Minor victory thread

I found out that if I do my weekly shave on a Wednesday I'll ave the perfect amount of stubble on the weekends for lookin' like a cool guy. :)
I have to shave every day. I get to skip Saturday-Monday, but by then I actually have to shave twice over to get clean.
 
My facial hair isn't impressive to look at - it's kind of patchy - but it absolutely destroys disposable razors. It's very coarse so after two or three swaths, the blade is effectively dull. I didn't shave for about two months, and when I finally did, I had to use four razors just to finish the job.
 
Agreed with the weight excahnge program, I'll take 30 lbs. My minor victory... I am back to the same weight I was at the start of the year, before my girlfriend and I got sick. Took me long enough!
 

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my complete lack of desire to shave.
Yeah I get that too. Sometimes I get busy or lazy or whatever, and can allllllmost grow a goatee.

People are like "Are you trying to grow a beard there?" and I'm like "I don't know, I guess."[/QUOTE]

Ha! I have that exact exchange often, too.
 
Pretty sure my bathroom is cleaner than the day I moved in. BAM. Easy to work along to a playlist full of movie/game/Buffy/Dr Horrible soundtracks. :awesome:

However, my eyes kinda burn from all the cleaner fumes. Not as BAM.
 
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Papillon

My facial hair isn't impressive to look at - it's kind of patchy - but it absolutely destroys disposable razors. It's very coarse so after two or three swaths, the blade is effectively dull. I didn't shave for about two months, and when I finally did, I had to use four razors just to finish the job.
This is why I switched to straight shaving (minus the patchy bit).
 
My facial hair isn't impressive to look at - it's kind of patchy - but it absolutely destroys disposable razors. It's very coarse so after two or three swaths, the blade is effectively dull. I didn't shave for about two months, and when I finally did, I had to use four razors just to finish the job.
This is why I switched to straight shaving (minus the patchy bit).[/QUOTE]

With my hand-eye coordination, I'd have to write a note first.
 
My facial hair isn't impressive to look at - it's kind of patchy - but it absolutely destroys disposable razors. It's very coarse so after two or three swaths, the blade is effectively dull. I didn't shave for about two months, and when I finally did, I had to use four razors just to finish the job.
This is why I switched to straight shaving (minus the patchy bit).[/QUOTE]

With my hand-eye coordination, I'd have to write a note first.[/QUOTE]

Try putting either hair conditioner or face wash into the hair before shaving, even if it's patchy and short.
 
I'm eating for the first time since Friday night. Had some kind of bug on Saturday and didn't eat at all. I missed food.
 
Off work. Sitting with Rhiannon on my lap, watching Modern Marvels, drinking a Pepsi Throwback. Rhiannon's snoring, and I have a case of beer in the fridge, and my A/C just got repaired.

Life is pretty dang sweet.
 

Cajungal

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Tomorrow is Thursday, which means that the day after is Friday. That's pretty great. Jake and I have been near-giddy for the past few weeks thinking about my triumphant return to my hometown. After 4 years of school, we'll live in the same place again. Bout 14 more weeks. It will be nice.

Also, I get to be "primary teacher" on Friday. I already do a lot of participation throughout the day, but I get to lead them through all the drills and exercises that Ms. Loy usually leads them through. I get to teach all the lessons. I take roll, write out their morning work, all that good stuff. I'm nervous but so excited. I'm wearing my pretty teaching dress. I look forward to getting it covered in dry erase marker, glue, and washable marker. ^_^
 
My telephone company received grant money to finally build out DSL to my house! :aaahhh:

I'll believe it's true when I actually have it installed though.
 
On my research cruise last week, we had Dr. Sylvia Earle, marine biologist/oceanographer extraordinaire and Explorer-in-Residence at National Geographic, as a special guest for a half day. In her group was an assistant, photographer, and Time Magazine reporter. Here is the resulting article, I don't know if it will be in the print edition. None of us scientists were mentioned, only the station director.

Ocean Science: Monitoring Climate Change in Deep Water - TIME
 
For the last week, my computer was doing this bullshit of sometimes restarting itself just as it was loading up my desktop. I couldn't figure out what the hell was going on and I tried everything I could think of. Today I finally discovered it was the old wireless network adaptor I was using. So I bought a new one, and it seems to have fixed my problem. Minor victory since it required me spending money I could have used elsewhere.
 
Rhiannon had her 2 month shots today. Went straight to sleep after them. Had a bottle and diaper, then back to sleep. We may be dodging a bullet here, guys....
 

North_Ranger

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Rhiannon had her 2 month shots today. Went straight to sleep after them. Had a bottle and diaper, then back to sleep. We may be dodging a bullet here, guys....
*shakes your hand*

Every time a child gets vaccinated, Jenny McCarthy gains a pound. Thank you ^^

Also, pictures, please? There's been a definite shortage of awwwwws lately.
 
Today is Programmer Day, as it is the 256th day of the year (1111 1111). It is incredibly geeky, and yet, I'm all in favor of a day to thank programmers for all they do. So, thanks to all the programmers out there who work without credit on things nobody else cares to understand.
 

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Code:
int print_thanks(vector<string> names)
{
      for (i=1; i<names.length(); i++)
      {
            cout << "Thanks, " << names[i] << ", for coding." << endl;
       }
}
I like the STL, for all you C gestapo. Except iterators. They're ugly and reduce readability. So no foreach().
 

Cajungal

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A kid in my class's father writes for Marvel comics. I got to be a nerd in front of him and tell him how much I love Deadpool. And the kid brought a little violin with a Mario decal on it and played us the Mario Bros. theme this morning. All in all a very good start to the week.
 
A kid in my class's father writes for Marvel comics. I got to be a nerd in front of him and tell him how much I love Deadpool. And the kid brought a little violin with a Mario decal on it and played us the Mario Bros. theme this morning. All in all a very good start to the week.
That's pretty darn cool.
 
I just had a rough shift so when I got home I made myself five hotdogs with mustard and a gin n' tonic.

Life is pretty okay. :)
 
Oh yeah! With Jamaal Charles' run I've wrapped up winning my matchup in both my fantasy football leagues. This season is starting so much better than last year. (Sorry Cranky Llamas, but you didn't get enough in the first game tonight to make a difference)
 
Yesterday I was very sick, which is not exactly a victory (although getting myself to that point where I have to lay in bed all day does seem to be my method of dealing with constant stress). What is a victory is that I got to watch not one, not two, but THREE fricken movies I've wanted to see, and not one of them disappointed.

Also, browsing Netflix instant watch on my lovely wife's new iPad, firing up the wireless Blu-Ray player, and watching the movies all without dragging my sick ass out of bed was a groovy bonus perk.
 
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my indian law prof assigned me a case to recite the next day. Reciting is extremely nerve wracking for me so I was stressed out. It took TWO WEEKS for me to get a chance to recite. It has been incredibly tense for me. Finally today I got to finish it.

FINALLY!
 
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