Hey guys, how has everyone been?

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trombonista said:
The Good: I picked up my trombone again.

The Bad: I keep messing up on my resolution to waste less food. I told myself I'd have leftovers for lunch today but ended up going to Burger King with my sister. Also, last night my sister heated up a package of tortellini for dinner and I ate it with her instead of eating the leftovers (which we have a lot of). I'll try to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
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I was going to ask if your name was related to playing the trombone...
 
I had a nasty fall yesterday in downtown richmond. I have a fat lip, a chipped tooth and a cut above my lip where my tooth hit.
 
sparklemilhouse said:
I had a nasty fall yesterday in downtown richmond. I have a fat lip, a chipped tooth and a cut above my lip where my tooth hit.
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Sorry to hear that.

BTW I was in downtown Richmond just a couple of weeks ago.
 
I hope I'm getting better but apparently my body decided to pull my leg when it sent me into a coughing fit out of the blue. Nothing seems to have come of it...I hope. Oh god if I'm going to be double sick for over 8 months...

On the plus side, went for a super big walk (with poor planning all around it, but that' sin the past now) and I am enjoying the AWESOME fruits of my labors, which are a bag of trolli squiggles and a rockstar punched. Together. And it's the best goddamn thing in the world.

But I haven't drawn for a while, so now I'm going to scribble some shit out and hope it looks decent.

Spoilers: it's re-interpreting bad deviantart vomit
 
Set to do an airsoft game in north Florida: DEA/ICE vs. Los Zetas vs. Knights Templar. I was going to just purchase a few bits of gear and a Goodwill costume for my cartel look, nothing major.

And $200 later....
 
Carlson said:
Set to do an airsoft game in north Florida: DEA/ICE vs. Los Zetas vs. Knights Templar. I was going to just purchase a few bits of gear and a Goodwill costume for my cartel look, nothing major.

And $200 later....
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Knights in the middle of a Drug bust? :?
 
exball said:
Carlson said:
Set to do an airsoft game in north Florida: DEA/ICE vs. Los Zetas vs. Knights Templar. I was going to just purchase a few bits of gear and a Goodwill costume for my cartel look, nothing major.

And $200 later....
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Knights in the middle of a Drug bust? :?
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The Caballeros Templarios. They're a new drug cartel, formed in 2011 from the remnants of a sort of civil war in La Familia Michoacana that destroyed it.

They recently got noticed in the news for two things: putting up banners in Guanajuato for a visit by the last pope in 2012 pledging to keep the peace, and a group of vigilantes forming in Mexico to fight back against the cartel. They actually just captured a top Knights leader a week or so ago, and they've been marching into towns and shutting down corrupt police forces and confiscating their weapons to arm themselves. They've been semi-legalized by the Mexican government with military oversight as part of the fight against the drug lords.
 
Carlson said:
exball said:
Carlson said:
Set to do an airsoft game in north Florida: DEA/ICE vs. Los Zetas vs. Knights Templar. I was going to just purchase a few bits of gear and a Goodwill costume for my cartel look, nothing major.

And $200 later....
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Knights in the middle of a Drug bust? :?
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The Caballeros Templarios. They're a new drug cartel, formed in 2011 from the remnants of a sort of civil war in La Familia Michoacana that destroyed it.

They recently got noticed in the news for two things: putting up banners in Guanajuato for a visit by the last pope in 2012 pledging to keep the peace, and a group of vigilantes forming in Mexico to fight back against the cartel. They actually just captured a top Knights leader a week or so ago, and they've been marching into towns and shutting down corrupt police forces and confiscating their weapons to arm themselves. They've been semi-legalized by the Mexican government with military oversight as part of the fight against the drug lords.
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The government has been cracking down on those vigilante groups somewhat. They are seen by some citizens as no better than the cartels they are fighting (there's some evidence they are being used by rival cartels).
 
so idk what came over me today, but i'm still getting less sick and more productive, and i'll have work to do real soon. I've decided to try to entera long (decade i hope.I HOPE) of pretty much nonstop grinding, study taking stuff in and pooping out art and just not caring too much about anything besides improving myself and feeding my rusty imagination. After 10 years or so of depression you just get tired of that shit. Doing nothig but moping and feeling sorry for yourself while everyone else gets on with their lives.

I've been missing the hell out of a certain few people and all i can hope for is they live long and productive, happy lives since i accept they forgot me entirely , and i've given upon actively seeking replacements for them because -dont mean to sound snobbish- but lets face it, facebook, twitter,and tumblr are signs of society being eaten by add/adhd, lets put it that way. my own attention spain aint what it used to be. working on it.

i get lonely as hell for just honest to god platonic friendship, but people my age and older are legit too busy for me and i understand, and people younger than me (millenials) arent worth my time because add/adhd. to be really honest sometimes i see what douchebags like loveshies are getting at, but in my case its about platonic friendship and replace "feminism ruined wife material" with "add/adhd ruined friend material", or everything has to be about sex today or something and some friendships would fall apart because i'm strictly "no benefits" only a platonic friend.

and more whining goes here

guessi'll try to replace loneliness with drawing and studying.
 
hm yeah said:
so idk what came over me today, but i'm still getting less sick and more productive, and i'll have work to do real soon. I've decided to try to entera long (decade i hope.I HOPE) of pretty much nonstop grinding, study taking stuff in and pooping out art and just not caring too much about anything besides improving myself and feeding my rusty imagination. After 10 years or so of depression you just get tired of that shit. Doing nothig but moping and feeling sorry for yourself while everyone else gets on with their lives.

I've been missing the hell out of a certain few people and all i can hope for is they live long and productive, happy lives since i accept they forgot me entirely , and i've given upon actively seeking replacements for them because -dont mean to sound snobbish- but lets face it, facebook, twitter,and tumblr are signs of society being eaten by add/adhd, lets put it that way. my own attention spain aint what it used to be. working on it.

i get lonely as hell for just honest to god platonic friendship, but people my age and older are legit too busy for me and i understand, and people younger than me (millenials) arent worth my time because add/adhd. to be really honest sometimes i see what douchebags like loveshies are getting at, but in my case its about platonic friendship and replace "feminism ruined wife material" with "add/adhd ruined friend material", or everything has to be about sex today or something and some friendships would fall apart because i'm strictly "no benefits" only a platonic friend.

and more whining goes here

guessi'll try to replace loneliness with drawing and studying.
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Inertia works both ways. Keep moving forward and you'll get increasing returns.

Try contacting those people you miss. You might be surprised to found out how much they remember, and likewise miss, you.
 
sparklemilhouse said:
I wasn't chosen to continue on with my temp job. I cried the entire way home.
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I'm sorry. I got released from job training earlier this year due to budget cuts and it just sucks balls. But I'm confident you'll find something even better.



For me, I'm going to physical therapy for my back injury and it sucks. My physical therapist yelled at me on Friday because my range of motion's decreased in my back. One of my daughter's friends wanted to be a smart-ass and said something along the lines of, "so, you used to be in the Army? You think you can beat me in a push-up contest?"

Well, I won, dammit. I fucking won, and that's what's important, physical therapy be dammed.




Also, Happy Birthday, Champthom.
 
Moved into a new place yesterday. Now getting everything organized and set up while my wife is gone for the week, there's drama with the place we just left, and I had to move all of our stuff in the garage to open up space for a roommate who is moving in tomorrow. In good spirits, but sleep has spent the last week or so being replaced by passing out from exhaustion.
 
I'm doing online course work since school is cancelled due to the snow. I don't want to get too behind on coursework, nor do I want cabin fever.
 
I'm back in the states. My Mom has had ovarian cancer for the past few years, and last week, my Dad told me that the chemo stopped working, and the cancer has spread. I dropped everything to go back home. My Mom doesn't have long left, so I'm with her. It's a very tough and surreal experience.
 
It's been a slow, but kind of alright day. I saw a friend that I haven't seen for almost a month, and we just sat around the student center eating snacks out of her backpack (it's crazy how she only walks around with snack food in her backpack and no books whatsoever). She got these chocolate chip cookies with brownies inside of them, and holy shit, here I come diabetes. I also helped another group of friends with their botany project only to find out it was due in twenty minutes and they had only just begun to work on it. Drew a corgi on the chalkboard, wrote, "420 69 smoke them jewelweeds," (project was a hypothetical study on the medicinal value of jewelweeds) and said, "good luck everyone, I'm going out for tacos," before leaving the room because their ship had sunk approximately thirty minutes before I offered to help them. And get tacos I did (a pirata to be exact, which is a taco with beef fajitas, refried beans, and shredded cheese. Oh, and two tortillas because fuck my arteries).

darkhorse816 said:
I'm back in the states. My Mom has had ovarian cancer for the past few years, and last week, my Dad told me that the chemo stopped working, and the cancer has spread. I dropped everything to go back home. My Mom doesn't have long left, so I'm with her. It's a very tough and surreal experience.
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I'm sorry to hear that. I know quite a few people whose mothers have cancer. It's never easy to hear.
 
darkhorse816 said:
I'm back in the states. My Mom has had ovarian cancer for the past few years, and last week, my Dad told me that the chemo stopped working, and the cancer has spread. I dropped everything to go back home. My Mom doesn't have long left, so I'm with her. It's a very tough and surreal experience.
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My mother had kidney cancer, so I know where you are coming from. It is...sort of rough to go through, and I cannot explain how much I'm tearing up to hear your situation... Keep her close, and just make sure she knows just how much love you have for her. Send her off with as best a smile as you can muster, and I wish you, your mother and your father much love and strength.
 
Hellblazer said:
Moved into a new place yesterday. Now getting everything organized and set up while my wife is gone for the week, there's drama with the place we just left, and I had to move all of our stuff in the garage to open up space for a roommate who is moving in tomorrow. In good spirits, but sleep has spent the last week or so being replaced by passing out from exhaustion.
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Moving is such a pain in the ass.
 
Kind of a crappy day here. I woke up with my neck and back killing me. Then I logged into my email and found an email from my father asking for money. Then I went to the gas station and ran into the one person in the world that I genuinely, actively dislike. Then I went to work, came home, and walked into my wife being in a bad mood.

So it blew.
 
About an hour ago my mother died. I was there, along with my dad, my little sister, and a few of my mom's close friends. I was holding her hand. I told her how much I love her. And I told her she did so much for me, and she didn't need to worry about me anymore.
 
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