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Lou Laurinen

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  • When my girlfriend and her friend were taking pictures of me, some girl pulled her car over to tell me “Girl, you look fire!” (A compliment)
    Other girls would usually rather cut me down than compliment me so I appreciate that she had strong enough character to lift another woman up. Girls can be really brutal to each other about appearance.
    For one of my girlfriend's photography school projects today, I have to wear a traditional Eastern European folk dress (which is funny because I'm not white European at all lol) and for the other one, I have to be a "fashion model." I'm always up for a new challenge so this will be very interesting. I have never really modeled before. I have been in magazines, but they were focused on the dogs and I wasn't posing.
    Judge
    Judge
    You might change your mind if you consider the ethnicity of Eastern Europeans closer to the Mediterranean and Black Sea. They aren't all "White Europeans" either. You'll do just fine. :)
    Any other 90s kids (or 80s or prior) remember making prank phone calls before people had caller ID or the ability to reverse phone search? That would be pretty much impossible to do now lol
    Raggamuffin
    Raggamuffin
    I remember them with using film soundboards. Websites which would have lots of buttons with quotes from films.

    My all time favourite prank call used an Arnie soundboard to ring Murphys plumbing. I won't post it due to NSFW language.
    Judge
    Judge
    I recall when an ex-friend and his cohorts made obscene phone calls to my own mother. Of course she didn't need caller id to determine who it really was, either. :rolleyes:
    Metalhead
    Metalhead
    Excuse me, is your refrigerator running? Gee, you better go catch it then!
    So my girlfriend's project didn't get done yesterday, since we both just ended up going to sleep at like 3pm because we're exhausted from the past few days... so we're going to try again today. Hopefully we can get the pictures and videos done and edited together in the next couple of days. I will obviously share it on here.
    I just met my newest client, an elderly woman with an adorable Swedish Vallhund, Rosie. Swedish Vallhunds are one of my favorite breeds, and one of the breeds I have handled professionally in dog shows. They are rare so I'm really surprised there is one in my town. I will obviously post pictures of her once I get back to working regularly. I'm still kind of supposed to be resting but I wanted to meet with the client.
    Having very bad GI upset again. I didn't eat anything weird for breakfast, I have been eating mostly bland stuff (with the exception of squash, apple sauce, and yogurt) since the doctor told me to eat bland stuff the other day. But now I have really bad stomach cramps and I want to cry :( IBD is a common comorbid with a chronic disease that I have, so this isn't new, but it's gotten worse. I never get a break! :(
    One of my passions is obviously creating and editing videos, and my girlfriend is a photography student, so she wants to work on a project with her friend, with our combined talents, in the morning. I'm always up for creating video content so I will happily get out of bed for this lol. I just hope I can cover the scrape on my nose with makeup.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Is that okay for healing? Are you sure you have to cover it? It’s okay to be injured.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I actually realized that I should probably put a bandage on it. I just don't want to ruin the pictures with a bandage or a visible injury. She assured me that I won't, I just feel bad because it's her project.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Oh! I see. I thought you were going to be the photographer.
    In case anyone is worried about me being alone after my accident, I’m not, my girlfriend is taking care of me. I just don’t mention her a lot on here because I like to keep my relationship private and offline. Just wanted to clear that up in case anyone thought I was going through this alone.
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Aww thank you! She is very sweet and kind, and adorable. I am not used to having company all the time but I enjoy having her here.
    Rodafina
    Rodafina
    Sweet, kind, adorable, and nice to be around? Are you sure you’re not looking in the mirror? :smilingimp:
    Aneka
    Aneka
    Oh god :( What happened? Hope you're doing fine.
    I obviously have to walk my dogs, and I'm dreading going outside with this bandage on my face. I hope everyone will just ignore it. They probably all think I'm weird anyways. Especially if they heard me screaming and cursing when I fell down the stairs yesterday, and saw me get in my car with blood all over my face and my shirt, and peel out of the driveway at 50mph. I hope they don't think it was domestic violence.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Screw your neighbors. It would be so nice if someone offered you help, like back a million years ago, when people were nice.
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    I have a nice neighbor, we rely on each other for checking brake lights, crawling thru her window to open her locked door. The little things. Get better Luca.
    Hazel_1914
    Hazel_1914
    If your face gets cut it bleeds more profusely than other parts of the body--I think if they have a problem with you wearing a bandage then that's not good, but if they're concerned for you, that's a sign of being a decent person.
    I'm not a huge rap fan generally speaking, but I do like bbno$ (pronounced baby no money) and I think the flow of this song is pretty good.
    I don't think there are a lot of other people on here who listen to rap and hip-hop so I don't know who I'm posting this for lol. @Aspychata you might like it.
    (Clean version, of course)
    M
    Mr. Stevens
    I don't listen to it much now, but used to love a lot from the 80s and early 90s. ("Regulate" by Warren G is as good a single as anything.) Thanks for posting :)
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Kool rap. I just noticed this today. I been having a 24/7 pity party. My neighbors are armpit sewer swamp cockroachs. I like the musical beat.
    Here’s the damage. I tried to make it lighthearted but it still looks bad. And yes, my nose is still a bit crooked. I really don’t want surgery though.
    That is not still bleeding, the skin is just missing.
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    maycontainthunder
    maycontainthunder
    Ouch. Get well soon Luca. Dog V4 sends a hug and offers to run off with the card centre from a toilet roll.
    Gerald Wilgus
    Gerald Wilgus
    OUCH!!! I hope you heal well. Please care for yourself. Scars on guys is called character. I've got lots of character.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Ouch indeed! :-( Just thought I'd mention, if you can apply something like aqueous cream to keep the wound moisturised it should help minimise scarring. Don't use anything with perfume of chemicals. I think E45 cream is basically just aqueous cream :) I'm keeping my fingers crossed that there won't be one anyways!
    Ugh… I’m starting to get black eyes and the cut on my nose is going to be a huge scar.
    Oh well. At least I’m alive and avoided surgery. Hopefully it will heal quickly and I won’t need a nose job. Unfortunately I will probably have to get my septum re-pierced but that’s the least of my worries right now.
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    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Wow Luca! I don't think I could have driven myself anywhere in that condition. You did great! I don't blame you for screaming and swearing, I think it was appropriate! I really hope that you will feel a million times better in a couple of days! :)
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    Thank you <3 I’m sure I will be fine. Worse things have happened to me!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    So glad you didn't break a leg. But the nose is painful. Oy vay.
    At the hospital… again… this time I fell down the stairs and landed right on my face. I possibly have a broken nose and I broke my glasses (fortunately not the good ones.) Hopefully I get out of this mess without surgery…
    There’s always something :(
    Lou Laurinen
    Lou Laurinen
    I didn’t need surgery but they reset my nose and it really hurt!! I’m home in bed and on medication.
    Thank you everyone for the well wishes!
    Aspychata
    Aspychata
    Email me. You know l am here for you. So relieved you are home. I had my nose set in high school. It hurts, a bully female punched me. I was useless, l don't have a fighting bone in me. Later.
    MildredHubble
    MildredHubble
    Oh no! :-( I'm so sorry this happened Luca. I've developed a tendancy to fall over quite a lot. The fall is unpleasant enough without even getting on to being injured. Take care! I really hope you will be all better soon :-)
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