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Post by UltimateCloud on Nov 17, 2009 16:20:42 GMT -5
Ah man, I am loving those theories about 2012. They're so ridiculous that they're actually funny! I love the ones about the Aliens and that Planet X thing, people go crazy about that. xD Happy Birthday Caller! Hope you had a good one and sorry that it's late! Quite a lot is new with me, although not much of it is all that interesting. I am now living with my girl friend, which is pretty cool. I'm living a pretty relaxed life right now which does make a change, so overall I'm happy. I also got a new job. No longer am I an operations manager at a distribution firm! No, I now work in Internet Marketing, specifically Search Engine Optimisation and Search Engine Marketing. That's what the job title is anyways. It's pretty fun, I look at websites and get to decide how companies run whatever internet marketing campaigns they want. It's a pretty varied job. I didn't know much about SEO before I joined, but now I know so much it hurts. I would never have said this is what I wanted to do with life as a kid, but damn, so far it's definitely the closet job I've had to it. I do coding, marketing, graphic designs sometimes... it's pretty close. I'm hoping I'll be set with this for a long time. Currently I'm looking into social media marketing and all that jazz. It's pretty interesting stuff when you get into the behavioural patterns of users and things. I've never done anything like this before, so I'm learning quite a lot. Other than that though, I'm pretty much the same as always. Boring with not that much to talk about.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 17, 2009 17:15:27 GMT -5
Excellent, UC! I'm glad life is treating you better. I know you seemed to be going through a rough spot at the start of the year. I'm happy things are looking up for you. As for me... I've decided to take the big step forward and start seeking out a relationship. It might be the "OMG I'm nearing 30" blues kicking in, but I think it's time for me to start looking for Mr. Right. I'm thinking about online dating, because I really can't see myself using the normal ways people hook up. I'm not much of a social drinker, and I'm certainly not a dancer. I'm not a church person either. So that doesn't leave me many options. I'm very scared about this, since I haven't had a relationship since I was 18. I'm supposed to be meeting a family acquaintance, who is unfortunately old enough to be my father. I explained to my family though, I really don't expect to go anywhere with this man besides a possible friendship. It's not that age bothers me the most, it's more like I don't see me having much in common with this person, due to the actual age difference. I adore cats, and I love video games. Whoever I seek out will need to feel the same way. Especially about cats. I sorta feel like I'm speaking in circles... if he loves cats and video games, his age wouldn't bother me a bit. If you don't love cats, then I'm sorry, I can't see it getting out of the friendship stage. Speaking of kitties, Smokey is doing good. I just fixed him a shrimp dinner. Had some shrimp that had been frozen for about a year or more, so I cooked it, and minced it for him to eat. Poor guy has had a rough time in his new environment. But, he seems happy, and healthy. And he's the biggest momma's boy since Sephiroth. ;D
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 17, 2009 22:38:55 GMT -5
Its good to hear from you again, Nick. You should stick around. Even if it is just small, little "I did this today" posts. Good for you, Steph. Just remember that if you do start dating a person, don't expect him to be Mr. Right. You won't get that right off the bat and may have to sift through a few dudes and relationships before you get that. Although finding "the one" on your first go isn't unheard of, but it is rare. I have such a hard time with girls. I can never get anything going with one. Either its I have interest and try to to say something but am met with a cold shoulder, or a girl starts talking to me and flirting with me but at that particular moment I simply don't notice it and don't respond to it the way a guy should. I can remember a few times where I'd be at a pub or somewhere with a friend and a girl would be "hinting" but I don't notice and later my friends would notify me and I'm like "Huh? Really?". But by then its too late to do anything about it. I can be more sociable after a few beers but I don't like the idea of picking up girls at bars or at partys cause those would most likely end up as one night stands and I don't want any diseases. That and I'm not in the market for wham-bam-thank-you-mams. I want something more than that, you know?
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 18, 2009 1:57:45 GMT -5
I don't really understand one night stands, seems stupid... very stupid. I wanna get to know someone for a while... months, maybe even years, before I go that far. Just seems irrational to screw so soon. It's a serious commitment to do that in my opinion. But, I'm also extremely paranoid about STDs, nevermind those awful abominations called babies.
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Post by dejibo on Nov 18, 2009 8:18:59 GMT -5
I am glad you are considering "dating" but PLEASE, just because HE wants to hit the sheets, doesnt put YOU in any obligation. Sorry to all the guys here, but men have a much higher sex drive, and are more anxious to score a home run than most women are. Women need to feel loved to have sex, and men need sex to feel loved. its a backwards circle. TAKE YOUR TIME! If this man isnt willing to take his time and treat you gently, then...show him the door! I agree, too many people rush to get to know each other physically long before they know each other mentally, spiritually, emotionally, and have no idea what is in the heart of this other person, and ...ta da! you are left holding a baby, or having to take shots to get rid of whatever he dragged in your door. A blood test would be a MUST in my world, and then NEVER without a condom till you are sure he has been monogamous with you for a least a year.
I am tickled pink for you!
btw, be careful. if he is "into" video games, make sure he isnt gonna just sit in the back bedroom and play games 12 hours a day, and lose his job doing it, or go to the other extreme, and expect you to lay down your controller, to bend to his every need before you can pick up your game in peace.
Be confident, strong, and sweet. you are much smarter than you give yourself credit for, and I dont believe you are going to fall into the trap that has plagued so many women. to just be with someone so that you dont have to be alone. I am here if you wanna talk or need a shoulder.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 19, 2009 22:31:00 GMT -5
Smokey, pic was taken a few minutes ago. I made a video too, but it's huge. Anyone know how to go about compressing an AVI file? Also... Mom's kitten, and Granny's gnarly feet: Sugar having a conversation with a chicken: Crates are fun to play in after we get home: Bath time: Find the cat:
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Post by Caller on Nov 20, 2009 0:42:45 GMT -5
I just love how Fred has this "I'm gonna kill you" look on his face <.<
My day wasn't so hot, mother's in the hospital because her award winning doctors made her wait so long with obscene side pain that her galbladder nearly ruptured thanks to stones. She had enough and went to the emergency room today and whatdya know they admitted her.
...but still told her she has to wait to do surgery until tomorrow. Afternoon. Maybe.
I hate doctors. And now we don't know what's going on for awhile and she's upset because it's going to interfere with Thanksgiving and worse, I'm just betting my aunt and uncle will come circling around soon. They always show up when someone's sick or in the hospital so they can scout around what they want should that person die. Morbid, yes, but true. I'm always so thankful I'm not blood related to these people.
Ben and I had an argument about WoW awhile ago so we're not getting along very well at the moment, which kind of pisses me off that we're going to fight about a video game. I've little to no interest in the game anymore and I only log in to play with him when he wants to, which is exceptionally rare, so I told him I'm not going to pay the $15 if I'm not going to play. To which he retorted we could play if I'd get better gear so we could do raids. And so I said "why is it that the only thing we can do in the game is raiding, why can't we just go out and level other characters and do quests and just have fun PLAYING like we used to" and he didn't answer, but I know it's because he feels that he doesn't want to have to start over since he already has two Lv80s.
So I guess I'll just have to quit. I don't believe in the "you're not allowed to play because your clothes suck" rule and since I'm already bored with the game, there's not much incentive for me to stay on. It's gonna cause drama I don't want but there's a reason I'm not exactly social after all. <_<
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Post by dejibo on Nov 20, 2009 9:40:00 GMT -5
I am sorry that your momma is in the hosp. They do keyhole surgeries now a days for gall bladders. they make 4 tiny holes and its all done that way, so she should be feeling better quickly after wards.
As for playing games...well...if it aint fun, dont do it! I went out in FFXI and puttered as a BLM to level it a bit, and had gimp gear on. I wasnt worried one bit. I am quickly going to pass that level, and why am I going to invest in a fancy shirt that is going to last an hour? I can see investing in high level gear, but not low/mid level stuff. I only want it to 17 so it can warp anyway. If you are not having fun, dont pay the fee.
I luv those kitty babies. That tiny baby looks like he was a hellion. Full of spit and fire. I dont think I have what it takes to do a baby anymore. they are alot of work!
Happy Birthday to Caller/Stephanie I know you both have B/ds coming or recently.
its rainy here! its turned grey and overcast, and will keep that way till April now. welcome to NH. I have decided to crack the cover on Dragons age/edge or whatever that thing is. I wanna see it.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 20, 2009 11:41:39 GMT -5
Sorry about your mom. Hope she'll be ok. Nice kitties, Steph. The one with the crates reminds me of Simon. My mom bought shoes one day and had the shoe box on the floor and SImon went right inside and pretty much claimed the shoe box for himself. That was three years ago I think and we still have the shoe box. He's always going in there to lay down or play or whatever. We have a toy mouse and toy hippo in there too and we put catnip in there sometimes too. He loves his shoe box. I took a picture of him once in his shoe box but the lighting was off so the pictures came out to a really bright orange to compensate for the lack of light. So I want to wait till the light is right before I post a pic. Its a really shitty camera. XD It sucks that you have to have an argument about WoW. You know, there are tons more multiplayer games that you too could play and have fun with. Withouth the grinds and without the "your clothes aren't pretty enough" concept. Which I do agree with you on. It does kinda suck. So, I am going to take this opporunity to try and talk you all into buying Dialo III when that comes out. Made by Blizzard as well and doesn't have all the asinine requirements for you to enjoy playing like WoW or other MMOs on the markert. If its anything like Diablo II it will have a story line for you to follow through with, there is no grind or gear requirments. Well there is one but it is optional. In Diablo II the level grinding started AFTER you beat the game. As did the option to go for the higher gear. Once you beat the game (D2, I mean) your character was about level 30 and from there you could choose to replay the game on harder difficultys to aquire better gear and/or go on a grind fest to attain the level cap which I believe is 60. The game doesn't come out till 2011 so you guys got lots of time to think about it. It F2P and it'd be a fun online RPG experience for all of us. And it'd be cool having us all play together again and not worry about the hardcore things unless we chose to. ;D I know this has all been offtopic but I may as well keep it that way for now just to avoid posting the same thing twice in differant threads. I will be quitting WoW soon myself. As I said before I don't like not being able to play the game on my terms. I don't mind the scheduling of guilds so much but its the waiting for the next bit of content to be released. Either a new patch comes and I'm not ready for it cause I am behind, or I am caught up and the next patch isn't being released yet and I'm fucking ready. You know? It sucks that I have to wait for Blizzard to decide when we're ready for the final dungeon before I can beat the game. What sucks though is that I have my account set to three month pay periods and my pay period happened at the End of October so I have two months of play that I payed for left and I'm not going to use em. Oh well, its my fault for not making up my mind sooner.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 20, 2009 12:48:53 GMT -5
Oh crap, Caller. I'll be pestering you to check on her progress. Man, your family doctors suck ass. Boxes are a cat's best friend. I have yet to see a cat that doesn't adore boxes, or bags. I have a big box in the living room that they currently ignore, and two boxes I got from the grocery store last week that Fred and Sugar sit in off and on all day long. That's one of the reasons I quit WoW, and FFXI. First off, the grind in WoW was irritating... when I knew that was the only thing level 80 would be about, getting better clothes to get better clothes. With FFXI, same deal. Grind was over, but I was annoyed at doing the same thing each week to spend hours at a chance to get a nice item, but I was so far back on the waiting list that I knew I wouldn't get it for a long time. I was having to start babysitting too, so screw that. Family is more important than video games. Just one of the many reasons I adore Oblivion... no other players there to insult my gear, or demand I get better gear. Never mind all the other annoyances of playing with others. Playing heal bitch to NPCs in that game is hard enough. Y'know, there was pressure on all of us to have nicer clothes even when we played FFXI. Most of you guys were able to get the nicest, or close, but I really struggled. Getting Erase was the hardest thing for me to deal with, but after getting a loan, and selling off all my non white mage armor, I was able to pay it back quickly. I was just never any good at making money in that game. If I can meet Diablo's installation requirements, I'll gladly purchase it. The installation requirements are the big issue though. Chances are, if it's a 2011 game, I won't be able to meet them unless I have a newer computer. I remember watching a friend play Diablo, back in the day. Depends on what year it was made, sometime between 1998-2001. I do miss us all playing a game together, I really do.
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Post by Caller on Nov 20, 2009 20:21:19 GMT -5
Yeah but FFXI had questable sets that sufficed any situation. I'm not going to say all the sets were good (Dark Knight <.< ) but they worked. I was able to do Salvage (which is really really hard >.<) in AF and no one cared. Though maybe it's not fair to compare a healer to DPS.. <.< But apparently, in WoW now, if I don't get 4k DPS I'm "not allowed" to do play in the "big boy" games according to Ben and I pretty much told him where to go. Also given that they're completely removing spell power and getting rid of soul shards to make the class more like Death Knight runes (only they don't recharge in combat without Soul Drain), yeah I'm really not going to like the class.
Mother had her surgery and is doing better but now she can't seem to go to the bathroom. Bladder says "nope." So now they're threatening a catheter. She's not having any of that though so she's been drowning herself in water. Bladder still said "nope." She's gonna explode. <.<
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 22, 2009 21:23:41 GMT -5
CNN is so full of shit! They were talking about the murder of that little girl, Shaniya. The story is sad but the way CNN deals with the story is so over dramatic and theatrical. You have reporters talking about what the sentance for the killer should be and they disagree on it and start bickering like children. Then they have tribute videos for Shaniya that is played to sad music and have pictures of her. Like, they are trying to make us all sad about the situation but really, its not necessary by any means. Western media really pisses me off but moreso the people that eat it up.
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Post by Yvondith on Nov 23, 2009 9:58:35 GMT -5
Nancy Grace. HAD to be Nancy Grace.
I can't watch CNN anymore because of that. Last child death that really upset me was Jessica Lunsford. She was right under their noses all along. And I hate to be so crude, but I am glad that bastard that killed her died a slow and painful death.
Of course, there are several new sickening stories and murder that I hear about, but her case is the last I really followed. I tear up too much to watch that stuff now.
Only news I watch now is local. I'm about like Granny with it too, "STFU! IT'S 6 O'CLOCK! TURN ON THE NEWS!"
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 23, 2009 11:45:54 GMT -5
I think its Nancy Grace. I never knew her name. Its a woman I always see covering the story and she is blonde. And so damn theatrical. Like I said, I feel said for the girl and her family. I really do. But the way the station handles the story. They pretty much pump it full of drama for ratings. I hate it. I stick to local news too. They get a story out and often times have a few words about between segments but its short and is never overdone.
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Post by Norfy the Walrus on Nov 24, 2009 0:44:31 GMT -5
Birthday, birthday, birthday! *points at Stephanie*
All these birthdays we have this time of year. I'm next, I think. ;D
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