What is the Escapist Community Proud of Lately?

[Guffe]

Nothing lately... at the start of the year I had loads, now I have just kept those achievements up and going.
I finished school and got a degree, found myself a girflriend and after a few months got a job in what I took a degree in and really enjoying it. So I think I'm doing good at the moment

 

[Elementary - Dear Watson]

To the 7 posts I could see when I began to write this: It's awesome to see peoples achievements! With so much negativity in the world it is sometimes difficult to remain on top of it all and positive! Glad to see some people are winning!

OT: Over 5 years ago I graduated as an Officer in the Royal Air Force; I have never lost the feeling of pride from that. Wearing the uniform and rank every day, and experiencing the challenges it brings, is a continuous reward from what was possible the most difficult thing I will do in my life.

Recently? Well, I have my 5th Moustache on the go... and it has grown longer and more managable than all 4 of it's predecessors. I love it! It is even better than the one in my avatar on here!

I have also managed to kick my arse into gear and get fitter than I have been in 5 years. This has boosted my somewhat waning confidence that I had going for me to the point where I recently started to take my top off on the beach - something I have felt to embarrassed to do in several years.

I knew you were RAF from previous forum posts, never knew you were a bloody Rupert though

OT: Well I finally got my car, insured it and had enough money left over for my first tattoo. Now the painstaking process to save up so I can afford more.

Can you imagine how much shit an Airman would get if he had a moustache like mine? It would be beasted off his face with abuse!

I am also going to make a bold assumption that you also are also, or have also been in the forces at some point? Something in the way you put forward your opinion on the 'Op HARPOON' or whatever it was called post yesterday screamed of the forces.

 

[deshorty]

My internship is ending today...only to be replaced by a higher paying internship! Also my last year of college starts next week, so that's kinda cool.

 

[FPLOON]

I'm currently helping my cousin get through his senior year of high school from a mental perspective... The most interesting thing about this is that it feels like a more positive version of The Sunset Limited in Steam voice chat form... Plus, it has been a while since we've both opened up about anything that was solely related to us individually...

Other than that, I signed up to volunteer at a convention I'm going to during Labor Day weekend...

 

[happyninja42]

Are you asking what we are proud of as a forum community? If so, nothing at all.

As an individual. I just heard that my eldest god daughter who is in first grade, is reading and doing math on a third grade level, and will probably be at a 5th grade level by the end of the year. So I'm happy about that. Beyond that. No, nothing to be "proud" of at the moment.

 

[Kae]

I don't know, in a way I've technically failed at absolutely everything I've set out to do but it doesn't really depress me or make me sad, it's frustrating sometimes but most of it I had to give up in order to help someone else, you know, someone always has to make a sacrifice in order for something to happen and I'm afraid that I'm always the first one to jump, I'm so far behind on what I wanted to do that I sometimes wonder if I should even bother, I mean if I was successful I'd probably give everything to people that need it more.

Though I guess that if I'm proud of something it's that I'm willing to make a sacrifice to help someone else even if the cost is quite high, I mean it's cool, makes me feel kinda heroic in a way but in truth it's mostly because I never consider the consequences of my actions so it's not like I know I'll go hungry I just know that I'll help and to be honest my well-being has never really been a thing that worries me.

So anyway, I think I'm proud of the fact that I'm a failure because I've given up almost everything I've had for other people, which I guess is something not everyone can say, even if I'm more than a little jaded because of it.

 

[Colour Scientist]

http://www.electricpicnic.ie/line-up/artist/circle-sessions#.VcZPWjGRug0.facebook

Electric Picnic (huge festival in Ireland) is coming up and a video of me performing stand up is being used to promote one of the shows at it.

That's so cool, congratulations!

 

[Animakuro]

I was meant to go to university in 2012, but due to a lot of stress and issues outside my education I was constantly distracted and depressed, so I only got very low marks, nothing a half-decent university would accept. I tried to re-apply for another course to get in 2012 again but I couldn't pay the fees.

I got myself a job to save money up for the course in 2013. When I tried to re-apply in 2013 I discovered that the course fees had TRIPLED and that there was no way I was going to be able to pay for them. I felt like I was going to be stuck in this job that i hated.

At the end of 2013/ beginning of 2014 I made it my resolution to look into every possible way of getting back into college. I would take a trip onto the campus at least once a month to talk to someone about finding a course related to what i want to do (Computer Games Design, for those that might be interested) and finally in September 2014, I got myself onto a media course which didn't contain a lot of subjects I was interested in, did allow me to get enough grades for a university to accept me IF i did well.

Around a month ago I received my qualifications / grades where i ALMOST have perfect results: The best possibly grade in every subject bar one, where I have the second-best possible grade.
At the time of writing, I am 16 days away from moving out of my parents house and into university accommodation. I can be very socially awkward and I have some anxiety issues, so part of me is terrified of meeting and living with strangers, but I've managed to keep myself calm and rationale.

And as cliche as it sounds, I'm really thankful for this whole experience. Looking back, there's no way I could've handled university studies and living independently in 2012, but with everything working a shitty job and fighting to put myself back onto my desired career path, i feel very positive about everything.

It's nice to see everyone's achievement's here. Best of luck to all of you

 

[LetalisK]

Besides how modest I think my current pay is, it's actually pretty damn good considering my demographics.

Oh, and I expected my apartment complex to bend me over on this new lease. They didn't. Yay.

 

[cojo965]

With assistance from my dad, I removed a Dusky Pygmy Rattlesnake from our backyard. No I didn't bet bitten, but I came close.

 

[Barbas]

I went for a walk the other evening and saw about five rabbits. They were adorbs. I hadn't seen so many in one place before, and it made me feel more smug than usual after a woodland walk.

 

[Imperioratorex Caprae]

I went for a walk the other evening and saw about five rabbits. They were adorbs. I hadn't seen so many in one place before, and it made me feel more smug than usual after a woodland walk.

Here's a bunny to ensure a bright and cheery day:

Spoiler: RabbiBunnyFuzzyAdorbsAwesome! His name is Alexander Bunbun the Great. Bow before his mighty stare!

Spoiler: He demands your attention, and carrots. Bring your fruit and vegetable sacrifices for the Destructor of Carrots, the Lord of Cabbage, the Eater of Many Apples

Spoiler: Unrelated to Alexander Bunbun, here is a totally boss rabbit

Also, watch out for Morks...

Spoiler: Shazbot!

Spoiler: The Great Long-Eared, Fluffy Tailed Master rests... for now.

 

[sonicneedslovetoo]

Homegrown Potatoes harvesting and frying up homegrown potatoes from our backyard.

 

[Kyrian007]

The talk radio news show I produce was nominated for a Marconi award. It won't actually have my name on it if we win, it's for "personality of the year" and so it's just for the hosts. But I'm still proud that we got a mention. Nevermind that they might have nominated the only 5 entries they got, we still got nominated and it feels pretty good.

 

[DrunkOnEstus]

Congrats to all the achievements in this thread, that's a lot of great work accomplished.

As of today I have my 19 month old daughter Tali'Zorah pretty much potty trained, about 80% out of diapers. From everything I've read that's ahead of the expected curve. She's also doing about 25% of her speaking in Japanese, and on that note she's slowly becoming my "immersion buddy" that helps me to remember words. I'm thinking of throwing French into the mix because of how wide-open her linguistic learning skills are at this point in her life but I think I might save it for a little later on.

She's pretty much my life now, I actually haven't completed Dark Souls 2 and have no PS4 for Bloodborne, a situation I would have deemed completely impossible before she was born : )

 

[DefunctTheory]

Looks like everyone here's got some really good stuff going on!

In continuation of my own, I recently went to a Chinese buffet to celebrate 20 pounds lost with my family. I've never left a buffet without eating, at a minimum, 5 triple stacked plates of food. This time, I was only able to get 1 1/2 single stacked plates, before my throat locked up and my stomach, completely full, punished me for my arrogance. So it looks like I've finally done what I thought was impossible - shrank my stomach to a reasonable, regular person level, which will undoubtedly assist me when I go back to eating regular food.

In addition, we found a colony of mushrooms behind the house.

Spoiler: Chicken of the Woods

My parents only knew how to fry the stuff in with flour and oil, so I've been messing around with different ways of making it and seasoning it. I'm fairly happy with the results.