gloaming brook, it was an event and i have no idea XD i was not active then, hahaha

Thanks for the information! Hope you've had your lunch now. :D


Thanks!

Gloaming Brook was the first Nocturnalis (Halloween) event item I ever got. It's a cool item, but can be hard to use with more detailed backgrounds.

I like that we're getting more background items.

I came. I saw. I ate.

Ditto!

LOL Tam.

Veni. Vidi. Edi.

>.>
I need to work on my Latin.

That made me cackle out loud.

*noms rice and watches a semi-bad movie*

what sorts of bgs is den interested in?

I like backgrounds in general, but I'm really fond of nature stuff.

so fields and plants and stonework and the like?

Yeah. I like those sorts of things. :)

ok, cool then ^^


so how are you?

About ready to tell my parents to sod off about me driving to the nearest big city to find work. There's just nothing here that wouldn't mess up my back worse than it already is (I worked in a job during high school that required back braces, but it turns out those did almost as much harm as they were designed to prevent, so my lower back's a mess), would be something that pays a living wage, that I'm physically able to do (again, tied into the back thing, plus bad knees and an old whiplash injury that never really got dealt with properly), lets me have my weekends free (I do conventions and other shows where I sell artwork and do commissions), and would be something I don't mind doing for long stretches (which rules out retail jobs. I've done it before, and never again, unless they raise the legal minimum wage to a livable wage, which is a huge battle at this point).

And you laugh at me for putting flower backgrounds on everything. LOL

:P Hush, you. lol

*yap yap yap yap talk talk talk!* XD

*Plants trees everywhere*
So, how is everyone?

I am happy because this happened.

dude, i think you really out to tell them off. i was pressured into working on an injury and now i can't hardly sit or stand and i am in pain most all of the time even when i am asleep. they need to be told where to get off

o.0 is that directed at me, choco?

it was, sorry XD

I kinda suspected... But thing is, I have to be careful not to get too lippy, lest the 'rents kick me out. I've been homeless once before. It wasn't fun, and my hair was sacrificed due to not being able to care for it properly.

they'd throw you on the street for wanting to protect your body?

For being a mouthy brat (in their eyes). We've already had one incident where they asked me if I'd rather be sleeping under a bridge (Long story short, Dad decided to do something he thought was funny (Invade my personal space while I was distracted and jab his fingers into my sides), and I reacted very negatively).

Sounds like a good day, Tam. :)

...I am not sure I could and maintain my health with family like that.
*Hugs Den*

Glad you had a fun day, Tam.

Your home situation sounds really challenging, Den.

Thanks, guys.

And there are days that I almost wish I was American, so Den could come camp at my place. I'm bossy, but I don't think I'm mean. I hope I'm not.

I would rather travel up to Canada. America stinks.

Alberta has free healthcare. Not dental, but most the other stuff.

I'd offer my home...but the land and animals are the main plus. People...well...
*hides bloody knives*
What people?

(There are good people here, but if you don't want a headache, follow Linus's advice)

Do you have to wait a long time to get medical care, Tam?

Hello everyone 'waves'

That's still farther ahead of America. Even working full-time, when I had insurance, I couldn't afford a doctor's visit.

A lot of the insurance plans have such high deductibles that it's pretty expensive even with insurance. That's one of the reasons why I know a lot of people who are paying the penalty of not having insurance versus purchasing one in the insurance marketplace. It costs less for them to just go without.

^Sort of one reason the current method doesn't work well. Other one being that the way US gov set up healthcare, it encourages price inflation in medicine and doctor pay.

Last time I went to a doctor I didn't. It was just checkup/blood test stuff, though.

Hi!

I hear that a lot of Canadian doctors go to the States because they get more money there.

And American surgery (ignoring insurance companies) is more expensive than flying to the Philippines, getting the same treatment, and flying back.

0_0 Really?