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

[A Budgie she/her]

On 4/11/2018 at 9:14 AM, Queen Elsa Steelheart said:

I finished my first term of nursing school today!!!  2 weeks vacation here I come! 

Nice one!
We've got the last day of this term tomorrow and I'm hyped.

[Wyndlerunner he/him]

Guys, I'm going to Hamilton! I cannot contain my excitement.

[thegatorgirl00 she/her]

In one week I will be leaving for Atlanta! HYPE! 

1 hour ago, Wyndlerunner said:

Guys, I'm going to Hamilton! I cannot contain my excitement.

That's awesome! I love musicals and that's definitely one I want to see someday. 

[Kaymyth she/her]

1 hour ago, thegatorgirl00 said:

In one week I will be leaving for Atlanta! HYPE!

ALL THE HYPE!

[Rebecca she/her]

11 hours ago, Wyndlerunner said:

Guys, I'm going to Hamilton! I cannot contain my excitement.

Oh my goodness, that’s amazing!! I’m so jealous, but that’s super exciting that you get to go.

[Steeldancer he/him]

First- I just found out I got a $3000 scholarship. So that's good. For BYU. 
I've decided to sing I am Aldolpho for my Senior recital
and most importantly

INFINITY WAR TOMORROW HYYYYPPPPPPPPEEEEEEE

[Kidpen he/him]

27 minutes ago, Steeldancer said:

First- I just found out I got a $3000 scholarship. So that's good. For BYU. 
I've decided to sing I am Aldolpho for my Senior recital
and most importantly

INFINITY WAR TOMORROW HYYYYPPPPPPPPEEEEEEE

I'm very impressed by BYU.

[Steeldancer he/him]

correction- it’s 3,000 a semester. I got a full tuition scholarship

[Zelly]

I had a major giggle this morning that I need to share.

i work with young children.  We were outside and there was a bunch of robins out hunting for worms. I explained what the birds were and what they were doing.   One of my little kids was SUPER EXCITED by them (and not me) and just turned around and yelled "LOOK ALL THE CHICKENS!"

Naturally the first thing I can think of is Roshar and how all the birds are called chickens, so I start cracking up.

When I recovered, I explained again they are birds like chickens, but they are called robins.

He nodded wisely and simply said, "Chickens."

Edited April 28, 2018 by Zellyia

[Elenion he/him]

On 4/26/2018 at 4:06 AM, Steeldancer said:

correction- it’s 3,000 a semester. I got a full tuition scholarship

Wait, did you get the Heritage Scholarship too? That's what Ecth and I got!

[+Slowswift]

So, last week I went on a trip to Capitol Reef National Park! And I am just now posting pictures! Here they are. Spoilered, because large images.

WARNING: ABSURD AMOUNT OF PICTURES AHEAD

An old blacksmith's shop, from when the area was settled by pioneers. Picture taken because of the juxtaposition between "cool old-fashioned work table" and "can of WD-40".

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Some petroglyphs (chalklings!):

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A really cool plant called saltbush:

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A couple of panoramas from the Chimney Rock hike. Dang that view was amazing.

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The Henry Mountains, off in the distance and lit by what little sunlight there was (it was super cloudy, as well as windy and quite chilly):

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Chimney Rock itself:

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It was a pretty dry season, so not many wildflowers. However, we did manage to find some claret cup cacti in bloom:

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Burr Trail switchback panorama (not a hike, but a fun, very much 4-wheel drive):

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A rock face on another hike. I had to back up a lot to fit the whole thing in the frame.

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We didn't make sunrise for that hike, but we made moonrise!

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And finally, the highlight of the whole trip: the Temples of the Sun and Moon! This one we did make sunrise for, and it was so worth it.

Just at dawn (apologies for the smudges in the foreground, I was still half-asleep in the car): 

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Full light of the sunrise:

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Glass Mountain, a nearby formation of something. I don't know what, but it's super cool.

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Pictographs on the way home, from the Black Dragon site near (or in, can't remember) the San Rafael Swell:

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Close-up from previous picture, and proof that Allomancers visited the area.  

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Edited April 30, 2018 by Slowswift

[Steeldancer he/him]

There are a bunch of cute BYU dancer girls staying over at my house for the next 2 days. Awesome. 

[Ammanas]

My wife and I have been working really hard to get our house ready to sale and it finally hit the market on Saturday  (3 days ago). We are now under contract at the price I was looking for as well! It's been a really stressful last few days, but we feel much better now. The couple we are selling to also seem very nice and basically looks like a younger version of ourselves. Anything can still happen, but our agent assures us it looks like they have strong financial backing so we are feeling very good at the moment! Now I can get back to reading books; it usually soothes me, but since Saturday I haven't been able to concentrate on any of the pages...

Edited May 1, 2018 by Ammanas

[Sunbird she/her]

@Slowswift Wow!! Those photos are pretty fantastic! I love love LOVE the claret cup cactus blooms and your panorama scenery shots! Also I think the Glass Mountain rock formation might be the mineral mica, judging from how shiny and layered it looks.

I have some good news of my own to share! I ambled around BYU this afternoon once I got off work and found some neat stuff to photograph. Lots of flowers are blooming on campus, and some of the Mallards at the duck pond have little fuzzy ducklings that are utterly adorable! Plus I also found a muskrat of all things next to a canal on the edge of campus, which I found REALLY surprising. I've never seen one in an area that was quite so urban.

Flowers (4 photos):

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Tree in bloom:

Closeups of the blossoms on the flowering tree:

Cluster of flowers on a bush:

Pretty red leaves (3 photos):

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These red leaves were starting to come out on the trees with the pink flowers:

Assorted birds (3 photos):

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American Crow:

Barn Swallow. Several of these little guys were not very happy with the crow's presence and kept dive-bombing him. XD

Adorable fluffy Mallard duckling!

Muskrat (4 photos):

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[LadyLameness]

On 26/04/2018 at 8:06 PM, Steeldancer said:

correction- it’s 3,000 a semester. I got a full tuition scholarship

That's amazing! 

 

My boss brought her five year old to work yesterday, and while he may have driven her up the wall, my colleagues and I found him absolutely adorable and he brightened up the entire office with his loveable antics. He's just learning to write and wrote all of our names on the whiteboard and he was so proud of himself. 

[+Slowswift]

@Sunbird Thanks!  I'm especially pleased considering I shot them on my phone.  

[Sunbird she/her]

3 hours ago, Slowswift said:

@Sunbird Thanks!  I'm especially pleased considering I shot them on my phone.  

Whoa, really? They're so good I never would have guessed they were taken with a phone!

[+Slowswift]

13 hours ago, Sunbird said:

Whoa, really? They're so good I never would have guessed they were taken with a phone!

I mean, if it was on my old phone they would've been crap. But I just got an iPhone recently, and it has a much better camera. 

[Mestiv he/him]

Well, cameras in phones are getting really amazing which is great,  because it allows people to try serious photography without investing a lot in equipment ^^

[Kav]

I finished grad school a year ago focused on getting a very good job in a specific industry. I knew it was going to be difficult to break into, but it's what I wanted to do and I told myself to be patient and not to settle for something else. I've had some rough days - it's been very tough at times not to give up.

Today I got the best job offer I could have hoped for.  I'll be pulling insane hours for a long time but couldn't be happier to do it. So to anyone who's been grinding away for something and is struggling to keep at it, don't give up it'll happen!

Edited May 8, 2018 by Kav

[+Slowswift]

So uh, guess who just scored a typewriter for $1?  

[Nathrangking he/him]

After 4 years of backbreaking work I'm finally going to officially graduate college!! When I do so I will have attained the honor of Magna Cum Laude. I will also have at least 1 great law school (as I have chosen to go into that thankfully writing centric field) with a generous scholarship waiting for me!!

[A Budgie she/her]

On 5/17/2018 at 9:36 AM, Slowswift said:

So uh, guess who just scored a typewriter for $1?  

I assume you mean like a genuine old typewriter? That's really cool.

9 hours ago, Nathrangking said:

After 4 years of backbreaking work I'm finally going to officially graduate college!! When I do so I will have attained the honor of Magna Cum Laude. I will also have at least 1 great law school (as I have chosen to go into that thankfully writing centric field) with a generous scholarship waiting for me!!

Congratulations! And good luck!

[+Slowswift]

On 5/18/2018 at 7:57 AM, A Budgie said:

I assume you mean like a genuine old typewriter? That's really cool.

Yup! It's needing a clean and some minor repair, but it's in decent condition otherwise.

On 5/17/2018 at 10:04 PM, Nathrangking said:

After 4 years of backbreaking work I'm finally going to officially graduate college!! When I do so I will have attained the honor of Magna Cum Laude. I will also have at least 1 great law school (as I have chosen to go into that thankfully writing centric field) with a generous scholarship waiting for me!!

Awesome!  

Edited May 21, 2018 by Slowswift

[Steeldancer he/him]

I didn't mention this earlier, but I got a small raise the other day. 
But the more important thing, and the reason I came here, is I found this video.

I...well I was in this. This choir made me fall back in love with singing again, after my teacher had practically ruined it for me. Those three days were some of the best of my entire life. Finding this video has brought back amazing warm fuzzies. I belonged in that choir, and it was an experience I will never forget (the cute girl hitting on me probably didn't hurt either). Man. I still remember the words. I had dug up my music for this for my senior portfolio... but I forgot what being in it was like. We had so much fun. This is my hope, that college will be like this. That I will belong like I did there, unlike my years at high school where I have never felt like I belonged. And now I'm rambling and I should stop. Also, here's another video (also music we sang) that you should listen to. It might be the most gorgeous choral piece I have ever done.