Minor victory thread

ThatNickGuy

ThatNickGuy

I was going to put this in the Rant thread, but I'm actually feeling pretty good about this. So, since it's a work in progress, we'll call it a Minor Victory.

Still in the hospital, but they gave me a pass tonight to leave for awhile. I went to see a movie at the downtown theater: The Martian. Brilliant movie and you should all see it. It's very positive about science and I get the feeling it'll inspire many people to study science in some way, shape, or form. Which is never a bad thing.

Anyway, the message of the movie basically boils down to what someone says at the end, "Do the math. Solve the problem." And that got me thinking. Throughout the movie, NO ONE despairs over the problem, even when it's life threatening. They stop, think about it, and do something about it. They "do the math."

Well, I'm not a scientist and I suck at math.

But I can write. If there's one thing I can say, it's that I can write. And what do writers do? They break things down into chapters.*

So...that's what I'm going to try. I already downloaded MS One Note for creating some story novels for Dill and another book I'm considering. I thought, "Why not do the same with your problems? Make each problem a separate chapter and tackle them. Here's the problem, here are possible solutions."

So far, I have listed:
-Anger (I'm realizing that I have more anger management issues that I've ever been willing to admit. I also realized today that my angry outbursts tend to precede my bouts with depression)
-Depression (obvious)
-Out of Shape (because I'm tired of "round" being my shape)
-Lonely (I'm tired of spending every night sitting in front of a computer)
-No Career Plan (going to see a career counselor)
-Living With Parents (That one...might be tricky, since without a job, I can't afford to move out. But it's still an issue)

So yeah, that's what I have so far. It's still a work in progress. Not sure what I'm going to do with it. I have another meeting with the committee tomorrow, both about my release and about plans to help me.

*Well, Terry Pratchett doesn't. I've been reading him and about him a lot lately and he didn't like doing chapters. But I do. So take that, Sir Pratchett.**
**This footnote was done in honour of him because I just finished reading Mort, which was my second of his books that I've read. And Pratchett seemed to like doing footnotes.***
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Ravenpoe

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ThatNickGuy said:
I was going to put this in the Rant thread, but I'm actually feeling pretty good about this. So, since it's a work in progress, we'll call it a Minor Victory.

Still in the hospital, but they gave me a pass tonight to leave for awhile. I went to see a movie at the downtown theater: The Martian. Brilliant movie and you should all see it. It's very positive about science and I get the feeling it'll inspire many people to study science in some way, shape, or form. Which is never a bad thing.

Anyway, the message of the movie basically boils down to what someone says at the end, "Do the math. Solve the problem." And that got me thinking. Throughout the movie, NO ONE despairs over the problem, even when it's life threatening. They stop, think about it, and do something about it. They "do the math."

Well, I'm not a scientist and I suck at math.

But I can write. If there's one thing I can say, it's that I can write. And what do writers do? They break things down into chapters.*

So...that's what I'm going to try. I already downloaded MS One Note for creating some story novels for Dill and another book I'm considering. I thought, "Why not do the same with your problems? Make each problem a separate chapter and tackle them. Here's the problem, here are possible solutions."

So far, I have listed:
-Anger (I'm realizing that I have more anger management issues that I've ever been willing to admit. I also realized today that my angry outbursts tend to precede my bouts with depression)
-Depression (obvious)
-Out of Shape (because I'm tired of "round" being my shape)
-Lonely (I'm tired of spending every night sitting in front of a computer)
-No Career Plan (going to see a career counselor at the community college Alix goes to)
-Living With Parents (That one...might be tricky, since without a job, I can't afford to move out. But it's still an issue)

So yeah, that's what I have so far. It's still a work in progress. Not sure what I'm going to do with it. I have another meeting with the committee tomorrow, both about my release and about plans to help me.

*Well, Terry Pratchett doesn't. I've been reading him and about him a lot lately and he didn't like doing chapters. But I do. So take that, Sir Pratchett.**
**This footnote was done in honour of him because I just finished reading Mort, which was my second of his books that I've read. And Pratchett seemed to like doing footnotes.***
***Like this!
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Nick, I can't begin to tell you how happy this post makes me.
 
DarkAudit

DarkAudit

jwhouk said:
...Okay, that I don't understand. You have more rooms purchased than are actually occupied?
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No. It's just that the accounting for the night doesn't balance out, but I can show exactly where and for how much it doesn't balance out. It means I'm not tearing my hair out trying to figure out if I misentered something, or some other weirdness I can't find has thrown the whole thing off. It also means I'm not begging the manager for help digging through the paperwork. At 3am, that is greatly appreciated. :)
 
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Halloween prop 2015. Proceeding nicely. It's no animatronic pumpkins like last year, but this one had more of a nice behind the scenes learning element that I thoroughly enjoyed.
 
Dei

Dei

Kids don't have school today, but my daughter is gone all day on a no school day field trip, so my house will be blissfully quiet as my son will do nothing but play video games all day I'm sure. Maybe we'll even play them together without having to worry about my daughter whining about something inane. Ahhhhh.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Dei said:
Kids don't have school today, but my daughter is gone all day on a no school day field trip, so my house will be blissfully quiet as my son will do nothing but play video games all day I'm sure. Maybe we'll even play them together without having to worry about my daughter whining about something inane. Ahhhhh.
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Well, just don't cover him in poison and then blow him up. His HP and armor rating aren't quite as high as mine.
 
GasBandit

GasBandit

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Dei said:
It's his own fault for telling me that the grave didn't smell right, ok?!
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Whatever lets you sleep at night.. me, the sight of that ragged dog corpse will haunt me to my OWN grave.

I say when we get done with this lighthouse business, we go back and pay Dave the Skeleton a visit. Four level 4s (maybe even 5s) should be tougher for him to kick to the curb than level 2s were.
 
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