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Have at it; play don't be a dick or mom will take our toys away.

Let's start with something small: are you at a point in your life where you want to be, if not, what direction are you moving from it?

I am moving upwards, not downwards, forwards, not backwards.... and always twirling twirling twirling! for the future!!

yeh well my life is allright since a few weeks...was pretty gak before though...im moving upwards mate!

I'm exactly where I am. I'm happy about it. I am moving in all directions at the speed of light like the rest of the material universe.

Far-out, man.

The current topic is "are you at a point in your life where you want to be." I believe this may need more context. Hence the pics. (Sorry)
I am doing pretty good right now in my life. I have an awesome job, and I make decent pay. I do have some debt, but it is not too bad. I am 25, married with two adorable little girls. We will soon get a place of our own :crosses fingers: I want to get out of the mother-in-law's sooooo much...

This is me, Tim, sitting at the place where most of these posts originate:

I tossed this one in because I got this recently:

You are a stranger on the internet. I care about you or your family just as much as I care about some random family in China. My opinion has been formed about you (only you, not your family) that you like to be victimized.

There we go, I am no longer a stranger. I don't "like to be victimized." Like Fateweaver once said (with a quick edit): "Just know that when someone offends me or my family, I for sure don't give a damn if I offend them back. You offend me, it's on like donkey kong."
I try to do this in a polite manner, but I do slip and act immature from time to time. If this happens to anyone in the future, remember I am just a fatguy neckbeard shouting random things at the intarwebz. Not some random figment of the internet's imagination. If I offend you, please do the following:

Remind me about the image in my banner. I put it there to remind myself not to troll, but I do sometimes when I don't mean to. Unintended troll is unintended, that is the context.

PM me, I try to be reasonable, but if you insist on going down that road... This includes blanket statements. NO!!! You don't have to explicitly mention my family for me to get offended by what you are implying.
Anyone remember the soccer moms with minivans thread? Case in point. (Damn, nerdrage went up a notch just thinking about that thread.)

Agree to disagree. Don't try to get the last word in. This may seem like a dick move, but I disagree. I don't think there is any shame in leaving a heated argument to cool off. This goes double for me. I am a stubborn ass sometimes... I don't want this to happen:

Back on topic, my family is the highlight of my life. Words cannot describe my love and pride, but pictures are worth a thousand words.


Me (with mighty neckbeard!) and She Who Must Be Obeyed


Harlee Quinn (1yo) and Zelda Lynn (3yo), my two little angels... most of the time

Whatever life throws at us, we will have each other. For now, we are doing pretty good. That is all I can ask. Now, what I want is another story... But I will save that for another rant.

Wait, did I miss the minivan thread? I don't remember one.

...you named one of your kids Harlee Quin?!

...Dude. much props.

Orkeosaurus wrote:Wait, did I miss the minivan thread? I don't remember one.

My bad, that was in 40k General a while ago. Silly me, I forgot to provide context. The thread evolved from angry parents to milfs/cougars, then to soccer moms. Shenanigans ensued. I didn't post on it because it was trashing soccer moms specifically, but that blanket statement still left a very bad taste in my... um, eyes?

Kanluwen wrote:...you named one of your kids Harlee Quinn?!

...Dude. much props.

Thanks. As much as I love Batman, it was my wife's idea, actually. When we found out we were having another girl, we started thinking of names. When she said she liked the sound of Harlot, I was compelled to bring out the dictionary (the book kind, techno-lol) to verify the definition:

har⋅lot –noun
a prostitute; whore.

She was a little disappointed, but then she read a few entries up.

har⋅le⋅quin –noun
1. (often initial capital letter) a comic character in commedia dell'arte and the harlequinade, usually masked, dressed in multicolored, diamond-patterned tights, and carrying a wooden sword or magic wand.

She just pointed at it and said, "This. I love it, but is it too weird?" I'm like we can split the word up and make it a first and middle name. She loved it, and it really adds a touch of authenticity to her WonderCon costume.

Her first cosplay was at 6 months old. Zelda was Rorschach. Good times.

Anywho, back on topic:
We got accepted for our place! W00t!!1! Finally, we can get out of the mother-in-laws-house and into a place where we can make da rules... Muhuhaha. I am grateful she has let us stay here, but I think it is balls that I pay the rent, electricity, garbage, and water, as well as all of the luxuries like phone and internet, buy all the actual food (not just SnakPaks and chips...), but I cannot have a say in what goes on around her... Makes me feel like a tool.

But I promised my late father-in-law I would help her out, and she did need help, so I am not all angry. We both needed each other, but things have improved, and it is really time to move on.

Life is currently moving in the direction I want it to. A place of our own, in a nice part of the Bay Area, good school district, decent rent. Commute will be a bit longer, but it is just four train stops. And I will finally have a place to work on my minis, with a locking door FTW. Zelda was so cute when I caught her playing with the Boyz, but I had to glue 4 arms and two bases. No more tossing them in a box when I am done working at the dining room table. Awesome!

Your bairns are cute as hell !

I am right on my path, like it or not.

2 big thumbs up for tblock!I'm happy for you man, you really got everything you could ask for, nice work(also Harlee Quinn is like the coolest nam ive ever heard)!