Random Thoughts.....What Are You Thinking?

So my fiancée has had two job interviews for positions at chemical plants. One in a lovely rural area up in the foothills, and another on the south side of Atlanta.

I went with her to the one in the lovely rural area (Ft. Oglethorpe basically).

After that I was hoping she'd get that one, but of course, the smelly one near Atlanta got back to her rapid fire.

They called her up this morning and were like, "Hey we want you, and we want you to start next Wednesday!" She was just waking up when she got the call and got excited and agreed immediately before even telling me about it.

Now I've had to remind her that we need time to find a place to move to, so that neither of us have to do a 2 hour commute. And that's the tip of the iceberg. We've gotta go ahead and get a marriage license, so that her folks don't flip out when we move into together and disown her (or whatever they'd do, they're very traditional). I've gotta figure how best to handle my own job situation with the move. It all takes time. The smelly Atlanta place said the position starts on May 22nd, but they're eager beaver to have her, I guess.

So things are about to get awkward. I was able to get my fiancée to understand pretty quickly that she made a mistake by immediately agreeing to start in 5 days time. So she's gonna get back in touch with them to let them know, but I feel like there's some tension because I'm preventing her from getting her first job in her field right away. I feel like she's gonna be super upset if they tell her they're going with someone else who will start sooner.

But idk, I just want the move to go well, because it has to go well. Like if we just drop everything and immediately move into the first crappy place we can get, I could go jobless or go insane with a 2 hour commute indefinitely. Either way is bad.

If she could get the one near Oglethorpe we wouldn't even have to move right away, and that interview was just yesterday, and while I don't want her to sit on her hands waiting for a call that might never come, that place gave a way better impression than the smelly one.

I feel a bit of trepidation, because I know she's a hard worker, but she also doesn't do well with stressful personal interactions and such, and certain demands. I'm not sure about her holding down the job, whichever place she goes to, mainly because in the past she's only ever worked part time. I'd really hate to put everything on hold or quit my job to move, and then we get to a point where neither of us are working, and we're both just job hunting or some ***.

Why does life gotta be complicated?

Armageddon so easy to make. Could make 3 before finished DP.

I mean I would too, if I had one or both of those. Armageddon is never happening, and Death Penalty is a long, looooong way off.

Fomalhaut is the only RMEA I have to date, and the next item on my list at all is a Tizona. But considering the banana-sword is still probably a year (or more) out for me as well, I might as well dump my job points towards "Familiar weapons". Even if I don't RP the Fomalhaut, at least I'll be in a position to upgrade something else down the line.

. I feel like she's gonna be super upset if they tell her they're going with someone else who will start sooner.

. I'd really hate to put everythin on hold or quit my job to move, and then we get to a point whereneither of us are working, and we're both just job hunting or some ***.

I could go jobless or go insane with a 2 hour commute indefinitely

Why does life gotta be complicated?

Oh get to it

I'll be sure to get right on that. I'll start by sinking 100 hours of my already-limited free time into grinding these twelve not-at-all fun fights that could have been spent doing enjoyable content or any other of my hobbies. Then spend 120 million gil (plus another 120 million gil for the RP) that could have been spent on huge upgrades in other things that I've been desperately saving up for. All for a slight increase in my ranged attack white damage that's only relevant in about 1/20th of the things I do.

In no reality is it sensible for me to justify an Armageddon. I have no reason for it.

It's not worth it from the perspective of improving my character because it would take resources from me that I could use to make more meaningful improvements to my ability to contribute to a party.

It's not worth it from the perspective of spending my time and money on a hobby, because it's a miserable, anti-fun nightmare to make.

Carabosse, CC, and Isgebind are all moderate NMs, be done in less time than it would take to farm 150k tokens.

Got this yesterday to replace my current work laptop (8 year old 1050ti laptop) I think this was a error

While this is a 100% subjective take, I'm completely the opposite. I'd rather throw on some youtube lofi gaming mix and veg out to red procing on THF/WAR for a couple hours than zone hundreds of times between Whitegate and staging points.


Isgebind can banged out in less than 2 hours with 2-3 people. 4 hours tops solo, probably 3 on any non-Asuran server with 0 competition. Of the 3 in this path, I think CC is the bothersome one, but even then, thankfully this entire path can be gold boxed.

I didn't read if we were talking about RNG or COR, but I'd say definitely not needed for COR, but absolutely is tied with Gastra for my favorite weapon on RNG.

If you're working on prime gun, then you can probably skip Arma and not miss it, but outside Earp, nothing else is getting close to these autos:

Got this yesterday to replace my current work laptop (8 year old 1050ti laptop) I think this was a error

I'd rather throw on some youtube lofi gaming mix and veg out to red procing on THF/WAR for a couple hours than zone hundreds of times between Whitegate and staging points.

While this is a 100% subjective take, I'm completely the opposite. I'd rather throw on some youtube lofi gaming mix and veg out to red procing on THF/WAR for a couple hours than zone hundreds of times between Whitegate and staging points.

Ya know, aside from the attempt at the reboot (Child's Play) Chucky has to get serious props for being so consistent.

All the actors always come back. They never *** up with plotholes. And even though it's very dumb, the story always just goes and goes. Going on 40 years. What other franchise can say that.

Like Ray levels up his voodoo skill over time, the kills (mostly) never repeat. And it takes place in the "real" world. They have people play themselves in universe. It never gets boring.

My problem is that I find Abyssea takes just enough concentration that I can't only pay half attention. It's mentally taxing without being challenging in the slightest, which is exactly the same feeling I got when I was an office drone for the government.

And I'm not even saying that Mythics are all that better. But Assaults offer enough variety (and some are genuinely challenging even at Lv.119) and the reward is so significant that I do look forward to getting my Tizona eventually. One RMEA per job is enough. I'm not aiming to be the best Corsair in the world, I'm trying to set realistic goals and to have fun.

Honestly, and I know I sound like a broken record, but most all of the grindy content in XI isn't so bad if you have someone to talk to while you do it. Friends to spirit you along.

The hardest part about modern XI is that friend groups are kinda locked in. It's locked in friend groups and then a buncha loners/odd men out types.

I don't know how I have even gone as far as I have. Most likely my LP, but maybe not. Maybe I'm just crazy.

I catch Jess here or there, and it's great. I catch my brother here or there, and it's great. I catch Apathetic AJ here or there and it's great.

But mostly it's me and the EXP bar. Me and the JP counter. Me and whichever progression system tickles my fancy that month. I meet folks in Ambu and add'em to my friends list, and within another month's time we aren't talking anymore.

Every REMA upgrade process feels like getting into a steamroller to go coast to coast for me. Yeah, we'll get there, but this thing isn't flattening every hill on its own. Gonna need at least 3 more steamrollers.

Fun is totally subjective and everyone has different goals.

atm I thinkin pussy ^^ is that bad?

Yes, because we know good things wont come from that