Dreia! Hey, welcome back! Good to hear from you again! You and Mike still getting along? You're right, you should stop back more often. It's always good to see familiar faces.
Speaking of familiar faces, that was very brave of you Photon, and of course the right thing to do. I said it once, but I'll say it again: congratulations. You must be very happy with how things went.
And Alacar: What can't find a girl offline? *nudge nudge* She's a good'n, anyway, very pretty. I wish you the best in your new relationship.
@Ala: Thats amazing man. Congratulations. She has some gorgeous hair and a wonderful face. Good show man! And the phone thing, incredibly cute.
Aw, thanks She is super cute. Plus you'll notice the hair and face looks remarkably similar to my favorite Star Wars character (check my avatar)--I told her about this and she laughed and was happy to make me geek out like that. I begged her to keep that hair color and she will. She's such a nugget
Congratulations, Alacar, she's very cute. I'm glad to see you with someone closer to your own age, too, honestly.
While I'm in here, I may as well make an announcement of my own:
So, as some of you know, even though Josh and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary this October, I'm not out to my family. Even after Mamelon came out last summer, we've stayed quiet about it, because it was just something I didn't see ending well- it would be one thing to come out on my own, but to come out and have to explain that I have been in a committed relationship (with talk of civil ceremonies and adoption no less) for almost 6 years would be really difficult.
Anyway, with all this talk of wanting to start a family, it has become something I have had to think a lot about lately- and in doing so, I started doing a lot of soul searching, a lot of reading, and Josh and I have been doing a lot of talking in general. We've put ourselves completely under the microscope and really evaluated our relationship during this time. I've done a ton of reading, and started to re-explore Christianity again, too- first as a means of helping to form an argument against Christian opponents to gay marriage, but over time I started to find that the only reason I had ever denounced the beliefs I had been raised with is because I was convinced my identity made me incompatible with them. I've found that isn't the case, and in doing so, I've decided that I can't say I believe in equality for gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and the transgender if I am hiding my relationship and indirectly saying "Yes, society, you are right about us, and we should be ashamed."
So, I bit the bullet, and came out to my family on Friday, and also told them about my relationship and about our life plans. It was scary and rough, but they took it better than I had ever expected. My dad, apparently, had figured it out years ago and really didn't care that much. My mom was suspicious, but still surprised, but all in all it went well. It's been a very liberating experience, and I feel as if I no longer have any reason now to not pursue my dreams. It will take my family some time to adjust, but for the most part now all those little blockades I had erected to protect my secrets are gone, so now I can move forward. It's been really... I don't know. Empowering. Anyway, time for me to disappear for a while and lurk. I should be around more, though, now that all that is off my chest and I'm not so preoccupied.
First of all, congratulations! That's most awesome, Photon. You and I talked about this earlier, but it's good to see you so relieved and improved Hopefully we'll be seeing a bit more of you (and everyone) as the season changes and classes begin. Yay for the Coffeehouse, and all!
Second, thanks. Hearing that from you especially is a high compliment.
Awesome for Alacar! She's quite a cutey and already sounds like a more positive presence in your life than Heather was.
Awesome for Photon! Not sure what to say beyond that; I'm sure things will take time to adjust as you said, but in the long run hopefully your relationship with your parents will be stronger for it.
Awesome indeed! She is the best thing that's happened to me all summer and has definitely brightened my life. No more feeling extraordinarily lonely.
And hey, Kraj, you mind posting around here a bit more? Or just not been inclined to?
I figured I would check in and see how everyone is doing. I saw some familiar faces and some strangers. I think I may start coming back a bit more (every 10 months is kinda crazy).
Major congrats to Photon again!!
So sorry about your kitty Nai.
She's pretty cute Ala.
I hope everyone is well.
~Dreia
Hey, it's Dreia! Good to see you! *huggles* How you been? I thought we'd lost you forever. Yay for older members comin' back.
And Alacar: What can't find a girl offline? *nudge nudge* She's a good'n, anyway, very pretty. I wish you the best in your new relationship.
Har har. My mom was like that. It'll take some doing to get her to warm up to Elizabeth, but I'm confident that when Elizabeth finally comes up to visit she'll be happy for us
As for me.. whew, I just woke up. Had a late night. I been calling Elizabeth every morning since.. two days ago, and it's been all good
Its definitely great to see you again Dreia! How is life? Anyhow best of luck to you as always.
I also wish you the very best in your relationship Alacar!
Well anyway its like 4:26pm just going to get ready for work here in a bit. I also have good news I am done with the hardest section of my pharmacy training program wohoo!
Have a good day everyone and now off to my four hour shift. Later everyone.
I think Psychoburner put it in the best words possible..
Instead of reiterating what I've likely already said, except for my condolences to Nai... I shudder to think about the...ugh..neck snapping.. thing.. ew..
And welcome back to Dreia!
Photon and Alacar I have already said it to you two, but I will say it again, however briefly.. Congratulations to you both for your own respective reasons.. Photon you should certainly be proud.. and i'm sorry I didn't respond appropriately when you first IMed me (my first response was "Oh? I thought they already knew?" to which Photon's response was "Gee way to deflate my big announcement" or something along those lines lol)
Alacar, I hope your relationship goes well, but I would encourage you to be careful and take this slow..
As for me, I've been battling on and off depression since I got back from Myrtle Beach... Saw Ryan today, we had lunch together, which was nice, but it did throw me a little bit.. That, plus just the uncertainty of not having work is kind of depressing.. I spent most of the day today revising my resume, which was good, and I'm pretty happy with it, I should say!
And tomorrow, a friend of mine is going to be chauffeuring me around, helping me find a job.. first I have a chiropractor appointment in the morning, then from there we'll be heading around and about to different places to check it all out... My apartment is so dark though, so its kind of hard to fight off feelings of depression especially when I get here late at night and stuff... (well after dark :p)
Hey it's my first time in the coffeehouse. I wanted to join a clan/group sort of thing, and considering I've kinda given up magic here recently before I go off to college, so this seemed right up my alley. I look forward to meeting you all!
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Hey guys...Dimir Blanket is not far off from a prototype. Woot PurpleD you listening?
When I read that on the BBC the other day I was totally ready to come and post about it but you beat me to it! That's super cool, though. I'll start saving my $$$ for it now
So, my day just went from okay to bad. One of our kittens died today. He apparently got caught behind the radiator, between it and the wall. And instead of coming to an adult directly, when my sister found it, she tried to tug him out. Either he choked to death, or she snapped his neck. We're currently calling plumbers to move that radiator so we can get him out.
Oh man, I'm very sorry to hear that. I can honestly say that I would be horrified, being a vegetarian animal-lover and all. Gah, just hearing about it makes me cringe.
@Alacar; I'm glad that you've found yourself a new gf! I've never been fond of LDRs but different strokes for different folks, I suppose
@Photon; That took some serious courage and I'm glad that it went well. * PurpleD proposes a toast to Photon's courage
Thanks, and my banner is obviously inspired by what I consider the best movie ever made, Pulp Fiction. If you havn't seen it I recommend you do so immedietley.
I can safely say that every time I see Pulp Fiction, it gets better and better. I can also safely say that I've never been able to keep my eyes open when they stick the adrenalin shot in Uma Thurman. *shudders*
Thanks for the support, PurpleD. I've been in LDRs before, and I'm hopeful that since we're now more capable of seeing each other than say when I was with Heather (Elizabeth is 22 and has a car) then it won't be as difficult
And all hail Pulp Fiction as one of my top favorite movies! That's not easy, you know.
Anyway, I'm up bright and early to make the trek around town to try and find a job at one of the various bookstores or libraries around this area... There'll be another day where I'll go to all the university libraries and check them out, likely after some more research, as many of the colleges have more than one library and obviously more than one department.. so yeah.
But yeah, its ye-gods early.... I have to jump in the shower, then figure out what I'm going to wear for the day... So have a good day all, and wish me luck
Anyway, I'm up bright and early to make the trek around town to try and find a job at one of the various bookstores or libraries around this area... There'll be another day where I'll go to all the university libraries and check them out, likely after some more research, as many of the colleges have more than one library and obviously more than one department.. so yeah.
But yeah, its ye-gods early.... I have to jump in the shower, then figure out what I'm going to wear for the day... So have a good day all, and wish me luck
Definitely have a good day and I wish you great luck to find a job for you. I wish you well omna.
Anyway its about 5 minutes past 8am I am tired right now since I haven't been up this early for about a week and a half now oh well I have to get ready for work soon anyway. Have a good day everyone and take cares.
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Thats Hilarious, I've never seen that before.
Omna15: Good idea getting a job at a library, that was were I wanted to get a job but wound up working at a fast food restaurant, which I will never do again.
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kpaca, that's the best sig banner I've seen in a long time.
Thank you, considering I've been out of the magic game for about 6 months, I couldn't think of a good magic related banner, so I went with my favorite from my favorite movie.
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Thank you for the well-wishes people.. I am happy to see people enjoying themselves here, both in Magic and outside of it
Anyway, not much luck here in the job hunt... most of the places we checked on weren't open yet, but I did drop off my application for Barnes & Noble and picked up another application for the used bookstore down the street from my house. The used bookstore said they just hired someone, but you never know how that works out and told me to apply anyway, especially when they saw my resume rife with library experience.
Anyway, take care, folks Off to visit another professor then goin' shopping and droppin' by Borders, then to home
Good luck to you, Omna- I'm sure all will go peachy. (Yes, I'm an optimist, but then again, optimism always helps. So it WILL go well! :))
And I know I missed this, as it was a couple pages ago, but... many congratulations are in order for Photon! I'm very happy all went well- best of wishes for your continued relationship, and to your future in general!
Sorry I've been posting erratically- I split my time here with the [Pack], the Colo, and custom card games, so... um... well...
hi yall's how's it going, Alacar, could you get me a Dr. Pepper, and maybe an icepack
i just got back from football mini-camp, 3 days of sleeping in the wrestling room with 44 other guys. waking up at 6:00 am and running 3 miles, practicing during the day, conditioning at night and going to sleep at 11:30 pm.
Thanks Alacar. *sips Chai tea latte* Tomorrow, I leave for a trip to Galina, IL (about 2 1/2 hours by car from where I live [Chicago]), where I'll be until Sunday/Monday. Tuesday I leave for freshmen orientation (Yikes, high school already!), and I'll finally be back home until school starts on Thursday or Friday.
Boros: does your school have a freshman orientation where the freshman have to go in early? I just did this since I'm starting college but the idea of doing this for high school seems a little strange to me, I mean High School's not that difficult.
Avatar of Jugan: that sucks about football camp, thankfully at my school basketball camp was held at University of Georgia and we got to sleep in dorms
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Oh dear, I had a long night of drinking heavily. I hope this is coherent enough... I wouldn't want to have a nerdier version of drinking and dialing. It reminds me of the good ol' days in Dimir when "A Banana" would some on posting while he was high and then furor would give him an infratcion because he was being bad. It's in my old extendo if you want to look.
*yawn* I really want to update my WP but I'm in no state to do so right now. I need some sleep. Goodnight, coffeeeebeans! Hopefully I won't e too too humiliated by this in the morning.
Speaking of familiar faces, that was very brave of you Photon, and of course the right thing to do. I said it once, but I'll say it again: congratulations. You must be very happy with how things went.
And Alacar: What can't find a girl offline? *nudge nudge* She's a good'n, anyway, very pretty. I wish you the best in your new relationship.
First of all, congratulations! That's most awesome, Photon. You and I talked about this earlier, but it's good to see you so relieved and improved Hopefully we'll be seeing a bit more of you (and everyone) as the season changes and classes begin. Yay for the Coffeehouse, and all!
Second, thanks. Hearing that from you especially is a high compliment.
LOL Thanks, I'd hit it too, but that's a little bit down the road.
And yeah, don't disappear for too long, Photon. Maybe convince Ethersphere and Mamelon to poke their heads in too.
Awesome indeed! She is the best thing that's happened to me all summer and has definitely brightened my life. No more feeling extraordinarily lonely.
And hey, Kraj, you mind posting around here a bit more? Or just not been inclined to?
Hey, it's Dreia! Good to see you! *huggles* How you been? I thought we'd lost you forever. Yay for older members comin' back.
LOL Thanks still, I feel incredibly lucky.
Har har. My mom was like that. It'll take some doing to get her to warm up to Elizabeth, but I'm confident that when Elizabeth finally comes up to visit she'll be happy for us
As for me.. whew, I just woke up. Had a late night. I been calling Elizabeth every morning since.. two days ago, and it's been all good
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I post whenever I have something to say. I always stay current on the goings-on here, though.
And wow, yeah... Dreia. Long time no see.
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She knows why.
I also wish you the very best in your relationship Alacar!
Well anyway its like 4:26pm just going to get ready for work here in a bit. I also have good news I am done with the hardest section of my pharmacy training program wohoo!
Have a good day everyone and now off to my four hour shift. Later everyone.
Love,
Cecilia
Anyway, so sorry to hear about that poor kitten Nai.
Good to hear, Alacar, I hope that new relationship works out.
Major congratulations, Photon. It couldn't be easy to do that, and I'm glad everything worked out.
Welcome back Dreia, good to see you.
Instead of reiterating what I've likely already said, except for my condolences to Nai... I shudder to think about the...ugh..neck snapping.. thing.. ew..
And welcome back to Dreia!
Photon and Alacar I have already said it to you two, but I will say it again, however briefly.. Congratulations to you both for your own respective reasons.. Photon you should certainly be proud.. and i'm sorry I didn't respond appropriately when you first IMed me (my first response was "Oh? I thought they already knew?" to which Photon's response was "Gee way to deflate my big announcement" or something along those lines lol)
Alacar, I hope your relationship goes well, but I would encourage you to be careful and take this slow..
As for me, I've been battling on and off depression since I got back from Myrtle Beach... Saw Ryan today, we had lunch together, which was nice, but it did throw me a little bit.. That, plus just the uncertainty of not having work is kind of depressing.. I spent most of the day today revising my resume, which was good, and I'm pretty happy with it, I should say!
And tomorrow, a friend of mine is going to be chauffeuring me around, helping me find a job.. first I have a chiropractor appointment in the morning, then from there we'll be heading around and about to different places to check it all out... My apartment is so dark though, so its kind of hard to fight off feelings of depression especially when I get here late at night and stuff... (well after dark :p)
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And Alacar is right, no better place to start then the Magic Coffeehouse :D.
When I read that on the BBC the other day I was totally ready to come and post about it but you beat me to it! That's super cool, though. I'll start saving my $$$ for it now
Oh man, I'm very sorry to hear that. I can honestly say that I would be horrified, being a vegetarian animal-lover and all. Gah, just hearing about it makes me cringe.
@Alacar; I'm glad that you've found yourself a new gf! I've never been fond of LDRs but different strokes for different folks, I suppose
@Photon; That took some serious courage and I'm glad that it went well.
* PurpleD proposes a toast to Photon's courage
I can safely say that every time I see Pulp Fiction, it gets better and better. I can also safely say that I've never been able to keep my eyes open when they stick the adrenalin shot in Uma Thurman. *shudders*
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Thanks for the support, PurpleD. I've been in LDRs before, and I'm hopeful that since we're now more capable of seeing each other than say when I was with Heather (Elizabeth is 22 and has a car) then it won't be as difficult
And all hail Pulp Fiction as one of my top favorite movies! That's not easy, you know.
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Anyway, I'm up bright and early to make the trek around town to try and find a job at one of the various bookstores or libraries around this area... There'll be another day where I'll go to all the university libraries and check them out, likely after some more research, as many of the colleges have more than one library and obviously more than one department.. so yeah.
But yeah, its ye-gods early.... I have to jump in the shower, then figure out what I'm going to wear for the day... So have a good day all, and wish me luck
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Definitely have a good day and I wish you great luck to find a job for you. I wish you well omna.
Anyway its about 5 minutes past 8am I am tired right now since I haven't been up this early for about a week and a half now oh well I have to get ready for work soon anyway. Have a good day everyone and take cares.
I'll be back later.
Love,
Cecilia
Have a good day Cecilia!
kpaca, that's the best sig banner I've seen in a long time.
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Omna15: Good idea getting a job at a library, that was were I wanted to get a job but wound up working at a fast food restaurant, which I will never do again.
Thank you, considering I've been out of the magic game for about 6 months, I couldn't think of a good magic related banner, so I went with my favorite from my favorite movie.
Anyway, not much luck here in the job hunt... most of the places we checked on weren't open yet, but I did drop off my application for Barnes & Noble and picked up another application for the used bookstore down the street from my house. The used bookstore said they just hired someone, but you never know how that works out and told me to apply anyway, especially when they saw my resume rife with library experience.
Anyway, take care, folks Off to visit another professor then goin' shopping and droppin' by Borders, then to home
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And I know I missed this, as it was a couple pages ago, but... many congratulations are in order for Photon! I'm very happy all went well- best of wishes for your continued relationship, and to your future in general!
Sorry I've been posting erratically- I split my time here with the [Pack], the Colo, and custom card games, so... um... well...
I'll have a Chai tea latte to break the tension.
I have 15 cookies in my cookie jar.
hi yall's how's it going, Alacar, could you get me a Dr. Pepper, and maybe an icepack
i just got back from football mini-camp, 3 days of sleeping in the wrestling room with 44 other guys. waking up at 6:00 am and running 3 miles, practicing during the day, conditioning at night and going to sleep at 11:30 pm.
* Avatar of Jugan is VERY tired
Whew, sounds like a rough one, AoJ. Glad to have you back. Curl up on a bean bag
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I have 15 cookies in my cookie jar.
Whew!! Avatar of Jugan, you should sit down, take a load off with a good book!
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Avatar of Jugan: that sucks about football camp, thankfully at my school basketball camp was held at University of Georgia and we got to sleep in dorms
*yawn* I really want to update my WP but I'm in no state to do so right now. I need some sleep. Goodnight, coffeeeebeans! Hopefully I won't e too too humiliated by this in the morning.
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