Whitechapel - The Vile-Hugging Thread Feb 2012

The Vile-Hugging Thread Feb 2012

Vornaskotti — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:03:58 -0800

Money doesn't bring happiness, but it's more fun to cry when the list of bills on your banking service is one long list of "paid, paid, paid, paid", both of the credit cards aren't zeroed out and there's a real chance of living from the account, not from credit in a couple of months. Additionally getting most of the things that have been totally fucked up for 1-2 years if not fixed, at least firmly headed towards the right direction in one suspiciously successful swoop makes the corners of the mouth curl up.

Getting ready to leave for the office, where I have my comfortable quiet work room with a view over the sea, before leaving for an interesting event outside of the town with a gaggle of creative people. Then back home to finish what will hopefully be my last freelance journo article in the foreseeable future, which is a tremendously relaxing thought. Free time for arts and entertainment, what a concept...

This looks like such a good year so far, I'm bound to get hit by a random falling piano.

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Fauxhammer — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 02:08:33 -0800

Last week, my wife went to the doctor's due to having an irregular cycle to find out she's entering menopause, a decade and a half early.

It sounds bad, but let's face it: babbies were never on the program, she's on a 60 day cycle, so she gets a bye every other month, and her gyno said that women who go early tend to be less symptomatic (not that menopause is a disease with symptoms, but you get me).

She's still feeling poorly about it, though.

Shit happens, eh, Whitechapel?

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oldhat — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:19:03 -0800

@faux ...eek. So sorry to hear that...

I just got a bonus at work! Can't touch any of it, but I'm closer to getting back to my "zero-point"!

Also either tonight or later this weekend, I'll be making this:

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Jay Kay — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:47:39 -0800

Well, yesterday I had a job interview for the Starbucks gig. I think I did fairly well, all things considered. I was told that I'll know for sure if I'm going to be called back on Tuesday.

@faux A similar thing happened to my mother, actually--started menopause earlier than most. But, a few months ago, she apparently started having them again, and she was told by her doctor that while that kind of thing happening after menopause can mean VERY bad things, it could also be a fairly common thing to happen to women who go on it early and they're just miserable for a couple of months and go back to it not happening again.

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flecky — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:54:30 -0800

After a really bad start to the year things are seeming to be going a bit better.Relapsing round Xmas and the New Year took it's toll on me bad;i went into a hideous depression that left me in a state where i just wanted to die(not saying this to be dramatic-it was just the way it was) and i was finding being awake for longer than a few hours almost unbearable.Months and months of sometimes not being able to sleep for days and then only being able to get a few hours,usually filled with twisted using dreams and nightmares,was inevitably going to push the boundaries of sanity and leave me in a state of nervous exhaustion.

I was afraid that i was going to go have to go back to the point where i had to destroy cash-point cards etc as i couldn't trust myself with money.I was relieved today as i thought i'd left it too late to cash a cheque which would have led to financial headaches i can do without-i have bills to pay-but i managed to catch that just in time.

My key-worker at the clinic i attend was suggesting i increase my meds but i told him that would just be a colossal step backwards and that,if anything,i want to do another reduction over the next couple of weeks.I'm going to have to formulate plans to start a day program or maybe even see about doing a stint in a rehab,if i can get the funding.

I'm trying to keep looking at the positives;i'm no-longer consuming stupid volumes of vile methadone-it's been a good few months since i came off it-or handfuls of dexamfetamine(that's how they spell it now) etc.Plus,as i've said recently,my legs are feeling somewhat better.

Life goes on...

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Pooka — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:46:05 -0800

getting excited about the show i'm putting together. I get to meet a bunch of new artists and see some of my regular guys again (This includes my very awesome and very talented friend Billy Tackett, who in all the years I've been putting together little shows, has never turned me down for an event. :)
We're all donating a bunch of artwork to our charity. I'm hoping to earn a thousand bucks for the american cancer society.
I've put myself through a lot of stress and drama to get this thing arranged and it's my going to be my deciding factor on whether or not I'm going to keep doing event organization. I'm heartened by the fact that a few of my friends from the last town I lived in have said they are coming, so it will be nice to see them...even one of my friends from highschool is coming, and I haven't seen him in nearly fifteen years.

I've got some pretty cool artists involved, a couple of pretty cool local bands, and i finally got my dj settled back into his role as my MC/DJ/Auctioneer. Everything is running smoothly finally. word has spread and it promises to be crowded and busy...I just really hope I haven't over advertised and the bar can handle the crowd. Oooh i do hope it doesn't degenerate into chaos...it is on st. patrick's day...

Lexi-con: Drink and Draw! is what I've managed to pull together in the last month. I went on a mad few weeks of emailing folk the minute the bar owner gave me the go ahead on a date. I spent a portion of that time going back and forth with my front man on whether or not he was going to actually do the job or not.
anyway...wish me luck...

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trini_naenae — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:05:28 -0800

I'm going on a date this coming Thursday. Well, we're meeting for coffee, and we have stated our mutual interest, so I'm fairly certain it's a date.

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flecky — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:24:10 -0800

Hey Pooka...good to hear from you.Glad things sound cool.

@ trini:hope that goes good for you.

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DavidLejeune — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:29:38 -0800

Did my taxes, getting around 900 dollars back. Which is pretty sweet.

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trini_naenae — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:58:21 -0800

@flecky: thanks!

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JP Carpenter — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:24:49 -0800

Bought new Pod Thing for guitar... have now been channeling Johnny Marr and John McGeogh for pretty much eight hours and my fingers are raw, but I haven't played like that for bloody ages and I feel great for it...

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sellmeyoursoul — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:09:53 -0800

I met my first whitechapler (whitechaplain?) today. And if any of you had any doubts, comicbookbunny is an all around lovely person.

Sadly, there wasn't enough time for more than a bit of socializing. Maybe next time.

@Flecky - Hang in there, mate.

@Everyone else - Good on ya'!

Cheers.

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Argos — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 20:49:33 -0800

awww, awesome picture! I <3 whitechapel crossovers ^__^

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Vornaskotti — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 05:46:17 -0800

Sitting at the work room, looking at the sea and the buildings illuminated by the setting sun, that fractures on the windows of the tall buildings on the other side of the strait. Feeling a kind of deep peace and contentment I don't think I've ever really had in my grasp.

Going to press "send" to the final freelance journo article I'm going to write in the foreseeable future (apart from some game reviews, which are mostly for fun and beer money). That's something I've wanted to do for a long, long time, since it eats into my home life and free time, keeps me from writing creatively and generally just twists my nerves three turns tighter. No more of that now, finally the financial realities agree with that decision.

I'm in a place in my life where I've literally never been in. On the verge of things being really, fundamentally well. I might grow to like this shit - then again, it'll take a loooong time for me to stop waiting for the aforementioned stray piano to fall on me.

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Comicbookbunny — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:44 -0800

SO MUCH HORRAY!!! Was awesome fun squeeing (for a fantastic all be it brief time) with sellmeyoursoul at Temple con. and yes he is as cute and fun as his pictures *grin*

Someone gave me smiley the psychotic button!!! I had one when I was a kid until he popped of of my jacket and got lost. I now have a new one and he will oggle boobies along with me *giggle*
Learned some Barjitsu (the gentlemanly art of self defense) it was fun and a bit more complicated than I thought it would be. Met lots of seriously fun people, sold hats, made people giggle and danced in the halls to attract customers. I had a really really great time at the convention (did not sell as much as I would have like but was TOTALLY worth it)

and i am the proud new owner of a batman corset dress!!! Coolest thing evers!!! (i'm such a spaz hehe) Here is a bad picture of a truly epic dress.

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government spy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:57:23 -0800

I miss my Smiley button...

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Littlepurplegoth — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:04:47 -0800

@ComicBookBunny please tell me where you got those boots....

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Comicbookbunny — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:10:34 -0800

@government spy I had been looking to replace mine for years! they cost a small fortune saw one going for 500 on ebay once....

@Littlepurplegoth they are actually black shoes with WW1 spats on them there is a place here (PA) that has a bucket of spats in their store (Army Navy surplus)

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Littlepurplegoth — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:22:07 -0800

Oh pooh. Well, sort of. I could probably do similar, but was hoping for a slouchy boot...

(I may have a *tiny* boot problem...)

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Rachæl Tyrell — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:05:34 -0800

Did I see WillowB100 on a commercial on Hulu?

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tedcroland — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:43:26 -0800

@Rachael Wut! Which commercial? I may be able to confirm or deny.

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Cat Vincent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:47:14 -0800

Mention should be made of the Whitechapel summit meeting between myself, visiting professor & Our Man In Rio Andre Navarro, Vertigo Jones & Admiral Neck yesterday.

Excellent time - met Andre at Paddington Station, showed him a few sights, met the rest of the lads & occupied a pub & a Chinese restaurant, put the world to rights.

Cheers, lads!

Neck & Vert.

Andre & me:

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Fauxhammer — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:49:11 -0800

Ugh, one of these days I'll get to the UK.

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Cat Vincent — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 04:51:26 -0800

@Fauxhammer
..and you'll get the same kind of action when you do, chum!

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Bankara — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:48:03 -0800

Speaking of which, London Whitechaplains I will be among you soon. I am going to be in London towards the end of the month, and if I can secure some gigs then thru March. Might need to organize a boozer!

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:12:46 -0800

In which case, @Bankara, we should perhaps have a drink soon. Or a smoke. Or something.

@Tedcroland - I've no idea what it was an ad for. I've forgotten. But there were a series of people as heads and shoulders speaking against a blank background.

Joyous hugging: yesterday being invited over to a neighbor's for the evening, watching a bootleg of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and drinking cocoa while the sky snowed.

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government spy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:57:47 -0800

Fuck Goddamn!!! Sometimes motherfuckers piss me off goddamn it!

I got this motherfucking mental patient (seriously, he's legally incompetent) on my unit, and this motherfucker is trying to test me...

I keep my professionalism, and I keep my patience, and I'm sorry this dude isn't on his meds or whatever, but I'm sick of having these mental motherfuckers on my unit when they need to be in a mental facility, and not here in general population.

I try to keep my cool, but I swear to god, one more day of dealing with this dude and it will not end well.

I gave this guy instructions some time ago, and then right in front of my face he's sneaking around with contraband and it's obvious he knows right from wrong, and I confront him and he argues with me and plays dumb, and then he tries to stand up to me and act all hard, motherfucker looked like he was going to swing on me; I've not been a violent person in sometime, but I willingly would have earned my paycheck whooping his crazy ass.

Thank you. Needed to vent.

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Bankara — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:27:34 -0800

@Rachael, yeah most definitely! We cut off mid-conversation about that due to the rollover date of the thread. I have been mad busy too this week and i am headed to Philly to shoot the Philly Tattoo Convention, back on Sunday for Dr. Sketchy's though! Sunday? Next week?

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:54:12 -0800

@Bankara - Funny, I have been meaning to go to Sketchy's for months, but something always fucks my plans somehow. Usually its my own nervousness at drawing and fear that I'll choke, but that's silly. I might end up in Connecticut on Sunday, but if I don't, I'll try to come out, and we can hang after Sketchy's or something.

(I'm rubbish at making concrete plans.)

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government spy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:58:53 -0800

Sorry about the rant. Everything's fine now.

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allana — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:07:35 -0800

Rant good. Hugging Thread = purpose fulfilled.

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Vornaskotti — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:35:09 -0800

I'm baffled. It's the end of week one of no-freelancing + interesting academic job + money and social problems solved week. Got to work enjoying the beautiful winter sunshine and the nice -15C nipping at my nose, got a wave of elation as I sat down at my work station because today has again some interesting and fun work to offer me, the coffee tastes good and Iva Nova is exactly the right music for the mood. Facing a weekend of electronics class, game coding, cooking with the fiance, maybe spending some time with the pals, videogaming...

So, is this what being happy and content feels like? Hmh. I like it, sir, I like it.

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JP Carpenter — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:50:21 -0800

@Bankara - if you're over I'll try and be around...

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razrangel — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:35:37 -0800

Got busy on stuff and it made my brain better. Anxiety makes me forget that the best solution for it is to leave so little RAM for it it stops being an issue. Still a little stressed by a continued silence in a couple places. Breathing, keeping busy, until I can realize the truth of being unable to do anything about it.

Work I wasn't looking for showed up. I need to not suck when I do it. Then get damn well on board with the things I do mean to get done.

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Littlepurplegoth — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:23:29 -0800

Have removed... lets just say a bit of a shitty day even though I knew it was on the way. Onwards and all that!

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Fishelle — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:42:54 -0800

Today I was sick. I needed to work on art homework but went home to rest instead.

Once home, I set a day to do some nude modeling. Shortly afterward my sister sent me a text that said she had some news that would make my week. Just after that, my ex boyfriend called me. He'd just broken up with his girlfriend, and wanted my honest opinion about what he had done wrong. My answer was, more or less, he'd abandoned everyone else for that girl and he was being a idiot. That just because you're not intimate with someone doesn't mean they don't matter, and if anyone made him think differently it wasn't a healthy relationship and he was an idiot for bothering with it. No apologies (on my end at least) or I miss yous, just me telling him off. Not a minute later, my sister arrived home with a DVD of the 2nd season of Downton Abbey. We were waiting for it to air on PBS and had no idea those last episodes were available in the states yet. Watched the end of it. Also, mom called me up so she could buy my plane ticket for a trip to New Orleans for a print conference, basically.

All in all, despite the illness (which is better than it was yesterday) it was a pretty good day.

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trini_naenae — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:51:33 -0800

@Fishelle: Yay!

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government spy — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:50:10 -0800

My mental patient got aggressive again today, cocked a fist back, got ready to swing at me. I kind of verbally challenged him and sent him to his cell, kind of channeled a universal "Dad-Voice" and I guess it spooked him. I was able to secure him in his cell before he got physically violent. But now that counts as a physically aggressive threat, and I got him moved off of my unit. He will spend the weekend in solitary before they pick him up next week and send him to another facility for mental evaluation.

I legally was within my rights to defend myself from a perceived threat; most of my co-workers say they would have hit him when he cocked back his fist. I know that I could have done that, but I felt like I acted proactively and stopped violence from happening before it could start. I don't shy away from violence where it is needed, but I feel in this case legally permissible and "right-and-wrong" were not the same thing. My one problem child is off of my unit, with extra staff to deal with him, and the rest of my unit is nice and quiet as a result.

This feels like a win.

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nelzbub — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:22:04 -0800

@ govspy- yes that is a total win. Well done sir, be proud of your victory.
I hope the inmate gets the correct medical assessment that he obviously needs.

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nelzbub — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 09:33:18 -0800

And regarding the universal 'dad voice', I have seen my girlfriend use a feminine version of the same voice to deal with rowdy, drunk hell's angels in the bar where she used to work.
It's quite spooky to see how effective it is!

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Comicbookbunny — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:47:21 -0800

i have a new job thing. I am finding that I like it much. Everyone in the lab is pretty awesome and nice. I did however start my first day/week off quite sick.
Anxious is the Green house- for tomorrow is the birthday thing. I'm anxious to know what It is we are doing and the hubby is anxious to make sure I like what it is we are doing
I know it will be fun since I was instructed to wear Victorian garb hehe.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:18:09 -0800

Die Antwoord with my best friend, getting sweaty and crazed. Then Vaselka's. Twice in one night. Chowing on food until 9 am with a new friend.

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Fauxhammer — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 04:47:33 -0800

I friggin' love Die Antwoord. How were they live?

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Pooka — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:41:50 -0800

@flecky thanks man, :)

SQUUEEEE! okay...minor squeeee! I have finally decided to just let go when i'm painting. i've done two recently that got a lot more attention than my planned out stuff. I think my talent is in the color and not the design...my poor hands suck at detail work these days...but i had a blast last night painting randomly, and ended up with a pretty cool octopus fighting a crab. :)
i am eager to get some of my craptacular paintings scanned professionally so I can post them on a deviant art account or something....you can see some of the badly cell phone photoed versions on my facebook page...
Oooooh, cute girl said she wants to come over. Cute artsy girl canceled before because of the icky weather, but she wants to come hang out and "has a business proposition for me"..OOooooOooooo....XD...i hope that we can be friends and i hope that i can get involved in some more projects with my new artsy contacts.. especially the artsy contact with the pretty eyes and adorable face :)
I signed up for a booth space at a pagan gathering in may, and i've got one of my new artists coming as my assistant. I kinda need someone to help me set up, break down, and basically follow me around to open packages or help me get down to the ground, or up off of it. lol...i feel kinda silly, and it's weird trusting a stranger to my well being, but he's a really sweet kid who needs some cash and a talented artist to boot, annnd my dj friend vouches for him...

i've decided to do a big hand painted banner for my drink and draw show, and i'mma inviting all my artists over for a banner painting party. I hope i can get at least a few over. One of my artists donated the banner material and he's pretty damned awesome for it (mr. Billy Boyd who is also an actor/sfx artist/ graphic designer/ all around cool guy) I could probably get one printed up for cheap, but I think i'd rather have a hand designed one. It lends itself to the show's idea better (plus i might get some professional artist's signatures on it, and that's always rockin'...)

OOoooh, and one more happy note. we're starting a new roleplaying game (hopefully) today based on the system i've been working on with my hubs for the last ten years. I'm playing both a hero and a villain . YAY!
Pooka does not usually have happy time...but this has been a pretty good few days :)

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Bankara — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:08 -0800

@rachael sounds like an awesome night! Sorry I missed you at Sketchy's but to be honest I was completely knackered from my trip to Philly this weekend and could barely put pen to paper. Had to bail because I have 400 images from the Philly Tattoo Convention to edit, organize, and submit this week. Going to be an utter basket case all week but I loved this project, it was so much fun!
Pints soon though!

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JP Carpenter — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:56:43 -0800

I can finally make an Outer Church!

Hell yes...

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oldhat — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:48:14 -0800

@JP JEALOUS. Give Joseph a big 'ol uncomfortably long hug for me.

Today was good. I applied for a job which I hope I get, will be contacting this internship thinger soon and attended the launch of CBCMusic.ca, which I knew about before when CBC called in a bunch of publicity companies and gave us the lowdown. Today was the same thing except it included free wine and wonderful food. Am surprised to find that I created an account and have been listening to it solidly for an hour. The Classic Jazz station in particular. Mmm...

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Pooka — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 05:04:17 -0800

oh good god....so cute girl up and throws a fit on her facebook after i post a picture of the chocolates my husband got me. she ranted about how much vday sucked and how she was spending it alone at home....
oookayy...i thought she knew i was married, and that it was an open relationship. I thought she was cool with that.... damn..damn damn damn...well, my husband and i already decided to put off our celebrating until next weekend when the kids were gone...so...I guess i'll end up sleeping the day away...no sleep last night. I was too anxious to see if maybe she'd reply to my inquiry about her upset. either she's still sleepin' or she's not going to answer. bleh...

on the huggy side, i'm so lucky to have my hubs who puts up with my silliness. He gave me a copy of Nemesis for Vday and a box of yummy truffles. He told me he didn't want anything now, but when the new silent hill game came out I was to get it for him. that's cool with me...i love me some silent hill...
he takes such good care of my crippled ass. *gives him kisses on his sleepin' head*

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RenThing — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:26:46 -0800

Proof-positive I married the right woman:

Michelle: i love you too. why do you love me right now?
me: Because you give me Valentine's Day cards about Han and Leia. 8)
Michelle: no, it was about us. i'm han and you're leia. no wait…
me: Well, that means then that not only do you screw up, get captured, and frozen in carbo...nite, I'm a bad ass who goes to rescue you, and is captured as part of a plot to bring about the violent downfall of the gangster who wants your demise at the hand of my Jedi brother. SCORE.
Michelle: BUT I FLY THE MILLENIUM FALCON
me: Not while you're Jabba's paperweight you don't. Who do you think flies it then? That's right, ME AND YOUR BEST FRIEND THAT'S WHO!
Michelle: WHATEVER PRINCESS

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dorkmuffin — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:12:24 -0800

We're watching "The Year Punk Broke" & ordering take-out.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:50:21 -0800

Two different people asked me to hang out socially next week!

That's like, almost a real social life! Yay!

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razrangel — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:15:09 -0800

Let myself way down today and then no one wants to play along and ask me any questions.

Oh well bro got me American-size bento for dinner (it's how he gets out of cooking when I bloody well cooked last time we were on our own). It feeds three.

Now to kick back with Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig (about the third time I've seen it) and some meh but strong whiskey. Not really such a thing as weak whiskey I suppose, just moderately crappy. Eh, oh well. Cheers.

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Fauxhammer — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 06:11:10 -0800

OKAY

SO

My wife just got out of her doctor's, and she doesn't think she's perimenopausal. She's got the irregular cycle, but none of the other conditions. It's something to do with her thyroid, but we don't know what. It's nothing bad, thank Crom, but it's something affecting her quality of life that her doctor thinks can be taken care of with proper diagnosis from an endocrinologist and the proper therapies. It makes sense; she's always had horrible hormonal problems. She'd have terrible mood swings around her moontime, every quarter when we were kids we'd get in a hige fuckin' donnybrook, and then there was her pulmonary embolism from the birth control, so some sort of endocrine issue other than menopause is a perfect fit, and seems like an easy fix.

Which is awesome!

But.

She takes forever in getting to the point with stories like this. I always lead with the good news, then dial it back. She'd been going on dropping bombs like she doesn't know what it is (which, for you non-neurotics, means OVARIAN CANCER), then says "But everything's good otherwise!"

Meanwhile I'm going to be taking a heart attack over here.

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Beamish — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:43:55 -0800

My grandma died today. Today is not a good day. This is not enough but it is what I can give.

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razrangel — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:00:51 -0800

Today seems to have sucked for everyone. My brother is in jail. He'll be arraigned tomorrow. Don't know if they'll decide competency then.

I can give a vile net-hug, Beam. That's pretty much it, but you're welcome to it. *hug*

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Argos — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:22:25 -0800

Jesus, vile hugs to the both of you.

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roadscum — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:41:21 -0800

Fauxhammer, beamish and razangel, i'd hug the lot of you but all things considered that might be truly vile, so i shall make do with offering my sympathy and wishing you all the best with your troubles.

Now, harking back to the 'Good things' side of this thread; no work today so i spend the afternoon wandering around Whitechapel (the one in London) with my camera, snapping wildly at just about anything. Result; i learn that either i leave the camera to decide or i learn how to use it properly, half arsed guesswork is not getting results. Even so, despite my best efforts to ruin things, one or two pictures have turned out passably well. I am pleased with this.
Now, back at home, i decide to sample last November's sloe vodka. It has turned out well, very well, very well indeed. I am hoping there is no work tomorrow...

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government spy — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:00:06 -0800

I just want to say a big thank you to comicbookbunny.

This whole shopping for a ring thing seemed daunting, and she offered to just plain old give me a ring for free.

That spurred me to getting off of my ass, and back out there looking for a ring. I had just assumed engagement rings were way too expensive, and out of my range, but it turns out that is not the case.

I ended up getting a ring made custom, and I feel extremely pleased with the result. I really didn't know anything about rings at all, and just a little advice (and a little bit of a psychic kick in the butt) from bunny made the difference. This is just another example of this community helping me out when I was in need. Thank you so much!!

I'm not proposing until the 28th, our 4 year anniversary is on the 29th, and due to Irish Tradition, I want to ask her before she asks me!

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oldhat — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:48:43 -0800

@GovSpy I think I speak for all of us when I say YOU DA MAN and I can't wait to hear how it all went. <3

So. Jeez.

In late April I'll be in LA for MusExpo. Would LOVE to make plans with LA Whitechapel folk, but I honestly have no idea when I'll be free throughout that time. A lot of my days will be filled with drinking free wine and listening to music with people who like talking about music. All for business. Oh yeah, and I'm also a Vice President of A&R for a music company now. Doesn't lead to any money yet, but...it's something. We'll see.

Meanwhile for mid-April, Alan and I are working out the kinks in the planned trip for Chicago, where I'll get to meet his parents and see a beer-loving, comic-creating friend. Big thing right now is finding a cheap place in the city with a king-size bed. We're thinking hostels. Exciting!!

Finally heard back from the friend I was worried about I read it early in the morning and just couldn't get back to sleep. She's...not in a good place. I sent her an e-mail just to let her know that dealing with her problems alone isn't the only option for her and that I'm around whenever she wants. I'm hoping she responds. Worried, but she responded and says that she is trying to get better, so that's something. Hoping to continue an e-mail communication with her.

Looks like I'm losing more weight. And the lip rash crappy thing is gone! And I'm actually starting to smile when looking at myself in the mirror! That's something.

And right now I'm sipping coffee and listening to CBCMusic's Singer-Songwriter station and hoping for an evening of shooting things with either a portal gun or chainsaw gun.

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Argos — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:54:22 -0800

Heh, speaking of rings, my partner and I finally found one on etsy we liked, and the shop owner is custom making one for us. Neither of us like diamonds, so we didn't want to go with that, so we were thinking of using either a piece of amber with inclusions, meteorite, or fire agate. But then we came across a silver ring on etsy with a conflict-free, BLACK diamond! And it was very affordable, too. Not some outrageously over-priced piece of jewelry, but something modest and pretty that suits both our styles :) I'm so excited.

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Osmosis — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:18:10 -0800

Yo, @Bankara - when you in London, man? Make sure to let Whitechapel know.

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256 — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:11:12 -0800

@argos - a probably irrelevant factoid: some black diamonds are thought to have been formed by the geological trauma of meteorite impact (super cool) or possibly to have arrived on Earth on a meteorite, having been formed somewhere in space (ULTRA COOL).

Again, think this only applies to some black diamonds, and is only a theory, but still.

Congratulations on the engagement, by the way.
And good luck to Mr Spy in his mission.

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Argos — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:31:58 -0800

Whoa, nice!! That's really cool to know because for a while we were wondering if we could get a little meteorite instead of a gemstone, precisely because it's been through space! We bought one but are getting it make into a necklace instead. I'll pass that info along. Even if it doesn't apply to our black diamond, it's still a neat bit of synchronicity. :)

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Comicbookbunny — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:58:55 -0800

@ government spy Yipee!!! I'm so excited for you guys <3 <3 glad I could help (even if it was just moving things along ;) It is a wonderful feeling knowing that you want to spend the rest of your life with someone and showing them that :D :D :D pictures yes??
@ Argos space ring! Can we see pictures of the rings!

I like seeing pretty shiney objects :D

Job going well- am currently working 3 jobs right now so if i keel over you all will know why. My job likes my work and so far I really like my work environment, tho I did accidentally shove a high-speed bur into my thumb, ouch is yes.

Flecky I still owe you toothiness stuff, my ass will get on that soonz!

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Fauxhammer — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:27:40 -0800

ONLY TREE JOB, YOU LAZY TUNRIP

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dorkmuffin — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 19:55:16 -0800

@Beamish, Razrangel, ouch. So very many hugs for both of you. Sending good vibes your way.

@People purchasing shiny objects for romantic reasons, YAY! Congratulations!

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taphead — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:56:29 -0800

Whoa, good things seem to be happening around these parts. Let's keep it up and make 2012 give us all the candy.

SO. Good things, itemised!

- Today my friends gave an Xbox 360 and 25 games. Which was nice.
- In (about) one month I will be IN BROOKLYN, and after that who the hell knows. I'm buying a one-way ticket.
- Today I'm heading off for a weekend at the cabin with the boys. Might even get a new project advancing, but if nothing else we will gorge ourselves silly on pulled pork and various other grilled, smoked and/or BBQ'd things.
- Been getting rid of my fear of singing, again, with the aid of karaoke and beer. Song 2 by Blur is a super fun thing to belt out!
- There was this fella playing in impromptu gig at the local club and I managed to nail his sound just so, and on a later gig he picked me over the club's actual soundman. He calls me Jesus, it's very endearing. (If I may toot my own horn for a bit, I was kinda stunned with the guitar sound I got for him, myself. A hollowbody electric with a P90 pickup, straight into the board through a DI has no business sounding that goddamn good.)
- A few extremely nice messages from fellow Chaplains. Whee!

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allana — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 20:58:56 -0800

My academic references finally all got back to me. (My own FUCKING alma mater was blocking all my emails as spam, and the faculties are so disorganized that none of my phone messages were being passed over.)
We're past all the priority deadlines by now, of course, but I might be able to smooth it over with a few phone calls tomorrow. This doesn't mean I'll be getting into a program, of course, but it means that I stand a chance of being rejected on my own merits, not on the basis of an incomplete application. This is a much more satisfying fear.

My V-Day involved a Die Hard marathon with a friend. I've got the movies all week, though, so it's continued on in her absence. That's also pretty great.

Also I was a human pincushion for some friends that wanted to learn about bloodplay and needle-play, over the weekend. It was pretty entertaining. They came up with the idea of blindfolding me and then pinching a bunch of areas simultaneously so I wouldn't know where I was going to be pierced. Turns out shock value is pretty awesome?

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Vornaskotti — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 00:02:43 -0800

On Wednesday I checked my account to see, how much it was overdrawn. Instead I was greeted with +1950e. It was the salary from my new job, which I thought would be coming at 15th of MARCH, not this month. One credit card paid off, all the bills and loans paid off, still money on the account and the other card not even close to being zeroed out, plus a big wad of money from my last freelance jobs coming in. Money doesn't make you happy, but I'm certainly far less stressed out when I don't have to live from hand to mouth.

I've been running a flu, but I decided to just fuck it and celebrate the salary by buying the fiance and one of my closest pals an evening of burgers, Franziskaner, Laphroaig and Aventinus. This of course aggravated the flu and decorated it with special beer hangover, but even that couldn't bring me down.

Oh, and used a part of the "leftover" money to get a new Xbox 360 S which I've been wanting to buy for months for the quieter fans and more space. Made the sick/hangover day spent wrapped up in blankets and drinking flu meds go past in a pretty enjoyable way.

I'm in the unprecedented space where apart from wanting to shave a few kilos of stress fat off me, I can't really think of a thing that would be amiss in my life right now. Everything is... good. Just nice and good. Never thought I'd reach this level of happy contentment, and I'm certainly not complaining!

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razrangel — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:03:18 -0800

Vile hugs gratefully accepted. I don't understand all court info that came from my mom. My OB* tried to plead guilty but the kind of probation the prosecutor wants requires an officer be present...stuff stuff now we have to wait until a trial date. I hope competency will be determined at the same time. Really it should have been heard today but... Argh. I don't know what his mental triage determined, especially if they have him on the same treatment/dosage as before. Tired. Frustrated. We're hushed at home.

But the niece came over today and we played a little. Dinner was homemade hamburgers. Stuff could be far worse.

*I have three brothers. OB = Oldest brother; MB= middle brother; BB = baby brother (the one who brought bento for Valentine's dinner)

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Argos — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 09:26:14 -0800

@Comic yes yes! I will post pictures once it comes in ^_^

Vile hugs all around to everyone else's good fortune! I woke up to a nasty hateful comment on facebook to a post I made in a public even page, so its really nice right now to feed off of everyone's good fortune.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:43:31 -0800

Hooray for you happy future-married types!

Me, I seem to have tumbled again into a realm of synchronicity, and this is quite comforting.

I've secured a place to move where I will no doubt be happier (though there is far less sunlight), as the cute boy (who doesn't seem interested in me, but isn't avoiding me either) happens to be moving out in the next few weeks, which is perfect timing, and I've been accepted as the replacement roommate! And being that it's in the same building, I need not worry about moving costs or anything!

(i just have to make sure I get rid of these fucking bedbugs)

Earlier in the week, my future roommate had given a stinky Occupy Wall Street squatter a place to crash for a night or two, and I'd met him. And then yesterday, listening to my favorite radio station WFMU, I first heard a new Blood Sacrifice song, which is my new favorite band as of two weeks ago, then a set of scifi psychedelia by one of my favorite DJs, and then, during the random man-on-the-street interview show that follows (another favorite of mine, but one that I've rarely caught in months), I heard none other than the young squatter fellow I'd met days before.

A fellow I know has been impressed enough with my photography for hire that he's passed my name on to friends in the hopes of finding me work, and the same day an old client emailed me and asked that I do some updating fixydoo on her site.

When I stop being scared and let life happen, it happens, and it's good.

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Bankara — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:41:15 -0800

@osmosis, due to a situation beyond my control the London Trip may be delayed to a later month. I will, of course, bemaking an announcement when I do come over to old blighty.

@Rachael, glad to hear things are all going well! Glu gave me your number I'll give a call next week for that pint, ok?

@razrangel, I hear you on the unstable sibling thing and you have my sympathies. Nothing is worse than not knowing what is going on with a family member and not being sure how or if you can do anything. I staged an intervention for my sister 8 years and got her into treatment for her addictions and while she still infuriates me on a regular basis she has been clean and sober for all those years. I am proud of her because almost no one comes back from the depths of addiction that she wallowed in but ultimately she was ready to stop, it is incredibly hard to convince someone to clean up unless they are ready to do it. I still worry about her of course but at least it is not the "what if she is bleeding out in an alleyway?" kind of worry.
I hope that things get better with this situation. All the vilest hugs at my disposal.

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Alastair — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 08:54:31 -0800

organising getting some (FREE!) recording for my band which is going to be awesome and totally unlike everything e;se on our scene but: FUCK ME is it hard to to sort out, i already have anxiety and stress issues and this is not helping... this is so tough, so, so though.... ACK

anyhoo yay! recording! and i'm getting hugs to help

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glukkake — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:41:43 -0800

@robin/alan - you guys gonna be in Chicago for C2E2 in April? Because apparently I might be making an appearance out there...

Oh, I guess I'll add some good things:
I've been having a rough time of late, with my brain going all crazy, but I'm trying to fix things at least. I have a nice friend who makes me happy and is good with knowing when to sweep in and pull me out of my funks and when to back off and let me be antisocial. I made some ground last night in trying to get along with someone I'd written off as a friend and am starting to find the words for the whys and hows he'd hurt my feelings that maybe one day I'll be able to articulate and things will be less awkward when I hang out with that particular social circle.
But the important thing is, last night I went out to an awesome fashion show/art installation hybrid put on by a hugely talented jewelry designer and had fun with my lady friend over wine and beers and am now cleaning the apartment and getting my life back on track.

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JP Carpenter — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 12:47:59 -0800

Staying chez Kemper Norton in Brighton. Much as I love my kiddies, it's nice to spend time with adults from time to time. We're listening to Thurston Moore and then going out for more booze.

At the Outer Church last night we watched Captured Ghosts and the Grant Morrison movie. Captured Ghosts left me with a really warm fuzzy, vile huggy feeling - seeing on it people I'm familiar with from here, while being in a room with people who've benefited artistically from being in Warren's orbit was lovely.

So yeah, it's all good.

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roadscum — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:22:14 -0800

Mr carpenter: you jammy, jammy bastard. Ye gods, that looks like it was GOOD!

Me, someone has just told me i am AWESOME. Obviously i am not, but all the same, it's a nice thing to hear from someone else.

Now i go sleepybyes, i am disgustingly pissed and there is workies tomorrow. Nighty night Whitechapel.

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razrangel — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:02:27 -0800

Some days just call for sleeping through the entire damn thing.

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government spy — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 12:42:26 -0800

Aaaaaah I'm going crazy!!

Date night isn't until the 28th. My Dad called the other day, and I so I tried to call him back but left a message with my grandmother, and I told her I was proposing. My Dad called back later, and when I spoke to him, I was surprised to find my grandmother hadnt spilled the beans, and told him so.

Later, my girl asks me what my Dad and I talked about, and I told her we caught up on stuff, blah blah, but then I say, "yeah, and I totally thought my grandmother would have spilled the beans but...!!!" and then I froze. And she just looked at me. I'm kinda famous for talking a lot, always having a quick comeback, but instead I just sat there, mouth open, dumbstruck. And she just looked at me, like "what?"

So I just shut up, and she squeezed my hand.

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razrangel — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 22:17:37 -0800

So... how's it been so far @govSpy? [eek!]

Took care of shit like boss today. Amazing what you can get done when you commit to minimal Twitter checking till after dinner. Well...amazing what I can get done. Twitter was built of Internet-onset ADD.

Made phone calls, including to people who scare me, sent off the demo, looking at new classes. Hee.

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Argos — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:59:44 -0800

The engagement ring came in!!! :) I tried to get a nice, artsy, interesting "this isn't an obvious engagement ring photo" picture of me wearing it but I couldn't, so here's a standard, cheesy picture of my finger. It's a conflict free, black diamond set in oxidized silver

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Fauxhammer — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:01:21 -0800

Badass.

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Argos — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 09:44:29 -0800

WOOOO!!! The Bjork Biophilia digipak I preordered in August, that I should have gotten in October, was FINALLY mailed to me. I e-mailed the store twice and they never replied, contacted them again a few days ago and a guy who said he just took over the online store management just contacted me to tell me that it has been shipped. Fucking finally.

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Comicbookbunny — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:31:24 -0800

ring of awesome!!!!!!!!!

So the boss found out about sabotaging annoying co-worker and was rather pissed- also found out no one likes annoying co-worker even boss person. Also my boss looks like Padre from John Carpenters Vampire$ and it makes me giggle. I told him as much (and that he even sounds like him) and he was rather jazzed. Finally no more over time.
Going roller skating today (haven't been for a bit)

on the down side someone graffitied our front step (way to ruin a historic building ass hats....) I've been scrubbing the past two days to get it off. Just poured half a bottle of mineral spirits on it. Anyone know how to get graffiti off concrete? other than paint over it.

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Koltreg — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:32:50 -0800

@comicBookBunny

Apparently powerwashing can help out with that sort of thing, though if the building is registered as a historic landmark through the state or country, if you contact the people in charge of those records, they might help.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:35:38 -0800

@Argos - Damn, that ring is fabulous.

A new friend of mine has just bought us tickets to see Shatner on Broadway this Saturday.

(guh!)

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oldhat — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 19:44:25 -0800

@argos Gorgeous ring!

Soooooo I was thinking that a client was trying to stiff me. Didn't get a cheque for last month's payment and have had all communication attempts ignored for a solid month. So I decided to take Drastic Action and e-mailed the client's mother. Three hours later and I was informed that the cheque was now in the mail and she was very sorry for the lack of payment. File that away in the "GETTING SHIT DONE" folder.

Also today, for the first time in quite a long time, I really liked what I saw in the mirror. It might have been the powerful hallucinogens, but it was good to feel attractive in my own eyes.

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government spy — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:22:31 -0800

I think I just offended a Muslim inmate. I called him downstairs to receive his medication from the nurse.

I told him, "It's a trap!" but he didn't get the joke... Inmate's name was Akbar.

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icelandbob — Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:51:45 -0800

@Government Spy - LOL

@Argos - such a badass ring...

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taphead — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 06:33:16 -0800

I have just realized the perfect bookends for my shows. Should be fun, and conductive to emergent structures...

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WaxPoetic — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 10:25:24 -0800

got a surprise raise at my job that I love and want to stay at forever.

so that was good.

i'm avoiding, but not effectively, facing The Big Hulking Debt of Doom because the plan, which is almost The Plan, is going to require a much better credit score than I have right now. So, that's good.

Cheers to all and hopes for good days.

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JP Carpenter — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 12:46:21 -0800

I've had a shit day and a fairly shit week, but have just read my daughter's preschool report. There's a quote from her key worker from last October: "I asked Ruby what makes her happy and she said 'Daddy'".

Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. No... there is no crying in Whitechapel but I may have got something slightly in my eye...

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Fauxhammer — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 17:10:58 -0800

I'm buzzed.

It owns.

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Alan Tyson — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 18:02:57 -0800

@Argos: Fuck yes! That is an awesome ring, ma'am.

@JP: That's adorable. I'm not normally one for kids, but that is cute as heck.

@govspy: Sounds like tonight's the night... how'd it go, big fella?

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government spy — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:38:48 -0800

SHE SAID YES!!! (pictures later, busy for now!)

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Argos — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 19:47:17 -0800

HOORAY!!!! omg congrats gov. spy! :D :D :D

@everyone else - thanks!

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oldhat — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:11:36 -0800

HOORAY GOV SPY!!!!!!!!

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RenThing — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:34:35 -0800

GRATS DUDE!

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chiaslut — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 20:51:57 -0800

@GovSpy - Congratulations to you both!!

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razrangel — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 21:25:22 -0800

Killer @gov spy! Mazel tov!!

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Fauxhammer — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 22:16:24 -0800

@g-spy AWW YEAHH

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taphead — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 00:25:17 -0800

@gov. spy - YES!

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Vornaskotti — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 01:23:57 -0800

@govspy

Hahaa congrats!

Spring is coming. Everyone is mating. ;)

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Rachæl Tyrell — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 03:12:40 -0800

@gov.spy - HUZZAH! I'm so happy for you! Wheeee!!!!!

Saturday I saw William Shatner's one man broadway show, and it was funny as hell. I am so glad I got to see it.

Tonight I went and volunteered for WFMU. I answered phones, and seated one person away from me was John Hodgman, also taking phone pledges. Ted Leo sang some songs. Look! You can see me at the 1:18:25 mark with a silly feather on my head! I was too busy answering phones to have any idea what what going on with the show, but it was still AWESOME. I straightened the kitchen when I was done with the phones, and Tom Scharpling gave me a hug for helping out! I met lots of people and everyone was fabulous. Eeeeee!!!

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Beamish — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 04:19:17 -0800

GRATZ @govspy!

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Vornaskotti — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:28:25 -0800

!!!

Unless things go pear shaped in some really weird way, I'll get to go caving at Easter and diving in Narvik in the autumn.

JOY
PUKE
MY
FACE
OFF

\o/

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badbear — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:36:27 -0800

Nice one govspy! Congrats!

Marriage is bitchin'.

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texture — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:41:24 -0800

@ Rachel Tyrell - awesome, I love WFMU! Those guys at the station are really nice dudes. The producer Jason Sigal also runs the Free Music Archive.When I was in NY with my fellow rapper Harlequinade we did a session for Billy Jam's show and met them all... Totally fantastic bunch of people. Go you!

@gov-spy - congratulations!

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Alan Tyson — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 06:22:50 -0800

@govpsy: YES! FUCK YES!

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Fishelle — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 08:14:17 -0800

@GovSpy
Congratulations!

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Alastair — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 10:35:20 -0800

i am hungover!

a label asked to do a release for my band!

govspy got engaged!

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trini_naenae — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 12:33:48 -0800

Congrats Gov Spy! WOOOOT!

Here in Northern Wisconsin, we are having a winter storm (blizzard). Just about everything is closed. Well, the bakeries is open (the worker had a four wheel drive truck). My mom is going to walk from her work to my apartment and spend the night because her car is snowed in. I'm obviously not working today. It has been quite amusing. And the giant piece of tiramisu is delicious. (I walked, I can get away with eating that many calories.)

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JP Carpenter — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:18:38 -0800

@govspy congrats... Good news...

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dorkmuffin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 13:54:03 -0800

@GovSpy, AHHHH! YES CONGRATULATIONS!

You deserve any and all happiness this universe could possibly throw at you.

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Fauxhammer — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:08:09 -0800

I'll be appropriating the term "Joy Puke", should I ever have a situation of joy.

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dorkmuffin — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:34:37 -0800

Also, @JP Carpenter, your anecdote about your pre-school-aged daughter made me smile SO MUCH. That was just too cute.

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Bankara — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 14:56:44 -0800

@GovSpy, congratulations!

Also, I hereby propose a motion to have this thread re-named to the Joy-Puking thread.

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Littlepurplegoth — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:17:51 -0800

I have a gig. 0-0.

Meep.

In 12 days time.

Argh. Better start to properly rehearse rather than talking to myself as I walk down the road...

Anyone in London free on the 12th of March?

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icelandbob — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 15:31:12 -0800

@Govspy - Well done there fella!

@Rachæl Tyrell - I SEE YOU!!

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Fauxhammer — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:51:14 -0800

I am having significant issues deciding on my vacation this year. I'm torn between Atlanta for Dragon-Con and back home to Boston with a side trip to NYC. I had a blast at DCon last year, but I haven't been home in six years. I don't know.

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mister hex — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 23:23:23 -0800

@ gOVsPy - you know we love you in Canada, eh? A whole bunch of people, who've never met you (and likely never will) LOVE YOU LIKE NO TOMORROW and wish you nothing but happiness. Not counting cats, there are easily ten of us. Counting cats is a foolish hobby.

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Fauxhammer — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 08:34:57 -0800

Well this sure is a thing that is currently happening, I tells ya.