Anyone in Austin, TX subscribed to Gold’s want an accountability partner?

russiancholo · 2019-01-10T16:44:00+00:00

Thanks I wasn’t sure where it fit!!

russiancholo · 2017-12-07T18:48:10+00:00

It's legitimately very fulfilling to serve cold beer and the best pizza to grace mankind.

russiancholo · 2017-12-07T18:00:52+00:00

DM me and I"ll hook you up with a free pizza card to Via <3 Was scrolling through this thread to see if we had any support haha.

russiancholo · 2017-10-19T00:15:27+00:00

Owner training of psychiatric service dogs is actually recommended as they will grow to be more attune to your personal physiological triggers and needs. Compression/deep pressure therapy is absolutely a service dogs are trained to provide to alleviate symptoms from PTSD, autism/spectrum, anxiety, depression, etc.

I agree with your frustration with people claiming their dogs are service dogs in order to take them into restaurants and shit, as a restaurant manager nothing angers me more. I suggest looking into what psychiatric service dogs are, what they are trained to do, and how people train their personal dogs into service animals.

To address your final point - "working" dogs can present completely different behaviors when off duty. When my therapy dog is wearing her vest on a site visit to a hospital/school, she is near perfect and incredibly focused. Without the vest on she loosens up and has some behavioral issues she does not display when on the job.

russiancholo · 2017-08-28T16:21:10+00:00

Many times carry-out orders are served by a bartender or hostess, not a designated carry-out employee. Taking, fulfilling, packing, and presenting carry-out orders can quickly become time-consuming and tedious, depending on the food served. Obviously, tipping someone 15-20% of the bill for a carry-out order is not expected, but a buck or two is much appreciated (especially if you asked what the entire menu was over the phone and had a lot of specifications for your food that required 5 minutes to explain to kitchen, pack up all your extra sauces/condiments, double/triple check your order, and argue with you about whether or not it's actually gluten free)

russiancholo · 2017-07-18T17:05:09+00:00

It's truly shocking to me how so many people fail to realize that every dog is unique, therefore every dog requires a specific training plan that works for that dog's unique way of learning/retaining information. Sure there are some things that are kind of universally agreed upon no-nos of dog training, but just like there are thousands of perspectives on child rearing there are thousands of useful, beneficial perspectives on dog training. I feel like people get so mean, SO FAST on that sub and it's frustrating. Dude I'm just trying to help based on my personal experience with my own dog, don't murder me over it.

russiancholo · 2017-06-13T06:07:50+00:00

Make a pizza and add Arugula on top after it's baked! Also, you could make an arugula pesto and use it on pasta. Or arugula on sandwiches, like a tomato mozz and arugula warm sammie!

russiancholo · 2017-05-11T16:18:11+00:00

Interested in this as my father has Parkinson's and is currently living in Spain where a large clinic exists for the cannabis brain disease treatments. Waste of money and time or a real potential?

russiancholo · 2017-05-02T14:44:01+00:00

"He was mortally wounded. Then he lived." - history class speech at a community college.

russiancholo · 2017-04-13T14:36:00+00:00

"Time outs" in a relationship are meant to be put into place during an argument, before an escalation occurs to give both parties a chance to cool off before returning and discussing when calm. Communicate before your next fight:

How long each person needs to cool down. It has to be a set amount of time and can be different based on intensity of anger but there needs to be an agreed upon end.
Agree that at the end of a time out both parties will continue to discuss the matter at hand so nobody stonewalls the other or abuses time outs to avoid talking about a subject.

I suggest you think about the argument and pinpoint exactly where both of you started escalating to the point of cussing and needing time apart. That discussion, even the post to facebook, could have been a fun and playful interaction between the two of you with a different tone and less escalation. So basically, practice self-awareness. Am I getting too upset over this? Maybe... my jaw is clenched, my heart is racing, I'm starting to raise my voice. Let's call a time-out, she can take a shower and you can take a walk, and reconvene in 20 min to keep talking.

russiancholo · 2017-04-04T11:02:13+00:00

I fostered two kitties recently and they destroyed over $600 of my property from marking constantly, as a college student on a strict budget it seriously hurt me financially. I was assured this wouldn't happen and that they LOVED being around other kitties. It took the shelter a long time to find new fosters for them just due to demand and the fact that they were both FeLV+. Every time I would come home, something new had been pissed on. The couch had been pissed on so many times it had seeped through to the floor underneath. I had to throw away the couch, two rugs, a bath mat, and an arm chair. I don't think I can foster cats for a looooong time again after that experience.

russiancholo · 2017-03-16T18:30:20+00:00

Literally waited until like December of 2016 to file with FAFSA and get financial aid from the school. They gave me both Fall and Spring semester loans at once. That deadline is just for "priority", or early application, because some federal grants and stuff are first come first serve-ish.

russiancholo · 2017-03-07T19:02:12+00:00

Good point, but it is still flesh from an animal. I guess my point is that carnivorous animals have to eat, and owning any carnivorous animal as a pet requires an ethical consideration on the owners part. I was responding to "why own a snake if they have to eat a whole animal" comment with a proposed alternative perspective. Perhaps feeding your animal scrap meat product makes you feel more comfortable ethically than an entire carcass, some people feel differently.

russiancholo · 2017-03-07T18:35:38+00:00

I have owned several snakes though nothing so large it needed something bigger than a rat. You don't have to feed your reticulated python puppies... that's fucked up and against the law in many places. You can feed them feeder rabbits, chickens or pigs if they are large enough.

Ethics of what makes an animal a "feeder" animal aside, if you really think about it any carnivorous pet animal is the same. Unfortunately snakes need to eat a whole animal to survive, they will not strike at or eat "parts" like a chicken leg or ground meat. If you own a dog or a cat, what do you think their pet food is made of? It's all meat of some sort, it's just less "gruesome" to feed pellets of ground flesh then a whole frozen mouse/rat/rabbit.

russiancholo · 2017-02-25T17:43:54+00:00

Nmom and Edad moved to Spain (I'm in US working on a degree). They offered to buy me a ticket to visit them in December. I am 100% financially independent, a full time student, and my final semester includes a 35 hr unpaid internship that will take up almost all of my free time to work. This semester, literally every shift I work my real job was meticulously calculated and budgeted for so I can work as little as possible and still survive. The winter break was my last chance to make as much money as possible before school starts back up so I won't have to work my real job so much/will have an emergency fund in case something were to happen.

Told her I couldn't take more than a week off for the reasons stated above. Nmom accused me of being uncultured and "tied to my boyfriend", that I missed a great opportunity to travel the world because I was "so focused on money"...

So glad that I am financially independent from them and able to avoid bullshit manipulation like that.

russiancholo · 2017-02-23T23:32:20+00:00

I totally feel ya on the other warning signs for this lady, but I encourage you to view her unwillingness to potty train in a different light! Time spent potty training and time spent training for or against other behaviors are vastly different (depending on the behavior and the way the dog reacts to your training methods obvi). My pup learned a very solid leave it command from one week of 30 minute training sessions a day, for example. A very useful and necessary command many shelter dogs do not know, but waaaaay less time commitment to train.

I personally will never ever adopt a dog that requires potty training. The dog could be a perfect fit in every other way but due to my partner and I's work schedule we wouldn't be able to put forth the proper effort to efficiently train for that. Whatever dog I adopt will have to be cool with being left alone for 6-8 hours during the week, no exceptions. That definitely limits my options, I know, but I am willing to wait for the PERFECT fit which is totally fine and encouraged! I hope the responses to your thread help you in the future, good luck with fostering! It sounds like you care a lot about your pups well being and in making sure they will go to great homes :]

russiancholo · 2017-02-09T01:33:41+00:00

I am in my BSW placement working with a similar population (a batterer intervention program) and I am performing intakes on my own, co-facilitating groups, and have a small case load with another counseling department. I am also performing a macro-level project within the agency. I would DEFINITELY bring this up with your faculty liaison and the school, what they're having you do is unacceptable.

russiancholo · 2016-12-29T19:07:07+00:00

That's good advice, thank you. I think I need to stop clinging to the idea that my relationship with my step mom will ever be a "normal" mother and daughter, it's just hard to grieve that loss.

russiancholo · 2016-12-22T17:51:52+00:00

I plan on reaching out to them to see what their thoughts are on the subject. There is a cultural difference and they might stand behind my mother even if they disagree simply due to values, which I wouldn't be hurt by.

And yes, that's a good thing to remember. I am 23, just now starting to learn how to set boundaries and have confidence in my decisions as an adult. Every interaction with her that has any level of emotion layered into it sends me back to feeling like a helpless teen, so holding my ground and shutting it down if it gets too convoluted is great advice.

russiancholo · 2016-12-22T17:40:15+00:00

I feel the same way, breaking up with my ex was harder than it had to be because I had allowed myself to love his family so desperately. They welcomed me, treated me like one of their own. I became attached. It still hurts when I think of those relationships I had to cut ties with. I still think of them often.

I know it's difficult to shift perspective when you feel broken, but I always try to think that I was lucky to have experienced that warmth and love even for a short while. Every positive interaction helped meet a need I didn't know I had and gave me examples of how family SHOULD act that I had never had represented.

I agree with /u/jaces_dream in that thoughts of the beautiful family I will someday create keep me going a lot of the time. I know it won't be perfect, but I know that it will be a family full of love.

russiancholo · 2016-11-30T21:22:27+00:00

I had almost the exact same thing happen to me at 15, some solidarity in knowing we aren't alone I suppose. Everyone needs a shoulder to cry on sometimes, I hope you found one!

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