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I decided I'm going to convince my husband we need to take a trip to Asia together and if I really play my cards right it will be a month from now because we've already booked time off together. Update: We're off to Tokyo on February 24th! SulfurMonoxideCute has a new favorite as of 06:50 on Jan 18, 2019 |
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Yesterday I chipped in a few bucks to support a horror-themed podcast I’m thoroughly enjoying (The White Vault) and they sent me a personalized video saying thank you which consisted of them playing in a dog park and talking about future projects. I expected it to be a little default, generic “thank you” video that they would send to all supporters but no, this was an actual personalized message to me, which was really fantastic (and of course the dog was adorable). I went to Patreon to see if I were one of the first people to support them, because I couldn’t imagine doing that for a large amount of patrons, but they had a few hundred! Not only was I happy that they are getting so much support I was blown away that they’d take the time to say hi to me specifically, a random internet fan. Definitely made my day!
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Jan 19, 2019 05:26
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My friend and I have been pretty much on the outs for the past year or so. Now in years past, I had a similar falling out with a different friend, and after a few years she reached out to me, but didn't want friendship so much as she wanted a stooge and an emotional support dog. I figured this out pretty late and felt dumb afterward. But this time, with this friend, she reached out to me today and wants to be friends again, despite the fact she's the one who ended the friendship, but admitted that she lost her job, her baby is due in a few months, and she wants company and someone to talk to. And telling her no, instead of falling back into that same trap because I was so happy the person was back and ignoring the reasons we stopped being friends, was so goddamn good. Actually standing my ground and telling her no, things are fine here, and you would know that if you hadn't kept flaking on me, or that your WoW raids were more important than anything we did, but they were, and after over a YEAR of no contact you want to be friends again?
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Jan 21, 2019 04:10
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It may not mean much, Cowslips, but I'm happy for you and proud of you for that. I wish I could do the same with another friend of mine. Seems like every time I resolve that this time they won't get their claws into me again, they manage it anyhow.
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Jan 21, 2019 06:06
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Despite family life being shittier than usual (which is difficult, because they have basically disowned me and live 2k miles away), I got out of bed today, beat my head against a raspberry pi project for a few hours, and made it to a goodwill where I found some jeans that are perfect for my body shape.
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Jan 21, 2019 06:59
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Cowslips Warren posted:My friend and I have been pretty much on the outs for the past year or so. Now in years past, I had a similar falling out with a different friend, and after a few years she reached out to me, but didn't want friendship so much as she wanted a stooge and an emotional support dog. I figured this out pretty late and felt dumb afterward.
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Jan 21, 2019 07:48
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I decided on a whim to check for one of my favorite pairs of pants in another color, and though they were mostly sold out due to a big sale (ending today), they still had my size in the color I most wanted--and for an extra half off the sale price! They'll arrive in time for my upcoming trip, too. eta: I have a friend from high school (going back some 25 years now) whom I keep avoiding for various reasons. The first cracks appeared during the whole Bush-Gore thing, when she said, in all seriousness, that she sure hoped Bush would win because he was so good-looking. I made a mental note not to have a serious conversation with her ever again. She still emails me dumb poo poo from high school, to which I respond with the digital equivalent of a nod and a smile. I don't want to have to have The Conversation, but I don't know if what's left of this friendship will ever die off on its own. Kudos to those who've taken the plunge. Hirayuki has a new favorite as of 05:08 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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Jan 22, 2019 05:00
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I am in another semester of college. To be honest I didn't expect I'd have the will to keep attending and passing but here I am posting on the internet about my ability to stay in school.
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Jan 29, 2019 00:01
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Annointed posted:I am in another semester of college. To be honest I didn't expect I'd have the will to keep attending and passing but here I am posting on the internet about my ability to stay in school. That's awesome! For me, my passport came today, AND I finally got the insurance to change my name. It's done. That's all of them. After nearly $4k in various costs, all of the admin stuff is over.
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Had yet another altercation at work with my lovely, useless coworker who has the literal best job in the company(breaking package jams to keep the flow of boxes going into the trucks at UPS, and that's all he does) and gets paid absurd amounts to do it, but would rather look at his phone than go to where he is needed, and will literally look at you so you know he heard you, before going back to his phone (if not shouting expletives at you first). This is, verbatim, how the incident went, I am not cutting out any part of it or changing what was said: Me: "(guy), can you please go break jams for Waterbury?" (Guy): *crosses arms, smirks* "here's an idea, how about you go gently caress yourself?" I then said some things about how he really takes for granted what an incredible position he has and walked off. I then went to the union steward and reported him for harassment, being useless, etc, and the steward has suggested he be moved to a position where he can't just sit and watch porn(no, seriously) on his phone all the time. Like doing tape-ups, where he wouldn't be able to be on his phone at all. With any luck, we will have a replacement for him who actually gives a gently caress soon. This is not "lazy entitled worker" griping, this is a dude who knows how good he has it, specifically, and thinks he's invincible so he says whatever he wants to people. The first two words out of his mouth to me, before I ever knew his name, were "gently caress you", and yeah, no thanks, I'm not dealing with this creepy weirdo yelling obscenities at me while I'm working my rear end off. So hopefully he gets hosed out of his golden goose position. People have been largely apathetic with dealing with him because he's such a shithead , but gently caress that mentality and gently caress utterly utterly toxic, spiteful shits like him for making incredibly hostile work environments for absolutely no reason Edit: this is awesome because my bosses and union reps all agree his attitude can get hosed, and all my coworkers have my back on this, it would be absolutely awful if everyone was like "yeah that's just how he is" rather than "no, gently caress that guy" Captain Invictus has a new favorite as of 05:20 on Feb 2, 2019 |
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Feb 2, 2019 05:11
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I completed a semester's worth of assignments and testing for one of my classes (about 1400 questions), helped inadvertently save a neighbor that was being beaten up by her boyfriend, and filed my taxes. The day sucked, it was difficult and weird, but it's awesome because A: that class is done with for a few months, and B: she didn't end up murdered and instead is gonna be safer now.
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Today I wrote the epilogue for what I hope will become my first novella. drat it feels good.
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My surrogate work mom took me to lunch today because she missed me and thought I might like to leave my house since I've been off the last two weeks because I'm too sick to work. She knew exactly what I needed. Such a sweetie.
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People I know have been saying that I got skinnier, but I did not truly believe it thinking they were just being nice since I talked about eating less and working out (psst. I have barely been to the gym). Today an acquaintance in a hobby store asked if I worked out since I looked thinner than last time (some months ago). So I finally believe it and it feels good to know that although I am a nerd in my twenties high school drop out with mild social anxiety who works in retail. At least I am starting to move away from skinnyfat condition.
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Feb 11, 2019 13:33
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I'm converting my Youtube music playlist over to Spotify and slowly discovering old songs I forgot about long ago due to many videos getting deleted or copyright-struck. Feels really good to rediscover music.
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I'm sad because Spotify doesn't have half of my (apparently?) esoteric poo poo. While it lets you upload your own files, there's no sorting by album or anything that I can see. I have Spotify for the next year, but I may drop it and go back to Google Play Music after. Plus side, I am discovering NEW music with Spotify instead of listening to the same poo poo I have been for fifteen years, but maybe Google Play paid would allow the same?
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I had a date today. I know the stereotype of goony virgin might not be quite as strong as it used to be, but for me...well, the last time I went out with a guy, my father chaperoned the dates and a Bush was in the White House. Since then I’ve been pretty celibate (and really, gently caress incels for taking away a perfectly good descriptor!) while trying to figure out a lot of deep, deep seated childhood trauma stuff that led to me living the last literal decade in my little protective comfort zone. But thing is, the longer you let something fester the worse it gets, and I let my fear of dating and intimacy fester for years and years until the thought of even the most casual of excursions launched me into a cold sweat. But, something was different this time, and I just went for it? I had to excuse myself to the bathroom just once to breathe and try and dry my armpits but I just kept telling myself to take it ten minutes at a time and not try to project my anxiety onto the situation. And it went well, I think, and we’ve got a second date tentatively lined up. Anyway expect to see a post about this same thing next week except in the “Why was your day awful” thread, because it is taking every fiber of my being to not let my anxiety take the wheel and torpedo the whole thing by overthinking it.
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tallest crocodile posted:I had a date today. Awesome news!! Really happy for you and glad you had a good time, that must have been a little scary. Rooting for you -- rock on fellow PYF goon 
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I’m having a professional editor read over the first few pages of my novella draft to see if we’d work well together and just got the following back in an email: “I enjoyed the sample—you have an engaging, fun writing style.” For someone with self-confidence and -validation issues, hearing that from an independent party whose job it is to read and critique authors was a real boost to my mood, making me want to do nothing but spend the rest of the day writing. Today is awesome.
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Feb 12, 2019 19:39
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I ate some bomb rear end Mexican food today.
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Had a great long weekend. Friday night dinner with the wife, a Pokemon GO event on Saturday, friend visited on Sunday, family visited yesterday. Also lost a little weight. 
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A few days ago, but I went to see alita: battle angel this past weekend and it was everything I hoped it could be. Not only have I been waiting literally two decades for it ever since James Cameron bought the rights to it, but I've dreaded it actually being made because battle angel alita is one of my favorite fiction series of all time and really, there has never been a good live action adaptation of an anime/manga ever, especially western adaptations. Like, remember Dragon Ball Evolution where they remade it into a lovely teen movie where goku was some dipshit in high school and it was a travesty of film almost but not quite on the level of The Last Airbender? That's what I dreaded for this, but it was a joy to see, I am so loving happy it turned out this way. I just hope it's successful enough that the other two parts get made.
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^ that’s awesome to hear. I was never super into Akita but it always existed on the fringes of my Blockbuster Nostalgia, hanging out next to Heavy Metal and the same four episodes of Ninja Scroll, on the tiny shelf in the corner marked “Special Interest”. So I have a sort of...fondness for it, at least. I had a second date, and a third tomorrow. Things are going kinda fast and I love it. Feels good to be comfortable around someone while mostly just being myself. Also, some old friends rolled into town today and I had a really chill day catching up with them after a long time not seeing them. Love friendships where you can just fall back into them like that.
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I get to be a safety sitter today instead of having an entire hall of patients. He can feed and toilet himself, doesn't need to be turned, will bathe himself, and isn't violent or combative. My job today is basically to sit and chat with him and watch tv.
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This is cross-posted from another thread, but I wanted to share it here too because I'm having a loving awesome day. Today is my birthday. My first birthday as myself. I'm having lunch with my parents, then meeting up with friends for drinks and dinner tonight. Oh, and I got a couple dozens birthday wishes from people I know. Just reading the string of "Happy birthday Zoe" makes me tear up. Exactly three years ago, I decided I had to do something about my dysphoria, and set up an appointment with a psych to discuss things. There's been some hiccups along the way, but here I am. Three years down the line, everyone knows I'm a girl and accepts me as such. I have come so far. If you'd told the me from three years ago I would get to this point, she'd have called your crazy. And yet I'm here. I'm so blessed to be alive, and excited for the next years to come.
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Mikl posted:This is cross-posted from another thread, but I wanted to share it here too because I'm having a loving awesome day. Congrats and happy birthday Zoe!
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That's fantastic. Happy birthday, zoe. It's always great to see someone go through the process smoothly, my friend...didn't have it go so well. But this is the awesome day thread, not the bummer thread, so I'll just leave it at I'm glad you had a great birthday.
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A laser pointer + my dog = magic. He chases it like crazy and is so happy to run in circles. Also he gets a treat at the end of the session.
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Mikl posted:This is cross-posted from another thread, but I wanted to share it here too because I'm having a loving awesome day. Happy Birthday
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A few minutes ago I typed the last words of the final rough draft of my first novel. In ~three weeks it gets sent to the editor and hopefully from there, a few further rounds of tweaking before I'm done and ready for publication. I cannot even begin to explain the elation I feel. This is so, so exciting for me.
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I beat the absolute poo poo out of my girlfriend and my wife at Mario kart today, over a five hour long switchathon. My wife won monopoly, though. It's not fair, I'm a young white male for fucks sake
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Thank you for the well-wishes goons Though I have to say: Dick Trauma posted:Happy Birthday Since I'm transitioning MtF, this is an excellent username/post combo 
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goons are saving lowtax through the power of crowdfunding and it's wonderful join the fun or the patreon OhFunny posted:
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Captain Invictus posted:goons are saving lowtax through the power of crowdfunding and it's wonderful Okay, I'm into saving Lowtax and the forums, but for the love of god why this avatar
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As their spines have clearly been removed for processing and sale, it's fitting as a spine fund avatar imo
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