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Blogs => Player Blogs => Topic started by: lakeman421 on September 15, 2016, 09:29:53 am
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Since I havent posted much recently, I decided to start a thread and update on what I have been up to, and what my future goals are gaming and non-gaming related. I am now currently living in my hometown of Concord, NH with my sister. It was a lot of work and a process. While I was moving my stuff, I was also helping my grandmother move into a new home. After I got settled in, I started applying to jobs and currently in the interview process with Apple. Hopefully I will be starting a new career soon with a great company.
As for gaming, I have been pretty low key. I have spent a lot of time with family a friends I havent seen much of since I moved to AZ three years ago. I took one trip to Funspot and reclaimed a couple records, and ran into one of my friends I havent seen in a while. He was the first person to give me any DK advice, which made it a lot of fun to catch up with him. My cabs are still at my mom's house until I have my own place where I can keep them. So I will not be playing much for a while. I have been playing a few games on MAME lately with my new project computer. I bought a HP Probook 4710s for 100 bucks to play around with, and got MAME working just fine. I was having keyboard issues with it last night cause the ribbon cable wont stay in now. So hopefully i can get that up and running again to get me by.
I currently have no gaming goals for now, but I recently got into hiking in NH with friends and family. I did a minor hike a few weeks ago at Arethusa Falls which was over four miles long. The ultimate goal around here is to do all 48 mountains with over 4000 elevation. I did my first one a couple weeks ago at Mt Monroe. This hike brought me to over 5300 feet and was over 7 miles for the hike. I had a Long Trail Green Blaze IPA at the summit. One of the best tasting beers and a fantastic views. I think I will be recording each hike I do on here and what beer I have. I think this will be a fun personal goal of mine and I look forward to recording my progress here.
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September 4th 2016
Mt Monroe
Elevation: 5371
Summit Beer: Long Trail Green Blaze IPA
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September 24th 2016
North Twin Mountain
Elevation: 4760
Summit Beer: Smuttynose Finest Kind IPA
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September 24th 2016
South Twin Mountain
Elevation: 4902
Summit Beer: Smuttynose Vunderbar Pilsner
Did both North Twin and South Twin last Saturday. 11 miles total and two different summits. 3 checked off and 45 to go.
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wow hi <HeyGuys>
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Brief update: I recently just got hired by Apple as a Tech Specialist. Really excited to begin a new career with a great company. Happy to see the time, effort, and money I spent to get certified with them paid off. I officially start training on the 14th, so I have some time to kill and hike some more mountains in the meantime.
10/4/2016
Cannon Mountain
Elevation: 4100 ft
Summit Beer: Dogfishhead 60 minute IPA
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Congrats on the job Mountainman421 Kreygasm
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Congrats on the job Robbie! Come hike some CO mountains before you start ;)
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Did 5 mountains total last Friday, 4 of them count on the list of 4000 footers.
October 7 2016
Mount Lafayette
Elevation: 5260
Summit Beer: Smuttynose Robust Porter
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October 7 2016
Mount Lincoln
Elevation: 5089
Summit Beer: Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale
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October 7 2016
Mount Liberty
Elevation: 4,459
Mount Flume
Elevation:4328
No beer this time. We didnt plan on Liberty and Flume that so I will do them again sometime and bring more beers.
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October 12 2016
Mount Kinsman North Peak
Elevation: 4293
Summit Beer: Sam Adams Octoberfest
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October 12 2016
Mount Kinsman South Peak
Elevation: 4,358
Summit Beer: Sam Adams Maple Ale
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October 17 2016
Mt Pierce
Elevation: 4310
Summit Beer: Sam Adams Caramel Bock
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October 17 2016
Mt Eisenhower
Elevation: 4780
Summit Beer: Sam Adams Bonfire Blonde Ale
12 out of 48 complete
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Summit Beer: Sam Adams Caramel Bock
How was the Caramel Bock? I keep waffling on trying it.
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Summit Beer: Sam Adams Caramel Bock
How was the Caramel Bock? I keep waffling on trying it.
I really liked it. I would recommend it. I tried it because it came in a Sam's Seasonal Variety Pack. Six different flavors two beers each.
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If I drink it will I get 1.2m?
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/560c7eb4e4b0be9267defaef/5638006de4b0bc770dac724a/563948c1e4b08b746c703f85/1446594755187/IPA_New.jpg?format=500w)
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The past few weeks have been emotionally exhausting. My mom’s house is officially sold, and all of our belongings are out of the house I grew up in, and where my Dad lost his battle with cancer. I had to go through 31 years of memories, decide what to keep, and what to throw out. A lot of that was decided on what memories these items were associated with. I essentially was leaving my body, and reliving what those objects were associated with. If it was a good memory, I would keep it, and trash it if it was bad. So many mixed emotions, and a lot of them were aiming on the negative side. A photographic memory can be a curse sometimes. I even saw my old Catholic books, and was terrified I was gonna get a repressed memory. Luckily, I didnt. I decided to take the artist approach, and destroy my previous work to create newer, and better work. The best place to start were my biggest problems, which were also the most recent. I burned my diploma, cut up my college graduation stuff, smashed the $3000 laptop they told us we had to buy(LIE), put it all into a box, and pissed in it all day long while I sorted through more stuff. Then I came across all my sports trophies. A majority of them either said 2nd Place, or Runner Up. I dismantled, and trashed all of them. I only kept the few first place ones I had, because I didn’t want the memories of defeat in my house anymore. All the times I’ve watched the other opponent hoist the cup has burned my soul for ages, and it was time to destroy those memories with my bare hands. Felt good to take control of my past like that. I felt like I was born again, and was ready to start a new life.
The biggest reason I had my falling out with Wes was he reminded me of a childhood friend that eventually turned others against me senior year of high school. This kid knew I wanted Captain status of our golf team more than anything, and it was something I worked hard every day for four years to earn. I never had Captain status in any sport I ever played, and I knew it was going to help me get into college. He turned the team against me, and they just voted for the kid who ran the website. Him and others were quick to rub it into my face, and I could never look at people the same ever again. Wes' actions while getting his scores, and what he was doing recently sparked those memories, and I lost my cool. Most of the bad things in my life have been from the hands of other people. I got tired of it to the point where I moved 2700 miles away, isolated myself, and not really let anyone into my every day life. The only three years since I was 12 where I wasn’t harmed by other people. It was a nice break, but I knew that wasn’t the life I wanted to live, and decided to move back. Turns out people don’t get better in their 30s. Thought I was in a love story last year, with me and another girl from my hometown. First time in a long time, I thought things were really gonna finally work out for me. I sold all my Apple shares I got through work, so I could raise enough money to move with her. She ended up running off with another guy, and refused to tell me for 12 days even though I was pretty aware what was going on. Coward. I laid awake all those nights just wondering why she wouldn’t just tell me to get closure. She never gave that to me, and I blew up on her months later. She decided to tell me the night before Thanksgiving, and my world collapsed. I barely ate that Thanksgiving, and felt like my life was broken. The reason why I streamed my first record game on here was so I could break the record right in front of her, and without her by my side. The best feeling ever, and now I know I need to move forward, and destroy all the negative shit that brought me to this point. I don’t want to keep bringing my negative experiences with people into new relationships. It is not fair to them, and thats not me. I apologize if I was overemotional during this crazy time in my life, but I just need to take it one day at a time, and decompress.
I will try to do my best to bring positivity back to the Donkey Kong Community, and eliminate all the negative that Wes brought out of me.
You don’t just go do something crazy like break the Donkey Kong Record living a normal life
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Amen Robbie. I know exactly where you are coming from. Sometimes it feels that the whole world is coming down on you and you have nowhere to go and no one that really gets where you are coming from. No matter what keep moving forward. Sometimes its all that drives me and I know that fire you have inside you will continue to drive you man. Much love sir....
The past few weeks have been emotionally exhausting. My mom’s house is officially sold, and all of our belongings are out of the house I grew up in, and where my Dad lost his battle with cancer. I had to go through 31 years of memories, decide what to keep, and what to throw out. A lot of that was decided on what memories these items were associated with. I essentially was leaving my body, and reliving what those objects were associated with. If it was a good memory, I would keep it, and trash it if it was bad. So many mixed emotions, and a lot of them were aiming on the negative side. A photographic memory can be a curse sometimes. I even saw my old Catholic books, and was terrified I was gonna get a repressed memory. Luckily, I didnt. I decided to take the artist approach, and destroy my previous work to create newer, and better work. The best place to start were my biggest problems, which were also the most recent. I burned my diploma, cut up my college graduation stuff, smashed the $3000 laptop they told us we had to buy(LIE), put it all into a box, and pissed in it all day long while I sorted through more stuff. Then I came across all my sports trophies. A majority of them either said 2nd Place, or Runner Up. I dismantled, and trashed all of them. I only kept the few first place ones I had, because I didn’t want the memories of defeat in my house anymore. All the times I’ve watched the other opponent hoist the cup has burned my soul for ages, and it was time to destroy those memories with my bare hands. Felt good to take control of my past like that. I felt like I was born again, and was ready to start a new life.
The biggest reason I had my falling out with Wes was he reminded me of a childhood friend that eventually turned others against me senior year of high school. This kid knew I wanted Captain status of our golf team more than anything, and it was something I worked hard every day for four years to earn. I never had Captain status in any sport I ever played, and I knew it was going to help me get into college. He turned the team against me, and they just voted for the kid who ran the website. Him and others were quick to rub it into my face, and I could never look at people the same ever again. Wes' actions while getting his scores, and what he was doing recently sparked those memories, and I lost my cool. Most of the bad things in my life have been from the hands of other people. I got tired of it to the point where I moved 2700 miles away, isolated myself, and not really let anyone into my every day life. The only three years since I was 12 where I wasn’t harmed by other people. It was a nice break, but I knew that wasn’t the life I wanted to live, and decided to move back. Turns out people don’t get better in their 30s. Thought I was in a love story last year, with me and another girl from my hometown. First time in a long time, I thought things were really gonna finally work out for me. I sold all my Apple shares I got through work, so I could raise enough money to move with her. She ended up running off with another guy, and refused to tell me for 12 days even though I was pretty aware what was going on. Coward. I laid awake all those nights just wondering why she wouldn’t just tell me to get closure. She never gave that to me, and I blew up on her months later. She decided to tell me the night before Thanksgiving, and my world collapsed. I barely ate that Thanksgiving, and felt like my life was broken. The reason why I streamed my first record game on here was so I could break the record right in front of her, and without her by my side. The best feeling ever, and now I know I need to move forward, and destroy all the negative shit that brought me to this point. I don’t want to keep bringing my negative experiences with people into new relationships. It is not fair to them, and thats not me. I apologize if I was overemotional during this crazy time in my life, but I just need to take it one day at a time, and decompress.
I will try to do my best to bring positivity back to the Donkey Kong Community, and eliminate all the negative that Wes brought out of me.
You don’t just go do something crazy like break the Donkey Kong Record living a normal life
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/283167344229
This is the last 2nd Place award I currently own, and would like to contribute to future events with it. Ill sign, or customize it for the winning bidder upon request.
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New convener ride pb(NWR lit?)
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And to think that I lived in mortal terror of the conveyor, trying to get off as quickly as possible. All these years, it was just a fun ride sitting right under my nose. Relaxing to watch, in fact.
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https://www.twingalaxies.com/showthread.php/226510-Robbie-Lakeman-caught-cheating-at-Donkey-kong!?p=1109101&fbclid=IwAR1GZS6CKX2Xf5TsFjXqqAZ9Pewb8q-JJH2bg8KM7oO-ifrQC_YRE6HPSC0#post1109101
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