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  • A day late, but happy National Puppy Day!!!
    (Guess who the tiny one grew up to be)
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    Raggamuffin
    Raggamuffin
    Stunning
    Judge
    Judge
    Wish they'd rename it "National Mook Day". Oh well. A paw-bump to my four-footed little friends out there. Where ever they may be right now.

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    Vicki, Susie, Prince Albert (Bert), Yorkshire Puddin (Puddie), and Sydney. RIP.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Beautiful pictures.
    Since a lot of what I do with my life is overcoming things I am afraid of, and trying to help people, I decided that I'm going to go back to school in the fall to pick up where I left off, and finish my BSW in social work. I have six classes left, I can do this. What I want to do with the degree is train therapy dogs and service dogs. I'm not going to let people bully me out of college again. I'm almost 30!
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    YES!!!! I have so many positive thoughts I can’t get my words out. So I’m just going to yell… HELL YEAH!!!!!!
    Luca
    Luca
    Thank you <3
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    @Luca , I think you have a high degree of maturity that some of those weak people who bullied you in the past do not have. I see nothing that will prevent you from being successful.
    Once again, YouTube is pushing anti-body-positivity content at me, and I'm not even signed into my account this time. I wonder if Google looks at what size clothing I purchase, and then tries to bodyshame me through YouTube??!! I would very much not be surprised.
    Luca
    Luca
    You're actually not! I'm adopted and my parents are in their 70s lol
    Luca
    Luca
    I have no idea how old my biological parents are, but yes, probably younger than you.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Hmmm… my algorithm sends me videos about gears, trucks, 50s radio, weapons, and mental health videos. It nailed me spot on.

    Feed the algorithm and it will puke up a delightful playlist.
    Went back to REI today to try on some running sneakers. Enzo made friends with every person in the store.
    The best part of this picture is his nose in the bottom of the frame lol (look below his feet in the mirror)
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    I had such a great time today! I hope I can meet more of my friends from here in person!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Hey, what a great idea.
    Luca
    Luca
    @Gerontius I posted this comment earlier but it didn't show up. I said I will ask him if it's okay to reveal who it was because it's someone that likes to keep his irl life private and I want to respect that.
    Gerontius
    Gerontius
    Privacy is a good thing; I totally understand if he doesn't want to.
    I’ll be on my way to meet in person with another forum member in about an hour. I’m excited but I’m so nervous!
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Just be your rad self and you can’t go wrong.
    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Good luck! It's pretty cool to actually meet someone else on here in person.
    Luca
    Luca
    I will ask him if it’s okay for me to reveal who it was. It’s someone who likes to keep irl things private and I want to respect that.
    I saw someone walking an English Pointer today that I'm convinced was related to Enzo. He was identical to my best friend's dog who is Enzo's cousin. I wish I had taken a picture of him to show my friend, because if it was a dog that he bred, he would obviously be able to identify him. Just really interesting because you never see Pointers here. I was driving so I didn't want to be a weirdo and pull over and ask lol
    Hylian
    Hylian
    One time I found a cat on an adoption thing in my area that was just as old as my childhood cat and was the same colour (tuxedo) and had similar markings + similar facial features. I wanted him so bad because I was pretty sure he was her litter mate, but he got adopted before I could look into it more.
    Judge
    Judge
    Pointer, taken. ;)
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    When God made dogs he got all their arseholes mixed up and that's why they're always so keen to sniff each other. They're all searching for their own arses.
    I find it funny that artwork, and media portrayals of girls with tattoos and piercings always makes them look goth/grunge, or intimidating. Because I have tattoos and piercings and I'm the polar opposite of goth, I look like a rainbow threw up on a kindergartener's lunchbox lol
    mysterionz
    mysterionz
    we are the biggest non conformists of all time, so much so the goth kids from South Park would be proud of us
    mysterionz
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    I enjoy all the nonconformists here. I really think the world is better for having us around. One way that I remain nonconformist is in my travels. I know so many people who go on "canned" trips or to walled-off resorts. Preplanned for incurious people. I do my homework and burrow into the culture.
    @Markness I totally feel your pain (literally) with the GI issues.... this morning I was experiencing such horrible GI distress that I went to urgent care. The doctor basically told me to stop eating things that aren't bland.
    Well-behaved, registered service dogs have access everywhere. Even the country club
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    Luca
    Luca
    I thought he was already the official mascot? ;)
    His fun at the country club was cut short though, since after that he had to accompany me to the hospital :/ Totally my fault for eating foods that I shouldn't eat (see my most recent status)
    Kisa the tea
    Kisa the tea
    Could we also add Huxley and Dogv4 in addition? Who says we can't have multiple mascots! :D
    Luca
    Luca
    Yes, I agree 100%!
    I love weird supermarkets with weird food.
    I got this lychee drink, ginger salmon, marinated steak, and butternut squash mac n cheese.
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    Interesting side note - where I live now pawpaw salad is an exotic food from the far north and it's very expensive, up in Darwin it's cheap street food. It's better in Darwin too, genuine asian people that grew up eating this and know how it should be, often growing all their own ingredients too.
    Luca
    Luca
    @Atrapa Almas Lol, I will eat a lot of things, but I draw the line at drinking salmon and steak... :eek:
    Forest Cat
    Forest Cat
    Drinking salmon :)

    Sounds like there are (military?) helicopters flying around outside, I wonder what the heck is going on. It's 4am. But weird stuff happens here all the time, like some of you probably remember when I posted about having to report a small private plane that was having difficulty landing. Par for the course when you live near a major international airport, I guess.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    ^wee hellions
    Judge
    Judge
    I'm acutely aware of any increase in military air traffic over our area. It can be disturbing at times....though in the case of helicopters at least here, they are almost always indicative of local law enforcement. They have no regard for how low they may hover or at what time of the night.
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    This dinosaur jumpsuit is the best $7 I’ve spent lol
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    My girlfriend has a cute blouse with Christmas dinosaurs on it :) She's now convinced that dinosaurs a Christmassy! :)
    I've been experimenting with my webcam for the past couple of hours. Turns out that when I speak on video, it's just verbal diarrhea, much like my long, sometimes chaotic posts on here. Oh well, at least it gives me a reason to practice talking.
    Judge
    Judge
    Better you than me! I hate the sound of my own voice. Always have...
    A question for the tech wizards on here: Do any of you know how to use the built-in webcam on an Asus VivoBook 17? I tried all the basics, like disabling/enabling it, installing drivers, etc. But nothing worked. It's not a big deal because I have an external webcam at home too but I'm just annoyed that it isn't working.
    Judge
    Judge
    Have you tried using the "device manager" to completely remove the driver, rebooting Windows and then reinstalling what might turn out to be an updated driver?

    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Could it be a glitch caused by having two connected? One might be being seen as default by Wind'ohs. Disconnect the one that is working and see if the inbuilt version starts working.
    Luca
    Luca
    Thanks guys, I will try both of those things! I need "Windows for Dummies" lol
    Wow, I have been here for a year and a half! Thank you all for welcoming me into this community, and helping me to learn and grow and make friends, which I will continue to do! Hopefully I've been helpful and taught you things as well. One of my biggest missions in life is to show that no dream is truly unachievable, and I will keep being that annoying driving force of hope and positivity until the day I die lol
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    Everyone gets what they give in life. You will never be without friends.
    Luca
    Luca
    Thank you! That means a lot to me. If I'm being honest, I have made more meaningful and memorable connections with some people on here than I have in real life. You will never be without my friendship either @Outdated
    I don't get how people can watch true crime content without crying. I try to avoid it because it overwhelms me with sadness. But I'm definitely just really sensitive in general, since animal rescue videos make me sob too. Like I've said before, I have such a big heart that it overwhelms and hurts me sometimes. I know it's good to be empathetic and I wouldn't want to *not* be empathetic, but it can be painful.
    Stuttermabolur
    Stuttermabolur
    I don't watch true crime (or animal rescue for that matter) as I'm not really into it, but as a fellow empathetic person, I can watch and read about distressing issues or events by dissociating, and going into "analysis" mode.
    Stuttermabolur
    Stuttermabolur
    Some stuff is bad enough to get through that however, like long form interview with people who have suffered terribly or lost people dear to them. Of course the quality of the interviewer (or writing if they are divulging their experience directly) matters a lot in terms of emotional engagement.
    Judge
    Judge
    I majored in crimes at the highest level. Totalitarian systems and mass authoritarian movements. Where the number of dead can be staggering. What really gets to me though isn't so much the history of such events, as that they are still happening in the present.
    The actual 5k was unfortunately postponed, so I took all of my dogs for our own 5k walk today. It was a very warm and sunny spring day so it was perfect.
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