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Post by X'o'Lore on Sept 4, 2014 22:33:22 GMT
In other news...that feeling when you remember an old webcomic you used to really like that had stopped updating. Then you look back and realize the site is now gone (or suspended or something?). Then you look up the author on google and everywhere you find (Facebook/Myspace/deviantart, etc.) hasn't been updated in years and are packed full of periodic comments from people wondering if the author is ok. Then you realize the lack of updates happened in all the places around the same time.
That is not a great feeling.
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Post by Tea on Sept 5, 2014 9:43:15 GMT
That's a bit worrying. I remember reading a couple of webcomics which stopped updating suddenly. Thinking about it now, I only read a handful of webcomics compared to what I used to read. Either they finished, stopped updating or I just lost interest.
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Post by Soff on Sept 10, 2014 3:53:06 GMT
Yeah, it's pretty unsettling. It makes you notice how... feeble the link among people in the internet can be sometimes (well, not only in the internet, I remember when I started going out with my boyfriend I kinda forced him to give me his home's phone number after he got his cell phone stolen for a second time, because I felt if something happened to him I had no way of knowing). The only comic I followed where that happened was "Hanna is not..." and I think I've read around that she's ok, she only had a bit of a breakdown about her internet stuff or something like that... And a lot of fan hate or something like that. It sounded like drama, so I didn't search much about it.
And yeah, I've lost a whole lot of webcomic reading craze lately, too, but I pick up new stuff when I have time for archive binges or when archives aren't too long. Also, I found out that I've grown very fond of webcomics as a medium. I actually really like getting one page at a time and see how the story unfolds step by step while having time to make attention to how artists do their thing. Plus, it's nice to see the whole thing again after a while and see how it all came together.
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Post by Tea on Sept 17, 2014 15:25:55 GMT
I got a job. It's part time and the pay isn't very good but my job is to babysit other people's dogs all day.
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Post by Emily on Sept 19, 2014 9:37:50 GMT
That sounds like the perfect job for you though, you love animals! I've had a lot of webcomics that just kinda faded out, but never one that just disappeared suddenly like that. There were several that i had to quit because I realised I didn't actually enjoy them, I was just kind of addicted to them (eg Questionable Content, which I realised I didn't actually have any interest in any more, i just read it because it updated every day)
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Post by Tea on Sept 25, 2014 18:56:53 GMT
I had my first day today. I think it went really well. All I had to do was watch the dogs, make sure they were playing nice, walk them, clean up poop (there was an awful lot of that). It was quite fun, if tiring.
I used to read dozens of webcomics, in comparison now I read barely any. Maybe six per day. Some stopped updating, I just lost interest in some, but there are some that are fairly slow paced so I just read them once every few months so that there's a bit of progress.
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Post by Soff on Sept 25, 2014 22:08:30 GMT
That's great! Fun work is a good thing. Too bad the pay isn't great, but I'm pretty sure it beats not working and at least it's a nice thing to do.
I'm reading for an exam tomorrow. I'm having so much fun with this subject! Well, maybe fun isn't the word, but I'm enjoying it. It's been a while since that happened.
I don't know if I used to read more webcomics before... But I do know that I used to wait very impatiently for updates. Also, I remember when I actually was out looking for more comics to read... now there is just so much stuff that looks good and it's so easy to find that I know I'll always have something for my next vacations. Or maybe it's just an impression... Anyway, I'll go to read now...
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Post by X'o'Lore on Sept 26, 2014 0:54:30 GMT
I'm done with my exams and such. I graduate tomorrow. Still looking for a job though. That is less fun.
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Post by Soff on Sept 26, 2014 1:25:04 GMT
Congrats, X! And good luck with the job thing.
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Post by X'o'Lore on Oct 23, 2014 22:50:42 GMT
Some Resumes and cover letters later I now have to deal with interviews and if those manage to go well I gotta worry about doing well enough to keep a job. Ugh.
Well that's just how it goes I guess.
Not much discussion happening here these days. It makes me a little sad.
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Post by Tea on Oct 26, 2014 16:41:04 GMT
Any luck with the interviews?
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Post by X'o'Lore on Oct 27, 2014 20:28:48 GMT
I don't really know. I just got back from one that wasn't completely terrible but that's as much as I can say for it. I hate being grilled with technical questions in an interview and not actually knowing much for answers. I end up coming home feeling like an idiot.
Software development is a wonderful world where it feels like "entry level" means "8 years minimum of real world employment". Colleges around here are honestly pretty bad at teaching programming as it relates to software development businesses.
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Post by X'o'Lore on Oct 30, 2014 3:46:40 GMT
I have some kind of evil knot in my shoulder that hurts a little all the time and I can feel the tightness all down one side of my back and into my chest. Breathing too sharply or laughing or similar stuff gives me pains. Ugh. I don't even know where this came from. I'm not sure what to do about it either.
Nonetheless I made myself go to another interview which I think actually went quite well even though I was sort of feeling sore the whole time.
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Post by Soff on Oct 31, 2014 2:43:14 GMT
Ouch, that sounds awful! Can you move your arm? Which side is it? Maybe you should go to a traumathologist or whatever you call them? I had a friend who had some awful pains this year because of her neck posture. She couldn't get up because she'd get very dizzy. And some muscular stuff in that area can be pretty nasty, too, as far as I know. I think that can be solved doing some excersises... But if it aches to move it... I don't know. A doctor is probably your best bet :S.
Congrats on the interview! You'll go fine with the job! Just... take care of yourself. You don't need me to tell you that working while feeling badly is very hard :S .
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Post by Emily on Oct 31, 2014 9:07:06 GMT
go get a sports massage, I can't recommend it enough. Because I work hunched over a computer and play combat sports, I see a chiropractor every 8 weeks and it saves me so much discomfort
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Post by X'o'Lore on Nov 1, 2014 3:56:21 GMT
I already had a massage. It was uncomfortable since my hurting sides made it hurt to breathe, especially with the pressure of someone pushing on my back, but it really did help quite a lot. A chiropractor may certainly be in the works if this hasn't blown over completely by Monday. I'll just be happier if I get to a point where I can comfortably sleep in my bed again. (oh, and it's the right side, Soff. Probably just too much computer time.)
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Post by Tea on Nov 4, 2014 18:02:33 GMT
I get a stitch in my side when I go swimming. I think it's because I pulled a muscle on that side years ago but it's really annoying because it limits how much exercise I can do.
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Post by X'o'Lore on Nov 4, 2014 23:40:50 GMT
It's a strange day when I find myself canceling a second interview for a very good job prospect due to taking a different job.
When I went back to college a couple years ago and decided that "Plan A" was "Be really awesome and let the good job find me" I wasn't actually being serious thinking that, but it kind of happened that way.
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Post by Soff on Nov 5, 2014 2:23:33 GMT
YAY! Congrats, X!
That sucks, Tea. Is it normal for a pulled muscle to hurt after years? I thought it was in muscle's nature to heal up, eventually.
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Post by Tea on Nov 5, 2014 19:33:44 GMT
I'm not really sure. I assume that's the cause because it's in the same place as when I pulled the muscle.
I've actually started to swim by predominantly using one arm so I don't irritate it. It's working so far, I think I just need a bit more practise at it.
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