The Happiness Thread

The cake went down well, not just with my bf, who was blown away by the fondant decorations, but his colleagues. The recipe is a keeper as is, even though it didn't rise as much as was implied. I can think of a few reasons, so it will be worked on, but I'm glad.

 

It’s a first for me. I’ve never made friends with someone online and then met them in real life (or even heard their voice before).

Poppin’ cherries! New experiences.

 

I like happy news. I particularly like happy news that involves baked goods.

 

My lore no longer contradicts later lore, .

Original elected officials isn't suppose to exists for almost 150 years form when my current WIP takes place. However, I have now fixed this to no longer contradict, since people vote on a local level, but have no say on the national level when it comes to representatives, they are elected by the people who were elected on a local level to represent them. This will still hold true in the timeline, creating the Senate, which is formed of Order Representatives who are masters of their craft. Not like the incompetence that we have in the U.S. senate.

But then later, Parliament comes into being. letting people vote for national representatives, who are not beholden to the Orders. So natural these are corrupt pieces of shit, who care only about being elected, and making false promises. While all my characters crap on and make fun of. , this may save some fun Parliament scenes I have in my back burner WIP.... which may be coming to the forefront pretty soon.

 

I think I may have stolen one of my coworker's most affluent clients.

I was talking to this gentleman, probably in his early 70's, who was a client of my coworker who called off today. After some basic digging for information about the client himself, he revealed to me that he's got about $10 million dollars sitting in a savings account that he doesn't know what to do with. He also told me that my coworker never really asked him about any of his personal or financial information, and would just answer his questions quickly then send him out the door. Little return on the exorbitant fees my company charges for someone to meet with us.

I got on the phone with our investment team and got to go along as they took this client out to lunch and discussed different investment opportunities. He was obviously clueless about all of this, so I was there pretty much as his ambassador and translator for all of the jargon that the investment rep was feeding him.

After all was said and done, he decided to put about $2 million in the hands of our investment team and, if that's going well in a few months, he'll transfer the rest of the balance. I get a nice, fat referral bonus for referring someone of such affluence to our investment team and even more if he decides to put that total in their hands.

Made my day, and I feel better knowing he's not going to be earning the abysmal interest that savings accounts offer on his wealth anymore. There'll be some bitching and moaning when my coworker finds out, but you snooze, you lose.

 

I once met up with some online gaming friends. So voices I knew ahead of time. But they were a bunch of interesting people. We met at a local Fat Heads. Good food and drinks. Only had to give one of them a ride home.

 

Hopefully, by this time tomorrow I will be able to say that I have managed to save at least 100 euro.

 

I've dated quite a few people I met online!

Never from dating websites though. Usually from meeting on online video games, or forums.

 

I was the opposite to that, until recently. I think I much prefer things this way round though.

 

There's benefits and drawbacks to either approach. As long as you're sensible and careful both can work just as well.

 

Dating sites don't work.

 

You can say that again.

 

You had them fail you to, eh?

 

Just got back from a long day of open houses. Never owned a house before, nor have I ever thought I'd be buying one in New York fucking city, but here I was today. The area is really nice too (Forest Hills, Queens) with absolutely no Hoodlumary that I've been dealing with since I was born.

 

Heh. The Boondocks was what I wished my life was like as a kid. Reality was just the smell of "Piss and weed" with your everyday crackhead trying to sell people back items he/she stole from them.

 

Good chance nothing, but don't be surprised if you find yourself on YouTube. "Crazy Naked Neighbor walks down Driveway," posted by NoiseyNeighbor207732

 

Or God knows where, if a Google car happened to be driving by. There are entire slideshows of weird stuff photographed by the Google cars.

 

I seem surprisingly content despite being awake at 3.30am.

 

Just because that wasn't how you met me...!

 

What about public indecency charges? Especially around the block, which draw some ire.

 

Used to sleep nekkid. Used to sleepwalk. Found out why there was gravel in the foot of the bed, and my feet were black. Adjusted medication.
Never heard a complaint.

 

Turned 20 today.

 

Happy b-day!

Have fun and cake. In any order.