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  • Nutter64

    My significant other died 3 days ago. I spent the last day and a half sitting in a chair next to the hospital bed holding hands and talking. Something very surreal about seeing a oxygen counter slowly go do and then the person you love is just gone.

    All you had planed, all you had hoped for, gone and never coming back. We got 12 years together, I wish we had gotten more, but I'm grateful for what we got.

    Enjoy your time together, you never know when its suddenly gone.

    • <3
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    • My god, I'm so sorry, Nutter.Continuity
    • :(NBQ00
    • Condolences. Tragic.monospaced
    • Fuck. We’re here for you matescarabin
    • Deepest condolences to you for your losszaq
    • I'm so sorry :(Akagiyama
    • No words. If you need any help, we're around.garbage
  • autoflavour1

    would be interesting to know how many users are still considered active on QBN..

    Roll Call !!

  • ArmandoEstrada53

    Well... Today is my birthday. The big FIVE-OH. Yup, 50. Crazy. Still got 90% of my hair, they grey's have been kept mostly on my face.

    Ive been hanging around here since the early 2000's under a different username. I rarely post, sooooo....

    Anyways...

    Enjoy life kids!

    • HBD you old chunk of coal.palimpsest
    • Happy birthday!dmay
    • cool shirt! (that's what we say when we grow old) HappyBirthdayWeekend...api
    • HBD!! A celebrarlo como se merece!OBBTKN
    • happybirthday! what shampoo are you using?milfhunter
    • happy half century birthday!uan
    • Danny Trejo
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    • Happy cumpleaños!Chimp
  • stoplying52

    My wife called me into the dining room today in a sort of serious tone. I walk in and she shows me our mortgage account on her laptop where it shows a balance of around $1100 and she's smiling. She proceeds to tell me that she's been selling her stocks and has been making payments on the house with the money she's made from that. As I'm picking my jaw up off the floor, she tells me that she's on her way to make the last payment. The last payment!
    She has stayed home with our boys and hasn't had a job for 8 years now, but she's always made the most of it helping with their schoolwork, teaching them another language, swimming, sports, all while I work - and doing it all sensibly from a money standpoint.

    Our house is not big, or lavish but it's ours and I can't fucking believe we own it!

    • We bought it back in 2009stoplying
    • slow clap!oey_oey
    • Nice :)Gnash
    • Oh wow! :)Nairn
    • Nice wife.shapesalad
    • This is great on so many levels, congrats!zarkonite
    • Fuck yeah.monospaced
    • awesome!GuyFawkes
  • ideaist47

    Sitting in the hospital.

    Admitting myself into supported detox program for alcoholism.

    Will be between 3-10 days; speaking to therapists, sleeping, eating, fidgeting...

    ...unfortunately, no bar.

    : )

    #PrayForIdeaist

    • damn, hang in there man, you got this.YakuZoku
    • God’s speed! First step, done :) you can do thisGnash
    • Drinking sucks. You can do this!SimonFFM
    • Stay strong man, you got this!Chimp
    • good luck. Booze for booze. I was a raging alcoholic. Never though i could drink casual. Down to 4-5 light beers from over 40 a day.rootlock
    • Wish you well ideaist. You're not alone.mort_
    • @ideaist you can do it! QBN has your back.Krassy
    • COURAGEstoplying
  • monospaced44

    We’re having our baby today, y’all.

  • dkoblesky53

    Since the topic of age is a fairly active one let me add to it with more comments here.

    (QBN has stood the test of time,,,,it is a small miracle....but long energetic threads are diminished by the design...)

    I am 62 and I still push pixels, as they say. I do Motion Design for a Fortune 500 company and I still enjoy doing it. And I am valued for what I do, in fact I am a bottleneck because I am so busy. My work winds up being on social media and websites and other places.

    What I hear in this discussion is this idea that somehow design is a young person's game. That is bullshit. Designers are not different than artists - you create things. If you are passionate about your work you don't stop when you are 35. And experience makes you better. Think about how many famous artists and illustrators and designers did their work until their dying breath. Matisse did a drawing a few hours before he died....Paul Rand worked until the end...and so on.

    I have no plans on stopping. I have more work in me. And the work I see coming out is inspiring in that a lot of it sucks and some of it is amazing and new. It is a fascinating time to be a visual designer because everything is changing under our feet.

    There is a sense in the work world that you have to move to management at a certain age. Why? What is wrong with honing your skills and continuing to provide value with the work of your two hands, instead of directing others?

    At my work they can throw some bullshit copy at me and I can turn it into a competent piece of motion design in a day. This is what experience and skill can do. And despite the bullshit copy, I still enjoy putting it together.

    And that, really is the key. Since we all mostly have to work, what kind of work gives you some satisfaction? I still love making key frames. I learned late in the game that I did not enjoy trying to tell some arrogant 20 something why their design idea was not working (you see why I should not be a manager).

    Union tradesmen like electricians don't feel like failures if they do not move into management, Lawyers still work on individual cases as they get older. Look at Guiliani! (that's a joke son)

    You do have to be a little bit brave though. Because our culture, and those arrogant 20 somethings, do not view an aging designer as someone to learn from, unlike a lawyer or electrician. Many think you should just move into management, old man. Fuck them I say.

    • Couldn't agree more. The thought of swapping creative for management is horrid. Yeh, fuck all those arrogant upstarts ;)Morning_star
    • Great post. Actual cool story, bro! :)
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    • +1 great post!fadein11
    • Question: do you have an ideal age you’d retire? Or “not retire until...”? Any thoughts on that?
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    • Slow clapgarbage
    • It needed to be said. Bravo!palimpsest
    • Fully agree. Great post. From my experience clients sometimes go like "Hey, let's try someone new and fresh.".SimonFFM
    • a deserved clap and head nodmisterhow
  • HijoDMaite34

    Well, my grandmother died of fucking Covid Sunday. We had already started planning her 100th birthday at the end of January. But instead, she is dead. She died four hours after arriving at the hospital. I was the only one that was able to go see her body. I suited up from head to toe and sat next to her lifeless body for 30 minutes.

    Our entire family is vaccinated and we all stayed away from her for over a year. Except for my idiot fucking uncle that thinks he's some kind of reincarnated, Yogi, Hindu god. Always leeching off her, always in her ear whispering non-sense medical advice like don't take the vaccine. So of course he isn't vaccinated and guess who the only person to see her regularly was. Fuck this disease and fuck the internet with its evil tentacles deceiving so many low IQ humans!

    • Sorry brother :(GuyFawkes
    • So sorry bro.utopian
    • fuck. sorry to hear it, manscarabin
    • :(pango
    • :( so sorry to hear this.oey_oey
    • Sorry man, that really sucks. : (dbloc
    • Sorry to hear man...all the best.BusterBoy
    • :(Krassy
  • Gardener55

    The local Dundee Courier newspaper have done a feature on my record collecting habits today, it's on their site with a video of me waffling and the article itself is to be published soon.

    https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/…

    • Sweet!Gnash
    • ha, great pic.Fax_Benson
    • Decent!!PhanLo
    • Really nice piece, journalistic cliches aside. Enjoyed all your comments.webazoot
    • thanks!Gardener
    • must put you pretty close to the top of the most famous QBNer listFax_Benson
    • no money in it though, it's always for the love of records, I'll probably end up cremated in oneGardener
    • Nice one Gardener. You sounded like a proper TV person n shit.Hayzilla
  • SimonFFM47

    I became a member here 20 years ago today. That's a damn long time ago (see my selfie from a time before smartphones)! Back then I was a programmer and web designer, with a fresh degree from the Academy of Visual Arts.

    Then I got interested in naked women and since 2012 I've been a Playboy photographer, published three books and am just starting a new chapter in my life, finding a new place to live (which is more difficult than I thought) and trying to express myself more artistically.

    Although I've only met Continuity in person so far, I'm a very regular on QBN. Sometimes I think, damn, there's too much complaining and ranting here, we're all losing focus completely, I need a break, but then the QBN community is always good for a surprise. I'm happy when one of you has created something. Whatever. These are my favorite posts when I see how many different disciplines we work in.

    • you only got interested in naked women at 2012? what was going on before then?pango
    • I mean in photographing them.SimonFFM
    • XD I jest!pango
    • Prior to 2012 Simon was passionate about all things Legos. He once considering dating a Lego, but that was one bridge too far, he's now just a Playboy ‎لاutopian
    • I made the switch from Playmobil to Playboy, fair enough.SimonFFM
    • :)utopian
    • flol, jesus christ, pango.
      Was great to have coffee with you, Simon, we need to do that again soon!
      Continuity
    • Happy 20 Simon ;)

      And nice to see your work too.
      OBBTKN
  • Continuity45

    What a difference 24 hours makes.

    Just when you think it's all irreparably falling apart, awesomeness comes out of nowhere. Since yesterday afternoon's chat with my landlady:

    • A headhunter I connected with put my CV forward to one of the big network agencies, who are looking for a CD and she feels I'll get an interview with them;
    • I just had a phone interview with a small agency in Stuttgart who are also looking for a CD, and they want to meet me next Friday;
    • An HR person from one of the large German content marketing agencies found me on LinkedIn, and sent me a message asking if I would like to be considered for a CD job they have in Munich, and wants to schedule a call.

    Now, it's up to me to keep this momentum going, and to bring it to fruition.

    Needless to say, I'm incredibly grateful for this fantastic turn of events, and to all of you for putting up with me this week.

    Happy Thursday!

    • Good luck!dmay
    • brilliant! good luck with all of it.fadein11
    • Hope it goes well.PhanLo
    • Awesome. Good luck pal.
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    • Yes!! Good luck man, best wishesOBBTKN
    • Excellent... are those bullet points? fuck me you are a CD!kingsteven
    • +mekk
    • perfect time for a haircut!SlashPeckham
  • shellie48

    Started out my morning with a soft rejection from an agency after 3 interviews. "We found a way to cover our production needs with existing resources, " they said, "Check back at the top of the year. We'd love to possibly see you first quarter."

    Then, holy shit i just got the email from Interscope Records. The budget for a project I bid on last week has been approved and we shoot this Sunday. Time to bust my ass for the rest of the week preparing. This is going to be my biggest, most expensive music video production in my portfolio. I am thrilled! What a rush!

    I'm really hoping this leads to some great commercial work next year. It will definitely lead to more music videos (it's been a few years).

    And then, a different large agency reached out today for a Senior Content Producer position. "Would you consider relocating to Austin late next year?" You mean to a place where houses are actually affordable? Yes! Can't wait to have that conversation.

    I've got to remember to keep my head up. When one door closes, another door or two opens.

    • Niiiiiiice, get in there!Continuity
    • sweet!moldero
    • Cool!! And yes, last paragraph is hard to remember in daily basis, good riddance ;)OBBTKN
    • Killing it :)Gnash
    • Austin has a thriving film industry. Lots of automotive work gets shot down there.brandonp
    • That's awesome!!Melanie
    • I think we're kind of addicted to the rush of the roller coaster. Seriously, how else could we survive? Congrats on the ExtraDope client!canoe
    • get it girl!!sea_sea
  • YakuZoku51

    Fuck that was a stressful 5 months!

  • scarabin42

    Just got a job in “experiental marketing”. i’ll be making cool shit like electronic interactive flowers and giant pinball machines and statues and iot stuff for brands like call of duty, fortnite, and blizzard.

    I guess dicking around making useless stuff for burning man and myself finally paid off?

    • experiential or experimental?utopian
    • Nice one!PhanLo
    • experiential. it's all interactive experiencesscarabin
    • That’s amazing! To find a unique art/design niche you enjoy and making it pay. Next level life achievement.monospaced
    • sweet! well playedGnash
    • Well done, man - now, don't go all Georges and disappear from us, eh?Nairn
    • Now you have to figure out what to charge for the thingsGnash
    • Rad
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  • stoplying55

    Heavy Post Alert -

    "Your wife has colon cancer"
    These were the words I heard on September 23 when I picked my sweet wife up from a colonoscopy. She had a few worrying symptoms recently, she's 45. I stood in the waiting room with our two sons (4 and 5) and when my wife walked out, we looked at each other and cried. We were terrified.
    The doctor was certain about it being cancer, because the tumor was so big that he couldn't even perform the colonoscopy. We knew we needed to act quickly. So my wife got all of the necessary catscans, blood tests and other prep stuff done and we found a recommended a surgeon.
    October 10 the surgery was performed successfully removing the affected area - a colon resection. Then we had to wait for the pathologist results to test what stage the cancer was, and if it had spread to other parts of the body. My tough-as-shit wife was out of the hospital in 2 days, walking around with 13 staples in her stomach.
    Last Wednesday we got great news that a 5 cm tumor, stage 2 cancer was removed and did not spread to other parts of the body. The sense of relief we both felt, I can't do it justice.
    We'll have lots of regular blood tests, and frequent colonoscopys (FUN!) and the oncologist may suggest chemotherapy if they want to take a very aggressive treatment route. But we're just so happy with how things have worked out.
    Not really sure why I feel the need to post this, I think it feels good to get it off my chest - but it feels like life starts now.
    Peace y'all

    • :)monospaced
    • +. get to it
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    • damn
      <3
      PonyBoy
    • Krassy
    • <3chukkaphob
    • You are a strong team. Sounds like you're lucky to have each other. Hang in there! Hope the kids are doing ok. I can only imagine.nocomply
    • robotron3k
    • +1Gnash
  • Continuity43

    Well, that's that.

    Three interviews with six seemingly very lovely people later over the course one month and 2 days, a well-known agency in Berlin is offering me a CD gig.

    Having a call with the HR director in an hour and a half to discuss conditions.

    • Congrats!palimpsest
    • Really happy for you, especially after hearing about your struggle over the past year.shapesalad
    • Sweet!Gnash
    • Hey brilliant news! Congrats.fadein11
    • Get that paper!palimpsest
    • Get in there!mort_
    • Thanks, chaps.
      Yeah, the road was rough, but I got there in the end. And very happy for it!
      Continuity
    • That's great news.Fax_Benson
  • Gardener41

    Celebrating 24 years with my beautiful wife Pauline today.

    • she would go fuckin' nuts if she knew I'd posted her pic lol, that's marriage!Gardener
    • She's going to kill you if she finds out, goodbye to 24 years of relationship... for posting a photo on a forum full of perverts!OBBTKN
    • j/k congrats!!... We will celebrate 25 years of marriage this year, time flies.OBBTKN
    • advice to this young lady: never marry?grafician
    • Dude. I'd go nuts if my partner posted a photo of me or anyone else in my family on the interneta, long with her name.Nairn
    • Hit it AND babysit it, eh @Gardener?!

      Cheers brother!!!
      ideaist
    • Congrats on the 24. Pretty massive now-a-days.thenohero
    • all I can say and I never thought this would come out of my mouth is:
      awwwwwwwww :) :) :)
      _niko
  • sted44

    https://www.qbn.com/reply/413923…

    https://www.qbn.com/Khurram/

    I would like to ask to ban this person from this place.

    • I'm not here to listen to the threats of radicalized people and others mental illnesses. It really just got boring, so don't do anything, i'm going to f off.sted
    • Ah just ignore it man. Have a nice cup of tea.mort_
    • I think he's just breaking balls and is mostly trying to be funny but sometimes he's hard to read lol_niko
    • ^ nah, the guy has his dick firmly up the ayatollahs ass. But his chirping is amusing afGnash
    • He’s still cranky that the Jews have neutered IranGnash
    • Milan the same account?grafician
    • Oh no wait, they're different indeed :)))

      Oh boy
      grafician
    • @niko seconding the "nah, he's serious." He's been on that EVIL AMERICAN IMPERIALIST speck in your eye for a minute, completely oblivious to the Russian-sized..garbage
  • desmo52

    After 14 months of unemployemnt and about 10 months of hard job searching (during a pandemic) -- I finally found FT work as an Art Director. Its been a damn long road filled with lots of self doubt but the grind paid off.

    If you are in a similar spot looking for FT work, keep at it and push through. Things may seem super bleak but the goal at the end of the road is worth the struggle.

    Keep grinding, y'all!

    • Congrats!Gnash
    • +1garbage
    • ++++PhanLo
    • The sun, it rises.DRIFTMONKEY
    • bravo! onwardKrassy
    • Congrats!zarkonite
    • +++Continuity
    • yupGuyFawkes
  • maquito47


    Just married!

    • I hope that child isn't yours and so born out of wedlock - SINNER!

      Congratulations, man
      x
      Nairn
    • congrats man!renderedred
    • Woot Woot! Congrats!capn_ron
    • congrats, lovely.fadein11
    • pleasingly casual. congratulations!Fax_Benson
    • Congrats! Look at these bright smiles! Awesome!Krassy
    • married at a freemasion lodge?

      Congrats, kid looks a character
      mugwart
    • DON'T DO IT!

      Kid'n; super great AND I hear marriage is "cool" again.

      : )
      ideaist