The Drivel

[El]

It's actually older than I2, it's the place where everyone regrouped after the wreck of I-not-squared.

God, it's been so long since all that happened.  I feel old.   

[odeon]

It's actually older than I2, it's the place where everyone regrouped after the wreck of I-not-squared.

I rather thought it would be. Thanks.

[Pyraxis]

God, it's been so long since all that happened.  I feel old.   

Yeah no kidding. It's kind of frightening.

[El]

God, it's been so long since all that happened.  I feel old.   

Yeah no kidding. It's kind of frightening.

Good god, 'raxis, we're getting old.

Bigger question:  Are we grown up yet?

[Pyraxis]

I am. 

It's actually been bugging me a lot. The whole family thing. The career thing too. Yay angst.

What about you?

[Pyraxis]

Well not entirely. I'm Wendy. I live with Peter Pan. I'm never gonna lose the wanderlust and the taste for adventure. Just got to kick off the latest round of bills and bullshit.

[El]

I am. 

It's actually been bugging me a lot. The whole family thing. The career thing too. Yay angst.

What about you?

It's still a little trippy, but yeah, I think we can say I'm a grown-up at this point.  Not all my friends my age or even a little older are.  Hell, not even most.  Career is.... actually OK, right now, I think.  If I haven't started actually making enough to actively save (over and above my 403b, which I'm loading up as much as I'm allowed), I'm close, anyway (I'll evaluate that when I do my taxes). I like my job- so much it's almost scary, really.  I've no desire to breed, so I feel little biological pressure to hurry up on anything I don't have in place now.  I do wish I had a partner, but I feel like the ability to function without one is grown-up in and of itself.

I think I'm also coming to acceptance that there's not much in the way of "real adults" out there.  There's some people who have knowledge that I don't posses and can access, but everyone isn't smarter and more experienced than me, even if I feel more insecure than they seem to be (and often that's either bravado or stupidity, not well-founded confidence).  Still freaks me out a bit, but I'm not always mourning it.

Long post- was thinking about this earlier today.

[earthboundmisfit]

I am. 

It's actually been bugging me a lot. The whole family thing. The career thing too. Yay angst.

What about you?

It's still a little trippy, but yeah, I think we can say I'm a grown-up at this point.  Not all my friends my age or even a little older are.  Hell, not even most.  Career is.... actually OK, right now, I think.  If I haven't started actually making enough to actively save (over and above my 403b, which I'm loading up as much as I'm allowed), I'm close, anyway (I'll evaluate that when I do my taxes). I like my job- so much it's almost scary, really.  I've no desire to breed, so I feel little biological pressure to hurry up on anything I don't have in place now.  I do wish I had a partner, but I feel like the ability to function without one is grown-up in and of itself.

I think I'm also coming to acceptance that there's not much in the way of "real adults" out there.  There's some people who have knowledge that I don't posses and can access, but everyone isn't smarter and more experienced than me, even if I feel more insecure than they seem to be (and often that's either bravado or stupidity, not well-founded confidence).  Still freaks me out a bit, but I'm not always mourning it.

Long post- was thinking about this earlier today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

[Pyraxis]

I like my job- so much it's almost scary, really.  I've no desire to breed, so I feel little biological pressure to hurry up on anything I don't have in place now.  I do wish I had a partner, but I feel like the ability to function without one is grown-up in and of itself.

I wish I liked my job that much. It would make things a lot better.

I'm still kind of baffled by the concept that some people feel like they can't manage without a partner.

Never had trouble saving money.

[El]

I am. 

It's actually been bugging me a lot. The whole family thing. The career thing too. Yay angst.

What about you?

It's still a little trippy, but yeah, I think we can say I'm a grown-up at this point.  Not all my friends my age or even a little older are.  Hell, not even most.  Career is.... actually OK, right now, I think.  If I haven't started actually making enough to actively save (over and above my 403b, which I'm loading up as much as I'm allowed), I'm close, anyway (I'll evaluate that when I do my taxes). I like my job- so much it's almost scary, really.  I've no desire to breed, so I feel little biological pressure to hurry up on anything I don't have in place now.  I do wish I had a partner, but I feel like the ability to function without one is grown-up in and of itself.

I think I'm also coming to acceptance that there's not much in the way of "real adults" out there.  There's some people who have knowledge that I don't posses and can access, but everyone isn't smarter and more experienced than me, even if I feel more insecure than they seem to be (and often that's either bravado or stupidity, not well-founded confidence).  Still freaks me out a bit, but I'm not always mourning it.

Long post- was thinking about this earlier today.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect

TY.  I shall have to try and remember the name of that particular effect.

[El]

I like my job- so much it's almost scary, really.  I've no desire to breed, so I feel little biological pressure to hurry up on anything I don't have in place now.  I do wish I had a partner, but I feel like the ability to function without one is grown-up in and of itself.

I wish I liked my job that much. It would make things a lot better.

I'm still kind of baffled by the concept that some people feel like they can't manage without a partner.

Never had trouble saving money.

My starting salary was what made saving money difficult- it was frighteningly low.  As far as money management itself goes I'm starting to suspect I'm actually not half-bad; not a financial guru, but good enough that I don't think I've shot myself in the foot yet, anyway.  The problem originally was one of trying to guess what the best of several bad options was likely to be, setting a deadline to when I would re-evaluate, and meantime making sure I could still survive.  I *may* have actually guessed correctly; at any rate now is when I would be re-evaluating if I hadn't already made some progress in earnings.

[DirtDawg]

  I'm sorry it is being taken down, even though I was seldom there. 

 

I have not been online much at all, anywhere, in over a year.

At least I know why I can not find it, now.

 

[odeon]

I noticed the site was down and the domain up for sale.

[McGiver]

How do we contact PI or Dunc? 

[Al Swearegen]

Wrong planet? He posts there