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Disgustingly Vile Hugs March Onward!

taphead — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:31:25 -0800

I finally have a flight booked. I'll be landing at JFK at 17:50 local time, on St. Patrick's Day and making my way into Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Residence booked until the 29th. Wheeeeee!

So, time to plan meetups, I'd say! Threads will go up sometime soon!

Still no gigs, and contacts are fizzling out, but meh. I'll transmit via a series of interconnected tubes, if nothing else. And the idea of having a one-way ticket is just ridiculous enough to make me even more happy.

So. What up, Chaplains? Whatchoo smilin' about?

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roadscum — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:58:59 -0800

I am flat on my back in a cheap guesthouse in Eastbourne (contractors welcome), I am stuffed full of curry and comfortably pissed and have spent the afternoon wandering about the seafront catching up on gossip with an old chum from my travelling days. Tomorrow there may be follies if the weather is good.

Now this, this is the life!

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icelandbob — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:01:13 -0800

Off to London in May! numerous meetups will happen!

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Argos — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:01:29 -0800

I called up my 93 year old grandmother (and only living grandmother) and told her the news about me being engaged. She was very happy for me :) I wish she could fly in and be here for the wedding but at her age I'm just glad she's still alive to know about it.

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oldhat — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 15:24:38 -0800

Okay, so...

- Been learning about makeup thanks to a friend. All my life I've only been aware of the bare basics (foundation, mascara, lipstick and two other things) and have been learning some handy tips that have been making me feel better and look les like a lazy geisha.

- Bought some film for my family's Hasselblad camera. Can't wait to try it out!

- Bought a fountain pen that writes wonderfully. Really do love this pen.

- A brewery gave me a free bottle of their new beer "Skinny Dipping Stout" to review. Nothing makes me feel more legitimate that breweries giving me stuff!

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D.J. — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 01:22:08 -0800

I just got accepted into the college program (comedy writing/performance) I was trying to get into and am doing a little jig. Whoo~

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Horrible Warning Si — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:41:01 -0800

[I'm supposed to, like, come in here and do Comedy Swearing, shut down the thread and ban you all for being too happy, right? Bollocks to that. I LIKE this thread.]

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Pooka — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 04:59:31 -0800

After an anticipated fight with the dj for my art/music show, and his declaration of quitting again, I managed to find a number of replacements through some of my artists, so...the show will go on regardless of how things turn out with his erratic ass, and I am much more calm and cool about the whole thing. Less than two weeks to go! I am optimistic. I have three musical groups, a psychadelic rock band, a chiptunes artist and a crunkcore/rap group (what a weird mix eh?), and Mr. Billy Tackett, Dick Starr, Craig Boldman, and Tim Tyler are gonna be guests of mine, along with fifteen other talented artists. I just can't wait to see the variety of talents!

I'm also eagerly awaiting our tax returns. because of a lot of transitions and complications we ended up filing for three years at once, so I'll be getting a hefty chunk back this year. The first thing I'm going to do is get a new car so I can actually get out of this house now and then, after that, depending on how things go with this whole drama thing with my dj, we're either going to move to a better apartment here in lexington, or maybe move somewhere else entirely...nothing really to tie us to lex except the few friends I've made at this point, and if things go south with my dj, then fuck it...maybe I should get out of KY and try somewhere else eh? I've only lived in one other state and that was texas as a kid. I wouldn't mind moving about a bit.
Anyone got any suggestions? Nice cities in the US with dry weather (for my arthritis), a good art community and a good place to raise kids are my main concerns...

I got my disability determination doctor's appointments scheduled. there's no way that after a doc looks at me, he'll be able to judge me able to work, which means I'll be getting another hefty chunk of money as backpay, enough maybe to invest in a new business or something, plus health insurance and that nifty little blue cripple people tag that lets me park in the handicap spaces! Yeah! :D It'll be nice to have another bit of money coming in besides my husband's disability check (he's legally blind, we make a silly couple :P). There won't be so much pressure on us with the collectibles business we do, and it will become a fun hobby instead of one of our only means of support, and I can spend more time painting and taking care of myself. I am very hopeful that this government won't let me down, and will help take care of me and my family so I can dedicate myself to promoting more capable artists than myself and give back to the local community in the form of these charity events I find myself compelled to put together.

Oh...and counting down to botcon, the giant transformers convention in dallas texas. I'm going full package, which means I get a big set of toys that I can resell for ridiculously high prices to make my money back for the whole trip. I am so excited about meeting some of my favorite voice actors, and artists again. I'm thinking about entering a painting or two into the art contest for the fun of it.

I am not digging so much on the present at the moment but the future is looking pretty decent and it's keeping me in much better spirits :).

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oldhat — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 06:37:30 -0800

@pooka, are your kids going to botcon or is there no interest with them?

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chiaslut — Tue, 06 Mar 2012 10:04:24 -0800

Just heard, second-hand, that my bosses think I did well on a project that I got asked to stop working on by the client. It really got under my skin and wrecked my confidence.

Here's the excerpted IM conversation about it:
...............

Awesome Coworker:
i overheard something yesterday you might like to hear
Me:
Oh?
Awesome Coworker:
(Boss) and (Boss' Boss) were chatting about that (Project I got pulled off of by client).
and one of the things Boss said was that it was such a mess and that the only good work done on the whole project was what you did
Me:
YAY!!!
That just made my whole fucking day!
Awesome Coworker:
yeah!
Me:
I swear, I'm near to tears hearing that
Awesome Coworker:
I guess at one point you were working on this early magazine maker or some part of it? and he was clearly not impressed with them and thought you were the only competent one… so hey, good stuff.
...........

This felt soooo damned good to hear.

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Pooka — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 05:34:54 -0800

@oldhat We wish we could take the kids, but they set botcon in the middle of the school year so they'd have to miss four or five days to go this year and we're going to have to drive from KY to Texas...not something I think they'd want to go through. The kids love transformers, but they get more excited about The Scarefest (big horror and paranormal convention they have here in Lex once a year), so we try to take them to that when we can to make up for the other events they have to miss.
we took them when botcon was in lex a few years ago (I really wish they would do this again. it was a big show with record attendance for the time) and they had a lot of fun. They're big fans of some of the cartoons and Joey has a transformers collection of her own. It's so adorable. I'm going to try to get Scott Mcneil to talk to Joe as "rattrap" this year if he has a minute and I'm going to try to find the chick who did Sari's voice for Jackie. It'd tickle them to death... :)

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Alastair — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 07:36:06 -0800

i made a cheesecake!

i am on a FUCKING ROLL!

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JP Carpenter — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:18:03 -0800

I drove at 100mph down the M40 in the bright morning sun singing Roxy Music's 'Do The Strand' at the top of my voice.

And then realised how fast I was going and, eh, slowed down.

But that didn't detract from the moment

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RenThing — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 08:33:26 -0800

Spent a lovely evening with my wife having German food and beer and seeing Cirque du Soleil last night while the kid was with the babysitter.

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Littlepurplegoth — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 09:36:54 -0800

I bought a cheap hat and fabric on Wardour Street and then sat in Starbucks and pinned it all together into a magnifignant creation. I am high on coffee, will soon be full of rum, and will probably fail to get any photos...

Should probably log off and head for the bookshop... anyone else going to the Kitsches Gothic Evening? Please come and stop me from getting too drunk and therefore being late home :-D

And I can't spell... and google refuses to supply a correction...

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Beamish — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:39:57 -0800

Phase 1 of Projekt NoHeadSplodo is complete as I have successfully finished exams 4 and 5 (of 5) for the week. Now onto phase 2 which can have no success, two funerals.

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Steve Toase — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 15:43:40 -0800

My wife had her 16 week midwife appointment and I got to hear my baby's heartbeat for the first time. It may have been dusty in the room. Definitely something in my eye...

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oldhat — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 16:35:51 -0800

@Pooka that's awesome! I'm sure they'll get a kick out of Rattrap and Sari!

Me! Well, lessee..

- Thanks to a donation from Alastair (thank you once again), my beer blog now has the lovely domain of thethirstywench.com. And I have change left over for a nice pint at my local!
- As a result of my Best of Winter post, breweries have been contacting me and I may be expecting some free beer real soon.
- Got some additional money from CafePress for the shirt design I made back in 2010. Really, I keep forgetting it's up and get a paypal payment now and then. Hooray!
- Experimented with my dad's Hasselblad and am pleased with the results of the test roll. Now to get some more film and go out shootin'.
- All the details for the Chicago trip are dealt with and I'm just thrilled to be spending six days with Alan exploring a city I have heard NOTHING but amazing things about.
- Found a shoe store that carries a few shoes in my size! I can haz some decent flats!
- Weightloss: it has been happening. I should be back to normal weight by Chicago (where I will gain it all again).

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dorkmuffin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:05:14 -0800

@Oldhat, you will have SO. MUCH. FUN. In Chicago! I've never been, but uh, time with the man-friend? AWESOME.

Also, what is your shoe size and what is this store? My little sister is a 12 and has a seriously hard time finding shoes.

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oldhat — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:24:25 -0800

@dork I am a size 13 and tell your sister I really sympathize with her. It is hard to find ANYTHING beyond a size 10 or 11 and for the most part I just wear giant clumpy boots. I mean, there's plenty of web sites out there, but I want to try the fucking shoes on before I buy them.

This was actually a Payless Shoes. Their online selection is slightly bigger than the store selection (if the stores decide to carry it. This was the first branch in Toronto I've EVER seen to carry my size). Prices are pretty cheap (the pair of flats I'm getting are about $29) but they have some pretty cool shoes.

Tell your sister to check out Long Tall Sally if there are any stores in her area as well. The shoes there are WAY more pricy, but also more stylish than Payless.

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RenThing — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:33:00 -0800

My Cthulhustache is now Internet famous.

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razrangel — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:44:04 -0800

I've been trying to get myself to go to the gym for almost a month. I haven't yet but I did get over a tiny step - I weighed myself. I don't weigh as much as I feared. Ok. Now still I have way more flab than anyone ever needs and am horribly out of shape - so that sustaining a breath even when I'm not moving is tough and gets downright embarrassing after any exertion. But it's good to get a little bit of handle of where I really am instead of where it feels like I am.

A meh thing, more than a good thing, but a thing that moves me forward.

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oldhat — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:50:18 -0800

@raz, getting that drive to move forward is a REALLY tough thing. But keep at it! You can do eet!

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kahavi — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:29:31 -0800

+ I'm graduating this summer. Finally. I'm halfway done with my MA thesis, and I only have one exam left for my minor in Contemporary History. I am, to say the least, happier than in a long while.
+ Booked a trip to England with three of my dearest friends. The plan of action is London-Oxford-Worcester-Bath-Salisbury-London.
+ I've lost 10 kilos of weight. Got still another 20 to lose, but I'm slowly getting back to where I was when I still did martial arts.
+ My hair's a mess and I love it. :)

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badbear — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 04:12:27 -0800

High fives and hugs all round!

I've always had bad Fu when it comes to Radiohead, despite the near religious fervour with which I regard them. This morning I managed to get tickets though and well... That just kicks off the weekend beautifully. If the gods are truly smiling down on me then there will be my copy of Mass Effect 3 waiting for me when I visit my parent's place later and my aunt will love the earrings I had made for her and pay for them really bloody quickly so they're not sitting on my credit card for too long and everything will be okay.

Also, I didn't get a promotion at work this week which is AWESOME! Because although it would have been a bit more money, the way my company works it would have just meant more work and more responsibility on top of the never ending pile of stuff I have to do already and that didn't sound like fun at all. As much as my co-workers rather gratifyingly defer to me a lot of the time, I'm not sure that would continue if I was officially in charge of everyone. I am quite happy to just get on with my job and not worry about them not doing theirs. Genuine relief.

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taphead — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:53:00 -0700

Erm. It seems I've been hovering around someone who falls into my kryptonite region of Secretly Awesome. You know, the kind who are quiet and upon further investigation have spent their windfall funds on Nino Rota soundtracks.

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oldhat — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 14:51:20 -0700

Just got some free beer samples from an importer. Also three free glasses with my favorite pink elephant on!

ALSO I've been invited as a guest to a beer pairing dinner. 3-4 courses with accompanying beer.

Feeling kind of awesome. And am feeling that it may be time to get writing work for newspapers/magazines. We'll see.

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DavidLejeune — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 19:07:04 -0700

Rode my bike to and from work without either: fainting, my legs falling off, or changing gears. So despite not losing any weight even with diet and nightly rope jumping (or losing only as much weight as I have put on since August, it's hard to tell), my stamina is at least significantly improved, so that's good.

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Fauxhammer — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:34:59 -0700

I just uploaded that short story anthology I'd been working on. My stress levels are off the scale.

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Littlepurplegoth — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 04:44:28 -0700

Did it.

Didn't suck

Even got a few laughs...

Now have things to rework and find some places to do it again, and again, and again...

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dorkmuffin — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:41:18 -0700

I saw Sleep No More last night. It was... phenomenal. I won't try to explain it because ahhhhhh, but if I had more money, I would go see it at least twice more.

If you don't know what it is, read the NYTimes and NYMag reviews of it. It was a stunning experience.

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taphead — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:43:20 -0700

My date went on at some length about the experience of cooking and eating a whole pig's head with her friends.

That's what I call a BONUS MULTIPLIER.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 04:48:30 -0700

Tonight I went and saw SQUAREPUSHER. It was fucking glorious.

Then I went out for a drink, came home drunkish and stonedish, to watch more of Blake's 7 for the first time in my life. I'm up to the sixth episode, and it's everything I wanted. Like Tom Baker era Doctor Who minus the time travel, crossed with Farscape minus the Henson influence. And in the second episode, Brian Blessed plays a cult leader on a dead planet with a ponytailed hawk of sorts.

Soon after there were lettuce ewoks. And it turns out reading the credits of that episode, that one of these cabbagy dwarf aliens was played by none other than Deep Roy. (hobbit, killer chinese puppet, oomplah loompa)

Seriously, Blake's 7 is my awesome vile hug recently. Its so perfect at what it is.

and Squarepusher? Oh YES. No other music makes me lose my mind like Squarepusher. i floated in utter joy.

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taphead — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:42:09 -0700

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENED:

Turns out they (Air Berlin) will not let you board a plane without a return ticket. Which is nice to hear one hour prior to departure, and not even in Helsinki but in Berlin, when your luggage is already on the plane to NYC. Forget about telling them about your plan of going to Canada by bus after New York. Ha ha, nope. Commence PLAN B.

What you CAN do is get yourself a flex ticket, and then cancel that for a refund once you're in the country. Yes, the same people suggested this. (I guess they're more concerned with the shit I'd have to take in immigration, but still I larfed.) Problem is, these tickets are expensive, a hair over 900 euros in this case. And while I do have some sort of a budget on this trip, that weren't it. So, I post a frantic message about the situation on FB.

10 seconds later I get a call from a friend saying the necessary funds are on their way.

Christ, I have awesome friends.

Of course, then I had to explain to the nice man from immigration as to why I have a return flight three months from now, and I was sure that was the last nail. But no.

Long story short: I'm in Brooklyn, full of NYC pizza and cocktails to ease the jetlag. Giddy with it all. Now I sleep, 42 hours up is finally getting to me. More stories tomorrow, as well as meetup thread shenanigans.

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razrangel — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:12:01 -0700

Iz full of wonderful Wondercon madness. Met awesome people, soaked in terrific infos, loads of killer creativity. YEs with teh happy.

Moar tomorrow?

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government spy — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 07:29:43 -0700

Goddamn I fucked up. Should have been doing better rounds. Instead, an inmate got jumped on the rec yard, and got his face busted in by the Tangos weilding a sock full of batteries.

I'm lucky he just needs stitches. I didn't see or hear a thing.

So, I'm taking it for what it is: a wake up call. I need to step up my game. I'm working a different housing unit as today is the beginning of a new quarter, and we all are starting different posts today.

I'm working on the unit with all of the inmates who do all of the work in the institution; and they have access to tools and equipment and stuff, so I'm doing more rounds, performing better searches. I have to be a little less of a nice guy and a little bit more of a prick for a while.

I'm lucky that guy wasn't stabbed or hospitalized, or worse yet, killed.

But I garauntee something like that won't happen again; not on my watch.

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Argos — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 18:02:30 -0700

@taphead - immigration takes one way tickets into the country VERY seriously. It's a big red flag for them for people getting into the country who plan to overstay their visas and just live here forever. I read some guy's story on the Burning Man forums about how he was flying in for BM, but was getting a ride back from someone (coming into US from canada, btw) so he just had a one way ticket, and I guess he had an airbrush with him cos he was gonna be spray painting people and their clothes for free at the burn, but they assumed that he was going to be trying to use it to make a living out of his own living room, and didn't let him come in, and restricted him from coming in in the future. Or something, I forget the details.

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Dextra — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 20:30:15 -0700

@Pooka - come to Colorado. I'm serious. The winters are not as bad as you think. Fairly dry climate. Great schools. And this town needs a better comic book shop. Also, I know a LOT of gamers that are always looking for new peeps. And I'd like all my family in one place. :)

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flecky — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:00:43 -0700

@ government spy: I'm glad what happened at your work wasn't worse than what you described.

Congratulations are also due about the good news with your partner.

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WaxPoetic — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:28:32 -0700

So. Parents decided to drop in next weekend - without asking.
However, they are giving my stressed-out-by-the-small-apartment boy-cat a vacation at their house for a few months (yay!).

I got an extraordinary offer twice in the space of a week.
Which is way nicer than getting hit on by stoned asshats reading out loud from my book over my shoulder. Guh.

Also, my friend broke up with her boyfriend. (no sad dance here)
And my other friend may move in with me over the summer which means that I get to live in a bigger apartment that won't stress out the boy-cat.

Standard operating status...

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razrangel — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 18:08:55 -0700

RAwr went to the gym. sweated a bunch. Pushed only till I could feel the ticker get ever so slightly uncomfortable. Didn't push myself into actual pain. That'll be later, after the accumulated atrophy and blah burns off. This is going to take a while...but good shit.

Also started emailing a new VO coach. May see him later this week.

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Alan Tyson — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:32:50 -0700

Finally, FINALLY moved into my apartment. The roommate and I have dubbed it the Democratic Republic of Condo.

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flecky — Wed, 21 Mar 2012 04:04:12 -0700

@razrangel: That's good. Don't do yourself a mischief, and take it easy.

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razrangel — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 00:52:49 -0700

zen. ZEN GODDAMMIT.

Haven't made it back to the gym. At the moment I don't care, though there's a place where it's frustrating, I'm just busy with other crap. Other crap that's beating my head in and right at the moment, for once, take a picture because this is once every many years this happens, it's not triggering mondo anxiety or big time depression, for once it's giving me the desire to fight. This world is stupid and at the moment instead of saying fuck it I'll express my ennui in cigarettes and whiskey, I want to stand up and start swinging.

VO coaching that was tough - new coach is unrelenting. But kinda what I need. I wish I could see him more but money/time ...you know. But I've got bunches to think about and bunches to work on. And... here's a funny little thing that I just learned. I once had to work with an actor who drove me crazy. He was such a diva for a fucking ignorant little punk. He would boss others around, demand things out of the show (insisting certain scenes be directed a different way to be less offensive, etc), demand things his way and ultimately was really careless about his own shit. The director and I nicknamed him "princess." I wanted to punch him so very many times. So what did I just learn? He has a thriving VO career and knows some top people. Ach. I'm glad (somehow!) managed to never call him "princess" his face. Oh, but I was so close.

So. The world is fucked up and makes no sense. And I'm ready to take it on because, clearly, neither do I. Zen, motherfuckers.

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Vornaskotti — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 06:46:00 -0700

Life continues to be disgustingly happy and fun. Just came home from a trip to Brussels, where it was my job to document a workshop where 70 hand-picked experts of different fields brainstormed and co-designed future policies of EU. No surprise there, I was in hog heaven - a lot of people who are expert in such diverse fields as making perfumes or running a large cellphone company, interesting conversations, a little bit of adventure in the Brussels night and ending the trip with a few hours of tourism involving Belgian chocolate shops and the Belgian Comic Strip Center.

When I got home, it turned out that I will be speaking in TEDxAalto in May.

Apart from the finances, which got blown out of the water by a 380€ dentist bill last week, everything is just fiii-hine. Life <3

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government spy — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:52:51 -0700

An inmate just told me that I look like a young Fidel Castro.

I needed a good laugh today. Is this a compliment?

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oldhat — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:59:02 -0700

You tell me...

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oldhat — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 14:54:50 -0700

So..it has been an incredibly shitty week and due to dealing with doctor crap because of my mysterious ear infection what is preventing me from listening to music without incredible pain and a whole bunch of other stuff...I haven't been feeling too on top of things.

...but in a little over 24 hours I'll be seeing Alan. It'll only be for a few hours, but considering we last saw each other in person in January, I'm happy to have even that time.

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JP Carpenter — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:26:29 -0700

I am drunken and glorious.

I have brandy and the night.

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Fauxhammer — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 17:13:45 -0700

A friend gave me a bottle of Kraken run, and I'm going to drink to all of you tonight.

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taphead — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:00:29 -0700

I got taken for a drug dealer on Houston and eclipsed in Brooklyn.

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flecky — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:36:51 -0700

Ta for all the kind words on the Open Mic. Believe me, it cheers me up no-end.

The Hugatron feels like cracking a smile and freezing Hell over.

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Fauxhammer — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 18:39:40 -0700

The Dark and Stormy is the God Emperor of cocktails

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oldhat — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 19:06:18 -0700

Pizza and Howl's Moving Castle. Lovely.

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StefanJ — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:05:38 -0700

This is trivial, but it made me happy:

At the end of 1989 I bought a car off of the street in Greenwich Village. An '88 Civic hatchback that the owner, a friend of an in-law of a relative, got tired of paying garage fees for.

I put 216,000 miles on it over the next 13 years and change. Lots of adventures. Some close calls. A cross-country trip after moving out of my parents' house. A rear-end collision. Another move, from CA to OR.

It didn't have A/C. On trips through the desert I did things like put ice cubes in my socks.

Eventually the starter started to get dodgy. I'd saved up most of my Silicon Valley boom-era bonuses, and had enough for a new car, so I sold the red pod to a co-worker for $400 near the end of 2003. I'd heard he had trouble with it, and assumed he'd scrapped it.

I just learned that the co-worker sold it to a friend in his volunteer fire company, and the dang thing is still on the road. It's got near 300,000 miles on it.

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oldhat — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:16:13 -0700

I'm sorry that every now and then I have to get all cutesy about Alan, BUT...

So when I visited in January one of the things we did together was make a Cranberry Raspberry Stout homebrew. His recipe (though I made some suggestions while we were making it). In truth, it was actually one of the highlights of the week for me and a pretty romantic "date" for the two of us. I felt like we got a lot more closer because of it.

So over the weekend Alan visited and brought a bunch of bottles over and last night I was finally able to try some of it! INCREDIBLY tasty! Glad we went with real fruit and not extract syrup because MAN, you can tell the difference. Alan describes the flavour as Chocolate Cranberry where I say it's more like Chocolate Raspberry. Either way, it's freakin' good!

So yeah, cute moment, I felt.

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Magnulus — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:19:34 -0700

Today has been an absolutely beautiful day in Edinburgh, during which I ogled females and the bits they were putting on display, went to an audition for a student film, had the year's first ice cream with wifeyface, took Cthulhu (my black and white cat. The other one's name is Vera, after Firefly. And she is ginger.) to the vet for his final round of shots so they can go outside in a week's time, and got the student film I auditioned for!

This means I'll have five student films under my belt so far this year once they're shot and edited, which should be plenty for a show reel. I even get to be killed twice and ride a horse!

Still no paid work this year, but hey. This is what good starts are made of.

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Rootfireember — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 12:08:16 -0700

The past week I learned how to make french toast.
I proceeded to glut myself on the stuff, and all was well.
I blame my co-workers for reminding me french toast existed. :)

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Rachæl Tyrell — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:08:09 -0700

To balance out the bile I just vomited on the 24 hour vent thread:

I'm finally watching Blake's 7, only halfway through the first season, and it's AWESOME. Especially Servalan. Unf.

(spoilers of a sort)

I'm dog sitting for my best friend in my quaint home town, and it's exactly what I need right now. Stars and trees and air! Walking the dogs this afternoon I heard no cars, only twittering bids, woodpeckers hammering away, hawks screeching, and a chain saw in the distance. Aaaaaah. AND I have a car to use.

Yesterday one of the dogs got free and caught a full grown doe. It was exciting. I had to chase the deer away, limping on it's chewed up bleeding leg.

Walking the dogs has inspired me to start exercising again, and though I'm starting slow, I'm feeling productive and physically improved! Yay!

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JP Carpenter — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:06:26 -0700

Today is RUBY DAY.

I'm taking my three year old out, probably round Portsmouth Harbour on a boat tour, as she really wants to go on a boat again. Yay.

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Alastair — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 07:17:39 -0700

Park, Girlfriend, Sun, Cider

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Littlepurplegoth — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:41:39 -0700

Not-hot sun, st. germain, garden, scifi soundtracks, pen and paper, and a book...

Want to plan an evil picnic for my birthday now. Not sure I have the guts to though :-(

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allana — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:52:49 -0700

I just got accepted to the Library Science grad program at McGill. Deposit paid, boxes checked, I'm moving to Montreal.

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dorkmuffin — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 19:40:45 -0700

@Allana, FUCK. YES.

@Señor Carpenter, 3 year olds are possibly the cutest.

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razrangel — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:52:07 -0700

Rock it like a motherfucker, @allana!!

Can haz bao, udon, doriayaki and quick fix miso soup! Woot!

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oldhat — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:24:12 -0700

@allana FUCK YES!!! WAY TO GO!!!!

Warm weather is here, so I'm going through my second annual "Aaah! I have curves! And I don't mind showing them off! Aaaah!" shopping phase. Starting with a nice, red, form-fitting shirt.

And holy FUCK...I'm pretty much the same weight as I was last year, but I am HELLA more toned now thanks to the boxing. I'm really liking how I look.

And this caused me to look back and marvel at the fact that three years ago I was a size XXL and devoted to my baggy black t-shirts and jeans. And now I'm a size M and enjoy colours and form-fitting clothes.

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Fishelle — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:44:05 -0700

Oh yeah, I found out I got an art scholarship for next school year today. I've no clue how much I get, but I'm pretty sure it's real small. Still. Money for my art!

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Vornaskotti — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 01:27:03 -0700

Yesterday evening I did the first playthrough of my first IF game project. I've been faffing about coding IF games from since 2005-2006, but there has never been the time or the mental energy to finish the projects. Except for now. The game is still hanging together with spit and prayers, and the deadline for the competition I'm submitting it to is 6.4. Nevertheless, feels like a six year constipation is over. Much like it did last year at this time when I finally finished the first draft of my novel.

Life feels good.

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flecky — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 03:51:50 -0700

I managed to get through a day of uncut, pure horror yesterday.

It counts for something. Things are changing...

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Fauxhammer — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 05:31:44 -0700

The book has sold over a hundred copies. I'm actually happy for once.

@flecky: You got through it, and that's important. It's always important.

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nelzbub — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 06:13:26 -0700

huzzah's all round.

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Magnulus — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:00:13 -0700

Done another film. Weather is nice. Someone got in touch with me on Modelmayhem about doing some shooting this saturday. Got another film to shoot as well as a nude stills shoot. It's all good. :D

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:08:37 -0700

Yay for EVERYBODY!

Yesterday I hung out with Taphead! Hoorah! We drove around and ate food, and he witnessed the mundanity of my NJ dog sitting lifestyle with great patience. It was joyous!

Also, I got a check in the mail for overdue freelance work! Wheeee!!!

Also, feeling very teenagery: being in my home town, driving a car, blasting music from my CD collection which is all from the 90s, getting pulled over for driving at 1:30am and managing to not have the car searched by being polite and chipper, and possibly considering going to the MALL for the afternoon.

And btw, I really am not at all as sad and grim in person as my ranty open mic spewing would seem to indicate. I swear! Ask Taphead. (I just honestly don't have anywhere else to unload.)

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oldhat — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:18:46 -0700

I can confirm that Rachael is one of the most energetic and chipper people I know in person.

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allana — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:45:51 -0700

Thanks guise! I've just gotten to the point of freaking out about money -- but it turns out McGill is not super expensive, and there might be some last-minute funding opportunities, too.

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Rachæl Tyrell — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 10:34:06 -0700

Yay! Robin agrees!

Perhaps that's my problem. My natural tendency is to be chipper and bouncy, so the hurting doesn't make sense and I never know what to do with the doomy bits that don't fit, except expertly contain, conceal, suppress, and explode. WHOOOGAH!

Good things are good!

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taphead — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:46:51 -0700

YES! Rachæl is definitely incredibly bouncy and fun, and totally awesome to boot! I'd love to do a road trip with her, as our musical landmarks seem to gel quite nicely. Toronto? (*ahem*) And New Jersey was actually surreal, what with the alternating terrible and preeeettyyy.

Am now on bus to Connecticut to see Jess, and looking out at Bronx, listening to tUnE-yArDs. Wheeee!

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Steerpike — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:01:40 -0700

In Salt Lake City, where I think I've fallen in love with the local library. While the website hasn't been updated, looks like I am indeed in a writing workshop with Mort Castle at World Horror Convention. So both excited and terrified. In an hour or so friend I'm splitting a room gets in, and I expect we will take advantage of Salt Lake City's liberalized alcoholic beverage laws.

I'm disturbingly close to liking the world.

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Fishelle — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 12:06:36 -0700

Hey, Steerpike, I live where you are! How long are you in town for?

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Magnulus — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:29:34 -0700

Arrrgh, you are all making me very jealous that I haven't met Rachæl! And yourselves as well, of course. :)

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icelandbob — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:31:20 -0700

Same here Magnulus. I wish i met them too (silently Sobs and stuff.....)

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dorkmuffin — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 16:56:16 -0700

Come to New York City, bros.

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Comicbookbunny — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 18:54:45 -0700

this thread makes me all squishy :D I really like reading happy things about cool ass people
@oldhat bring on the cutesie!!! <3

Bouncing off the walls about my new place i dont' move in for another month but i managed to get a good amount of needed furniture on the cheap! I loves me some deals. I'm restoring a victorian sofa, loveseat and chair. The sofa is definitely going to be done french provincial. I really like to do stuff with my hands no matter what it is. I'm all artsy fartsy and decorating and restoring things are horrays! for me. Also have a paid modeling gig lined up for april it involves pedal cars so i'm all sortsa happy about it. hehe

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razrangel — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 19:18:14 -0700

I wish I could make there be a Whitechapel field trip to NYC. I've been missing that town like a motherfucker. And all you awesome people congregating there now... where were you in 08? Well.. At least I met Glukkake... }:P

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Magnulus — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:21:11 -0700

@Comicbookbunny Yay restoration of old stuff and being taken pictures of on pedal cars! :D

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Vornaskotti — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:12:33 -0700

Today was again rather weird, but since I like weird, it goes under good.

I had one of these dreams where I had to take an surprise exam that spanned multiple pages which just kept turning up after I thought I had them all, and I had to complete it with a computer whose keyboard kept changing shape while I had to be constantly on the move, trying to overhear the class where all the answers were given while trying to flush uncooperative enemies out of the airlock and felling trees on a road so the charging tyrannosaur rexes would't catch me, and all the while a passive aggressive guy kept whining at me. And the test was made by Community's Señor Chang.

The dream was turgid with symbolism.

At work my room is a nexus of ventilation ducts, which is usually a good thing - there's this zen hum that is a really calming sound. Today they were cleaning the ducts, and I can tell you that a bunch of guys who look like UFC fighter ramming vacuum hoses into sheet metal ventilation shafts doesn't make a soothing noise, so my concentration was pretty close to zero. I decided to take an extended lunch break and headed out, just to see a vent in a ceiling duct open and a dude peer out. Apparently they were crawling around in there. That is more or less when I decided that the work day was over :)

Afterwards I took a walk around the department and realized that the whole damn floor is full of ventilation ducts that are big enough to crawl in. Unfortunately the only access point I found was right in the middle of the central lobby...

Currently I'm sitting in a nice coffee, sipping some wine and hammering down bugs on the game, that's getting closer and closer to being publishable. Happy panda is happy.

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JP Carpenter — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 08:22:05 -0700

Afterwards I took a walk around the department and realized that the whole damn floor is full of ventilation ducts that are big enough to crawl in. Unfortunately the only access point I found was right in the middle of the central lobby

At least you can make a Star Trek style escape if someone ever locks you in a room...

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Rachæl Tyrell — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:24:47 -0700

Awwww, you guys! YAY! Meeting people is awesome. (I think I should start planning some kind of extended tour of the Canadian and European WCers.)

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Magnulus — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:57:48 -0700

You can tour me any day, Rachæl. :D

We have a second bedroom, so you're more than welcome to pop by in Edinburgh.

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government spy — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 11:47:05 -0700

Found out my credit score doubled recently...

It's not perfect, but I'm so much closer to having all my old debts paid, at this point I might actually qualify for a car loan. I haven't owned a car since 2001, except for breifly owning a beater last year for about a month.

Still not ready to buy a car just yet, but I'm planning on it this coming fall.

Car ownership is just one step on the plan of getting custody of my daughter. Everytime I move forward on this, it all still feels so far away. I'm getting crazy nervous because things are working out, and I don't know how to deal with that. In a crisis, or when things are falling apart, when I don't have two pennies to rub together; I'm your guy. I can do amazing things when the shit hits the fan. Things working out makes me get scared.

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Magnulus — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 01:39:28 -0700

Things working out is a sign of your amazing doings from when the shit was all over the place and in the fan's rotors. You'll get there, man! As Commander Taggert would say: "Never give up, NEVER surrender!"

I did a photo shoot with some people off Model Mayhem yesterday, and had a blast. They were very nice and seemed to enjoy the shoot as well. Really looking forward to seeing the shots, which I will, of course, upload and post when I can.

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Bankara — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:18:14 -0700

Hello again, Whitechapel. It feels like ages since we've talked, let me start.

I haven't been here much in the last month and it feels like I have devolved into lurking, staying close but not saying much. I haven't posted here or in the SPIT or photography threads in a bit because I have been taking a little personal time. Life has been weird, I have been hesitant to comment on any of the recent developments for fear of jinxing them. Or else I have been too close to events, too blinded by them and confused to be able to say anything definitive. Elaborating on anything felt a little disingenuous when I myself could not honestly say that I knew what was happening.

Over the course of the last month I have had to come to terms with some pretty heavy feelings that I had thought over and done with. The love that I had considered lost-at-sea-and-presumed-dead showed up on my doorstep and I had to contend with how I felt about that. No small amount of emotion there, and the list of reasons for welcoming her back into my life is as long as the list of reasons not to. My philosophy of late has been to say YES to everything but here I encountered a stumbling block; do I say yes to something I dearly want but that may prove catastrophically devastating to the peace of mind that I have taken great pains to carve out for myself? Am I being a hypocrite or worse a total chickenshit if I deny my feelings based on fear of getting hurt?

I decided that acknowledging the enormity of the feelings involved warranted the opportunity and space to explore them in. I am still plagued with doubt and have been very upfront about making my doubts known and understood. I feel good about all that was accomplished during our all too brief period of reconciliation and it continues to feel like I made the right decision. The main problem is that we live on different continents and no productive kind of relationship can weather that condition. We haven't seen each other in 3 years for more than a month at a time. That problem may work itself out soon enough but I had to ask the question of whether I wanted it to. I am coming around now to that possibility, returning to life as spring starts to warm the earth, and realizing that if I let fear dictate how I feel and act that I will never accomplish any of the big, amazing things that I want from my life. So I am relinquishing fear, embracing possibility (including the possibility that I will have my heart fucking shattered again), and moving forward out of the morass of the past and into some fucking sunshine!

Thanks for listening, Whitechapel. It feels good to get alla that crap offa my chest and I feel like I can be here now without reservation. Speaking of sunshine I am going to go ride my bike around in some of it now. Cheers!

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nelzbub — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 09:57:48 -0700

Bankara-

if I let fear dictate how I feel and act that I will never accomplish any of the big, amazing things that I want from my life. So I am relinquishing fear, embracing possibility (including the possibility that I will have my heart fucking shattered again), and moving forward out of the morass of the past and into some fucking sunshine!

I may borrow those wise words to help inspire my girl who is having a crisis of confidence with her career aspirations, if you don't mind of course?

enjoy the sunshine.

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oldhat — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:35:57 -0700

@Bankara, just remember that your happiness is top priority. :)

So, during day 2 of intense pain of the insides I got a call from the company doing the internship asking me when I can start. Pretty interesting, since I got the impression that I didn't get it. Huh.

Looking at my schedule, but I start next week. And they're fine with me missing in action for a few weeks (Chicago and LA), so hey. Awesome.

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Bankara — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:49:04 -0700

Thanks y'all, sunshine was lovely, 10 miles round trip with some rock climbing in the middle. @nelzbub, any wisdom imparted form my lips is purely coincidental and my attorney has instructed me to advise people not to take my advice. Your mileage my vary but feel free to share. I went through the same thing battling with crippling bouts of lack-o-confidence in getting my photography business off the ground. Nothin' worth doin' is easy and grit and perseverance (not to mention a fair amount of stubbornness and idiocy) will get you further than anything else.

@oldhat, the way this whole thing has shook out has reminded me of the importance of not losing sight of that ever again since that was the root of the problems that started this mess. Also, congrats on the internship and good luck! I started one a few weeks ago and if all goes well it will become a full time staff position. I am pushing hard for that since I have been living hand to mouth as a freelancer for the last several years and some stability would go down nicely at this stage of my life. Also, health insurance would be amazing. Not all of us are lucky enough to live in a country where your hockey and strip club related injuries are covered by the state.

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oldhat — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 13:55:40 -0700

@Bankara Yeah...in all honesty it's kind of silly that one has to learn that one's happiness should be their priority in the first place. And generally the learning of that lesson follows one monumentally bad moment.

And yeah, the hopes are that this internship will lead to something in way of a career. Still not too sure about it, but it's something that could lead to me getting a place of my own (freelance just isn't working anymore). And while we do have health care covered, a good drug plan and dental coverage would be pretty awesome.

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StefanJ — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 15:51:25 -0700

I found out that my college buddy's daughter isn't going to have to go through the slog of Chemo.

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icelandbob — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:25:58 -0700

Well our fucking troll of a cat has been found safe (ish) and returned back to our home. He was found IN THE NEXT TOWN about 20km away. He's very skinny, very hungry and he smells a little.

Apart from that, he's safe and sound. the little bastard...

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RenThing — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:23:49 -0700

My son turned one this Sunday. It's kind of amazing and disturbing that it's already been a year.

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Fauxhammer — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 10:28:32 -0700

@bob: Shoulda called the Trollhunter.

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phill_sea — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:01:32 -0700

Just dropping in to focus on the positive...!

1. I am taking my oath of citizenship tomorrow morning. What with my son being an American Citizen, I decided I should be, as well. I took my civics test this past Monday, which was easy, and the next ceremony is tomorrow. Somewhat unfortunate since...

2. My department is hosting a very cool conference all day tomorrow, of which I will have to miss the first half, due to my oath thing. Directly after the conference I will be dashing down the highway to

3. Get my next tattoo started. It is a whole body octopus. I have named it Seth, in honor of an old R/R thread. Seth will cover the right side of my body, including all of my chest, a 3/4 arm sleeve, a 3/4 leg sleeve, and a (ETA)FULL chest piece. Other tentacles will wrap around my belly, slightly less far down my left appendages, and criss cross on my back.

I am excited for this. The plan for tomorrow is to get as much of the outline as possible, starting with Seth's body, and the my-right-side tentacles definitely done, then moving to the belly/chest/back in that order as time permits. Obviously, I'll post some pictures in the SPIT ASAP. ^_^\m/

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InvincibleM — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:22:49 -0700

Got a samsung galaxy tablet today as a birthday gift!

I don't need it at all, but I don't care!

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razrangel — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 22:48:16 -0700

Could not be arsed to put on shoes today.

Silverlining kind of a thing, but I really do like going barefoot.

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Vornaskotti — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:16:17 -0700

Today I'll be doing the last build of my first IF game and submitting it to the competition judges. After that, a four day holiday with no freelance work or other stuff lined up. A Friday of idling and geocaching, a Saturday spent in Helsinki Hacklab knitting and sewing wearable electronics with cute geek girls while eating cake, a movie in the evening, then some Aventinus beers; on Sunday some quality Easter mutton and an evening of Tarkovski movies and vodka in a friend's place.

Happy cat is happy :3

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oldhat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:18:22 -0700

AAAAAAAAAH

I just got a confirmation that I'll be on Rogers Daytime TV on May 7th as The Thirsty Wench talking about beer.

Holy shit Holy shit Holy shit Holy shit Holy shit Holy shit.

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Fauxhammer — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:57:56 -0700

GAD DAMN

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badbear — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:30:47 -0700

Thats awesome oldhat! Don't worry, you'll be amazing.

Its easter so the long weekend starts here and I have nothing in particular planned. Just the way i like it!

I might make pie this weekend. Didin't there used to be a culinary thread on whitechapel? Did i imagine that?

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Bankara — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:49:10 -0700

@oldhat,nobody I have ever met knows as much about beer as you do. Shit, I used to brew and I have friends who are Cicerone's (beer Somelier, for the non-initiated. Person who know lots 'bout beer, for the illiterate.) and they still ain't got shit on you. No need to freak out, you are supremely well qualified for this. This is a holy thing you do, telling Canadians about beer. Do it well.

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oldhat — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 17:36:16 -0700

Haha thanks, folks (and especially thanks for those lovely words, Bankara). I just...I'm still weirded out that this started as just an interest that I had that I figured I'd write about it in a blog. In just under a year I'm not known throughout my city (and a bit beyond), I'm getting free things from breweries and importers and, now, I'm going on freakin' television.

Weird ride.

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Bankara — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:10:22 -0700

Fuck yes to weird rides! I just got the job offer I was working for for the last month and a half! Funny thing about it was I already had the gig I was certain was going to be the gateway to my dreams. I spent a whole goddam year harassing a very prominent photographer to give me a shot as an unpaid intern and he finally gave me the gig. I figured "Sweet! my life is sorted. This is where it all starts." That gig fizzled, don't know why but it just didn't work out. Meanwhile I took another gig that I had applied to basically to kill time while I waited for my dream job with aforementioned genius photographer to yield opportunities of undreamed-of glory once they discovered my great talents and irresistible personality. Turns out, I was nervous and starstruck around the brilliant photographer to the point that it affected my ability to do my job competently. Meanwhile, I show up and casually impress the shit out of my other gig and they offer me a full time, well paid position where if I play my cards right I will end up being the point of contact with people in the art world that I would never have been able to meet in a million years. Seriously, they want to pay me to talk to people that most folks would pay money to talk to. Funny old world, innit?

TL;DR: when you do something just cuz yeh fucking love it some kinda switch gets flipped and the universe showers favor on you.

Also, @oldhat? Bravo, girl!

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razrangel — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 12:51:26 -0700

After mass I got the niece to walk home with me with a side trip to the doughnut shop. I was still humming a bit of the Ode to Joy that was playing at the end of mass and niece took up the tune singing, "coffee, doughnuts, coffee, doughnuts, coffee and doughnuts! Doughnuts and coffee, coffee and doughnuts, coffee, coffee, doughnuts!" etc. Hee.

And we saw three lizards and a squirrel.

*smile*