The Gloat Thread (what good things just happened for you thread)

[Gucci Smoochies]

So I know there is a lot of negative stuff that happens in this world but what about the good things in your life? Anything new and amazing happen in your life you want to share with the world? You got a new job? Just bought a house? Spill it here! :)

Negative vents go here: Vent your Rant (http://nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?threadid=32242&highlight=vent+your+rant
)

Gloating your talents goes here: Self Glorification Thread (http://nwtekno.org/vb/showthread.php?threadid=66215&highlight=official)

(If there is another thread like this, please post so I can incorporate this in the original post or delete this one. :) I did a search but to no avail. Maybe I didn't have the right keyword?)

I'll start.

After four years of procrastination and work drama, I am finally going back to school. I just registered yesterday and couldn't feel better! I also just started working out religiously every other day at Bally's and love it! I love getting an endorphin rush after running 20 minutes on a cross track/trainer thing :D


NOW Spill the good stuff people! There has to be positivity in this world somewhere.

[mullingitover]

My new macbook shipped this morning, five days early.

[Charlie Deep]

A fresh, tasty donut found its way into my mouth this morning.

[burnt]

I just got $4000/year richer yesterday. with bigger bonuses to come.

I'm going to manage the development and propogation of my company's flagship product. After they send me to some free classes, since I'm woefully unskilled in using many of the tools (SPSS, PHP, Perl, statistical analysis.) So I'm also getting free schooling.

I think the only reason I got the promotion was because I look nice in a tie, and I'm very pleasant and diplomatic around the office. :D




now all I need is one of those red laser pointer thingies...

[mchll888]

^^^^Congrats^^^^^

I have a shiny new ring on my finger!
I gots a new job making about 2,000 more a year to start that's about 1hr less of a commute as well.

[Gucci Smoochies]

!! Yay Michelle!!

See I knew good things happened to people around here. Keep them coming! :)

Congrats to all of you guys so far.

[***DRUKORE***]

after 14 years of drug.alcohol abuse Im at 7 weeks 100% sober. best thing that has ever happened to me. looking forward to 8.

[djsteel]

VinylDiva - Congrats on going back to school...that was the best decision i've made..

Good Job Drukore!!! That is really awesome. Keep up the fight!!!

Today is my last day in the mouse/Keyboard division at M$. On Monday, I get to go back to Engineering XBox accessories!

[tr0llaccount]

i got $400 in comissions in my check today.

[Kitten]

I was just thinking about starting a thread like this, because so many good things have happened lately.

So, I'm a huge dork and my academic performance means a lot to me. I registered for 19 credits this term, and half of them are 400/500 level courses. So, I'm a sophomore, and in classes with graduate students, and having been feeling a lot of pressure to prove myself. And all term I have been getting compliments from classmates, profs, and T.A.s. The other day, a woman approached me after class and said, "you really know your stuff." I met with one of my profs outside of class, and she told me that I'm one of the best writers in her class. It's not so much that I don't think I'm smart, but I really appreciate getting that affirmation from other people (especially ones that I respect). Like I said...I'm a big dork.

Also. I was cast for a major role in the Vagina Monologues this year, which was a blessing in disguise for so many reasons. It was fun, I pushed myself beyond what I thought I was capable of, I conquored some major stage fright, and I won a new sex toy! There's a raffle at each performance, and I ended up buying a ticket and winning a Rabbit. Huzzah!

[matytek]

you pussy.

[Vixie]

I like reading that good things do actually happen and I wish you all would send some my way. Things are pretty bleak in my neck of the woods, but this thread isn't about that...

Lessee...good stuff that's happened...my son said "I love you" to me just a minute ago!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/Family/DSCF0021.jpg

He is my happy.

[Adlib]

I just got a girl to come pick me up and take me out to dinner and a movie...

[Veracohr]

I found $10 on the bus yesterday...

...but it doesn't make up for losing my wallet on the same day.

[Gucci Smoochies]

Sunday is my two year anniversary for Josh and I. :) We're going to have a nice dinner and get my ring fixed. :D Not completely gloat worthy but I'm excited, none the less!

Keep them coming guys :)

[Car2n]

I found my "ill-matic" hat!!!!!

[**BISCUIT**]

I start at my new job on Tuesday of next week. I'll be Installing and constructing super super super high end home theaters for some of the richest people in the NW.

I get to work with $100,000 projectors, $500,000 speakers and all the plasmas and LCDs I want.


My tax refund check will be here shortly, and I can finally pay off some debt! :D

and My wife loves me and I love her... so that makes me happy no matter what :D

-Mike

[MrMiyagi]

I'm finally coming back to the states after a year and a half over here... and I get to go to New Mexico next week as well...

[burnt]

my kid volunteered to clean the bathroom, and the place blings and smells like a hospital - and he did this on Saturday morning!! =)

[glo wyrm]

ummm, today i decided to go to the liquer store and get a bottle of somethin cheep but tasty for myself(sambuca di amore(42% and $10)) in celibration of getting a new job this week. i only had a bit of moneys though sense no pay check yet. anywho, i baught my booze and immediately looked down on the ground only to find a five dollar bill laying there waiting for em to get it. i find that a bit gloat worthy of good luck. yay for being rewarded for buying booze.

[DnBassics]

Originally posted by Vixie
I like reading that good things do actually happen and I wish you all would send some my way. Things are pretty bleak in my neck of the woods, but this thread isn't about that...

Lessee...good stuff that's happened...my son said "I love you" to me just a minute ago!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/Family/DSCF0021.jpg

He is my happy.


quite possibly one of the cutest kids ever.


Let's see...I have a job I love, I'm going to Alabama this spring, Italy this summer, Jamacia next winter, I'm 99% sure I'll get accepted into RN school, aaaand I have the love of a Troll.

Life rules.

[hurlesk]

Originally posted by DnBassics
quite possibly one of the cutest kids ever.

Let's see...I have a job I love, I'm going to Alabama this spring, Italy this summer, Jamacia next winter, I'm 99% sure I'll get accepted into RN school, aaaand I have the love of a Troll.

Life rules.

Sounds sweet, though I might question whether going to Alabama is something to gloat about unless the reason is really good. :)

Oh, and I agree the kid is very much a cutie.

hurlesk

[DnBassics]

Alabama is inherently lame, but I'm going to a wedding that has a bunch of fantastic people...Plus, SoCo and Jack Daniel's abound. And warm weather.

I'll be sure to take pictures chewing on buckwheat :D

[Vixie]

Here's one from earlier today:

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/Family/DSCF0024.jpg

[Vixie]

I'm picking this cutie up today!

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/smore.jpg

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y154/vicksboo/smore1.jpg

[burnt]

is that a guinea pig?

guinea pigs are rad.

[Gucci Smoochies]

Its a black bear hamster!! :D

[Car2n]

my car is heller fly.

[Vixie]

Originally posted by Vinyl Diva
Its a black bear hamster!! :D
Actually, it's a dalmation hamster and she's aweswome!!! Plus, she's so big she could pass for a guinea pig! SHE'S SOOO CUTE!!! I'll post more pics of her as soon as she settles down from her road trip and I can get some good pictures of her. Her name is Smore :D

[Gucci Smoochies]

Well at least I got that hamster part right :D I've never heard of a dalmation one so I assumed it was a black bear. My mistake.

Adorable though. I would have a hamster but my cats would torment it, so my boyfriend has forbid me :(

[sass.bot]

I have a boy taking me out to a really nice dinner on Wednesday night:D I almost feel obligated to wear a skirt.

[IrisSilverMoon]

after waiting and hoping i got into my childhood and adolescent disorders class!

:)

they increased the class size. yay! this is really my only good news.

[galoux]

i love my job
i love singing
i love my friends
i love being who i am
i am happy that spring is almost here
i am happy that i was born in one of the greatest cities in the world
i am so infinitely happy to have my mom as mine

[Kitten]

Originally posted by DnBassics
Alabama is inherently lame, but I'm going to a wedding that has a bunch of fantastic people...Plus, SoCo and Jack Daniel's abound. And warm weather.

I'll be sure to take pictures chewing on buckwheat :D

Crazy! I am also going to Alabama this spring for a wedding. What part of the state will you be in?

[DnBassics]

I'll be in Birmingham for the first couple days, then we're going up to Huntsville for the wedding. Where will you be?

Hopefully the Evol Intent guys'll be lurking around at a club down there..

[glo wyrm]

i can't believe i didn't think of my most gloatworthy thing ever. i get to go to africa next month! my sister is out there with peace corps, and so my dad and i are gonna head out for around 20 days to visit her, see a wonderfull new place, and help out if we can. that and i wanna get uber cheap and good yerba mate(or however that is spelled...)

[dislocatedlogic]

I'll be leaving you fuckers for New York to make movies...
But not for another year.
Damn it. :mad:

Oh, and today the owner of my shop asked me to become one of his new piercers. I think it's only because I'm cute and I would bring in more business. And I pretty much look like a piercer already, so why not make it official?

[DnBassics]

by a healthcare agency. need to make more dough for the shenanigans and traveling this summer. WOOT!

[LucyFurr]

just got inducted into the national nuclear engineering honor society about an hour ago, while attending this free bomb ass formal dinner provided by our department. wOOt. Im gonna make teh big bucks muthafucka!!!

[bgirl503]

i got a new FULL time job today.
i am now officially training to manage my own golf/athletic pro shop

*does cabbage patch*

[bgirl503]

Originally posted by dislocatedlogic
I'll be leaving you fuckers for New York to make movies...
But not for another year.
Damn it. :mad:

Oh, and today the owner of my shop asked me to become one of his new piercers. I think it's only because I'm cute and I would bring in more business. And I pretty much look like a piercer already, so why not make it official?

do i smell a new reality Tv show a brewin..............

[dislocatedlogic]

Hahahaha
I know, it sounds pretty fucked up, doesn't it?
"I'm cute, so I would make a great piercer!"

Bah. No.
Besides, do you have any idea how disgusting people really are?
You couldn't pay me enough to handle their dirty body parts. :p

[djsteel]

Mike/Biscuit -

Who did you get your job with? I have some friends up there that own a very high-end A/V company, and it sounds very similar...


--Yesterday my wife and I got an ultrasound and got to watch our big-headed 9 week-old baby twitching around :D

[Car2n]

Kim (sothis) is giving me her tv!

[sothis]

im getting a samsung 40 inch lcd tomorrow which is why carleen gets my tv! :D

[bgirl503]

Originally posted by dislocatedlogic
Hahahaha
I know, it sounds pretty fucked up, doesn't it?
"I'm cute, so I would make a great piercer!"

Bah. No.
Besides, do you have any idea how disgusting people really are?
You couldn't pay me enough to handle their dirty body parts. :p

see that's what i'm saying, that's make for some great TV, i like to watch "inked" ever now and again, this one could be
"peirced"

hot peircer deals with the struggles of being a hot peircer that has to peirce not-so hot patrons, on their not-so hot organs,

i'm tottally serious

[dislocatedlogic]

That's so horrifying, it might just work! ;)

[Gucci Smoochies]

I might get an office at work :) We've been discussing the possibilty of moving me into the adjacent office in my department for a few days now.

I just hope it comes to be. I hate sharing my space with my boss who barks orders at me all day and tosses files at me all day instead of getting up and handing them to me. :rolleyes:

[Yungrii Mobliatri]

i have an unforseen thunder storm popping outside of my window.

[wingnut]

1) I finally have enough money to buy myself CDjs and a mixer (and some classes at SPUN academy, because I need structured learning)

2) I got mailed a notice saying that I forgot to deposit a check two years ago, and I have the option to explain the reason and get a new check issued. I think it might be return karma for giving someone back a $100 bill that he dropped near me.

3) I've gained a ton of new friends recently and I feel loved by everyone ::warm cozy moment::

wingnut

[tr0llaccount]

I have probably the best group of friends I've ever known.
I had probably the best birthday of my life last week and enjoyed every moment from beginning to end. Usually I find b-days really depressing.

[Cedwyn]

i stumbled right for a change! a few months back, i found this groovy transcription job, but it's crazy part-time. like, the work is based on quarterly financial reports, i.e., one month's work for four months out of the year. at first blush, it looks like quite a waste of time.

but i enjoyed it and knew there were opportunities to do/learn more with it, so i have been diligently checking in daily and keeping myself on the work list - there's some stuff to do in the "off-season," but the call volume is nothing, relatively speaking.

and it turns out that one of the additional opportunities available there is something called scoping (http://scopists.com/library/pro/scintro.html), which i had never heard of but know is just perfect for me. so i am one goddamned happy camper to have an in on this line of work - otherwise, it's take some bullshit certification course while trying to start from ground zero!

*does a happy dance*
Originally posted by Monk
I won Person of the Year from Time magazine. It is on my resume too.
LOL

[lovely]

Originally posted by muzak
I have probably the best group of friends I've ever known.
I agree, my friends are amazing and I don't know what I would do without them.

The other day I found a twenty dollar bill on the street and no one to give it back to!

And happy belated birthday, muzak. :)

[tr0llaccount]

thanks :D

[jovana]

this morning i woke up to my fiancee sitting on the side of the bed before he had to leave for work. he was just stroking my hair and occasionally lightly kissing the very tips of my pointy ears. it was so sweet i pretended to stay asleep to not ruin the moment. but it wasn't just a moment...it was a long time...the petting just continued. he finally tried to wake me (he knows i hate waking up without getting to say goodbye) and starting to kiss me and whispering "i love you so much" into my ear. it was the sweetest way i've ever woken up.

and the day gets only better. in the mail i got a 200£ gift certificate to bliss spa. i also got some products i ordered. but i didn't just get what i ordered. they made a mistake and sent me an extra package with half the stuff i ordered and didn't charge me for it. i got 75£ worth of beauty products for free. being jewish, and bliss products being ridiculously expensive, this makes me happy.

[DnBassics]

aww.



i just got a job at the Orlando Brewing Company, orlando's only brewery and florida's only organic brewery. finally, my expansive pacific northwest beer snobbery will be put to good use. schwing!

[IrisSilverMoon]

Originally posted by jovana
this morning i woke up to my fiancee sitting on the side of the bed before he had to leave for work. he was just stroking my hair and occasionally lightly kissing the very tips of my pointy ears. it was so sweet i pretended to stay asleep to not ruin the moment. but it wasn't just a moment...it was a long time...the petting just continued. he finally tried to wake me (he knows i hate waking up without getting to say goodbye) and starting to kiss me and whispering "i love you so much" into my ear. it was the sweetest way i've ever woken up.



my boyfriend does the exact same thing, if i get to sleep in and he has to go to work early, he gets up and gets ready and then before he leaves he comes over and whispers in my ear that he loves me and gives me a kiss goodbye. He'll use it as a way to wake me up too if i'm napping or something...its definately super sweet, i love it.

I think the only thing i have to gloat about at the moment is that i got an AWESOME six month review at my work. I got mostly 3's (out of 3) and only a couple of 2's and my supervisor wrote some super nice comments...:D

[dislocatedlogic]

Originally posted by jovana
this morning i woke up to my fiancee sitting on the side of the bed before he had to leave for work. he was just stroking my hair and occasionally lightly kissing the very tips of my pointy ears. it was so sweet i pretended to stay asleep to not ruin the moment. but it wasn't just a moment...it was a long time...the petting just continued. he finally tried to wake me (he knows i hate waking up without getting to say goodbye) and starting to kiss me and whispering "i love you so much" into my ear. it was the sweetest way i've ever woken up.

I know someone who does the same thing for me. I can't say his name, lest I embarrass him beyond repair, but his name rhymes with "Lamien". I love how we wake each other each morning.

I got my raise at work. Well, one of them. There's more than one. Meaning there's one, but there are also others coming within the next couple of months. Ones that actually make a difference each month.
Gloat, gloat, gloat.

[jovana]

i went shopping today...seriously shopping, for the first time since i've been in london. i did really well. david gave me a limit and didn't tell me what it was and then when i got home i was 100£ under the limit. he was very happy, and expected me to spend more.

i got him mutually fulfilling presents at agent provacateur, my first creme de le mer, i finally got my chanel prefum that i ran out of in israel and a lot of makeup at chanel as well. and then i got an amazing haircut at one of the best salons in london. i'm feeling kind of pretty. my hair is great, i smell good, and i get to wear sassy underthings. its a good anniversary. and the best part is that david told me i have the same spending limit every weekend. and next week i am allowed to get the balenciaga bag i want. this is so nice after spenidng a long time being a poor traveler and spendning the summer arelatively frugally until david got his new sun microsystems contract. now i'm getting completely spoiled.

[.-=PSYLON=-.]

Okay, so I was playing WoW and someone offered to run me through SFK. where I got not one, not two but THREE blue things for my level 19 lock. I just started playing again, and already I'm totally twinked out. Woot!!

I didn't even have this much blue crap for my level 45 NE Hunter!!

[xshank667x]

I got a raise a couple of weeks ago :D

[tr0llaccount]

another girl fell for my old "does this old rag smell like chloroform to you?" pickup line last night. :p

[More Wise]

i went to go browse the fly fishing store up the street that ive had my eye on for a while.

i ran in and talked to the store owner for a while and he tried tosell me this really expensive fly line (65 to 80 bucks for fishing line wtf) so i told him i was on a budget and i really wasnt expecting to pay so much for fishing liine.. he told me i should probably go to bimart or something then.

so i responded with.. youre so helpful and right up the street from me.. youve answered all my questions and i would really rather support a locally owned business. =)

i got the fly line for 10 bucks.

then, while im in the store.. this guy walks in and tells me hes my neighbor.. i had told him when he was looking at the apartment that the landlord sucks.. and how hes such a wretched jizzwad etc... but id be more than happy to be his neighbor if he did decide to move in... at any rate.. it turns out he fly fishes all the time.. and has been since he was a little kid. and he lives right next door to me.

so i got a really rockin deal on my fly line (i was about ready to cough up 60 bucks too but figured if you dont ask you dont know the answer) and ive got a next door neighbor that doesnt know the area really well but knows a shit load about fly fishing..

and my daughter slept through all of this .... =)

and..... i got a new job and my boss is like the most awesome boss i couldve ever asked for.. ive got a flexible schedule, so i can sleep in if i want.. weekends are optional if i want more work its there for me. and he doesnt mind just sitting around and chatting.. he even gives out micro brews at the end of the day =)

so... im glad this thread opened back up... cuz like.. some things in life really kick ass!!!