The "I've been up to ... " thread.

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

It's cool to have been invited back and see familiar names still in the community. A few of us have been absent from the community for a long while, but are now welcomed back.

I was thinking we could use a thread to detail what we've been up to till now...

As for myself:

-I was able to obtain a job at a hotel through craigslist under the "barter" section. It turned out the management was looking for a person to live within the hotel, rent free, in exchange for front desk help w/ hourly compensation. I thought this would bring me to baller status. Then I got kicked out after ownership changed, but I kept my job. However, I was able to live within the hotel once again after excessive butt kissing:

Here's my room:




No, I didn't decorate it.

-I bought my first car. A used mini cooper. And my dad had the top of it painted for a Christmas present last year.



-I go to school full time. I'm an accounting major. I have 2 years left, but I'm actually only 3 classes away from a Business Admin minor degree.

-I ride a bike--I keep it with me and use it as sort of a probing vehicle that's launched from my car.


-If I'm online, I'm usually at work.
-I still play red orchestra every once in awhile, but I've largely lost interest in online gaming
-I now have baked beans w/ toast nearly every day because of influences from the old board
-Some of you might remember I had a number of guns. Unfortunately I lost interest in collecting/shooting, well, I lost the time for it. But I still have the collection.

so, what've you been up to?

[Das-W00t]

I moved to Boston and get progressively more awesome each day.

Also, I'm pretty jealous of your living set up.

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

Why did you move to Boston?

[Das-W00t]

Why did you move to Boston?

Just because really. Wanted to move out of California and I enjoy the east coast. Like the city itself, cheaper and less hectic than New York, but still really neat. No real concrete reason; just the way I like it.

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

That's pretty cool, I wish I was able to pack up and go about to a city of my choice...Did you know people living there already?

[Captain John Miller]

I got a job as a towtruck/light service driver and mechanic. I work alot but I enjoy my job. Still going to school, only 1 class before i get my AA. Still livin at home where the rents free (cant beat that) and still in jersey. I dont play any video games anymore, lost interest. Bought my dream truck and have had headaches with the brake system (long story), I like to backpack and go offroad alot. I bought a used fast race quad and play with that alot. I was on the TV show pinks with a few friends of mine where we raced a built up chevy nova, it didnt make it to the tv show itself though b/c they didnt select our class.

Bout it..

[Das-W00t]

That's pretty cool, I wish I was able to pack up and go about to a city of my choice...Did you know people living there already?

A cousin here and a friend going to grad school at Brandeis. But that's about it. Been here a week and loving it. Had a sort of date with a girl on Beacon Hill last night. Brought some wine over to her place and ya, good stuff. So far it seems this was a really good choice.

And if you'd like to do something like that, then you should. You only get to live once and the experience alone will be worth it. I just packed everything essential into my little car and drove across country. Just secured a place last night and got some good leads on jobs. Just be fearless

[PoolShark]

I changed jobs from Assistant Manager of a GameStop to working at computer software company doing QA on their products. It's pretty cool, I get a chance to work and learn at the same time. I'm trying to learn C# and the .NET platform. If I can accomplish that with some success then I'll be able to do just about anything there. The company is great and really prefers promoting from within. Good riddance to GameStop... (No offense to anyone who works there, I just hated the place.)

I still live at home, and it's very lame. I don't pay rent so that saves me a bundle and my basement now looks like BestBuy. If anyone knows anything about me I'm still with my girlfriend Beth, and we've been dating for 3 and a half years now.

I still play an insane amount of video games, but not nearly as much as before. You'll find me for the most part on Halo 3 on XBOX Live. Most the people I work with play every Tuesday night and I join in with them. We also play Forza 2 on occasion (mostly Thursdays). I own a PS3 and never play it. I have a DS and never play it.

I also just bought a nice new PC rig. However, give it 3 months and it'll be a piece of junk. I have (but don't play that much) CoD4, Orange Box, Crysis, World in Conflict, and C&C 3.

Specs -
WD Raptor HDD 150GB @ 10,000 RPM (Contains OS and games)
Sea Gate HDD 500GB @ 7,000 RPM (Contains media files and back up work projects)
Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 2.4GHz
4 GB of Crucial Ballistix PC 8500
Nvida 8600GT
Antec 850 Watt power supply
then a bunch of other random cool stuff

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

[quote=Das-W00t]

That's pretty cool, I wish I was able to pack up and go about to a city of my choice...Did you know people living there already?

A cousin here and a friend going to grad school at Brandeis. But that's about it. Been here a week and loving it. Had a sort of date with a girl on Beacon Hill last night. Brought some wine over to her place and ya, good stuff. So far it seems this was a really good choice.

And if you'd like to do something like that, then you should. You only get to live once and the experience alone will be worth it. I just packed everything essential into my little car and drove across country. Just secured a place last night and got some good leads on jobs. Just be fearless [/quote:tk9nncw3]


you did get more awesome

[Brew_Ha_Ha]

I changed jobs from Assistant Manager of a GameStop to working at computer software company doing QA on their products. It's pretty cool, I get a chance to work and learn at the same time. I'm trying to learn C# and the .NET platform. If I can accomplish that with some success then I'll be able to do just about anything there. The company is great and really prefers promoting from within. Good riddance to GameStop... (No offense to anyone who works there, I just hated the place.)

I still live at home, and it's very lame. I don't pay rent so that saves me a bundle and my basement now looks like BestBuy. If anyone knows anything about me I'm still with my girlfriend Beth, and we've been dating for 3 and a half years now.

I still play an insane amount of video games, but not nearly as much as before. You'll find me for the most part on Halo 3 on XBOX Live. Most the people I work with play every Tuesday night and I join in with them. We also play Forza 2 on occasion (mostly Thursdays). I own a PS3 and never play it. I have a DS and never play it.

I also just bought a nice new PC rig. However, give it 3 months and it'll be a piece of junk. I have (but don't play that much) CoD4, Orange Box, Crysis, World in Conflict, and C&C 3.

Specs -
WD Raptor HDD 150GB @ 10,000 RPM (Contains OS and games)
Sea Gate HDD 500GB @ 7,000 RPM (Contains media files and back up work projects)
Intel Q6600 Quad Core @ 2.4GHz
4 GB of Crucial Ballistix PC 8500
Nvida 8600GT
Antec 850 Watt power supply
then a bunch of other random cool stuff

Heh yeah I should've mentioned I do play xbox often with friends, I love Snowbound on halo 3