Things You Are Stoked On But Not Stoked On

[Sk.A.T.A.N]

Today was a crazy day, so I got more stuff to tell on here (I love this thread).

Karma hit me so hard today I just can laugh about it. So, the start. I was wainting for about a month (or more) for a payment for this work I did for the Staple Pigeon brand. After lots of preasure by my side, they finally sent me an Email past week telling me my payment was (finally) made, but till today I aint got shit on my account, so I went to my bank store and asked if some payment was made to my account and they told me nothing was there and nothing was made in the past days, that maybe they were lying to me when they told me the payment was made. I got really pissed because I was wainting for such a long time already and I just couldnt take it anymore so I just sent a rant mail to Jeff Staple asking for my money and saying that if I didnt had the funds next week it would go public.
About 20 mins after this I got a mail from DHL telling me they had something for me, but they couldnt deliver it because they had an error on the address, so I just went to the DHL shop and it was this pair of shoes they were supposed to send me a while ago but never got to my doorstep. I felt so stupid that I sent other email apologizing for the rant but that the money was still missing.
So when I finally arrive home with a new pair of shoes on my feet I get a call, that started strange as fuck, but in fact it was somebody from my bank calling me because they had the money there but they werent sure if it was for me, since the transfer was made laking some details. They were about to send the money back to the Staple brand again, but now I will actually have that money on Monday. I instantly felt even worse and sent a big apologizing mail to Jeff because of my rant mail. So I'm stoked as fuck that I got some new shoes and finally got lot's of money to burn (and save some), but I feel really stupid for that rant mail because I may have fucked some future collabs with them... Bahh fuck it, At least I'm not as poor now! ahah

tl;dr: karma is a bitch, but sometimes a good bitch.

[childhood]

Damn bro! Shoe payment finally resolved, hhuh?

I wouldn't worry about making a bad impression, at least as long as they like your work.

From what you've written, it sounds like they had plenty of time to pay you sooner (and then messed up some paperwork when they did pay). Dunno exactly what was said, but you were in your right to stand your ground, and express that you had felt taken advantage of.

At least now they'll know not to fuck around with $katan'$ pay

Plus new shoes!  &  $$$!!

[Sk.A.T.A.N]

Damn bro! Shoe payment finally resolved, hhuh?

I wouldn't worry about making a bad impression, at least as long as they like your work.

From what you've written, it sounds like they had plenty of time to pay you sooner (and then messed up some paperwork when they did pay). Dunno exactly what was said, but you were in your right to stand your ground, and express that you had felt taken advantage of.

At least now they'll know not to fuck around with $katan'$ pay

Plus new shoes!  &  $$$!!

Yeah, I mean no bad for the brand. This work was actually really dope to do and a great opportunity. My first big project. I just felt a lack of communication by their side. They respond me lots of time with a big delay or sometimes even ignore me. So I was starting to fell hopeless. People around me were always saying that maybe they scammed me, so that didnt help too.
I spend about a month in home drawing for more than 10h a day at times just to do it under the deadline and I didnt had any garantee by their side other than some mails. It was not an easy job that I could just ignore and wait forever. The thing is, only about 3 weeks after the end of the project was the first time Jeff told me that their payments were made 30 days after, if that was told from the start I wouldnt think that was a made up excuse and would be peacefully waiting. The lack of info and answers was what I didnt liked and got me pissed.
Well, but everything's good now, I can finally buy my girlfriend a cool gift like she deserves so I'm happy. 

[iKobrakai]

Stoked that I gained 8 pounds of mass and been lifting like crazy. Not stoked that my abs are gone and it will take some insane effort to get shredded until june.

Stoked that I'm eating like a madman. Not stoked that I have a cold right now and all I can do is wait and bleed.. I mean, wait and eat.

[Silky Johnson]

Had my first session in about a month give or take, got super tired really quickly and my legs are hella sore today.

[Gray Imp Sausage Metal]

stoked:
- got to go for a (quick) roll with my boy on Sat morning
- still warm enough out there to skate
- went back to (sword) training for the first time in a month yesterday
- going to bangkok this weekend
- that means AMAZING food/ fruit
- thinking about getting a new tatt, will go and see the artist on thurs.

not stoked:
- runny nose. it always happens at this time of year when I bring out the winter clothes. fucking dust
- that muscle pain is gunna be kicking in sometime after lunch today and I know I'm going to be walking/ moving like an old man
- bangkok trip is for work

[TEMP-GNAR]

I have gas but my farts are unscented

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

if you reheat a mcdonalds cheeseburgers it tastes like dead people

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

i bet

[mynameisnotjeff]

if you reheat a mcdonalds cheeseburgers it tastes like dead people

After supersize me I fazed McDonald's off my diet. I can get coffee from there but anything else leaves me feeling disgusting.
It may be because I trained myself or whatever but, everything but the fries are gross

[shark tits]

'don't supersize, romanticize' --- julien stranger
stoked my dumbass brother has a warrant for going to the neighbor's w/ a hammer, opening the door and entering then brandishing the tool cum weapon when the kid was home.
didn't bash any heads but he finally did something to get on the cops radar and not just fuck w/ me.
not stoked that he doesn't answer the door so i get cops in my front hall twice a day banging on a door. think i might write a note telling them he goes to methadone clinic between 6 and 8 am every day. just swoop him up getting into the mystic cab.

[fulltechnicalskizzy]

Can you get your bro to make an account here? I need both sides of these stories

[shark tits]

heh, if he skated maybe but i care about the integrity of slap too much. he can varial flip and a couple tricks at 2 miles an hour but he doesn't love it. i have too much respect for you fulltechnicalskizzy and everyone else who posts to encourage posting by someone who isn't in love w/ skating.
his story is he was 'collecting rent' cause the kid stayed for a month, wrote my mom a bad check, did drugs w/ the rent money and left. my brother decides today is the day his life will surely change by shaking neighbor down/rifling through his possessions. the hammer was just in case cause neighbor kid is on the american side of the fat spectrum. dude thinks there's 'self defense' in a home invasion..... shtoops!

[MOE SYZLAK]

Haven't smoked a cig in 2 days, but I think my ankle is broken so I been laid up all weekend and a cig would be choice. Hopefully quitting helps me heal up a lil faster.

[20matar]

I'm getting transferred at work. Back from an office to a technician position. I'm stoked because the work hours are more flexible, I'll have the morning free and arrive home early enough everyday. No 2-hour lunch break anymore, which is a pain in the ass. The office life kills me and I feel unproductive, useless, and tired of the bullshit. But changes are changes and I hate them, and I won't get to sit on my ass all day long anymore. Still it's the only way for me to stay at my job without going nuts.

[TEMP-GNAR]

Driving...this chick to my right wanted to talk to me, probably compliment my '58 bug...motioning me to roll down my window. But I got manual windows and too lazy to do the old reach over mrthod, so I just stared back at her and shrugged my shoulders. She looked puzzled.

[shark tits]

my brother got a home invasion charge. lata for you, pal.
i've got magic mushrooms coming to me in a wk or so. hopefully i get em while the fall foliage is still partially in the trees and enjoy the scenery and focus on skating. not stoked i don't have anyone to trip w/.

[glutton.]

I bought a Dwindle board.

[mynameisnotjeff]

Stoked that I got invited to a friendsgiving event and my friend is helping me make some sort of chicken. Also, my friends-friend that supposedly has a crush on me asked that i be invited and she's cute/cool.
Not stoked on that today I found out the 3rd girl I've been crushing on already has a boyfriend. Also, the girl I mentioned is into coke and I she invited me to some.

[Jordick]

I bought a Dwindle board.

dwindle boards are nice, just run small, I feel.

[lilpeen]

Ima hit up the nut house and detox, get that shit over with. Then get the fuck outta this state. Fuck. Needs to be done.

[glutton.]

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I bought a Dwindle board.

[close]

dwindle boards are nice, just run small, I feel.

I like the slightly shorter wheelbase/length, because flip tricks take less effort. Crailtap and Dwindle have good shapes but they lose their pop quickly. It takes 2-3 times as long for Deluxe/Theories boards to feel like that. [I haven't had a Chocolate board in a while, so I don't know how Crailtap's wood is these days.]

edit: I deleted my Facebook because of all the stupid, ignorant, or straight-up bigoted shit. It really got to me when I saw someone with a kid bragging about not getting vaccines...they used the debunked study from that British doctor, to back up their claims. Also, all the political shit got annoying.

[JB]

you dont have to delete your fb. just stop going on it. i quit doing it like 5 or 6 years ago and just left it up because i didnt want to start over on spotify.

does anyone know if social media rehab is a thing yet? if it isnt, i feel like its going to be in the near future. some people are way too over the top with that shit and it cant be healthy.

[mynameisnotjeff]

Back home for Thanksgiving break, never thought I would be happy to eat veggies.
Bad thing is my friend took my regular board and I had to bring my cruiser/curb killer hybrid. Which is a 9" and makes regular street skating a pain in the ass

[lilpeen]

Panic, vertigo, hallucinations. But that means Im on the right track to getting off. I woulda fucked with the wu-tang before I fucked with this clonazolam shit.

[Nate]

my brother got a home invasion charge. lata for you, pal.
i've got magic mushrooms coming to me in a wk or so. hopefully i get em while the fall foliage is still partially in the trees and enjoy the scenery and focus on skating. not stoked i don't have anyone to trip w/.

There is always someone to shroom with

[straight]

they just opened an in n out by my house and it's now my guilty pleasure

[mynameisnotjeff]

they just opened an in n out by my house and it's now my guilty pleasure

Surprised your not also complaining about all the new traffic

Also, I'm pretty sure they must do some for of witchcraft. I had pigged out at home and after smelling In N Out I ended with an animal style 3 by 3

[MOE SYZLAK]

My ankle has been fucking with me for about a month now. It felt good enough to get out and skate for a bit today, I did a sw be 180 5-0 first try ans a few other tricks. Now my ankle feels like shit again

[mynameisnotjeff]

Lost my voice, it sucks but honestly it probably stopped me from oversharing with my family