My two year old son is just learning a few words right now. I’m looking forward to the day I can have an honest conversation with him, explain things using words, and get to know what’s going on in his tiny little adorable head.
Yes! Mostly “That’s a car! That’s a truck!” And as his interest and vocabulary is growing, “that’s a hydraulic shovel!” and “a concrete boom pump!”
I am in fact learning the names of all kinds of construction equipment I never knew before. I never knew that a tiny front loader was called a skid steer before. Apparently, they’re called that because they turn by having one pair of wheels go faster than the other, literally steering by skidding. I’ve also learned the specific names of different varieties of fire trucks thanks to him. There’s pumper trucks, ladder trucks, refraction ladder trucks… there’s a special prototype in Japan with tank treads named the Red Salamander for disaster area work too. I also now know the difference between an excavator, a hydraulic shovel, a mini-shovel, and a micro shovel, on sight. I am also learning the names of specific Japanese bullet train models… that’s the the nozomi, that’s the hayabusa and komachi (they sometimes connect to each other by the nose), that’s the tsubasa…
Best decision I ever made. I knew I wanted to live away from DFW, but fam..... finally too many good job opportunities for us both were just not available in the south so we made it happen. Cost of living is higher but QOL is much better. Good luck!
We're currently under contract to sell our house in Texas. 2 more weeks until we close. My wife has been up in CT looking for houses, but the market up there is insane. We've put in 6 offers on houses and lost 3 of them. Still waiting to hear on the others. But house or not we are out of Texas at the end of this month.
I think I’m the only person in the universe who is actually looking forward to the PlayStation Portal handheld being released in a couple of weeks. I loved the Backbone One but it was annoying having to take the case off every time I wanted to play on my phone. The PlayStation Portal will fit my use case very well.
I'm excited but I'm waiting for reviews first. I have a steam deck so I'm really just looking for some screen comparisons. I miss the haptics when remote playing the PS5 on the deck
like the season, or for people to stop caring about it ever?
There's no halloween in my country so I don't know how the experience is. Some folks tried to make it a thing here recently but then they had a bunch of kids going door-to-door and not getting anything from most of them and also some folks who prepared for it and never had anyone knock on their doors. Everybody ended up disappointed.
It never really caught up here, but marketing people are still trying to shove it down our throats. And the US people inundate the online spaces with it for a whole month.
Although it wouldn't make any difference to me if it vanished altogether.
Season 2 is really picking up for me. Although admittedly I was hooked from the first episode of season one.
Have been trying to get through One Piece at the same time which seems to have an endless amount of episodes. Definitely keeping me busy while I wait for new JJK.
Looking forward to this weekend when I'm finished giving the best man speech at my friend's wedding. I'm sure it will be fine but the knowledge it is coming up has been intruding on my relaxation time this week.
My two year old son is just learning a few words right now. I’m looking forward to the day I can have an honest conversation with him, explain things using words, and get to know what’s going on in his tiny little adorable head.
How's it going? Did you get any insight into what he thinks about yet?
Yes! Mostly “That’s a car! That’s a truck!” And as his interest and vocabulary is growing, “that’s a hydraulic shovel!” and “a concrete boom pump!”
I am in fact learning the names of all kinds of construction equipment I never knew before. I never knew that a tiny front loader was called a skid steer before. Apparently, they’re called that because they turn by having one pair of wheels go faster than the other, literally steering by skidding. I’ve also learned the specific names of different varieties of fire trucks thanks to him. There’s pumper trucks, ladder trucks, refraction ladder trucks… there’s a special prototype in Japan with tank treads named the Red Salamander for disaster area work too. I also now know the difference between an excavator, a hydraulic shovel, a mini-shovel, and a micro shovel, on sight. I am also learning the names of specific Japanese bullet train models… that’s the the nozomi, that’s the hayabusa and komachi (they sometimes connect to each other by the nose), that’s the tsubasa…
Well then, these two go together surprisingly well
My computer screen.
Retirement… omg, retirement
Moving out of Texas. Waiting for the school year to end, and we are getting out of this backwards state.
Best decision I ever made. I knew I wanted to live away from DFW, but fam..... finally too many good job opportunities for us both were just not available in the south so we made it happen. Cost of living is higher but QOL is much better. Good luck!
Were you able to move out yet? How are things going?
We're currently under contract to sell our house in Texas. 2 more weeks until we close. My wife has been up in CT looking for houses, but the market up there is insane. We've put in 6 offers on houses and lost 3 of them. Still waiting to hear on the others. But house or not we are out of Texas at the end of this month.
I think I’m the only person in the universe who is actually looking forward to the PlayStation Portal handheld being released in a couple of weeks. I loved the Backbone One but it was annoying having to take the case off every time I wanted to play on my phone. The PlayStation Portal will fit my use case very well.
I'm excited but I'm waiting for reviews first. I have a steam deck so I'm really just looking for some screen comparisons. I miss the haptics when remote playing the PS5 on the deck
Two years later, did it live up to your expectations?
Not to be a shill, but it exceeded my expectations! I use it often and with a hardwired PS5 I’ve had absolutely no network issues.
Getting home from work 🥱
I've been wondering that for a while. I'll let you know when I think of something.
Dying
Spine surgery.
I've had 3 spinal surgeries (discectomies). I also looked forward to them.
Having a secure and comfortable, well-paying job with health benefits before I die.
Sigh…
Ain't gunna happen. No job is safe. Been laid off 5 or 6 times in my career with "safe" jobs
Living as myself
I believe <3
End times and armageddon
Getting this covid shot over with. Currently in the waiting room and I HATE needles.
I've been feeling a bit down lately but I'll be buying a new car soon so that's cheering me up a bit.
Nice what kind
Not sure yet, but I've got some money saved up! It will be a used car but I'm ok with that
@Phen Marvel's Spider-Man 2 DLC
RHPS tonight!
I see you're shivering with antici......
....
... pation.
Finishing up harvest!
Retirement. Hopefully 2-5 years
How's it looking by now?
The end of all the Halloween stuff.
like the season, or for people to stop caring about it ever?
There's no halloween in my country so I don't know how the experience is. Some folks tried to make it a thing here recently but then they had a bunch of kids going door-to-door and not getting anything from most of them and also some folks who prepared for it and never had anyone knock on their doors. Everybody ended up disappointed.
The season.
It never really caught up here, but marketing people are still trying to shove it down our throats. And the US people inundate the online spaces with it for a whole month.
Although it wouldn't make any difference to me if it vanished altogether.
getting home to my gf
Season 2 is really picking up for me. Although admittedly I was hooked from the first episode of season one.
Have been trying to get through One Piece at the same time which seems to have an endless amount of episodes. Definitely keeping me busy while I wait for new JJK.
Did you catch up with One Piece yet? What did you think of it?
I'm not sure it is possible to catch up with One Piece. There are 1000s of chapters of the manga and 100s of episodes of the anime.
Obliteration of WEF.
Monarch bbbaaabbbbyyyyyyy!
It's gonna be sick
Meeting my gf again. Moving in together..
Finishing off my pc build I'm excited to get it all done and dusted
Looking forward to this weekend when I'm finished giving the best man speech at my friend's wedding. I'm sure it will be fine but the knowledge it is coming up has been intruding on my relaxation time this week.
Tf2 megascatterbomb bots fucking off. I just want to play games of tf2 but these bots infect every lobby.
Exam paper checking so I can take a photo of the inkling I drew on the paper
Going to see Godzilla Minus One at the end of the month. That's pretty much the only thing I've been excited about in the last year or so.
Inner peace