Derman
Oracle Knight
I still don't have a knife tag on my golden birth knife
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Post by Derman on Jun 8, 2020 14:30:03 GMT -5
I hate wisdom tooth removals...
I'm not sure how much of the "we like online school" is because it leaves students with a bit more free time, since the teachers rarely keep them occupied for the whole day. They sometimes just give some exercises to do, and when those are done they are free to do whatever they want. There lessons are also a lot less strict. So of course the students like it. As for the parents, there seems to be a lot of positive feedback because when their children are doing all their school stuff from home, all their issues and strengths with school become more apparent. A lot of parents are saying that they now have a lot better idea about how their kids are doing at school.
The lack of internet access and devices was an issue for some, but a bunch of companies decided to give away a lot of old laptops to distribute for students who didn't have any, which helped a bit in some cities.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 8, 2020 23:06:45 GMT -5
Ah, yes, wisdom teeth extraction.
I got my driver's license photo taken a week after I had gotten my wisdom teeth removed. I was still swollen, and the lighting was horrible. I looked like a Michael Jackson-level pasty chipmunk. Really could have timed those two events better in retrospect.
Booked a flight out to Denver to visit my sister. I waited a week to book my flight. Really got hosed on prices. They jumped a lot. I was thinking of maybe playing it by ear on when I would come back--either stay out one or two weeks--but after seeing that price jump, no thanks, booked the return flight too to lock the price in... Ugh.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 14, 2020 0:39:11 GMT -5
I like Colorado. I cannot confess I like Denver the city much, but its accessibility to nature-related things to do cannot be beat--within 30-40 minutes, you have a plethora of hikes available to you. Additionally, as you get outside of Denver, the backdrop of the mountains is really neat. We drove through Boulder--we're going there proper tomorrow--and it's a really nice town. Somewhere I could consider living, I think, at first glance. Over the past few years, I evaluate all towns now with an eye towards "could I live here?" I think I was too myopic in what I valued in New York, thinking it was some kind of unique place. It is unique, in a sense, but it's not unique in regards to the things I value.
I think I resent New York in some ways now. It was a lover at first, and I was swept off my feet; then the passion faded to a middling comfortable humdrum; then cracks began to show; and then I began to wonder how I ever fell in love with New York before. Of course, I know why I fell in love with New York ... my reasons were valid at the time ... but those original reasons no longer hold the same weight, nor can they resuscitate the feelings I once felt. Instead, they increasingly crumble before all of the other, more meaningful things I want that the city cannot provide. I cannot will myself to feel like I did in 2011, when the city felt as if it were my oyster, brimming with excitement and opportunity. I am instead left with a simmering resentment of the city--how can it offer so much, yet offer so little? The past few months have been like pressure on an already slowly cracking mirror, jutting the cracks further upward until you can no longer look at your reflection at all without seeing those cracks you had once been able to ignore. There is nothing else in store for that mirror except crack more and more over time, until it finally breaks--jarring, but a relief that the inevitable has finally come to pass. The mirror can finally be swept up and thrown away.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 15, 2020 13:19:37 GMT -5
Hahahahahah.
So my company had their first company-wide call about their plans for remote/office work going forward.
The messaging, delivered by a woman who I think would have made kindergarteners feel patronized, was basically "WFH is great! We want to do remote working going forward! Don't plan on coming back to the office until at least a vaccine is around, but we encourage people to work remotely as much as possible even afterward anyway!"
Yeah, I think I'm kinda done. I wish I could just quit.
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Derman
Oracle Knight
I still don't have a knife tag on my golden birth knife
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Post by Derman on Jun 16, 2020 10:28:25 GMT -5
That sounds pretty bad. At least in our company they are not pretending that remote work works well. Although tbh the communication from the US side is so bad that I don't really know what's going on.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 16, 2020 22:55:17 GMT -5
Yeah, it's kinda shit.
I've been playing a lot of board games with my sister and her friends here. I didn't think I actually liked board games. I have a friend who is really into super complex, complicated board games that take hours to play, have a thousand rules, and the strategy isn't comprehensible until you play the game several times. I think this is the worst waste of time. I don't mind losing, but I do mind losing because I didn't understand the game even after several hours of playing. It's really pretty boring.
Luckily, my sister and her friends are into board games, but not that type. It's been pretty fun.
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Post by Friendly Person :) on Jun 17, 2020 20:32:07 GMT -5
Board games are strange. A lot of the popular, "branded" ones are too simplistic to hold any interest for me. Monopoly, Risk, Life, etc. One time somebody got a game of 8 people to play Life on board game simulator and I spent most of my time playing my PSP. On the flip-side, I've had two occasions where people have tried to introduce more "complex" board games, but both times they felt like sh*ttier versions of video games. It's like an RPG, but minus the adventure, characters, plot and gameplay. Also RNG galore. Yippee. I like Catan. Granted, I haven't played it much, but the times that I have it's always felt like there's strategy without it trying to be Civilization: the board game. At the end of the day I think the biggest factor is who you are playing with. If nobody cares about the game, you might as well not bother having it. On the flip-side, if you have one person who is really into the game while everyone else is only moderately into it, they can drag down the entire experience. You have to find whatever balance of "playing for the social experience" and "playing for the game" that matches you.
-edit- Risk f**king sucks
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 17, 2020 21:26:41 GMT -5
Yeah, we played Catan the other night, which was fun. It would have been better had I not picked literally the worst possible spot on the board, but, meh, I'll remember next time, I guess.
I think Life is supposed to be one of those games that isn't really a game? Kind of like Candy Land.
I bought Clubhouse 51 the other week and played it with friends. I mentioned to my friend how much I liked War as a kid, but my mom hated it; we played a round, and, yeah, I'm sorry, Mom. War sucks.
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Derman
Oracle Knight
I still don't have a knife tag on my golden birth knife
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Post by Derman on Jun 18, 2020 5:03:39 GMT -5
I used to play a lot of Catan. It's a fun game. I like the mind games when people are trying to predict which victory points you are trying to get. Haven't played it since I moved out though, since I have less people to play with. I think I prefer board games with a bit more going on, so stuff like Monopoly are not for me. Some of the Game/Movie/Book related board games have been surprisingly fun though. Especially Game of Thrones board game. It manages to capture all the political scheming and backstabbing of GoT, and makes for some really salty sessions. And it doesn't take that long, a game lasts only for 1-2 hours, which I appreciate.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 19, 2020 9:11:38 GMT -5
I like word games the most. Bananagrams is my jam. Turns out my sister is a huge fan of Bananagrams as well, so we've been playing that a lot this week. She's very good, as is her boyfriend. I'm used to creaming people.
The only board game our family ever played together growing up was Scrabble. We did have a brief stint at Monopoly when I was in elementary school, but the game suddenly became "too long" once I started beating my dad on the regular. Coincidence, somehow.
The one issue I have with Scrabble is that I feel like quite a lot of words in the Scrabble dictionary have significance in the English language for the sole purpose of Scrabble. It can get a little absurd if you're playing with people who really double down on that. With all that said, the most important thing in Scrabble is board placement.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 21, 2020 22:26:55 GMT -5
Well, back in NYC from Denver. Man, it's humid here.
Grain, what's your plans for September? Heard Japan's not allowing Americans in right now.
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Post by Friendly Person :) on Jun 22, 2020 21:24:15 GMT -5
Right now I'm going on about 6 days of very, very little sleep. It's to the point where I'm constantly feeling either too hot or too cold, which worries me that I'm on the verge of getting sick for no other reason than I can't f*cking sleep. On top of that I spend most of my day watching videos on Youtube, waiting for the hours to tick away until I can stare at a black ceiling for another 10 hours, because if I don't believe that tomorrow will at least be better than today, my mind starts going to very bleak places.
So yeah. Kinda glad I'm not going to Japan right now tbh. Seems I've got some health issues to work out.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 23, 2020 8:10:41 GMT -5
That sounds horrible. I'm sorry you're going through that. I hope you can get some help. Been there. If you want to talk at all, let me know.
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Post by Friendly Person :) on Jun 24, 2020 23:06:51 GMT -5
I got like, 3-4 hours of sleep last night. I am absolutely astonished at how much of a difference that makes. Most nights that would be in the "questioning if I should even bother sleeping", but today I felt actually kinda normal. I don't get it. My sleeping habits over the past two months have changed so much that I barely understand them.
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Post by Youngster Joey on Jun 26, 2020 12:05:25 GMT -5
Wow, your insomnia is that bad? How much sleep are you getting normally? I've suffered from insomnia quite a bit ... but at its worst, I'm getting 4-5 hours of sleep.
I tried signing up for a coworking space today. I can't stand working in my apartment anymore; I need people in my peripheral vision, even if I don't talk to them. I showed up, though, and I was the only person there. Apparently, there are things worse than working in my tiny apartment with my cat as my only companion; you can pay hundreds of dollars to work in a dark, cavernous building all by yourself.
So far, I've tried: - Learning to drive (can't get permit until NYC hits Phase 3, which is in July at least) - Moving/trying to break my lease (haven't gotten any takers yet) - Going to Denver (sort of successful, although also ended on a sort of unpleasant note) - Trying to meet up with people for socially distanced drinks (not many takers, got postponed) - Trying to coordinate a coworking setup with other people (only 1.5 interested parties, ergo not financially feasible) - Switching teams at work (starting soon, but I accepted the role knowing it is an imperfect fit. It's just better than the status quo) - Getting a bike (loaner, so not allowed to take to NYC)
So, basically, I'm just relegated to sitting in my apartment. I have no motivation to do anything. Video games? Not interested. Reading? Not interested. Coding? Not interested. Working? Not interested.
What do, what do.
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