The Good News Thread: I'm So Excited! And I Just Can't Hide It!

[Argus the Awful he/him]

19 minutes ago, Nathrangking said:

I suppose this qualifies. Today is the day that I fly abroad to live far from the place that I grew up. It is a mix of emotions really to do such a thing. However, it is doubtlessly a positive thing. I may be forced out of my comfort zone, but change can be a catalyst for growth.

Good luck! Safe travels!

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I made a skirt!  It's long!  And swirly!  And heavy!  And I finished before my deadline!

I've worn it a couple times during fittings, but I got to wear it today after finishing all the raw edges, and it feels so nice!

[NameIess]

Well, I got my wisdom teeth out, and it hasn't been too bad so far. The numbing is finally wearing off, and my face hasn't turned too many different colors yet. Of course, I'll probably be eating my words once the numbing finishes wearing off and my jaw starts hurting worse.

[Orlion Blight he/him]

22 minutes ago, Nameless said:

Well, I got my wisdom teeth out, and it hasn't been too bad so far. The numbing is finally wearing off, and my face hasn't turned too many different colors yet. Of course, I'll probably be eating my words once the numbing finishes wearing off and my jaw starts hurting worse.

It's a crap shoot, but for me I was able to get away with just some advil the night of my operation and soft foods for a couple days. 

Hope your experience is similar! 

[Draginon he/him]

Got 4 new books for my TBR pile.

Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik. This sounded interesting since it sounds like an evil witch/Queen origin type story.

The Last Wish by Andrzej Sapkowski

I Am a Cat by Sōseki Natsume. Funnily I was looking for a different book, 101 Dalmatians, and found this one. I knew of it thanks to the game The Great Ace Attorney since Sōseki was one of the recurring characters in the game so I was curious. Funny how I went looking for a dog book and came away with a cat book.

[Draginon he/him]

Got some bootleg DVDs at the FanExpo convention. I don’t normally support bootlegs but in this case I had no choice. It was for 5 seasons of Super Sentai and it was seasons that don’t have official copies thanks to Hasbro saying no more releases until further notice. I know these are going to look like crem, especially the one that says it’s 2 discs with 50 episodes + movie, but it’s better than nothing. If official releases restart I know I’ll definitely upgrade.

[Nathrangking he/him]

Well not today, but three weeks ago I was officially given a shout out by brandon on live stream #35. I had not watched it live so I was unaware until I was notified that it had happened. I was surprised to say the least. It was a pleasant surprise, but also shocking to be called out by name in front of the fandom now and for all of time until the internet ceases to exist.

[Draginon he/him]

Got an exciting callback. Universal Studios Orlando called and almost hired me. If I was already over in Orlando I probably would’ve gotten it and their quarterly hiring didn’t work for my ETA for moving, the earliest I could arrive and move in would be over the holidays through the new year which is past their current hiring period of Halloween thru Christmas.

Even my mother is now trying to help me with apartment hunting which could happen while on vacation, since we’ll be in the area, but I’m currently checking apartments.com to get ideas for single and roommate configurations, one coworker friend of my mother is thinking of telling her son about the job to see if he wants to go and room with me there. I’m not into rooming with someone but I’ll grin and bear it if I have to.

[Nathrangking he/him]

For 6 weeks I have been living a nightmare. Emotionally I was a wreck. I kept the Shard the informed about my tale of woe. I gave some details and others well I prefer to leave them as they are. Let me say this, as far as I can tell the nightmare is over. I escaped yesterday after thinking that just maybe I was trapped for the long hall. It drained me a great deal. My work was sub par and there was little for me to do about it. My heart was not in it and I was doing my best impression of avoidance. The emotions were so raw and in many ways still are. It seems like a dream. In only 6 weeks I have changed more than I have years. I'm free now.

[+Slowswift]

On 10/11/2021 at 6:54 AM, Nathrangking said:

For 6 weeks I have been living a nightmare. Emotionally I was a wreck. I kept the Shard the informed about my tale of woe. I gave some details and others well I prefer to leave them as they are. Let me say this, as far as I can tell the nightmare is over. I escaped yesterday after thinking that just maybe I was trapped for the long hall. It drained me a great deal. My work was sub par and there was little for me to do about it. My heart was not in it and I was doing my best impression of avoidance. The emotions were so raw and in many ways still are. It seems like a dream. In only 6 weeks I have changed more than I have years. I'm free now.

I have found myself unable to supply sufficient words for the situation so will instead leave you with a .GIF file that I hope adequately represents my thoughts and feelings:

Congrats, man, happy for ya!

[Draginon he/him]

Got the final 3 MCU films I hadn’t seen yet (Black Panther, Antman 2 and Captain Marvel) so now I can be fully caught up with the Infinity Saga. Now I need to figure out how to catch up with Phase 4 without getting Disney+.

[The Forgetful Archivist he/him]

I got a new job! I halved my commute time and get paid more to be a "tabletop game expert" at the friendly local game store!

[Draginon he/him]

Getting close to finalizing my move. Went apartment hunting while on vacation last week and found a couple potential ones. However I’m debating whether to go the ‘temporary apartment then get a forever home’ route or go straight to ‘get a forever home’ route because of apartments in Orlando averaging $1600 a month while a home mortgage wouldn’t be that much more, especially a townhouse in the 400,000 range.

I also will have to finalize the job side as well since it won’t be worth moving if I’m not able to pay the bills.

[Draginon he/him]

Slowly getting packed up to be ready to move to Orlando. So far I’ve got about 90-95% of my knick knack stuff packed with the stuff still to go being what little kitchen stuff I have (got a bit as Christmas presents like knives and Pyrex containers), my books, my movies, my gaming stuff (I’m including puzzles and Lego here) and finally furniture and clothes.

The books I have a plan of attack where I want to keep certain ones together, like my leatherbound books together, and have my TBR books separated from my already read books. Movies I want to keep a little organized, like my Disney films together, so I’m not having to reorganize when unpacking.

Going to be interesting how long this’ll actually take and how many boxes and tubs I’ll have in the end.

The one thing I’m trying to figure out how to pack carefully are my built Lego sets since a few are big sets that would take a while to undo and then rebuild.

[Draginon he/him]

Packing the books now. Got the leatherbound ones in a couple tubs and sorted out the give away books from the keep books. Going to try keeping my TBR books separate from the keepers. My mother couldn’t believe how many I’m keeping which shows she’s not a reader at all. Still got some in storage I need to look at but since the majority are from my childhood there most likely won’t be many keepers. One thing I know is stored away I am keeping are my grandma’s Little House books since it’s a sentimental thing for me.

[Draginon he/him]

Almost completely packed. All that remains are my games, should be one box on that, plus furniture and clothes.

Also sent in my resignation letter yesterday with Friday being my last day. If things go well and I get the job in Florida then I just need to finalize getting a place and I should be able to get working either by the end of the month or next month.

[Bort he/him]

On 1/11/2022 at 2:19 PM, Draginon said:

Almost completely packed. All that remains are my games, should be one box on that, plus furniture and clothes.

Also sent in my resignation letter yesterday with Friday being my last day. If things go well and I get the job in Florida then I just need to finalize getting a place and I should be able to get working either by the end of the month or next month.

Maybe a bit late to say so, but best of luck!

I'm planning advertising this month, handing in my resignation at the start of March, then from April, I'm becoming a full time D&D Dungeon Master

[Draginon he/him]

On 2/2/2022 at 6:53 AM, Bort said:

Maybe a bit late to say so, but best of luck!

I'm planning advertising this month, handing in my resignation at the start of March, then from April, I'm becoming a full time D&D Dungeon Master

Thank you!

I’m waiting on that call right now saying to come in and the house is about 90% packed when not counting the furniture. It’s not a job I want to do forever, my parents think I’m doing it to have as my forever job, but it’s going to be my day job until I can get my YouTube channel off the ground and make a living with it. I mostly want to do reviews on this channel but I’m open to doing other stuff when I’m in a lull or something is taking longer than normal.

[Draginon he/him]

I GOT THE CALL!!!!

I have to be at Universal on Monday to do the fingerprint and I9 appointments before going to day 1 orientation on the following Wednesday. It’s only part time work but I don’t care about, I’ll come in whenever they are short staffed, even if it’s my day off.

Its going to be nice to be working of my own volition and for someplace I like.

[Experience he/him]

2 hours ago, Draginon said:

I GOT THE CALL!!!!

I have to be at Universal on Monday to do the fingerprint and I9 appointments before going to day 1 orientation on the following Wednesday. It’s only part time work but I don’t care about, I’ll come in whenever they are short staffed, even if it’s my day off.

Its going to be nice to be working of my own volition and for someplace I like.

Ay, congrats mate!

[Robin Sedai she/her]

10 hours ago, Draginon said:

I GOT THE CALL!!!!

I have to be at Universal on Monday to do the fingerprint and I9 appointments before going to day 1 orientation on the following Wednesday. It’s only part time work but I don’t care about, I’ll come in whenever they are short staffed, even if it’s my day off.

Its going to be nice to be working of my own volition and for someplace I like.

Yay, congratulations!

[Draginon he/him]

@Experience @Robin Hatter

Thank you! I’d been trying since last summer to get a new job and kept getting big fat goose eggs in my area and decided to take a chance out of state and got a hit my first try. It’s really telling since everyone claims there’s job opportunities galore in Texas but no one here wants to hire at all apparently.

I don’t have a place just yet but I’m going to be staying at an extended stay hotel for the time being since if I got an apartment I won’t have any furniture so I’ll at least have a bed. I’m working on getting a townhouse in the area so I’m hoping it’ll happen.

[Spren of Kindness she/her]

I have a car, finally!  I can't actually drive anywhere yet, because it's a manual, so I have to learn how to drive stick, which is also awesome!  My dad and I went to the high school, and I drove around for a while.  Only stalled twice, and I managed to smooth out shifting gears a little.  Even got to drive on the road a bit!

[#1 Taln Fan he/him]

Eyyy nice! I got my own car about a month ago, its fun to stash candy in it 

I’m extraordinarily happy today, because I got super lucky, I don’t even know how. So when Rhythm of War came out, I bought a copy (unsigned). Now, it was brand new, perfect condition, first printing/first edition. I lent it to my friend when i finished, who I trusted enough with my shiny new hardcover. He takes forever to read it, and returns it to me, severely damaged (Painful to look at). He said he’d buy me a new one but never did. Last week I got tired of waiting and just bought a new one. I was bummed since the new one wouldn’t be a first printing like the damaged one. But the new copy came in from amazon and IT WAS FIRST PRINTING? What? I have no idea how, since RoW is on at least the 5th printing now. I can’t even figure out how it could be that I ended up with a first printing from amazon. It was 50% off too, so I got a book that’s worth $50-60 bucks for $17. As a semi-serious collector, it made me very happy. 

[Robin Sedai she/her]

Ahahaha it is a very good day.