The Life Updates Thread!

[Bassios]

I'm probably going to be losing my job of two years soon because the company I work for is closing the store I work at. I'm not too bummed about losing the job itself, because I've been looking for something else, but I am bummed for the rest of the guys. The team at the store is really good to work with, everyone is patient and understanding but also prepared to have a laugh and a joke at the end of the day.

I had an interview at a programming company recently, which I didn't get. Well, not yet anyway. They said because they have so many deadlines approaching so quickly they need someone with 2+ years experience in the industry, but as soon as they've finished their current projects they'll give me a ring about hiring me in a junior developer role.

Other than all that, my depression is starting to creep up on me again. I'm not sure why, but I've been seeing the signs for a while. I'm not sleeping well again and I'm not eating properly. The amount of heart palpitations I've been having recently aren't helping my mental state either, which is making them worse.

 

[Kalstolyn]

Hang in there, Bassface! Recognizing that it's happening is at least half the battle with that depression thing. At least then you can remind yourself that's what's going on. Sounds like there are big changes looming in your life.

Things are... weird for me. I'm still at the daycare I've been working at for two and a half years. Longest job I've had in my life. I'm the director designate, meaning when the boss is not around, I'm in charge, and I do a bunch of the admin stuff, etc. Also my boss is encouraging me to put together an abstract so I can maybe be a presenter at a childcare conference in BC this winter (!) but I don't know if I can make that happen before the deadline. There's all kinds of drama with staff, most of which I hope we have resolved soon, if we can manage to hire someone decent before we all lose our sanity completely.  

[YunieCookie]

Because falling's not the problem
When I'm falling I'm in peace

Kind of an over-due update,
but x-Dark-Pisces-x and I got married a year ago today :3
Pix

I also am now almost finished officially immigrating from Canada to the US. My K1 (Fiancee) Visa was approved in January, and I crossed the border February 13th. I'm pretty much just waiting to get my actual green card/permanent resident card, which will hopefully be soon.

We also moved from Norfolk, Virginia to outside Albany, New York at the start of this month.

It's only when I hit the ground
It causes all the grief

 

[Delirious Submission]

A life update for me would probably be I finally joined a guild on Gaia after being on here for ages. so Hello to all.

Also, I will soon finally be graduating for high school this coming Saturday, a year earlier than most, at a young age of 16. smile

 

[Bassios]

blindagression

A life update for me would probably be I finally joined a guild on Gaia after being on here for ages. so Hello to all.

Also, I will soon finally be graduating for high school this coming Saturday, a year earlier than most, at a young age of 16. smile

Congrats on graduating! smile

And Welcome to the guild! biggrin

 

[Delirious Submission]

Bassios

blindagression

A life update for me would probably be I finally joined a guild on Gaia after being on here for ages. so Hello to all.

Also, I will soon finally be graduating for high school this coming Saturday, a year earlier than most, at a young age of 16. smile

Congrats on graduating! smile

And Welcome to the guild! biggrin

thank you much smile

 

[Bassios]

So, last time I posted I was looking at unemployment. Not any more! I have a job at the competing DIY store in my town and they're letting me work both until Homebase closes so I can get my redundancy pay. They're also paying me more at my new job. Only 10p an hour, but it's better than nothing and it'll make a difference on my monthly base pay, so yay!

Once I've started properly at the new store I'm going to be looking at moving out with one of my friends. It'll be good to finally get out of the house and not have to live with my parents rules. As much as I love them and as much as they've done for me, it's time for me to move out now.

 

[Saverio C.]

Well ATG, I've become the type of guy I hated. I left this community when I got into college and got consumed with my social life, so I guess I'm sorry for that. This will be the first of many things that I'm not used to saying. I wanted to write this stuff down and saw this thread so indulge my narcissism (That hasn't changed one bit!).

College is the part of my life that isn't note worthy because it was so easy for me. When I was last active I was a Sophomore at my University, and I became less active here as I joined a club called TMT (That Medieval Thing). We did a bunch of stuff like host a big medieval festivals, and do dinner theater. It was really enjoyable to do all that, and I'm a natural salesmen and leader so I fit right in. Thus yours truly became an elected member of the club (combat head obviously) where I learned the art of stage fighting and got pretty decent at it. It was at school I met a girl who I fell in love with named Rebecca and we began dating. I'm not gonna lie, life was awesome. I even managed to graduate early on accident. There was an internship with the Smithsonian (best museum in the world) and an embassy in Cape Verde. Hell even with my work ethic I managed to graduate with a 3.16 with a BA in History, and I felt on top of the world.

Then, as the previous for foreshadowing would imply, it all came crashing down. I've spent the last 6 months looking for work and it has not gone well. I had to put my loans in forbearance at the start of May. That was a major defeat for me because it means I failed to be able to pay the debts I promised I would pay. On top of that I got a call from my girlfriend where she unceremoniously dumped me with the reason that she didn't love me anymore. All in all it hasn't all been working out for me very much, but I'm still far to arrogant to think it won't work out.

EDIT: Also as an sign of god's nonexistence I started balding at 20 which is just bullshit!  

[In Circus]

Let's see... I was in high school when I left the ATG before. A lot has happened since then.

I graduated high school with a pathetic 2.75 GPA, and went straight to a university the first semester I could. But the learning curve kicked my a**, and I ended up on academic probation by my second semester there. So I left and entered the local community college, which was like a breath of fresh air after crawling out of a hole 1,000 feet under ground. I got a job at a Borders bookstore, and lost my job when they went out of business not long after hiring me. Now I have a retail job. I got a boyfriend, broke up with said boyfriend, and now have a different boyfriend! He (Jack) is a huge benefit in my life. He's always trying to get me out of my comfort zone, to try new things, and to stop being afraid. I'm slowly getting over social anxiety thanks to him.

Life has made a 180 as well. My mother and I have gone from living paycheck to paycheck, flip flopping bills, and both trying to make things work with one car between the two of us.... to her graduating college and getting a nursing job, all the bills are paid, and she recently bought a Mustang! We're not rich or anything close to the sort, but the tangible stress before is definitely gone now. I graduated community college with an Associates in Social Sciences (not on purpose, but that's another story) and a GPA of 3.5. Now I'm enrolled in my original university again, hoping to be on a study abroad in Japan a year from now, and eventually complete an English degree.

That's the last 4 years in a nutshell.  

[Nami Tsuki]

gosh, when was i last active here, middle school? i'm looking at my final year of college right now... i go to an art school in colorado and i major in 2d animation! it's super exciting and i've learned a ton. my art has improved phenomenally and i'm really proud of where i'm at right now <3

a few months back i got my first real life industry job. i'm a contractor for lab zero (the skullgirls people) as a cleanup artist! i haven't gotten my first real assignment yet but i'm super looking forward to working for them.

i live with my two best friends in a nice little apartment filled with anime figures, disgaea merch, and one very loud cat. this is the first summer since i started art school that i'm NOT taking summer classes, so i've had a lot of time to work on personal projects. i run a webcomic and i'm working with a bunch of my friends to make a disgaea dating sim! since i don't have a real job or student loans to rely on, money has been a little scary, but luckily i've been able to support myself almost entirely through commissions. my friends and i have a little business together where we sell buttons at conventions (and online) which also helps with the financial situation, haha.

so... yeah! i've been working really hard buuut i still spend all my time in front of the computer, whether i'm drawing or scrolling tumblr XD i'll be a shut in for life i guess <3  

[[ Terra ]]

A year and a half ago I abruptly quit my job at the library (largely to escape the bullying culture) to go study full time at university because after not using my brain for four years suddenly dropping a massive workload on myself is an awesome idea. I'm now studying a Bachelor of Commerce with a double major in marketing and public relations and currently like to brag that about the fact that I just got accepted into the Dean's Scholar program for people with a distinction average or higher (humility not a prerequisite).

Things have been kind of tough financially because it's hard to find flexible work at my age (24) because the Aussie wage system means that anyone over the age of 21 is expensive to hire on a casual basis. Fortunately I have fantastic parents who have let me stay at home and have supported me.

I'm interning in the city at the moment with another month of it left to go. The commute of 2.5 hours each way and is pretty exhausting and to be honest taking a huge toll on me right now both physically and mentally. I think when it's over I'll just sleep for a week.

I took up belly dancing classes shortly after starting at uni and it's been a really fun outlet. It's something that I want to continue on with and hopefully be somewhat good at someday.

If anyone wants to add me on facebook and reminisce sometime just track down Rebecca in our (awfully quite) facebook group.  

[Undakai]

Hmmm...well lets see, few things have happened since last I posted, but I'll be brief, because lots of blanks and I'm too lazy to go into detail.

Moved back to Japan in September of 2009, out of which I got deployed to Qatar in October of 2010. Got married to my wonderful wife in January of 2012. Left the Military in October of 2012 and promptly moved to Australia, where I'll be receiving my citizenship sometime late this year. A little late, but I've recently started going to Uni, studying in Architecture, quite the enjoyable enterprise.

And that's pretty much it for me since last I was here.  

[WiskersThCatfish]

wow wow wow, things have really come along, i love how we have all progressed to this point where instead of just talking every day like we all used to we now have to give each other updates on a basis of years

i don't know if any of you guys recognize me with this account, just in case: MrJimmy here

to Sav: bro, i know your pain man, my hairline's been receding for 8 years now... stress has absolutely destroyed my scalp

to Nami: you work cleanup for lab zero? that is just about the raddest thing i've ever heard, i've been a huge fan of skullgirls since it hit the internet years ago, i'm crossing my fingers and hoping that Indivisible gets crowdfunded, i dunno if you have anything to do with that since your message is a couple years old at this point, but i'm sure i've seen your work in action and that's very very cool

to the rest: jesus, you guys all grew up, never thought i'd see the day

i finally grew up too, a couple of years ago me and Lin parted ways, i gotta say I think that was for the best, I feel like I made his life hell, i was the angry, anti-social roommate and living out in Minnesota so disconnected from anything that i was comfortable with really amplified my shut-in nature, i tell some people that i was a hikkikomori, and other people that i retired early haha, i haven't actually talked to Lin even once since i moved, i guess i'm kinda ashamed of how i acted while i lived with him, though we had a lot of good times too

i remember snapping a pic of him hugging the base of our toilet, passed out after a night of beer and movies, playing D&D around the coffee table that i found on craigslist and late nights at Micky's ordering onion rings and talking about our troubles, i hope he's doing good and i'm really glad i got to have the experience with him [:

when i moved back i had to drive through 5 states to get back to Oregon, that all happened a few days before Christmas and there was a massive snowstorm that i was driving right ahead of. In Washington i decided to stop over and visit with Slim one last time, that was a weird stop, a couple of days before that i had gotten into a collision in the snow that mangled the front of my car and i had insurance people trying to reach me and get the whole thing sorted out, and then in order to get to where slim lived i had to drive through this mountain pass which was maybe the scariest thing i've ever done in my life

weirdly enough, i haven't spoken to Slim either since i said goodbye and left for home, she's really changed though, she used to be short as s**t and now she's almost taller then me hahaha, hope she's doing well also [:

i think the last couple years since i made it back have been maybe the best of my life, i've never been more confident and secure, i have a pretty irregular job working for an inventory company, but luckily my bills are minimal, i mostly have the job to keep social and it's really helped with my depression and anxiety. i still write and create stuff all the time, my dreams are still hobbies for me though, unlike you guys going out and making careers out of them hahaha! some day one of my projects will be finished and i can say i made it, i'm writing short stories, a book, a comic book a video game and my friends are helping me develop a board game i created so maybe some day you'll see my name on something

my biggest passion though is just takin it easy, these days i like to lean way back, browse a lil tumblr and play some tabletop RPGs with my buds  

[RijiahShilan]

So heres news. I remembered I had Gaia and actually signed in after three years. Thats a thing! sweatdrop  

[Celestial Burden]

Goodness y'all.

It's been a minute.

I've since graduated. Like, graduated graduated. I am a fully established, degree-holding adult. I got a 3.3 GPA, an honors society membership, and a university level honors as well to show for it.

I've been a computer science educator for nearly three years. My desire to never have children has been strongly reinforced by this. With any luck though, I'll be moving on to a programming job in the near future.

Boyfriend and I split nearly that long ago as well. In an interesting twist of things, we're best friends. We play tabletops at his cousin's house every week in York, work for the same non-profit, that kind of s**t.

I -still- cannot drive.

Despite being an adult with a real job, I'm now more poor than I was as a teenager because of family circumstances.