HEY! YOU! What are you up to right now! (Part 3)

[zanybelle]

@HakManLP

In public I don’t like rude or just bad girls or guys, but movies are not life so, still don’t know it. Maybe I’m an Alien? or maybe I’m from ‘Bizarro world’

Yes that’s a good point, what matters is the type of people we like in real life. No way you’re super awesome! Actually, we could all be aliens and not know it. Like sleeper cell aliens spooky!

@HakManLP

Also do you want the Top 10 or Top 20 Limp Bizkit playlist?

Let me see your top 10 because these are your most favourites.

@HakManLP

It is the daily exchange, the kind words, the nice discussions and conversations that don’t make us go crazy. So let’s keep it up #LPFamily

LP soldiers unite! We’re lucky to have such awesome fellow fans to share these darker times with. Someday we’ll look back on all this and smile

@evooba

Also, anyone else finding it harder and harder to fall asleep at night?

Yeah you’ve got to completely switch off from thoughts, or alternatively embrace them and have a 3am conference inside your head. I find listening to music relaxed me but I do find more thoughts than normal keep me awake. Sometimes not even serious or important thoughts. I think it’s in response to general anxiety because of these unusual times.

@rickvanmeijel I’m giving you a tag just because!

@Linkineli

Wow thank you thank you thank you i am really moved by your feedback! It means a lot to me!!!
And also your favourite lines… yeah the "i was stronger"part is really powerful to me too. Just thanks again!
It’s about self-worth and belonging for me too, about listening to yourself, believing yourself, and also being strong enough to face… life

You are welcome. I saw the story when you first posted it but wanted to sit and read it to make sure I gave it the proper attention it deserved. It is spiritual and I really enjoy these types of stories with hidden meanings and symbolism. You really should keep sharing your stories. We just need a creative writing thread so everyone can share their writings with other LP’ers!

@HakManLP

@zanybelle it’s friday and still no new posting by you? Hopefully you’re doing good dear?

Oh my gosh, I missed one day and I feel like I’m so behind I was so spent on Friday, my energy levels were shot and I even left a door unlocked and the iron on! Madness. Today was also full on with food bank packing and some cooking but I am now sitting “pretending” to watch TV but instead on here haha. Otherwise, I’m fine thanks for noticing my absence This is why you are one of the good guys!

@HakManLP

Mike’s looking somewhere else and Brad looks into the camera

I love that Chester finds it hilarious!

@Sybre

For example, a lot of people probably won’t read Stephen King

Perhaps I am one of those people. I find him particularly disturbing and unsettling. However, I recently read “The Institute” and it was really immersive. I loved some of the quotes, particularly this one: "It came to him, with the force of a revelation, that you had to have been imprisoned to fully understand what freedom was.” Again, I feel the target was YA but also adult because of the characters it can appeal to both. King can do many genres well, not just horror although that is what he’s best at.

@Sybre

but I couldn’t bring myself to write more than a few paragraphs

You sound like me. I prefer to go over the story and characters in my head because I think writing them down will lose some of the magic. My very best efforts came from writing one chapter at least once a week or there abouts. It really helped me keep going, even if I didn’t always finish within the week I had made progress. I don’t write long chapters, but I feel most YA books work best with bite sized chapters.

@Sybre

If this is the wake-up call people needed to stop being so ugly to each other, I’d be convinced I was dreaming in a coma.

Yeah, unfortunately you are probably right. People are jerks and always will be.

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Day-40-something: I keep circling back to quietness of the streets in the beginning of the lockdown. Back then I couldn’t remember the last time I saw so many parked cars on the road and hardly anyone walking the streets. Now, it is getting noisy and bustling again. Perhaps my soul prefers the quiet because it knows it is kinder to the earth. But humanity is the beast that cannot be tamed. Soundtrack: Coldplay: White Shadows.

[anna834]

Good evening!
Good day over the pond!
Honey nearly up again, good time to you!

Home, sweet home!!!
So happy to be here!!!
My son, my friend who moved opposite of me and I sat outside, had white wine spritzer and asian food!
So awesome! In Germany, we say:
Feste feiern wie sie fallen!
Couldn’t find a real fitting translation, somthing like:
take the party as it comes.

@HakManLP

was that other bearded guy who was standing next to the guitarist from Zebrahead - you know with that curly long mustache

I looked up the pics. It’s me, who stands besides the cute curly mustache guy!
To call me bearded I am deeply offended!!!

love your WEP!!! Thank you!
I said before, I just can’t get to like pose pics, so I love this one!!

@HakManLP

Mike is far away and Chester seems to forget the camera too.

@HakManLP

Awesome!

@HakManLP

this mash up is just insane

It so is, over and over again!

@HakManLP

there is this exchange here, where so many people from different countries come together and share, give each other positive and loving words. That is just beautiful and that should be kept upright.

this!!! It’s just such a good feeling, even so to do just a short check in during a busy day, listening to you all!

@Sybre

I’ll bet all the toning-down is for the sake of making the books more marketable.

You think?
For me, most modern books are too dark, stopped reading Game Of Thrones, really didn’t like the Golden Compass, struggled with the darker parts of Harry Potter, needed two starts on The Hunger Games.
Always think, I could then just read a documentation about some actual existing cruelty.
But I read to escape reality.
And also decided against going with time in my writing. Things happen when I dive into the story, I won’t kill someone off who I love, just cause some young audience expect me to do it.

@raz7

The virus is still around and in the UK, we are meant to be easing the lockdown on Monday, (thanks to our government).

Be safe
Here they exiting the lock down too. But the pressure on the government is huge. Not only by economy but especially by all the people, that won’t get, that we were lucky doe to the tight measures. Conspiracy theories everywhere, street protests, even this new Corona party (I mean a Partei @Linkineli ) thay proclaim, that all the measures were unnecessary, just a huge fake. Left and right wing people suddenly on common grounds

@theearlywalker

and tomorrow is mothers day over here in Germany. My parents will come over for coffee. It’s the first visit after 8 weeks, my mom is really looking forward. She wasn’t out of their flat since the lockdown starte

Awww!!! Sounds great!!! Hope the weather forecast with the snow for the south will wait one more day!!! Have fun! And thanks as always for your uplifting post! We will meet again! Or the first time maybe

@anngelenee

Hope that everyone have a good weekend

Thanks! Is it mothers day for you too?
My son just came with chocolate for me, cause we won’t see us tomorrow. I have to leave early.
But then he realised, he picked white chocolate, not dark. I hate it, he knows this. So he got the chocolate for mothers day

@evooba

Did anyone catch Anna’s live from yesterday for the 320 festival? Mike is going to be on it today too!

Sadly enough, no. Just don’t have the time. Mybe I try it in the car tomorrow, if it’s still up.

@lpfan61

I have a free day tomorrow

So enjoy it!!!

@LP13413

Happy Mother’s Day for all the mothers who are celebrating this weekend!

I’m not celebrating but still, thank you!
Exchange some degrees from California

@zanybelle

Actually, we could all be aliens and not know it. Like sleeper cell aliens spooky!

Dang!!! Busted!

@anomalia

@Lilyope

@evooba

anna834 I hope you’ll be at home in your own bed resting by the time you read this

Read it already during a road break. And it felt so gooooood!!! Imagining that I would be exactly there, reading it again
Deep breath, and there I am, ready to sleep!

Camille, so happy to have me back. What big disappointment tomorrow

Take care you all! Love!

[raz7]

Watching the news… found this video of AP!

Aesthetic Perfection - Filthy Design Live @Engel 07 Hannover 05 07 2013

[Sybre]

@zanybelle

Perhaps I am one of those people. I find him particularly disturbing and unsettling. However, I recently read “The Institute” and it was really immersive. I loved some of the quotes, particularly this one: " It came to him, with the force of a revelation, that you had to have been imprisoned to fully understand what freedom was. ” Again, I feel the target was YA but also adult because of the characters it can appeal to both. King can do many genres well, not just horror although that is what he’s best at.

I actually have yet to read Stephen King, so I should probably pick out some of his work. I mean, with quotes like what you just shared, I gotta see this. That one hits too close to home. I’ve mostly heard of King’s successes in horror, but I’m sure he’s got great genre range.

@zanybelle

You sound like me. I prefer to go over the story and characters in my head because I think writing them down will lose some of the magic. My very best efforts came from writing one chapter at least once a week or there abouts. It really helped me keep going, even if I didn’t always finish within the week I had made progress. I don’t write long chapters, but I feel most YA books work best with bite sized chapters.

Maybe I am a little concerned about losing the magic… But my biggest concern is the sheer amount of information to write! I’m doing little goals; baby steps to get my feet wet. If I sit down to write the script, I write at least a page and then step away when I feel like it. I struggle with motivation, but at least I can be proud of my page-per-session rule. You are onto something with your bite-sized chapters. Last year, I read a YA horror novel with some chapters as short as two pages long. It was jarring at first, but I realized it helped with the suspense. I’m sure you know what you’re doing with your short chapters!

@zanybelle

Yeah, unfortunately you are probably right. People are jerks and always will be.

Day-40-something: I keep circling back to quietness of the streets in the beginning of the lockdown. Back then I couldn’t remember the last time I saw so many parked cars on the road and hardly anyone walking the streets. Now, it is getting noisy and bustling again. Perhaps my soul prefers the quiet because it knows it is kinder to the earth. But humanity is the beast that cannot be tamed. Soundtrack: Coldplay: White Shadows.

Historically, people are garbage, especially to each other.

Day-56: We’re convinced we remember the taste. We thought we knew what it was like to bless our bitten tongues with life’s rarest nectar. Victory, satisfaction. Peace. As I passed a man on the sidewalk today, I stopped him and inquired about his memories of life’s greatest flavors. He told me he remembered it before the lockdown. I told him he is a liar. I told him we wanted to believe so badly that we allowed ourselves to be fooled into thinking we had known all along. I told him we were blind, and we still are. We cannot control ourselves no matter how hard we try. Soundtrack: Sybreed: Plasmaterial.

@anna834

You think?
For me, most modern books are too dark, stopped reading Game Of Thrones, really didn’t like the Golden Compass, struggled with the darker parts of Harry Potter, needed two starts on The Hunger Games.
Always think, I could then just read a documentation about some actual existing cruelty.
But I read to escape reality.
And also decided against going with time in my writing. Things happen when I dive into the story, I won’t kill someone off who I love, just cause some young audience expect me to do it.

I won’t lie, reading your perspective make me stop for a second. People really do love escaping reality; I think about it every waking moment. I barely even thought about people who think like you do, so I’m glad you said something. For other projects, I’ll keep what you said in mind. Thank you for sharing.

[alz89]

Can’t sleep and it’s 02:22…

[anngelenee]

@anna834

Is it mothers day for you too?

No I dont have the kids

We celebrate at May 26

@anna834

But then he realised, he picked white chocolate, not dark. I hate it, he knows this

You should send him the reminder before he arrives next time one pack plus one extra for mistake the white chocolate with the dark one

Ot: & Is it wrong to listen DNCE - Toothbrush?

[evooba]

I woke up with a coffee headache today. It’s the type of headache you have when your system requires a lot of caffeine, doesn’t feel great. I’m currently on coffee number 2 and just started feeling a bit better.
It’s a bit windy today so not sure if I’ll go out today, maybe I’ll just walk to my cousin’s to hand him his laundry back (their washing machine is broken so he brought over some stuff to do laundry at mine the other day).
Accidentally I managed to slice my ring finger open yesterday playing guitar, don’t even know how, I realised when I saw the blood, and now it hurts to play so I think I need to wait a few days. But we are making plans with my flatmate and another friend of ours to go out to Ally Pally later this week and chill and play/teach her how to play guitar there and have a picnic. All that of course, assuming that we will be allowed to do so based on what the government will announce tonight, we will see.

Have a great Sunday guys!

[zanybelle]

@Sybre

Day-56: We’re convinced we remember the taste. We thought we knew what it was like to bless our bitten tongues with life’s rarest nectar. Victory, satisfaction. Peace. As I passed a man on the sidewalk today, I stopped him and inquired about his memories of life’s greatest flavors. He told me he remembered it before the lockdown. I told him he is a liar. I told him we wanted to believe so badly that we allowed ourselves to be fooled into thinking we had known all along. I told him we were blind, and we still are. We cannot control ourselves no matter how hard we try. Soundtrack: Sybreed: Plasmaterial.

Yes, now you’re doing a captain’s log (star trek style) of the lockdown!! Everything before the lockdown seems wonderful even though I’m sure we grumbled about it. After the lockdown we’ll miss the quiet and rarity of peace. Such is life.

@Sybre

I actually have yet to read Stephen King, so I should probably pick out some of his work.

I think you’ll enjoy The Institute although I wished the ending was as good as the start. He definitely doesn’t like Trump so some Americans don’t like him anymore. Still, I wouldn’t cross King, he’s a maniac.

@Sybre

If I sit down to write the script, I write at least a page and then step away when I feel like it.

Hopefully you’ll share a snippet with us someday soon!

@anna834

Dang!!! Busted!

Haha! You are openly alien Anna

[StephLP18]

I am doing okay, just have been very busy lately, and taking one at a time.

And happy mothers day to you and all the mothers out there

[Linkineli]

@HakManLP

So many people are now no longer following the protective measures and that makes me sad and angry. They just think they’re immune. Typical stupid humanity

Yeah, some people are really just dumb. Today i saw someone waiting in line to buy something at a store, no mask and wearing a T-shirt on wich he had written “Freedom”.

@HakManLP

Ok, let me explain this choice and that picture for today : It’s just awesome and funny how everyone’s reacting in this picture and to Joe’s gesture , Mike’s looking somewhere else and Brad looks into the camera

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I think for this week and for this incoming weekend we all need a band art picture like that.
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Agree, it’s another great one!

@HakManLP

this mash up is just insane, but ‘Nobody’s listening’ is a song, which it’s awesome in his own way too

Yeah i love this so much, and also the crowd goes insane! Rar is always a good choice!

@HakManLP

Nobody is still alone or has to be alone because of it. For example, there is this exchange here, where so many people from different countries come together and share, give each other positive and loving words. That is just beautiful and that should be kept upright.
WISHING EVERYBODY A GOOD WEEKEND AND STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY #LPFAMILY

I love your words​:heart:you’re so uplifting, i appreciate all your posts, also about your cheatweekends​:stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes:, just love reading them, so thanks!

@anna834

But first my son. He has to start his exams on Monday (Waldorfschule has the Mittlere Reife in the 12.) no skipping for them, even so he will do the Abitur next year.

Oh ok😬my youngest brother starts with school tomorrow, too(4th grade).

@theearlywalker

I’m happy for your mum! And for you ofc- stay strong

Thanks! stay strong and safe too!

@evooba

Also, I don’t know about you guys but I find Mike’s livestreams of him playing Animal Crossing hilarious, purely because of the stories he tells.

Yes, same!!! I never watched them live(they were always too early for me, now without school i don’t wake up at around 7am anymore😁),but i do afterwards and i love them!

@evooba

Did anyone catch Anna’s live from yesterday for the 320 festival?

Yeah, and i really thought about going in the live conversation… but i was too nervous! I really regret it now​:pensive:but i had also other reasons, the stream was at 2 am for me, so i didn’t want to wake anybody in my house (despite the fact that, if my mother had heard me talking, i would really get in trouble for staying up that late for a livestream​:grimacing:), i was in my pajamas, looked tired, and i wasn’t prepared AT ALL for talking to her, i was so excited and nervous thinking about wether i should do it or not that i didn’t have any themes to talk about. But, these are all excuses, i regret it.

@zanybelle

You are welcome. I saw the story when you first posted it but wanted to sit and read it to make sure I gave it the proper attention it deserved.

I appreciate that!

@zanybelle

It is spiritual and I really enjoy these types of stories with hidden meanings and symbolism. You really should keep sharing your stories. We just need a creative writing thread so everyone can share their writings with other LP’ers!

Thank you again, and yeah, a creative writing thread would be great! Maybe i’m gonna start one- if not anybody else already wants to start one now, then go ahead- when i finish another story.

@zanybelle

Perhaps my soul prefers the quiet because it knows it is kinder to the earth. But humanity is the beast that cannot be tamed.

This. Good words!
Btw, did you watch Justin from Blue October performing on the 320 festival? It was great😊 i think it’s still up on youtube, if you haven’t watched(his performance was one of the last ones)

@anna834

My son, my friend who moved opposite of me and I sat outside, had white wine spritzer and asian food!
So awesome! In Germany, we say:
Feste feiern wie sie fallen!

That sounds amazing!

@anna834

I mean a Partei @Linkineli

Ooooj yeah​:grin:
But there were also literal corona parties, unfortunately.

@anna834

Beautiful!

@anna834

Camille, so happy to have me back

Aawww​:heart_eyes:

@Sybre

barely even thought about people who think like you do, so I’m glad you said something. For other projects, I’ll keep what you said in mind. Thank you for sharing.

Sorry for joining the ‘discussion’ a bit late😁, but i agree (not 100%, but still) with @anna834. Sometimes, reading a book with a heavy or dark subject is not what you want when your goal was to escape something heavy and dark. But also, writing about something sad is sometimes (at least to me) what i connect more with, reading only happy ending books isn’t what i want as well. Sorry, i think i’m not being really helpful.
I guess it has to fit to the book, if you feel like the message would be clearer or stronger to the readers with dark stuff happening, do that.

@anngelenee

Is it wrong to listen DNCE - Toothbrush?

NO, as long as you enjoy the music you’re listening to!

@evooba

Accidentally I managed to slice my ring finger open yesterday playing guitar, don’t even know how,

Oh no, i hope it will heal soon!

Ot: my mum wanted to do a bike tour for mothers day, so we did that. I made some cookies with strawberries, they turned out pretty well and are her new favourites, so i guess a successful day!
Also, doing the tour was refreshing and soothing, using only your own body strength, riding through the woods was a good feeling.
I think in these times (as Mike on the 320 festival already said) it’s really important to check on ourselves(we should always do that, but now for many it’s harder than it was before) and do good things to ourselves. And we also kinda have to think about ourselves bc we spend so much time just with ourselves now🤔

I hope you all stay strong in these crazy times! Much love to all of you!

[raz7]

Just finished watching the PM’s speech… all I can ask is… WHAT?

[anna834]

Finally in my bed in the caravan.
The whole thing is shaking in the wind and the storm is howling.
At least I have all my winter equipment, blankets, heating bottle with me.
It is so damn cold!!
The sheep get tended really long, no fencing besides a small place for the night. That means 7 hours just for getting the flock fed.
Today I joined at five and they still grazed till 8 p.m. I was frozen solid by then, this strong wind just eats you up.
But it shouldn’t be always that hard.
And the sheep are nice.
The sundown awesome!
I will post some pics in the when and where.
Otherwise I’m done!
Did some cleaning, the shepherd left behind a real mess and cooked for me and my new boss. She will leave tomorrow. Then I’m on my own.

All the best for you all!!!

[evooba]

@Linkineli

Yeah, and i really thought about going in the live conversation… but i was too nervous!

Awww! Definitely do it next time, she’s lovely and very chill!

@Linkineli

i would really get in trouble for staying up that late for a livestream

Haha, I remember the struggles with mine when I was younger, it took a while to convince them that I had to stay up late for an LPU chat Fun times!

@raz7

Just finished watching the PM’s speech… all I can ask is… WHAT?

Me too, me too

@anna834

Finally in my bed in the caravan.

I hope you managed to stay as warm as possible, have a good day today!

OT: I had a very long conversation with my manager last night after Johnson’s speech, we’re both just about done with this lockdown. We talked about various possibilities and strategies for work but I won’t know more before tonight after he talks with our director.
Today is day 49 for me in lockdown and I’ve had enough, my mind can’t even grasp the idea of spending 2 more months like this, it’s just insane.
I’m going to my cousin’s later this evening to drop off some stuff and maybe hang out a bit, he didn’t take the news lightly either.

[alz89]

Working …you guys?

[rickvanmeijel]

@zanybelle

@rickvanmeijel I’m giving you a tag just because!

Tag in the bag, tagging you back

[justinkilmer]

Hey all happy Monday!

Hope you all had a great weekend!
Mine was nice just went by way too fast as usual

@HakManLP

I know, you already said it, but what do you got for ‘mothers day’?
I have a special mug now for my mom

Yeah I think so lol
anyhoo I got her some nice flowers and a “Diamond art” thing because she’s been addicted to them as of late… and then I bought the lovely card for her

It said I’ll always be your baby on the inside and when she opened it… It cried and wouldn’t shut off. The look on her face when I told her that the battery lasts 3 hours was priceless. Then I told her “or you can rip it open and take the speaker out” Which she did… and yes there was glitter… and yes she did just say “You suck” lol
But in the end she thought it was an awesome prank so we are all good there

I like that! I’m sure my mom would have liked one for her morning coffee(s) lol

@anna834

Fast hello back

@Linkineli Prayers to your mom! Hope she can get over the virus quickly!

@HakManLP

Did you check out the new PS plus for May 2020?

I did! So Bummed!! I will definitely be skipping this months games

@HakManLP

hello buddy, of course! It has to be an official world wide Holiday s

We better start working on getting it approved!! We got a year to figure it out!

Alright I better get back to work Blah

Hope you all have a great Monday!!!

[anna834]

And I thought, I would have more time today.
Pffff
First I got more instructions by my boss and a tour to the place, where ill sheep or with lambs have their own paradise.

The flock left at 10 their night stand, till 1:30.
Home, getting some lunch and moderate my fb group. That they always have to hate at fb, it’s so annoying!!
At 4 the sheep got the second round, till 7:30.
Home, a little cleaning (the shepherd before me was just ) and preparing dinner.
This is what I have right now at 9:30.
So no tagging today.
But two more pics. The day was just too beautiful, and cold too.

Really nice, well behaved sheep, not much to do for the dogs.

One for @lpfan61 strength for your work!!! You are awesome!

Love to you all! One of the great things about this place is, that as much my life chances, confronting me with new, strange things, you are with me, are the constant.

[evooba]

I went to my cousin to give him his laundry (they finally got a new washing machine yesterday) and then we went for a walk around our neighbourhood. It was fairly quiet compared to other days but I guess that was because of the bad weather; it’s been very windy and kinda cold again.
Came home and watched Johnson’s speech again and then got on the phone with my manager. A conference call is happening tomorrow with the director, he said he’s going to go through the plan for re-opening with all of us. At this point, we don’t know when that will be. Scenario 1 says we might go back as early as Wednesday to prep for re-opening on Monday and scenario 2 says we will re-open in the beginning of June. We joked with my manager that whichever happens, we’re both going to spend our birthdays at work, and if we don’t, they’re just going to be lame.

My mood is pretty low these days to be honest. I just wish this thing was over.

[LP13413]

Tomorrow’s my day to work, and I found out yesterday that I’m actually working a full eight-hour shift! We’ve all been given laundry lists of our own shit that has to get done, so needless to say, I’m going to keep busy the entire time I’m there.

Our region is starting the planning stages towards re-opening. Their target date is May 15th. The criteria for re-opening by region is by meeting all these requirements, which apparently we have.

• Steady 14-day decline in positive cases
• Steady 14-day decline in deaths
• Decline in new hospitalizations on a rolling average
• Hospital bed capacity must meet 30% threshold
• ICU bed capacity must meet 30% threshold
• Testing rates of 30 per 1,000 residents
• At least 30 contact tracers per 100,000 residents

Here’s also a photo from last night.

[raz7]

Watching gogglebox… then a choice of:

Top gear best bits
Who wants to be a millionaire with Jeremy Clarkson
Another gogglebox
Two pints with will and ralf episode 2