Shimmy's out of town for work til wednesday... if I can keep some energy for end of day I might just try and get some good house ish accomplished so she'll be all impressed on return.
I got action at 2 to 1 against... taking bets here.
friday started as a meh day for me but got an unexpected good surprise. vinylmeplease got three feet high and rising back in stock. i jumped on that and joined for three months. looks like its sold out already. i also picked up OG pressings of illadelph and beats rhymes and life at the local shop.
pulled the trigger on the tv and got it delivered saturday. got a couple of cube units for records. tv stand on its way. grass is cut.
4. "lol" In response to Reply # 1 Mon Nov-25-19 03:22 PM by PG
*bumps tracks*
music sustains me.
I could GAF how big my tv is... I don't even remember how big ours is.. we were wondering the other day didn't whip out the measuring tape....then again my soundsystem is a bit of a mess right now so what do I know.
They made some changes to the site over the past few days..I was SHOOK that I wasnt gonna be able to keep my monthly subscription but it looks like I may have gotten grandfathered in.
Glad you got the De La jawn...that was the only reason I signed up.
I pray...PRAY they havent sold out of the QOTSA...I got one last month, sold it, now I wish I didnt. Supposedly the Hip Hop one is gonna be "The Most Important Hip Hop Album of All Time" this month. We'll find out on Wednesday, huh?
11. "reddit has all the spoilers" In response to Reply # 9
i wont ruin the surprise for you but thats how i found out de la soul was back in stock.
i was seriously considering asking if someone could buy the de la soul one for me but i decided to go ahead and try three months. i almost paid this much for just the de la soul a couple months back so getting two more (hopefully great) records out of it is a good deal lol
since i joined with the de la soul that takes the place of my december pick??
i had to join the essentials track for the de la soul.
16. "Just found it....hmm.." In response to Reply # 11
Funny thing is in the "Guess Me, Please" thread I said that Raising Hell would be dope...lol...but I dont know if I'd pick that over the QOTSA if they have it back in stock.
I think you should be fine for December..you mightve gotten in for the November pick.
25. "im sure id find something to swap for" In response to Reply # 24
im just saying the records of the month for december dont appeal much to me. im hoping i january and february are more my thing. if they arent then i would definitely find something to swap for.
38. "winrar!!!" In response to Reply # 37 Wed Nov-27-19 12:38 PM by mista k5
best i can tell im locked in for de la soul. it shows as my record in the essentials track instead of aretha. im good with it. i actually listened to all three records of the month this morning just in case. aretha would have been my pick but not in the same league as 3 ft high for me lol
im looking through all the records and adding some to my cart for fun. might use the THANKFUL4VINYL2019 code for 30% off tomorrow.
right now i have jaime and saturn added. i might pull the trigger on saturn tomorrow, its $20 without the code.
2. "Show was great. Still buzzing off that." In response to Reply # 0 Mon Nov-25-19 03:18 PM by flipnile
Back to the grind. Got a few collaborations to work on.
Pushing all my ideas out. No reason to hold anything back anymore. Never really was.
Got the drum kit set up in the living room. My lady frowned at first, but after she came to the show she gets it now. Gonna start having practices/jams over my crib soon.
47. "I’m getting my sh*t together..." In response to Reply # 0
started a new job and packing...my apartment is a mess, lol. I also had friends over so I can give away stuff. of course I had to feed them and talk...
the kids are making dinner for tomorrow I’ll supervise
54. "I'm down for whatever" In response to Reply # 52
Holiday was eh..
Got home Thursday and my dad, like he said, was not celebrating the holiday, so we just sat and talked and watched football. Went to my best friends house around 6, ate, drank and played some records that I brought up for this set me and a couple guys were gonna do on Saturday while other folks played cards and shit.
Friday...I didnt really do shit until later. Just hung with my dad, then went to the record store, bought a shirt, then took myself out for a b-day dinner. Met one of my homies at a brewery then we went to the Brand Nubian concert.
Saturday...hung with my dad all day, then went to the set. We played records until my man interviewed Don Newkirk. That was dope. Was gonna go to this House set but my car wouldnt start, and the car that parked in front of me wouldnt start either..so I just said "eff it" and caught an Uber back to my parents. Got up Sunday and me and my dad went and jumped my car, came back to the house and watched the sorry Panthers game. Hit the road after that, got back to the A and went to sleep..
62. "im not ready for that life" In response to Reply # 61
i just need to really really stick to no more records for the rest of the month. i should be okay when my next check comes in but i can see my bank account hitting zero if im not careful. havent had that fear in months.
i ordered 7 records from reddit this morning lol. i think i started with a list of like 12 but started picked some out when i saw the total was over 200 lol. they were all listed at good prices and he gave me a discount on top of it.
thats it! no more for the year. lol
wish some of them would have been de la soul but they were all albums i had been thinking of getting.
i do have some records that i dont see myself playing much if ever again but not gonna sell them anytime soon.
67. "2 a month would be nice" In response to Reply # 64
not sure how i get to that. i guess once i have a bigger collection there will be less out there for me to buy lol im probably like 100 albums away from that point.
73. "RE: 2 a month would be nice" In response to Reply # 67
Yeah, and I think thats why. I'm at a decent number now and with all these Prince jawns, I really don't have room..or time for everything that I *think* I want.
Jamie? Nah...was able to get another QOTSA...theyre all gone now?
At least in my head. Reality is I just tune out and start thinking about other shit. Always some passive-aggressive baiting too. Yeah, I know I missed that meeting, but you gonna dramatically bring it up every other meeting for the next three weeks? lol.
"well, *if* you were at the meeting that *I'm sure* you were invited too..."
68. "there are two types of people..." In response to Reply # 56
those who like to fly and those who don’t. I don’t! The few second it’s takes to go from land to air is the most fascinating. After that, I spend the whole ride thinking, “if this bitch crash”, how pissed I’ll be. lol
I’m flying next week to meet my new bosses. nervous as hell..
70. "flying is such an odd thing" In response to Reply # 68
im more annoyed by it than afraid of it. i will admit that all the issues those planes were having did give me some worry. thankfully they grounded them.
im flying on saturday morning....way too early. id much rather spend the 3 hrs at the airports/planes than the 13 hrs driving.
do you think you would do boat trips instead of planes to go overseas if you had the luxury to? that seems more scary to me lol
going to a meeting for health insurance enrollment tomorrow. was considering opting out again but i think im going to take it. i think the price may have actually come down since last year.
choosing health over records?? pfft i should check my head.
89. "no coffee?? whats wrong with ya!" In response to Reply # 88
i cut out the sugar and milk on mine. i cant say i love the taste but its not bad lol
my big first world problem of the week?? i ordered a duo wireless charger so i could charge my phone and watch while i slept. turns out my watch is not compatible with it. d'oh!
guess ill consider an upgrade when i get my bonus.
gotta get ready for my trip tonight while watching the cowboys game. going to try to be all packed up tonight.
91. "picking between two evils" In response to Reply # 90
im glad ive been on time since the meeting with the boss. i was a couple of minutes late yesterday but thats counts as on time as its within 5 minutes. every other day ive been at least 5 minutes early.
96. "punch Monday in the face b!" In response to Reply # 95
Weekend was cool..Friday I chilled by myself.
Saturday was a wasted day. The plan was to drive in early am, pick the grandbaby up from the train, bring him back to the house, go to the barber shop (this all has to happen by 9am or it wont work), drive some more, stop by the record store to pick up mailers for an album I sold, take said album to the post office, meet my homegirl for a drink, then watch the the rest of the SEC game with my daughter. The grandbabys parent didnt get to our train stop until almost 9, which put me getting to the barber shop around 10...which put me 6th in line. My barber is dope, but kinda slow...I didnt leave the shop until almost 3. I go to drive a little bit and I forgot to update the insurance on the Uber app..so I go to the record shop, get the mailer, and get an order for another album, so I go back to the shop..by this time the game has started, so I rainchecked my homegirl, went home, dropped the baby off at the train and just did laundry.
Sunday, me and the Kid went to the Panthers "game". I finished laundry and watched the Seahawks game. The End.
97. "Found one of my coworkers IG accounts by accident. She's friends with..." In response to Reply # 95 Mon Dec-09-19 02:03 PM by flipnile
...some of the same people I know. I don't talk to her much. Maybe I should? Seems to have common interests. Art/music scene here (as most places) is pretty tight. Now I'm wondering how many coworkers have been all up on my IG (even tho I'm easy to find w/ my .gov name on there).
Another coworker peeled and ate three hard boiled eggs while in a conference room during an intern interview. I was amazed. When she was done, there was a piece of the yellow part about the size of a grain of rice just chilling on the table.
Today's meeting are over, so it's the last stretch now, and I still have a late lunch ahead of me.
104. "churrascarias are the debil" In response to Reply # 103
ate so much meat sunday night. i got stuffed. hard to say no to sausage.
got so much vinyl (delivered) over the weekend like water for chocolate do you want more (obviously i do) paid in full follow the leader let the rhythm hit em dont sweat the technique
ready to die (vmp) southerplayalistic (vmp) how i got over (vmp) college drop out all eyez on me back in black (ac/dc) highway to hell
still have 5 more pending shipment lol my wallet has no more room to give so that will be the last for the year except for anything i receive as an xmas gift.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Tue Dec-10-19 03:50 PM
106. "Awesome you found a hobby" In response to Reply # 104
I was about to collect vinyl until I looked at the prices..
How much for Stereolab on wax?
Opens Spotify.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Wed Dec-11-19 12:53 PM
111. "Y’all boo quick af but it’s warranted this year" In response to Reply # 110
Damn y’all make it harder than it needs to be sometimes. LOL.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
smdh.. fam... i don't know. I feel a bit adrift or even sinking... resolved to diving?.. like I say I don't know... time to knock out another workaday.
115. "Coworker ate during an interview AGAIN. Must be her thing" In response to Reply # 0
Today it was an orange, one that she began peeling as the interview started. The icing is that she put all of the peeled rinds on the resume of the person we were interviewing for an internship. Can't imagine what the interviewee was thinking.
117. "lmao wow.. just wow." In response to Reply # 115
she's either evil or completely oblivious... the resume as napkin.. omfg.. i feel for that candidate I might've decided to say f the job here's a piece of my mind.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Thu Dec-12-19 01:19 PM
118. "I woulda snapped if that was my resume" In response to Reply # 115
I take paper seriously.
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legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Thu Dec-12-19 01:23 PM
119. "One more day. It’s been so long since I worked a 5 day week" In response to Reply # 116
boss is out the rest of the week tho.
I’m chillin’ but I need to do some work so I don’t feel anxious over the weekend.
Going to do some shopping this weekend. Thought I could do it on Amazon but that shit is wack. I need to actually touch some shit.
Wife asked me what I want for christmas and I really have no wants right now besides a sound bar. Maybe a gift card to Best Buy. Ionno.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
123. "lol gotta color within the lines" In response to Reply # 121
work is so slow today. im not sure ive done one thing.
i was cleaning the records i got in during the weekend last night. gotta say VMP makes some nice packages. discs look cool, covers are nice, nice extras. urban legends....eh all the colored discs were kind transparent which didnt look very cool. not what i expected. i wouldn't recommend someone pay extra for them vs the regular black discs. hopefully they sound good at least.
good weekend had two old friends over Satyrday.. no shit I've known these guys since daycare.. lost track for a couple years but not really.. anyways goodtime drinking watching movies even played some dnd..
128. "I find myself reading CNN articles from bottom to top" In response to Reply # 125
and surprisingly they still make sense. I think I started doing this because I was trying to skip the explanatory commas and such to get to the 'good' part. So I now scroll to the bottom by habit and read up ... and that shit still makes sense. I wonder what that means about the articles?
♥ Inescapably Me ♥
"Love is never any better than the lover" Toni Morrison (The Bluest Eye)
i had a nagging headache all weekend. not sure whats up with that. zero headache today.
only finished listening to LWFC. second disc sounds great as well.
did do as much as i thought i would on the garage.
trying to decide how to use up my remaining 8 hours of PTO. im going to be off for the remainder of the year starting with the 25th. im thinking i might take this friday off. not sure my boss will let me use it on the 24th.
stopped by the record store on friday. the cashier who i usually talk was pretty mad. i asked him about the move and for a few details. he was telling me he didnt know anything. they hadnt even told him about the move lol he did say that the main store would focus on new releases and high priced used items. the outlet/warehouse would have cheaper stuff. he had no idea if they might do a sale before they close the current location.
127. "I made it back safety..." In response to Reply # 124
I recorded the take off and sent it to the kids...
Folks loved me and I loved that they did because I was nervous going in. IT shipped my equipment with no instructions and there’s 444 wires and cords...guess what I spent the whole day doing, lol
Avoiding eye contact. Not speaking. Grimacing at the ground. Wearing khakis. Etc.
Every day I feel like Deebo up in here. It really sucks, because they are all mad passive aggressive too. Tired of being around this weak shit for damn-near 40 hours a week.
137. "I stay trying not to be tested" In response to Reply # 132
earlier this afternoon I had to become visibly aggravated to silently drop the hint that a coworker was to close.. for some reason just saying back up/off seemed less an option.. I still have an imagined or real scratch in my throat from inhaling some of his terrible breathe.... *grinds teeth*
146. "You off the two days after Christmas?" In response to Reply # 145
I'm not, but considering taking off for a 5-day weekend. I gotta see if the office is going to be quiet or not on those days first (depends on whether 2-3 specific people come in or not).
I need a new needle for my turntable. It's bent to the side and skips all over some records. I've quit playing records until I get a new one.
147. "i get the 25th and the 1st off" In response to Reply # 146
got vacation scheduled for the days in between. i have one sick day left. i kind of want to take it friday but i also kind of dont want to work all of tuesday lol
can the stylus be unbent?
i got mamas gun a month or two back. respect the classics edition, sounded pretty good.
150. "im so done with work this year" In response to Reply # 148
unfortunately still have two days to go lol
off tomorrow, back monday and tuesday. hoping the boss will let us out early tuesday. i think last year he called 5 minutes before quitting time saying we could leave early lol
i've kind of been fantasizing about finding a different job all day.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Fri Dec-20-19 11:43 AM
157. "I’m tired as hell. These kids keep waking up at 3am" In response to Reply # 154
or as soon as I get into a deep sleep and the them they want to crawl into our bed.
I wouldn’t even trip but they be mad selfish and sleeping crazy.
King size bed and I’m getting kicked and head butted and on the edge.
Wife keeps trying to lock them out but all that does is lead to door knocking or crying until someone wakes up.. and I’m a light sleeper.
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161. "My son used to do that, but he'd just lay next to me quietly" In response to Reply # 157 Mon Dec-23-19 01:08 PM by flipnile
Most of the time, he'd go back to sleep, and I'd wake up wondering when he came in. As he got older, he start coming in and laying down but still quiet. Once he got to little boy age (~4/5yo) that was it, I had to go looking for him in the morning. He'd wake up and start playing in his room.
Man, I slept until 12:30pm Sunday afternoon. I get to sleep that late like once a year. Felt refreshed-as-hell. Taking off after the holidays to get some sleep. My girl is going to visit fam too, so it'll just be me and lil' flipnile. Gonna bum around the crib for days like two unchecked dudes are supposed to, lol.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Mon Dec-23-19 04:05 PM
163. "We got to sleep in at the hotel on Sunday morning" In response to Reply # 161
Damn housecleaning kept knocking. I was still up by 9:30AM
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160. "Taking off Thursday and Friday" In response to Reply # 158
Wasn't going to, but I need to. I need a break from the noise.
Got some things lined up, but one thing I gotta do is work on marketing myself (artistically). Hard for me, because I'm a natural introvert. I love to create to create, and not for attention. Gotta take these shots at the end zone before I'm old and gray tho.
Really impressed myself with something I created over the weekend.
legsdiamond Member since May 05th 2011 79601 posts
Mon Dec-23-19 04:10 PM
164. "One hour to go. Off Thursday and Friday" In response to Reply # 158
about to go pick up some spirits, maybe get some cookies to bake at home and that’s it.
Shopping is done.
I have to put together a kitchen tonight for the girls. Not trying to do it tomorrow night.
Tomorrow I pick up the catering for pre thanksgiving dinner tomorrow night. Got a studio session set up with my nephews on Thursday.. gotta get these BARZ together..lol. Going to the Hornets/OKC basketball game on Friday.
Can’t wait to see family.
**************** TBH the fact that you're even a mod here fits squarely within Jag's narrative of OK-sanctioned aggression, bullying, and toxicity. *shrug*
whoooboy... I may have started celebrating early last night... work is still be a thing today. who could've known?.. lol. who's around on this day the eve of wednesdaymas?
166. "lol get in that holiday spirit man" In response to Reply # 165
so my coworker told me yesterday that she asked the boss if we could come in at 5 am to leave at 2pm. he said yes i said wtf. im gonna be sleep at 5 lol worst case looks like ill be solo in the office for 3 hours, im with it.
im pondering what it will take to be self employed and thrive in 2020.
168. "10 years ago i might have been with it" In response to Reply # 167
or if i needed to get stuff done before the festivities i would get it. 7 might have been a good move to get out at 4. i still have some hope ill be let out by 4:30 but 5 is fine with me.
quite enjoyed yourself last night? are you celebrating tonight or tomorrow?
i should figure out what kind of work i want to do before i make a move on being self employed...maybe.
171. "maybe recover tonight lol" In response to Reply # 169 Tue Dec-24-19 02:16 PM by mista k5
just got a little good news. looks like they approved full bonus (paid 2020 spring) and there will be an additional bonus. getting it earlier than last year (this year?) but nothing now. would have been real nice to get a little something today but at least i know im getting the full amount and when.
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