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Post by yumiko on Dec 26, 2011 23:04:52 GMT -5
Wow that's so awesome! I'm not sure how I'd react if I ever filmed something and picked up an EVP... I think at least initially the fear would outweigh the 'holy crap that's awesome' sentiment haha but I can't wait to hear yours Charlie!
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Post by autumnraiin on Dec 28, 2011 17:00:31 GMT -5
Soooo cool Charlie!!! And Jenn, I think we all have fucked up families! lol
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Post by jennlabelle on Jan 4, 2012 21:06:40 GMT -5
So sad and down right now As I'm sure you all know, Northern Ontario, Canada gets ridiculously cold winters. Yesterday it was -27 celsius, which is about -17 fahrenheit. Anyhow, there were two fatal car accidents in my city, both involving people I went to school with. The first involved a car with an 18 year old girl and a 17 year old girl going in one direction and slipping on the black ice and losing control of the vehicle on the highway. Their vehicle hit two oncoming cars. Both girls were killed. One of the vehicles hit had 4 teenagers in it. Two of them were killed, I went to high school with one of them. The other two are in hospital in critical condition. We are all praying that they pull through. They are 19 and 14. The other vehicle hit had one occupant, a 58 year old woman and she is in hospital with minor injuries. The second crash was a few hours later on the other major highway out of my town. Once again it involved a vehicle crossing the center line and hitting an oncoming car. 3 of the occupants of the van that crossed the center were killed, including one from my university. All were teens. The other 3 involved in the crash are all in hospital with serious injuries. I live in a small city up north with only about 160,000 people including all of the surrounding areas. This has struck the community like a sledgehammer. Logging on facebook is extremely unpleasant as it is completely flooded with R.I.P. statuses and such. It's just extremely devastating. Even though I didn't know those killed personally, I saw the guy who died all the time at school last year. He was the same age as me... It's just really scary and devastating.
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Post by Charlie on Jan 4, 2012 21:21:52 GMT -5
Oh my gosh, I can definitely understand where you're coming from! That would depress me too. I will keep everyone including their families in my thoughts. That is so sad.
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Post by cyv on Jan 11, 2012 7:37:35 GMT -5
Oh that is so horrible jenn Thoughts are with you! Hopefully it's less icy now.
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Post by cyv on Jan 17, 2012 5:01:27 GMT -5
EEEEP! I was on stage last night XD I was at Stand Up Inspiration (something like TED, but for the Netherlands and..Not elite, and stuff) and there's this 'one minute of inspiration' where you can sign up to talk about something you think can be very helpful for everyone. I have Atychiphobia (the abnormal, unwarranted, and persistent ('morbid') fear of failure) and am bad in crowds in general, but I really wanted to do this! I talked about couchsurfing, and I my mind was a mess, and suddenly I realized there was a crowd, a lot of them people I look up to and one I loved for years (a comedian, Dutch cabaret, so very political too) and I started shaking, and I was apparently talking at high speed. And I was talking way too long, but they let me. And I made a mess of my closing line. But I did it! I got an applaus! And the besides people I know, friends, twitter-friends, the organizer and later even that idol, the comedian, came up to me, thanking me for the contribution and that I did very well! (We don't have much of a 'you were great!'-culture. He was making me feel alright because he knew I was nervous, but he also meant it). And I was so thrilled! The fact that I did it in general! Ugh, it was so scary, but I made it! And they really wanted to know if I had a blog with my experiences, which I don't, so I just gave them my twitter My friend Saskia is the camerawoman there, aaaand I've been recorded, it will be online in two weeks or so, rather curious! BUT(!) there are pictures. One of them: Hope these also help me to accept my face! As are in what is considered a very 'unflattering angle', but it's me so bollocks! They're all up here: www.flickr.com/photos/eventbranche/6711551297/in/set-72157628903529863/
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Post by autumnraiin on Jan 17, 2012 7:08:52 GMT -5
Awww congrats on facing your fears! I don't know if I could ever do that, you're awesome =) and I think you have a beautiful face, so shush!!! And you don't look nervous at all in your pics!
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Post by yumiko on Feb 7, 2012 19:41:40 GMT -5
Cyv that's amazing! And great photo too, you look beautiful!!Seeing as this is a pensieve for random stuff, I thought I'd vent/ask for some advice about non-spiritual problems here lol
A couple months ago I moved back to the city where I went to university to look for a job and hopefully stay here. I found a month to month renting place so I was able to move here comfortably knowing that if worst case scenario I couldn't find work, I could move home and not worry about paying rent I couldn't afford.
The job search was not going too well until recently when I was finally able to pick up something part time. It's not great by any means but I thought 'hey, this is a good start and I'll look for a second part time job'. I have an interview tomorrow morning for another job that pays better but I think it's full time.
Obviously it's just an interview and I don't know how it will go, but I don't know what to do in terms of juggling work; if I'm just thinking about myself and my financial needs, taking a full time better paying job is much better for my stability. However I'd feel really awful about leaving this job that I *just* started for a better offer... is that weird? lol I mean it's a part time minimum wage retail job and my hours range from like 6 - 23 a week, which is barely anything so I should probably leave for the better job if I get it, right? lol I mean it seems so obvious I should just go with the better, more stable job but for some reason I feel horribly guilty about the idea of doing that. Do you think I should just tell my current work place that my availability is now only weekends and then quit later down the road so that at least it's not immediately? Or is that worse? Eeee... lol Any advice would be much appreciated! :S
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Post by raine on Feb 8, 2012 5:05:22 GMT -5
Hi Yumiko,
I would say go for the full time post, jobs can be hard to come by at the moment and I'm sure on some level they will understand (& if in your position would be likely to do the same)
Bb Raine x x
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Post by yumiko on Feb 8, 2012 20:18:36 GMT -5
Thanks so much Raine! I really appreciate the advice Blessed Be )O(
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Post by cyv on Feb 9, 2012 6:08:09 GMT -5
Awww congrats on facing your fears! I don't know if I could ever do that, you're awesome =) and I think you have a beautiful face, so shush!!! And you don't look nervous at all in your pics! I'm working on me being ok with the 'double chin' thing! It's because people kept making remarks on 'if only that were not there' etc. And media ;>_> I'm actually pretty happy about me, my body my face! So this wasn't meant as 'Eeep I'm sooooooo ugly', no shushing necessary! And yumiko, I agree with raine on this!
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Post by autumnraiin on Feb 14, 2012 19:59:13 GMT -5
WHAT?! People really say that?! Some are just ignorant. I'm glad you're happy with yourself =) Un-shushing!
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