What Are You Thinking?

[V's patron]

I'm curious about Marvel's Hellstorm. It's a HULU show that feels right up my alley. I'm a sucker for the whole supernatural investigator trope. He looks like Marvel's Constantine and I'm curious how he stacks up.

Fun fact- Scarlet Witch had a series where she played up the name. They went deep into the mystical side and she was better for it. I'm hoping they pull from that run in the Disney+ show.

 

[therogis]

Really? That was all you got for me?
I'm gonna reward myself now for not blinking an eye at you.

Kickboxing or fitness boxing? Can't choose.

 

[Angel]

Tier 4? Call it like it is: Lockdown 3.0

Not that it really affects me, life carries on as normal, but to pretend it's just "slightly tougher restrictions" when it's identical to the lockdown in November just insults the intelligence of those who are especially affected.

Also thinking that I can't wait for my new books to arrive! Discernment, discipleship and education - eep!

 

[V's patron]

Daredevil is my favorite superhero and Marvel superhero show. But this got me thinking about it differently which is what good criticism should do.

 

[therogis]

Sometimes memories hit a bit hard in my head. That happened last night.

It was the kind of memory that I haven't told even my therapist. It had been blurry. Now it was in full detail.
I told my spouse about it. He was the first one to know.

He hold me in his arms, told me it's fine, nothing's my fault, and warned me every time he was gonna move his hands so he won't startle me.

He told me he's proud of me.
You've survived. You're so strong.
I am so lucky to have him next to me.

--

I think I might be strong enough to start writing down the project that has been circling in my head for a couple of months. I've never been strong enough before, even though I've been playing with the idea.

 

[therogis]

Sorry for doubles in such a short time. I know 2020 hit some people rough, so I thought I'd share my summary for you. It's been hard sometimes for me as well: you can see it from the list because every achievement is a reflection of a problem. You know, I'm the kind of person who "never had any hope" and who "had no options in anything ever".

20 things I'm thankful for from the year 2020:

1. I found the joy of exercise.
2. I beat eating disorder.
3. I made new friends.
4. I disconnected with toxic people.
5. I found God.
6. I found freedom of mind, of social connections and of personal space.
7. I found myself.
8. I grew up.
9. I learned to set boundaries and made sure they will never be crossed again.
10. I learned to see where I was good in, and I learned to see where I still needed practice.
11. I found thought patterns to improve myself.
12. I learned that there are a lot of people I don’t understand.
13. I learned I should not try to understand everyone.
14. I learned to walk away when staying doesn’t serve anyone’s purposes.
15. I learned to speak German.
16. I made life-changing decisions.
17. I participated in a competition I thought I’d never have the guts to participate in… and I got third prize with my first and only shot.
18. I am loved. Still, and again, and by more people than last year.
19. I am more healthy than ever. I didn’t get my autumn depression at all, for the first time in 11 years, and everyone keeps telling me I'm smiling a lot more than I used to and that I'm inspiring people with it.
20. I found a new hobby, and through that I got to know wonderful people and joined a local hacklab.
Still feels funny to state I've ever achieved anything... but well, that's another thing I've improved in, to see where I've done great

So I just wanted to tell you that there's always hope. Sorry for the cliche. If it made you laugh, I'm happy to bring a smile on your face

If I made it through, you'll make it too.

 

[V's patron]

@therogis congrats on making the best out of your situation.

 

[therogis]

@therogis congrats on making the best out of your situation.

Thanks. I sincerely hope I'd some day be able to use my experience as a fuel for someone who needs it. I've been at the end of the road most of my life, trying to take my own life, watching someone else trying to do that, being abused in every way possible... so if I can serve as an example of hope, I've fulfilled my mission here.
I'm not very good at helping people, I don't have the kind of social or emotional intelligence, but I'm trying my best where it's possible and where it makes sense. Overall, social and emotional flexibility and empathy goes to the list of "stuff I need to work with inside of my head a good while before I'm ready".

Happy New Year to you.

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

Getting this in now because I might not later (and because it's already 2021 for some of you, anyway)...

HAPPY NEW YEAR, DMC FORUMS! ^^

 

[therogis]

I'm trying to find some novice songs to play on guitar. My hand hurts and my fingers have started to get numb during my sleep again. Damn CTS.

+ So now you're blasting my inbox hoping I'd bother to say something as stupid in response as you did? Great to see you had such a constructive beginning for this year. I expected and hoped for something better, I really did.

At least this is pretty much the same as admitting it was all a set-up.

 

[Shadow]

Happy New Year, forums. ^^

 

[therogis]

You know the feeling when a friend shows you their dark side with comments like "okay, I'm off to teach this prick some manners", "they're too stupid to notice" and "well if they do I'll be long done before they can stop me"...

... And you just start to wonder if it's still a lawyer-to-be you're talking with or if it's s serial killer

(No worries, it was legal.)

 

[Angel]

Note to self: get a spade, go up to the woods, dig a deep hole, put the bathroom scales into the hole, fill it all in again, run away.

I'm sure the numbers were wrong anyway...

 

[Rebel Dynasty]

Second day back in the writing/editing chair after a month (or so) away, and damn does it feel good to be working on something again. ^^

+Age of Calamity has thoroughly consumed me. I won't be able to focus on anything else (leisure-wise) until it's done. I'd post the "I'll shower when Hyrule is free" meme, but the link doesn't want to work. >.> No, not that Link. The other kind.

 

[ReaperHunter]

I'd post the "I'll shower when Hyrule is free" meme, but the link doesn't want to work. >.> No, not that Link. The other kind.

Link, this is why Ganon got to win for 100 years before BOTW.

 

[ef9dante_oSsshea]

That 2021 will be a long year

 

[Carlos]

You know the feeling when a friend shows you their dark side with comments like "okay, I'm off to teach this prick some manners", "they're too stupid to notice" and "well if they do I'll be long done before they can stop me"...

... And you just start to wonder if it's still a lawyer-to-be you're talking with or if it's s serial killer

(No worries, it was legal.)

We have a lot of that here.

Politics has gotten so, so bad, that it's a choice of life or death. We are very close to having a Socialist in office. I'm not happy, or confident at this point. If we are this close to having a Socialist in office, then it's not a matter of "if" we have a Socialist in office, its a matter of "WHEN."

If not this election, but maybe the next election or the next 10 years. They're doing it in my home state of California, too. We already have a Socialist as a governor of California. What's next? The Presidency?

COVID lockdown also caused chaos in my California. There is chaos in Portland, New York, and other democratic states. Republican states have 'em too, but... not to the same scale of Democrat-run states.

I'm just trying to grit my teeth and wait for more news.

 

[V's patron]

Rewatching Beastars -still love it.

The Japanese version of Real emotion grew on me.

I should probably get started on "Fresh Start".

I wonder if Ocean's 8 gets a sequel, would they call it Ocean's 9?

Coming to America still holds up.

 

[Sparda's rejected son]

Not caring is just as difficult as caring. The frick!

Also Happy New Year everyone.

 

[therogis]

I just realized that actually, I do have a web cam. But it is plugged in only during online lectures. So... if they really think that I'm fapping in those videos where I'm listening to a lecture about European Union's Brussels I regulation and it's effect to union-wide jurisdiction... they've got a really f*cked up idea of EU law in general.

Getting inspired tho. Maybe I'll just see if hissing "GDPR" in my husband's ear turns him on. Or if he gets the hint if I just suggest him something like "wanna make some consolidated legislation with me? "
Or maybe just "oh, the way you implement that directive feels so..."

Had to get back to this post just to tell you this: last night I handed out an essay about EU legislative powers, and I actually used a sub-header "The Master and the Slave".

I'm afraid the professor will spit out his coffee and just think to himself "Wow... so this is how you make The Law of the European Union sound interesting".

Not caring is just as difficult as caring. The frick!

Also... agree. It would be so much easier to get corrupted and submit to hate than still care about how someone's doing or how is it going for them. It's both a strength and a weakness.