Finally getting back to school. Finding out that the CCNA / CCNP will be internationally useable. The joys of waking up earlier (Combined with the fun times of working with 4 hours of sleep ~GRINS~) and having a semi-normal day! Having friends and family that like me, for some strange reason. ~grins~ Getting moved to the top of Sebastian's list, even though he has not told me why that event occured. ~Wicked, Evil Smile~
My sister gave birth to a brilliant baby boy! I'm an Uncle! *WOOT!* :)
Moving to Brooklyn on a (hopefully) permanent basis. It's not a cheap place, but I can swing it and I'll have a good sized room. Moving in with three other guys that I've never met before makes me more than a little nervous, but I'm hoping it will work out.
I got my birthday present a day early. And it's an easel!:) My husband keeps giving me this odd look and asking anxiously if I'm sure it really isn't a lame birthday present. He can't seem to understand my glee over my new toy.:)
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I have a job and a roof over my head.
Nobody's shooting at me.
I washed my car last weekend, and changed the windshield wipers this weekend.
The paizo.com community is wonderful.
The new postal rates didn't require a ton of new code.
I've dropped thirty pounds since August.
No more cat puke.
Sorry, Gary. One of our cats (the female) had really bad teeth (we're softies and have a habit of picking up formerly abused pets), so the "momma's boy" cat used to eat way too much and throw up all over so that she could eat the softer food (like a Roman Vomitorium, but for cats). It's horrifying, but endearing in a way to see that kind of love and kindness. They both passed on within the last few years due to tainted cat food, leaving us with the two tabbies. There's a lot less puke around, but I'd trade back in a second.
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My 7-year old, Harrison, is now solidly in the Lego phase of his childhood and he asks me to build with him all the time. I admit that I love that time we spend.
He tells me, "Dad, you're the best lego builder ever!"
My two year old likes dancing to TV theme songs. His current favorite is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. My wife and I borrowed all seven seasons from a friend and spent the last month or so watching them.
Xander would squeal with glee whenever the song started, he would pick up a foam sword he got for Christmas and then dance around the room pretending to kill invisible monsters.
I love these moments. Truly.
Taxes are over and done with.
My son = awesome.
Relationship with my wife is on a high note.
Still have a decent job.
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Got a promotion and raise at work, so my convict a$$ is almost making what someone my age might normally make, so that's good.
Looking for a car (been "sharing" with the gf til now...) finally, so, again, good.
OwlCon is this weekend, and I'm running two PFS scenarios. This satisfies two of my favorite things: free stuff (T-shirt and pass for the con) and gaming. Definitely good.
Since a lot of you also adopted abused kitties, you'll appreciate this. Stella, our adopted black cat, is finally 100% acting like a cat. I caught her romping around in the basket my gf keeps her crocheting wool in, having a grand old time. She hasn't "played" like a cat since we got her (right before Ike), so we are pretty stoked now.
I'm being assaulted by a young black cat with gold or orange splotches. It's on my front porch, meowing for me now. Am I about to become a cat owner? Will all my reptiles get eaten in a couple of weeks when they come back out? Is this a good thing?
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I'm being assaulted by a young black cat with gold or orange splotches. It's on my front porch, meowing for me now. Am I about to become a cat owner? Will all my reptiles get eaten in a couple of weeks when they come back out? Is this a good thing?
Stella and Puff (our bearded dragon) get along fine, so far. Of course, Puff is a little over two feet long (with tail) and puffs up with an impressive spike display when frightened, so I think Stella is a tad intimidated...
Am I about to become a cat owner?
Yes.
These are free range Carolina Anoles, Texas Spiny Lizards, and some species of pinky geckos. I do not have confidence in their survival out there.
And Kitty looks hungry.
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These are free range Carolina Anoles, Texas Spiny Lizards, and some species of pinky geckos. I do not have confidence in their survival out there.
And Kitty looks hungry.
Ah, yard lizards. Gotcha. Yeah, when I lived in Florida, our house was a reptile refuge until the step-mom showed up a few weeks later with the cat. No more geckos or anoles. It was sad...
The upside was, of course, a lot less Palmetto bug activity. So, six of one...
Getting noticed by the mighty Kobold! -5th post-
*does the happy froggie dance*
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Getting noticed by the mighty Kobold! -5th post-
*does the happy froggie dance*
Yep, to repeat someone else's comment from the drawing thread:
Me, at a Con: "...and Hugo was my Facebook friend way before he got famous!"
I'm being assaulted by a young black cat with gold or orange splotches. It's on my front porch, meowing for me now. Am I about to become a cat owner? Will all my reptiles get eaten in a couple of weeks when they come back out? Is this a good thing?
You will be if you feed it. The kind of cat you described is called a Tortoiseshell. They tend to be lovable cats and like calicoes, are almost always female. If you take it in you better be prepared for kittens or get her fixed.
Mrs. M forbade the feeding of it...but it seemed awful pitiful and persistent...kind of skinny...and milk isn't technically feeding it... :S
I'm moved in and it was largely painless. My twin sister took me on a tour of the neighborhood.
Her: "Here's a gay bar. Just in case you're interested."
Me: "Not really, but thanks anyways."
We walk a few blocks and pass a day care.
Her: "And here's where you can go to color if you want."
Raise.
10K per year.
I'm moved in and it was largely painless. My twin sister took me on a tour of the neighborhood.
Her: "Here's a gay bar. Just in case you're interested."
Me: "Not really, but thanks anyways."
We walk a few blocks and pass a day care.
Her: "And here's where you can go to color if you want."
So she's like a female James Keegan? Zany.
Raise.
10K per year.
10 grand more per year = thread kill?
Bummer.
My wife started her new job today ...
Kind of a bittersweet good thing because I miss her.
Guard dogs. Good things.
Also with that raise, not exactly a promotion but a lateral movement into really cool work.
And the quad core 8 Gig monstrosity computer they gave me with a massive monitor and Adobe Creative Suite RULES!
Raise.
10K per year.
Exact same thing here, plus a promotion.
Caveat: as I work for one of the Big 3, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it lasts and we recover ...
What are Big 3s?
My wife started her new job today ...
Kind of a bittersweet good thing because I miss her.
Yah, it sucked when I got a real job and I couldn't spend all my time with my fandamily.
Yah, it sucked when I got a real job and I couldn't spend all my time with my fandamily.My wife started her new job today ...
Kind of a bittersweet good thing because I miss her.
Yeah the 'good' side of us both being unemployed is we got a lot of quality time together. The down side is that our savings went 'bye bye!'
Art supplies!:) My list of things that were not available at the craft store had finally gotten to the point where I had to break down and go to the art store even though I knew I would leave broke. I always do. So I am now broke but happy, with plenty of watercolor paper, inkpens, and sketching pencils to keep me drawing.
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Art supplies!:) My list of things that were not available at the craft store had finally gotten to the point where I had to break down and go to the art store even though I knew I would leave broke. I always do. So I am now broke but happy, with plenty of watercolor paper, inkpens, and sketching pencils to keep me drawing.
Cool! What projects are you working on?
Cool! What projects are you working on?Art supplies!:) My list of things that were not available at the craft store had finally gotten to the point where I had to break down and go to the art store even though I knew I would leave broke. I always do. So I am now broke but happy, with plenty of watercolor paper, inkpens, and sketching pencils to keep me drawing.
I still have some character portraits in the queue, but I think I might try a comic. If it turns out really bad, well, then you'll never ever see it.:) But I now have enough supplies to give it a go.
Yeah the 'good' side of us both being unemployed is we got a lot of quality time together. The down side is that our savings went 'bye bye!'Yah, it sucked when I got a real job and I couldn't spend all my time with my fandamily.My wife started her new job today ...
Kind of a bittersweet good thing because I miss her.
Savings? What's 'sav-ings', precious?
Congrats and good luck, Shiny. May yours go better than mine.
Finished illustrations for Jonathan Jacobs' Open Game Table book, including something for the cover and he tells us the book is being picked up for distribution and review soon.
I'm part of the jack-of-all-trades outfit at work and I was by myself for three days in my department last week when, of course, the creative director comes in and says,"Guess what? Today you're a package designer!" So I built different boxes out of cardboard and acetate for three days with a hyper art director on too much coffee looking over my shoulder. The good thing? I did a good job for the head of my department and I kept on top of things until the week was through.
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I dunno... Good news, though: she plays D&D.I was just asked out on a date by an attractive woman. Either some higher power is messing with my mind, or I'm really lucky...Nice! Good luck! Any plans so far?
SCORE!!!
err.. not in the sense that you're gonna Score of course, just that that was a score that she:
a) asked you
b) is hot
and
c) plays D&D