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    • Auspice
      Auspice last edited by

      I won a monitor in a raffle today.

      When my number was called I had a moment of my brain just sort of shorting out. The thing was one of two grand prizes. I'm still in sort of holy shit mode.

      (Also getting to play all this VR has been super fun. I've been loving spending this weekend with a friend I haven't seen in a decade+ and immersing myself in gaming. I've also been able to do some networking, too, so it's been beneficial for my career!)

      Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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      • Tinuviel
        Tinuviel @Auspice last edited by

        @Auspice said in RL things I love:

        I won a monitor in a raffle today.

        monitor lizard

        He/Him

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        • Ganymede
          Ganymede Admin @Tinuviel last edited by

          @Tinuviel

          mushu dragon

          β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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          • Auspice
            Auspice last edited by

            3rd interview for poss. job was today.

            They're deciding between me and one other person. I feel really good about it. They found out I'm into board games and one of the interviewers (and I think the primary decision-maker, at that) got really excited and began asking me my favorite board games, etc... even went into TT RPGs for a bit (they do a beer & game night every other week). I def. charmed them on the social front. I know that's not the only important thing, but if it comes down to being equatable with the other person on the skills front... them deciding they'd enjoy working with me more could be the deciding factor.

            Fingers crossed.

            Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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            • Lotherio
              Lotherio @Auspice last edited by

              @Auspice

              Sing: "Gamers of the world, you must unite"
              to the tune of 'Perfect people of the world you've got to go ' from Dear Dumb Diary.

              Fingers crossed here, good luck there.

              I'm just a surge protector doing my job, sir.

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              • Alamias
                Alamias @Auspice last edited by

                @Auspice you got this

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                • Sparks
                  Sparks @Auspice last edited by

                  @Auspice a couple of months ago we interviewed someone for an engineering position. She's brilliant, and a superb engineer, and absolutely deserves the job, but I won't lie: the fact that she's a gamer and plays D&D did figure into my "hire" vote for her over other candidates, too.

                  (Especially speaking as the DM who runs the company D&D campaign; one of my co-workers left and the party was down a cleric!)

                  a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)

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                  • Alamias
                    Alamias @Sparks last edited by

                    @Sparks I'm running a @lunch game on Thursdays myself and just had two people move on to other jobs. Thankfully, one of them moved on to a job that is less than a mile away so he still shows up. It would have sucked for them to loose their cleric.

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                    • Apos
                      Apos @Sparks last edited by

                      @Sparks said in RL things I love:

                      @Auspice a couple of months ago we interviewed someone for an engineering position. She's brilliant, and a superb engineer, and absolutely deserves the job, but I won't lie: the fact that she's a gamer and plays D&D did figure into my "hire" vote for her over other candidates, too.

                      (Especially speaking as the DM who runs the company D&D campaign; one of my co-workers left and the party was down a cleric!)

                      "She's an excellent culture fit and can definitely heal."

                      some fucking idiot who people only like because he's good at taking credit for the work of everyone under him, just like every other fucking L&L headwiz.

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                      • Aria
                        Aria last edited by

                        HOLY SHIT, YOU CAN INVITE GRITTY TO YOUR WEDDING.

                        (I invited Gritty to our wedding.)

                        https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
                        There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello

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                        • Ganymede
                          Ganymede Admin @Aria last edited by

                          @Aria said in RL things I love:

                          (I invited Gritty to our wedding.)

                          Well, at least some part of the Flyers organization will be doing something when the regular season ends.

                          β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                          • Aria
                            Aria @Ganymede last edited by

                            @Ganymede said in RL things I love:

                            @Aria said in RL things I love:

                            (I invited Gritty to our wedding.)

                            Well, at least some part of the Flyers organization will be doing something when the regular season ends.

                            Bite me. ❀ ❀

                            https://whatiswrongwith.me/Mia
                            There were never any good old days. They are today. They are tomorrow. It's a stupid thing we say, cursing tomorrow with sorrow. -- Gogol Bordello

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                            • Sunny
                              Sunny last edited by

                              I am so blessed with my job.

                              Working from home today (instead of losing the hours) while I recover from a medical thing, with an assignment that's sort of like a donut assignment to begin with (it's a complete treat to be able to work on this stuff at all, it's super fun for me).

                              My boss just called to give me more work to work on, and it's all interesting research in a vein I research on my own for fun sometimes.

                              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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                              • Arkandel
                                Arkandel Admin @Sunny last edited by

                                @Sunny I get more shit done when I work from home. My cats can't bug me more than my coworkers even though they try their best.

                                • He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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                                • Sparks
                                  Sparks @Aria last edited by

                                  @Aria said in RL things I love:

                                  HOLY SHIT, YOU CAN INVITE GRITTY TO YOUR WEDDING.

                                  (I invited Gritty to our wedding.)

                                  You know that scene in The Man from UNCLE while infiltrating the factory, where Solo just looks over at Kuryakin and asks in a bewildered and plaintive tone, "...why?"

                                  Yeah. Picture that as a response here. Same exact tone.

                                  a.k.a. Packetdancer (or "Pax" for short)

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                                  • Ganymede
                                    Ganymede Admin @Sparks last edited by

                                    @Sparks said in RL things I love:

                                    You know that scene in The Man from UNCLE while infiltrating the factory, where Solo just looks over at Kuryakin and asks in a bewildered and plaintive tone, "...why?"

                                    Flyers fans have to have something to look forward to.

                                    (Yes, I will continue to zing if I can zing because hockey is my jam.)

                                    β€œIt is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.

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                                    • Auspice
                                      Auspice @Ganymede last edited by

                                      @Ganymede said in RL things I love:

                                      @Sparks said in RL things I love:

                                      You know that scene in The Man from UNCLE while infiltrating the factory, where Solo just looks over at Kuryakin and asks in a bewildered and plaintive tone, "...why?"

                                      Flyers fans have to have something to look forward to.

                                      (Yes, I will continue to zing if I can zing because hockey is my jam.)

                                      Please do. I will enjoy it thoroughly.

                                      Saying the quiet parts out loud since 1996.

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                                      • mietze
                                        mietze last edited by

                                        I got the job offer I wanted!!! Bye bye gig delivery work, hello new career. πŸ™‚

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                                        • Alamias
                                          Alamias @mietze last edited by

                                          @mietze said in RL things I love:

                                          I got the job offer I wanted!!! Bye bye gig delivery work, hello new career. πŸ™‚

                                          Yay

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                                          • Sunny
                                            Sunny @mietze last edited by

                                            @mietze

                                            YAY!!!! Congratulations!!!

                                            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yUYvyAY954

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