RL Goals.

[diethx]

Ok so holy crap holy crap I found out today I got accepted to my school's nursing program (bachelor's). I know it's not ivy league or anything, but it's VERY competitive (they accepted about 50 students out of like 2k applicants for this coming summer semester) and I was worried even with my 3.92 GPA and 115ish credits. After dicking around at school for so long and being miserable in IT, I finally settled on this and so far i've been very happy with my choice. Being accepted has been like reaching a HUGE HUGE HUGE goal for me. I almost started crying after I got the letter today because I was so relieved I didn't have to worry about what I was gonna do if I didn't get in (cause I didn't bother coming up with Plan B).


So what RL goals have you guys met recently, or still long to meet? Personal, professional, w/e. Share plz. :)

[Belnia]

I'm aiming not to horribly maim myself this semester. We're doing some large scale statue casting. Huge space suit style stuff, horrible heat backdrafts, giant crucibles full of molten bronze. It'll be awesome!

[diethx]

That is seriously so cool. I so want the super awesome pimp discount when you're a famous jewelry crafter. :)

[Stanley Burrell]

More than anything else on the Earth's fucking surface: Not being overly-afraid of placing my life in the hands of others. Times infinity.

Edited to Add: Congratulations! I'd trust you with a thermometer in my rectum. That is pure :love:

[Vesi]

Ok so holy crap holy crap I found out today I got accepted to my school's nursing program (bachelor's). I know it's not ivy league or anything, but it's VERY competitive (they accepted about 50 students out of like 2k applicants for this coming summer semester) and I was worried even with my 3.92 GPA and 115ish credits. After dicking around at school for so long and being miserable in IT, I finally settled on this and so far i've been very happy with my choice. Being accepted has been like reaching a HUGE HUGE HUGE goal for me. I almost started crying after I got the letter today because I was so relieved I didn't have to worry about what I was gonna do if I didn't get in (cause I didn't bother coming up with Plan B).


So what RL goals have you guys met recently, or still long to meet? Personal, professional, w/e. Share plz. :)

Congratulations. I know how hard it is to actually get into nursing school. I bet you are ecstatic.

My goals... too many to name. I'd be happy if my house were organized. I suck at that. I would also like to find a handy man. I'm serious. A good person that doesn't charge an arm and a leg to change out the bulb in my oh so high foyer and do some work on the outside. It's just so hard to find trustworthy people these days. Not so sure that's a goal, but getting my house in order is and that figures in so...

[BriarFox]

Congrats, Diethx! Hope you do well in the program.

I'm taking my candidacy exams for my PhD in March. Last step before the dissertation. Assuming I do well on those, I'll have passed a major goal - though not so significant of one as the actual degree, of course. That'll come in a few.

[diethx]

I would also like to find a handy man. I'm serious. A good person that doesn't charge an arm and a leg to change out the bulb in my oh so high foyer and do some work on the outside. It's just so hard to find trustworthy people these days. Not so sure that's a goal, but getting my house in order is and that figures in so...

I don't know where you live, but if it's in Atlanta or the surrounding areas, I can get you my father in law's phone number. He's an electrician but he will do most anything in the "handyman" category. He's very good at what he does, very honest, and ridiculously low priced to the point where J is constantly trying to get him to raise prices to be on par with the rest of the market, heh.

[Stanley Burrell]

I CALL BS UNTIL I SEE SOME SKIMPY NURSE OUTFIT AS PROOF.
























Plz, plz, plz, plz, plz. Please, I'm so lonely :(

[Back]

The past couple of years now a friend of mine makes everyone choose a word that will be their focus for the new year. Last year mine was “success” as it related to the start-up I am involved in. I’m satisfied that my participation, as well as my colleagues, has resulted in success based on our sales numbers in this economy.

This year I have picked “determination” as it relates to everything in my life. I have not chosen to drastically change anything over-night but rather to remain determined to improve everything in incremental steps.

I spend a little bit of time on everything I want to improve almost every day. My most satisfying achievement so far has been completing my first week of tracking my finances to the penny every single day for one week using an Excel spreadsheet. With this now accomplished I can project a yearly budget and see where I have been wasteful or indulgent.

The coolest thing is that I enjoy it. I’m a gamer so I plan to min/max the hell out of my life.

[diethx]

I CALL BS UNTIL I SEE SOME SKIMPY NURSE OUTFIT AS PROOF.

Plz, plz, plz, plz, plz. Please, I'm so lonely :(

lol, liar. :heart:

[Jahira]

Congrats. That is awesome. I know nursing is super competitive because so many people want to get into it.

[Stretch]

I lost enough weight to fit into my favorite pair of slacks without the good old sucking-in-my-gut maneuver.

Which is awesome, because I was about to pull a Seinfeld and buy a new pair to scratch out the size and put 33 on the label.

[Vesi]

I don't know where you live, but if it's in Atlanta or the surrounding areas, I can get you my father in law's phone number. He's an electrician but he will do most anything in the "handyman" category. He's very good at what he does, very honest, and ridiculously low priced to the point where J is constantly trying to get him to raise prices to be on par with the rest of the market, heh.

I'm in TN or I'd take you up on that!

[Sharnath]

Congratulations. I hope to be accepted to my school's nursing program in March. Since I have a 4.0 and I am a middle aged male and all of my other classes have been taken I think I have a better than average chance of making it. 19 spots for 130 some odd applicants so far. I know how proud you must be to make it into a nursing program with the competition the way it is. Once again, congratulations.

Sharnath
Weed Mage

[Sean of the Thread]

My goal was to be an E-7 but evidently fell short of that.... by a lot. I mean who doesn't want to be called Gunny the rest of their lives.


Now...I've got 2 years left of school of aBA and I have no clue wtf I want to major in. Used to be an education major but fuck that shit. I can barely make Chuck ECheeeze.

[Amaron]

way cool on the nursing school.

In the past two years I finished my masters.

My next accomplishment is to get the two musicals I am directing off without a hitch.

After that who knows.

J

[Bobmuhthol]

Goals:
Pass exam P/1 at the end of the spring semester
Actuary internship next summer
Graduate summa cum laude
$70,000+ (real dollars) starting salary

[Stretch]

Goals:
Pass exam P/1 at the end of the spring semester
Actuary internship next summer
Graduate summa cum laude
$70,000+ (real dollars) starting salary

That's a pretty big stretch for a base salary for an undergrad. Even investment banks (pre-meltdown) topped out at $65K, although the potential for bonuses pushed comp significantly higher.

Getting an internship after only two years of college is difficult, since most companies prefer juniors who they can then extend a full-time offer to before returning to college for their last year.

[Ignot]

I use to work in nurse recruitng. I hated the job but I learned a thing or two about nurses. They are either addicted to drugs or addicted to sex. Soooo...?

[diethx]

Yes, all nurses are either addicted to drugs or addicted to sex.

[Bobmuhthol]

<<That's a pretty big stretch for a base salary for an undergrad.>>

Yeah, my bad... throw in an MS in Finance.

<<Getting an internship after only two years of college is difficult,>>

Freshmen get actuarial internships here; I should be okay.

[Gan]

Ok so holy crap holy crap I found out today I got accepted to my school's nursing program (bachelor's). I know it's not ivy league or anything, but it's VERY competitive (they accepted about 50 students out of like 2k applicants for this coming summer semester) and I was worried even with my 3.92 GPA and 115ish credits. After dicking around at school for so long and being miserable in IT, I finally settled on this and so far i've been very happy with my choice. Being accepted has been like reaching a HUGE HUGE HUGE goal for me. I almost started crying after I got the letter today because I was so relieved I didn't have to worry about what I was gonna do if I didn't get in (cause I didn't bother coming up with Plan B).


So what RL goals have you guys met recently, or still long to meet? Personal, professional, w/e. Share plz. :)

Congrats on getting into Nursing.

My goals have shifted a little with regards to post-grad education. I'm shifting away from law into an MBA in Finance due to a change in position and future opportunities now available at work.

[Ignot]

Yes, all nurses are either addicted to drugs or addicted to sex.

Okay. but I warned you. :)

[GS4_HappyTimez]

I literally played GS straight for 18 hours one saturday. This was when I capped my warrior. Very cool.

[MotleyCrew]

Congratulations Stef! :hug2:

My goals..too many to name, but the first that came to mind was get pregnant.


I use to work in nurse recruitng. I hated the job but I learned a thing or two about nurses. They are either addicted to drugs or addicted to sex. Soooo...?

Sex...:yes:

[Revalos]

Here comes the party pooper.

As much as I want to congratulate you on your goals, I'd like to personally serve as a warning to others who think too far in advance without understanding how important living in the moment is.

I used to have goals. Get a master's degree, get married, buy a house, make six figures, blah blah blah. Problem is that I've achieved them all and can't figure out what to do now. The costs of having those goals was not realizing the downside.

By the time I got my master's degree I had forgotten why I had wanted to, and I really would have rather spent my youth doing something more fun. Getting married was great until I stopped worrying about it constantly and started to settle down. Then it sucked hard because I learned that all people change, I'm pretty sure I won't make that mistake again. Buying a house was awesome until I realized how it locks you into a place that can be far away from places you'd rather be. Making a six figure income is great at first, but then the whole concept of money becomes kind of pointless, especially to a single guy who just turned 30 a week ago.

So I've given up on goals. Now, I just do things for fun. Invest $3000 randomly in the stock market, go all the way to Iraq to chase after a girl who doesn't even like me, become enamored with a pagan religion.

So anyway, like I said. Congrats on what you've accomplished, just remember to have fun too.

[Durgrimst]

become enamored with a pagan religion.

Thanks for the advice, that may have to be my goal...

[Durgrimst]

Oh, and speaking of that, I repped GS4 HappyTimez a little bit ago and forgot to sign it...

If he puts it up in the reply to rep thread you all might like it.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Goals:
Own a new Porsche 911 Carrera before I'm 40
Kids someday, not sure how many or when, I just know I want some
Pay off my truck (next month, woohoo)
Make Director, or it's equivalent somewhere else. After that I'm done as I know I don't want to be a VP
Snort coke off a hookers ass

[Xeromist]

A HUGE congratulations to you!! You're in a fantastic field and I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am for you. I finished nursing school just over a year ago and have had so many incredible experiences thus far. :) Go enjoy what free time you have left--that first semester is a tough one!!

CONGRATS AGAIN!!!

[diethx]

Thanks, all of you!


I literally played GS straight for 18 hours one saturday. This was when I capped my warrior. Very cool.

Will you have my babies?

[Stretch]

Goals:
Own a new Porsche 911 Carrera before I'm 40
Kids someday, not sure how many or when, I just know I want some
Pay off my truck (next month, woohoo)
Make Director, or it's equivalent somewhere else. After that I'm done as I know I don't want to be a VP
Snort coke off a hookers ass

What's stopping you from #5?

Hop on craigslist and you can check that one off next weekend.

Also, I am tempted to start a company where the highest job level is a senior associate -- I'm convinced that all managers / directors / VPs do is condense presentations that worker bees put together.

[Methais]

Ok so holy crap holy crap I found out today I got accepted to my school's nursing program (bachelor's). I know it's not ivy league or anything, but it's VERY competitive (they accepted about 50 students out of like 2k applicants for this coming summer semester) and I was worried even with my 3.92 GPA and 115ish credits. After dicking around at school for so long and being miserable in IT, I finally settled on this and so far i've been very happy with my choice. Being accepted has been like reaching a HUGE HUGE HUGE goal for me. I almost started crying after I got the letter today because I was so relieved I didn't have to worry about what I was gonna do if I didn't get in (cause I didn't bother coming up with Plan B).


So what RL goals have you guys met recently, or still long to meet? Personal, professional, w/e. Share plz. :)

Health inspector is coming out Tuesday to check out my hot dog cart, so hopefully I'm about to meet a RL goal if that counts.

[diethx]

Health inspector is coming out Tuesday to check out my hot dog cart, so hopefully I'm about to meet a RL goal if that counts.

Awesome. You pick a name yet?

[The Ponzzz]

Well, I haven't done any BIG goals recently, I been fixing up my house (home improvement thread) and working toward some of my bigger goals. I guess I can consider buying a home before 30 a decent goal I've hit. I guess I can include my 3.86 GPA, but I still haven't completed my 4th year in college, and frankly, I'm not sure when I'll be able to finish.

Some goals I am working towards are:

Opening my store (have the pre-approved SBA loan and an investor, just waiting for a better time and location). Honestly, I don't see this happening so fast anymore, and possible might want to reconsider some things with the way the market has been going.

Buy a bigger home. Our current home is a bit too small and really was just an investment. We're hoping to get something more like 4 BR, 2.5 Bath and about 2300+ sq ft. This won't happen until...

We leave South Bend. Hoping to go somewhere a bit more warm.

And if the store opening doesn't end up working out for whatever reason, I'd like to work for a decent marketing firm.

[Back]

Some goals I am working towards are:

Opening my store

What kind of store?

[The Ponzzz]

It is an internet cafe/game store.

[AnticorRifling]

Get a new job.
Get bak into the gym (home gym in the garage is cold as fuck but it's good for the discipline I guess....)
Classes start in March for me if they can figure out my military credits....apparently there is no solid standard for the courses I took in the Corps and they say "We know it's worth something but we aren't sure how much" so I keep getting delayed for my BS BIS.
Get my EMT, just to have it.

[Killer Kitten]

This month the shelter paid all of its own bills, for the first time I didn't have to put personal money into it.
I'm hoping that this will happen every month.

Last year we spayed/neutered and adopted out over 200 cats and kittens. I'd love to double it this year.

Doing this all without dying would be nice...

[thefarmer]

There's a lot of things that need to happen in the next few years, but these are two I'd really like to accomplish.

Finish up Journalism degree.
Start cooking school.

[thefarmer]

Doing this all without dying would be nice...

?

[Nieninque]

Get funding for the Postgraduate award in forensic behavioural psychology.
Undertake aforementioned award.
Pass.
Become self-employed.
Rejoice.

[Sean of the Thread]

Goals:
Own a new Porsche 911 Carrera before I'm 40
Kids someday, not sure how many or when, I just know I want some
Pay off my truck (next month, woohoo)
Make Director, or it's equivalent somewhere else. After that I'm done as I know I don't want to be a VP
Snort coke off a hookers ass

I gotta tell ya'.. .this older woman that I've been friends with for like years... I walked her out to her car yesterday. Fucking canary yellow convertible porsche... I was like holy shit.

Never had a clue.


She even let me sit in the drivers seat.

[Sweets]

Finish one of the books I started writing last year!!!! I have two that I dabble at but I want to focus on one and finish the darn thing before the baby comes.

Find a house both my husband and I can agree on. We need more room! If we are lucky, we could be closing on one in March. Four bedroom with three baths. Hard wood floors. A finished basement for the kids toys! *shiver*

Come up with a boys name. We have a girl's all picked out. Rebecca. It would be a terrible name for a boy though.

Worry less about the small stuff and just enjoy life.

[War Angel]

Congrats diethx!

Personal goals for the year:

- Learn some metal fabrication skills, to build an off-road vehicle from the ground up.

- Finish the "fixing-up" of our fixer-upper home this year, so we can host Thanksgiving for once.

- Find a career I think I might stay interested in. I am all over the place still, and reluctant to start something I won't finish.

[Sean of the Thread]

Awesome building an off road vehicle.

I love junk yard wars.

Oh and Shari may have some tips she's pretty good with a torch.

[Daniel]

I'd like to be a member of the Council for Foreign Relations before I turn 35.

[Belnia]

- Learn some metal fabrication skills, to build an off-road vehicle from the ground up.

We got a 2 week MIG/TIG/Arc welding crash course in the metals lab last year, and it's so damn addicting. I look for any excuse to incorporate large scale joining into my non jewelry projects now, just so I have a reason to use the Arc welder.

[TheLastShamurai]

right now i'm just trying to get back into the military.

which you would think would be pretty easy, except for fucking paperwork hold ups.

[Gnomad]

Goals:
$70,000+ (real dollars) starting salary

good luck with that. even if you have the first two exams out of college and you're the top of your class, you're lucky to hit $60k starting as an actuary. profit sharing will help but most of that goes into your 401k so i don't know if you'd call it real dollars.

[Revalos]

right now i'm just trying to get back into the military.

which you would think would be pretty easy, except for fucking paperwork hold ups.

Hey man, I remember you from that thing down in Richmond a while back. If you have any issue with your paperwork going through DC, I've got some pretty good contacts with the military side of things that can probably help.

Drop me a PM if so.

[Bobmuhthol]

good luck with that. even if you have the first two exams out of college and you're the top of your class, you're lucky to hit $60k starting as an actuary. profit sharing will help but most of that goes into your 401k so i don't know if you'd call it real dollars.

I'll probably have 3 exams by the time I graduate and expect to be pretty high in my class. By real dollars, I meant $70,000 in today's dollar before accounting for inflation in the next 4-5 years.

I could live with $60,000, but a man can dream.

[Methais]

Awesome. You pick a name yet?

I actually went with your suggestion, Snackdog, because I suck at naming anything and couldn't think of anything better, but I had to put a name down when I turned in my permit papers. Either way you get free wiener from me for life :D

I might go back and change it eventually if I can think of a name I really like (not that yours is bad). Do a DBA thing i.e. Matt1 LLC, dba Blahblahblah.

Maybe Warclaidhm's Magical Wieners.

[Bobmuhthol]

Your hot dog cart is operated by an LLC?

[TheLastShamurai]

Hey man, I remember you from that thing down in Richmond a while back. If you have any issue with your paperwork going through DC, I've got some pretty good contacts with the military side of things that can probably help.

Drop me a PM if so.

na if its hung up anywhere its like indianapolis or something.

basically when you cross over to a different service (in my case army to navy) and you still have an obligation to one of them (army) you have to get a conditional release form stating that if you do sign a contract with someone else, it voids your contract with them.

its really all im waiting on. the recruiter sent off for it like almost two months ago. so i think they either forgot to send off for it, or it got lost somewhere in the black hole that is army paperwork.

[Gnomad]

I'll probably have 3 exams by the time I graduate and expect to be pretty high in my class. By real dollars, I meant $70,000 in today's dollar before accounting for inflation in the next 4-5 years.

I could live with $60,000, but a man can dream.
Have you taken an actuarial exam yet? They aren't kidding when they say you need to study 300 hours for one. I'm not trying to discourage you too much, but if you're going to major in math and try to take 3 exams, you really won't have any social life to speak of.

edit: 3 of my good friends are actuaries, and I considered it as a career for a while

edit2: you can get a lot closer to 70k if you pump your 401k early on. most employers will match you up to 10-15k/year, which will go far to increase your benefits, but not take home pay.

[Methais]

Your hot dog cart is operated by an LLC?

I LLC'd myself, only cost $75 to do it. It's not exactly an uncommon thing for a small business, especially one with a single owner.

[ViridianAsp]

Congrats Diethnx, that is a seriously honorable profession, I'd admire anyone who really wants to help people.


My goals:

To move out of California by next June.
Transfer within the company I work for.
Buy a house.
Get Married.
Go to Culinary School.

[diethx]

I actually went with your suggestion, Snackdog, because I suck at naming anything and couldn't think of anything better, but I had to put a name down when I turned in my permit papers. Either way you get free wiener from me for life :D

I might go back and change it eventually if I can think of a name I really like (not that yours is bad). Do a DBA thing i.e. Matt1 LLC, dba Blahblahblah.

Maybe Warclaidhm's Magical Wieners.

ahahaha, that's cool as shit. Can I have free hot dogs instead though? :heart: :heart: :heart:

[Methais]

ahahaha, that's cool as shit. Can I have free hot dogs instead though? :heart: :heart: :heart:

How about a compromise?

http://www.luckylegendary.com/upload/images/l_6a69f61de6b200fb68437725c21da2c1.jpg
Without the homos of course.

[diethx]

Deal.

[Bobmuhthol]

<<Have you taken an actuarial exam yet? They aren't kidding when they say you need to study 300 hours for one. I'm not trying to discourage you too much, but if you're going to major in math and try to take 3 exams, you really won't have any social life to speak of.>>

I am taking exam P/1 in the spring. I took Discrete Probability and am starting Actuarial Topics in Probability on Tuesday. This is my second semester, and I'm taking exam FM/2 next spring. I don't know when I'll do exam 3 but I'll have two years before graduating.

I'm a math minor, as well. Economics-Finance major.

<<I LLC'd myself, only cost $75 to do it. It's not exactly an uncommon thing for a small business, especially one with a single owner.>>

It's more common to be a sole proprietorship, which takes absolutely no paperwork and is often the most advantageous to single business owners.

[Sean of the Thread]

I hope you all knock up someone in college and I hope all your RL dreams and hopes burn in a fire.


not that I 'm bitter or anytyhing.


God Bless.

[Stretch]

It's been awhile since commercial law (undergrad class lulz), but I'd imagine that the trade off of protecting your personal assets from your business assets was a big draw.

[Liagala]

It's more common to be a sole proprietorship, which takes absolutely no paperwork and is often the most advantageous to single business owners.

Except when things go wrong, and said sole proprieter disovers that all of his personal belongings are fair game for the creditors along with his business.

[Ignot]

I hope you all knock up someone in college and I hope all your RL dreams and hopes burn in a fire.


not that I 'm bitter or anytyhing.


God Bless.

:rofl:

[Kuyuk]

Yeah, I have been looking at possibilities of operating a small business - I would probably go incorporated just incase I flop, I dont lose...well.. while I dont have anything currently, whatever I do have.


K.

[Back]

I LLC'd myself, only cost $75 to do it. It's not exactly an uncommon thing for a small business, especially one with a single owner.

I thought this whole thing was a gag. (pun intended) That is very cool, Meth. Good luck with it. Remember to keep a tip jar out.

[Gan]

Except when things go wrong, and said sole proprieter disovers that all of his personal belongings are fair game for the creditors along with his business.

Bingo

[Methais]

It's more common to be a sole proprietorship, which takes absolutely no paperwork and is often the most advantageous to single business owners.

What everybody else said. Plus it consisted me of filling out maybe 2 papers, writing a check for $75, and then going home and getting the papers out of my mailbox a few days later, so paperwork wasn't exactly a problem either.


I thought this whole thing was a gag. (pun intended) That is very cool, Meth. Good luck with it. Remember to keep a tip jar out.

Ha, no it's for real. If I can get set up in the spot I want (over by a bunch of chemical plants not far from here that have pretty much nothing except a gas station within a few miles and a few thousand hungry blue collar workers), I should hopefully make a killing.

I don't have any debt from this either, as it was a pretty low startup, so even if I don't sell anything and the whole thing tanks, I'm not as risk of losing anything except the money I already invested out of pocket (most of which I could recover, as the cart itself was the only major purchase, and that was only $2500 off ebay for a cart that sells for $6000 new, and it's in almost perfect shape), which was pretty much free anyway (thanks Gustav).

So yeah. If it works out like I'm hoping, party at Meth's this summer.

This is the model cart I'm using, mine's older. The new ones probably have some slightly different features, but overall this is the same cart I'm using, except my pan setup is a bit different, as I dropped a big steam pan in the middle. And I don't have that enclosure thing that's on the right side in the last shot that makes it look gigantic.

BUT I HAVE AN UMBRELLA!!!!!1

http://www.customsalesandservice.com/products/street-carts/model-525/images/vismain.gif

[droit]

I fucking love street hot dogs. Just be sure you don't skimp on the relish and sauerkraut, okay?

[Methais]

I fucking love street hot dogs. Just be sure you don't skimp on the relish and sauerkraut, okay?

Okayyy!!!!1

[Back]

You got to have chili, man. My recommendation is “Wolf” brand out of TX.

[Revalos]

Where are you setting this stand up Methais? I'll have to send you some military business if it is near a base.

[Gan]

You got to have chili, man. My recommendation is “Wolf” brand out of TX.

/Agreed


:help:

[Methais]

Where are you setting this stand up Methais? I'll have to send you some military business if it is near a base.


If I can get set up in the spot I want (over by a bunch of chemical plants not far from here that have pretty much nothing except a gas station within a few miles and a few thousand hungry blue collar workers), I should hopefully make a killing.

^


chili

I plan on having chili too, and I'd also like to serve meatball subs, because who the fuck doesn't like meatball subs? Especially if I can get my grandma's sauce recipe. Italian grandma recipes ftw.

[Back]

If you do meatball subs just make sure you have mayo for the koreans.

Hotdogs... meatballs...

Call it the Bait and Tackle?

[diethx]

I fucking love street hot dogs. Just be sure you don't skimp on the relish and sauerkraut, okay?

For srs. And CHEESE DOGS, BABY. Not cheese on the inside, but sweet sweet melty cheese to put on the top. Cheese sauce too, not melted slice cheese that gets cold and plastic-y quickfast.

[Sean of the Thread]

Man sauerkraut and mustard.


*oh and cheese.

[diethx]

Usually mustard, ketchup, and light relish. nomnomnom

Sometimes switch relish for sauerkraut.

Sometimes switch it all out for cheese.

[Gan]

Now I'm hungry. :(

[diethx]

I had a nummy tuna melt and queso fries from Champps. NOM NOM NOM

[Back]

Blah, too much advice, but...

Bacon.

[thefarmer]

I hate those little premade packets of relish.

In the same token, some of the tin containers of relish that some people have looks disgusting too..

[diethx]

Mt. Olive sweet relish is the best, but I doubt Methais will stock that heh.

[Stunseed]

Mt. Olive sweet relish is the best, but I doubt Methais will stock that heh.

Why not? It's sold in bulk and is good stuff.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Hot dogs yada yada

Just remember... if some kids come by and steal your cart and then roll it down into the subway on accident... one of them could grow up to be the kid banging Angelina Jolie...

Just saying... you might take it easy on him.

[Methais]

Just remember... if some kids come by and steal your cart and then roll it down into the subway on accident... one of them could grow up to be the kid banging Angelina Jolie...

Just saying... you might take it easy on him.

:wtf:

She'll be old and wrinkly by then anyway.

And yeah, kraut, chili, cheese sauce, got all that good shit planned for the cart. And Mt. Olive relish just for diethx.

Mustard + relish = my favorite hot dog. Onions for extra pwnage.

And beer.

[diethx]

:wtf:

She'll be old and wrinkly by then anyway.

And yeah, kraut, chili, cheese sauce, got all that good shit planned for the cart. And Mt. Olive relish just for diethx.

Mustard + relish = my favorite hot dog. Onions for extra pwnage.

And beer.

ew onions. Otherwise yayay.

Also, he's referencing the movie Sleepers.

[AnticorRifling]

I went bowling tonight and the bowling alley snack bar didn't have hot dogs. WTF what kind of bowling alley doesn't have hot dogs?! We were sitting around talking waiting on everyone to show up and I was like hell yeah a hot dog sounds good then boom fucking denied.

[Back]

I’m a chili, mustard and onion man. Cheese is good if its American slices. I don’t do cheese dispensers. Thats just me.

[thefarmer]

Here are your spokeswomen..


http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/15259/29_2007/playboy_playmate_05_wenn1465803.preview_0.jpg

[StJimmy]

I just wish I could find relish here in Australia, I've been stinging for it for ages and can't find it anywhere. :(



I hate those little premade packets of relish.

In the same token, some of the tin containers of relish that some people have looks disgusting too..

[Kuyuk]

<<This month the shelter paid all of its own bills, for the first time I didn't have to put personal money into it.
I'm hoping that this will happen every month.

Last year we spayed/neutered and adopted out over 200 cats and kittens. I'd love to double it this year.

Doing this all without dying would be nice...>>


That's great.. where do you get your funding? does the gov't help out at all?

Thats a lotta kitties.. how many get put down?


K.

[Kuyuk]

<<
I gotta tell ya'.. .this older woman that I've been friends with for like years... I walked her out to her car yesterday. Fucking canary yellow convertible porsche... I was like holy shit.

Never had a clue.


She even let me sit in the drivers seat.>>



And then you got accosted by the police.....

[ElanthianSiren]

Research. Grad School.

Napa and Los Angeles for a few weeks with my boyfriend, his best friend, and his best friend's GF for their wedding (woot!). Lose weight for such event so I can not look like a cow in blue. Watch iron intake while doing this so as not to become anemic again. Eat this semester.

Plan having a baby since I was told at Thanksgiving that I have kidneys better than a normal person's (which is funny since I was told they were failing 6 years ago). -Consider suing that hospital.

Try to be a calmer person.

[Shari]

I lost enough weight to fit into my favorite pair of slacks without the good old sucking-in-my-gut maneuver.


I don't care how many pictures you post, or how many people on these boards you've met in real life to vouch for you.

You...are a chick.


On topic: congrats diethx! After having a baby I've decided its the NURSES that deserve the higher pay over the doctors. They deal with some of the nastiest, goriest, god damn disgusting stuff I've never wanted to experience in my life. So I commend you.

Goals for me?

Get a job.
Get a job.
GET A JOB.
I've decided I'd like to really pursue a career in the steel industry because it falls into alignment with my sculpture welding. Since the family-run steel business I was working for is on its way to tanking - I know I'd still like to continue in that industry.

Pay off my CC in 3 years.
Start slowly and take a class at a time towards a Masters in Art History.
Take a REAL family vacation next summer.
Start putting my pieces up in a gallery.

[diethx]

On topic: congrats diethx! After having a baby I've decided its the NURSES that deserve the higher pay over the doctors. They deal with some of the nastiest, goriest, god damn disgusting stuff I've never wanted to experience in my life. So I commend you.

Oi don't scare me, that was the field I was thinking about ending up in (maternity). lol

[Proxy]

Is this really a thread........

Whats it about any ways?

[Methais]

Is this really a thread........

Whats it about any ways?

http://img488.imageshack.us/img488/6429/marlins8wq.jpg

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

Congrats Stef!

My goals:

- Run a 5k this year and start training for a marathon
- Run said marathon
- Open up a physical storefront for my business

[Stanley Burrell]

My true RL goal is making sure that all your base are belong to me.

[Sean of the Thread]

Uhm for the record look out for poles sticking out of yards when jogging.

I'm like broken now.

[Gan]

Don't run in strange people's yards. Sidewalks are good. Streets are better. Paths/trails are best.

Silly.

[DCSL]

My goals.. hm.

Work off the last extra pounds the depo provera put on me.
Take a basic automotive repair class.
Move into a house with a yard, either buying one or renting, I don't care.
Get a second car.
Go to Thailand.

[Shari]

Oi don't scare me, that was the field I was thinking about ending up in (maternity). lol

Hey, on the flip side, I imagine the maternity ward to be the most rewarding when weighing it against the yucky parts.

I don't deal with blood, guts, and gore very well so it may seem worse for me. But there's a lot of vagina, bodily fluids, hemorrhoids, and IV's to think about. (I had to be pinned to the bed by a nurse and my husband to flush one of my lines out once, I almost ran out through the wall (cartoon silhouette-style) to get away from them.

BUT! You get to see a miracle happen as part of your JOB. That can be seriously cool. To be honest, I have more respect for the nurses that helped me in the hospital than the doctors ever had.

[Clove]

But there's a lot of vagina, bodily fluids... to think about.You say that like it's a bad thing?

[Shari]

I was thinking in part of cutting the vagina, stitching the vagina, blood, mucus, shit, etc.


You really want to keep going with this? :D

[Clove]

I was thinking in part of cutting the vagina, stitching the vagina, blood, mucus, shit, etc.


You really want to keep going with this? :DSure. Doesn't bother me, I don't have a vagina.

[diethx]

Hey, on the flip side, I imagine the maternity ward to be the most rewarding when weighing it against the yucky parts.

I don't deal with blood, guts, and gore very well so it may seem worse for me. But there's a lot of vagina, bodily fluids, hemorrhoids, and IV's to think about. (I had to be pinned to the bed by a nurse and my husband to flush one of my lines out once, I almost ran out through the wall (cartoon silhouette-style) to get away from them.

BUT! You get to see a miracle happen as part of your JOB. That can be seriously cool. To be honest, I have more respect for the nurses that helped me in the hospital than the doctors ever had.

Yeah, i'm generally okay with gore, blood, vagina and pooping on the table and stuff. And you're right, the trade-off is worth it. Do the nurses really cut and stitch the vagina though? I thought the docs did that. Not that i'd have an issue with it if I had to do it eventually.

[Shari]

No, they don't. At least mine didn't. But I did have a nurse coaching me to push for like the first 60% of the pushing. As soon as he looked like he was gonna pop out my doc moved her aside to catch him. I love my OB/GYN (she's fucking hysterical) but yeah, I've decided nurses do the brunt of the work.

[diethx]

No, they don't. At least mine didn't. But I did have a nurse coaching me to push for like the first 60% of the pushing. As soon as he looked like he was gonna pop out my doc moved her aside to catch him. I love my OB/GYN (she's fucking hysterical) but yeah, I've decided nurses do the brunt of the work.

That's alright, it's still worth it imho (at this point in time anyhow). I'm just glad i'm happy with this decision since it took me SO long to get here. My only real reservation about it is that i'm afraid I might screw up and hurt someone, but I suppose that's a normal fear.

[AnticorRifling]

That's alright, it's still worth it imho (at this point in time anyhow). I'm just glad i'm happy with this decision since it took me SO long to get here. My only real reservation about it is that i'm afraid I might screw up and hurt someone, but I suppose that's a normal fear. If you're working on them they're already in pain, nothing to worry about :)

[diethx]

If you're working on them they're already in pain, nothing to worry about :)

Oh that's not what I meant, I just meant about being a nurse in general. I'm afraid i'll grab the wrong medicine in a hurry or just make some human error and hurt someone. But I know that's definitely a common fear, cause a serious mistake can end a career. You know, besides hurting someone heh.

[radamanthys]

Crew Sailboats in the British Virgin Islands
Teach English in Taiwan; Finish learning Chinese
Start an apprenticeship with a blacksmith.
Start running/working out.
Choose and start a martial art; poss. Kendo.
Finish my degree; Get a job.

Find my marbles. I kinda lost'em someplace.

[Shari]

Oh that's not what I meant, I just meant about being a nurse in general. I'm afraid i'll grab the wrong medicine in a hurry or just make some human error and hurt someone. But I know that's definitely a common fear, cause a serious mistake can end a career. You know, besides hurting someone heh.

While we're on this topic, let me give you some advice. Triple check. Always. Even after 10 years in the field. Triple check. Someone gave our son the wrong breastmilk and all it took was for her to match the numbers on the bottle to the numbers on his wristband (which she should have done). Anyhoo..

[thefarmer]

While we're on this topic, let me give you some advice. Triple check. Always. Even after 10 years in the field. Triple check. Someone gave our son the wrong breastmilk and all it took was for her to match the numbers on the bottle to the numbers on his wristband (which she should have done). Anyhoo..

You should have slapped the nurse with your tit, screaming "THIS IS THE MILK HE SHOULD BE GETTING BITCH, NOT SOME RANDOM SKANKS TIT!!!!!111!"

[ElanthianSiren]

While we're on this topic, let me give you some advice. Triple check. Always. Even after 10 years in the field. Triple check. Someone gave our son the wrong breastmilk and all it took was for her to match the numbers on the bottle to the numbers on his wristband (which she should have done). Anyhoo..

I know at least in Cali, in the wake of Cedar Sinai, they're pushing for a nurse's bill of rights. It says that no fewer than x number of nurses can be on call at a time, mandating a lower patient:care ratio, nurses need breaks at x hours (apparently, there's a problem with nurses pulling 24 hour shifts there), and some other things ... like mandatory white thigh highs to go with the red and white dresses and stiletto heels :) . But really, NPR is your friend at 4 am when you can't sleep.

My distrust of doctors is only upstaged by my dislike of them as the prima donas of our medical system. I agree nurses should get a pay raise, but that's mainly because classically, nurses have given me better care than doctors; also meeting with a nurse doesn't spike my systolic and diastolic readings by about 30 points. So yay for nurses; may they all receive pay raises and live rich and happy. Congrats Stef!

[diethx]

While we're on this topic, let me give you some advice. Triple check. Always. Even after 10 years in the field. Triple check. Someone gave our son the wrong breastmilk and all it took was for her to match the numbers on the bottle to the numbers on his wristband (which she should have done). Anyhoo..

Yeah, I remember that story. That's some hideous shit. :scared:

[Stanley Burrell]

Uhm for the record look out for poles sticking out of yards when jogging.

I'm like broken now.

Back of the bus, New Zealander. (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/crime/2009/01/29/dcl.stupid.criminals.cnn)

My RL goal is to keep posting awesome things such as this.