Topic: Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now (Read 262416 times)

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2750 on:** 09 Jul 2012, 01:31 »

Yes, but I feel awkward asking my sister's girlfriend for my sister's contact details! Is that silly? What I'm hoping will happen is that my friend will tell my sister that I was wanting to hear from her, and my sister will contact me. If she doesn't, then I guess she just isn't all that bothered. To be honest, we haven't got a lot in common - she is very literary and high-brow and a passionate Marxist, and I have got increasingly apathetic about politics and read trashy novels or legal articles.

Patrick · « **Reply #2751 on:** 09 Jul 2012, 04:19 »

924 Gilman was just about the most fun experience I've had. And that was before I found out all the bands made money tonight! The band touring from Olympia on K Records said we were welcome to play shows up there with them whenever, so I'm getting to be even more jazzed than I already have been about the idea of touring this summer.

If there's any one thing we regret about the show, though, it's not having had the goddamn record out yet. That's kinda lame. The timing could have been a lot better if we'd just kept the ball up on recording (Matt and I share plenty of fault in that). But we did get a lot of shows in, and recording the rest of the album after having that experience with the songs definitely could not have hurt, so fuck it. Still, it would've been nice to have had something to offer.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2752 on:** 09 Jul 2012, 11:39 »

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Jul 2012, 04:19

The band touring from Olympia on K Records

heyyyoooooo

what was the band?

Patrick · « **Reply #2753 on:** 09 Jul 2012, 13:39 »

They are called The Maxines and they are super nice people! Also, the drummer's just about the cutest little thing I ever saw in my life.

Redball · « **Reply #2754 on:** 09 Jul 2012, 16:32 »

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Jul 2012, 13:39

Also, the drummer's just about the cutest little thing I ever saw in my life.

Using the word I just learned today, how many milliHelens? Just saw her on Facebook. She is cute, but I don't know how to apply the scale yet. And as to the music, I speculate I'd find it in the negative hundreds-of-milliDvorak area.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2755 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 02:36 »

I learned something new today: http://www.quora.com/How-does-one-calculate-millihelens

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2756 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 11:58 »

Quote from: Patrick on 09 Jul 2012, 13:39

They are called The Maxines and they are super nice people! Also, the drummer's just about the cutest little thing I ever saw in my life.

I have heard of these people! I may have to look them up when they're back in Olyworld.

Patrick · « **Reply #2757 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 18:08 »

They're really nice people and it sucks that I don't get to hang out with them on the regular.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2758 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 18:30 »

Oh my god I am leaving tomorrow for Boston. Oh my god I have to go to Seattle and buy my suddenly unemployed friend some food and oh my god I'm going to be living with my father and oh my god I'm meeting May and oh my god everything is happening at once.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2759 on:** 10 Jul 2012, 21:51 »

Zingo, are you going to be in/near western MA at all?

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2760 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 08:37 »

No; if anything, I'm gonna spend most of my trip south of Boston.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2761 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 08:38 »

well fuck actually I have like no plans for Saturday. hmm...

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2762 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 11:23 »

So looks like I'll be missing you then, since there's no way I can make it out to you and back to Boston in time for my flight. That is a great and terrible sadness that rests heavily upon my heart for all eternity. I don't know how to express the endless pain I feel.

Maybe eyeliner.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2763 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 11:45 »

My Saturday's busy anyway, My cousin's in town from California and we're grabbing lunch/general shenangians.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2764 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 12:18 »

whatever, I don't need you anyways

jerk

valley_parade · « **Reply #2765 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 12:21 »

PSSSSSH.

Patrick · « **Reply #2766 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 16:23 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 11 Jul 2012, 11:45

My Saturday's busy anyway, My cousin's in town from California and we're grabbing lunch/general shenangians.

Oh man you should make the trip Leslie, that girl is fine as everloving fuck

Redball · « **Reply #2767 on:** 11 Jul 2012, 17:20 »

Quote from: pwhodges on 02 Jul 2012, 15:28

Yesterday was concert day
Highlights: when the bell tolls during the Purcell funeral piece (!), and Parry's Blest Pair of Sirens (just because...).

Downloaded and listened to it thrice. What a pleasure, to hear and to have sung! Favorites were the Rutter, Durufle and unexpectedly the Schubert Psalm 23. I'm sure I'd heard it before, but I heard new things in it, including a tiny thing I find attractive: In measure 14, WEI-de, the quiet second syllable, is a dynamic I notice wherever I hear it. And there was an almost physical reaction in some of the more contemporary music when I could easily imagine myself, my pitch senses on high alert, listening for the other parts to be sure I was in tune. Thanks for letting us hear it.

Jace · « **Reply #2768 on:** 12 Jul 2012, 04:59 »

Last night I failed to authorize for heavy combat. A couple factors:
I took a really solid hit to the head that grounded out my helmet against my forehead, I currently have a bump and bruise.
I was pretty exhausted from not having eaten any real food, getting 4 hours of sleep and doing 30 minutes of melee fights.
I was in the primary stages of being crazy dehydrated.
My shield is about twice as heavy as it ought to be because the hand guard on it is made out of thick sheet metal, going to replace it with a bar grill and then hopefully with leather.

As far as technical skill is concerned, due to the above I made just a couple mistakes like when I was a bit more aggressive with the shield the corner got the guy in the face (we wear helmets so not a huge deal, but not good), but it is an easy fix that I just need to work on. And my hit calibration was a bit on the weak side. Gonna try again after Pennsic probably since there aren't any events between now and then. Since I am not going to Pennsic it isn't a big deal and it helped me a lot because I know what I need to work on.

Barmymoo · « **Reply #2769 on:** 12 Jul 2012, 06:04 »

I'm safely in the States and in the right time zone! Today should be a good day, although I'm still getting over a cold which will make the concert tricky to enjoy. Hope I don't give you my cold, Leslie!

Papersatan · « **Reply #2770 on:** 12 Jul 2012, 14:13 »

Today, Steve and I went to get STD tests. The first Planned Parenthood we went to was empty. We were the only patients there. Never in my life have I been to any clinic without a waiting room at least half full. Also, they only had one HIV test left... Never have I been to a clinic that ran out of HIV tests. I don't think these were related, because she didn't realize she was out of tests until we had filled out paperwork all out, so it was not like they had just closed up shop for lack of tests.

We went to a different Planned Parenthood instead and they gave us the oral HIV test. I had never had an oral test before. Even the quick result test I had last year was a finger prick. It was a bit like rubbing a pregnancy test on your gums, and also gave me hives (from the pressure) so is a wash for me compared to the finger prick, but I can see how they are easier to administer not having to worry about a sharps container and band aids and all that.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2771 on:** 12 Jul 2012, 19:19 »

Quote from: Patrick on 11 Jul 2012, 16:23

Quote from: valley_parade on 11 Jul 2012, 11:45
My Saturday's busy anyway, My cousin's in town from California and we're grabbing lunch/general shenangians.

Oh man you should make the trip Leslie, that girl is fine as everloving fuck

that would be impossible; I can't even find a bus route up that way. (I've heard some things from you about said cousin, anyways)

I met May today! It was awesome! I gave her rainbows! And now I'm watching My Little Pony with my friend. Bring on the rum and coke!

LTK · « **Reply #2772 on:** 13 Jul 2012, 11:42 »

I was at the Friday street auction in Antwerp, where they sell lots and lots of stuff (probably impoundings) indiscriminately and for whatever a fool is willing to pay for it. This can quickly become pretty insane: On the auction for potted plants and flowers, they were offering a tray of six miscellaneous small plants. When no one was willing to bid one euro for that, the auctioneer offered two trays for one euro. Then three trays. Eventually someone bought five trays of plants for one euro. It gets even crazier when the items become too bothersome to sort out, so they start offering boxes full of who-knows-what. Toward the end, there were six boxes, each about half the size of a common moving box, sold for €3,50.

I bought a few things as well. One set of various drinking glasses for €1. There were about six different types: Belgian beer glasses, champagne glasses, cognac classes, regular drinking glasses, a shot glass, a sugar pot, and something that would make a good tea light holder. About four dozen total, way more than me and my sister could carry. We took just the regular drinking glasses and the beer glasses, and left the rest to the vultures.

I also bought two hats. One stack of old-timey looking hats went for €1 - didn't like the look of those anyway - and then there were two funny-looking fuzzy hats, which apparently no one was interested in, so I bought them for €2. Only when I had them in my hands did I notice that one of them had claws, and realized they were made of actual fur. I was not expecting that. They're also too big for my head, so I can't do much with them.

Other auction highlights were: A small chainsaw, €35, a quality bicycle, €35, what looked like sets of gold chains, €15 each, very many laptops in unknown condition, about €30 each, porcelain dolls, about €5 per two, and a big old wooden wardrobe with mirrors in it, I think €100. Ludicrous.

Nikolai · « **Reply #2773 on:** 13 Jul 2012, 12:29 »

I quit smoking today. I decided I was going to quit about two weeks ago, but wanted to finish the carton I had because I hate wasting things (even though yes, I'm painfully aware that I'm wasting money on smoke and ashes), and I killed the last pack this morning. I spent the last two weeks psyching myself up, telling myself that it's a habit, not an addiction, I can quit because I want to, blah blah blah.

It's midnight, and God damnit I want a cigarette.

Redball · « **Reply #2774 on:** 13 Jul 2012, 13:16 »

Stick with it, it's not an easy addiction to kick. My memory is that after a week, the physical craving gets easier, but just one cigarette? That's not so bad, is it, really? Sure it is.

Hi. My name is Bob. I'm a smokaholic. I haven't had a cigarette since early July, 1977. But I"m a smokeholic, so I still believe that one cigarette would be a trap. Luckily, I haven't had a craving for years. And I hate the smell of smoke, especially smoke that stays in clothing or furniture.

I quit just after I turned 40. My daughter was 5. I wanted to hang around a while and see her grow up.

Stick with it.

Patrick · « **Reply #2775 on:** 13 Jul 2012, 15:48 »

It's hard for me to quit too, but I'm finishing what I want to be my last pack. The downside is that I've gone from like 4 cigs a day to a full pack and then back down to half per day, so something is definitely needing adjustment. Probably my psyche.

Redball · « **Reply #2776 on:** 13 Jul 2012, 19:28 »

I could issue a challenge as I did to Barmymoo for the C25K, but to do so I'd have to resume smoking after 35 years just so I could attempt to quit. Can you two challenge each other, with some nearly-real-time communication?

Think of the benefits! Live long and prosper!

Or something like that.

Nikolai · « **Reply #2777 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 04:04 »

Alas, I have settled for compromise. Due to the fact that nearly my entire platoon smokes, it's near impossible to avoid. I've just resolved to not buy any more cigarettes, and I won't actively bum any. However, if someone offers me one, I likely won't say no. All things in moderation, right? Three or four a day is better than the pack a day that I was up to.

Redball · « **Reply #2778 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 05:56 »

Not a bad strategy if you can hold to it.
I started smoking when I was 19, quit at 40, and estimated that I smoked 30 pack-years (1 pack year = a pack a day for a year). A physician in the mid-60s had told me that smoking is usually fatal at 60 pack years. Nowadays I can wonder if his data was any good, but I never forgot it, and it helped me quit. In the Army, it didn't help that cigarettes were cheaper than anywhere else -- 20 cents a pack at the time.

BeoPuppy · « **Reply #2779 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 09:14 »

I quit using patches. Never ever have I ever been so high from a nicotine kick as with those patches. They do do the trick, though.

Today, sort of surprise aikido exam. I am now a brown belt in aikido. This makes me happy!

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #2780 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 10:17 »

I smoked on and off for the last 7 years or so. Quit the first time using the gum (that shit takes a while to get used to but I eventually started to enjoy it) then resumed a few years later, then quit cold turkey. I still have cravings from time to time and I'll bum a smoke when I'm having particularly shitty days, but it's gone from a pack a week to 3 or 4 cigs a year. Not too shabby, I suppose.

Lines · « **Reply #2781 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 15:05 »

I caught two little fish today! By far the smallest fish I've ever caught, so combined maybe they'd make a whole small fish, but after the debacle of getting my fishing license last night/this morning, I am happy.

Carl-E · « **Reply #2782 on:** 14 Jul 2012, 16:47 »

The boat, a 16 foot (5 meter) open cockpit sloop, is out of hock for winter storage, has it's docking permit, and is now parked in its trailer slip at the lake.

Sailing! My bestest escape...

Jace · « **Reply #2783 on:** 15 Jul 2012, 04:40 »

Had one of the craziest but also best dreams last night. Normally I don't dream, and it is even rarer that I can remember it beyond about 2 hours after having it, so this is great.

valley_parade · « **Reply #2784 on:** 15 Jul 2012, 07:19 »

Family's flying me out to California for about a week in September. Awesome.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2785 on:** 15 Jul 2012, 19:50 »

Quote from: Redball on 14 Jul 2012, 05:56

Not a bad strategy if you can hold to it.
I started smoking when I was 19, quit at 40, and estimated that I smoked 30 pack-years (1 pack year = a pack a day for a year). A physician in the mid-60s had told me that smoking is usually fatal at 60 pack years. Nowadays I can wonder if his data was any good, but I never forgot it, and it helped me quit. In the Army, it didn't help that cigarettes were cheaper than anywhere else -- 20 cents a pack at the time.

My grandmother's 82, started smoking at 14, and has been smoking a pack a day for at least 60 of those years. So.

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2786 on:** 15 Jul 2012, 19:51 »

Quote from: valley_parade on 15 Jul 2012, 07:19

Family's flying me out to California for about a week in September. Awesome.

also when and where? because I was actually planning on hitting up Cali in September, maybe

valley_parade · « **Reply #2787 on:** 15 Jul 2012, 19:52 »

Probably like 9/7-15. I'll be in the Bay Area.

nobo · « **Reply #2788 on:** 16 Jul 2012, 03:17 »

Quote from: tuathal on 15 Jul 2012, 22:57

I'm in Poland, have been for about a week.

We spoke German or even our limited Russian.

Yeah... stick to just speaking English. You might say that we Poles have a historical hatred for those who speak German or Russian.

Carl-E · « **Reply #2789 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 00:46 »

So I got a email from the departmet chair today.

ue to budgetary costraints, and the fact that a master's degree holder is cheaper than a Ph.D. (and two part timers are cheaper tha one full timer), I've been let go from my primary job.

Two weeks after losig my second, part time job.

I am now fully unemployed, with massive debts and soon, no insurance for my critically ill daughter.

On the bright side, I can finally file for unemployment.

LTK · « **Reply #2790 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 00:56 »

Shit, Carl-E, that's rough. Are there any other possible means of income you can get access to? Any severance pay?

Redball · « **Reply #2791 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 04:40 »

Aw, damn!

Carl-E · « **Reply #2792 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 05:19 »

Quote from: LTK on 17 Jul 2012, 00:56

Shit, Carl-E, that's rough. Are there any other possible means of income you can get access to? Any severance pay?

I was an adjunct, contract-to-contract for a state school. No, no severance pay. I was in what I was told was a safe position, because they can't find people willing to go out to the middle of fucking nowhere to teach.

But, it's budgetary. if you have to cut somewhere, the cuts have to start at the bottom.

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #2793 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 06:08 »

What the fuck. I'm so sorry, Carl....that totally blows.

Make sure you look into COBRA asap- health insurance will be one less thing for you to worry about.

jwhouk · « **Reply #2794 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 06:12 »

Please tell me this isn't PSU related...

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2795 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 09:00 »

I'm really sorry to hear that Carl.

in my news, I just got this message from my girlfriend:

"I know we haven’t known each other for very long, but I’m thankful for the time we did have together, and I’m sorry for doing this. Thank you for making my last few days happy ones – you gave me something I never thought I’d be able to feel. I hope you’ll remember me fondly.

I’ve requested that my landlord hang onto your things until you get back to pick them up; his house is just down the drive on the left.

Goodbye, you fabulous creature."

She also posted a picture of her holding a gun. She won't answer her emails or her phone.

And now I'm 2,000 miles away from being able to help her.

Goddammit.

Redball · « **Reply #2796 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 09:37 »

Can you call police in her city?

Zingoleb · « **Reply #2797 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 09:43 »

I kept calling her. She says she's talking to people and she's okay, and I believe her. She also told me she's moving back to Florida.

Redball · « **Reply #2798 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 10:19 »

So the photo was to scare the hell out of you?

lepetitfromage · « **Reply #2799 on:** 17 Jul 2012, 11:30 »

I'm sorry Zing....I can't imagine how tough it is to be far away when she is in a state like that. On the plus side, it sounds like there are a lot of people who care about her and that will NOT let her forget that. Knowing that should be some solace for her and it will hopefully be enough to get her through until you can see her again. And- it should ease your mind slightly that she does have a support system like that.

RE: Florida- try to hold off on discussing it with her until you get back (if you can). Elevated emotions tend to lead to rash conclusions. She may only be thinking of that as an escape.....she may come to find that she doesn't need one.

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