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Happy birthday! :)

Glad to hear life's been going alright for ya :) Every once in a blue moon I'll pass some FS guys who have to haul a bunch of gear and feel pretty bad for them, and then realize there's probably a reason you guys tend to be pretty fit. Any clue where they'll have you sent to? From the sounds of this message and previous ones I know you're assigned to fire teams most of the time, but does the USFS ever have you doing any sort of emegerncy relief as well? i.e. would you ever be doing anything like helping with flood relief in Texas or something? Just curious!
My summer is... happening. I'm restarting school in the fall for Wind Turbine Technology so I'm excited to turn a new page in life, but it feels like it can't come soon enough. For a good while after my trip to Japan I tried to find a local nursing job; however, it became very clear that none of them would be able to work with my school schedule coming up and I refuse to work nights while going to school. That was awful enough six years ago during college, and I just don't have the gusto to do it again. So now I'm just looking for really whatever job. I live with my family and have a good deal of savings, so money isn't a big concern - but it feels shitty to be at home all day every day, even if it's just until school. And I haven't even been using that time to catch up on my backlog!
I guess I should really be thankful I can afford not to grind for a while ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Anyway, hope the season goes well for ya! Keep me updated!
-KoP

oh sick, no worries lol i go a while between checking MAL a lot too. Forest Service sounds like a sweet gig!

as a fellow man of science i salute you. whats your area of interest in biology?

I apologize for never answering you back. I certainly had the time, (though it seems you have not been blessed with the same!) but life kinda ground at me for a while and now I'm wondering what I'm really doing. So, nothing has changed.

How are things for you now? Hopefully well, but I know things are crazy over on the coast with the LA fires and whatnot. Despite being from Washington, if it affects you I wish you well through it.

I took a job in Pocatello, ID about a month and a half ago, so I'm about halfway through that one before a trip to Japan with some buddies for a few weeks. Very excited.

Cheers,
-King of Pneumos

ur name reminds me of this

You're welcome ~

Happy birthday! :)

That makes sense though - I graduated in 2020 as well, albeit college, but with everything going on then we didn't even get a ceremony. During the ceremony they specifically gave these little lamps to our major's grads, so I recently tried to get them to send me one and it was like pulling teeth... like yes, I earned this dinky little piece of porcelain; I want it, too!

And as long as you kinda keep in contact you never really lose your good college friends. I have some that I still chat with here and there, and at times even after months and years apart we still click like we saw each other last weekend or something. I'm sure you made good friends so life will manage to keep you together!

So getting your 'red card'- what does that entail? Are you like on-call with a local fire department or something? I have a friend who has done similar things in the past and he always made it sound interesting. You must get your own gear leant out to you and I imagine the training is almost overwhelming, LOL! But it's great that life is taking you in a meaningful direction.

And Virginia is great! A bit toasty; last couple days have been around the 90s for highs, but with low humidity hikes haven't been bad, either. I'm currently discovering the magic that is taking random fire roads throughout National Parks - pretty decent views, low traffic, and they usually connect to other trails anyway. Sure getting the use out of my annual pass, that's for sure!!

I watched the Girls' Last Tour anime first, then actually purchased the manga and read them all. Those last few chapters, man... ;_; but it's a great series! I loved reading the scenes I watched and appreciated just how well they were animated. Pretty bummed knowing we'll basically never get to see the ending animated, but I do think they picked a great spot to 'end' the anime. The submarine scenes were fantastic.

Otherwise, right now I just finished the first original season of Sailor Moon, will probably at least watch the original series to completion (yay filler...), and started Konosuba. You been watching anything good recently?

Cheers!

Ohh I see! ^_^

You can comment on my profile whenever you want to talk.

I reply to all msg too.

Have a nice day!

Glad to hear.

Also Thanks for accepting it!

Nyanpasu! ^_^

hope you're doing well!

Ahh, you're graduating soon! Awesome!! I'm proud of you. :D

Work is fine! I enjoy being able to help people out at its core, so even when the job gets stressful (which it does, urgh) I keep in mind the role I'm playing. And when people are angry I always tell myself they're not angry at me, just the situation. At the end of the day we both want the same thing, for them to get better, it's just that we see different paths as to how that's done. I think it's a remnant of how we view healthcare in this sort of magical way in which things will just magically get better and there's no further bumps in the road, but IMO it couldn't be further from the truth. So much of what we do to get better causes us more pain in the immediate, and I think that's true for lots of things in life.

Sorry for the personal philosophy tangent. If I was an anime character I'd definitely be that guy that the writers threw in there to very bluntly verbalize the themes and meanings that everyone else just kinda accepts, even tho he's acting weird all the time.



Not at all - that is very much a part of what I meant. And I think a lot of that intimidation is perfectly natural and healthy! It's taking on a new role in life and you're worried you'll be able to do it well, which is a great sign that you really do care about the success of it all.



My man, amen; who hasn't? As much as I hate feeling like crap, I also appreciate the silver lining in retrospect because then I'd never really be able to appreciate the good times, as cliche as that is. Plus it just wouldn't feel human not to experience plenty of the feelings that life has to offer, even if they suck in the moment. I suppose in a way, I'm grateful that I can have that outlook in the first place. I'm probably overanalyzing it, but IDK. Being able to have problems gives their own purpose, y'know? Like if everyone in the world was always healthy all the time, I couldn't find fulfillment in helping people get better. Yee ol Myth of Sisyphus and whatnot.

Virginia is great!! I have that America the Beautiful pass so I can get into the Shenandoah National Park and have been going crazy with it ever since I got here. If I'm not at work I'm hitting a new trail every day. Just the other day I took a walk through this old railroad tunnel and it's a dark, wet, and cold jaunt for probably 10-12 minutes straight. Can't imagine having to work to clear that out back in the day. Sorry for the grain, but what can ya do. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯





Pssh, not a problem at all. How else do you get to know someone?

Cheers!

No worries :) Like I said earlier I get it, it's like a weird mental thing where it kinda sits there and evne tho it's a social media thing we do for fun, it still feels like 'work' in a weird way.

I'm alright - getting work figured out was a huge hassle. My work contract got voided due to a licensing issue - I was able to find a way to get it processed, but it was a rough day or two and I kinda had a few existential crises, heheh...

It feels like a lot of people in our generation very much have that concern with finding a 'permanent' occupation or career. Like, it was definitely easier some 30 years ago when that boomer advice of 'walking into a place and asking for a job' strategy worked. Nowadays I feel like we're valued less in working positions, and most people are intelligent enough to see their position to companies that grow larger and larger and see them as a more and more insignificant piece of their puzzle, so they feel less like committing. That, or maybe it's like a, "How much do I want to spend the rest of my life doing this?" sorta thing. Maybe I'm just rambling, IDK, LOL. Careers are weird. But I understand wanting to get out of the parents' house! There's a sort of psychological drag that accompanies living with the family past a certain age, and I often wonder if that's another cultural thing that can be learned/unlearned. But also I get lots of people don't see eye-to-eye with their family... I have an uneasy understanding with my parents, too, that I do me and they do them, and it kind of hurts to have that divide sometimes. Again, maybe I'm just rambling again. Sorry!

Those wake-up calls are rough, I feel ya there too. I've wondered if I'm somewhat of a man-child, given my life situation and what I honestly do in my day-to-day. Not to say that's you, of course, but I mean I also think of ways in which I could improve as a functioning human being in society. It gets better the more I interact with others, but so many times I'll catch myself in the middle of awkard moments or gaffes and think, "a normal person wouldn't do this, right?". Always hard to say. Though, on the flip side, I've found it's really helpful for empathizing with others! Being in strange, asocial situations helps you understand others who might act like that when you interact with them as well.

(P.S. My apologies if this response makes little sense. I am a little inebriated right now, I had to drive four hours today for what accounted to nothing and wanted to blow off some steam.)

Aside from all the mumbo-jumbo I already filled you in on, haven't been up to much! Lots of prep to hopefully still head over to Virginia, going to be in the Shenandoah Valley area and am VERY excited for that. Between the nature, the history of the area, and the coast being some 150 miles away I am ecstatic. Leaving the family is always a bittersweet goodbye, since I wont' see them or anyone I know for some 3-6 months again, but it's just part of the job. You get used to it, and the Internet/cell phones are a blessing. <3. Otherwise life is okay - annoying, but I can't really complain too much. I'm alive and my immediate needs are met for the foreseeable future, and I do what I can to maintain higher-level needs too. :) So much effort to take care of ourselves... what a web we weave! And hey, life happens, I know people get busy so no rush on replying! How was spring break?