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Patrick:
ok so a lot of shit has happened since my last

so my ex was in possession of my dad's entire record collection, which he left to me when he died. she also had my great-grandpa's gold pocket watch, of immeasurable sentimental value (and probably of some serious financial value, since it was solid gold besides the inner workings). welp. all of that shit went to goodwill, because apparently me coming every week to grab what i could fit into my mini cooper wasn't evidence enough that i valued it sincerely. so. if i wind up in prison, y'all know why (jk, but fuck if i haven't entertained some shitty thoughts in my head that i would never actually act upon).

anyway. it's been crazy in my life since then. my car registration is overdue because i'm poor. i just added $1500 to my medical debt because i dared to be born with asthma in the United States of Go Fuck Yourself You Pathetic Sick Piece Of Shit. i have a band and we're doing decently well, despite having only played 2 shows ever. i still work in a restaurant, and we had a busy last week, and i love every coworker i have except for one person, who can lick my scummy boots.

my mental state: questionable, on a good day, but overall i think i'll be alright maybe? fuck knows at this point. i might be trying to repress my real feelings about the shit i'm dealing with, because that's just how i have always operated, but everyone knows how that always ends up. i just don't know what i can possibly do that would reset things back to the way they were 7 months ago, so that i can have a more favorable avalanche of garbage pile its way into my mouth than the one i've got now.

LeeC:
Not sure where to post this, so I'll stick it here:

Since moving to Massachusetts, we've encountered a lot of wildlife in our yard. The second or third night here, I could hear owls just outside the house. One was on one side of the house, and another on the other side. They were talking to each other. I checked out what kind of owls they were, and based on the hooting of the owls in the area, it matches the great horned owl.

There are also rabbits. Not only did I see one outside the living room window one night, but I have found their droppings in the yard.

This morning I saw a fox trot across the street. When I looked in my neighbors backyard, following the path of the fox, hoping to see it again; I saw a rabbit, cotton tail up and in flight, dart across the yard and hide under the neighbor's house. The fox trotted on by, looking for it but the rabbit hid well and it went into the woods behind my yard.

My wife has seen a full flock of turkeys (12-13) waddling around in the morning just down the street on her way to work (this was shortly before COVID-19 started locking down the state). I too have seen them waddling in yards or crossing the street in the morning in groups of 2 or 3.

Our second week in our new house there was 7 deer in the backyard. I took my oldest onto the deck so she could watch. She thought they were big dogs and kept saying "Hello woof woof" over and over again. This spooked them and they cautiously retreated in the woods. Watching us from afar as they left in an orderly fashion.

On another day, feeling cabin fever-ish, I took both girls outside. The oldest was walking around, while I had the youngest strapped to my chest. we were hanging out by the side of the house with the water and power meters, when I turned around and saw what I thought was a squirrel facing me. I took a couple of steps towards it (it was about 40-yards away) to see if I could get closer, but instead of turning tale and running, it sucked its head back into the ground. It was at that point I realized it was no squirrel, but a gopher! I walked over and sure enough it was a hole. I talked with one of the neighbors today, trying to see what they do to keep the animals off their lawns, and she said gophers are not known to be around here and it was probably a vole or a woodchuck. Looking them up and the vole seems too small for what I saw (it was just a head) and the woodchuck seems too big. So who knows what it is.

There has also been a fairly large flock of seagulls circling the street since we moved in. About 30-40 seagulls in total, just a big dense circle above our street. Not sure why.

Based on the neighborhood app we have installed, there is a pig farm between our town and the town next to us. Depending on which way the wind blows, sometimes just walking outside smells like a farm...or sewage. Apparently when the wind blows the opposite direction, the other town gets to "enjoy" the smell too. This has caused both towns to complain but as far as I can tell nothing can be done since its private property. Its going to be fun going outside in the summer, depending on which way the wind blows...
 :roll:

cesium133:
Yesterday the weather was very nice, so I moved my computer out onto my balcony and did my work outside. The entrance to my apartment complex is on a roundabout, so I got to watch some of the dumbest of the greater Chicago area's drivers try to navigate that. At one point, I saw four deer wandering on the other side of the roundabout, and at least four morons in cars who came to a complete stop in the middle of the roundabout to gawk at them. Then later I watched as a truck was navigating the roundabout and some shithead wanted to pass the truck, so he went the wrong way around the roundabout... and still got stuck behind the truck because he failed to beat the truck to the other side.

Today, I drove to a restaurant to pick up dinner, and on the way back into the apartment complex, I saw something laying in the middle of the road, moving around. Turned out it was two ducks having sex in the middle of the road.

LeeC:

--- Quote from: LeeC on 04 Apr 2020, 14:26 ---On another day, feeling cabin fever-ish, I took both girls outside. The oldest was walking around, while I had the youngest strapped to my chest. we were hanging out by the side of the house with the water and power meters, when I turned around and saw what I thought was a squirrel facing me. I took a couple of steps towards it (it was about 40-yards away) to see if I could get closer, but instead of turning tale and running, it sucked its head back into the ground. It was at that point I realized it was no squirrel, but a gopher! I walked over and sure enough it was a hole. I talked with one of the neighbors today, trying to see what they do to keep the animals off their lawns, and she said gophers are not known to be around here and it was probably a vole or a woodchuck. Looking them up and the vole seems too small for what I saw (it was just a head) and the woodchuck seems too big. So who knows what it is.

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I finally got a good look at it. It is absolutely NOT a woodchuck, groundhog, etc. Its a motherfucking Weasel!!! More specifically a Fisher which are the second largest of the weasel family behind the otter.

Loki:

--- Quote from: Thrillho on 18 Aug 2019, 12:52 ---Jesus Christ Pat the maturity level in that post is just goddamn sickening

Do you remember we used to be on this forum when we were still CHILDREN for fuck's sake?

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This is completely weird.

I mean, I have had a real job, earning real monay, for over a year now.

I remember posting here when I had my first relationship, before graduating high-school. (There was university inbetween that.)

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