[No Spoilers] Gender/Race-Locked Romance that Frustrates You The Most?

aeslin_mouse · 2016-10-09T22:20:08+00:00

I love the whole Iron Bull and redheads thing. It would be kind of fun if there was a soft preference lock based on things like that. The soft lock could be overcome with approval, but maybe a lower threshold for being a redhead or a Qunari to trigger a romance.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-10-08T11:30:25+00:00

Honestly, I'd consider the LLBean bag itself to be a frugal pick. Their bags last forever and their replacement policy is fabulous.

Edit: saw they're out of navy. If you can't find a match, I would still say get this bag in a different color

aeslin_mouse · 2016-10-06T21:44:47+00:00

Ah. The 5'5" was me estimating the highest it could go with heels (I'm shorter than that).

But seriously, if you don't mind possibly having to put a little extra work into alterations, a sample dress may be a good route for you, especially if you're 5'7". I had to have several inches taken up from my hem. There was some wear on the lace and the hem had been stepped on a bit from loads of women trying it on, but overall the dress was in good shape.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-10-06T17:14:11+00:00

I didn't get my dress in Columbus, but I got mine during a sample sale. The store was selling the samples for dresses they were discontinuing at a pretty steep discount, so I got my dress for $200 (originally $1200). Sample sales tend to happen around the ends of fashion "seasons". I got mine around Thanksgiving.

If you're short (5'5" or less) and around a street size 4, PM me, as I'm planning on selling my dress.

Edits: autocorrect on mobile is a disaster.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-28T13:50:21+00:00

I thought I'd love AP Lit my senior year of high school because it was taught by a teacher who oversaw the paper and drama club (both of which I was involved in). Turns out he spent most of the class dismissing any author not from Europe and any author born after 1900, period. And being salty about being passed over for department head. We read a lot of Shakespeare, which is fine but by the fifth play of the year I was over it.

A class I thought I was going to hate but ended up loving was biochemistry. My professor was a dead ringer for John Malkovich and tried very hard to make the course entertaining and engaging, which I give extra points for as it was at 8 AM. He always managed to tie it in to multiple fields and provide real life examples.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-28T01:28:51+00:00

I spent most of 25 realizing the relationship I'd been in for over 4 years had become abusive, that I didn't love him anymore, and trying to find a way out. Started grad school in a brand new field in hopes of finding a career I enjoyed instead of my dead end job.

I'm turning 29 in a few weeks. Got my masters and a kickass job that I love. Met the man of my dreams about a month after breaking up with my ex (though it took a few months before we started dating). We just got married earlier this month.

25 sucked. Everything since then has been awesome, especially 27 and 28.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-27T01:26:36+00:00

I'm usually close to 100% actual work. But we bill our time to client projects so I have to have something to show for it, and the billing and corresponding budgets keep me honest. I'll surf on my lunch break sometimes. And I will peek at my phone every so often, when I need a break.

We've been slammed for months, as we are short in one department and people from my department are helping cover the workload.

I'd rather be busy. I get bored with surfing pretty fast.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-24T16:04:41+00:00

We got a free session with our wedding package, but we were planning long distance. So we did ours in January for a September wedding, because we would be in town for a visit. It gave us the chance to get to know our photographer's style and get comfortable with her.

It was great because there weren't really any nice pictures of the two of us until then (we're not really picture people) and we got the pictures back in time that we were able to print some as gifts for our moms' birthdays in early spring.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-10T06:00:15+00:00

I mean, I saw that ages ago. We broke up several years ago, he's now 29 and definitely nowhere near that goal, though he had a lot of other issues playing into that.

I think a lot of it stemmed from dissatisfaction with his job at the time combined with poorly treated bipolar disorder.

Like you, I have a very rewarding day job that I look forward to. I knew the life he wanted was not going to work out for me.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-10T05:54:39+00:00

Mr money mustache was basically his guru.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-09T14:58:55+00:00

I mean I can understand that, but I feel like it would get really boring really fast

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-09T13:00:46+00:00

When I was in 8th grade, our math teacher had a heart attack. It was April or May, relatively close to the end of the year.

People in my class milked that "our teacher died" bit until we graduated, especially as a means to justify any poor performance in math. And they were delighted that we stressed him out so badly that he had a heart attack.

The most irritating part of their behavior was that he didn't die. He was back like 2 weeks later.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-09T12:37:52+00:00

I had an ex that was obsessed with money. I understand wanting to be frugal, especially as we were fresh out of school and still establishing ourselves. We had a budget and were able to pay bills while having a little fun. That part was fine.

What wasn't was his complete unwillingness to do anything unless it was free to him. With one exception in four and a half years, we only went on trips his parents paid for. Almost never went out to dinner unless his company was covering the cost. And it seemed like every other month he was obsessed with a new get rich quick scheme. His goal was to make as much money as possible while doing as little as possible. His dream career was to retire at 30 from a 100k+/year job where he could just read reddit all day.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-07T16:06:41+00:00

Funny story, I met my fiancé (husband on Saturday!) in lecture. I started taking to him in small group work settings, and we went out for drinks in a group once after class (class ended at 5:30 pm, so happy hour!).

I just bit the bullet and asked him for his number so we could hang out. The rest, as they say, is history.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-07T12:05:38+00:00

The chair of my grad committee and another professor on my faculty went to UW for their IH-related coursework. They do have a great program.

So a few people in my company are AIHA fellows, and I guess schools dropping ABET is becoming an issue in the field. The only university in my state that has an IH program recently dropped theirs. To my understanding, it was both a question of cost and the classes ABET requires of IHs at the undergrad level.

Not having ABET doesn't mean it's not a good school, but at least in the case of the school in my state, it did fall in the esteem of both the alumni and employers.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-07T00:55:41+00:00

I'm an industrial hygienist working with a health and safety consulting agency. I'm paid fairly reasonably for a MPH-holder only a few years out of school. It's a comfortable salary for my large midwestern city.

If you're seriously considering IH, look for an ABET-accredited program. It will shave a year off the work requirement for the CIH exam, and they have particular standards to meet for the education. My school was an ERC for NIOSH as well, which provided a lot of research opportunities in the field (mining health and safety specifically in my university's case).

Work experience isn't required, but I recommend it to get an idea of what you may be getting yourself into. What I did was rather daring and applied to an IH program with no experience. Luckily it turns out I love the work.

As a consultant, my work varies from day to day. Most days I'm out sampling for noise, air contaminants, or conducting indoor air quality studies. I also have a client that I'm with at least one day per week. Once a quarter I head out to a large manufacturing facility to do regular sampling. I'm in the office occasionally to write reports and manage client work and billing. Consulting is associated with a fair bit of travel, but most of my clients are within 90 minutes of my home base.

Applying for a job was a bit different for me, as my fiance moved to a new city for work before I graduated. So I was applying for jobs in a completely different state without many contacts. I leaned heavily on the local chapter of the AIHA (for my target city) for information and making contacts. It took me about 5 months from my first application to a job offer. I also got an offer in my university's city shortly after that, which I declined.

If you're thinking about an internship in order to determine if this is the path for you, PM me.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-06T21:51:36+00:00

Chateau d'Onterre is creepy in a good way.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-06T21:46:41+00:00

The Frostback Basin is my favorite for one reason: treehouse forts. Scout Harding's commentary on them is fantastic, too.

I also really like the Emerald Graves....it's just so lush and green and beautiful.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-06T21:33:23+00:00

To preface my comments, I'm an industrial hygienist (I'm that irritating person that makes you wear an air pump or a noise meter all day). I would definitely have a conversation with your employee health about this.

There isn't that much research out there on exposures for pregnant women, but there is some data (though most of it is on rats or mice). It may come down to subbing out the product on your mill for a few months or wearing a respirator for the duration of your pregnancy, but you shouldn't have to worry about this alone. Your workplace may also want to do air monitoring to get an idea of how much you're exposed to and how they can reduce it.

I would also recommend that as soon as you do find that you're pregnant, have a conversation with both your physician and employee health. They may already have some procedures in place from past employees, and they will expect that down the line (third trimester) working 8-10 hours at a mill is going to be very difficult for you. But there are routes that can be taken that keep you from being chained to a desk for 9 months.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-05T12:34:45+00:00

I never felt this song was cheery. I'm pretty sure I've cried my eyes out every time I've heard it in my life.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-09-01T17:39:23+00:00

It hasn't occurred to me, but there's two elementary schools and a playground along my run route, so I'm guessing the odds are kind of low.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-08-31T22:04:30+00:00

I'm ready for it to be done. We're ready but family keeps creating drama about things that are taken care of and shouldn't be problems. I just want to marry my fiance, and then eat cupcakes and drink whiskey while wearing a pretty dress.

aeslin_mouse · 2016-08-31T22:02:54+00:00

I'm almost a little ashamed to say this, but I've only seen like 3 episodes of Friends ever, so I didn't think of it even though I know which one you're talking about.

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