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Aurora_Sunset
07-25-2022, 06:19 AM
It was in 2001/2002, and it was during the last scalping of America.
In 2008, it all came crashing down, as we all know.
Biding my time for a replay.

Isn't it crazy how so many of us are HOPING for another recession and housing market crash at this point, because inflation and housing prices are just so out of control?
I really want to secure a new job with good pay FIRST though, so I don't get fucked into stagnant pay at shitty jobs like I did in my early 20s from the last recession.

Aurora_Sunset
07-25-2022, 06:20 AM
A manager came to talk to me yesterday, because I came up as a "general risk assessment" for quitting my job.

I was like.......

I haven't told a single soul there that I am looking for a new job. Swear to god, Amazon spies on us.

carmen_b
07-25-2022, 06:29 AM
^ Well that sure is creepy as hell.
Deny deny then say goodbye haha.

Aurora_Sunset
07-25-2022, 06:33 AM
I haven't paid for a new Microsoft Office subscription for awhile. Almost every time I open Word after restarting my computer, I get the prompt that says my subscription has been cancelled and that most features of Word will be disabled by such-and-such date. The funny thing is, this has been happening for MONTHS, and every single time, the date changes to something later and later and later. It might be a glitch in the system - I'm just gonna keep riding it out until it actually does disable. I've been pissed for years ever since they made Microsoft Office a yearly subscription thing rather than just something that came with your computer or something you could buy outright and OWN until you upgraded.

carmen_b
07-25-2022, 09:57 AM
Its been a shit mood this morning haha.
Then a customer today mentioned they might want to send me $1,000 of their $1850 amount that they technically don't owe my team until Oct.

Um ...... yes puh-lease.
I rushed to a wi-fi signal to fire that invoice ASAP and run through a few things for them.

Marina Starr
07-25-2022, 01:22 PM
So I haven’t been back to my old Starbucks in weeks. I went back for the first time today but so out of my usual times.
Now I feel so anxious coming. Has everyone ever experience this with places you frequently visit and didn’t
come back for a while?

Dreamqueen
07-25-2022, 01:38 PM
Isn't it crazy how so many of us are HOPING for another recession and housing market crash at this point, because inflation and housing prices are just so out of control?
I really want to secure a new job with good pay FIRST though, so I don't get fucked into stagnant pay at shitty jobs like I did in my early 20s from the last recession.

Yes, it is crazy.
In 2008, I got a $2200 1 bedroom apartment for $1300.
It was in a high rise, with a view of the city. Doorman, pool, gym, etc in the most desirable part of the city.
Nowadays that same apartment is going for $3200. Fuck outta here!!


So I haven’t been back to my old Starbucks in weeks. I went back for the first time today but so out of my usual times.
Now I feel so anxious coming. Has everyone ever experience this with places you frequently visit and didn’t
come back for a while?

Yes. Every place that I haven't been in a while makes me anxious.
I went to my favorite CVS a few weeks ago, and they were doing self checkout only.
Luckily there was a nice employee who helped me get through the process.
I went to my usual Starbucks on Easter with a friend of mine. I only use their drive through, and was totally nervous being in there.
I'm on the spectrum, and need to have things a certain way.

Marina Starr
07-25-2022, 01:51 PM
I’m glad you felt that way too. It’s hard to articulate but you just feel it!

I got stalked in the morning that’s also helped me made a decision to go to a different Starbucks. I do miss my old one but it’s just not the same when I go in!


Yes. Every place that I haven't been in a while makes me anxious.
I went to my favorite CVS a few weeks ago, and they were doing only self checkout.
Luckily there was a nice employee who helped me get through the process.
I went to my usual Starbucks on Easter with a friend of mine. I only use their drive through, and was totally nervous being in there. I'm on the spectrum, and need to have things a certain way.

buttonpop
07-26-2022, 12:44 PM
I haven't paid for a new Microsoft Office subscription for awhile. Almost every time I open Word after restarting my computer, I get the prompt that says my subscription has been cancelled and that most features of Word will be disabled by such-and-such date. The funny thing is, this has been happening for MONTHS, and every single time, the date changes to something later and later and later. It might be a glitch in the system - I'm just gonna keep riding it out until it actually does disable. I've been pissed for years ever since they made Microsoft Office a yearly subscription thing rather than just something that came with your computer or something you could buy outright and OWN until you upgraded.

Similar thing happened to me! I bought a monthly subscription, then cancelled it. But 2 years later, I can still use Word without issue, I don't even get a popup prompt.

indiegirl
07-26-2022, 12:54 PM
I want to learn how to get a free will done. I just learned in class that if we die and have money or possessions, they all go to the state in probate. WTF. Has anyone done a free will online on here?

whirlerz
07-26-2022, 01:24 PM
I want to learn how to get a free will done. I just learned in class that if we die and have money or possessions, they all go to the state in probate. WTF. Has anyone done a free will online on here?

Just look up TOD - Transferable on Death, it supercedes any will..Sign over whatever to whoever(s)

Print it out, get it notarized, done.
I'm doing this also..

indiegirl
07-26-2022, 02:31 PM
Just look up TOD - Transferable on Death, it supercedes any will..Sign over whatever to whoever(s)

Print it out, get it notarized, done.
I'm doing this also..

Very interesting! Oh this says it's about involving property. Do they mean just housing or do they mean the persons money as well as their car?

whirlerz
07-26-2022, 02:38 PM
Very interesting! Oh this says it's about involving property. Do they mean just housing or do they mean the persons money as well as their car?

I was told about at my insurance office, been w/them for years, they said you can used it for everything - anything..

Years ago, I set it up w/a family member.

indiegirl
07-26-2022, 02:54 PM
I was told about at my insurance office, been w/them for years, they said you can used it for everything - anything..

Years ago, I set it up w/a family member.

Awesome! I'm gonna do this! Thanks!!!!

Staci
07-26-2022, 03:06 PM
I want to learn how to get a free will done. I just learned in class that if we die and have money or possessions, they all go to the state in probate. WTF. Has anyone done a free will online on here?
I joined Legal Shield and Will preparation was included for no additional charge.

AChildOfBoredom
07-27-2022, 02:13 AM
I’ll never understand the hype over chocolate. I absolutely hate it. Keep that fucking trash away from me.

kimbe
07-27-2022, 10:04 AM
I’ll never understand the hype over chocolate. I absolutely hate it. Keep that fucking trash away from me.

I love it, just too bad I'm intolerant to milk..

whirlerz
07-27-2022, 10:09 AM
I love dark chocolate. :)

kimbe
07-27-2022, 11:21 AM
I love dark chocolate. :)

Yeah, dark can be ok, but the ones without milk just aren't the same.. >:(

TheBrownFox
07-27-2022, 06:40 PM
Yeah, dark can be ok, but the ones without milk just aren't the same.. >:(


I like Milk Chocolate M&Ms, and Hershey's (milk chocolate) with almonds. I also love Snickers ice cream bars!

JGB2009
07-27-2022, 07:33 PM
You're really doing good for yourself right now. I have know you for a very long time and out of no where you just changed for the better. Crossing fingers that you remain on the positive path that you are on.

carmen_b
07-27-2022, 08:09 PM
I stopped in a gallery today and had this cute little interaction.

I was browsing and one of the artists came out and introduced himself.
I knew I recognized him ( we had met before at a museum social ).
We both caught the recognition . I remembered exactly what event we were at .
I think he kind of liked me OR was just pretty friendly. He asked my name twice and shook my hand twice haha.

I sometimes hate it when people remember my face.
Like .... I want to just move around ...... vaguely.

Dreamqueen
07-27-2022, 09:37 PM
I stopped in a Gallery today and had this cute little interaction.

I was browsing and one of the artists came out and introduced himself.
I knew I recognized him ( we had met before at a museum social ).
We both caught the recognition . I remembered exactly what event we were at . I think he kind of liked me OR was just pretty friendly. He asked my name twice and shook my hand twice haha.

I sometimes hate it when people remember my face.
Like .... I want to just move around ...... vaguely.

I'm the same way.
I just watched a video on YouTube about how to be a "Grey Rock."
My huge boobs wouldn't make it past the first test. Lol

carmen_b
07-28-2022, 06:47 AM
Omg yes they paid it.

I'm so much closer to the month goal now and not feeling like I am needing to wrestle customers to the floor and claw their card out of their hands lol !
Gotta LOVE *that* mental energy space lol !

So I don't need the club camp out ( three days in a row ) haha . I'll probably just pop in 6-7 hours for a night for funsies and shopping money which is SO much more fun.


Its been a shit mood this morning haha.
Then a customer today mentioned they might want to send me $1,000 of their $1850 amount that they technically don't owe my team until Oct.

Um ...... yes puh-lease.
I rushed to a wi-fi signal to fire that invoice ASAP and run through a few things for them.

carmen_b
07-28-2022, 06:49 AM
Yes haha I think as sex workers we tend to *want* to move around discreetly ...... but we are literally not " grey rocks " lol !
We are shiny colorful river rocks.
People notice ( and remember us ! ) sometimes.


I'm the same way.
I just watched a video on YouTube about how to be a "Grey Rock."
My huge boobs wouldn't make it past the first test. Lol

SnuffleUffleGrass
07-28-2022, 11:30 AM
The cutest small birds have been coming into the yard lately. Finches and swallows.

AChildOfBoredom
07-28-2022, 07:44 PM
I’m expected to show face at a funeral for a woman who despised me. That would be my grandmother from my mother’s side of the family. It took a long time for my mother to mend fences with her after leaving, but my grandmother always resented my sister and I, and I’m sure held quite a bit against my mother, as well. She resented all which wasn’t Amish, and especially me after I decided to give the “worldly” life living “English” a try, and perhaps even moreso in that I’ve fared well with it.

Every time I visited with my family, I’d always be the main focus of her abuse, and my parents just let it happen. It really kills me how in English society and especially media, they’re portrayed as quaint and cutesy, and the Lancaster Amish have figured out how to capitalize on this. In reality, they’re a despotic cult, and I’d just as soon burn down that wretched house and her wretched church than pay anything resembling respects to her. I actually felt more of a sense of joy than grief upon hearing of her death. I will not miss that woman whatsoever.

And this is exactly why I’m such a worry wart when it comes to the Amish girl. I could do anything I wanted to her and she’s so conditioned that she’d just take it. And life with her is constantly trying to get it through her head that it’s okay to stand up for yourself, you’re not bound by the laws of that horrid faith anymore.

I think I’m about to have a bit of a falling out with my mother, because there’s absolutely no fucking way I’m going. Although I would like to find her jar of marbles which she used to make me kneel on as I recited Bible versed in an unfamiliar Germanic dialect and send her to hell with a mouthful of them.

JGB2009
07-29-2022, 07:33 AM
I stopped responding to my friend that I knew since I was 19 years old. We used to be really close but over time she started to do a lot of things that annoyed me. She used to live a very wild life but in time she started going to church and became extremely judgy. Any who long story short I have not spoke to her since last year. Since then she has text numerous times and gave me messages on FB that I have never read. She even went as far as contacting my daughter twice. I think she keeps contacting me cause she don't like being ignored. I have seen her do this to other people but I have no idea when she is gonna stop.

LoveyD
07-29-2022, 07:48 AM
^^She has no business contacting your daughter. What a weirdo!



I'm expecting an important phone call this week and i hope it goes well because it could put me on a much more positive trajectory and get me out of my homeless situation.

Marina Starr
07-29-2022, 09:05 AM
Mac cosmetics is doing buy one lipstick get one free online and in person. No code needed. Starts today and ends 8/1 so for you lipsticks hoes like me, go grab some!

SnuffleUffleGrass
07-29-2022, 11:42 AM
I stopped responding to my friend that I knew since I was 19 years old. We used to be really close but over time she started to do a lot of things that annoyed me. She used to live a very wild life but in time she started going to church and became extremely judgy. Any who long story short I have not spoke to her since last year. Since then she has text numerous times and gave me messages on FB that I have never read. She even went as far as contacting my daughter twice. I think she keeps contacting me cause she don't like being ignored. I have seen her do this to other people but I have no idea when she is gonna stop.

It's cool you did this. I cut off a cousin who went from Hellion to reborn Xtian asshole.

A lot of people who change in this manner cannot handle any challenges to their worldview. It's part of their mental issues.

AChildOfBoredom
07-29-2022, 12:28 PM
Telling my mother I wasn’t going to the funeral went… somewhat how I expected, but not as bad. She was upset, but I think she understood. “What about the rest of the family?”, she asked. I don’t give the slightest inkling of a fuck about anyone from her side of the family, and their disposition towards me is the same. Odds are, my grandmother and the rest of that side of the family wouldn’t want us there anyhow. And one of them would almost certainly say something to me which would put them at a great risk of getting stabbed.

lynn2009
07-29-2022, 04:05 PM
Today was my last day at my current employer and there was a little surprise farewell get together this morning. One of my staff said what she always appreciated was me encouraging her to advocate for herself, and I just realized why that threw me so much. I don't think I ever said specifically, but I'm really glad that's the impression she got, because it's definitely true and something women especially need to learn early in their careers.

Dreamqueen
07-30-2022, 11:54 AM
57531

Anyone have $900,000 laying around to buy this 500 sq ft house?:O
I'll chip in and help with the yard maintenance.
::)

whirlerz
07-30-2022, 04:36 PM
Wow, that's super high, is it in Cali? ^

AChildOfBoredom
07-30-2022, 05:14 PM
$900k for 500 square feet? I’m feeling kinda bad for people having to live in those markets.

SnuffleUffleGrass
07-31-2022, 06:35 AM
$900k for 500 square feet? I’m feeling kinda bad for people having to live in those markets.

It's quite normal on the West Coast, unfortunately. Housing prices have been insane for a while.

Random- I quit smoking but I swear to Dog my last words are gonna be "gimme a cigarette." Nicotine addiction is that bad.

kimbe
07-31-2022, 08:28 AM
While I won't complain over a more or less free vacation, but arriving at 7 in the morning after a red eye isn't exactly my favorite. Usually I fall asleep easily on night flights, but not this time. Probably because of T's daughter, she isn't used to these kind of flights, and she was way to far into vacation mode to find rest for sleep.
The hotel appears to be excellent though, and I'm grateful T paid for early check in :)

Dreamqueen
07-31-2022, 11:31 AM
Wow, that's super high, is it in Cali? ^

Yes.
I'm not sure where.
Saw it posted on Twitter.

AChildOfBoredom
07-31-2022, 02:34 PM
Just got a text that she made it back to SC safely. I have more of those reusable grocery bags than I’ll ever need, so I gave her a big one to put her clothes in and I snuck some gas money and merch in there for her. Oddly, the only thing she actually asked for when I tried to give her something for what she’d done was the bandana I wore in my hair that night. Anyhow, I told her she’s always welcome back here. It’s just such a hilarious contrast, her next to K or my friend from the community. I seem to keep company with a pretty eclectic mix of people.

SnuffleUffleGrass
07-31-2022, 05:06 PM
My boyfriend is being a dingus due to sleep deprivation and work burnout. Such is life...............

Dreamqueen
07-31-2022, 10:40 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/w9etfn/saudi_arabias_new_mirrored_city_looks_like_a_huge/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

What do you think?
It's a no for me.
The desert?
I'm trying to get out of it, not trapped in utopia hell.

WendiStarr
08-02-2022, 08:06 AM
Has anyone heard of sellfies.com and can verify that it's legit? A random person sent me a link on my sw Twitter but I've never heard of it. I tried searching on here but the search function keeps coming up with an error.

carmen_b
08-02-2022, 08:39 AM
I listed my cabin / forest property on a directory to be used for filming.
I thought it would be SUPER cool to see it in a movie.
When it came down to it though the only nibble I got ( so far for this summer ) was for this photographer who wanted to shoot a band there.
The price seemed fair but they could only shoot THIS Saturday ( of course the one day I'm with a client ).

Now I regret putting the listing up.
I might leave it and see if other nibbles come in.

kimbe
08-02-2022, 10:36 AM
It hits me that I'm very good at being lazy when on vacation.. 8)

Except for my daily work out routine, I'm perfectly happy spending my time on the sun bed/in the cabana reading my book or talking with T's daughter.

Being a teenager, I'd say she's a good conversation partner, funny and very curious.

Aurora_Sunset
08-02-2022, 10:53 AM
Slow getting started today. Made myself nachos for brunch.

kimbe
08-02-2022, 11:36 AM
T's daughter thinks I'm old fashioned since I'm reading a physical book instead of using a Kindle... kids..

Dreamqueen
08-02-2022, 12:02 PM
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cgu7VCNoPQC/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet
Omg, hilarious!!:rotfl::rotfl:
I used to throw huge birthday parties for my dog. 60 people or more would show up.
I'm betting that if I did it for my cat, she'd have this same reaction.

WendiStarr
08-02-2022, 04:29 PM
I've been doing my own research into the website since I haven't been able to find anything anywhere. They appear to be based in the UK and traffic seems to be very low there, yet the website has been around for a couple years. Probably a waste of time.

AChildOfBoredom
08-02-2022, 04:39 PM
https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/w9etfn/saudi_arabias_new_mirrored_city_looks_like_a_huge/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

What do you think?
It's a no for me.
The desert?
I'm trying to get out of it, not trapped in utopia hell.

Reminds me of the cityscape in Judge Dredd.

I had a bit of an embarrassing oopsie today. They were doing something with one of the trade schools, and their students were perusing the shop. Well, I’d found a playlist on Spotify which looked good to me, lots of powerviolence and grindcore, and judging from the bands they focused on, whoever made the playlist is probably from around Tampa. What I didn’t realize because I didn’t look all the way through the playlist is that they also had a lot of pornogrind on there, and yes, those bands are apt to
using sound bites from porno films. So, while they’re in my bay, this song suddenly comes on…


https://youtu.be/wjXKITuFZoc

And of course it had to be a perfect storm. I was atop a large machine and was in the middle of something I couldn’t just drop and pick right back up, and both my iPad (which I was using to play music) and my phone were down below, on my toolbox. Yeah. Lesson learned… review playlists all the way through before committing to them.