Hey guys, how has everyone been?

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Washington0592 said:
A lot of the supposedly wonderful and progressive European countries are REALLY racist, and not in the usual "white vs. POC" battle you see touted on the internet. The US and Canada have the distinction of being made practically from the ground up of immigrants, natives, and conquerors and not even being 300 years old. Obviously racism is still rampant, but it's completely normal in most regions to see various skin tones and cultures mixing.

Europe, on the other hand, is more homogeneously pale and has a long history of established national identities that people will try to trace back over a thousand years. They've also got a history dating back many thousands of years of warfare with the other nations, plus the relatively recent rise of nationalism. We all saw how bad that shit goes with the two world wars, but its effects are still present and related to the general history of the Old World. This means that you're likely to suffer bigotry even if you're just as "white" as the guy next to you purely because you're from a different country. Where do you think the "dumb Polak" jokes came from?

The whole Old World in general, including Asia, has this to at least some extent. Koreans are notoriously prejudiced against in the rest of Asia, and it's not unusual to see anti-Korean sentiment publicly espoused in Japan (which has its own major issues to deal with regarding racism). In general, much of the world is really racist in ways that a Tumblr blogger wouldn't really notice.
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THANK YOU jesus I keep trying to explain this to people and no one believes me. It's especially sad because some of the nationalism in Europe right now is getting legitimately terrifying and still there's a bunch of American kids that think that it's somewhere to idolize. Every country has its good and bad but it's always disappointing when the bad gets ignored or excused because of "grass is greener" attitudes.
 
So yeah yesterday I got my second paycheck and it was 20% more money than the previous one and that's nice and all but I'd better save it up forNEVERMIND TIME FOR ~*~LIFE UPGRADES!~*~

To be fair, my PC could really use some upgrades. And I don't really spend money on anything else since I'm barely functioning and programming/the internet is my entire life outside of my job. I ordered a new power supply and an SSD. Should be fun getting an OS that is not 14 years old.
 
If there's one thing that I learned going from jobless (albeit living at home as a high schooler who loved having pocket money) and scrounging on the floor of my car for change to making good money is that it's important to treat yourself reasonably. It was like pulling out a kidney when I would pay $1 for discounted coffee at one of the shops near my first job after that unemployment.

I feel like once you have a safety net and you're not in austerity mode you can really appreciate the nice things.

I had one of those crash into slumber days about work because I completely misinterpreted the data I had to copy and cross-reference into a spreadsheet. I also have a doctor's appointment tomorrow and I haven't had a very good track record over the last couple years with my health.
 
I've been meaning to tell about the crazy afternoon I had yesterday.

So I'm casted in a school play based on Frozen. Its happening on February 28th at the school I graduated from. Yesterday was the first rehearsal at the school I go to.

Honest to God, it felt so weird sitting in a room full of small children. There I was, this tall, long, skinny boy with this long-wavy hair… Thank goodness I was just wearing a green T-Shirt and not my silly pink shirt or something.

It was the first time I've been in this kind of position in like a decade. It was just so weird knowing what I know today, what I didn't know when I was that age. I even used the words "Master Troll" when asking about the character in the play because his actor happened to not be in.

Gratefully, when my parts came up, I was a synch, got my voice acting down, didn't care in the least.

So yeah, that was a weird post.
 
I had a panic attack today and I'm still shook up.

Some man called me at work today on our phone line claiming to be a host on ESPN radio. He said he was looking for me specifically and wanted to tell me a message on air that someone wrote about auto accidents since there's an auto show coming up soon in the area. I asked him a few times exactly why he was calling and he was just like "I need to tell you to listen to this message about auto accidents!"

I eventually just hung up on him but I just want to know what the fuck that was even about. I always say my name when answering the phone, but it still bothers me that this dude said he was looking for me and just how fucking bizarre the whole thing was.
 
I'm feeling really good.

I had a minor crisis last month after running out of my lithium and forgot that my primary doc said that it would be the last time. They relented ~just one more time~ and gave me another 30 months. I've reached out to a bunch of psychiatrists and seem to be on to a couple who are able to take new patients. Worst comes to worst I do have places to go if I need an emergency supply but I don't wanna get there. Am I a grownup yet? I always forget how fast I burn through the 150 because I see so many pills until I remember that I go between 3-5 depending on my moods.

And Rob D seems to be recording a new album after posting a picture of a 120 piece orchestra recording setup. I would say that's the biggest source of my excitement and good feelings.
 
Valentine's crafts at the office:

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Today I dropped several thousand £ on a graphics design studio commission for two logos an two web site designs Turn around is about a month and I have used them before and they are good but seeing the face of my friend who was with me (an my business partner in one venture) was priceless.
 
Been having a stressful last couple of weeks. Sister got diagnosed with lymphoma, so the stress from that has been fucking with my anxiety disorder pretty badly.
 
Had to deal with exams today. I feel I did okay but I didn't study enough for the second one. Also had a biology lab quiz. 4/10. I pretty much deserve that for being a bit cocky, not studying enough, and not checking to see if I put the right answer along with fooling myself on one of the questions (wording on one of them threw me off).
 
Ordered a Gundam model kit for my birthday. Real Grade Strike Freedom. It's going to take a long time to put it together, especially since of I want to use all the decals this time. If I don't do it while I'm building it, I probably never will. But hey, it would still be show accurate and I love building these things. I've had some problems with the last kits I've built (ABS cement works wonders), so I'm hoping this goes without incident.

This is what it should look like sans decals.
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Everything has just sucked for the past week or two. I haven't been able to sleep, which is messing up my schedule and preventing me from doing my best at work and in class (which, as a bit of an overachiever, is painful for me), not to mention keeping me from doing things that I want and need to do, such as going to the gym, hanging out with people, or getting a haircut. I'm still looking for a job for when I graduate in May; every time I manage to fall asleep, I have a nightmare about having to work some craptacular job for minimum wage while holding a graduate degree. On top of that, I'm having to take a stupid class this semester that, while being irrelevant to what I'll be doing with my degree, is necessary to complete it. It's math-based, and I don't really have a mathematical mind, so it's been Hell for me, especially since the class format feels like a high school lecture. I'm supposed to be studying for my comprehensive finals (the test I'll have to pass in order to receive my master's degree) which are in a month, but I haven't been able to yet for all of the reasons listed above. Possibly as a result of my lack of sleep and work- and school-related stress, I've felt like shit about myself and felt painfully alone for the past week. Finally, one of my roommates crushed the coconut pie that my grandmother made for me that I had in the refrigerator by putting some tupperware full of molding vegetables on top of it.

TL;DR, the past week or two = craptacular.

(I am making my primary goal for today fixing my sleep schedule, so hopefully everything else will sort of fall into place after that.)
 
Yesterday was interesting. I had Fireball as my first drink. Pretty decent with a very strong taste. I also tried a piece of seafood at this restaurant. Forgot what it was called, but its not my cup of tea. One thing I did find out that I'm not bad at using chopsticks.
 
i'm in washington with my bro right now. funny thing, but i'll tell you next week.
 
Had a great encounter at work today. A guy came in wearing a Game of Thrones hoodie, and we had a bit of a sperg-out that ended with a sing-along to The Dornishman's Wife in front of a very bemused-looking checkout queue.
 
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