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London Zoo: [Closed] Vile Hugging / Good Things Thread - APR 2011
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my sisters 21st, saw her smile for the first time in a long time...
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All of my clients are happy, the horses all behaved themselves (except for mine... funny, that). I had a great time visiting with everyone at the show, and I think my season is off to a great start! I know it may not be a huge deal compared to some of the other stuff on here (congrats to everyone! Too many to name), but it's what I love, and I get paid to do it. Life is good.
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Oh thank god there is still whisky in the house. Though shortly there won't be.
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CommentAuthorRachæl Tyrell
- CommentTimeApr 12th 2011 edited
Doctor Who Weekend:
Constructing a life size K-9 out of cardboard and duct tape for Dr. Sketchy's, then by chance happening across people camping out for the NYC premeire of Doctor Who, leaving him with the fans, intending to return shortly with sturdier clothes (the Jo Grant get up being little warmth, even without the mod tights and boots), instead hanging out with awesome people at home all night, heading back to the campers in the afternoon, running into three random people I knew, hanging out with the press people and taking photographs of Moffat, Smith, & company as they arrived, then getting in a last minute extra-late screening they added for the stragglers like myself and the friends I made while hanging out on line, now today finding photographs of K9 ALL OVER THE INTERNET (including the BBC America Facebook).
Is my life really suddenly.... AWESOME?! -
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Listened to Crooked Little Vein audio-book for the first time. Quite a revelation since I don't "hear" the voices when I read books/comics so it was interesting hearing what Ellis Dialogue sounds like.
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- CommentAuthorDavidLejeune
- CommentTimeApr 12th 2011
Hopefully this is appropriate for the 'VIle Hugging' element of the thread: After about two years of speculation about and promises and assurances to the contrary, today my company told my department that our local group will no longer be. Previously we had been told that we were going to be moved out of our building when the lease was up and folded into the corporate building across the street. Now we've been told that we can either move to Phoenix (or Montreal, depending on which subset of the department we're in. I'm in the Phoenix group), or be out of a job come July 15th. I really, REALLY don't want to move to Phoenix. Everything I like to do is either in Thousand Oaks or Ventura or Los Angeles, I JUST moved out of my mother's house, and seriously, fuck Arizona.
I also really, REALLY don't want to be out of a job, and I don't want to have to go back to being a temp at another company and try to work my way back up to the same position I'm in now, so I'm basically fucked either way.
I want very much to get incredibly drunk, but getting drunk by myself isn't going to make me feel any better. -
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CommentAuthorRachæl Tyrell
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2011
The discovery of SUGAR FREE HALVAH. Oh good GOD that's fabulous.
@DavidLejeune - Nope. The Vile Hugging is in reference to the hippy-dippy nature of this thread. No gloom, unless it's got a silver lining. So. Here's your lining: The idea of leaving where you know and going somewhere totally new is probably the VERY BEST THING for a person of broken-hearted persuasion. No memories! Totally new daily habits and schedules and IT WILL MAKE DAILY LIFE LESS AWFUL. I say this from experience. Even if Phoenix is awful, it's something different, and different is sometimes the only thing that works. -
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I did a thing! Please vote for my audition to the American Gods audiobook contest!
Today has been wacky. Beating my brains out on Japanese and not feeling any better than before I started. But random little things turning out my way. Well... sorta. Maybe just coming about finally. I ordered Cowboy Bebop (finally) from Borders.com at the very beginning of February. Back then they said shipping could take 2-4weeks. After 4 weeks the Web site (and Amazon too) suddenly says 1-2 months. I was just fixing to call some poor sot at Customer Service to have someone to yell at because it's been well over two months when tonight I got an email that the DVD set is on the move! Fucking finally!
The above audio book contest was just announced this afternoon. It derailed a bit of my studying this evening and I know my chances are teeny tiny itty bitty, but 1. it made me have to load Audacity and get a crash course on recording, 2. it pushed me career-wise to do something while I was otherwise distracted/full with Japanese studies, 3. I'll be pushing my voice out to a bunch people, friends and strangers alike, to get attention for my submission. Even though I probably can't win, I did push myself, I will push myself, and now many other people will know a bit of what I can do.
But still, vote for me. }:> -
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CommentAuthorFauxhammer
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2011
Me and a buddy of mine (whom I've been haunting to join WC for ages) are writing a book, a collection of short Weird stories based on the theme of urban life. We're going to bang out five stories each and kick it up to Amazon for distribution on the Kindle, and we're going to do this by the end of the month.
Despite the chronic gastrointestinal maelstrom this causes, I AM EXCITE -
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Have been meeting a lot of people interested in my shop. One local magazine is interested in advertising and a local sci-fi magazine wants to do a piece on my shop.
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Today my mom brought me a cake and told me I'm 38.
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CommentAuthorPaul Sizer
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2011
My dog, wrapped in her favorite blanket, then placed on a delicious Burrito Platter special, because it was cute and my brain needed a break:
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CommentAuthorFauxhammer
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2011
Damn. Now I'm hungry. -
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- CommentAuthoricelandbob
- CommentTimeApr 14th 2011
How the internet bleeds into the world...
Went to a pub quiz after a twitter friend invited me. Met my team. only to discover knew two of the team through facebook and my blog. We then go AND WIN THE BLOODY PUB QUIZ! proceed to spend the entire winnings on booze. Thank shit i have work off tomorrow morning...
Plus i am eating quality raw bacon. Because i can. I must be Canadian or something... -
See the SPIT thread for the big part of it.
The other bits, well, I caught myself justifying going without food for a couple of days to shed some pounds easily. Those in the brain responsible for such thoughts were promptly sacked and executed. Later had dinner with my folks at Swiss Chalet and felt all the better for it.
And I'm only ONE sleep away from a weekend of Rum, one or two beers and lots of sleep. And Rum. -
Good to know you are doing better, oldhat. Had me worried there for a bit.
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@oldhat - so glad to hear the goodness you're feeling. And man that picture was worth a million bucks. Made me smile right back. }:>
Japanese test over and done with. I'm hoping for a B. Yeah, didn't feel that good about it but I know I got large chunks of it down, so.... Anyway, drove home and watched fireworks low on the horizon for half of the way. It felt good to breathe.
Jumped back into a disagreement with a friend. He's someone who uses big words and a loud voice to push people around but at the same time he's unaccountably kind and caring. I had some criticism for him a while back and he's been reacting like a lion with a thorn in his paw, thrashing and howling, ever since. The silver lining is that more than ever I can see my goals in what I'm trying to do... it's not smoothing things like there is no trouble but have a real moment of communication - communion - where if I have to get sliced to ribbons for the chance to finally get eye to eye on a point I'll do it. I feel like I'm thinking more clearly than ever. It's weird. I mean, awesome. And also a bit weird.
Anyway, I'm on Spring Break now. Except all it means is I don't have somewhere to be next Tuesday and Thursday night. I still have a ton of chores to take care of, a play to run, voice classes...oh and no income. But still, I'll be sleeping in next week. And not feeling the least bit guilty. -
- CommentAuthorDavidLejeune
- CommentTimeApr 15th 2011
Shit, sorry Rachael :( I took 'Vile Hugging' for 'people that need hugs.' Will constrain gloom to the SNOM (and occasionally the SPIT) in the future. -
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CommentAuthorVornaskotti
- CommentTimeApr 15th 2011
After being cocooned in the house for far too much time this spring, we are leaving for the cabin this weekend, which just might be my favourite place in the world. Also, on Sunday we're going to dive on something that sounds like an unexplored shipwreck (at least to the general diving audience). I've also finally decided which interactive fiction idea I'm going to start to code into an actual game, and got rid of that fucking gridlock in my head. This sounds like a good weekend. -
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@Morac, oh, it was temporary. Once the glow wore off I was back to it all again. Blegh.
Today I wrote another piece for The Thirsty Wench, and damn is it a relief to get it out of the way. It kind of turned in to a beast.
And now I have RUM! KRAKEN RUM!
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