G'Morning 2012 - Buddy Bear Kopocalypse Edition

[Idun]

hey girl,

i know you're presenting mon, but if the 1st black president can present every day, so can you

[Yoshiken]

Trying my hand at randomly cooking weird stuff (badly). Literally not bothering with recipes or anything, just throwing stuff together that seems good. Made a noodle bowl with some friends yesterday which was pretty terrible, so we just made a beef stir-fry with the leftover ingredients.
Thanks to having spices/herbs left, though, I have discovered that spaghetti bolognaise with Chinese five spices is incredible. By which I mean just as good as normal spag bol, but in a different way.

[Shale]

FUCK YEAH NEW CAR. Literally new, so if it explodes I have a warranty.

[Idun]

Oh man, the smell of a new car.. and parking spots away from other cars... feels so good while it lasts. Congratulations!

On my side of the coast, I am very disappointed with myself. I don't believe I'll have enough time to commit fully to Big Sisters, because I went to go get matched yesterday. Then I realized that I'm going to class every.day.of.the.week in the fall as well as applying to programs. I decided, if I don't get into any PHD programs, which is likely, comma comma comma, I am going expat for a year. IDGAF.

But yeah, so now I'm just Big Sister for a Day, but maybe I can get these extra early meetings out the way and do a morning thing on the weekend. I just don't want to leave a girl after a year. :/

[Shale]

Speaking as someone whose Big Brother moved away a year and a half after being matched, it was a hundred percent worth it. Unless the situation has radically changed since I was a kid, you're still giving a girl a year with a big sister that she'd otherwise spend on the waiting list. That year will help a lot more than the parting hurts.

[NotMiki]

Shale: congrats!

Dunie: generally speaking, doing some good is always better than doing no good.  Go for it.

[Idun]

Shale, now that you mentioned that I'll look harder into fixing a year-long setup into my schedule. While finishing up the interview, the interviewer consistently stressed the emotional/psychological states of unmatched girls, which made me feel less inclined to even try. One, I really haven't dealt with anyone even 5 years younger than me besides obligatory retail work, and two -- I kept getting the impression that it's completely unmanageable. If I send my advisor a message accepting it, I'm technically free all summer besides one definite internship and a possible other, as well as my professor employing me over the summer. And they allow for you to pick out the dates. Yeah, I really want to do this, but I want to make sure I don't mess anything up.

[Clear Tranquil]

*randomtackleglomphugs Idun*

Happy Holidays everybody! <(^^)>

[Lady Door]

I have not been this stressed in a long time.

I didn't miss it.

[Grefter]

In related news, I haven't woken up from stupid and shit and not been able to sleep due to reminiscing and self loathing in a long time either.  I also did not miss this feeling.

Edit - So at work I have a minor existential crisis because I can see fields that other data entry consultants can't.  Unsure whether reality is real it turns out that I was active in a role used for downstream work than my normal role.  They can see the fields but not the data entry people who should need to see it.

An existential crisis over data bases and more specifically poor user interface implementation is certainly a first for me.

[OblivionKnight]

Holy shit I just got an outstanding teacher of the year award

[AAA]

You should probably take that back to the body, at this stage it's just evidence linking you to the murder.

[DjinnAndTonic]

Djinn update: Currently working as a full-time homeschool teacher for a rich kid with autism and diabetes. Pays amazingly well for few hours. Also working more stably at a private school as a Japanese teacher for 2 hours a week, which is fun and fulfilling but not very lucrative.

When I'm not teaching, I apparently make an amazing wingman for the underprivileged nerds of my area and we get girls' phone numbers simply by going out and getting drunk while talking them up. I'm relatively surprised how good at this I am. Got a few phone numbers and gave a few out. We'll see what happens! Mazel tov or whatever.

[Hunter Sopko]

Djinn update: Currently working as a full-time homeschool teacher for a rich kid with autism and diabetes. Pays amazingly well for few hours. Also working more stably at a private school as a Japanese teacher for 2 hours a week, which is fun and fulfilling but not very lucrative.

When I'm not teaching, I apparently make an amazing wingman for the underprivileged nerds of my area and we get girls' phone numbers simply by going out and getting drunk while talking them up. I'm relatively surprised how good at this I am. Got a few phone numbers and gave a few out. We'll see what happens! Mazel tov or whatever.

[Jo'ou Ranbu]

Djinn update: Currently working as a full-time homeschool teacher for a rich kid with autism and diabetes. Pays amazingly well for few hours. Also working more stably at a private school as a Japanese teacher for 2 hours a week, which is fun and fulfilling but not very lucrative.

When I'm not teaching, I apparently make an amazing wingman for the underprivileged nerds of my area and we get girls' phone numbers simply by going out and getting drunk while talking them up. I'm relatively surprised how good at this I am. Got a few phone numbers and gave a few out. We'll see what happens! Mazel tov or whatever.

Promises of getting laid by Djinn, but then getting laid by a less attractive nerd, more or less. Your adventures surprisingly make me feel more apt at this whole getting pony thing, though.

[Idun]

Congratulations OK! Woop woop! WHOOP WHOOP! IT'S PEANUT BUTTER JELLY TIME

[DjinnAndTonic]

Drunk posting gets me MS Paint edits? I think I'm honored?

[AndrewRogue]

Back from a wedding. Long weekend that was vaguely awkward, but fun nevertheless. Nice to see a highschool friend again and all that.

More relevantly, though. For some reason, my creativity got unblocked, so back to writing and game designing and all that crap. Huzzah.

[Lady Door]

Vaguely awkward? Whatever. You didn't have to sit in a hotel room with 4 girls you really don't get along with, then have your hair yanked and teased and sprayed and braided into oblivion. Or nearly ruin the ceremony by forgetting the groom's ring. Or nearly ruin it by being too fat for your dress.

I am still decompressing. That goddamned wedding was stressful. At least the bride and groom got to go to Jamaica for a week right after. I had to come straight back to work, which continues its "these projects are ten weeks overdue and counting" stress. Boo.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

You didn't have to sit in a hotel room with 4 girls you really don't get along with, then have your hair yanked and teased

I only got this far.

[Lady Door]

Then you missed the part where there was also a jacuzzi next to the bed that had super-powered jets and flashing lights.

... part of it may be that I never posted that detail, but what the fuck ever.

[Hunter Sopko]

Or nearly ruin the ceremony by forgetting the groom's ring.

Andy is still my most likely best man, so you at least have that to look forward to possibly even up the score with the rings! I can help you sabotage his efforts if you want.

[Anthony Edward Stark]

Somehow I always pictured you hiring a celebrity impersonator for your best man.

[Hunter Sopko]

I pictured you hiring a Caesar Steiner impersonator.

[Grefter]

I figure Rob had given up on other chumps being best man at his weddings by now and was just going to be his own best man from now on.