So. I'm engaged now. This is nervous, and exciting. and ABSOLUTELY MORE NERVOUSNESS.
Why the fuck is popping the question so nerve wracking.
I can definitely say that I am absolutely delighted that I started playing Achaea. While I'm a bit unsure of what the future holds, it let me actually meet my IRL partner, and just... [INCOHERENT SCREAMING]
Well played SA, better team in the final and a flawless show of Rugby. We had an excellent tournament, especially beating the All Blacks in the Semis, but just couldn't do it in the Final. What a tournament though, excellent advertisement for World Rugby.
So, as many of you know, I am studying computer science as my chosen undergraduate program. For the past couple semesters, I have not had the success I've wanted, but I've gotten credit and moved forward. This semester, it really looked for the past couple of weeks, like I would be not doing so great on my most recent class I selected, 2150 (program and data representation).
With the help of some of my friends, my family, and even those who noticed I wasn't myself, I was able to put in enough effort to get above average on the last exam, whereas on exam 1, I got below average.
The Divine voice of Twilight echoes in your head, "See that it is. I espy a tithe of potential in your mortal soul, Astarod Blackstone. Let us hope that it flourishes and does not falter as so many do."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."
While IC, I've been ousted and y'know, it kinda sucks, I'm still going to rave a little bit about last semester.
Man, it wasn't an easy semester. My Spanish teacher was out to get me, Statistics and Physics are fun, and Drama Lighting was a lot more intricate than I thought it would be. Regardless! I was able to somehow land three As, as well as my first.. A, A. Not an A-, an A! I know most of you are like, whatever, but for me, it's been a three year struggle to land something like this.
As for the class above, I passed it with a lot of room because they curved everyone's course grades by a whopping 9%. We, on average, failed every single exam they gave us. It was kind of funny, but also not funny.
In any case, I'm back home with my folks, enjoying Christmas festivities with my family. I have to say thank you to everyone in Ashtan OOCly who has been on my side for this whole thing. I know that I've been a bit melodramatic, and probably tiresome at times, but you guys still put up with me, and try to support and guide me where you can. Obviously @Tianondria, along with @Penwize, @Kyrra, @Dunn, @Thiev... the list goes on. Even @Pyori hasn't been a total jerk to me . (That was kinda surprisingly NGL) If I could, I would buy you all stockings, and hang them in cool spots, but alas, I am still paying off college and that budget plan is forfeit.
Regardless, in a time of friends and family, I am very appreciative of all of you, and the patience you show me continuously.
Merry Christmas, Everyone.
The Divine voice of Twilight echoes in your head, "See that it is. I espy a tithe of potential in your mortal soul, Astarod Blackstone. Let us hope that it flourishes and does not falter as so many do."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Went for a job interview today, on Christmas, before I had to be at this crappy job. I start on Monday, and it’s a LOT better than the job I have now. It’s still third shift, but that’s the shift I like. And I get Friday and Saturday nights off so I can still do my side gig on those nights!
I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas present. It feels like a huge weight has literally been lifted off my chest.
Merry Christmas to all you awesome Achaeans!
Give us -real- shop logs! Not another misinterpretation of features we ask for, turned into something that either doesn't help at all, or doesn't remotely resemble what we wanted to begin with.
Thanks!
Current position of some of the playerbase, instead of expressing a desire to fix problems:
Vhaynna: "Honest question - if you don't like Achaea or the current admin, why do you even bother playing?"
After living on my own for a while, it’s been nice to spend the week with my Mum and the furry boy child. I think having that constant company kept those really dark thoughts away, the ones that I was anticipating having to deal with.
I am really looking forward to 2020. There are so many things that I need to be doing so I can look after myself, including going back to my apartment and air conditioning in this god awful heat.
Whatever your circumstances, I hope there are new and memorable opportunities coming your way. Everyone deserves love, happiness, and to belong.
Happy New Year.
(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."
I'm finally past this weekend. I have moved all of my stuff from two different places into one nice new apartment. I hurt in various places but that was expected considering I moved lots of furniture down and then up two staircases.
I can’t believe I bought a new bedroom suite today. That is such an adult thing to do. So is wanting to buy a block of land and build a new house, again. I am feeling pretty keen though.
One of the things that I have really struggled with when talking to my psychologist is that I see myself living in the present and it’s hard to define any future goals at all. I have a full time job, I have a roof over my head, I have pretty awesome work colleagues that I go out with outside of work... what more am I supposed to aspire to?
I think this is a pretty exciting first step and I hope it might be something achievable for me. I might actually be excited about getting a mortgage. Damn, I am feeling old. Excited but old.
(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."
I spent the past two weeks away from home, doing upskilling things. First time in about a decade and a half that I've been away for more than a few days. This also happened to be in part of the town I grew up in.
First time staying on a Marae, which was definitely a new experience.
The one we stayed at.
I think the time away was much needed all in all; it was quite a unique experience, plus meeting all the new people was fun, learning a lot of new things and about NZ's 'indigenous' folk with their history, from their own perspective.
Our countryside is nice. Albeit a bit dry-looking in the summertime. Have more pictures but they're still on my phone.
One thing we were told before heading there, was that when staying on a Marae you're never gonna be hungry. Having stayed at one now, I'd say that is one of the truest things I've heard. Gonna miss all that food.
My colleague told me today that our local library app now has a collaboration with another magazine app. We have free access to a lot of commercial magazines now including (I think) back issues. It's pretty amazing. I just wish I had a tablet because it's a little hard to read magazines on a phone.
Disney+ so much. To relive the more enjoyable moments of my childhood, I now get ready for work watching an episode of the X-Men like I used to while getting ready for school forever ago. I’ve missed Rogue’s drawl and sayings.
(D.M.A.): Cooper says, "Kyrra is either the most innocent person in the world, or the girl who uses the most innuendo seemingly unintentionally but really on purpose."
So.. not a Rave but also not a Tech Support question.
In my entire college career I only messed with Arduino boards once. I have a few projects they would be perfect for and am actually excited to get them done... but I was wondering if anyone here (I know SOMEONE has) has experience to answer some questions for me..
One project is wiring individually-addressable LEDs to my Harley and controlling some different functions (blinkers, brake lights, etc)
Another is a CAN to OBD II data feed (or if you know a way to do it easier.. Im all ears because I know I can Bluetooth the OBD) to a TFT Touchscreen to replace my speedo pack.
There are some other projects but those are the first two I want to tackle. Questions involve stuff like.. which board would be best, do I need the 5v or 12v, things like that.
I figured I would ask here because we have a fair bit more engineers and people familiar with Arduino stuff than my ragtag bunch of FB friends who ade mostly fellow Belleaus and school teachers.
The Divine voice of Twilight echoes in your head, "See that it is. I espy a tithe of potential in your mortal soul, Astarod Blackstone. Let us hope that it flourishes and does not falter as so many do."
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Got the 'keys' to our apartment today. I've been married to a fellow (ex)Achaean for just over a year now but this is the first place we will have that is purely ours and I'm excited as it really feels like the real start to married life. Yaaaaasssss!
My wife and I got another horse from a kill pen in Texas in June of last year. Once he got up to Maine, we saw why he was in a kill pen. He came with a terrible wound on his back that our haulers vet said had a 0% chance of healing. It looked to be from the tree of a saddle snapping, and x-rays showed a piece of his spine had broken. Horse spines are way different than human spines. Anyway, after a year of fighting with this wound on his back and nothing working, it came down to honey. We packed his wound with honey and covered it in a kind of silver sulphate dressing. Twice a week for a month. My wife and I pulled his dressing off Sunday afternoon, and it was completely closed. Now we had seen results from day one of using this method, but it seemed to not be working, and were actually thinking of trying something else. And we almost cried because it was closed. Rocky (the horse) was usually very nervous about *anyone* touching his back, and he was happy as could be. This boy will make an awesome trail/ranch horse once we make sure he is good to go, we don't want to work him too soon and have the thin skin open back up. But man, just talk about being relieved. Our barn owner is awesome, she's helped us out a ton with him, and she even uses most of our horses in her business and during her Veterans Count benefit, our drafts pull a big wagon for people to sit in, and they are all wonderful therapy animals.
Anyway, we were both so excited because it's been such a long fight for us with the poor boy.
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Why the fuck is popping the question so nerve wracking.
I can definitely say that I am absolutely delighted that I started playing Achaea. While I'm a bit unsure of what the future holds, it let me actually meet my IRL partner, and just... [INCOHERENT SCREAMING]
KILL!
For those with Marines on your FB feed, today might get rough. Suck it up.
With the help of some of my friends, my family, and even those who noticed I wasn't myself, I was able to put in enough effort to get above average on the last exam, whereas on exam 1, I got below average.
I'm just so relieved haha.
Thank you so much @tianondria !
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
oh em gee
Man, it wasn't an easy semester. My Spanish teacher was out to get me, Statistics and Physics are fun, and Drama Lighting was a lot more intricate than I thought it would be. Regardless! I was able to somehow land three As, as well as my first.. A, A. Not an A-, an A! I know most of you are like, whatever, but for me, it's been a three year struggle to land something like this.
As for the class above, I passed it with a lot of room because they curved everyone's course grades by a whopping 9%. We, on average, failed every single exam they gave us. It was kind of funny, but also not funny.
In any case, I'm back home with my folks, enjoying Christmas festivities with my family. I have to say thank you to everyone in Ashtan OOCly who has been on my side for this whole thing. I know that I've been a bit melodramatic, and probably tiresome at times, but you guys still put up with me, and try to support and guide me where you can. Obviously @Tianondria, along with @Penwize, @Kyrra, @Dunn, @Thiev... the list goes on. Even @Pyori hasn't been a total jerk to me . (That was kinda surprisingly NGL) If I could, I would buy you all stockings, and hang them in cool spots, but alas, I am still paying off college and that budget plan is forfeit.
Regardless, in a time of friends and family, I am very appreciative of all of you, and the patience you show me continuously.
Merry Christmas, Everyone.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
That little voice that whispers "Man up, buttercup" in lieu of engaging with mental health needs to be killed with prejudice.
https://www.takethis.org
I couldn’t have asked for a better Christmas present. It feels like a huge weight has literally been lifted off my chest.
Merry Christmas to all you awesome Achaeans!
I am really looking forward to 2020. There are so many things that I need to be doing so I can look after myself, including going back to my apartment and air conditioning in this god awful heat.
Whatever your circumstances, I hope there are new and memorable opportunities coming your way. Everyone deserves love, happiness, and to belong.
Happy New Year.
One of the things that I have really struggled with when talking to my psychologist is that I see myself living in the present and it’s hard to define any future goals at all. I have a full time job, I have a roof over my head, I have pretty awesome work colleagues that I go out with outside of work... what more am I supposed to aspire to?
I think this is a pretty exciting first step and I hope it might be something achievable for me. I might actually be excited about getting a mortgage. Damn, I am feeling old. Excited but old.
I think the time away was much needed all in all; it was quite a unique experience, plus meeting all the new people was fun, learning a lot of new things and about NZ's 'indigenous' folk with their history, from their own perspective.
One thing we were told before heading there, was that when staying on a Marae you're never gonna be hungry. Having stayed at one now, I'd say that is one of the truest things I've heard. Gonna miss all that food.
To relive the more enjoyable moments of my childhood, I now get ready for work watching an episode of the X-Men like I used to while getting ready for school forever ago. I’ve missed Rogue’s drawl and sayings.
In my entire college career I only messed with Arduino boards once. I have a few projects they would be perfect for and am actually excited to get them done... but I was wondering if anyone here (I know SOMEONE has) has experience to answer some questions for me..
One project is wiring individually-addressable LEDs to my Harley and controlling some different functions (blinkers, brake lights, etc)
Another is a CAN to OBD II data feed (or if you know a way to do it easier.. Im all ears because I know I can Bluetooth the OBD) to a TFT Touchscreen to replace my speedo pack.
There are some other projects but those are the first two I want to tackle. Questions involve stuff like.. which board would be best, do I need the 5v or 12v, things like that.
I figured I would ask here because we have a fair bit more engineers and people familiar with Arduino stuff than my ragtag bunch of FB friends who ade mostly fellow Belleaus and school teachers.
Aegis, God of War says, "You are dismissed from My demense, Astarod. Go forth and fight well. Bleed fiercely, and climb the purpose you have sought to chase for."
Planning to go skydiving in 2 weeks. My kids are pansies and won't tell me if they want to go. 22, 20, and 17.. lame.
Anyway, we were both so excited because it's been such a long fight for us with the poor boy.