Hi, i've been working as a tax auditor for the govt.(like the IRS) for the last 11 years, its not exactly the most exciting job in the world but it is quite laid back, much more so than working in the private sector. One of these days i will go into the private sector, but im in a comfort zone at the moment.
Hope you come right with the sore fingers!
Tax auditor sounds like an ideal job, except if you have to deal with irate people. Did you see the movie Stranger than Fiction? I think Will Ferris' character might have had SA, or something. I loved that movie.
I sometimes miss the fact that I never went out with friends to get trashed. Everyone around my age seems to have great stories to tell from when they were drunk, I just wish I could say "well this one time when I was drunk...." I have been out before with friends and felt compelled to drink something, but I needed to drive so I never went overboard with it. Honestly, I'm such a baby when it comes to pain, I don't think I'd handle hangovers very well, lol.
Hi, i'm ok thanks, can't you use one of those plastic pick things or do you strum. I bought an electric guitar and an amp about 8 years ago but i didn't have the patience to learn all the notes and found it to be much more difficult than i had anticipated and sold the guitar about a year later.
Have a nice day.
It's a steel string acoustic and it's the left hand that hurts. I'd love to try an electric guitar, but acoustic seems less complicated to start with. What do u do, do u work?
Yes there is a huge diversity in the U.S. The east coast is a lot different than out here. Ppl seem different there. They talk more directly rather than hinting around i think. I remember in certain classes and stuff we would talk about how areas differ and stuff like w/social norms/rules whatever lol. I've never really been to the southern midwest states or anything, but there is that stereotype i think about "hospitality" or whatever (refers to how ppl regard u there i think). Durban sounds nice w/the beach and everything. I bet it's warm n stuff cuz it's south Africa. Yeah i'm not really all that preoccupied w/outside events either. I don't pay too much attention to the news. Maybe i will more someday. I dunno. Yeah i barely know about the politics here so i wouldn't know much about the politics in South Africa haha. All i remember is watching some Disney movie as a teen about how black ppl used to be abused n stuff there. How long has it been since ppl were desegregated there? I don't know if u're a racist or not cuz i'm not educated on the entire issue enough to think cricially about it. So i'm not gonna go thinking anything at all lol. I try not to go making judgements when i don't know the whole story, and i'm too unmotivated & lazy to learn about the whole story LOL.
Hmmm I've been to 3 west coast states & several on the east coast. Have only flown over the ones in the middle lol. I dunno. I guess i like it here cuz it seems like home. But i was actually born in Conneticuit. My mom dragged me to CA like 3 months later lol. I see you're in South Africa. What is it like there?
I guess I'm lucky I never turned to alcohol as a means of coping with my anxiety. For the most part I don't even like alcohol apart from a few cheap wines and some mixed drinks. I just don't know how some people can down beer after beer, I'd get so tired of it, lol.
You sound a lot like me at the family gatherings. I hang out with the cousins most of the time, keeping them entertained. I enjoy it so it's all good.
Hi there, hope all is well in your world. How is your guitar playing coming along?
I'm still trying to dev. the calluses necessary for comfortable playing, otherwise, it HURTS! But maybe that's b/c I hard practice. I should, while I have all this time on my hands. You're comment has inspired me to get it out. How are you?
Hey Alan, glad you enjoyed the party! So you had a bit of a hangover eh? I've heard mixing alcohols is a bad idea. Only once have I been drunk and I managed to not get a hangover from it.
It is awkward meeting extended family that's not aware of my situation. They want to know if I'm working, or going to school, or in a relationship, and of course the answer to everything is "no". Someday I'll get my @$$ in gear and have a better answer for them.
My weekend was all right, didn't talk a lot at the family reunion, but I was eating most of the time so I really couldn't, lol. Went to the movies that night with my cousins so that was fun.
That's funny about your parents being on meds! I have a very open family, sometimes too open. I like my privacy, but it can be difficult to have it sometimes. When word gets out about something it's not long before everyone knows. I've had talks with my parents about information that should stay within our immediate family. I swear sometimes it's like they're my kids, lol.
I don't mind family reunions...sometimes. It's never fun having nothing new to report, but I think in general my family is good people, and the food's always great.
I hope you have a blast at the 21st b-day party! Also, they're ain't nothing wrong with Mazzy's looks, that's for sure! Lol! Take care Alan.
Hey Alan, how ya been!? I was sick for a while, finally getting better. So I can understand only telling people about taking meds that you trust. I certainly wouldn't go telling random strangers or co-workers that I barely speak to. It's good though that the people you've told reacted so well (by not treating you differently at all). My whole family's on meds, we're a bunch of loons, lol.
I do what I want at the Humane Society. I go there to relax with the animals. If I turn it into a burden it'll become something I dread rather than enjoy, and that would defeat the point. So do you have plans for the weekend? I've a reunion to attend on Saturday, I plan to stuff myself with food! =D
Thanks *hugs*. My life is going ok, yours? Ohh believe me, my confidence is very ABYSSMAL. I felt inferior just talking to two car dealers who were handling my new car. I don't tell much people about this, but I feel even more self-conscious around other races than I do my own race. Pretty stupid, huh? I sound pretty racist too now. lol. What about you? how has the lexapro been helping ya?
I should, while I have all this time on my hands. You're comment has inspired me to get it out. How are you? 
