the return: slightly less sad_, slightly more winslow

[sad_winslow]

Good evening, everyone. Been lurking a bit lately again, thought I'd give a hello. I'm not terribly known around here, I guess, as I mostly lurk and disappear for stretches, but hello anyways. Nice to meet, or re-meet you.

I'm just finishing up my last semester at community college. I'm a couple months from turning 31, and I've been accepted to a real university for the fall. It's been a busy year, and it just keeps getting busier as I finalize admissions stuff, apartment shop to move to the university town, make sure i can pay for this mess, consider packing up my hoarder-esque apartment, and all that other business that comes with university. I'm kind of terrified.

What's been occupying your time off the internet, cellar?

[regular.joe]

Hi.

Time off the internet? Sorry, could you expand on that please?

[ZenGum]

Hi Winslow!

Sounds like you're grappling with life. Onya!

Let us know how the study goes.

[Trilby]

Hi winslow. I'm glad you are less sad

[sad_winslow]

Hey Thanks. I try.

I know it's.. difficult to think of time pried away from the magic computer box, isn't it? I try to stay on the thing and avoid The Big Blue Room so long as I can, but life keeps happening to me anyways.

crapflood follows
I am... sort of, yes, grappling is a term. It's not been easy. Working my way from near the east coast USA to the west coast, slogging in crap jobs that still give me nightmares half a decade later. Destroyed my back and was gifted with perpetual pain and then a bit of diabeetus to boot.

After four years in a community college rebuilding the high school education I never got after leaving home at 17, I just got accepted at a university of california. Whoah. Whoah. Wishing my dad were alive to see the acceptance letter, but he died from cancer a few years ago and I have to put on a stone face about it because I don't have time to break down between the times I have to do things for other people, the times I have to do things for myself, and those secret moments in between.

All in all though I am utterly amazed, scared, elated, and confused about everything. That's the story of sad_winslow, how he got sad, and how he's taking steps to keep the sad away as best he can.
crapflood ends

So: I study, and I play video games, and occasionally I make things, like circuits or small wood projects or papercrafts or candles or soap or a thousand other things half-done, or bang on an acoustic guitar. I used to go driving a lot, touring the area, before my tiny gas-efficient car died and I got a gas-guzzling van and petrol prices skyrocketed. I also study some more after that.

I still want to hear from people, though: have you done anything lately? Read a book, taken up a hobby, played WoW and hit level cap on your DK, bought something, sold something, borrowed something, stolen something, started something or quit something or sacrificed a three-headed goat under a blood moon, built something or destroyed something? Caught an interesting disease or been cured of one? Found god, and put him back again?

Heck, you heard any good jokes?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

...destroyed something?...

I destroyed my neighbor's front door, 'long about last Thanksgiving...it was not my finest moment.

I didn't know front doors could cost that much.

[Trilby]

Who told you about the goat?

[Trilby]

PS - i dont type much here on this effing kindle thus the short reply.

[sad_winslow]

oh, i know allll about the goat.

[sad_winslow]

also, posting from a kindle? are you on a kindle fire? if so what do you think of it?

[Undertoad]

happy_loseslow is not as good of a handle.

[BigV]

Originally Posted by Undertoad

happy_loseslow is not as good of a handle.

What about happy_winhigh?

[sad_winslow]

Oh god, what did you do to the front door? Did you have a "Shining" moment?

Crap_Binload on the bad days. Mad_GinSloe if I'm drinking. Rad_Manglow if I've been exposed to radiation lately. Snap_Wandshow if I was a wizard.

I am actually a wizard, or so my friends tell me.

Mostly though, Sad_Winslow.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by sad_winslow

Oh god, what did you do to the front door? Did you have a "Shining" moment?

Well, now that fines are paid and time served has been credited, I guess I can tell it.

I had a "Walking Tall" moment whilst being called a motherfucker and having said front door slammed in my face. Damn hollow doors, damn rotten hinges...still hollow doors and door frames are easily found at the salvage bldg materials stores.

All tolled I got out for less than $1000. Thank God for hollow doors.

On the plus side: I've now heard every single person who lives in that house call their barking little shit machine down, several times, and the dude has done it more than any of them.

Like a bad neighbor, Gravdigr's there.

[limey]

I've just spend the weekend sleeping in a shed and playing in the orchestra for a small production of Gilbert and Sullivan's HMS Pinafore and Trial by Jury. Thanks for asking, SW