Minor victory thread
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Shannow: LIKE A BOSS. That's what wandering the earth does for you.
I secured a $100,000 donation to my foundation last Friday, another $45,000 on Wednesday and today was informed of another $30,000 donation bringing total assets to just over $775,000. Not bad for starting from scratch 2 years ago. My plan was to hit $1,000,000 by summer of next year, maybe I'll beat that!
I found a $5.
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makare
what's it for Adammon?
How is this minor, rather than an epic win? That sounds great!
I run a local community foundation. Essentially we create endowment funds for companies/individuals and donate the proceeds of those funds to worthwhile groups in the area. A person can give us $10,000 and instead of spending it all in one shot, we give away the earnings from it so every year we can give something away. This year we gave about $22,000 away, despite getting $100,000 in requests. Next year it will increase and so on and so on. The idea is that the capital never goes away so granting continues indefinitely - as long as the investment income out paces inflation. While interest rates are crappy right now, we don't make that much money but once things improve - and we have significant reserves sitting ready - we can make a huge difference in the community, funding nearly every request that comes in. I've been working on it for 6 years now and became president about 3 years ago. A lot of work but we've done some very cool things in the community. This last fall, we funded a nutrition program for the school district for underfed kids getting a good breakfast, a "It gets better" campaign for at-risk teens, a new drum line for the local pipe band and an outreach worker for homeless people.
I guess I could just complain on the Internet about the man keeping people down, but I guess I'd rather actually help people.
As you're well aware, you can do both
Yesterday, while playing BANG! at Snakes & Lattes with a bunch of friends, two strangers came in, handed us each a wrapped present, and left without even waiting for us to open them.
Just little things, a used book, a collection of small knick knacks and chocolates, some burned mix CDs, all marked with messages like "To a very special stranger" And "I made you this mix CD before I even knew you. You must be very special!".
My faith in humanity is somewhat restored. Even more, every one of my friends, and the guy at Snakes and Lattes who saw it happen, all agreed that we each had to go and do the same thing now. Its like Pay it Forward!
Seriously, what a ridiculously happy moment.
Just little things, a used book, a collection of small knick knacks and chocolates, some burned mix CDs, all marked with messages like "To a very special stranger" And "I made you this mix CD before I even knew you. You must be very special!".
My faith in humanity is somewhat restored. Even more, every one of my friends, and the guy at Snakes and Lattes who saw it happen, all agreed that we each had to go and do the same thing now. Its like Pay it Forward!
Seriously, what a ridiculously happy moment.
That is fantastic! What a wonderful thing to happen
Did you include a picture of your penis this time too, because if so, that's not really much of an apology?
My penis was part of the problem so I felt it prudent to leave that out
<Nick's Prom Night>My penis was part of the problem so I felt it prudent to leave that out
When I was dating my long term ex, we had a best friend. This girl was amazing. Funny, amazingly cute yet ridicuously sexy at the same time. She was smart, and a casual gamer. Deep love of anime and generally awesome to hang around with. As time went on, she became closer to me than my ex and we'd hang out more and more without my ex around.
I found myself falling for her hard. I started to dream about her, fantasize about her, make excuses to be physically close to her etc. This was obviously a problem as I had already been with my partner for 4yrs and she had been dating a guy for 3yrs, not to mention that even though she made alot of comments about being attracted to women, she had never had any experiences with one physically. I couldn't be sure she'd even be "that way".
I couldn't just keep being around her 4-5 days a week for hours at a time, it was killing me. We worked together, we sometimes carpooled, we would hang out on weekends etc. I had to do something to stop the torture....... I became a complete and total bitch to her. I stopped answering her phone calls, I barely acknowledged her when she was around, I stopped going over to her place and whenever she came over to visit I'd make an excuse to leave. I had friends tell me "M**** wants to know why you're being so distant?" "M***** says you're mad at her but she doesn't know why". It tore me apart but I had to do it for my own sanity.
Why did I bother posting all this as a reply to you Ada? It's been almost 4-5 years since that happened and I've managed to find her facebook. She's recently divorced, yet living a really happy life (from what I can gather) and it's killing me inside to send her a message to apologize for how I acted back then and explain that it wasn't her fault.... but somehow I can't bring myself to do it. I applaud you on being able to do that Ada. Wish I could do the same.
Curiously enough, my issue was incredibly similar. I was dating my now wife and she was dating a friend of mine. We had a lot of fun together as a group and there were a couple times where her and I almost had too much fun on our own. And we had both admitted as much to each other.
Picture proof:
That's her with hand on my...leg and my wife on the left.
Just do it, Shego. What's the worst that could happen? If she doesn't forgive you, at least you can say you tried to repair that rift. If she DOES, then you've regained a good friend and maybe possibly more. But you'll never know either way until you reach out to her again. You'd be surprised how much people are willing to forgive sometimes.
Already got a response, wow.
Sent her:
Hello sexypants,
This has been a long time coming but I figured after 8 years there was no reason to wait any longer.
I'm sorry I was a douche.
Although the exact details are getting a little faded, I can remember being an ass to you and Cam and you didn't deserve it. Unfortunately, as you are well aware, sometimes my mouth runs well ahead of my brain and for that you deserve a big apology. I think I was distracted by your hotness and while that's not such a terrible thing, letting it get in the way of treating a person the way they should be treated is.
I don't expect some kind of big reconciliation and everything to be all rainbows and unicorns but I did want you to know it has crossed my mind once or thrice and it was time to own up to it. I fucked up big and now that I am a little older and a little wiser, it was time to own up to it.
I hope you and your son have an awesome Christmas and wish you all the best in 2012.
Her Response:
Hey Adam!
Thanks for that
. I do appreciate it. It has been a really, really long time, and I'd like to think we've all grown up and figured a few things out along the way. I think we all had our moments...
It's nice to hear from you, and it was great to hear from your wife quite a while back. I hope you both are doing really well and have a great Christmas/Kwanza/Hanukkah/Festivus and new year!!
Sent her:
Hello sexypants,
This has been a long time coming but I figured after 8 years there was no reason to wait any longer.
I'm sorry I was a douche.
Although the exact details are getting a little faded, I can remember being an ass to you and Cam and you didn't deserve it. Unfortunately, as you are well aware, sometimes my mouth runs well ahead of my brain and for that you deserve a big apology. I think I was distracted by your hotness and while that's not such a terrible thing, letting it get in the way of treating a person the way they should be treated is.
I don't expect some kind of big reconciliation and everything to be all rainbows and unicorns but I did want you to know it has crossed my mind once or thrice and it was time to own up to it. I fucked up big and now that I am a little older and a little wiser, it was time to own up to it.
I hope you and your son have an awesome Christmas and wish you all the best in 2012.
Her Response:
Hey Adam!
Thanks for that
It's nice to hear from you, and it was great to hear from your wife quite a while back. I hope you both are doing really well and have a great Christmas/Kwanza/Hanukkah/Festivus and new year!!
This happened last week, but--before getting into veterinary school--my fiance worked at a crappy vet clinic where the owner was a moneygrubbing asshole, and had informed several employees that he thought of employees on the whole as "disposable" (and yes, that was his word of choice). The only reason my fiance worked there was because there was one doctor who was kind, considerate, understanding, and dedicated to mentoring her since she was so interested in the field. The owner shot himself in the foot by firing said doctor (owner said that it was okay to give aspirin to dogs as a painkiller because of some guy's research; doctor contacted researcher, found out owner was full of shit, and the owner fired her because he'd been giving potentially dangerous advice to owners) because there weren't enough doctors to fill appointments, and my fiance was one of only two competent people there.
Fiance put in her two weeks' notice, and they begged her to stay. Now she has a job at another vet clinic where she's paid $16.50 an hour and working with neurologists and doing MRIs on small animals. Not only that, the clinic treats its employees well: as a holiday bonus, they rented a party bus (with a strip pole), took them to a nearby mall, gave each of them $100 that had to be used within an hour, and then took them to a liquor store and let them buy all the beer they wanted. Really nice people, and she's never been happier at a job.
Fiance put in her two weeks' notice, and they begged her to stay. Now she has a job at another vet clinic where she's paid $16.50 an hour and working with neurologists and doing MRIs on small animals. Not only that, the clinic treats its employees well: as a holiday bonus, they rented a party bus (with a strip pole), took them to a nearby mall, gave each of them $100 that had to be used within an hour, and then took them to a liquor store and let them buy all the beer they wanted. Really nice people, and she's never been happier at a job.
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makare
I feel the same way about vets as I do about doctors when you find a good one chain him to your radiator O.O
Ordered a new watch from Amazon last week. Standard shipping, should arrive on Monday the 19th. Amazon uses FedEx smartpost, so it travels most of the distance through the FedEx chain, then shifts to USPS for delivery to the customer.
Tracking has it arriving in town around 5am on Saturday the 17th. USPS doesn't have it in the system. Monday mail arrives, no watch. Nothing in USPS system. Tuesday mail, no watch. USPS finally updates that they received electronic info on Saturday. Wednesday morning I call FedEx. They say it's in the USPS system now. Wednesday mail, nothing. Thusday mail, nothing. USPS page still just says shipping info received.
So tonight right before the receive before Xmas deadline, I order a different and more expensive watch, but with one-day shipping. It'll arrive tomorrow.
The victory is I complained about the first to Amazon. They apologized and are refunding the purchase. I need to return that one if it ever shows up, or keep and pay.
Tracking has it arriving in town around 5am on Saturday the 17th. USPS doesn't have it in the system. Monday mail arrives, no watch. Nothing in USPS system. Tuesday mail, no watch. USPS finally updates that they received electronic info on Saturday. Wednesday morning I call FedEx. They say it's in the USPS system now. Wednesday mail, nothing. Thusday mail, nothing. USPS page still just says shipping info received.
So tonight right before the receive before Xmas deadline, I order a different and more expensive watch, but with one-day shipping. It'll arrive tomorrow.
The victory is I complained about the first to Amazon. They apologized and are refunding the purchase. I need to return that one if it ever shows up, or keep and pay.
My friend and her sister (who is my girls best friend) are in town for christmas, but my girl isn't. Figured I'd hang with them anyway for funsies. Turns out the sister bought her boyfriend, who is one of my best buds. Will be at pub with them in 5 minutes. FUCK YES SUPRISE VISITS!!!
Promised myself to read stuff I want to read during the term break, as opposed to the voluminous amount of school-related reading that often prevents me from leisure reading during the term. Recently amended promise to a set daily goal of 100 pages. I've been successful since setting that goal, and today I read 140 pages of The Idiot. I'll finish it tomorrow, a Dostoevsky Christmas gift to me.
I love literature and am a voracious reader, but I read slowly, so this is my minor victory.
I love literature and am a voracious reader, but I read slowly, so this is my minor victory.
Cajungal
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Same! It's frustrating. I never get to finish anything.
I did that last year with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
Much less satisfying than Dostoevsky.
Yeah, but after Dostoevsky, isn't everything less satisfying?
