@crawfish That's up to you, I think. It's just as viable to set up a Patreon, or if you're not comfortable that, reaching out to these people who're offering to help privately.
Either would work, seems like.
@crawfish That's up to you, I think. It's just as viable to set up a Patreon, or if you're not comfortable that, reaching out to these people who're offering to help privately.
Either would work, seems like.
@crawfish said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@ganymede I was going to joke about how I see through you, trying to spread the word of your cat overlords, because humor is my defense mechanism when I'm flustered.
But seriously. I appreciate you. Trigger has been pulled on the printer already but I'm going to need a lot of paper. If you still wish to help with that, I won't say no.
Thank you.
Whwat @Ganymede said. If you need help, there are those of us around who're more than willing to do so.
Let me know. You're doing a good thing out here, brightening people's lives, even if just a little bit. Your thread on this forum is proof of that.
@greenflashlight When my work hours got changed and I was getting up at 5am instead of 7am, I started sleeping the second bedroom pointedly so I wouldn't wake up my girlfriend, because I know I wouldn't be all that thrilled if it was the other way around.
This eventually changed when she wanted to change the second bedroom into an office so she had more room to work, which made sense.
I now leave tomorrow clothes in the living room and change out there, so all I realistically have to do turn my alarm off, slide out of bed and go do my wake up stuff elsewhere.
Though ideally, I'd still rather have my own bedroom simply because I think we were both happier with our own spaces.
been debating another painting, sighs
throws money at screen
FINE. JUST TAKE IT ALREADY.
@aria I do believe Mihaly's opinion is simply, "Dear, please, the neighbors are watching."
@boneghazi This is fucking crushing, because I've been reading Berserk for the last 15 years. I had always assumed it would one day be finished, and we'd all see that fated rematch between Guts and Griffith.
His art was simply on another level when it came to manga artists. And yeah, I know that he had been collaborating with other artists the last few years but it was still of an insane quality.
The fact that my state sill has not legalized recreational pot use. You know, it's really something when every single state around you has legalized it and is likely just raking in the tax revenue to the point where state politicians from neighboring states is mocking your state leadership for 'thanking them' for keeping pot sales illegal.
At least my city has decriminalized it, even if it literally means nothing to state and federal law.
Honestly, I don't know if pot would help reduce my tinnitus slightly, but really, I'm willing to try just about anything. Also, not for nothing, but I do miss it.
There are times that while I may dislike aspects of my parents for particular things they do(mostly my dad for being brilliant and egotistical at the same time never living up to his expectations and making him look bad), the one thing I'm so damn grateful for is at least we're all aligned in world view and ideologies. My parents are divorced, but being the child of a pair of Vietnam war protestors and union workers has paid off in that respect at least.
My brother is a completely different story.
Playing Mass Effect 1 for the first time in years because I picked up the Legendary Edition I've been waiting awhile for.
And OH GOD, having to spend hours in the character creator because I NEED MY SHEPARD TO BE PERFECT.
Brings back old nostalgia.
ETA: The character creator has the Code system in it which was introducted in ME2. I'm not saying I'm tempted to boot up my 360 just to get my code but I'm not not thinking about it.
Think I enjoy the random mouse cameos more than the cats sometimes.
@cobalt Madison, Wisconsin is pretty low rent payments and I'd say Madison is a bastion of progressiveness in an otherwise purple state.
That said, I could potentially find you work in the lab where I work in. That is, if you're okay pipetting poop at $16/hour.
@wizz Air purifier. The noise it makes is better than a fan.
Even though...it is a fan. I don't get it, but it's a great tool for noise cancellation. Maybe it just operates on a particular frequency that tinnitus is at. Not sure. But it helps me sleep at night.
And hey, might as well have cleaner air while you're at it.
@solstice said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
@testament said in Health and Wealth and GrownUp Stuff:
Doctor: So far as we understand tinnitus, yes. I would honestly recommend tinnitus retraining therapy in lieu of the fact that other treatments are still under review by the FDA. But there is strong hope that some of these treatments, once approved, will be able to help a lot of people.
Doc, don't do that. Don't give me hope.
There is hope. A new kind of treatment called 'bimodal neuromodulation' has been developed by a doctor at the University of Minnesota and is actively being used for treatment in Ireland and Germany. It's fascinating stuff.
An explanation into my tinnitus and why it onset so quickly. As I got back from a two hour long testing period at the clinic to see my Audiologist and ENT.
Doctor: Your hearing is still very good, but now that we're testing into the higher hertz bands, we have noticed through the testing today that you have hearing loss in 12,000 hertz range.
Me: But that's a higher band, do we even hear those frequencies?
Doctor: We do, but it is on the higher end of what humans are able to perceive audibly.
Me: So basically, because I'm losing hearing in that range, my brain is trying to make up for that loss of signal by creating this ringing tone.
Doctor: So far as we understand tinnitus, yes. I would honestly recommend tinnitus retraining therapy in lieu of the fact that other treatments are still under review by the FDA. But there is strong hope that some of these treatments, once approved, will be able to help a lot of people.
Me: ....cool.
Doctor: On the upside, you don't have Menire's Disease or have a tumor.
Me: I mean, yeah, that is pretty good to know that isn't going to be a thing.
Conclusion: Tinnitus sucks balls and I would not recommend it.
Out of my two cats, I would say one of them definitely falls into the 'Heckin' Chonker' category.
But I'm also fairly certain it was because he's a reformed street cat and all that 'chonk' is really just muscle.
My goal was to always get back down to my weight that I was when I was more active. Before my knees and feet decided to say otherwise. Which is going from 254 lbs to 195. Sure at 6'3" that's not like terrible, but I'm not a fan of the dadbod. Especially when I don't even have kids.
So 251 lbs, that's not bad for starting out. A pound a week isn't a bad goal. But eating so much protein wasn't expected. But helpful in not really being all that hungry as often.
Also Greek yogurt. I've literally been living off it.
I'm down three pounds from I started working out two weeks ago.
Yay for small victories.
@too-old-for-this I really suggest The Toe Bro. It's all toe surgeries like ingrowns and weird corns and other stuff. If you like Dr Pimple Popper, good chance you'll like that too.
@cobalt Nice. As someone who watches Dr. Pimple Popper and the Toe Bro on my subscriber list on youtube, that is so cool.
I mean, it really sucks that you had to deal with that and I'm glad you feel better! But. Medical procedures/surgery/etc is just so damn fascinating.
I really considered pursuing a career in forensic science to work in a morgue, but ah well.
SHOW US THE POST PROCEDURE
As a medical professional, I AM HERE FOR THAT SHIT.