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Mine is going to be laid back if all goes according to plan. I'm going to do some birding with a friend tomorrow morning, then I'm headed to a used bookstore to buy a copy of "the pricess bride" that I talked myself out of the other day (I've never read it). Then I'm hitting the farmers market and then relaxing at home for the foreseeable future. Enjoy your weekend!

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

Old friends and their kids are coming to visit for about half a week. Haven’t seen them for a few years. No big plans: just hang out and catch up.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Birthday celly tomorrow! Rooftop pool in the afternoon, whisky bar in the evening. Gonna be the BEES knees baby

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Happy Birthday!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man, you are all such nerds, and that's why I feel at home here. :)

I'm going to continue playing Tears of the Kingdom and hopefully crush pull day at the gym tomorrow.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've never heard of a "pull day" at the gym before, what's that mean?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Oh, don't get me started talking about lifting! You'll never get me to shut up. :-)

It's a way to describe the "split" that a person does at the gym. I do the so-called PPL ("push, pull, legs"), split, meaning that on some workouts I'm focusing on the muscles that generally push things away from you (like the muscles of the chest, the shoulders, and the triceps), and on others, I train the "pulling" muscles (the lats, traps, and biceps). Then of course there's leg day!

All it is is a shorthand to structure your workouts so that you don't fatigue the same muscle on subsequent days. Hope that helps!

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

I'm sick. So I'm just passing time on my bed, setting up a new laptop I just got. Not super exciting, but it's always fun getting a new toy.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tonight was trans march. Tomorrow is dyke march. Then, time to sleep :)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Drinking, smoking, and trying to convince myself that "ok, tomorrow is it, stop drinking and start walking".

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wife is playing spyro. Kids are play roblox. And I am ready to play this.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Celebrating my anniversary! Going to go do some fun boat stuff on the water. Have a nice dinner afterwards. Also planning a murder mystery birthday party for next weekend.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That sounds lovely, happy anniversary to you and your partner!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My husband and I have decided to start our own book club this weekend. We are nerds and both enjoy reading but he has limited time and I have limited patience with it because I had a stroke a few years ago and it's not as easy as it used to be for me. We're starting with short stories and we'll just read one at a time ad discuss when we're done. I'm hoping it will improve my skills over time and I know we'll enjoy the extra bonding. We're reading A Knight of The Seven Kingdoms by George R R Martin. He's read all of the ASOIAF books and I've not read any of them. We've both watched both of the related TV shows.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

That sounds like so much fun!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s really cool. Tried to do something similar with my partner, but we didn’t end up sticking with it. We tend to have different reading habits. I like to read one book at a time and he always has a few he’s actively working through. The timing was just always off.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I was a voracious reader for most of my life and it never occurred to me to read more than one at a time. was thinking of some other options earlier tonight for if'm into it this weekend and I finish the first story long before my husband. He has to work tomorrow and I do not. I have some options.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Finally getting some time to discover this site and getting myself used to browsing here.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If I can give you an advice: don't stop trying to get used to kbin.
For me, at the beginning it felt a little complex and hard to find what I wanted, but after some days it started to feel like home and everything now makes sense (except for the upvote button that don't really upvote a post)!

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Racing a sailboat from San Francisco to Half Moon Bay, spending the night there and motoring back on Sunday. We've been doing well in the ocean races so far this year, so I'm hoping for a good result tomorrow.

Enjoy the book! I've not read it yet either, though I plan to some day. :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Greetings from Oakland! Hope you kick ass!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Princess Bride is as wonderful a book as it is a movie! You're gonna love it 😊

I'm gonna be cleaning my apartment because we're finally getting a couch!! And I need to get the place in order so it's easy to maneuver it in. We've lived in our place for a few months already but still in box city... so it's nice to have something to force me to unpack and make it look presentable.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I think it was nearly 3 years in our new house before we finally opened the last box and sorted it all so don't feel to bad!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you!! That's very validating to hear 😊

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm seeing lots of videos of soldiers on streets in Russia and feeling uneasy.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Probably hitting up some stores with the wife tomorrow. We looked at paints last weekend for the house and found them to be a bit dark, so we’re going a little lighter! May wash that down with some Korean BBQ and then probably spin up some characters on Diablo 4 with the wife too. Guild Wars 2 has had my attention lately too, so I may farm achievements on that

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I just finished watching the first John wick while having a beer! Going to pour myself a glass of wine and watch the second one now

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

At that rate you'll be hammered by the fourth one

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Downloaded Surveillance Capitalism and going to play Diablo 4

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm getting off a medication that give me extra panic and anxiety so I'm taking as much anxiety medication I can and sleeping it out of my system hopefully! Fingers crossed!!

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Getting an MRI to see if my prolactinoma has shrunk.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Visiting my Dad in Toronto. Seeing the sights with my family for the first time. Just wrapping it all up and loving the overall pride vibe. Happy Pride to everyone! Spread love... I'm sending it right now!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

We will be doing stuff around the house. One kids has a birthday party in the afternoon. Start meal planning for next week so we can do our big shop on Sunday.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Going to try to get to the forge and do some blacksmithing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

A few of us are going fishing, but I think I'm gonna swim.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Bringing a thermos of soju and dancing at all the free music booths from Pride Toronto! I really needed this.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Lots of streaming and calls with my gf

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I will be continuing to learn UE5, catch up on some work, and hopefully feel better. Had to go to urgent care today for a appendicitis scare. X-Rays looked good so I just got steroids.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Finally clean my space because it is a complete mess

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Sound engineering at the music venue I work at!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm currently rejoicing over the fact that I finally solved my issue with the computer speakers playing, along with taking a good rest from my graduation!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Three hours of community radio broadcasting from home, then maybe finish cleaning the caravan, put some washing on while the sun is hitting the solar panels, maybe a trip to bunnings to get some root killer for the sewer, and drop a dead dishwasher to the recycling place.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Recovering from work this week. Getting ready to fly cross-country. Probably going to have to spend the next day running errands and going shopping before starting it all over again on Monday.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

i just got back from flying cross country. my ears are still f'ed 24 hours later

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Halfway through finishing my basement, running electric tomorrow, then if I finish in time got tickets to a show.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

No specific plans but probably a combination of Diablo IV and System Shock :)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Going to a concert tomorrow night, and then reading and spending some time with my newborn. Should be a good rainy weekend.

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