What have you been up to?

[erisesoteric]

So some of us are wandering back... so what's been going on since we were all together?

Dan and I are still making other people slightly ill with how gooey we are. [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

I've been working at a hotel owned by Michigan State University... and it's very strange. The upside is that I've only got one certifiable psychopath to deal with, as opposed to the half dozen at my last job. The downside is that everything seems to be about power... if you listen to these people, you'd actually think that everyone that works for MSU can fire everyone else that works for MSU. On the upside, I can start taking college classes for free in September, on the downside, I've actually had to instigate sexual harrassment proceedings (of the "hostile environment" sort, not the "quid pro quo" sort) for the first time in my life.

That's most of what's going on, ups and downs, some changes, some the same. How are y'all doing?

[WiloeLeigh]

*blushes a bit and steps out from the shadows of lurkerland, ignoring the fact that eris pushed her*

well, for starters, i've lost the ability to capitalize anything.

i'm still in school, still writing my novel and god willing, it will be done by the end of the year. classes are mostly interesting, and i've been turning gradually away from lit. classes towards art and science courses. suffering from literary burn-out.

i have an apartment right off campus where i have one fabulous roommate and two fish (a puffer named agnes nutter and a grouper named issac newton). to support this "living without parental support" status, i got a job at the library, helping to process and catalog new acquisitions. it's flexible, pays decently, and grants me internet access.

real life has played a really large part in dragging me away from here. i adopted a couple stray boys beginning of the school year and the three of us have been mostly attached at the hip since.

neither makes a good romantic interest.

and since we're on that subject, still single.

oh, and enra's alive, as well. she's working for amgen, taking college classes, and learning far more about theology than is probably good for her.

*sits down and waits for the next poster to update*

[AsIs]

*sigh*

Can't we do updates when I like my life?

I am currently in retail hell. Sitting here contemplating my brokeness and poor planning in using my charge cards...

I have three or four jobs and no money. *insert lengthy whine here*

I have two or three trips planned this year. One to a Pittsburgh con that Terry Moore will be at. And the con even has a event for him, since it is the ten year anniversary of SIPness.

Another trip is planned to visit my Mom in CA. She is flying me out so I will be spending most of the time with her.

I'm a co-chair for a Dealer's Room at a anime convention in Newark, NJ. So I will be taking some time off to do that.

For all my whining, I am in relatively decent health. I have food to eat and a roof over my head. And two puddy tats that love me for better or worse. As long as I feed them at least, that is unconditional love isn't it? [img]wink.gif[/img]

I spend way too much time on geeky projects that I enjoy doing, but pay me no money, just adoration of fans.

Ah well, maybe someday fortune and fame will find me. Or at least fortune...

[crazy a]

As most of you know, I'm taking some (mostly) online classes at a community college. The semester ends in May and then....what? Considering that I'm doing this half-heartedly to please other people, I imagine I'll be looking for employment in a few months. The wife has told me that if I don't continue this college thing, she'll say not a thing about it. Which I find hard to believe.

Have started writing again. (Yeah, still got that crazy idea about making it with the word.)

We're in the process of getting another van.

Still married. 11 years this April.

[RichC]

Hi. I'm still a retail manager who's not sure what he wants to do with himself.

I have no plans to travel this year (well, maybe one or two [img]wink.gif[/img] ) as I plan to shove as much money as I can into paying off my credit cards so I can finally move out of my mom's house, hopefully by early - mid next year.

Talk to me after that. [img]smile.gif[/img]

Next?

[Ersby]

I live in Italy, were I work teaching English as a foreign language. The pay per hour is good, but there aren't enough hours, so I have no money to speak of. Luckily, life in Italy's quite cheap, but only if you limit yourself to food, rent and bills. And even then, the bills are quite high.

I oscilate between wanting to give it another few years here and wanting to go back to the UK and get a job where I don't have to talk to anybody.

Apart from that, life is fine.

[Jelymo]

guess i should post on this thread or something, shouldn't i?

i'm living with an awesome anime addicted housemate in a cute little apartment this year, as there was no way in hell's creation that i was staying where i was last year. i'm almost done my third year of university, although this is proving to be a task because i think i've reached burnout. several counselling sessions and a prescription later, life is starting to be interesting again. i'm still behind in schoolwork, but i'm slowly catching up here and there. gah. i just want out right now. and i need to find a job for the summer.

i did my first musical theatre performance in january, playing the mayor's fainting wife Edna in Bye Bye Birdie. that was a blast and a half. i made and lost some good friends during that whole period, but that's life.

i also recently turned 21 (on feb 22, to be exact). so i'm now legal internationally. HAHAHA!! THE WORLD IS MINE!! *cough*

uhhh ... what else ...

oh yeah, i've thrown myself back into swing dancing, and i did an awesome workshop in feb, and i'm doing another one this weekend. i'm sorta getting better, and i love it, and it's so much fun. we had a mini road trip to montreal for a night to dance on the 1st of march. and this thursday we're doing a 50s/60s rock and roll theme night, including costumes. so i get to wear my poodle skirt from Birdie again. HAHAHA. i'm still deciding if i want to wear shorts underneath the skirt or just go with regular underwear. *cackle*

i think that's it. oh, and i pierced my navel to commemorate my 21st birthday while visiting a friend in Niagara. other than that, life's been rather meh-y.

[batfreak]

Still working, same job, different role, now run the place, The money DOES NOT outweigh the extra hassle. How can 16 people all be unhappy in their jobs and moan at me in unison.
Trying for a job in Algeria, same company, no pressure, more money, 28 on 28 off so more time at home than I get now.
Off to Disneyland Paris with the kids again in October. Whoo Hoo...
Still trying to get my business off the ground.
Getting married again in April (3rd time lucky)
The G/F Puts up with me better than anyone I have ever known. This could be it folks, happiness until death.
Still work Part time at a local bar, been there 15 years now, some habits you just can't break.
Work too hard, sleep too little, but loving every minute of it.

[Terygon]

What a Coincidence. I wander back for the first time in aHEMcoughcough, and this is the top thread. Must be Fate.

I've been in a culinary program at our local community college, having gotten sick of jobs where I hate my work. This has killed my net access until this semester, when we are required to take a Microsoft Office class in labs with internet connections. I'll be disappearing in May or June, but I'll be back eventually.

Oh, and I'm working in the deli at Von's, a local branch of Safeway. It's something to bring in a little cash.

Good to see you all.

[Neophobic Man]

Hi, everybody! (HI DR. NICK!)

I'm really Jaxom 27 for any who don't know and haven't read the signature at the bottom of my post yet...

I'm still working in the hotel, though I just got back from interviewing at another property (still with the same company) but it's 20 minutes away from where I live, at best, compared to the 35+ I do now (two seasons here in Chicago: Winter and Construction...makes for creative driving at times...) The move would be a promotion of sorts, but I still don't know if that means more money or not...though I finally got last year's raise coming to me at the end of this month, so we'll see how that goes...

For anyone reading the other threads...yes I've found a onderful girl who puts up with me and only gives me half as much grief as I get from you all...heh...she's still in school (my old university actually) so she's in Ohio for a few more months and I'm still here...but she actually wanted to come to Chicago before we started dating, so bonus for me...so far so good on that front...just got back today from a brief visit actually...

Other than that, nothing else really new...the library has grown by leaps and bounds...damn the History Book Club and the SF Book Club and Borders...ah well...

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