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Congratulations! Going on 5 months here, no withdrawals :)

I finished a book today. What's the big deal? I used to read one every 1-2 days. I haven't completed reading ANYTHING in years. Even my recent attempt at one of my favourites, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, wasn't completed. I find it so difficult to relax to enjoy the things in life that I formerly loved. Ironically, the book I started and completed today was on self discipline and willpower. It was the first gift my father has given me i 10 years, and I had to honour the giver as well as myself :)

And your "wild thing" in my inbox put a smile on my face 2 days ago. Cheers mate! :)

Good job, I may log in every six month because I really miss those History, Politics, Geography, Literature and many other useful pages...

Unfortunately I haven't read any books in the past 3 months but I've finished two political and one historical book and a book about Bermuda Triangle (Yeah I really like to read about weird stuff) and two novels by Paulo Coelho "The Alchemist and Veronica Decides to Die" earlier this year and I still have many books to read (all in Arabic of course, I'm planing to buy some English books too). But I'm having some personal issues, studies and a lot of thoughts storming my mind, so I'm not in the greatest mode to read.

When I go to Damascus to buy some books, I go straight to the places where they sell cheap second handed books and I keep walking and walking until I find something interesting because most of the times I don't have any specific book to buy and even if I don't buy any thing I will return to my house with a great inner happiness.

I found a great song, what's more, i can watch the walking dead tonight

No more insomnia.

What made me happy today is that I won my first drawing in a free for all giveaway that actually related to my wishlist on gog specifically. Special shoutout to fraien08 for making it happen. Also, shoutouts to Nudiustertian, MarkoH01, plex0m4n, stg83, Pardinuz, smev81, MulderYuffie, sedricm, blarth (giver) / siulebuo (donor), and previously mentioned on this thread snowkatt for giving me a chance to try wonderful games with their giveaways (if I left anyone out, PM me so I amend this post!). I will play the giveaway games and my recently bought games (using deals I found on the Gaming deals thread and others like it) and give them respect and gameplay they deserve when I get the chance. Many thanks to all those wonderful people for making it happen and giving someone like me a chance! :)

*Hopefully people who review my posts for forum participation or other reasons will look at this post with the idea that I genuinely care about getting and playing a variety of games in giveaways and respect those that deliver and are not joking or trolling about such things! :)

Edit: Added a name after reviewing my own Personal Messages (on my own accord, no one sent a PM) to clarify better details. In all fairness, I did address both people in their thread at the relevant time.

Edit 2: Another shoutout and thanks to MarkoH01for letting me try AVP classic with his quick giveaway. So many generous people here, amazing community!

Edit 3: Ok, this is getting really insane. I tried to trade a game and not get one for free but I got it anyway so I definitely owe this guy something, thanks Nudiustertian! You and everyone mentioned are the gogers that I owe first and foremost. I am going to give back to the community because it's just pains me not to, and finally after some scourging for bundle deals over time have some items that I hope is a start to getting the community exposed to games the same way they helped me be exposed to as well. Thanks again!

I had dinner at my Aunt's. My cousin was also there with her two kids. Rosie, the youngest at 2, ate pizza and then three cookies. I guess she was not quite full, because she got into some potted plants and ate the dirt. My cousin flipped out. I thought it was hysterical.

My cat. When it is funny, talkative and playful, even my most foul mood turns into hapiness, in but one instant.

Holy shit. Just got invited for a job interview at an amazing company. The guy sounded really friendly and enthused on the phone. I think the odds are really good. The job offer has been around for more than a month, I was sure it's actually already gone, but they ended up responding only two days after I applied. In my experience that's a good sign. And it's less than ten minutes away from where I live, I should be perfectly able to continue doing my freelance work if I get that job.

I'm moving soon, which brings melancholic feelings with it. On the one hand, I've been able to mind my own business at the current place and not get involved in anything I didn't need to. People here have been very cool, and this is the first time I'll have moved since 2008 where it isn't because of people. Kind of makes me sound antisocial, but it's a long story that has reasons behind it.

I'm kind of sad about the ordeal because while I ended up with the shittiest apartment in the complex, it's been very therapeutic here and I've healed a lot over the past almost 2 years.

However, I get to move in a little over 2 weeks and I won't have to worry about flooding anymore, which is kind of a big deal. Also, new place has central air, which will be a lifesaver in the summer.

I've done a lot of soulsearching over the past 2 years, and this place has helped me get to a mental plateau where I realize that other people's business is other people's business, and I no longer try to be friends with everybody, but I AM friendly with anyone who's friendly with me.

All summed up, this makes for a happy Leucius.

A terrible day turned into a pretty satisfactory one.
I'm very slowly figuring out which things can improve my mood.
I'm going to bed feeling slightly optimistic about tomorrow.

What made me happy today? Same things that make me happy every day:

1 - Waking up next to the greatest woman I have ever known & the most beautiful woman I have ever known.

2 - Having a roof over my head and food in the cupboards!

3 - That my wife and son are healthy!

4 - That I am able to do what I love for a living and that I have been successful doing it.

5 - That I live in the United States and not some war torn place like Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan. The suffering that those people endure....well, I am thankful I am here and not there.

6 - Last but not least, I am thankful for the quality of life that we are able to lead. Over 2 billion people on this planet make less than $2 USD a day and of those, more than a billion make less than $1 USD a day. Their entire existence revolves around getting enough food and water each day to survive. Most people in first world nations just don't realize how fortunate they really are.

As long as I wake up each day and those 6 things remain unchanged.....well, thats all I need to be truly happy. Everything else is just icing on the cake.

I never realized that Knights of Sidonia is actually on Netflix \o/

<-- Tsutomu Nihei fan

Found cake on the fridge today!