What You've Done Today - Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.

[Bartimaeus]

Some co-workers bought a box of different organic peppers ripe from the end of growing season for me, since I'm the "spicy food" guy (I'm not really that much of a hothead, but I do cook with and eat stuff like bird's eye, habaneros, and scotch bonnets, don't usually go much higher than stuff like that). I wasn't sure what would actually be in the box or how hot the peppers would be, and I ended up eating this lumpy and misshapen pale pepper called a "jay's peach ghost scorpion".

Suffice to say, I suddenly remembered why I normally stick with the peppers that I do.

[majestic]

That reminds me of the good old times when my mother told me she bought seeds for hot peppers, because I like them. When they were all nice and grown, I bit into one to see how hot they really are, because normally what's being sold as hot peppers here tops out at Bird's Eye.

Yeah, so it turns out she bought Naga Morich seeds. That was certainly an experience. One I don't necesssarily recommend.

[Malcador]

Having meetings at 0800 should be illegal.

[LadyCrimson]

"Happy New Year, Welcome to 2024!"

.... a few minutes later ....

It's almost November already. 

[melkathi]

I am progressing well with sorting the apartment.

Moving is always strange. More so when you change everything.

I closed the smallest hotel in Athens. I am out of tourism. Tourism turns you into a racist. Unless you only have Australian guests - Australians are cool. Clumsy and loud perhaps, but fun and friendly and happy to be here.

So I have moved into one apartment myself and it is such a strange experience to be here and not be in stress to get things ready for check in.

I took down the sign from the entrance and am having a new one printed with just my art and no text.

[Hurlshort]

Damn, I was going to book your hotel when I retire in 15 years and finally get to travel the world. 

[melkathi]

You will come round for dinner though.

[Malcador]

6 hours ago, melkathi said:

I am progressing well with sorting the apartment.

Moving is always strange. More so when you change everything.

I closed the smallest hotel in Athens. I am out of tourism. Tourism turns you into a racist. Unless you only have Australian guests - Australians are cool. Clumsy and loud perhaps, but fun and friendly and happy to be here.

So I have moved into one apartment myself and it is such a strange experience to be here and not be in stress to get things ready for check in.

I took down the sign from the entrance and am having a new one printed with just my art and no text.

Good luck

[Azdeus]

6 hours ago, melkathi said:

I am progressing well with sorting the apartment.

Moving is always strange. More so when you change everything.

I closed the smallest hotel in Athens. I am out of tourism. Tourism turns you into a racist. Unless you only have Australian guests - Australians are cool. Clumsy and loud perhaps, but fun and friendly and happy to be here.

So I have moved into one apartment myself and it is such a strange experience to be here and not be in stress to get things ready for check in.

I took down the sign from the entrance and am having a new one printed with just my art and no text.

Aw, I was also hoping to one day book a room

[melkathi]

I expect any forumite we chat here to let me know if they come to Athens.

 

Who knows, maybe I'll be so rich by then, I'll even have a spare bedroom

 

1 hour ago, Malcador said:

Good luck

Thank you, I need it.

 

Going to launch the forkcat brand for real now. Even hiring a marketing/fashion/branding consultant with fancy hairdo (if you are reading this: Γειά! Θα σε παρω τηλέφωνο αύριο!*)

Selling the apartment I was living in the past 8 years. Standing to almost double my money because I bought it dead cheap. That will give me a secure cushion to concentrate on starting something new for a couple of years without having to stress.

So feeling super excited and stressed and a bit of trepidation. But if it works out it will be awesome.

Maybe it is midlife crisis, but I feel very privileged to be able to try to do completely my own thing.

 

* translation: Hi! I'll call you tomorrow!

[Sarex]

@melkathi good luck.

[BruceVC]

On 10/29/2024 at 10:47 PM, melkathi said:

I expect any forumite we chat here to let me know if they come to Athens.

 

Who knows, maybe I'll be so rich by then, I'll even have a spare bedroom

 

Thank you, I need it.

 

Going to launch the forkcat brand for real now. Even hiring a marketing/fashion/branding consultant with fancy hairdo (if you are reading this: Γειά! Θα σε παρω τηλέφωνο αύριο!*)

Selling the apartment I was living in the past 8 years. Standing to almost double my money because I bought it dead cheap. That will give me a secure cushion to concentrate on starting something new for a couple of years without having to stress.

So feeling super excited and stressed and a bit of trepidation. But if it works out it will be awesome.

Maybe it is midlife crisis, but I feel very privileged to be able to try to do completely my own thing.

 

* translation: Hi! I'll call you tomorrow!

https://forkcat.com/

I know you mentioned this before, it looks like its got real potential 

 

Good to see 

[Malcador]

If all else fails, go on OnlyForks.

[Gfted1]

[Raithe]

Crewed MCM comic con London last weekend.

As usual, working the Cosplay Central and Cosplay Hospital area. But this time, with half crew due to last minute illness and family issues.

So, over the weekend, we hit a record of 1,894 cosplays clicked as repaired, 3 kids cosplay showcases, 3 adult cosplay showcases, 2 cosplay masquerades, a cosplay variety show, and the WCS qualifier for the UK team headed to Japan for the World Cosplay Summit championships. I was on the floor Saturday before 0730 and didn't head out till gone 2015.

Also, first time I've had to share a room with someone I was not in a relationship with, and a complete stranger to boot for the entire weekend. I did not realise quite how hyper-focused and aware that would make me, and I might note, that while I am a Star Wars geek, the quiet Darth Vader in the corner because he had to use a sleep apnea machine was not conductive to sleep. I have spent the entire week trying to recover from that whole exhaustion.

 

Given my sister a call and noted that this weekend I need a break from sorting through the house and dad's stuff and just doing a veg and recuperate.

[Raithe]

When there is unexpected help at the Cosplay Hospital...

[LadyCrimson]

Winter. (US) time change (this weekend), Chilly feet (California chilly, that is).

No new game interesting enough to actually pull the trigger on.

Not much on the 'tube, either.

At least there are always cat videos. <---- you can just put that on my tombstone
 

[LadyCrimson]

I have now "Ignored" 2381 games on Steam. Maybe if I ignore 97,463 more, I might finally find/get shown something I like.

If you can't tell from my blathering semi-bloggity increased presence, my sleeping has gone all to heck again. I've cleaned out (physical) file cabinets, cleaned files (virtual ones), a ton of laundry, dusted walls, baked a (low carb) cake, watched countless videos, watched some true crime episodes, tried to watch half a dozen movies, caulked a shower, watched hubby watching Prison Break, watched the rain and on and on.

Can I go to sleep yet.

[majestic]

Simon the Westie, April 1st, 2010 - November 3rd, 2024

Good night, sweet prince. You brought joy to everyone who knew you. On the one hand I am heartbroken, on the other I am happy that he did not have to suffer. Just around midnight he got up for the last time, wagged his tail, and went back to sleep. This morning we noticed that he didn't breathe any more.

Being able to die peacefully in his sleep is a blessing we never expected him to have after he was diagnosed with lymphoma six months ago. The vet gave him three to six weeks without treatment, and he went on to enjoy his life for six more months. He put up a valiant fight, and now he gets to rest and hopefully join my mother in law who used to watch over him while we were working when he was a puppy and during his adolescence.

Every now and then I catch myself wondering if we shouldn't have taken the vet up on the offer of chemotherapy, but then, he was 14 already, he hated going to the vet to the point where he tried to run away (which he never ever did otherwise) and it would have been a three month treatment, with no chance of actually curing him. Ideally it would have put his cancer into remission for a while. We'd trade three months of him being miserable with three months extra time with him? No, and looking back, I can't imagine to have made a different choice.

You will be missed my sweet doggie. I know that every pet owner says this, but he was special and the cutest and the best.

Edited November 3 by majestic

[Sarex]

Sorry for your loss. Hang in there @majestic.

[Malcador]

Sorry to hear that majestic. Sounds like he had good and long run of things.

Been 6 years and 5 years since we had to say goodbye to our first dachshunds, cancer and a spinal injury that led to paralysis spreading, still miss those dogs.

[Gfted1]

Condolences majestic.

[Malcador]

Usually clean to music from my MP3 player, a Fiio X3, on my bluetooth speaker. Have to say scrubbing the bathroom to the Soviet anthem is indeed an experience. 

 

[majestic]

Thanks guys. We got him as a puppy. He was the runt of the litter and nobody wanted him, so he was all alone in the pet shop. My wife immediately fell in love with him (although, yeah, back then she was not my wife yet ). It was a gamble, because we didn't know how the cat would take to him.

Pretty well, as it turns out, so a couple of months later we had a young Westie with all the fun mannerisms of his breed who was mostly socialized by a cat who adopted him. It made him borderline untrainable and no matter how hard we tried and added some cat mannerisms added into the mix. They're already a notoriously stubborn breed, and since the cat never once did what we told her to do, neither did he.

He peed like the cat, and after he was done, he would take a step or two forward and start scratching the ground with his hind legs. You know, to cover it like the cat does in her litterbox. It was adorable. He eventually started to leave his marks here and there (even though we had him neutered, no idea where he picked that up, but he only ever did that outside) in the normal way male dogs do their business, but that was only for marking.

On 11/3/2024 at 4:17 PM, Malcador said:

Sorry to hear that majestic. Sounds like he had good and long run of things.

Yeah, he did, tumors aside, he was in really good shape for his age. We only needed the vet a handful of times. The funniest one was when he was lying in a corner, whining and being miserable. That was a Sunday evening and we called the emergency vet hotline, brought him to the vet, the vet pressed a little on his abdomen to see what might be the cause for his discomfort, and then he farted loudly and everything was fine again. 300€ for flatulence.

The other stuff were vaccinations and a minor injury from an ill-fated attempt at playing with another dog, and one time he ate dark chocolate that fell out of a bag. That one was a close call, but we noticed it early enough. Vet gave him something to throw up, and Simon then proceeded to take a giant dump right in the waiting area as a thank you. Like I said, he hated being at the vet. Heh.

On 11/3/2024 at 4:17 PM, Malcador said:

Been 6 years and 5 years since we had to say goodbye to our first dachshunds, cancer and a spinal injury that led to paralysis spreading, still miss those dogs.

Yeah, can't imagine ever not missing him. He was a happy and super cute little dog who tried his best to be a cat. Speaking of the cat, she's been nervous for a while now. She used to play with the dog and they'd chase each other, and recently always went to check on him. She misses him and is constantly chasing my wife for attention at the moment. Back when they were both a lot younger, she'd sometimes jump on the table to steal some food and throw it down to him.

Edited November 5 by majestic

[LadyCrimson]

Sorry to hear/condolences, majestic. As always, our pets lives are never long enough. 

Well, unless your pet is an elephant or something, I suppose. But I digress.