Seems like the message center is kind of screwed up, no?

It keeps lying to me about the messages I have / not giving me access to messages I haven't yet responded to.

So life has been interesting.

1: The lockpicking has kept up. I won a black badge at last year's DEFCON & nearly made the semis of the Dutch Open. I haven't been practicing enough lately, though.

2: My girlfriend left me a couple of weeks ago. This was a hard one & came as a complete surprise. I had been spending a lot of my free time imagining the rest of our lives together, starting to plan an elaborate proposal, that sort of thing. Completely threw me for a loop. A financial one as well. We lived together, so suddenly I had to come up with first / last & security & then the car we bought together died so I'm desperately trying to replace that. In the meanwhile I still owe $2500 on it. Balls. (edit: Also just found out that I won't be able to get the title released to me until I've paid it off, thus, I will not be able to sell it until it's completely paid off. Double Balls )

3: Though, this should help: [link] Note that the money hasn't come in yet (I won 13k in cash and 1k in GPS equipment) and when it does a chunk of it is going to my ex (She's the one who got us an audition / callback & originally paid for our flight/hotel)

4: I'm a graphic designer now. Big into typography and vector art. Who would have guessed? Work is very stressful at the moment. Not enough time in the day, no matter how early I come in or how late I stay.

5: I've taken up curling. My rink (team) went undefeated in our league last season, so we're getting our names on a cup.

6: I'm tired.

7: I didn't come here because I was looking to do something worthwhile. I came here because I've been disconnected from large portions of my life for the past year and a half. I was happy to have been, I was involved in something wonderful and it made perfect sense to award it my full attention. But now I'm retracing my steps. I have plenty that fills my days and lots to look forward to, but I do want to see how all the things I have known have progressed.

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