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I can no longer pretend to understand what's going on around here these days, so I'm just going to ramble on about myself for awhile, and hopefully illicit some helpful advice from the rest of you.
1.) I am in severe need of a college education. As some of you may know, I sort of haven't been going for the past year. I'd call it a sabbatical or year off to find myself if I had given it that much thought, but in truth I was simply lazy and never finished up my Associate's Degree. This is a Bad Thing for many reasons, not the least of which is I'm stuck here, at home, doing home-ish and farmish things and not really enjoying myself very much at all. This isn't new, and I've probably bored you all with this information many times, whining about an existentialist crisis and misquoting Sartre. However, ICQ is broken. It hates me. (This is going to be item number three, so scroll down if you'd like to read more about ICQ, though I can't imagine why you'd want to.
So anyway, college. Yeah, so I need, like, four credits to get my meaningless degree. I call it meaningless because it's only real purpose is to allow me to transfer to some larger, better school. Anyway, I tried to register for the upcoming quarter this past weekend. (Intro to Cultural Anthropology and History of Jazz, if you're curious. Social Science and Humanities.) For some crazy reason YVCC has decided that after being gone for a year I'm not really a student anymore. So I had to reapply. At least, I assumed I had to reapply, and did so. We'll see. Nothing more I can do about that but wait.
2.) All my friends, such as they are, are finding niches and reproducing and loving and working. I do not believe that one should have a niche at 20, or 21, or even, maybe, 26.
3.) ICQ is one mean-ass mofo. I mean, honestly, what is a "Runtime error?" Other than a proverbial boot to the head, that is. This is not a rhetorical question.
4.) On that note, I seriously need a new hard drive.
5.) As a favor for a former professor, I promised to have a handful of short stories available for possible publication in my once and future school's literay journal. Writing, unfortunately, is a bitch. Here are four stories:
Story A: A fake article about a group of inner city kids who have taken up piracy as a hobby.
Story B: A story about a rich man on Mars who is in the business of suicide by dimensional teleportation.
Story C: A story about a company called GlobalPop, which is engaged in the recreation of famous entertainers of the past.
Story D: A story about a young man who has a crush on a girl at a movie theater.
There was really no point in mentioning any of that, but I was not joking when I made up that thread title.
Shik
Starship database: completed; History of Starfleet: done; website: probably never
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Simon, as trite as it sounds, I really do feel & empathize with your situation. While I can't figure out my OWN problems (which are so freely discussed on my site), I may perhaps be able to be a soundign board for yours. This seems to be the current purpose in my life: an internet counselor. It's gotta be the influence of my various patrons & soulbonds; I know G'Kar & Delenn come out a lot in these sessions & they seem to be helping everyone ELSE.
Anyway, my AIM name's there...email is the same, sseing as how I'm too lazy to leave AOL. And if y'want, I can point you in the direction of other sites that deal with �berangst.
------------------ "Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.
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Good lord, I don't need to drown in any more angst! If I read "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" one more time I'll explode or shout or try to copy it or something.
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History of Jazz?? Oh, bless you Mr. Solomon System. Your mother and I are so proud of you.
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I hereby declare you officially insane, it be done, it is so. (came to that conclusion after careful considerations and much consulting talks with fellow sound-minded wacko's)
[sympathetic mode]
I was once in the same boat, so I can understand how you feel (except for the ICQ part, since I've never had any runtime errors - just BSoD's). But hey - look where I ended up (still in college...). Never give up! (and never surrender either... full speed ahead!)
[/sympathetic mode]
Hmm, hoped that helped you, at least I tried
Disclaimer: nothing in this post is guaranteed to make subject feel more comfortable, nor intended to do so, as it can under certain circumstances result in reduced mental capacity.
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I completely agree with you seeing as how I can never get ICQ to work for me %$#^&!
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Well, Liam and I are trying to get him to apply for a scholarship to study here in the UK, but he shows a mindboggling reluctance to get off his arse so far and do something about it. Maybe he can study in Bristol, which is now the hub of Flare UK, with Liam, Orion and Jordan's boyfriend all there.
I mean, c'mon! Brits! Irony! Scones! You should all come here, especially the religious ones - remember, God is an Englishman!
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I dunno about Orion, but I'm sure my boyfriend isn't in Bristol.
Oh, you meant me! Er, I'm not in Bristol. I'm in Liverpool. And I'm sure they're different. At least, we could ask Jordan's Long Haired Lover From Bristol.
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After reading Lee's post, the prospect of Liam in Bristol almost made me drop everything and make a sharp exit - then I saw his post denying it. *breathes huge sigh of relief*
BTW, Liam, if your boyfriend isn't in Bristol, then where is he?
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------------------ Star Trek Gamma Quadrant Average Rated 6.27 out of 10 Smileys by Fabrux (with four eps posted) *** "Oh, yes, screw logic, let's go for a theory with no evidence!" -Omega 11:48am, Jan. 19th, 2001 **** "The candidate who slimed John McCain in the primaries and smeared Al Gore in the general election is now the president who pledges to elevate the nation's tone and bring civility to our discorse. Kind of like Michael Corleone brought peace to the mob by killing the heads of the other four families." --Paul Begala, Is Our Children Learning?
Shik
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Another thing: being insane isn't as bad as it seems, you know. One really must try it. Usually you find you like it.
------------------ "Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.
*pictures OS keeling over his keyboard, shaking and vomiting*
Or is it Swindon?
------------------ At that point, McDonald fired his gun three times in the air to emphasize his point. The crowd, estimated at 350,000, loudly cheered the new candidate.
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Shik
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"Validated"..heh. You make him sound like parking.
------------------ "Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.
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