The Official Blog/Rant/Vent Thread

[Xayasha]

Me? I'm studying 3D animation now whee  

[Soleq]

What software do you use for it? Blender, sadly, seems like the only thing affordable.  

[Soleq]

Talk about a bit of a dry spell... Yikes.  

[Kori Elzix]

*flops into dust pile* Cozy  

[xLaurelX]

I can't believe this place is six years old. sad  

[deadp00l7217]

It's almost been a year since the last time I posted, seems like a few people have stopped by, Kori, and Laurel, hey there. smile Gaia has changed a lot, they've been placing a lot more emphasis on games and prizes it seems. I remember when we would take down the forum for a few hours at a time and just help people. Even though it was just online and there were a few people faking it, I felt like I was making a difference. I've been a pre-med for 2 years now and I feel less prepared for medical school and being a successful physician than I did before I entered the "program." I'll just end it with I have a very different approach to training our health care professionals than the current system does.

So, an update on me since last June. I did a triathlon, I'm single, I run regularly (up to 6 miles a day now, not all at once). Very much on track for graduating, two more years. Long road yes. Still have yet to touch a piano or a guitar but I've delved into a lot of textbooks and a lot of concepts for whatever they're worth. Never started the honor society either, too many politics, though I would still very much like too.

I'm doing a lot of extra-curriculars which can bore you to death if you gave me long enough to talk about them all. I'm in this life for me and I love me but I can't help but feel that life would be so much better with someone by my side. Oh well, maybe next year when I post another update I'll have found one. :] Just kidding, hopefully, I come back way before then. I still think the oldbies should get together and cruise LI.  

[Tirion]

I wound up having to change an e-mail password to change my Gaia password just to get on, which says how long it has been since I've been around. Good to see a few familiar names, even if they were from a while ago.

I recently moved down near Portland, Maine and got a job at Toys R' Us. Had a pretty rough year there, but things are getting better with the job. Seems like Butcher to Toy Salesman was a bit of a leap, eh? I moved in with my fiance and two of her friends. Things are going pretty well with that, but we're trying to save up for our own place soon. I am not sure how much I will check boards and stuff, but I will totally try to get back to PMs if anyone wants to have a chat!  

[Kori Elzix]

Nice to see updates Butterballs and Tirion!

I'm still living in Alberta Canada. I'm working as a counsellor in an intensive treatment residential centre for high risk youth. Preeeeetty much my dream job. I was running a lot. I've run 2 half marathons in the past year, was running 10km races as well. I'm severely injured right now, so that definitely hinders it right now. I lost a total of 150lbs. Went from a size 21 to a size 3. Good times. I'm pretty much just living life. Went through a really rough relationship that has been on and off for the past 2 years. We both acknowledge that we can't live without one another, but we don't know how to put our past in the past... And it's pretty heavy. Other than that, I really don't have much else to say. smile I'll totally cruise LI with you though Butterballs! I think we're probably more qualified to give advice than some of the people on there. smile

This is me today:
 

[Soleq]

Wow, people actually have semi-returned. Glad to see that people are still alive and doing well.  

[deadp00l7217]

So sad, I don't even know how to edit my profile and I didn't want to take the time to figure it out haha. Year and half old right there. Great job Kori! You're doing really good, half marathons aren't exactly easy and neither is that many sizes. I'm still trying to lose the weight I gained back from last year. Every round of midterms I have though messes me up lately, just hasn't been working out. I'll figure it out though.

It's amazing how much life changes in such a short time. I just got some thing saying I got 7 keys 'cause I've been here 7 years or something? What has changed in that amount of time, my goals, my life, my views on life, my knowledge. Without going into some in depth explanation, it's just interesting.

Single life is what it is. Benefits are as usual, the negatives are as usual as well. Took me a minute to get over the ex and start moving on but in reality it didn't take all that long, let it go on longer than it should but I wasn't ready.

Still doing premed life as hard as I can. Last year was rough and I've been trying to recuperate ever since. But, recuperating with the hardest classes I'll be taking in my undergrad isn't exactly the easiest thing in the world. I just keep counting down the days I don't have to do physics or physics labs and organic chem and organic chem labs. I'm beyond over it at this point. I can't study enough, there's never enough time, Trying to stay cool at the same time, not get overwhelmed about everything. Just keep pushing through I guess.

Premedhell blog I write for I found out a few weeks ago that we have 30,000 unique readers a month, pretty neat. Must be doing something right.

Not much other than that, signed up for way too many half marathons this year. I'm still broke from it. I've been trying for a sub 2:00:00 but I don't think it's going to happen. My grades have to take priority and I don't think I'll be able to find time to train that hard. Sucks.

Soleq, you know how it is. Drop by to say hi smile We need to catch up soon though or I need to just come down there to your place in January or something.

Kori, we should definitely plan for it in end of December or January or something.  

[deadp00l7217]

Joined a muscle physiology research lab. It's been going great.  

[xLaurelX]

Wow.
I guess I better give a little update as well:
I graduated from the University of Utah with a useless major in English.
I got a terrible new job where I'm not paid hardly any money. I'm only sicking with it because I think it might get better with time, (my pay goes up every week) and even if it doesn't I think I could file a lawsuit that would get me my "lost wages" (long story...)
I got engaged! That's pretty exciting! Hopefully I defy the odds of marriage in the 21st century and make it. He's in law school, so right now we're probably facing one of the biggest challenges a relationship can face. I mean. He's broke and entirely unavailable. God almighty do I ever hate paying other people's loans....
I keep wishing that I was a little bit like I used to be when I was in high school (and on Gaia, coincidentally). I can't write worth a damn anymore. College beat that out of me. As a bonus, I seem to have much better logic and critical thinking skills.
I started working with this company called Herbalife through my friend Emilie. It's like health food/weight loss/supplements. I never needed to lose weight, so I don't really know how I got involved in the first place, but it's been interesting. My communication skills have vastly improved in the past year (not like, using English, but more like conflict resolution) and I attribute it almost entirely to going to events and running weight loss challenges with the people I've met through Herbalife.
Despite my improved conflict resolution skills, I was fired from the tutoring job I had been working for five years just last week. I am more that a little butt hurt about that. My (former) boss is an impossible human being to compromise with. I'm hoping she rehires me soon, I'm currently volunteering there because I don't want to leave. I really get something out of tutoring kids (and it's apparently not $11/hr)
Since everyone is talking running: I ran a half marathon too!
I did Rock and Rock San Diego in June and my time was just under 3 hours (which is amazing for me, I'm like three feet tall (as Ian or Jill they've met me!)). I wanted to do the full marathon this December (Rock and Roll Las Vegas) but like everyone else, the training isn't really working out.
Yeah. Maybe I'll come back later and add some pictures.  

[deadp00l7217]

xLaurelX

Wow.
I guess I better give a little update as well:
I graduated from the University of Utah with a useless major in English.
I got a terrible new job where I'm not paid hardly any money. I'm only sicking with it because I think it might get better with time, (my pay goes up every week) and even if it doesn't I think I could file a lawsuit that would get me my "lost wages" (long story...)
I got engaged! That's pretty exciting! Hopefully I defy the odds of marriage in the 21st century and make it. He's in law school, so right now we're probably facing one of the biggest challenges a relationship can face. I mean. He's broke and entirely unavailable. God almighty do I ever hate paying other people's loans....
I keep wishing that I was a little bit like I used to be when I was in high school (and on Gaia, coincidentally). I can't write worth a damn anymore. College beat that out of me. As a bonus, I seem to have much better logic and critical thinking skills.
I started working with this company called Herbalife through my friend Emilie. It's like health food/weight loss/supplements. I never needed to lose weight, so I don't really know how I got involved in the first place, but it's been interesting. My communication skills have vastly improved in the past year (not like, using English, but more like conflict resolution) and I attribute it almost entirely to going to events and running weight loss challenges with the people I've met through Herbalife.
Despite my improved conflict resolution skills, I was fired from the tutoring job I had been working for five years just last week. I am more that a little butt hurt about that. My (former) boss is an impossible human being to compromise with. I'm hoping she rehires me soon, I'm currently volunteering there because I don't want to leave. I really get something out of tutoring kids (and it's apparently not $11/hr)
Since everyone is talking running: I ran a half marathon too!
I did Rock and Rock San Diego in June and my time was just under 3 hours (which is amazing for me, I'm like three feet tall (as Ian or Jill they've met me!)). I wanted to do the full marathon this December (Rock and Roll Las Vegas) but like everyone else, the training isn't really working out.
Yeah. Maybe I'll come back later and add some pictures.

Congratulations on graduating with a degree! Even though it's in English, you can always do something else with it! Like get a law degree!!! (haha) I know you want go to back to that company and I really dont know what happened, but maybe it's a great opportunity to look for something else?

I totally agree with you. You can imagine how much undergrad beats it out of you when you're a science major and don't write anything for years after you get out of your labs. But I can remember 5 chapters of information in one day and ace my upper division sciences lol! Wooh!!!! Applicable skills for the win. I'm writing a personal statement for an honor society right now and I can't remember basic word associations lol.... sad.

Congratulations on the half marathons, I got into them for a year and a half, I'm so sick of them now it's a little ridiculous. Maybe when I get out of undergrad and start exercising more and do it for time I'll be more motivated but right now.... the last one I did I went into a donut shop on the run and starting eating donuts haha..... but congratulations, not many people can say that they did.  

[xLaurelX]

I'm going to be starting a Master of Statistics graduate program in the fall.

I know, it's like an abrupt left turn based on what I said last, but it's something I've been thinking very hard about for a long time.

In addition to majoring in English, I actually minored in math. Turns out it might be my "true calling".

So that's pretty exciting. I did actually consider law school for a while. I even took the LSAT (got a 158!) but when push came to shove, I didn't submit the application. I didn't think it was actually the right fit for me.

I've mostly spent my first year out of college figuring my s**t out. It's been a very good experience. My gullible friend and I thankfully gave up on Herbalife-the-pyramid-scheme.

I have a good friend now that writes a lot! Like one hour a day every day. He say's he's going to push me to do NaNoWriMo this year (I did about 1/2 of it last year. razz ).

Oh, yeah. Wedding is next July. You're all invited. But it's in Utah. So.... uh.... razz

I'll add a picture later today... If I can actually think of a good one....

This was taken last weekend.

I'm the short blonde one that looks like she's /so done/ with this.