A questions that came up on tonight's call. Everyone said ahead (except thenewgreen who was promptly tarred and feathered and thrown under the bus).
I want to hear from all hubskiers. Ahead? Behind? Why?
I have sent more physical mail to hubskiers over the past 2 years than anyone else! I have mailed steve, and thenewgreen, and lil many times, I have mailed humanodon too, and gotten mail from Complexity; many people who bought books from me I have also mailed.
Let us keep the post service alive!
As you know, I received your book of poems recently. I've only begun to read them, and really I would prefer to have enough time to sit quietly and read them all. That time has not happened yet, but it should soon. Great work! It's a brave thing to put yourself out there like this:
Looks good, doesn't it!
I don't know. I think hubski has a tough time recruiting and retaining new members (feel free to prove me wrong, I obviously don't have the data), and I think the website is designed for a small number of individuals--is there a critical mass for hubski in either direction? As it is, you all have a very tight-knit community which is usually very welcoming, but at times it can feel impenetrable just on merit of how well everyone already seems to know each other.
I don't want to say that the best days of hubski are behind it, but there's no way to know what's ahead. Time will tell.
Ahead, because I don't see this community collapsing anytime soon, the site is being improved by mk etc., and we'll likely acquire some new awesome members.
I've been here for 1335 days and counting and I don't see any reason to stop stopping by.
I said it as a joke, which seemed obvious to all on the call.... I think. insomniasexx?
The reason it was a potentially amusing joke is because it would be very much out of character. Not just because I'm "Mr. Positive" but because I was the one that asked the question.
We have some great stuff in store for Hubski and the best days are yet to come. That said, the present iteration of Hubski and the community is pretty kick ass. I do miss humanodon and ghostoffuffle, though I know they'll return. But yeah, I'm bullish.
mk had the best answer. "I'll be doing this 10 years from now even if nobody is on the site." -I'll be right next to him.
Two days away from living in our own place again, ten-ish days from having a computer again. At which point I might have some stuff to send you and kleinbl00 after a long silence. [edited to remove KB shoutout out of respect for his posted request from a few days ago... guess that's one thing I missed right off the bat.]
Has humanodon dropped off the grid? Who else? For that matter, care to give a quick breakdown of what I've missed in the past few months?
On that note, don't think I'm qualified to weigh in on subject at hand since I haven't seen much site content/interaction for a while. But I see a lot of familiar handles in this post, so the site can't be going down that quickly.
We moved to Louisville, KY. Which so far is a much better situation than Seattle, except:
-We spent our entire savings on a house. Which is great, except:
-The movers really fucked up and they still haven't delivered our stuff, leaving us living in an empty house- no kitchen stuff, no table, computer, instruments, beds, etc. So we bought a couple basics. Which is great, except:
-We now can't afford actual furniture we wanted since we spent it on stuff we needed. And we're living off of my wife's nursing income, now greatly curtailed thanks to East/West coast pay disparities. On the other hand, I'm getting it together to go back to school myself with the intention of being a psych nurse within two years. Which is great, except:
-Turns out I have a year of prerecs to get out of the way since I religiously avoided the hard sciences since midway through high school, which was, what, thirteen years ago now? And then it turns out that to get into nursing school, I have to take an entrance exam requiring knowledge in: physics, microbiology, anatomy, pathophysiology, chemistry, and English (should be okay in that last one). Just to get in. What do they plan on teaching me once I'm there?
To whit: the next two to three years are gonna be tough. It's a little overwhelming.
How's grad school stuff? And you might've said already, but what are you in for?
Miss the hubski crew. Plan on getting back into things as soon as my fucking. Computer. Comes. Definitely owe TNG some solid work.
Reminds me- no reason to think that Maphen still hangs around the site, but he seemed like a good dude for the time he was around. On the off chance that you get the shoutout- we're new in town, looking to learn the lay of the land. Feel like meeting up, gimme a shout. Actually, that goes for anyone in the area, visiting or otherwise.
Whoa, it's been a long long time since I was here, ha! After having a kid I kind of curtailed a lot of online time, and even worse my work's online restrictions got a LOT tighter.
But hey, we could definitely use some company! When you have a kid at our age, friends don't come easy. My wife grew up in Louisville so she knows her way pretty well, and I've picked up a fair bit these last 4 years. Send me an email at ssigritz@gmail.com and we can figure something out! And don't worry, finances aren't amazing for us either, so it'll never really be extravagant!
That's rough with the moving company, hope you're getting some sort of comp out of that or at least a bad review to try and convince people not to use them.
You're going into nursing school? In Kentucky? That seems like a hard shift from what you were doing in the northwest? Either way, it seems like you're ready for whatever's next, stop by Pubski sometime!
Moving thing got worse before it got better. Don't want to bore with details, but long story short, yes, we got a comp, but then had to apply it directly to an insane shuttle fee. And then I had to threaten them with shitty yelp reviews and small claims court. Bad news all over the place. If you ever move your shit across country... actually, just don't. Burn it in a big goodbye bonfire and start your life anew (aside: one upside to living without any of your shit for two months is that it's a great reminder of how little you actually need).
Nursing school in Kentucky. I know, man. Re. Kentucky- been looking for a smaller town for a while, and my wife wanted to be closer to family, and I insisted that anywhere we move feel vaguely West Coastish. Kentucky as a whole is obviously pretty red, but Louisville is its own little progressive enclave. I mean, all my neighbors have asked me where we're going to church, so we're not talking fuckin' Amsterdam here. But it's still a really cool town, and I think it's going to get even better in the next couple decades. Also, this is beautiful country. And you can get good bourbon for like $25 a bottle.
Re. nursing school- kids. They have a way of forcing you to grow up. Can't really afford to just play music and hustle around radio stations anymore. Need to find something that pays decent, offers benefits and that I'm at least mildly interested in. That's not how I'll phrase it on my school app.
When are you making the move to Washington? That still in the works?
That's cool, I never would have guessed that Louisville is a progressive place, but I don't know much about Kentucky in general. I'm glad you've found a place that seems to fit what you're looking for and $25 bourbon sounds amazing. What, are you trying to say that radio stations don't pay all the bills? That's crazy talk.
I'm moving to Washington in ~3.5 weeks, just got approved for an apartment in Tacoma three days ago so things are finally moving forward with this. More or less decided that weeknights will be spent in Tacoma and Olympia, and weekends in Seattle.
Dang, that's a full plate . . . I wish you guys the best. I'm about to move to another neighborhood and that has me kind of nervous. Still, sometimes starting a new life somewhere totally new can bring all kinds of good things.
I'm going to school for conflict resolution (which is a misnomer, because it's really more about using conflict as an opportunity for productive outcomes than making sure everyone can hug or whatever). I turned down the spot I was offered at a really great school with a great reputation in favor of a school that everyone in the know in the conflict world seems to swear by. Still, I can't help but wonder what kind of opportunities I'm passing up . . .
Why Kentucky? I've just never met anyone who planned to move there, is all.
I'm glad you're following through re. conflict resolution. I remember when you were going through the Foreign Service rigamorole. Seemed like a pretty obvious fit. If the place you're going is recommended by those in the know, that's gotta count. I bet it's fascinating, yeah?
Kind of answered the KY thing in response to BFX. Really we were choosing Louisville rather than Kentucky. It's its own little thing. Lots of good restaurants, easy to get from here to there, place is lousy with great parks. Drive thirty minutes and you're in some beautiful boonies. City shuts down for the Kentucky derby, and best as I can tell the day before and after, and everybody just gets shitty drunk.
It's pretty fun so far. But yeah, Nobody in their right mind would plan to move to Kentucky.
Nice man, very cool. Hey, the fact that you'd like to go into nursing reminded me that one of the teachers that I most respect, is not only a conflict specialist, but also an RN and a lawyer. If you feel like she'd be someone who you'd like to talk to, let me know.
swedishbadgergirl hasn't posted in a while.
If you see this, how is that bone thingy?
It is much better. I probably have EDS (ehler-danlos syndrome) although I am formally diagnosed with JHS (joint hypermobility syndrome) I can't stand/walk for long periods of time but otherwise it's good.
I missed a ton of school since I was tired a lot and my doctor advised me to get back into the swing of things slowly so I'll have to re-do a year but that is fine.
let me get to this tonight. But congrats!!!
Lots to report on.
I was speculating with flagamuffin on the plausibility of the oft-repeated fears of Eternal September. Speculation is easy, so I try to make a habit of expressing clear predictions that can be measured as true or false. I said:
"My prediction is that rumors of the decline and fall of Hubski will come to naught. Specifically, both you and I will still at least actively read the site at least monthly during 2020."
Got it. I'll be right there with you in 2020. I have to ask, how come so much of your activity takes place behind closed doors? You exist largely in pm and then occasionally copy and paste those pm's into the open space. What's up with that?
Ahead. With a massive community, global might become cluttered, and if the lurker-to-poster ratio gets too bad hubwheels will slightly lose their value but I think the benefit of more people will outweigh those problems.
Also, the more popular and 'official'(mk etc.) might turn into follower black holes and their posts might get too much attention to interact with the same person frequently.