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Even when you expect it, rejection from a job application still fucking hurts.

@ThugHeaven said in RP Ice Breakers:

At the risk of sounding like an old fogey gen-xer: there once was a time when you'd page someone(or they'd page you)and say "Hey! Wanna do a scene?"

They or you would agree or not, the person already there would set the scene and you'd go from there or find someone else to do a scene with.

Things were so much easier then.

To go even older and fogery, I remember when people would congregate to public spaces and RP without having to page and or search for RP. You just walk into a place, and there was RP. I find that few and far between now, even among 'faction' hangouts like Turs and Elysium...etc (WoD for terms/flavor, but not limited to that specific genre).

@Arkandel The answer that pops into my head is just have everyone treat her like any other female employee would be treated?

I'm not gonna lie, I would play this just for the shear absurdity of it all.

@Auspice

RIP Tim Conway, the elephant story is still fucking hilarious...

This is the only unsolicited dick pic I ever send:

I took a 13-hour drive just to get out of the house, drive up to the Sequoia National forest, drive-through and not get out of the car, then drive home...just so I could crack the windows and smell the fresh air and trees.

@TiredEwok said in Empire State Heroes Mush:

Now, that said, I think the rules about how you can't mention someone in your app/RP who is an important part of your character's background by name is pretty fucking asinine. First off, most of the support characters, like Alfred or a parental unit or whatever, rarely get apped. Secondly, if you app a character like Alfred, Aunt May, Helena Sandsmark, etc, you have to do so with the understanding that you are apping a character who is an important part of another FC's life and may have been NPCed and/or had things established in the other FC's background (like being related to the other character) and/or in RP.

I mean, I do have to kinda agree here. Not being able to talk about a character's support characters is pretty restrictive. I mean, sure, you can get around it by saying things like 'Oh I wonder if the butler has made the tea.." or 'You know my Aunt did this thing the other day..", but we all know who they would be talking about.

@mietze I just went through this myself. In the last year I have found both my biological father and my biological mother.

My biological father didn't know I existed, and was really happy to find out about me (as was his wife and other children).

My biological mother seemed excited at first when I contacted her, but more recent attempts to try to connect seem to be met with less than enthusiastic reception. I was hoping that I might get to develop a relationship with her since my Mom (the only one I knew about till recently) just passed a few months ago.

Both of them live within 30 miles of each other. One of these days I am planning on heading out to Oklahoma to meet them in person (or at least my bio-dad who really seems receptive to the idea).

Good luck to you!

James Gunn being reinstated as the director of GotG3.

One of my coping mechanisms since college has always been the ability to MU or do something else 'on the side' during work.

I would do my work (whatever it may be) and then respond to a pose...etc..etc. It always seemed to help me focus (sometimes hyper-focus, yes that is a thing) on my job more until it was time for my next pose. I honestly think it helped my productivity rather than hinder it as one might think.

It has been a real struggle with my new job, since I no longer have the ability to MU from work, nor look at websites, facebook, emails, whatever that the company has decided to block. I've resorted to reading a lot more news, and also logging in from my phone to just at least chat when I can (but that sucks as well, since the reception in my office is piss poor).

Thankfully, it seems that I might be able to work from home a few days a week, so that may help some once that becomes a reality.

Rant ahead.

So a while ago my wife started developing serious migraines with ocular components. It basically rendered her unable to drive, work or do anything other than sit in a dark room and whimper. They were so bad that she had to go on medical leave, and we have only finally made progress on managing them (Thank you Ajovy...this stuff is the only thing that has helped, period).

So, my wife being out of work had at least supplemental insurance to cover the fact she wasn't bringing in a paycheck. Or so we thought anyway. She starts the claim process and her insurance is denied. We put in an appeal because we are all WTF? about her being denied, but the process takes time and we have to pay bills, so we dip into our savings/nest egg/emergency fund..etc. We end up wiping those out and start having to use credit cards to supplement the lost wages, etc.

Now she is finally back on her feet and back to work, we finally win the case against the supplemental insurance and see the money that she was due and life moves on.

But the damage has been done. Our credit cards are now maxed out because use + compounding interest and even though my wife is back to work, we can barely squeak by month to month now because the minimum payments on our cards are so high.

I am at a point I don't know what to do, really. I don't think things are dire enough to declare bankruptcy (and I am not sure I would want to), I don't know if it is worth ruining (even more anyway) our credit by going through a debt counselor service. I have been contacted randomly by some company that is interested 'investing' in our house and while it sounds tempting (100k re-payed in 30 years + a percentage of what the appreciation of the house is) I don't even know if we qualify because our credit scores have took a big hit due to being maxed.

I'm stressed, i'm not sleeping, and sometimes I wonder if it wouldn't just be better to 'die' (No, not contemplating suicide. I wouldn't kill myself. More that I wonder if it wouldn't be just better if I got hit by a car of something) so my wife and kids get the life insurance to pay for all the mistakes I made.

I jokingly drop 5 bucks a week on the lottery, just wishing for a miracle. I don't even want the millions. Just 100k would be fine. Enough to pay off the credit cards + car payments + random other debt and have a clean slate, but I know that will never happen.

I know that eventually I will get through this somehow and will be able to pay off the debt since I know eventually I will have more than 100K coming my way when parents pass on, but this isn't a solution I want to happen (I mean, it is inevitable that sooner or later it will, but I don't want it to happen sooner. I've already lost my Mom this year, and that was hard enough as it is.)

Sorry. I'm rambling. I just needed to get this out, I just needed the release even if it is just typing it out to a bunch of strangers on the internets.

I've met quite a few MUers in my time. All my interactions were totally pleasant and without any drama or awkwardness over the normal meeting someone for the first time awkwardness.

Rescued a new puppers yesterday named Artemis. She is a sweet 7-month-old schnauzer, terrier, Irish wolfhound mix.

Jayne, our 12-year-old malamute/shepherd mix couldn't care less about the new arrival and mostly ignores her.

Kaylee, our 7-year-old Lab mix IS NOT HAPPY. =/ I'm having to keep them separated by having Artemis in her crate, or throw a muzzle on Kaylee so she can't bite the new girl when I try to let them roam free in the same room.

I really hope this jealousy and/or agression passes soon and they can all tolerate each other.

RIP Kirk Douglas

103, that is a nice run Sparticus!

@WildBaboons Ha! I just watched Cabin in the Woods last night! I love that movie.

@Spitfire Hey there. Cairo/Spencer from TR. We always wondered what happened to you. Sorry life got in the way.

The Pure thing ended up being a blessing in disguise for me since I was at the time a ghost that was headed Pure way, but it was easy enough to turn around...and that lead to a bunch of really good RP (and even some friends that I still talk to even though we don't game together anymore). So, while it might not have been the best thing or the best way to go about doing it, it wasn't ALL bad.

Just wanted to let you know that some good did come out of it, so don't hate on yourself to much.

@ZombieGenesis