Life updates

[Drem]

congrats dude!

[Harrison]

Thanks guys, still kinda in shock about it. I was shooting for the moon, in my mind, thinking this is way outside of my abilities right now.

I start on the 4th, just waiting for the NDA and whatnot to go through.

[brinstar]

dude my man that is way cool for real

i've applied for like half a dozen dream jobs in the past year and only once did i even make it TO the first round of interviews let alone further than that

[Jay]

Thanks guys, still kinda in shock about it. I was shooting for the moon, in my mind, thinking this is way outside of my abilities right now.

I start on the 4th, just waiting for the NDA and whatnot to go through.

Nice! Crush it bro!

[Harrison]

First day completed at the new job.

It's so strange to me to be working in an office. Free food, coffee, drinks, gym on site, showers, locker room, cafe, etc.

Flexible hours; pretty much show up whenever convenient, put in your 8 hours, and then leave whenever.

I could get used to this lol

[Jay]

First day completed at the new job.

It's so strange to me to be working in an office. Free food, coffee, drinks, gym on site, showers, locker room, cafe, etc.

Flexible hours; pretty much show up whenever convenient, put in your 8 hours, and then leave whenever.

I could get used to this lol

Dope right? I was the same way when I got my first gig at a nice ass office. Then I was talking to some coworkers about where we could play D&D and the boss overhears us and says "You could just come here and use the conference room..." and that's when i was like ok this fucking rules.

[Durothil Skyreaver]

Duro Jr. arrived Friday at 3:51pm. Only took 13 hours from start to finish. Mom and baby came home Monday and he is sleeping really well, and we're sleeping decently. 2 weeks of work left and then 2 months off to enjoy the baby and my new retro gaming set up.

[Xaiveir]

Holy crap, I remembered my login. Good to see some faces still around these parts! /wave hi guys.

[leah]

hi friend!

[leah]

Duro Jr. arrived Friday at 3:51pm. Only took 13 hours from start to finish. Mom and baby came home Monday and he is sleeping really well, and we're sleeping decently. 2 weeks of work left and then 2 months off to enjoy the baby and my new retro gaming set up.

also garts on the new little dude!

[Xaiveir]

hi friend!

If it isnt the great and wonderful Leah! Hope you are doing well!

[Jay]

I got a sous vide and this might literally be the greatest gift I’ve ever received. Also hi X and grats Duro and fam.

[brinstar]

First day completed at the new job.

It's so strange to me to be working in an office. Free food, coffee, drinks, gym on site, showers, locker room, cafe, etc.

Flexible hours; pretty much show up whenever convenient, put in your 8 hours, and then leave whenever.

I could get used to this lol

man remember when you were v down and you kept slogging away even though it didn't seem like you'd ever get anywhere

look at you now

[leah]

First day completed at the new job.

It's so strange to me to be working in an office. Free food, coffee, drinks, gym on site, showers, locker room, cafe, etc.

Flexible hours; pretty much show up whenever convenient, put in your 8 hours, and then leave whenever.

I could get used to this lol

man remember when you were v down and you kept slogging away even though it didn't seem like you'd ever get anywhere

look at you now

YES!!!

[Harrison]

Thanks guys.

I still got a ways to go, but it's already paying off immensely. I don't know how much value a future employer places on an internship, but in terms of what I'm learning it's insane I'm being paid on top of it.

It's really foreign to me to be working somewhere that actually values you and your input. I come up with an idea to improve something or a problem that I can fix, and they don't immediately see if it can be done. (or if it's my solution, greenlight me to do it)

[leah]

this makes me so happy for you finawin




news update from me: both of my dogs died within 4 weeks of each other. i am adrift. </3

[Jay]

I still remember the "This is easy and I'm brilliant and I'm going to be the best at this thing" Harrison who would fail spectacularly and now I'm seeing a very humble "I can't believe they do this, this and this, this is all pretty cool but I've got a ways to go..." Harrison. The growth is remarkable but then again you've been the latter for years now. Grats man.

[10sun]

Thanks guys.

I still got a ways to go, but it's already paying off immensely. I don't know how much value a future employer places on an internship, but in terms of what I'm learning it's insane I'm being paid on top of it.

It's really foreign to me to be working somewhere that actually values you and your input. I come up with an idea to improve something or a problem that I can fix, and they don't immediately see if it can be done. (or if it's my solution, greenlight me to do it)

Wait until they start dumping their problems on you and expect results on top of your normal and they want you to follow their formalized problem solving methodology even if it doesn't fit.
Working on a fucking software development project using LSS instead of SCRUM on my Sunday afternoon.
Oh! and the VP of IT told me that I need to tailor my report out based upon his report out. Annoyed.

[Hatak]

Whoa, Xaiv! Haven't seen you in a long time!

I could give an update of the rollercoaster of my life the past few years, but not sure if anyone remembers Hatak. (Other than Xaiv, of course.)

[Trielelvan]

Happy 2018, you guys.
I haven't popped in here in a long time, but July 4th got me wondering if the President Whitmore would still be gracing this board with his annual post. I'm very happy to see the tradition continues.
I've thought of this place often and fondly. It's insane to think we're approaching 20 years since EQ's original release... holy shit we're old. lol

Congratulations on the new baby, Duro!
Congrats, Harrison, on your new position! Working in a nice office definitely has a lot of perks.

I checked the real life section... some things never change. Ah well...

My condolences to all who have experienced hardship and heartache. I sincerely hope your journey continues to bring new happiness into your lives.

Leah, I am so sorry about your dogs. ❤️

So we're living in a real life version of "Idiocracy" these days... I don't even know where to begin...
Be kind to one another. We could all use a little more of that these days.
I hope everyone is doing well.

[Jay]

Happy 2018, you guys.
I haven't popped in here in a long time, but July 4th got me wondering if the President Whitmore would still be gracing this board with his annual post. I'm very happy to see the tradition continues.
I've thought of this place often and fondly. It's insane to think we're approaching 20 years since EQ's original release... holy shit we're old. lol

Congratulations on the new baby, Duro!
Congrats, Harrison, on your new position! Working in a nice office definitely has a lot of perks.

I checked the real life section... some things never change. Ah well...

My condolences to all who have experienced hardship and heartache. I sincerely hope your journey continues to bring new happiness into your lives.

Leah, I am so sorry about your dogs. ❤️

So we're living in a real life version of "Idiocracy" these days... I don't even know where to begin...
Be kind to one another. We could all use a little more of that these days.
I hope everyone is doing well.

Whoa, hi Triel!

[Trielelvan]

Whoa, hi Triel!

Lol hi Jay!

Congrats on getting remarried btw. That made me smile to read.

[brinstar]

hmm haven't updated in a minute i guess

• still putting out job apps when cool positions open up, still getting nowhere. still at my current job though, so there's no real urgency
  
• started working out regularly for the first time in like a decade. having trouble shaking off the love handles, but underneath the permanent winter layer my muscle tone has improved quite a bit and i'm feeling pretty good
  
• still in 3.5 bands, and the one that was dormant for ~2 years recently reactivated and put together a half dozen new tunes. hoping to get a sophomore release out by next summer. the "main" band has been decimated in the membership department to the point where we literally can't perform live, so the focus now is on making a record. the other other band is making moves to record 2-3 more tunes and combine it with the digital-only EP to release a record in the spring. yay records!
  
• spent some time a few weeks ago hiking around rocky mountain national park and arapaho national forest with the gf, sis, and sis's new boyf as well as other various family members. super good vaca.
  
• going "glamping" this sunday for the gf's bday
  
• mid-sept taking a couples' roadtrip down to great smoky mountain natl park for the better part of a week. hike around that shit, try and spot a bear, drink a gallon of whiskey, try and convince the crew to trek up to mammoth cave natl park
  
• late sept going to SD for a climate conference, gonna pad the trip out a couple days in each direction so i can do some solo hikes and such in wind cave natl park, black hills natl forest, and badlands natl park. y'see, leah got me a 1yr natl park pass for xmas '17 and i'm trying to get as much use out of it as i can before it expires, but it's hard because most of the great plains is devoid of national parks:
  
  
  
• still enjoying my nintendo switch. currently playing hollow knight and that freemium fallout base management game. looking forward to the new smash bros and the HD switch release of DS1. also gonna grab salt and sanctuary when it comes to switch next friday, and will definitely scoop up octopath traveler the second the price dips under $40 (the demo owned). none of this enthusiasm holds a candle to how badly i want metroid prime 4 to come out though
  
• gonna try and become a lyft driver within the next few weeks. mostly just gonna do it after work since i work downtownish, though i will probably post up downtown a couple weekend nights a month (and bring the switch in case it's slow). need some extra scratch for all these trips!
  
• still enjoying the hell out of some D&D. DMing a game for leah + her bf + my gf + the aforementioned smokey mtns trip couple (we're doing curse of strahd for anyone familiar), i'm a first-time DM but 80% of my players are first-time players so it's going pretty well so far. the gf and i also play in a game run by a pal in omaha, i had a 3mnk/1dru multi who died saving the lives of my gf's ranger and the dm's gf's rogue, so i rolled up an eldritch knight half-orc (that i'm playing as close to an EQ shadowknight as possible) and we all just hit L5. also got invited to another omaha game that is all dungeon crawl all the time, so i made a halfling barbarian because lol
  
• fall softball starts in 3 wks, we've still never won a championship but i've pushed my lifetime OPS up to 1.753 after retraining myself into an opposite-field hitter a few years back (it was north of 2.100 in five of the last seven seasons!) - and on the mound in one game back in may i notched a career-high 8 strikeouts by taking advantage of a gusty 20mph crosswind

think that's about it for now

[Jay]

We're planning a vacation soon. Gonna go to San Diego to visit some people, then visit my wife's sister in LA, then Disneyland, then drive to the Grand Canyon, then drive to Salt Lake Comic Con and then drive to Yosemite? Yellowstone? Whichever one is between Salt Lake City and Seattle, then driving back to Seattle.

[brinstar]

yosemite is right in the crook of the california elbow, yellowstone is northwestern wyoming

if you do yellowstone you should also do grand teton since they're right next to each other (fun fact: my gf was born in a ranger cabin somewhere in yellowstone, they couldn't get to the hospital because of wildfires!)