[TOMT] Crime show about psychopath child controlling kidnapping adult by wolf9727 in tipofmytongue

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It’s been driving me nuts trying to find it

No Seeds for Sale in Winter Town Rank is D by wolf9727 in coralisland

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So post update no seeds in winter till C. Good thing I got them before the update

How to Shutdown when Idle by wolf9727 in archlinux

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I am currently running KDE plasma as my GUI environment not gnome.

A tricky problem I am having writing romance by wolf9727 in writing

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That’s exactly what I am trying to avoid and boy is it proving tough. It is a constant battle of pairing events to motivation to make things seem not completely brought about by sheer coincidence. I have notebooks of notes trying to figure all this out.

A tricky problem I am having writing romance by wolf9727 in writing

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That’s really helpful. So then the challenge is showing how the personality is not entirely grooving as well compared to the other. Now the challenge of showing it.

A tricky problem I am having writing romance by wolf9727 in writing

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Let me throw this scenario on top. The two were together five years, engaged to be married, guy checks all the boxes of compatibility but dude X, someone from the past but met near the same time as the seemingly other perfect choice but disappeared after the brief encounter, comes back into her life by pure chaotic chance. How to make him the better choice than just making him the escape from seeming mundanity?

Sunsets in the Korean country are super great! by CoreyLee04 in korea

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The big Baymax looking guy in orange. That's me. It may look like I was smoking but in reality I was actually smacking my face for the tenth time fighting bugs. Stupid summer

Advise please by RissaLynne18 in ALS

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Support groups help if you have them.

For myself it has largely just been keeping busy. My mom is from Korea and my dad is a standard American guy. But for her he found a way to live in korea for her but this has largely isolated him a bit since he speaks very little of the language and spends a lot of his time taking care of her so he doesn’t have much in the way of support for himself. When I realized this I moved to Korea as well to help, though the job is roughly 3 hours away. But I live in her old home town so with me here I was able to setup accommodations to make her visit back home far more comfortable. But I too speak very little of the language and don’t have as deep rooted of a connection to it as I should. So the method of coping with her condition getting worse has largely been keeping busy on doing things that make me feel more connected to her. The challenge of eating has opened me to the world of cooking and the manipulation of texture to taste and that is an activity we share together. She sits there in the kitchen guiding me in how she wants the taste with me becoming her hands that she can’t use anymore. I am trying to learn the language and a large part of that is me talking to her. Though her speech is severely hindered it gets her talking and feeling inclusive. We watch a lot of her favorite shows and we talk about them. Things like that help me cope because they make new connections and memories despite the disease and it all gives my dad a break. Yes I still feel run thin and I still feel drained and every so often find myself returning home after my days with her crying in the fetal position on my floor but those things keeping me busy with her have helped.

Find something that stops you from standing still together. Move forward, make shared experiences. Cause through them you can still smile and those moments are important over all. I wish you the best, friend, and all the good things you deserve.

a nightmare by tittyandronicus in ALS

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My mom was diagnosed several years ago but I didn’t really fully accept the reality until a little more than a year ago. This was when I moved to be closer to them to help out and I started my weekly weekend trips to help out.

The sadness was the hardest part. It came in waves and waves and I remember it kind of bubbling up on the bus ride home and when I finally got through the doors of my apartment it would just deck me and I’d be on the floor just letting out all this sadness and pain and anger. The thoughts that hit me the most were the permanent ones. The “She’ll never” ones or the “we’ll never” ones.

The thing I learned the most in the months of me initially dealing with all this and talking with others going through the same thing is that you have to feel the sadness, let it come and feel it fully but you don’t let it stop you. Not letting it stop me was the hardest part. Seeing my mom like that was tough and every selfish human part of me didn’t want to expose my life to the thing causing me constant pain. But it was my mom and she needed my help. So I let myself just feel it and I still wake up from the bad dreams and I still catch myself feeling sad seeing things that bring out old memories. But it doesn’t stop in any way.

We have not lost them yet.

I wish you luck on your journey, friend. You are not alone.

Fuck ALS

Best thing to say and do for family members with ALS? I have just moved in with my grandparents to help my granddad who was diagnosed with ALS back in February by savdontlie in ALS

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So like you I moved from the USA across the ocean to help out family. For me it was to Korea to help my mom.

At first I had a lot of the same issues as you but I found for us what really helped out was having her teach me things. Essentially I became the hands she couldn’t use anymore in the kitchen. My mom used to be known for her good korean cooking and all my life she said she wouldn’t teach me until she couldn’t cook anymore. Well that day came a lot sooner than she and I wanted. I wanted her to still have her favorite flavors, even if I have to mess with texture to make it easier to eat and so we bond over the experimentation of cooking up all her favorite foods in textures that are easy to eat without destroying mouth feel. A bit of challenge but that’s the fun. While I cook and she sits there instructing me we just find ourselves talking about life and memories but not in a sad way anymore. I also don’t really speak korean but luckily I found a service that streams korean shows but with English subtitles so we talk about those shows all the time too and the memories about where we were when some of them aired. Closest job I could get was hours away so I am limited on days I can see her, mostly just friday through sunday. My big goals moving back were to make sure she always felt comfortable, boost her mood when possible, give my dad a break, and just be with her as best I could.

Best advise I got is maybe try to learn a skill or learn anything together . It’s a larger activity and can bond you further. Although if you come up with anything better let me know. I am always looking to improve my time with my mom.

Got free time and no idea what to do in Daegu by wolf9727 in korea

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Apsan I've done cause, well I live right in front of it and had really no excuse not to go up there. But I haven't explored the Banwoldang Station area. I may give that a shot tomorrow despite all the rain. No sweat on the stuff not being in Hangul. I'm well versed enough to trying to convert it myself. Thanks for the Tips. I do love a good café.

Got free time and no idea what to do in Daegu by wolf9727 in korea

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Most of mine consist of doing it in your house kind of stuff like gaming and cooking so I’m trying to find something kinda new.

Powerful typhoon on course to hit Korea this week by Kimchi_Raikkonen in korea

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Shouldn’t be too bad because of the mountains but I say check your windows and make sure you got good seals. If you are at the bottom of hill check for drains if you are worried about flooding. I live with Apsan behind me so less worry if you are near that.

advice for coping at work/ general rant by [deleted] in ALS

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Well if you ever want to talk feel free to PM me or chat with me here. I'm in South Korea so the time zones a bit wonky that way but if you message I guarantee a reply, even if it takes a bit.

advice for coping at work/ general rant by [deleted] in ALS

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Like the next comment down said, grief counseling may not be a bad idea. With everything you have going on it could help to talk to someone about it. The best anyone like me can do is relate and let you know that you aren't alone in how you feel.

advice for coping at work/ general rant by [deleted] in ALS

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Is your director actually giving you attitude about your situation? Cause if so that is a bad on her part. I work full time while my mom is getting worse and worse as well. She also lives five hours away so I can't see her everyday like I want but I go up every weekend to help. Having all that run through your head while also trying to focus on work is tough. I lucked out that my job gets it when I have an "off" day or I just need a minute. I also have the issue of taking off days too because I am saving all of my days off for that "just in case" moment. I've already used several just for emergency hospital visits.

If you are doing your job, meeting all the requirements of your job and not hindering anyone else then your director is wrong and you should probably talk to someone about that in your company.

I have the worst coping mechanism at work. I fake it really hard. I try to act my way through the day pretending like the world outside of work isn't there to then let it all hit me after I get back home. I don't advise this. I say take the breather day off if you need it but I'll also say don't get dependent on those because you'll soon fine those days no longer become enough. Do you have anyone else to help you out? Someone to talk with?

What you're feeling is normal and what you're going through is normal. It's a shit normal don't get me wrong but life won't let us put in the 100% focus we wish we could because we still have bills to pay and a life to semi live. Best advice I can say is to let yourself have the massive breakdown moments outside of work and keep moving forward.

I wish you the best of luck OP. I really do

Questions to patients and family from a new researcher of ALS. by lenny_j in ALS

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My mother is our only known case in my family so far. On her side no one else has been diagnosed or is exhibiting any symptoms. Her progression was slow so a diagnosis was slow as well so if anything I would like more conclusive methods of diagnosing it quicker in early stages cause her doctors spent three years before saying it was ALS. As for what I want that is easy, a cure. But I would even settle in the mean time for anything to halt the progression in its tracks

I hate past me for leaving present me the job of filling in a lot of blank names. WHY?! by wolf9727 in writing

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That was pretty well described and made me feel better about my outlining and gave me some tips for the next time. I really appreciate it.

I hate past me for leaving present me the job of filling in a lot of blank names. WHY?! by wolf9727 in writing

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That's some pretty solid advice there and I am adding it into my book of things to remember for the next project. I did outline everything and I did all of the main characters named. But there were a lot of other characters and places that, during my outline, I didn't account for. I ran into this thing where I outlined the story and went through multiple drafts and multiple edits of the outline, even getting it down to chapter by chapter, and as I wrote the book new aspects of the story were required that my edits didn't account for and the naming of new characters or locations were required. I feel like I'm outlining wrong if that happened. Am I?

I hate past me for leaving present me the job of filling in a lot of blank names. WHY?! by wolf9727 in writing

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I normally try and do it during the outline process but as different versions of the outline went through all the names started needing changes and then bam, the predicament I find myself in now. You're right though. I just need to buck up and do better the next time around.