Today...

[Sbrideau]

There are two giant wasp nests and probably (by my arbitrary-ass count) 200+ wasps behind the wood pile near my garage. I will face them tomorrow afternoon. TIF, if I never post here again, you know what happened.

 

Now to construct my sting-proof suit.

I don't think it's the best time of the day.

 

Edit: Oh wow 2000 pages.

[Tim]

SONOVA! I goto dinner and you stole the 2000th page king post. >.<

[TTanT]

RIP giroux, you died a noble death.

 

I honestly can't wait until the next college semester starts. Not so much due to anticipation for any particular courses (I mean I'll be taking some I like but the jury is still out on the professors) as just being able to be busy again. As much as I enjoy complaining about being overloaded with work and activities during the semester I vastly prefer it to all of the idle time I have during summer.

[Randox]

Yeah, you spray wasp nests at night. You want them to be sleeping both to avoid getting attacked, and so they are actually in the nest. During the day, a lot of them will be out flying around. You want to make sure they can't make a comeback.

[iBe]

Attended an insane party on the 3rd at an old friend's house. He has a huge pond in his backyard which he had a sea-doo on pulling around people on tubes. There was also a zipline going into the pond, and a nice volleyball court set up. It was a lot of fun haha.

On the 4th I had to work but luckily got off early. It was nice watching some of the fireworks on the way home and I was expecting to just crash when I got there. To my surprise a bunch of my family was over at my place popping firecrackers, we eventually got the fire pit going and roasted some hot dogs and marshmallows.

Really looking forward to going to Dallas on Sunday. I'll be going to six flags, medieval times, and maybe a waterpark if I get bored at six flags :)

[unkn0wnwarrior]

I went to Medieval Times on my grade 8 grad trip. It was fun. Now my friend is one of the knights so I want to go again. This is in Toronto, though.

 

It is currently 12:48 and I have already been to the Passport Office and the bank, and done the dishes. I'm having a good day, sort of.

 

As for the sort of, I had no plans to go to the bank. But my bank card decided to not work when time came to pay for the Passport. As such, I had to have my mom pay for it and I paid her back. So I went to the bank to get the money out for her. It worked. We then told a teller about my card (since it has been consistent over the last 3 or 4 cards I have had) and she could find no reason whatsoever for that to be happening and nobody in the bank had ever heard of such a thing persisting through multiple cards. So I got a new card again. So far so good.

 

That's right. I have issues that not even the "professionals" know how to fix.

[Low Levelled]

2k <3

[purpieman2]

I ate at Mcdonalds after a long time away from it. Bk offers and such brought me there. I definitely like MD fries more.

[unkn0wnwarrior]

Last time I ate at McDonalds was in September of 2011. And the only thing I miss is the fries. But even those were hit-and-miss.

[Ginger_Warrior]

Excuse the perfunctory use of a meme, but can't you literally kill it with fire?

[Nekyia]

Had carpal tunnel release surgery today. My hand is still numb from the freezing, but that seems to slowly be going away and is being replaced with some pain. The surgery itself only took about 20 minutes. It probably would've taken a bit less if it weren't for the picture taking. Not only that but the surgeon also kept lifting up my hand and pulling the opening apart so I could get a better look and she could describe everything to me. It was awesome :D

 

Here are the pictures, although they're nothing compared to seeing the real thing.

 

 

This is right after the freezing was injected. The bigger white area is where the freezing was. This was probably the most painful part, the needle felt huge.

 

 

 

 

 

These are at different stages of the surgery, although you can't really see much difference in the pictures.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All stitched up:

 

 

 

 

 

And finally bandaged:

 

 

 

 

[constrictor]

Holy shit thats nasty, but super cool.

I will never be a surgeon.

[Ginger_Warrior]

Fantastic pictures. Good thing I'm not squeamish about surgery (except eyes!)... you can really get a good perspective of the skin layers. What did the surgery actually involve?

 

Moving from uni halls into shared housing today with private landlord. Very excited and very nervous... I have an 8-week placement starting Monday in GU Medicine. Hello 7am starts. :? I'm not sure if the new house has Internet, so it could be a while before I post here again.

[Jonanananas]

I broke my kindle :(

 

Currently looking for a replacement...I'd like to get one from another company so I can borrow library e-books...but the Amazon Shop is by far superior to all alternatives, both in books available and in ease of shopping. I can't decide which of those two is more important to me

[Nekyia]

Fantastic pictures. Good thing I'm not squeamish about surgery (except eyes!)... you can really get a good perspective of the skin layers. What did the surgery actually involve?

 

Moving from uni halls into shared housing today with private landlord. Very excited and very nervous... I have an 8-week placement starting Monday in GU Medicine. Hello 7am starts. :? I'm not sure if the new house has Internet, so it could be a while before I post here again.

 

The surgery was pretty simple I think. Once my hand was cut open and the fat moved aside I think all she had to do was cut away the fibrous tissue (it had some fancy name that I can't remember) that was around the median nerve. She basically just did that with the scalpel for a bit until the "tunnel" over the nerve was cleared in order to give the nerve more room. When she was done she bent my hand back a bit to let me look and I could see a clearly defined tunnel over the nerve going up into my hand. The whole thing was pretty neat to see.

 

 

The freezing has worn off by this morning and I am definitely not enjoying the amount of pain my hand is in :(

[Octarine]

Hottest weather we've had in a while today (26 degrees) and I'm not a big fan :P

 

Been catching up on website work and painting our fence :) We made the rather foolish decision of replacing the old fence without painting the panels, so I'm having to wade through lots of plants to paint it now its the middle of summer :P Its a good job done anyway.

[purpieman2]

Excuse the perfunctory use of a meme, but can't you literally kill it with fire?

Yes, mostly.

With the bing daily, i figured out the whole origins of christmas in july.

[Hawks]

I broke my kindle :(

 

Currently looking for a replacement...I'd like to get one from another company so I can borrow library e-books...but the Amazon Shop is by far superior to all alternatives, both in books available and in ease of shopping. I can't decide which of those two is more important to me

 

My parents and brother each have a Kindle and they borrow library e-books all the time. Maybe it's your library?

 

Hot and annoying here, and I need to do actual work but was caught up in hysterical blog posts and then did the unit quiz for my online chem... More boring British lectures coming up next.

[Noxx]

I've had one of the most crazy weekends of my life. Before i get started i'd like to warn you that this is probably going to end up being very confusing and a great wall of text. So let me get started.

 

Thursday morning i told my parents i was not going to be home until Friday evening. I told them that since it's the last weekend before Ramadan starts, me and my friends were planning on going to a club, drinking and going crazy. As a result i would not be able to drive home, so i was going to sleep at one of my friends' houses. They told me that it was all fine. So i get myself ready on Thursday afternoon, to go out. I pack an overnight bag, etc. I get in the car and i drive to my Girlfriend's house. At about 10pm i get a text from my dad saying "Be home tomorrow 8am, no questions, no excuses." He only texts me when it's very serious. So i'm in a state of panic. I call my mom to ask her what's up. She tells me that she knows i didn't plan on sleeping at my friend's house, but instead planned on sleeping at my girlfriend's house. They told me that they were extremely angry at me for lying to them, and i need to be home on Friday morning so we can talk about this. Now the way they found out is this: Thursday evening at some point my sister sent me a text asking me what my plans were for the weekend. I replied saying we were going to a club and then i'll be spending the night as my girlfriend's house. While she sent me this text she was sitting next to my mom on the sofa. She said that seh was not aware that my mom was able to see the text.

So i try to forget about what had just happened, despite the extreme fear i have of my parents ripping my head off on Friday morning. We get to the club, and we start having a good time. At about 1am my sister and her boyfriend arrive. She pulls me to a corner and tells me my parents are furious about me lying. Now the reason they were this angry was because of: 1. They don't approve of me dating a girl that isn't white, and 2. They are extremely conservative and don't think it's appropriate for me to spend the night with a girl unless we're married.

On top of that she dropped an even bigger bomb. She told me that my parents found out about my ex getting pregnant and having an abortion a year and a half ago. They have known for about a year now. They way they found out was because my mom started using my old phone a year ago, and there were still some text messages on there where me and my ex discussed the whole pregnancy and termination. Messages i was never even aware of. So now i am really scared. Because now i need a plan. Apparently when my mom asked my sister about it though, she told my mom that it wasn't me who got her pregnant, but some other guy. So i put off telling my girlfriend about this for most of the night, because i want her to enjoy her night. When we got to her house, i told her about it. She freaked out. I have never seen her this angry. She started hitting me on the arm, body, anywhere she could really. She was LIVID. She was yelling at me, telling me how stupid and careless i was for not deleting those messages. I understood her point, because something that big, something we tried so hard to hide... i should have deleted those messages a long time ago.

So anyway i kept talking to her, telling her that everything will be worked out. I might not be the smartest guy around, but somehow things ALWAYS work out the way i need them to work out. When i left my her house at 6am, things between us were fairly okay again, and i had a plan of action.

 

So i get home at around 6:30 and my mom was already up. I put my things down in the living room and her and i walk outside to go talk. She started off by telling me how angry she was that i lied to her. I explained to her that the only reason i lied was because i knew she would not agree to me sleeping out of the house if she knew i was going to spend it with my girlfriend. The fact that i'm 22 years old means nothing to them, as they still treat me like a child when it comes to matters like these. She told me that she understands why i lied to her, but she's still very upset about it. She went on to tell me how she doesn't think my ex is the type of person i should be seeing. "I found out something about her a year ago that shocked me, and i just don;t think she deserves to be with you."

I asked her what it is she found out.

"I found out that she slept with some random guy, got pregnant, and had an abortion."

"That random guy.... that was me, mom."

She was completely shocked. Horrified, more likely. We talked about it for a while and i told her that i HAD to tell her the truth, because i was not going to allow my girlfriend to have a bad name because of me. She went on to tell me "You know, son, there are certain ways to protect yourself from this happening. But now i hope you learned your lesson."

I was shocked by her response. I guess she felt so hopeless that she had no other way of responding.

 

Later that night, just before i planned to go out again i told both my parents that i was sorry for my childish behavior this weekend, and i'm sorry i lied to them. The only reason i felt like i had to lie to them was because i know they don't approve of me and my girlfriend dating, and i thought it would be a lot easier for me to just omit where i go. Less questions asked, less awkward situations with them. I told them that from now on if i tell them i'm out, they are to assume i am going to be with my girlfriend. My dad went on to say that he's still not happy with it, and probably never will be. If we ever decide to get married, he probably won't be there and i probably won't hear from him ever again.

"If that's the way you feel, then i'm not going to try and change your mind. There's really nothing you can do or say to stop me from seeing her. I've had to fight for her, more than you guys know."

I took my car keys and i left. My sister sent me a text later that night saying that my dad was in an extremely foul mood, and so was my mom.

When i woke up this morning, my mom was all flowers and sunshine. And so was my dad. I was extremely confused as this whole day they have been treating me like nothing ever happened. My mom told me "I spoke to your dad this morning about what happened this weekend, and he told me something shocking. Something i would have never expected him to say."

This "something" he said was something extremely positive. She didn't tell me what he said, i still have to find out. But it's something that's going to make me really smile.

All in all, i had a mess of a weekend that turned out to be one of the best weekends in my life. For the first time in my life i stood up to my parents. I told them that even though they do not agree with my relationship i'll do what my "heart" tells me to do. Nothing they do or say can stop that. I fought for what i wanted, and i know that my dad will see that as a sign of maturity.

 

Now all i have to do is find out what he told my mom.

[Sbrideau]

Hottest weather we've had in a while today (26 degrees) and I'm not a big fan :P

 

Been catching up on website work and painting our fence :) We made the rather foolish decision of replacing the old fence without painting the panels, so I'm having to wade through lots of plants to paint it now its the middle of summer :P Its a good job done anyway.

 

Temperatures took a lot of time to go up, but seems like they go quite high compared to what they should be. In southern new brunswick apparently it was 37.1 celsius at 9 AM, pretty sure it was higher than 40 near noon and into the afternoon. Here in the part of France I'm in (work term is finished now, just at the hotel for a night at the airport then tomorrow I return to Canada), it was probably around 30 too.

[Bonez899]

Record high temperatures around here once the humidex is accounted for.

[nine naked men]

2001

 

a post odyssey

[Tim]

@Nox, that was such a wall of text, I honestly did a Ctrl+F the term "sex".

 

I have been disappointed. Also I took your advice steve and recorded a few short vids for practice.

[Furah]

It's ~8 inches from my house.

 

So yes, but no.

 

Something small will work. I'd suggest aerosol cans, but they explode if you don't know what you're doing. Could use a water pistol filled with something flammable if you have good accuracy. Either way have a way to put out the fire in case.

 

[big story that's worth reading, it has romance, alcohol, and parental disobedience]

 

Wow. Now I'm only speculating, but your dad may respect you for the way you stood up for yourself, and for your girlfriend.

[Noxx]

It's ~8 inches from my house.

 

So yes, but no.

 

Something small will work. I'd suggest aerosol cans, but they explode if you don't know what you're doing. Could use a water pistol filled with something flammable if you have good accuracy. Either way have a way to put out the fire in case.

 

[big story that's worth reading, it has romance, alcohol, and parental disobedience]

 

Wow. Now I'm only speculating, but your dad may respect you for the way you stood up for yourself, and for your girlfriend.

My dad never had much respect for me because about 2 years ago i was a nightmare. I treated my mom and dad like utter shit (circumstances were very weird at that time, but still no excuse). It got to the point where they had to "kick me out of the house" for a year so i could pull myself together. It worked. I changed a lot. I started working on becoming a pilot and i've done pretty well so far. That already earned me some of his respect, and he started seeing me as more of an adult. I think what happened this weekend showed them how much i care for my girlfriend because i've never chosen her side over theirs. So that was huge.