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[H.Protagonist]

Nothing bad or sick. Just a morning after a drinking party. Not hungover either, mind you. Just feel like an insubstantial person floating through the air. I had to run to work because I was late getting up and I don't even remember the journey...

You didn't catch the pregnant did you?

I did not, but I would prefer to be back in bed right now.

Always works.

Why thank you. I've already had 2 cups, but the only result has been a sloshy belly.

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Groggy waking up?

I probably won't 'wake up' 'til 6 tonight at this rate.

Hey! *hides insomnia behind huge cup of coffee at work*

Haha. You can't sleep and all I want to do is sleep.

Good evening. Just had my dinner and opened up a beer

No more beer...

The good news is that it gets better. I know because it's afternoon here.

Right now I'm functioning at about 20% wakefulness. When it hits 1pm I'll check back in and see if I haven't managed at least a 30%.

 

[GameplayWhore]

Right now I'm functioning at about 20% wakefulness. When it hits 1pm I'll check back in and see if I haven't managed at least a 30%.

If it's cold outside, try running around the block, sans coat. Halfway through, you'll wake up and realize how insane you are for doing something so asinine, but then you'll have to run the other half to get back anyway.

 

[MYE]

I wish coffee had any kind of effect on me. I seem to be completely imune to the revitalizing properties of caffeine.

 

[Hypereides]

That's a dirty lie.

Au contraire, Its the dirty truth.

Obviously the heart/vein/nerv/aorta/whatever to your problem was that you drank too much on the regular.

Its a shame too, cause Im drinking damn good coffee right now.

 

[H.Protagonist]

If it's cold outside, try running around the block, sans coat. Halfway through, you'll wake up and realize how insane you are for doing something so asinine, but then you'll have to run the other half to get back anyway.

It's never exactly cold in LA. The running this morning on the way to work didn't help either. I'll try stretching or something. My head feels like a gentle balloon...

I wish coffee had any kind of effect on me. I seem to be completely imune to the revitalizing properties of caffeine.

I'm kind of in the same boat. I drink it more as a formality and because I enjoy the taste.

Also, welcome!

 

[echoshifting]

My head feels like a gentle balloon...

Gentle, eh? Well, it's better than that other kind of balloon...

 

[Tashi]

It's never exactly cold in LA. The running this morning on the way to work didn't help either. I'll try stretching or something. My head feels like a gentle balloon...




I'm kind of in the same boat. I drink it more as a formality and because I enjoy the taste.

Also, welcome!

So lucky. I remember when I went to LA for the first time. I'm from NY and it was in February. I was walking around LA with shorts and a T-Shirt. Perfect weather. Then when I go home....back to dealing with the snow

 

[jasonng]

So lucky. I remember when I went to LA for the first time. I'm from Upstate NY where I specialize at being a scrub and it was in February. I was walking around LA with shorts and a T-Shirt. Perfect weather. Then when I go home....back to dealing with the snow

Fixed.

 

[GameplayWhore]

Its a shame too, cause Im drinking damn good coffee right now.

I actually had

Spoiler

shitty K-cup

coffee this morning for the first time in many weeks. These days, I mostly drink the stuff (and tea -- lots of tea, and hot cocoa) because it feels nice to have warm liquids in my tummy.

 

[SRG01]

I think I'm a workaholic. This is the first semester in two years I'm under 18hr/wk for my teaching load, and I feel absolutely drained... My mornings are usually better if I have a 8AM lecture.

 

[Tashi]

Fixed.

LOL

 

[GameplayWhore]

So lucky. I remember when I went to LA for the first time. I'm from NY and it was in February. I was walking around LA with shorts and a T-Shirt. Perfect weather. Then when I go home....back to dealing with the snow

If you were holding a banana or turtle shell in your avatar, it would be perfect.

 

[Ashes]

I think I'm a workaholic. This is the first semester in two years I'm under 18hr/wk for my teaching load, and I feel absolutely drained... My mornings are usually better if I have a 8AM lecture.

Do you want to work more or less?

 

[jasonng]

If you were holding a banana or turtle shell in your avatar, it would be perfect.

If we were playing Mario Kart, Tashi would be the asshole in last place who'd keep fucking me over with blue shells.

 

[noah111]

Nice to see new members, love your RPav MYE. ps. jasonng, your av has gone missing.

 

[GameplayWhore]

If we were playing Mario Kart, Tashi would be the asshole in last place who'd keep fucking me over with blue shells.

I wish MKWii had as fine grained control over items as Brawl did. I would love to play a few blue shell only races with my friends. Seriously.

 

[SRG01]

Do you want to work more or less?

Well, maybe different courses, since I've been teaching two of these courses for five or six semesters straight. There's very little prep now, aside from marking and exams.

 

[Tashi]

If you were holding a banana or turtle shell in your avatar, it would be perfect.

Hahaha for real. I actually have the pic saved as, "TashiKart.jpg"

If we were playing Mario Kart, Tashi would be the asshole in last place who'd keep fucking me over with blue shells.

Yea right, you'd be the nerd who keeps getting lightning to shrink everyone because you can't keep up.

 

[Maleficence]

I only started today, but it's strangely odd to see my face next to my posts.

 

[Ashes]

Well, maybe different courses, since I've been teaching two of these courses for five or six semesters straight. There's very little prep now, aside from marking and exams.

You want to work more. Or try something that's slightly more challenging? which is fair enough, I guess.

You're doing something good SRG01. I know it's easy for me to say, but I think teachers, and others in the education sector, don't get enough credit sometimes. So here I am, giving credit where it is due.

And change is always good.

 

[FallingEdge]

A part of me wants to become an advisory to college students after I'm done with my programming career. I feel like it would be less stressful. Like apply to a university and work for the CS department helping students take the classes they need, make sure they are on track to graduate and so on.

Then again, there are times where I love my job and love the hours and time I put in.

I think the real point is that I am lazy as fuck and just want a lot of money so I can travel.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Gentle, eh? Well, it's better than that other kind of balloon...

http://i.imgur.com/n1dTml.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Now I want to listen to 99 red balloons...

[quote="Tashi0106, post: 34426914"]So lucky. I remember when I went to LA for the first time. I'm from NY and it was in February. I was walking around LA with shorts and a T-Shirt. Perfect weather. Then when I go home....back to dealing with the snow :([/QUOTE]

Bah. LA weather is one of the things I most dislike about the place. It never changes. No storms, variety or seasons. The general pleasantness is a source of great pleasure for some, but to me it makes it hard to mark the passage of time because nothing seems to change. It's a trap, I say!

[quote="Maleficence, post: 34427197"]I only started today, but it's strangely odd to see my face next to my posts.[/QUOTE]

Oooo, another new face. Greetings! As for the pic, you get used to it, and then it becomes fun (especially on theme days). ^_^

 

[Nex Superne]

I wish coffee had any kind of effect on me. I seem to be completely imune to the revitalizing properties of caffeine.

I've definitely had three mugs of coffee, only to fall asleep a scant 15 minutes later.

I still like drinking espresso though.

 

[aorange999]

I'm trying to keep our bank accounts separate when we get married, and I've tried explaining to her that this is because I don't have financial stability and don't want to ruin both of us if something happens to bring me down in flames. She thinks keeping our accounts separate will cause tension. I see it as exactly the opposite. Still working to convince her.

With a film production degree and a creative writing minor, I am completely useless as an Ohioan. I have no financial backing or family support. Trying to teach myself some programming in spare time as an additional skill, but it's time consuming and a lot of my days seem wasted if I am not looking for a new .

Combine accounts but have some rules up front about expenses, financial risk sharing is part of marriage especially if you have kids, it's better to learn at the beginning, discuss pre-nups even if you don't have any money.

I would consider taking up your dads job offer, figure out how to make the restaurant work better it sounds like it might be better there than at a job you might kill yourself at, life is short and you don't seem to be going anywhere so shake things up.

Start writing and shooting in your spare time create a reel, lots of businesses are hiring full time videographers these days, things like pharmaceutical companies and bigger organizations that benefit from having video documentation of what they do. My buddy lives in pittsburgh and has greatwork as a video guy for something like this he even sometimes gets to do simple narrative stuff.

You have to take life by the horns as you get older or else you'll find things spiraling out of control and in 10 years you will wonder wtf happened.

 

[Zeppu]

Great, now I want an espresso.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Back to the classic.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

Bleh, stayed up late working on a few different things and feel like total shit

Going to eat hotdogs and pepsi until my brain reacts to something

 

[SRG01]

You want to work more. Or try something that's slightly more challenging? which is fair enough, I guess.

You're doing something good SRG01. I know it's easy for me to say, but I think teachers, and others in the education sector, don't get enough credit sometimes. So here I am, giving credit where it is due.

And change is always good.

Thanks. Teaching is definitely different than working in industry, that's for sure. It's more of a marathon than a sprint, and many people don't enter academia with the right attitude, unfortunately.

Great, now I want an espresso.

I would like a good espresso too, but the closest place is Starbucks. Their automatic machines suck at espresso.

 

[aorange999]

Bah. LA weather is one of the things I most dislike about the place. It never changes. No storms, variety or seasons. The general pleasantness is a source of great pleasure for some, but to me it makes it hard to mark the passage of time because nothing seems to change.

I grew up in a place with 300+ days of sunshine a year summer was highs of 85 and winter was lows of 60. You will never hear me complain about too much nice weather, I seriously think it creates better people lol.

 

[Chuckie]

Now I want to listen to 99 red balloons...

Please listen to 99 Luftballons then. I like it better.

 

[coldvein]

Bleh, stayed up late working on a few different things and feel like total shit

Going to eat hotdogs and pepsi until my brain reacts to something

you're never going to get hired like that

 

[Tashi]

I grew up in a place with 300+ days of sunshine a year summer was highs of 85 and winter was lows of 60. You will never hear me complain about too much nice weather, I seriously think it creates better people lol.

Hahaha I'm starting to believe it. Everyone there that I met or interacted with was so nice.

Also, Cali girls are easier? Thoughts?

 

[coldvein]

i thought about taking a new RP picture, one last one, a real one, to carry me thru to the end...but it just isn't happening.

 

[leadbelly]

Bah. LA weather is one of the things I most dislike about the place. It never changes. No storms, variety or seasons. The general pleasantness is a source of great pleasure for some, but to me it makes it hard to mark the passage of time because nothing seems to change. It's a trap, I say

Sounds amazing.

 

[H.Protagonist]

Back to the classic.

This pleases me greatly.

Bleh, stayed up late working on a few different things and feel like total shit

Going to eat hotdogs and pepsi until my brain reacts to something

What happened to your diet?

I grew up in a place with 300+ days of sunshine a year summer was highs of 85 and winter was lows of 60. You will never hear me complain about too much nice weather, I seriously think it creates better people lol.

It definitely creates a certain kind of people, but I wouldn't say better. I've found people in LA to be very 'at their own pace', which can seem chill and relaxed at first, but I learned quickly that this also means that 8/10 of the people you invite to something are going to show up 2 hours late or not at all with no notice whatsoever. Drives me bonkers.

Please listen to 99 Luftballons then. I like it better.

Deal.

Hahaha I'm starting to believe it. Everyone there that I met or interacted with was so nice.

Also, Cali girls are easier? Thoughts?

Are they? Maybe the natives.

 

[Count Dookkake]

This pleases me greatly.

A day I will long remember!

 

[jasonng]

Yea right, you'd be the nerd who keeps getting lightning to shrink everyone because you can't keep up.

Back in Mario Kart 64, I'd purposely hang back so I can get the lightning then I hit it when my friends are about make the jump off the huge ramp causing them to fall. Not sure if it's a coincidence but they're not friends with me anymore.

I wish MKWii had as fine grained control over items as Brawl did. I would love to play a few blue shell only races with my friends. Seriously.

You are a terrible person and you should feel bad.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

What happened to your diet?

H. Protagonist: Now, let's look at ShockingAlberto's diet--Wait, what?

ShockingAlberto:

 

[Red]

Combine accounts but have some rules up front about expenses, financial risk sharing is part of marriage especially if you have kids, it's better to learn at the beginning, discuss pre-nups even if you don't have any money.

I would consider taking up your dads job offer, figure out how to make the restaurant work better it sounds like it might be better there than at a job you might kill yourself at, life is short and you don't seem to be going anywhere so shake things up.

Start writing and shooting in your spare time create a reel, lots of businesses are hiring full time videographers these days, things like pharmaceutical companies and bigger organizations that benefit from having video documentation of what they do. My buddy lives in pittsburgh and has greatwork as a video guy for something like this he even sometimes gets to do simple narrative stuff.

You have to take life by the horns as you get older or else you'll find things spiraling out of control and in 10 years you will wonder wtf happened.

I have been looking for videographer jobs, but the only one that's come up (and is currently unavailable) is at another hospital. Like I can't get away from them.

Thanks for the response. The practical part of me knows that any job is better than no job, but whenever I look at or consider a career as a professional videographer for a corporation, I get so depressed. I need to provide something. That's more important to me than making money. I need to produce something of value or incite change. I feel so useless as a production line worker, like I'm some kind of automaton. Anybody can do a mechanically simple job.

I try to be creative with writing and photography in my spare time, but that's just spare time. Going through an 8 hour grind daily is so unsatisfying and unfulfilling.

I've been working since I was 10 in my dad's business, and it's always been food service or hospitals for me. I would rather use food service as a fallback over hospital work, but neither is ideal. And I am very afraid of committing to restaurant ownership as a career. To me, something like that simply isn't important.

 

[H.Protagonist]

I'm wondering how long the process takes. I'm sitting here at work and I cannot fucking stand my job any more. It's a total waste of time and I'm barely living paycheck to paycheck. Haven't been able to afford groceries for over a month. I can't donate blood, and I assume plasma is also out of the question. Kind of wary about volunteering for product testing. Sperm donations seem like they would work, but I need something that brings in money quickly.

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time, Crunched. There must be better (or more profitable) ways to make money... Do you have any skills that might lend themselves to freelancer work? If you're any good at writing, a way to score free food at least is to be a food critic for a local paper. It might not earn you much or even any money, but it would pay for your meal and help you build up a portfolio of work. It's creative at least. Copy editing is also a way to earn money on the side. Dog walker?

 

[Nex Superne]

Anyone here ever try sperm donations to make cash?

I know a girl who's donated her eggs a few times. It seems to support her coke habit pretty well.

It definitely creates a certain kind of people, but I wouldn't say better. I've found people in LA to be very 'at their own pace', which can seem chill and relaxed at first, but I learned quickly that this also means that 8/10 of the people you invite to something are going to show up 2 hours late or not at all with no notice whatsoever. Drives me bonkers.

In contrast to the Northeast where it's cold and people can be even colder, but they do tend to move more quickly.

Dry winters though. I just applied some lotion to my hands (which I don't do often, mainly out of laziness), and now they're an angry, splotchy shade of red. It burns.

 

[coldvein]

my sperms are too damaged to be of use to anyone. i don't pass the entry exam.

 

[y2dvd]

Dunno why but I'm hyped to see Haywire this weekend. Also, lttp but dat RE6 trailer! :O

 

[jasonng]

Dunno why but I'm hyped to see Haywire this weekend. Also, lttp but dat RE6 trailer! :O

 

[H.Protagonist]

H. Protagonist: Now, let's look at ShockingAlberto's diet--Wait, what?

http://i.imgur.com/uRPJv.jpg[IMG]

ShockingAlberto: [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/V5mOp.jpg[IMG][/QUOTE]

Givin' up on your resolution already? For shame! :P

[quote="Nex Superne, post: 34429182"]I know a girl who's donated her eggs a few times. It seems to supports her coke habit pretty well.


In contrast to the Northeast where's it cold and people can be even colder, but they do tend to move more quickly.

Dry winters though. I just applied some lotion to my hands (which I don't do often, mainly out of laziness), and now they're an angry, splotchy shade of red. It burns.[/QUOTE]

I think we may know the same girl. ;) The one I know has sold her eggs at least 3 times, and at 10,000 a pop it seems like a lucrative deal. But from what she told me of the process it also sounds scary as shit.

People in the NE can be colder, but at least they're not fake AND they show up on time. Boo for cracked winter hands, though. Is your skin extra sensitive or just that dry? :/

 

[jim-jam bongs]

Hai RP GAF. I am playing what I think is my 350th hour of Fallout: New Vegas.

I begged you to look at mine first... I begged you!

 

[Red]

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time, Crunched. There must be better (or more profitable) ways to make money... Do you have any skills that might lend themselves to freelancer work? If you're any good at writing, a way to score free food at least is to be a food critic for a local paper. It might not earn you much or even any money, but it would pay for your meal and help you build up a portfolio of work. It's creative at least. Copy editing is also a way to earn money on the side. Dog walker?

I was thinking dog walker, but that would be a weekend only thing. I think I'd simply feel more secure taking risks with a new job if I had some money saved up. But I've spent everything on school, and have nothing to fall back on. That's why I'm looking for some side jobs to make cash.

I'll have to look into being a food critic for a local paper. I don't even know if there's a section for that in papers around me. I might have to go to the city for that.

I'm home early today sick, so I can spend a couple of hours looking for jobs. I wonder if there's a copy editor position at the hospital I'm working at. Could already have a foot in if that's the case.

 

[coldvein]

i fucked up on my NYrs resolution already... i was going to take no naps in 2012.

three snow days in seattle = naps

 

[Riptwo]

Dunno why but I'm hyped to see Haywire this weekend. Also, lttp but dat RE6 trailer! :O

Me too. I've stopped reading movie reviews altogether, so I don't know if it's being well received. I saw the trailer forever ago, and it looked like fun though!

 

[FallingEdge]

i fucked up on my NYrs resolution already... i was going to take no naps in 2012.

three snow days in seattle = naps

no naps eh? I want more naps.

NYrs to get bigger is still going on strong. Despite this slight cold, I be ready for the gym tomorrow.