Geek Board Check-in

[athn64]

Hey all!

Sorry, I've sort of fallen off the face of the earth (unless you post on politics, you'll have seen me there). I keep meaning to post over here, but I can't seem to be motivated to do muc these days.

Anyways, How's everyone doing? My family is awesome, and I got a ton of great Eowyn/Rohan Lord of the Rings merch for my B-day. Work, kids, and fanfic still seem to consume my life.

[marygracerich]

Hi!

I have been incredibly busy. My boss has been scheduling me every day. I’m exhausted.

I went to LeakyCon again this year. I took pics with Tom Felton, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. It was a great time. I have also been reading a lot. Mostly romantasy with a handful of other things mixed in.

MH bought me From A Certain Point of View for my birthday. It’s a book of Star Wars stories from the return of the Jedi. Three fic authors that I know and love have stories in it so I am sure I will love it. I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.

I hope you all are well!

[athn64]

Oct 24, 2023 15:02:28 GMT -6 marygracerich said:

Hi!

I have been incredibly busy. My boss has been scheduling me every day. I’m exhausted.

I went to LeakyCon again this year. I took pics with Tom Felton, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. It was a great time. I have also been reading a lot. Mostly romantasy with a handful of other things mixed in.

MH bought me From A Certain Point of View for my birthday. It’s a book of Star Wars stories from the return of the Jedi. Three fic authors that I know and love have stories in it so I am sure I will love it. I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.

I hope you all are well!

So jealous of your con experience!

[marygracerich]

Oct 24, 2023 15:17:46 GMT -6 athn64 said:

Oct 24, 2023 15:02:28 GMT -6 marygracerich said:

Hi!

I have been incredibly busy. My boss has been scheduling me every day. I’m exhausted.

I went to LeakyCon again this year. I took pics with Tom Felton, Elijah Wood and Sean Astin. It was a great time. I have also been reading a lot. Mostly romantasy with a handful of other things mixed in.

MH bought me From A Certain Point of View for my birthday. It’s a book of Star Wars stories from the return of the Jedi. Three fic authors that I know and love have stories in it so I am sure I will love it. I haven’t gotten around to reading it yet.

I hope you all are well!

So jealous of your con experience!

Miranda Otto was there but I was out of autograph and photo money at that point 😂
Next years Leaky is in Portland Oregon.

[4PrivetDrive]

yuo guys I watched The Marvels and I know I should be boycotting Disney but i wanted to send a fuck you to all the Marvel haters and support a Muslim actress + female leads.

IT WAS SO GOOD

[Cheshie6]

Hello all. Since my last posting, I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. DS(6) is in a billion activities, including playing George in a Curious George play, so I feel like I’m just driving all over the place.

I’m jealous of the con experiences. I can’t wait to start going again, since DS seems interested in Transformers, Doctor Who, and Star Wars. If I can only get him to watch Star Trek SNW with me.

Does anyone else like the monsterverse ? (King Kong, Godzilla). I’m excited to start watching Monarch on Apple TV, but I don’t have IRL friends who were raised on Godzilla movies like we were.

[athn64]

Nov 22, 2023 18:00:21 GMT -6 Cheshie6 said:

Hello all. Since my last posting, I’ve been diagnosed with ADHD. DS(6) is in a billion activities, including playing George in a Curious George play, so I feel like I’m just driving all over the place.

I’m jealous of the con experiences. I can’t wait to start going again, since DS seems interested in Transformers, Doctor Who, and Star Wars. If I can only get him to watch Star Trek SNW with me.

Does anyone else like the monsterverse ? (King Kong, Godzilla). I’m excited to start watching Monarch on Apple TV, but I don’t have IRL friends who were raised on Godzilla movies like we were.

My sibling is a monster fan.  They like to go see those with my dad. I'm not a huge fan, but I do enjoy watching them on occassion. 

[mischief]

Hey guys! I still lurk like a creeper sometimes, I could never quit y'all for real. Big changes in the Mischief house since last year!

So I posted last year about my cute little side job at the smoke shop that was supposed to just be a few days of the week to get me out of the house. The owner was out of the country at the time and that's why I got hired initially. He was gone for three months and completely unreachable.

Well it escalated very quickly, less than a month after I started my manager lost his damn mind and self destructed. So naturally I went into crisis management mode and held shit together. The boss got back at the end of October and I had managed to keep us afloat and secure my place in the business.

My manager finally got fired after too many chances and that was its own shit show. That was in January. So after that it was just the owner and I running things.

He told me from then on that I could be as involved in the business as I wanted to. So I started small with suggestions organizing things and stuff. Then moved onto making a few orders and diving into research and learning the business.

Now in the last 6 months I have become the full fledged head of the business. My boss is content to just work a few days a week; he calls me his partner and all decisions go through me.

I hired a new employee and she's been fabulous. We just finished a complete remodel of the shop with my design and it looks incredible. I also succeeded in my goal of DOUBLING the profits plus more from last year.

So things have been insane but also so so good. I love this job so much and I'm actually really freaking good at it! And my boss told me that when he retires or is just tired of this business he will give it to me. That will probably be awhile but even the potential is amazing!

[enchanted]

That's amazing mischief! Full on bad ass, you are.

[willow]

Hell yeah, mischief! I’m so happy for you. What a great update.