How's life recently for you?

[Sleepy Sol]

Hey peeps. Just wanted to make a thread about recent life experiences or problems that you thought would be worth it to get out to somebody. Especially an online community of silly people. They can be as personal or impersonal as you like; your preference.

For myself, I've been floating an idea around in my head to transfer to another university much closer to my family. My dad got a (new and much improved) job in Washington around the start of last year and by now a larger part of the family has moved there with him. I'm on spring break in Washington right now myself. And I happen to like it quite a bit more than my old home of Mississippi. I'm still attending a university down there though, and have to finish out this semester before I finalize anything.

I'm both excited and also fearful of the thought, since I haven't even ensured what credits will transfer if any from my current university. It doesn't help that I'm still a little bit unsure if I can or will go anywhere in life. But I really want to be closer to my family, and in a place with vastly improved opportunities than anywhere in Mississippi. I'm hoping that it'll be possible to move out here permanently.

I also had a dentist appointment today. Fuck dentists.

What's been happening or what do you want to talk about in your life? Don't be shy (or do, your choice, I s'pose)!

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

My life is ebbing and flowing right now. Bursts of film work (some of which is actually paying for once) interlaced with days with nothing going on. I can't get complacent.

 

[Dizchu]

Might be seeing a supreme cutie in about a week. She's crazy for me which is unusual but nice. I say "crazy" but what I mean is "enthusiastic", not "stalker"... I think. ~spooky~

But yeah we've been chatting online, we can meet up somewhere that's a single bus journey away from me and a single train journey away from her (a three-hour long one though). Hopefully things will go well, but I am as nervous as always (and so's she). It's exciting, I haven't had excitement since 2013.

Other than that, same old stuff I suppose. I hate the town I'm in, job searching is depressing, my money's dwindling and I have no idea what I'm doing in life. I might take commissions to draw rude things if I feel up for it, just for some extra £££.

 

[Sassafrass]

I'm doing alright. I'm not crazy any more (Woo therapy!), I've got my spark for reviewing back, I'm slowly losing weight (Down from 12 stone, 12 pounds to about 12 stone 8 currently in about three weeks. Slowly making progress) and I should be starting a new job in the week. Going for an eye test tomorrow as I got given a voucher for a free one but I do need to visit the jobcenter as well, which is always shit. I've also kinda fallen out of love with the UK recently though. The shitty weather is mostly driving me away. I'd love to see some fucking SNOW for once.

I'd love to just take off and start anew in a different country, possibly Canada or Iceland. I dunno why those two, they just seem like good "Get your shit together and relax" locations.

 

[MysticSlayer]

Right now I'm studying for an exam (well, really procrastinating before I continue studying). I've been doing well in the course and have been grasping the material better than most, but that's not saying much since this class is essentially a crash-course on C++.

Overall, though, basic life. One class is having me work on a game, which is sort of ironic when I consider that I switched to computer science partially out of a desire to work on games, but now I'm more interested in other fields. I also got approval to do a presentation on Helloween for a project in my German class, so that has me excited if for no other reason than it gives me an excuse to listen to their music non-stop. Oh, and another class had me do a Sudoku puzzle for homework...Yeah, I have no idea what is up with this semester, so maybe it isn't so basic, but I'm loving it!

Outside of school, though, nothing exciting, unless you count getting a hair cut for the first time in over a year exciting.

 

[Barbas]

Hmmm, Washington. I bet there's some interesting stuff going on over in that part of the world.

OT: Not much at the moment, though we'll be off to a new home in a few weeks' time. The new place should be much brighter and generally more interesting, though there'll be a fair amount of reshuffling involved. I'll also be getting into a computer-related course, hopefully.

 

[Johnny Novgorod]

I'm a little nervous about tomorrow. I took a teaching position and tomorrow is my first day. This will be my 3rd current job, on top of working at a bookstore (that's been going on for 6 months now) and as a movie critic (5 years next April). Last year was great for me, getting invited to film festivals in Spain and France and flying over on a government grant. Wouldn't mind an encore at all. Also as of this month I've been dating for 2 years someone with whom I can finally share an enthusiasm for gaming and brownies, preferably hand in hand.

I'm very happy where I am right now, I love what gigs I've cobbled together and that I can live from them.

 

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

The outside world has decided to come to life after months of slumber and affect me, an innocent bystander.

In other words, I have a head cold. A wonderful head cold in which I have already sneezed so hard that I banged my head on the counter, and nearly knocked myself out. Fun times all around.

Other than that, I really can't complain. I have a week off from school, so I can catch up on missed sleep and play some games. Some things have been going well for me for the past several months, and I'm super happy about that.

Yesterday, I recorded a pipe organ in a Catholic church, and it was a fun little challenge since I never done it before. The guy that was playing was trying to get a higher placement in the organ guild that he belongs to. I think he did a good job, and I did such as awesome job in getting it recorded nicely that I have a paid gig with them. So, whenever the guild needs me to record someone I'm now their go to person.

 

[Elfgore]

I landed an amazing job that I've now been working at for the past 4 months. This job is a dream job for someone my age. Great wage, pays for schooling, a bunch of benefits, and a great opportunity to advance. I get along with all my co-workers. My stress level has dropped, only downside is that I'm tired a lot of the time. Pretty much everything else is going great. Only negative thing that comes to mind is my social life. All of my friends are slaving away at college about two hours away and I have no significant other. So my only company really is here and my parents. Wooooo!!!

So yeah going good... 'Cept the social life part.

 

[Fappy]

Funny you should mention your dentist appointment. I recently got an email that my next cleaning is due, but I was laid off in January and no longer have dental (or health) insurance for the time being.

Honestly, I've been pretty depressed lately. Anyone who has me on Steam can probably see I am spending a lot more time running away from reality than looking for my next gig. Any gaps in my Steam playtime has ben filled with either sleep, re-watching Dragon Ball Z or Netflix originals (just finished Kimmy Schmidt today... it was pretty good). Been trying to motivate myself to write but have been failing pretty spectacularly at that as well.

I guess I still have my cats though... that's got to count for something!

 

[Vault101]

got a doctors appointment coming up so it could go either way -_-

aside from that I've made a lot of progress in my art which is great after feeling like I've been banging my head against a wall for 3 years (my fault mostly for not consistently sticking with it) trying to keep tangible goals so as not to burn out in existential angst

I was also giving more thought than usual as to what I might do long term career wise...of which I wondered about being a dentist or a mortician

....yeeeeeaaaahh I'm a cheerful sort

 

[Sleepy Sol]

Funny you should mention your dentist appointment. I recently got an email that my next cleaning is due, but I was laid off in January and no longer have dental (or health) insurance for the time being.

Honestly, I've been pretty depressed lately. Anyone who has me on Steam can probably see I am spending a lot more time running away from reality than looking for my next gig. Any gaps in my Steam playtime has ben filled with either sleep, re-watching Dragon Ball Z or Netflix originals (just finished Kimmy Schmidt today... it was pretty good). Been trying to motivate myself to write but have been failing pretty spectacularly at that as well.

I guess I still have my cats though... that's got to count for something!

Yeah, dentist's appointments are especially annoying for me considering my teeth are fucked six ways from Sunday, and not completely due to my own negligence. Just circumstances I can't fully control because of certain birth defects and the like. Always a shot to my confidence when I probably won't be able to smile like just about everybody else for a very long time, if ever. And then I get to have more pokey metal instruments put in my mouth because of it. Goddamn teeth.

I can empathize with feeling like you're running away from reality, but in a different sense. I am a bit on the younger side and still in school, of course, but I've always been rather lazy and neglectful of my studies, unwilling to do a better job (not that I don't care about them; I still try to do at least decently and mostly do). No matter how many times I tell myself "this is it, I'm going to change myself" it still hasn't happened at all. It doesn't help for my prospective career path or for my future well-being, but I can't garner the motivation to change that about myself yet.

I know I can't really fully relate with you having lost your job recently since I've never had one myself, but I really hope you're able to get off your feet and find another soon. :<

As for me, I still have my dogs. But only as long as I'm here in Washington. ;_;

Thanks for the responses, everyone. And sorry if I seem like I'm making too many personal ramblings.

 

[PainInTheAssInternet]

Not sure if I want to continue university. Things haven't gone well and I was never invested in it in the slightest bit. I continued until now with the logic that I've spent money on it so I have to finish it. All that will do is give me insurmountable debt and no job to pay it off with.

My girlfriend, close friends and family are getting upset with my car so I'm going to have to replace it. Problem is I want something that I won't need to constantly repair and that's cheap, so my next car likely won't find itself in their favour either.

 

[PsychicTaco115]

Things are going pretty well, all things considered

*Classes going well and on Spring Break as of now. Might even be able to graduate a year early!
*Might do a Peace Corps prep-program and do that abroad
*Getting more confident in doing things like just going up and getting someone's number (feels good man)

But the biggest thing I did was I sent in TACO News to both Rooster Teeth and the Onion. I have no idea what'll happen but I thought might as well YOLO this ***** up. Even if nothing happens, it still felt good to do and just a confidence booster in general ^_^

 

[Risingblade]

Stressful, women with tempers are exhausting. My dog is missing too.

 

[syaoran728]

I have an important essay due in about 14 hours. I have 4 out of 10 pages. I wish I could be playing Monster Hunter(I had my housemates hide my 3DS until I was done.)

 

[Casual Shinji]

The monotony of my own lonely day to day life has been getting to me in increasingly shorter intervals. It's getting harder for me to enjoy the things I generally enjoy, because I'm just sick and tired of not being able to share a movie or gaming experience with anyone else. This is all on me though, since I'm not the most outgoing or take-charge kind of guy when it comes to social interaction. I wish I could change this aspect of myself, but it just seems hardwired into my brain at this point.

I've also been playing Metal Slug 3 and Dust Force, so it ain't all bad, I guess.

 

[Reasonable Atheist]

While typing out the details of my frustrating life on my frustrating phone, i accidentally tapped a link and cleared everything i typed out. How frustrating. Perhaps il edit later but that was the last straw for me for the time being. I know, first world. Problems right?

 

[Scarim Coral]

For me, I suppose it was fun while it lasted.

My parent are selling the house and planning to moved to the city just so that I can find a better job but I am NOT looking forward to it (being back on the jobsearch and trying NOT used the bus to get to the cities and I have a low outlook at meeting new friends in the city...). I'm going to missed the nice friendly communities in this town and dreading the many unfriendly people I will encounter especially if I continue to work in retail.

Even then it seen my fate is seal as my parent intend to stick with me even when I have a wife which pretty much dissolve my chance at being in a relationship at all (would you date/ marry a guy whose his parent come with the package)?
Ok sure maybe I shouldn't take it too literally since it could still changed in the future ad after allm my goal is to finally lived and support by myself competely!