Oh, anytime friendo. Anytime.

I've spent my today in the sunshine and good weather. It got up to 86 degrees Fahrenheit. 86 DEGREES! Just three days ago, I was calling off work because of snow, ice, and it being too cold for the salt to actually melt said ice. Now, I'm sweating in a t-shirt.

Same here. I guess we must live relatively close.

I thought you stayed in the fiery pits of my arms?

That's what I thought too. Man, am I disappointed.

Today, while digging through my wallet, I had to stop and admire my health, vision, and dental insurance cards, my debit card, and my AAA card. This might seem pretty average and normal, but considering where I was less than a year ago, this is a monumental achievement. I feel like I've finally got my life back together. I remember times where I tried and it seemed irreparably damaged, but things are going good.

Today I also got to enjoy driving from one end of a tornado warning to another to get to work, during the exact window of maximum warning. That was fun. Really, though, it was just a lot of rain, and a little bit of minor hydroplaning. No hail, even.

Also, there is a man who has showed up at my work and moved into an office adjacent to my cubicle who looks EXACTLY like Lance Storm. I've stared at him when he wasn't paying attention. It really is uncanny. He could be his twin. He's approximately the same height and musculature as well, so I have to wonder if Lance Storm has secretly moved from Canada to work for a cellular phone company in the states. :laughing:

I feel your pain. I caught something the other day that's somewhere between a cold and the flu, and I spiked a 110 fever from it. (don't know how I didn't die)

This comes after years of thinking that never getting sick meant anything other than I was just a lucky motherf*cker.

Watching This Morning on telly at the moment. Holly Willoughby looks sensational. Legs and arse are unbelievable :)

That's my summer home.

Maybe it's Henry Rollins?

My village got raided by Vikings again today. Those ****ers keep coming, no matter what. We all had to run into the round tower, and we all had trouble fitting. They plundered a few of our shops and raped my dog and shat on the alter of the church. ****ing dick heads.

So I received an invitation to join the Nation Society of Collegiate Scholars today. I don't really know what that means outside of falling education standards in the US because if they lettin me in thin my gen must be stupit.

Don't worry. After a few centuries they'll calm down and assimilate into your culture and society.

Did you mean the National Society of Collegiate Scholars? ;)

Don't feel bad. I got an A.A.S. at a technical college and got a 3.98, got awarded into the National Technical Honors Society, and all I did was pay attention and do the work. I'm not special or hard working by any extraordinary means.

While it IS a technical college, the concept is the same that what is actually very non-challenging to achieve by normal intelligence and ability is made into this "honorable achievement", as though someone should expect any less of themselves. But when colleges are filled with what are, for all intents and purposes "kids" that just got out of high-school and live at home with mom and dad and really only care about what parties they're going to attend and who they're crushing on, the problem is not that they have to struggle to get good grades. The problem is that the vast majority of them don't have the self discipline and ability to recognize and prioritize to achieve goals that land outside their social comfort and lifestyles.

As a result of this, the educational system has to actually create an award out of what should be an expectation, simply because most kids aren't ready to put in the work now for something that will pay out later, and at least there's some sort of gold star allure that some students may desire.

I'm probably generalizing a lot, but when it comes to the American culture, it's just normal to see most kids worrying about their social lives more than their own education.

I have no reason to feel bad, I was just curious why a 3.65 after just one semester at a public university warrants an invitation to a "scholarly" society (which is rather useless tbf.)
That said, I did accept it just so I could put it on scholarship applications. :laughing:

But yeah, I'd say your rant is pretty spot on. UTs student body is a rather hedonistic and undisciplined bunch (we did have that alcoholic enema incident last year, after all.) The school itself is solid, but you can only get out as much as you put in to it.

Ah Grand so! Thats a relief!

I hated it when the Vikings came. It tasted of salt.

Thats coz they wash their willys in sea water. Did you have to suck off the whole crew?

Just the chieftain. Then he made me his girlfriend.

Yeah usually the chieftains are pretty hairy, sometimes its annoying getting the pubes out that are stuck in your teeth.

That sucks, but it's the flees that bother me the most.

Today I lost my job. I've been at this job for just shy of two years and was unemployed for two years before that. Safe to say I am not looking forward to the prospect of that again.

Yesterday I attended a recruitment fair and applied to a couple of local call centres with a monumental turnover of staff, so I'm hoping one of those comes through for me. If they do, I shouldn't be out of work long at all. if not, then that's when the bleakness of my immediate future will become very clear.

Sorry to hear this and it's a far too common ocurrence these days. As you say one of these other jobs might come through. Fingers crossed and good luck.

That's terrible man. I hope the call center applications work out for you.

Thanks a lot.

I'd say I have grounds for unfair dismissal too, so I guess I'll just see what happens. Whatever the case, I need a job and I need it fast!

Dunno if anyone ever hinted at this to you before, but... bodyguard/bouncer. Your image is your resume'.

Funnily enough, at the time I got this job I was halfway through my course for an SIA badge.

Go all the way! Always good to have something to fall back on. Or to be certified to make some drunk punk fall back on.

I think I fell in love to a girl with a boyfriend today. **** me

So sorry to hear Neil, hopefully you find something soon. There is nothing worse than having absolutely no income at all :(

Thank you Kay :)

You're right. it was a real tough couple of years last time, so I'm keeping my fingers crossed I don't have to do that again.

Shaved off the beard/mustache, got a haircut. I just took about 15 years off. My face is cold, but I look younger.

Doing shrooms tonight. Stoked to the fullest degree.

I won the lottery - or, I guess, $4 from the lottery. :laughing: Just picked up a play on a whim today on my way home from work and actually matched the Powerball. Doubled my investment, anyway.

I was also lamenting that I don't have many days left to call off and had to drive the forty miles or so to and from work in the iciest of conditions. It took me roughly five minutes to get up the hill and back to my house, so that was fun.

Bought some bits and bobs from the material shop so I can try and make something to wear.

This is a mate of mine, its pretty damn funny.

im free from work today, don't plan on doing anything special im just gonna sleep probably..


lol it was pretty funny at moments :laughing:

other moments were just weird.

Last night my mom found an unopened Christmas card that had a fifty dollar check for me from my grandparents. ****ing score! This is the best surprise money moment since I realized that I hadn't cashed a paycheck for like four hundred dollars a few years ago.

So the *******s who live in the boarding house kept accusing me of tampering with the internet and think I've been kicked off, think again mateys, the manager has secretly hooked me up to the main router because he knows I'm innocent. Booyah!

Napping with my pup. She's so big now I can spoon her :).