Sleepy monday
Mondays are horrible to wake up early.
Posted Mar 25, 2019, 5:30 AM UTC
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5km in just under 24min. Better than expected :p
Also, anyone with some experience in diving? It will be my first time this sunday (in Beringen).
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That's a very nice time. I did 13.3km in 1:21:23 this morning (about 6:08 per km) so the training for the 25K is coming along nicely. Finishing it is more important than a good time for me atm.
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Oof 25k, good luck! When are you planning to run it?
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May 12th, lol. Our company is entering the Great Breweries Marathon.
So I'm on a pretty tight schedule, but I feel like it's going well.
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Take it easy then, make sure you're prepared and don't get injured. 12km extra in a month and a half is a lot.
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where did you run? Dendermonde?
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Nah, Dutch Limburg
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Are you going to Todi for a DSD?
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Todi yes, what's DSD?
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It's a discover scuba dive forum when you never dived before of you don't have a certification.
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Speaking of things that are incredibly easy: Sekiro Shadows Die Twice. Man, this game is so easy. They should rename it to Sekiro Baby's First Game because of how easy it is. I could finish it blindfolded with one hand strapped behind my back on a guitar hero controller, that's how easy it is.
/s
Amazing game by the way, and actually the first game I ever played from this developer. The Dark Souls and Soulsborne games' setting didn't really appeal to me but Sekiro speaks to my inner weeb that got buried in high school memories.
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"God damn it I just can't do this boss"
I've not made it past the first few 2 point minibosses and i've not even seen a boss.
Every few fromsoft games i try one and realize i don't really like this style of challenge. The kind where i can't just grind numbers until i beat it.
(I'll give it another shot probably, I WANT to like it.)
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Ironically enough the first real boss, Gyoubu Oniwa, is absurdly easy. Took me only about 5 tries and when I beat him I didn't even die.
The first few mini-bosses though. God damned. General Tenzen Yamauchi was a pain in the ass. Now I'm stuck at the Blazing Bull which I don't think is actually that very hard. Just unlocked the Firecrackers though, which should help a lot with this one.
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I think i skipped ahead through some stuff in the memory by fucking up and falling in water. I'm at the drunkard but i didn't kill the hunter yet. I'll probably restart from the start of that memory and properly learn the combat.
My current sneak kill system takes to long for a game where you get killed so fast and have to redo all of it.
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My current sneak kill system takes to long for a game where you get killed so fast and have to redo all of it.
So frustrating by the way. "Oh, you died at this boss for the 30th time? Though luck, have fun running through this army of enemies again before retrying."
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I'm stuck at the first 2 point miniboss.....
I'm not a controller gamer. At least not this style. Sure I could do mouse + keyboard, but where's the fun in that?
Still having to learn the buttons, makes for some ..... interesting moments. Only played for like 30 mins, but so far I'm enjoying it. Looking to get past at least that first pesky boss tonight.
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I actually tried playing this on my Steam Link with controller. But for some reason the game crashes the moment I plug in my controller, no clue why.
So now I'm playing with Mouse/KB and I'm just getting the hang of it so I'll probably stick to that.
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Using my old trusty first gen Shield controller. Lil thing has seen some abuse, but still holding on.
If I fail too hard and can't get past that first mini boss, I'll probably switch. But I don't wanna. I don't wanna admit I'm getting old.
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Is it worth ? I bought myself Dark Souls 3 last weekend after playing DS 1&2 and Bloodborn. First boss, First try and second boss, second try.
Really feeling playing the same game over and over. Is sekiro new enough to not feel like going through the same shit ?
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As I said, I've never played another DS or Bloodborn game so I can't compare them.
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Ah missed the second part. I'm the total opposite of you ahah.
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Dropped and broke my smartphone Saturdayevening. Got a new one in my hands Sundaymorning without ever leaving the house. What an age we live in...
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Yeah, delivery on a Sunday! 2019 alright!
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Oh, the irony. In every thread about climate changes, everyone goes all "REEE WE AREN'T DOING ENOUGH FOR THE CLIMATE AND THE PLANET IS DYING!!!111!!"
But hey, ordering online and getting things shipped to your house is just so handy, amirite? (Let's not even mention someone sacrificed their Sunday over this - delivery people are becoming the lowest slaves of the system, it seems)
This subreddit really is full of "salonclimaatactivisten". :p
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In case you didn't read it correctly, my comment was sarcastic as fuck. Because delivery on a Sunday is not that special IMO. Why are you getting your panties in a bunch over this and dragging in "salonclimaatactivisten".
And in any case, what a bullshit fucking argument. I don't think "delivery on Sunday" is cause for that much pollution compared to idk, the huge fucking numbers industry and energy put out. Stop blaming the little guy for demanding change and reform. I'm sure the ones in power are happy people like you exist to shift the blame to anybody but them.
>OMG A CLIMATE ACTIVIST ONCE ATE SOMETHING THAT WAS WRAPPED IN PLASTIC REEEE YOU'RE A FAKER
-You
I do think that Sunday delivery is bullshit, but not because of ecological reasons. But strictly because of sociale dumping and delivery folks becoming a sort of lower caste who are ordered to do the bidding of the folks who are more well off. Bringing in ecology over something so little is just dumb.
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When I get better again I want to educate myself more. I like my social work degree but I want more depth (#thatswhatshesaid). Not sure what I want to do exactly. I'm doubting too much between suicide prevention, couples therapy, family therapy and sexology.
Still got a lot of time to figure out what I want, got to get healthy again first.
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When I get better again I want to educate myself more.
sexology.
You may just say porn mate ;)
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Rhadjaz-Anime tiddy expert
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Reminds me of that dude on r/anime that studied the aerodynamics of anime tiddies for his doctorate. And passed. No bamboozle
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Got to have goals in your life.
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Rhadjaz the new goedele liekens
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Rhadjaz the new Lawrence Sonntag
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Bought myself a PS4 with some exclusives this weekend. Also bought 'The Last Guardian' for the SO. Needless to say, SO claimed the PS4 and loved every moment of it.
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Work yesterday, close at 20:00, leave at 21:00. At 6:30 today, I'm rudely awoken by my phone - RING RING RING RING RING. Fuck, what the fuck is going on? I don't work today.
Turns out there was a no-show and they asked if I could come in ASAP. Sorry fam, normally no problem, but I got plans this afternoon and I have some workers coming this morning to install a smoke detector. Now, put that into half-garbled, half-asleep French and you get an idea of what I sounded like.
(It's now noon, and... no workers. They're an hour late, and I gotta jet around 14:00.)
Also - I got invited to a wedding! A very old friend of mine from university (gedoopt in the same studentenkring) sent me a message on FB in the most anxiety-inducing way possible: "Hey, can you send me your email address? I need to send you something."
When I asked if everything was alright, she goes, "Oh yeah, just save-the-dates for the rehearsal dinner and wedding date!" Ohhhhhhhhh, holy shit, don't scare me like that! ^^
Glad I still have my suit and stuff.
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Ugh, diagnosed with phlebitis in my calf. Stupid, treacherous body.
I'm too young to have issues with my veins, ffs.
I don't want to stop running and lifting. I'll get fat again.
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I had the same issue a couple months ago. Heat compresses and mobility helped me out. Walked a bit every day and appplied heat compresses every couple hours. it got better in a little over a week. If you smoke, it could be related to that.
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Recently I've been falling in love with r/EDC and the knives some people carry.
Bit the bullet and bought a Spyderco Tenacious, still a relatively cheap one for spyderco, it'll be delivered later this week so I'm eager to see what it's like.
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I know someone that does that. Carries the same knife actually. But honestly I don't really get why though. What's the point?
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It's the tip of the blade
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Meh I just use these guns. 'smooches biceps'
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It was meant as a horrible joke, sadly it went unnoticed
"what is the point"
"the point is the tip of the blade"
But in all seriousness, it's just a thing. Like, why do people buy fancy expensive cars when a simple one can bring you to A to B just as well?
It's part collector, part gimmicky and a bit niche.
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Woot woot. Welcome to the club. r/KnifeClub ea.
Watch out for the kiss because it may get bloody.
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It's eyeopening how many different kinds of folding knives exist.
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a sneak peek of my humble collection. Where did you get yours?
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Nice! I think an axis lock knife is next on the wishlist.
I got it stupidly overpriced at bol.com but I got some coupons for my birthday that made it nearly free so. I thought it would be a nice intro for spyderco even though it’s not an actual america manufactured one (or so I’ve read at least)
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Computer nerds of reddit, I need your help!
So my mum has (finally) decided to get a new desktop computer. Now it's important to note that my mum only uses her computer to browse the internet, do some text editing, watch some stuff on youtube and play solitaire. So a basic desktop will more than suffice.
Now I've been browsing around a bit and also looking at building her a pc (I have experience with that). But it seems in that price range of low-end desktops purchasing is the way to go.
So now my question to all of you's is: recommend me stuff, please? The one that seems perfect for her right now is the Lenovo IdeaCentre 310S (This one). But maybe you guys have better suggestions.
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https://tweakers.net/reviews/6770/2/desktop-best-buy-guide-januari-2019-budget-gamesysteem.html
Just leave out the videocard and use the onboard graphics until she wants one.
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get her an iPad or equivalent android device.
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Almost-random question; do you (or anybody else reading) know how to root an android tablet? It's got no brand name, just something generic I bought on the cheap from China for D&D shit. But it has ads that I can't uninstall (or even find). They hijack the screen constantly, can't figure out how to find them :(
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Yeah, I've rooted my android phone.
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Got some pointers or tutorial for me? :D
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not by heart, but there are some good tutorials online
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I'll Google around :)
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As an Android fanboy: There is no equivalent Android device to an iPad. If you're in the market for a tablet: Get an iPad.
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IMO it's a bit overpriced because of its reduced size. Those components combined are maybe 150-200€ tops. Question is, you can build her a pc for next to nothing, or would she benefit from the mobility of a laptop? This one is kind of in between everything. (Small but not a laptop idk)
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She already has a laptop but likes having a desktop (mum logic, don't question it). I don't really see how I could get those components for the price you suggest, the OS alone is easily €80 (and I'm not taking the illegal route).
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Well I'm sure it can be done, but I don't have time right now to sift through components. Maybe try over at r/buildapc.
Here are some examples https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/asvi2t/230_300_budget_gaming_pc_with_upgrade_potential/
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/4bmvps/build_ready_ultra_cheap_pc_200_for_web_browsing/
https://www.reddit.com/r/buildapc/comments/31qrf5/build_ready_superlow_budget_pc_for_parents_200/
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Those components combined are maybe 150-200€ tops.
You're forgetting the cost of a windows license which is around 140 euro. Beating OEM's is hard at the lowest price point.
On top of that, u/Izzy-E: that PC but with a bigger SSD only costs 229 on Lenovo's own website
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True I forgot to factor that in.
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Do you have a budget in place yet? Ideal price?
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Definitely sub €600. Preferably around the 400-500€ mark.
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Do you have anything laying around already? Keyboard, monitors, etc? Or are you buying everything new? Secondly, are you aiming for a pre-built or will you pick and assemble yourself?
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No need for peripherals. I'm fine with either pre-built and self assembly!
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Every day I need to wake up early is horrible when it's for work.
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Really? There is something that can make you happy waking up early? XD
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I didn't say it'll make me happy but I won't be unhappy either. Like getting up early to be at a certain podium on graspop on time? Perfectly fine.
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Niceee :)
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Karaoke on Saturday was fun. I finally sang a song alone :D
Yesterday I went for a small run (3km). About halfway my nose started to bleed. Luckily my SO was cycling along so she could give me some paper handkerchiefs to put in my nose so I could continue running.
Gonna tell my doc about the nose when I have to go on my bi-yearly checkup tomorrow. 6 weeks of having a nose bleed is a bit too much.
And to finish it off, just 5 minutes at work and I already know this will be an annoying week. Just 5 more days. Ugh...
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I finally sang a song alone :D
Which one? I would have to be absolutely hammered to overcome my fear of doing something like that. Gratz !
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"You're Welcome" from Moana. It's one I sung before, but then in a group. The other songs I sang (but in group) were "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "The Pokémon Theme Song".
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Where did you go for Karaoke? I have serious withdrawal symptoms :(
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In Waregem. It's a bi-yearly event from the atheistic youth ('vrijzinnige jeugd'). The next karaoke is gonna be on 22/6.
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Ah crap that’s a bit far lol
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Got myself a second hand bike this weekend and decided to bike to work today. I second-guessed myself after 10 minutes in, and again after being about 2min from the office. Not looking forward to the return trip.
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Remember the first time I went with the bike. 25km. Just over an hour. Wasn't that bad. The return trip was MURDER. To work is ever so slightly downhill. Means return trip is uphill. Uphill, when tired......
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There are a healthy amount of ascents and descents no matter which direction I take. For me it's mostly the fact that I haven't done any cardiovascular training in years. I also got a mountainbike, which is not ideal for commuting. It took me about 55min for 15km, I'm hoping to get that down to 50-45 in the future.
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I do 12km in 40-45 minutes, which includes a bunch of traffic lights. But I do it on my "dooie gemakske" because I don't want to arrive too sweaty.
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Thanks to having been very fat as a teenager I start sweating if I even think about walking briskly. I don't mind the sweatiness that much to be honest, and tomorrow I think I'm just going to shower in the office instead of at home. I guess that 55min is a reasonable time for 15km then, especially just starting out.
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There are a healthy amount of ascents and descents no matter which direction I take. For me it's mostly the fact that I haven't done any cardiovascular training in years. I also got a mountainbike, which is not ideal for commuting. It took me about 55min for 15km, I'm hoping to get that down to 50-45 in the future.
Your body will get used to it again. I'm doing 10km almost daily now since a few weeks, but it was after a 5 month hiatus - it was brutal the first week, now it's better. But like, phew. The start is the hardest! (and also, it's so easy/tempting to just get in the car when you're waking up, it's warm, yada yada...). That said, cycling is an easy way to incorporate some exercise in a workday. It's just, well, a bit of a challenge if you're not used to it. The nice weather does help a lot.
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Do you go by bike 5 days a week? I was very tempted indeed to just get in the car this morning, but I am glad I didn't. The biggest reason for me is indeed to exercise more - I need to lose the post-smoking fat and biking to work is a great way to add it to a daily commute, as you say. In the future it'll only be a 5km one-way when we move offices, so then I can go biking + llifting again
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Ran a one-shot for some noobs yesterday; some of the more geeky scouts folks. Some of em dressed up. This was way more effort than I was expecting.
I prepped like 10 characters they could pick from (ty fastcharacter.com), and off we went on A Wild Sheep Chase. First combat took ages but that was to be expected. Eventually they made some good plans and in the end failed to help the wizard and but got some gold and a nice wizard tower to claim as their own now.
They thoroughly enjoyed the game. Some of em begged me to do a campaign for them as well, but nah fam. Who has the time.
Started playing Ghost Recon Wildlands again, but that "Ghost Mode". Adds some difficulty like only one primary weapon, and if I go down I get one revive per fight, if I go down again it's permadeath and saved progress deleted. Also friendly fire enabled. All that gives it a nice sense of urgency.
So far so good, cleared two regions, almost done with a third. Forgot how much fun that game was. I did the entire story duo with a friend back when the game first came out. Died wayyyy more for some reason than now :p then again I haven't reached the high difficulty zones yet...
Edit: just fixed the printer at work. Again. It literally tells you what to do and how on the little screen people it's not that hard. The thing was beeping non-stop because someone didn't close a door on it fully. Don't run away folks fix your problems when they arrive!
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Is that that oneshot ment For kids where they solve the mystery of polymorphed sheep? was thinking of running that as a first time dm type thing
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ment For kids
Never heard that before. It's not super dark or edgy, but it can get quite gore-y. Like in the first version I ran, if they fail to transform the sheep it explodes into a rain of gore. This time I ran a second version/revision and it turned into a gibbering mouther which is the stuff of nightmares. But it can be more child friendly if you switch that up, I guess.
It's really just a quick adventure, two or three combat encounters. You can make it longer at any point, or shorten it if the party is slow.
I ran it as my first DM adventure. It's like six pages and a map. Really easy and fun.
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I found it literally by googling DnD for kids, so I assume it has some tags related to that
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Eh, I found it randomly on reddit about a year ago, no reference to kids. But maybe someone posted about running it with kids. Perfectly doable if you change "exploding in gore" into something different.
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Off to Ghent to record a music video. Gonna be fun, I love the dude I'm working with. Cup of tea, some good laughs, and I always get to absorb some knowledge from a dude who's been in the business for over 25 years. Been thinking about doing a Flemish song this time, not sure yet. Gonna think about it on the train.
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Sounds dope! Habe fun :)
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This week I have two groupwork projects due. None of my group members (including myself kind of) have moved their butts to figure out what we’re doing. So it’ll be one of those low sleep weeks.
Next week is project week. “u/expresskeeluh, what does that mean?” I wish I could tell you. All we are being told is it’s scary. Exhausting, long hours, group work, testing our limits all within five days. I get shit for this sometimes, but I truly miss the working life over school.
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Group projects are the bane of my fucking existence. Not exaggerating when I say one of them almost completely screwed my entire educational prospects. Good luck mate. Small tip: break it down into ever-smaller components. Delegate and work it out from there.
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Ugh... it is such a challenge not to spend days on end in bed with this girl... seriously. It is 18.00, and like... just now got up. Tho, i did sleep in... why? Up till 5, with this girl... xD
Man, i love her lots. We were sitting and she was like "i love you" and i was like "i love you too... tho... you probably love me just a bit more" hahahaha, and ahe was like "what, fuck you leo, usually people argue about who lobes who more, no, this is b.s. I'm asking kittuhn who he thibks loves who more" xD
We're just laughing so much, chilling, listening to music, watching stuff...
Today is our 3 month anniversary... we haven't had 1 fight xD.
Man... people say relationships can't fix you... But that's b.s., don't ever buy into that... any sort of new and positive experience can shift your inner beliefs man... like, more and more it becomes evident that so many areas of the areas of human relations are seen differently by different people, making more experience bring more balance for the model of how we think reality can and or should be...
The run on sentences above, sheesh xD.
Anyway, leo out Xd. Be good reddies xD
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3 months already?
Man I'm glad it's going so great for you :)
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Hehhehehehhehe ❤ 3 month today xD
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I want to start a petition to ban Tanja Dexters from coverage on any media outlet. That entitled, lying, grave defacing, hasbeen fucktard doesn't deserve any attention. Ever.
"iTs nOt mY fAuLt, tHe cAr iNvOkEd jEaLoUsY"
Since I don't follow de boekskes, wassup with "grave defacing"? I know she's a vapid hasbeen ""celeb"" but what did she do?
TLDR: her BF was driving a brand new fancy Jag and she was a passenger. They drove recklessly. Zigzagging through traffic, overtaking on the shoulder, etc. They rearended someone when merging back on the highway after overtaking some people on the shoulder. A few people stopped and they ofc recognized Tanya. Her BF meanwhile assaulted someone who wanted to help. Some friend of Tanya arrived and picked them up, so they effectively fled the scene.
When the accident happened, Tanya and her BF said they weren't driving recklessy, it was just other people that are jealous cuz they have a fancy car.
But on the cameras the police saw that they were swerving across the highway and being really dangerous so that was bullshit. Then they said they fled away because the crowd started riling up against them, which was also disproven. And now they say they fled because Luk Alloo en de Wegpolitie were on their way and they didn't wanna be on TV
Yeah the article SF linked said as much. Dumb entitled people acting dumb and entitled.
But
Got an answer tho.
https://m.hln.be/nieuws/tanja-dexters-opent-graf-op-allerheiligen~a2157bc6/
https://www.gva.be/cnt/dmf20190323_04276922/tanja-dexters-vlucht-weg-na-ongeval-luk-alloo-was-onderweg-en-daar-hadden-we-echt-geen-zin-in
The question is: will she get the same sentence as a non-BV person would when you do a hit and run?
Crazy, confirmed again.
But I specifically asked about the grave defacing tho.
https://www.hln.be/nieuws/tanja-dexters-opent-graf-op-allerheiligen~a2157bc6/
STOP MAKING ME CLICK HLN LINKS :p
I'll sign it. Definitely.