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1upNimrod In reply to DiegoTripodi [2014-01-10 06:04:37 +0000 UTC]

Thanks man! Ingrid is my mom and Esther is one of my sisters, first grade spelling^^
In correct German it would be like this: Ingrid! Esther ist bei Anja und ich bin am Rhein.
Also funny that I signed it first before even writing the message  

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DiegoTripodi In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-01-10 06:22:41 +0000 UTC]

Hey, it's all valid brother, especially at age 6! I was once looking at some school papers I had from when I was the same age and the letters were HUGE-- like monster-sizes letters. I couldn't figure what was I thinking back then! Do you still have drawings from those early years?

By the way, my mom is called Ester, as your sister (without the "h", though-- both versions exist in Spanish)

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1upNimrod In reply to DiegoTripodi [2014-01-10 11:03:35 +0000 UTC]

It's a Jewish name, my other sister goes by Judith (also Jewish), I would be named Ariel if me father wasn't still around back then. I like Ariel better, it would match with my surname but well

A few of my drawings hung in the school aula, from the age 10-12 before I got tossed out. I was very handy with watercolors at early age but sadly I own nothing else than...ahh wait I might have a pencil drawing in the basement *keeps searching in the basement*

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DiegoTripodi In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-01-13 00:59:20 +0000 UTC]

Are Mario and Ariel usual names over in Germany? Both names are very usual here in Latin America, and to be honest I had no idea until now that they were used in non Spanish speaking countries as well.

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1upNimrod In reply to DiegoTripodi [2014-01-13 15:20:22 +0000 UTC]

I found it! imageshack.com/a/img27/8624/xi… that was quite an adventure in me
basement... now I want to see your earliest drawing in return!

Well, not really but my parents were also not the usual Germans: imageshack.com/a/img541/4101/2… that picture was taken at their wedding, mom highly pregnant and their clothes said it all I suppose^^

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DiegoTripodi In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-01-13 22:12:42 +0000 UTC]

Supercool! That's highly detailed, how old were you when drawing that image, dude? The religious imagery is also pretty unique, in my opinion, for a small kid to draw. As for myself, way back to January 1st and 2nd, 2007, I set on fire many old papers, including drawings, but there were some that survived (most of them from 1990, when I was 6 and 7-- I believe I don't own any drawings made before that). Here's one of them (very inspired by some of the cartoons that were on tv over here at the time, like G.I.Joe and Rambo ) diegotripodi.com/eng_year_1990…

Awesome wedding photo! I think your dad looks like a rock star. That's interesting, what you mentioned about them not being the usual Germans. Now, I really don't know how the usual Germans are like, but I get the impression with some people over here, which would seem to me as not the usual Argentinean, that most of the times they tend to be more interesting people. Well, probably not being usual is, usually (!), more interesting.

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1upNimrod In reply to DiegoTripodi [2014-02-01 11:53:21 +0000 UTC]

Latest reply ever, I'm sorry man, I was like buried 500 ft. below the surface. It turned out that I inherit all of my mothers debts (around 200000 - 300000 €). It's my own fault, just because of me lazyness, damn, it made me run the walls upside down quite a while. Anyway, back to your questions

I was 10 or 11, I'm not quite sure, I have troubles with dates and names in general. Don't ask me which day of the week it is man, I tried to go shopping on Sundays quite often, that's usually the way I found out I heard the first time about religion in school, none of us three kids were baptized, so, instead of religious education I had to visit DFA (Deutsch für Ausländer) which means German for foreigners, haha! I was super jealous about the catholic kids when they had their sacrament and the evangelics with their confirmation, they got so much cool stuff and I got nothing Man, I just realised that by now, never thought about the meaning of this, thank you!

yeah, he could be the singer of a rockband indeed. Sadly the link doen't work anymore, you did a site update right? Looks super awesome! I love the buttons on the left, god that Ramones drawing!!! I'm a bit jealous, it's really a great site, clean and easy to use! I have to overwork mine too. I'm still learnig flash and I might come up with something pretty soon

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DiegoTripodi In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-02-02 20:31:24 +0000 UTC]

Wow, I'm sorry to hear about the debt you inherited from your mom (a mortgage?)-- I don't understand how lazyness has anything to do with it, though. Do you have a deadline to cancel the debt, or a chance to enter a moratorium? (not sure if this is the right word? I mean arranging for monthly fees, within the money you can afford in a month, to pay until it's over). Talking about this in English sounds straight surreal to me.
Anyways, that's a huge amount of money, and hope you find your way around the situation, brother-- don't get down.

So you are not baptized? Oh my friend... I thought the only persons I knew who were not baptized are my brother and me. I know as well the pain of seeing the catholic kids getting cool toys and gifts for their confirmation stuff (not to mention a party!), and knowing one won't have that!

Seriously, though, to me it makes no difference not having been baptized, but I guess that being a kid, growing up in a catholic-influenced culture, it can be one of those little things that maybe on an unconscious level pushes one to feel apart from the rest. In that sense, I also had quite... let's say, unusual parents. And could spot as well many differences between what was supposed to be "normal" or "socially accepted", and the upbringing we got. But in my opinion, it's all for the good.

Thanks for the nice words about the website, man! I'm glad you found it easy to use-- that was my main goal. As for the clean look, I figured that since I want the drawings to stand out, instead of the design of the webpages, I would simply stick to a white background, with little distractions. But when I designed my first website, it took me forever to finally decide on an extremely simple layout!

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1upNimrod In reply to DiegoTripodi [2014-02-03 02:45:46 +0000 UTC]

Interest rates, collected over 25 years. It's crazy, she lived on social welfare all of her life! When a close family member dies you have to go to a notary and tell them that you don't accept the inherit, at least when you know that there can only be debts left. If you don't do anything about it and ignore all the yellow letters from the court, like I did, you inherit your parents debts automatically. I did not know that and I use to throw stressfull letters straight into the oven, without even looking into them, ok, I kinda did know it would happen but I did not care at all, I was on a very selfdestructable path after my mom died. The visit at the madhouse was not just for fun. How should I ever pay that?! I'm poor and now I know that I will be poor for the rest of my life. Every cent I earn which goes over the minimum existent wage (around 400 € per month) goes straight to the creditors, they have the control over my bank account. The only way to earn a little extra cash involves illegal activities, I may become the new Walter White I can laugh about it now, it's so unreal and bizarre, man! On the other hand, me plan of leaving the country has now a really serious background, which is great. I'm learning spanish for a better life somewhere else. I must get better a writing, I have a really good story to tell which most people would not belief that it's actually the real deal, any ghostwriters around here? I got stuff for at least 10 books! Don't worry about me, if somewhere a door gets locked up another will open, you just have to found it

Yay, let's meet in hell then, brother! Yeah, it's not a big issue, as a kid you might get a bit jealous but you move on, it's nothing that might traumatise you. It's stuff like that which gives you a differnt point of view later on, call it character formation. Kids that got everything just on purpose will struggle more when life gets a bit more complicated, at least I can see that on a few of my friends.

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DiegoTripodi In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-02-04 06:28:06 +0000 UTC]

I understand the situation now. Alright, it's a drag, of course, but from that to being poor the rest of your life, come on, man, there's a long way to go. Fear and desperation are very bad advisers, I know it's easier said than done, but keep your spirits up.

I'm aware the world-wide economic situation sucks right now, and all of that which I hear all the time (but I'm working hard on perfecting the art of paying no attention-- I think I'm getting better at it each passing day), but have you given it a shot at looking for a better paid job, in order to make ends meet? Or maybe start up some type of DIY small business to help with income? (I'm not thinking of Walter White, by the way ). Or why not, preparing some fancy-pants portfolio and try to contact advertisement agencies (for example) in order to find some jobs in the design (which is something you are great at) or storyboarding areas? I don't know, I'm just trying to think of ways that could help to solve this faster. What it is for sure is that nothing lasts forever, and this time will pass.

I've got to tell you (because of personal experiences) that the fact that you managed to leave behind the self-destructive path you mentioned, truly is a monumental task to achieve. I'm aware of the courage and strenght that such a change requires, and I've seen good people go to waste because, of course, being miserable and keep a self-pity approach is easier than standing up and work on fixing things. These words of wisdom from Einstein certainly gave me a new push of energy when feeling low, and I wish they can be of use for you as well, brother: documenta-akermariano.blogspot… Go, Mario, go!

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1upNimrod In reply to PeachMunkey [2014-01-07 18:30:36 +0000 UTC]

Dude, I was so close to delete it, thank you! Your comment makes me feel way more comfortable about it

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PeachMunkey In reply to 1upNimrod [2014-01-07 20:55:15 +0000 UTC]

yay

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