Little things that cheer you up.

[eversonpoe]

A glass of cold milk. Preferably so cold you get an instant little headache while drinking it.

I believe people who don't like milk are actually aliens and should be isolated from society and experimented on.

milk is gross and the reason so many people are lactose intolerant is that we're really not meant to drink cow's milk, it's only meant for baby cows.

i'm not vegan and i never could be because i LOVE cheese & ice cream, but milk is GROSS. i never liked it, even as a kid, unless it was chocolate milk. almond milk is where it's at. much better for you, doesn't make me congested, and can be used for all the same things (dipping oreos in almond milk is SO GOOD).

[elevenism]

Prince Lestat and the Realms of Atlantis will be released on Nov 29!!!!


If you didn't read Prince Lestat but liked the first few, i suggest you read Prince Lestat, as it was a fucking Tour de Force, and also the first story to actually continue the narrative in 20 years.
Anne Rice said she would "never write another vampire tale again, would never turn her back on God like that" in like 98 or 2000 or something.

And then she did, and it was FUCKING AWESOME.

And now there will be another. These are the little things that make me happy to be alive.

[eversonpoe]

Anne Rice said she would "never write another vampire tale again, would never turn her back on God like that" in like 98 or 2000 or something.

what a moron :: eye roll :: how does writing novels about vampires equate to "turning [your] back on god"?

[elevenism]

what a moron :: eye roll :: how does writing novels about vampires equate to "turning [your] back on god"?
i take it you aren't a fan.
Anne's work was very blasphemous in terms of christianity. Lestat drank the blood of Christ on the road to the crucifixion, among other things.
After her husband died, she found comfort in the church and wrote a book called Called out of Darkness which detailed her straying from the Church and eventual, overly zealous return. She pledged to only write books to glorify God and started her unfinished Christ the Lord trilogy, as well as the Songs of the Seraphim series. I was baffled but i went with it.
But, shocked by all the hypocrisy and intolerance of the modern church, she bailed out of organized religion once again.
I've read everything she's ever written, and i don't think a moron could write such lush, sensual prose and infuse it with gorgeous themes regarding the search for salvation and the human condition.
I think she was just broken when her mate died. And i think that she felt that during the time she wrote the work that deeply questioned and sometimes openly mocked the church in which she was raised, i think she felt that during that time she had like "turned her back on God" and was pledging to never do it again.

I do agree that writing a vampire story, even a blasphemous one like Memnoch the Devil, doesn't equate to turning one's back on god, but i think it's just an example of how much grief she experienced and the comfort she received during the most devastating time in her life. I don't see it as evidence of like stupidity, or moronicity, as it were.

And lucky for us fans, she either realized that she wasn't turning her back on god in writing Prince Lestat, or WANTS to turn her back on God. She DID publicly leave the "christian belief system," but maintains that she still prays "to a higher power."

What ever got her to where she is now, i'm fucking thrilled she's there, and i hope that "...Atlantis" will be as mind bendingly amazing as Prince Lestat was.

[eversonpoe]

i take it you aren't a fan.
Anne's work was very blasphemous in terms of christianity. Lestat drank the blood of Christ on the road to the crucifixion, among other things.
After her husband died, she found comfort in the church and wrote a book called Called out of Darkness which detailed her straying from the Church and eventual, overly zealous return. She pledged to only write books to glorify God and started her unfinished Christ the Lord trilogy, as well as the Songs of the Seraphim series. I was baffled but i went with it.
But, shocked by all the hypocrisy and intolerance of the modern church, she bailed out of organized religion once again.
I've read everything she's ever written, and i don't think a moron could write such lush, sensual prose and infuse it with gorgeous themes regarding the search for salvation and the human condition.
I think she was just broken when her mate died. And i think that she felt that during the time she wrote the work that deeply questioned and sometimes openly mocked the church in which she was raised, i think she felt that during that time she had like "turned her back on God" and was pledging to never do it again.

I do agree that writing a vampire story, even a blasphemous one like Memnoch the Devil, doesn't equate to turning one's back on god, but i think it's just an example of how much grief she experienced and the comfort she received during the most devastating time in her life. I don't see it as evidence of like stupidity, or moronicity, as it were.

And lucky for us fans, she either realized that she wasn't turning her back on god in writing Prince Lestat, or WANTS to turn her back on God. She DID publicly leave the "christian belief system," but maintains that she still prays "to a higher power."

What ever got her to where she is now, i'm fucking thrilled she's there, and i hope that "...Atlantis" will be as mind bendingly amazing as Prince Lestat was.

i've only read "Interview" so i don't know the details of all the stories. and i meant that she was a moron for thinking in such narrow-minded terms. you can be smart AND an idiot :p

[implanted_microchip]

When you've not had a beer in a couple months and treat yourself to one and it's that very first sip and there's a wedge of lime floating in it and the glass was in the freezer and the beer got just at that edge of almost frosting but not quite and Talking Heads is blasting in your home and you're all alone and no one can judge how hard you dance

Sometimes something that simple really is the best

[Ryan]

When you've not had a beer in a couple months and treat yourself to one and it's that very first sip and there's a wedge of lime floating in it and the glass was in the freezer and the beer got just at that edge of almost frosting but not quite and Talking Heads is blasting in your home and you're all alone and no one can judge how hard you dance

Sometimes something that simple really is the best

I'm not there though, so is it really as perfect as it could be?

[implanted_microchip]

I'm not there though, so is it really as perfect as it could be?

I'm scared that Lindemann's 'Ladyboy' would be the soundtrack to whatever would be happening if you were here

[TheyCallMeDrug]

bought my first pair of birkenstocks today. shits sooo comfy.

next will be these guys

https://media.gucci.com/style/DarkGray_Center_0_0_650x650/1439376067/308234_GIB10_1098_001_100_0000_Light-Rubber-slide-sandal.jpg

im going for sandal life....hippy/hood chic

[Ryan]

I'm scared that Lindemann's 'Ladyboy' would be the soundtrack to whatever would be happening if you were here

It'd be a mixture of that, Golden Shower and then That's My Heart when we cuddle.

[elevenism]

bought my first pair of birkenstocks today. shits sooo comfy.

next will be these guys

https://media.gucci.com/style/DarkGray_Center_0_0_650x650/1439376067/308234_GIB10_1098_001_100_0000_Light-Rubber-slide-sandal.jpg

im going for sandal life....hippy/hood chic
That's the Cat's Ass! The Bee's Knees!
However, it's about to get cold where i live.
I have sandals but i don't want my feats to be rendered cold.

Then again, most of the feats i perform ARE cooler than being cool.... :P :P :P

[TheyCallMeDrug]

next is a fresh pair of timbs

[elevenism]

next is a fresh pair of timbs
fuck yeah man. I need some damn new shoes myself.
after the sandal talk, i listened to this song for the first time in like nine years. And i have to go out tomorrow. I'm thinking brand new shoes tomorrow. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmbUNF1Q4R8

"These shoes just don't suit me/hey-i put some new shoes on and suddenly everything's right!

[GibbonBlack]

I got my 'years that I've been sober' tattoo updated today!

https://i.imgur.com/h4h0iGc.jpg

[Sarah K]

The smell of my clothes after I pick them up from the laundry!

[Archive_Reports]

Today is my last day of work before I leave for a two week Norwegian jaunt.

[eversonpoe]

i've had a rough couple of weeks, but in the middle of it all, my close friend (and former bandmate in the elizabeth dane, who sadly broke up) and i wrote, recorded, and mixed a 4-song EP completely from scratch with no pre-planning. we wrote and recorded everything on the 10th/11th and mixed it on the 17th. it's up for pre-order now and releases on friday.

http://lyrachicago.bandcamp.com (https://lyrachicago.bandcamp.com/)

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0008331439_100.png

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/a2075758365_16.jpg

[elevenism]

i look forward to your new project eversonpoe . and that's fucking AWESOME GibbonBlack .

So, my wife's damaged brain must be adapting and improving. You guys might remember that she didn't even really speak for the first six months after she got sick.
But in the past week or so, she has torn through 4 of the Vampire Chronicles and "wants some more!" This brings tears to my eyes.
We also had a great "date night" type of thing tonight, watching a commercial free recording of the Cowboys beating the hated Redskins. It was a VERY exciting game, and we won, but more importantly, we talked football for the entire 2.5 hours.
I love her so fucking much. Her sickness and personality change and decreased intellect have been trying to say the least, but she's getting a little better :)
This is a dream come true for me.

[ldopa]

not "cheered up," but relieved;

i'm putting in my two week notice on my secondary job. i won't lose my ass in a monetary sense (i just have to not be frivolous!) and i will have time to pursue what makes me happy now, and what could benefit me in my future. i gotta get while the gettin's good. and it's time.

i also feel very fortunate, i know what i just posted is a luxury to many people.

[thelastdisciple]

I don''t know about it cheering me up but it sure amuses me. Since my mind is most often in the gutter, i had a chuckle when i noticed my Dad's new license plate reads CAKK on it.

[eversonpoe]

my new project's EP is out today!!! :D

https://f4.bcbits.com/img/0008331359_21.jpg

Lyra - Sorrow EP (http://lyrachicago.bandcamp.com)

[Substance242]

New Family Guy and The Simpsons seasons, going to be perfect evening tonite again, yay! :-)
(PS: I have no life.)

[Swykk]

I'm so glad that I'm still on vacation (though it's my last day) and I'll be missing the first debate. I'm so fucking over this depressing election (Biggest asshole baby manchild and the LCD vs Most Corrupt and her apologists/Well We Can't Vote For The Douche So Eh, I Guess We Have To Vote For Her vs the Wildcards, who either think the dimwit who believes no rules is great, states can totes handle it, and this wouldn't result in worse things, or the short sighted folks who will get the Asshole elected by voting for a twat capitalizing on their sadness with unrealistic policies). I will be checking out the highlights and the comments in the Politics thread.

I've had a real good time this past week in Vegas. I learned last year that a guy who doesn't gamble or drink can still have fun here.

[elevenism]

I am excited about the debate tonight!
And it's also bad ass that we can stream it on Roku with the CBSN app, considering we never ever watch regular tv and have even misplaced the remote that changes the cable channels.

[elevenism]

So we got new Roku boxes, upgrading from Roku 2 to Roku 3, and i swear to god the ostensible Wifi reception has more than doubled.

I'm not sure if they just pick up wifi better or if the new software runs on less wifi, but it is the SHIT.
For instance, the Roku news-each item used to take up to a minute to load. Now most of the items load in less than a second, and 3 seconds is a long wait.

:) :) :)

[Ryan]

It's my birthday today (Sept 29). I'm 28 - I like being an even number.

[allegro]

It's my birthday today (Sept 29). I'm 28 - I like being an even number.
Happy Birthday, Ryan

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/7b/f4/da/7bf4da34e74ccb1274a4cc407de9e0bd.jpg

[allegro]

I've had a real good time this past week in Vegas. I learned last year that a guy who doesn't gamble or drink can still have fun here.
As I've posted, here, I've had a ton of fun in Vegas while not drinking at all and doing VERY minimal gambling (like, $20 in quarters in the Wheel of Fortune slots). It's still pretty expensive for the shows and entertainment, but there's shopping, gawking, REALLY good dining, swimming, sunning, etc.

[Ryan]

Happy Birthday, Ryan

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/564x/7b/f4/da/7bf4da34e74ccb1274a4cc407de9e0bd.jpg

Thanks, luv!

[eversonpoe]

last night, my wife and i hung out with our close friend (she was in our wedding party) who we hadn't seen in several months (and had grown kind of distant from in the last...year?), and it was so nice. i feel like i regained something wonderful that i had lost, and i'm so happy.

[Lew]

Thanks be for 'forged in fire'..making this illness bearable.
Gods I love this show.

[eversonpoe]

happy national coming out day everyone!
.
in case you don't know, i'm queer, genderqueer/trans (though i'm not currently doing anything about it, and i'm ok with that for the moment), and i've always been pretty open about these things, because i don't see them as something to hide or be ashamed of. however, there are people that feel they are, which makes people in the queer community feel unsafe and unwelcome in the world, and that makes me sad.
.
i hope that as the world moves forward, there begins to be more acceptance and less expectation of people having to come out, because there will be less assumption about heterosexuality being the default.
.
if you ever need someone to talk to about any of these sorts of things, my ears (and arms) are open. <3

[Swykk]

While I've personally stopped noticing any physical changes (which bums me out), I must still be doing something right because today I'm wearing my favorite pants which haven't fit me in almost 14 years.

There's still about 15-25lbs of work to do but this is definitely progress I am pleased with.

[Sarah K]

I got nominated and then selected to go to a women's leadership conference through school. Not sure how or why, but it happened, and I'm excited!

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14713518_10155331905328082_8733239025408726909_n.j pg?oh=f5ed1c1512e14bd1d9b5413322a3c008&oe=589CDAFF

[theruiner]

I talked to my best friend for the first time in quite awhile yesterday. We ended up talking for two hours (which is actually short for us). It was awesome. I was in such a good mood the rest of the night. It's only been a day but I am itching to talk to her again.

[tony.parente]

I'm no longer unemployed, and I'm making more than I was at my previous position AND I'm getting my severance check in the mail soon.

[elevenism]

my little brother offered me a hand-me-down today...it's like a 2011 ford fusion hatchback thing i think!
I can't remember what the car looks like but i knoe it's a ford fusion.
Time to get my driver's license!

edit: it's actually a Ford Focus ZTW wagon.
He told me if i got tired on a trip, it's possible to sleep in the back of it, lolol

[elevenism]

I'm so fucking excited. I sent presents to their whole family-birthday presents for my brother and his son, "just because" presnets for his wife and daughter.
And they decided they needed to give me something. I can't believe it's a fucking CAR!
Sorry for double post, but i just can't believe this!

Now i can take some college courses, at least at the community college, in amarillo!
And now i can run up to denver and see my brother whenever i like, or down to San Angelo to see my dad!
I can drive to australia to see Ryan ! (oh, wait, that might not work.)

[Ryan]

Buy a submarine and submarine it here.

[Ryan]

I got nominated and then selected to go to a women's leadership conference through school. Not sure how or why, but it happened, and I'm excited!

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14713518_10155331905328082_8733239025408726909_n.j pg?oh=f5ed1c1512e14bd1d9b5413322a3c008&oe=589CDAFF

CUNY... lol

Watch that last letter!

[Swykk]

I'm no longer unemployed, and I'm making more than I was at my previous position AND I'm getting my severance check in the mail soon.


Goal achieved! Nicely done!

[TheyCallMeDrug]

just saw dave chappelle in a small club in nyc. bout 150 people. prob the best comedy set i've ever seen.

he did 30 min of rehearsed material which had me literally crying. then he just started riffing and getting drunk. very real talk bout the chappelle show, his son, and being a father. it was deep then he'd drop a bomb and kill it.

he's def a GOAT.

[elevenism]

allegro and allegate , i raised hell until they gave me the GI doctor referal AND the pain doctor referal.

Thank you two for the advice.
If you hadn't said something, i probably would have just let them run over me.

[allegate]

https://media.giphy.com/media/JwjBy94VzDd6/giphy.gif

[Sarah K]

My Domme friend wants to hang out with tony.parente

https://i.imgur.com/r6KG1Xpm.png

[tony.parente]

My Domme friend wants to hang out with @tony.parente (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2107)

https://i.imgur.com/r6KG1Xpm.png

Aaahaha what makes them think I'm an MRA?! My BEST FRIEND is a vegetarian, funny hair colored, feminist SJW lesbian. She even did my wife's makeup for my wedding ��

[Swykk]

I didn't like @tony.parente (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2107) at first either. He's a grower not a shower.

Most of this page of this thread gives me some cheer.

[allegro]

A friend sent this to me today (https://themoth.org/storytellers/ameera-chowdhury):


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lo8YkknPnY

Made my day.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/themoth-story-images/Ameera-Chowdhury-Radio-Extra-2.jpg

[Ryan]

kleiner352 tony.parente


today I went grocery shopping and drew a dick in the cold fridge while my partner was looking for frozen vegetables

https://s14.postimg.org/av5z11qm9/IMG_0343.jpg

[TheyCallMeDrug]

i collect glass marbles, pendants, etc. i finally got a mets/knicks custom from one of my all time favorite glass blowers.

https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/14727569_1610832655888801_8333559618915532800_n.jp g

[millionmilesaway]

just got offered an internship for my winter break :) in Morocco! December sounds like the perfect time to be in the Desert!

[elevenism]

So this shit cracked me up.
There was a Jay Z/ Big Sean concert for hillary, and it was covered on CBSN. I figured he'd play "run this town" and "dirt off my shoulders" and the new york one...you know, shit that isn't full of cuss words. And i was joking with my wife "what if he came on and played "WHAT'S MY MOTHERFUCKIN NAME (Jigga) AND WHO I'm ROLLIN WITH? My ni-ggas!"

And RIGHT ON CUE, when the coverage started, he was playing that fucking song LOLOLOLOL. And he played other songs that said fuck and motherfucker and nigga, just loud and proud, unedited, uncensored. Had you played a drinking game where you drank every time he said fuck or nigga, you'd be dead.

I have never seen anything like that on a news station.

[Ryan]

just got offered an internship for my winter break :) in Morocco! December sounds like the perfect time to be in the Desert!

I bet you didn't draw a dick inside a supermarket fridge though!

[millionmilesaway]

I bet you didn't draw a dick inside a supermarket fridge though!

nope,you got me beat there

[scotty79]

got told that the bit of track i'm working on was used for the train scene in mission impossible 1, found it quite interesting for being out in the middle of nowhere

[the duder]

Deleted Facebook app from my phone and logging out any time I check it on my laptop. Decided I am putting myself on a strict "check once per day - if that" just to peek around until the smoke of the election clears. I highly recommend it!

Now off to hang some chair rail in the dining room.

[Blackbookpress1984]

Changed jobs 6 months ago. Decided to go in to real estate appraisal. Passed my Trainee Licensure exam on Saturday morning. I can no appraise homes as a trainee. 2 years from now, I will be eligible for full licensure. :)

[eversonpoe]

Changed jobs 6 months ago. Decided to go in to real estate appraisal. Passed my Trainee Licensure exam on Saturday morning. I can no appraise homes as a trainee. 2 years from now, I will be eligible for full licensure. :)

you have had more (successful) jobs than anyone i know. i'm glad that you have the drive to keep finding things you're interested in and make them happen. will definitely be talking to you if sarah and i can ever afford a house haha.

[elevenism]

http://i1286.photobucket.com/albums/a609/tylerlankford11/IMG_20131222_090310_zps3rnr3r8i.jpg (http://s1286.photobucket.com/user/tylerlankford11/media/IMG_20131222_090310_zps3rnr3r8i.jpg.html)


This guy. He came with my wife, but he is decidedly my dog now.
I have never been this close to an animal. He is a 90lb american bulldog. He is INSANELY smart, takes every step i take, and when i am with him-like say if Lore is asleep and he is awake, i seriously don't feel alone. He seems to be able to sense when one of us is sad and tries to comfort us. The fucker insists on sleeping in bed with us, lol. I've never been a "dog person" and never would have purchased such an animal, but i cannot put into words how utterly fucking amazing he is. Sometimes i take a step back and think "this thing is a ferocious fucking BEAST with huge, sharp teeth, and i have a super close relationship with him where we cuddle and he rides in the car with me and i buy him snacks" and this thought boggles my mind. He is my homeboy. He is pretty much my best friend.

[cashpiles (closed)]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5T5x-2TjlE

[Dra508]

Bought a car. My decision.

A bit disturbing how easy it was to get a loan.

[Blackbookpress1984]

you have had more (successful) jobs than anyone i know. i'm glad that you have the drive to keep finding things you're interested in and make them happen. will definitely be talking to you if sarah and i can ever afford a house haha.

Man, the list of jobs that I have had is embarrassingly long. The issue is I refuse to settle for something just because it's "Good enough" I want a job that I like, and that will allow me to live comfortably and buy a place of my own.

This one might be it. The process to get the license is super long, hard, and costly. But the potential on the back end is awesome. You can work as little or as much as you want, your potential income is literally in your hands and you can do with it what you please.

But let's also be honest I have had maybe 3 successful jobs. I just bounced around retail for waaaay too long.

[theruiner]

So, in trans circles the term "boy mode fail" is something many of us want to happen. It basically means that we get gendered female while we are out in guy mode (obviously the opposite for trans men).

I never, ever thought it would happen to me. And then, today, it did. A lady called me 'ma'am." I was coming home from work. I was in completely guy mode.

It didn't just make my day. It made my week.

[Sarah K]

This Spring, on a whim, I applied to a university here in NYC that has a program directed at people who started, but never finished their degrees. I never thought I would get accepted, and I never thought I would be able to afford it.

I got accepted, and after completing a Summer class, and wrapping up this Fall semester, I FINALLY got in touch with my advisor for the first goddamn time. We switched up two of my Spring classes, which leaves me with a schedule that looks like this:





WORLD CULTURE & GLOBAL ISSUE
SPANISH
WINTER 2017





BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
PSY 210
SPRING 2017


LEARNING & COGNITION
PSY 230
SPRING 2017


ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE/LEADERSHIP
ORGD 340
SPRING 2017


ADVANCED RESEARCH METHODS
PSY 302
SPRING 2017





POLITICS & GOVERNMENT OF NYC
OR
TRANSFORMATIONS OF WORK IN AMERICA
POL 201
OR
SOC 250
SUMMER 2017


STATISTICAL METHODS
PSY 301
SUMMER 2017





WRITING AT WORK
COM 201
FALL 2017


PSYCHOLOGY OF WORK
PSY 315
FALL 2017


RISK AND RESILIENCE
PSY 330
FALL 2017


CAPSTONE
PSY 499
FALL 2017




I'm going to do it. I'm actually going to fucking graduate next year. I never thought this would happen, and I'm actually starting to look at grad school as a possibility(a BA is Psychology is basically still jobs in the $15 - $20/ hour range, if you're lucky). This all kinda depends on that POL or SOC class being available in the Summer, though... The other one is confirmed.

I can't believe it.

[Swykk]

I knew you could do it. I remember you talking about wanting to go back. I'm glad you did. Good work, Sarah!

[Swykk]

My annual tradition of watching Planes, Trains, And Automobiles on Thanksgiving.

A classic on many levels.

[slave2thewage]

Finally getting proper broadband in this area.

[eversonpoe]

My annual tradition of watching Planes, Trains, And Automobiles on Thanksgiving.

A classic on many levels.

i love that movie so much but the end makes me cry uncontrollably.

https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/c3/c2/72/c3c27276415ee810781e77151747e96f.jpg

[theruiner]

My mom had to work all day so I spent Thanksgiving by myself today, which I thought was going to suck but turned out surprisingly good.

I started the day by talking on the phone with my best friend for a bit. I really needed that and it was a great way to start the day. Talked to another close friend later, watched some Netflix and am topping it off with a nice steak for dinner. Not a bad way to start a four day weekend.

[eversonpoe]

i feel weird being happy that someone's dead, but Fidel Castro's death is worth celebrating.

[Sarah K]

I made a goal to lose 50 pounds this year, and started working on it in the beginning of February. I weighed two weeks ago and was .2 pounds short of my goal for the year.

But I weighed again today, and I had lost 7.8. So now I am at 57.6 pounds lost since February. :)

[Lew]

this should be cross posted to little things that simultaneously bum you out lol
the school picture school bus frame (y'all remember those, right?) that i bought when my oldest was in day care is now full.
omg.
i remember putting his j.k. pic in there and thinking "wow. so many years to fill." and now, here we are, all full.
i need a little "side car" dual photo for grade 11 and 12, so technically the bus is full too early (it starts at grd.1 instead of j.k.)...buuuuut...it is only 2 years until he is done highschool. holy fuck.

[allegro]

Donating money to Wikipedia toward their annual fund drive. As somebody who does research pretty much all day every day, and who vividly remembers the tedious days before the internet as we know it, nothing makes me happier than forking over some shekels toward the goodness of the ad-free Wikipedia. I highly encourage all to feel the joy in doing the same, even if it's $5 bucks paid via your Amazon account.

Happy Holidays

Edit: oh, and I highly recommend the feel-good experience of donating to your local food banks, and maybe throw a few bucks toward a no-kill animal shelter, and maybe the ACLU and the AIDS Foundation, maybe do it all in honor of your loved ones.

[Pillfred]

It's looking like I'll be driving here soon. Hopefully by the end of January I'll be mobile again after like 4 years.

[Louie_Cypher]

playlists, bluetooth, and ipod all working for a change time to hit the "y"
-louie

[Swykk]

I am reasonably sure I made a good impression on my new boss. This is a rarity for me so I'll definitely take it. Usually, they think I'm too outspoken (I don't play politics) or my tendency to tangent annoys them.

[Lew]

one of my eye brows is starting to go silver.
it is kind of funny looking, but kind of neat.
why do i have a feeling only one will go fully silver and one will stay dark?
lol.
aging. whadda riot.

[eversonpoe]

one of my eye brows is starting to go silver.
it is kind of funny looking, but kind of neat.
why do i have a feeling only one will go fully silver and one will stay dark?
lol.
aging. whadda riot.

i can not wait to start going grey. i want salt & pepper hair and a salt & pepper beard and then i think i'll finally find that dude i see in the mirror attractive.

[Sarah K]

I am fascinated by my gray hair that's come in a LOT over the last year. It is super crazy shiny. I haven't colored my hair since February because I am obsessed with this silver hair. Haha. Five years ago, it terrified me. Now I don't care.

[Sarah K]

https://scontent-iad3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15542103_10155579278663082_3119501036432920021_n.j pg?oh=f576943a08b053a183ee983235858c62&oe=58F8E19F

Print 6/25.

I was so distracted by all of the NIN happenings today that I completely forgot that this beautiful piece of art was arriving today.

I learned of Jermaine Rogers via NIN stuff, so it is fitting. The Wizard of Oz is my favorite movie.

That just so perfectly sums of my life and journey this year.


"There are no magic roads that lead to 'everything you've always dreamed of.' There are no wizards with all of the answers that will make your life a success. 'Life' is off the road, out in the mud, and the weeds and the woods. It's not all pretty, and it's not paved: you'll have to do a little work and a lot of thinking for yourself. But you'll sleep better. Still, if you do choose to follow one of the countless yellow-brick-roads out there, make sure you bring a chair. It gets tiring going in circles."


I set two huge goals for myself, and I accomplished both of them, with some huge fucking bumps in the road along the way. This print is just so fucking special to me. I am so happy to have it in my life.

[Khrz]

i can not wait to start going grey. i want salt & pepper hair and a salt & pepper beard and then i think i'll finally find that dude i see in the mirror attractive.

Yeah well cherish it while it lasts, but there's a very narrow window during which it looks great, right before it turns into long years of "my hair looks like wet ashes". The transition between "woot, literal silver lining !" and "I am Gandalf the White" is a bit awkward when your hair is dark.

[cashpiles (closed)]

i want tens of thousands of hardcore fans and hundreds of millions of regular fans.

[Sarah K]

Yeah well cherish it while it lasts, but there's a very narrow window during which it looks great, right before it turns into long years of "my hair looks like wet ashes". The transition between "woot, literal silver lining !" and "I am Gandalf the White" is a bit awkward when your hair is dark.

Pics for proof.

[Mantra]

I discovered my first gray hair sometime last year, and I was actually a little surprised by how much it freaked me out. I guess it just caught me off guard, cause I was 30 and I assumed I had a while before it was time to start experiencing that shit. I'm not particularly vain, but I am extremely prone to existential dread and sadness about mortality. So I spent like two months feeling ridiculously depressed anytime I noticed it in the mirror.

But that feeling has basically passed by this point. I'm not even sure why, to be honest. I guess I just got used to it. After all, no one can stop this shit from happening. I guess I just figure that if life is limited, I shouldn't waste that limited time feeling all bummed out about things like this and should try to find a way to feel happy with my days. Which sounds fucking trite as hell, but I'm too sleepy to think of anything better at the moment.

[elevenism]

@Mantra (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=925) your mind works like mine w/r/t existential dread and sadness re mortality and aging. This is what my depression IS now.

Okay, so i just wanted to relate this to you guys. The weather here is so fucking strange.
24 hours ago it was 70 degrees here, and the wind was blowing a STEADY 40mph with VERY frequent 60mph gusts. That was the warmth blowing in; it had previously been like 30 degrees.

A few hours ago, the wind started blowing again, but this time, cold air.

Now it is 10 degrees and falling and SNOWING, and tonight the low is -3.

Tis strange but i like it. It's interesting.

[TheyCallMeDrug]

Print 6/25.



thats one of my favs from jermaine rogers. if you like his work lemme know. i have a lot of his prints (esp defontes) id be happy to let go at original cost.

im a glass collector too, just bought this goblin off my buddy. the artist is mike shelbo and i've been following him since 2012. really hapy to finally have acquired one for my collection.

there's sparkles in the glass :)

https://scontent-lga3-1.cdninstagram.com/t51.2885-15/e35/14449173_518620698334468_6775368273023205376_n.jpg

[Lew]

https://youtu.be/Sdt4oxelQIs

BONUS FOOTAGE.
my favourite blades, ever, from the show.
rah fucking rah rah rah, boss.

[Lew]

https://vimeo.com/183139069

fuck yeah. and the best episode ever, period.
woop woop woop woop.

it's the end of the world as we know it, but i've got forged in fire reruns, so i feel fiiiiiiiiiiiiiine.

[Sarah K]

thats one of my favs from jermaine rogers. if you like his work lemme know. i have a lot of his prints (esp defontes) id be happy to let go at original cost


I generally only buy concert ones if I was actually there. I know this one started at a show print, but you know what I mean...

But if you have any others that you want to get rid of now or in the future, hit me up! There are a few I would definitely like to get my hands on.

[Lew]

Can't find a John wick thread so I will squeal here!!!!
Squeeeeeee...

[marodi]

Sesquipedalism is back! Yessssss!

[Sarah K]

Finished my last project for this semester last night.

33 credit hours to go.

[allegro]

I'm blonde so evidently I'll never go grey. I may eventually go WHITE but not for a long long long time, if I make it that long. My dad was also blond and when he was in the hospital they let him grow facial hair and it was like a Donald Trump brassy color.

[elevenism]

I'm blonde so evidently I'll never go grey. I may eventually go WHITE but not for a long long long time, if I make it that long. My dad was also blond and when he was in the hospital they let him grow facial hair and it was like a Donald Trump brassy color.

another detail. i think if i ever saw a picture of you my head would blow up, because to me you are amorphous. :P

[tony.parente]

Not the actual events

[Dra508]

Sesquipedalism is back! Yessssss!

Waaaaiiit, the writer from upstate?

[marodi]

Waaaaiiit, the writer from upstate?

The one and only. He's as eloquent as ever and still an absolute delight to read.

[allegro]

another detail. i think if i ever saw a picture of you my head would blow up, because to me you are amorphous. :P

Meh pics of me have been here, I'm boring, really.

[Ryan]

Meh pics of me have been here, I'm boring, really.

Where?!?!?!

[elevenism]

Meh pics of me have been here, I'm boring, really.at this point it would be too strange to see. i don't ever picture you;i just think of you as "allegro." :)

[Rubeninphoenix]

I'm just happy that the NINternet has been active again. It's been a long-ass time since this much activity has taken place.

[tony.parente]

Meh pics of me have been here, I'm boring, really.
I bet you're a closet cutie pie. I say that with the most respect in the world.

[Sarah K]

I like how Tony always seems a little scared of allegro.

[tony.parente]

I like how Tony always seems a little scared of allegro.
I try and say something nice and Sarah Kunt gotta come in and shit all over it. (Love you)

[Harry Seaward]

i try and say something nice and sarah kunt gotta come in and shit all over it. (love you)

ban .

[Swykk]

Some people don't like to be in pictures. I get it.

[elevenism]

Some people don't like to be in pictures. I get it.
they steal your soul.
I know because i was in too many.
:P

My little four year old niece and 2 year old nephew are here now, and good GOD they make me happy, especially not having kids of my own-also my brother and his wife are here too. :)

[MrLobster]

Meepo dancers

http://coub.com/view/amlp7

And Coub in general tends to make a bit happier, I like them as the "Good Mood" videos... (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtb9qPHMFuCRyttP2MUKMbQ/videos)

[allegate]

they steal your soul.
I know because i was in too many.
:P

My little four year old niece and 2 year old nephew are here now, and good GOD they make me happy, especially not having kids of my own-also my brother and his wife are here too. :)

As a ginger, this explains why I hate pictures.

My son was gifted a keyboard over the summer and he's been teaching himself how to play it. He's even composing small minute-long songs for it, writing the notes down and everything as he's going. It's awesome to come home from work and he's excited about the newest song he can play or the newest song he's written.

[Lew]

Where?!?!?!

thereisakid(whatthefuckcuntasssiteorkeyboard)
i remember a kidlet pic. christmas time, one, right? @elevenism (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=2475) et al: allegro, in my mind, is ageless and endless. i always reckoned that she looks young with ancient eyes.
but i also love to keep her firmly on a pedastel (sorry, allegro, i know that is unfair to you. lol.) so that could colour my fill in the blanks..

[Lew]

http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/showthread.php?p=325971#post325971)



All I ever wanted was grey hair. When I was 16, I tried to dye it grey, but no one could get it right. Then, of course, at 27, my hair had thinned enough that head shaving was probably the best option—with nary a fucking grey in sight. And now, the goatee I've had for much of my adult life has a number of super thick greys coming in...only on one side. It looked really awkward. From time to time, I've shaved it off, but even then, I'm always a little scraggly. And they still drive me nuts. It's like my follicles took a vote on which ones were in the best position to make me look awkward with a rapid depigmentation, and then they acted on their consensus.

My brother-in-law had a moustache for 30 years—wouldn't even shave it off when I offered him $100 to do it and then grow it right back—and he finally had to ditch it because it went white on one side and nothing at all happened on the other.

Why the hell is goddamned vestigial fur such a pain in the ass for some of us!?

vestigial fur.
you are now firmly (for the day ;p) on an altar.

i remember asking a hair dresser if i could dye my hair white, and being told that a rude and vulgar and eye wrenchingly evil shade of brassy-ish white-ish would be the closest possible (i am brunette) to it.
so i didn't.
and what is up with lack of symmetrical graying? i guess this is more common than i thought.

[Archive_Reports]

Slow day at work. My buddy and I are simultaneously listening to shitty albums (Vanilla Ice's "Hard to Swallow" and ICP's "Riddle Box" so far) to pass the time. Surprisingly fun.

[allegate]

I remember buying Hard to Swallow...the new version of Ice Ice Baby was surprisingly OK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAnDJ5OKHE

Ok, obviously time and memory have failed me because that's not OK.

[elevenism]

I remember buying Hard to Swallow...the new version of Ice Ice Baby was surprisingly OK.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zAnDJ5OKHE

Ok, obviously time and memory have failed me because that's not OK.
LOLOL yeah man, I was the A&E editor of a dallas community college paper and they sent me that album to review.
It was ROUGH! :P

So kind of repeating myself here, but these two kids are in here watching cartoons with me, just me and them, and it's awesome :)

they are so cute and so much fun and related to me, but ultimately I am not responsible for them. Being an uncle is great.

[tony.parente]

Raising Canes.
Best chicken in the fuckin WORLD.

[Jon]

A sleeping cat under the christmas tree.

Yes, you're behind the tree. Yes, I can still see you.

[Dra508]

A sleeping cat under the christmas tree.

Yes, you're behind the tree. Yes, I can still see you.

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161226/944a6cbc6bd7ba0ad0d1c238b4e57c4f.jpg

[Jon]

^ Heh, Fraser Furball.

[theimage13]

Right now the thread "Hot boys: supporting the objectification of the fairer sex" is literally right on top of "the feminist thread".

It made me giggle. I'm easily amused.

[allegro]

The "VI Poo" commercials crack me up, and they've generated common vernacular in our household, "Punish the Porcelain," "Devil's Donuts," etc.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L37-3v7DyYs

[allegro]

Not to be confused with "Poo Pourri" which is also funny.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9TTz3R5SmI

[allegro]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161226/944a6cbc6bd7ba0ad0d1c238b4e57c4f.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/bB8tZm8.jpg

[tony.parente]

When Levi gets annoyed and cleans house from time to time.

[Dra508]

http://i.imgur.com/bB8tZm8.jpg

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161227/ea4af531930f2f1821f62c4a0f8cdbba.jpg
Henry The Terrorist really thought the tree was great camouflage. RIP Henry :'(

[allegro]

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20161227/ea4af531930f2f1821f62c4a0f8cdbba.jpg
Henry The Terrorist really thought the tree was great camouflage. RIP Henry :'(
Aw, RIP Henry. :-(


http://i.imgur.com/CAkBSsv.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/gxQ6NMy.jpg

[Dra508]

Henry was a bad ass. This cheers me up. As much as a feline wants to be above it all, that purr is a give away.


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[the duder]

Just bought a phono preamp and new cartridge for my grandfather's 1973 Dual 1220 turntable. I took the time to read through the instructions; included were the original receipts from his payments - he put it on layaway - and it cost a cool $500 from the looks of it.

Anyway, my dad gave the turntable (along with his huge vinyl collection) to me this summer. My mom ordered me The Fragile: Deviations 1 LP for Christmas and this year I bought first presses of The Black Queen's Fever Daydream LP (#90/1000), their Ice to Never single (#55/233), and Dillinger Escape Plan's Dissociation. I'm really excited to get set-up and go through some of my current favorite artists and also go through some of my dad's massive collection.

[allegro]

the duder, congrats. You never forget your first turntable. I hope it still works!!

[marodi]

The used book store near where I live.

I bought this book (http://www.renaud-bray.com/books_product.aspx?id=210679&def=L%u00e9gende+des+l%u00e9gendes(La)%2cKADARE%2c +ISMAIL%2c2080351508&page=184), as being used because it was a library copy but it is brand new, for $2.50.

Good Lord I love that place!

[elevenism]

So i had gotten some negative comments on a song i posted on youtube this year and realized that i have really thin skin about such things.
It REALLY got me down, like, ready to stop making music down. Also i worked on a track for a semi-famous rapper and just could not get the mix right. These things made me really sad.

And then yesterday i got a "hell yeah" and an invitation to collaborate from THIS person:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZKt8L0LO50
She is fucking INCREDIBLE, and her band plays big festivals in Colombia, and it appears that she is sponsored by Ibanez, as i saw her in a colombian ibanez ad.

Even if the collab never happens, i cannot tell you guys how much win this was for me, and how much it changed my thinking.
Those negative comments could have come from ex girlfriends or 12 year old boys.

And here is this fucking INCREDIBLE musician, who not only digs my music, she wants to play together.

Fuck yes.

[allegro]

You know, you DO have the ability to turn off the comment capabilities on YouTube? I highly recommend it, as it's totally sadistic fun. Turn off the embedding feature, too. More fun.

[elevenism]

You know, you DO have the ability to turn off the comment capabilities on YouTube? I highly recommend it, as it's totally sadistic fun. Turn off the embedding feature, too. More fun.

i did. :)
But after i got the message from this amazing musician, i decided fuck it, i would turn it back on.
I need to learn to have thicker skin about these things.

[allegro]

i did. :)
But after i got the message from this amazing musician, i decided fuck it, i would turn it back on.
I need to learn to have thicker skin about these things.
Ugh, forget it, I hate those trolls.

[elevenism]

Ugh, forget it, I hate those trolls.
i do too.
Maybe i should turn it back off. It is quite possible that the hateful comments came from friends of an ex of mine, because the song was about her and she knew it.
She has, for years, ran around telling everyone that i have a song about her, but the thing is, she never HEARD it until recently.
And the song is about me fantasizing about KILLING her because i fucking hate her so much.

I've never gotten comments on other songs, good or bad, not even from friends, so i suspect this is the case, but who knows?

Maybe i SHOULD turn it off. But i also feel like if i am putting work out there, i shouldn't be scared of people talking shit.

I just don't know.

But i do know one thing: i am GLOWING from the props i got from Mad Kat. :) :) :)
allegro , please to explain to me the embedding feature and the virtues of turning it off thank you?

[allegro]

please to explain to me the embedding feature and the virtues of turning it off thank you?
turning it off means that people can't embed it on Facebook or forums or whatever, in an evil manner. Which they do.

When you see videos posted here with the video /video tag and they play, that means the author allowed them to be embedded and play right here in the forum, out-of-context and without the YouTube poster's comments etc.

Sometimes people will embed a video here and when you click on it, it gives you a message saying you can only watch it IN YouTube.

The virtue of turning it off is that it can't be viewed somewhere without your knowledge, it can only be viewed on your YouTube page.

Comments are for narcissists and masochists. :p

[elevenism]

So here is another cool thing.
My little brother has started collecting synths.
I have set up a little studio in one of the empty rooms in our house.
So i had him plug in his mini korg or whatever it is, and i turned on the sequencer loops i have been working on for a new song and also played my guitar.

And oh my dear god, it was AMAZING. My brother made that synth make all sorts of mind blowing, nasty melodic chaos. We made magic.
So next time he is here, we are going to record the song TOGETHER.

My head is full of music again, full of plans. For the record, i don't give a FUCK about "making it," but the process of writing music and playing it and recording it and sharing it has been very important to me since about 1996. And i was beginning to feel that i had lost it. It's part of who i am. I felt like part of me had died.

But thanks to my incredibly talented brother and that one bit of praise from a highly skilled musician i've never met, that part of me is alive again.

[Substance242]

I won again, yeah! Namely in competition noone knows about (they're easier to win, hehe), number of ascents to one small mountain here in an year. A week ago I was losing 123:125 to the only competitor, but he let me win with 131. That is approx. 1000 km, and 60 km altitude gain. Done, what's next? :-)

[tony.parente]

Going to the gym tomorrow and seeing everyone who have committed to try and make a change in their lives for the better.

[elevenism]

WHAAAAA i have the new old 97s album that comes out at the end of Feb.
They trusted me not to leak it.

[eversonpoe]

i turn 30 tomorrow

not sure how i feel about that but i'm glad i'm not dead, considering i used to think i wouldn't make it past 23

[Pillfred]

Had my chem. dependency eval, earlier this morning. Super cool old guy not giving a fuck about the man. I fibbed slighty on the religion question, but as he didn't ask my definition of "god" call it a white lie. Got the two classes to do in march and a booklet thing plus some A.A. meetings to go to in the mean-time. Looking like April/May I'll be driving again. Like really this time.

[allegro]

i turn 30 tomorrow
Happy Birthday, fellow Capricorn. 30s are much better than 20s.

[Louie_Cypher]

mariah carey n.y.E. performance was weas the perfect cherry on top of the shit cake that was 2016
-louie

[Louie_Cypher]

mariah carey's n.y.E. performance was weas the perfect cherry on top of the shit cake that was 2016
-louie

[tony.parente]

i turn 30 tomorrow

not sure how i feel about that but i'm glad i'm not dead, considering i used to think i wouldn't make it past 23

Happy birthday you beautiful bitch. ❤

[Your Name Here]

http://weheartit.com/entry/145104581/in-set/93133193-satanism?context_user=FouP&page=2

[Substance242]

This web "game", make AI understand what you draw! :-)
https://quickdraw.withgoogle.com/

[GibbonBlack]

Last week I was joking about how no one makes proper sandwiches that you see in the movies. Then today I came in and my boss had made me this!

http://imgur.com/a/gymMH

It was damned tasty!

[Lew]

https://twitter.com/VancityReynolds/status/787728463583121408

whoever pointed me to this twitter account is the fucking boss.
canadians are fucking hilarious.
RAH. yeah. woo.

[bgalbraith]

First band practice in awhile. I'm bass and vocals. Had a ton of fun and ad libbed lyrics about advanced AI topics. Nerd band is best band


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[aggroculture]

Working on my fiction. An amazing feeling!

[eversonpoe]

First band practice in awhile. I'm bass and vocals. Had a ton of fun and ad libbed lyrics about advanced AI topics. Nerd band is best band


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i had band practice yesterday for the first time in forever! just me on drums and my friend jon on guitar/vox. we wrote and demo'd two new songs (he had lyrics ready to go that worked for one of them), reworked a song by our old band into a sultry/lounge-y version, and reworked one of our own songs into a completely different version (which we also demo'd). very productive night.

[Detunez]

Just found this on youtube and it cheered me up:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zzGQJHZ0Qk

[MrLobster]

Getting a new iMac because this one is faulty... thanks AppleCare.

[tony.parente]

"I am confused about online socialising"

Made me laugh outloud at my desk.

[Jinsai]

dealing with drunk obnoxious assholes at a bar while working can be a hassle, but sometimes it is enjoyable.

Some preppy dickhead started picking a fight with some super nice guy for no reason, and then as the guy tries to just leave he mocks him with this "walk awaaaaaaaaay! Yeah, JUST walk away." The guy then gets pissed and turns around and says "what did you say? Did you tell me to walk away?"

I step in, tell everyone to calm down... The guy relaxes and leaves as I tell the preppy fuckhead "he's leaving, please don't antagonize him while he leaves."

He says "I just told him to walk away! Do you understand what those words mean?"

So I say yes, I know what that means, and I understand how you meant it to register. You were antagonizing him. Context matters. He gets this smug smiley look and says "Y'know what? I don't think I want to talk to you anymore."

So... cool! I don't want to talk to you anymore either! So let's just put this in words that you claim to comprehend: Walk away. If that didn't make sense: fuck off. Get the fuck out of here with your stupid v-neck collared shirt. Leave the premises. You are not welcome here. WALK awwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay. You're 86'd, and so is your friend here if he tries to butt in again in your defense.

So excuse me while I dust the rain off my jacket and walk back into this fine restaurant like the suave motherfucker I am.

[tony.parente]

I was just appointed as a mod in a Facebook group of 48,000 members today. The subject matter isn't really important (Marilyn Manson lol) But more than anything it means a lot that the current admin team trusts me enough to help wrangle and maintain that many people.

[Sarah K]

Today marks 8 years since I have smoked meth. However, in the last few months, I've started using Adderall about three times a week while doing school stuff. And I've done it just for the fuck of it on the weekends a few times. So take that for whatever it is worth.

Today also marks 24 years since my father went to rehab and quit drinking.

[elevenism]

So my brother is really, seriously giving me a car.
I know i mentioned this before, but then one of his cars broke down and he needed the car he was going to give me.
Now, i just have to get my license (driving test and all) and then ride halfway to denver to meet him.
I am so fucking excited. I haven't had a car since like 2000 because i didn't really need one as dallas has the biggest above ground rail system in the us and a good bus system.
But being here in a remote town of 1800 or so people, i have felt pretty damn isolated.
I will be making frequent trips to denver to chill with my brother and his family, and it will be awesome just to be able to drive the 90 miles to amarillo to go to the movies and such.

[elevenism]

CRYSTAL PEPSI IS BACK AGAIN!

I cried tears of actual crystal pepsi.

I'm gonna try to pick up 100 tomorrow.

[allegate]

I saw that, I was excited as well because it seemed like it was out for a week tops this summer.

[elevenism]

I saw that, I was excited as well because it seemed like it was out for a week tops this summer.
well i think there's going to be even fewer this time from what i understand.
In the summer, i got like 100 of them.
But this time, Dollar General didn't get any. The only place that got them only got 24, and i just scored 20 of those.
The manager told me that they MAY recieve another 24 tomorrow.

I REALLY wanted another hundred but will have to be happy with my 20.

I wonder what in the fuck they are building up to with this. I can't figure it out.
Last summer they said it was a one time thing. My wife and i got like addicted to the fucking things and it was heart wrenching to run out.

Then the pepsi dude told me that the big secret was that there would be more THIS summer.

And then they came out with a surprise run last week i guess?

SURELY they are creating hype for a full on relaunch, because seriously, what do they gain by doing this?

But like i said, these supplies are supposed to be even more limited than last summer's supplies, so if you want one you better act now, allegate

[eversonpoe]

Every year of my thirties has been at least twice as good as the best year of my twenties. If a little less dramatic. I was also certain I'd never live to see that age, and I went out of my way to prove myself correct on that account, so perhaps we have similar mindsets in that respect.

So, congratulations! Good times ahead!

thanks, dude!

i realized that i passed 5,000 posts this morning, which is NUTS. i have spent a ridiculous amount of time on this board, but i've also made some really good friends on here and i have no regrets about my dedication (obsession?) with ETS.

[Khrz]

Yeah thirties are some of the best years. You relatively know your shit, you're familiar with your own demons and insecurities so they don't trip you by surprise so much, indeed sssssssssoooooooo less drama, and you can just enjoy being yourself and loving all the shit you love while having your shit together.

You get the best of youth and the best of maturity. Enjoy !


...Because once you hit 40 you start to see that this awesome peak turns slowly into a slope, and looking in the distance you get a wee bit dizzy...

[allegate]

Your post script is my 2017. Ugh. Been trying to find the positives for about three months now and I'm still looking.
well i think there's going to be even fewer this time from what i understand.
In the summer, i got like 100 of them.
But this time, Dollar General didn't get any. The only place that got them only got 24, and i just scored 20 of those.
The manager told me that they MAY recieve another 24 tomorrow.

I REALLY wanted another hundred but will have to be happy with my 20.

I wonder what in the fuck they are building up to with this. I can't figure it out.
Last summer they said it was a one time thing. My wife and i got like addicted to the fucking things and it was heart wrenching to run out.

Then the pepsi dude told me that the big secret was that there would be more THIS summer.

And then they came out with a surprise run last week i guess?

SURELY they are creating hype for a full on relaunch, because seriously, what do they gain by doing this?

But like i said, these supplies are supposed to be even more limited than last summer's supplies, so if you want one you better act now, @allegate (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1739)

Well I know where I'm going during lunch.

[Khrz]

Your post script is my 2017. Ugh. Been trying to find the positives for about three months now and I'm still looking.

Well its not that bad, it's just the realisation that we're not young anymore, and that we better make the most of it. It starts to be a bit scary, and the things we do we have to make them count.
Basically, in your thirties you still live under the same assumptions than in your twenties :you're young, your world is vast and time is infinite. Once you hit forty, it dawns on you that things have narrowed a tad.

Things aren't bad : we just can't live under the assumption that they don't really count anymore.

[Sarah K]

https://scontent.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/15895027_10155678678508082_3607747585388103850_n.j pg?oh=db8dc4bb5b7ad8eef8e0ae0d4a98df48&oe=591A9112

I got this in the mail today AND I DON'T THINK I HAVE EVER BEEN MORE EXCITED FOR A PIECE OF MAIL.

sprixxle is the bessssst. And tony.parente is currently trolling my mother in the comments of this photo...

[tony.parente]

Sarah K THATS YOUR MOTHER?!? She seems lovely!

[Sarah K]

Yeah... Watch out. Next thing you know, she'll add you. Haha. She randomly adds my friends. Usually just ones that she has met. But you never know.

[tony.parente]

BRB adding your mom.

[elevenism]

...Because once you hit 40 you start to see that this awesome peak turns slowly into a slope, and looking in the distance you get a wee bit dizzy...
The relentless existential horror regarding mortality began for me at 35.

Carry on with the cheer!

[Sarah K]

BRB adding your mom.

She sent me this text this morning: So Tony sent me a friend request lastnight...hahaha

Tony is gonna be my third step-father. But I told her at her last wedding that it was the last one I was going to attend.

[Khrz]

She sent me this text this morning: So Tony sent me a friend request lastnight...hahaha

Tony is gonna be my third step-father. But I told her at her last wedding that it was the last one I was going to attend.

Ending with a bang, then!

Edit : Awwwwwwww I misread. Now I'm sad.

[allegate]

Well its not that bad, it's just the realisation that we're not young anymore, and that we better make the most of it. It starts to be a bit scary, and the things we do we have to make them count.
Basically, in your thirties you still live under the same assumptions than in your twenties :you're young, your world is vast and time is infinite. Once you hit forty, it dawns on you that things have narrowed a tad.

Things aren't bad : we just can't live under the assumption that they don't really count anymore.

My wife had a botched surgery and is in near constant nerve pain and has considered killing herself over it because the doctors say there is no way to fix it. So I'm not worried about my existential 40s so much as I am my actual 40s and 50s and what that could look like. I've been married for 19 years, 20 come November.

But this is the "what makes you happy" thread so I'm going to leave it there and apologize to everyone I'm bumming out. Here's a funny picture to make up for it:

https://media.giphy.com/media/3o7TKnrUXk9CFXwbWU/giphy.gif

[Lew]

https://esoterx.com/2016/08/31/everyones-a-little-bit-crazy-schizotypy-and-strange-phenomena/

[Lew]

That's the worst fucking thing I've seen in a while. Goddamn you.

ach nay....that is impressive. and gross.
is a spaghetti noodle through the nose and out the throat LESS gross? lol.

[Lew]

Yes. Absolutely it is.

jello?
lol. ok, you win. a slimy, latex stanky condom gliding through the nasal passage is hella wrong. fifty thousand shades, at that.
;p

[Sarah K]

I saw some photos recently where a similar setup was used for some fun torture. It was a rubber tube passed through the nose and out the mouth, and then it was tied together, and rope was attached to it.

[elevenism]

i wanna know if that condom snorting was meant to like be arousing or whatever.

[ninEater]

Coffee.

[Khrz]

I saw some photos recently where a similar setup was used for some fun torture. It was a rubber tube passed through the nose and out the mouth, and then it was tied together, and rope was attached to it.

OK, now we're talking "terrifying shit"!
All I can imagine is the other end of that rope being attached to a truck now.




What the fuck is wrong with me? O_o

[Lew]

I saw some photos recently where a similar setup was used for some fun torture. It was a rubber tube passed through the nose and out the mouth, and then it was tied together, and rope was attached to it.

ummm...is
this to hang a weight on? or just to freak the person out, like mind fucking? or is it geared to physical discomfort? or?
i literally cannot wrap my head around it. maybe the pictures make it more clear?
(not soliciting for pics, sarahk, lol...just literally wondering if looking at the pics makes it clear what the point is?)

[elevenism]

i have 51 crystal pepsis at this point, which i have lovingly renamed Millennium Fizzies.
I went to another fucking town to find more. Twenty was not enough.

Now i am full of the fizzies and there are bottles scatered everywhere.

[Lew]

i wanna know if that condom snorting was meant to like be arousing or whatever.

probably.
my sister suckered me with "cake farts" and i cannot unsee or unhear it. so, if *that* can inspire wood/damp then i would have to reckon condom snort and return is also wood/damp inspiring. lol. to each their own, right? and at least no condoms were harmed or coerced...

[elevenism]

probably.
my sister suckered me with "cake farts" and i cannot unsee or unhear it. so, if *that* can inspire wood/damp then i would have to reckon condom snort and return is also wood/damp inspiring. lol. to each their own, right? and at least no condoms were harmed or coerced...
it makes me feel kind of tingly :P

Do i want to know what cake farts are? i'm gonna google it. it better not scar me :P

[Sarah K]

ummm...is
this to hang a weight on? or just to freak the person out, like mind fucking? or is it geared to physical discomfort? or?
i literally cannot wrap my head around it. maybe the pictures make it more clear?
(not soliciting for pics, sarahk, lol...just literally wondering if looking at the pics makes it clear what the point is?)

I went back and checked out the pics and comments. The rubber tube is actually a foley catheter tube. From the photos shared, it doesn't seem like there was any weight attached to it, but the rope that was attached to it was rigged to force the bottom into holding their head in an upright position while their arms were restrained at one point in time. Also there is likely a shame aspect involved, as there is snot, tears, and a shitload of drool that I imagine are all quite uncontrollable in that situation!

They didn't elaborate on the scene too much. And while I doubt that the tube caused *pain*, I imagine that there was pressure and discomfort happening.

I keep imaging holding their mouth shut and then plugging their free nostril for intervals. :)

[tony.parente]

I'm now friends with Sarah K mom.

[Sarah K]

Hahahaha. Oh my god. I just saw where she is commenting on your shit already.

#DEAD

[tony.parente]

WE'RE SINGING TOGETHER SARAH.

texttokeepallcaps.

[Jinsai]

ach nay....that is impressive. and gross.
is a spaghetti noodle through the nose and out the throat LESS gross? lol.
yes, yes it absolutely is less disgusting than that

[Sarah K]

Y'all can meet at my graduation next year.

[Lew]

it makes me feel kind of tingly :P

Do i want to know what cake farts are? i'm gonna google it. it better not scar me :P

egads,elev,don'tdoit!
it may not scar you, but it should ruin cake and assholes for you for the rest of your life. lol.
i mean, all the power to the woman, right? if people want to make her rich because her sphincter is so (impressive? unusual? typical? functional?) watchable, whatcha gonna do?
ok. it scarred me. not going to lie. i was so distraught i sewed my own asshole shut. no bueno.

[Your Name Here]

Picking cremation over burial. :D

[Khrz]

Picking cremation over burial. :D

Well, you're a cheery one...

[Lew]

creations.
the output and perspective of others via creation.
the soul splatters inherent in creation.
and most of all: visual artists cheer me up.
thank you for sharing your gifts. as someone who is comically challenged in the visual arts your gift, your sharing and honing it...they give me a tiny taste of a different world.
thank you so much for your generosity <3

[Your Name Here]

https://www.fugly.com/media/IMAGES/Funny/dildo_dog.jpg

[sick among the pure]

There is a community mediation service scheduled tomorrow in my hometown during the inauguration to promote peace and love. Even if not a lot of people show up, it's happening, and that's a little thing that cheers me up.

[eversonpoe]

i'm still in a lot of pain from my neck/shoulder injury, so i can't go to the march in chicago tomorrow. but the fact that my wife is planning to go without me (of her own volition) makes me so happy. it usually takes a lot for her to even want to go out, let alone without me (we do most things together), and i'm so proud of her for wanting to be part of such an important display of solidarity.

so while i'm very sad i can't join her, i'm so excited that she's still going.

[theimage13]

I installed a browser extension to replace "trump" with "tiny hands". It makes news pages less depressing.

[eversonpoe]

i'm still in a lot of pain from my neck/shoulder injury, so i can't go to the march in chicago tomorrow. but the fact that my wife is planning to go without me (of her own volition) makes me so happy. it usually takes a lot for her to even want to go out, let alone without me (we do most things together), and i'm so proud of her for wanting to be part of such an important display of solidarity.

so while i'm very sad i can't join her, i'm so excited that she's still going.

seems i've healed up considerably since yesterday morning. i'm doing much better and, hopefully, well enough to survive the day on my feet, so i will be going to the march in chicago today.

i may not LOOK like a woman, but i AM a woman, and i think it's really important that i take part in this momentous event.

[Swykk]

The turnout today for the marches. It is the most hopeful thing I've seen in a long time. And Real Time returned too! We're still here.

[Bluegirl]

The turnout today for the marches. It is the most hopeful thing I've seen in a long time. And Real Time returned too! We're still here.
I went to the march in dc and I think the thing that made me the happiest was how positive everything was. It about moving forward. Was was great was my brother and brother-in-law came down from Connecticut to go with me. My brother tends to be very cynical and negative and angry. He hates Trump and is pissed but yesterday he was so happy and positive. It was pretty nice.

[Your Name Here]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OM7B56xok9M
Ryan (the Australian Insult Comic Dog) check out the real Triumph The Insult Comic Dog.

[Sarah K]

As of last night, I finished my winter session class. That brings me to 90 credit hours completed. 30 to go. I am officially a college senior!

I have having difficulty finding a second class that fits what I need over summer, though. Gonna be maaaaad if I have to tack on an extra semester for one shitty class!

[tony.parente]

As of last night, I finished my winter session class. That brings me to 90 credit hours completed. 30 to go. I am officially a college senior!

I have having difficulty finding a second class that fits what I need over summer, though. Gonna be maaaaad if I have to tack on an extra semester for one shitty class!
What are you going to school for?

[Sarah K]

Industrial & Organizational Psychology.

[bwary]

As of last night, I finished my winter session class. That brings me to 90 credit hours completed. 30 to go. I am officially a college senior!

I have having difficulty finding a second class that fits what I need over summer, though. Gonna be maaaaad if I have to tack on an extra semester for one shitty class!
Do you have good standing in your major?... Have you talked with your department chair person? I avoided the same situation by doing so... He got approval to make an independent study section for a course (with an enrollment of 1) so I could take the course during my last semester and turn the work into him.

After almost two years working 2nd shift, a spot is opening up on 1st shift that is mine! Yeah, I get to have a day time life again! Woooohooo! (Better be worth the -$200 to -$300 per month!)

[Dra508]

https://youtu.be/78l10ffFZeY

Otter love

[Substance242]

flightradar24. As I moved to a silent village, I can see the sky and hear the planes much better than before. Every day around 21:36 (9:36pm, heh) I heard some big one, so I installed a Flighradar24 app and spent the evening watching the map and icons of planes flying by (EDGE mobile internet is enough for this app). Like - hmm, this one from Vienna to Minsk, from southwest, that means I will see it from window in the other room sometime... now. And I moved there and of course its light was flashing in the sky. :-) And then again, and again, couldn't get enough. And I was surprised I am actually looking at a some bigger plane (like Boeing 7-something or Airbus 3-something, I am starting to learn) light sometimes even 90 km away, but since they're about 10 km high (not 10 miles high - pun intended), you can't tell the distance. First big satisfied smile with smart phones was Sky Map, then some 9 years later this one. :-)

[Jinsai]

Corey Feldman and the Angels are playing a show near me soon... I might just need to go see this

[Lew]

the hinternet and the endless supply of keanu images available on it.
i believe! i believe!
john wick 2.
can't wait.

[allegate]

Because today is Groundhog Day and my boss's name is Alan.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZIX7cPmFYc

[eversonpoe]

in connecticut visiting my best friend. haven't been here in just under 10 years, and i've never flown into new york before (pretty much any time i've come to the east coast, i've driven). i came out this time because she's going through a rough patch and i want to be as supportive as possible, so it's not the best of circumstances, but i'm still glad to be here. plus, her dog, dylan, is the cutest thing in the world (and is currently curled up in bed with me).

http://68.media.tumblr.com/1dfc1da6bb07ccf6ef2f5983646b524d/tumblr_okrfhxQ7iA1qzcvl5o1_500.jpg

http://68.media.tumblr.com/e9d262d020104b6321b73ec51b065293/tumblr_oks4llbc6T1qzcvl5o1_500.jpg

[Jinsai]

I set up the sound for this gig (http://www.eonline.com/news/826377/adele-joins-harry-styles-star-studded-23rd-birthday-party) yesterday... Just adding to the whole surreality of everything lately for me. I woke up feeling like I need to reread Day of the Locust

[WorzelG]

Corey Feldman and the Angels are playing a show near me soon... I might just need to go see this

Please report back. I still watch his Today show performance from time to time when I need a laugh in dark times

[Jinsai]

Please report back. I still watch his Today show performance from time to time when I need a laugh in dark times

If I go to this, I'm wearing cameras in as many places as possible

[Lew]

drumming circle invites. <3
friends bearing movie selection advice (captain fantastic? :) bless bex) <3
vivid upholstery <3
humans singing with heart, no talent required <3
crying with hope and happiness <3
the S.T.E.A.M night at the school, and the rad sling shot we made with plastic spoons, stir sticks, elastics, a cap and tape <3
reminders that there is, in fact, soul deep beauty to be found if you look from another angle <3
fridays <3
i love you, ets <3

[Lew]

in connecticut visiting my best friend. haven't been here in just under 10 years, and i've never flown into new york before (pretty much any time i've come to the east coast, i've driven). i came out this time because she's going through a rough patch and i want to be as supportive as possible, so it's not the best of circumstances, but i'm still glad to be here. plus, her dog, dylan, is the cutest thing in the world (and is currently curled up in bed with me).

http://68.media.tumblr.com/1dfc1da6bb07ccf6ef2f5983646b524d/tumblr_okrfhxQ7iA1qzcvl5o1_500.jpg

http://68.media.tumblr.com/e9d262d020104b6321b73ec51b065293/tumblr_oks4llbc6T1qzcvl5o1_500.jpg

thank you for not shaving your body hair!
why do dudes do that? (genuine question, btw)

[eversonpoe]

thank you for not shaving your body hair!
why do dudes do that? (genuine question, btw)

i mean, if i ever transition, i'm going to get a lot of hair removal done, but since i'm currently stuck in my dude body, i just let it be, for the most part.

i shaved my legs and pits in high school, my abusive ex used to make me shave my pubes and always wanted me to shave my butt (yeah, good luck, no way i can do that myself). i actually really hate my body hair as i feel like it's one of the things that makes my appearance so masculine (but i LOVE body hair on women–cis or trans–...go figure). my wife likes it, though so :: shrug ::

i would imagine some dudes do it because you can see muscle tone better without hair, some probably do it because of the pressures of appearance norms (same reason women shave their legs and pits, etc.), and some might just like it. i mean, honestly, to each their own. idunno.

[Lew]

i mean, if i ever transition, i'm going to get a lot of hair removal done, but since i'm currently stuck in my dude body, i just let it be, for the most part.

i shaved my legs and pits in high school, my abusive ex used to make me shave my pubes and always wanted me to shave my butt (yeah, good luck, no way i can do that myself). i actually really hate my body hair as i feel like it's one of the things that makes my appearance so masculine (but i LOVE body hair on women–cis or trans–...go figure). my wife likes it, though so :: shrug ::

i would imagine some dudes do it because you can see muscle tone better without hair, some probably do it because of the pressures of appearance norms (same reason women shave their legs and pits, etc.), and some might just like it. i mean, honestly, to each their own. idunno.

yeah,
childhood triggers make me sketchy about no body hair :) to each their own, though.
personally, i prefer adults to have body hair, but i also prefer people to be who they are...so yeah <3
i never thought of the muscle tone enhancement aspect...thanks for that.
happy saturday, hope it is.

i would like to shave your ex with a sword blade. (ahem) i know that thinking such things is a failure, on my part, of compassion toward someone (your ex) who clearly was twisted by someone else at some point before passing it on to you...but i still am wishing to shave her with a sword blade. sigh.

[implanted_microchip]

why do dudes do that? (genuine question, btw)

I don't because it would take me all goddamn day every couple days or so to maintain it (and I cannot having a stubble of any kind going on any place on me so it'd drive me absolutely nuts very quickly) but I hate being in a man's body and hate feeling like a slightly-evolved gorilla whenever I see myself in naked a mirror despite my best attempts to avoid doing so as much as is humanly possible.

Plus, I just find body hair of any kind that doesn't belong to Mads Mikkelsen or Ryan Gosling gross. So there's that.

[onthewall2983]

Not caring about sports.

[REPLICA]

It was my 28th birthday (Feb 5), and everyone was drunk and there was Karaoke and I don't know how I'm typing this. !!!

[Sarah K]

When your almost three weeks late period finally arrives.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/orange-is-the-new-black/images/f/f1/Tiffanypps2.jpg/revision/latest/zoom-crop/width/320/height/320?cb=20140605003414

Jesus. Not many things are more stressful than that. I'm usually like a clock!

[Sutekh]

When you're arguing with an alt right corporatist zealot about Labour regulations and whether wages are fair, and they say you don't understand economics or business


...and you check their Facebook page, only to find out that they are an unemployed postgraduate roughly the same age as you, except you own 2 houses & have 4 income streams

It's pathetic I know, but I did giggle

[eversonpoe]

When you're arguing with an alt right corporatist zealot about Labour regulations and whether wages are fair, and they say you don't understand economics or business


...and you check their Facebook page, only to find out that they are an unemployed postgraduate roughly the same age as you, except you own 2 houses & have 4 income streams

It's pathetic I know, but I did giggle

oh my god how are you so successful? o.O

[Sutekh]

Just been very strict about saving, have put £100 into a high interest savings account every month without fail for 13+ years, also have a lot tied up in NS&I premium bonds (zero risk), so that just sits there, but every year I get about £100 ish returns on that. On top of that I have never been unemployed for more than 3 months ever (I will do any work no matter how crap), have frequently had two jobs. Then I have sidelines in antiquarian books, sci fi memorabilia and records which pulls in a grand or so a year. I have pretty simple tastes, bought maybe 2 pairs of shoes, 2 trousers and 2 tshirts since 2012. It all adds up.

Also just general things like buy what food you can in bulk, watch out for free stuff and discounts, keep meat to a minimum, don't smoke. If you drink, again buy big bottles or cases (because you will eventually drink it, why pay more to buy piecemeal). Buy train and plane tickets as early as possible, become self employed in some capacity and ascertain what is tax deductible, don't buy movies and albums for full price at their release date, get a car with decent economy, figure out the cheapest fuel stations, try not to burden yourself with subscription services, don't buy things on credit - generally make a point of never paying interest on things. Don't have a kid or a dog! Don't buy gym memberships, don't buy newspapers.

I am far from an ascetic miser living in a cave, I go to lots of concerts and holiday twice a year, but there is so much fat that can be trimmed its unbelievable

To be fair my partner is more successful than me, the last house we bought, I put down a ten grand deposit and she put down thirty, but combined the size of the deposit (about a third of the property value) means my monthly mortgage repayments are about £187 a month.

But yeah the main trick is take every saving seriously no matter how small, it's insane how quickly it adds up. You can work like the devil but without strategy it will disappear, there is literally an entire planet of people out there working night and day to get your money and if you're not on the defensive then they'll get it

[tony.parente]

Watching sheepdean and Pogo from Marilyn Manson bicker on my Facebook wall.

[GibbonBlack]

Watching @sheepdean (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=350) and Pogo from Marilyn Manson bicker on my Facebook wall.

Screenshot?

[tony.parente]

Screenshot?
Haha friend me. I'm tony bologna

[GibbonBlack]

Haha friend me. I'm tony bologna

I'm under strict self-imposed rules to only use Facebook on the 1st and 15th of every month! (So I can only use it to check for social events)

[Baphomette]

Inger Lorre just said I was cool. *bounces up and down*
/fangirl mode

[HWB]

Listening to Andrew W.K

Y'know, it'S weird having Nine Inch Nails and Andrew W.K in the same music library...

[Lew]

my friend has completed her first book!
i start editing it tomorrow. :)

e.a: it is really funny, but i am not keen on the main character. she annoys me. lol.
10,000 words in...70,000 to go!

[Sarah K]

My advisor(adviser?!) has been recommending that I apply for this scholarhip. If I get selected, it will cover 100% of tuition for the remainder of my undergraduate studies.

I've been putting it off and putting it off because you have to have two people submit letters of recommendation. I had no idea who to ask, and thinking of asking people made me feel incredibly weird and awkward.

The application deadline is two weeks away, so I finally started filling it out today. I got to the letters of recommendation part and felt a ton of anxiety again.

I made a list of five people to contact, thinking that a couple would likely turn me down. But the first two people I reached out to responded that they would do it, almost immediately.

It makes me feel great that they have faith in me and are willing to state as much for something like this. It's a purely selfless act, and two people are doing that for me.

For some reason, this is making me very emotional tonight!

[Lew]

https://youtu.be/2AK44boAd_I

helps dissipate these murderous tendencies <3

[Swykk]

http://www.amny.com/lifestyle/pets/hugging-dog-in-chelsea-louboutina-has-become-social-media-sensation-1.13125142

Do you know this dog, Sarah K ?

Dogs are the best. My buddy Jack just turned 12.

[Lew]

https://youtu.be/PQae42N1WWM

do something beautiful <3

[eversonpoe]

http://www.amny.com/lifestyle/pets/hugging-dog-in-chelsea-louboutina-has-become-social-media-sensation-1.13125142

Do you know this dog, @sarah (http://www.echoingthesound.org/community/member.php?u=1154)_k (Haha, I can't figure out the tagging system)?

Dogs are the best. My buddy Jack just turned 12.

just put a space, no underscore necessary.

[Mantra]

Does anyone else have moments when they absolutely LOVE cleaning? I do.

The basement will be a complete disaster, but then I show up and it's like WOW. That nasty basement doesn't know WHAT the fuck just hit it. I swear, I'm like the Bruce Lee of cleaning. Bam bam bam, I get that motherfucker ship-shape in no time. I am a MASTER. I ain't even bragging, I'm just being honest and objective. I have truly advanced techniques. I always walk away from a long cleaning session with the deepest sense of satisfaction, because, for real, I am a fucking GOD of domestic labor.

[Lew]

https://youtu.be/cxN6foqdpN0

oh yeah, baby.

[eversonpoe]

Does anyone else have moments when they absolutely LOVE cleaning? I do.

The basement will be a complete disaster, but then I show up and it's like WOW. That nasty basement doesn't know WHAT the fuck just hit it. I swear, I'm like the Bruce Lee of cleaning. Bam bam bam, I get that motherfucker ship-shape in no time. I am a MASTER. I ain't even bragging, I'm just being honest and objective. I have truly advanced techniques. I always walk away from a long cleaning session with the deepest sense of satisfaction, because, for real, I am a fucking GOD of domestic labor.

my wife and i have been cleaning our place most of the day today. i feel like i'm going to die x.X

[Lew]

marathons on tv.
champions champion round on marathon of forged in fire.
and the four smiths in competition are all so rad.
fuck yeah.
anyone able to afford to build me a forge? thanks in advance!

[aggroculture]

Been eating healthy and much less and doing more physical activity - I've lost 7/8 pounds so far this year. Sometimes it's tough, though.
Today I ate two donuts :p (and then felt pretty sick for the rest of the day).

[Sarah K]

Today, both of my friends sent me copies of their recommendation letters for the previously mentioned scholarship. These had to be close, personal references that would allow the scholarship committee to "get to know" us on a more personal level. I've read them like four times now, and I still cannot make it through one, let alone both, without crying my eyes out.

It is so much harder to read positive things about myself than it is negative things.

It is also remarkable to me how similar they are, even though the two people who wrote them do not know each other.

[Aladdinsanity]

Watching Milo Yiannopoulos go down in flames. Here's to hoping the rest of the Trump brigade's cult of personalities meet a similar end.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyuC_l8dDLI

[Halo Infinity]

Acts of kindness and acceptance no matter how small. Such things also just remind me to never ever underestimate them, nor take them for granted.

[fillow]

Just started my biking season with a 30km run.
Feels so fucking good, despite obligatory spring butt hurt from the hard seat.

[sick among the pure]

I'm not usually one to brag, but this totally made my day.
http://oi63.tinypic.com/2vltym9.jpg
And then this image's instagram was liked by Combichrist...

[Dra508]

^^^^^Ah hell, anytime "someone" likes or retweets me I'm all Brag-a McBrag - no shame sick among the pure