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« Reply #975 on: April 18, 2012, 05:50:38 pm » |
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I've got a hotel room for DragonCon! This will make it much more fun for our whole family..
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« Reply #976 on: April 19, 2012, 03:18:49 am » |
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I have now been on this Earth for yet another year! Celebrations to continue into the weekend!
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« Reply #977 on: April 19, 2012, 03:24:19 am » |
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Happy Birthday.
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« Reply #978 on: April 19, 2012, 04:21:29 am » |
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And more happy birthday wishes from here!
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« Reply #979 on: April 19, 2012, 01:52:18 pm » |
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Happy Birthday!
I'm now the proud owner of a boxset of Sherlock Holmes DVDs. Every single episode of the 1980s/1990s incarnation with Jeremy Brett in the title role.
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« Reply #980 on: April 20, 2012, 02:11:16 pm » |
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Replaced 3 (out of 14) buttons in my overcoat with brass counterparts. They look rather decent  I don't claim it's rocket science, however, I've never sewn a single button in my life before - hence my happiness  |
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« Reply #981 on: April 20, 2012, 07:11:58 pm » |
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Good and bad today, mostly good.
My laptop is fixable. All I need is a replacement motherboard. I've emailed Asus about it, so hopefully I get some good news there. The bad news- Ebay's got nothing, which honestly surprised the hell out of me. I did find found a couple of Hong Kong electronics sites selling "genuine" boards (which I'm about 90% certain are bootlegs) though.
In the meantime I picked up a Toshiba Satellite C655C for cheap. It'll be okay for web browsing or watching videos until I finally get the Beast back up and running.
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« Reply #982 on: April 20, 2012, 07:57:54 pm » |
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I am happy today becasue:
I just got back from Dublin, where I visited Trinity College, Glasnevin cemetery and Glendalough.
I just got back from Dublin, so I get a break from my Mum; 2 weeks is a bit much!
It looks like I might finally gte to do my reseaqrch at Highgate and soon!
My advisor finally emailed me. He even said faintly helpful things, after a year of him pretending I don't exist this is most good.
It is my friend's birthday so i am going out tonight; just what I need after a week of going to bed at 10pm and being tutted at for having a second vodka and coke.
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« Reply #983 on: April 20, 2012, 10:51:23 pm » |
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I applied for a job doing what I do now (which I love) as a full employee but for about twice the money I get currently as self-employed, not really expecting to get a look in. And got an interview, next thursday. Eeek!
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Bwahahaha! They called me mad! MAD! But with my cross-dimensional time-fez I'll show them!!!!! hehehehe!!
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« Reply #984 on: April 20, 2012, 11:17:13 pm » |
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Congrats Mr. Basspine!!
this could have been a gahhh, but -
My truck's front axle exploded - and the shop that installed it stepped up and replaced it for free ... in three hours!
The weather is improving and the wildflowers are starting to come in - most epic!
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« Reply #985 on: April 20, 2012, 11:23:11 pm » |
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Congrats Mr. Basspine!!
this could have been a gahhh, but -
My truck's front axle exploded - and the shop that installed it stepped up and replaced it for free ... in three hours!
The weather is improving and the wildflowers are starting to come in - most epic!
Thank you. good service from yr. garage There are bluebells and primroses in the hedges everywhere in Devon now, lovely. I love this time of year as the new growth explodes |
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« Reply #986 on: April 21, 2012, 05:01:52 pm » |
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« Reply #987 on: April 22, 2012, 12:06:29 am » |
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Wallace and Gromit on Cartoon Network right now! Also, spending some one on one time with my youngest son, as my oldest is on a Cub Scout camping trip with Dad right now...
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« Reply #988 on: April 22, 2012, 06:17:56 am » |
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Worked at the pet store today, and had a lot of laughs with one of my....nonhuman co-workers....Buddy was our greeter today. Him and I had a few conversations, finally I said, "Buddy, I'm taking a picture of you, pose for me"....this is what I got.  He would greet customers with a "Hello" and then when they left he'd say "Good Bye." Chico and I broke up a fight between Roscoe and Echo....yeah....I think I spend too much of my time with Parrots, but it is so much fun.  |
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« Reply #989 on: April 22, 2012, 11:04:42 am » |
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Finally getting some more work done on my internship report. What also made me happy was when I was doing entrance controls at the personnel entrance earlier, there was this German child who kept asking me all these questions about what I was doing, and I managed to have something resembling a conversation with her in German (my German isn`t exactly fluent, far from it, even after having grown up right next to the border, but since I need it on a near daily basis I decided I need to practise it again). I let her scan some of the passes as well, which seemed to make her happy, which in turn made me happy.
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« Reply #990 on: April 23, 2012, 05:12:01 pm » |
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Seems we all have work related happiness atm! Yay! I've got to go to a meeting in London next Saturday and that's also the day a dear friend is celebrating her birthday so I get to party with her. Woohoo! I've not seen her for almost 2 years so this couldn't be more perfect.
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« Reply #991 on: April 23, 2012, 09:19:47 pm » |
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(yesterday) I rode 56km off-road on my mountain bike at an event called Devon Dirt. It was muddy and rainy and epic. The thing that made me particularly happy was seeing my first swallows of the summer as they flew over the reservoir at Trenchard. That means (regardless of the weather on this St George's Day) that summer is coming!
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« Reply #992 on: April 23, 2012, 09:38:13 pm » |
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My moustache wax arrived today, I've spent a fun few hours sculpting the tash.
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« Reply #993 on: April 23, 2012, 10:28:03 pm » |
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I found four small very odd brass lamps at Goodwill today..three are rocking horses the fourth is a pineapple. I'm going to create fused glass lampshades to go on top of these. Also, I have had my first experience with sculpey clay, I'm making Minecraft animals for Ferris's ninth birthday this weekend, they are turning out well so far..
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« Reply #994 on: April 23, 2012, 11:16:20 pm » |
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Not today, but yesterday, tried out making an egg salad and salmon sandwich, which turned out to be very tasty.
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« Reply #995 on: April 23, 2012, 11:26:42 pm » |
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I finally beat my mate (hereafter know as M______ R____) at Munchkin. Oh yeah. That's for playing the "Hat of Magnificence"* card and thwarting me last time, Mr R. *a guest card from the Foglio studio. Oh, the irony! Yeah, I'm sad enough to post things like that in forums. Hell, I'm going to be crowing on FB for the rest of the week In other news, we had a pleasant evening at my place, and the Mutton & red wine casserole (courtesy of the local farmer's market) went down well. |
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« Reply #996 on: April 23, 2012, 11:39:46 pm » |
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Got a job interview to work at a bicycle parts warehouse. If I get the job I'll be making closer to my old wages and combined with my other two jobs, I'll be working over full time. Best part is that it is within walking distance of my house.
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« Reply #997 on: April 24, 2012, 01:48:23 am » |
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I'm so happy today I can barely contain myself. The last few weeks have been great in spite of minor irritations.
I spent Saturday at Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie which was a blast as usual, but the real treat came Sunday...
I went to visit my friend at the halfway house for the last time before she gets out. The week before our visit was amazing and I could tell something had changed between us, but at that point she was still intending to give her ex a second chance... Sunday she greets me with "I've got some great news... You're going to love this." and then she led me outside to the visiting area. She proceeded to tell me that she had told her ex that she is done with him for good. He's out of her life permanently. She said after our last visit that she never really loved him, at least not the way she loves me. She's still scared of screwing my life up so she's decided not to come stay with me for now. Instead, she's going to stay with the father of her first child and try to be a mother for a while, but he has no interest in rebuilding their relationship so he has no problem with her building our relationship. And she has made it clear to me that she does intend on continuing to build our relationship.
All in all, I think it's an almost perfect solution. We can continue building from where we're at, she can spend time with her son, and it gives me a chance to get some pieces of my life rearranged in preparation for a potential future.
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« Reply #998 on: April 24, 2012, 04:48:09 am » |
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« Reply #999 on: April 24, 2012, 09:29:13 am » |
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I'm so happy today I can barely contain myself. The last few weeks have been great in spite of minor irritations.
I spent Saturday at Scarborough Renaissance Festival in Waxahachie which was a blast as usual, but the real treat came Sunday...
I went to visit my friend at the halfway house for the last time before she gets out. The week before our visit was amazing and I could tell something had changed between us, but at that point she was still intending to give her ex a second chance... Sunday she greets me with "I've got some great news... You're going to love this." and then she led me outside to the visiting area. She proceeded to tell me that she had told her ex that she is done with him for good. He's out of her life permanently. She said after our last visit that she never really loved him, at least not the way she loves me. She's still scared of screwing my life up so she's decided not to come stay with me for now. Instead, she's going to stay with the father of her first child and try to be a mother for a while, but he has no interest in rebuilding their relationship so he has no problem with her building our relationship. And she has made it clear to me that she does intend on continuing to build our relationship.
All in all, I think it's an almost perfect solution. We can continue building from where we're at, she can spend time with her son, and it gives me a chance to get some pieces of my life rearranged in preparation for a potential future.
So yeah, I'm incredibly happy.
That is fantastic news! (It gives some hope to the others of us who still get stuck in the doldrums of unrequited love...) |
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