Best quality Reddit influx yet. I am working on a tag thing. b_b and I were in Oklahoma City at the DeadCenter film festival last weekend. It was my first time there. His good pal wrote and directed a film called Welcome to Happiness, which far exceeded my expectations and took home the top award. It was random weekend spent with good people. I spotted this at the museum there: I neglected to take a picture of the plaque, but it was done before I was born.
Thomas Downing (1928-1985). Here's another one by the dude: These are not prints. Top one is acrylic, bottom one oil. Regarding his discover of dots: “They seemed right for me...the feeling in the actual painting of dots, of a gesture which was rhythmic and constantly oscillating seemed right. And the way a dot would isolate an instant of color and repeat it over a broad field gave to color the equivalent of an electric charge...the surface would pulse and come alive.” Even though he's dead, he seems to have had a recent show in Brussels at a gallery called "Sorry We're Closed." We should make him an honorary member of hubski.
Not sure if I understand what pubski is but it seems like a place to chill and share the happens of the week? I'm going to assume that's what it is. Still playing catch up at work after being out for a few weeks because of paternity leave. Need to have A/B testing implemented by EoD. Hoping to start a new beer kit tonight. Just need to remember to stop and pick up a new spoon on the way home. Used my other one to mix concrete. And if I'm lucky have some time to chill, watch a few soccer games and play some league of legends or hearthstone
Yep. Sometimes people post their current status too, anything people might find interesting. If you want visibility, be sure to throw in lots of bear fights and explosions.
Not sure if I understand what pubski is but it seems like a place to chill and share the happens of the week?
Still playing catch up at work after being out for a few weeks because of paternity leave. Need to have A/B testing implemented by EoD.
After going to A/B Testing - Wikipedia, I'm even more interested in your work. What's it you're up to?
you got it! let us know how the beer making goes!it seems like a place to chill and share the happens of the week?
Leaving this weekend to start driving across the country! I'm very excited but also a bit nervous over the things that could go wrong between here and 3000 miles from here. But it will be unforgettable either way. Planned stops include: Chicago, Yellowstone, Badlands, Glacier, and a few other national parks. Going to be doing a lot of camping and also going to at least one brewery in every state I drive through. I'm not expecting to be on Hubski much between this weekend and a week and a half-ish after that, so have a good end of the month everybody.
1) Set up one-off Instagram 2) Tell at least one of us what it is 3) Choose your selected tag 4) Give at least one of us permission to share your adventures 5) Take pictures two or three times a day. Seriously. Probably the most popular I've ever been on facebook was when I was driving up from Los Angeles to Seattle the slow way for my wedding. All I did was take pictures two or three times a day and list the mileage. Then when you get back, you will see the GIANT ONSLAUGHT of everyone who missed you.
That's a fantastic idea, I'll make a post about it (OH HEY I CAN MAKE IT AN EVENT!) sometime tomorrow with that information. Wouldn't have thought of that, thanks!
Nice. Highway 90 I assume? Be sure to take your time in Glacier. One of the prettiest parts of the U.S.
We'll be in Chicago and the surrounding area for two days and two nights. I know we're doing Yolk one day and stopping by some of the breweries such as Mad Mouse and Hopothesis, any recommendations are very welcome! It's a moving road trip whoooooooooo, all I'm hoping for is good weather and for my car to make the trip.
There's also Revolution Brewery, they just opened their tap room recently. There's also the Goose Island brewery/pub but it's kinda touristy. Once you're going west I recommend stopping off at Two Brothers either location shouldn't be too far out of the way and the food and beer are amazing. Just a warning though, they can get super crowded, especially around happy hour. It's a toss up between Little Goat and Bacon n Eggs for my favorite brunch place in the city, but I know Yolk seems up keep opening up new locations, so they must be doing something right. I wish you luck on your move and hope it's as enjoyable as possible!
A good roadtrip is salve for the soul. Safe travels!
Safe travels! I look forward to your trip report. If you go to Glacier, have a swim in Lake MacDonald for me. It's been years! If you go to Missoula, have a shot of whiskey at the East Gate Lounge and put on Tom Pettys version of Something in the Air, on the jukebox.
Ah, no Missoula but we are stopping by Helena, do you know that town at all? And will do with Lake MacDonald, we should be very close to it at one point while we're in Glacier.
I have a jerb! I applied for dishwasher/food prep job, and got it. I was thinking "Food prep? I've cut raw veg a bunch before. Kale, and such, right?" I get there, and it's like "Naw dawg, you gotta make Creme Anglais. Also, Creme Brulee. And do dishes." So now I can make Creme Anglais. It's a real pain in the ass, but I can do it.
My first job when I moved to town was a line cook at a popular college bar and grill. My respect for the guys and girls in the kitchen grew exponentially in those six months. Unbelievably demanding and, frankly thankless, line of work. You have to really love the art of cooking. But at least now I can create more than Poptarts in a kitchen. Good luck to you.
I haven't slept. I now officially have an employee. I leave for curacoa in five days. I have 6 videos to edit before then and two site launches on July 1st. I may die. I want to spend more time on Hubski. And reading. And in the sun. GOODNIGHT (morning)
Just think of what your life would be like if you stayed with your previous company. That should be motivational AND brighten you day! Unrelated side note: I've been watching a bunch of Hagerstown baseball recently because they're in the Shorebirds division. Your brother is doing fantastically this year.
Last final tomorrow. I'm already preparing to move out of my studio here. Apartment hunting is quite depressing when you realize that the new city is about 25% more expensive to rent a crappy version of my current room in. But after a long search I've found an okay place and I'm gonna see this Friday if it lives up to expectations. P.S. If anyone was wondering, making subtitles takes really, really long. Took me more than six mindnumbing hours to write and time subs for 30 minutes of video. Never doing that again voluntarily!
I broke my pinky last Friday. Snapped that bad boy in two. I happen to be working at a camp and at this camp we're more than halfway through building a second-story wraparound deck for the dining hall. Breaking my finger and being sidelined has made me realize that I'd rather my contribution to others be intellectual and my hobbies menial, rather than draw a paycheck for what my hands get done. Still feeling like I need to get something done, I wrapped my hands in band aids and pads so that I could hold the nail gun. 
Haha, it slipped my mind. I've been dealing with my broken finger so much it's become a mundane matter of fact. I was playing basketball and collided with someone, rolling over my hand, my pinky to be exact. The X-ray looked pretty gnarly, the first phalange was in two pieces. But the doctor thinks it'll only need three or four weeks to heal entirely. That's not too long.
Junkyards are badass. In high school I had revolving credit with two - we'd bring them cars, they wouldn't charge us for parts. They're also a common front for narcotics money laundering so if you're interested in criminal enterprise, there are worse avenues to pursue.
Yeah. That's actually the second biggest reason I'm hesitant, behind an expected cut in pay. Drugs are out of control where I live and there is a TON of people who steal any bit of metal that isn't bolted down and sell it to scrap collectors. As in, when you look at house listings on real estate sites, you'll often see noted "missing copper pipes" or "missing aluminum siding." Junk yards around here are pretty indiscriminate about their clients, so I'm sure I'd be dealing with meth heads and heroin addicts if I took this job. I honestly don't want any part of that. The guys that own this place seem pretty chill and upstanding though. So I dunno. I'm pretty torn.They're also a common front for narcotics money laundering so if you're interested in criminal enterprise, there are worse avenues to pursue.
Yeah... maybe not the best choice then. Save up a little and buy something old and broken. Then fix it. No quality of life hit with all the frustration of mechanicing! go with a shitty old bug. The thrashers are cheap, they don't cost much to fix, and the clean ones can be sold at a decent profit. Plus, there are very few parts on a beetle that can't be removed and replaced with a leatherman.
Just coming off a brutal three weeks straight at The Plant. Having a delightful English breakfast and in one hour I'll be seeing Jurassic World in IMAX baby!
Definitely let us know what you think. I can't really assess it objectively as Jurassic Park was my favorite movie as a kid. I'm definitely going to see it again and I hope the IMAX is worth it. Some movies make really good, artistic use of the enhanced effects, others just flaunt it going 'OOOOOooooOOOooOoOooohhh, we spent a shit load of money on this, doesn't it look coooool?'
You know? I want to think they made the trailers so shitty just to keep our expectations low. I enjoyed the hell out of it. There were a couple cringe moments I won't spoil but there were also three big payoff moments that were easily worth my money. Plus I'm a sucker for D'Onofrio.
He rocks in the new Daredevil. It's ultraviolent but otherwise a pretty good show (I'm maybe halfway through the first season).Plus I'm a sucker for D'Onofrio
Yeah! I'm loving Daredevil. Haven't made it past his introduction at the art show due to my crazy hours. I want to go back but she doesn't care for the ultraviolence like I do. We're back from the bar, watching Orange.
On Saturday I presented the 3D engine you may have seen me mention at the Coolest Projects The day lasted from 8:00AM to 6:00PM, there was hundreds of other projects to check out and some were pretty interesting. I stood at my stand(Despite being a very well prepared event, there were no chairs...) for roughly 5 hours to present it to anyone who showed an interest, and eventually a panel of judges, although I didn't win any category, they seemed impressed so I got what I wanted on that front. The rest of the day was spent checking out other projects, some of the sponsors of the event had set up stands where they showcased projects, deals etc. Intel had a good stand with a security quiz and cipher card thingy which was generated with a different username/pass each time, which kept my dad happy. At the end of the day was an awards ceremony, there was a certain amount of winners for each category based on their size, and when they announced the winners for my category, some people were rather... upset. It was quite funnny, one guy took a photo of his middle finger pointed at the stage and tweeted with #coolestprojects2015. I might go next year with the same project, but all swagged out with fancy graphical features and a better demo.
To those of you who responded to my thread about taking a job with Comcast, thank you. If you're curious the job fell through. I didn't really click with the boss and I think I may have even come across a little arrogant, but oh well. Instead I have an interview this Friday as a data center operator for a healthcare company here in Tucson. It'll be more my speed and I'll get a lot more hands on work with networking equipment which is exactly what I'm looking for. In other news I have my first session for my half sleeve coming up soon. Super excited!
I just woke up - it's 1 AM my local time, and I've just slept off 3 shots of 151 and a fair bit of light rum and coke. It's near boiling in my apartment; single-pane windows, coupled with lows at night of around 75 degrees, are hardly fun. Far worse during the day, as we're expecting temperatures between 92 to 97 F for the remainder of the month. July will be even worse. I prefer to exist around, oh, 50-60 degrees. I've got work today through Sunday and two final exams next week. They're for the CompTIA A+, but relate to my IT Foundations and IT Applications courses. If I pass both of them, I will earn the certification, as well as cleared 12 credits in the span of three weeks or so. I'm a bit nervous, but everything should be alright. Then it's on to the next set. The whole "I'm going to earn a bachelor's in a year" thing might actually work out! Aside from that, not too much else to say. I've enjoyed hanging around the 'ski for the past week and bumping into some nifty people on IRC here and there. I hope you all have been well for the most part, and that this coming week is a productive one. :)
Ah 151, brings back memories of sophomore year of college. That shit is nasty.
First: new here; account is a few hours fresh. I've been looking for a discussion-focused place since my go-to subreddits became too large to be conducive for actual (i.e. not repetitive) discussion several months ago. After lurking a few days, I'm liking this place. Anyways, looking for work still this week. I have degrees and experience in music, but changed my focus to programming about two years ago. I've only had one interview (still resume building), which was promising, but couldn't offer me anything at the moment (apparently they actually ran OUT OF WORK for people to do..... hmmm....). I guess that's start-ups for you. All this means is that I have more time to work on my projects. Too bad I can't pay rent in Javascript. if (My.account() < Job.income(monthly)){
Despite this, I'm in a really happy place. I have focus in life. I've been missing that.
It's great to read how the week is going for so many people in this thread. I really hope this place (hubski) works out for me. Sorry for the tome.
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Been living alone in the Keys for the past week. A companion is on her way down now to join me for the next two weeks. It will be fine, but less nudity (or maybe more.) The lack of any civilizing forces here got me thinking about Lord of the Flies - required reading in a lot of Canadian high schools, even in the 00s, maybe still. I have a friend who was traumatized by being forced to read Lord of the Flies. He was chubby and wore glasses and never recovered from the death of Piggy. Meanwhile, I just made a new post for #quotesporn.
I imagine it was the screenplay of the 1963 version of the film. That is strange. While the screenplay sticks pretty close to the book, a book and a screenplay are different beasts. Did they show you the movie as well? Both the book and the movie are terrifying and sad. I can think of several reasons why they would teach it in school. 1) it's about school-age kids and 2) it's a cautionary tale, in a way, about what will happen if you don't listen to your parents and teachers.
I absolutely recommend reading it. I had a really unique experience reading and learning the book. lil, have you taught the book ever? I first read it as a sophomore at Catholic school. We learned a lot about the biblical references. The Character Simon was taught to
be the Christ like figure. Sacrificed, pure for the rest of the group etc. A year later I was removed from Catholic school and sent to public school. The teacher of my Junior year lit class taught the book as well. I despised this teacher. He knew nothing about literature and admitted to me that he got in to teaching for the summers off and to coach basketball. He wouldn't hear me on any of my interpretations of the book. It was a terrible experience and was the first time I realized that there could be a big disparity between educators.
Joined a few days ago, but haven't been able to get up with this community because I've been vacationing in California! I was born in Santa Clara, but my family moved Midwest after I was 4-5. We visit once a year or so, and I love it so much. Another good note, I've been recently getting into the sunscreen scene and wow do I love it. One full day at Great America (rollercoaster place) and another at the beach and I am not in the slightest burned! The shopping here has been so grand, window shopping (and occasionally buying) is so fun for me, so I've been in my paradise. Once I finish schooling, and get a steady income in, I might think about moving to Santa Clara, or maybe closer to Tahoe (for the snowboarding). Just a thought of mine, not a definite motive.(: Overall, I'm happy, and not worrying too much. I hope nothing changes too much when I get back home from my trip, work and the thoughts of going back to school can be terrifying at times, ahaha.
Just started an Intensive Outpatient program after being in partial hospitalization for three weeks. I've been struggling with social anxiety and depression for a while, but just suffered silently for most of my adolescence. This year, though, was definitely the worst year of my life. My depression and anxiety were exacerbated by smoking and I pretty much just suffered my own personal hell for a while. I was completely isolated and my only friend was one person I smoked with, I never hung out with anyone else unless it was through him. I also pretended to be a major stoner, who was high a lot of time, so people would just leave me alone; maybe I was a stoner, at my worst I was sneaking out at night and smoking every other day it seemed like. A lot of my depression stemmed from a lot existential angst, mainly having to do with nihilism. I was a major nihilist and the apathy that that caused was again exacerbated by my drug use. I think I have solved a lot of the existential portion, but I am yet to do anything to solve my social anxiety, or do anything about for that matter. I am facing some new challenges and while I am still scared at what's ahead, I am hopeful and a little happy for the first time in a while. Sorry about the bummer I guess, it just feels good to vent, maybe I should start posting with a depression tag. Would anyone else like to start a depression and anxiety tag with me, or maybe just mental health? Sharing with others who have similar experience is very therapeutic. Anyway I've been reading Infinite Jest lately, but I haven't read it in a few days. I am on page 250, but I don't know if it's worth it to go on, but I was enjoying myself, I just got back in to video games for the first time in a while, but it's a major time sink. I need to chill out with the video games considering I have problems with isolation. Anyone seen any good movies lately? The last movie I watched was Synecdoche New York, written and directed by Charlie Kaufman. I watched it three times last weekend. It's about life and death and how time slips away from you if you don't pay attention. It presents two flawed ways to live your life: minimizing your problems or ignoring them, or inflating your problems and worrying about yourself, health, and death, living in constant regret and really never giving yourself a chance to enjoy yourself, which is the whole point of life isn't it? . It's basically a guide on how to not to live your life and I'm grateful for seeing it at such a pivotal time in my life. Hope everyone else is enjoying themselves. I am excited and a little scared about what the future might bring, but overall I'm hopeful.
I sat down to meditate for the night, and immediately "Somebody to Love" by Queen started up in my head. The song stayed with me for half an hour until I ended my session. As soon as I stood up, poof. No more song. Also, we went to Ikea and had some dinner while there. The 'vegetable balls' were... ok. Just... ok. Definitely not a popular item in my area. So sad, so dried.
It's been a pretty wild end of the year for me. Today was my last official day of high school and I'm not sure how to feel. On one hand I'm a little bit saddened I'll probably never see a good chunk of my classmates again, but on the other hand I do feel like a huge burden has been lifted, especially in terms of stress. It didn't help that I didn't exactly have the best time at prom with the girl I liked, but whatever. Some things are just never meant to be, and this just makes it easier to move past it. Hopefully I can actually accomplish something great this summer. I'm looking forward to writing music with my band, working out, going skydiving, and just having a good time with my friends. I definitely need to work on becoming more outgoing given my aspirations (law school), but that shouldn't be a problem. I've been feeling a lot more positive lately.
It's been 9-5 / 5 days a week for me. It's a fun job, well paid, credited for school and will look amazing on my CV. Not to complain but I can't really imagine living like this for the rest of my working life. 2 days of weekend is just not enough. Am I just spoiled? Maybe I just don't have serious responsibilities like kids to appreciate the value of a good stable job. Anyway, the job solidified the fact that I'll do my best to start my own thing before getting into the corporate career thing. I have the luxury of a massive security net so why not use it, right? Other than that, I've been working my ass of renovating an apartment to rent out on airbnb for the summer season in montreal. My goal is to make enough money to move out there in the fall and pay rent/utilities. I've never used the service before so i have a lot of learning to the general etiquette and proper pricing :) I got a BUNCH of requests really fast because my price was initially too low. And not people are asking for bookings in august and I'm hesitant to accept until i get a good feeling for the value of the market. Anyone ever used airBNB/ any tips on keeping the renters happy?
So some of you know that I'm working on an art project which requires a combination of poems and interpretations of those poems. Because there are two pieces from each poem and there are 25 poems, I need a ton of artists. One of my artists who I was really excited to work with just flaked on me. I swear to god it's like herding cats working with artists. It's not her fault, she actually is busy, but it's just one of many times where I can't convince artists that they are actually worth creating art. Most of the time I meet someone and ask what they do and they tell me they do whatever boring crap that we all do and then I ask what their hobbies are and they say I paint or something else which leads me to talking about the project. And then when I ask them to participate they say, "Oh, I'm not any good." This is not unique to people who actually aren't any good! It blows my mind that working with artists includes not only hiring them to participate, but then also reminding them that they are actually capable of creating art. I've been going to talk to art schools and art departments at schools around here and even these students, who ACTUALLY WANT TO BE ARTISTS PROFESSIONALLY don't want to risk getting their feelings hurt to work on it. Fuck.