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- garbage2
Too many notes to really respond to, so just a followup:
I'm ok, just mostly disappointed in her, to be honest. She had a wildness that I loved that she isn't willing or able to sustain. I'd say that I'm angry at myself for not seeing it sooner, but honestly it's probably all my fault.
@ben I would normally be excited, as the little homie and I have done this solo trip across the country several times. Not too pumped on a COVID Winter road trip.
@mono ha no, my parents live in the sticks. There's a very Alabama-ass pet cemetery tucked away on their land. I buried my last dog on that hill, and when the time comes I will put Leo to rest there. I'm moving to my hometown to be with my friends.
@Nairn What?
@all Thanks for the words, I appreciate y'all.
(since I've never done a mug)
- your bloods hand sign is shit.oey_oey
- but I wish you a good and safe road trip ti your parents and enjoy your friends, I surely miss mine after 13 years living outside.oey_oey
- hope Leo pisses in the car ;-)oey_oey
- Onwards and upwards!
Not sure what it says about me, but I'm sadder about your dog.BusterBoy - GAY.Nairn
- @Nairn What?sted
- @oey um have you seen my blood hands? Also Leo doesn't make mistakes.garbage
- @buster same.garbage
- @Nairn really what were you talking about?garbage
- Time to shed this skin. Godspeed!Gnash
- @gnash. I would never put it that way. She's a wonderful person, I'm just gutted that I can't allow myself to know her anymore.garbage
- It sounds like you’re setting yourself up for a very dark road-trip. You can put your sad-skin on later. Let go of what you can, time is your friendGnash
- Doesn’t mean forget her, just lossen the grip so that you can breatheGnash
- I'm not the type that's really concerned about longevity. I checked out miles ago, so anything else is just a bonus these days.garbage
- i'm not sure about that mask ahahahasted
- Well, I’d say take some unfamiliar roads and make the best of it by that would be patronizing. Good luck man, it’ll heal up eventually. Focus on your doggo!ben_
- @ben That's the plan. It's kind of a weird gripe, but I wish that she had set this in motion in the summer. I always wanted to go to..garbage
- ..Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness in Idaho. Given the time of year I won't beat the snow. I'm going to visit some friends in LA, PHX and Austin.garbage
- But I will break form and actually post photos, because normally I just sit on things and try to keep my professional life away from.. all of y'all.garbage
- @garbage: ;-)oey_oey
- autoflavour2
god damn it, I pop out for a short while to build a kitchen and I miss all the excitement.. again..
typical
something about a dog being eaten?
- garbage's girlfriend stole his dog and ate it.BusterBoy
- lolgarbage
- no worries, i'm with you. finished aligning the shadows in the kitchen yesterday, had the nicest nightmares since weeks and woke up to some groundwork at 8amsted
- and i'm still trying to figure out the wtfs going on here.sted
- "aligning shadows in the kitchen yesterday" is accidental poetry. I love it.garbage
- https://i.imgur.com/…sted
- O_Opango
- me too, painted our bedroom past weekend, 10kg of base white paint!! 2 days lost in this... lesson learned, don't paint your walls on bourdeaux dark ever againOBBTKN
- Now on the to-dos list: fix studio heating, clean the chimney, purge the stoves, change furniture in kids bathroom, tidy up the garage, buy a new mattress, etc.OBBTKN
- Boring lockdown? Ha! I wish!!OBBTKN
- This is why you never build a kitchennb
- its been 5 weeks now.. 2 weeks of holiday full time and then every day after work and weekends. I am so brokenautoflavour
- also bank is decimated. looks fucking sick tho.. still waiting on the benches and plumbing, and tiling gets done today. apart from that, everything is is doneautoflavour
- had to start dismantling the old kitchen last last weekend and will need to finish this weekend as we have council cleanup on Sunday.. I just want a day offautoflavour
- OBBTKN6
Confined in our town at least for 2 weeks (central gov. is talking about 6 months of curfew, until may next year).
No problem for me at all, I've got tons of projects to do, we live in a small town, surrounded by mountains to hike, a climb to ride by bike... I can survive.
I'm worried for my daugthers (15 and 18 yo) another year lost.
Poor girls :(
- I was speaking with my Dad earlier who was explaining the curfew rules over there - I didn't realise how hard they'd come down, so quick. A fun winter ahead.Nairn
- Yeah, from fantastic to total hell in two weeks... It's crazy!OBBTKN
- And now, trending on twitter; that past night, the health minister of Spain was on a party in a hotel with 150 people more...OBBTKN
- Immediately after imposing the alarm state. Very helpful, monkey!OBBTKN
- Nairn2
From a client who's been trying to organise a meeting this week: "I'm in bed today with some weird cold. Hoping to be back on it tomorrow.". Aye petal, you just stay home - I'm not getting anywhere near you.
- Nairn0
Ew, i feel so dirty - I just ordered something via Amazon.
Independent seller, which I had to use as I can't order the small quantity of the tricky thing that I often use that will get here in time for tomorrow. But, still. Ew.
- https://i.imgur.com/…moldero
- Go church, pray ten Ave Maria, give ten pounds to priestOBBTKN
- go shower, masturbate, scream...renderedred
- Don’t be mad at Amazon. Be mad at a system that allowed Amazon to become what it is.imbecile
- lol also be mad at amazonnb
- Back to knitting your own wellies hipster.Hayzilla
- shellie9
I'm moving on to my 5th and final interview with a large agency today. My clients would be incredible. It would be the next step in my career I need to break through to a new level that's been just out of reach. I'm crossing my fingers and toes for an offer this week.
This time around while looking for a staff gig, I've been through up to 3 interviews at two other agencies and not landed the job. They've either went with someone else or they're taking their time and will fill the position next year (after the holidays). And, there's a lot of amazing talent that's out of work and flooding the market right now.
In the meantime, the checks just aren't coming fast enough with the freelance grind. With Christmas just around the corner, I'm really hoping to be able to buy some comfort and peace of mind because from the looks of it, that's as good as this shit year is going to get.
Is anyone else stressed tf out about next Tuesday and the complete fuckery I'm bracing for?
- Good fortune. Don't stress out about things beyond your control.DRIFTMONKEY
- ^moldero
- "went with someone else" is the COVID theme. And yes, fuck Tuesday.garbage
- Nice work, Shellie!
Tomorrow I have my final two interviews of 6 for this client-side gig I posted about a few weeks ago.Continuity - good luck to both of you!OBBTKN
- 5th?!?!?!pango
- continuity, when will you hear back about their decision?shellie
- No idea yet, but the process has been steady and timely, so I hope relatively quickly.Continuity
- If you are worried about the economy why would you vote for fascists and communists? That makes no sense.Hayoth
- @comtinuity I hope we made it farther down the gauntlet than anyone else. If they were doing this many interviews with several candidates ... time is money.shellie
- Yeah, I was thinking much the same. Surely in both your case and mine, other candidates have been voted off the island by now.Continuity
- Best of luck to you both. My experience with large agencies is the bigger they are, the slower the ball moves. And fingers crossed for Nov 3rd. I've got PTSD.brandonp
- Good luck...but wtf could a company hope to learn in a 5th interview they hadn't in the first 4!BusterBoy
- @buster I met with different people from the recruiter that found me through another, a creative director, executive producer/ direct bossshellie
- head of production Austin, head of staffing content production in North America. All separate so they can get their own perspective.shellie
- all of those people were also, to my surprise, women.shellie
- Best of luck Shellie, you got this, you'll see!grafician
- Nice, Shellie! Did you get the impression there’s a real commitment to diversity and to respect, and that it’s not just window-dressing? If it’s the real dealContinuity
- ... then they’re a rare gem in the agency world.Continuity
- I'll find out mid-next week. so much anticipation.shellie
- NBQ003
I know #FirstWorldProblems but I hate how dark it gets in the evenings now. So depressing and not motivating at all to take evening walks outside in the cold.
- Total opposite here. The sun is overrated. =)DRIFTMONKEY
- tell me about it - its cold dark and wet here and i'm supposed to be having a "business meeting" in a pub in an hour....hans_glib
- and it's the other side of town.hans_glib
- video game season!
spear fishing season for me thoughmoldero
- mg331
Just watched a cop pick his nose and lick his fingers at a stoplight, and wanted to follow him just to see if he was going to enter any public places without cleaning his hands. :D
- Nairn2
I have a supplier/sort-of-competitor I used to buy material from and would recommend to my clients for jobs I couldn't do. I did this regularly for about 4 years and I know I passed a fair amount of completed jobs their way.
One time I was in their premises and the boss, who I'd had quite a few chats with over the years and thought I got on well with (he's an old school British misery guts), was a total arsehole to me and additionally waved off the jobs I'd sent his way as being insignificant. Huh, ok.
So for the past 6 years I've continued to recommend them for jobs, but only jobs where the person I'm dealing with is a total pain in the arse and I want to get rid of them.
- Nairn1
Just received a photo of a 1 day old boy, one of my bestest friend's son. He looks just like his Dad.
So there's the idea that babies look more like their fathers when they first pop out so that they're more likely to survive - in olden times, a male might be suspicious of the origins of his woman's fidelity, so rather than go Lion-like "kill all the children just in case!" the child looks like the father so he'll think it is and bond with it.
Neat.
Except, the problem I've always had with this idea is - cave people didn't have mirrors. How the fuck would Dad know what HE looked like?
- eish "origins of his woman's fidelity" = "origins of the child and his woman's fidelity" or something. poor editing. as always.Nairn
- lol. not sure if cave people were completely monogamous, if at all. Plus, during those times the human race was maybe <20,000 in populationfuturefood
- ...so giant cave-fuck-fests must have been priorityfuturefood
- Aye, exactly! So the evolutionary drive is to ensure father bonds with actual son, rather than killing it and 'ensuring' his succession.Nairn
- ^ A giant cave orgy would be a mad episode of the Flintstones.PhanLo
- Good point!
https://www.qbn.com/…Nairn - Flintstones lollllfuturefood
- We almost went extinct 70k y ago https://www.npr.org/…grafician
- reflection in ponds?microkorg
- Bennn0
is there anyone in here who's retired already?
- In about 3 weeks I can apply for Social Security benefits because I will be 62. But I have no plan to do that yetdkoblesky
- if my plan goes well, i'll be retiring at 51 yoBennn
- Without a wife or family or a house?monospaced
- gf, no kidsBennn
- get fucked, no kids? ;)BusterBoy
- nope ;)Bennn
- You lucky cunteryx
- I had friends like this: lived in a condo in Santa Monica for 20 years....20 years of 401K UCLA money....sold the condo and retired in their early 50sdkoblesky
- and...no kidsdkoblesky
- yep, you have to be wise with your moneyBennn
- misterhow0
Do I need a handcuff key?
https://www.google.com/aclk?sa=l…
I’m not planning on needing the for bedroom action nor illegal activities but I feel oddly compelled to own a key.
- You need the lock picking lawyer: https://www.youtube.…zarkonite
- dkoblesky0
Just for Imbecile
- sarahfailin0
I like the content that Radiolab puts out in general, but I feel like they think everyone in their audience is completely ADD. They change tones/voices or have an audible edit to the track every 4 seconds like it's a music video. I find it all rather jarring and even patronizing.
- imbecile0
scarabin,
You are the reason I have not begun the QBN Sticker Exchange.
I emailed you as part of the group, all but 3 replied. I emailed you and two others separately. The other two checked in independently as of today (Tuesday).
I thought I had your phone number. Alas, I do not. If anyone wants to or can get a hold of him, I'd like to provide the address list to everyone sometime Wednesday.
Hoping to hear from you soon. People are getting antsy.
- antsy? i'm not getting antsy at all.hans_glib
- correction: hans_glib is not antsy. a couple others have written concerned with the status.imbecile
- Thanks for letting me know. I just confirmed!scarabin
- umm I didn't get an email!sarahfailin
- eryx1
Been listening to rise and fall of the third riche(spelling fucked). Love how in depth it is. Hitler had balls of steal. At the point where hitler took over chezolovatica (spelling fucked). He played on the fact no one wanted to go to war and took over two countries doing it.
- face_melter0
My rewards for the donating to the Art Fund / Prospect Cottage campaign arrived, quite unexpectedly. So that was nice. The little enamel pin is nice, I think Derek would get a kick out of seeing stickers being made of his life and work.
- more about this story, thanksutopian
- https://www.artfund.…face_melter
- Is that “blue” in the corner? Lolscarabin
- yeah, it's just a flat colur :Dface_melter
- jagara4
Frequently getting my music mixes deleted from Youtube because of copyright claims, even without the mixes being monetized in any way.
Any kind of regional control of music in a globalized world seems pretty backwards to me...
- grafician2
When I retire, I will listen to everything in the What are you listening to? thread...
- Nairn0
I know at least three of you have had the same whinge over the past few days, so I'm just adding mine to the pile: It's 1720 and pitch black outside. I've got another 3½ of work to do in horrid synthetic light.
- yup i noticed yesterday after dst clock move... it was pitch dark @5pm, usually it's 7, even 8.renderedred
- I don't imagine it's cold and raining where you are though, at least? :)Nairn
- why not just wake up earlier? I mean, just because clocks went back, what's really changed?shapesalad
- Meal times are up to you. TV is stream on demand. There's no real constrains holding you back from starting work at 7am.shapesalad
- and ending work at 3pm.shapesalad
- I have a mediterranean partner and a half mediterranean midget, and am myself an owl rather than a lark. Never in bed before midnight. Ever. Never ever.Nairn
- Don't get me wrong - I have mooted as much, but it'll never happen. I've had periods in my life where I've gone to be early and thus gotten up sameNairn
- ..but it's not going to happen now.
Ever. Never ever.Nairn - Also, my clients tend to come online about 10am-onwards. Supplies come in early afternoon, etc etc.Nairn
- I don't know why I'm justifying this - I have a fuckton of reasons for not being able to start at 7am. Also, I don't want to.Nairn
- yeah it's 27 deg here :P still waiting for the first serious rain...renderedred
- winter is cominghans_glib
- get one of those daylight lamps?microkorg