What's on your mind?

[Cute Peonies]

Stick with me, and we'll be Pinky and the Brain. Which one of us is a genius and the other insane is a matter of dispute...

Narf!

well that was unexpected haha

 

[Rene Loup]

If there's no God you are just a mistake & accident. Flat out.

And if the Lord Jesus Christ was a mistake and an accident, He'd go from hearing, "You're an accident," to "Son [of God], I've always been proud of You..," even millennia after His death. Even if there is no God, this Man was clearly ahead of His time. Hallelujah!

 

[mojoboy31]

well that was unexpected haha

 

[SarahsKnight]

I'd rather be stressed than cuddling pillows

Hey I tried that once in my early 20's. ... Hard to say if it was a beneficial coping mechanism or not since anime girls aren't real.

 

[Saucy]

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Lol, but seriously. It's so hard, wondering if the person you like returns your feelings, and to be in a relationship and wonder if they're losing interest, or if you start growing apart, if they distance themselves from you, worrying they'll "meet someone else" etc. There's so much stress involved xD

That's why I just ask girls to marry me flat out. It takes the whole dating pressure off. It hasn't worked yet, but one day, someone will say YES!

 

[DragonFox91]

I just want to skip ahead to when I'm 50.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Trying to figure out how to run the PC version of old-school Resident Evil 2 right now, since that is the only version I know of, even after some research, that actually has a hard mode that veterans like myself are always eager to take up the challenge with. Others, even the PSX original, only have normal and easy mode.

(Why yes, yes that is a humanoid monster with foot-long talons crashing through a glass interrogation room window at the unsuspecting girl crossing by it.)

... But of course, since this game is so old, running it on a modern PC never works out well, even trying it in Windows 95 compatibility mode. This is going to take some effort in researching how to make this work.

This is also precisely the reason why when it comes down to it, I think console gaming is better than PC gaming. Sure you have to spend more money on different consoles, but at least their hardware on each is devoted to one specific group of games and you'll scarcely ever have any trouble getting them to run perfectly. So a lot less time looking up instructions and suggestions and fidgeting with settings makes the added cost worth it in most cases, if you ask for my humble, non-computer-whiz-like opinion.

 

[DragonFox91]

I like retro games!

I feel so miserable

 

[DragonFox91]

I feel absolutely miserable. It has definitely spiraled beyond just upset about no GF into real depression.

 

[shineyourlight]

This is technically my first WORKING car.

This might seem small to some, but this is the last step to be independent and the work that Jesus has done in my life.

All glory, all honor, goes to Him. I’m not an overcomer on my own accord but of His. I overcame abuse from others, I overcame the words spoken over me. I overcame trauma, PTSD. Because HE healed me.

Back in 2014, after graduating Bible college, I was angry, bitter, and I hurt Christians in the process of running away from God. An acclaimed atheist, but the Holy Spirit continued tugging at me.

I tasted His grace, I tasted His love. And this car shows yet again what He’s been doing for me since I came back to Him in 2018.

I am thankful for those who stayed and loved me, even when I attempted to burn a bridge with them. They are the real MVPs and the ones I truly call brothers and sisters in Christ.

 

[SarahsKnight]

I feel absolutely miserable. It has definitely spiraled beyond just upset about no GF into real depression.

It's just a bad day for you today , DF. Tomorrow has every chance of being better. Even I was able to believe that in all but the worst of times during my horrendous battle with Scrupulosity ten years ago, in which I had a fearful period nearly every day - sometimes multiple times - feeling that God hated me and wanted to condemn me to a false Dante's Inferno hell (yes, I said false, and have every Scriptural reason to believe so). That, my friend, was some depression and misery right there. Not to minimize or trivialize your fears and struggles since I do - or at least once did - understand the misery of feeling perpetually and hopelessly alone, mind you, but I am saying that this is proof enough that your depression today may very well be only temporary and it will be all but totally gone tomorrow, so there is hope. I seriously recommend - even if you might not be feeling like you want to right now - praying to the Lord for peace and mental healing from your misery regardless of whether you ever do find someone to love or not, while still perhaps praying for a good and loving GF/wife (and that He will prepare you for it in spite of whatever you may be lacking at the present) as a distant second wish. It really seems like finding peace from it right now should be a much bigger priority.

Again, this is not intended to trivialize your desire; I myself, while the lack thereof may not torment me nearly as much as it does you anymore, still have high hopes for romantic love. In fact, my outright cartoonish optimism and idealism sometimes where the fairer side of our species is concerned has noticeably irritated the crap out of a few people in certain social circles before.

 

[SarahsKnight]

All glory, all honor, goes to Him. I’m not an overcomer on my own accord but of His. I overcame abuse from others, I overcame the words spoken over me. I overcame trauma, PTSD. Because HE healed me.

Amen to this testimony, my friend.

An acclaimed atheist, but the Holy Spirit continued tugging at me.

Of course the Spirit did. It's sort of His MO, I have come to find out.

 

[GodAndChocolateVanilla]

 

[GodAndChocolateVanilla]

I got Iced Green Tea today from the store. It has honey in it.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Been feeling under the weather the last 36 hours or so, with an increasingly sore throat and stuffy head. Also some lethargy. starting this morning. I have work tomorrow night and I actually don't want to call in, especially since that would really screw over the one other tech there tomorrow to have to somehow take care of three labs by himself for anywhere from four to twelve hours if no one volunteers to come in my place (and that seems as likely to happen as not), and I also worry, perhaps unnecessarily, that people would be tempted to think I was trying to exact some sort of revenge for having gotten called in to cover a sick person two weeks ago (I admittedly was not happy about having to cover with so little sleep). Please pray that this bug will go away by morning, and that I will have a perfectly good and peaceable string of work nights coming on Saturday through Monday.

 

[SarahsKnight]

It has honey in it.

Honey ....


That sounds helpful for my throat right now. Too bad I forgot entirely how to make that ginseng/honey lemon water drink that I used to do for pepping up for a workday at Dr. Pepper a few years ago. There was a certain science to it other than just mixing all the ingredients together into water.

 

[SarahsKnight]

Been feeling under the weather the last 36 hours or so, with an increasingly sore throat and stuffy head. Also some lethargy. starting this morning. I have work tomorrow night and I actually don't want to call in, especially since that would really screw over the one other tech there tomorrow to have to somehow take care of three labs by himself for anywhere from four to twelve hours if no one volunteers to come in my place (and that seems as likely to happen as not), and I also worry, perhaps unnecessarily, that people would be tempted to think I was trying to exact some sort of revenge for having gotten called in to cover a sick person two weeks ago (I admittedly was not happy about having to cover with so little sleep). Please pray that this bug will go away by morning, and that I will have a perfectly good and peaceable string of work nights coming on Saturday through Monday.

Everyone, I will be honest. I do not often feel ill in my adult life, outside of GI complications that I have become somewhat accustomed to and with specialists' help and prayer to the Lord found ways to manage starting about four years ago, but tonight is starting to worry me a little. I am suddenly having a difficult time staying warm in bed right now despite having covers, being fully clothed, and the thermostat set to 73. Something doesn't seem right here. I mean, I know that doesn't exactly denote a life-threatening illness that is befalling me this moment and you won't hear from me for the next half-year in which I must fight for my life in a hospital bed, but still, I guess this new symptom that has developed since my last post just doesn't happen to me, if at all according to my memory. Please pray that it will be a mere bug that will pass quickly enough and that the Lord will give me peace from fears of sickness.

I recall a special time about four years ago when I had spoken to you all of waking up one January morning in all sorts of freezing and burning pain and feeling quite scared (it turned out to be an intestinal infection that left me out of action for a week), and you all expressed great concern, especially Nurse Abigail (surely many of you remember the Beautiful Pancake Ghost of CF Palace, right? ), another nurse named Zipadee who unfortunately was not here for long as she was very pleasant and kind, and as always the knight watching my back Miss @Multifavs. Thank you for this, by the way. Although it was an unpleasant time because of the pain and all, at the same time I remember it fondly because of the worry and fears that you all helped greatly to allay with your prayers and kind words.

 

[.Mikha'el.]

I hope you feel better really soon.

 

[Somber]

This is technically my first WORKING car.

This might seem small to some, but this is the last step to be independent and the work that Jesus has done in my life.

All glory, all honor, goes to Him. I’m not an overcomer on my own accord but of His. I overcame abuse from others, I overcame the words spoken over me. I overcame trauma, PTSD. Because HE healed me.

Back in 2014, after graduating Bible college, I was angry, bitter, and I hurt Christians in the process of running away from God. An acclaimed atheist, but the Holy Spirit continued tugging at me.

I tasted His grace, I tasted His love. And this car shows yet again what He’s been doing for me since I came back to Him in 2018.

I am thankful for those who stayed and loved me, even when I attempted to burn a bridge with them. They are the real MVPs and the ones I truly call brothers and sisters in Christ.

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I was just wondering how you have been doing since I haven't seen you around as much! Wow, how exciting and looks like such a nice car!!!

Everyone, I will be honest. I do not often feel ill in my adult life, outside of GI complications that I have become somewhat accustomed to and with specialists' help and prayer to the Lord found ways to manage starting about four years ago, but tonight is starting to worry me a little. I am suddenly having a difficult time staying warm in bed right now despite having covers, being fully clothed, and the thermostat set to 73. Something doesn't seem right here. I mean, I know that doesn't exactly denote a life-threatening illness that is befalling me this moment and you won't hear from me for the next half-year in which I must fight for my life in a hospital bed, but still, I guess this new symptom that has developed since my last post just doesn't happen to me, if at all according to my memory. Please pray that it will be a mere bug that will pass quickly enough and that the Lord will give me peace from fears of sickness.

I recall a special time about four years ago when I had spoken to you all of waking up one January morning in all sorts of freezing and burning pain and feeling quite scared (it turned out to be an intestinal infection that left me out of action for a week), and you all expressed great concern, especially Nurse Abigail (surely many of you remember the Beautiful Pancake Ghost of CF Palace, right? ), another nurse named Zipadee who unfortunately was not here for long as she was very pleasant and kind, and as always the knight watching my back Miss @Multifavs. Thank you for this, by the way. Although it was an unpleasant time because of the pain and all, at the same time I remember it fondly because of the worry and fears that you all helped greatly to allay with your prayers and kind words.

Aww, I am sorry that you are not feeling well, Sarahskinght! I hope you feel better soon and are able to get enough rest!!! Take good care of yourself. I will be praying for you!!

 

[SarahsKnight]

Aww, I am sorry that you are not feeling well, Sarahskinght! I hope you feel better soon and are able to get enough rest!!! Take good care of yourself. I will be praying for you!!

Thank you, my dear Somber. Still not asleep yet, as you can tell, but at least that inability to feel warm seems to have gone away by now.