Learning today that one of my best friends now is cancer free from the neck down, and the brain tumor that was nuked two years ago hasn't flared up again (state of remission or something, I don't understand the medical terms.) This guy had kidney cancer, and cancer in a leg, plus a brain tumor, and then he had another tiny brain tumor that they nuked. It's been some long years of waiting anxiously.
NHS is the best. I'm so relieved. My friend is gonna make it.
This victim blaming has me frothing at the mouth. A woman should be able to dance naked drunk as a skunk down the street, shouting that she is a Godess of love, and NO MAN SHOULD SAY SHIT, TOUCH HER, COMMENT OR DO ANYTHING TO HER WHAT SO FUCKING EVER!
Apart from getting arrested for disturbing the peace, or whatever you would get arrested for doing that, maybe.
But that there are people STILL that go 'Oh, but she had it coming when she did that' is so fucking awful.. Well, shit. Having friends that have been stalked, assaulted, sexually harassed - simply doing ordinary day to day things - what the fuck? And as mentioned above, ANYONE should be able to go out, have a good time, get drunk with friends - and expect to be safe. It is not the victim that needs to be told anything, it is the attacker. Always.
We banned a customer at work (I work for a delivery company) - we no longer deliver ANY goods to this guy. I had the satisfaction of telling him this over phone cause he was groping, trying to kiss and sexually harassed one of our drivers (while constantly saying 'This isn't MeTOO, don't worry!'I told him exactly why - the woman in question chose NOT to make a police report, and that is up to her (she is tough and hasn't been that affected it appears, but still, we're not sending ANYONE to that guy again.) Told him to come pick up his fucking parcel himself and exactly what I thought about him and his actions.
Unfortunately I didn't get to see his face, a colleague gave him his parcel. Probably just as well. Fuck that guy and every other asshole like him.
@Goblin Replying to myself cause... I didn't get THAT job, but I got another! Starting on december 2nd. Two months unemployed, I got savings to see me through and it now just feels like a nice long vacation. The new job got some wonky work hours, but it's closer and it seems quite nice.
Had a call from my boss yesterday. I got 2 weeks vacation, she wanted to check if I could work alone on monday when I start again - usually we're 2, but if it's a normal day, one person can handle it (and I can get help from some others if it gets hairy, even if they don't do that normally they can go into the system and help out the basic stuff). So I said, sure, no problem. Short-staffed that day, and that is the first time I've had to be alone, so it's all good. I asked if she knew more about the fall since my contract only lasts till end of September. And she said right then 'Oh yes, we want to extend your contract till the end of the year - to start with.'
Freaking awesome. Three more months of work, and it looks hopeful for more after that. I love this job and I wanna stay there.
I knew I'd get some more money from my old job - I had vacation days left, and overtime money (which always gets paid one month after over here, don't ask why).
I thought maybe I'd get around a 1000 dollars, if I was lucky - which together with savings would've kept me comfortable till I got my next salary for the new job.
I got 3891 dollars worth, and I start a new job on december the 2nd so I will get paid again end of december.
tries not to go crazy and buy a bunch of things
Started a new job in december and it was soon quite obvious that I don't see as well as I thought I did. Age thing likely, I'm 45. Took me awhile, but finally got my glasses (through work, they paid for them!), and now I can SEE. It's such a huge difference, can't believe I didn't even realise before I began that job! Mind, that job requires me to stare at 10 monitors for 8 hours. I did however have to enlarge all writing on my own computer at home, prior to this, so you'd think the penny would've dropped...
Either or. Fucking love my glasses. I love pushing them up on my head when adressing someone else at work, I love polishing them, I love how they look on my face and most importantly, I love that I can see clearly again.
Right now, predictions are 4-5 million refugees to come from Ukraine to Europe and other parts of the world - women and children, and those over the age of 60, as all men between 18-60 must stay in Ukraine to aid in the defense. The humanitarian crisis is something not seen since world war II in Europe. The most will come to Poland, Slovakia, Moldavia, Romania and Hungary, the neighboring countries. The whole of Europe is opening their borders unconditionally, and the EU is going to give all the aid they can to the neighboring countries of Ukraine.
But, if you want to and can help, there are always the large international aid organisations to support, for example the Red Cross, or UNHCR. They do very important work in the areas and in Ukraine.
When you've been in a bit of a slump on your character and then suddenly, WHAM, something utterly cool happens thanks to good IC friends and awesome staff and admittedly, some stubborness on my own part to keep going.
That feeling. It's the best.
This might not fit here exactly, but better here than in the Good TV thread.
Last year in Sweden, a TV show was launched that was like something never done before: it was a 500+ hour live feed with about 20 cameras, from an area where moose wander across a river, to move to their summer pastures.
It became a HUGE hit. People loved it. They kept their TVs on all day and could check if there were any moose (or other animals, cause there were reindeer, deer, and birds and all sorts). It streamed more than 5 million hours on the streaming site of the national TV.
This year, since people are more isolated and stay more at home, they started the streaming earlier and will do 593 hours total. They call it 'slow TV'.
They also make a highlight of the day so people can catch up.
There's also accompanying talk-shows that discuss the highlights, and facts about the animals and interviews with locals and what not.
I straight up do no longer do any serious romantic relationship RP of the monogamous type. For one thing, I'm not very good at it and for the second, I've yet to have RPed in one where the other person didn't stop playing, or I stopped playing, or the game died, or we got super bored about it or... That said, my characters might still have some meaningful relationship with lovers. Friends with benefits sort of thing, where he gives a shit about them and if they went and said 'Hey, let's not sleep together any longer but let's still be friends' he'd be 'absolutely no problem. Hey, wanna hang out on friday and get shit faced and throw snowballs at the Templars?'-sort of thing.
Maybe part of it is that the 'leading up to sex'-RP is damn entertaining. The flirting, or awkward, or funny situations, or serious situations for that matter and that spark of attraction when it happens. Heck, I'd say that personally, if there was none of that before the actual TS, I don't know if I'd even RP out the sex at all, I'd likely not be interested - or I'd feel a bit weird, like... The RP leading up to it gives you so many cues to make it a good scene when it does, right?
I guess that's my ramble of the day. More to come later.
Today is Midsommarafton (Midsummer's Eve) and I'm off to eat a socially distancing dinner with mom and dad and for ONCE the weather is awesome so we can sit outside and make it even safer.
Here, have a Happy Midsummer everyone with this midsummer cat I stole off the net somewhere.
Mom and dad. I'm isolating at home cause I got a cold, and waiting for the reply to a covid test (I feel fine, it's just mild symptoms that could just as well be a cold). But I ran out of some groceries, and now dad is coming by with butter, potatoes, some moose meat he's raided from their freezer, and some cake mom made. I only really needed the butter.
I should be taking care of THEM - they're over 70, both of them. But at least they didn't have to go to a shop to get this, they had it all at home. They also went by and picked up the self-covid-test for me earlier today, at the pharmacy (also safe, but still.)
They better both live till at least a 100.
I always wanted a Discworld game set in Ankh Morpork.
Having planned a scene for months, and now having it HAPPEN. Might mean losing characters, but it's a nail-biter and I love it, and I'm ready to move on if that happens. The RP is stellar, the GM is fantastic, everyone's great, it's so exciting I can't sit still.
AHHHHHHHHH!!!!
I quit my job a few months back - I got a 3 month period where I still got to work for them, that's just how the laws are, but that's fine. I quit it because it was eating my soul and I couldn't stand it any longer. I've never been afraid to just step off the broken wheel when I have to, and so I did it again. Still, at near age 45 I am a bit more worried than I was in the past, if I'll find something else.
Got called in for an interview tomorrow. The work is similar to what I do, but for a much bigger company, a huge international one even. It's a bit further away to drive, but only about ten minutes, so I can cope with that.
Wish me luck.
Roleplaying with someone you love rping with whom you have not Rped with in a long time.
I am obsessed with Loki right now. I love it and I wish it never ends.
Over the many years of Mu*ing I just got tired of waiting for people to set (I'm not blaming anyone for it, just saying I got nothing against starting, in fact I enjoy it), or start the GMed scene, so I just pose whenever and often makes the set of the scene itself with others as well. I find that often people are thankful/happy to let someone else start so they can react to something.
I'm coping pretty well, being a bit of a hermit as is. But spread is spiking, and my work is essential, so off I go to work every day. Thankfully my employer is super tight on following restrictions and does everything they can to keep us healthy. So far, a few at work has had it but they all got it from outside sources, and stayed the fuck away from work, so they didn't infect anyone AT work.
ANyway, here is someone in Sweden's holiday decoration...
