What's going on with your life?

[Sprony]

22 hours ago, Logic said:

Forgot about this until now!

This is Stanley! He is named after the protagonist of The Stanley Parable, which both me and my girlfriend enjoy immensely. He's been living with us for a week now, peeing on the floor and chewing on my computer gear/cables. He's very lovable though

Adorable man. I love animals!

[laminutederire]

23 hours ago, Logic said:

Forgot about this until now!

This is Stanley! He is named after the protagonist of The Stanley Parable, which both me and my girlfriend enjoy immensely. He's been living with us for a week now, peeing on the floor and chewing on my computer gear/cables. He's very lovable though

He's cute!

Makes me remember of my old dog when we got him

 

 

[Sigma]

So my soon to be wife got a job as an engineer. Which is exciting as it has been her goal since she was 4 years old. However, I am struggling as I am uncertain what to do for work. My current job ends in the middle of June. I have had 1 interview for another job, but have no guarantee of a position. I want to be productive (more pride than money related), but am not certain what to do in my region. There is not a dire need for graphic designers / 3d artists in the area, nor is the government sector hiring for positions I am qualified for. Should I freelance while looking for other work?

[RaVaGe]

54 minutes ago, Sigma said:

So my soon to be wife got a job as an engineer. Which is exciting as it has been her goal since she was 4 years old. However, I am struggling as I am uncertain what to do for work. My current job ends in the middle of June. I have had 1 interview for another job, but have no guarantee of a position. I want to be productive (more pride than money related), but am not certain what to do in my region. There is not a dire need for graphic designers / 3d artists in the area, nor is the government sector hiring for positions I am qualified for. Should I freelance while looking for other work?

I'm pretty sure you're the only one who can answer to this question

[Sigma]

53 minutes ago, RaVaGe said:

I'm pretty sure you're the only one who can answer to this question

You are probably right.

[Sprony]

I took my daughter to the arcades today. She's almost two and can't play anything yet, but I don't care. I just put her on my lap and played everything. Like the one featured below. She was scared at first but pretty soon she didn't want to leave. I'm going to buy the Nintendo NX for her birthday next year. She turns 3 then. I can't wait until she kicks my ass in games. 

[blackdog]

Force feeding geekiness

[Sprony]

I've gotten really fat last year. Because I simply stopped caring about it due to all the real life bullshit I was going through. About 7 weeks ago, my daughter wanted to play and I had to sit down after a couple of minutes due to pain in my side. That disappointed look was the final straw. I had to change. No false promises and failed attempts, but a hardcore lifestyle change.

According to the scale I had let myself go to 115 kilos. I'm 183cm tall. That's roughly 30 kilos too heavy. I signed up with a specialist for the Cambridge diet. I've done a 4 week shake only program. Then I started building up calories so I could go to the gym again. Today was my first day and already my muscles are aching. Totally worth it though.

I've weighed myself again and guess what, I now weigh 100 kilos. That's a weight loss of 15 kilos in 6 weeks. Not bad, not bad at all

[blackdog]

Had a meltdown at work this morning.

Edited May 19, 2016 by blackdog

[Sprony]

6 hours ago, blackdog said:

Had a meltdown at work this morning.

You ok? Hit me up with a pm if you want to talk.

[Steppenwolf]

I lost 15 kg aswell this year. From 98kg to 83kg

No diet, no sport, just less junk food and chocolate.

But other then that life hasn't been so great. I suffer from chronic facial pains and headaches that come and go since last summer

Went to a lot of doctors already with no results. Soon will get my wisdom teeth out and my dentist is trying to fix my bite. I hope one of those is the reason but it's a bit a shot in the dark.

[blackdog]

Congrats @Steppenwolf for the effort... I call that diet. Ditching biscuits and chocolate worked magic when I was overweight. By also doing running I lost 10kg just over summer.
Now I need to do something like that again, because I got indulgent, and all the stress of work, family and girlfriend got me into compulsive eating. There's also the fact that to do properly my work I sacrificed anything that could resemble a pattern of work: no day or week is the same for me, it's impossible to establish a routine. With no planning my trips to town for shopping and the time I used to dedicate to cooking is gone and I've been eating a lot of the shit we cook here.

~

Thanks @Sprony, you're a great man.

What tipped me off was one of those stupid little things that I'm sure happen every day in any workplace... but I had reached the limit (probably a lot has to do with the fact that lately I'm not sleeping properly, particularly last night). Anyway, feels like too often people here asks me what/how to do something, I give directions... and these cows with two brain cells in their head decide to do the opposite anyway.
Don't. Fucking. Ask. Then!

So when I heard what I asked to do had just been ignored, I wanted to slam the oven trays I was getting in the kitchen into someone's face; I barged in the kitchen, dropped them where they belong, started swearing and coursing in Italian (not to anyone, if you know what I mean) and walked outside for five minutes to vent. It quickly passed, is not like I was non-approachable for the rest of the day.

I dunno if what happened will have any consequence, is not like I got into anyone's face. Saw my line manager this afternoon for normal business and she didn't mention anything, although she most likely has been told by the chef when they were having a cigarette.

[FrieChamp]

I'm hoping that the problem will be solved with the removal of the wisdom teeth @Steppenwolf. Get better soon!

[Puddy]

16 hours ago, Steppenwolf said:

I lost 15 kg aswell this year. From 98kg to 83kg

No diet, no sport, just less junk food and chocolate.

But other then that life hasn't been so great. I suffer from chronic facial pains and headaches that come and go since last summer

Went to a lot of doctors already with no results. Soon will get my wisdom teeth out and my dentist is trying to fix my bite. I hope one of those is the reason but it's a bit a shot in the dark.

Congrats on the loss!

What kind of headaches are they? Are they migraines? Are you noticing any patterns when they appear?

[KoKo5oVaR]

Could be the wisdom teeth indeed steppenwolf, i had a ear occasionally whistling for a year, i thought something was wrong with it, but apparentely it was due to a wisdom teeth very close to the jaw nerve that goes from the jaw to the ear. Anyway, it stopped whistling when i had the wisdom teeth out.