the return: slightly less sad_, slightly more winslow

sad_winslow · 05-13-2012, 09:03 PM

Good evening, everyone. Been lurking a bit lately again, thought I'd give a hello. I'm not terribly known around here, I guess, as I mostly lurk and disappear for stretches, but hello anyways. Nice to meet, or re-meet you.

I'm just finishing up my last semester at community college. I'm a couple months from turning 31, and I've been accepted to a real university for the fall. It's been a busy year, and it just keeps getting busier as I finalize admissions stuff, apartment shop to move to the university town, make sure i can pay for this mess, consider packing up my hoarder-esque apartment, and all that other business that comes with university. I'm kind of terrified.

What's been occupying your time off the internet, cellar?

regular.joe · 05-13-2012, 11:28 PM

Hi.

Time off the internet? Sorry, could you expand on that please?

ZenGum · 05-14-2012, 01:01 AM

Hi Winslow!

Sounds like you're grappling with life.

Onya!

Let us know how the study goes.

Trilby · 05-14-2012, 01:06 AM

Hi winslow. I'm glad you are less sad

sad_winslow · 05-14-2012, 02:25 AM

Hey

Thanks. I try.

I know it's.. difficult to think of time pried away from the magic computer box, isn't it? I try to stay on the thing and avoid The Big Blue Room so long as I can, but life keeps happening to me anyways.

crapflood follows

I am... sort of, yes, grappling is a term. It's not been easy. Working my way from near the east coast USA to the west coast, slogging in crap jobs that still give me nightmares half a decade later. Destroyed my back and was gifted with perpetual pain and then a bit of diabeetus to boot.

After four years in a community college rebuilding the high school education I never got after leaving home at 17, I just got accepted at a university of california. Whoah. Whoah. Wishing my dad were alive to see the acceptance letter, but he died from cancer a few years ago and I have to put on a stone face about it because I don't have time to break down between the times I have to do things for other people, the times I have to do things for myself, and those secret moments in between.

All in all though I am utterly amazed, scared, elated, and confused about everything. That's the story of sad_winslow, how he got sad, and how he's taking steps to keep the sad away as best he can.

crapflood ends

So: I study, and I play video games, and occasionally I make things, like circuits or small wood projects or papercrafts or candles or soap or a thousand other things half-done, or bang on an acoustic guitar. I used to go driving a lot, touring the area, before my tiny gas-efficient car died and I got a gas-guzzling van and petrol prices skyrocketed. I also study some more after that.

I still want to hear from people, though: have you done anything lately? Read a book, taken up a hobby, played WoW and hit level cap on your DK, bought something, sold something, borrowed something, stolen something, started something or quit something or sacrificed a three-headed goat under a blood moon, built something or destroyed something? Caught an interesting disease or been cured of one? Found god, and put him back again?

Heck, you heard any good jokes?

Trilby · 05-14-2012, 02:51 AM

Who told you about the goat?

Trilby · 05-14-2012, 02:52 AM

PS - i dont type much here on this effing kindle thus the short reply.

sad_winslow · 05-14-2012, 11:51 AM

oh, i know allll about the goat.

sad_winslow · 05-14-2012, 11:52 AM

also, posting from a kindle? are you on a kindle fire? if so what do you think of it?

Undertoad · 05-14-2012, 12:26 PM

happy_loseslow is not as good of a handle.

Gravdigr · 05-14-2012, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

...destroyed something?...

I destroyed my neighbor's front door, 'long about last Thanksgiving...it was not my finest moment.

I didn't know front doors could cost that much.

BigV · 05-14-2012, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

happy_loseslow is not as good of a handle.

What about happy_winhigh?

sad_winslow · 05-14-2012, 11:13 PM

Oh god, what did you do to the front door? Did you have a "Shining" moment?

Crap_Binload on the bad days. Mad_GinSloe if I'm drinking. Rad_Manglow if I've been exposed to radiation lately. Snap_Wandshow if I was a wizard.

I am actually a wizard, or so my friends tell me.

Mostly though, Sad_Winslow.

limey · 05-15-2012, 06:08 AM

I've just spend the weekend sleeping in a shed and playing in the orchestra for a small production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury. Thanks for asking, SW

ZenGum · 05-15-2012, 06:57 AM

I just did a three day hike down to the southernmost tip of Australia in late autumn and had amazingly good luck with the weather.

and I didn't drop in on Sandy Possum who lives right near there! The shame!

05-13-2012, 09:03 PM	#1
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	the return: slightly less sad_, slightly more winslow Good evening, everyone. Been lurking a bit lately again, thought I'd give a hello. I'm not terribly known around here, I guess, as I mostly lurk and disappear for stretches, but hello anyways. Nice to meet, or re-meet you. I'm just finishing up my last semester at community college. I'm a couple months from turning 31, and I've been accepted to a real university for the fall. It's been a busy year, and it just keeps getting busier as I finalize admissions stuff, apartment shop to move to the university town, make sure i can pay for this mess, consider packing up my hoarder-esque apartment, and all that other business that comes with university. I'm kind of terrified. What's been occupying your time off the internet, cellar?

05-13-2012, 11:28 PM	#2
regular.joe Старый сержант Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NC, dreaming of large Russian women. Posts: 1,464	Hi. Time off the internet? Sorry, could you expand on that please? __________________ Birth, wealth, and position are valueless during wartime. Man is only judged by his character --Soldier's Testament. Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature. - Marcus Aurelius.

05-14-2012, 01:01 AM	#3
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Hi Winslow! Sounds like you're grappling with life. Onya! Let us know how the study goes. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

05-14-2012, 01:06 AM	#4
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hi winslow. I'm glad you are less sad __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-14-2012, 02:51 AM	#6
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Who told you about the goat? __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-14-2012, 02:25 AM	#5
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	Hey Thanks. I try. I know it's.. difficult to think of time pried away from the magic computer box, isn't it? I try to stay on the thing and avoid The Big Blue Room so long as I can, but life keeps happening to me anyways. crapflood follows I am... sort of, yes, grappling is a term. It's not been easy. Working my way from near the east coast USA to the west coast, slogging in crap jobs that still give me nightmares half a decade later. Destroyed my back and was gifted with perpetual pain and then a bit of diabeetus to boot. After four years in a community college rebuilding the high school education I never got after leaving home at 17, I just got accepted at a university of california. Whoah. Whoah. Wishing my dad were alive to see the acceptance letter, but he died from cancer a few years ago and I have to put on a stone face about it because I don't have time to break down between the times I have to do things for other people, the times I have to do things for myself, and those secret moments in between. All in all though I am utterly amazed, scared, elated, and confused about everything. That's the story of sad_winslow, how he got sad, and how he's taking steps to keep the sad away as best he can. crapflood ends So: I study, and I play video games, and occasionally I make things, like circuits or small wood projects or papercrafts or candles or soap or a thousand other things half-done, or bang on an acoustic guitar. I used to go driving a lot, touring the area, before my tiny gas-efficient car died and I got a gas-guzzling van and petrol prices skyrocketed. I also study some more after that. I still want to hear from people, though: have you done anything lately? Read a book, taken up a hobby, played WoW and hit level cap on your DK, bought something, sold something, borrowed something, stolen something, started something or quit something or sacrificed a three-headed goat under a blood moon, built something or destroyed something? Caught an interesting disease or been cured of one? Found god, and put him back again? Heck, you heard any good jokes?

05-14-2012, 02:52 AM	#7
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	PS - i dont type much here on this effing kindle thus the short reply. __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

05-14-2012, 11:51 AM	#8
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	oh, i know allll about the goat.

05-14-2012, 11:52 AM	#9
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	also, posting from a kindle? are you on a kindle fire? if so what do you think of it?

05-14-2012, 12:26 PM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	happy_loseslow is not as good of a handle.

05-14-2012, 11:13 PM	#13
sad_winslow Big McLargeHuge Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: california, USA Posts: 203	Oh god, what did you do to the front door? Did you have a "Shining" moment? Crap_Binload on the bad days. Mad_GinSloe if I'm drinking. Rad_Manglow if I've been exposed to radiation lately. Snap_Wandshow if I was a wizard. I am actually a wizard, or so my friends tell me. Mostly though, Sad_Winslow.

05-15-2012, 06:08 AM	#14
limey Encroaching on your decrees Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: An island within the south-west coast of Scotland Posts: 7,016	I've just spend the weekend sleeping in a shed and playing in the orchestra for a small production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury. Thanks for asking, SW __________________ Living it up on the edge ... of civilisation, within the southwest coast of

05-15-2012, 06:57 AM	#15
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	I just did a three day hike down to the southernmost tip of Australia in late autumn and had amazingly good luck with the weather. and I didn't drop in on Sandy Possum who lives right near there! The shame! __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

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