General DiscussionGet a nice cuppa, sit in your favourite chair and let yourself go in this general off topic forum. Discuss all your normal daily stuff here, share funny videos and pictures, rant about the weather and much more.
How are you these days and what are you all up to? What game are you playing now, if any? What are you doing at college/work? Whose car were you in the back of last night? What is the last fruit you ate? Is the world round? Does my bum look big in this? Are you listening to me?! Are you having an affair???!"!!! Ok I'll stop.
I'll answer some of those questions myself. I'm fine these days, quite a positive person is on display although I'm already starting to worry it'll fizzle out! I'm tackling a career move and doing it quite badly it seems. Not content with stacking shelves (who would be?!) I am doing a course with the Open University. It's a health & social care course because I thought I wanted to be a Social Worker. I'm now less interested in that idea and more interested in Youth Work. We shall see. I want to pass this course with flying colours because it'd be the first qualification I really worked hard at getting, and might change my confidence!
I've started volunteering. Initially it was because I had no background experience with kids and wanted to get some to qualify for courses which later rely on a certain amount of experience before you may take them.
I dunno how to talk to kids of any age, so I'm now a reading partner for primary school age kids, and I've just finished the training for life coaching work with disadvantaged teenagers. I haven't been partnered up yet as it's a long process and it's just started but I'm looking forward to it. Having moments here and there where I wonder if I am the right person to be trying such a thing, and also whether work will allow the time, but my resolve is pretty strong nevertheless.
Talking about work, I've been job hunting. Notably, the first 15 or so applications I made I never ever heard from, yet the last 6 or so all invited me to interview. Must be the change in approach and making note of the person specifications!
I've done well at the last three interviews and have another tomorrow. Oh, the interviews are for the position of Support Worker, where people do general work inside people's homes, or residential homes. Again, this job is simply to get the experience behind me so that I am allowed to move forward academically. The OU and some other Unis just won't let you take a course without certain criteria being met.
I'm getting married next April, on the 12th. It'll be either at the Old Rose & Crown in Lickey, or Himmley Country Club (or however it's spelt) and I'm not sure where that is, it's just a name thrown at me by my fella. I'm going dress shopping this Saturday and I feel all girly already I'm going to have a white wedding dress, frosted pink bridesmaids dresses and a pink and white marbled wedding cake with strawberry sponge. I hope the fella decides on a lovely textured grey suit and pink cravat and maybe the cummerbund too. Okay I am thinking out loud now, sorry.
I'm playing World of Warcraft, but really I only manage about 3 hours a week now as I study from home, work, volunteer, jobsearch/apply/interview (which takes up a fair amount of time) and a bit of housework here and there too. I play on Boulderfist server mainly, but also have characters on Chromaggus, Darkmoon Faire and Anachronos, if anyone is interested.
I'm looking for more out of life and had this decision reinforced when I heard a guy say at my life coach training that life is opt in or opt out. You can either fill it up with as much as possible or you can just sit on your bum and do nothing. I realised I'd been doing the latter pretty much since I was born. I identified the reasons why, swore under my breath a few times at my parents and upbringing and changed the way I saw things. It in turn changes other things about yourself, for instance I don't feel intimidated by groups of kids hanging around shop entrances any more. I don't view a challenge as something to be avoided, in fact I positively go for it. I don't shy away from new things, I go out more and if I'm not going out I call people up instead of mope about. I still don't have any friends, the sort who pop round each others houses because I don't involve people in my personal life if I know them from work or similar, but I feel positive about my relationship with my brother's wife (ooer! not that sort!) and was hoping to become friendly with my fella's mates and their WAGS although I think I blew that a while ago
Okay I'm babbling now, thinking out loud as is typical of me. Drop me a post here and let me know what's going on in your life, even if you're not up to much at all. And if you wanna know how to give yourself a kick up the bum Marie style then drop me a pm
Great to see you are doing well and you seem to be oozing confidence and happiness which is fantastic.
OMG you're getting married!! Is this to Dan?? Thats amazing!! Just think all those years ago and you guys are still strong, I hope it's him, you were good for each other
Nice to hear from you, let us know how you are doing and lots and lots of luck for the future, not that I think you'll need it.
Grats on the marrage, hope you both are as happy as me and my hubby are. Dont just go to one shop for your dress go every where and try everthing on and always remember... they want your cash so try and strike a bargen with them
Iv not been upto much realy, apart from becoming a grandmar
Grats on the marrage, hope you both are as happy as me and my hubby are. Dont just go to one shop for your dress go every where and try everthing on and always remember... they want your cash so try and strike a bargen with them
Iv not been upto much realy, apart from becoming a grandmar
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Well can't be bothered posting everything that's happened, but i'll do a quick summary!
-Got my a-level january results- An A and a B in film and media respectively, happy with that
-Got a tattoo on for my birthday
-Turned 18 ( by the way i expect many pu and karma donations DETOMAH, as tf was down and i missed my 18th bday thread )
-Met up with Nemesis and Meyerling off tf( pics attatched)
-Did some other stuff
Now i'm sort of on off playing warcraft ( Bronzebeard server-Horde-Akara)
Marie come back on msn sometime or something
Also, attatched is a pic of what ive turned into over the past 9 months of tf downtime
Ps: When do i get promoted to being a purple mod for being so ace over this downtime
Hiya marie great to hear from u again, its reaaly nice to see that u are happy. Big news about the marriage thing woohooanywho, hope all is well and continues to be take care
God. I missed this place. I've been a bit lost for a looooong time. Finally getting things on track now, but only just got the interweb back... after about 3 years. Does anyone even remember me? I finally got the interweb back about 6 weeks ago, and (just because I love you guys ) the first thing I did pretty much was check out TF -only to find it not here. Since then I've been checking regularly because I had no idea what had happened etc. So YAY!!! And well done Detomah cos it sounds like you had a bit of a nightmare.
Anyways, hello everyone. If we were friends (or even if we weren't) please feel free to drop me a bell. I lost all my epost accounts because I can't remember any of my passwords or special questions!!!!! Doh.
Hiya Marie !
OMG you're getting married!! Is this to Dan?? Thats amazing!! Just think all those years ago and you guys are still strong, I hope it's him, you were good for each other
Yep, it's to Dan. We've been living together since last July and things just get better and better. Although he does play more WoW than me :/
I've kinda missed this place. It looks much different to how it used to, not that it's a bad thing. I'll pop over more often as there seems to be absolutely loads to keep you going!
Thanks for all the replies guys, and I remember a couple of names but not others. I remember Salmon, Taggy, Fallen Angel, Sash but don't know you other guys unless you've changed your names! I've even had a PM from someone I knew well so it's nice to know there are still some people I know here! Hope to meet more of ya!
I'm on the committee of a society at uni, on guild council, have a girlfriend and we've been together since Jan 15 (think it's about 11 weeks?), met her family this weekend just, have a lot of coursework to do for my uni course that has to be in in the first two weeks after Easter hols, I have a new phone, I've got new clothes, a new pair of slippers, played a lot of computer games... watched tv a lot because TF was down
Congratulations marie n les,dan,zxr lost contact with you guys when IRC went down the pan for a month or so and when i got it back you had left it - hardley surprising. Really great that you two got their good luck and keep posting
And salmon how could we forget that text colour
As for what we are upto well apart from bugging det to sort TF and helping out where possible its gone all hectic for me and sash. We just managed to sort a newer people carrier out to take us and the kids out and about and I'm working as hard as ever.
Now TF is back up I can finally remove the padded shirt and the full face helmet as sash is no longer trying to scratch my eyes out
I don't really know you but congratulation one the wedding and don't worry about being to girly. When I got married last may, I ended up so girly it was unbelievable for me. I can't believe it's nearly one year already and it's still going strong ^^.
Good luck on the job hunting. I've been trying to get a job in the USA of a while now but at least I have everything I need to have a job, finally since I am a UK citizen.
I've just signed up to a OU course, Computer and Design and looking very much to starting it this Sept 07. Good luck in your OU course though. ^^
I haven't done that much recently apart for spending 2 and half weeks in the UK with my family. Went to my Sister's first birthday which was so much fun. Saw my mother and her new husband which was fun too.
Yep, it's to Dan. We've been living together since last July and things just get better and better. Although he does play more WoW than me :/
Hey say hi for us. How's he doing? It's really good to hear from you, we have often wondered how you guys where doing and if you had got into the police, and if Dan was enjoying his job and stuff, god it's been ages since we talked to you guys.
I maybe should also have said... I now have a 6 mth old Baby Wonder Boy -crazy chat! That's certainly all of my news for the past year... I can't even remember what I was doing before that. Do they remove the working part of your brain when you give birth??
I maybe should also have said... I now have a 6 mth old Baby Wonder Boy -crazy chat! That's certainly all of my news for the past year... I can't even remember what I was doing before that. Do they remove the working part of your brain when you give birth??
Congrats to you too Salmon lol and don't say that - I have 4!
Interesting post - dunno if you've been watching Get a Life, with Jodie Marsh (yuk >.<, but the programs interesting), its about ppl who lack in confidence & are set challenges to boost their confidence by proving to themselves they CAN do things they didnt think they could...they were skydiving last night & 1 of the guys had never been on a plane ever b4 cuz he was scared of them but he overcame the fear & enjoyed it Anywayyy...the bit that draws parallels with Maries post is they were sat with a psychologist (i think) & he did this excerise where he but a little plastic duck on the ground & had a cuddly toy duck in his hand that made awful noises & kept saying " You cant do it!" Then he kept putting the noisy duck by the shy ppls heads & pretended to be the voices in their heads when contemplating a challenge. In other words he was trying to show them it was only themselves preventing them from doing the things they wanted to do, that the negative voices in their heads were from within & that if they told themselves they can do things they were a long way to succeeding.
I havent watched the whole series, & its drawing to an end i think, but the difference you can see in the contestants is really quite amazing.
Well I've told Dan that Aph & Tix are here if he wants to say hi and he seems to think the best method is for me to do it on his behalf! I'm sure curiosity will get the better of him and he will have a peek at the forum.
Grats on the baby Salmon! My brother and his wife have an 8 or 9 month old and I'm waiting for it to start moving around and stuff. It just sits there staring at you at the moment. Really unnerving.
I've just commenced the long road to fertility treatment so we'll see where that takes me, fingers crossed!
Floppy Aggie I rarely use msn for anything other than email announcements and if people leave me messages I tend not to bother replying. I feel bad-ish about it because I know that one day I'll wish I hadn't ignored so many people but if I keep replying to messages I get bogged down with too much. Also, I used to play WoW in all my spare time and now I have so little spare time that it gets spent on forums instead!
Mean, I haven't seen that programme but it's interesting that Jodie Marsh is on it as I find her to be a really obvious example of low self esteem and lacking confidence. She puts up a front but it's obvious she needs to feel that she's worth something to people. She reminds of myself, frankly.
Hello guys. What are you all up to these days?
I'm going to have a white wedding dress, frosted pink bridesmaids dresses and a pink and white marbled wedding cake with strawberry sponge. I hope the fella decides on a lovely textured grey suit and pink cravat and maybe the cummerbund too. Okay I am thinking out loud now, sorry.
Since then I've been checking regularly because I had no idea what had happened etc. So YAY!!! And well done Detomah cos it sounds like you had a bit of a nightmare.
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lost contact with you guys when IRC went down the pan for a month or so and when i got it back you had left it - hardley surprising. Really great that you two got their .gif "Group Hug")
keep in touch!
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