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bought a Ticket to go home for a week, Interviewed data management job at a start up company, got the job and then quit my current crappy security job. Best Day in quite a while.
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Lycopene posted:Went to Zappos.com to order some Onitsuka Tiger shoes, and I was still debating on getting just because I still have 3 pairs I can still wear. But then I got to the checkout screen and had totally forgotten that I had a $64 credit. The shoes cost $1 and I got free 1 day shipping! You are going to love those shoes too. I'm on my second pair after my last pair served me so well for over two years.
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Oct 16, 2011 14:45
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Mine is more a series of three days. Friday: I was at the bus stop waiting for my bus, and a nice old lady came who couldn't read the small print of the timetable and asked me when her bus was coming. It was coming in 40 minutes, which was quite a wait in the cold(ish) weather. Since I don't live that far away from the bus stop and my afternoon was relatively free, I stayed at the bus stop to keep her company and chat with her even though loads of buses I could have taken passed by during that time. We had a lovely chat about my uni life and aspirations, and her friends and her medical conditions and how she handles them. I really hope I made her day, but I reckon I had a really good time too. I've never had such a nice lengthy chat with any strangers before. Saturday: Work in the morning, which went well. Then in the early afternoon I was going out to meet some friends in the CBD to hang out and go for dinner later. Right after the bus left the bus stop, a pretty bad car accident happened right in front of the bus. I got off the bus and basically took control of the scene until the ambulance and police arrived. I've been a St. John Ambulance volunteer for about a year, but this is the biggest thing I've ever done. Think of it this way - I basically made the jump from giving people bandaids and telling them to put them on themselves, to handling a serious car accident. Dinner that night was great too. Sunday: I had a St. John duty today, and the people doing the duty with me are good friends so we had a great time, especially since we only had to treat a couple of kids who grazed their knees, and spent the rest of the day playing around and having a great time. Also, before Saturday, I was well aware that I was usually not self-confident to the point where I would kind of drift into the background of a crowd because I was afraid to make myself known, or I wasn't confident in my abilities. After handling the car accident yesterday, I've been really proud and confident of myself and it feels amazing.
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Oct 16, 2011 14:59
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Technically today since this was at 2 AM. Turns out someone on my dorms hall was dealing, and EVERYONE had to be kicked out for the night. Luckily, my lovely girlfriend let me sleep in her bed  It was pretty fantastic.
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Oct 16, 2011 17:31
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I finally figured out what game I want to LP for the Let's Play subforum. I've wanted to play a game, but I didn't want to just play any ol' game because that defeats the purpose of it, but while digging through my Playstation 2 collection I found an old favorite so I've dusted the console off and got a capture card thingerbobber coming in from Amazon. Can't wait to get started on this
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Oct 17, 2011 08:17
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Kerfuffle posted:I followed your posts in the retail thread, congratulations. Thanks! Didn't know anyone from that thread even gave a poo poo about me anymore. I kinda took it over with my whiny bullshit, but I needed an outlet and had a captive audience for a while..  But hey, my day was awesome because after my first day, I can honestly say for the first time in my life that I LOVE MY JOB! 
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Oct 18, 2011 02:11
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FrancisYorkPatty posted:I finally figured out what game I want to LP for the Let's Play subforum. I've wanted to play a game, but I didn't want to just play any ol' game because that defeats the purpose of it, but while digging through my Playstation 2 collection I found an old favorite so I've dusted the console off and got a capture card thingerbobber coming in from Amazon. Can't wait to get started on this I'll be watching it. EDIT: Today was awesome because, even though I slept in and missed one of my classes, my girlfriend showed up and walked with me to class. She sure knows how to make my day better 
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Oct 18, 2011 06:17
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Despite being so incredibly nervous about the Midterm for my Political Science course, I only got three questions wrong. 
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Oct 18, 2011 17:23
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FrancisYorkPatty posted:I finally figured out what game I want to LP for the Let's Play subforum. I've wanted to play a game, but I didn't want to just play any ol' game because that defeats the purpose of it, but while digging through my Playstation 2 collection I found an old favorite so I've dusted the console off and got a capture card thingerbobber coming in from Amazon. Can't wait to get started on this What game? I'd like to LP some of my PS2 games since I just got them in the past year, but I don't have the PS2 anymore(and I wouldn't be interesting enough probably :p). I think SMT:DS2, Dark Cloud or Rogue Galaxy might be fun to do if I get access to a PS2 again though.
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Oct 18, 2011 17:32
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It is a gorgeous crisp autumn day and I don't have to work, perfect for doing a quick 40 kms on my new-to-me bike. It is only 1 pm and I have the whole day ahead of me. 
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Oct 18, 2011 18:08
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Today is beautiful. I love fall. My life has been rather, uh, interesting over the past few weeks for various reasons and today looked like it was going to suck. Hard. Instead my friend bought me a coffee and gave me a big hug. The things that were going to make my day bad are still there but a random nice gesture from my friend makes up for it.
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Oct 18, 2011 20:10
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I quit my job after 11 years!! And my current and past bosses were actually genuinely understanding and happy for me. I love my job, but it's time to try something new!
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Oct 18, 2011 20:55
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Batman!!!!!!! Yeah, pretty much makes my day.
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Oct 18, 2011 21:21
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I DIDN'T have a seizure! I just passed out like a wimp from having my blood drawn, and my OBGYN thought I was seizing. But the hospital says it was just regular ol' passed-out-person twitching, and not seizing at all. And thanks to Obamacare, my parents' insurance will pay for the CAT scan! Whoop whoop. (Yeah this day actually mostly sucked, but happy ending, so whatever.)
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Oct 21, 2011 04:23
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Last week my buddy mentioned that Dungeon Defenders was about to launch. I casually said "You can gift me a copy", to which he replied "Only if you will drop everything and play it whenever I want." I said "Yeah, absolutely." I forgot about it until a couple hours ago I got an email from Steam saying that he had gifted me a copy, and the note simply said "WHENEVER I WANT". 
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Oct 21, 2011 05:00
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Rankin-Bass. The Hobbit. Anyone who has seen it, knows why this made my day. 
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Oct 21, 2011 05:04
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I had my friend round because I'd not seen him since I moved and I introduced him to my two housemates. One is an Asian-Canadian girl who speaks absolutely perfect English (because she was brought up in loving Canada) but for whatever reason he started putting on his 'foreigner' voice, imagine Basil Fawlty speaking to the Germans. Holy poo poo. It was so loving funny because she's just looking at him like 'what'. I know it's probably hideously racist/ignorant but I just love watching the reactions he gets cos he genuinely doesn't realise. He doesn't do it to be patronising, it's just like he hears someone with a non-British accent and immediately dumbs himself down.
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Oct 21, 2011 18:14
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happyflurple posted:I had my friend round because I'd not seen him since I moved and I introduced him to my two housemates. One is an Asian-Canadian girl who speaks absolutely perfect English (because she was brought up in loving Canada) but for whatever reason he started putting on his 'foreigner' voice, imagine Basil Fawlty speaking to the Germans. Holy poo poo. It was so loving funny because she's just looking at him like 'what'. I know it's probably hideously racist/ignorant but I just love watching the reactions he gets cos he genuinely doesn't realise. He doesn't do it to be patronising, it's just like he hears someone with a non-British accent and immediately dumbs himself down. The Germans is possibly the best episode of television ever made. My day was awesome because I got an email from a firm in Boston that I really want to work for saying they'd probably have an opening mid-December. I really hope in mid-December I can come back to this thread and report more good news.
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Oct 21, 2011 18:19
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Payday! Also the last day I have to work. Now it's just time to focus on school, school, school, and school.
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Oct 21, 2011 18:47
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Last night a deer jumped out of a cornfield onto my car, but since I was able to brake quickly it only smashed a headlight. It ran away apparently uninjured, I was completely fine, and the headlight was the one I was planning on replacing anyways since the plastic cover was fogged up.  Mad skills yo.
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Oct 21, 2011 19:04
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I have discovered Recettear. now to crosspost into the 'why my life is ruined and I never do anything productive" thread
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Oct 21, 2011 21:06
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Its my birthday today and my coworker baked me cupcakes.
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Oct 21, 2011 21:09
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I thought today was gonna suck because I couldn't get to sleep. Instead, I decided to go watch a sunrise over the lake. I need to do that more.Malachite_Dragon posted:Rankin-Bass. The Hobbit. Anyone who has seen it, knows why this made my day. I know exactly what you mean, and this has made my afternoon.
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Oct 21, 2011 21:29
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Free lunch for the office courtesy of my boss. Going out for dinner then to see a movie with some friends tonight. Making all my life decisions with a magic-8 ball today, so far it's gone well! Seriously, I just woke up in an awesome mood and the day has been a lot of fun.
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Oct 21, 2011 23:57
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FrancisYorkPatty posted:I have discovered Recettear. Aww yeah, Recettear is an awesome game. on why today is awesome: Got numbers from a cute park ranger, son. Ran a faster 5k than normal for my slowness, didn't die. Discovered how fun box jump overs are. Really liking how my mind is changing with this whole fitness thing. All I do now is work out, read, surf SA, and go out with friends, and my god. I'm happy Genuinely content with life, happy to wake up in the morning. Such a difference.
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Oct 22, 2011 02:00
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My day is awesome so far because I managed to resurrect my dead c: drive just enough to get the important things off it - 'My Documents', Thunderbird and Firefox profiles. I stupidly hadn't set up my Windows Home Server to backup this and my other machines, but you can get your arse I've done that now. I'm building an entirely new computer next week (first one in five years, yay), but I'm really glad to have saved my data. Remember kids, BACKUP YOUR poo poo! Oh, and my wife is away at a baptism this weekend, so I've vacuumed out the car, weeded the garden and am about to get some housework done. Not that I'm particularly excited about doing chores, but it's nice to be so productive. Plus I have a Glenlivet 15, Talisker 10, Johnnie Walker Black and two litres of Wild Turkey waiting for later. Gotta love duty free.
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Oct 22, 2011 04:06
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I just finished a week and half of straight work, and am completely exhausted, but one of my regulars bought me a notebook, because the other day I told him I had just graduated journalism, it's pretty wicked. It's been a pretty lovely week, but I feel a lot better now!
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Oct 22, 2011 05:31
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Hasn't started yet, but no work and a bro-tastic schedule of lunch and Kino with one bro then to the bar with some other boy-bros and girl-bros. Plus pretty much all my loose ends have been tied off so i'm not anxious for the first time in forever
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Oct 22, 2011 10:07
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Because my car insurance will probably pay itself off by repairing some chick's car even though it was maybe, probably, certainly my fault.
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Oct 22, 2011 12:41
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I got a much higher than usual response rate from the kids that I ask for high-fives when they come through my checkout. I also got one from an awesome dude who thought it was a fantastic idea. Pity he was way out of my league.
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Oct 22, 2011 12:55
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My day was awesome because I went and saw John Oliver live, and it was drat near the funniest experience of my life. My jaw hasn't hurt this much since ever.
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Oct 23, 2011 07:42
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Ran my first official 10k race this morning, can't wait to run the next one. Ducks beat the tar out of Colorado and Oklahoma lost. Saw Drive and was completely surprised and completely blown away. Great film. Great day!
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Oct 23, 2011 08:18
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The Jumpoff posted:My day was awesome because I went and saw John Oliver live, and it was drat near the funniest experience of my life. My jaw hasn't hurt this much since ever. He really is fantastic, I want to see him again so badly. I wonder if he'll remember me as the guy who accidentally blinded him with their shirt.
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Oct 23, 2011 08:19
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Was turning left on an intersection near my house when something showed up in my peripheral vision. Turned to look and a little sedan was flying through a red light just in front of me. If I hadn't caught it my car and I would have been smashed to bits. 
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I got my new phone. It's my first ever smartphone and I've been having lots of fun with it. Okay, perhaps the people I've been texting haven't had such an awesome day but I warned them. The ability to link poo poo in text messages was one I should not possess. It's a gorgeous fall day. I love fall, it is my favorite time of year.
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Oct 25, 2011 22:32
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After an October with mostly 70- and 80-degree temperatures, it finally snowed! The area where I live got hammered and they didn't open our roads until now, so I had to call in to work. My husband's spine is leaking so he gets to work from home. We've been hanging out, drinking hot chocolate, and enjoying horror movies on our new Blu-Ray surround sound system. I love soup weather, too. I've made the first soup of the season, which I always love making because soup used to be my specialty when I was a cook. It smells fantastic and it's almost ready.
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Oct 26, 2011 22:17
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AltoidsAddict posted:We've been hanging out, drinking hot chocolate, and enjoying horror movies on our new Blu-Ray surround sound system. I love soup weather, too. I've made the first soup of the season, which I always love making because soup used to be my specialty when I was a cook. It smells fantastic and it's almost ready. I made Potato/leek/celery soup today. French style with onions, thyme and a touch of white wine vinegar. Soo delicious!
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Oct 26, 2011 23:55
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Last night I had a much needed fun night out with a coworker. Today is Friday. And I'm spending Saturday doing a Halloween pubcrawl dressed as Princess Peach. Oh and after the week from hell last week, where I was about to have a nervous breakdown from how stressed I was, I finally had a relaxing week where all my work is coming out right.  It's nice to be able to post here again.
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Oct 28, 2011 15:57
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Because my company just got me a 64GB iPhone 4S, and they're paying for the contract, and it's to make my personal calls with as well. Score.
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I had a Poly Sci midterm earlier today. Out of 85 or so questions, I only had trouble with about 4. I am now eating some awesome pizza and I've been invited to a Halloween rave later on today (going as a drunk mormon). Today is going to be awesome.
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