What was the last thing that surprised you...good or bad?

The Colorado shootings surprised me to be certain and my heart goes out to all of those affected by the senseless violence, but that was a shocking event.

I'm talking about the everyday type of surprises.

You went to a movie that you thought would be meh and it was great instead.

You received a gift you weren't expecting.

You received bad news you weren't expecting.

That sort of thing.

My last surprise happened a few weeks ago. A local restaurant that was outstanding and really a favorite place of mine closed down.

When my ex admitted to me, that it hurt her to end our relationship. Until she told me, I thought she did not give two shits...

when i had gone a year without smokin a cigarette

KingBAD said:

when i had gone a year without smokin a cigarette

shorttrini said:

When my ex admitted to me, that it hurt her to end our relationship. Until she told me, I thought she did not give two shits...

KingBAD said:

when i had gone a year without smokin a cigarette

Another surprise would ve been having one to celebrate!

ZombieKitten said:

When NDRU told me his handwriting is abstract, (and I'm picturing Picasso)

Well, some people think Picasso is just scribble scrabble. Maybe I'm a genius, who knows?

ConsciousContact said:

KingBAD said:

when i had gone a year without smokin a cigarette

Another surprise would ve been having one to celebrate!

i found a pack of sigs that have been in my closet

over a year and a half and as much as i want a smoke (sometimes)

i still choose to NOT SMOKE..

it's like when i smell GOOD weed. it would be nice to smoke some

BUT i choose not to...

NDRU said:

Nothinbutjoy said:

What was the last thing that surprised you...good or bad?

The last thing that surprised me was that so many people in America today would support an estranged stalker and killer of an innocent boy, walking home in the rain one early evening, after having purchased candy and iced-tea from the corner store.

A colleague of mine was celebrating having her father visit from his native Moscow for the past three weeks. It was the first time in his 72 years that he'd ever left Russia -- the first time he and my colleague had seen each-other in about 6 years -- and he apparently was amazed at the world he discovered here. Every day at work brought a funny report of something new he encountered, and suggestions on entertaining him became a bit of a departmental project for us.

He left to return home on Wednesday, and we learned that upon his touchdown in Moscow, he was rushed to hospital, where he succumbed to a heart attack. We at work are just gutted. Probably the closest, most sobering death I've personally experienced in many years.

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Lammastide said:

A colleague of mine was celebrating having her father visit from his native Moscow for the past three weeks. It was the first time in his 72 years that he'd ever left Russia -- the first time he and my colleague had seen each-other in about 6 years -- and he apparently was amazed at the world he discovered here. Everyday at work brought a funny report of something new he encountered, and suggestions on entertaining him became a bit of a departmental project for us.

He left to return home on Wednesday, and we learned that upon his touchdown in Moscow, he was rushed to hospital, where he succumbed to a heart attack. We at work are just gutted. Probably the closest, most sobering death I've personally experienced in many years.

oh no!!!!

well, at least his last experiences were awesome ones

Lammastide said:

ZombieKitten said:

PDogz said:

ZombieKitten said:

I just read a story about a couple that survived the shootings in Colorado. The boyfriend proposed while they were in the hospital.

Then I read the story. Young couple takes their 4 year old son and infant to a midnight showing.

WTF? Ok, maybe surprised is not the right word. Appauled and disgusted maybe.

I don't get what ppl are thinking sometimes. I guess they were just being selfish.

Shanti0608 said:

Young couple takes their 4 year old son and infant to a midnight showing.

WTF? I don't get what ppl are thinking sometimes.

Probably a great argument for waiting until you're mature enough to start a family. The young man probably REALLY wanted to see the new Batman, but the couple probably couldn't afford a babysitter. A more mature father, who wanted to see Batman, would have just waited for the DVD release and watched it at home (...no need for a babysitter, and probably save a buck or two on the cost of the movie).

i kinda notice nobody was surprised by the shootin in colorado

KingBAD said:

Though I was upset about the Colarado shooting too, I hate to admit that it didn't surprise me since there was a mass shooting here a few days before it, and at the Eaton Centre last month People are so fucked up.

Lammastide's story was truly heartbreaking.

Nary an Orger is left that doesn't know what TRULY was the most surprising thing for me.

But...on a lighter note...last December I was expecting the worst at bonus time at work. The previous year was chaotic for me and my productivity was TERRIBLE. Sometimes I wonder how I didn't get fired.

So when I opened up my bonus check, and instead of a token amount they actually INCREASED my bonus from the previous year, I literally teared up at my desk.

It really, really surprised me...in a good way.

KingBAD said:

i kinda notice nobody was surprised by the shootin in colorado

Unfortunately, that sort of thing doesn't surprise me anymore. Disgusts me, but doesn't surprise me.

The last thing was yesterday morning.

I was told at the beginning of the week that a woman, whose husband owns a hospital in Bangkok, needed someone to run their corporate training of Nurses at the hospital--to improve their English skills.

So when I met with her, she embarassingly explained to me that she was actually looking for a secretary.

FORTUNATELY, I was really to busy to take on the project anyways, so no harm done. But the person who set us up was mortified that he could have gotten the requirement so wrong.

I've also had a third date with someone that I think is the most good looking person I've ever dated. I'm surprised he would even consider me. Actually I'm surprised by the entire situation. I vowed never to date a man again, but he was just so beautiful. Everything about it. My courage to ask surprised me, his saying yes surprised me, the second ate surprised me, and his young age surprised me . But the most surprising thing is that I'm not recoiling from any of it--I'm just treating it as a fun, good time while I figure out how to rebound career wise.

I'm surprised how much more effortless this year feels than the past 2. And, that's something to be thankful for.

I'm also surprised at how terrible org threads have been in the past two years. You people suck ass sometimes.

Nothinbutjoy said:

Sorry Imago. * *

no, no--it's not you!

It's purplejedi.

That I actually did the bird dance with Morris Day and The Time on stage a few hours ago.

you are soooo lucky!

Jungle Love was on the radio last night and I nearly started dancing at work! I thought that song was groovy since the 80's