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Virginia trip is half over. Business trips always go sideways somehow.
The person who coordinates the travel plans:
1) Booked me in a more expensive hotel that is farther away from the office than the one I asked for. Yes, it's nicer. That's not the point.
2) I was told that a rental car was not going to be paid for, and I should rely on Uber to get me from the airport to the hotel, to and from the office as needed (roughly 6 trips per day), and then back to the airport at 4am. This is not how my first 5 business trips were handled by this company. So, you aren't willing to pay for a rental car...but you put me in a more expensive hotel...
3) When I got to the hotel there was no credit card associated with the reservation. I was forced to put my own card on file in order to check in, and then talk to the travel coordinator again. Yes, it got fixed, but should never have happened in the first place.
4) I refuse to rely on or give money to Uber. I also refuse to arrive anywhere in a car with a pink moustache attached to the grill. I also can't figure out how I've would be cheaper when I'd have to pay roughly $100 just for the 2 trips from and to the airport, plus about 10 other trips (to the office, to lunch, back to the office, to dinner, back to the office, to the hotel, repeat the next day). Therefore I told my boss today that I rented a $50/day minivan rather than use Uber. He said, "Good, because that's bulls&-+, and make sure to put that on your expense report." Thank you.
Edit: And apparently this trip is also missing my luggage. Nobody even said anything to me at the office about this. It's just like those "go to work/school naked" dreams.
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Thanks for the vibes, folks. My doc did recommend I see a different doc in the same clinic; it's just based on a comment she made today, I'm seriously doubting either her sincerity or her intelligence. So I have no idea if she's recommending this other doc because he's better, or just to get me out off her table so to speak.
In better news, I pulled frozen-thrones Anduin today, and at the same time got enough dust to craft frozen-thrones Rexxar as well!!!
My frozen collection grows...mwahahahahaha!
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Thanks for the vibes, folks. My doc did recommend I see a different doc in the same clinic; it's just based on a comment she made today, I'm seriously doubting either her sincerity or her intelligence. So I have no idea if she's recommending this other doc because he's better, or just to get me out off her table so to speak.
Regardless, she's proving that she shouldn't be your doctor at this point. The why is essentially irrelevant.
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start the GoFundMe, I will donate. And NEVER stop looking, there is someone out there who wants you when you think noone does.I did. Right here. I really didn't feel comfortable doing that. I'm sure you know exactly how I feel.
I get paid next Friday. You will get some money then.
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I'm so so very tired of education. I don't need a job months from now after finishing an adult education program - especially considering every post-graduate class I've taken has been a waste of money for a career that never panned out.
That being said, if it were a free option (I don't have MONEY to take classes) and relatively short, that would be a different story.
Electrician's apprentice. Go to the local union hall and apply there. You get paid to learn. Usually.
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So yeah on San Diego, we went around the harbor by boat tour and found some sea lions.
Then we went to the Midway Museum, where cats try flying and get jailed after
But on a more serious note the US gives a lot of due to war veterans, and I was shocked to hear that 12 year olds volunteered for the navy in World War 2. I mean that kind of patriotism is admirable. Uh sorry not me. I wouldn't volunteer to go out to kill people for my country, me being a cowardly cat.
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That is basically correct. And S7 is, officially, just more of the same.Ughhh hm, your reasons for not liking 7 are very different from it being hard for me to watch.
Without spoilering anything, I think I just engage with TV shows fundamentally differently than you (and many people). The things you've said about earlier seasons...I'd probably agree with you if we sat down and talked it thru while watching the highlights. But I've never watched it critically, so the Walking Dead (as well as most screen media) exist in a thick haze of impressions and momentary emotions for me.
Which is neither good nor bad, I'm just ruminating on how differently people consume media. :)
I'd love to hear your own. I have... a looooooooot of issues with seven. Writing them all would get tedious. And I find some hard to put into words. Thus, I go for short, simple, bursts, rather than long ones.
So yeah on San Diego, we went around the harbor by boat tour and found some sea lions.
I'mawhat, now?
Then we went to the Midway Museum, where cats try flying and get jailed after
But on a more serious note the US gives a lot of due to war veterans, and I was shocked to hear that 12 year olds volunteered for the navy in World War 2. I mean that kind of patriotism is admirable. Uh sorry not me. I wouldn't volunteer to go out to kill people for my country, me being a cowardly cat.
D'aw!
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Vagrant: it'll be okay, my dude. Words are... well, they're sucky. They're cheap, easy, and everyone has them. But, in this case, at least, they're true. You will, in the end, be okay. I know it's scary. I know it's extremely sucky. I'm sorry. Those are legitimate feelings, and I'm not dismissing them. Your situation is... wrong. But you'll find a way.
TS: That... I cannot even guess at what the heck. I'm sorry, my dude, and, with the others, I'm agreeing it's time to find someone else, sucky as that is.
Seems cheap, but I'm praying for you all.
Awesome!
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Oh and San Diego food is healthy! I've been on a diet of grilled fish and salads the whole of today! And San Diego has so many people jogging that there's a jogging vibe going around, so I decided to go a jogging along. The weather is very good for jogging but I was seriously outclassed. Those jolly joggers in San Diego run much faster then I do.
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Already clocked in and DTF.
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!? Your hotel is very different than mine.
*Guffaw*
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I like that one. I will use it.
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For the emergency contact info I had to fill out for work they ask for preferred hospital. I put down "whichever one has better reviews on Yelp" eventually they'll stop asking me to fill out paperwork altogether.
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Captain Yesterday's Bit O' Earthly Wisdom.
"You can't judge the rest of the world by what happens in politics and sports, they have no basis in reality"
What I told the General after she said "I'm worried that the rest of the world is going crazy too".
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Last day training the little bird is on his own tomorrow night.
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Yay! We get Big (Slow) Pete! And it's a demolition day!!
The perfect day!
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John, haven't you used/posted links to some free courses in the past?Yes, I did. Thanks for reminding me. VE, here is a website for a free, online, C tutorial. It covers the basics, so it's enough to get you started.
Thanks John, I'll be spending a good chunk of my afternoon on that.
I got another donation. Thank you again to whoever that was.
When someone does something like that for you, I feel like it is setting a blowtorch onto the ice block of my cynicism. It's hard to maintain a distrust of humanity when they turn around and do something nice for people they only know so much.
Sorry to ramble. It's just nice to be optimistic about my fellow humans again. It's not a common state of mind for me, and it's pleasant.
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Electrician's apprentice. Go to the local union hall and apply there. You get paid to learn. Usually.I'm so so very tired of education. I don't need a job months from now after finishing an adult education program - especially considering every post-graduate class I've taken has been a waste of money for a career that never panned out.
That being said, if it were a free option (I don't have MONEY to take classes) and relatively short, that would be a different story.
I suppose digging in the sun up here won't be as bad as Florida. It's worth checking out. I tried this route ten years ago and it went pretty badly for me. It certainly won't hurt to try.
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Sadly, before I get to destroy we have to put down a pallet of sod, which is why we have Pete, apparently there was a "debacle" on Friday involving two other crews and a s~*@load of sod, so every day we get someone new to show them how it's done.
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I want to say positive things. Nobody likes complaints, even if they're on the forefront of your mind and the thing you're most concerned with. I need so say something good.
My dog is getting huge and I'm pretty sure he's helping to hold my sanity together. It really sucked having to give my ferret away, and I'm glad I still have Hunter. He's an enormous lap baby, but the other day my girlfriend's dog was playing with me and Hunter thought he was seriously attacking me, and he leaped on him and was ready to tear it's face off. This was no playful growling - he was serious. He stopped the minute I gave the command. I have an excellent dog.
My girlfriend is so devoted to me it's not even funny. She isn't even upset about the economic state we're in. She's optimistic and caring. My ex would be guilt tripping me right now pretty hard if we were still together. Gotta remember to take off the rose colored glasses when remembering the past and be grateful for the present. Plus she loves RPGs, comics, fantasy books, and almost all my avenues of geekiness. Also great.
I'm playing in an online game of Pathfinder on FantasyGrounds with a friend from Florida and a few of his friends. I'm actually having a lot of fun! Almost as much as a live game. I met people locally and will be joining a live game of *shudder* 5e pretty soon. Hey, it's real human beings. I don't make friends easily, so I'm happy for this.
I have real friends here who have been there for me through these tough times. I may not see your faces, but I've had more private messages and phone call offers, job suggestions, and just...really great support...than I would've expected. I even had one person try to help get me a foot in the door with a job, but unfortunately it was on the other side of the state, and I don't have a car. Suffice to say the reaction has been far beyond cordial.
So...there's me being positive. It's not easy when you spent multiple decades being a cynic. But I do have a lot to be grateful for, and I'm glad to be reminded of it.
I want to mention: 5e isn't a bad game. It's got a lot of solid elements to it, and can be quite enjoyable. My preference is a 3.X version of stuff, but 5e has undeniably good bits to it that I'm learning about as I play it.
EDIT: in case it wasn't clear - because it can be very unclear - I'm not repudiating people's choices or opinions, but airing my own as I experience the 5e version of the game myself as a GM.
5e is Diet Pathfinder with a twist of lime. It just makes me feel like I'm playing a nerfed PF. If I want simple I'll take actually simple, like Savage Worlds or FATE.
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5e's fun. I do prefer PF and its wider range of options, but FLGS only runs 5e nights.
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Coworker (while watching the river of muddy water Big (Slow) Pete inadvertently created watering the sod): Well, at least we know it flows downhill
Me: Of course it flows downhill, I graded it!
Oh, I have nothing against people preferring 5e. Mechanically speaking, though, it uses the same base engine as 3e/3.5/PF, but with significant peeling back of the layers, so when I say diet PF, that's pretty much what it is. If you like that, more power to you. Personally, I like PF because of its myriad of options, and if I'm going streamlined, I prefer classless. I don't like being limited to barbarian/bard/cleric/druid/fighter/monk/paladin/ranger/sorcerer/wizard - and throwing a warlock into the mix doesn't help much for me personally.
It's one of the best ways to introduce newbies to PF though.
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Mort, I don't mean this as an insult, so please do not take it that way, but I think there are some serious cultural differences between the USA and Singapore, so I have to ask - how old are you? Because when I was 17 I had a 1am curfew (my dad looked at the back of my driver's license, saw that was the latest the state would let me drive, and said "that seems fair"), and when I was 18 it was "just make it to school in the morning" - and after that, well...I lived with roommates and not my parents.
I often see you speaking of your relationship with your parents as a subordinate (please forgive me if I'm reading this wrong) - here in America, contrary to what media may portray, most people respect their parents, but upon reaching adulthood, take them as advisers and not authorities to be obeyed. Obviously, miles may vary if you're still living with them, but I think you get the general picture of what I'm saying.
I don't mean this as a slight on your culture, but a request to understand it better.
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Already clocked in and DTF.
and yet i cant have my room parties?!?
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5e is Diet Pathfinder with a twist of lime.
this is the most interesting description of 5e I have heard to date.
Don't believe it, it's all a lie! 5th edition is just pathfinder by corporate douche bags.
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I am living with my parents. Houses in Singapore cost at least 300k SGD so most of us live with our parents until we get married. I mean my new house costs 529k SGD, and won't be ready till 2022,so it'll still be a while of living with parents, just who's.
A single rented room cost minimum 400 SGD/Mth in an out of the way location.
I'll tell you I'm above 21.
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"We're headed to Waunakee, or as the Oneida called it 's@&+hole north of the lake'" - coworker.
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Don't believe it, it's all a lie! 5th edition is just pathfinder by corporate douche bags.
let's not get into edition warring.
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I'm not, if you prefer 5th edition more power to you.
Edit: that is my only comment, I'd never take it further. :-)
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Me: Man, the 70s and 80s set landscaping back 30 years!
Coworker: I blame cocaine!
This is while we're tearing out the "floor" of what used to be a greenhouse which consists of 6 inches of drain rock.
We're putting in pavers and then the greenhouse will be rebuilt above it.
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Demolition isn't as fun today as I hoped it would be.
Oh well.
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But on a more serious note the US gives a lot of due to war veterans, and I was shocked to hear that 12 year olds volunteered for the navy in World War 2. I mean that kind of patriotism is admirable. Uh sorry not me. I wouldn't volunteer to go out to kill people for my country, me being a cowardly cat.
You wouldn't know it by modern sentiment, but our founding fathers recognized the military as a convenient weapon of tyrants and tended to view it as a necessary evil, at best. IIRC, some of them were even against having a standing army at all.
But that all turned around pretty quickly, what with all the fights we got into (and started). By the time of the World Wars, USians had forgotten all about the tyrannical potential of the military, and by the end of WW2 we pretty much decided that the military can do no wrong. The Vietnam War dampened that sentiment a little, but yeah, we USians are still pretty gung-ho about our military.
Personally I appreciate that having the best military the world has ever known allows us to set the agenda in geopolitics and act with a degree of conscience we might not otherwise be able to -- when we have someone of conscience at the helm of course -- but I very much recognize the military as a necessary evil and a danger to freedom.