Random talk thread: It just keeps happening

[Squiddy]

EDIT: oh and just recently I found out the only mentally distinguished mentally-challenged kid on center has a crush on me and I had to break it to him that I was gay, which seemed to fly right over his head. yeah. fuck my life.

I kinda don't understand this bit.

Did you mean to write that you had to break it to him that "it" or "he" was gay?

[El Babua]

Drinking Beer and Eating Taco bell at home on a Saturday night.

Quesaritos 

[Phoenix Dark]

Drinking Beer and Eating Taco bell at home on a Saturday night.

Quesaritos 

I went to a local place yesterday and tried their tacos, was rather disappointed. So today I went to another taco place that I've been to before, they have amazing fish and shrimp tacos.

[Junpei the Tracer!]

I'm glad you're okay Raban. I was wondering about you lately and it's nice to see you're alright.

[Phoenix Dark]

Raban grinding that XP

[El Babua]

Drinking Beer and Eating Taco bell at home on a Saturday night.

Quesaritos 

I went to a local place yesterday and tried their tacos, was rather disappointed. So today I went to another taco place that I've been to before, they have amazing fish and shrimp tacos.

Been feasting last week over in New York. Cousin's wedding, cocktail hour

Was first in line along with my other cousin, had some fresh shrimp fresh from the skillet. Topped it off with some Tiny Burgers and Tex-mex wraps. Then finished it off with some cac certified cheese.

Then the pre main course appetizer had the best damn salad I ever tasted which was followed up the main dish of Filet Mignon and Salmon.

The Groom marrying my cousin offered Taco Bell coupons during the gate ceremony

Crashed at my other, other cousin's place (the one who got married's brother) and his apartment had a spectacular ass view looking towards Manhattan.

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Also met up with two gaffers.

[El Babua]

your cousin marry a CAC?

(Image removed from quote.)

Nah, Bengali. 100% Brown

My cousin, she's actually very into the urban vernacular thing like you... bhai.

[Phoenix Dark]

are you guys talking about Skyrim?

[Squiddy]

All these Khajit 

[Kara]

are you guys talking about Skyrim?

You could have at least gone with Morrowind. 

[StealthFan]

so I joined the California Conservation Corps couple weeks ago; just finished my first week of actual work after the first week of training, and it's pretty tight. I was homeless before this (staying with a friend, but shit wasn't working at all) so having a place to live and eat is great, but there are a lot of drawbacks. For example, the computers in the lab (like the one I'm using right now) have all this high-school style website blocking and login gates and it makes me so pissed. This isn't high school, don't understand why we gotta put up with this shit. It doesn't help that my phone's contract is still unpaid and even if it wasn't the service where I'm at is so awful I wouldn't even be able to use it.

in the training they spout all this trash about maintaining "corpsmember morale" when it's really just bullshit. a lot of the people living here constantly have to deal with the superiors not knowing shit/overworking the members and being reluctant as all hell to give them anything like compensatory time off, allowing them to transfer to a different center, or actually worthwhile recreational activities to improve life at this particular one. It's my understanding that other centers in the state are a little newer and I'm staying in a very old one, one of the oldest, in fact.

outside of how dismal being stuck on center is (you can leave on your off time if you have a car but I don't :'(), the actual work is pretty great and I go to bed happy about what I'm doing. over the last week I spent most of my work hours being in a crew of corpsmembers helping CalTrans clear blackberry vines and trees out of a ditch near the road to improve visibility. I got to operate a massive weedeater, a pullsaw, and even got to use a chainsaw some of the other corpsmembers here are cool, but I'm unfortunately rooming with some really stupid girls that are always blasting music/movie audio to the point where I don't even bother to stay in my dorm.

so anyways, if anyone's wondered why I haven't posted much/in a while it's because I've been doing that. I'm really sad that I missed all the E3 hype but it seems like it was kinda lame from what I've caught up on. I miss all you guys (especially esch ) and I hope I can check in more often in the future once I have my phone up again. The admin says they're going to have wifi for the corpsmembers at some point but just like in any other state agency I'm gonna assume that'll take a fucking eternity.

EDIT: oh and just recently I found out the only mentally distinguished mentally-challenged kid on center has a crush on me and I had to break it to him that I was gay, which seemed to fly right over his head. yeah. fuck my life.

I was in the C's, breh Which center are you at? I was at Greenwood. Shit was whack but that guap

CCC is full of homos, closet homos, gang members and formerly homeless.

EDIT: I remember having to chant that stupid fucking slogan while marching up and down a goddamn hill. I hated that fucking job.

[Phoenix Dark]

are you guys talking about Skyrim?

You could have at least gone with Morrowind. 

but I've never played it. can't make unauthentic references, it's against the rules

[StealthFan]

Also Raban a great thing about the CCC is the health care plan. It's incredibly easy to get medication. I think it was Anthem or some shit.

[TVC15]

I can't stop thinking about this elaborate fantasy where I smash my testicles with the claw end of a hammer, pull demi out of his wheelchair, yank down his sweat pants, and use the blood and semen leaking out of my testicles as lube to fuck him with.

[StealthFan]

[Raban]

I'm at Placer, stealthfan. And yes, it is exactly how you describe it. COMET was easier tho, we didn't have to chant shit and the hikes were a lot of fun. re: health care we actually get paid so little that I still qualify for medical so I declined the Anthem insurance because it wasn't as good.

Raban, congratulations on moving on with your life and being productive in pursuing working and housing!

Are you fully recovered from the biking accident?

more or less. my neck is really stiff but I've been able to do some really hard work. I'm lapping people who are in perfect health, so the outlook is good

I kinda don't understand this bit.

Did you mean to write that you had to break it to him that "it" or "he" was gay?

ew squiddy posts here now? shit went downhill fast. to answer your question I'm a lesbian and this dude thought I was a straight woman, his mistake. he's also literally slow and even though he's a sweet guy he's really awful at this job. he came out on the grade with us last week and jammed three different wood chippers

@demi... PM me when you have your own place. once I get my own car maybe I'll just sneak away to Ohio

[CatsCatsCats]

Really great to hear from you, Raban! Sounds like you're doing a lot of positive things!!


I did yard work all friggin day and I'm beaaattt

[TVC15]

I stayed in bed trying to get over a hangover. I probably slept about 8 hours today and I still feel like shit. But it's time to start drinking again!

[Shadow Mod]

why are short ribs the fuckin' best

[BlackMage]

Drinking Beer and Eating Taco bell at home on a Saturday night.

Quesaritos 

Quesaritos are an abomination.. Seriously, nacho cheese instead of real cheese? That's fucking cheap

[El Babua]

Who are you to question the fine culinary artisans of Taco Bell?

[Shadow Mod]

One of the points of Taco Bell is price along with taste awesomeness.

[Kara]

I stayed in bed trying to get over a hangover. I probably slept about 8 hours today and I still feel like shit. But it's time to start drinking again!

I'm gonna try and finish Ikiru with the rest of this sleazy booze tonight.

Then I'm going to get up at the crack of dawn and jog.  :'(

[BlackMage]

One of the points of Taco Bell is price along with taste awesomeness.

But they sacrificed soo much taste to save very little. 

[Shadow Mod]

I guess. Plus you know they have tons of that other cheese that goes in the tacos they probably throw out weekly.

[TVC15]

Fuck, I might not be able to drink tonight.  Even the thought of alcohol is almost making me gag This happens sometimes. It's like my body is trying to tell me something.

[Kara]

Taco Bell is p. expensive compared to Del Taco.

[Squiddy]

Man, my sleep schedule is all messed up.
I keep staying up late convincing myself that I'll just pull an all-nighter to fix my sleeping, and then ends up going to bed 11AM and waking up 5 in the afternoon.

#karakanded

[Shadow Mod]

You fix that shit with drugs that have the capability of putting your ass to sleep when you need it.

[BlackMage]

Man, my sleep schedule is all messed up.
I keep staying up late convincing myself that I'll just pull an all-nighter to fix my sleeping, and then ends up going to bed 11AM and waking up 5 in the afternoon.

#karakanded

You need to learn some basic problem solving skills, son. Next time rail some Ambien

[Kara]

Ambien 

e: I do love being hashtagged.

[TVC15]

Ambien is for children.  It works for like 2 days.

[TVC15]

Oh fuck this was a bad idea.  I'm going to end up throwing up my lithium.

[Kara]

Ambien is for children.  It works for like 2 days.

It always gives me very vivid dreams so I can't stand to take it for more than 2 days.

e: Ikiru update, too out of it to finish this flick tonight. So heavy.

[TVC15]

I just smashed my half fifth of scotch against my new TV, smashed my glass against the wall, smashed my bowl against my bedroom door, and fucking screamed off my balcony. Fuck the world. Fuck sobriety. I'm going to fucking die soon. I want someone else to do it but i fucking know it will be me. Fuck life. Let me die. Let me fucking die, please. Someone kill me. I hate myself. I want to die. Please help me. Make this it. I fucking hate you all and you should do it. I want my head splattered on the wall. I'd even take the death penalty after being falsely accused of raping a child. Anything, someone, please help me. This is punishment. I haven't even deserved to be alive for more than a decade. My brother died of cancer and he had a kid. He deserves life more than me. Please punish me. Fuck my life. I'm useless. I'm an insult to his untimely death. He deserves the life I've pissed away. His son has no father; I'm a piece of trash with a wasted life. Please let me die. It's the only path to peace i will ever have. Please!

[StealthFan]

I'm at Placer, stealthfan. And yes, it is exactly how you describe it. COMET was easier tho, we didn't have to chant shit and the hikes were a lot of fun. re: health care we actually get paid so little that I still qualify for medical so I declined the Anthem insurance because it wasn't as good.

My COMET was turrible. I had a really unruly group tho, and we were punished. Our PT training was brutal, and I was already 80lbs overweight. It was a miracle I passed the physical. Yeah the pay is shit for the work that you do but it's better than being broke. 800+bucks a month is alright, and you can advance if you do well and your superior likes you. What crew are you? I was on kitchen, water and logs throughout my "career".

The only useful thing you can get in the CCC is a Class B liscense. If you're a good worker and your superior likes you bring that shit up to them. You can take it and be a bus driver. Chainsaw certs and all that mess mean jack shit outside the corp

[StealthFan]

Demi needs to call the proper authorities

[Kara]

My brother died of cancer and he had a kid. He deserves life more than me. Please punish me. Fuck my life. I'm useless. I'm an insult to his untimely death. He deserves the life I've pissed away. His son has no father; I'm a piece of trash with a wasted life.

One of my clients has been fighting pancreatic cancer for 18 months. They were supposed to be dead in 6 and I've watched them be eaten away by it (and chemo) but they keep trucking on. They still work with me. They still hold it together with a stiff upper lip and the occasional indulgence in gallows humor. The only time they really cracked was when their oncologist gave them their death sentence last year but I was too wrapped up in my own fucking bullshit at the time to be there for them even though they reached out to me.

They have a successful child who's just starting out in the world and a spouse who's devastated. They were just looking to start retirement after a life of working. Meanwhile I'm still here being a fucking piece of shit and nothing is going to happen to me for decades because that's the way life fucking works.

[Positive Touch]

just never-ending rain over here

[lennedsay]

Tons of thunder but nothing else.

[BlackMage]

I seriously want to move to Seattle. I forgot what rain was like.   But I've always loved it

[Madrun Badrun]

Rain is the best.  I've been thinking about moving to the bay area after I do a phd. 

[BlackMage]

Rain is the best.  I've been thinking about moving to the bay area after I do a phd.

You'll never be able to afford it!!!! NEVER

[BlackMage]

what I'm really sayin' is you should move to Seattle with me instead 

[chronovore]

Messed up my ankle. I have NO IDEA what's wrong with it, except that it hurts. Feels like a sprain, but I didn't twist it and it's not swollen.

[BlackMage]

Messed up my ankle. I have NO IDEA what's wrong with it, except that it hurts. Feels like a sprain, but I didn't twist it and it's not swollen.

is it the back side of your ankle, closer to your heel, or just your whole ankle?

[archnemesis]

Messed up my ankle. I have NO IDEA what's wrong with it, except that it hurts. Feels like a sprain, but I didn't twist it and it's not swollen.

That happened to me a few times. If I let it rest for a few hours it will usually recover by itself.

[Phoenix Dark]

Messed up my ankle. I have NO IDEA what's wrong with it, except that it hurts. Feels like a sprain, but I didn't twist it and it's not swollen.

That happened to me a few times. If I let it rest for a few hours it will usually recover by itself.

Chrono is like 53 years old, his health regen is disabled.

[TVC15]

It's definitely a 2 abilify day.

[chronovore]

Messed up my ankle. I have NO IDEA what's wrong with it, except that it hurts. Feels like a sprain, but I didn't twist it and it's not swollen.

is it the back side of your ankle, closer to your heel, or just your whole ankle?

More like the heel. Outside, mainly. I guess it isn't the joint itself.

[TVC15]

Maybe just from stress or a bad shoe?

[BlackMage]

probably tendinitis

[TVC15]

That's a bitch and takes a while to go away.

[Madrun Badrun]

what I'm really sayin' is you should move to Seattle with me instead 

Ya but only MS is out there*


*pretty sure I will be moving to where ever I can get a job

[TVC15]

You always have a place to stay in my bedroom.

[Raban]

My COMET was turrible. I had a really unruly group tho, and we were punished. Our PT training was brutal, and I was already 80lbs overweight. It was a miracle I passed the physical. Yeah the pay is shit for the work that you do but it's better than being broke. 800+bucks a month is alright, and you can advance if you do well and your superior likes you. What crew are you? I was on kitchen, water and logs throughout my "career".

The only useful thing you can get in the CCC is a Class B liscense. If you're a good worker and your superior likes you bring that shit up to them. You can take it and be a bus driver. Chainsaw certs and all that mess mean jack shit outside the corp

yup, already took my first step towards the class B and that's the blue card. Gonna take the online test today, finish my paperwork and by next weekend I should be able to drive for crews. I'm on mitigation crew atm which usually just goes around cleaning up highways of roadkill and weeds, planting flowers and watering them and whatnot, but the last week we were just working with CalTrans on that project I mentioned earlier. I thought about joining kitchen cuz I don't really like working on the grade but my C1 is a really chill dude so I might just stay on his crew.

Placer has an energy crew too that just goes around helping public buildings save on energy and retrofit them with better equipment and I'd like to go there cuz the heaviest lifting you do is the weight of a pencil and paper. Not to mention you get tons of opportunities for certs. Also apparently my C1 already wants to hand me and one of my COMET brothers the green book so we can promote since we're busting our asses so hard. I'm pretty stoked on that

that's awesome that you went into the Cs man, wasn't expecting anyone here would've been with them. did you only finish the first year?

[Kara]

Wallahi, there's a bright green Ford Fiesta with California license plate VESPENE.

When I saw it irl I was all 

[Raban]

I thought there was a smartphone thread on the OT but I can't find it so I'll just ask this here: is the Xperia Z1 Compact coming to stateside carriers anytime soon? my accident earlier this year caused me to be so delinquent on my Verizon bills that my contract is cancelled and now I can shop around for a different carrier. I might go prepaid with my current iPhone but because it has superficial damage and I'd like to take a break from Apple's software chains I'm thinking about hopping over to Android and that particular device is the most appealing to me. So what's the deal? androx plz

[G The Resurrected]

If your heart is set on the Z1 compact just get an unlocked one from ebay for cheap and then go with a non contract from Tmobile.

[Raban]

The nerve of this thot, after all the shit she talked to me about Android (Image removed from quote.)

I will eat my crow in shame

If your heart is set on the Z1 compact just get an unlocked one from ebay for cheap and then go with a non contract from Tmobile.

the main thing I like about it is the size. most android phones are way too damn big for me

EDIT: I still might stick with my current iPhone but it seems like it won't be easy to transfer to another carrier's prepaid plan because it's 4G and CDMA. I could get back on a contract with Verizon but I'd like to avoid giving them any more money