TOS
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Post by TOS on Jun 1, 2018 1:30:05 GMT -5
I consistently have bad days where I just feel like such a piece of shit, with good days where I feel amazing sprinkled between the bad ones. I know I'm not the only one that has bad days here.
Let's try to fix that one day at a time. You are a human being...we are all human beings. No matter what our race, religion, nationality, sexuality, fucking political beliefs...dudes, we are all members of the ruling race of this ball of dirt. Let's celebrate our accomplishments together.
Now, this wouldn't be a true TraceOfSpades thread without me jerking my ego off a bit, so I'll start us off. Part of the physical agility test for the police academy is being able to put up 98% of your bodyweight on the bench press. Well, yesterday I fucking did it. After a year of hard work, I reached that goal. 275 pounds on the bench, and my chest is sore as a bitch today.
Share the wealth, guys. Let's hear some accomplishments, doesn't matter what it is.
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technician
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Post by technician on Jun 1, 2018 1:48:34 GMT -5
You're going to be a police officer? Good career choice. Maybe not so much in Chicago.
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TOS
You're trying to say you like DOS better than me, right?
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Post by TOS on Jun 1, 2018 1:52:06 GMT -5
There's no way I'd ever work Chicago. You have to live in Chicago to be on their department, and I sure as shit will never live there.
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Post by BattleKorbi on Jun 1, 2018 2:01:20 GMT -5
I can tell my art style improved a lot just in this very month I had been reading comics, manga, looking at everything objectively, and managed to snap up some new techniques for quicc sketchuzz. I might share it later tho, in this very post. Not only art, but I started to pick back up my lost hygiene and looks. Not something to be proud of really, but, it feels like progress, and such, it motivates, yeah Frankly, if there is anything that sucks about me right now it's my lack of will to study for the upcoming exams. I occasionally pick it up, but most of the time I am just... bleh. Either way, going great here! EDIT: Here is a imgur link to my stuff, check it out pls: imgur.com/a/klC96v1
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Post by 40oz on Jun 1, 2018 5:51:59 GMT -5
This isn't really an accomplishment for me, but I decided to take.a leap of faith and convince my wife to quit her job and enroll in beauty school.
Working in an office is sucking the life out of her. She doesn't fit in with the people she works with. They are repulsively negative and depressing people to be around. Even though we are both making more money than we ever have before, and by doing this we are probably going to take a pretty heavy pay cut for the next couple years, I really believe in her that with my support, she will push herself to master this craft and become highly skilled and proficient as a hairdresser.
a lot of people are afraid to do what they love. Its like they believe they dont deserve it. They make up excuses why the job is too risky or it might collapse right under our feet and we'll fail despite the fact that we wake up in the morning every day and arrive at work on time for a job we despise. My wife spends all of her free time watching videos about how to create different hairstyles, what are the best and newest products on the market, and following professional makeup artists and hairdressers. She does this to recover from another miserable day at work. I hate to see her taking a job she absolutely cant stand just because its safe. It took a lot of prodding and persuasion to convince her that I dont care if she fails, I just want her to try it. Even though she had been doubting herself up until last week, I really do believe she is going to love this and truly give it everything she has.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 6:24:07 GMT -5
That's awesome 40oz. I spent a few years of my life studying a subject I didn't care about much. When I finally admitted to myself that I need to focus on something new, something I'm actually passionate about, it was such a relief. Of course I still have many doubts, but now that I'm actually motivated to do what I'm doing life seems so much better. It's really really important to be able to quit things and try new ones, and it's so great that you're being supportive here. I'm hoping to hear some positive news about your wife in a few months.
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Aisleen
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Post by Aisleen on Jun 1, 2018 6:45:49 GMT -5
Biggest recent accomplishment is probably this wiki article for John Bye. Not much else heh. Congratz to everyone else!
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Post by agent6 on Jun 1, 2018 7:35:39 GMT -5
If I'd have more numerous and meaningful achievements then maybe I'd have a good reason to be proud of myself, but that's not how it works for me. Congrats to everyone else though .
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Post by 40oz on Jun 1, 2018 7:38:02 GMT -5
Biggest recent accomplishment is probably this wiki article for John Bye. Not much else heh. Congratz to everyone else! That's pretty awesome. I almost forgot about him but I always found Talosian Incident to be really inspirational. Even though the level designs are pretty far off from what is expected in doom nowadays, it really does feel like an episode of star trek or something. (ive never watched star trek but I imagine that's what it's like.)
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 7:59:59 GMT -5
I'm still alive, though I don't know if that's an accomplishment.
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Post by xeepeep on Jun 1, 2018 9:17:03 GMT -5
Uhh - finished high school, a few more easy-ass exams left and I'm done - royally embarrassed myself at my graduation ceremony by crying like the little emotional bitch I am deep down - started taking Czech language classes, as I'm going to Czech Republic in about 2,5 months and will hopefully stay there during the next 4-5 years, seeya v Praze @vikkazda amirite??? - starting driving school next week or so - becoming more and more sociable and doing this "social life" thing that people talk about with decent successsssssss - got into more-or-less bearable physical shape, to the point where I'm real-ass comfortable with my appearance I sure as shit will never live [in Chicago]. I was sure you actually lived there... Also congrats on getting a step closer towards being a cop YO
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NuMetalManiak
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Post by NuMetalManiak on Jun 1, 2018 9:30:35 GMT -5
I'm personally proud of getting a $500 check from a generous relative considering my recent moving out to a new job location is gonna have me spending quite a bit on many amenities in the future. It's probably the one thing currently relieving my insanely high stress level at the moment.
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Post by dn on Jun 1, 2018 10:34:59 GMT -5
Part of the physical agility test for the police academy is being able to put up 98% of your bodyweight what the fuck? Why 98%? Why not just round it up to 'lift your own bodyweight' and call it a day?
Seems like such an arbitrary number.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 1, 2018 12:08:57 GMT -5
My biggest accomplishment is being a (through technicality of course) fully trained level 3 motor vehicle engineer thanks to the 3 year IMI course I excelled at.
I've done literally nothing since then, what a waste.
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Post by joe-ilya on Jun 1, 2018 12:42:43 GMT -5
Uuuuuuuuuhhhh, I finished school, have only a few exams to pass. I'm not very fat, just got a small gut now. I've finished with the insane army schedule after 7 heavy months of cleaning my entire area over and over. I finally have to play my guitar.
Let's see where I go with my opportunities.
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Post by Li'l devil on Jun 1, 2018 13:22:50 GMT -5
Biggest recent accomplishment is probably this wiki article for John Bye. Not much else heh. Congratz to everyone else! Pfff, I've made the article on that wiki about Cyriak Harris (mouldy) himself (although not as Li'l devil, but as my previous username). Fight me. As for me, I've recently found something I really enjoy doing - studying languages and linguistics. I love reading about the history of language development, characteristics and rules of various languages, etymology of words, etc. And, of course, I love learning languages - I've already learned the basics of French and Spanish, but right now I've really got hooked with Greek, such interesting language, and not just because of the alphabet, but so many (usually scientific) words were borrowed from it that speaking it is like having a conversation about philosophy, lol. Other than that, I'm also improving my English and native Russian knowledge (with the help of learning other language, no less) and it's interesting to discover obscure facts about them (like, I've only recently found out that, while the Americans spell 'liter, meter, theater, center', the British spell 'litre, metre, theatre, centre').
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Post by technician on Jun 1, 2018 13:54:56 GMT -5
This isn't really an accomplishment for me, but I decided to take.a leap of faith and convince my wife to quit her job and enroll in beauty school. If she fails, she fails, the point is she gets to try. Women have a tendency to despise their lives if they didn't try to meet their aspirations.
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TOS
You're trying to say you like DOS better than me, right?
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Post by TOS on Jun 1, 2018 16:44:29 GMT -5
Part of the physical agility test for the police academy is being able to put up 98% of your bodyweight what the fuck? Why 98%? Why not just round it up to 'lift your own bodyweight' and call it a day?
Seems like such an arbitrary number.
I have always wondered the same thing. I never found out why, unfortunately. What's funny, though, is that women in the academy only have to bench press 58% of their bodyweight, yet feminists are silent regarding the inequality of that... no bullshit.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 2, 2018 2:26:57 GMT -5
I've just finished 10 weeks of training to be an IT consultant (sadly only in a graduate role, so the big bucks won't be materialising just yet), so I guess that's good. now for a week off before a weeks' induction.
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