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I've been trying to get my shit together lately, trying to get through backlogs of work, keeping things going here, finding time to rest and relax, living healthier, and all that stuff...if there was ever a time to do it it's now, since this should be the most normal month I've had since July. I'm excited just to feel like things are normal again for at least a month...

Does anyone else get depressed, play the sims, and then get mad at how perfect your sim's lives are so you murder them in interesting and creative ways? No? Just me? 

Does anyone else get depressed, play the sims, and then get mad at how perfect your sim's lives are so you murder them in interesting and creative ways? No? Just me? 

I'm sure there's someone else out in the world that does that. It's just not me.

When I get depressed my inclination is to escape in meditation or a book, though I'm not sure that's a healthy way to deal with it. Lately I've been making a better effort to talk to people about my negative feelings and insecurities, cause I think not doing that is part of what makes me feel disconnected from people. Believe it or not though, ten years ago I was quite the emo kid...a LOT of my discussions with people were about feelings and things going on at the time, lol.

Does anyone else get depressed, play the sims, and then get mad at how perfect your sim's lives are so you murder them in interesting and creative ways? No? Just me? 

I'm sure there's someone else out in the world that does that. It's just not me.

When I get depressed my inclination is to escape in meditation or a book, though I'm not sure that's a healthy way to deal with it. Lately I've been making a better effort to talk to people about my negative feelings and insecurities, cause I think not doing that is part of what makes me feel disconnected from people. Believe it or not though, ten years ago I was quite the emo kid...a LOT of my discussions with people were about feelings and things going on at the time, lol.

I honestly don't like opening up to people. I ptefer to deal with stuff on my own. I don't really like letting people in.

I honestly don't like opening up to people. I ptefer to deal with stuff on my own. I don't really like letting people in.

It's not always about dealing with stuff...sometimes it's just nice to have people who understand what you're going through or are just there for you so you don't feel like you're suffering through whatever alone.

I honestly don't like opening up to people. I ptefer to deal with stuff on my own. I don't really like letting people in.

Opening up is overrated. Keeping things to oneself is 10/10

On a more serious note, I really should try to open up to people more. There’s a girl who likes me at uni and she keeps asking for my preferences and opinions with like personal stuff, rather than talk about other things (ie geopolitics, mathematical theorems, the like). The problem is, I really couldn’t care less one way or the other with most things on a personal social level, and those that I do care about I don’t really feel comfortable sharing with anyone. My response to these inquiries are generally extremely verbose obfuscation, and I know that isn’t the best thing, but it is what I do best.

Also, didn’t mean to write that much on that subject. Huh.

I'm fully intending to come back to the community at some point, but I'm heaped under work and trying to complete my studies part time, to boot. I'm sorry if I've let anyone down. This is me saying 'see you all later' rather than farewell.

I honestly don't like opening up to people. I ptefer to deal with stuff on my own. I don't really like letting people in.

Opening up is overrated. Keeping things to oneself is 10/10

On a more serious note, I really should try to open up to people more. There’s a girl who likes me at uni and she keeps asking for my preferences and opinions with like personal stuff, rather than talk about other things (ie geopolitics, mathematical theorems, the like). The problem is, I really couldn’t care less one way or the other with most things on a personal social level, and those that I do care about I don’t really feel comfortable sharing with anyone. My response to these inquiries are generally extremely verbose obfuscation, and I know that isn’t the best thing, but it is what I do best.

Also, didn’t mean to write that much on that subject. Huh.

In other words you do the same thing, only with more words. I've just never liked giving people that ammunition to use later. I'm not exactly trusting of most folks haha.

The other day someone I had recently worked with in Lazarus messaged me suggesting that I go to another GCR he's involved in because it sounded like I was really inactive just being in Wintreath now. lol, he obviously isn't aware how much work one region can take. I have three pages of notes on things that I need to do involving Wintreath, discussions that I want to start or are ongoing in the Cabinet, and just ideas to explore and discussions that I want to start sometime. If anything, I don't understand how people have time to be deeply involved in multiple regions!

I'm fully intending to come back to the community at some point, but I'm heaped under work and trying to complete my studies part time, to boot. I'm sorry if I've let anyone down. This is me saying 'see you all later' rather than farewell.

I hate to hear that you've been so busy, but I understand...I hope you'll be able to return and be with us once more sometime soon.

The other day someone I had recently worked with in Lazarus messaged me suggesting that I go to another GCR he's involved in because it sounded like I was really inactive just being in Wintreath now. lol, he obviously isn't aware how much work one region can take. I have three pages of notes on things that I need to do involving Wintreath, discussions that I want to start or are ongoing in the Cabinet, and just ideas to explore and discussions that I want to start sometime. If anything, I don't understand how people have time to be deeply involved in multiple regions!

They do a lot less work per region, usually.

Your level of involvement and commitment to Wintreath is just amazing.

They do a lot less work per region, usually.

Your level of involvement and commitment to Wintreath is just amazing.

Thank you!

If people are doing less work per region, how will the regions get anywhere? We have a lot of natives who are awesome about helping out, and even we have a hard time getting things going sometimes.

A NSF just died here, he was working in the SCDF (fire department). From what I heard, he was just a few months or less to ORD (discharge). Hearing that, it makes me immeasurably sad. To die like that, drowning, is a hell of a way to go. To die with just a little bit left on your service? Even worse. Goddamn, it just makes me sad and pissed off at the same time.

I think when I'm able I want to get one of those Lite Bright sets...I had one when I was a kid, and it was so fun putting the pegs into the holes and watching them light up, and then building designs around them. I don't think I even want the design sheets, I just want to get creative and make up my own, like art or something.

I think that'd be fun.

Interview tips anyone? I have a bunch of interviews coming up.

I was in one today that I was ambivalent about and apparently it's a faux pas now to ask about conditions? I asked because my school has some criteria for recognizing your internship, including that it actually has to be paid (funny how they have to specify that), and I got received with "we do not talk about salary in interviews". I eventually got the answer I wanted, which was an OK amount, but from the looks of it it did not impress my interviewer.

At first I thought that it was a company policy or maybe even how that particular HR person did things but Googling it later on, it seems that it became somewhat verboten. I did a bunch of mocks and always asked the question and I never was told that it was inappropriate. Seemed like a normal question to ask when compensation is not specified on the ad (it almost never is) and as much as I like what I do, money matters up to a point and I'm not gonna work for a pittance. If all things are equal it's definitely going to be a deciding factor.

I dunno, never was very good with interviews, and there seems to be some fads when it comes to job hunting. They know the rules and so do I, and a full commitment's what I'm thinking of, but I rarely can play the game without some penalties. The interviews I have later this week are for places I'd really love to work at, so it's important that I don't screw it up. Got any tips, I'm all ears.

Interview tips anyone? I have a bunch of interviews coming up.

I was in one today that I was ambivalent about and apparently it's a faux pas now to ask about conditions? I asked because my school has some criteria for recognizing your internship, including that it actually has to be paid (funny how they have to specify that), and I got received with "we do not talk about salary in interviews". I eventually got the answer I wanted, which was an OK amount, but from the looks of it it did not impress my interviewer.

At first I thought that it was a company policy or maybe even how that particular HR person did things but Googling it later on, it seems that it became somewhat verboten. I did a bunch of mocks and always asked the question and I never was told that it was inappropriate. Seemed like a normal question to ask when compensation is not specified on the ad (it almost never is) and as much as I like what I do, money matters up to a point and I'm not gonna work for a pittance. If all things are equal it's definitely going to be a deciding factor.

I dunno, never was very good with interviews, and there seems to be some fads when it comes to job hunting. They know the rules and so do I, and a full commitment's what I'm thinking of, but I rarely can play the game without some penalties. The interviews I have later this week are for places I'd really love to work at, so it's important that I don't screw it up. Got any tips, I'm all ears.

Tell them that they wouldn't get this from any other guy?

It's been a long time since I've interviewed for anything, but from what I've read it's expected for you to be able to ask about the conditions of the job if you get it. It's an opportunity for you to interview them as much as it is for them to interview you. If they don't like that you want to know what the benefits of the job are beforehand, especially if you need to know to see if it meets your school criteria, I wonder if that's a warning sign of what it's like to work there.