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 Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 12:55 pm
One of my best friends before the military was going to school be a TSS! She loved working with the kids when she volunteered with the program in high school. Don't worry you'll find a way back into your degree eventually. This all may not be as planned but nothing really ever does.
As for what kind of conversations I will talk about just about anything! But I do have one question. How come I don't see anyone role playing? That was why I joined and no one is doing it.
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:08 pm
Well, my main issue is that in college, I was led to believe that the requirements of licensure were not a high priority. Part of my curriculum was to intern for about 6mo wherever I could get in. My argument was "How will I support my family disappearing for who knows where for half a year? How will I support myself working for free wherever I am going?! I've worked as a TSS in the field for the past 18 months, is that good enough?" They told me it would be fine- but I would need to take some extra classes to make up the earned credits. Don't mistake, there was a graduation with a high GPA. However . . . licensure requirements vary from state to state, and where I live an internship in college is required. Now no clinic, practice, or therapy place will hire me as an unlicensed individual because, without it they cannot bill insurance. The costs are prohibitive for departure from the state, so I cannot leave to make use of the degree and cannot use it where I live.
Quite frankly, Capella University was murky on the situation, and now I am $150K in debt and cannot ever use it. To say there is bitterness is like saying the ocean is damp.
Concerning the lack of RP, such has been dying for years across Gaia. Finding a place with an active RP is becoming beyond difficult. For this place, I believe it is the tyranny of choice. Many wish to play, but few wish to run. All are invited to make the RP of their choice, but when you can choose anything people tend to choose nothing. In recent years, I have seen this place as a meeting place or hub- though I would adore to see RP come back.
I am currently in a X-Men themed RP full of OC(original characters), and am feeling a tad guilty because I am posting pretty much daily- whereas nobobody other than the one I am interacting with is posting more than once every 7-10 days. sweatdrop
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Posted: Sat Apr 08, 2017 8:35 pm
Well they really screwed your pouch didn't they! There must be way around all of this. Is there still a way you can do the internship now? Maybe not through the collage but with someone else who can write you the letter of recommendation. Yu may have to work late night shifts for the cash inflow instead while you intern but if it can get you a step closer to working in your field wouldn't that be a better option in the long run?
It's sad. I want to roleplay again but all of the guilds are dead, even the ones I'm in and I wanted to try and bring back a zombie RP I had on my last account. I miss writing stories with other people it brought me joy to do so but no one seems to do it anymore...
But, why does it make you guilty that you are replying every day and they aren't?
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Posted: Sun Apr 09, 2017 8:38 pm
That's a good point, Magni, sometimes the regularity of a job is preferred to the less-structured nature of the home environment when not accustomed to it.
Welcome, Melody & Duvynne!
Horrid fast food (or service industry in general) experiences seem to be the norm. I count myself lucky for having not had any experiences so bad in my time at McD's.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 6:39 pm
My ability to create truly epic situations is dependent on that exchange. Building off one another, constantly refreshing with a different voice than my own makes me incorporate things whether I like them or not. To date, only one person has made me walk away. Despite that, I begrudgingly admit that my hatred for them made some of my posts better. very begrudgingly.
I have been pressured on many occaisions to try and write a novel based on the RP I did years ago on tabletop from the war stories. I get a few pages in, and then lose interest because despite it being some of the best RP I've ever done it is just me. It needs another person to make it shine.
As for feeling bad, I don't like railroading a conversation- to drown out all other participants. Today I posted in the discord that it has been a solid week since anybody other than myself and the guy I am interacting with have posted. I had to ask "is anybody else even playing?"
I worked for McDs for about two months. It was so intolerable that I had to quit . . . and it is the only job I have quit without ever feeling poorly for the decision.
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Posted: Mon Apr 10, 2017 9:16 pm
Hello Yoder! It is nice to meet you too!
And, Magni you shouldn't let anyone pressure you to do what you don't want to. Some people can only write with the help of others. That's why roleplaying s a thing! Well that and it helps people develop the plots and characters of their own stories... And, it is just fun... Ok there are a couple of reasons but that is one of them!
Oh wow it was that bad? I've never in a roleplay on or off this site that bad...
My cousin finds working at McDonalds quite pleasurable actually. But, she has a super positive attitude(Like not even human I think she is an alien positive) and she is the assistant manager so I think it might just depend on your outlook.
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Posted: Wed Apr 12, 2017 6:11 pm
The person was that bad, yeah. It was a Bleach RP, and this person wanted to bring in high-technology up to and including a dormant volcano filled with 1970s era tech with things like Helicopters. She was disrespectful to the players, the characters, the world, and the premise of the RP itself. Automated turrets, and so many other things just because she wanted them. I fought and fought and fought and finally walked away. I did it quietly and hoped my departure would make a big stir. When the inevitable return happened, nothing was the same again. It was a glorious turn for my character in-story as I wrote an in-character series of events to explain where he went including the loss of his left arm and general emaciation of his body.
The guild didn't last too much longer anyway.
I can only say that stores are different, even within the same chain. Look at my last job. Dominos- it wasn't a bad job. Hell, there were times I really enjoyed working there. Since the new manager came in January 1st, she made it so tense and intolerable there was no joy when she was involved. Every single employee that was there before her is either gone or trying to be gone. Even the owners are finally seeing that she has destroyed all camaraderie in the place. No longer my problem. Not my circus, not my monkeys.
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Posted: Sun Apr 16, 2017 8:28 pm
In my & my DM's attempts at constructing a setting and telling stories within it, I can affirm that writing outside the scope of RP is daunting.
Sadly bad management is a problem that will never truly be solved; there will never be more good manager than bad, certainly by degree if not by count.
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Posted: Tue Apr 18, 2017 8:17 pm
Well, I heard from a former coworker today. evidently the exodus from my former employment continues. Evidently it continues to be the Hindentanic, and I am glad it is no longer my problem.
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 5:08 pm
I don't doubt it. How has the new role been faring?
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Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2017 9:49 pm
If you mean the new RP, it is going. The remainder of the players are almost never posting at all. Highly frustrating. What is the point of having a game if nobody posts in a month?!
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Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:21 am
I meant the new job, actually. xd
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Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2017 5:29 pm
ahhh, well, that is the reason I have been rather quiet lately. Working all night and sleeping at day has caused quite the disruption in my "social" and recreational time. I'm apparently doing well, but am still certain I am not quite there yet. I still make a few mistakes that I feel shouldn't be made by those that are comfortable in their position. Never the less, I am being left on my own overnight in the kitchen. It's quite a task to clean things and keep the people who order happy- but I'm getting there. I work tonight a little less- been doing 10pm-6am, but tonight I go in at 11. Thankfully, I have the next two days off. I can use the break.
For the record, sorry for disappearing. This is the first time I've touched the computer since friday. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2017 7:29 pm
Ah, I didn't realize you were working graveyard shift at your new job.
No worries; new jobs take acclimation. I'm moving to a new client in early May, so I'll be in the throes of that soon enough.
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Posted: Thu Apr 27, 2017 10:29 pm
Okay . . . so . . . one of two things is happening. One of my teeth is degraded to the point of being a significant problem, or I caught a cold. Last 24 hours, I slept somewhere around 16. That did help, but now I am tired again. A cursory look online confirmed that a significant toothache can mimic flu or cold symptoms. If I'm sick, I shouldn't go to work. If its just the tooth, then I must muscle on through.
Ugh. the only way to tell is to endure it. I don't wanna have it yanked- perhaps a bit of pride. It's one of my incisors, so unlike virtually all my other 'gone bad' teeth, this one I cannot hide. It makes me sad.
As for the shifts, it seems to be floating around. It was all 10pm to 6am, but now a few 8pm to 2 or 4am are starting to sneak in. It makes no real difference to me, but getting used to being up all night working and sleeping at day is not the easiest thing I can think of.
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