What You Did Today Thread

[ShadySands]

 

I don't eat particularly bad but since I don't like the same things that my wife does she thinks that I eat poorly 

What food does your wife eat?

 

 

Pretty much whatever I cook or order

 

She doesn't eat better or really much different from me but since I like McDonald's, even though I don't eat it, I have bad eating habits. Stuff like that. It's not logical but since I like things she deems bad then I'm unhealthy no matter if I actually eat it or not

[BruceVC]

 

 

I don't eat particularly bad but since I don't like the same things that my wife does she thinks that I eat poorly 

What food does your wife eat?

 

 

Pretty much whatever I cook or order

 

She doesn't eat better or really much different from me but since I like McDonald's, even though I don't eat it, I have bad eating habits. Stuff like that. It's not logical but since I like things she deems bad then I'm unhealthy no matter if I actually eat it or not

 

What is traditional food in the Baltic states ....I 'm sure I have asked you this but I forgot the answer 

 

I wont google this question and pretend to know  , I'll guess knowing the  location. Meatloaf ?  Stews ?  Fish must be included in the diet?

[Keyrock]

I completed my move today.  It consisted of a roughly 14 hour (counting stops) drive that began at nearly midnight last night and finished with a sweaty and grimy Keyrock running on fumes signing a lease and moving stuff into an apartment (than goodness it's ground floor) early afternoon today.  I have a lot of unpacking to do over the next few days, but I'm now a resident of Charlotte, NC.  Got out just in time too, as there might be snow tomorrow in Connecticut.  Instead of dealing with snow, I'll be wearing shorts and a t-shirt. 

Edited April 3, 2016 by Keyrock

[Guard Dog]

It's been two weeks since I replanted the garden and everything has sprouted now. In fact the Lima beans are well on their way. There is just something about producing your own food that instills a real sense of pride. Even if it isn't actually enough to subsist completely on. But I have enough room to do that if it ever became necessary to do so. But just the little bit I have going is a hell of a lot of work!

[Calax]

I checked my bank account and realized that I'm actually up almost a grand. Woo Hoo!

 

Although I'm not sure having 55 hour work weeks is worth it.

[Oerwinde]

It's been two weeks since I replanted the garden and everything has sprouted now. In fact the Lima beans are well on their way. There is just something about producing your own food that instills a real sense of pride. Even if it isn't actually enough to subsist completely on. But I have enough room to do that if it ever became necessary to do so. But just the little bit I have going is a hell of a lot of work!

 

I think squirrels dug up a lot of my seeds. One of my pea plants sprouted, one corn, and my garlic. Planted 2 weeks ago, not sure if the holes were from the rain or squirrels.

 

I produce enough for one or two meals a year, plus the peas are a great snack. Definitely better than what I get at the grocery store though.

[Gfted1]

I installed one wall of subway tile backsplash yesterday with the remaining wall going up today. I had never actually installed a backsplash before and it is no joke. I had delusions of grandeur that I would be slapping up tiles like a machine and have the whole project busted out in one day but it turns out to be a harsh mistress. I got the longest wall and in front of the sink up to the top of the cabinets done. That took about 7 hours. Today the shorter wall, but that comes with constructing a little bridge out of wood for when you tile behind the stove, because there is no counter to start the first line on behind the stove. Then 24h for that wall to set so I guess Ill be grouting next weekend.

[BruceVC]

I installed one wall of subway tile backsplash yesterday with the remaining wall going up today. I had never actually installed a backsplash before and it is no joke. I had delusions of grandeur that I would be slapping up tiles like a machine and have the whole project busted out in one day but it turns out to be a harsh mistress. I got the longest wall and in front of the sink up to the top of the cabinets done. That took about 7 hours. Today the shorter wall, but that comes with constructing a little bridge out of wood for when you tile behind the stove, because there is no counter to start the first line on behind the stove. Then 24h for that wall to set so I guess Ill be grouting next weekend.

As I mentioned I am always impressed by your DYI abilities....surly people dont do as much DYI as you anymore or is this common in the USA?

 

Do you get tired doing DIY or do you see it as fun and or a hobby

[Azdeus]

I intended to mount four new speakers and a stereo in my car, well I intended to do it yesterday, but while shopping there was a mishap with the car. The bolt that held tension on the generator belt had snapped (My own damn fault) so we were driving along when parts of the car started dying one by one. The belt gave just enough micro-amps that the warning lights did'nt work, so me and my father were quite perplexed. Once that was fixed and we got back home we delayed until today to start mounting things.

 

Fitting the stereo was'nt much of a problem, the fixture was a bit short, so I have to prop up the rear of it with some taped down styrofoam. But once we were going to work on the speakers we discovered the treachery! The "expert" that sold the speakers to us, told us that they would fit in the original mountings, but this was one blatant lie, as we discovered trying to match them up with the old sockets. The cone was too small, and the magnet to big to mount it properly in the doors.

I did'nt know that having to cut open the sheet metal in the door and make new mounts is the same thing as "fitting right in"...

 

I did get my new display going though, an ASUS MG279 Gaming monitor

Edited April 3, 2016 by Azdeus

[Hurlshort]

Last night I played hockey and felt good, but today I've got a terrible sore throat and feel exhausted.  I'm hoping it passes quick, I go to Vegas next Sunday.

[Malcador]

Woke up early but didn't achieve much. Played too much Railroad Tycoon 3.

[Gfted1]

Im beat from working around the house all weekend. Thank god today is a work day so I can relax.

[ShadySands]

Is this place really slow today? It's like AOL days with page loading

 

A family member had a bit of money issue and needed some cash, a little more than I could actually afford but I gave it all the same. I might need to cancel my Tesla now to recoup that grand because I don't want to dip any further into savings

 

Or maybe not since I would be at the end of the waiting list once I felt comfortable enough and likely wouldn't see that federal tax credit

[Guard Dog]

Very busy with work. Plus I had a wild idea yesterday of running for a political office. Then I laughed and decided I really did not want to go through that hell again. 

[Bartimaeus]

Is this place really slow today? It's like AOL days with page loading

 

Yes, it's been extremely slow all day today.

[Malcador]

Had a fun walk home, managed to make some yuppie eat a sandwich board trying to overtake me. Granted, me shifting ever so slightly to keep him behind me probably isn't polite, but my walk home is boring if I don't pretend I am racing people.

[BruceVC]

Had a fun walk home, managed to make some yuppie eat a sandwich board trying to overtake me. Granted, me shifting ever so slightly to keep him behind me probably isn't polite, but my walk home is boring if I don't pretend I am racing people.

Malc !!! How could you, there is just no end to your depravities 

[Labadal]

What did I do today?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDDkCiUhHCc

[BruceVC]

Double post 

Edited April 9, 2016 by BruceVC

[BruceVC]

Another one of my very good friend is immigrating to Oz  so we had one of his farewells tonight ...it was a boy night

 

We hired a taxi and went to various bars and ended up at Hooters, most people were wasted and went to a strip club but I decided to head home

 

It was a great day, loads of alcohol and reminiscing about the times we have shared  

[Azdeus]

Installed the four speakers for my car.

I had to cut out alot of the metal on the inside of the door so that the magnet could fit, then I had to make a sheet metal ring to mount the speaker to, and mounted it onto the door itself so that I could fit the original speaker covers over the tweeter. I did manage to get some metal filings onto the tweeter magnet, but I managed to get them out with some sticky tape.

 

Then I discovered that the wheel mounted remote control that the store sold to me, did'nt work with my stereo. I'm ****ing pissed off; Fine, he might've missed that the magnets were way, way to big for the original door mountings, but he was sat by the computer looking at the remote control to order it when I was deciding what stereo to buy.

 

Managed to get my hands on a second hand belt for the AC pump, and noticed that it does indeed work. All I need to do now is to fill it up with more gas, and get the electric fan to work properly so that the pump activates properly.

 

If it's not the one thing, it's two others that's messed up.

[Keyrock]

I've been in Charlotte for a week now and I've finally properly stocked my fridge.  I'm the sort that I get uncomfortable inside a store after a while, so I'm unlikely to spend and hour and a half inside a supermarket, I generally get in, grab a few things, and get out.  Normally, that works out for me because I only need a few things, but since I moved, I cleaned out my fridge before I left and started over from scratch, so I had to make many trips to the store because I'd always forget something.  Today, I discovered an Asian (it's marketed as international and does have foods from other regions, but Asian foods are clearly dominant) supermarket not far from where I live and finally got some things I have been missing since the move, including my beloved kimchi.  The market also has a food court inside with a pork bun place and a Korean restaurant, so I took some kimchi stew back home with me.  I love kimchi so much. 

 

My place is located in a nice spot that's near a major road, but tucked just far enough away from it that I don't hear any of the traffic (just birds outside my windows).  So I get to live in a nice quiet place, yet I have all the advantages of a big city, meaning anything I could ever want to buy is right there within a few minutes, much of it within walking distance, plus there are plenty of attractions nearby (the place I'm going to for a rasslin' show next weekend is literally right up the street).  

 

Now I'm relaxing at home watching DotA on Twitch and drinking sake, because that's how I roll. 

Edited April 9, 2016 by Keyrock

[Longknife]

Don't remember if I've posted this before but have a random pondering tonight that keeps re-emerging periodically:

 

 

My dad's an ass. About 10 years ago, he thought he was gonna come across quite a bit of money. You can google "Singapore casino" and in Google images you'll come across this Marina Bay Sands place....yeah my dad helped build that, and while I know he gets paid in the 10,000s per project (however frequently), I can't say *how* many projects he actually does/gets from his employer. At any rate, 10 years ago he seemed to think he'd get a lot, or maybe he DID get a lot but he's a greedy ass anyways....No one can really know honestly cause that all depends on how actively he pursued those projects, and there's reasons to believe he did or didn't get a lot of those.

 

Anyways...so 10 years ago he promises his brother a house and me an education. My uncle had some rough patches in life so the assistance my dad was offering would pull him out, which was nice considering my uncle deserves it. I'm talking "I used to have a bad drug problem but I saw my friends legit dying from their drug problems so I pulled myself out of it" recovery, and he's done fantastic, though obviously that kinda stuff can stick with you sometimes. For me, he was just never there so my university education was to be his redemption. Fast forward a bit, and uhhh...well he ditched me here in Germany and I had to find my own way (there was even a time where he made me choose between him covering my expenses for 3 months but he also covers my flight home for Christmas or 6 months and then he cuts expense coverage, I chose to take the Christmas flight to both cut ties with him sooner and to visit family, he flipped OUT when he saw I'd be making a return trip out of my own pocket and then bailed out completely out of the blue, no expenses or trip fees paid) and he would later go on to sue his own brother claiming it was a loan rather than a gift.

 

My uncle doesn't handle this well in the sense he will openly state he hates his own brother for this. We talk a lot about my dad because well...quite frankly, my father spent years hiding me from my German family, and when he cut ties with me, he told them I was evil and to avoid me at all costs. His (spineless) father obeyed, his mother was too old to disobey (at the mercy of her husband's wishes), and my uncle was the one to question it and contact me himself to ask what happened. So when something's up, we can always rant to each other. He once exclaimed he hates my dad and asked if I do too, cause he got the sense I don't. And no, I don't; I pity him. My dad's an interesting one in the sense that what his game is is he shows EVERYONE a fragment of his life, but never the full picture. He shows people fragments he knows they'd be accepting of while hiding the ones he'd be ashamed of. So for example let's say he has friends that are big on family; they would never know I exist because my dad would have shame in not having a good relationship with me. Or maybe he has friends that are snooty and value wealth; they would never know my dad has gone through some points of poverty in his life. It would also seem that on at least one occassion, he was fired from a job, but NO ONE knows of this and it was really only something I could figure out by piecing stories together from various people and the result was a story where dad made questionable decision A that person B pointed out to him might not be a good idea if he wishes to remain employed, and about two months later he was crashing with person C while asking person D for money.

 

I pity my dad because from everything I've pieced together, it seems he learned to REALLY value titles, prestige and wealth. From the brief time we've had together, he seems to want to make a big show in front of his friends all the time. He seems to cut ties when he lacks news to brag about and only re-emerge when he has some fancy new project to show off or whatever, as if he desperately needs the approval.

I told my uncle I pity him because if that theory of mine is correct, then I fear that in my dad's misguided outlook on the world, he's learned he needs to be successful and important and have plenty of money to burn or he won't be a valuable member of society, thus I feel he lives every day in fear of what the world may think of him. I also mentioned that I get the sense that if things continue down the path they're going, my dad will indeed amass quite a bit of wealth for himself, but by the time he's done he'll have no friends, either because he took the wealth from them (like he did with his own brother) or he cut ties TOO long during those moments of shame where he dare not report how sub-par his living situation was.

 

 

 

Lo and behold, fast forward to now, my grandfather died maybe what, a year ago? Not keeping track. That was my dad's last contact, it would seem. Since then, he's been "harassing" my uncle with emails, attempting to re-establish contact. He'll awkwardly say "HEY HOW YOU DOIN" or try to apologize or stress they're the only family left, but he has no idea how much he's pissing my uncle off. For my uncle it's just insulting as all hell, that his own brother cannot sympathize with how terrible it was to falsely sue him and THEN come asking for forgiveness when he's lonely and needs a buddie to hang out with. Also pisses my uncle off that apparently the speeches my father will give about him being the only family left seem to imply or pretend I do not exist.

 

 

I just find the whole situation to be so tragic, to the point where it's almost humorous. I am not well-off. Quite frankly, I'm in quite a bit of debt. Despite this, I feel emotionally content with who I am. I can look back and say I (almost) have no regrets, and for the moments I do, I at least understand my motivations behind the things I regret rather than them being completely nonsensical or able to disgust myself. I feel content with who I am, able to face my strengths, my problems, my weaknesses, my flaws, etc. I feel at terms with who I am. My father comparatively seems like he's been putting on a show his whole life, as if he's lived it in fear of showing his full self to anyone, and quite tragically and ironically....to sum it up, I do believe that in my father's warped sense of reality, he has a fear that his brother (amongst others) would not respect him or value him as a person unless he had a nice job or wealth or the like. In my father's drive to achieve that wealth, he took it from his own brother and from others, and now lo and behold, they're all pissed off and want nothing to do with him. I feel like if my father could look in the mirror and say "no I'm not the world's most important individual and I am not the world's most valuable member of society with a fancy mansion to my name," then none of this would've ever happened. Despite this, I happen to know my father owns quite a bit of land in Maine - a state where rich yuppies (amongst other people) tend to vacation a lot - and that his own home has a "summer kitchen," which is apparently a thing actual people build when they need a kitchen for seperate seasons or some bull****, **** if I know. I just know he has it cause I helped build it back in the day, and I'm sure he's made all sorts of other useless additions.

 

 

I really do pity him, and I honestly wish I could talk to him just to point out how...I mean this is essentially "buying a stairway to heaven." He has every toy in the world and no one to play with, and the fact that I predicted this would happen years ago and it's now coming true would suggest that my little theories and piecings-together of his life stories hold some merit, which quite franky, would suggest he's lived his life running from shame, and that that fear of shame has led him to do half the disgusting **** he's done.

 

But continuing with the theme of tragedy, he doesn't remember I exist, and seems to actively block or ignore me. He reaches out to my uncle, who he only infuriates. My uncle blocks and avoids all contact from him, and then he reaches out further. I would be more than willing to talk to my dad because I think there'd be a rather interesting conversation to be had between the two of us given our very different outlooks on life (my lack of ambition and initiative but peace and satisfaction with who I am without needing some approval from others, his drive and desire to succeed but total reliance on titles, material things and prestige to tell him he's a good person), but I know it'll never happen because the ball is in his court, and as far as he's concerned, I'm dead.

 

 

Sorry if you read that thinking "where are you going with this," cause I'm not going anywhere; sometimes I just like to write down my thoughts, moreso for me than for others, and I only post them online in case someone else might find it interesting. That's just a little portion of my life that, every so often I think about it or my uncle contacts me saying "omfg he's writing me again," and I can't help but sit back and dwell on how perfectly tragic it is. I mean this honestly feels like something out of a screenplay or something. Probably a moral in there somewhere though.

[Lexx]

Awesome. It's sunday evening and my bathtub just filled itself up with a lot of shtwater. Pipe must be clogged somewhere under me and when the family above me emptied their bathtub it all came up in my place. Already called someone about it and now I am waiting and hoping that someone will still come today...

 

Man, I am just happy that it's the bathtub and not the toilet. In that case, the crapwater would be all over my floor now.

Edited April 10, 2016 by Lexx

[Tale]

Starting a new thread. http://forums.obsidian.net/topic/86008-what-you-did-today/