Have good news?

[the twinkster]

So I check my grades for the term today and discover that not only have I done well, I've surpassed all of my previous terms by a wide margin.

They must start putting something in the water when you get to fourth year. I dunno.

Anyway, I'm really excited.

:D :D :D :D

After four years of hearing "you can do better" from my parents and being frustrated by their disappointment, they finally seem impressed by my transcript. Though I was irritated when the first thing my mother asked about was the lowest grade. Really irritated.

However, my father gave me some rare praise, which more than made up for it. Dad's my hero. :) :) :)

So. If you have good news, post here. This is a feel-good thread ONLY. :)

[Kama]

Does getting enough sleep over the Christmas break count? ^_^

[OpheliaViolenta]

My favorite cousin is engaged to the coolest guy ever! (Well, coolest non-jatraquero ever, anyway. ;) ) :D

[Starla*]

I got a Dell Notebook for Xmas. The one I wanted, but couldn't afford.....I had looked at buying the Inspiron 500m or 600m, but my folks got me the Inspiron 8600 with all kinds of bonus stuff. I can make movies and stuff!

Yippee! :D

Now I just hafta figure out how everything works. In a way, getting this was like giving a kindergartener a 7-series BMW to drive. :unsure:

[katharina]

An unexpected raise. Yay!

[TheTick]

Just delurking to post my complete, utter happiness at having such a great baby. :) I'll have to get some new pictures up soon. :)

[GreNME]

Three A's and three B's, but one of them is going to be under dispute by me. I'm glad about the grades, even though I know I did better than that.

[celia60]

i like the lady my grandfather is marrying.

:)


:ph34r:

[Strider]

I'm about to eat dinner!

Woo Hoo!

[m. bowles]

I got a Dell Inspiron 8600 yesterday! Here is a little rundown on the specs for the techies: 1.5 pentium m
wireless G
Radeon 9600 128 meg video card
60 gig 7200rpm hard drive
DVD R+ DVD Rw
15.4 wsxga+ screen

Lovin' life..... :) :) :)

[Kama]

Really, John, you should have done better. You're grounded.

[Anna]

It seams I finally have MY FIRST JOB ! I will work in a school library for the next three month.
Thank you :D

[saxon75]

It's Friday!

[Hobbes]

I'm leaving tomorrow to go back to school and I thought I wasn't going to see a friend I've known sincce we were 2 years old, but now we're going out to eat (at a good chinese restraunt) tonight. :)

Hobbes :)

[GreNME]

I know, Kama... I slacked off. Like I said, though, I may be able to squeak an A in one of those Bs.

[Nick]

I'm finally done with the last store I had to cut in items at! :D

I don't have school until the 20th! :)

[Kama]

Got a flower from a boy ^_^

[Anna]

That is cool. Flowers ! I can remember the first time someone offered me flowers. It was moving and a very sweet sensation indeed. :)

[Ryuko]

Flowers are pretty cute. Although I think they shall forever have a negative connotation for me, because the last/first guy to give me flowers gave them to me with the statement, "I asked my mom what to get you, and she said flowers was a good idea..." :huh:

Edit: Although, if someone got me me-specific flowers, like green roses or irises or lilacs or something, I'd follow them for quite some time...

[Starla*]

I got a Dell Inspiron 8600 yesterday! Here is a little rundown on the specs for the techies: 1.5 pentium m
wireless G
Radeon 9600 128 meg video card
60 gig 7200rpm hard drive
DVD R+ DVD Rw
15.4 wsxga+ screen


Hey! Mine has all this stuff too!

And I have no friggin' clue what half of it means!

[Starla*]

And there's more!!


I just checked my grades (university offers only online access) and I got a B on my incomplete (which I am not sure I deserved, but the professor is definitely getting a free dinner on me), and I got two As and two Bs, giving me a 3.36 for the semester, putting me on the dean's list, and my overall GPA is now a 3.012!!

:D :D :D

Now tomorrow I find out if I got that internship I was vying for.

[Guest]

Well, after a couple of weeks of awful news and bad things happening, I'm about to buy the computer of my dreams. Since other people are posting specs:

Dual 1.8GHz PowerPC 970s
512MB of DDR-400 RAM
160GB Serial ATA HD
DVD/CD-RW
Radeon 9800 Pro

Yum. I plan to buy a nice 15" or 17" LCD to go with it. And maybe an extra gig of RAM.

[the twinkster (as a guest)]

Whoops, that was me.

[m. bowles]

wow!!!

[katharina]

I have a 17" monitor lying around. Do you want it?

[the twinkster]

Wouldn't it cost you about a million billion dollars to ship it all the way to Canuckistan? Thanks, though. :) Besides, I finally settled on a 17" LCD today. Mmmmm, digital input.

And now that Apple is aware that I'm a student, a decent discount is in the cards as well.

Soon I will have my preciousssssss...

[celia60]

actually, twinky, depending on what value she put on it, she could make it cost you a million billion dollars to get, couldn't she?

i've considered that as a form of revenge upon the person who gave us men with broomsticks last year. i considered sending it back to her labelled "solid gold coaster" with a value of $500. bill talked me out of it. bah!

[Kama]

<-- learned how to make best cappucino ever. Lotsa milk froth :ph34r:

[katharina]

No, it'd be free for me, but it probably would cost you million billion dollars to ship it to The Land of Ice and Hockey, so I understand the decision. :P

[Guest]

:)

Shipping on or before the 27th.

[the twinkster]

Aaargh!

[Slash the Berzerker]

I have good news!

My game is restarted, and some kick ass stuff is happening, with more goodies to come soon! Yay!

[TheTick]

Slash, your game is an awesome read. You guys are doing a great job. Are you creating this content yourself, or is this a module that was already written?

Great news for me - going to college! Maybe not this semester but very soon.

[Starla*]

Someone needs to liven up this party! :P

I might be getting an internship with the Girl Scouts of America (it's a long story, but it looks like this oppurtunity was laid out for me by the powers that be), and I just put in my two weeks' notice with the newspaper (see my post in the YAY thread).

:) I'll let everyone know about the internship :)

[sarcasticmuppet]

I fell down the stairs of the HFAC, sprained my ankle, and continued to walk on it for the rest of the day until it swelled to the size of a softball.

Oh wait, good news?

I'm gonna play mafia! Woot!

*sorry Hobbes*

[Jon Boy]

You walked all day on a sprained ankle? Ouch. I can't even imagine doing that. Of course, the last time I sprained an ankle, it swelled to the size of a softball in a matter of minutes. I couldn't put any weight on it at all.

But at least you've got no school tomorrow, so you can give it a break and ice it and stuff. Hope you feel better.

[sarcasticmuppet]

Aw, thanks Jon Boy. That almost makes me feel bad about what I wrote about you in the mafia forum.

Almost.

And it does feel better today. I can even walk like a normal person, if only a little slower with a tendency to hug the rail on stairs.

And I saw Big Fish today (wiAna shuft Samak kibiir inaharda). Awesome movie!

[celia60]

my husband has perfected teh chocolate martini

oh fuck i think this is the wrong thread


teehee

um...

my inebrieated typing is muc better than it used to be!

[the twinkster]

My computer has shipped and will arrive (monitorless) tomorrow.

:) :) :)

[Slash the guest]

(too lazy to log in)

Tick, I am happy to say that the content is entirely 100% original stuff, right down the the Island of Huff, all the towns and cities, the plot line, the Demon Kor Garesh, and all NPC's.

In fact, a great deal of the plot comes directly from the character backgrounds, most important of which was Mission's background, which created the whole Anileth plot point, and is the linchpin of the entire endeavor.

Many thanks to my players for very inspiring character backgrounds.

On that note:

Good news! Rennik didn't die. :)

[CyberDan]

Dammit, twink. I *still* haven't bought one. You're making a mockery of me, boy.

And Slashykins, are we going to get to read what happened to Rennik before and after what's in the archives? I get the impression that isn't where you two started.

[Slash the guest]

No, but you will learn more details after the party and rennik meet up.

[Noemon]

If Rennik didn't die, it can only be because Elise (or whatever her name is) let him live, which suggests a number of possibilities:

a) He was captured
B) He was infected by the were-thing he fought back at the inn, and as such will soon become a willing minion of hers.
c) She's using him as bait to draw the rest of the party (this last one seems unlikely, because they'll be easy enough to find, bumbling loudly along the only path in the wilderness.

I'm betting on some combination of A and B, with a fairly large second helping of B.

[Slash the guest]

Noemon, you forget option D:

He ran like a little girl. :)

I hope Matt doesn't read this site.

[saxon75]

I'm starting my first class towards a Master's degree next week.

[Noemon]

Well, that's true. I guess I just assumed that if he tried to run, she'd either zap him with something or other, or let him go because of B.

[katharina]

I'm starting my first class tomorrow.

WenchCon was a blast. I wish y'all were there.

[Hobbes]

You mean "all y'all" because one of us y'alls was there.

Hobbes :)

[Starla*]

I got the internship! Yay!

Now I am scared shitless. I have to digitize a tape for them for powerpoint and take stock photos, but that's the easy part.

The hard part is the 7-minute promotional video I hafta do. By myself. All of it.

I can do most of the things needed to make a video, but I realize I cannot do all of them at the same time. I may need to ask a classmate (or former, Brian and Vince come to mind), for help with shooting, and interviews. Anyway, it should be fun.
I am also in the documentary class and will work with 5 others to make a (at least) 20-minute video.


I also saw Big Fish on Monday night. It was awesome. I cried at the end; I'm really glad it wasn't PMS week b/c I would still be crying hours afterward.

But anyway, I liked it. It had the Tim Burton creepiness (just a touch), with a realistic, human element.

[OpheliaViolenta]

You mean "all y'all" because one of us y'alls was there.


Actually, several of us y'alls. Are we really that forgettable? :(

[katharina]

:P

Tripped up by grammar! Of course not! Lindsay, although I didn't get to talk to you much, I am SO GLAD you were there. Besides, no you, no one gets to witness nasal... the nose blow. ;)

The "y'all" was directed to all those who weren't there. :)

I hit back to reality yesterday. :( I really like my life, and I like Dallas, but holy crumb, this weekend was simply wonderful. :)

[Guest]

It's here! It's here! It's here!

:D :D :D

[the twinkster]

Geez, I was so excited that I forgot to log in :D

[katharina]

Twink, that's great!

I went to class on Wednesday, was the next-to-youngest and least formally educated person there, and managed to both meet a graduate of BYU and to say something intelligent that the professor and a fellow classmate commended after. :)

Now, here's hoping my paperwork made it in time for me to register.

[Jon Boy]

It's Friday!

[the twinkster]

I like reading this thread. Reading everyone else's good news makes me smile. :)

As to my own oft-repeated good news, here are some pictures.

Picture 1 (http://www.strobelight.ca/pictures/tower/tower1.JPG)
Picture 2 (http://www.strobelight.ca/pictures/tower/tower2.JPG)
Picture 3 (http://www.strobelight.ca/pictures/tower/tower3.JPG)
Picture 4 (http://www.strobelight.ca/pictures/tower/tower4.JPG)

I know, I know, it's blasphemous to hook my tower up to BtL's ancient, blurry 15" CRT... but in the next three or four days I'll get my shiny new digital 17" LCD and then take some more pictures. :)

(And don't think I haven't already been messing with the tower's innards.}

Mmmmm. I think I'm in love.

Actually, I am in love. Now I just need to name it...

[sarcasticmuppet]

How about Ding Dong?

Snowball?

Oatmeal Cream Pie?

:D :D :D

[Jon Boy]

No, it needs a good female name like Matilda. Except that you can't use Matilda, 'cause that's my computer's name.

[Kama]

It's Friday!!!

[the twinkster]

I think I've settled on "Serenity," after the ship in Firefly.

[OpheliaViolenta]

Excellent name choice! :D

[Nick]

I get paid this Friday! :D

[celia60]

I'm always glad to see people not naming computers "celia's box".

*glares at John*

[Kamila]

It's Friday!!!!

[katharina]

*grin* I'm just happy.

[the twinkster]

:)

[m. bowles]

^
^
^
^
:lol: :lol: :lol: :D :P

[Hobbes]

Kat's happy :)

<--*is being serious :)*

Hobbes :)

[Guest]

*hugs Hobbes* You're such a sweetie, Hobbes.

I am happy. It's weird. I'm exactly sure why. I'm pretty sure I'm not supposed to be (considering how many things I'm doing "wrong"), but I really am. Hmm.....

[Leonide]

It's called "getting all your feelings out on paper" or "the writer's release" ;)

I'm happy because it's two days and still going strong! B)

[kat]

Two days? Oh dear, I'm afraid I'm missing something... two days for what?

Doesn't matter. Congratulations on two days! :P

---

I don't think it's just getting it out. I mean, all that stuff with my mom I got out before - that's a lot of what I was dealing with the past year or so. Unless you mean getting it all out this year, as opposed to this week, and I'd have to agree. It's amazing how relative happiness is. :)

[Leonide]

I'll pretend that that's exactly what I meant, kat ;)

Two days of happiness and not feeling depressed. Almost three now. My goal is Feb. 5th, and then i'll set another, longer one.

Now I'm happy because I've discovered that Digital Cable means Comcast On-Demand movies for free! Cowboy Bebop: The Movie, Groundhog's Day, Maid in Manhatten, Sweet Home Alabama!

[Strider]

I love my girlfriend.

[Starla*]

I'm going to see Finger Eleven in Atlantic City tonight.
:)
I was also able to get this beautiful silver satin gown for $20 (Original price $150). And no, nothing is wrong with it; it's just a end of the season's end of the season sale plus $25 gift certifigate. I'm wearing it to the Winterball, which will be my last.

Now I just need a date.

As for any other good news....information pending.

[Lalito]

Starla, you like Finger Eleven?

And you're in need of a man?

Destiny's trying to make something painfully clear to me? We're... We're going out, should I defy fate and science and make it to New Jersey on a bicycle?

[Kama]

Fat chance, Eduardo. She has standards.

[Starla*]

Sorry. No can do. Not in need of a man---just in need of a date. Preferably a man, and preferably one in New Jersey--Southern NJ.

The problem of the date is that they've come up in 3 sets of two.
2 are guys that people tell me I should take, because they don't have dates. One's a skinny freshman kid that I could break in half with my pinky. The other's my future brother-in-law's roomate who I could break in half with my other pinky. Neither of them have really been considered. Both are too young.

The other 2 are guys I know that looked at me with puppy-dog eyes when I said I wanted to have a date for the ball. They fall in the "incredibly desperate" or "please date me" category. Both are nice guys, but they weren't considered because I don't want them to think I want to date them, because I don't. I don't find that attitude attractive.

The last 2 are the guys I've considered asking. I don't know which one to ask first, or even which one would go, or even if they would go with me. One's a friend, who would be really fun w/o being pushy. The other is someone I have an interest in, but I'm not sure if it would be his kind of thing.
I only want a date b/c I've never really had a good date to a formal. I went to 3 proms, only one of which the date was a boyfriend. The other two, the guys spent more time with another girl (or guy, in one case). The two winterballs before this, I went alone. I enjoyed myself--but it kinda sucked when I wanted to dance with someone and there was no one to dance with except the sweaty, desperate freshman boy. I just think it would be nice for my final dance.
I don't know. I have other things to worry about first. Like the next phase of research for my documentary proposal.

Anyway. Finger Eleven was AWESOME! I even liked the three other bands (No Motiv, Idle Sons, and Edgewater). My friends and me were front and center of the stage, which only came up to my knee, anyway.
The only thing that sucked was this really drunk guy in a suit came up behind meduring Finger Eleven's set. He was about my age, and he was getting too close for comfort. It wasn't like he was trying to get closer to the stage, either (I experienced that more than once, one time at Sense Field I was front and center, and these two groupies tried to climb over me so they could touch the lead singer---how stupid). I turned to look at him and it appeared that he was, erm, pleasuring himself while staring at my neck, back and behind. Now, I was not dressed revealing, and though I am attractive, I am not so much that would cause a man to masturbate in public. I wanted to punch him in the face, but I didn't want to get kicked out. My friend pulled me next to her and he eventually went away. After the song was over, the two girls on the other side of me said I should have hit him. I should have--my two friends would have helped me, so would the other girls, plus a guy from up the street was nearby, and he would have helped me out.
Oh well.

I had a great time though. Edgewater's lead gets the award for funniest "rock star" faces. No Motiv gets the award for most dedicated fan, because some dude named jeff followed them here from California, and jumped over the right side of the stage, and landed right below my feet (good thing we moved in time). FInger Eleven's guitarist gets the award for craziest player, as he was jumping around and swinging his guitar around his neck--almost creaming the bassist (who seemed like a nice guy--talked to him after the show). He also had a cigarette in his mouth and was swinging around his hair--I thought he would light it on fire. I found out later he won $450 at the casino before the show. Maybe that's why, or maybe he's just like that.

But best fan guy was Sean the guitarist for Idle Sons, who came out to give people sample CDs and ask how everyone was enjohying the show. He ran out when he got to us, so he said he would get more and come back. I thought "yeah right" but he did, and even chatted with us a bit. He was nice eye candy, too. Good customer service can go a long way, folks. He even said goodnite a few hours later when we left.

But anyway.

Lalo--don't wear out your bicycle--I rarely, rarely, rarely have dated guys that I don't know (it only happened once), and, as Kama said, I have standards. Rather high standards.

I'm not single because no man wants me. I'm single, partially because I like it, and partially because it's hard for me to find a man worth dating.

Thanks anyway, though. :)
Even though you're probably being sarcastic.

[Nick]

Good news: I got another job that doesn't force me to work weekends! :D

[katharina]

This is a very, very, very, very, very, incredibly wonderful good day. This is a day to shake me out of years of habitual cynicism. This is a day to dance. This is a day that makes me happy from my toes to my soul. This is just a very, very, very good day.

That's all. Thank you for listening. *pins flowers on everyone* Have a lovely day

Here, have some more flowers. *more pinning*

Thank you. Isn't it a wonderful day?

[Leonide]

Hold on now....it's a fantastic day THAT early in the morning?

What on earth could you possibly have been through before noon?

Lucky girl.

Glad you're having a fantasmic day :0)

[Lalito]

Heh, whoa, how'd I miss that post?

Starla, dude, you know I dig you, but I wasn't proposing anything romantic. I'm taking a bike trip around the country come summertime, if I actually live up to my own plans, and a New Jersey stop's inevitable. Given your good taste in music and stunningly good looks, I'm proposing coffee. Maybe cashews. Very little latex involved, honest.

Though, heh, if you think I'm below your standards, feel free to believe I was being sarcastic. Wow.

[Kamila]

*pat pats Lalo*

[Guest]

*hugs everyone* Today is still a splendid day, but I've calmed down a little bit. Yay! *goes back to hugging everyone*

[Kat]

Day Three of incredibly good days. *starts to worry for inevitiable downswing*

*peers into lemonade* Anything in here?

[celia60]

just some vodka.

it's all good!

[Starla*]

Starla, dude, you know I dig you, but I wasn't proposing anything romantic. I'm taking a bike trip around the country come summertime, if I actually live up to my own plans, and a New Jersey stop's inevitable. Given your good taste in music and stunningly good looks, I'm proposing coffee. Maybe cashews. Very little latex involved, honest.


That's cool--sorry I mistook your meanings :) If your in New Jersey---then why not visit with some Grenmatic folk--I hear Leonide and Strider are in Pennslyvania somewhere, John and me live pretty close to each other....

Well, I was on here for some good news updates.

I hooked up with the guy I liked---it's causal right now, nothing too serious. I'm thinking about trying to go see him on my lunch break. :) It all happened on Valentine's day :rolleyes:

I bought a VW Bus--1978, with funky murals. Pix pending. I have some history with it--

In "Play the Field" I mentioned a guy who really treated me like crap. Well, the bus had been his. He bought it last April, parked it behind a friend's apartment, and put the title in his name. That was it. THe friend moved out in May, but the bus sat there until it was impounded in October. THe city of Glassboro sold it at auction in November, since idiot never came up with the title. The guy who bought it (who was also the guy who towed it for the city), had contact with jerk, and said he would hold it if he could come up with some money and the original title, and keys. Jerk left it sit there for 3 months, so a few days before Valentine's day, it was put out for sale, $750 obo, on the same road I take to get the school. I stop and ask about it, prentending I don't know jerk, go home and discuss with family, and decide to buy for $450.

My stepfather and a friend towed it for me yesterday. :)

More later, lunchtime.

[Novak@Lazy]

I will permanantly be having Fridays and Saturdays off. That's good.

::thinks:: Thats about it.

[Kat]

Downswing came. *sigh* Life is still good, just not the four-day high of last week. *glum*

[OpheliaViolenta]

(((Kat)))

Hmm, good news? A close friend I hadn't heard from in a few months IMed me last night. That made me happy. Especially since, as the only one of my high school friends ever to visit me here in college, he's my favorite person to talk to about any kind of issues going on with my friends here. We had a good talk. :)

[Guest]

*hugs Ophelia*

Okay, what is it about the downswing? Maybe there IS vodka in there. Seriously though, now that the initial high is worn off, I'm almost in a grumpy mood to precipitate the other end of the cycle, because I don't want it to catch me by surprise.

[Kat]

Crumb.

That was me.

[Starla*]

I went to see Opeth last night...quite unexpectedly. I got tickets yesterday. Awesome, Awesome show. And I can still hear. :)

[Kat]

Never mind. Good mood back.

Good grief! I'm even out of lemonade. :)

[kat]

Starla, what's Opeth?

[Starla*]

Swedish/Uraguayan epic Heavy Metal band.

They're not death metal---and they actually have a nice, clean sound. The drummer's more of a jazz drummer than a metal one, but that makes it all the better.

[Ela]

Three more weeks... B)

[GreNME]

We got the contract!

[Zalmoxis]

Sweet!

If you could deliver on that right away so we can get paid that'd be great.

Or you could just advance me my cut.

[Strider]

I have no money to go anywhere

SO

i'm at my boyfriend's for Spring Break!!!

yay! :D

:rolleyes:

:P

:ph34r:



edit: will i never learn? I'm not even drunk!
It's Leonide.

sheesh

[Starla*]

YAY for John!! Many congrats to you!! :D :D :D

Poor, poor Leonide....((((Leonide)))) :( :( :(

But if you're happy there.... :D

[katharina]

I think it's okay for me to be very, very happy. I'm still a little confused, but I think so...

<-- quietly very happy and amazed (I think)

[nndraa]

I am now back to feeling like the normal Sandy. I'm not sure how good of news that is though. :P

Had a whirlwind of a life these last few months, but the dark clouds and thunder seem to be slowly but surely fading away. Woohoo!

Also, I'm eating a double double from in n' out. Best burger ever.

[Ela]

Yay, Sandy! Nice to see you around! :D

[m. bowles]

I bought a Corvette. :D :D

[Xavier]

Did you trim your mullet first? ;)

Really though, congrats.

And umm...

I only read the last post on this thread so far. Congrats to everyone else too :). Will personalize my sentiments when I read it prally.

[m. bowles]

^
:rolleyes:

[Jon Boy]

Oooh . . . a C5?

[Ela]

Three more weeks... :D

[m. bowles]

No, a really nice c4. Its awesome. :)

[katharina]

Having been a little bit rocked and confused, everything in my world is back to normal, only slightly warmer and fuzzier and stretchy. Normal is generally great, though, so this is fine. :)

I guess my good news is that normal is a good place to be.

I'm feeling quite Tao today.

[saxon75]

This week: I got an A on the first exam in my math class.
Last week: I got a surprise raise when my company randomly decided they weren't paying me enough.

Boo yah!

[katharina]

Congratulations! That's awesome, saxy!

See, now what you do is set that unexpected raise carefully aside so you and Juliette can come to Jatrakamacon. :)

[Starla* @ skool]

I saw Ken Burns last night! He came to our college's annual Talking Pictures event.

It was very cool---he's a hilarious guy. I never realized how much he is into the race issue--he said that the race issue in America is the apple as it was to Eden.

We were also shown a bit of his upcoming documentary "Unforgivable Blackness," a 4-hour long film about the life of boxer Jack Johnson. It looks really awesome, and it won't be out until next January.

I'll also be writing an article for the school paper on the event--since it's also an online paper, maybe I'll link it.

He's kinda short , too, only my height, and very slightly built. He's over 50, too, and doesn't look it.

Only 3 people from my documentary class came. Me, Sam, and Tom, who all are working on the same documentary. I remember 2 weeks ago, when the professor announced he was coming to campus, someone asked who Ken Burns was.

Blasphemy, I hissed.

[Starla]

Done screwed up. Didn't have article on time.

[Strider]

My girlfriend not only just started a new job, but also just recieved her first assignment to write for her school newspaper.

congrats baby. :)

[Leonide]

thank you, baby! :D


mmm..i love you

[Starla*]

Congrats, Leonide! :D

I done screwed up with my assignment, but no one is really upset about it b/c Features was full anyway.

I still feel bad.

[Starla*]

YAY!

I guess all you hatrackers know about me winning an award I almost applied for.

Second place for region I (NJ, NY, Pennslyvania, and all of New England) for our mini-documentary on The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

WOOT!!

[Ela]

I am quitting my job!!!

Five more days to go. :D

I am looking forward to having some time to rest and regroup before looking for a new job.

[GreNME]

You go, girl. :)

GreNME is totally behind you on this.

:D

[Ela]

Thanks, John. I really appreciate that. :D

[Leonide]

I just made $122 dollars in tips tonight at my new waitressing job!

I ROCK!!

and i also got off work for next monday so i could spend the evening with my handsome boyfriend for our...wait for it....one year celebration.

:blink:

[Starla* supposed to log tapes]

Congrats!

I--however, have no good news at this point--though I did have a sudden revelation at 6:30 in the morning about a tarot card reading I gave myself two weeks ago.

I'm such a geek. :D

[celia60]

Heh, so did I. And now I don't know what to think. Maybe I should bounce it off of you.

[Starla*]

E-mail me if you want, and I'll see if I can help you out. :)

[Novak@Lazy]

I'm bored, so I decided to find a Tarot Card place online. Lets hear some explanations. :)

Question: Should I pursue that Psych degree?

1st position: Prince of Cups
2nd position: Knight of Wands
3rd position: Ten of Swords
4th position: The Moon
5th: The sun
6th: Lust
7th: The 5 of Cups
8th: 5 of Wands
9th: The Emporer
10th: Ace of Swords
11th: Eight of Cups

Feel free to just make something up, or, if you know what you are doing, go ahead and waste some time finding this out. :)

[celia60]

Lust? Is the lust card the same as The Devil? I don't seem to have a lust card.

Edit to add: The suite of Pentacles (or Pentagrams) deal with material wealth. While I don't have time to tell you what your current spread means, I can tell you you won't be making any money. ;)

PS: Starla, check your GMS.

[celia60]

I was in a book store Friday night (yes, married life is just that exciting) and noticed a book on Cromley Tarot. No wonder your cards didn't make any sense to me. Lust = Strength for starters. And I forget which the Princes and Knights are the equivalent of. Where did you get that reading from?

[Novak@Lazy]

Pssh, I hang out with friends in bookstores, and I'm not married.

[celia60]

First off,

*smacks Nathan for asking a yes/no question*

There are recurring themes of decisiveness, which makes sense as this is a question of making a decision. There are also several references to perception, and directing wisdom and perception to higher goals, which I think is a good fit for your aspirations of what a psychology degree leads to.

There’s a sense of overcoming fears, having conversations you don’t want to have and making difficult decisions in seeking a path to wholeness.

The two future cards suck. They both indicate disillusionment and depression. The 8 of cups (outcome) indicates the recognition that you are responsible for your own disappointment and warns against starting projects with no hope of success.

I guess the good news is that you don’t believe in any of this crap anyway.

If you want a more thorough reading, let me know.

[Novak@Lazy]

What ones are the future cards?

::shrug:: It's interesting, alright?

[Xavier]

My problem with this is that you are supposed to be the one who shuffled actual cards.

The only way for your personality to have anything to do with how the cards are laid out, you need to have control over them beyond pushing a button. That just uses computer generated randoms to shuffle it.

So really the cards are saying the computer shouldn't pursue a psych degree :).

Not that I believe the stuff anyway, and not that I am an expert or anything. Its just that the information on it I have seen was quite clear that the human being the one shuffling the cards was a major factor that when removed makes the process useless.

I could be wrong though.

Oh and Kat, I was looking through old threads and I found a bunch of friend tests. I took yours and got an 81, the highest score on there :). Kind of strange considering I hardly know you at all. Maybe I knew you in a past life ;).

[celia60]

1st: Prince of Cups - Significator (You)
2nd: Knight of Wands - Current Environment/Situation
3rd: Ten of Swords - Obstacle
4th: The Moon - Goal/Desire
5th: The sun - Foundation of Current Environment
6th: Lust - Past
7th: The 5 of Cups - Immediate Future
8th: 5 of Wands - Future Environment
9th: The Emporer - Influence of Society
10th: Ace of Swords - Challenge
11th: Eight of Cups - Outcome

7 and 11 specifically are the future. 8 and 9 to some extent, but they are more world around you than you specific.

Xavier, I've heard that as well. I had a friend who had one deck which only he was permitted to touch for fear of contamination.

My own opinion is that the cards represent archetypical human experiences. Given the range of interpretation for each card and the number of cards laid out in a single spread, it is statistically likely that some parts will resonate with the person receiving the reading. This likelihood increases as the specificity of the question decreases.

A good reader will pick up on what aspects their victim (ahem, seeker) is identifying with and can bend the rest of the cards to fit within that. Someone who Believes the cards are right can also do this. A mix of these two leads to me entertaining people at parties with all sorts of revelations.

The thing is, though, that because they do represent our common experiences, they are useful. I will occasionally pull them out when I’m stumped on something I cannot fit my mind around because I can find connections in the cards that give me a different perspective on whatever the situation is. I don’t ask them for advice, I certainly don’t do anything because they tell me to, but I find it useful to see a situation from another angle.

[Starla*]

I checked me GMS, Celia. Sorry it took me so long. **smacks self**

I was a diehard rune fan when my mom got me tarot cards for my 21st b-day. I didn't really trust them, or believe in them.
A couple of weeks later, a did several card readings (little ones), trying to determine which guy would be the best boyfriend candidate (I'm so lame).

I ended up going for a guy the readings told me not to go for. But, in the end, I drew the 10 of staves, which for my deck meant I would go through hell, but have a great reward. Greater struggle, greater reward.

We dated, and his family didn't approve of me. I got hurt pretty badly, and he got all weird and rebounded like hell, in front of me, basically. I still wanted him to be my friend, and I wanted to forgive him. Well, after a long painful struggle, I got a great friend. I haven't seen him since last May, but we talk all the time. I might see him on Easter.

My most recent card reading was about a month ago, when I wasn't so sure what to do with the guy I was dating, or what was happening.

I was the queen of cups, and directly on top of me was the rev. knight of cups (an irresponsible but charming person), who I determined to be Ben. On top of that was the knight of coins--who I had an immediate impression was this other guy I know, but told myself it couldn't be.

Then I had a revelation at 6:30 in the morning--remembering my first impression of it being this other guy, b/c things are happening, and slowly--which is good. I'm tired of this fast stuff. The reading told me I'm afraid of problems and difficultoes surrounding love (well, with my history, duh), I have been stifled by my family (rev. empress), I've been subjected to violence (rev. ace swords), but if I am paitient and persistent and restrained, I will achieve a great prize (3 of staves).

The questioner card (7th) made no sense to me --Knight of swords, which in this reading is my attitude towards the situation. I guess it's how I'm acting (I didn;t think I was). But the 8th (enviro factors) was 2 of coins, showing I'm having a few problems in that department as far as my behavior goes, and the 9th (inner emotions and fears) was the 2 of cups rev., showing I'm afraid of being unhappy in love, or being separated too soon.The final outcome was rev. 6 of cups--meaning I would renounce the past--whatever that means. I won't find out for at least a few months.

When I first did this reading, I applied it all to Ben--even though I had an impression of someone else. When I had that revelation the other morning, the reading came together for me.

I'm a believer now.

I apolgize for blathering on. :)

[Kat]

Everything in the other thread still holds true, but my good news for this morning is that a very good friend that I haven't talked to in a long time told me this morning he'd joined the church in February.

!!!!!!!!

I had no idea! That's so great!! *very happy and excited for him* Yay!!

[katharina]

You know, even despite the drama this morning, this is a really great world. :)

[Jon Boy]

Classes are over!

[Jon Boy]

And I got a dollar in the mail from a mysterious fangirl signed her name as simply "Katie P"!

[katharina]

*grin* SOO mysterious, she even put it on official BSA stationary.


---

I have to admit, that was kind of fun.

Okay! Next person to make me giggle gets a dollar!

[nndraa]

I got an 11% raise that comes in on the 15th, my birthday. Bam! :D :D :D :D

[Leonide]

i'm just in a good mood, even though i worked 7 hours and only got 54 dollars in waitressing tips.

It's a good day and i'm comfy cozy and chilling on the internet

[Ela]

I received a letter today with VERY GOOD news. Receiving this letter means that I no longer have to worry about a matter that I have been worrying about and losing sleep over since early last fall (not to mention shedding plenty of tears over).

Thank goodness it's over. I can put a negative and very upsetting incident in my life behind me, learn from it and move on.

I feel good. :)

[KarlEd]

Chris and I are hooking up with friends for a day-trip to NYC tomorrow! Yay! :D

[OpheliaViolenta]

Georgia was wonderful. In addition to spending five days with Ben, I also got to see Olivet and her family and Taalcon. :)

Now I miss Ben.

But on Saturday he'll be here. And, ooh, goody, he'll get to meet my dad. :blink: I'll also be all graduated and stuff then.

[KarlEd]

You got to meet Olivet???

< - - - is very jealous <_<

[OpheliaViolenta]

Well, I actually got to meet her at this year's WenchCon, but there was so much going on then that we didn't get that much of a chance to talk. But this time she actually put me up for the night, so there was lots of time for talky goodness. :)

[sarcasticmuppet]

Today is my birthday! I'm 19!

[aretee]

No students tomorrow! Staff development day. :D Gives me more time to plan my WWII unit.

[David Bowles]

Hey! I'm going to be discussing WWII as well! We're going to D.C in about a week, and we're going to see the memorial and the Holocaust Museum.

I'm going to actually tie this in to Dracula, if you can believe that.

[OpheliaViolenta]

My car is back from the shop. Yay! All set for roadtrippy goodness. :)

[celia60]

That museum has insane metal detectors! I set off the walk through ones, but not the hand ones. Had to walk through it stripped down as far as 17 year old me was willing to go in public and it still went off.

They still let me in so I guess I can't complain too much.

*wonders if it's part of the same super power that occassionally doesn't activate automatic doors*

[GreNME]

I found the perfect, hillarious image to go with this:

http://image.grenme.com/cairnos.gif

It's where he lives:

http://image.grenme.com/cedutopia.jpg

Oh, and if you don't like it and want me banned:

http://image.grenme.com/finger.png

And I wasn't even looking for these! I just have craploads of useless (until now) images like this.
:P

[Hobbes]

I'm leaving the dorms forever in 4 hours. :D

Hobbes :)

[Kama]

OMG ur so hot when u flip ppl off!!!!11!!

[SoberTillNoon]

That would be interesting, banned from your own forum....

[Kama]

He's the dictator, but Lead is God. She can ban him.

[SoberTillNoon]

Wait, God controls this fourm? Man, I am sure glad that I belong. Though, I should probably watch what I say.

[GreNME]

I got to share dinner with Ray Suarez (http://www.npr.org/about/people/bios/rsuarez.html) tonight, because one of the other professors present felt I was very well-spoken with my views and opinions. It was... interesting.

Also, We're halfway through finals here. Woo hoo!

[Kama]

I got to share dinner with Ray Suarez tonight

You'd think such a famous person would have enough money to get their own food. Hope you still had enough.

[David Bowles]

Christ, teach a Pole to speak English, and she starts making lame jokes...

[celia60]

I got a new advisor. He not only thinks what I'm doing is interesting, he actually understands what I'm doing. And isn't afraid to criticize me. And isn't a dick about it.

Woo!

[David Bowles]

Wow, someone actually understands what you're doing... that's got to be a first!

[Bob the Lawyer]

What are you doing?

[saxon75]

It has something to do with boobies.

[David Bowles]

Growing new boobies in test toobies.

[celia60]

Bob, if you give me an email address, I can send you an abstract. I don't think you'll have any trouble following it. David, however, will have to live with "boobies in toobies" as that is about the level of technical explaination he can grasp.

[Bob the Lawyer]

Most of my time working with breast implants was spent playing football with them. Surprisingly hard to do, especially if you remove the foam covering.

Anyway, I'm sure I'd get a kick out of reading it. Send said abstract to wally_russ [at] hotmail [dot] com if you don't mind. This way I'll be more able to commiserate with your complaints ;)

[David Bowles]

David, however, will have to live with "boobies in toobies" as that is about the level of technical explaination [sic] he can grasp.

We all have our weaknesses...

[celia60]

hey, bobble, did you ever get my email?

[David Bowles]

Ah, that's right. Yeah, I did. You still want to see more? It's Red and not quite as long as what I've given you before, but you can come along as I work on it and finally finish...

;) :unsure: :blink: :ph34r:

[mackillian]

*runs in circles*

[Bob the Lawyer]

Sorry, I didn't actually have time to look over the pdf file until now. I just fired off a really quick "first things that went through my mind" E-mail. I considered posting it so we could feel even more superior to the lay people of GrenME but decided against derailing the thread (by which, of course, I mean that I'm worried you know far more about this than I do and I'll just look like an idiot ;))

[celia60]

It's Red and not quite as long as what I've given you before

Do we have an out of context thread here?

Bob, I assure you, the more you talk to me, the more you'll realize that I'm the idiot. :)

[David Bowles]

Ah, I must be talking about an older e-mail, then. LOL. If you're sending stuff to that old yahoo addie, don't. I can be reached at dbowles@ideaacademy.org

It would've been funnier if you were talking about that e-mail in which you'd finished Green. See the connection?

[celia60]

Haha!

Now, I think I'm caught up. And I just thought you had lost your mind. My post was addressing Bob, not you.

Crackpot.

Want to send me what there is of Red? I heard a rumor there's a character in it I might like.

[David Bowles]

Heh, she is still several chapters away from making her appearance, but I'll send it to you. I've been studying a certain exasperating person in order to give her fully rounded and realistic bitchiness and geekiness. ;)

[GreNME]

Five of six grades for the semester are in: four A's and one B. Here's hoping the last one is either an A or a B. (though I'm not sure... which is the only one I'm worried about)

Current GPA—3.8 for the semester (so far), and 3.75 for the whole time in college (so far). I'll only have one more semester before Rutgers, so a 3.8 going in is a goal, with 3.7 being acceptable for me.

[celia60]

*claps*

you're doing better than i am. just got them on saturday: 3.57

[GreNME]

You're grad-level. I'm undergrad. We'll see how well I do once I'm working on a phd before we compare. ;)

Besides, I have to admit that math makes me feel retarded, so you've totally got me in awe with the stuff you do.

[Kama]

*pat pats Leto*

Good boy ... er ... man .... er... worm.

[SoberTillNoon]

Oh, I have good news! I ranked 13th in a state in a French competition. It was a notional competition, however, I failed to score high enough to be cared about.

I am not sure how many people in the state took it, but in The Jefferson County Public School system I am gussing around 2000.

[celia60]

Jefferson County?

*looks at profile*

Ohhhhh! :lol: Didn't realize where you're from.

[SoberTillNoon]

What? You know of the no-longer-existing Jefferson County?

[celia60]

No longer existing? Uh, I had no idea. I just drive through it several times a year and didn't realize why "Jefferson County" looked like a highway sign in my head.

[SoberTillNoon]

Yeah, the city of louisville and jefferson merged into one... thing. It is pretty pointless.

[GreNME]

Hrm... okay, final grades in. I stayed above 3.7 (barely) for the semester, but with a close finish for the semester (for me):
http://image.grenme.com/04spgpa.jpg

Now, all I have to do is pull 4.0 for the last semester before Rutgers. :D

[Zalmoxis]

Congrats.

Stats killed my GPA too. ::grumble, grumble stupid math::

[SoberTillNoon]

I finally got my SHOUTcast stream up and running. All you have to do to listen is open the URL: http://12.202.29.70:8000/ in your media player of choice. This is frikkin' awesome.

[OpheliaViolenta]

I got lifeguard/CPR/AED recertified today. I guess that's good.

[Leonide]

I almost hung out with John today.

Almost.

[Kama]

I got up at 12:20, didn't wash (or comb) my hair, am wearing really crappy but comfy clothes and didn't do the dishes all day, though I will prolly have to wash them up later on.

Life's good.

B)

[saxon75]

I went to Vegas this past weekend with my wife and two friends, and every one of us ended the weekend having won more money gambling than we lost gambling.

[sarcasticmuppet]

I'm starting a better temp job next week (until the middle of July) than what I've been doing for the past three weeks. It pays 2.50 more an hour and I'll actually be able to pay rent at the Y next fall. Woo!!!

[Zyne]

-z

[SoberTillNoon]

Do I ever! I just got hired at my first job! It is at Pizza Hut. Oh, this rocks.

[Ela]

JaneX's High School graduation is today. :)

They had a senior luncheon earlier in the week, and she won awards from the school for excellence in English, Social Studies, and Bible studies(Prophets), and honors in Art (one of her best friends won the top prize in that).

They also gave her an unofficial "National Merit" medal for her to wear on her graduation gown, in honor of being a National Merit Finalist.

~Proud Mom B)

[Lalito]

Huh. I graduated yesterday. I'm moving out tomorrow or the day after.

Hot diggity damn.

[jexx]

Lalo's post scared me (no, that is not my good news). He has been set loose upon the world! Gadzookies!

Now for MY good news!

The Army Housing Department has finally realized that my crappy two-bedroom apartment (on the second floor) is a health hazard.
*grin*
No, really, that is good news.

For two years (TWO YEARS!) I have been telling them that I have mold in the drywall. That is why I get bronchitis twice a year (had it twice in my lifetime before I came here, and I was thirty years old when I moved to West Point), that is why my kid is always sick with a head cold, and that is why my husband is having upper respiratory infections chronically.

I reported this, and the crack in the bathroom wall (where a lot of moisture gets into the drywall) and the caulking falling out of the tub creases many many times. Prescription: patch the wall and re-caulk the tub. Every Three Months. I had the ... oh, what's he called? The Hazardous Stuff Guy? Something. Anyway, I had the guy come out to measure the mold content in my bathroom. Oh yes, you have mold. No problem. Use bleach and re-caulk the bathtub (AGAIN). Not hazardous enough.

So, this last week I get a call from the Housing Department, there is apparently a flood in the crawlspace. I have no idea what this means (what part of the apt. unit it is at), but the bottom line is: everyone in the apt. housing unit (four families) has to move to new quarters. Moved by professional movers. Paid for by the Army. With expenses paid for utility service switching fees.

WOOHOO!

Plus, because Chuck is promotable, he is eligible for an upgrade in housing facility, so we are going to get a three-bedroom house (an actual house! with a yard! And no one living beneath us!).

*swoon*

The wheels of justice move slowly, so we won't be moving until (probably) the end of the month, but hey, we've been living with mold for this long...

*does a little dance*

I'm going to live in a real house!

I'm going to have more space than I know what to do with!

I live in 816 sq ft of space now--and I will be living in 1016 sq ft (plus detached garage) of space next month! Oh the ecstacy!

Seriously, I am an old lady with simple dreams.

So. Farking. Happy.

[Nick]

I got a new job. :D

[Lalito]

Damn, Jexx, I didn't know the Army were that nice to soldiers. Rock on!

...it'll all be mine eventually anyway, though, possibly by the end of the night. Why? Because tonight, Jexx, tonight we try to take over the world!!!

[saxon75]

Grades came out today. Turns out that I got an A when I was expecting a B-. Right on!

[Noemon]

Congratualtions Mike! ::lifts sandwich in Mike's direction::

[celia60]

Woohooo!

[saxon75]

Heh, I may just make it into Tau Beta Pi after all.

[OpheliaViolenta]

I will probably get to eat pizza tonight.

Yes, this is considered my good news.

Life isn't very exciting right now.

Oh, oh! I found a Snickers in my suitcase. It's been there since, like, December or something, but it's still good.

As I said, life . . . not so much with the excitement. Oh well.

[katharina]

When do you move to Georgia, Lindsay?

That would be exciting. :)

You could enter Mack's contest on MadOwl. If three more people show interest in an art contest, she'll let me add an art component.

[OpheliaViolenta]

I move sometime between June 29 and July 4. And yes, that will be exciting. :)

And I may or may not enter Mack's contest--the problem there is actually getting some decent writing to come out of me. It could happen . . .

As for art . . . We'll just say I'm much better with words than with pictures, and leave it at that.

[Nathan Novak]

Jamie and I are, as was said on hatrack by others (I like the phrase), "engaged to be engaged."

[Nick]

That's great Nate. You and Jamie are so lucky to have found each other dude. :)

Nowhere near as cool, but I start my first day at my new job tomorrow. :)

[GreNME]

Um, that was quick or something. But aren't you going on a mission? Or did you change your mind?

[celia60]

I'll take that one.

Yes, it is fast, but it's not engaged, yet. He's going and announcing that he's planning to ask her to marry him when he gets back in two years and a few months.

Here are the gushy details, *blech* (http://www.galacticcactus.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33)

[the twinkster]

Originally posted by celia60@Jun 21 2004, 06:04 PM
I'll take that one.

Yes, it is fast, but it's not engaged, yet. He's going and announcing that he's planning to ask her to marry him when he gets back in two years and a few months.

Here are the gushy details, *blech* (http://www.galacticcactus.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=33)
I knew this already, but I can't help... just...

:blink: :blink: :blink: :blink:

[Bob the Lawyer]

The last time I posted something that wasn't completely cheery about someone's relationship nasty E-mails littered my inbox.

But since everyone else is doing it, I feel I must add a :blink: of my own.

[GreNME]

Everyone, send him nasty e-mails now, to prevent him from ever succumbing to peer pressure ever again.

It's for his own good.

[Lalito]

Uh-uh. I used to send him nasty e-mails, but he quit paying for them about three letters ago, and, y'know, I can't give it away...

[Zevlag]

Paying for nasty emails, now that an idea ;)

[Kama]

To balance the weirded-out smilies:

B) :D :) B) :lol: B)

[Nathan Novak]

So thats why that thread got so many hits in 5 minutes.

But yeah, definately the mission. Got to do that. And then we'll see how things play out. I'll be crossing my fingers for having things work out.

[celia60]

Bobble, isn't it great that this is a place where we don't have to trip over each other with compliments and can just be honest?

:wub:

Of course, that might be why announcements like this make it to other forums and not GreNME.

I must have made a :blink: face when I read it becaue Bill asked me what was wrong. And then we'll see how things play out. I'll be crossing my fingers for having things work out. :)

[Bob the Lawyer]

but but but, if I don't post :blink: I'm bowing to the pressure of the E-mails. But if I do I'm bowing to the pressure of all the other :blink:ers!

Curse my peers and their coverage of all my options!

<---- Lacking in social spine

[Kama]

There are other options, bob:

:huh:
:o
:unsure:

[GreNME]

Sounds like a plan, Nate.

[Zyne]

I'm employed again, defending MegaIncs against silly workers who went and got dust in their lungs and then got cancer and think my megas have something to do with it... Teehee, I'm back with the bad guys... While not the most sophisticated work in the world, it keeps me out of trouble and it sure beats panicing. Say YAY FOR Z. :)

[Nick]

I will have full medical, dental, and optical benefits! :) And I only have to work part time to do it. 20+ hours a week! :D

[BannaOj]

Our auto insurance went down by almost $130 for the next six months! Yea for getting older than 25! Steve actually just turned 26 and I'm sure that helped even more. Over the last two years. Its gone down by ~$300 (per six months) over the last two years. I think it started up at $1167/six months about two years ago and now it's down to $863 for the next six months. I'm the one with the accident and a single moving violation on my driving record, but he's the one with the expensive car that costs more to insure.

AJ

[Starla*]

C'mon! We need more happy stuff! Something good must have happened to someone recently....


I mean, not much good has happened to me, but I still try to be cheerful (key word "try").

I got free chocolate when I went to buy a card at Hallmarks.

I saw my guy for about 45 minutes yesterday.

I rode my stepfather's bike home from work on Friday (12 miles in an hour and 20 min, not bad for having not been on a bike in 4 years--I wasn't even winded!).

The wild blackberries are ripe on the vines next to work and I plan on picking them today.

My project is coming along more quickly.


Come on! There's gotta be something...

[BannaOj]

Ciara (one of my dogs) got her third qualifying score for her first Obedience Title yesterday.

Score was 191.5/200 which is pretty darn good if I do say so myself.

AJ

[saxon75]

Uh, I got an iPod this weekend. I like it so far.

When you install iTunes, it tells you to name the iPod, giving you the default option of "default's iPod." I decided to name it Steve.

[celia60]

I found a place to hang the lovely piece of artwork I was given for my birthday. It is now part of the library.

I suck at Thief, but enjoy playing it. I picked the right character in Hunter: Redeemer without having read any of the instructions. My Harvest Moon farm is doing pretty well now that I've worked out a system of bribery with the local sprites and figured out how to get to the lower levels of the mines. If only I could smash big stones and figure out where to get massive quantities of wood from.... I've unlocked Master difficulty level in all but 5 songs on Groove. I finally defeated my arch nemisis in KoL.

Oh, and my new advisor rocks. He's keeping me busy enough that I don't have time for anything in the above paragraph to progress, but that just means I'll get done sooner. And he's buying me a new camera! And building a cell culture lab for just his students! Did I mention that he rocks?

[BannaOj]

You are hanging the necklace in your library? I'd hoped you would be hanging that around your neck ;)

Congrats on the cool advisor, but I miss you!

AJ

[celia60]

Not that one, the one that used to be my avatar until ivillage decided to delete all my stuff. I think Joan Boy may have scarred their server for life....

Edit: And I'm still responding to email, I just don't have time to keep up with all the forums. I did manage to avoid responding to Twinky's latest campaign email with "Doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah, doo-ah" but I respond to the ones addressed to me. :)

[Noemon]

Good stuff? Let's see--I'm finally done with cleaning out the old place I was renting, so now I can schedule my walkthrough and get my ridiculously huge deposit back. That's a good thing. Plus, the owner of the place I was renting wants me to water some new trees she had planted this past spring, so I'm going to be keeping the key to the house. She's said that I can use the house when I'm out watering the trees, so I effectively have a resort-like (seriously, the place is gorgeous), furnished weekend house that I'll get to use for at least the next two months, and probably longer (for a variety of reasons, it'll be a while before she rents the place out again).

Oh, and also, I deposited my tenants' rent checks over the weekend. I'm officially a land lord now. That was pretty cool.

[the twinkster]

Heh heh, Mike, I named my iPod "Escape Pod." :)

In good news: I am going to the Halifax Jazz Festival for the next couple of days. It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing...

Edit: Also, I am making plans for a trip to Montreal and Toronto later this month.

[TheTick]

Good news? I'm back! That should be good enough...

[Kama]

Friggin exam on Friday

:wacko:

[TheTick]

Celia, is that the original Harvest Moon or one of the new ones?

[Starla*]

They FINALLY put a grade on my internship. This means I can get my degree.

They gave me an A-; which is even better--but I was at the point where I didn't care if I got an F b/c I didn't need the credits or the internship to graduate and I wanted my $26,000 plus interest piece of paper.

At first it was my fault--I didn't send them a paper or a log book. They notified me, and told me I had to take care of it by July 1. I did, but they still never changed the grade, so I called, asked nicely, and got what I wanted.

Now, hopefully the assistant dean can get a May date put on the thing rather than August since they screwed up.

One step forward in the swamp. :) One step closer to getting out. :)

[celia60]

It's the GBA version. I heard they made a new one for the GC that you're a chick in, I don't know if there's a gameboy version of that one as well.

So, yeah, I'm City Boy and my dog's named Rat and my horse No Name and you don't even want to know about the chickens.

[Zyne]

*waveys*

I am reviving the good news thread because today is the most hopeful I've been in months.

I still don't have a permanent gig (life sucks, etc.).

But as of yesterday, I know I have a boss (albeit a temporary boss--until December, it looks now) who thinks I am worth speaking to, and worth speaking about to *her* peers towards a permanent position.

Happiness is: Maybe all of this, maybe all of me, isn't over--maybe it hasn't really started, or maybe I can restart it. Happiness is my own peers. And a boss who doesn't remind me daily that sie thinks I'm stupid. And a bunch of other things.

And banannas. I'm about to get my second bunch for the season. :)

[Starla*]

Normally, I would have happy things to post. I would always find something.

I got my car back. My degree finally fucking came in the mail. These are good.

I am alone now. We broke up. Not because we didn't care about each other anymore--it was getting too hard. Since our accidents back in June we've seen each other 5 times (in 3 months). My parents, though I cannot blame them for what has happened between us, I see they had a hand in the chain of events, and I cannot forgive them.

I can't even say that what's up above is the reason. We had to let each other go. I don't know if this is permenant or temporary in all aspects of both words, but we had to. At least we walked away knowing we still loved each other.

This spanned over a week or two, starting around the end of August. We both wanted one more day together. Sept 8th was the day. The second wednesday of September will not bode well for me when it comes to relationships.

I brought him a birthday cake and a present (bought weeks ago), his birthday was the 2nd. I had told my parents I was working, and hitched a ride with a friend to Blackwood. We spent the whole day together. Going to that apartment felt like going home, so safe. We held each other for a long time. We played, talked, laughed, and cried together. I will miss him. I do miss him.

I am sad, but not heartbroken. It's hard to explain all the things that have happened, and what is happening. I have a lot of work to do. It was bad enough I had to lose my lover over my incompetance. He said it wasn't my fault, none of it.

So many things...

When my stepfather told me I couldn't see him anymore, I felt like a china plate someone had smashed on the floor and stomped on until the pieces were dust. In the few weeks, I had felt odd, I couldn't place it. I didn't feel empty or broken. I felt more like a shard of the plate, hidden under the cupboard while the rest was swept up and thrown in the trash. A fragment.

When I saw Heath for the last time (I hadn't seen him in a month), I better, like, he fished the pieces out and gave them back to me. I felt more like myself, remembered who I was. I still have to put the pieces together.

I'm not making sense. I'm only talking in bits and pieces. Most are things I need to keep to myself. I need to be alone for a while. If I don't post for a while, don't worry. I'll be back. I just need to be alone. Take care of what I've left alone for too long.

I guess the best I can say is this. We learned a lot in the last 5 months together. He said I've shown him so many things. We won't forget each other, if this is goodbye for good. I learned so much, have so many good memories. I am very sad. I will miss him for a long time. I know in my heart he will be fine, he is strong, he will miss me, but he seems to know when it's time to go.

He asked me to promise him I wouldn't give up, and that I would be careful. Who knows what will happen. I'm not hoping for too much, but I will look and see where I am in a couple months. Then we will see.

He has grown up since I first met him. So much.

I'm sorry folks, this has more been a meadering of my many thoughts. Not everything is there. Only pieces. Things will get better. Life goes on. I had a good person with me. In some ways, he is still with me. I don't know what else to say.

I won't be around for a while. I will return though.

[Kama]

We love you, sweetheart. Take care.

[Papa Moose]

So we found out a little over a week ago, but it only took effect yesterday, and since this thread is right near the top I'll share.

Mama (my wife, as most of you know) got a $15K/yr raise. This will allow me to remain a stay-at-home dad, and yet our savings can return to going north rather than south.

Also, Mooselet and Superstation are both doing well (overall health and conditions, that is -- as each of them (me, too) had a cold last week/end).

--Pop

[Ela]

Tomorrow is my 20th wedding anniversary. :D