket I bought years ago (like 3 or 5... It's old.) ANYHOO When I first moved up here and needed it it was tight. Like tight, need to buy a bigger size jacket. Today I put it on and didn't really think about it. But it's a lot loser now. Like I can sit down and it doesn't pucker up. It just stays and doesn't move. I may not be losing weight on my scale (I have though, but it's not huge amounts. Like a few pounds ish.) BUT a jacket that was super tight before biking, is not anymore. (To the point I might be able to buy a size smaller, and then be able to get real biking clothing...)
tl:dr. I've lose some of my gut, I still have one, but it's getting smaller...
WOOOO HOOO roommate finally got a job. AKA My stress about him moving back up here is gone for good. (Granted I wasn't to worried. cuz he is super fucking lazy.) BUT WOOO HE GOT A JOB!
One of the jobs I put an app into over a month ago closed. SO I might be getting a call from them. FINGERS CROSSED. (Please, the job would pay so fucking much more it's comical...) Now I just need to keep calm about it. And not stress out any more then I already have...
AND my aunt (dad's sister, all this is my dad's side) lives up here well an hour and a half north of me. And her daughter and family live uh, up here to. (closerish.) Anyway my grandpa is having an operation here in early January. And I will be getting to see them. I am super fucking happy about this. I haven't seen them since before I moved up here (my grandpa and grandma at lest) So it will be awesome to see them again.
What job is this?
Darigold. I would be in the warehouse. Not really sure 100% what I would be doing. However that being said, I haven't gotten a call back. I'm still looking for a new job... But so far I haven't found any that aren't seasonal... And the few places I want to apply to don't have openings yet... So I'm still just looking.
Fuck yes. My power bill has gone down almost by half. it went from 96 to 55 bucks. (we pay every other month. which is super odd to me.) (And really it will be cheaper then that soonish. I have a friend crashing here and he has a space heater. And it's been cold here. So I've had my heater going as well.)
Also Columbia (the beer liquor wine soda pop pop corn chip Place) opened a job for warehouse. I put in an app last night. I'm gona see the driver I like today (they both are cool, but I always check in this guy.) And ask him to put in a good word, and see if his roommate will as well. (the other driver got the employee of the year award well it's called something else, but that's what it is.) (roommate works in the warehouse and has for a long time.)
I havent been around in a while, so belated congrats on the kid, Luna! Hope everything is still going well. 8)
Quote from: tim on November 29, 2013, 06:46:21 PM
Late reply due to being at my usual haunt, doing exciting things, with my fiancee!
!!!!!!!! CONGRATS!
Quote from: r00 on January 14, 2014, 02:31:59 PM
I havent been around in a while, so belated congrats on the kid, Luna! Hope everything is still going well. 8)
Thanks :) things are going well, he is up to 13 lbs already, you would never know he was so teeny tiny
well, i'm finally making my first documentary. pretty excited :D
belated... but yaaaaay!
I have an interview tomorrow with Nestlé (I looked up the alt code for that...) It's a part time job for their warehouse. Hopefully they can work around my wm work times. Cuz I want/need more money. And this would be great for getting more money, and warehouse experience to get higher on the hire list for coke.... (Coke is my dream goal job...) BUT I have an interview tomorrow. Super pumped.
I was told their warehouse is -40c/f aka cold as fuck. It would be for their ice cream pizza and hot pockets, (like that's at their warehouse that is.)
Quote from: TPD on May 24, 2011, 03:14:36 PM
Is there a smell i can use to forget the last 10 years of my life, and get other people to think I actually have something that's worth their while?
Quote from: Goose on May 24, 2011, 03:18:32 PM
There must be. I'm pretty sure Donald Trump is wearing it right now.
ZING!
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on May 24, 2011, 03:25:37 PM
Whaaaat? Nobody in their proper minds believes Trump's done anything worthwhile! (I almost said "right mind" but then realised that the "right" are the only ones who believe he's not a raging dildobrain)
TOLHURST'd
Christ, people talking shit about Trump (almost) 6 years ago...
We knew he was a raging dildobrain before it was cool
And shit talking him at that!
On a side note, and asking only because I'm curious, but how did I get -2 karma? Was karma even a thing on the old board?
Edit: Oh, I just noticed the applaud/smite stuff. Neat, I guess.
I think the most disappointing part about the fact that I called the goldplated buttplug in chief a "raging dildobrain" is the fact that I forgot that turn of phrase, which would've come in quite handy of late.
ETA: I wasn't gonna say anything since you found the applaud/smite buttons, but I don't know who smote you or what for, nor do I remember off hand if it's possible for you to check that.
That's not too shabby. I prefer referring to him as the Cheeto Bandito, as it goes.
Quote from: Aaron on February 07, 2017, 05:50:31 AM
Christ, people talking shit about Trump (almost) 6 years ago...
why didn't they listen to us?
Quote from: luna on February 07, 2017, 03:18:36 PM
We knew he was a raging dildobrain before it was cool
WHY DIDN'T THEY LISTEN TO US?!?
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on February 07, 2017, 09:46:38 PM
I think the most disappointing part about the fact that I called the goldplated buttplug in chief a "raging dildobrain" is the fact that I forgot that turn of phrase, which would've come in quite handy of late.
ETA: I wasn't gonna say anything since you found the applaud/smite buttons, but I don't know who smote you or what for, nor do I remember off hand if it's possible for you to check that.
well you got another 4 years to use it... or 4 months depending who you listen to.
Quote from: Dust on February 07, 2017, 05:18:16 PM
On a side note, and asking only because I'm curious, but how did I get -2 karma? Was karma even a thing on the old board?
Edit: Oh, I just noticed the applaud/smite stuff. Neat, I guess.
oh, that was totally me being a dick! :D
:lol: Oh, Teeps. You would.
Man, the fb group got too quiet without you, dude. I missed ya. I hope people keep up on shit here.
I sort of blame myself for the Facebook group being so dull. Though it's kind of hard to keep up with a regular flow of discussion when you're contending with everyone's newsfeeds. That and I would only ever post anything when I was shitfaced.
Ted: :hmm:
Why only 4 more months of Trump?
I also kinda hope this causes the electoral college to disappear... Then majority rule. Which would be nice. So the cluster fuck that is Trump can't happen again...
And didn't TPD say he was smiting Dust in a different thread? I could have sworn I read him saying he was...
I was drunk and didn't know what he was talking about. Now I'm going to log in every hour to make sure that I smite the living shit out of the little fucker.
Yay fake internet points!
hahahah
Maybe it's cuz I just woke up, but that made me laugh way more than it should have...
Quote from: Dust on February 08, 2017, 09:55:53 AM
I was drunk and didn't know what he was talking about. Now I'm going to log in every hour to make sure that I smite the living shit out of the little fucker.
Yay fake internet points!
bring it!
i wonder if a certain amount would ban me?
We're certainly going to find out, aren't we?
I mean, we COULD ask Goose, but it's probably more fun to test it :lol:
Maybe Goose could keep the ban limit crazy high. Like -60000 Just so it would be insanely hard to reach...
Oh ye of little faith...
Well, I can only smite Ted once an hour, so -60 000 would have to be a real group effort in the long run.
True, unless you MPD it up...
Where's the fun in that, though? Especially when there isn't any fresh blood joining the board anytime soon, it's not like that would become a surprise.
I'd have to make just as many fake email address to supplement all the different troll accounts too. Yuck.
Ya true, so hopefully it will take years before he gets banned... Shit maybe he will have to MPD it up...
Quote from: Dust on February 10, 2017, 03:48:42 PM
I'd have to make just as many fake email address to supplement all the different troll accounts too. Yuck.
Someone with as long and storied an MPD history as yours is unfamiliar with 5 minute email services? :o
Not that I'm suggesting socks. Just saying it'd be easier than all that. Goose, on the other hand, might set us on fire a little (a lot?) for making him deal with all the socks.
Wait, seriously? I swear on my mother's life that I've never made an MPD. I wasn't even invited into PI_NET. I've always preferred disturbing shit Face to Face (https://youtu.be/PghhSubDnYA).
nayzlie, are those like 5 min noodles?
Mmm 5 minute noodles
5 minute noodles are much tastier. 5 minute emails have their uses though. And no, I'm not secretly trolling some other board in my spare time. A little anonymity can be nice now and again though. Also I don't need another goddamn gmail address. I already have two for work and one for everything else.
I really never made an MPD, guys. :(
I do remember you had to make a new account cuz you didn't have your old login. But you were up front about that right away. Mr. Morbid (or maybe I have that backwards, you lost that account and made the Dust account?)
Zombie Jesus was an MPD. he got figured out a little while after I started at PI... I remember him, I don't remember his MPD account.
TL;DR. Starting an apprenticeship at work in a month or so to become a machinist.
In other news, (and not off topic.) I like my job for the most part, and I talked to them about starting a Tool and Die apprenticeship at/through work. (Like taking classes and learning more at work/doing hands on stuff at work.) Also Tool and die, making tools to do the jobs there. Like I work at Renton Coil Spring, and in order for us to make springs, we need tools you can't buy from a hardware store, so we make it. Dies as in metal blanks cutting those out of sheets of steel. Work was ok with it, however they don't really do much of it there. (They send out a lot of stuff for someone else to make it.) BUT they did say that I could do a machinist program. One of the people is retiring, so I'll take over for him. And have hands on learning at work, and take classes. I'll learn how to run a CNC Mill and CNC lathe, and then learn some G-code. (G-code is what the mills run on. Like the program that tells the mill to make this cut this deep, and then go over here and make this cut this deep.) I like making stuff, and that's pretty much what my job is there. After I get more training I'll know how to do more stuff, and be able to make even more things. And be more useful at work/my resume will be better to get work someplace else.
Nice!
I'm finally getting a new phone, woo
Thanks!
What kind of Phone? I still have the one I got right after my bike crash... (Uh, the major one, not the other 2 since) It's started to show it's age... And I'm looking at upgrading.
Galaxy s7, that's the exploding one right?
Long boring story we have been in a battle with our phone people for years because they didn't like our super cheap plan we had been on forever but finally managed to get two free phones after changing to a plan that only costs $50 more....we just don't get to choose the phone
Note 7s explode and you shouldn't be able to get them at this point. Samsung has done a full product recall, and existing Note 7s harass the shit out of you until you bring them back to get a phone that doesn't explode. Galaxies are good phones. Hubby and I have had various models since the s3.
Actually, thinking about it, I had the s3, he had the s4, he upgraded to the s5, I jumped straight to the s6, and now he's in an s7 and I'm not eligible for another upgrade yet, so between us we've had EVERY model since the s3.
Good ol' brand loyalty, eh? :)
I've had an iPhone 6 for about two years now, and an iPhone 4 for four years before that. I've had people try talking me into switching to Android for about as long. Maybe I will some day, but I enjoy quite a few of the apps and games that the iPhone has.
Still, I barely take care of my phone. I don't use a case or a screen protector. My half of my screen does these weird double pinstripe lines sometimes, and the outside shell has a few pretty nice dents in it. If this phone ever dies on me, I have an old Moto X sitting in a drawer somewhere that I can just start using, but I probably won't get a new phone for another couple of years.
Excuse my rambling!
Ha yeah I know they don't explode ;) I was planning to get another galaxy anyways my s3 has been going strong for 4 years now. B wanted something else but who can really complain about getting an $800 phone for "free"?
Ya, my friend had to give his phone back cuz it was a note 7. He didn't want it to get all splody... And I think they turned them all off. Like the carriers, turned them off. So you can't even use them any more... (Pretty sure. Boofu would know for sure...)
I have a LG G3. The G6 comes out in a few months, I think I'm gonna wait for it.
So. Many. Phones. :huh:
i was gonna take a pic of my phone to show you how fucked my phone is... but i was gonna use my phone to do it.
:(
That's what mirrors are for
I'm just going to assume that his mirror is broken too. Seriously, he's a hideous chut.
:hmm:
That reminds me of all the girls who would write in to me being an insensitive prick because I was using a picture of Two-Headed Chang as my profile photo on some dating site, way back when.
Good times.
Quote from: Dust on February 15, 2017, 03:52:35 PM
That reminds me of all the girls who would write in to me being an insensitive prick because I was using a picture of Two-Headed Chang as my profile photo on some dating site, way back when.
Good times.
i thought your sock puppet thing was also brilliant and wanted to do that too
The weirdest thing is that my sock puppet profile actually garnered more attention that my real profile. I mean, Two-Headed Chang was a cheap shot to that cesspool's low standards, but damn. I'm uglier than a sock puppet?
Anyway, today was a pretty great day. The studio thing went just as I hoped it would, and Chichi came home with the forms for getting premium benefits at work. Sweet!
Maybe this means that I can afford that goverment issue HAZMAT suit I've always wanted
Woooo!
That's awesome, Dust! The part about Chichi getting benes and your studio time, that is =P I can confirm you're not uglier than Tw-headed Chang AND that Teeps is not, actually, a hideous chut (though I am unsure of the meaning of that particular slang term).
I got a rush for next week, which is always a mixed blessing; on the one hand, yay extra money, but on the other, GOTTA DO IT NAO. Legit, this has to be a one-day turnaround for one of my most error-prone narrators. But that's a story for the rant thread. Rush means I'm getting more than I usually would for my time, so yay that, I guess.
I have been running a centerless grinder at work for pretty much all this month, and some of last month as well. A centerless grinder is used to make bars of metal smaller in diameter. The one that we have is very accurate, most jobs I do I have a tolerance of +/-.001 inch there are a few jobs where I have a tolerance of +/-.0005 inch. (.0254mm and .0127mm respectively) And for the record my hair is +/-.0005 inch thick. I know, cuz I've measured it a few times. I learned how to set it up, and run it last year. And then I've been running it these last two months. I've improved vastly. I'm a lot quicker, and my set up is better. I have more confidence with it.
also we use the grinder for bars of steel for NASCAR springs. You might be thinking we could just order the bar, however there is so many different sizes it's cheaper for us to just get set sizes and then grind it down our selves. They also order parts and want/need them so quickly that we wouldn't have time to order the bar and get it shipped to us.
Here is links to what it looks like. https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZaTpR0ucng4%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZaTpR0ucng4&docid=Pd071V_jTEgUoM&tbnid=T6hxp4tfOj6ObM%3A&vet=1&w=1280&h=720&bih=660&biw=1228&q=cincinnati%20milacron%20centerless%20grinders&ved=0ahUKEwjVovbDwq3SAhXCKWMKHebgDwkQMwgcKAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=720&imgrc=T6hxp4tfOj6ObM:&vet=1&w=1280 (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FZaTpR0ucng4%2Fmaxresdefault.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZaTpR0ucng4&docid=Pd071V_jTEgUoM&tbnid=T6hxp4tfOj6ObM%3A&vet=1&w=1280&h=720&bih=660&biw=1228&q=cincinnati%20milacron%20centerless%20grinders&ved=0ahUKEwjVovbDwq3SAhXCKWMKHebgDwkQMwgcKAIwAg&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=720&imgrc=T6hxp4tfOj6ObM:&vet=1&w=1280) Then since some of the bars we grind are 250inches 6.35meter we have rollers to support the bar on the way in and out of the machine.
https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gchtool.com%2Fimages%2Fgrinder-accessories-long-bar-attachment.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gchtool.com%2Flong-bar-attachment-accessories.html&docid=2ApduMHitqfz9M&tbnid=bqb6iA_PfSrnyM%3A&vet=1&w=285&h=230&bih=660&biw=1228&q=cincinnati%20milacron%20centerless%20grinders%20rollers&ved=0ahUKEwjtm6DNwq3SAhUP82MKHcxoCz4QMwglKAswCw&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=230&imgrc=bqb6iA_PfSrnyM:&vet=1&w=285 (https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gchtool.com%2Fimages%2Fgrinder-accessories-long-bar-attachment.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gchtool.com%2Flong-bar-attachment-accessories.html&docid=2ApduMHitqfz9M&tbnid=bqb6iA_PfSrnyM%3A&vet=1&w=285&h=230&bih=660&biw=1228&q=cincinnati%20milacron%20centerless%20grinders%20rollers&ved=0ahUKEwjtm6DNwq3SAhUP82MKHcxoCz4QMwglKAswCw&iact=mrc&uact=8#h=230&imgrc=bqb6iA_PfSrnyM:&vet=1&w=285)
Neat. :)
First round of studio time happens tomorrow afternoon. Wish me luck!
good luck u fuk
Good luck make us proud!
Good luck!
So I think your well wishes paid off! I don't know why I never went to a studio before!
I can't wait to go back. I think I have a good business plan set up that I can make regularly scheduled visits to fit my budget, while also ensuring that I get shit done proper.
I'm feeling pretty awesome about the idea of making music again, and taking it very seriously. :)
Edit: I'm breaking a bunch of rules here by sharing this with you, but I think it's great to show you guys the progress of my dorky song.
Crutches wrk tp.1 (https://www.dropbox.com/s/xewivmz60ek4jb7/Crutches%20wrk.tp1.mp3?dl=0)
Yeah!
PPS - The semi-decent original, for reference: crutches - (01.15.17) (https://www.dropbox.com/s/xb5d0dc19uy37pe/crutches%20%2801.15.17%29.mp3?dl=0)
PPPS - Sorry for shilling, I'm just so happy!
I just imagined a bit of video where everyone slowly reaches out to shake a stranger's hand when they hear "I'm so tired/sorry", but quickly pulls away when they hear "I lost my self control".
And here's the version we made today (https://www.dropbox.com/s/45y73uvh5wuf5ji/Dustin%20Leger%20-%20Crutches.mp3?dl=0).
I'm pretty happy with this, though I think another four hours of work on it could really knock it out of the park.
:D :D :D
:rock:
Dude, this is catchy as fuck. Like, it had a great hook originally, but with the more robust sound... This could totally be something I could never dislodge from my head. I'm so glad it's going well for you and that you're digging the whole process; I am super happy for you!
1. What do I do with my hands?
2. Pepper jack cheese is superior to all other cheeses. This is not my opinion, I am stating a fact, so don't argue with me.
3. I'm only posting here so dustin will keep texting me.
no one texts me :(
I lost your number in the great phone crash of '16
Quote from: TPD on March 05, 2017, 11:07:22 AM
no one texts me :(
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK YOU LITTLE BUDDY!
No really, I text you all the time. So take that bullshit and go someplace else with it...
:p kinda, I do text you a lot though...
Quote from: Nayl_Girl on March 03, 2017, 06:24:53 PM
:rock:
Dude, this is catchy as fuck. Like, it had a great hook originally, but with the more robust sound... This could totally be something I could never dislodge from my head. I'm so glad it's going well for you and that you're digging the whole process; I am super happy for you!
Thanks dude! I have a couple of new ideas that I want to try out with it, bust considering that I've sank nearly $600 on this track and have five other ones that I'd love to produce similarly, I might have to leave it be for the time being.
I think I want to do a really short run of vinyl pressings of the finished product. I think that would be so sweet. :)
Listen tpd, I can't text you. Then there would be 2 Theos in my phone and who would the police call when I'm arrested? Do you have adequate bail money? Can you offer a referral for a kickass attorney? There are a lot of variables at play here.
Dust while I'm all for vinyl, please do a cd as well. I love the songs.
Boom I'm pretty sure he don't have bail money. If you only knew what he was doing for rent money....
Edit, also does that mean Boofu isn't in your phone as Vanilla thunder? Shame.
Just ordered a new safety razor. It's sexy, and cheap for an all stainless razor.
Wait, what AM i doing for rent money?
I tried to block that out... It's to much for me to remember...
Something about zj's and if you have to ask you can't afford it... And toe touching... *shudders*
Reading this thread makes me happy. :) :wub:
So my third studio session is tomorrow, and I stripped down two demos that are definitely going to be on the album, but giving my producer the choice of what he wants to start with. Either way, I'm looking forward to this, and can easily see either of these tracks turning out even better than Crutches.
Also got a pretty great idea for album art. At least all the vinyl copies are going to come with these special chromadepth glasses, so if you have a black light, you can figuratively trip balls by looking at the artwork while listening to my stuff in the dark. Totally sets the mood. :)
Also thinking that, instead of trying to go out and begging for gigs to play right away, that I might open a pop up shop/art gallery for a week or two. I could sell original art based around the album, and play it live as often as I feel like it. Brings an audience to me, especially walk-ins, and I get to maintain full control of the whole thing, instead of being at the mercy of some shitty venue or promoter.
I'm thinking out loud without really considering the actual cost of doing all that, but they're all such good ideas that I think I'm going to actually go for it anyway.
DOOOOOO ITTTTTTT.
Yes do it
I will! Then you'll both be sorry I ever did!
Session went well! Next one is Monday the 27th.
That's awesome dude, I can't wait to hear more of your tunes now that you have pros helping with it. (Not saying it was bad before, but these people should be extra awesome at it.)
I took yesterday off, turning 30 doesn't happen often to someone. I am with Sprint for my phone, and I have an LG G3 (I got it right after I crashed my bike in July 2014.) So while it still works well enough. It's showing it's age. Sprint is also doing a promo where you get a TV and a google home thing if you preorder the LG G6. Which was the phone I was looking at to start with, so I ordered that bad boy. Ohhhh yaaaaa. It's also water proof to IP 68, my calipers at work are either that rating or IP67. (Aka really waterproof, but you prob don't want to go swimming with them.)
Quote from: Aaron on March 23, 2017, 03:12:26 PM
That's awesome dude, I can't wait to hear more of your tunes now that you have pros helping with it. (Not saying it was bad before, but these people should be extra awesome at it.)
It's sort of funny, working with this producer. I feel like these first few projects that we're working on together is more a matter of establishing our working relationship. I like to give him the option of whatever song that we're going to work on next, so I can kind of see where he's going with his thought process. Hopefully it means that the next song is going to be even better than the last, you know?
So my idea is that we spend at least 8 hrs laying down the foundations of each song, which is $563 per track. I plan on recording six or seven tracks for the whole thing, and I'm still picking and choosing what I really want to do. Once most of the ideas are laid down and recorded, we're going to fine comb through everything and mix it as tight and perfect as it can be, before we send it over to mastering.
It's think that it's going to take about a year to get all the recording done proper, but what I imagine the end result to be is going to be so worth it. Even if this whole crazy idea turns out to be a complete waste of money, I'll know that it's as perfect as what you'll hear and hold in your hands. Who cares if nobody likes it.
QuoteI took yesterday off, turning 30 doesn't happen often to someone. I am with Sprint for my phone, and I have an LG G3 (I got it right after I crashed my bike in July 2014.) So while it still works well enough. It's showing it's age. Sprint is also doing a promo where you get a TV and a google home thing if you preorder the LG G6. Which was the phone I was looking at to start with, so I ordered that bad boy. Ohhhh yaaaaa. It's also water proof to IP 68, my calipers at work are either that rating or IP67. (Aka really waterproof, but you prob don't want to go swimming with them.)
I wish I could buy you a beer for your 30th, like Farrier bought me one for mine. Can I Amazon that shit?
I'm also of the mind that I want to have fun and cover a song or two, in my goofy way. Imagine a good studio version of this, eh?
Sympathy (https://www.dropbox.com/s/e9c92n7s94q7odp/sympathy.mp4?dl=0)
The last five days I was pet sitting/house sitting for my friends. They were on a trip. So I was talking care of their doggies and their cats. One dog is a puppy and lucky she is so cute, cuz other wise I would have put her outside for most of the day. BUT she is hella cute, so I wasn't too mad at her. And their cats are cool, one was super shy, but warmed up to me really quick. And while their house is way nicer than my apartment. (And I loved getting to play with their dogs/sleep with them on the bed with me.) I missed my place. It feels great to be back.
Also I got called from my phone carrier, my new phone is in. So tomorrow I'll go get it. Which is great.