Neanderthal and Billi, please stay out (Unless you're drunk, high or recently climaxed).
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, Wa da foc is goin on?
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Neanderthal and Billi, please stay out (Unless you're drunk, high or recently climaxed).
Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude, Wa da foc is goin on?
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The last week has been the longest decade of my life.
Being in lockdown nearly a month now, shows me how much I miss the gym and my friends. There's a crossover between gym & friends, so it's a bit of a double whammy.
Definitely missing my face takeaway foods too.
Next Tuesday, I will be able to get takeaways, but the gym is still closed, and I think work will change from 1 person in the building (me), to 3 people in the building. Which might be a bit of "fun" given that the two joining me, really don't get on at all well. Yayyyy.
The best year ever!
Not.
Situation mostly normal for me.
Employment-wise, I still have a job. We are still busy. It's like nothing has changed on that front.
Finance-wise, my two housemates have been off work for a month with no income support. Our government has had to be dragged kicking and screaming to front up some help for the freshly unemployed here and they are NOT prepared. One housemate only got approved on Sunday. The other is a New Zealander and is falling through the cracks like so many others. The rent account is about to run dry! The govt gets a F-minus for that performance. Thankfully the Bank of Mum And Dad has loan facilities available.
Family-wise, me and my brothers used to gather at mum and dad's for Sunday roast every weekend. I made the call to put a halt to that in mid-March, the same weekend the Aus GP was cancelled. Dad is a healthy 73-year-old and mum is an overweight former smoker at 64 who has a cyst taking up half of one lung. No chance that we are risking anything there. So instead me and my siblings have been taking turns at doing the groceries for them and making sure that they only go out for essentials.
Social-wise, we have Facebook so my further away friends are right there. My closer friends live in the same neighbourhood - literally at the top of the street - so we still get on the beers on the weekend, but limited to a max of two visitors in any one house, as per the guidelines. No big gatherings or piss-ups.
Things that suck: I'm dying to go to the pub for a steak. I want to ride my motorcycles over the mountains (also to pubs) and enjoy the local universe. Also I'm very apprehensive about the economic recovery we're in for. A conservative government won't be a nice government to the people when austerity hits.
Other than that I'm ticking along.
Lori is worried about money, so she asked me to get some animation work if I can. A few universities across the country have already started cutting faculty salaries. She does not normally get paid over the summer, so it may be a double-whammy soon. I have not sold much art this year. The art event that normally happens in April was postponed until further notice. I usually make several sales then. :(
I normally just stay home anyway. I miss the luxury of going out. I’ve been avoiding cycling, even though the weather has been good for it lately. We still walk the dog around the neighbourhood. Lori and I normally go grocery shopping together. She has been going alone. We also went out at least once a week for a meal. I kind of miss that. Lori is a good cook, so it is not that big a deal.
I have been doing a lot of iRacing and Xboxing.
I don't know if I mentioned it, but I got laid off a few weeks ago....however since I was with the company for 14+ years I got a very nice severance and I also cashed in my 401K...(yes I know...but I trust my own investment in my business right now over the stock market that drops 30% in a week.) I also got the $1,200 government handout and $1,000 SBA loan that we don't have to pay back (even though it was supposed to be $10K!!)
So I technically could be fine for 6 months without a full time job and in the meantime I'm investing in starting to sell 3D printers soon once manufacturing of the parts get ramped back up.
Laid off since 3/22. Only had been there a month, got fired in January from the place I was at since November. Didn't make enough money to qualify for unemployment. I should be able to get pandemic unemployment assistance though, just waiting for it to clear.
In the meantime I have picked up scale models as a hobby.
I've tried to keep the "volume down" on the whole shitshow of a year we were dealt, I mean, it's looking grim, so I try not to think too much about it and instead do whatever little actions can aggregate to better prospects for the medium term.
Alas, the inmmediate term is biting hard.
Today in Mexico we woke up to really terrible news. Hopefully they get downgraded to "bad" by the beginning of May.
Eh '19 was worse personally. I'd like April 2015 back tho
2011 was a great vintage in the Faulty Vineyards.
'06-'09 (The Simpsons years) were tops for me. Great job and workplace that paid well. We did lots of outdoor activities then. We miss the southwest. I was in the best shape of my life from cycling to work (20 km) every day.
I passed the bar exam and then my dog died a little over a week later. I'm all over the place emotionally right now.
Plans I had for 2020:
Keep the wife from dying of cancer.
Sell the old house.
Move.
Renovate the 'new' house.
Pet my dog.
Start a law firm.
Race cars.
So far so good I guess.
:up:
We will get used to the "new normal" and I honestly believe things will turn out for the better for us in other ways...
I'm trying to enjoy working from home, cleaning up my yard, my house... I don't have a big house but over the years I think we've bought way too much crap and need to sort things out and throw them away! Anyway, I particularly enjoy spending time with the wife and kid pretty much ALL THE TIME... yeah, we could get on each other's nerves at time... even our cats are probably wondering why the fuck these people are home all the time now? :D
Anywho, fuck the things that we can't do anymore... just trying to make the best of what I still do have.
Asked a chick out, got shot down.
Found an engine for the car. Car is still broken. Jeep is still broken.
Garage is still on hold. Hours are slowly being knocked back.
2020 has been ultimately full of meh. Followed by twiddling thumbs.
This year has definitely been challenging on many levels for me. Trying to balance a school schedule, work, and cancer treatment has been interesting to say the least. I'm not working right now because of the virus and school will be extended into the summer if we ever open back up. I'm over the uncertainty and being immunocompromised is added stress to every thing. I'm looking forward to when we can all go out and play.
Things are basically normal/same old for us. Outside of work the only thing different is that wifey doesn't/can't do her sports while in lockdown, and we don't go on random drives etc. We're normally at home more than we're not, when not working, so it doesn't seem so unusual for us.
Work wise we're still employed and have enough work to keep us going at this stage, although there's an overtime ban for every employee at the moment i think. Which is fine, because i get to go home early every day. :D
Caitlin's cancer treatments are over (knock on wood), then this pandemic happened, of course. So all of our post treatment travel plans have been cancelled hah (first world problems). Thankfully, we're both still employed due to the nature of both of our jobs. A bit nervous about mine, since I assume there will be government spending changes in the coming years, which could impact the contracts I support, we'll see. We moved into a new apartment with a shit ton of light, so that might be the saving grace right now in terms of going stir crazy. I miss traveling, photography, and basketball like I can't explain right now. Speaking of, on the latter, my body has definitely been breaking down in terms of joint pains as I approach 40... I need to find a new form of exercise that isn't as damaging, and that I enjoy... that's been a struggle.
Investing in gym equipment might not be as inconvenient as it once seemed. You know, in the distant past.
At least in our case, it might be harder than you expect since apparently a lot of other people had the same idea. My wife wanted to get a peloton and they said the soonest they could ship one out was over two months later.
2015 started out shaky for me. Business and finance related worries were strong early in the year, but disappeared after a few months. By the summer I rediscovered my love for baseball, and it was a blast for three months watching the Blue Jays.
Went out and partied a lot. I even met Bret “The Hitman” Hart that year on the street. He seemed like a genuine good guy in person. It was one of those unforgettable years. I often look back on my NYE pictures, (going into 2016), and think my god that was the last time I was truly happy. Legal problems, (which I’ve detailed in another thread), started literally on January 2nd, 2016.
2016 was horrid due to the onset of the legal shit, and 2018 was even worse with the conclusion of that shit, plus I lost a close friend that year. 2017 and 2019 were decent. Recently it seems like the odd years are good to me, the even ones not so much. Who knows WTF 2020 is truly going to bring.
So far hanging in there.
Im out of work - wasnt doing that many hours, but it means no extra income and a lot less social interaction.
But Ive also moved from home to live with my sister and brother in law to help them out, she doesnt drive and he is health compromised. So we are taking isolation pretty seriously.
Which means Ive had 5 weeks of living with other people - thats a big change for me. I get on really well with both of them and would normally spend a few weeks a year with them, just not so many and not all in a row.
Im not a big "go out" person. I catch up with some friends maybe once a week, which isnt happening now except via Zoom.
All up - the biggest change for me is being around people (well just the same two) a lot more.
A big plus is my sisters place is a remote property in the mountains - so lots of space. Getting out a lot more than I would in my suburb.
There might be a new outbreak of the zoonotic Nipah virus in the state of Kerala, India.
Hooray?
As long as we don’t have a new outbreak in the US, I think the world should be pretty safe at this point...
There was talk of the Hantavirus a couple of months ago. I guess that fizzled out. Thankfully.
USA is probably the world’s greatest threat, even before the global pandemic. Seeing how unprepared we are at dealing with infectious disease, I can only pray that we won’t be starting anything at this point...
With that said, I still prefer to live in the US than living under CCP rule though. :p
Drink or puff, homes. But don't come sober to this fine establishment.
Radioactivity hike seen in northern Europe; source unknown
Quote:
Dutch officials said may be from a source in western Russia and may “indicate damage to a fuel element in a nuclear power plant.”
When this shit is over, can I get you to meet me in CDMX or Monterrey? I miss Mexico somethin' fierce. Being just two hours from the frontera is really messing with me. Daily flights from Laredo to CDMX for the cost of dinner for two. Ugh.
Cuidate. *abrazos*
CDMX is closest to me. Priority for the next 18 months is school, and I was hoping i could get a free ride to DF for a congress or that sort of thing and take advantage and visit friends there, but the Covid19 got in the way, so who knows.
And now Messi is leaving Barça...
:mad:
Oh, let's throw a Cat4 maybe Cat5 hurricane into this...jfc 2020 go home you're drunk.
Yeah, hindsight is always 2020, this will be the year we look back and referred to as the year of disasters..., assuming we survive all the disasters... :p
I thought that the traditional end to Hurricane season was on St. Francis day.
Last night at 11pm someone crashed into the house two houses down from me. I live deep in a residential neighborhood with a 25mph speed limit, well off main roads, but still this person managed to punch a RAV4-sized hole in the house and nearly took out my neighbor's GTI in the process. Police were searching the crashed SUV, presumably for drugs/alcohol.
Hashtag 2020.
Sure it wasn't Greg House?
Anything’s possible in 2020!
If not drugs or alcohol, could just be suicide?
I read somewhere that 1 out of 4 young Americans have recently contemplated suicide. General population is a bit less... like 1 in 10...
Anyway, world already sucks, please just try to be nicer to each other and try to be more understanding and forgiving as well. Our society is unraveling, we don’t have to participate likewise to speed that process up.
You dont suicide by crashing into a house.
A pole, oncoming truck
Into a house is either crazy speed or drunk.
People often times drink to celebrate, but more often than not, they do drugs or alcohol because they’re depressed.
US is currently unraveling in multitude of ways... I’m willing to bet USA won’t be united for long if current trend continues..., of course expecting the worst is one thing, OTOH, I am also still hoping for the best for the country that I love...
The driver was charged with DUI.
I never thought the words, I had nothing to do with that man's missing penis" would be uttered by me, yet... here we are.
I’m guessing you work in a uni lab where cadaver penises go missing on the reg.
Or some sort of stealth condom manufacturing?
IT's like Wonder Woman's invisible jet, but for a dick.
The joys of working in healthcare
eddie van fucking halen?
you've got to be kidding!
Dang. Rock in peace.
RIP Eddie. Guys have been speculating about Van Halen's health for many years on guitar forums, so this wasn't completely unexpected, but still a sad day.
Van Halen is and was one of my top five favorite bands, I'm sure, and I don't really keep lists of such things. And while I gladly acknowledge Sammy Hagar as A-List Rock Royalty, Dave brought a sense of humor and fun to to the band that I don't hear with Hagar singing. I still listen to VH - usually on YouTube these days, but I still have my cassettes from high school down in the basement.
And I don't hold up Eddie as a great human being or anything, but damn, he and his band made some fantastic rock music.
Happy Trails, Eddie. Hopefully you can jam with your Dad again now. That's something he said he missed doing in a relatively recent interview.
One of the many "deep cuts" on VH albums that doesn't sound anything like their hits, and appropriate for today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGvp...VanHalen-Topic
Blasting two of my boomboxes at the moment although only one of them has a cassette player that actually works (I have four if you count my bluetooth speaker. Although it doesn't have a cassette player.) I just had to run a tape head cleaner through my cars cassette deck too.