Already had one power outage, another is on the way.
I actually kinda like power outages. They’re sort of an adventure.
The only gut-punch is that I’ve been looking for work for a while now. Hoping on a miraculous break-through soon. But I had to ask for money from friends for non-perishables.
My closes distance was like 400 ft away in Alaska even though I’d never been to Alaska.
As a man (straight) I consider it my duty to pay for a date, but if the woman wants to pay or go Dutch I’m not going to raise a fuss.
I’ll usually tell her straight up I do this as well. I figure if someone isn’t comfortable with me communicating something as simple as who’s going to pay for a date, how comfortable are they going to be with me communicating about other things as well?
Exactly.
“I’m ready to start Monday. Just need to restart my health insurance with–”
“Oh, we already chose that for you.”
“Um…okay…well, at least I can go back to my gym on Tues–”
“No worries, through our wellness plan we’ve already selected a gym for you. We even pre-signed you up to a spin class.”
“I’m more of a bench-press person any–”
“We’ve started your retirement account, too.”
“Um…thanks?”
I had a hero of a physics professor who figured out that new editions of textbooks just mixed up the number of the exercises, so he advised students that they could just order previous versions of the textbooks and he’d provide the “key” for how the questions were shuffled.
Toilets.
I just use your neighbor’s garden and blame it on my cat.
Probably gonna anger both sides here, but I see both private insurance and single-payer healthcare as equally-evil scams. Why not focus on driving down costs of healthcare (i.e. EVERYTHING) so that you throw a couple bucks at the receptionist to cover your surgery then check to see if you have enough for a post-surgery soda?
Yup, BandCamp all the way. Once you buy a song you own it, you can play it anywhere you darn well please. Even if BandCamp goes under, no worries, still got my music.
Same with DVDs. Yeah, I’ve definitely gotten movies I regret purchasing, but I think long-term it’s more economical.
Workplace benefits.
Really? What’s the benefit? You’re taking money out of my paycheck to restrict my choices?
And aren’t you a business anyway–you know, an organization whose purpose is to MAKE MONEY, not coddle people.
Yeah, I’ve definitely been trying out various books on Project Gutenberg to get my brain away from opportunity-searching.
Unfortunately restricted on what I can do for free since I’m a tenant. But good thoughts, nonetheless.
Wow! Sounds exciting! Hopefully you got some play time this week!
Spending my day mostly twiddling my thumbs. Been (for the most part) unemployed for the last 3 years, getting by on small projects here or there. I went to a couple networking events this last week and got in contact with a few people that said they’re hiring. But, of course, I have to wait until Monday to actually get the ball rolling on that. Very frustrating but I just have to cross my fingers that this week I’ll get follow-through.
Haven’t been able to get out & socialize much post-pandemic due to financial constraints (esp. since I want to get married, and need to resume dating to make that happen). Would really be nice to get out & stretch my wings soon.
So I’m just twiddling my thumbs. Might write some more fiction. Might catch up on the few client projects I have, but one of the clients has gone quiet lately.
Dude, that story is so inspirational. Thank you!
Yup, exactly. Yeah, I definitely love me some greens. I mean, ideally I’d connect with the right employer who’s ready to rock and roll on starting making some money!
Basically the guy I was talking to was a grunt worker, so nobody with executive power, though he did say he’d pass my email off; I’m not putting too much hope in them reaching out, but just figured–hey, what the heck, got nothing to lose.
With greens it’s kinda hit & miss. Especially since I can only go there twice a month, so if I do get greens I basically have to eat em (or get REALLY creative with em) within a couple of days.
I love the attitude! The best kinds of projects are the ones when you go in knowing you’re doing it wrong. Haha. What’s meant by a WWI pattern. Was it a pattern used by the military for military socks?
Yay! Yeah, any time I’ve started work and got that paycheck, man it was a relief. Glad you’re able to spend extravagantly on groceries. Hope you continue to do that.
I’ve learned out how to get creative. The added challenge is that my landlord & his wife often commandeer the kitchen (hey, their hose, so it’s only fair). I try to be out of their was much as possible, so it’s mostly PB sandwiches. I splurge on gluten free bread since my body doesn’t like gluten that much.
But I try to turn trips to the food bank into an adventure. What tasty goodies will be in the cart today? Who can I meet standing in line? There was even an internet sales rep sitting at a table for a promo offer. I was able to find out their corporate app sucks and offered to get in touch with his boss to fix it for their employees.
Nice! I’ve heard some people love it and some people hate it. I’d love to know how it compares to Nolan’s other films like Inception and Interstellar.
Yeah, but I’ve had plans of moving from my state for my entire life. I was making strides during COVID and then seemingly lost all the progress I had made when the “normal” returned for most people. I thought I had broken through, but I think I was randomly just lucky during that time, since I’ve been unable to adjust to what people consider normal (this was the case before COVID, too). So even walks feel like a prison since they remind me of where I live and my failures. Of course, I do try to focus on positives, like kitties that like me enough to say hi, chatting with neighbors (I’ve found most people in my area are coldly aloof and it takes a lot to get through someone’s wall). I realize I’m not defined by my failures, too.
With me it depends on quality & depth.
If I socialize with a really good friend (or a romantic interest–which hasn’t been for a while 🙁 ) every day, that invigorates me.
But if I drag myself out to even one hour long social event for a week I have to spend 8 weeks recovering. 🤣 (OK, maybe not that long, but you get the idea).