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Is this what sicc feels like?
General | Posted 6 years agoI've never had the flu before in my life, but I just had it for the last couple of days (I was late getting my flu shot this year).
I am so sorry to people who deal with this stuff regularly.
I am so sorry to people who deal with this stuff regularly.
Some World-y Thoughts
General | Posted 6 years agoPhilosophy time!
Haha, how many people just clicked away.
So, for a while now, I've been thinking about how I can think of a lot of people, names, faces, that I used to be really great friends with, who I haven't talked to in months or even years. People that I still like! That I still think about regularly, even! But for some reason or another...either we're no longer friends on Discord for whatever reason, or we only ever talked on Skype which I no longer use, or we were friends on a certain roleplay site that I religiously avoid now. For whatever reason, we haven't talked in enormous amounts of time, despite arguably being great friends.
And more and more...I'm thinking about how we all have our own paths in life that we take. Some of us are moving faster along our paths than others are on theirs (or you're me, in which case you're sitting on a bench). And I keep thinking about how I'd love nothing more than to reconnect with these people, there are one or two in my mind even that I have to actively resist tracking down and tackle-hugging.
I just think about how our paths all go in a unique direction...for some of us, we're lucky enough to have paths that go in pretty similar directions, so we get to hang out together for a long time, our whole lives if we're really, really lucky. Some of us meet once and never even think of each other again. And...these days, I think I'm starting to come to terms with this. We all scratch a certain mark on the people we meet, and that mark can be larger and deeper depending on how close we become. Some marks are so tiny that we can't even see them and they get rubbed away.
I still keep myself from going and finding my older friends, because...somehow, I know that it just isn't meant for us to stay super close. I have my memories of them, and I know they think of me every now and again, but I think if we tried to reconnect it'd be weird somehow. Like...we've moved on to other parts of our lives, and we're focused on other things now, so wedging something else in, even if it IS important to us...it would just mess things up, y'know?
But if the mark we make is large enough, then it doesn't matter if our paths take us a thousand worlds apart. Because we'll still bring that record with us along our path, and there is always the chance, however remote it might be, that our paths could take U-turns and bring us together again.
That's just for the paths to decide. All we can do is follow. ^_^
Haha, how many people just clicked away.
So, for a while now, I've been thinking about how I can think of a lot of people, names, faces, that I used to be really great friends with, who I haven't talked to in months or even years. People that I still like! That I still think about regularly, even! But for some reason or another...either we're no longer friends on Discord for whatever reason, or we only ever talked on Skype which I no longer use, or we were friends on a certain roleplay site that I religiously avoid now. For whatever reason, we haven't talked in enormous amounts of time, despite arguably being great friends.
And more and more...I'm thinking about how we all have our own paths in life that we take. Some of us are moving faster along our paths than others are on theirs (or you're me, in which case you're sitting on a bench). And I keep thinking about how I'd love nothing more than to reconnect with these people, there are one or two in my mind even that I have to actively resist tracking down and tackle-hugging.
I just think about how our paths all go in a unique direction...for some of us, we're lucky enough to have paths that go in pretty similar directions, so we get to hang out together for a long time, our whole lives if we're really, really lucky. Some of us meet once and never even think of each other again. And...these days, I think I'm starting to come to terms with this. We all scratch a certain mark on the people we meet, and that mark can be larger and deeper depending on how close we become. Some marks are so tiny that we can't even see them and they get rubbed away.
I still keep myself from going and finding my older friends, because...somehow, I know that it just isn't meant for us to stay super close. I have my memories of them, and I know they think of me every now and again, but I think if we tried to reconnect it'd be weird somehow. Like...we've moved on to other parts of our lives, and we're focused on other things now, so wedging something else in, even if it IS important to us...it would just mess things up, y'know?
But if the mark we make is large enough, then it doesn't matter if our paths take us a thousand worlds apart. Because we'll still bring that record with us along our path, and there is always the chance, however remote it might be, that our paths could take U-turns and bring us together again.
That's just for the paths to decide. All we can do is follow. ^_^
Artist plugging!
General | Posted 6 years agoI'm just kidding, I'm not popular enough to plug anyone. uvub
But I can still tell whoever passes through to go check out these cool butts who have incredibly aesthetic art!
melodystar 
pzln 
takeo. 
teagem 
milachu92
This isn't nearly as many people as I could mention, but I don't really have the right to mention more. Go check these guys out!
But I can still tell whoever passes through to go check out these cool butts who have incredibly aesthetic art!
melodystar 
pzln 
takeo. 
teagem 
milachu92This isn't nearly as many people as I could mention, but I don't really have the right to mention more. Go check these guys out!
So...I actually drew something!
General | Posted 7 years agoBut I can't upload it here, because it's animated. So! https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachme.....5/anitest2.mp4
The audio is from the episode Hint Hotline of the internet series Foamy the Squirrel. Drawing is mine, animation and syncing is mine. The character, Voltage, belongs to takeo..
The audio is from the episode Hint Hotline of the internet series Foamy the Squirrel. Drawing is mine, animation and syncing is mine. The character, Voltage, belongs to
takeo..*Rapid arm flailing*
General | Posted 7 years agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXlBep9uFjI
PINCH ME I MUST BE DREAMING!!
And the best part is, they literally changed everything. From the gender of a major character, to the ethnicity of another, to the source of the entire freaking conflict.
Thanks, Disney! I'll rate it 1 out of 5 just like everything else you've bastardized since 1999!
PINCH ME I MUST BE DREAMING!!
And the best part is, they literally changed everything. From the gender of a major character, to the ethnicity of another, to the source of the entire freaking conflict.
Thanks, Disney! I'll rate it 1 out of 5 just like everything else you've bastardized since 1999!
Some other title
General | Posted 7 years agoHey, remember how I was actually doing kinda good?
1. Get passed over for that job that you were basically promised, leaving you without a paycheck for another month at least.
2. Get involved in your very first car accident, involving an elderly gentleman and his 7-year-old granddaughter, leaving no one injured but your car undriveable.
3. Be chewed the fuck out and called every imaginable synonym of "jackass" for not wanting to discuss this accident at great length with a happy fucking grin on your face.
4. The night following this accident, accompany your housemate to their nightshift and be forced to come along as they get road enraged and chase a car full of teenagers at 85 MPH down 8 residential blocks.
5. ???
6. Profit!
1. Get passed over for that job that you were basically promised, leaving you without a paycheck for another month at least.
2. Get involved in your very first car accident, involving an elderly gentleman and his 7-year-old granddaughter, leaving no one injured but your car undriveable.
3. Be chewed the fuck out and called every imaginable synonym of "jackass" for not wanting to discuss this accident at great length with a happy fucking grin on your face.
4. The night following this accident, accompany your housemate to their nightshift and be forced to come along as they get road enraged and chase a car full of teenagers at 85 MPH down 8 residential blocks.
5. ???
6. Profit!
I dunno, some title.
General | Posted 7 years agoI've never really taken the time to do one of these before. I'm not sure why...I love to write, and I love to vent, and I love to talk to random-ass people, so why not do something that potentially includes all three?
Hoo boy, where do I begin? After passing a year since I lost my first job, an internship with a scientific research and IT firm, I've had a whole one other job that lasted for two months. And not for lack of looking either, but in the city where I live work is hard to find period, but damn near impossible if you don't have a college degree. And sadly I made the mistake of being struck by illness that left me bedridden for so long during my first semester of college that by the time I recovered it was just in time to withdraw before failing.
Since then, though...I don't think things have been all too bad. For one thing, I've seen a lot of communities come and go but FA has always been one that's stuck around for me. Granted I don't know too many people from FA, but the ones I do I wouldn't trade for the world. A lot of you have been a source of amazing strength, and more than one of you have actually brought me back from the brink of collapsing entirely.
I've finally had a phone interview with U.S. Cellular and the agent I interviewed with absolutely loved me and said she'd recommend me as strongly as she could for employment. So, yay! I may finally have some money to play around and commission people with!
But I still maintain that if I hadn't thrown myself out there to a few people--I won't mention any names, you know who you are--I wouldn't have even felt strong or confident enough to apply for this job, or any other. I might not even have had the strength to get out of bed in the morning. So...thank you. All of my friends, all of my watchers. Thank you.
Here's to 2019. ^^
Hoo boy, where do I begin? After passing a year since I lost my first job, an internship with a scientific research and IT firm, I've had a whole one other job that lasted for two months. And not for lack of looking either, but in the city where I live work is hard to find period, but damn near impossible if you don't have a college degree. And sadly I made the mistake of being struck by illness that left me bedridden for so long during my first semester of college that by the time I recovered it was just in time to withdraw before failing.
Since then, though...I don't think things have been all too bad. For one thing, I've seen a lot of communities come and go but FA has always been one that's stuck around for me. Granted I don't know too many people from FA, but the ones I do I wouldn't trade for the world. A lot of you have been a source of amazing strength, and more than one of you have actually brought me back from the brink of collapsing entirely.
I've finally had a phone interview with U.S. Cellular and the agent I interviewed with absolutely loved me and said she'd recommend me as strongly as she could for employment. So, yay! I may finally have some money to play around and commission people with!
But I still maintain that if I hadn't thrown myself out there to a few people--I won't mention any names, you know who you are--I wouldn't have even felt strong or confident enough to apply for this job, or any other. I might not even have had the strength to get out of bed in the morning. So...thank you. All of my friends, all of my watchers. Thank you.
Here's to 2019. ^^
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