fbpx

Elena

Forum Replies Created

Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 2,114 total)
  • Author
    Posts
  • in reply to: The "Heck Yeah!" Thread… #936540
    Elena
    Participant

      I resigned my second job of 4.5 years. Am now a single job gal πŸ˜€

      I will miss most of the people I worked with but on the other hand I will have this thing called free time for the first time in…. way too long.
      I’ll actually have time for things I want to do! πŸ™‚

      Also, started martial arts in September πŸ˜€
      I do Iaido (Japanese Sword), Jodo (sword v staff) and Niten Ichi Ryu (Double Sword) and am LOVING it!
      a couple of weeks ago my dojo had its annual war with the evil pumpkin clan (we won πŸ˜› ) and got to use Sensei’s live blade πŸ˜€

      in reply to: Windstone mini-convention/meetup – important update #927239
      Elena
      Participant

        I would definitely be interested! πŸ˜€
        There might be some travel issues and of course Work but the further out I know the more likely I can swing it!

        A trip to the carousel museum would be a neat side trip too!

        in reply to: The "I got my swap!" thread #924791
        Elena
        Participant

          yes, she’s up on DA πŸ™‚
          http://ladyleyn.deviantart.com/art/Marble-Sand-Cat-504987439

          I goggled Sand Cats and marble waterfalls and then the images percolated for a few days and this happened.
          She’s a Marble Sand Cat who may or may not have been a part of a waterfall sculpture πŸ˜€

          in reply to: Happy New Year #923616
          Elena
          Participant

            Happy New Year! πŸ˜€

            in reply to: 2015 New Years Resolutions! #923615
            Elena
            Participant

              I got one of my new years resolutions just before Christmas! I Finally! (its been 2 years) got a permanent position in my office (if I hadn’t gotten it I would have been looking for a new job) and a bonus that I got re-classified to a senior position too! πŸ˜€

              So 2015 Resolutions:
              1 – Actually start looking after myself!
              I have really neglected ME over the last few years while I was getting my life sorted out
              after a few disasters

              2 – Work less
              One of my jobs is now permanent so I’m hoping that it means I can work less shifts at the other
              and actually have some *free time*

              3 – Get back into doing Arts stuffs.
              Because of life disasters and school/working 2 jobs I haven’t being doing anything and I miss it.

              in reply to: The "I got my swap!" thread #923235
              Elena
              Participant

                I’m glad it finally got there! I was starting to worry!
                Glad she likes it πŸ˜€

                in reply to: The "I got my swap!" thread #922921
                Elena
                Participant

                  So got home and there was a Windstone box waiting for me…

                  Did I order something? I couldn’t remember its been kind nuts at both jobs and my brain is mush…

                  Put the box aside until I had time to open it

                  found time and opened…. really I didn”t clue in until I saw ‘PYO Swap’ written on the item box
                  OMG!!! OMG!!! OMG!!!
                  THNAK YOU SOOOOOO MUCH MISS MELODY!!!!!! πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€ πŸ˜€
                  I absolutely LOVE her!!!!

                  I asked for a winged thing based on a Transformers Character named Windblade
                  Windy Dragon photo 001-1.jpg

                  Elena
                  Participant

                    Black unicorns…. Hades Eyes J)

                    in reply to: Happy Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canadians ! #920623
                    Elena
                    Participant

                      Happy Turkey Day Everyone!

                      We have the big family dinner tonight, 14 adults, 4 kids and 2 dogs all crammed into my sister’s place. Someone in the family needs to get a bigger house LOL πŸ˜›

                      in reply to: Chess… #919909
                      Elena
                      Participant

                        This would be a fun group project! πŸ˜€

                        For the ‘board’ might I suggest a giant quilt?
                        I know there are several sewing people here (I’m one πŸ˜‰ )

                        I would be wiling to organize, I like organizing and do that sort of thing for a living πŸ˜›

                        What about not using some of the larger PYOs? The Foo Parents and Keeper have a fairly large footprint which would mean a much larger ‘board’

                        King – Dragon
                        Queen – Griffin
                        Bishop – Ki-Rin
                        Knight – Kitsune
                        Rook – Phoenix
                        Pawn – Foo Pups / Kitty Griffins

                        in reply to: Snow! #918605
                        Elena
                        Participant

                          Whelp, Calgary got its first day of snow today… supposed to get about 10-12cm (about 2-3 inches) and we’ve dropped below freezing…

                          It was +26C yesterday….. :O

                          in reply to: WHINE is served #918384
                          Elena
                          Participant

                            Ugh… so whine….

                            found out that I’ve been passed over again for a permanent position. πŸ˜₯ I’ve been passed over 4 times in the last 2 months! And for people with absolutely no experience!

                            I don’t get it. I’ve been there almost 2 years (been passed over at least 8 times now) have worked hard and get fantastic performance reviews from my supervisors. My supervisors are baffled as well.

                            I’m really at a loss… and find myself contemplating looking for another job. I really like what I do but I don’t know if I can keep putting up with crap from management. πŸ™

                            in reply to: Snow! #917885
                            Elena
                            Participant

                              LOL πŸ™‚
                              I don’t want to think about it! Summer is already way to short! Its not happening, we still have another 2 months! πŸ˜›

                              We haven’t gotten snow yet but its been cold and rainy and the mountains have gotten snow, I know its just a matter of time…. time to start looking for new winter boots πŸ˜‰

                              in reply to: The "Heck Yeah!" Thread… #916955
                              Elena
                              Participant

                                Heck Yeah!

                                I work at our local Courthouse so work for the government and its a very hectic, stressful and thankless job. I Got into work this morning and got called into the supervisor’s office, that’s usually not good but it turned out to be super good for me!

                                The President of one of the courier companies we deal with sent a letter to the Justice Minister ( and then it made its way down the chain to us) stating how wonderful his experience was and he actually named me as being the clerk who was the wonderful person he dealt with and commending my ‘positive attitude, patience and professionalism’ when dealing with people. πŸ˜€

                                Honestly I don’t remember who this would have been, we get hundreds of people through our counter each day. My supervisor said its pretty impressive to have a company write to the Minister for someone doing a good job (we’re much, much more familiar with people complaining that we’re not doing things for them) and she was super happy for me and has put it on my personnel file. :party:

                                in reply to: Attention Dragon Lovers… #916953
                                Elena
                                Participant

                                  This would be interesting. When Anne McCaffrey was alive, she was uncomfortable about anyone messing with her novels–writing them or making movies–because she felt they didn’t get it right. I read one comment of hers when she was looking at a script for a movie and shook her head because it wasn’t what she felt it should be–they didn’t get it right. Making movies from books is always tricky–you can never accurately depict the book exactly how the author intended.

                                  It would make several movies and I would watch them. And whether or not they happen may depend on her children.

                                  Yeah, it seems like authors don’t have any say in how the movie of their book is made, (with the exception of Rowling, who seemed to have a strong hand in it!)

                                  Actually it all depends on how the source material is optioned. Some Authors who as super protective of their stuff (Rowlings, etc.) won’t option their material unless they have a say in how its portrayed and it’s put in pretty iron clad wording in the contract. It can be something that studios aren’t really interested in cause then they have to find a director who is willing to take direction from the author. It is becoming more popular to include the creator since series like this already have a huge fan base and if you turn them off you’re not going to make any money.

                                  I’m hoping that it goes out to Legendary (a studio kinda under the WB umbrella) since they’ve done some great Scifi stuff in the last couple of years and they seem to be turning into that niche kind of studio.

                                  Anyway I’d bee thrilled to death to get a Pern movie. I’ve been waiting years and years for this! There was an old computer game back in the early 80s I think and so did Sega Dreamcast in the 90s.
                                  Given how CGI tech has evolved (and I read at one time that was one of the hang ups) we should get a decent movie.

                                  Of course even though its been optioned, it doesn’t mean that it’ll get made
                                  Guess we all gotta wait and see and cross fingers and toes πŸ™‚

                                Viewing 15 posts - 1 through 15 (of 2,114 total)