finding the positive things

GPzPop

GPzPop

Ask me about my B-1-D
SFMCjohn said:
pleased to see my grand plan to be more like Cabrito when I grow up is making progress:

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happy little pup, check.
Coleman adv camping cup, check.



finding the positive things,
thanks to BARF friends,
check. :gsxrgrl
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any pix of Schnitzel make my day better !
 
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TylerW

Agitator
cheez said:
Yesterday I helped with Stream Aid 2020 on Twitch, where we raised $2.5mm over 12 hours for the WHO's Solidarity Response Fund for COVID-19 with performers like John Legend, Garth Brooks, Young The Giant, Cole Swindell, Diplo, DJ Steve Aoki, The Head and the Heart, Silversun Pickups, Bastille, Lindsay Sterling, Mumford and Sons, Halestorm, Barry Gibb, Charlie Puth, The Lumineers, and many others. Most were single members of the band performing from isolation, some had band members come to visit for the stream, each was a unique peek into the lives and homes of these performers.

Being able to do something that helped from the self-quarantine of my own home office, to see these artists performing live- handling their own tech, sometimes staring into the camera with ten seconds of dead air while someone tells them "yeah, you're live buddy" over the phone, sometimes dying mid-stream because they wanted to close the Twitch chat because it distracted them... so they disconnected their stream- was unique and amazing to me. It was truly "coming together, but staying apart" in the most modern way possible.

TBH I cried a lot all day, just at how beautiful and meaningful the two or three songs these artists had the chance to perform really was.

John Legend:
https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/clip/HungryFriendlyManateeVoteNay?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

Charlie Puth, not realizing he's live in front of 100k+ people:
https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/clip/WealthyTenaciousLlamaLeeroyJenkins?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

Steve Aoki being Steve Aoki:
https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/clip/FurryCharmingGnatTinyFace?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time

Wes Schultz of The Lumineers:
https://www.twitch.tv/twitch/clip/TolerantCallousCurlewTheRinger?filter=clips&range=7d&sort=time
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That's fantastic!

Smaller scale, on Saturday I got introduced to an organization that trains and employs refugees in industrial sewing. In the past week They've turned their entire operation over to producing cloth masks and gowns for hospitals who need them. They've produced over 800 in the past few days. I'm producing a video story for help attract more grant money.
 
littlebeast

littlebeast

get it while it's easy
LOVE the puppy pics! both are ADORABLE!

i’m going to go with and against the grain of this thread. with: am loving cooking every day (used to only do it once or twice a week), and i enjoy the whole pots-and-pans-chopping-slicing-dicing-simmering sauces-barefoot-housewife deal. against: i’m not as good a cook as i thought i was (apparently i only have 1 or 2 decent meals a week in my repertoire). the rest is pretty...um...sketchy. :nchantr
 
Bowling4Bikes

Bowling4Bikes

Steee-riiike!
my 13 y/o daughter is coming out of her shell more and interacting with me and the wife more lately. She even came up to me and gave me a random hug yesterday! It's been great.

my dog is absolutely loving all of us being home with her.
 
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TylerW

Agitator
A lot of my really talented friends have started doing live streams of what they do just to help connect with people. A friend who's a member of the 501st read children's books while dressed as a stormtrooper, I got to see how a gothic arch trefoil is designed, another taught how he does portraits in illustrator, and another just jammed out on the Ukelele with his daughter for an hour.

Its nice to be able to see my friends sharing what they do with the world, when they would so rarely do so otherwise.
 
Kurosaki

Kurosaki

Akai Suisei - 赤い彗星
Yesterday I watched Craig Robinson on instagram live video chat with random people in the comments in between playing songs on his keyboard. It was hilarious.

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Bowling4Bikes

Bowling4Bikes

Steee-riiike!
I had a group meeting today with about a dozen of us on webex. Trying to create some levity, I decided to dress up in a suit and tie. Much laughter was had at my expense. It was fun.
 
Bowling4Bikes

Bowling4Bikes

Steee-riiike!
I had to move my poker parties to online. The positive thing is that our friend who moved to Spain can now participate again.
 
Eldritch

Eldritch

is insensitive
Bowling4Bikes said:
I had to move my poker parties to online. The positive thing is that our friend who moved to Spain can now participate again.
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My game group lost a Member to Ohio last year and to Colorado last month. We are now all back together again with also the new members that replaced them.

That is nice.
 
WoodsChick

WoodsChick

I Don't Do GPS
My life has changed drastically in the last few years (hence the lack of ride reports,) and things were getting incredibly stressful. Like, to the point that my better half was saying things like "Um, maybe you should, you know...talk to, uh, someone." A few of the stressors were related to my job at a big hotel in SF, but most weren't. I've been off work since March 5th, happily taking time off without pay since business evaporated. Once the official word came down that I was laid off from a job I loved doing for 27 years, everything changed for the better. There was the initial sadness at the finality of it, missing my coworkers and worrying about them, but once that subsided it's been rainbows and happiness. I'm not getting up at 4am anymore, and the extra sleep has been huge . I had some bizarre health issues a few years back related to a head injury I got back in 2005. Every doctor I spoke with started out by saying "Well, first off, you need to get more sleep." Haven't felt this good in years! It's also allowed me the time and mental energy to handle all the other stressors that have been banging on the door wanting in. Turns out they weren't that big of a deal after all.

Having the time to just sit and watch the birds at our place in the mountains has been awesome. I've identified 2 new woodpeckers in my trees, and one I've seen several times sitting on a fence post near a field, and am seeing pairs of animals everywhere since it's spring. That makes me very happy! Saw these mallards and this gigantic Sierra newt heading off to meet his girlfriend in the creek on our property. I sat and watched the newts for about 2 hours. I hadn't been taking too many photos since I haven't been riding, but I've been taking a lot of photos lately of my surroundings and it is bringing me immense joy. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed it :party

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dtrides

dtrides

Well-known member
Nice W/C!
Your story mirrors much of mine. Nice to hear you found your happy on the other side.:thumbup
DT
 
WoodsChick

WoodsChick

I Don't Do GPS
dtrides said:
Nice W/C!
Your story mirrors much of mine. Nice to hear you found your happy on the other side.:thumbup
DT
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And the same for you, DT! I made a list of pros and cons of unemployment, and the only cons were no income, missing my coworkers, and worrying about my coworkers. The pro side was a mile long :laughing The WoodsDude is loving having me home so that's a major plus, too.


RelaxedChick
 
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TylerW

Agitator
WoodsChick said:
And the same for you, DT! I made a list of pros and cons of unemployment, and the only cons were no income, missing my coworkers, and worrying about my coworkers. The pro side was a mile long :laughing The WoodsDude is loving having me home so that's a major plus, too.


RelaxedChick
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I've been laid off twice from places that I worked at for very long times, and after the initial grief and stress, the eventual feeling of relief is HUGE. I'm glad you're feeling the same (but sorry you lived with a stress that flew under your radar for so long?). Hope you're able to take the moment of peace and find your next path forward.

Also, yay newts!
 
Melissa

Melissa

Peace,Love and Harmony
great incentive to slow down.
WC-congrats on this unexpected yet positive occurrence.
 
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