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Title: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Soln on December 30, 2016, 07:03:40 PM
Happy early Hogmanay and New Year's Eve to you all.   I hope 2017 will be immeasurably better.  I have no resolutions but survive.  I intend to begin drinking tonight.

(http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/03504/toastoflondonCROP_3504379k.jpg)

Good luck to everyone here. And Fuck 2016.

2016:  "One may smile, and smile, and be a villain."
–Hamlet


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: schild on December 30, 2016, 09:14:54 PM
My new years resolution is to not end up in prison.

Wish me luck.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: apocrypha on December 30, 2016, 11:10:43 PM
Yeah, 2016 was a shitty year. But I have a horrible feeling that it's the prelude to a far worse 2017 for most people.

I shall be sharing a bottle of cheap prosecco with my wife this evening, to celebrate the fact that we're still alive. Then I'll start on the bourbon once she falls asleep in front of the TV.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: calapine on December 31, 2016, 06:24:56 AM
    My resolutions for far:

  • Lose 5kg
  • Do more sport (jogging and swimming)
  • Drink less
  • Play more computer games instead just hanging around in the front of the PC like a cat on tranquilizers on a sunny afternoon
  • Be more responsible
  • Grow as person.
  • Work on a career.
  • Return the video tapes.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Chimpy on December 31, 2016, 07:59:10 AM
I am ending the year with a terrible cold. Which means I am probably starting the year with a terrible cold.

My only resolution: try and survive.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Sky on December 31, 2016, 09:59:57 AM
Other than losing my little buddy Bart, 2016 was completely amazing for me, so I'm left out of step with all the morose liberals I work and socialize with.

My resolution for 2017 is to double down my efforts at learning to draw, and do everything in my power to get the atelier up and running. It's the first time since my band split up that I've felt the drive.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: schild on December 31, 2016, 10:43:38 AM
Other than losing my little buddy Bart, 2016 was completely amazing for me, so I'm left out of step with all the morose liberals I work and socialize with.

My resolution for 2017 is to double down my efforts at learning to draw, and do everything in my power to get the atelier up and running. It's the first time since my band split up that I've felt the drive.
2016 wasn't amazing for anyone. Your little personal highlights are garbage in the face of humanity's existential crisis.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Threash on December 31, 2016, 10:47:26 AM
Plus my pet dying would kinda ruin the whole decade.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Sir T on December 31, 2016, 11:05:22 AM
Happy New year people. Insert snarky comment here as needed.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Hawkbit on December 31, 2016, 03:37:39 PM
Happy New Year, everyone.

Thanks to you all for being part of a great community. I really do appreciate this place and I'm hoping for the best of 2017, for as much as it's worth.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: lamaros on December 31, 2016, 03:47:55 PM
Happy new year everyone. Hope 2017 is a good one for us all, individually and collectively.

So far so good, but the first 10 hours aren't really indicative...


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: calapine on December 31, 2016, 03:47:59 PM
Happy new year!

*kisses for this cabal of dorks*


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Cheddar on December 31, 2016, 04:32:30 PM
Happy new year! 


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Rendakor on December 31, 2016, 04:44:46 PM
Happy new year!

May 2017 suck less than 2016!


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: HaemishM on December 31, 2016, 05:20:47 PM
Currently seeing out the New Year in the most appropriate fashion - sick and tired with cold rain coming down outside. 2016, suck a dick and don't let the door hit you on the way out.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Kail on December 31, 2016, 05:29:34 PM
My new year's resolution for 2018 is to drink less than I did in the previous year


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Rendakor on December 31, 2016, 05:30:51 PM
Since you know you're going to a drink a hell of a lot in 2017 already?


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Kail on December 31, 2016, 05:34:31 PM
I think it's important for goals to be achievable, yeah


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Trippy on December 31, 2016, 05:44:23 PM
My new years resolution is to not end up in prison.

Wish me luck.
gl hf dd


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Ard on December 31, 2016, 05:49:59 PM
Fuck 2016.  Add my main computer to the list if the dead for the year.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: RhyssaFireheart on December 31, 2016, 05:54:04 PM
Happy New Year, F13!

My goals are to lose some damn weight, start marketing my art more consistently, and organize my office better as part of an ongoing effort to declutter around the house.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Mandella on December 31, 2016, 08:06:55 PM
The wife and I are ushering in the new year with an Arrested Development marathon. Seems appropriate...

Happy New Years!


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Morat20 on December 31, 2016, 11:00:15 PM
Happy New Year. Fuck 2016 even harder than 2015!

I'm either joining a gym this year or buying a bowflex or something when the kiddo moves out next month. I need to do SOMETHING.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: apocrypha on January 01, 2017, 12:04:39 AM
Happy New Year folks. Be careful out there in 2017.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Trippy on January 01, 2017, 12:23:24 AM
Happy New Year everybody.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Bunk on January 01, 2017, 01:29:36 AM
Happy New Year you shits.

I shared a $40 bottle of wine with four marriedish woman tonight - all was good.

My Resolution - $500 per paycheck for the next six months all towards debt. The good news is that I think I can pull it off.

Here's to a better 2017. Could it possibly be worse?


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: rattran on January 01, 2017, 06:43:14 AM
It can always be worse.

Happy New Year, I felt like hell and went to bed at 10pm. Hooray getting old.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: calapine on January 01, 2017, 09:55:20 AM
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Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Surlyboi on January 01, 2017, 03:05:08 PM
Spent my new year drinking and commiserating just outside of the DMZ that has become 57th street and 5th avenue.

20 days of prep left before shit gets real.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Mosesandstick on January 01, 2017, 03:37:34 PM
Happy New Year everyone. Let's make sure 2017 is better than 2016!


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Merusk on January 02, 2017, 04:53:24 PM
Here's to a better 2017. Could it possibly be worse?

The universe has ways of taking this phrase as a challenge. It can always, ALWAYS be worse until you draw your final breath.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Yegolev on January 03, 2017, 08:16:04 AM
Against the exhortations of my purported intellectual superiors, I had a pretty good 2016.  I'll not bother listing off all the cool things since I assume I'll just annoy people.  Note that David Bowie was a big exception to that but I'm trying to keep perspective.  You guys can feel free to point out all the awful things that I should be whining about from 2016 if you like.

Also I have a cat with cancer but again I'm keeping perspective.  One out of eight household animals being on a short calendar is not terrible.  Wife is happier than normal, her business is doing well, I'm not sucking terribly careerwise, my boss likes me, and in 2017 I'll be in Europe for a week with a SVP of another local tech company.  The boy managed to get all A's in the first half.  House still standing.  Positive outlook, proactive stress management occurred, and mental ownership of my situation.  The world is mine to fuck up.

I guess I did list a few things.

Consequently: I'm having a tough time even imagining a concrete resolution for myself.  In fact, I think that my reasonable responses to life challenges (real, imagined, forecast, or interpolated) is a good indicator that I'm very OK.  Minus one or two items that you guys do not want to read about.

I did decide that I need to hire a personal trainer because I simply do not have the ability to force myself to work out.  I should have not come to this decision when every fatass in sub-suburban Atlanta will be doing the same, but hey.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Merusk on January 03, 2017, 09:37:17 AM
Good on you.

I came to the conclusion around late October that we largely choose how miserable our life is perceived to be. It was destroying me and my marriage. I've gone another direction since then and been much happier. Thus my reduced presence here. You guys tend to foster a negative mindset.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Rasix on January 03, 2017, 09:55:52 AM
My 2016 was good enough for me. I don't get affected by the deaths of celebrities, my heroes, or even estranged family members. There are a handful of deaths that can and will affect me, and I'm hoping that nature spares me from most of them. Or maybe they won't, I don't know. Death and I have a strange relationship.

Sure, my professional road was a bit bumpy at times (and this year is going to be somewhat weird), but I got through.

My big bummer was of course the election of Ubergropenfuhrer Tremendous Cheeto the first of his name, and hopefully things don't get too shitty due to that. I probably should have also bought a cheaper car.. ohh well.  :drill:

I need to get in better shape. Not "in shape"; I just don't want to feel like vomiting after backyard football on Christmas. I just hate running, hate gyms, hate stationary exercise, and have no time for anything. Yay.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Sky on January 03, 2017, 09:57:15 AM
Good on you.

I came to the conclusion around late October that we largely choose how miserable our life is perceived to be. It was destroying me and my marriage. I've gone another direction since then and been much happier. Thus my reduced presence here. You guys tend to foster a negative mindset.
Eh, fuck 'em. I still love this place even if most folks are wicked emo. It's definitely a perception and mindset thing. The toe I broke last year was aching the other morning, rather than feel bitchy about it, I'm reminded of how the convalescence allowed me so much time to bum around the house with my cat. And rather than losing him 'wrecking the decade', I'm so very thankful to have had 8 long years of his company and given him a far longer and happier life than he'd have had on the street where he was found.

I have friends making a difference in city government, in the police and fire departments, in business, in the arts...it's just been an amazing year for so many people, if you stop focusing on what the media is pushing on you (don't be ignorant, but don't make it a bigger deal than your sphere of influence). I have a couple friends that opened the first brewery here since Prohibition.

But wow, some celebrities died. Strangers die every day.

Oddly, the Christian serenity prayer is a great mental reflex to develop (I'm not at all religious, it's just a good mechanism). Do what you can about what you can, and learn to make peace with the rest of it. Life's too short and precious to worry about stuff outside your sphere of control, and there are miracles and beauty to behold every day if you open your awareness to them. Have fun and do the thing!


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Mandella on January 03, 2017, 10:34:53 AM
Good on you.

I came to the conclusion around late October that we largely choose how miserable our life is perceived to be. It was destroying me and my marriage. I've gone another direction since then and been much happier. Thus my reduced presence here. You guys tend to foster a negative mindset.

First off, congrats on new life/attitude directions. I've spiraled the negative drain a few times myself, and I know how hard it can be to turn it around.

That said, wasn't that last statement a little pot calling the kettle black? Quivering ass cheeks aside, I've always found your posts to be some of the more critical/cynical here. (I'm not trying to be inflammatory and certainly not attacking you, just stating my perception.)

Okay, I guess I mostly answered my own question, but I'm still curious what about this board spurs the negativity in you? I've found, to my own surprise, that this place is actually a lot less angsty/cynical/nutcasey than most communities on the web.

But then, I don't drop down into the politics board much. I'm missing stuff aren't I?


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: calapine on January 03, 2017, 10:40:21 AM
I agree with the board being on the depressive side.

A lot of people here are on a"The world is going to end" mindset.

But then, I don't drop down into the politics board much. I'm missing stuff aren't I?

Mostly the 1000 different ways people are telling slog that he is a cunt.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Gimfain on January 03, 2017, 11:00:52 AM
Given how beginning of 2016 was a torment for me it was still a fairly alright year with the highlight was winning a national gold medal. Not the most prestigious category but being the best new player in the country is still alright.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Yegolev on January 03, 2017, 01:53:22 PM
I missed the thread where one of the group won a gold medal.

As for local negativity, I have learned that if I want to stop enjoying a game then I should just read the F13 thread about that game (unless that game is HEX).  Otherwise it's just random moaning about life, which is its own brand of fun.  I'd still rather read someone here complaining about _______ than other internet places.  At least we have a shared background.

I don't even socialize with you guys on Fasebook because it is a little tiring.  Also mostly the other people there.  I do most of my socialization on Instagram.  That's how I know Voodoo Lily is alive.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Merusk on January 04, 2017, 12:43:30 PM
Good on you.

I came to the conclusion around late October that we largely choose how miserable our life is perceived to be. It was destroying me and my marriage. I've gone another direction since then and been much happier. Thus my reduced presence here. You guys tend to foster a negative mindset.

First off, congrats on new life/attitude directions. I've spiraled the negative drain a few times myself, and I know how hard it can be to turn it around.

That said, wasn't that last statement a little pot calling the kettle black? Quivering ass cheeks aside, I've always found your posts to be some of the more critical/cynical here. (I'm not trying to be inflammatory and certainly not attacking you, just stating my perception.)

Okay, I guess I mostly answered my own question, but I'm still curious what about this board spurs the negativity in you? I've found, to my own surprise, that this place is actually a lot less angsty/cynical/nutcasey than most communities on the web.

But then, I don't drop down into the politics board much. I'm missing stuff aren't I?

One thing I know about myself is I almost always reflect the attitude I perceive in the people around me.  If I come off as overly cynical and bitter it's in large part because I take that as the tone of the audience.  I have been surrounded by such folks here and IRL for a long time. (Archs are a bitter bunch).  Since I've moved on out of architectural life irl I realized I'd carried this tone with me for a long time and this place was helping to foster it.

  I'm abandoning the attitude that everything in large part sucks. It really doesn't, things just are. Changes happen culture moves on and you can adapt or be bitter your standards aren't met by those around you. They never will be so just keep them for yourself and let those with lower standards be and fail or succeed as they will.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: schild on January 04, 2017, 11:36:51 PM
Huh. I dont drag f13 off the web and into my personal life. In fact most people I've met in the last five years don't know it exists.

That said, I'm trying to figure out the next few years of my life and I have a woefully distinct feeling I might end up in politics or politic tangential. Which is frightening.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Yegolev on January 05, 2017, 07:37:46 AM
If Al Franken can do it, so can you.  I've considered it.  Seems like a job where I can just be a jackass and succeed wildly.  Also it's apparent that anyone can be POTUS, so that is encouraging.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Signe on January 05, 2017, 08:36:29 AM
I resolve that when I have money again, I will hire a personal trainer so I can watch him workout.  I would also give up resolutions for Lent if I hadn't given up Lent for Lent.   


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: apocrypha on January 05, 2017, 08:41:54 AM
Also it's apparent that anyone can be POTUS, so that is encouraging.

Anyone who's a millionaire.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: 01101010 on January 05, 2017, 09:09:39 AM
Also it's apparent that anyone can be POTUS, so that is encouraging.

And terrifying.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Yegolev on January 06, 2017, 05:39:38 AM
Also it's apparent that anyone can be POTUS, so that is encouraging.

Anyone who's a millionaire.

OK, so it's mostly encouraging to me.  And terrifying to others.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: Sky on January 06, 2017, 09:33:54 AM
It was getting really difficult to stay out of politics locallly. So glad I got into the art thing, I can go tilt at abstract windmills instead.


Title: Re: "Hell is empty. And all the devils are here." (New Year's 2016)
Post by: apocrypha on January 06, 2017, 10:31:24 AM
I can go tilt at abstract windmills instead.

Oddly, I just named my latest Minecraft world "Quixotica" with the MOTD "Tilting at chunky windmills".