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[Kestegs]

Zokar! *SMH

Everything is easier if you just go with the flow. I hardly push back anymore because I know its just not worth it in the long run.

Also what is this strange conversation between dry and naran, they keep "giving" each other "things". Strange, strange indeed. Cyrax, you should give me things, why don't you give me things? WHY DON'T YOU LOVE ME.

I used to do that as well. Eventually I didn't even know who I was anymore.
Just don't forget who you are.

I feel it's been too long since I've pointed out that my office closes down at noon every Friday. Two more hours!

Can you talk to my boss about implementing that?

@Cyrax I started playing destiny yesterday. I suck really bad. It's not my genre of game, but I'm trying. I was having so much trouble shooting things I just decided to punch things. Oddly it takes 5-10 bullet hits to kill something but only one punch to the face.

 

[Pyrotechnician1]

Zokar! *SMH



I used to do that as well. Eventually I didn't even know who I was anymore.
Just don't forget who you are.

I am nobody, I am illusion. A figment of your imagination with a keyboard.

 

[Cyrax1]

@Cyrax I started playing destiny yesterday. I suck really bad. It's not my genre of game, but I'm trying. I was having so much trouble shooting things I just decided to punch things. Oddly it takes 5-10 bullet hits to kill something but only one punch to the face.

Keep trying and you'll get better. I'm also still improving.

Punching does do a good amount of damage. It's one of the reasons i dropped the shotgun for shortrange defense.

I don't know where you get the 5-10 hits to kill something though. Unless you're talking about the shielded monsters. Regular ones drop with 1-2 headshots pretty much every time. Except the ones i just encountered from which the stomach is the weak spot unlike the head for more humanlike opponents.

Uploaded two short vids to show a bit of my gameplay in the video thread. Not really representative for my performance so far as it looks like i'm dying all the time. But that's because i just got into a harder area, so it's got both tougher enemies and i got to learn the lay of the land to take advantage of it.

 

[Kestegs]

Well, it's highly unlikely I'm hitting anything in the head!

 

[djmbbandie]

So then where are you hitting them?

*serves Dew

*serves wine

*serves sangria

*serves bourbon

*serves tequila

 

[Kestegs]

I'm probably not hitting them at all most of the time, I just feel like I should be.

 

[Zokar1]

Some places are better than others!

 

[Kestegs]

I'll just go completely crotch shots from now on.

 

[djmbbandie]

That was a pretty long squid attack.

*activates automatic Bar cleaning system

*serves Dew

 

[thefranklin]

I had nothing to read today, I went to the tennis forums!

 

[Kestegs]

What the heck am I supposed to do with myself all day? sheesh!

Congrats to Ohio State for issuing a thorough beatdown. And what a game in Michigan today, just wow.

*Drinks dew

 

[Zokar1]

Was out at the beach all day, didn't notice anything from anything.
Great to be clueless

 

[Kestegs]

I thought about going to the beach today, but by the time I thought about it I didn't have enough time to drive there in a day. Stupid landlocked state.

 

[Ariadne]

I'm so relieved to hear that I'm not the only one who does this. I can't goof off at work in any meaningful way because all the little eager beavers with the standing desks can see my screen ALL THE TIME. But I literally cannot work flat out like a machine all day every day and never take a break. Sometimes I go hide in the bathroom or walk around the building or just go sit outside for a bit. I don't care if I vanish. I have a smart phone and they can ping me on that any time (and they frequently do).

Ariadne, so sorry you are suffering. Life is pain I guess. It certainly seems that way. I've been trying to practice "radical acceptance" which is the idea that you accept a situation exactly as it is - not how you wish it was or how it used to be or how you hope it will be. So this week I just tried to accept that I hurt most of the time and the pain of last year is still around and that's just the way it is.

I'm familiar with the idea, and most of the time that works, but there are times when it is just too much and I get too depressed. Still aware that fighting it isn't going to help it but despairing that it's too much - it usually is when it's physically affecting me.

People always catch me behind a screen in an empty library, making stupid remarks like "oh it's quiet here isn't it" which means I've only just settled and my head's still spinning from doing too many things at the same time.

 

[Ariadne]

I've never watched Game of Thrones.
I've visited a few recording locations by accident, spending a long time there as they'd taken down the signposting (dragons don't need signposting?).
So I have no idea.
But I'm beginning to think that every episode opens with any random character telling John Snow that he knows nothing...

 

[Goldtru1]

I am so sick of Game of Thrones, especially after last season's relentless atrocities towards mostly female characters. That show doesn't have a glimmer of hope in it and it's going nowhere, just like the books. Even real life isn't as bad as the events in that show. Apparently what happened to Cersei at the end is based on a real event, but the real thing wasn't even close to as bad as what they did on the show. Ew. EW. GROSS. Blech.

 

[djmbbandie]

@kegs: Well, at least you have mountains to look at.

The weather is finally cooling in Houston. I thought we would in the 90s for all of winter...

*serves Dew

*serves wine

*serves sangria

*serves tequila

 

[Kestegs]

Yeah, mountains are nice. And the weather has been nice as well, mostly high 60s to high 70s last few weeks.

I watched a couple of episodes of GoT for the first time. I did like it, but haven't gone back to it. Also watched a few episodes of Archer. But the show I've gotten most in to lately is The Blacklist. Really great show, and I love James Spader so much!

 

[Jcakes1]

Bwahaha! Very nice. Made me laugh.

To be honest, my usual persona is quiet, relaxed, reserved. Very few get to know more than that. I'm generally happy, but quiet and don't open up easily, and so, people see a generally 2D persona - friendly, nice, considerate but not really that deep.
Even when we opened up emotionally (long talks, psychology/spirituality etc,) she saw a deeper level, but not everything. Over time (quite a short time by the way,) through our talks, discussion and psychological analyses of each other, she got to see the hidden me; a persona that is more open, analysing, deeper, and more insightful than my exterior which she saw for several years prior.
And with that, we've gotten closer, and where she actually told me she considered me a "John Snow (you know nothing, John Snow,)" she said that she now considers herself (in some aspects) more naive/less experienced/less confident and younger than myself. That is a really nice thing to hear. She has gotten to know a much deeper and personal aspect of me, and it feels nice to know that she looks at me like an equal, or even more confident of a person that she can rely upon.
Simply, it's nice.

Btw it is Jon Snow not John.

What the heck am I supposed to do with myself all day? sheesh!

Congrats to Ohio State for issuing a thorough beatdown. And what a game in Michigan today, just wow.

*Drinks dew

Play D3.

 

[Cyrax1]

Good to see the forums are back up.

Haven't seen a single episode of GoT (yet). I have read the books. Liked them for the most part. Did not agree with some of the characters that died, but if i wanted control of that i guess i should write a book myself.

Glad i got through a busy week. Ended Saturday with getting up early to get winter tyres for the car. Timing was bad. I was just too late to be helped instantly so i had to wait 45 mins for that. In the mean time nobody came after me, so i could've just come in 45 mins later and still be helped at the same time i did. Then 45 mins more of waiting for the actual job getting done. Good thing i brought my e-reader to pass time a bit, but i still would've rather stayed in bed to catch up on some sleep.

After that and some necessary Household things i played some Destiny. Was planning on playing a bit of D2 with Pyro, but i felt kinda woozy (i think that's the term?) so not a good idea to play HC. Besides that my desire to play D2 has been low after finishing my necro. So on Sunday there was more Destiny.

I think i finished the original storyline. Seeing quite a few areas that are restricted for me because i don't have the required DLC. Now i know why i could pick up the game so cheap. Thinking about getting the DLC but it's ridiculously expensive. It's pretty much like buying the game entirely instead of adding on some stuff.

Got plenty of time to think about it. Should be working now, but there's several problems people should fix first, before i can do anything. So until then it's a matter of: How do i get through the day? Perhaps pick up the next course? But which one? Anyhow, time enough to think about it.