Im afraid with me quitting magic............again..........*que blutsau* that I just dont think to check here. Plus the ones of you I have gotten close with I contact with on facebook, and thats not to say anything negative to the ones I dont talk to, you guys should just message me more. =)
True or not I feel too attached to this and our old clan to not try and post a few times a week.
Right now I need a new hobby, with the girlfriend out I am constantly bored now. My place is spotless. I love cooking for only myself (which I used to hate). And once I get a bit more comfortable in my own skin maybe Legacy (or DnD) will fill that gap and be my new time waster
I guess what this rant is me saying I want to play more. Play some. Play at all.
I will. In time.
Anyway, hockey now, MtG hopefully march.
edit: SSB4 is a ton of fun to me, brawl was okay, melee and project m annoyed me with wavedashing (yes it is skillful but I hated how it felt) but project m was a lot of fun. SSB4 is good enough for me as a causal Link/Ness/Charizard/Robin.
I'd love to make a BUG deck but sadly I lack the duals, LotV, and my Goyfs are gone so that's a huge amount of cash I'd rather invest elsewhere sadly which is why I typically stick with UW control, there's rarely anything over $50 I need now.
We should organize some kind of online tourney in the guild and have a round-robin style of doing things; using one of those "free" and controversial programs so everyone has all the cards etc.
Thanks Polski I think I re-added you on FB, deleted my old one and made a new one, if not just PM me and I'll send you skype information.
EDH is a strange e bast but yeah the broken cards in legacy tend to stay broken in EDH heh.
Life has been intense
Girlfriend and I aren't talking so I am now 100% on her moving out, her choice, ***** happens
Mindslavor helped a lot
New round of NY Department of Health proficiency testing began
Still in the middle of my yearly QC nonsense we are required to do
Still haven't replaced the kid I demoted
Still nervous they are going to fire someone to promote me when we get the new instrument in
Next set looks a bit meh, was hoping for more wedge fun.
How's life?
Facebook/Google Chat/Skype all are better ways to reach me.
Is someone seriously trying to suggest that a 8cc card, with almost no ways to cheat it into play, will warp the meta so much that decks will be forced to play it or specifically design their decks to counter that specific card? That is the criteria for bannings.
For 8 mana it should do something worthwhile but lets not be hyperbolic here.
Damn it Luminous fill out a clan bio so I can more easily remember who you are on FB and talk to you.
Actually just deactivated the thing but ha yeah sure I should update it anyway, expect that soon. In an edit to this post. Might reactivate it soon, just wanted a break and to not be tempted or upset by what the girlfriend is or isn't doing. It is a little pathetic but you're a good friend for asking.
Also how is Smash for the Wii U? I'm so close to getting it but my life might get very expensive soon so that might not be a good idea. Skype or Google Hangouts/Chat are better options anyway. Google Hangouts being preferred.
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Personal
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Name: Justin B
Age: 27
Location: Long Island, NY
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Magic Related
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Spike
Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Various
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Favourite Food(s): Indian and hibachi
Favourite Band(s): Streetlight Manifesto, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys
Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
Instant Messenger: PM for skype or google hangouts
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Haven't had much time to care about the game or read this site
sorry for what i missed and will miss in the upcoming days
really going through a rough time with the girlfriend
she's going through some existential crisis and i'm just here depressed over the thing
sorry all hope all is well and you'll be enjoying the holiday season
Dragon Age Inquisition looks great.Loved the first one. Hated the second.
Interview today, going to see the food testing lab, meeting with about 4 people (3 department heads, 1 senior analyst) and should be interesting, first interview they skip all the HR nonsense and go right into showing me around and seeing what I can do on a GC-MS so I'm pretty excited.
MtG is weird now with Treasure Cruise, I'm hoping it is just hype, it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
Can I not get the same position without sacrificing my schedule somewhere else?
How often do said opportunities show up ?
Just do a real pros/cons thing about it and talk to loved ones. We can offer all the advice in the world but without knowing you as a person and your life goals its all throwing mud on the wall.
!) I want to say no, I really do, but the answer is pretty much there's never enough money. With the money and hours I could do a Masters and eventual PhD as I always wanted mainly because I could afford it and I also could cover almost all of the mortgage and bills so my girlfriend can just do a Social Work Masters program without having to work full-time and do school full-time.
2) No it is a 24 hour lab so the managers come in around 4 am to 12 pm to straddle the night and day shifts and go over issues etc.
Basically. I value mental health and money just about equally, so this is a real coin-tosser for me.
Is there room for advancement? Possibly the opportunity of hours adjustment, maybe a whole shift change in the future? That'd be my first set of concerns.
Mental health-wise is really just how physically and mentally exhausting it is to keep such hours and coexist with people who have normal waking hours.
My old supervisor is now the lab manager so I suppose I could advance but I have no real idea off-hand.
The shift would only change if I was promoted to something else bur rhat probably won't happen for a few years.
Thanks for the input everyone..this is madness... I love analytical chemistry and I find clinical to be alright but.. it isn't my passion.
Edit: just got an offer from another lab for LC/MS-MS which would be a more senior position based on how it sounds so that could be a great move for me, less pay but better hours.. here's hoping.
So.. here's a real issue I have and if you have any input please share it. The last place I worked is trying to hire me back as a department head which would be a significant raise, plus a 401k, and great medical/vision/dental benefits however the hours are dreadful (4am to noon) and while I would love the cash and benefits I just don't know if I'll ever be happy working that.. I'm not trying to complain or brag, I just really don't know. I am honestly afraid of what could happen to my mental health and relationships. Moving to a 4am schedule kind of puts me on the opposite sleep pattern with the rest of the world and that is a huge sacrifice. This is an offer I almost can't pass up but.. man .. this is rough.. I just don't know.,,
True or not I feel too attached to this and our old clan to not try and post a few times a week.
Right now I need a new hobby, with the girlfriend out I am constantly bored now. My place is spotless. I love cooking for only myself (which I used to hate). And once I get a bit more comfortable in my own skin maybe Legacy (or DnD) will fill that gap and be my new time waster
I guess what this rant is me saying I want to play more. Play some. Play at all.
I will. In time.
Anyway, hockey now, MtG hopefully march.
edit: SSB4 is a ton of fun to me, brawl was okay, melee and project m annoyed me with wavedashing (yes it is skillful but I hated how it felt) but project m was a lot of fun. SSB4 is good enough for me as a causal Link/Ness/Charizard/Robin.
Can I at least get a "sound off" so we know who is still here and lurking....
Might be time to update the rosters because of this.
Stay warm everyone.
Pretty much whatever UW control is
I know nothing of modern but I am waiting on draw-go becoming an archetype.
Facebook email is I think Justin.Biochemistry@gmail.com
...
I have a lot of emails and know nothing of current MtG software atm
Thanks Polski I think I re-added you on FB, deleted my old one and made a new one, if not just PM me and I'll send you skype information.
EDH is a strange e bast but yeah the broken cards in legacy tend to stay broken in EDH heh.
Girlfriend and I aren't talking so I am now 100% on her moving out, her choice, ***** happens
Mindslavor helped a lot
New round of NY Department of Health proficiency testing began
Still in the middle of my yearly QC nonsense we are required to do
Still haven't replaced the kid I demoted
Still nervous they are going to fire someone to promote me when we get the new instrument in
Next set looks a bit meh, was hoping for more wedge fun.
How's life?
Facebook/Google Chat/Skype all are better ways to reach me.
I'll post here more I promise.
Sorry for my absence.
For 8 mana it should do something worthwhile but lets not be hyperbolic here.
This is a win-more card.
Actually just deactivated the thing but ha yeah sure I should update it anyway, expect that soon. In an edit to this post. Might reactivate it soon, just wanted a break and to not be tempted or upset by what the girlfriend is or isn't doing. It is a little pathetic but you're a good friend for asking.
Also how is Smash for the Wii U? I'm so close to getting it but my life might get very expensive soon so that might not be a good idea. Skype or Google Hangouts/Chat are better options anyway. Google Hangouts being preferred.
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Personal
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Name: Justin B
Age: 27
Location: Long Island, NY
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Magic Related
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Johnny, Timmy or Spike, etc: Spike
Favourite colour(s): Uw
Favourite set(s): Ravnica block, Timespiral Block
Favourite creature type(s): Cephalid
Favourite card/cards: [c]Force of Will[c]
Favourite EDH general card: Riku and Azami
Favourite Planeswalker: JtMS
Favourite format: Legacy then EDH
Favourite artist(s): I never notice to be honest
Favourite flavourtext(s): "It was probably a lousy spell in the first place." —Ertai, wizard adept from Counterspell
Favourite deck(s): UW control
When you started playing M:tG: Technically when I was super young during Mirrodin but never really played seriously until Timespiral
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Various
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Favourite Food(s): Indian and hibachi
Favourite Band(s): Streetlight Manifesto, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Bad Religion, Dropkick Murphys
Favourite Drink(s): Guinness
Favourite Book(s): A Song of Fire and Ice series by George R R Martin
Hobbies (other then magic): Science (American Chemical Society and AAAS)
Instant Messenger: PM for skype or google hangouts
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sorry for what i missed and will miss in the upcoming days
really going through a rough time with the girlfriend
she's going through some existential crisis and i'm just here depressed over the thing
sorry all hope all is well and you'll be enjoying the holiday season
Interview today, going to see the food testing lab, meeting with about 4 people (3 department heads, 1 senior analyst) and should be interesting, first interview they skip all the HR nonsense and go right into showing me around and seeing what I can do on a GC-MS so I'm pretty excited.
MtG is weird now with Treasure Cruise, I'm hoping it is just hype, it leaves a sour taste in my mouth.
!) I want to say no, I really do, but the answer is pretty much there's never enough money. With the money and hours I could do a Masters and eventual PhD as I always wanted mainly because I could afford it and I also could cover almost all of the mortgage and bills so my girlfriend can just do a Social Work Masters program without having to work full-time and do school full-time.
2) No it is a 24 hour lab so the managers come in around 4 am to 12 pm to straddle the night and day shifts and go over issues etc.
3) This is the best offer I have ever gotten.
Mental health-wise is really just how physically and mentally exhausting it is to keep such hours and coexist with people who have normal waking hours.
My old supervisor is now the lab manager so I suppose I could advance but I have no real idea off-hand.
The shift would only change if I was promoted to something else bur rhat probably won't happen for a few years.
Thanks for the input everyone..this is madness... I love analytical chemistry and I find clinical to be alright but.. it isn't my passion.
Edit: just got an offer from another lab for LC/MS-MS which would be a more senior position based on how it sounds so that could be a great move for me, less pay but better hours.. here's hoping.
Only when he does some mega evolution thing
So.. here's a real issue I have and if you have any input please share it. The last place I worked is trying to hire me back as a department head which would be a significant raise, plus a 401k, and great medical/vision/dental benefits however the hours are dreadful (4am to noon) and while I would love the cash and benefits I just don't know if I'll ever be happy working that.. I'm not trying to complain or brag, I just really don't know. I am honestly afraid of what could happen to my mental health and relationships. Moving to a 4am schedule kind of puts me on the opposite sleep pattern with the rest of the world and that is a huge sacrifice. This is an offer I almost can't pass up but.. man .. this is rough.. I just don't know.,,