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AChildOfBoredom
12-04-2022, 09:01 PM
I feel like we have her a worthy sendoff last night. The Amish girl was able to convince management at her job to grant us a couple temporary parking passes for their lot, so we parked there and took the shuttle to the terminal. Which was nice because we could take some time to say goodbye and not have to be rushed off the curb at departures. Her and the new girl are badges airport employees, so they were able to go into the sterile area and stay with her until it was time for her to board her plane. When those two got back to the house was when it really hit home for me. We’re all hurting right now, but we still all have each other.

I had to promise her that I’d use some of my PTO and come visit her in Ireland (specifically before she turns 40) and that she’d be the first to get a copy of my album once I get it recorded. So, first order of business is to get hot and heavy on that. She hates the music, but it’s more a sentimental thing for her. She promised to make another appearance for Thanksgiving, which is good because it’s huge for us and she’s always had a vital role in it since she began spending it with us before she lived here.

WendiStarr
12-05-2022, 07:01 PM
"I cannot play myself again. I should just be my own best friend, not fuck myself in the head with stupid men. " I've been playing Amy Winehouse a lot today. I seriously need to just focus on being a good mom, making $, and doing and finishing the sterile processing technician program. I knew that man was too good to be true.

indiegirl
12-06-2022, 07:39 AM
Ya know, I always thought I would be renting my house out to students in case I stayed single forever and I would wind up being 40 with young roommates still....but oddly I have 2 people in their 40 and 50's renting from me right now. It shows how much the world is changing with people being financially gouged. I watched a video on senior citizens needing to rent rooms because they can't afford the increasing rent. It is so fucking sad that this is how the world is changing.

Dreamqueen
12-06-2022, 08:45 AM
Thank You so much.
That video is now up to over 8,000 views, and so are my other vids.
Lol
My subscriber count is growing too.
The thing is, that they are mostly men subscribers and commenters.

This has been the case in the past, even though I didn't have many views.
Hmmm.
If anyone has any suggestions on how I can make money from these guys, I'm all ears.
I feel like I'm missing a huge market and opportunity if I don't do anything with it.


That video now has over 20 thousand views.
Subscriber count climbing.
All men.
Gee, wish I could make money off of them.
They message me to chat, but when I quote a price, they disappear.
I've been uploading new vids, but all I get is, "I love you", or "you're beautiful."

Ugh::)

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-06-2022, 02:01 PM
Ya know, I always thought I would be renting my house out to students in case I stayed single forever and I would wind up being 40 with young roommates still....but oddly I have 2 people in their 40 and 50's renting from me right now. It shows how much the world is changing with people being financially gouged. I watched a video on senior citizens needing to rent rooms because they can't afford the increasing rent. It is so fucking sad that this is how the world is changing.

Ugh so much this. It's wild out there.

WendiStarr
12-06-2022, 02:21 PM
I have an audition at a SC close by on Thursday. *Fingers crossed*

Aurora_Sunset
12-07-2022, 06:43 AM
I don't really know how else to describe it, but somehow, the weather and smells happening today are giving me "early morning during a vacation to the beach" vibes. I'm not complaining, because it's calming, but that's not even close to reality.

Dreamqueen
12-07-2022, 08:59 AM
https://youtu.be/fd97nKRMtN4

Holy crows Batman!
We're living in biblical times.
This is like something out of the movie "The Birds."

JGB2009
12-07-2022, 12:49 PM
Nervous that certain things that I want wont be delivered in time for Christmas.

AChildOfBoredom
12-07-2022, 03:21 PM
I’ve been ridiculously giggly today. It all started at work, where a coworker and I were assigned to work together to replace hydraulic hoses on a truck, and he put a glove over the one end to keep the residual from getting onto the floor… all of the fingers except the middle one were folded down, so I commented that it looked like it was flipping me off and we were both just in one of those moods where it seemed absolutely hilarious even though it really wasn’t.

lynn2009
12-07-2022, 07:54 PM
Monday is going to be my ten year anniversary on SW. Wow, it's been a long time.

Dreamqueen
12-08-2022, 08:38 AM
My new year's resolution is to never talk to men unless they are paying me.
Starting now.
:x::-X
No more pleasantries when I'm out somewhere.
No small talk in parking lots as I walk to my car.

I'm even thinking of not talking when male cashiers ask me how my day is going.

My energy is precious. And limited.

LoveyD
12-08-2022, 10:07 AM
I love Dolly Parton.

WendiStarr
12-08-2022, 01:31 PM
I went to the sc interview/audition today and it was very odd. The manager and owners were both women which was cool and something I've never seen before. However I've never heard of an sc saying that they only have 2 spots open and that they'll get back to me by next Monday. Like wouldn't a sc want to hire as many ladies as possible because more women working= more $ for them too? I don't know. It may have just been a nicer way of rejecting me because I noticed that I seemed to be older than everyone else. Whatever happens happens I guess.

kimbe
12-08-2022, 03:44 PM
Now I know why my partner has shown so much interest in my schedule next week, he surprised me with a trip to Miami next week, leaving on Sunday ��

He’s been talking about vacation, but I was thinking he was planning for something in January/February..

Jucie
12-09-2022, 08:02 AM
Date night with SD. It’s been over a week since last time, he’s been on the east coast for business the past week and he’s definitely ready to have his dick sucked tonight…..

Dreamqueen
12-09-2022, 08:40 AM
I love Dolly Parton.

I love her too!
Did you happen to see her on the home shopping channel this week?
She has a new perfume out.
She's perfection.
Shines like a diamond.

LoveyD
12-09-2022, 02:56 PM
^^^ no, I didn't see her on the home shopping channel. I don't have a TV at the moment. But she is amazing! She is so sweet and I just love her energy!

AChildOfBoredom
12-09-2022, 05:47 PM
Apparently, S’s parents contacted her claiming they want to reconcile. She asked me what I’d do, and I really have no fucking idea. They threw her out for coming out as a lesbian when she was 15, she ended up here to live with a relative who ended up being evicted, had nowhere to go at that point, and when I first met her, she was in a shelter which was about to turn her over to the state because they were a place intended only for adult women. I had to go down there and meet her parents to get them to sign custody of her over to me, and I remember the things they said about her to me, and it was pretty shocking to me to hear these things from her own parents, even with me traditionally not being an LGBT-friendly person. She has two brothers and a sister, and I’ve met them all, and they don’t really seem to want much to do with their parents either. I just really don’t know what to tell her here. I’m inclined to advise her to stay away, but I don’t know if that would be the right thing to do. I’ve seen her come a long ways since her first night here as a terrified and emotionally distraught 15 year-old, and no small amount of emotional labor from myself and others was poured into giving her a hand up, and I’d really hate to see a reversal on all of that.

Dreamqueen
12-10-2022, 08:48 AM
^^^ no, I didn't see her on the home shopping channel. I don't have a TV at the moment. But she is amazing! She is so sweet and I just love her energy!

If you want to see the replay it's on HSN.com or QVC.com So, in other words, online.
You don't need a tv. You

LoveyD
12-11-2022, 12:11 AM
^^ Now that I can do! :-D Dolly is just one of those people who make you feel like it's all going to be okay.

I'm so happy I have my little charger box for my car. This thing has seriously been a godsend.

Dreamqueen
12-11-2022, 09:21 AM
^^ Now that I can do! :-D Dolly is just one of those people who make you feel like it's all going to be okay.


I'm so happy I have my little charger box for my car. This thing has seriously been a godsend.


She really does, and I could use her right about now.
I got a postcard from the courthouse saying that I never showed up for jury duty, and now I'm in contempt of court.

Whaaat?
I didn't get a summons for jury duty.
I have always been conscience about calling in when I get them.

I'm freaking out!
Hope someone answers the phone there tomorrow, so I can straighten this out.
I went on the courthouse online portal, but all it says is that the duty date is over.

carmen_b
12-11-2022, 11:02 AM
There is a progressive metal band I want to see in the city .
I rsvp'd for this date yesterday and I just threw it out there to stop by the show for an hour ha.
We'd have 75 min. prior to get to know each other ? lol

indiegirl
12-12-2022, 03:41 AM
Some teenager jumped into a panda enclosure at the zoo to retrieve his phone........I'm sorry that phone is now considered gone forever in my head if it's near wild animals. Some people do not think in this world...

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/12/boy-rescued-after-jumping-into-adelaide-zoos-giant-panda-enclosure-to-retrieve-phone#:~:text=A%20South%20Australian%20teenager%20 has,the%20bamboo%20forest%20on%20Monday.

AChildOfBoredom
12-12-2022, 12:45 PM
The Irish woman FaceTimed me yesterday. I caught an earful from her aunt and mother for not having come with her to Ireland when she visited in the past.

Also, found this in my email today…


Hello *******,

I hope this email finds you well. My name is Jay, we haven’t met before, but I’m hoping you’re willing to help me.

In one of the attached photos is four of us and I think that photo was taken in 1987. Our band was called Wartorn and we were influenced by bands like DRI, Suicidal Tendencies, Void, Cro-Mags, and the like. From left to right, there’s me on bass and lead vocals, Eric on guitar, Doug on guitar and backing vocals, and David on drums. We were all 25 when we formed the band in 1984, and we officially split up in 1991. After graduation, Eric and I joined the Army and we were stationed at Ft. Bragg, David joined the Marines and was stationed at Lejune, and Doug went to UNC-Chapel Hill. So we were all still in the state and we continued to play shows. In 1989, Eric was sent to Korea, David and I both deployed for Desert Storm, Doug ended up getting a PhD at Berkeley after he graduated, we got older, became family men, grew apart, and that was the end of our band. We all kept loosely in touch and made our way back to NC, and we’ve been getting together and jamming, and we’d all kept up with it, so it was like the old days, just things which hurt afterwards hurt now.

We had a couple demos on cassette and talked about recording an album after so many years. Unfortunately, Eric died in a motorcycle accident this past August. We’d like to get this album made in his memory and also his family is pushing for it, especially his kids. That’s where we need help. We went around to different places and asked, and your name came up several times, as well as your social media and contact info. So we’ve seen some of the stuff you post, you seem to be into a lot of the same stuff we were, so I figured I’d reach out to you.

We had an idea for an intro track which would be a mournful violin tube played over various war and war movie footage. All the girls we knew who played violin at the time thought we were freaks and wanted nothing to do with us. I couldn’t help but notice that you play violin. Would you be willing to do this? We don’t expect much as far as royalties. We even expect to eat a loss, and we can accept it to make it happen. We can pay you for your time. We also need a guitarist, who we’d also be willing to pay for their time. You seem like you’d be a good fit, but I get the impression you may be too busy. If you couldn’t, do you think you could reach out on our behalf and help us find one? His family is willing to donate his guitar and other equipment in the other photos below, so long as they use that guitar to record the album.

Thank you so much for your time, and I hope I didn’t bother you at all. Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated both by us and by his family.

Sincerely,

Jay *********

Gonna be honest, I want to see this happen. Doing the intro won’t be a problem at all, and I kinda want to say, “Yes, I’m a guitarist, let’s schedule a rehearsal post haste”, but I’ve just got way too much going on right now, both regarding music and outside of it. But the photos showed a pretty nice Schecter guitar. Incidentally, after that show we set up at the brewery for these kids and their bands, I seem to be on the radar of every teenager in the state who has a punk or metal band or wants to start or be in one, and some of these kids are pretty talented and I’m certain they’d be tickled pink to have that stuff given to them and wouldn’t want anything else. So I wrote back…




Jay,

Thanks for reaching out. I can do the intro, but we need to work out some details. I have a friend who also plays violin and some other instruments, so we were thinking we could double team it. I’m kinda picturing something a bit more dark and somber, and backed with a slow and monotonous beat with a percussion box and maybe a tambourine or bell shaker, but I’m getting ahead of myself. All we want is a copy of the album when it’s pressed, and we have some other ideas for something for his family that we’ll discuss once we hash out the more coarse details. Do you have any copies of your demos, live footage from shows, etc.? Give me an idea of what we’re working with. I can’t be your guitarist - I have my own solo album
I’m working on, one band I’m about to go to the studio with, another where we’re writing material for a split we’re doing, my job, a business on top of that, and responsibilities outside of those things. I can find you one. I don’t want that guitar going to someone whose in it for just the money. I know a bunch of younger musicians who wouldn’t necessarily be able to afford that, and they’d be thrilled to have their name on a published release. Younger group - including teenagers - but they have the energy and enthusiasm for it.

Do you have a Bandcamp page and YouTube channel set up by chance? If not, we’ll need to get those set up. Let me know if you need help with that, and if you can get your demos uploaded to Bandcamp and any videos you have to YouTube, that would be great.

Are you looking to play live gigs at all? If so, you’ll want to get a demo recorded ASAP, as the venues here aren’t likely to go with a 30+ year-old demo. I have a friend with a home studio and it’s really just for purposes such as this. He’s a business owner and although he does charge, he’s not concerned about it being a big profitable enterprise for him, because his business is his bread and butter, and it’s all negotiable. If you haven’t kept up with it, you’ll be amazed at the quality of home studios now. I imagine they probably used the four track back when you were recording. You can do a live recording if you wish, the venues just need you to have something to show for it.

Anything you do related to the band, I’m going to ask you to have your phone out and record. Even little things. I told a friend of mine about this, and she got the idea that it might be nice to make a little documentary of this for his family, so any footage which can be used for that would be great.

Lastly for now, is it okay for me to forward your contact info to others who can and would be interested in helping?

I think it would be really neat to have some role in this.

carmen_b
12-12-2022, 03:49 PM
Well it turns out I'm not asexual.
I think I just really must have developed some internal hatred for J.
I swore 3-4 months ago my whole sexy vibe had just vanished .

( those was no actual sex in the experiments conducted so far ha )

WendiStarr
12-12-2022, 06:24 PM
Fingers crossed that my babysitter doesn't flake out on me. Mama is gonna finally work tomorrow!! Even though I have a head cold, I'm still excited about making $.

Aurora_Sunset
12-13-2022, 07:28 AM
The light work on my tree is a little haphazard this year, but oh well. The kids didn't seem to notice and were just excited it was up, so I guess that's all that matters.

I have no idea where the ornaments are, and I'm not digging for them this year.

LoveyD
12-13-2022, 08:51 AM
I'm reconsidering going to Los Angeles later this week to shoot a commercial at a basketball game. It doesn't pay very much for 8 hours and I know that they are going to take out for taxes, then I'm going to have to wait for a paycheck to arrive in my mailbox. I also have to consider the price of gas. If I lived up there all the time I would do it. I even tried to get a second gig so I could stay the night up there at an airbnb, but I'm thinking I may cancel. My car needs two front tires anyway. If it paid more, like over $300, I would do it. Not sure if this is going to be worth it

Dreamqueen
12-13-2022, 10:30 AM
It's 38 degrees.
Whaaaat?
Lol:O:smiley_as:snow::cold:

carmen_b
12-13-2022, 10:55 AM
It's such a cold and snowy day here. Ugh.

carmen_b
12-13-2022, 03:37 PM
^ I forgot I had said that lol !
I came back to admit I am sort of regretting living in the city currently ha.
Like .... really .... THIS cold shit is what I came up with as a December plan ?
No wonder I'm wavering signing a lease ..... I don't know if I can do 3 more months of this.

carmen_b
12-13-2022, 04:49 PM
Making the best of it.
Took a hot bath. Had hot tea.
I had a hard time finding a gym open in the afternoon so I put on some music for floor work and yoga.
Feeling good.

I joined a local musician group on FB.
I'm still looking to get out and play live sometimes.

Dreamqueen
12-13-2022, 09:28 PM
^ I forgot I had said that lol !
I came back to admit I am sort of regretting living in the city currently ha.
Like .... really .... THIS cold shit is what I came up with as a December plan ?
No wonder I'm wavering signing a lease ..... I don't know if I can do 3 more months of this.


Yeah, 3 more months, no.
I almost moved to Prescott, Arizona to get away from the heat.
Just watched a YouTube video today of a drive along though the town center.
Snow and 32 degrees with more snow on the way and temps dropping to the 20's.
Nope. No can do.
Grew up in the snow.
But I'm not a kid playing around in it anymore.

Jucie
12-14-2022, 01:11 AM
I had my car in for service and while they did work on it I spent some time looking at their inventory. While a new car is tempting, I don’t actually see what it will give me, It’s nothing wrong with my car but it’s more than 6 years old. It’s a Toyota hybrid and it is known for great reliability and should do many more miles.

WendiStarr
12-14-2022, 07:06 AM
My 2 year old and 13 year old keep bugging me about wanting a cat. I know they want a real cat but I also know that nobody is going to help me feed it, change litter box, plus my two youngest kids would probably pull a real cat's tail and scare it. If I'm being honest here, I already have 2 needy kids in diapers and as much as I'd love a real cat, the thought of someone else to take care of right now isn't thrilling. Plus we live in apartments so that would be a $250 pet fee and additional $50/month pet fee. My kids are already doing enough damage to the carpet and blinds on their own without another helper. That's why I'm seriously considering this AI cat:

JOY FOR ALL - Orange Tabby Cat - Interactive Companion Pets - Realistic & Lifelike https://a.co/d/hDtrZpm

charlie61
12-14-2022, 08:35 AM
^Agreed, sounds like a miserable situation for the cat and for you!

LoveyD
12-14-2022, 08:38 AM
I decided I'm not going to take the gig I was offered to be an extra at a basketball game. It doesn't pay enough to Warrant a trip to Los Angeles and I have not been able to book a second gig the day before or after either. I hate to cancel it but after all is said and done, between them taking out taxes and me spending money on gas, I'm only going to be making $60. This is why I'm thinking of moving up there, so that I can take these gigs without worrying about gas money or travel.

kimbe
12-14-2022, 12:49 PM
It’s a Toyota hybrid and it is known for great reliability and should do many more miles.

From what I've heard, they're the closest you'll come to a car that lasts forever..

LoveyD
12-14-2022, 09:19 PM
^^^ I have heard the same thing. Toyotas are quality cars that last a long time.

I'm thinking about heading up to LA right before the new year. Both my mailbox and storage rentals expire at the end of the month so it would make sense for me to pick up and move at the very end of the year, then have my mail forwarded. It seems like I'm starting to get a lot of work up there now. The Entertainer in me doesn't want to stop entertaining LOL I have to keep it going somehow!

WendiStarr
12-15-2022, 09:28 AM
I went to the laundry room and there was a dude in there. He saw me and said,"Hello" but he did a double take and got the hell outta there. I guess I should've looked in the mirror before I left my apartment because I cried earlier and didn't realize I looked similar to this:57850

SnuffleUffleGrass
12-15-2022, 05:11 PM
So in case anyone cares, Kohl's has some awesome deals on clothing, which will probably be better with Kohl's Cash after Christmas day.

AChildOfBoredom
12-15-2022, 06:17 PM
Our demos are on cassette and our videos are on VHS, but we’ve already converted the demos to digital and we’ve got most of the videos done. I’ll bring the cassettes if you want a memento and the digital stuff will be on a flash drive for you. Is Friday good for you? The rest of the band and his kids would like to meet you, so we can meet up at a public place of your choosing if that works for you.

The guy seems sincere, but you’d better believe I’m bringing some of my people along.

Speaking of, K got me to do these Christmas performances with her and some of her friends, and I bring my violin, viola, flutes, we’ll have a percussion box, one of her friends has a harp, etc., and it’ll be kids singing. So my peeps tend to come out and support it, and so all of these parents and hipsters and such will think I’m one of them and they’ll panic when I’m surrounded by and talking to these punks and metalheads, and they’ll try to covertly “save” me from them, absolutely clueless to the fact that we are all tribe, and it’s been that way since I got involved in the hardcore punk scene in high school.

carmen_b
12-16-2022, 04:24 PM
SO .... Rover life has sort of sustained me in Dec. ha !
I ended up with THREE dog / house sits.
One ends tomorrow and I start another one THAT day.
It is interesting how it covered my place to stay IN the city on the Dec. 11-30 duration !
These first ones I average about $25-$27 in profit a day ( so I try to keep my food / outings budget per day about there ).
This means my small business ( which is typically slow this month ) really needs to make very little. I'll take it if customers roll in but am not stressing. It's been nice.
The third sit has THREE dogs ha and it pays more because of how many .
It's been a fun adventure. One quirk is that I only have 1-2 days off to visit MY dog on Dec. 21/22 and I'm worried he will be pissed by the smell of other dogs on me. I have actually stressed a little about it. I hope he is ok . I'll wash clothes and put them in a closed bag haha to try not to carry the smell.

carmen_b
12-16-2022, 09:25 PM
^ I wouldn't mind even MORE part time work in addition to this !
My customers tend to act really wacky in Dec. ( they cling to their cards with their life and won't make buying decisions until after the holiday ). At least I *know* they do this now and I can't fight them. 8-10 years ago I bet I cried multiple times mid Dec. !

carmen_b
12-17-2022, 03:40 PM
It was a challenge to check out of house sit on time ha !
done though!

Next one starts 9:15 so I need to find warm spots for me + computer.

kimbe
12-18-2022, 06:34 AM
In a way I’m glad that T left yesterday, now I’ll have a few days for myself..
Not that it hasn’t been nice being together, but it’s rather intense (sexually), he’s even more horny and exited when we’re on vacation. I suppose not having to think that much about work makes him relax and releases energy.

JGB2009
12-18-2022, 08:26 AM
Eggs are beyond expensive right now.

LoveyD
12-18-2022, 09:16 AM
Well I made it to Los Angeles in 1 hour and 40 minutes. I love traveling up here early when there's no traffic. It was such an easy Drive. Today I'm working as a production assistant for a good 9 hours. Enjoying my Starbucks while I'm waiting for the guy to show up. I've worked with him twice before and he's cool. Hopefully the drive back down later today won't be so bad.

Dreamqueen
12-18-2022, 10:42 AM
Eggs are beyond expensive right now.

I was just thinking about this.
I love and eat a lot of eggs.
But $6 at Wal-Mart and $8 a dozen at the convenience store has me questioning my food choices.

A friend of mine had chickens and would give out eggs to everyone.
Wish he still lived here.